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1、 2023年成人高考英语真题 . 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 cor

2、responding letter on the Answer Sheet. 1.A. head B. horizon C. honour D. human 2.A. city B. bicycle C. face D. climb 3.A. think B. these C. breathe D. with 4.A. ground B. country C. thousand D. found 5.A. pour B. hour C. course D. four 6.A. both B. post C. cold D. son 7.A. altogether B. talk C. alwa

3、ys D. also 8.A. suggestion B. nation C. dictation D. satisfaction 9.A. started B. closed C. waited D. needed 10.A. rare B. fare C. scare D. are .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

4、and D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. 11. _ idea of _ sounds much better than Clares. A. The, hers B. That, her C. That, hers D. One, her 12. China is famous _ the Great Wall. A. about B. for C. as D. of 13. Our school _ n

5、ew facilities. A. is equipped with B. equips with C. will be equip with D. has equip with 14. I made this myself but it was _ who taught me. A. he B. him C. himself D. by him 15. He had his bicycle _ yesterday. A. repair B. repairing C. repaired D. be repaired 16. It was a _ room, with beautiful wal

6、l paper, waxed floor and nice furniture. A. pleased B. pleasant C. pleasing D. preasant 17. He regretted _the decision too hastily. A. make B. to make C. making D. have maked 18. The professor insisted that we _ our homework before next month. A. handed in B. will hand in C. hand in D. must hand in

7、19. It _ me of the country which we visited last summer. A. remembers B. recalls C. reminds D. tells 20. He _ smoking at last. A. gave up B. gave out C. gave in D. gave off 21. John was _ he lay down for an hour before dinner. A. so tired as B. so tired that C. too tired that D. too tired so 22. You

8、r answer is different _ the teachers. A. to B. at C. from D. with 23. It would be _ a risk to leave the baby alone. A. running B. passing C. carrying D. obeying 24. The fact _ his health is bad is not true. A. which B. that C. as D. what 25. These _ did unusually well in the contest, so the judges d

9、idnt know whom to give prize to. A. woman singers B. women singers C. women singer D. womans singers 26. Man must stop _ the earths atmosphere. A. filling B. wasting C. polluting D. blackening 27. We cant _ another 100 kilometers any more. A. have B. turn C. make D. reach 28. Is Mary _ to join in us

10、? A. supposed B. exposed C. supported D. indicated 29. I want to be told all _. A. which happen B. which happened C. that had happened D. that had been happened 30. Weve all heard of Thomas Edison, _ who invented the electric light and many other things. A. man B. a man C. the man D. men 31. Dont te

11、ll me such things _ you are not certain. A. that B. which C. those D. as 32. _ a microscope we can see different kinds of things that are unable to be seen by our naked eyes. A. In terms of B. In place of C. By means of D. By far 33. Jackson went to work _ his illness. A. besides B. even though C. i

12、n spite of D. although 34. Anybody will do, _ he is responsible for that. A. as far as B. so far as C. as long as D. as soon as 35. I suppose they have known about it, _? A. am I B. am not I C. have they D. havent they 36. It _ him ten years to write that novel. A. took B. spent C. cost D. costed 37

13、. The students are looking forward to _ their holidays in Japan. A. spend B. spending C. for spend D. spent 38. They all _ mentioning that girl. A. avoided B. got away C. ran away D. escaped 39. Human beings should find a new _ of energy. A. orient B. source C. origin D. souse 40. The couch is comfo

14、rtable to _. A. sit B. be sat C. sitted D. sit on 41. So loudly _ that all the people in the room got a fright. A. he shouted B. shout he C. did he shout D. he did shout 42. He is the only one of the sons in the family who _ received high education. A. are B. is C. have D. has 43. We think of Mr. Li

15、 _ our good friend. A. is B. to be C. as D. has been 44. The mountain is 1,000 feet _ the sea level. A. over B. higher C. above D. high 45. The road will be blocked if there _ another snow. A. is B. will be C. to be D. will have 46. David like country life and has decided to _ farming. A. get hold o

16、f B. get along with C. go in for D. go thorough 47. These children have an advantage _ those in calculation. A. over B. than C. to D. with 48. Shanghai has a larger population than _ in China. A. any city B. any other cities C. other city D. any other city 49. In some countries there are a lot of yo

17、ung people now need _teeth. A. false B. untrue C. wrong D. erroneous 50. This book costs _ that one. A. twice more B. twice more as C. two times more as D. twice as much as . Cloze (20 points) Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices given below and marked A, B, C

18、and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Smoking, which may be a pleasure for some people, is a serious source of discomfort for their fellows. _51_, medical authorities express their concern about the effect of smok

19、ing _52_ the health not only of those who smoke but also of those who do not. In fact, non-smokers who must involuntarily inhale (吸入) the air _53_ by tobacco smoke may suffer more than the smokers _54_. Smoking is prohibited in the theatres and in halls used for showing films _55_ in laboratories _5

20、6_ there may be a fire hazard (危急). Elsewhere, it is up to your good _57_. I am _58_ asking you to maintain “No-Smoking” in classrooms and seminar rooms. This will prove that you have the _59_ health in mind, which is very important to a large _60_ of our students. 51.A. Still B. Further C. More D.

21、Again 52.A. in B. to C. on D. with 53.A. polluting B. be polluted C. polluted D. to be polluted 54.A. them B. themselves C. their own D. they 55.A. and B. but C. as well as D. also 56.A. where B. which C. that D. how 57.A. feeling B. sense C. realize D. think 58.A. so B. next C. therefore D. and 59.

