1、2009 年成人高考高起点英语模拟试题二一、语音知识(共 5 小题;每题 1.5 分，共 7.5 分。)在下列每组单词中，有一个单词的划线部分与其他单词的划线部分的读音不同。找出这个词，并把它前面的大写字母填入左边括号里。( )1.A. either B. fail C. decide D. try( )2.A. curtain B. paint C. sail D. straight( )3.A. country B. courage C. pronounce D. double( )4.A. carriage B. idiom C. immediate D. material( )5.A.
2、 neither B. thirsty C. through D. thousand二、词汇与语法知识(共 25 小题; 每题 1.5 分，共 37.5 分。)从每个小题的四个选项中，选出最佳的一项，并把它前面的大写字母填入左边的括弧里。( )6. What would you _ to eat tonight?A. likeB. wishC. wantD. hope( )7. I _ my bicycle on the left side.A. get off fromB. get downC. get down fromD. get off( )8. Coal _ electricity
3、very often.A. is used to producingB. is used to produceC. used to produceD. used to producing( )9. Why cant you do this small _ for me? Ive helped you often enough in the past.A. workB. demandC. favourD. good( )10. Never _ till tomorrow what may be done today.A. put onB. put awayC. put offD. put up(
4、 )11. Mother kept inviting Mrs. Smith to stay for lunch， and finally she _.A. gave outB. gave offC. gave inD. gave away( )12. France is _ only European country I have visited.A. anB. aC. theD. 不填( )13. The problem of pollution in this city is more serious than _ in other cities.A. thatB. itC. thisD.
5、 those( )14. Dick found himself walking _ the direction of the post office.A. toB. byC. alongD. in( )15. _ that we were late， we started to run.A. KnowB. To knowC. KnowingD. Being known( )16. This room is _ any of the others in the building.A. the biggest thanB. big asC. bigger thanD. the biggest of
6、( )17. Just think Ann got the house _ all by herself!A. paintB. be paintedC. to paintD. painted( )18. The policeman caught the man _ the arm.A. byB. withC. onD. at( )19. To get an education， _.A. one must work hardB. working hard is importantC. to work hard is necessaryD. it is needed to work hard(
7、)20. The old man could not decide _ the money or to put it in the bank.A. if he spentB. whether to spendC. that he spentD. what to spend( )21. I wish youd consider _ to Miami with us this vacation.A. goingB. that youll goC. to goD. to going( )22. I think Ill wait until the mail _.A. should comeB. is
8、 comingC. comesD. will come( )23. We found _.A. the work hard for doingB. hard to do the workC. it hard for doing the workD. the work hard to do( )24. Professor Bixby warned his students _ late for the examination.A. not beB. to be notC. not to beD. be not( )25. I dont know what Id have done if I _
9、to make that decision.A. would haveB. had hadC. have hadD. did have( )26. I dont know how to play bridge and _.A. my wife doesnt neitherB. my wife does eitherC. neither does my wifeD. neither my wife does( )27. He asked _ since he had been chairman for seven years.A. not to have been re-electedB. to
10、 not be re-electedC. not to be re-electedD. to have not been re-elected( )28. The guests said that they wouldnt mind _.A. to have a little light musicB. have a little light musicC. having a little light musicD. that they have a little light music( )29. Last night we caught a thief _ Johns car.A. whe
11、n stealingB. that be stoleC. to stealD. stealing( )30. Without the invention of writing， a man _ to remember so many things which he can write down or find in a book.A. is forcedB. will be forcedC. forcedD. would be forced三、完形填空(共 20 小题 ;每题 1.5 分，共 30 分。)通读下面的短文，掌握其大意。从每小题的四个选项中选出可填入相应空白出的最佳选择，并把它前面
12、的大写字母填入左边括弧里。The common cold is familiar to everyone. People often catch cold in _31_ winter or spring. They may _32_ catch cold at other times _33_ the year. A person with _34_ bad cold usually buys some _35_ of medicine. Pharmacies have many _36_ for a cold. However， doctors _37_ that these medici
13、nes do not _38_ very much. They that _39_ person with a bad cold _40_ stay in bad， keep warm， and drink a lot of water.In 1928 an English doctor was working in his laboratory in London hospital. The doctors name _41_ Alexander Fleming. One day he _42_ a tiny bit of mold (黴) _43_ a dish that he was _
14、44_ in his work. He started _45_ throw the mold away. Then _46_ noticed that it seemed unusual. He _47_ the mold and studied _48_ for a long time. He _49_ that it could kill germs. He _50_ it penicillin.( )31.A. a B. the C. some D. none( )32.A. too B. also C. to D. still( )33.A. at B. from C. of D.
