2020年成人高校专升本招生考试模拟试题英语（一）

Ann worked after school and during summer vacations，and the job helped pay for her first year of college. During college she would do many other jobs： she served coffee in the student union， was a hotel maid and even made maps for the US Forest Service. But selling books was one of the most satisfying jobs.

One day a woman came into the bookstore and asked Ann for books on cancer. The woman seemed anxious. Ann showed her practically everything they had and found other books they could order. The woman left the store less worried， and Ann has always remembered the pride she felt in having helped her customer.

Years later， as a television reporter in Los Angeles， Ann heard about a child who was born with problems with his fingers and his hand. His family could not afford a surgical operation， and the boy lived in shame， hiding his hand in his pocket all the time.

Ann persuaded her boss to let her do the story. After the story was broadcast， a doctor and a nurse called， offering to perform the surgical operation for free.

Ann visited the boy in the recovery room after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his repaired hand and say，“Thank you.”What a sweet sense of satisfaction Ann Curry felt！

At McCarleys bookstore， Ann always sensed she was working for the customers， not the store. Today its the same. NBC News pays her， but she feels as if she works for the people who watch the programmes， helping them make sense of the world.

36. Ann Curry got her first job.

A. from her friend in a bookstore

B. a couple of years before college

C. at the NBC News“Today”show

D. when she was studying at university

37. At which part-time job did Ann Curry feel the happiest？

A. The hotel.

B. The bookstore.

C. The studentsunion.

D. The US Forest Service.

38. What particularly gives her the feeling of pride？

A. Helping people through her work.

B. Reporting interesting stories.

C. Being able to do different jobs well.

D. Paying through her college education.

39. How did Ann help the child get the operation he needed？

A. Ann persuaded the boy to speak on TV.

B. Ann paid for the operation herself.

C. Anns boss agreed to raise money.

D. Anns news report moved some doctors.

Passage Two

Lawn tennis is a good sport， being based on the ancient game of court tennis， which probably came up in Egypt or Persia some 2500 years ago. Major Walter Winfield thought that something like court tennis could be played outdoors on lawns， and in December 1873， he introduced his new game， which he called Sphairistike， at a lawn party in Wales. The sport became popular very rapidly， but the strange， difficult name disappeared almost at once， being replaced by the very simple and logical term“lawn tennis”.

By 1874 the game was being played by British soldiers in Bermuda， and in the early months of that year a young lady named Mary Outerbridge returned from Bermuda to New York， bringing with her the equipment necessary to play the new game. With the help of one of her brothers， she laid out a court on the grounds of the Staten Island Cricket and Baseball Club， and there， in the spring of 1874， Miss Outerbridge and some of her friends played the first game of lawn tennis in the United States.

And just two years later， in 1876， the first United States lawn tennis tournament was held———at Nahant near Boston.

40. Mary Outerbridge is important in the history， of lawn tennis because.

A.she invented it

B.she gave it its name

C.she introduced it to Bermuda

There is no creature that does not need sleep or complete rest every day.

If you want to know why， just try going without sleep for a long period of time. You will discover that your mind and body would become too tired to work properly. You would become irritable and find it hard to think clearly or concentrate on your work. So sleep is quite simply the time when the cells of your body recover from the work of the day and build up supplies of energy for the next period of activity.

One of the things we all know about sleep is that we are unconscious in sleep. We do not know what is going on around us. But that doesnt mean the body stops all activity. The important organs continue to work during sleep， but most of the body functions are slowed down.

For example， our breathing becomes slower and deeper. The heart beats more slowly， and the blood pressure is lower. Our arms and legs become limp and muscles are at rest. It would be impossible for our body to relax to such an extent if we were awake. So sleep does for us what the most quiet rest can not do.

Your body temperature becomes lower when you are asleep， which is the reason people go to sleep under some kind of covers. And even though you are unconscious， many of your reflexes still work. For instance， if someone tickles your foot， you will put it away in your sleep， or even brush a fly from your forehead. You do these things without knowing it.

Passage Four

The first European stock exchange was established in Antwerp， Belgium， in 1531. There were no stock exchanges in England until the 1700s. A man wishing to buy or sell shares of stock had to find a broker（agents）to transact his business for him. In London， he usually went to a coffee house， because brokers often gathered there. In 1773， the brokers of London formed a stock exchange.

In New York City， brokers met under an old button-wood tree on Wall Street. They organized the New York Stock Exchange in 1792. The American Stock Ex-change， second largest in the United States， was formerly called the Curb Exchange because of its origin on the streets of New York City.

A stock exchange is a market place where member brokers buy and sell stocks and bonds of American and foreign businesses on behalf of the public. A stock exchange provides a market place for stocks and bonds in the same way a board of trade does for commodities. The stockbrokers receive a small commission on each transaction they make.

The stockholder may sell his stock wherever he wants to unless the corporation has some special rule to prevent it. Prices of stock change according to general business conditions and the earnings and future prospects of the company. If the business is doing well， the stockholder may be able to sell his stock for a profit. If it is not， he may have to take a loss.

Tom had once worked in a city office in London，but now he is out of work. He had a large family to support， so he often found himself in difficulty. He often visited Mr. White on Sundays， told him about his troubles， and asked for two or three pounds.

Mr. White， a man with a kind heart， found it difficult to refuse the money， though he himself was poor. Tom had already received more than thirty pounds from Mr. White， but he always seemed to be in need of some more.

One day， after telling Mr. White a long story of his troubles， Tom asked for five pounds.Mr. White had heard this sort of thing before， but he listened patiently to the end. Then he said，“I understand your difficulties， Tom. Id like to help you. But Im not going to give you five pounds this time. Ill lend you the money， and you can pay me off next time you see me.”

A.encourage him to come again

B.get all his money back

C.get rid of him

D.thank him for his stories

V. Daily Conversation（15 points）

Directions： Pick out the appropriate expressions from the seven choices below and complete the following dialogues.

Directions： For this part， you are supposed to write a letter in English in 100～120 words based on the following information. Remember to write it clearly.

你是王強（Wang Qiang），写一封给朋友李明（Li Ming）的祝贺信，祝贺他获得复旦大学计算机科学硕士学位，并祝他今后在学习和研究方面取得成功。