1、考单招 上高职单招网2016 苏州工艺美术职业技术学院单招英语模拟试题及答案第一节 语法和词汇知识(共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分) 从 A、B 、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项。21 What should I wear to attend his wedding party?Dress you like.Awhat BhowCwhatever Dhowever22 Dont be too rude to your father. Never in his lifein thatway.Ahas he spoken to Bhe has spoken toC
2、has he been spoken to Dhe has been spoken to23Have you ever been upset whento yourself after your mobilephone battery runs out in the middle of a call?Abeing left talking Bleft talking Cbeing left talkD leaving talking24 I saw no more than one motor car in that shop. Will you go and buy?No, Id rathe
3、r findin other shops.Ait; one B it; it Cone; it Done; one25 The computers made by our company sell best, but several years ago no onecould have imagined the role in the markets that they _.A. were playing B. were to play C. have played D.played26 The adverbial phrase “every day“ hasspace between_two
4、 words.A. a; the B. the; the C. 不填; the D. 不填；不填27. More peoplein hospital this year than at any time since thestart of the HealthService.A. are being treated B. have treated C. are treating D.have been treated28 Facts prove that the worlds economic development is not a win-lose gamebut one in which
5、 all _be winners.考单招 上高职单招网A. must B. shall C. can D. would29 -How do you find our company?-A little worried. We _ ground as a 1eader in the field of ITwith the others speeding up development.A. have lost B. lost C. are losing D .werelosing30Such teachers asnot easily forgottenAhe is Bhim are Chim i
6、s Dhe are31 After saying good-bye, the couple moved off and _ in the crowed.A. was lost B. werelost C. had lost D. lost32 My sister and I had a quarrel over _ to wash dishes.A. which turn it was B. it was which turn C. whose turn it was D.whose turn was it33 Is this stick long enough?No, I need one
7、_.A. twice so long B. so long twice C. twice as long D. aslong twice34 There was a loud scream from the backstage immediately after the concertended,_?A. wasnt there B. was there C. didnt it D. did it35 -May I go and play with Tom this afternoon, mum?-No, you cant go out _your homework is being.A. b
8、efore B. as C. until D. unless第二节：完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分；满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。If you have strong arms and feet, you might make a good waiter. You must36 ,however, not in the restaurant, but in the37 ,helpingthe head cook, to learn exactly38each dish is
9、prepared. Then you willbe able to tell the customers what the ingredients（成分）are and how the food is39. From this first step, you may enter the restaurant as a40. But you wont be allowed to serve the customers yet. Theywill41let you do the simplest jobs,42the tables andcarrying the plates. But all t
10、he time you must watch and learn. Lateryou willbe taught how to 43food, and if 考单招 上高职单招网you are good at it you may become awaiter in charge of a number of44. You may even become a head waiter45you are afraid of hard work.When Carlo Bianchi first arrived in London, he46only twowords of English “plea
11、se” and “Hello”. He47to get a jobhelping in the kitchen of an Indian restaurant, and he spent 48littlespare time he had learning English. He was a good worker and soon he got a jobin the restaurant as a waiter. Every night, Carlo used to go home tired, but49too tired to study the language for half a
12、n hour before goingto sleep. He always managed to50 a third of his wages,51heput in the bank regularly every Friday. And no matter how tired or ill he felt,he always had a warm52for his customers. They liked him,53people used to come to the restaurant and ask to be served byCarlo. Now twenty five ye
13、ars later, Carlo is the manager of six restaurants, andhe hopes to open a seventh54. But he still believes in thepersonal55, and every night he goes to one or another of hisrestaurants to welcome the customers with a friendly greeting.36Awork Bstart Ccook Dlearn37Amarket Bschool Cworkshop Dkitchen38
14、Awhen Bhow Cwhat Dwhere39Aserved Beaten Ccooked Dbought40Alearner Bwaiter Ccook Dobserver41Asoon Bonly Clater Dhardly42Alaying Blying Cputting Dmoving43Atake Bmake Ccarry Dserve44Atables Bwaiters Cfoods Djobs45Aif Bbefore Cunless Dthough46Aspoke Bstudied Cheard Dkept in mind47Afailed Btried Cmanaged
