2023年成人高考专升本《英语》预习试题及答案四

[单选题]Who is that man，()in the front row?

　　Aone

　　Bthe one

　　Cfirst

　　Dthe first

　　参考答案：D

[单选题]Please make sure that your name is entered in the()space when you fill out this form.

　　Avacant

　　Bbare

　　Cblank

　　Dempty

　　参考答案：C

[单选题]We never dared to ask him a question____

　　Adid we

　　Bdidn't we

　　Cdared we

　　Ddaredn't we

　　参考答案：A

[单选题]Mary took a part-time job last summer，but her parents were unhappy about()she did.

　　Athese

　　Bwhich

　　Cthat

　　Dwhat

　　参考答案：D

[单选题]He __________ at the boy into silence.

　　Aglanced

　　Bobserved

　　Cwatched

　　Dstared

　　参考答案：D

[单选题]

　　Ann Curry is a famous news presenter of the NBC News "Today" show. When she was 15 she happened to walk into a bookstore in her hometown and began looking at the books on the shelves. The man behind the counter, Mac McCarley, asked if she´d like a job. She needed to start saving for college, so she said yes.

　　Ann worked after school and during summer vacations, and the job helped pay for her first year of college. During college she would do many other jobs : she served coffee in the students´ union ,was a hotel maid and even made maps for the US Forest Service. But selling books was one of the most satisfying jobs.

　　One day a woman came into the bookstore and asked Ann for books on cancer(癌症). The woman seemed anxious. Ann showed her practically everything they had and found other books they could order. The woman left the store less worried, and Ann has always remembered the pride she felt in having helped her customer.

　　Years later, as a television reporter in Los Angeles, Ann heard about a child who was born with problems with his fingers and his hand. His family could not afford a surgical(外科的) operation, and the boy lived in shame, hiding his hand in his pocket all the time.

　　Ann persuaded her boss to let her do the story. After the story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform the surgical operation for free.

　　Ann visited the boy in the recovery room after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his repaired hand and say, "Thank you. " What a sweet sense of satisfaction Ann Curry felt!At McCarley´ s bookstore, Ann always sensed she was working for the customers, not the store.Today it´ s the same. NBC News pays her, but she feels as if she works for the people who watch the programmers, helping them make sense of the world.

　　How did Ann help the child get the operation he needed?

　　AAnn persuaded the boy to speak on TV.

　　BAnn paid for the operation herself.

　　CAnn' s boss agreed to raise money.

　　DAnn' s news report moved some doctors.

　　参考答案：D

[单选题]It seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains. But actually the umbrella was not invented as protection against rain. Its first use was as a shade against the sun!

　　Nobody knows who first invented it , but the umbrella was used in very ancient times. Probably the first to use it were the Chinese , as early as the eleventh century B.C.

　　We know that the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt and Babylon as a sunshade. And there was a strange thing connected with its use: it became a symbol of honour and authority. In the Far! East in ancient times the umbrella was allowed to he used only by royalty or by those in high office.

　　In Europe , the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade. And the umbrella was in common use in ancient Greece. But it is believed that the first persons in Europe to use the umbrella as protection against the rain were the ancient Romans.

　　During the Middle Ages , the use of the umbrella practically disappeared. Then it appeared again in Italy in the late sixteenth century. And again it was considered a symbol of power and authority. By 1680 , the umbrella appeared in France , and later on in England.

　　By the eighteenth cent, the umbrella was used against rain throughout most of Europe. Umbrellas have not changed much in style during all this time , though they have become much lighter in weight. It wasn’t until the twentieth century that women’s umbrellas began to he made , in a whole variety of colours.

　　Which of the following statements is NOT true about the umbrella()?

　　ANo one exactly knows who was the inventor of the umbrella.

　　BThe umbrella was first invented to he used as protection against the sun.

　　CThe umbrella changed much in style in the eighteenth century.

　　DIn Europe the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade.

　　参考答案：C

[单选题]Socrates is often referred to as one of the founders of Western philosophy，and yet he wrote nothing，established no school，and held no particular theories of his own.What he did do，however，was frequently ask the questions that interested him，and in doing so developed a new way of thinking.This method proceeds(展开)as a dialogue between opposing views，and it earned him many enemies in Athens，where he lived.

　　As a young man，Socrates is believed to have studied natural philosophy，looking at the various explanations of the nature of the universe，but then became involved in the politics of the city-state and concerned with more down-to-earth moral issues，such as the nature of justice. However，he was not interested in winning arguments，or arguing for the sake of making money Nor was he seeking answers or explanations.He was simply examining the basis of the concepts we apply to ourselves( such as“god”，“bad”，and“just”)，for he believed that understanding what we are is the first task of philosophy.

　　He was sentenced to death on charges of corrupting the young with bad ideas.But he also had many followers，and among them was Plato，who recorded Socrates’ideas in the written works，called dialogues，in which Socrates sets about examining various ideas.

　　Socrates’central concern，then，was the examination of life，and it was his cruel questioning of people’s most valued beliefs(largely about themselves)that earned him his enemies—but he remained committed to his task until the very end.According to the account of his defense at his trial，Socrates chose death rather than face a life of ignorance：“The life which is unexamined is not worth living.”

　　What is true about Socrates?

　　ASocrates solved the problems of Western philosophy.

　　BSocrates tried to find answers to his questions.

　　CSocrates forced his enemies to accept his ideas.

　　DSocrates cared about the meaning of life.

　　参考答案：D

[单选题]

　　请在第60_______处填上正确答案。

　　AI really want to see your new car

　　Bto pay cash for this car

　　CHave you and the seller agreed upon a price

　　Dto buy this car

　　EDoes your father buy the car for you

　　FYou might want to have a mechanic

　　GThat would make it a lot easier fur me

　　H I won’t to buy it

　　参考答案：A