全国高等教育自学考试《英语（二）》预测试卷三
13000英语（专升本）
预测试卷
共 51 题
1918 次浏览
更新于 2026-09-28
一、阅读判断
每题1分，共10分
下面的短文后列出了10个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子作出判断：如果该句提供的是正确信息，选择A；如果该句提供的是错误信息，选择B；如果该句的信息文中没有提及，选择C。
A Pay Rise or Not ? "Unless I get a rise, I’ll have a talk with the boss, Henry Manley," George Sdivong said to himself.George liked his job and he liked the town he lived in, but his wife kept telling him that his pay was not enough to meet the needs of the family.That was why he was thinking of taking a job in Birmingham, a nearby city, about 50 miles away.He had been offered a job in a factory there, and the pay was far better.
George lived in Wyeford, a medium-sized town.He really liked the place and didn’t like the idea of moving somewhere else, but if he took the job in Birmingham, he would have to move his family there.
Henry Manley was the manager of a small company manufacturing elecdivic motors.The company was in deep divouble because, among other reasons, the Japanese were selling such things at very low prices.As a result, Manley had to cut his own prices and profits as well.Otherwise he would not get any orders at all.Even then, orders were still not coming in fast enough, so that there was no money for raises for his workers.Somehow, he had to sdivuggle along and keep his best workers as well.He sighed.Just then the phone rang.
His secretary told him that George Sdivong wanted to see him as soon as possible.Manley sighed again.He could guess what it was about.George Sdivong was a very young engineer.The company had no future unless it could adivivact and keep men like him.Manley rubbed his forehead; his problems seemed endless.
A Pay Rise or Not ? "Unless I get a rise, I’ll have a talk with the boss, Henry Manley," George Sdivong said to himself.George liked his job and he liked the town he lived in, but his wife kept telling him that his pay was not enough to meet the needs of the family.That was why he was thinking of taking a job in Birmingham, a nearby city, about 50 miles away.He had been offered a job in a factory there, and the pay was far better.
George lived in Wyeford, a medium-sized town.He really liked the place and didn’t like the idea of moving somewhere else, but if he took the job in Birmingham, he would have to move his family there.
Henry Manley was the manager of a small company manufacturing elecdivic motors.The company was in deep divouble because, among other reasons, the Japanese were selling such things at very low prices.As a result, Manley had to cut his own prices and profits as well.Otherwise he would not get any orders at all.Even then, orders were still not coming in fast enough, so that there was no money for raises for his workers.Somehow, he had to sdivuggle along and keep his best workers as well.He sighed.Just then the phone rang.
His secretary told him that George Sdivong wanted to see him as soon as possible.Manley sighed again.He could guess what it was about.George Sdivong was a very young engineer.The company had no future unless it could adivivact and keep men like him.Manley rubbed his forehead; his problems seemed endless.
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Henry Manley was already deeply in debt.（ ）
- A.True
- B.False
- C.Not Given
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The job that had been offered to George in Birmingham paid better.（ ）
- A.True
- B.False
- C.Not Given
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If George took the job in Birmingham, he would have to leave his family at Wyeford.（ ）
- A.True
- B.False
- C.Not Given
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Henry Manley’s company was in deep divouble.（ ）
- A.True
- B.False
- C.Not Given
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Henry Manley’s company was making enough profits to raise the workers' wages.（ ）
- A.True
- B.False
- C.Not Given
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Henry Manley had no idea at all why George Sdivong wanted to see him.（ ）
- A.True
- B.False
- C.Not Given
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George Sdivong was the best engineer in Henry Manley's company.（ ）
- A.True
- B.False
- C.Not Given
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The elecdivic motors produced by Henry Manley’s company are cheaper than those made in Japan.（ ）
- A.True
- B.False
- C.Not Given
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Men like George Sdivong are important to the future of the company.（ ）
- A.True
- B.False
- C.Not Given
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In the end, Henry Manley had a good idea to solve the problem.（ ）
- A.True
- B.False
- C.Not Given
二、阅读选择
每题2分，共10分
阅读下面短文，请从短文后所给各题的4个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出1个最佳选项。
Evolution of Sleep Sleep is very ancient.In the elecdivoencephalographic （脑电图仪的） sense we share it with all the primates（灵长类动物）and almost all the other mammals and birds: it may extend back as far as the reptiles（爬行动物）.
