【导语】命运不是一个机遇的问题，而是一个选择问题；它不是我们要等待的东西，而是我们要实现的东西。以下是
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. straight B. prefer C. enough D. fall
( )2.A. low B. though C. knowledge D. sold
( )3.A. calm B. hall C. talk D. ball
( )4.A. already B. each C. league D. weak
( )5.A. produce B. true C. computer D. news
二、词汇与语法知识(共25小题;每题1.5分，共37.5分。)
从每小题的四个选择项中，选出的一项，并把它前面的大写字母填入左边的括号里。
( )6. Are you sure you don‘t have _______ advice to give me? I really need _______.
A. any; any B. some; any C. any; some D. any; some
( )7. When we saw his face， we knew _______ was bad.
A. the news B. some news C. a news D. news
( )8. The number of students in our school ________.
A. increased B. is increased C. has increased D. are increased
( )9. ________ your step， or you might fall into the water.
A. See B. Watch C. Miss D. Look at
( )10. The meeting _______.
A. is to put off B. is going to put off
C. is to be put off D. will put off
( )11. Since the road is wet this morning， last night _______.
A. it must be raining B. it must rain
C. it must have rained D. it must have been rained
( )12. Nothing could stop _______.
A. him come B. that the came
C. him from coming D. him to come
( )13. The noise of desks _______ could be heard out in the street.
A. opened and closed B. to be opened and closed
C. being opened and closed D. having been opened and closed
( )14. The medicine will ______ you good.
A. do B. save C. give D. help
( )15. A few years later， I found my hometown completely _______.
A. changed B. changing C. to be changed D. to change
( )16. This novel is worthy of _______.
A. reading B. read C. having read D. being read
( )17. It is very kind ______ see me.
A. from you to B. as C. as if D. like that
( )18. It looks _______ it‘s going to rain.
A. that B. as C. as if D. like that
( )19. The stone was so heavy that it was difficult for the old man to ______ it.
A. lift B. reach C. rise D. touch
( )20. They lives ______ the other side of the road.
A. in B. on C. for D. by
( )21. She can speak Japanese better than ________else.
A. the one B. no one C. anyone D. another
( )22. This lesson is _______ than the last one.
A. more easier B. more easy C. very easier D. much easier
( )23. Today‘s weather isn’t as cold as it was yesterday， ________?
A. wasn‘t B. is it C. was it D. isn’t it
( )24. This book is for students ______ native language is not English.
A. of whom B. that C. which D. whose
( )25. You may not go out _______ your work is done.
A. before B. until C. where D. as
( )26. Look what Father_______ me when he came from work.
A. brought B. took C. carried D. fetched
( )27. Nobody knew _______ there.
A. how long time I had been B. how long had I been
C. how long time had I been D. how long I had been
( )28. The harder he studies， _______.
A. he‘ll make great progress B. the greater progress he’ll make
C. he‘ll make greater progress D. the greater he’ll make progress
( )29. ________， I would have gone to see him.
A. Have I had time B. Had I time
C. Had I had time D. would I have had
( )30. He didn‘t go to France， the doctor suggested that he _______there.
A. won‘t go B. not go C. not to go D. didn’t go
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处的选择，并把它前面的大写字母填入左边括号里。
I hand been sitting by myself in my usual compartment for at least ten minutes， waiting __31__. The trains from Littlebury never seemed to start __32__ and I often thought that I could have __33__ in bed a little longer or had __34__ cup of tea before __35__. Suddenly I heard someone shouting __36__ the platform outside. A young girl was running towards the train. The man __37__ put out his hand to stop her but she ran past him and opened the door of my compartment. Then the whistle blew and the train started.
“I nearly missed it， __38__?” the girl said. “How long does it take to __39_ London?” “It depends on the __40__.” I said. “Some days it‘s __41__ others.”
“I‘ll have to have my watch mended， __42__ late again tomorrow，” she said. “It’s my first day __43__ with a new firm today and they told me that the man __44__ is very strict. I __45__ him yet so I don‘t know __46__ but he sounds a bit frightening.”
She talked about her new job __47__ the way to London and before long， I realized that she was going to work for my firm. My __48__ secretary had just left so I must be her new boss. __49__ only fair to tell her.
“Oh， dear，” she said. “__50__ mistake! I wish I had known.”
“Never mind，” I said. “At least you‘ll know when your train’s late that mine will be， too.”
