河南郑州远程教育英语入学测试本科试题解析（16）

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河南郑州远程教育英语入学测试本科试题解析（16）

I．Phonetics(5 points)
Directions: In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined letters or 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 corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
1. A.. neighborhood    B. eighteen        C. height         D. weight
2. A.. wolf           B. soft            C. story         D. pop
3. A.. soup           B. routine         C. route           D. shoulder
4. A.. climb          B. doubt          C. absorb          D. thumb
5. A.. accent          B. accompany     C. accept          D. access
II. Vocabulary and Structure (15 points)
Directions: There are 15 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
6. I remember      for the job, but I forget the exact amount.
A.. being paid                    B. to get paid
   C. to be paid                     D. that I receive pay
7.John      he could improve his exam results, but he did not have enough time to study.
A.. knows how    B. knows that   C. knew how   D. knew that
8. What we have to take     the courses offered only for this term .
A. are          B. is          C. have been   D. has been
9. It is a small country, yet has a lot of    resources.
A.. potential        B. unknown    C. secret     D. unlimited
10.The plant is dead. I     it more water.
A. will give                      B. would have given
C. must give                      D. should have given
11.They talked and talked as if they      never meet again.
A.. will         B. would       C. should        D. shall
12.Don’t let that old rascal take you    with his clever talk-none of it is true.
A along        B. in          C. about          D. down
13.The development of the light bulb    partly as a result of the widespread availability of electricity and the need for cheap, clean light.
A.. occurring    B. was occurring C. was occurred D. occurred
14.There is a computer system       the company is experiencing problems.
A with which   B. as which       C. such as       D. for such
15.The company is going to hand    the free samples tomorrow.
A.. up           B. out           C. on           D. down
16.      more careful, such spelling mistakes might have been avoided.
A. You had been B. You have been C. Had you been D. Have you been
17.Usually there is    traffic in the streets on weekdays than on Sundays.
A.. less          B. little         C. few           D. fewer
18. He asked me how long       going to stay in the hotel.
A. time was I   B. time I was   C. was I         D. I was
19. I would rather      with you.
A. not to go       B. to not go    C. to go         D. not go
20.    their luggage, the tourists hurried to the airport.
A. Packed        B. After packed C. Having packed D. Packing
III. Cloze (30 points)
Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B,C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
I shouldn’t let it bother me . It really doesn’t matter anyway. But it does bother me ! All those people are preparing to 21   a new century, a new millennium(千年) as well. And it just isn’t 22 !
Most of us schedule our lives by the Gregorian   23   . Our years are measured from the   24 of Christ. The first year of the first century is 1,or 1 A.D. The last year of that century is the year 100. Simple? Yes ! A century is 100   25 long. A millennium is 1,000years long, which is 26    ten centuries.
Since the last year of the first century is the year 100,the first year of the
   27 century is 101. Follow that pattern, century by century and you’ll get my   28 . The year 2000 is the last year of the twentieth century. After all, 29   thousand means twenty hundreds. Twenty hundred years means twentieth century . After all,    thousand means twenty hundreds. Twenty hundred years means twenty centuries. The year 2000 is the 30 ,the final, the one that’s still here, year of the twentieth century!!!!
I know, I’m getting too 31 . But it isn’t fair While most people will really be enjoying this coming 32 celebration, those of us in the know will be yawning. Everyone else will be 33 for the new millennium and we’ll be saying ,”It’s not until next year.”
I don’t agree with the 34   ,“Ignorance is bliss.”But in this case, perhaps it’s 35    .
21.A. get         B. bring       C. celebrate      D. cheer
22.A. wrong       B. so          C. important      D. chocolate
23.A. year        B. journal     C. program        D. calendar
24.A. birth       B. death       C. life           D. date
25.A. hours       B. days        C. months         D. years