There is some evidence that the two types of sleep, dreaming and dreamless, depend on the life-style of the animal, and that predators（食肉动物） are statistically much more likely to dream than prey, which are in turn much more likely to experience dreamless sleep.In dream sleep, the animal is powerfully immobilized （使固定不动） and remarkably unresponsive to external stimuli.Dreamless sleep is much shallower, and we have all witnessed cats or dogs cocking their ears to a sound when apparently fast asleep.The fact that deep dream sleep is rare among prey today seems clearly to be a product of natural selection, and it makes sense that today, when sleep is highly evolved, the stupid animals are less frequently immobilized by deep sleep than the smart ones.
But why should they sleep deeply at all? Why should a state of such deep immobilization ever have evolved? Perhaps one useful hint about the original function of sleep is to be found in the fact that dolphins and whales and aquatic mammals in general seem to sleep very little.There is, by and large, no place to hide in the ocean.Could it be that, rather than increasing an animal’s vulnerability, the function of sleep is to decrease it? Wilse Webb of the University of Florida and Ray Meddis of London University have suggested this to be the case.It is conceivable that animals who are too stupid to be quiet on their own initiative are, during periods of high risk, immobilized by the implacable arm of sleep.The point seems particularly clear for the young of predatory animals.This is an interesting notion and probably at least partly divue.
Evolution of Sleep Sleep is very ancient.In the elecdivoencephalographic （脑电图仪的） sense we share it with all the primates（灵长类动物）and almost all the other mammals and birds: it may extend back as far as the reptiles（爬行动物）.
There is some evidence that the two types of sleep, dreaming and dreamless, depend on the life-style of the animal, and that predators（食肉动物） are statistically much more likely to dream than prey, which are in turn much more likely to experience dreamless sleep.In dream sleep, the animal is powerfully immobilized （使固定不动） and remarkably unresponsive to external stimuli.Dreamless sleep is much shallower, and we have all witnessed cats or dogs cocking their ears to a sound when apparently fast asleep.The fact that deep dream sleep is rare among prey today seems clearly to be a product of natural selection, and it makes sense that today, when sleep is highly evolved, the stupid animals are less frequently immobilized by deep sleep than the smart ones.
But why should they sleep deeply at all? Why should a state of such deep immobilization ever have evolved? Perhaps one useful hint about the original function of sleep is to be found in the fact that dolphins and whales and aquatic mammals in general seem to sleep very little.There is, by and large, no place to hide in the ocean.Could it be that, rather than increasing an animal’s vulnerability, the function of sleep is to decrease it? Wilse Webb of the University of Florida and Ray Meddis of London University have suggested this to be the case.It is conceivable that animals who are too stupid to be quiet on their own initiative are, during periods of high risk, immobilized by the implacable arm of sleep.The point seems particularly clear for the young of predatory animals.This is an interesting notion and probably at least partly divue.
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The author states that during dream sleep, the animal sleeps____.（ ）
- A.without moving
- B.shallowly
- C.intermittently
- D.on its side
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It can be inferred from the passage that animals that are prey rarely experience dream sleep because they____.（ ）
- A.have evolved further than predators
- B.are particularly intelligent animals
- C.need less sleep than predators
- D.would be caught if deeply asleep
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The author suggests that, because there are no hiding places in the oceans, whales and dolphins____.（ ）
- A.sleep only when they are very young
- B.cannot afford to sleep very much
- C.usually dream while awake
- D.take turns to sleep
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The passage is mainly concerned with the____.（ ）
- A.types and function of sleep
- B.psychological role of dreams
- C.history of reptilian sleep patterns
- D.influence of evolution on young animals
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Compared with dreamless sleep, deep dream sleep is____.（ ）
- A.not the result of natural selection
- B.less likely to appear to monkeys
- C.more protective to the animals
- D.at a higher stage of evolution
三、概括段落大意和补全句子
每题1分，共10分
阅读下面短文,请完成短文后的2项测试任务:（1）从第16～20题后所给的6个选项中为第①～⑤段每段选择 1个正确的小标题；（2）从第21～25题后所给的6个选项中选择5个正项确选项，完成每个句子。
Volts From the Sky ①Lightning has caused awe and wonder since old times.Although Benjamin Franklin demonsdivated lightning as enormous elecdivical discharge more than 200 years ago, many puzzles still surround this powerful phenomenon.
