英辉函授站2017年成人高考高起点《英语》全真模拟试题及答案（一）
一、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弧里。
( )1.A. machine B. dictionary C. Russian D.question
( )2.A. popular B. large C. remarkable D.dark
( )3.A. church B. chalk C. character D. cheat
( )4.A. cheat B. weak C. increase D. area
( )5.A. copy B. loudly C. today D. Monday
二、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。
( )6.—The sea is veryrough today.
—Yes， I‘ve never seen _______ before.
A. such rough sea B. such a rough sea
C. so rough sea D. that rough sea
( )7.—She‘s broken her arm again.
—Again? I ______ she _______ ever broken itbefore.
A. don‘t know; has B.didn’t know; had
C. didn‘t know; hasD. hadn’t know; would
( )8.—Has the walletbeen returned yet?
—No， but we expect______ any day now.
A. to return it B. it to return C. it to bereturned D. it returned
( )9.—I‘ve been told to pay the rent.
—But it‘s alreadybeen paid. It ______ by someone else.
A. must be B. may be
C. must be paid D. must have been paid
( )10. Montreal is larger than _______ inCanada.
A. any city B. any cities C. any other citiesD. any other city
( )11. Human‘s brainsare larger in proportion to their bodies than _______.
A. whales B. a whale C. that of whales D.those of whales
( )12. Before writing your article， ______， collect your material， and prepare an outline.
A. a topic should be selected B. a topic tobe selected
C. your topic should be selected D. select atopic
( )13.—I usuallytravel by train.
—Why not ________ by plane for a change?
A. to try going B. trying to go C. to try andgo D. try going
( )14. The boy lay in the street， his eyes _______ and his hands ______.
A. closing; trembling B. closed; trembled
C. closing; trembled D. closed; trembling
( )15. He _______ here for 20 years by theend of next month.
A. had worked B. has worked C. will haveworked D. will work
( )16. I‘ll do_______ the doctor advised.
A. as B. like C. that D. all what
( )17.—Did we have towait for Tom?
—Well， _______ veryangry if we hadn‘t waited for him.
A. he‘d have been B.he were C. he had been D. he must be
( )18. Why do you insist on ________?
A. this to be done B. this done
C. this being done D. this is done
( )19. We looked everywhere for the ________.
A. missing watch B. missed watch
C. watch being missed D. watch that lost
( )20. ______， therunners crossed the finish line.
A. Tiring B. Tired C. To be tired D. They aretired
( )21. _______ by the air， the kite went up into the sky.
A. Pushing B. Pushed C. Having been pushed D.Having pushed
( )22.—The round bowlover there is a bit small， isn‘tit?
— _______.
A. So are the fish B. So the fish are
C. Neither the fish D. Neither are the fish
( )23. She couldn‘ttake shorthand， _______ slowed down the work of theoffice.
A. that B. which C. it D. so
( )24. Was it last Friday ________ you methim?
A. that B. on which C. which D. when
( )25. _______ might fail in the exam worriedhim.
A. He B. That he C. What D. It
( )26.—I‘v got this really painful ear.
—How long _______ you?
A. does it bother B. was it bothering
C. would it bother D. has it been bothering
( )27.—I started tostudy， but then a friend called.
—That‘s no excuse________.
A. for not studying B. not for studying C.not studying D. not to studying
( )28.—Why was he sohot when he got home?
—He ________.
A. was running B. is running C. has beenrunning D. had been running
( )29.—There‘s been an earthquake.
—I know. At least a hundred people ________.
A. were to be killed B. are said to have beenkilled
C. said to have been killed D. are said tokill
( )30. You may invite _______ wants to go.
A. whomever B. whoever C. which one D. people
三、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处的最佳选择，并把它前面的大写字母填入左边括号里。
Mr. Jones woke early one morning， before the sun had risen. It was a beautiful morning， _31_ he went to the window and looked out. He was _32_ to see aneatly-dressed and mid-aged professor， who _33_ in theuniversity just up the road from Mr. Jones‘ house， coming the direction of the town. He had grey hair thick glasses， and was _34 an umbrella， a morningnewspaper and a bag. Mr. Jones thought that he must have _35_ by the nighttrain _36_ taking a taxi.
Mr. Jones had a big tree in his garden， and the children had tied a long _37_ to one of the branches， so that they could swing on it.