( )31.A. the train to start B. for the train start
C. the train‘s start D. for the train to start
( )32.A. on their hour B. on time C. at their hour D. at time
( )33.A. lain B. laid C. lied D. lay
( )34.A. other B. some other C. another D. one other
( )35.A. I had left the home B. leave from home
C. leaving home D. to leave home
( )36.A. at B. by C. in D. on
( )37.A. at place B. on duty C. for control D. in post
( )38.A. haven‘t I B. don’t I C. wasn‘t I D. didn’t I
( )39.A. get to B. arrive to C. reach to D. make to
( )40.A. driver to the engine B. driver engine
C. engineer‘s driver D. engine driver
( )41.A. far slower that B. much slower than
C. a lot more slow than D. a great deal more slow that
( )42.A. in order not be B. so as not to be
C. for not being D. so that it‘s not
( )43.A. at job B. in job C. in work D. at work
( )44.A. I‘m going to work for B. what I’m going to work for
C. for which I‘m going to work D. which I’m going to work for
( )45.A. didn‘t meet B. haven’t met C. didn‘t know D. haven’t known
( )46.A. what he is like B. what is he like
C. how he is D. how is he
( )47.A. through B. by C. on D. in
( )48.A. proper B. own C. same D. self
( )49.A. There was B. That was C. It was D. Was
( )50.A. What a terrible B. What terrible C. How terrible D. So terrible a
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的一项，并把它前面的大写字母填入左边的括号里。
A
Jimmy was five years old and his brother， Billy， was only a baby. One morning his mother waited for an important telephone call for hours， but nobody called. There was no bread in the house and she had to go out to buy some. Jimmy stayed at home to look after the baby. When the mother was out， the telephone rang and Jimmy answered.
Mr. Baker：Hello! May I speak to Mrs. White?
Jimmy：Sorry， Mother is out.
Mr. Baker：Well， when she comes back， say to her， “Mr. Baker called.”
Jimmy：What?
Mr. Baker：Mr. Baker. Write it down. B-A-K-E-R.
Jimmy：How do you write B?
Mr. Baker：How do I write…? Listen， little boy， is there anybody else with you? Any brothers or sisters?
Jimmy：Yes， my brother Billy is here.
Mr. Baker：Good. I want to talk to him， please.
Jimmy：All right. Jimmy took the telephone to the baby‘s bed and put it beside its head. Not long after that his mother came back.
Mother：Did anybody call?
Jimmy：Yes， a man called. But he only wanted to talk to Billy.
( )51. Jimmy‘s mother waited for ________.
A. an important man B. a good friend
C. a telephone call D. a piece of good news
( )52. Jimmy‘s mother went out because ________.
A. she waited for hours B. nobody called
C. she had to buy some bread D. she had to buy some milk
( )53. Jimmy couldn‘t write down Mr. Baker’s name because ________.
A. he had no pen or paper B. he couldn‘t read or write
C. he had to look after the baby D. he had to play with his brother
( )54. Mr. Baker wanted to talk to ________.
A. a child older than Jimmy B. a child younger than Jimmy
C. Jimmy‘s brother Billy D. Jimmy’s sister Betty
B
The cowboy is the hero of many movies. He is， even today， a symbol of courage and adventure. But what was the life of the cowboy really like?
The cowboy‘s job is clear from the word “cowboy”。 Cowboys were men who took care of cows and other cattle. The cattle were in the West and in Texas. People in the cities of the East wanted beef from these cattle. Trains could take the cattle east. But first the cattle had to get to the trains. Part of the cowboy’s job was to take the cattle hundreds of miles to the railroad towns.
The trips were called cattle drives. A cattle drive usually took several months. Cowboys rode for sixteen hours a day. Because they rode so much， each cowboy brought along about eight horses. A cowboy changed horses several times each day.
The cowboys had to make sure that the cattle arrived safely. Before starting on a drive， the cowboys branded the cattle. They burned a make on the cattle to show who they belonged to. But these marks didn‘t stop rustlers， or cattle thieves. Cowboys had to protect the cattle from rustlers. Rustlers made the dangerous trip even more dangerous.
Even though their work was very difficult and dangerous， cowboys did not earn much money. They were paid bally. Yet cowboys liked their way of life. They lived in a wild and open country. They lived a life of adventure and freedom.
( )55. The cowboy‘s job was ________.
A. to be a hero B. to take care of cattle
C. to be a rustler D. to be a driver
( )56. Cowboys ________.
A. made a lot of money B. had a difficult job
C. did not like their way of life D. were rich
( )57. When you do something new exciting， you have ________.
A. a symbol B. an adventure C. a job D. a trip
( )58. The cowboy was the most important person in the movie. He was the ________.
A. chief B. rustler C. hero D. president
C
Uncle Sam is a tall， thin man. He‘s an older man with white hair and a white beard. He often wears a tall hat， a bow tie， and the stars and stripes of the American flag.
Who is this strange， looking man? Would you believe that Uncle Sam is the US government? But why do you call the US government Uncle Sam?
During the War of 1812， the US government hired meat packers to provide meat to the army. One of these meat packers was a man named Samuel Wilson. Samuel was a friendly and fair man. Everyone liked him and called him Uncle Sam.
Sam Wilson stamped the boxes of meat for the army with a large US for United States. Some government inspectors came to look over Sam‘s company. They asked a worker what the US on the boxes stood for. As a joke， the worker answered that these letters stood for the name of his boss， Uncle Sam.
The joke spread， and soldiers began saying that their food came from Uncle Sam. Before long， people called all things that came from the government “Uncle Sam‘s”， “Uncle Sam” became a nickname for the US government.
Soon there were drawings and cartoons of Uncle Sam in newspapers. In these early pictures， Uncle Sam was a young man. He wore stars and stripes， but his hair was dark and he had not a beard. The beard was added when Abraham Lincoln was President. President Lincoln had a beard.
The most famous picture of Uncle Sam is on a poster from World War I. The government needed men to fight in the war. In the poster， a very serious Uncle Sam points his finger and says “I want YOU for the US Army.”
