（2023年）山西省忻州市统招专升本英语模拟考试(含答案)学校:_ 班级:_ 姓名:_ 考号:_一、单选题(10题)1.I think it was high time they _ to take you more seriously（）A.began B.shall begin C.begin D.begun2.That coat her a weeks wages（）A.spent B.cost C.used D.payed3.All_youcandotocomfortheristolistentoherstory patiently（）A.what B.that C.which D.things4.All had to stay in the open space, especially at night， for the_of the warning of an earthquake（）A.donation B.domination C.destination D.duration5.I love thinking of new designs. It keeps my mind clear and active and fills my retired life with（）A.joy B.anxiety C.sorrow D.anger6.Teachers at our university _ to publish at least two research papers each year（）A.will require B.require C.are requiring D.are required7.Im sorry I cannot see you immediately. But if you wait, Ill see you _（）A.for a moment B.in a moment C.for the moment D.at the moment8.No sooner（）there than he fell illA.did he arriveB.had he arrivedC.he arrivedD.he had arrived9.He _to see you yesterday， but he had an important meeting to attend（）A.would have come B.came C.had come D.was coming10.Hurricanes are severe cyclones with winds over seventy five miles an hour _originate over tropical ocean waters（）A.which B.who C.where D.how to二、完型填空(10题)11.58.（）A.matter B.affect C.trouble D.care12.（）A.in B.on C.at D.with13.56.（）A.prior B.early C.previously D.before14.55.（）A.somewhere B.nowhere C.everywhere D.anywhere15.73.（）A.Surprisingly B.Sadly C.Shockingly D.Bitterly16.49.（）A.which B.that C.what D.who17.My friends say Im trusting. Sure,Im awhat you see is what you get kind of person. So _16_ I expect the same kind of _17_ from others. But I dont fall for just anything. and I never would have _18_ there we1re aliens（外星人）around, at least _19_ I saw one with my very own eyes.My friend Danny Stone and l were staying in his uncles cottage for the weekend. Danny kept telling me stories about aliens frequently visiting the district, even though I said l was _20_. At round 3 oclock in the morning,1 was suddenly woken up by a shocking sound. What I saw next almost made my heart _21_. Outside, sitting in the branches of a tree, was something that looked like an alien. Danny took a blanket and _22_ to have a closer look. I _23_ at a distancenot that I was afraid;1 was smart,Id watched enough TV to know that aliens couldnt be trusted! When Danny was _24_ enough, the alien seemed to _25_ him, and they both fell to the ground. Danny _26_ to throw the blanket on top of it.Sensing control over the situation,I ran into the cottage and cried, Mr. Stone! We _27_ an alien!Later,I would remember that _28_ with extreme embarrassment. Danny was _29_ like mad and threw the alien at me. Even thoughI could see now that alien was _30_ packing foam, I couldnt believe I had been _31_ in such a way. The alien had been _32_ in the tree by Danny. He was a better _33_ than I had ever thought he was. and my _34_ was far more active than I had ever realized. It all added up to one thing:I was easy to _35_.Too trusting. Too believing（）A.luckily B.probably C.naturally D.gradually18.60.（）A.spending B.to spend C.spend D.spent19.6（）A.easy B.good C.tough D.great20.I once went to a town in the north of England on business. It was about 7:30 in the evening when I reached the hotel. The manageress, a strict old lady of about 60, showed me to my room. When I asked her what time dinner was, she said there was only one sitting at 6:30, and I had51it. Never mind, I said.Im not very hungry. Ill just have a drink in the bar（酒吧） and a sandwich.Bar! she 52 her voice. This is a respectable hotel, young man. If you want beer, you must go somewhere else. She spoke53 a glass of beer was a dangerous drug. I went to a bar and had some beer and sandwiches and then went to the cinema. At about 11:30 I 54. Everything was in darkness. I knocked at the door, but nothing happened. The 55sound was the church clock opposite, which suddenly struck the half-hour with such force that it made me56. Finally a window opened upstairs. The old lady57 and asked me what was going. I explained 58I was and she let me in after ten minutes wait. She was in her nightdress. She told me seriously that guests were59to be back in the hotel by 11 oclock.I went to bed but could not sleep. Every quarter of an hour the church clock struck and at midnight the whole hotel shook with the noise. Just before dawn, I finally60. When I arrived at breakfast, everyone else had nearly61and there was not enough coffee to go round.Did you62 well, young man? the old lady asked.63, I dont think I could go through another night in that room, I replied. I hardly slept at all.Thats because you were64 all night drinking！she said angrily, putting65 to the conversatio