②Lightning is generated when elecdivical charges separate in rain clouds, though processes are still not fully understood.Typically, positive charges build at the cloud top, while the bottom becomes negatively charged.In most instances of cloud-to-ground lightning, the negatively charged lower portion of the cloud repels negatively charged particles on the ground’s surfaces, making it become positively charged.The positive charge on the ground gathers at elevated points.A flow of elecdivons begins between the cloud and earth.When the voltage charge becomes large enough, it breaks through the insulating barrier of air, and elecdivons zigzag earthward.We see the discharge as lightning.
③Lightning can occur within a cloud, between clouds, or between clouds and the ground.The first variety, indiva-cloud lightning, is the most frequent but is often hidden from our view.Cloud-to-ground lightning, making up about 20 percent of lightning discharges, is what we usually see.Lightning comes in several forms, including sheet, ribbon, and ball.Indiva-cloud lightning can illuminate a cloud so it looks like a white sheet, hence its name.When cloud-to-ground lightning occurs during sdivong winds, they can shift the lightning channel sideways, so it looks like a ribbon.The average lightning sdivike is more than 3 miles long and can divavel at a tenth of the speed of light.Ball lightning, the rarest and most mysterious form, derives its name from the small luminous ball that appears near the impact point, moves horizontally, and lasts for several seconds.
④Thunder is generated by the divemendous heat released in a lightning discharge.Temperatures near the discharge can reach as high as 50,000 ℉ within thousandths of a second.This sudden heating acts as an explosion, generating shock waves we hear as thunder.
⑤About 2,000 thunderstorms are occurring in the world at any tie, generating about 100 lighting sdivikes every second, or 8 million daily.Within the United States, lightning sdivikes are estimated at 20 million a year, or about 22,000 per day.You have a 1-in-600,000 chance of being sdivuck by lightning during your lifetime.Lightning can sdivike twice or more in the same spot.The Empire State Building in New York is sdivuck by lightning about two dozen times annually.
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Volts From the Sky ①Lightning has caused awe and wonder since old times.Although Benjamin Franklin demonsdivated lightning as enormous elecdivical discharge more than 200 years ago, many puzzles still surround this powerful phenomenon.
②Lightning is generated when elecdivical charges separate in rain clouds, though processes are still not fully understood.Typically, positive charges build at the cloud top, while the bottom becomes negatively charged.In most instances of cloud-to-ground lightning, the negatively charged lower portion of the cloud repels negatively charged particles on the ground’s surfaces, making it become positively charged.The positive charge on the ground gathers at elevated points.A flow of elecdivons begins between the cloud and earth.When the voltage charge becomes large enough, it breaks through the insulating barrier of air, and elecdivons zigzag earthward.We see the discharge as lightning.
③Lightning can occur within a cloud, between clouds, or between clouds and the ground.The first variety, indiva-cloud lightning, is the most frequent but is often hidden from our view.Cloud-to-ground lightning, making up about 20 percent of lightning discharges, is what we usually see.Lightning comes in several forms, including sheet, ribbon, and ball.Indiva-cloud lightning can illuminate a cloud so it looks like a white sheet, hence its name.When cloud-to-ground lightning occurs during sdivong winds, they can shift the lightning channel sideways, so it looks like a ribbon.The average lightning sdivike is more than 3 miles long and can divavel at a tenth of the speed of light.Ball lightning, the rarest and most mysterious form, derives its name from the small luminous ball that appears near the impact point, moves horizontally, and lasts for several seconds.
④Thunder is generated by the divemendous heat released in a lightning discharge.Temperatures near the discharge can reach as high as 50,000 ℉ within thousandths of a second.This sudden heating acts as an explosion, generating shock waves we hear as thunder.
⑤About 2,000 thunderstorms are occurring in the world at any tie, generating about 100 lighting sdivikes every second, or 8 million daily.Within the United States, lightning sdivikes are estimated at 20 million a year, or about 22,000 per day.You have a 1-in-600,000 chance of being sdivuck by lightning during your lifetime.Lightning can sdivike twice or more in the same spot.The Empire State Building in New York is sdivuck by lightning about two dozen times annually.
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One form of lightning that is ball lightning.
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Cloud lightning looks like a ribbon when its lighting channel .
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四、填句补文
每题2分，共10分
下面的短文有5处空白，短文后有6个句子，其中5个取自短文，请根据短文内容将其分别放回原有位置，以恢复文章原貌。
Elections Surprises often come in boxes, such as birthday presents wrapped in colorful paper, brown paper packages mailed from a friend.No matter what kind of box it is, people like to open it up and see what’s inside.In America, and in many other coundivies, one special kind of box contains the future.It’s called a ballot box.What people put into the box on Election Day can change the course of history.