( )59. “Uncle Sam” became a ________ for the US government.
A. boss B. nickname C. picture D. businessmen
( )60. Uncle Sam often wears tall hat， ________ and the stars and stripes of the American flag.
A. dark hair B. a bow tie C. a box D. a shirt
( )61. Government inspectors came to ________ Sam‘s meat-packing company.
A. ask B. stand for C. look over D. see
( )62. In the drawing and cartoons of Uncle Sam ________.
A. he wore the stars and stripes B. the never had a beard
C. he had no hair D. he wore a bow tie
D
The Red Cross is an international organization which cares for people who are in need of help. A man in Paris hospital who needs blood， a woman in Mexico who was injured in an earthquake， and a family in India that lost their home in a storm may all be aided by the Red Cross.
The Red Cross exists in almost every country around the globe. The world Red Cross organizations are sometimes called the Red Crescent， the Red Mogen David， the Sun， and the Red Lion. All of these agencies share a common goal of trying to help people in need.
The idea of forming an organization to help the sick and wounded during a war started with Jean Henri Dunant. In 1859， he observed how people were suffering on a battle field in Italy. He wanted to help all the wounded people regardless of which side they were fighting for. The most important result of his work was an international treaty called the Geneva Convention. It protects prisoners of way the sick and wounded， and other citizens during a war.
The American Red Cross was set up by Clara Barton in 1881. Today the Red Cross in the United States provides a number of services for the public， such as helping people in need， teaching first aid and providing blood.
( )63. A good title for this selection is _______.
A. People in Need of Help B. Safety and Protection
C. The International Red Cross D. Forming an Organization to Help People
( )64. The word “aided” in the first paragraph means ________.
A. needed B. helped C. caught D. protected
( )65. We may draw a conclusion that _______ during a war.
A. the Red Cross only protects the wounded
B. the Red Cross only helps prisoners of war
C. the Red Cross only helps citizens
D. the Red Cross helps all the people in need no matter which side they are fighting for
五、补全对话(共5句;每句满分为3分，共15分。)
根据中文提示，将对话中缺少的内容写在线上。这些句子必须符合英语表达习惯。打句号的地方，用陈述句;打问号的地方，用疑问句。
提示：一个中国人正在和一个刚刚到达中国的美国人聊在，中国人询问他这次旅行的情况，如：到达的时间、怎么来的、旅行是否愉快、累不累、现住何处，并在分手时祝他睡个好觉。
Chinese ：________66__________?
American：Yes， this morning. At about 9 o‘clock.
Chinese ：________67__________?
American：By plane first and then by train. It took me more than 30 hours altogether.
Chinese ：________68__________?
American：Yes， very much. It‘s pleasant， especially the part on the train.
Chinese ：________69__________?
American：Yes， a little， but not very much. And now I‘m feeling better after a nap.
Chinese ：________70__________?
American：At the Grand Hotel， in the center of the city.
Chinese ：Oh， that‘s a nice hotel. Have a good sleep tonight. I’ll come and see you tomorrow.
六、书面表达(共30分)
提示：假设你是丽娜，光明中学的学生，你给你的好友小华写信讲述你的美国之行。内容包括：先去了纽约，看到许多摩天大楼，但看不到世贸大厦了;两天后去了洛杉矶(Los Angeles)，参观了好莱坞，游了迪斯尼乐园;还去了内华达(Nevada)的里诺(Reno)，游了风景优美的大沪(Dahu)湖;
注意：(1)不要逐字翻译，叙述要连贯;
(2)写信人的地址可自编;
(3)词数为100左右。
参考答案：
一、语音知识
1.A 2.C 3.A 4.A 5.B
二、词汇与语法知识
6.D 7.A 8.C 9.B 10.C 11.C 12.C
13.C 14.A 15.A 16.D 17.C 18.C 19.A
20.B 21.C 22.D 23.B 24.D 25.B 26.A
27.D 28.B 29.C 30.B
三、完形填空
31.D 32.B 33.A 34.C 35.C 36.D 37.B
38.D 39.A 40.D 41.B 42.B 43.A 44.D
45.B 46.A 47.C 48.B 49.C 50.A
四、阅读理解
51.C 52.C 53.B 54.A 55.B 56.B 57.B
58.C 59.B 60.B 61.C 62.A 63.C 64.B 65.D
五、补全对话
76.Did you arrive today
77.How did you get here
78.Did you enjoy your journey
79.Do you feel tired after the long journey
80.Where are you staying
六、书面表达
Guangming Middle School
No. 273， Xinjiang Road， 400537
Helan District， Binhai， China
July 15， 2002
Dear Xiao Hua，
I have just come back from a trip to the United States. I had a very good time there.
I first went to New York. It is really a very big city. I saw quite many skyscrapers there. But the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center are no more to be seen.
Two days later I went to Los Angeles. I visited Hollywood on the day I got there. After that I spent a whole day in Disneyland. It is really a wonderful place you shouldn‘t miss.
I also went to Reno， Nevada. There is a beautiful lake named Dahu. The scenery there is beautiful!
I hope you will take a trip to the United States some day.
