2023年湖南省常德市-统招专升本英语测试卷(含答案)
学校:________ 班级:________ 姓名:________ 考号:________
a sort of的用法一、单选题(10题)
1.It was not known（）he had said during the interview
A.whether B.where C.that D.what 
2.—Hey, what do you think of his speech last night?
—I have no idea. I arrived____________ find that he had almost finished it（）
A.in order to B.so as ly ady to 
3.What we would like you to know is that we greatly（）your timely help
Apliment B.appreciate C.thank D.attach 
4.Our working hours are_______ ; we can go to work in the morning or in the afternoon（）
A.floating B.efficient C.flexible D.personal 
5.She is that she can make much progress in the math exam（）
A.so a clever girl 
B.such a clever girl 
C.so clever girl 
D.such clever girl 
6.The number of employees at the factory to a minimum so as to lower production costs（）
A.is cutting B.are cutting C.has been cut D.have been cut 
7.Nearly three years of high school had gone by _____he finally realized the importance of studying hard（）
A.until B.while C.before D.so that 
8.It was because it rained heavily yesterday ______ he could not come to the evening school on time（）
A.that B.which C.why D.when 
9.A.G B.H C.I D.J 
10.Henry's remarks left me ______ about his real purpose（）
A.wonder B. wonder D.wondering 
二、完型填空(10题)
11.54.（）
A.hing C.things D.anything 
12.___________（）
A.imagination B.ighbor D.friend 
13.2（）
A.ded 
14.（）
A. C.away D.off 
15.Most people retire from work between the ages of 60 and 65. This has two consequences, one economic and ____________ psychological.
Economically: ____________ retired people receive a pension（养老金）from the government or from their past employers, it is often much less than they earned when they were working. Unless people ____________ to save money during their years ____________ work, their standard of living may fall greatly when they retire.
Psychologically: Old people in Western countries are generally considered ____________, and they are even thought of as a ___________ on their families and on the public purse. They are ___________ held in respect. On the other hand, most of them, so used to focusing on work, simply do not know how to relax or ____________ other interests though they have time to do so now. They feel they should be working and contributing, because work was __________ they were respected and their skills recognized. ____________ retired people, their self-confidence is diminished（减弱）. The longer they are away from the work place, the keener grows a sense of being worthless
（）
A.another B.the her 
16.59（）
A.parents B.husband C.children D.friend 
17.The taxi driver was a man in his late thirties. He picked me up and __16__ me to my pla
ce.I usually like to have brief __17__ with people no matter where I come upon them and this situationwas no __18__.
I started by asking him how __19__ was. He told me briefly that his business was just __20__ but the cost of gas was really hurting his __21__ line. We then got around to __22__ the job environment. He told me that he had difficulty getting another type of work because of his __23__. "I used to be a con（罪犯） ," he said __24__. "People look at my record and then I'm __25__, but you know I've turned my life around and have been __26__ for several years. You don't seem tobe at all __27__ that you are riding with a con?" As we parked at my place, I thought about my __28__ for a few seconds. "It is never easy to start a new __29__," I said, "but I'm glad you are starting. If you don't want to drive taxi for the __30__ of your life, then you can move __31__ to some otherjob you may be __32__."
The driver seemed to be quite __33__ as he took my money. "What you said to me makes a lot of __34__," he said. "I will remember your __35__ and that you were real easy to talk with—I hope to see you again. "