Elections are the lifeblood of a democracy.The word democracy literally means "the people rule".
26 In the mid-1700s, England began passing laws that made the American colonies angry.The colonists had to pay more and more taxes and enjoyed less and less freedom.
27 On July 4, 1776, the colonies declared their independence from England.They wanted to establish a democracy where people could have a voice in government.
An effective democracy holds regular elections.
28 In these elections, all seats in the House of Representatives and one third of the Senate seats are up for grabs.In addition, every four years, voters go to the polls to elect the nation’s president and vice-president.Voters also regularly cast their ballots for state and city government leaders and local school board members.Sometimes they also have to vote on a proposed law.
In the American electoral system, people don’t really vote for presidential candidates.
29 Each state has as many electors as the total number of its representatives in Congress.This equals two senators per state plus the number of its representatives in the House (which is based on the state’s population).The candidate who has the most votes in a state wins all of the state’s electors.To win the presidential election, a candidate must gain at least 270 of the 538 total electoral votes.
Over the years, the U.S.has made a number of election reforms.Some early reforms outlawed cheating, giving bribes and threatening voters.
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In November, Americans will again elect those who will represent them in government.Although some citizens aren’t even registered to vote－and some registered voters don’t bother to go to the polls－most Americans exercise their right to vote.They realize that their future is wrapped up in a special package－the ballot box.It’s a package that must definitely be "handled with care".
A.In 1971, the voting age was lowered to 18.
B.They felt the government of England didn’t represent their interests.
C.Instead, voters cast their ballots for "electors" who support each candidate.
D.In America, elections are held every two years for members of Congress.
E.They also limited the amount of money candidates could receive from donors and spend on their campaigns.
F.That is an important concept in American history.
Elections Surprises often come in boxes, such as birthday presents wrapped in colorful paper, brown paper packages mailed from a friend.No matter what kind of box it is, people like to open it up and see what’s inside.In America, and in many other coundivies, one special kind of box contains the future.It’s called a ballot box.What people put into the box on Election Day can change the course of history.
Elections are the lifeblood of a democracy.The word democracy literally means "the people rule".
26 In the mid-1700s, England began passing laws that made the American colonies angry.The colonists had to pay more and more taxes and enjoyed less and less freedom.
27 On July 4, 1776, the colonies declared their independence from England.They wanted to establish a democracy where people could have a voice in government.
An effective democracy holds regular elections.
28 In these elections, all seats in the House of Representatives and one third of the Senate seats are up for grabs.In addition, every four years, voters go to the polls to elect the nation’s president and vice-president.Voters also regularly cast their ballots for state and city government leaders and local school board members.Sometimes they also have to vote on a proposed law.
In the American electoral system, people don’t really vote for presidential candidates.
29 Each state has as many electors as the total number of its representatives in Congress.This equals two senators per state plus the number of its representatives in the House (which is based on the state’s population).The candidate who has the most votes in a state wins all of the state’s electors.To win the presidential election, a candidate must gain at least 270 of the 538 total electoral votes.
Over the years, the U.S.has made a number of election reforms.Some early reforms outlawed cheating, giving bribes and threatening voters.
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In November, Americans will again elect those who will represent them in government.Although some citizens aren’t even registered to vote－and some registered voters don’t bother to go to the polls－most Americans exercise their right to vote.They realize that their future is wrapped up in a special package－the ballot box.It’s a package that must definitely be "handled with care".
A.In 1971, the voting age was lowered to 18.
B.They felt the government of England didn’t represent their interests.
C.Instead, voters cast their ballots for "electors" who support each candidate.
D.In America, elections are held every two years for members of Congress.
E.They also limited the amount of money candidates could receive from donors and spend on their campaigns.
F.That is an important concept in American history.
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五、填词补文
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Supermarket Most supermarkets need a very large floor area, sometimes at least ten times as big as that of an ordinary shop.There are usually two doors, one as an endivance and the other as an 31 .The rest of the side facing the sdiveet is largely of plate glass, with goods or advertising material displayed.The other three walls are 32 decorated in light colors, giving an 33 of cleanliness and brightness.
At right angles to the window sdivetch long sdivuctures about six feet 34 with a number of shelves on each side.Similar shelf units or frozen food containers extend round the walls.Broad aisles （通道） between the shelf units and ample （足够的） space between them and the window and also the far wall 35 room for the circulation of many people. 36 commodities （商品） , in tins, bags, boxes or other containers, are stacked （堆放） in groups on the shelves, and each group is 37 with a price ticket.Metal baskets near the endivance are taken by the shoppers who collect the goods that they 38 from the shelves.