Love，
Lina
一、2016年成人高考高起点英语试题: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
从每小题的四个选择项中，选出的一项，并把它前面的大写字母填入左边的括弧里。
( )6.—The sea is very rough 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 it before.
A. don‘t know; has B. didn’t know; had
C. didn‘t know; has D. hadn’t know; would
( )8.—Has the wallet been returned yet?
—No， but we expect ______ any day now.
A. to return it B. it to return C. it to be returned D. it returned
( )9.—I‘ve been told to pay the rent.
—But it‘s already been 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 _______ in Canada.
A. any city B. any cities C. any other cities D. any other city
( )11. Human‘s brains are 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 to be selected
C. your topic should be selected D. select a topic
( )13.—I usually travel by train.
—Why not ________ by plane for a change?
A. to try going B. trying to go C. to try and go 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 the end of next month.
A. had worked B. has worked C. will have worked D. will work
( )16. I‘ll do _______ the doctor advised.
A. as B. like C. that D. all what
( )17.—Did we have to wait for Tom?
—Well， _______ very angry 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. ______， the runners crossed the finish line.
A. Tiring B. Tired C. To be tired D. They are tired
( )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 bowl over there is a bit small， isn‘t it?
— _______.
A. So are the fish B. So the fish are
C. Neither the fish D. Neither are the fish
( )23. She couldn‘t take shorthand， _______ slowed down the work of the office.
A. that B. which C. it D. so
( )24. Was it last Friday ________ you met him?
A. that B. on which C. which D. when
( )25. _______ might fail in the exam worried him.
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 to study， 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 so hot when he got home?
—He ________.
A. was running B. is running C. has been running 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 been killed
C. said to have been killed D. are said to kill
( )30. You may invite _______ wants to go.
A. whomever B. whoever C. which one D. people
三、2016年成人高考高起点英语试题:完形填空(共20小題;每題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处的选择，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 a neatly-dressed and mid-aged professor， who _33_ in the university 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 morning newspaper and a bag. Mr. Jones thought that he must have _35_ by the night train _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 saw the 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 no fence)， put his umbrella， newspaper， bag and hat nearly on the grass and _40_ the rope. 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 of the rope， his grey hair blowing all around _43_. _44_ he swung， sometimes taking a few more _45_ steps on the grass when the rope began to swing _46_ slowly for him.
_47_ the professor stopped， straightened his tie， combed his hair carefully， 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 a professor 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. no house
( )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 face D. his neck
( )44.A. Backwards and forwards B. Up and down
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. At least
( )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
四、2016年成人高考高起点英语试题:阅读理解(共15小题;每题2分，共30分。)
阅读下列短文，然后根据短文的內容從每小题的四个选项中选出可填入相应空白处的选择，并把它前面的大写字母填入左边括号里。
A
Grandma Moses is among the most famous twentieth-century painters of the United States， yet she had only just begun painting in her late seventies. As she once said of herself： “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. At twelve she left home and was in a service until at twenty-seven， she married Thomas Moses， the tenant of hers. 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 and made embroidery pictures as a hobby， but only changed to oils in old age because her hands had become too stiff to sew and she wanted to keep busy and pass the time. Her pictures were first sold at an exhibition， and were soon noticed by a businessman who bought everything she painted. Three of the pictures were shown in the Museum of Modern Art， and in 1940 she had her first exhibition in New York. Between the 1930‘s and her death she produced some 2，000 pictures： careful and lively pictures of the country life she had known， with a wonderful sense of color and form.
( )51. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Grandma Moses
B. The Children of Grandma Moses
C. Grandma Moses： Her Best 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 because she wanted to _______.
A. make her home beautiful B. keep active
C. improve her salary D. gain an international 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 eight or ten of us who were teaching English composition in New York University. I had 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 feel at home.
His students soon let me know that he had no need of my protectiveness. They spoke of his ability to explain a poem in such a manner as to have them shouting with laughter or struggling to keep back their tears， of his readiness to quote in detail from any poet they could name.
Indeed， his students made so much of his power of observation that I decided to make a little test and see for myself. My chance came one morning when the students were slowly gathering for nine o‘clock classes.
Upon arriving at the university that day， I found Wolfe alone in the large room which served all the English composition teachers as an office. He did not say anything when I asked him to come with me out into the hall， and he only smiled when we 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 his place in the room， leaving him in the hall with his back to the door. Without the least hesitation and without a single error， he gave the number of seats in the room， pointed out those which were taken by boys and those occupied by girls， named the colors each student was wearing， pointed out the Latin verb written on the blackboard， spoke of the chalk marks which the cleaner had failed to wash from the floor， and pictured in detail the view of Washington Square from the window.
As I rejoined Wolfe， I was speechless with surprise. He， on the contrary， was wholly calm as he said， “The worst thing about it is that I‘ll remember it all.”
( )55. What is the passage mainly discussing?
A. Thomas Wolfe‘s teaching work.
B. Thomas Wolfe‘s course in playwriting.
C. Thomas Wolfe‘s ability of explaining.
D. Thomas Wolfe‘s genius.
( )56. Which of the following is NOT said in the passage?
A. Wolfe‘s students praised Wolfe’s power of observation.
B. The author made an experiment on Wolfe‘s ability.
C. Wolfe‘s students asked the author to have a test of their ability.
D. Wolfe did not feel angry when he was tested.
( )57. What do we learn about Wolfe from the passage?
