2014成人高考《高起点英语》冲刺预测题及答案(3)
注意：本试卷分第I卷(选择题)和第II卷(非选择题)两部分。满分120分。考试用时120分钟。答案一律做在答题卷上。
第I卷(选择题 共80分)
第一部分： 英语知识运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节：单项选择(共20小题，每小题0.5分，满分10分)
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
1. — Now that I’ve finished my exams, I’m going to relax and go to a movie tonight.
— _______! I’ve still got two finals to take.
A. Good luck to you!B. Lucky you!
C. So far, so good!D. How nice!
2. She came in for _______ coffee and told me _______ firecrackers kept her awake last night.
A. a, theB. a, 不填C. the, theD. the, 不填
3. — Amazing! You ________ come to the party in such a fancy dress.
— Don’t you know it’s a fashion?
A. shouldB. will C. canD. must
4. A survey of China's netizens found that some smokers are unwilling to kick the habit because
they aren't fully ________ of the harm it does to health.
A. fondB. curiousC. afraidD. aware
5. — We’ve run out of potatoes.
— I’ll get _______ when I go to the shops.
A. onesB. themC. someD. the ones
6. — Did you enjoy meeting your old friends yesterday?
— Yes, I did.I _______ them since we graduated from college.
A. didn't seeB. hadn’t seenC. haven't seenD. wouldn’t see
7. Silence is requested in this area while the college entrance examination is ________.
A. in progressB. in publicC. in sightD. in advance
8. _______ in 1884, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain was one of the first novels in the USA written in common, everyday language.
A. Being publishedB. Having publishedC. PublishedD. To be published
9. The new tax would force companies to _______ energy-saving measures.
A. adaptB. adoptC. addressD. adjust
10. My cousin is really enthusiastic about playing basketball. _______ he shoots a ball, he likes to think of himself as a Kobe Bryant.
A. At one timeB. All the timeC. The first timeD. Every time
11. When asked why he prefers bikes to buses, the professor said, “Riding a bicycle takes _______
half an hour, but it's more convenient and environmentally friendly."
A. absolutelyB. accuratelyC. approximatelyD. exactly
12. We were having a chemistry class the other day when we heard a sound we _______ — the ring of a mobile phone.
A. weren’t expectingB. weren’t expected
C. haven’t expectedD. won’t expect
13. I was frightened by the manager’s warning _______ I would be dismissed if I came late again.
A. asB. whichC. whatD. that
14. ________ know Jane was interested in art until I heard that she owned a Van Gogh.
A. Much I didB. Little I didC. Much did ID. Little did I
15. The girl was killed unfortunately. She ________, though, but for the delayed treatment.
A. must have been savedB. should be saved
C. could have been savedD. could be saved
16. As is often the ________ with children, Tommy burst out crying the moment he saw the dentist.
A. exampleB. caseC. problemD. matter
17. It only takes about two seconds to fasten a safety belt, ________ can help reduce your chance of being killed at the time of a crash. So why not?
A. whichB. thatC. asD. what
18. North of our school stands a lecture hall, ________ more than 1,000 people.
A. seatedB. seatingC. sitting D. to sit
19. Since Mary is absent today, let's get someone else to _______ the work where it was left off.
A. take inB. take downC. take upD. take off
20. — Are you getting a new apartment this year?
— ________ I can’t afford to pay my bills, let alone a new apartment.
A. Are you sure?B. I’m very sorry.
C. Don't mention it.D. You must be joking.
第二部分：阅读理解(共25小题，每小题2分，满分50分)
第一节：阅读下列短文，然后从所给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
A
If we are to help students develop reading skills in a foreign language, it is important to understand what is involved in the reading process itself. If we have a clear idea of how “good readers” read, either in their own or a foreign language, this will enable us to decide whether particular reading techniques are likely to help learners or not.
In considering the reading process, it is important to distinguish between two quite separate activities: reading for meaning (or “silent reading”) and reading aloud. Reading for meaning is the activity we normally engage in when we read books, newspapers, road signs, etc.; it is what you are doing as you read this text. It involves looking at sentences and understanding the message they convey, in other words “making sense” of a written text. It doesn’t normally involve saying the words we read, not even silently inside our heads; there are important reasons for this, which are outlined below. Ks*5u
Reading aloud is a completely different activity; its purpose is not just to understand a text but to convey the information to someone else. It is not an activity we engage in very often outside the classroom; common examples are reading out parts of a newspaper article to a friend, or reading a notice to other people who can’t see it. Obviously, reading aloud involves looking at a text, understanding it and also saying it. Because our attention is divided between reading and speaking, it is a much more difficult activity than reading silently; we often stumble and make mistakes when reading aloud in our own language, and reading aloud in a foreign language is even more difficult.
