南京大学网络教育入学测试专升本英语样卷（五）

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英语入学样卷5

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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．dust        B．cut         C．fun         D. bury
3. A．five         B．mile        C．blind       D．windy
4．A．cake         B．camel       C．campus       D. cancer
5．A. speech       B．rich        C．chemistry    D．teach

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、It is during his spare time ____john has been studying a course in French.
A、when;   B、that;   C、which;   D、what

7、____ was once regarded as impossible has now become a reality.
A、That;    B、Which;   C、Who ;    D、What

8、"That's a great sweater, Lu.That colour looks really good ____ you."
"Oh, thanks. My wife knitted it last year."
A、in;    B、on;    C、at;    D、with

9、"____the population of this country?"
"It has a population of 120 000 000."
A、What has;   B、What is;   C、How much has;   D、How many are
10、We must begin testing the instrument, no matter ____difficult it is.
A、what;   B、how;   C、when;   D、where

11、____crossing the street, he was knocked down by a car.
A、By;    B、During;    C、At;   D、While

12、I have finished typing all ____the last page.
A、until;    B、by;   C、to;    D、for
13、I'm looking forward____ Mike next week.
A、to see;    B、to seeing;   C、seeing;    D、see

14、It is necessary that he, ____ there on time.
A、is;    B、be;    C、will be;    D、has been

15、He was overcome by the fear ____he had lung cancer.
A、which;    B、what;    C、that;    D、of

16、Mary said that she could not ____a new dress on her income.
A、spend;    B、save;     C、afford;    D、spare
17、She hardly ever goes to ____the theatre.
A、neither the cinema or;     B、neither the cinema nor;
C、either the cinema nor    ; D、the cinema or
18、Bill doesn't ____what people say about him.
A、listen;     B、depend;    C、matter;    D、care
19、In Britain, the best season of the year is probably ____ spring.
A、later;     B、1atter;      C、last;     D、late
20、"What gate should I go through?"
"You should use ____."
A、Three Gate;     B、Third Gate;     C、Gate Three;      D、Gate Third

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.

    The Atlantic Ocean is one of the oceans that separated the Old World from the New. (21) centuries it kept the Americans (22) being discovered by the (23) of Europe.
The Atlantic Ocean is only half (24) big as the Pacific, but it is still very large. It is more than 4000 miles (6000km) wide (25) Columbus crossed it. Even at its (26) it is about 2000 miles (3200kms) wide.
We now have (27) fast ways of traveling that this big ocean seems to have grown (28). Columbus sailed for more than two months to cross it. A fast modern steamship can (29) the trip in less than four days. Airplanes fly from New York to London in (30) eight hours and from South America to Africa in four!
21、A、For;      B、In;          C、On;          D、From
22、A、for;          B、from;         C、of;          D 、with
23、A、people;           B、workers;       C 、the young   ; D、cities
24、A、as;          B、very;     C、quite;          D、so
25、A、           when;         B、where;        C、how;       D、why
26、A、biggest;     B、highest;         C、narrowest;    D、shortest

27、A、few;      B、so;     C、such;         D、those

28、A、bigger      ;B、smaller;        C、deeper;   D、wider

29、A、take;         B、make;     C、go;         D、cover
30、A、hardly;           B、yet;          C、mere    ;   D、only

Ⅳ．Reading Comprehension (30 points)
Passage One
If you are like most people, your intelligence varies from season to season. You are probably a lot sharper in the spring than you are at any other time of the year. A famous scientist concluded that climate and temperature have a definite effect on our mental abilities, and that cool weather is much more favorable for creative thinking than in summer heat. This does not mean that all people are less intelligent in the summer than they are during the rest of the year. It does mean, however, that the mental abilities of large members or people tend to be lowest in the summer.
Spring appears to be the best period of the year for thinking. One reason may be that in the spring man's mental abilities are affected by the same factors that bring about great changes in all nature. Autumn is the next best season, then winter. As for summer, it seems to be a good time to take a long vacation from thinking.
31、Generally speaking, it is far fitter for creative thinking when the weather is______.
A、sunny and fine;
B、windy and rainy;
C、warm and wet;
D、neither cold nor hot
32、According to the passage，your intelligence probably_______.
A、varies from month to month;
B、remains the same all the year round;
C、varies with the seasons;
D、changes without stopping
33、A scientist arrived at the conclusion that climate and temperature have_____.
A、nothing to do with man's mental abilities;
B、some effect on the intelligence of most people;
C、a great effect on everyone's intelligence;
D、no effect on women's intelligence
34、One possible reason why spring is the best season for thinking is that______.
A、all nature has come back to life and becomes active;
B、it is followed by summer;
C、a11 kinds of flowers are in full bloom;
D、it is warm and pleasant
35、Summer seems to be a good period of the year for______.
A、travelling; B、holidays;
C、reading or writing; D、thinking during the vacation

Passage TWO

Strange things happen to time when you travel， because the earth is divided into twenty four time zones，one hour apart． You can have days with more than twenty-four hours，and weeks with more or fewer than seven days．
If you make a five-day trip across the Atlantic ocean， your ship enters a different time zone every day. As you enter each zone， the time changes one hour． Traveling west，you set your clock back；traveling east，you set it ahead．Each day of your trip has either twenty-five of twenty-three hours．
If you travel by ship across the Pacific，you cross the international date line．By agreement，this is the point where a new day begins．When you cross the line，you change your calendar one full day，backward or forward．Traveling east,today becomes yesterday，traveling west，it is tomorrow!
36．The difference in time between zones is _________ ．
A．seven days                   B．twenty-four hours
C．one hour                     D. more than seven days
37. From this passage it seems true that the Atlantic Ocean ______．
A．is in one time zone
B．is divided into twenty-four zones
C. is divided into five time zones
D．cannot be crossed in five days
38．If you cross the Atlantic Ocean going east，you set your clock ______．
A．ahead one hour in each new time zone
B．ahead one hour for the whole trip
C．back one full day for each time zone
D．ahead by twenty-three hours
39. The International Date Line is the name for _______．
A. the beginning of any new time zone
B. any point where time changes by one hour
C．the point where a new day begins
D. any time zone in the Pacific Ocean
40．The best title for this passage is ______.
A．A Trip Across the Atlantic
B. How Time Changes Around the World
C. Crossing the International Date Line
D．How Time Zones Were Set up