2018成人高考高起点英语基础试题及答案（11）_第2页

　　三、完形填空(共15小题;每小题2分，共30分。)

　　通读下面的短文，掌握其大意。然后从每小题的四个选择项中选出可填人相应空白处的最佳选项。

　　At a country house in India, there once lived a young elephant which was a pet to the　people.It used to come into the dining-room after dinner and asked 21 food from the visitors. One day, when a large party of visitors were 22 at the table, the elephant came round and put its trunk 23 the visitors, begging for fruit or bread. One gentleman,　24 , instead of putting any food into the trunk, took his fork and 25 the little_lephant away with a stab(戳). The animalleft him quietly and went t0 26 visitors, one after another, who treated it 27 , because they thought a gentleman should not treat an animal in such a rude way.

　　When it had finished its round of the table, it went out into the garden, 28 a large　branch off a tree, returned with it to the room again. The animal went 29 to the　gentleman who had stabbed its trunk with a fork and shook the 30 0ver his head.In a　moment he was covered with ants(蚂蚁) which came down from the branch. The ants　31 his hair, some running down his neck. Hard 32 he tried, he couldn't get rid of　the ants. All the other visitors 33 when they saw the gentleman in such a difficult　situation 34 they thought since he had been rude to the animal he should be _ 35 in　this way.

　　21.A.about B.of C.on D.for ( )

　　22.A.sitting B.smiling C.looking D.arriving ( )

　　23.A.behind B.beside C.by D.between ( )

　　24.A.however B.thus C.therefore D.yet ( )

　　25.A.brought B.took C.pulled D.sent ( )

　　26.A.other B.another C.some D.ariy ( )

　　27.A.seriously B.badly C.kindly D.easily ( )

　　28.A:fetched B.cut C.struck D.broke ( )

　　29.A.by B.straight C.away D.out ( )

　　30.A.fork B.food C.branch D.tree ( )

　　31.A.worried B.played C.moved D.filled ( )

　　32.A.as B.while C.however D.since ( )

　　33.A.cried B.shouted C.agreed D.laughed ( )

　　34.A.until B.although C.because D.unless ( )

　　35. A. kicked B. punished C. beaten D. rejected ( )

　　四、阅读理解(共15小题;每小题3分，共45分。)

　　阅读下列短文，然后根据短文的内容从每小题的四个选择项中选择最佳的一项。

　　A

　　Have you ever felt your mind falling into disorder after a sleepless night? You couldn't come up with an original thought no matter how hard you tried.

　　You were probably right if you thought that was caused by a lack of sleep. Dr. Home,a sleep researcher in England, studied 24 college students. One group got their normal　eight hours of sleep. The other group didn't get the smallest amount of sleep-they stayed awake all night. The next day, Dr, Home tested the students. He asked them question that　required creative and original thinking. One of the questions was "How many uses can a　cardboard box be put to?"

　　The result? The wide-awake students did well on the test. The tired students did　poorly.

　　Research has already shown that tired people can do OK on tests of habitual thinking,like simple addition But Dr. Home tested creative thinking only.

　　As part of his study, he offered an amount of money as reward to the sleepy students　if they did well. But even this encouragement was not enough to help the students conquer　their tiredness. They did poorly. Dr. Home believes that the part of the brain where thinking takes place may becomes very tired during waking hours. Sleep may help to repair the brain. "Without any sleep," he emphasizes(强调), "even if you pay closer attention,　you can't do better. "

　　This study gives people something to think about, especially like hospital workers　who must stay awake all night and then make quick decisions.

　　36.It can be known from the text that lack of sleep may _. ( )

　　A. be a cause of some serious diseases

　　B. cause one to lose his ability to calculate

　　C. do harm to one's power of usual thinking

　　D. weaken one's power of creative thinking

　　37. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text? ( )

　　A. Hospital workers can think well although they often stay awake all night.

　　B. People can not work well without good sleep.

　　C. Dr. Home's tests are on habitual thinking.

　　D. Sleep has nothing to do with creativity.

　　38. The underlined word "conquer" can be replaced by _ ( )

　　A. take off B. break out C. give off D. get over

　　39. Why couldn't the reward offered in the study attract the sleepy students? ( )

　　A. Because they were too tired and too sleepy.

　　B. Because they did not care for money at all.

　　C. Because they thought sleep might help to repair the brain.

D. Because they waited for bigger rewards.

　　B

　　It's important to learn about protecting environment. Here is 5R rule for us:

　　1. Reduce

　　If you want to reduce waste, you should use things wisely. A large number of trees are　being cut down to make paper. If everyone uses a little paper carelessly and throw it out,　soon we would not have anv trees left. Other things are also being wasted.and DeODle don'tknow what to do with the waste in big cities. So it is necessary to reduce the waste.

　　2. Reuse

　　You should always think of reusing the usable things before throwing them out. Give　your clothes you do not use or the ones which are too small to the poor. In a family, you　may pass on such clothes to younger brothers or sisters.

　　3. Recycle

　　Bottles, cans and paper can easily be recycled. By doing so, we save lots of time and　money. For example, coke cans are sent to a factOry, where they are smashed flat and　melted, and the metal things are made for new coke cans.

　　4. Recover

　　When you buy a box of apples, there may be a few rotten apples, you have two choice: one is to throw the whole apples away, or you could cut off the rotten parts and use the good parts.In this way, you are recovering the eatable parts of food.

　　5. Repair

　　If one of the legs of your table is broken, you can repair it. If you want to change for　better ones, it is better for you to sell the old things or give them to other people who can use them after doing some repair. It is true that North America is a "throw-away" society,but the time has come to change our way of life so that we can protect our environment.

　　Every one of us should try our best.

　　40. The "Reduce" rule mainly requires us _ . ( )

　　A. to use things wisely

　　B. to cut down many trees

　　C. to use a lot of paper .

　　D. to throw away your old things

　　41. What's the right order of recycling coke cans? ( )

　　a . collect the used cans b. melt them

　　c. smashed them flat d. send them to a factory

　　A.abcd B.adcb C.dbca D.cabd　( )

　　42. The "Recover" rule mainly requires us - .

　　A. to throw waste things away B. to cover waste things with earth

　　C. to get back the useful parts D. to throw the whole things away

　　43. Which is the best way to do with your own broken tables? ( )

　　A. Throwing them away. B. Repairing them

　　C. Selling them. D. putting them away.