四川理工专升本英语模拟题(5)

When this land first became a nation, after_2___ its independence from England, it had thirteen states. __3_ of the

states had a star on the American __4___. As the nation __5_, new states were added and new stars __6__ on the flag. _7___ a long time, there were 48 states. In 1959, however, two __8___ stars were added ___9_ the flag, __10__ for the new states of Alaska （阿拉斯加）and Hawaii（夏威夷）.

___11_ were the first inhabitants of the _12___. ___13_ who came first and in greatest numbers to make their homes

__14__ the eastern coast of North America were ___15_ from England. It is ___16_ that reason that the _17___ of the United States is English and __18__ its culture and customs are more __19__ those of England than __20__ of any other country in the world.

1. A. America B. European C. American D. American’s 2. A. win B. won C. winning D. having 3. A. Every B. Each C. Some D. None

4. A. map B. flag C. land D. capital

5. A. grew B. grows C. growing D. is growing

6. A. appear B. was appearing C. appeared D. have appeared 7. A. In B. From C. For D. Through 8. A. another B. many C. extra D. more 9. A. on B. to C. in D. at

10. A. standing B. looking C. searching D. caring 11. A. India B. Indias C. Indian D. Indians 12. A. city B. town C. land D. earth 13. A. Men B. These C. Many D. Much 14. A. on B. to C. in D. at

15. A. more B. most C. mostly D. much 16. A. as B. for C. because D. since

17. A. men B. language C. man D. languages 18. A. that B. why C. many D. all 19. A. as B. like C. same D. as if

20. A. that B. those C. this D. these

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The simplest way of putting an idea down on paper is to draw a picture. That was__1__ men first began to write, six thousand years ago or more. All __2__ scripts (文字) have been developed from picture-writing of __3__ sort. The English alphabet we now use __4__ to us over a long period of time from the __5__ of ancient Egypt.

Picture-writing, called hieroglyphics (象形文字), could be used to express __6__ as well as objects. __7__, a drawing of a man would ___8__ the object “man”. While __9___ of a man lying on the ground __10__ a spear in him would mean the idea “death”. Later, some drawings came to stand for sounds as well. __11__ in Egyptian hieroglyphics the __12__ of a house stood ___13__ for the object “house” and for the sound “pr”, __14__ in spoken Egyptian meant “house”.

___15___ the Egyptians, the Chinese and the American Indians also developed their own kinds of picture-writing. However, with picture-writing, only __16__ much could be said. Much more __17__ to be left unsaid. It would have ___18__ hundreds of thousands of pictures to express ___19__ people wanted to express __20__ a person could ever hope to learn in a lifetime.

1. A. when B. why C. what D. how 2. A. ancient B. modern C. past D. future 3. A. every B. another C. some D. any

4. A. comes B. was coming C. came D. has come

5. A. art B. picture-writing C. buildings D. picture-drawing 6. A. ideas B. stories C. subjects D. things

7. A. At least B. By the way C. Indeed D. For example 8. A. mean B. show C. take D. have 9. A. that B. body C. sight D. such 10. A. with B. taking C. without D. striking 11. A. However B. Although C. Thus D. Even 12. A. building B. drawing C. idea D. plan 13. A. both B. either C. also D. only

14. A. what B. which C. as D. so

15. A. Together with B. Except C. Such as D. Besides 16. A. not B. very C. so D. too

17. A. was B. had C. happened D. supposed 18. A. drawn B. used C. done D. taken 19. A. those B. other C. all that D. many 20. A. just enough for B. many more than C. much less than D. as much as （十一）

He has been called the “missing link.” Half-man, half-beast. He is supposed to live in the highest mountain in the world---Mount Everest. He is known as the Abominable Snowman. The 1 of the Snowman has been around for 2. Climbers in the 1920s reported finding marks like those of human feet high up on the side of Mount Everest. The native people said they 3 this creature and called it the “Yeti,” and they said that they had 4 caught Yetis on two occasions 5 none has ever been produced as evidence.

Over the years, the story of the Yetis has 6 In 1951, Eric Shipton took photographs of a set of tracks in the snow of Everest. Shipton believed that they were not 7 the tracks of a monkey or bear and 8 that the Abominable Snowman might really 9. . Further efforts have been made to find out about Yetis. But the only things people have ever found were 10 foot prints. Most believe the footprints are nothing more than 11 animal tracks, which had been made 12 as they melted and refroze in the snow. 13 , in 1964, a Russian scientist said that the Abominable Snowman was 14and was a remaining link with the prehistoric human. But, 15 , no evidence has ever 16 been produced. These days, only a few people continue to take the story of the Abominable Snowman 17 . But if they ever 18 catching one, they may face a real 19 : Would they put it in a ___20___or give it a room in a hotel? 1.A. event 2.A. centuries

B. story B. too long

C. adventure

D. description

D. many years

C. some time

3.A. heard from B. cared for 4.A. even B. hardly 5.A. as

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