A. He tried hard to remember what was in the classroom.
B. He stayed in the classroom for a short time.
C. He stayed drew a picture of Washington Square.
D. He followed the author into the classroom.
( )58. What can be inferred from the passage?
A. The author was happy to see the test result.
B. What the students said was hardly true.
C. Wolfe would remember forever what the author had done.
D. Wolfe felt joyful after he had been tested.
The trick in food photography is to show the food looking fresh， so many dishes have stand-ins， just as movie stars do. “When I get my lights and cameras set up， I remove the stand-in and put in the real thing，” explains Ray Webber， who photographs food for magazine advertisements. “Sometimes I have to brush the meat with its juices because it may have dried out a bit. A and when I‘m shooting (拍照) something like tomatoes， I always carry water to spray them with dew just before I shoot.”
Shooting food outdoors has special problems. “I‘m always worrying about flies or worms crawling up a glass，” Webber explains， “my worry is that someday a dog will come up from behind and run off with the food.” Once Webber was shooting a piece of cheese outdoors and needed something to make its color beautiful. Finally he found it： a weed with lovely blue flowers. When the shot appeared， several people were horrified-the weed was deadly nightshade!
( )59. Just before being photographed， some meats and vegetables are _______.
A. fanned B. dyed C. frozen D. made wet
( )60. The second paragraph deals mostly with the ________.
A. differences between indoor and outdoor photography
B. problems of outdoor food photography
C. ways of keeping food fresh outdoors
D. combinations of colors outdoors
( )61. Webber is afraid dogs might _______.
A. bark while he is shooting B. get into his picture
C. steal the food D. upset his camera
( )62. From the article we can conclude that deadly night-shade is probably a kind of plant that is _______.
A. colorful B. poisonous C. ugly D. Both A and B.
D
With the large number of dogs roaring through our communities， people need to know the facts about rabies (狂犬病)， a fatal disease caused by animal bites. Despite vaccination (接種疫苗) programs， rabies is still very prevalent， and will continue to be a serious public health problem for many years to come.
Rabies strikes the central nervous system and brings on choking， convulsions (抽搐) and inability to swallow liquids. It can even cause death. If you or anyone in your family is bitten by dog， cat or other animal， you should not panic， but thoroughly wash the wound with plenty of soap and water and rush to nearby hospital for immediate treatment. If you own the animal which did the biting， you should immediately call a veterinarian for advice and make sure the public health authorities know when and where the biting took place and who was bitten.
( )63. Rabies is a kind of disease which ________.
A. causes heart attack
B. hurt one‘s legs
C. causes nerve-centre problem and breathing problem
D. strikes one‘s brain
( )64. If a person is bitten by some kind of animal， you ________.
A. should be panic
B. should take him (her) to a big hospital right away
C. should help to clean the wound and ask the patient to have a good rest at home
D. should help to clean the wound and then take him (her) to a nearby hospital quickly as possible.
( )65. Which is the best title of the passage?
A. What a Rabies? B. The Horrible Rabies
C. What Are Animal Bites? D. How to Control Rabies
五、2016年成人高考高起点英语试题:补全对话(共5句;每句滿分为3分，共15分。)
根据中文提示，将对话中缺少的内容下在线上。这些句子必须符合英语表达习惯。打句号的地方，用陈述句;打问号的地方，用疑问句。
提示：星期五晚上有音乐会，Chris得到;两張票，打电话给Linda，问她是否有空一同前往，并约她音乐会后一起吃饭。Linda听了非常高兴，倆人相约六点四十五分在入口处见面。
Linda：Hello! This is Linda speaking.
Chris：Hello， Linda， this is Chris. _______66________ this Friday evening?
Linda：Yes， why?
Chris：There‘s a good concert， and I’ve got two tickets. I wonder ________67_______.
Linda：That‘s great! _________68_________?
Chris：7 o‘clock. But how about _________69__________ at 6：45?
Linda：OK. I think I can make it.
Chris：After the concert， ________70_________， shall we?
Linda：Wonderful! Why don‘t we go to a Chinese restaurant?
Chris：Why not? OK， see you Friday.
Linda：See you then. Bye!
六、书面表达(共30分)
提示：假设你的朋友叫杨立，是优秀学生。校报请你写一篇介绍他的短文。他的基本情况是：现在读高二，是班长，是全班学习的;最喜欢学习英语和数学;爱好体育，课余常踢足球，还是学校游泳队队员;经常帮助别人。
注意：(1)基本情況不可遺漏;
(2)要有标题;
(3)词数为100左右。
一、语音知识
1.D 2.A 3.C 4.D 5.C
二、词汇与语法知识
6.B 7.B 8.C 9.D 10.D
11.D 12.D 13.D 14.D 15.C
16.A 17.A 18.C 19.A 20.B
21.B 22.A 23.B 24.A 25.B
26.D 27.A 28.D 29.B 30.B
三、完形填空
31.C 32.A 33.D 34.C 35.D
36.B 37.A 38.D 39.B 40.B
41.A 42.D 43.C 44.A 45.A
46.C 47.B 48.D 49.A 50.D
四、阅读理解
51.A 52.A 53.B 54.C 55.D
56.C 57.B 58.C 59.D 60.B
61.C 62.D 63.C 64.D 65.B
五、补全对话
66.Are you free
Do you have time
67.if you can go (to the concert) with me
68.What time (/When) does it start (/begin)
69.meeting at the entrance
70.we‘ll go to a restaurant for supper
we‘ll eat at a restaurant
we‘ll have supper in a restaurant
六、书面表达
Our Good Example
Yang Li is the monitor of Class One， Senior Two. He studies very hard and is the best student in our class. He is good at Chinese， physics and chemistry， but enjoys English and mathematics best. He can speak English fluently. After school he often helps his classmates with their lessons. Whenever someone is absent from school because of illness， he will go to his house to help him with the missed lessons.
