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专升本英语模拟试题六

Part I Reading Comprehension (40% 35minutes)

Directions: In this part there are four passages. Each passage is followed by a number of comprehension questions. Read the passage and choose the best answer to each question. Then, mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:

If you have recently started collecting stamps, or are thinking about starting, you may be wondering if the hobby is expensive. Can you enjoy it with limited money? What if you have no money at all for the hobby? The answer is an absolute positive one.

Not all collections consist mainly of unused stamps that you buy in the post office. Used stamps are worth saving, have ＆#118alue, and they may cost you nothing. In fact, many stamp collectors save only used stamps! The first place to search for stamps, then. is your own mailbox. You can ask people who write to you to use commemorative (纪念性的) stamps on their mail. Also, if you write away for offers that require a self-addressed stamps envelope, you can put commemoratives on your return envelopes, knowing that they will come back to you later. Neighbors, friends, and relatives are another good source of stamps. A majority of people is only too happy to save the stamps on their mail for someone who will appreciate them. You may even know someone who works in an office that gets a lot of mail. Many businesses get a lot of foreign mail and regularly throw away stamps that may have interest or ＆#118alue to a collector. And don't forget to ask your parents if they have any old letters which may still have stamps on the envelopes.

Now that you have stamps on paper, what do you do with them? The most common way to get stamps off paper is to soak them in water, then ry them on paper. To understand more about soaking stamps, it is best to find a

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handbook on stamp collecting at the library.

Stamp clubs are another place to get stamps. A club may offer stamps as prizes, or have inexpensive stamps you can afford to buy. If you don't have a stamp club around you, try to start one with a few others. All it takes are four or five other stamp collectors who are interested in getting together to learn about and trade stamps and ideas. Obtaining a pen pal (笔友) in another country is a very good way to get stamps from that country. His or her extra stamps may seem really common in that country, but over here they are much scarcer.

1.Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word “positive”?

A. certain B. interesting

C. impossible

D. clear

2. Which of the following is true? A. Collecting stamps are a bad hobby.

B. Collecting stamps are a hobby for rich people. C. Used stamps are all worth collecting. D. Collecting used stamps can save your money. 3. The writer suggests that you should _________.

A. ask your friends to write to you as often as possible B. ask your friends to write to each other as often as possible C. tell your pen pals to write to you as often as possible D. get used stamps from all kinds of people you know 4. To soak used stamps in water is the best way to ________. A. get rid of the print B. make the stamps clean

C. get stamps off paper D. increase the ＆#118alue of the stamps

5. If you are a member of a stamp club, you can _____. A. become rich by collecting stamps B. have a meeting every day

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C. get more stamps without anything D. exchange stamps with the other members

Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:

The basic flag of the United States is one of the world’s oldest national flags. Only the basic flags of Austria, Denmark, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland are older.

During the discovery and settlement of what is now the United States, the flags of different European nations were flown over the land, as signs of possession. Later, in the Colonial and Revolutionary War periods, flags representing famous persons, places and events were flown in the American Colonies. The first official flag of the United States was created by Congress on June 14,1777. It was made up Of 13 alternate red and white stripes and 13 white stars in a field of blue, representing the 13 colonies that had declared their independence in 1776. Congress agreed and accepted a new flag of 15 stars and 15 stripes in 1795, to give representation to the two new states admitted into the union, Vermont and Kentucky.

By 1817, there were 20 states in the Union, and it became clear that adding one stripe for each new state would destroy the shape of the flag. As a result, Congress in 1818 again used the original design of 13 stripes and provided that each state was to be represented by one star. In 1912, President William H. T made the first official provision for the arrangement of the stars, and he ordered that there be six even rows of eight stars each. Soon the arrangement of the stars had been left to the flag-maker's imagina-tion.

The change of the stars and stripes shows the growth of the United States. After the admission of Hawaii into the Union in 1959 the flag was officially changed for the 26th time since its creation.

There are many government flags flown in the United States in addition to the national flag. Among them are the president's and vice president's

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flags and those of the federal departments and some federal agencies. Each state in the Union has an official flag. The United States Navy uses special flags for signaling.

6. The basic flag of the United States is _____. A. the same as the national flag of U.S. now B. one of the world's oldest flags C. the most beautiful flag in the west

D. quite different from the national flag of U. S. now

7. Before the War of Independence the flags of various European nations flown over the land were symbols of _____.

A. self-rule B. occupation C. peace and friendship

D. independence

8. The 13 red and white stripes and 13 white stars represent _____. A. 13 independent states

B. the colonies that had declared independence C. the U.S. Congress

D.13 famous figures in the American colonies

9. The fact that the flag was officially changed for 26 times shows _____ . A. the admission of 50 states into the nation in 200 years B. the growth and independence of the United States C. Hawaii was the last state admitted into the Union D. the U.S. Congress had made all the changes 10. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. All federal departments and agencies have flags of their own. B. The newly-admitted state of Hawaii has not an official flag. C. No other flags than the national flag and the president’s flag are flown

in the United States.

D. The United States has a number of government flags.