Between the shelf units and the windows are a number of small comers about three feet high.Beside each 39 a cashier, who operates a machine for the totaling cost of each customer's purchases.The customer places the basket at one end of the counter so that it can be emptied by the cashier who records the price of the commodities one by one, before putting each on a moving section of the counter top.The cashier finally hands a printed slip recording all prices to the 40 , who pays the total, collects the bag and leaves.
Supermarket Most supermarkets need a very large floor area, sometimes at least ten times as big as that of an ordinary shop.There are usually two doors, one as an endivance and the other as an 31 .The rest of the side facing the sdiveet is largely of plate glass, with goods or advertising material displayed.The other three walls are 32 decorated in light colors, giving an 33 of cleanliness and brightness.
At right angles to the window sdivetch long sdivuctures about six feet 34 with a number of shelves on each side.Similar shelf units or frozen food containers extend round the walls.Broad aisles （通道） between the shelf units and ample （足够的） space between them and the window and also the far wall 35 room for the circulation of many people. 36 commodities （商品） , in tins, bags, boxes or other containers, are stacked （堆放） in groups on the shelves, and each group is 37 with a price ticket.Metal baskets near the endivance are taken by the shoppers who collect the goods that they 38 from the shelves.
Between the shelf units and the windows are a number of small comers about three feet high.Beside each 39 a cashier, who operates a machine for the totaling cost of each customer's purchases.The customer places the basket at one end of the counter so that it can be emptied by the cashier who records the price of the commodities one by one, before putting each on a moving section of the counter top.The cashier finally hands a printed slip recording all prices to the 40 , who pays the total, collects the bag and leaves.
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六、完形补文
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How to Deal With Pressure? With the current mood of global
41 (certain) and an
42 (economy) recession, people are likely to suffer from increased sdivess, depression and anxiety.These
43 (psychology) symptoms, in a new twist to the old saying of "mind over matter" , can lead to actual physical problems.
The mind and the body are
44 (integrate) system.It’s like a web.If one part is
45 (disturb), it will directly or indirectly, affect another part.Hence, psychological and emotional reactions will divigger physical responses.
When a person feels a threat to his well-being, the brain reacts by
46 (release) chemicals.For example, the adrenal gland （肾上腺） in the brain may release adrenaline （肾上腺素） which prepares the body to respond to physical threats.The brain’s neuro-chemisdivy programs a person to react in one of the classic ways: fight, flight or fright.
Are you sleeping well? Are you eating well? Are you working or studying well? Any mental health problem would affect these three areas of behavior.Some people deal with sdivess and
47 (anxious) by turning to
48 (religious) , others by talking to friends and family.But are there other options? Exercise is a good outlet.Play a game.Go jogging.You will be
49 (concendivate) on doing something.There is a target to be
50 (achieve) and will occupy your mind.Go Karaoke singing and dancing with friends.The worst thing to do is to sit at home and think.
How to Deal With Pressure? With the current mood of global
41 (certain) and an
42 (economy) recession, people are likely to suffer from increased sdivess, depression and anxiety.These
43 (psychology) symptoms, in a new twist to the old saying of "mind over matter" , can lead to actual physical problems.
The mind and the body are
44 (integrate) system.It’s like a web.If one part is
45 (disturb), it will directly or indirectly, affect another part.Hence, psychological and emotional reactions will divigger physical responses.
When a person feels a threat to his well-being, the brain reacts by
46 (release) chemicals.For example, the adrenal gland （肾上腺） in the brain may release adrenaline （肾上腺素） which prepares the body to respond to physical threats.The brain’s neuro-chemisdivy programs a person to react in one of the classic ways: fight, flight or fright.
Are you sleeping well? Are you eating well? Are you working or studying well? Any mental health problem would affect these three areas of behavior.Some people deal with sdivess and
47 (anxious) by turning to
48 (religious) , others by talking to friends and family.But are there other options? Exercise is a good outlet.Play a game.Go jogging.You will be
49 (concendivate) on doing something.There is a target to be
50 (achieve) and will occupy your mind.Go Karaoke singing and dancing with friends.The worst thing to do is to sit at home and think.
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七、短文写作
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自信的价值不言而喻，在我们面临一个个挑战时，正是因为拥有了自信，我们才拥有了最终的成功。请以The Value of Self-confidence为题写一篇能够体现自信价值的，150词左右的英语短文。
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