成人高考专升本（英语）模拟试卷一

For this part, you are supposed to write a composition of about 100 -120 words based on the following situation. Remember to write it clearly.假设你是Matt Hand，在报上看到一则招聘广告，正符合你的情况，于是写信求职。广告要点：(1)招聘对象：有计算机工程(engineering)学历的工程师；(2)条件：有两年以上计算机工程工作经验；年龄在22～30岁之间；身体健康。 注意：地址和招聘单位名称可自编。

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What is intelligence(智力)anyway? When I was in the army I【C1】______an intelligence test that all soldiers took, and, against【C2】______of 100, scored 160. I had an auto-repair man once, who, on these intelligence tests, could not【C3】______have scored more than 80.【C4】______, when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him—and he always【C5】______it. Well, then, suppose my auto-repair man designed questions for some intelligence tests. By every one of them Id prove myself a【C6】______In a world where I have to work with my hands, Id do poorly. Consider my auto-repair man【C7】______He had a habit of telling jokes. One time he said, "Doc, a deaf-and-dumb(聋哑)man【C8】______some nails. Having entered a store, he put two fingers together on the counter and made【C9】______movements with the other hand. The clerk brought him a hammer. He【C10】______his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering. The clerk brought him some nails. He picked out the right size and left. Well, Doc, the【C11】______man who came in was blind. He wanted scissors(剪刀).【C12】______do you suppose he asked for them?" I lifted my right hand and made scissoring movements with my first two fingers. He burst out laughing and said, " Why , you fool, he used his voice and asked for them. Ive been【C13】______that on all my customers today, but I knew【C14】______Id catch you. " "Why is that?" I asked. "Because you are so goddamned educated, Doc. I knew you couldnt be very【C15】______" And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there.

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Protestors claimed it was wrong to fire Matthew Cusick merely because he was______.

Acrobats and gymnasts are in danger of hurting themselves in Cirque du Soleil performances because______.

Cirque du Soleil officials said their top concern was ______.

Which of the following does the story lead you to believe?

Cirque du Soleil(Say it: Serk du So-lay)is being accused of out-dated thinking about the dangers of AIDS. It is a modern acrobatic circus from Canada that tours in the United States and other countries. Last April, the company fired Matthew Cusick because he was HIV positive. This was after he spent four months learning his part in an act. A spokesman for the circus said Cusick was fired for safety reasons. They said he was a danger to others. He disagreed. Hundreds of people picketed a show in San Francisco. They said that firing him was not legal. Cusick says the company knew he was HIV positive when they hired him. It was not fair to let him put so much time into learning his act, and then fire him before he performed. He says he is not a danger to others. People can only get AIDS if infected blood contacts another persons blood, or open wound. The company says what their acrobats do is very, very dangerous. They perform. tricks without nets. Someone might fall and get hurt. It could be bloody. They say it is too risky to let a person with HIV take part in an act. People who run the circus say it hurts to be accused of discrimination. Matthew Cusick says he feels hurt that he cant perform. in the big blue and yellow tent. Dozens of artists, actors, writers and entertainers got involved in protesting the firing of Matthew Cusick. Some names you might know are: the Actors Equity Union(45 , 000 members), Rosie ODonnell, Rod McKuen, and Chad Allen. They also protested at a showing in Orange County. They said "HIV discrimination is unacceptable. "

Matthew Cusick______.

Why cant astronauts drink water from cups?

The main idea of the whole story is that ______.

Eating in space is different from eating on earth. The food that astronauts carry with them does not look like the food you eat. Some food is carried in closed bags. It is cooked and frozen before the astronauts get it. All the water is removed from the food. In the spaceship the astronaut puts the water back. He "shoots" hot or cold water into the food bag with a special gun. He eats the food through a small hole in the bag. Other foods come in bite sizes. The astronaut puts a whole piece in his mouth at once. There can be no crumbs. Crumbs would float around the spaceship and get in the way. Meat and cake often come in bite-sized pieces. Astronauts cant drink water from open cups. The water would float in drops in the air. The water is put in the special gun. The astronaut shoots the water into his mouth. Eating in space is not easy. Astronauts must learn to eat this way.

The story does not say this, but from what we have read, we can tell that______.

