1998年成人高考全国统一考试英语试题
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. pillow B. follow C. blow D. allow
( )2. A. variety B. advantage C. average D. affair
( )3. A. chime B. polite C. clinic D. otherwise
( )4. A. relative B. delay C. connect D. chest
( )5. A. brought B. thought C. fought D. doubt
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. How is it the has made such rapid progress?
A. that B. why C. when D. because
( )7. —Is there anything wrong with your car, John?
— .
A. Yes, I’m afraid not B. No, I’m afraid not
C. Yes, I’m afraid so D. No, I’m afraid isn’t
( )8. It was repairing old clocks that he his spare time at home.
A. took B. used C. spent D. paid
( )9. Plastics can’t steel completely.
A. instead B. instead of C. take the place of D. take place
( )10. I’ll start early, I oversleep.
A. however B. unless C. whether D. though
( )11. useful information you’ve gathered!
A. What B. What a C. How D. How an
( )12. —Need we hand in our homework right after class?
—Yes, you .
A. need B. do C. may D. must
( )13. That is I had to take the risk of being washed away.
A. why B. reason why C. how D. what
( )14. Mrs. Black started to tea as soon as the guests came in.
A. cook B. boil C. make D. do
( )15. Jenny says that she a bad cold for several days.
A. has had B. had had C. has caught D. had caught
( )16. A lot of people exercise every day in order to keep healthy.
A. takes B. take C. are taking D. are taken
( )17. —Would you like to buy a bicycle of this kind?
—Yes, I’d like to have .
A. it B. that C. one D. this
( )18. Open your books at . Let’s learn the words and expressions.
A. ten page B. tenth page C. page ten D. page the tenth
( )19.—Whose bedroom is this?
—It’s .
A. my sister’s Ann B. my sister Ann
C. my sister’s Ann’s D. my sister Ann’s
( )20. They told the policeman the fact they had nothing to do with the murder.
A. that B. which C. why D. how
( )21.—I think the green coat her well.
—That’s right.
A. fits B. is fit C. is fit for D. fits for
( )22.—Robert, you’re wanted the phone.
—Do you know who ?
A. on; he is B. for; is he C. on; it is D. for; it is
( )23. She hardly thinks that there is any hope of hearing from them soon, __ ?
A. does she B. doesn’t she C. is there D. isn’t there
( )24. They offered her a house for $100,000, it was worth.
A. as much as twice B. as much twice as
C. as twice much as D. twice as much as
( )25. hard at your lessons, and you may make some progress.
A. Working B. Work C. If you work D. To work
( )26.—We are in great need of help.
— ask them to do you a favour?
A. How about B. Why don’t C. Why didn’t D. Why not
( )27. It is over a week Mr. White returned to England to take a holiday.
A. when B. since C. after D. as
( )28. It was said that the new car to the institute as a gift by a businessman.
A. had given B. would give C. had been given D. has been given
( )29.—Have you ever heard of Mr. Read?
—Yes, he is reporter.
A. an Australian famous young B. a famous Australian young
C. a young Australian famous D. a famous young Australian
( )30. I’m sorry for what I said. I .
A. hold it back B. take it back C. keep it back D. get it back
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。
Harriet Tubman was born a slave. She didn’t get a chance to go to school. 31 a child, she had to work very hard in the fields 32 day. In this 33 her master could 34 a lot of money when he 35 his crops. Harriet 36 think that she was being treated fairly.
After Harriet grew up, she ran away from the farm to the northern states. There, and in Canada, black people were free. Harriet liked to be free, she felt 37 all of the black people who were 38 slaves.
Harriet returned to the south to help other slaves to run away. She made sure they got to 39 .
Harriet was in great 40 41 a law that had just been 42 . The law 43 it was not permitted to 44 slaves run away. She also found out 45 slave owners said they would 46 $40,000 to anyone who could catch H. Tubman.
There were many stories about Harriet helping slaves run away. In all, she made nineteen 47 back to the south and led about 300 slaves to freedom. When the Civil War broke out, the northern states 48 against the southern states. Harriet 49 the northern states because the northerners believed that slaves should be free. She worked as a nurse and spied 50 enemy lines until the northern states won the war.
( )31. A. As B. Like C. Since D. Because of
( )32. A. by B. most C. all D. during
( )33. A. way B. place C. town D. means
( )34. A. make B. do C. give D. pay
( )35. A sell B. sold C. buy D. bought
( )36. A. did B. didn’t C. certainly D. of course
( )37. A. sure B. sorry C. happy D. wrong
( )38. A. yet B. only C. again D. still
( )39. A. the north B. the west C. the east D. the south
( )40. A. anger B. hurry C. danger D. difficulty
( )41. A. because B. because of C. as D. for
( )42. A. broken B. given C. got D. passed
( )43. A. told B. wrote C. said D. spoke
( )44. A. help B. ask C. set D. take
( )45. A. about B. that C. what D. when
( )46. A. spend B. cost C. pay D. take
( )47. A. trips B. letters C. walks D. telegraphs
( )48. A. united B. fought C. quarrelled D. agreed
( )49. A. waited for B. searched for C. stood for D. looked for
( )50. A. behind B. in C. on D. before