DOC《湖北成人教育2018年成人高考专升本英语考试预测题及答案...》

30 in Hawaii daily. Signs of modern tourism are

31 Honolulu and its suburbs, a quiet area of about 250,000 thirty years 32, is now a crowded area of 800,000residents and 33. As you drive around the island of Oahu, you can find some of the beaches are closed

34 the public, and more and more tourist resorts are being built in areas that were unspoiled.Hawaiians

35 about what will happen to the old way of life. 21. A. local B. original C. folk D. migratory 22. A. later B. first C. earlier D. last 23. A. planted B. would plant C. were being planted D. had been planted 24. A. When B. That C. So D. Though 25. A. respected B. admired C. damaged D. ignored 26. A. Chinese B. Hawaiian C. Japanese D. Portuguese 27. A. past B. today C. America D. other countries 28. A. enjoy B. willing C. want D. are like 29. A. are used B. was C. used D. would 30. A. approach B. arrive C. Reach D. stay 31. A. somewhere B. anywhere C. nowhere D. everywhere 32. A. before B. ago C. Over D. near 33. A. tourists B. immigrants C. people D. crowds 34. A. for B. from C. toward D. to 35. A. wonder B. think C. puzzle D. worry IV. Reading Comprehension (60 points) Directions: There are five reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by fourquestions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose one best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Passage One Man'

s story in China began many thousands of years ago.Remains of an early form of man discovered in China, known as Peking Man, indicate that Stone Age men lived in the area as long as 500,000 years ago.During the centuries that followed, their descendants laid the foundations of civilization in China. Throughout its history, China has been a rich source of inventions. Silk, the compass, tea and porcelain originated there. In addition, they are responsible for the invention of paper and printing. The Chinese had used ink as early as

1200 B. C., an excellent type which they made from lampblack and which is known in English as India ink or China ink. By the end of the first century A. D., the Chinese had invented paper. The Chinese also invented printing. Early Chinese printing is called block printing. The printer carved raised characters on a block of wood, wet the surface of the characters with ink, and pressed sheets of paper against them. Printers in the llth century went on to invent movable type of baked clay. The characters of the movable type could be rearranged to form different words and thus be used over and over again. The Chinese alphabet has about

40 thousand characters. Because of the difficulty of producing so many pieces of type, most Chinese printers continued to use block printing. 36. A good synonym for the underlined word descendants in paragraph

1 is_ A. foreigners B. following generations C. enemies D. fossilized remains 37. The name of an earlier form of man found in China is_ A. New Stone Man B. Silk Man C. Peking Man D. India Man 38. Which type of printing is more convenient based on the passage? A. Movable type. B. Baked clay. C. Block printing. D. Wet ink. 39. This passage talks mostly about_ A. the landforms of China B. the people of China C. Chinese explorers D. Chinese history Passage Two American Blacks experienced a revolution after 1945, a revolution in expectations.Following World War Ⅱ, the steady movement toward first-class citizenship for Black people quickened, with significant actions taking place in courts of law, in voting booths, in restaurants and in the streets of the nation. A decade of intense civil rights activity was launched in