He is not only a good student， but also an active sportsman. He likes several kinds of sports. He often plays football after class. He is on the school swimming team， too.
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. Mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
1.A. club B. tomb C. comb D. climb
2.A. food B. cool C. school D. flood
3.A. town B. how C. down D. snow
4.A. each B. peach C. break D. deal
5.A. hear B. fear C. dear D. wear
6.A. receive B. friend C. field D. piece
7.A. question B. notion C. exception D. vocation
8.A. exhaust B. exercise C. exam D. exact
9.A. where B. what C. whose D. white
10.A. switch B. hatch C. character D. match
Ⅱ. Vocabulary and Structure (40 points)
Directions:
There are 40 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 and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
11. Today is Jenny’s wedding day. She _______ to Thomas.
A. just has got married B. has just married
C. was just married D. has just got married
12. Every officer and every soldier _______ obey the rules.
A. had to B. have to C. has to D. must have to
13. Rarely _______ so difficult a problem.
A. she could have faced with B. could have she faced with
C. she could have been faced with D. could she have been faced with
14. ______ a dog on the road, the car stopped.
A. Having seen B. On seeing C. The driver seeing D. Seeing
15. I asked my teacher _______.
A. what courses should I take B. should I take what courses
C. I should take what courses D. what courses I should take
16. Comrade Li promised to help us and he said he would come ______.
A. right away B. all at once C. all of a sudden D. all right
17. There aren’t many pandas ________ in the world today.
A. alive B. living C. lively D. lived
18. Such electron tubes ________ in a radio set are also found in a TV set.
A. that we use B. as we use C. as we use them D. that we use them
19. It _______ to me that he was jealous.
A. happened B. took C. occurred D. felt
20. One of the requirements for a fire is that the material ______ to its burning temperature.
A. were heated B. must be heated C. is heated D. be heated
21. Please ______ me at the station on time.
A. meeting B. to meet C. meet D. met
22. _______ “hello”, he reached out his hand.
A. Said B. Saying C. To say D. Say
23. People are more _______ to spend money on goods with an attractive look than those without.
A. attracted B. tempted C. persuaded D. tended
24. It was ______ he saw the doctor coming out of the emergeney room with an expression as grave as a judge _______ he realized the seriousness of his wife’s illness.
A. not until…that B. after…when C. until…then D. before…that
25. Please telephone me half an hour _______.
A. in charge B. in advance C. in time D. in front
26. Both Mary and Ellen, as well as Jan, _______ studying Chinese History.
A. are B. is C. are being D. is being
27. I’d like to _______ him to you for the job. He is a very clever and industrious boy.
A. refer B. suggest C. recommend D. propose
28. It ______ that 200 people died and over 5,000 lost their shelters after the flood.
A. reported B. reports C. has been reported D. has reported
29. He was asked to speak louder ______ all the other students in the classroom could hear him.
A. as B. so as to C. so that D. so as
30. His report on the space exploration was really ________.
A. exciting B. excited C. excitement D. excitedly
31. Your chair needs _______.
A. to repair B. repairing C. to repairing D. being repair
32. I hate to see papers _______ in pencil.
A. writing B. to write C. written D. write
33. The job made her dependent _______ her husband.
A. on B. from C. of D. to
34. This is the second time she ______ improvement on that equipment.
A. had made B. made C. is making D. has made
35. He spoke so quickly that I did not ______ what he said.
A. catch B. accept C. take D. listen
36. _______determines a good meal varies from country to country.
