试卷详情
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专升本英语-20
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[单项选择]What is the most important reason that Sequoyah will be remembered ( )
A. California redwoods were named in his honor.
B. He was illiterate.
C. He created a unique alphabet.
D. He recovered from his madness and helped mankind.
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[单项选择]Which of the following statements best expresses the main idea of the passage ( )
A. Many people who went West were doctors.
B. Medicine and the people who sold it were not reliable.
C. Many pioneer women died from bites inflicted by snakes and mosquitoes.
D. Pioneer women had to invent their own remedies when they moved West.
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[填空题]Tim: Thank you very much for your help.
Sam: ____________
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[单项选择]It can be inferred that most of the pioneers referred to in the passage were originally from where in the United States ( )
A. The desert.
B. The West.
C. The State of Mississippi.
D. The East.
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[单项选择]Interestingly enough, it is women ______ men who get divorces. ( )
A. other than
B. rather than
C. except
D. apart from
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[单项选择]My sister has ______ friends at school. But she has good friends. ( )
A. few, a few
B. a few, few
C. little, a little
D. a little, little
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[单项选择]As used in line 8, the word "cousins" refers to ______. ( )
A. similar medicines
B. mosquitoes in the East
C. people with the same beliefs
D. family members in the West
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[单项选择]There is not much time left for you to cover everything, you'd better ______ unimportant points. ( )
A. leave off
B. focus on
C. leave out
D. concentrate on
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[单项选择]If ______, he promises that he will spare no effort in promoting public welfare. ( )
A. elected
B. elect
C. electing
D. being elected
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[填空题]Officer: Is your baggage only these two bags, madam
Passenger: ____________
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[单项选择]The author of the passage is probably a ______. ( )
A. doctor
B. patient
C. student
D. teacher
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[单项选择]If law and order ______ not preserved, people will not be able to live a secure life. ( )
A. are
B. were
C. is
D. was
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[单项选择]The teacher asked us to write a ______ in one hour. ( )
A. two-hundred-word composition
B. two-hundred words composition
C. two-hundreds-words composition
D. two hundreds of words composition
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[填空题]Bush: Did you watch the eight o’clock news program last night
Bill: ____________
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[单项选择]Respect for the law is the foundation of civilized living. ______ breaks it will be punished. ( )
A. Who
B. Whichever
C. Whoever
D. Whomever
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[单项选择]What does the author mean by" family is of course an elastic word" ( )
A. Different families have different ways of life.
B. Different definitions could be given to the word.
C. Different nations have different families.
D. Different times produce different families.
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[单项选择]Those who want more economic growth believe that continued economic growth ______. ( )
A. is essential to the well-being of society as a whole
B. can provide the solution to many of our social problems today
C. can protect our environment from being polluted by industry
D. can provide us with more natural resources for industrialization
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[单项选择]Many countries still execute people who ______ serious crimes, especially murder. ( )
A. commit
B. do
C. carry
D. violate
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[简答题]提高听力 (On Developing Listening Ability)
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[单项选择]Everything is decided in a family ______. ( )
A. by the couple
B. with the help of their parents
C. by brothers and sisters
D. with the help of aunts and uncles
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[填空题]Mike: Could you return this CD to John when you meet him on Wednesday at the Student Union meeting
Tom: ____________
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[单项选择]For an English family, the husband’s duty is ______. ( )
A. supporting the family while the wife is financial
B. defending the family while the wife is running the home
C. financial while the wife is running the home
D. independent while the wife is dependent
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[单项选择]We may infer from the context that "proponents" ( Para. 3 ) most probably means ______. ( )
A. arguments in support of something
B. disagreements
C. people who argue for something
D. people who argue against something
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[单项选择]Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about patent medicines ( )