When we read for meaning, we do not need to read every letter or every word, nor even every word in each sentence. This is because, provided the text makes sense, we can guess much of what it says as we read it.
41. The passage is mainly about ____________.
A. reading skillsB. silent readingC. reading processesD. reading aloud
42. The underlined word “stumble” in Paragraph 3 means ____________.
A. step over something and fallB. repeat something or pause for too long
C. walk with heavy movementsD. speak in a fluent and confident way
43. We can infer from the passage that the author will continue to ____________.
A. discuss in detail how to read aloud
B. introduce some more reading activities
C. tell how good readers read in their own language
D. explain why we needn’t say the words when reading for meaning
44. We can conclude that ____________.
A. reading silently is easier than reading aloud
B. to understand a sentence, you have to read all the words in it
C. silent reading involves looking at a text and saying the words silently to yourself
D. there’s no difference between reading in one’s own language and in a foreign one
B
When I was about 14, I decided to make money, so I got a part-time job at a local restaurant. With my first paycheck, I realized that I would have to work awfully hard to make very little money. My boss had been making just above minimum wage for 20 years, and I knew I didn't want to spend the rest of my life working to death. Around the same time, my godparents took me to an investment(投资) workshop. Immediately, my eyes were opened to the power of compound growth in investing. I knew that this was a way to financial freedom. I left the workshop, determined to make my money work for me instead of just me working for money.
Honoring what my mother had taught me, to share whatever I had, I donated part of my paychecks to raise money for breast cancer, and saved everything else to build up a large enough nest egg to open a brokerage account (经纪人账户). Too excited to wait, I began reading everything I could about investing. With most of my life savings (which wasn't very much money), I invested in DuPont, AT&T, Caterpillar, and International Paper. The pride in being a shareholder (股东)in a company, along with watching my stocks increase in value, fueled my desire to learn more. I went to three more investment workshops with my godparents and browsed(浏览) books at the library.
I began with $4,000 in my account and have added about $2,000 since then. My portfolio is now worth roughly $12,000, five years later, having grown about 18% per year, on average. My favorite holdings are biotechnology companies that I know a fair amount about because they're based near me.
In the years since then, I have experienced many moments of gratitude for discovering investing so early in my life. I'm in college now, and plan to go on to medical school and become a family practice physician. And I know that, thanks to investing, my road will be much easier. Not only have I taken an active step towards improving my long-term financial future, but I am confident that I will also be able to generously support the causes I believe in with more ease than I otherwise would have imagined.
45. What can we learn from the first paragraph? Ks*5u
A. The working condition in the local restaurant was awful.
B. The writer didn’t make much money because he took a temporary job.
C. People can’t make a lot of money unless they work hard as hard work always pays.
D. The investment workshop taught the writer that he could make money through investment.
46. The writer was eager to learn more about investing because ________.
A. he had invested all his life savings in stocks
B. he was too excited to wait to open a brokerage account
C. he wanted to donate more to raise money for breast cancer
D. he felt proud of being a shareholder with his stocks increasing in value
47. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A. Investing made his wealth grow effectively.
B. Investing enabled him to achieve his life goals.
C. Investing allowed him to pay off all his debts.
D. Investing helped him to reach financial independence.
48. The best title of the passage should be __________.
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D
The $11 billion self-help industry is built on the idea that you should turn negative thoughts like "I never do anything right" into positive ones like "I can succeed." But was positive thinking advocate Norman Vincent Peale right? Is there power in positive thinking?
Researchers in Canada just published a study in the journal Psychological Science that says trying to get people to think more positively can actually have the opposite effect: it can simply highlight how unhappy they are.
The study's authors, Joanne Wood and John Lee of the University of Waterloo and Elaine Perunovic of the University of New Brunswick, begin by citing (引证) older research showing that when people get feedback which they believe is overly positive, they actually feel worse, not better. If you tell your friend who is slow to learn that he has the potential of an Einstein, you're just underlining his faults. In one 1990s experiment, a team including psychologist Joel Cooper of Princeton asked participants to write essays opposing funding for the disabled. When the essayists were later praised for their sympathy, they felt even worse about what they had written.
In this experiment, Wood, Lee and Perunovic measured 68 students' self-esteem. The participants were then asked to write down their thoughts and feelings for four minutes. Every 15 seconds, one group of students heard a bell. When it rang, they were supposed to tell themselves, "I am lovable."