15、on( )34.A. some B. a C. one D. the( )35.A. kind B. set C. quantity D. deal( )36.A. medicine B. much C. medicines D. doctors( )37.A. tell B. speak C. talk D. say( )38.A. helps B. help C. helping D. helped( )39.A. many B. some C. a D. one( )40.A. ought B. shall C. to D. should( )41.A. is B. was C. cal
16、led D. be( )42.A. finding B. founded C. found D. finds( )43.A. in B. among C. above D. into( )44.A. playing B. using C. cooking D. making( )45.A. to B. and C. but D. by( )46.A. she B. Dr C. it D. he( )47.A. kept B. keeps C. keep D. keeping( )48.A. them B. mold C. it D. him( )49.A. knew B. studied C.
17、 invented D. discovered( )50.A. calls B. named C. made D. liked四、阅读理解(共 15 小题;每题 2 分，共 30 分。)阅读下列短文，然后根据短文的内容从每小题的四个选择项中选出最佳的一项，并把它前面的大写字母填入左边的括弧里。AIt was January 1848. A man was digging near the small village of San Francisco， California， Suddenly， he saw something shinygold.By the next year the Ca
18、lifornia gold rush had begun. Thousands of men came to California. They were called “forty-miners” after the year 1849. The forty-miners came from all around the USA. They even came from other countries， including Mexico， Australia， China， France， and England. They left their families and jobs， and
19、made the difficult trip to California. They all shared a dream. They all wanted to make a fortune in gold.Towns and camps grew quickly wherever gold was found. These towns were rough places. There was almost always a saloon， where the men drank whiskey and gambled at cards. In mining towns， men stol
20、e and sometimes killed for gold.Did the miners make their fortune? Some did， especially those who came early were lucky. In 1848， miners usually made about twenty dollars a day. In 1852 miners made about six dollars a day. Many other people came to California to make money from the miners. Prices we
21、re very high. A loaf of bread， which cost five cents in New York， cost almost a dollar in San Francisco.In 1848 San Francisco had been a village. Six years later it was a city with a population of 50，000. In 1850 California had enough people to become a state.( )51. In 1849 thousands of men came to
22、California because _.A. they were forty-minersB. they wanted to find goldC. they had familiesD. California was a beautiful place( )52. Towns and camps _.A. grew quicklyB. grew where there was a saloonC. grew where there was no goldD. grew fast wherever there was gold( )53. Some of the miners who wer
23、e lucky _.A. made twenty dollarsB. made their fortuneC. made breadD. became poor( )54. The towns of the old West were rough places _.A. where people fought a lotB. where there are mountainsC. where there is no waterD. with irregular landBBaseball is Americas most popular sport. In a baseball game th
24、ere are two teams of nine players. Players must hit ball with a bat and then run around four bases. A player who goes around all the bases scores a run for his team. The team that finishes with more runs wins the game.Where did baseball come from? No one knows for sure. Many people believe that the
25、idea came from a game played by children in England. Other people believe that a man named Abner Doubleday invented the game in Cooperstown， New York， in 1839. But the first real rules of baseball were written in 1845 by Alexander Cartwright. Two teams from New York played a game following Cartwrigh
26、ts rules. The rules worked well. Soon there were many teams.These early teams were not professional. They played only for fun， not money. But baseball was very popular from the start. Businessmen saw that they could make money with professional baseball teams.The first professional team was started
27、in 1869. This team was the Red Stockings of Cincinati. Within a few years there were professional teams in other cities. In 1876， these teams came together in a league， or group， called the National League. The teams in the National League played one another.In 1901， a new league， called the America
