南京大学网络教育入学测试专升本英语样卷（二）

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I. Phonetics (10 points)
Directions：In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined letter combinations marked A，B，C, and D． Compare the underlined parts and identify the one that is different from the others in pronunciation．

1．A. secure       B．failure        C. pure            D．cure
2．A．blow         B．allow              C．throw           D. know
3. A．traffic      B．majority           C．machine         D．attention
4．A．suggest      B．sudden             C. suffer          D．sugar
5．A．pushed       B．talked             C．hoped           D. phoned
Ⅱ． Vocabulary and Structure (30 points)
Directions: There and 15 incomplete sentences in this section．For each sentence
there are four choices marked A, B, C and D．Choose one answer that best completes the sentence．

6、"Will we be able to visit the white House?"
"Sure. It's open ____every morning."
A、for the public;    B、for public;    C、to the public;   D、to public

7、Mother told Mary ____late for school.
A、not to;       B、did not be;     C、not be;    D、not to be

8、I can not see any improvement ____your writing.
A、in;      B、about;     C、for;     D、from

9、We are looking forward to ____a trip to your county.
A、take;      B、taking;     C、be taking;    D、having taken

10、They arrived home very wet, as they had walked all the way ____the rain.
A、in;       B、below;        C、under;      D、into

11、My sister is used to ____ with a11 the windows open.
A、sleep; B、sleeping; C、the sleeping; D、have slept

12、From here, we can see the bridge____ construction.
A、below;          B、by;        C、under;         D、with

13、I began to work here____1978.
A、in;           B、at;          C、on;         D、since

14、It's nice to go for a walk ____a summer evening.
A、on;         B、at;        D、in;        C、during

15、More and more young people like playing football, ____is an exciting game.
A、what;         B、which;          C、that;      D、because

16、If you want to telephone him, you'll have to ____up the number in the book.
A、look; B、see; C、find; D、search

17、When John____in London he went to see the London Bridge.
A、came; B、reached; C、arrived; D、got

18、In spite of the noise, he went on working____nothing were happening.
A、because; B、as if; C、although; D、where

19、Electricity is____great use in industry and everyday life.
A、for; B、of; C、in;D、 with

20、Most Chinese like to drink tea. But some prefer coffee____tea.
A、to; B、for; C、with; D、against

Ⅲ．Cloze (30 points)

Directions：For each blank in the following passage， there are four choices given below and marked A， B， C and D． Choose the one that is most suitable.

   These days most people, especially young girls, like to look slim. Our grandfathers' (21) were different (22) ours, but nowadays (23) seems to enjoy （24) fat girls. That is why many companies have developed special foods to help people to slim. The only thing (25) is wrong with this is what a friend (26) said to me the other day, "I don't mind (27) these foods if they'll give me a good figure, but why (28) to taste so awful?" The reason is (29) the food makers have to add a lot of vitamins to these foods to satisfy the law, so the only wise advice I could give my friend was "Eat normal food，but (30) less."
21、A、tastes;     B、steps;     C、stages;    D、tests
22、A、than;       B、that;       C、from;       D、to
23、A、everyone;    B、anybody;     C、somebody;   D、no one
24、A、1ooking to;    B、looking at;     C、to look to;     D、to look at
25、A、it;      B、that;     C、what;    D、as
26、A、of mine;       B、of me;       C、of my;      D、for me
27、A、eat;          B、to eat;          C、eating;         D、the eating
28、A、do they have;        B、they have;         C、are they;        D、they are
29、A、that;          B、because;            C、why;             D、which
30、A、to eat;             B、eating;         C、be eating ;           D、eat

Ⅳ．Reading Comprehension (30 points)

Directions：There are two 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 one answer that best completes the sentence．

Passage One

Very few people were coming to eat at the White Rose Restaurant， and its owner didn’t know what to do． The food in his restaurant was cheap and good，but nobody seemed to want to eat there．
Then the owner did something that changed all that，and in a few weeks his restaurant was always full of men with ladies, a smiling waiter gave each of them a beautiful menu. The menus 1ooked exactly the same on the outside，but there was an important difference inside．The menu that the waiter gave to the man gave the correct price for each dish and each bottle of wine, while the menu that he gave to the lady gave a much higher price．So when the man calmly ordered dishes after wine，the lady thought he was much more generous than he really was.
31、The food at the White Rose Restaurant was _________.
A． always good in quality    B. getting worse later
C． beautiful outside         D．better later
32、 The restaurant attracted so many people because __________.
A． the boss lowered the price of its food
B． the waiters improved their service
C． the waiters showed men and women menus with different
prices on them
D.   it had background music
33、Who do you think paid for the food when a man and woman were together?
A． Usually by the man and sometimes by the woman.
B． Always by the man only.
C.   Often by the woman.
D． 0nly by their parents secretly.
34、The White Rose Restaurant succeeded because _____________·
A． men like their women friends to be generous
B． women like their men friends to be generous
C． men are more generous than women
D． men are generous
35、 ____________ often came to eat at this restaurant．
A． Men and their friends
B． Husbands and wives
C.   Men and their women friends
D． Few people

Passage Two
We have no idea about when men first began to use salt, but we do know that it has been used in many different ways throughout the history.
For example, it is recorded in many history books that people who lived over three thousand years ago ate salted fish. Thousands of years ago in Egypt, salt was used to preserve the dead.
In some periods of history, a person who stole salt was thought to have broken the law. Take the eighteenth century for example. If a person was caught stealing salt, he would be thrown into prison. History also records that only in England about ten thousand people were put into prison during that century for stealing salt! About one hundred and fifty years before, in the year 1553, if a man took more than his share of salt, he would thought to have broken the law and would be seriously punished, and his ear would be cut off.
Salt was an important item on the dinner table of a king. It was always placed in front of the king when he sat down to eat. Important guests at the king's table were seated near the salt. Less important guests were given seats father away from it.
36．Thousands of years ago in Egypt salt was used______．
A. to punish people who had broken the law
B．to keep dead bodies from going bad
C．to keep fish alive
D．to make chemicals
37. During the 18th century about ten thousand people were put into prison in England because ________.
A．they had been caught stealing salt
B．they had sold salted fish
C．they had taken salt from the king’s table
D. they had used salt to preserve dead bodies
38．In the______ century，a man who took more than his share of salt would____.
A．fifteenth；lose all his salt
B．sixteenth；be thrown into prison
C．fifteenth；lose an ear
D．sixteenth；lose an ear
39．When a king had his dinner ，salt was placed____.
A．in front of the important guests
B．far away from him
C. in his front
D．nearer to the less important guests
40．The best title of the passage is____.
A． Nobody Knows When Salt Began to Be Used
B． The Uses and the Importance of Salt in History
C． Thousands of People Were Punished Because of salt
D． Salt Was Important in History
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