网络教育入学考试模拟试题(专升本)大学英语模拟试题(2)

The second thing a dictionary will tell you . Most dictionaries give the pronunciation of a word in a special kind of alphabet. This special alphabet is called a phonetic, or sound alphabet. The phonetic spelling will tell you a word is pronounced. There are a few different phonetic alphabets. Many dictionaries use the International Phonetic Alphabet to show pronunciation.

a word and find out what it means. Many words have more than one meaning, and a good dictionary will explain all of the word’s meanings. For example, in English the common word “get” has over 20 different meanings. The meaning, of course, used.

These three things- spelling, pronunciation, and meanings- are some of the important that you learn from dictionaries.

51. A. thing

52. A. is B. people B. were

C. things C. was D. books D. are

53. A. say

54. A. before

55. A. pronunciation

56. A. what

57. A. first

58. A. look at

59. A. depend

60. A. facade

B. tell B. after B. intonation B. which B. second B. find B. depends on B. facts C. give C. in front of C. spelling C. where C. third C. see C. depend on C. faces D. speak D. behind D. meanings D. how D. the last D. look up D. is depending D. fact

IV. Reading Comprehension (60 points)

Directions: There are four reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on ANSWER SHEET I.

Passage One

There is an English saying, “laughter is the best medicine.” Until recently, few people took the saying seriously. Now, however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body. They have found that laughter really can improve people’s health.

Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their heart, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. It increases blood pressure, the heart beating and breathing; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach, and even the feet. If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial.

Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body. In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group that tolerated the pain for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny program. The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter

clinics, in which they help to improve their patients’ condition by encouraging them to laugh. They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter.

A. smiling does good to health

B. laughter can be tolerated

C. there is a way to reduce pain

D. laughter can work the muscles in the feet

A. laughter and physical exercise have similar effects on the human body

B. smile can produce the same effects as laughter

C. pain can be reduced by laughter

D. laughter is the best medicine

tolerated the pain for the longest time.

A. listened to different radio programs

B. could produce a kind of chemicals

C. don’t have stress or pain

D. listened to a funny program

64. The underlined word “diminish”

A. test B. stop C. reduce D. increase

A. to give better condition to their patients

B. in order to improve patients’ health

C. to make patients smile

D. to prove smile and laughter have the same effect

Passage Two

This is News on the Hour, Ed Wilson reporting. The President and First Lady will visit Africa on a goodwill tour in May. They plan to visit eight African countries.

Reports from China say the Chinese want closer ties between China and the U.S and

Western Europe. A group of Chinese scientists will start its ten-nation tour next month.

Here in Miami, the mayor is still meeting with the leaders of the teachers’ union to try to find a way to end the strike. City schools are still closed after two weeks.

In news about health, scientists in California report findings of a relationship between the drinking of coffee and the increase of heart disease among women. According to the report in the American Medical Journal (= magazine), the five-year study shows this: Women who drink more than two cups of coffee a day have a greater chance of having heart disease than women who do not.

In sports the Chargers lost again last night. The BBS beat them 1 to nothing. The Wingers had better results. They beat the Rifles 7 to 3. It was their first win in their last five matches. That’s the News on the Hour. And now back to more easy listening with Jan Singer.

A. The President and First Lady B. Ed Wilson

C. Scientists in California D. Jan Singer

A. visit the U.S. and Western Europe to improve the ties between China and them

B. come closer to the U.S. and Western Europe

C. close the door of China to the U.S. and Western Europe

D. improve the ties between the U.S. and Western Europe

A. the mayor has agreed with the teachers’ union

B. the teachers’ strike will last long

C. students haven’t been to school for two weeks

D. the mayor was trying to end the schools.

A. no heart disease will be found if people don’t drink coffee

B. no one should drink more than two cups of coffee a day

C. the more coffee people drink, the more chance they will get to have heart disease

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