15、 Dintended48Ahow Bwhat Csuch Dthat49Aonly Bsometimes Clittle Dnever50Aspare Bleave Csave Dget51Aas Bthat Cthose Dwhich52Afriendship Bdish Cwelcome Dsmile53Aand Bfor Ceven Dtherefore54Aagain Blately Cshortly Dmore55Aopinion Btouch Ceffort Deffect第三部分：阅读理解(共 20 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 40 分)阅读下列短文，然后从各题所给的四个选项(A
16、、B、C 和 D)中，选出最佳选项。AMargie Blank remembers the phone call from Iraq sometime beforeChristmas. Her son, Army specialist Joseph Darby, a military police officer inthe reserves(not full-time soldiers), was on the phone and she could tellsomething was wrong .考单招 上高职单招网Darby, 24, would later come out as t
17、he soldier who first alerted(使警觉)the world to the abuse(虐待) of Iraqi prisoners by US guards at Abu Ghraibprison in Baghdad on January 13. “I could tell in his voice he was notsleeping,“ Blank,45, recalls. “He said, 1 dont feel good.“ Darby was feelingbad about something he thought was very wrong.“ I
18、t was really hard on him,“ hismother said. “He didnt want to go against his troops, but he said he could notstand the cruelty he had discovered. He said he kept thinking, What if that wasmy mum, my brother or my wife?“ Darby slipped an anonymous(匿名信) note under amilitary investigators door in Januar
19、y, about the mistreatment of prisoners.He later turned in a CD-ROM with1,000 photos documenting the cruelty, accordingto a recently disclosed internal Army report. “I told him, Your picture is inthe paper,“ Blank said. “ I said, Honey, you did a good thing and good alwaystriumphs over evil. And he s
20、aid, You re right, mum.“Darby grew up in western Pennsylvania, US. To help his family, he workedat a fast food restaurant as a teenager and as a mechanic after graduating fromhigh school. He thought the Army might lead to a better life-even a collegeeducation. So, like many others, he ended up in Ir
21、aq.56. How did Darby feel when he found the abuse of Iraqi prisoners?A. Excited. B. Terrible. C. Pleased. D. Angry.57. Blank_.A. worried about what Darby had done B: was proud of her sonC. cared little about her son D. encouraged her son to tellthe world the truth58. Darby joined the arm to _.A. tra
22、vel around the world for free B. support hisfamilyC. improve his life D. occupy Iraq59. The purpose of writing the passage is to_A. criticize the US troops for their wrong doings in IraqB. discuss whether Darby should disclose the abuse of IraqiprisonersC. tell the life about the abuse of Iraqi pris
23、onersD. show how Darby did in face of the abuse of IraqiprisonersBScientists have long doubted that one of most powerful objects in spaceis a black hole. Black holes create huge amounts of gravity. The gravityproduced by a black hole is so strong it can even capture（捕获）light. Black holespull everyth
24、ing into them. Recently NASA exerts released information and aphotograph that shows a black hole slowly destroying a star. The power gravityof the black hole is tearing the star apart. Observations from two X-raytelescopes show evidence of this.考单招 上高职单招网The telescopes are NASA Chandra and the Europ
25、ean Space AgencysXMM-Newton X-ray. They were combined with earlier images from the GermanRoentgen Satellite. Scientists have been observing the black hole more than tenyears.Stefanie Komossa works at the Max Planck Institute forExtraterrestrail (宇宙的) Physics in German. She is the leader of an intern
26、ationalteam of researchers. Miss Komossa says stars can bend or be stretched a smallamount. However, evidence shows this star has been stretched so far it is nowbreaking apart. She says her star moved too close to the black hole. Scientistssay the black hole they are observing has a mass of about 10
27、0-million times thatof the Sun. They believed the star that was destroyed was about the same size asthe Sun. The black hole and the star are in a galaxy(银河系) about 700-millionlight years away from the Earth. 60. It can be learned from the first paragraph that the scientists seem to_in space.A. descr
28、ibe one of the most powerful objects B. worry about the hugeamounts of gravityC. open out the result of a new discovery ). remind people of thesecret of nature61. The underline, word “evidence“ in the passage probably means_.A. anything that gives reason for believing somethingB. the act or an insta
29、nce of discoveringC. information presented as objective realityD. the act of informing or the condition of being informed62 Which of the following is NOT right?A. It was long time ago that the black holes began to be observed.B. A star was pulled into the black hole because of the powerfulgravity.C.