Those with low self-esteem didn't feel better after the forced self-affirmation (自我肯定). In fact, their moods turned significantly darker than those of members of the control group, who weren't urged to think positive thoughts.
The paper provides support for newer forms of psychotherapy (心理治疗) that urge people
to accept their negative thoughts and feelings rather than fight them. In the fighting, we not only often fail but can make things worse. Meditation (静思) techniques, in contrast, can teach people to put their shortcomings into a larger, more realistic viewpoint. Call it the power of negative thinking.
53. The first paragraph is written ___________.
A. to raise an argument about positive thinking
B. to introduce the power of positive thinking
C. to encourage people to have positive thoughts
D. to introduce the $11 billion self-help industry
54. According to the study of the Canadian researchers, ___________.
A. positive thinking is not as powerful as negative thinking
B. encouraging positive thinking may actually discourage people
C. happy people can think positively while unhappy people can’t
D. getting people to think positively can strengthen their confidence
55. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 mean?
A. You are pointing out the mistakes he has made.
B. You are reminding him that he is not intelligent.
C. You are not taking his mistakes seriously enough.
D. You are showing he has great potential in spite of faults.
56. We can learn from the last paragraph that ___________.
A. negative feelings must be got rid of
B. there’s no point in thinking positively
C. it doesn’t make sense to think negatively
D. negative thinking is not always negative
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It was 1963, in Paris. While walking through the fruit and vegetable market Alice Waters was struck by the display of brilliant colors, the music of farmers selling their produce, and in the middle of a great city. She felt "directly connected to the land." Chez Panisse, a Berkeley restaurant, which was founded upon Waters' ecological philosophy, has been named "The Best Restaurant in America" by both the James Beard Foundation and by Gourmet magazine, many times in the past. Only the food grown in accordance with the principles of sustainable (可持续发展的) agriculture was used in the restaurant. Menus offered nightly at Chez Panisse have consisted only of fresh ingredients, harvested in season, and purchased from local farmers.
Alice Waters has successfully demonstrated how a restaurant can develop successfully while contributing to the general welfare of the farming community. Sharing a meal between the people was one of the wishes of Alice Waters as she would love her customers to know each other. In 1996, inspired by the Garden Project at the San Francisco County Jail(监狱), Waters decided to apply her principles to education. The project was first started at the Martin Luther King Middle School in Berkeley with the idea to transform some land near the school into a garden and, in the process, to teach local school children about food and agriculture. In 1999, over 120 people came to help plant the first cover crop, which prepared the field for farming by adding nutrients to the soil.
The student garden staff has had several years' worth of harvest, and has started growing gardens like herb and tea. Here, agricultural practices are continually being revised and updated and every year the Schoolyard staff attends the Ecological Farming Conference in Monterey. A kitchen classroom has also been created, where students learn about main foods eaten in other parts of the world.
"I believe that every child in this world needs to have a relationship with the land...to know how to nourish themselves...and to know how to connect with the community around them," says Waters. The middle school has become a model in itself. The students work the land and harvest the crops, while the cafeteria(食堂) buys and prepares the produce for school lunches. This program will go a long way in teaching kids to value fresh food and their own contributions. This project is sure to inspire a national change in school curricula(课程). In fact, many middle and high schools in California and Ohio have launched similar projects. In 1997, Alice Waters received the Humanitarian Award from the James Beard Foundation in recognition of her dedication and contribution towards environment. In 1999, the U.S. Department of Education Secretary, Richard Riley, honored her with a John H. Stanford "Education Hero" award.
57. It was in Paris that Alice Waters ___________.
A. made up her mind to be a farmer
B. learned about cooking delicious food
C. took a fancy to a unique food culture
D. opened Chez Panisse, a Berkeley restaurant
58. We can infer from the underlined sentence in the second paragraph that __________.
A. the jail authorities could make some money from the Garden Project
B. Alice Waters started the Garden Project at the San Francisco County Jail
C. Alice Waters taught the prisoners gardening at the San Francisco County Jail
D. the Garden Project was designed to transform prisoners by connecting them with the land
59. The school project is intended to ____________.
A. teach students not to waste foodB. provide students with free lunches
C. teach students agricultural knowledgeD. provide Chez Panisse with fresh food
60. Which of the following best explains why Waters was awarded the title“Education Hero”?
A. She had helped popularize healthy eating.
B. She had made great contributions to the environment.
C. Her principles had brought great benefits to farmers.
D. She had brought school children into a new relationship with land and food.
第二节 (共5小题;每小题2分，满分10分)
下面材料是某购物网上提供的一些跟睡眠有关的新产品的介绍。请仔细阅读材料，从所给的六个选项(A、B、C、D、E和F)中，选出符合61—65各小题要求的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。
A. Pillow Tie
Tried taking a snooze with the help of your tie? The Pillow Tie, which looks just like a normal tie when worn with a suit, comes with a larger knot (结) and holds a discreet air bag in the back side with a small mouthpiece hidden behind its ‘arrow end’ to blow up. The wearer simply has to lift the tie to their mouth, inflate (使膨胀) it and lay their head and ‘pillow’ on a desk.