Mr. Jones saw the professor _38_ when he sawthe rope and looked carefully up and down the road. When he saw that there was_39_ in sight， he stepped into the garden (there was nofence)， put his umbrella，newspaper， bag and hat nearly on the grass and _40_ therope. He pulled it _41_ to see whether it was strong enough to take his weight， then ran as fast as he could and swung into the _42_ on the end ofthe rope， his grey hair blowing all around _43_. _44_he swung， sometimes taking a few more _45_ steps on thegrass when the rope began to swing _46_ slowly for him.
_47_ the professor stopped， straightened his tie， combed his haircarefully， put on his hat， _48_his umbrella， newspaper and bag， and continued _49_ his way to the university， looking as _50_ and correct and respectable as one would expect aprofessor to be.
( )31.A. because B. as C. so D. for
( )32.A. surprised B. glad C. worried D.excited
( )33.A. studied B. worked C. stayed D. lived
( )34.A. passing B. doing C. carrying D.sending
( )35.A. left B. gone C. taken D. arrived
( )36.A. because of B. instead of C. by D.with
( )37.A. rope B. line C. stick D. ruler
( )38.A. run B. walk C. jump D. stop
( )39.A. nothing B. nobody C. no room D. nohouse
( )40.A. carried B. grasped C. took D. threw
( )41.A. hard B. high C. heavily D. greatly
( )42.A. garden B. tree C. land D. air
( )43.A. hands B. his shoulders C. his faceD. his neck
( )44.A. Backwards and forwards B. Up anddown
C. Left and right D. Around and around
( )45.A. running B. stopping C. rising D.falling
( )46.A. enough B. more C. too D. less
( )47.A. At first B. At last C. At once D. Atleast
( )48.A. set up B. gave up C. send up D.picked up
( )49.A. on B. for C. by D. with
( )50.A. clean B. slow C. funny D. quiet
阅读下列短文，然后根据短文的內容從每小题的四个选项中选出可填入相应空白处的最佳选择，并把它前面的大写字母填入左边括号里。
A
Grandma Moses is among the most famoustwentieth-century painters of the United States， yetshe had only just begun painting in her late seventies. As she once said ofherself： “I would never sit back in a rocking-chair， waiting for someone to help me.”
She was born on a farm in New York State. Attwelve she left home and was in a service until at twenty-seven， she married Thomas Moses， the tenant ofhers. They farmed most of their lives. She had ten children， of whom five survived; her husband died in 1928.
Grandma Moses painted a little as a child andmade embroidery pictures as a hobby， but only changedto oils in old age because her hands had become too stiff to sew and she wantedto keep busy and pass the time. Her pictures were first sold at an exhibition， and were soon noticed by a businessman who bought everything shepainted. Three of the pictures were shown in the Museum of Modern Art， and in 1940 she had her first exhibition in New York. Between the1930‘s and her death she produced some 2，000 pictures： careful and lively pictures ofthe country life she had known， with a wonderful senseof color and form.
( )51. Which of the following would be thebest title for the passage?
A. Grandma Moses
B. The Children of Grandma Moses
C. Grandma Moses： HerBest Pictures
D. Grandma Moses and Her First Exhibition
( )52. From Grandma Moses‘ s words of herself in the first paragraph，it can be inferred that she was _______.
A. independent B. pretty C. rich D. alone
( )53. Grandma Moses began to paint becauseshe wanted to _______.
A. make her home beautiful B. keep active
C. improve her salary D. gain aninternational fame
( )54. Grandma Moses spent most of their life________.
A. nursing B. painting C. farming D.embroidering
B
In the fall of 1924 Thomas Wolfe， fresh from his courses in play writing at Harvard joined the eightor ten of us who were teaching English composition in New York University. Ihad never before seen a man so tall as he， and so ugly.I pitied him and went out of my way to help him with his work and make him feelat home.
His students soon let me know that he had noneed of my protectiveness. They spoke of his ability to explain a poem in sucha manner as to have them shouting with laughter or struggling to keep backtheir tears， of his readiness to quote in detail fromany poet they could name.
Indeed， his studentsmade so much of his power of observation that I decided to make a little testand see for myself. My chance came one morning when the students were slowlygathering for nine o‘clock classes.
Upon arriving at the university that day， I found Wolfe alone in the large room which served all the Englishcomposition teachers as an office. He did not say anything when I asked him tocome with me out into the hall， and he only smiled whenwe reached a classroom door and I told him to enter alone and look around.
He stepped in，remained no more than thirty seconds and then came out. “Tell me what you see.” I said as I took hisplace in the room， leaving him in the hall with hisback to&n