30、 Only X-ray telescopes are used to observe the black hole inspace.D. Scientists didnt believe that the black holes exist in space.63 The gravity produced by a black hole is so strong that_.A. maybe all the objects in space will be destroyedB. it can even capture lightC. none of objects in space can
31、avoid being stretchedD. the galaxy will become a target attacked in spaceC考单招 上高职单招网The cicada（蝉） is a typical insect species which uses a combinatorialcommunication system. In their life cycle, communication is very important, foronly through the exchange of sounds do cicadas know where to meet and
32、 when tomate. Three different calls are employed for this purpose. Because of theirlimited sound producing mechanisms, cicadas can make only ticks and buzzes. Theonly way they can distinguish between congregation and courtship calls is byvarying the rate with which they make ticks and buzzes. The co
33、ngregation callconsists of 12 to 40 ticks, delivered rapidly, followed by a two-second buzz. Itis given by males but attracts cicadas of both sexes. Once they are alltogether, the males use courtship calls. The preliminary call, a prolonged, slowticking, is given when the male notices a female near
34、him. The advanced call, aprolonged series of short buzzes at the same slow rate, is given when a femaleis almost within grasp. The preliminary call almost in variably occurs beforethe advanced call, although the latter is given without the preliminary calloccurring first if a female is suddenly disc
35、overed very near by During typicalcourtship, though, the two calls together result in ticking followed by abuzzing-the same pattern which comprises the congregation call but delivered ata slower rate. In this way, cicadas show efficient use of their minimal soundproducing ability, organizing two sou
36、nds delivered at a high rate as one calland the same sounds delivered at a slow rate as two more calls.64. The cicada congregation call_.A. attracts only males. B. is given by both sexes.C. is given only by males. D. attracts only females.65. During typical courtship, when a male first notices a fem
37、ale near him,he gives_.A. the two courtship calls together. B a series of slow ticks.C. 12 to 40 rapid ticks. D. a two-second buzz.66. How does the congregation call differ from the two courtship callstogether?A. It is delivered at a slower rate. B. It is delivered at a fasterrate.C. The ticks prece
38、de the buzzes. D The buzzes precede theticks.67. According to this passage, why is communication so important forcicadas?A. It helps them defend themselves against other insect species.B. It warns them of approaching danger.C. It separates the males from the females.D. It is necessary for the contin
39、uation of the species.D.His feet had touched the ground again, but South African Mike Melvillshead was still high above the clouds.Seeing the earth from the edge of space was “an amazing experience, saidthe 63-year-old pilot It was more than a personal experience. Melvill and hisrocket plane Space S
40、hip One made history last Monday when it became the firstprivate manned flight to reach space.考单招 上高职单招网The spacecraft was carried by a jet (喷气机) until it reached a height of 14kilometers. Then it separated from the jet and continued its journey beyond theearths atmosphere. The craft reached space b
41、y traveling at three times thespeed of sound.On board, Mevill was able to see the earth. He also became weightless forabout 3 minutes when the craft reached its highest altitude of 100 kilometers.He even opened a bag of colorful chocolate sweets to see if they would floataround in the cockpit (驾驶员座舱
42、) - they did.The successful flight brought the design team, led by famous Americandesigner Burt Rutan, closer to winning the USS10 million Ansari X Prize. Theaward will be given to the first privately funded (投资) spacecraft to send threepeople 100 kilometers above the earth. The spacecraft alsohas t
43、o land safely and repeat the achievement within two weeks.This is to prove that the craft is reliable ( 可靠的) and has the ability tocarry paying customers. “The flight opens a new chapter in history, puttingspace within the reach of ordinary citizens,“ said Patti Smith, head ofcommercial space transp
44、ortation at the US Federal Aviation Administration(联邦航空局 ).Its hoped that this flight is the first step toward space tourism.Members of the public could pay US$20,000-100,000 for the chance to fly highabove the earths atmosphere, float in zero gravity and take in the sights ofspace.Rutan thinks that
45、 affordable space flights will be possible within thenext 10 to 15 years. And thats just the beginning. “We are heading in to orbitsooner than you think,“ he said.“We do not intend to stay in low-earth orbit for ages. The next 25 yearswill be a wild ride . one that history will note was done for the
46、 benefit ofeveryone.“68. The story is about_.A. a successful flight into pace B. the beginning ofaffordable space flightsC. competition for commercial space transportation D. the first privaterocket plane69. According to Burt Rutan, what is likely to happen?A. Hell win the Ansari X Prize. B. A space
47、 flight will cost much less than 100,000.C. In a few decades, private space craft will travel high in space.D. The Space Ship One will make another flight within two weeks.70. The fact that chocolate sweets could float proves A. the spacecraft was flying faster than sound B. Mevill was inspaceC. Mev
48、ill was high above the earth D. there was a strongwind考单招 上高职单招网71 The title of this passage is _.A. Walk in space B. The first private manned spaceship reached spacesuccessfullyC. The first spaceship D. A manned spaceship reached spacesuccessfullyEWe sometimes think humans are the only species which can bearanxiety，but stress seems to affect the immune(免疫)system of lower animals too. Inone experiment，for example，behavioral scientist Mark Lauden，at the University ofDenver，gave m 订 d electric shocks to 24 rats. Half o
