成人高考专升本《英语》全真模拟试卷(七)

路边跪着一个学生模样的年轻女子，她面前放着一张纸，上面写着因父母突然病重 而退学，希望好心人相助。写一篇短文描述此情景，并说明面对此事你如何做。

New Englanders are often thought of as being __.

根据以下资料，回答20~23题。

There are many stereotypes about the character of people in various parts of the United States．In the Northeast and Midwest, people are said to be closed and private．In the South and West, however, they are often thought of as being more open and hospitable．Ask someone from St．Louis where the nearest sandwich shop is, and he or she will politely give you directions．A New Yorker might eye you at first and after deciding it is safe to talk to you, might give you a rather unexpected explanation．A person from Georgia might be very kind about directing you and even suggest some different places to eat．A Texan just might take you to the place and treat you to lunch.

根据以下资料，回答1~5题。

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The differences lie in the following except __ of the parts.

Which of the following is true according to the passage?

根据以下资料，回答16~19题。

The world's oceans have warmed 50 percent faster over the last 40 years than previously thought due to climate change, Australian and US climate researchers reported Wednesday．Higher ocean temperatures expand the volume of water, contributing to a rise in sea levels that is covering small island nations and threatening to destroy the low-lying, densely-populated low regions around the globe.

The study, published in the British journal Nature, adds to a growing scientific chorus of warnings about the pace and consequences rising oceans．It also serves as a corrective to a massive report issued last year by the Nobel-winning UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), according to the authors.

Rising sea levels are driven by two things: the thermal expansion of sea water, and additional water from melting sources of ice．Both processes are caused by global warming．The ice sheet that sits atop Greenland, for example, contains enough water to raise world ocean levels by seven meters, which would bury sea-level cities from Dhaka to Shanghai.

Trying to figure out how much each of these factors contributes to rising sea levels is critically important to understanding climate change, and forecasting future temperature rises, scientists say．But up to now, there has been a puzzling gap between the projections of computer-based climate models, and the observations of scientists gathering data from the oceans.

The new study, led by Catia Domingues of the Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, is the first to reunite the models with observed data．Using new techniques to assess ocean temperatures to a depth of 700 meters from 1961 to 2003, it shows that thermal warming contributed to a 0.53 millimeter-per-year rise in sea levels rather than the 0.32 mm rise reported by the IPCC.

What happens when the ocean's temperature rises?

The rise in water levels is especially dangerous for small island nations and __.

According to the passage, any vacations from thinking should be taken __.

What was the main finding of the study?

Ultimately, the new study should help scientists to __.

One possible reason why spring is the best season for thinking is that __.

It seems that the cold winter __.

The Ministry of Education will take away a school's grant if__.

The Home Office __.

根据以下资料，回答9~12题。

If you are like most people, your intelligence varies from season to season．You are probably a lot sharper in the spring than you are at any other time of the year．A noted scientist, Ellsworth Huntington (1876-1947), concluded from other men's work and his own among peoples in different climates that climate and temperature have a definite effect on our mental abilities.

He found that cool weather is much more favorable for creative thinking than is summer heat．This does not mean that all people are less intelligent in the summer than they are during the rest of the year．It does mean, however, that the mental abilities of large numbers of people tend to be lowest in the summer.

Spring appears to be the best period of the year for thinking．One reason may be that in the spring man's mental abilities are affected by the same factors that bring about great changes in all nature.

Fall is the next-best season, then winter．As for summer, it seems to be a good time to take a long vacation from thinking!

Ellsworth Huntington decided that climate and temperature have __.

根据以下资料，回答5~8题。

Children for whom school has no point

Many children do not go to school either because their parents want them at home as carers for siblings, or simply because their parents cannot be bothered to send them．Thousands more are not registered at any school at all, because of their families' unstable lives.

Underlying this dreadful situation there are two central truths．First of all, the problem of children not going to school often has more to do with their parents than with the children themselves．Secondly, once children go to school, we need to make sure that the experience is a positive one so that they want to keep on going.

In Britain, the Ministry of Education has introduced a complex package of sticks and carrots to persuade Schools to bring truants' and excluded children back into the classroom．It is paying grants so that a thousand schools can set up special units to help these children．Schools receive the grant if they bring a target number of children back to school; if they do not meet the target, the grant is withdrawn.

Parents are the subject of this campaign, too: the Home Office has introduced fines for parents who fail to send their children to school, and has given the police power to pick up truants on the streets.

Truant=a child who does not go to school when he or she should.

Part of the problem is __.

Why is the air quality tested every day?

What happens to some residents who bum too much wood?

根据以下资料，回答1~4题。

Many people use wood stoves and fireplaces to heat their homes．Scientists have become worried about the smoke that they give off．Harmful chemicals are in the smoke．The smoke is causing air pollution．The pieces of pollution, called soot, are floating in the air．They are too tiny to see．Scientists must use a microscope to see them.

Small amounts of soot are safe, but large amounts can be dangerous．The govenment wants to limit this kind of pollution．It may stop people from using their fireplaces.

The air is tested every day．When soot levels are high, more than 65 micrograms of soot per cubic meter, factories must stop making smoke．The government thinks that limit should be much lower.

Factories produce the most smoke and soot．But the government thinks that all types of burning should be limited．The soot levels from factories and homes could be limited．Home owners may have to install new wood stoves that they comply with the new law．Or, they may not be able to bum on days when the air quality is bad.

Residents of some towns are fined if they violate the burning ban．Scientists hope these new regulations will make the air cleaner and less harmful to breathe.

Why is it dangerous to burn too much wood?

What could home owners do to comply with the new regulation?

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根据以下资料，回答1~15题。

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He is a very tall young man.-He is the second __ man in his company.

The salary of an engineer is much higher __.

__ we will do next is still under discussion.

My mother bought that coat __ a low price.

--There is nothing __ tomorrow afternoon, is there?

--No．We can have a game of table tennis.

Mary wishes that she __ law instead of history when she was in college.

The fact remains __ we are behind many others.

Just __ to him, and you will see how clever he is!

I feel ___ unwise to give a child whatever he or she wants.

It was in the winter of 1951 __a heavy fog moved into London.

__ way is more efficient is still a question.

We don’t know what the surface of Venus might __.

He talks as if he __ everything.

In __ century, computers will be used more widely.

__ determines a good meal varies from country to country.