22、A. non-smokers B. non-smokers C. non-smokers D. non-smoker 60.A. number B. amount C. many D. much . 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,

23、C and D. Choose one best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Passage One All the housewives who went to the new supermarket had one great ambition: to be the lucky customer who did not have to pay for her shopping. For this was what the notice just inside the entrance pr

24、omised. It said: “Remember, once a week, one of our customers gets free goods. This May Be Your Lucky Day!” For several weeks Mrs. Edwards hoped, like many of her friends, to be the lucky customer. Unlike her friends, she never gave up hoping. The cupboards in kitchen were full of things which she d

25、id not need. Her husband tried to advise her against buying things but failed. She dreamed of the day when the manager of the supermarket would approach her and say: “Madam, this is Your Lucky Day. Everything in your basket is free.” One Friday morning, after she had finished her shopping and had ta

26、ken it to her car, she found that she had forgotten to buy any tea. She dashed back to the supermarket, got the tea and went towards the cash-desk. As she did so, she saw the manager of the supermarket approach her. “Madam,” he said, holding out his hand, “I want to congratulate you! You are our luc

27、ky customer and everything you have in your basket is free!” 61. The housewives learnt about the of free goods _. A. on TV B. from the manager C. at the supermarket D. from the newspaper 62. Mrs. Edwards _. A. is always very lucky B. had no friends C. hoped to get free shopping D. gets disappointed

28、easily 63. Mrs. Edwardss husband tried to _. A. make her unhappy B. cheer her up C. buy things with her D. stop her buying things 64. Mrs. Edwards went back to the supermarket quickly because she had to _. A. buy another thing B. talk to the manager C. pay for her shopping D. find her shopping 65. M

29、rs. Edwards must have been _. A. pleased B. delighted C. proud D. disappointed Passage Two Deep inside a mountain near Sweetwater in East. Tennessee is a body of water known as the Lost Sea. It is listed by the Guinness Book of Would Records as the worlds largest underground lake. The Lost Sea is pa

30、rt of an extensive and historic cave system called Craighead Caverns. The caverns have been known and used since the days of the Cherokee Indian nation. The cave expands into a series of huge rooms from a small opening on the side of the mountain. Approximately one mile from the entrance, in a room

31、called “The Council Room,” many Indian artisfacts have been found. Some of the items discovered include pottery, arrowheads, weapons, and jewelry. For many years there were persistent rumors of a large underground lake somewhere in a cave, but it was not discovered until 1905. In that year, a thirte

32、en-year-old boy named Ben Sands crawled through a small opening three hundred feet underground. He found himself in a large cave half filled with water. Today tourists visit the Lost Sea and ride far out onto it in glass-bottomed boats powered by electric motors. More than thirteen acres of water ha

33、ve been mapped out so far and still no end to the lake has been found. Even though teams of divers have tried to explore the Lost Sea, the full extent of it is still unknown. 66. The Lost Sea is unique because it is _. part of a historical cave system the biggest underground lake in the world listed

34、 in the Guinness Book of World Records the largest body of water in Tennessee 67. The Craighead Caverns have been known _. A. through history B. since the time of the Indian nations C. since 1905 D. since divers explored them 68. Who located the Lost Sea in recent times? A. The Cherokee Indians. B.

35、Tourists. C. Ben Sands. D. Scientists. 69. What was found in “The Council Room”? A. A small natural opening. B. A large cave. C. Another series of rooms. D. Many old Indian objects. 70. It can be inferred from the passage that the Craighead Caverns presently serve as _. A. an underground testing sit

36、e B. an Indian meeting ground C. a tourist attraction D. a motor boat race course Passage Three Generations of Americans have been brought up to believe that a good breakfast is one lifes essentials. Eating breakfast at the start of the day, we have all been told, and told again, is as necessary as

37、putting gasoline in the family car before starting a trip. But for many people the thought of food first thing in the morning is by no means a pleasure. So despite all the efforts, they still take no breakfast. Between 1977 and 1983, the latest year for which figures are available, the number of peo

38、ple who didnt have breakfast, increased by 33 percent. For those who feel pain of guilt about not eating breakfast, however, there is some good news. Several studies in the last few years indicate that, for adults especially, there may be nothing wrong with omitting breakfast. “Going without breakfa

39、st does not affect performance,” said Arrold E. Bender, former professor of the nutrition at Queen Elizabeth College in London, “nor does giving people breakfast improve performance.” Scientific evidence linking breakfast to better health or better performance is surprisingly inadequate, and most of

40、 the recent work involves children, not adults, “The literature”, says one researcher, Dr. Erresto at the University of Texas, “is poor”. 71. The latest year for which figures could be obtained is _. A. the year the author wrote the article B. 1977 C. any year between 1997 and 1983 D. 1983 72. For t

41、hose who do not take breakfast, the good news is that _. several studies have been done in the past few years the omission of breakfast does no harm to ones health adults have especially made studies in this field eating little in the morning is good for health 73. “nor does giving people breakfast

42、improve performance” means _. anyone without breakfast does improve his performance not giving people breakfast improve performance having breakfast does not improve performance, either people having breakfast do improve their performance 74. The word “literature” in the last sentence refers to _. A

43、. stories, poems, plays, etc. B. written works on a particular subject C. any printed material D. the modern literature of America 75. What is implied but NOT stated by the author is that _. breakfast does not affect performance Dr. Erresto is engaged in research work at an institution of higher lea

44、rning not eating breakfast might affect the health of children Professor Bender once taught college courses in nutrition in London Passage Four About 35% of all high school graduates in America continue their education in an institution of higher learning. The word college is used to refer to either a college or a university. These institutions offer four-year programs that lead to a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) or Bachelor Science (B.S.) degree. Some students attend a junior college (providing only a two-year program) for one to two years before entering a four-year college as a sophomore (二年级生)