The tie is perfect for the office, especially after lunch time, but more practically it is perfect for the early morning public transport journey as it can be inflated in seconds and make the journey more comfortable.
It is being sold through Amazon.com for $49.99.
B. LightSleeper
Millions of people have trouble falling asleep each night, which is why LightSleeper was created. Developed in the United Kingdom, LightSleeper can help a person fall asleep and also help a person fall back to sleep after waking in the middle of the night.
LightSleeper works by projecting a soothing light onto the ceiling while the person is lying down. The idea is to watch the light, because the circular motion of the light has a relaxing effect.
It has gone on sale this month at a price of $200.
C. Snore Stopper
No one likes being the one no one wants to sleep around.
Here’s a new product designed to slow down the frequency and level of your snoring (打鼾). The Snore Stopper has a sensitive micro-sound detector that will detect when you’re snoring. Once it does that, it will send a very mild electronic signal to your wrist. This consequently changes your sleeping position to stop you from snoring. This product won’t cause any damage to your body.
You can purchase it now for $36 from Amazon.com.
D. Zeo Personal Sleep Coach
Introduced by Zeo, this smart headband seems to be an ideal solution for your sleepless nights. It not only helps you sleep well but also is capable of giving you the information on how much, how well and how deep you are sleeping during the night. The information will be shown on your Zeo’s digital bedside display.
Zeo headband is light weight so you will not experience difficulties sleeping with it. You can pick up the Sleep Coach for $399.
E. SleepTrek3
For those poor souls who really have suffered years of abnormal sleeping patterns, the latest medical kit is the SleepTrek3. It is a small lightweight physiological data recorder specifically designed to assist the clinician in the diagnosis (诊断) of sleep-disordered breathing.
SleepTrek3, Type III Sleep Screener, uses sensors to record oxygen saturation, pulse rate, airflow, snoring, respiratory (呼吸的) effort and body position. The screener is able to record 12+ hours of patient data using a single 3.6-volt Lithium battery and a CompactFlashCard.
Sleep Trek3 is available on Amazon.com for $4,000.
F. Dreamate Sleep Inducer
This gadget (小器械) looks like a watch in general. It is worn in your wrist because it works on the “sleeping golden triangle” which is located on your left wrist. This gadget uses acupressure techniques to gently massage (按摩) that spot. It doesn’t only help you to relax and then fall asleep but also is able to retune and reset the biological clock of your body. All you need to do is just wearing it for 30 minutes before bedtime.
With the price $79.99, it sounds worth to try because it is said to be able to lower stress level and improve sleep quality.
下面是一些购物者的信息, 请匹配他们要选择的新产品。
61. Alexander is suffering from snoring for a long time. His roommates feel annoyed and are considering moving out. He is looking for an effective way to get restful sleep and stop disturbing his roommates.
62. Carina wants to send a Christmas gift to her father, who often feels tired after sleepless nights. She needs something to help her father relax and fall asleep at night but she only has 100 dollars.
63. David wants to buy a birthday present for his father, who gets up early and takes a long bus ride to work every day. He sometimes takes a nap on the bus and David wants him to rest in comfort.
64. Nancy is suffering from a sleep disorder and hopes to have a good night’s sleep. Besides, she wants to get the information about her sleeping habits at night. With budgets getting tight, she will not choose any gadget of over 1,000 dollars.
65. Daisy tosses and turns throughout the night these days. She is easily woken up by the slightest bump in the night and has great difficulty falling back asleep. This has made her working a full-time job very difficult as she is always very tired.