A. What B. That C. It D. Which
37. As the journey was a long one, he took a friend with him for ________.
A. pleasure B. entertainment C. company D. defence
38. I suggest _______ for an outgoing this Sunday.
A. us going B. we are going C. to go D. our going
39. We’ve ______ sugar. Ask him to lend us some.
A. run away with B. run down C. run off D. run out of
40. It was in 1930 _______ he became a university student.
A. when B. that C. which D. and
41. I am very _______ to you for your help.
A. grateful B. agreeable C. pleased D. thanks
42. You _______ go now. It’s very late.
A. had rather B. prefer to C. had better D. would rather
43. If I were you, I would take it easy, _______ is no need to be nervous.
A. it B. this C. there D. which
44. Why not _______ me earlier?
A. to tell B. tell C. telling D. told
45. Joe’s handwriting is ________ Mary’s.
A. more better B. as well as C. much better than D. more better than
46. The experiment _______ the discovery of a cure for cancer.
A. happened to B. led up C. resulted in D. set up
47. To produce one pound of honey, a colony of bees must fly a distance _______ to twice around the world.
A. similar B. equal C. compared D. corresponding
48. I did not mean ____ anything, but those apples looked so good I couldn’t resist ___one.
A. to eat…trying B. to eat…to trying C. eating…to try D. eating…to trying
49. I had hardly sat down _______ he stepped in.
A. when B. that C. until D. after
50. In his time he enjoyed a reputation _______.
A. as great as Mozart, if not greater than B. as great as, if not greater than, Mozart
C. as great, if not greater, as Mozart D. greater, if not as great as Mozart
Ⅲ. Cloze (20 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 and mark your answer by blankening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Robert Edwards was blinded in a traffic accident. He was also a little deaf _51_ old age. Last week, he was taking a walk near his home when a thunderstorm came. He hid _52_ the storm under a big tree and was struck by lightning. He was knocked _53_ the ground and woke up some 20 minutes _54_, lying face down in water in water below a tree. He went into the house and lay down in bed. A short time later, he awoke; his legs felt _55_ and he was trembling, but, when he opened his eyes, he could see the clock across the room fading in and out in front of him. When his wife entered, he _56_ her for the first time in nine years. Doctors _57_ that he had regained his sight and hearing obviously from the flash of lightning, but they were unable to explain that. The only _58_ explanation offered by one doctor was that, _59_ Edwards lost his sight as a result of trauma in a terrible accident, perhaps the only way it could be restored was by _60_ trauma.
51.A. because B. because of C. as D. since
52.A. from B. away C. against D. contrary
53.A. at B. in C. to D. on
54.A. late B. soon C. later D. after
55.A. dying B. dead C. die D. being died
56.A. saw B. watched C. noticed D. examined
57.A. say B. thought over C. made sure D. agreed to
58.A. possibly B. possible C. probably D. mainly
59.A. although B. because of C. even though D. since
60.A. others B. other C. another D. one other
Ⅳ. Reading Comprehension (60 points)
Directions:
There are four 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 best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Passage One
In ancient times wealth was measured and exchanged in things that could be touched: food, tools, and precious metals and stones. Then the barter system was replaced by coins, which still had real value since they were pieces of rare metal. Coins were followed by fiat money, paper notes that have value only because everyone agrees to accept them.
Today electronic monetary systems are gradually being introduced that will transform money into even less tangible forms, reducing it to a series of “bits and bytes”, or units of computerized information, going between machines at the speed of light. Already, electronic fund transfer allows money to be instantly sent and received by different banks, companies, and countries through computers and telecommunications devices.
61. Which of the following would be the most appropriate title for the passage?
A. International Banking Policies B. The History of Monetary Exchange
C. The Development of Paper Currencies D. Current Problems in the Economy
62. According to the passage, which of the following was the earliest kind of exchange of wealth?
A. Bartered foods B. Fiat money C. Coin currency D. Intangible forms
63. The author mentions food, tools and precious metals and stones together because they are all ________.
A. useful items B. articles of value
C. difficult things to obtain D. material objects
64. According to the passage, coins once had real value as currency because they ______.
represented a great improvement over barter
permitted easy transportation of wealth
were made of precious metals
could become collector’s items
65. Which of the following statements about computerized monetary systems is NOT supported by the passage?
They promote international trade.
They allow very rapid money transfers.
They are still limited to small transactions (交易).
They are dependent on good telecommunications systems.
Passage Two
At the University of Kansas art museum, scientists tested the effect of different colored walls on two groups of visitors to an exhibit of paintings. For the first group the room was painted white; for the second, dark brown. Movement of each group was followed by an electrical equipment under the carpet. The experiment showed that those who entered the dark brown walked more quickly, covered more area, and spent less time in the room than people in the white one. Dark brown made people more active, but the activity ended sooner. Not only the choice of colors but also the general appearance of a room affects those inside. Another experiment presented people with photographs of faces whose energy was to be commented. Three groups of people were used; each was shown the same photos, but each group was in an ordinary room—a nice office. The third was in a tastefully designed living room with carpeting. Results showed that the people in the beautiful room tend to give higher marks to the faces than those in the ugly room did. Other studies that students do better on tests taken in comfortable room than in ordinary-looking or ugly rooms.
66. Which of the following is the best expression of the main idea of this passage?
People in beautiful rooms tend to give higher marks to photos of faces than people in ugly rooms
The color and general appearance of a room have a deeper effect on the behavior of the people in it
The University of Kansas has studied the effects of the color of room on people’s behavior
Beautifully furnished, light-coloured rooms make people more comfortable than ugly, dark rooms
67. According to the passage, we may conclude that the whiter a room is ________.
A. the longer people like to stay in it B. the sooner people in it will leave
C. the more active people in it will become D. the more excited people
68. What is referred to as the “general appearance” in this passage is ________.
how many broad windows a room has, through which sunlight might come in
the size of a room
whether there are beautiful walls in a room
what the room looks like
69. This passage provides us with _______.
A. a piece of scientific information B. a normal lesson
C. an interesting test D. a piece of news
70. At least how many tests were carried out by the scientists referred to in this passage?
A. Three B. Two C. Only one D. No one knows
Passage Three
The water we drink and use is running short in the world. We all have to learn how to stop wasting our limited water. One of the steps we should take is to find ways of reusing it. Experiments have already been done in this field.
