山东大学网络教育专升本入学模拟考试 英 语 试 题(1) 模拟题及答(2)

62. What Jim said can be said to be ______ . A. an excuse B. a lie C. a joke D. a truth

63. Jim did not do the stealing, ______ .

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专升本入学考试-大学英语-模拟题及答案

A. so he was not a thief in fact

B. because he was less intelligent than others C. but he made stealing plans and gave orders D. for he was afraid of being caught

64. Where did one of the thieves go to do the stealing? A. To the village. B. To the country. C. To the city. D. To the town.

65. It can be concluded from the story that ________ . ? A. Jim and his men didn't rob the family

B. the family they were going to rob was not rich in fact C. the thief sent to the beautiful house was foolish enough D. the young man and the girl were husband and wife

Passage Two

In 1638, John Harvard donated some money and about four hundred books to a new university. This was the beginning of the library at Harvard University. The gift was so important that the university was named after John Harvard.

Thomas Bray began the first free lending library in the late 1600s. He set up more than 30 of these libraries in the American colonies. However, the idea for this kind of free library ended when Bray died in 1730. In 1731 , Benjamin Franklin and some friends started the first subscription library in the United States. In a subscription library people pay money to become members, but they may borrow the books without paying again. ?

In the United States, every child had a free education. This idea soon led to free libraries. One of the first libraries that used tax money to buy books was a library in Peterborough, New Hampshire. This library was set up in 1833.

66. The main idea of paragraph 2 is ______ .

A. Franklin started the first subscription library

B. in a subscription library people pay money to become members C. Bray and Franklin were important in the history of public libraries D. Bray died in 1730 and Franklin died in 1833 67. The word \in line 7 means ______ .

A. read and write with no help from another person B. use for a short time and then return C. like very much D. lend

68. The reading does not say it, but we can guess that _______ .

A. there were free schools in the United States before there were free libraries B. free schools and free libraries in the United States began at about the same time C. the library in New Hampshire also had a free school in it

D. there were free libraries in the United States before there were free schools 69. Harvard University began _____ . A. in 1731 B. in 1730 C. in 1833 D. in 1638

70. At the library that Franklin started, ______ .

A. children could use books for no money at all

B. people paid a little money in the beginning but none after that C. people paid a lot of money in the beginning but none after that D. both A and B

Passage Three

There was a pilot and four people in a small plane. Suddenly there was something wrong with the machine while it was flying in the air. The smoke was everywhere in the plane. The pilot told the people there

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专升本入学考试-大学英语-模拟题及答案

were only four parachutes. They all became worried and started to make excuses.

\must go and mend the machine,\said the pilot, taking one of the parachutes. There was nothing he could do so he jumped out.

The first person stood up. \longer and I save lives. \took a parachute and jumped out.

The next person said, \sports match. I know I'll win the game because I'll be the cleverest person there. \jumped out.

Two men were left—an old businessman and a young mountain climber. By this time the plane was going down fast. The businessman said, \oung man, I'm old but you're still young. You take the last parachute. \young mountain climber smiled. \,\parachutes. Just now the clever person jumped out with my back pack. 71.All the people became worried because __________ .

A. they couldn't find the parachutes

B. they were afraid the plane would be broken and knew there were not enough parachutes for each person

C. there was too much smoke and they couldn't jump out from the plane D. they saw the pilot jump out first

72.The clever man jumped out with ___________ .

A. a parachute B. nothing

C. the pack of the climber's D. two parachutes

73. All the people thought of themselves except__________ .

A. the pilot

B. the clever man C. the doctor

D. the business man

74. From the story we know _____ would be died.

A. the clever man B. the businessman C. the pilot D. the doctor

75. _____ was a kind-hearted man

A. The pilot

B. The mountain climber C. The businessman D. The doctor Passage Four

Danny was just tired about the way things were going. His mom came to the school and kept corn-planing about Rick Jackson on and on. It seemed that she would never stop talking. \she was shouting. \Danny. \

Mrs. Green, Danny's teacher, was concerned a lot. \answered. \been going on?\about this, he would have trouble after school.

Danny hadn't said anything about the problem because he wanted to get along with the boys in the neighborhood. After all, most of them were nice to him. He hated to leave the gang just because of Rick. Maybe the time had come to find new friends. He felt it hard to make up his mind.

16. We learn from the reading that _______ .

A. Danny was not a good student

B. Danny's mother talked too much about the school

C. Danny's teacher knew something about Danny's problem before

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