2018年成人高考高起点《英语》考前巩固练习及答案（8）

 

　　Directions:

 

　　In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined letter combinations marked A, B, C and D. Compare the 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. captain B. various C. Atlantic D. metallic

 

　　2.A. beach B. beat C. beast D. great

 

　　3.A. heat B. health C. already D. pleasant

 

　　4.A. waste B. paste C. voyage D. snake

 

　　5.A. fortune B. public C. Russia D. suffer

 

　　6.A. familiar B. family C. blanket D. factory

 

　　7.A. thrown B. follow C. brown D. shown

 

　　8.A. nineteenth B. ninth C. southern D. fifth

 

　　9.A. pull B. pollute C. true D. truth

 

　　10.A. correct B. discover C. comfort D. come

 

　　Ⅱ. Vocabulary and Structure (50 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. The old man found _______ on the floor.

 

　　A. lying dead B. lying death C. laying dead D. laying death

 

　　12. Grandma has no water, please ________ some for her.

 

　　A. take B. carry C. fetch D. bring

 

　　13. The shoes he wore made his _______ look funny.

 

　　A. feet B. foots C. hand D. foot

 

　　14. This restaurant always _______ delicious dishes.

 

　　A. gives B. offers C. have D. serves

 

　　15. There is _______ sugar. You needn’t go to buy any.

 

　　A. plenty of B. a large number of C. a great many D. plenty

 

　　16. Hardly _______ sat down when the telephone rang.

 

　　A. did I B. had I C. I D. have I

 

　　17. The ______ candle is still _______.

 

　　A. lit…burned B. lighted…burning C. lit…burning D. lighted…burned

 

　　18. _______ come into leaf or bloom is obviously a sign of spring.

 

　　A. Trees B. The trees C. That trees D. What trees

 

　　19. _______ in the open air, wet clothes can get dry easily.

 

　　A. Hang B. Hanged C. Hung D. To hang

 

　　20. He doesn’t spend much time _______ his homework.

 

　　A. in B. with C. on D. for

 

　　21.―What do you think of it?

 

　　―It just happened _______ we had expected.

 

　　A. that B. which C. it D. as

 

　　22. Jane, what do you think of Mr. Green?

 

　　As ______ teacher, he ought to set _______ good example to the pupils.

 

　　A. the…a B. a…a C. a…the D. / …the

 

　　23. They found a _______ old woman ________ on the ground when the door was broken open.

 

　　A. dying…lying B. dead…lied C. death…laying D. died…lain

 

　　24. _______, the children went to the park.

 

　　A. It was a fine day B. Being a fine day

 

　　C. It being a fine day D. Because the fine day

 

　　25. ________ in the strange city, poor Bill fell to ________.

 

　　A. Lost…crying B. Lost…cry

 

　　C. Having been lost…crying D. To lese…cry