Why could other inventors succeed in showing motion pictures with their own devices?

What was another contribution by Edison to the movies?

Where did the movies begin? It is often said that they are an American invention. It is not entirely true. The motion picture has been the most international arts. Before the dawn of the twentieth century, inventors in France, England and the United States were among the dozens of men who were trying to develop ways of using photographs to create the effect of motion. Soon after 1889, when the famous inventor Thomas Edison first showed motion pictures through a device called the kinetoscope(活动电影放映机), other devices for the same purpose appeared all over the world. Edison had solved certain problems, making it possible for other inventors move ahead with their own devices. One other important contribution by Edison was the introduction of 35 mm as the international standard film width.

That the movies are an American invention is not entirely true. This means that______.

When did people try to develop ways of showing motion with photographs?

To make the point that beached whales do not survive, the author uses______.

One reason whales beach may be______.

Whale beachings are sad events because ______.

In June of 1973 , nine whales beached on the Florida coast. Beaching means swimming out of the ocean onto the beach, and usually dying there. No one knows why they do it, but a number of whales beach themselves every year. Some people think beaching is an accident. Perhaps the whales get confused. Scientists who studied the beaching of three dozen whales in Australia think the whales may have been confused by loud noises. Whales can tell where they are by sounds. They send out sounds and listen as they travel past or bounce off objects. Two days before these thirty-six whales beached, loud guns had been fired for two hours. The loud sounds may have confused the whales. Their confusion might have caused them to wander into low water. Whatever the reason whales beach, it is a sad event. People try to save them, but very few beached whales live. One whale that was rescued from beaching in Florida lived for forty-five days. That is the longest a beached whale has ever survived. And it lived that long only because it got attention from doctors. All over the world, scientists rush to whale beachings as soon as they hear about them. They hope to learn why whales beach, and how to save them.

The subject of this passage is______.

Wild crocodiles are not seen in England now because ______.

The West Africans catch the crocodile because it is______.

The crocodile kills its food______.

Crocodiles(鳄鱼)lay their eggs and leave them under leaves or sand. Baby crocodiles have special sharp teeth with which to break their way out of the shells. Crocodiles only live where it is hot. They are found in India, Australia, Africa and America. They spend most of their time lying around in the mud or the rivers. The crocodiles long powerful tail is used when the animal is swimming. It is also an excellent weapon, because it can be swung with great speed and force. One blow will knock down a man or even a big animal at once. The crocodile is very well protected against its enemies by the hard bony plates which cover most of its body, but because of the way its neck is formed, it cannot turn its head from side to side and so it can only see in front of itself. The crocodile has its teeth cleaned by the crocodile bird. For its food this bird takes the bits left in the crocodiles mouth. This helps the crocodile, which cannot clean its own teeth, for it cannot move its tongue up and down. With its rows of terrible pointed teeth it seizes its food, which may be a fish, an animal, or even a careless human being, and then holds it below the water until it is drown to death. The long-nosed crocodile is shy and timid and because of this, the people of West Africa where it lives, sometimes catch it for food. Many, many centuries ago there were crocodiles in England. We know this because we have found their bones buried far down in the earth on which London is built. But the Britain of today is too cold for them to live in. Crocodiles may grow to over thirty feet in length. When they lie floating in the water, they look like floating tree-trunks and it is often impossible to tell that they are there.

The female crocodile______.

Henry will not be able to attend the meeting tonight because______.

—Have you been paid for the painting? —Yes, I remember______$ 60 for it.

If you want his address, you will have to______the number in the book.

—Have you seen Jack and John ? —I havent seen ______ of them.

______cave that George has discovered in his lifetime is near the Alps.

Nowhere else in the world ______more friendly people than in this small town.

A completely new situation will ______ when the examination system comes into existence.

He ______ studied, yet he passed every exam.

______ Chicago is a beautiful city today, but ______ Chicago of the 1920s was a very dirty place.

I______ swim in summer when I was young.

The man showed the boy______ he should play the piano.

Some of the guests ______ to the party were from other cities.

—Did you see any foreigner present at the party? —She was the only foreigner______ I saw at the party.

Ive worked here since I______Harvard Business School.

Without the help of people from every corner of the world, people in Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province ______ recovered very quickly from the May Twelfth Earthquake.