2020年成人高考专升本《英语》备考习题十五_第4页

　　PartⅢ Cloze(10% 15minutes)

　　Passage 1

　　Sydney is Australia’s most exciting city. The history of Australia begins here. In 1788 Captain Arthur Philips 61 Sydney with 11 ships and 1,024 passengers (including 770 prisoners) from Britain. Today there tire over 2.5 million people in Sydney. It is the biggest city in Australia, the 62 port in the South Pacific, and one of the most beautiful cities in the world.

　　There are over 20 excellent beaches 63 Sydney, and its warm summer and cool winter have made it a favorite city for immigrants 64 overseas. There are three things that make Sydney famous, its beautiful harbor, the Sydney Harbor Bridge, which 65 in 1932, and the Sydney Opera house, which was opened in 1973.

　　But there are 66 more interesting things in Sydney. Beautiful shops and restaurants, for example, rows of interesting old houses that were built in 67 19th century, and everywhere, the sea. Summer or winter, clay or night, this is an outdoor city. Some British visitors think it is like America. Some Americans think it is 68 British. There is some truth in both these opinions, because Sydney takes from 69 the Old World-Europe and the New World-America, and combines them to make something that is 70 British nor America but truly Australian.

　　61. A. reached in B. immigrant into C. went from D. arrived in

　　62. A. richest B. poorest C. busier D. busiest

　　63. A. apart from B. close to C. nearest D. in

　　64. A. from B. with C. together D./

　　65. A. was sold B. was destroyed C. was built D. was fixed

　　66. A. few B. more C. most D. many

　　67. A. it B. this C. the D. one

　　68. A. very B. also C. really D. truly

　　69. A. either B. both C. neither D. also

　　70. A. either B. each C. both D. neither

　　A. Passage 2

　　The stars we see at night are really huge suns like our sun, 71 they are farther a way in space. Some of them have planets like our earth traveling round them.

　　The stars are so fiery hot that they 72 great light and heat-more than the hottest, brightest fire you can imagine. Now light travels at 186,000 miles per second. But the stars are so far away that their light still 73 years to reach us. The light we see coming from some far-off stars 74 on its journey more than a hundred years ago.

　　The moon is a ball of cold rock: It is much smaller than the earth. It circles round the earth 75 the earth circles round the sun. Since the moon is cold, it does not shine with light of its own. We can see it only when the sun is shining on it, or 76 sunlight is reflected on to it from the earth.

　　When that side of the moon 77 the sun is shining is facing us, we see a round shining circle-a full moon.

　　Sometimes the 78 side of the moon is only partly facing us. Then we see just half of the circle shining. The other half is 79 .When the moon is like this, we call it a quarter moon.

　　Sometimes the sunny side of the moon is away from us. We may see only a sliver of light along one edge. We call this a new moon.

　　The whole journey of the moon 80 the earth takes twenty-eight days. We see the change from new moon to quarter to full and back to new moon every twenty-eight days. Our word month comes from the word moon.

　　71. A. but B. and C. or D. 1ike

　　72. A. give out B. give in C. give off D. give up

　　73. A. takes B. makes C. costs D. spends

　　74. A. 1aunched B. enriched C. started D. returned

　　75. A. as B. 1ike C. though D. as if

　　76. A. when B. because C. why D. while

　　77. A. in which B. on which C. at whom D. for what

　　78. A. shining B. sunny C. sparking D. glittering

　　79. A. bright B. gloomy C. dark D. black.

　　80. A. circle B. round C. going D. surround