28、n League， was formed. To create some excitement， in 1903， the two leagues decided to have their first-place teams play each other. This event was called the World Series.Each year since then the National League winner and the American League winner play in the World Series. And， each year， millions
29、of people look forward to this exciting sports event.( )55. A group of people that play together is _.A. a teamB. a leagueC. a gameD. a player( )56. A wooden stick used to hit a ball in baseball is called _.A. a ballB. a sportC. a batD. a stick( )57. When a player runs around all four bases he makes
30、 _.A. a fourB. a winnerC. a runD. a game( )58. When teams play sports for money they are _.A. businessmenB. funC. professionalD. amateurCLegend tells us that the city of Rome was established in 152 BC. Its a fact， however， that by 100 AD， Rome was the center of a vast empire. It ranged from Syria in
31、 the east to Spain in the west. It stretched from Britain in the north to Africa in the south. All or part of 27 of todays countries were included in the Roman Empire. All of their people were ruled by one government， that of Rome. All educated citizens spoke the same language， Latin. And one of the
32、 empires many outposts was called Londinium. This unimportant town would later become London， England， and the center of another empire.The Roman Empire collapsed about 1，5000 years ago. Yet in some ways， it is still with us. Take the letters you are reading fox example. English， like many other lan
33、guages， uses the Roman alphabet while also borrowing many word. The laws of many European countries are based on ancient Roman laws. Roman ruins are scattered throughout Europe，North Africa ， and the Middle East. In some places， Roman roads and water courses are still in use. To this day， and Europe
34、an in North Africa is likely to be called “Roumi”Roman. Even modern place names are often inherited from ancient Rome. Both Greece and Germany bear the names given them by the Romans rather than the names that their own people first called them.( )59. The most northern part of the Roman Empire was _
35、.A. SpainB. AfricaC. SyriaD. Britain( )60. The main idea of paragraph 2 is that Roman culture is _.A. dead and buriedB. based completely on languageC. still part of the presentD. unimportant to history( )61. In the days of the Empire， the Roman government was probably _.A. strongB. dividedC. weakD.
36、poor( )62. What happened first?A. Londinium was an outpostB. The Roman Empire fell apart.C. The city of Rome was founded.D. London became the center of an empire.DWhen water is heated until it boils， bubbles of gas appear and rise through the hot liquid. When an electric current passes through water
37、 in a process called electrolysis (電解 )， bubbles of gas appear and rise through the liquid. Superficially (表面地) ， the two events appear same.If the gas from the boiling water is examined， its properties are found to be the same as those of the water， Thus， if the steam is cooled to room temperature，
38、 a liquid is formed which is indistinguishable from the original water. When， however， the gas from the electrolysis equipment is cooled to room temperature， it remains a gas rather than becoming a liquid. Nor will it， at zero degrees centigrade or below， turn to solid， as will the gas from boiling
39、water， These two processes， boiling and electrolysis， have clearly resulted in products with quite different properties.In boiling， the gas does not represent a new substance， but only a different state of the original substance. Electrolysis， on the other hand， has generated a product which is a ne
40、w substance， or possibly a mixture of new substances. A change in state as represented by going from a liquid to a gas without the production of new substances in called a “physical change”。 However， when a process takes place that produces new substances， this is called a “chemical change” or a “chemical reaction”。 In a chemical reaction， the initial substances are replaced by a new set of substances or products.( )63. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?A. ElectrolysisB. Physical and Chemical Changes
