2018秋专升本公共英语模拟卷
选择题（50题共150分）
1、Selecting a mobile phone for personal use is no easy task because technology ___ so rapidly.
A、is changing
B、has changed
C、will have changed
D、will change
正确答案：A
2、If I could obtain the position, I would work to the best of my _______.
A、capacity
B、ability
C、capability
D、competence
正确答案：B
3、Scarcely had we settled ourselves in our seats in the theatre _______ the curtain went up.
A、then
B、when
C、as
D、after
正确答案：B
4、I don't think this room will be big enough to _______ all the guests.
A、contain
B、hold
C、keep
D、swallow
正确答案：B
5、The governor had to _______ all his appointments for the day and rushed to the train accident.
A、set off
B、see off
C、call off
D、pay off
正确答案：C
6、Neither I nor Kathy ______ fond of classic music.
A、am
B、is
C、are
D、was
正确答案：B
7、In your first days at school you'll be given a test to help the teachers to _______ you to a class at your level.
A、locate
B、assign
C、deliver
D、place
正确答案：B
8、It is a common theme in many science fiction stories that the world may one day be __ by insects.
A、broken in
B、run over
C、taken over
D、filled in
正确答案：C
9、The French pianist who had been praised very highly _________ to be a great disappointment.
A、turned up
B、turned in
C、turned out
D、turned down
正确答案：C
10、Americans eat ________ as they actually need every day.
A、twice as much protein
B、protein twice as much
C、twice protein as much
D、protein as twice much
正确答案：A
11、_______ it or not, his discovery has created a stir in scientific circles.
A、Believe
B、To believe
C、Believing
D、Believed
正确答案：A
12、I asked my neighbor to _______ my garden when I was away.
A、look after
B、look over
C、look in
D、look to
正确答案：A
13、The subject of these lectures _______ by the lecture committee.
A、announces
B、have been announced
C、announced
D、has been announced
正确答案：D
14、None of the servants were _______ when Mr. Smith wanted to send a message.
正确答案：A
15、When he was set free after twenty years in prison, he was amazed ______ the changed world he found.
A、at
B、of
C、on
D、to
正确答案：A
16、Rejecting the urging of his physician father to study medicine, Hawking chose to ________ on math and theoretical physics.
A、impose
B、center
C、overwork
D、concentrate
正确答案：D
17、Since he was involved in the case, the court _______ his appearance.
A、requested
B、asked
C、required
D、solicited
正确答案：C
18、I signed the letter at the ______ of the page.
A、bottom
B、end
C、base
D、root
正确答案：A
19、Only under special circumstances _________ to take make-up tests.
A、are freshmen permitted
B、freshmen are permitted
C、permitted are freshmen
D、are permitted freshmen
正确答案：A
20、Many of the human problems associated with living in the ocean are _______ the problems of living in outer space.
A、just as
B、such as
C、such that
D、the same as
正确答案：D
21、John _______ Bill by two games to one.
A、won
B、beat
C、fought
D、overcame
正确答案：B
22、I cannot tell the _____ difference between the twins.
A、slender
B、single
C、simple
D、slight
正确答案：D
23、When I caught him cheating me, I stopped _______ things in his shop.
A、buying
B、buy
C、to buy
D、bought
正确答案：A
24、Most of our meetings were ____ to discussing the housing reform.
A、used
B、spent
C、devoted
D、located
正确答案：C
25、__________ to New York, her father has not heard from her.
A、Because she went
B、After she went
C、When she went
D、Since she went
正确答案：D
26、John could do nothing but _______ to his father that he was wrong.
A、admitting
B、admits
C、admit
D、to admit
正确答案：C
27、________ an honest man, he never tells a lie.
A、Being
B、Be
C、Since
D、To be
正确答案：A
28、Professor White has written some short stories, but he is ___ known for his plays.
A、the best
B、more
C、better
D、the most