第II卷(非选择题 共40分)
第三部分：写作(共二节，满分40分)
第一节：短文改错(共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分)
假如英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，要求你在错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(Λ)，并在其下面写上该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线， 并在该词下面写上修改后的词。
注意： 1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词; Ks*5u
2. 只允许修改10处, 多者 ( 从第11处起 ) 不计分。
例如：It was very nice to get your invitation to spend Λ weekend with you. Luckily I
the was completely free then, so I’ll to say “yes”. I’ll arrive in Bristol at around 8 pm in Friday.am on
I firmly believe that everyone in the world loves his mother. So am I. My mother is an ordinary teacher. She always works hardly, just as other mothers do every day. In fact, she isn’t good health. She had been suffering from arthritis (关节炎) for many years. In spite of this, he never stops working or gives up hope. I still remember the day that my mother accepted a card of congratulations for Teachers’ Day from her director. The card was read “Thank you for your hard works; Happy Teachers’ Day to you!” At that moment, I was so moving that tears came to my eyes. I am proud of my mother.
第二节：书面表达(满分30分)
最近，你校高一学生在校报“答疑解惑”栏目中恳求即将毕业的高三同学告诉他们高中阶段学好英语的秘诀。假如你叫李平，请根据以下提示，用英语给他们写一封100-120词的回信，准备刊登在下期校报上。
要点包括：
1.学英语的动机;
2. 学英语的态度;
3. 学英语的方法：根据自己的经验，推荐1--2点行之有效的高中英语学习方法。
注意：文章的开头、结尾已给出(不计词数)。
Senior One,
I’m sorry to know that you’re having difficulty learning English in senior school. I can understand how it feels. Now, I’d like to share with you my secret of successful English learning.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I hope my advice above will be of some help to you. Ks*5u
Yours，
Li Ping
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49. We can learn from the passage that _________.
A. you should buy something first before you enter the contest
B. your entry will not be returned even if you don’t win the contest
C. you should send your entry before 9:00 p.m. on January 21, 2011
D. the editors of the contest will decide who will win the 20,000 dollars in prizes
50. Linda, a mother with seven-year-old twins, wants to enter the contest. She must _________.
A. provide a description and an album title for the kid’s photos
B. go to Meredith Corporation to fill out the registration forms
C. complete the entry process separately for each of her kids
D. provide the information to Facebook if she chooses Facebook Entry
51. To enter the contest, photos must __________.
A. have won some prize or awardB. be taken by non-professional entrants
C. contain brand names or trademarksD. contain parents’ personal information
52. The purpose of the passage is __________.
A. to advertise the website Facebook. com
B. to attract photographers’ interest in a photo contest
C. to introduce two methods of entering a photo contest
D. to encourage parents with children to enter a photo contest
英语参考答案及评分标准
第一部分：英语知识运用
第一节：单项选择(共20小题，每小题0.5分，满分10分)
1-5 BAADC 6-10 BACBD 11-15 CADDC 16-20 BABCD
第二节：完形填空(共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分)
21-25 ABBDC 26-30 DDBCB 31-35 DABBA 36-40 DCCBD
第二部分：阅读理解(共25小题，每小题2分，满分50分)
41-44 CBDA 45-48 DDCA 49-52 BCBD 53-56 ABBD 57-60 CDCD
61-65 CFADB
第三部分：写作
第一节：短文改错(共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分)
I firmly believe that everyone in the world loves his mother. So am I. My mother is an
do
ordinary teacher. She always works hardly, just as other mothers do every day. In fact, she isn’t Λ
hard in
good health. She had been suffering from arthritis (关节炎) for many years. In spite of this, he
has she
never stops working or gives up hope. I still remember the day that my mother accepted a card of
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works; Happy Teachers’ Day to you!” At that moment, I was so moving that tears came to my work moved eyes. I am proud of my mother.
第二节：书面表达(满分30分)
(One possible version)
Senior One,
I’m sorry to know that you’re having difficulty learning English in senior school. I can understand how it feels. Now, I’d like to share with you my secret of successful English learning.
First of all, ask yourself seriously “What am I learning English for?” Only highly- motivated students will hold a right attitude to English learning and will be enthusiastic learners, ready to do listening, speaking, reading and writing regularly, and above all, will enjoy doing these things systematically. Ks*5u
Then come effective learning methods. Based on my learning experience, listening has brought me enormous benefits. By being exposed to different accents, I’ve developed an ear for the exact words and phrases people use. Through listening, I’ve established a large vocabulary, which greatly helps strengthen my confidence in speaking and writing. Besides, reading English newspapers on a regular basis has brought about dramatic improvement in English learning. I’m not only well informed of what’s going on in and outside China, but my interest in English is maintained.
I’m sure motivation and proper attitude combined with effective learning methods are the recipe for successful English learning.
I hope my advice above will be of some help to you. Ks*5u
Yours，
Li Ping
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