Today in most large cities, fresh water is used only once, then it runs into waste system. But it is possible to pipe the used water to a purifying factory. There it can be filtered and treated with chemicals so that it can be used again, just as it were fresh from a spring.
But even if every large city purified and reused its water, we still would not have enough. Then we could turn to the oceans. All we’d have to do to make use of the seawater on earth is to get rid of the salt. This process is called desalinization, and it is already in use in many parts of the world.
71. The way to stop wasting our limited water is to ________.
A. do experiments with water B. purify the used water and reuse it
C. use fresh water once again D. make use of seawater
72. The following tells us how to reuse the used water. Which is the right order of the passage?
A. to have the used water filtered B. to put chemicals in it
C. to pipe it to the users D. to pipe the used water to be purified to a factory
73. There wouldn’t be enough water for us if we didn’t _________.
A. turn to the oceans for more water B. reuse used water and make use of seawater
C. desalt seawater D. take steps to reuse all water on earth
74. The would “it” in the last sentence refers to _______.
A. seawater B. purified water
C. the process of getting rid of the salt in seawater
D. the process of collecting salt from the sea oceans
75. The best title for the passage is “_______”.
A. How to Reuse Water
B. Two Solutions to the Problem of Water Shortage
C. Stop Wasting Our Limited Water
D. How to Make Use of Seawaterc
Passage Four
Some people hate everything that is modern. They cannot imagine how anyone can really like modern music; they find it hard to accept the new fashions in clothing; they think that all modern painting is ugly; and they seldom have a good word for the new buildings that are being built everywhere in the world. Such people look for perfection in everything, and they take their standards of perfection from the past. They are usually impatient with anyone who is brave enough to experiment with new or to express himself or the age in materials original ways. It is, of course, true that many artists do not succeed in their work and instead produce works that can only be considered as failures. If the work of art is a painting, the artist’s failure concerns himself alone, but if it is a building, his failure concerns others too, because it may damage the beauty of the whole place. This does sometimes happen, but it is completely untrue to say, as some people do, that modern architecture is nothing.
We can’t judge every modern building by the standards of the ancient time, even though we admire the ancient buildings. Technologically, the modern buildings are more advanced. The modern architect knows he should learn from the ancient works, but with his greater resources of knowledge and materials, he will never be content to imitate the past. He is too proud to do that.
76. Some people hate everything that is modern because _______.
A. they are aged B. they find it hard to accept modern things
C. they take their standards of perfection from the Greek
D. they look at things by the standards of the past
77. The writer of the passage thinks that ________.
it is true to say artists fail in their work
it is untrue to say artists fail in their work
it is true to say some artists fail in their work
it is true to say only painters fail in their work
78. The writer thinks the failure of a building _______.
A. means nothing B. concerns others
C. concerns only the artist D. concerns all the people in the world
79. The writer thinks that _________.
we can’t judge buildings by the ancient standards
we can’t judge all the buildings by the ancient standards
we can’t judge all the modern buildings by the ancient standards
we can’t judge modern buildings
80. Technologically, the modern buildings are more advanced. The sentence means _____.
the ancient architects had no technology
the modern architects use more advanced technology
the modern buildings are advanced because they are completely different from the ancient buildings
the modern buildings are more beautiful
Ⅴ. Writing (20 points)
Directions:
For this part, you are allowed 20 minutes to write a short composition of about 80 words on the title: Where to Live-in the City or in the Country? Base your composition on the outline given below.
1.一些人喜欢住在城市，因为城市生活有许多便利。
2.但有些人喜欢住在农村。
3.我认为，……
Ⅰ. Phonetics
1.A 2.D 3.D 4.C 5.D 6.B 7.A 8.B 9.C 10.C
Ⅱ. Vocabulary and Structure
11.D 12.C 13.D 14.C 15.D 16.A 17.A 18.B 19.C 20.D 21.C 22.B 23.B 24.A
25.B 26.A 27.C 28.C 29.C 30.A 31.B 32.C 33.A 34.D 35.A 36.A 37.C 38.D
39.D 40.B 41.A 42.C 43.C 44.B 45.C 46.C 47.B 48.A 49.A 50.B
Ⅲ. Cloze
51.B 52.A 53.D 54.C 55.B 56.A 57.C 58.B 59.D 60.C
Ⅳ. Reading Comprehension
61.B 62.A 63.D 64.C 65.C 66.B 67.A 68.D 69.A 70.A 71.B 72.A 73.B 74.C
75.B 76.D 77.C 78.B 79.C 80.B
Ⅴ. Writing
Where to live —in the City or in the Country
Some people like living in the city because city life has many advantages. They think there are more job opportunities in cities, life there is more colorful and meaningful than that in the country, and there are more modern conveniences in cities for people to enjoy.
But some other people prefer to live in the countryside. They say life in the countryside is closer to nature and better for their health, life there is quieter and that country people are more honest than city people.
I would like to live in a city when I am young to earn enough money and I live in the countryside when I am old for having a quite life.
