94年 - 2005年成人高考高起点英语试题#14009

8. Not until very late that afternoon ______ the news that his daughter won the match. (A) did the father get (B) the father got (C) the father did get (D) got the father

9.Something must be done immediately if these wild animals ______ saved. (A) will be (B) were (C) are about to be (D) are to be

10. Michael _____ to pass the examination at his second attempt. (A) succeeded (B) completed (C) realized (D) managed

11. – My watch stopped. -- You ______ have forgotten to wind it. (A) should (B) must (C) can (D) may

12. Helen made ____to visit her parents once a month, but she didn’t keep it. (A) an offer (B) a decision (C) an effort (D) a promise

13. Don’t worry about Susan; she just feels like _____ home alone tonight. (A) to stay (B) stay (C) staying (D) having stayed

14. Neither my wife nor I ______ able to persuade our daughter to change her mind. (A) am (B) are (C) have been (D) is

15. This is the washing machine ____ we have had so much trouble. (A) at which (B) with which (C) of which (D) in which

16. Mary has a lot of letters to write today. She ___ all afternoon and she _____ yet. (A) has been writing; hasn’t finished (B) has written; hasn’t finished (C) writes; doesn’t finish (D) wrote; didn’t finish

17. As we knew, Xu HaiFeng won the first gold medal for China at the 23rd Olympic Games____ in Los Angeles. (A) being held (B) to be held (C) having been held (D) held

18. The driving test was difficult for me, but I finally ____ it. (A) got back to (B) got along with (C) got through (D) got into

19. – Why are you so late, Jim? -- Sorry. We _____ in heavy traffic for about an hour. (A) have stuck (B) are stuck (C) stuck (D) were stuck

20. The teachers decided to put off the meeting till next week, ___ they won’t be so busy. (A) since (B) as (C) when (D) while

Here is a story which I heard from my father yesterday evening over tea. One of his friends had _21__ been to the Himalayas, the famous mountain range in the world. While he was _22__ along the mountain paths, he came _23__ a few other visitors. _24__ the visitors were an old lady and her grandson. The small child _25__ the beautiful mountains and snow-capped peaks(山峰). He said to his grandmother: “How _26__ these mountains are! Can we take them _27__, grandma? ” The old woman _28_ and said, “Dear, if some child like you had taken them away _29__, would you have had a _30__ to see them? Now if we take these mountains away today, then tomorrow, _31__ child will not have the chance to _32__ these beautiful things. Don’t you _33__ they are so nice that everyone should see and _34__ them?” What a noble _35__! Our lives become _36__ only when we learn the _37___ of everything and give up our _38__ to have everything for ourselves. Just as the saying goes, “ The rich man is not the one who has the _39__, but one who _40__ the least.” 21.(A) nearly (B) already (C) almost (D) recently

22. (A) marching (B) walking (C) following (D) running

23. (A) across (B) to (C) for (D) around

24. (A) Besides (B) About (C) Between (D) Among

25. (A) discovered (B) recognized (C) admitted (D) attracted

26. (A) cold (B) nice (C) wide (D) far

27. (A) home (B) together (C) down (D) off

28. (A) worried (B) agreed (C) smiled (D) cheered

29. (A) once (B) tomorrow (C) sometimes (D) yesterday

30. (A) day (B) chance (C) time (D) moment

31. (A) each (B) other (C) another (D) that

32. (A) show (B) take (C) own (D) see

33. (A) think (B) guess (C) mean (D) say

34. (A) take (B) have (C) welcome (D) enjoy

35. (A) thought (B) language (C) lesson (D) feeling

36. (A) useful (B) successful (C) meaningful (D) helpful

37. (A) price (B) value (C) nature (D) result

38. (A) reasons (B) desires (C) struggle (D) purpose

39. (A) time (B) position (C) most (D) best

40. (A) needs (B) has (C) collects (D) help

41. The author holds that if grammar is described as “rules”, it would suggest that _____. (A) rules must be made to speak the language (B) language goes before grammar (C) rules are fixed by language (D) language is not a new game

42. From Paragraph 1 we can see that _____. (A) language is changing, so is its grammar (B) grammar must be simple to describe a language (C) languages were formed by people now and then (D) grammar should be changed at a particular time

43. According to the author grammar helps when ______. (A) we look up something in a book (B) we ask someone to make rules (C) we speak our native language (D) we learn a foreign language

44. Which of the following would be the best title for this passage? (A) Grammar Is the Rules of a Language (B) The Change of Language (C) Grammar Is Your Friend (D) How to Study Grammar

45. Which of the following is true according to the passage？ (A) Wolves have played an important role in Yellowstone for 70 years (B) Wolves in Yellowstone had all been killed by the mid-1920s (C) Yellowstone had no wolves at the beginning of the 20th century (D) Yellowstone can hold no more than 300 wolves today

46. The sentence “… they have already left their mark” most probably means in the passage that _____. (A) they have brought about changes to Yellowstone (B) they have made marks where they can get food (C) they have left a lot of footprints in the park (D) they have marked out the areas of their own

47. What is the immediate change after 15 wolves were brought in? (A) Plants grow taller and better (B) Beavers have increased greatly (C) The number of elk is reduced (D) Cows and sheep are killed on farms

48. It seems to be a wise decision to have brought wolves back to Yellowstone because ____. (A) wolves can depend on themselves to find food (B) a national park should introduce foreign animals (C) a national park should have different kinds of animals (D) wolves are necessary for many other animals and plants to live

49. How many teaching hours do most of the schools have in the U.S.？ (A) 6 hours for 4 days a week (B) 6 hours for 5 days a week (C) 7.5 hours for 4 days a week (D) 7.5 hours for 5 days a week

50. What change does the four-day school week bring about? (A) Students attend classes for 180 days a year (B) Students have fewer class hours than before (C) Students take part in more after-class activities (D) Students have to take special programs on the fifth day

51. Which of the following is true about the four-day schedule? (A) It is being practiced in some states (B) It is being planned all over the country (C) It helps students save money for meals (D) It prevents small schools from closing down

52 Mr. Hollins told Carol that she was required _______. (A) to record what she heard in the streets (B) to collect men’s opinions on a product (C) to pay visits to men aged 21 through 50 (D) to stop people who were using the product

53. Before Carol started to work, she learned how to _____. (A) fill her personal information in a form (B) receive training that might help her do the job (C) put the information collected in the form provided (D) ask interesting questions in the training course

54. What can we know about the third man Carol stopped in the town center? (A) He was impatient to listen to Carol (B) He was ready to answer Carol’s questions (C) He found it hard to believe what Carol said (D) He had trouble getting what Carol was saying

55. Carol found in her work that _____. (A) few people were willing to answer her questions (B) it was not easy to make herself understood (C) men did not like her questions very much (D) young people were more helpful

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