四川理工专升本英语模拟题(7)

1. The students in some states of the U.S. must finish _____ school until they are _____ at least.

A. high; eighteen B. elementary; seventeen C. secondary; sixteen D. starting; five years old 2. In America the parents whose children go to public schools ____ for their children’s education, while the parents whose children attend private schools _______.

A. do not pay any; will pay much money B. pay no; pay much

C. pay directly; don’t have to pay directly D. don’t pay money directly; must pay plenty of money 3. The tax money from the states supports the public schools, doesn’t it? _____.

A. Yes, it supports B. No, it does C. Yes, it does D. No, it doesn’t 4. According to the passage, a child in the U.S. can enter a college or a university only ______. A. at the age of eighteen B. before completing elementary school

C. before graduating from public school D. after finishing secondary school

5. About 50 percent of the university students in the United States _____ to get _____ their college education. A. work while studying; some money for B. must work hard all night; earning much money for C. work at night while study in the day; some money for D. works while studying; part of the money for

(五)

Color helps you see things. But man and some monkeys and apes are the only mammals that see color. To any other mammal, such as the dog, the world looks like a black-and-white photo. Dogs hunt mainly by listening and sniffing. Like other animals, dogs see best when things move. The animals they hunt seem to know this. A hunted rabbit or deer will “freeze”. Then the dog may not see it at all.

Birds can see color. They need to because they fly and need to find places to land. Color helps them judge distance and shape. In this way they are able to catch bugs in the air or to land on branches.

Some birds see things even better than you do. The birds that eat bugs can see them from far away. And even a very young bird can see a hawk high in the sky. So sharp eyes and a sense of color help birds find food and also help them find where their enemies are. 1. _____ can see color.

A. All the animals B. Birds and monkeys C. Man and dogs D. All the mammals 2. In order to find the food, dogs mainly use their _____.

A. ears and noses B. eyes and noses C. eyes and ears D. mouths and ears 3. The word “freeze” in the passage means _____.

A. the hunted animals are frozen on the ground because of cold weather.

B. the hunted animals’ temperature is becoming lower and lower until it drops below zero degree. C. the hunted animals are so frightened that they can’t move any longer

D. the hunted animals will stop running and stay in the same place without movement 4.Color helps birds ______.

A. see better than man B. see clearly where food and enemies are C. see how colorful the world is D. see better than dogs 5. To dogs, they see best when things are _____.

A. colorful B. not moving C. moving D. black-and-white

(六)

Many American women are earning money outside their homes today. Among women who are eighteen to sixty-four years old, fifty percent have jobs.

In general, working women have had more education than those staying at home. Of those who work, thirty-two percent have attended college, compared with twenty percent of those who do not have jobs.

Among women with jobs, eight out of ten drive a car to work, and eight percent took a vacation away from home during the past year. Much of their traveling was by air.

These figures come from a report which was written for advertisers, the report shows a new picture of women today. For example, it tells advertisers that fifty-one percent of all American women have traveled by air——along with fifty-nine percent of all American men.

The lesson for American business is that many women now have other interests besides their homes. They like advertisements which show women in office, planes, and cars.

1. _____ percent of working women are aged from eighteen to sixty-four.

A. Fifty-four B. Fifteen C. Forty-five D. Fifty

2. According to this passage what is true about the working women? ______.

A. They are better-educated than those without jobs B. They are richer than those who do not have jobs

C. They are better-dressed than those without jobs D. They are better treated by husbands than those without jobs 3. What is implied but not clearly stated in the talk? ______. A. Women without jobs seldom have vacations away from home B. Women without jobs usually receive no education

C. Women without jobs usually badly treated by their husbands D. Much of the traveling made by the working women was by air 4. The report was written for _____.

A. businessmen B. traveling agencies C. tourists D. advertisers 5. What is the lesson for American business?_______.

A. American women like to travel much today. B. American women like to work today C. American women have other interests besides their homes D. American women have bigger purchase power now

(七)

Many a young person tells me that he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there’s a big difference between “being a writer” and writing. In most cases they are dreaming of wealth and fame, not the long hours alone at a typewriter. “You’ve got to want to write,” I say to them, “not want to be a writer.”

The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose work is never rewarded. When I left …… 此处隐藏：8787字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……