2018成人高考高起点英语基础试题及答案（18）

2018成人高考高起点英语基础试题及答案（18）

　　Ⅰ. Phonetics (10 points)

　　Directions:

　　In each of following groups of words, there are four underlined letter combinations marked A, B, C and D. Compare 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. enough B. about C. touch D. young

　　2.A. thirsty B. throat C. youth D. those

　　3.A. shut B. cut C. funny D. use

　　4.A. thanks B. pills C. news D. films

　　5.A. dear B. heart C. ear D. tear

　　6.A. births B. depths C. months D. mouths

　　7.A. election B. pronunciation C. question D. operation

　　8.A. hot B. home C. top D. off

　　9.A. may B. day C. stay D. Sunday

　　10.A. weigh B. eight C. seize D. daily

　　Ⅱ. Vocabulary and Structure (40 points)

　　Directions:

　　There are 40 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.

　　11. _______ we won the war.

　　A. In the end B. On the end C. By the end D. At the end

　　12. As a poor fresh student, he had to do a part-time job _______ money.

　　A. owing to B. because of C. on account of D. for the sake of

　　13. Too much drinking would ______ his health.

　　A. do harm for B. do harmful to C. do harm to D. do harmful for

　　14. The days _______ you could travel without a passport are a thing of the past.

　　A. in which B. on which C. of which D. at which

　　15. He insists that he ______ innocent.

　　A. is B. be C. should be D. were

　　16. The teacher said, “Stop ______”. So we stopped _______.

　　A. to talk…to read B. talking…to read C. talking…reading D. talking…read

　　17. Could I have some milk, some orange juice, and some eggs ______?

　　A. instead of B. in addition C. as well D. so much

　　18. ______ after his death that he was recognized as a great composer.

　　A. It was not until B. It is until C. It was until D. Not until

　　19. Our classroom is ______ in the school building.

　　A. bigger than any other one B. bigger than all

　　C. the biggest of all the others D. the biggest of any one

　　20. It was Thomas Alva Edison who ______ the electric lamp.

　　A. discovered B. invented C. innovated D. found

　　21. I’d like you ______ to see him.

　　A. go B. going C. to go D. have gone

　　22. Your coat ______ his.

　　A. like B. likes C. is like D. will look like

　　23. Either you or I _____ meet him at the airport.

　　A. are to B. is to C. am to D. were to

　　24. Each has an apple, ______?

　　A. has he B. doesn’t he C. does he D. don’t they

　　25. Sports, ______ perhaps you don’t like very much, may make you strong.

　　A. that B. which C. it D. and

　　26. We should look ______ the matter before we reach a conclusion.

　　A. into B. for C. to D. at

　　27. Hospital doctors don’t go out very often as their work _______ all their time.

　　A. takes away B. takes in C. takes over D. takes up

　　28. He is ______ to speak the truth.

　　A. too much of a coward B. too much a coward

　　C. so much a coward D. so much of a coward

　　29. It’s strange that you ______ like that at the meeting.

　　A. should speak B. spoke C. should have spoken D. speak

　　30. He ______ when the bus came to a sudden stop.

　　A. was almost hurt B. was to hurt himself

　　C. was hurt himself D. was hurting himself