A. They did not cost much.
B. They helped heal snake bites.
C. They did not work very well.
D. They had a strong taste.
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[单项选择]According to the passage, a "skills cripple" is someone who ______. ( )
A. is seriously ill
B. has a rich imagination
C. is a bad writer
D. has a serious injury to the leg
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[单项选择]We may infer from the passage that ______. ( )
A. the author describes the case as it is
B. the author is for economic growth
C. the author is against continued economic growth
D. the author is very much worried about the problems caused by continued economic growth
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[单项选择]______ John Adams who in 1775 recommended George Washington to be commander in chief of the Continental Anny. ( )
A. It was
B. That was
C. Although
D. When
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[单项选择]To my great surprise the food was still on the table, ______. ( )
A. not to be touched
B. untouched
C. untouching
D. no touch
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[单项选择]Weather ______, we will go on with our journey through the west. ( )
A. permits
B. permitting
C. permit
D. to permit
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[单项选择]How would you describe Sequoyah ( )
A. Determined.
B. Mad.
C. Backward.
D. Meek (温顺的).
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[单项选择]--Have you seen him recently --Yes. I met him at ______ this morning. ( )
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[单项选择]What prompted Sequoyah to develop his alphabet ( )
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[单项选择]With regard to marriage in Britain, present-day girls differ from former-time girls in ______. ( )
A. the right marry
B. more parental support
C. choosing husbands
D. social position
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[单项选择]Which of the following is the purpose of the first paragraph ( )
A. To describe some successful doctors
B. To compare poor writers with diseased people
C. To tell the teachers why some students are poor in health
D. To show the importance of a teacher’s job
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[单项选择]Which of the following is NOT true ( )
A. Sequoyah developed a form of writing with the help of the Cherokee tribe.
B. Sequoyah was a very observant young man.
C. Sequoyah spent, twelve years developing his alphabet.
D. Sequoyah was honored by having some trees named after him.
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[单项选择]You ______ our case very convincingly. The jurors were clearly impressed. ( )
A. represented
B. presented
C. promoted
D. probed
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[单项选择]According to the passage, why were doctors in the West sometimes unable to help their patients ( )
A. They did not know how to treat the unfamiliar illnesses.
B. They were more interested in establishing practices in the cities.
C. They were more concerned with doing research than with treating patients.
D. They were often overcome by diseases caught from their patients.
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[单项选择]Which of the following is TRUE of teacher’s correction of his student’s writing errors ( )
A. It is good to correct all the errors
B. A teacher should write something on the papers to encourage his students
C. A teacher’s handwriting must be tidy and clear
D. A teacher had better point out the way for each student to improve his writing
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[单项选择]According to those who argue against economic growth we must slow down for the following reasons EXCEPT that ______. ( )
A. our natural surroundings are in danger of being destroyed by industry
B. the fixed supply of natural resources marks a point beyond which economic growth cannot continue
C. the world population is ever increasing
D. more efforts should be made to improve the quality of our material life
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[单项选择]What is true concerning the book Pride and Prejudice ( )
A. It is the best book on marriage.
B. It is a handbook of marriage.
C. It gives quite some idea of English social life in the past.
D. It provides, a lot of information of former-time wealthy families.
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[单项选择]How did Sequoyah’s family react to his idea of developing his own "talking leaf" ( )
A. They arranged for his hunting accident.
B. They thought he was crazy.
C. They decided to help him.
D. They asked him to teach them to read and write.
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[单项选择]The passage is mainly about ______. ( )
A. the contradiction between economists and the business community
B. the present debate on economic growth
C. the advantages and disadvantages of economic growth
D. the importance of the debate on economic growth
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[单项选择]It can be inferred from the passage that most students ______. ( )
A. admit their incorrect writing
B. make use of their dictionaries in writing
C. can correct their own papers
D. help each other in their writing class
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[单项选择]The weather being unfavorable, they had to ______ the sports meet. ( )
A. put out
B. put off
C. put up
D. put on
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[填空题]Brad: It’s 12 o’clock now. Shall we have something to eat
Williams: ____________
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[单项选择]______ the PLA men the villagers would not have survived the flood. ( )
A. It had not been for
B. Had it not been for
C. Were it not for
D. Has it not been for