2013年成人高考专升本《英语》全真模拟试卷(1)-中大网校(2)

D. Shakespeare’s personal history

(2)Parts of Shakespeare’s life continue to remain a mystery because___________．

A. people are not interested

B. researchers do not have the expertise to find the facts

C. writers had no claim over their works

D. the Great London Fire burned important documents

(3)From this passage we can infer that Shakespeare___________．

A. Was a horse thief

B. had no education

C. Is surrounded by myths

D. was popular in Stratford（ ）

(4)The first sentence BlOUSeS interest by presenting___________．

A. a direct statement

B. a question

C. an emotional appear

D. A contrast

(5)Every year just after Christmas the January Sales start．All the shops reduce their pricesand

for two weeks，they are full of people looking for bargains．My husband and I do not nor-mally go to the sales as we don’t like crowds and in any case are short of money as we have tobuy lots of Christmas presents． Last year，however，I took my husband with me to the sales at the large shop in the centerof London．We both needed some new clothes and were hoping to find a television set．Whenwe got to station．So I left my husband and started looking around the shops．Unfortunately allthe clothes were in very large sizes and SO were not suitable for me．But I did buy．a televisionat a very cheap price，SO I felt quite pleased with myself． When I arrived at the station，my husband was not there．So I sat down in a nearby cafeto have a cup of tea．I quickly finished my tea when I saw my husband and went out to meethim．He looked very happy．Then I saw he Was carrying a large and heavy cardboard box．“Oh，dear!”I thought．Yes，we had no new clothes but two televisions．We shall not be going to the sales again． 根据以上内容，回答{TSE}题。{TS}In January__________．

A. lots of people go shopping for discount

B. people have a lot of money to spend after Christmas

C. all the shops close for a two-week Christmas holiday

D. people don’t have enough money to go looking for bargains

(6)In this passage，the word“bargain”could best be replaced by“something

A. given to people

B. offered at a reduced price

C. offered，sold or bought which is expensive

D. sold for the purpose of reaching all agreement

(7)The husband and wife in the story__________．

A. wished to buy a TV

B. went to the sales the year before

C. often went to the sales to buy clothes

D. were usually not short of money after Christmas

(8)The phrase“split up”in tlle second paragraph means“__________”．

A. break apart

B. cause to break

C. become pieces

D. go indifferent directions

(9)A man and his wife had a small bar near a station．The bar often stayed open until after midnight，because people came to drink there while they were waiting for trains． At two

o'clock one morning，one man was still sitting at a table in the small bar．He was a—sleep．The barman’s wife wanted to go to bed．She looked into the bar several times，and eachtime the man was still there．Then at last she went to her husband and said to him，“You’vewaken that man six times now，George，but he isn’t drinking anything．Why haven’t you senthim away?It is very late．” “0h，no，I don’t want to send him away，”answered her husband with a smile：”Yousee，whenever I wake him up，he asks for his bill，and when I bring it to him．He pays it．Then he goes to sleep again．”根据以上内容，回答{TSE}题。{TS}The bar often stayed open__________．

A. until 12 o'clock in the evening

B. until early next morning

C. all day and all night

D. until after 12 o'clock in the evening

(10)People who came to the bar were__________．

A. mostly salesmen

B. mostly passengers

C. only conductors

D. only visitors

(11)The barman’s wife didn’t go to bed__________．

A. because she was busy with her children

B. because she wasn’t sleepy at all

C. until two o'clock in the morning

D. because her husband hadn’t finished working

(12)The barman didn’t want to send the man away because__________．

A. the man paid the bill every time he brought it to him

B. the man was too tired to leave

C. he was kind—hearted

D. he lidded his job very much

(13)Sequoyah was a young Cherokee Indian．son of a white trader and an Indian Squaw(北美印第安女人)．At an early age，he became fascinated by“tile talking leaf”，an expression thathe used to describe the white man’s written records．Although many believe this"talking leaf”to be a gift from tile Great Spirit，Sequoyah refused to accept that theory．Like other Indians oftile period，he was illiterate，but his determination to remedy tile situation led to the inventionof a unique 86 character alphabet based on the sound patterns that he heard． His family and

friends thought him mad，but while recuperating(恢复)from a huntingaccident．he diligently and independently set out to create a form of communication for his ownpeople as well as for other Indians．In l821，after twelve years of work，he had successfully de。veloped a written language that would enable thousands of Indians to read and write． Sequoyah’s desire to preserve words and events for later generation has caused him to be remembered among the important inventors．The giant redwood trees of-California，called“se-quoias(红杉)”in his honor，will further imprint his name in history． 根据以上内容，回答{TSE}题。{TS}What is the most important reason that Sequoyah wiU be remeIll]bered?

A. He was illiterate．

B. California redwoods were named in his honor．