2021年成人高考高起点英语冲刺练习及答案（一）

    Some people do not like anything to be out of place. They are never late for work; they return their books to the library on time ; they remember people ' s birthdays and they pay their bills as soon as they arrive. Mr. Brown is such a person. Mr. Brown works in a bank, and lives on his own. His sister lives in the next town with her husband, and her son, Mark. Mr. Brown doesn't see his sister or her family from one year to the next,but he sends them Christmas cards, and he hasn't forgotten one of Mark ' s seventeen birthdays. Last week Mr. Brown had quite a surprise. He drove home from the bank at the usual time; driving neither too slowly nor too fast,he parked his car where he always parked it,out of the way of other cars , and he went inside to make his evening meal. Just then there was a knock at the door. Mr. Brown opened the door to find a policeman standing on the doorstep.

    " What have I done wrong?" Mr. Brown asked himself. "Have I driven on the wrong side of the road? Has there been some trouble at the bank? Have I forgotten to pay an important bill?"

    " Hello, uncle , "said the policeman , " My name's Mark. "

1. Mr. Brown       .

A. works on his own in a bank

B. lives in a bank and works on his own

C. lives by himself and works in a bank

D. lives with his sister and works by himself

2. Mr. Brown sees his sister     .

A. very seldom 

B. only at the end of the year

C. only at Christmas 

D. on Mark ' s birthday every year

3. " ...he hasn't forgotten one of Mark ' s seventeen birthdays" means        .

A. he has forgotten more than one

B. he sent Mark something on his 17th birthday

C. he always sends a Christmas card on Mark ' s birthday

D. he always sends Mark something on his birthday

4. The policeman was there       .

A. to meet Mr. Brown . his uncle

B. to ask Mr. Brown to go and see his uncle

C. to ask Mr. Brown to mark his name on his door

D. to see Mr. Brown about some trouble at the bank

    Not many years ago, a wealthy and rather strange old man named Johnson lived alone in a village in the south of England. He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries. When he was seventy-five , he gave ￡ 1200 to the village school to buy land and equipment for a children's playground.

    As a result of his kindness, many people came to visit him. Among them was a newspaperman.During their talk , Johnson remarked that he was seventy-five and expected to live to be a hundred. The newspaperman asked him how he managed to be healthy at seventy-five. Johnson had a sense of humour (幽默). He liked whisky (威士忌酒) and drank some each day. "I have an injection(注射) in my neck each evening, " he told the newspaperman ,thinking of his evening glass of whisky.

    The newspaperman did not understand what Johnson meant. In his newspaper he reported that Johnson was seventy-five and had a daily injection in his neck. Within a week Johnson received thousands of letters from all over Britain, asking him for the secret of his daily injection.

5. The gift of money to the school suggests that Johnson       .

A. had no children 

B. was a strange man

C. was very fond of children 

D. wanted people to know how rich he was

6. Many people wrote to Johnson to find out        .

A. what kind of whisky he had 

B. how to live longer

C. how to become wealthy 

D. in which part of the neck to have an injection

7. The newspaperman        .

A. should have reported what Johnson had told him

B. shouldn't have asked Johnson what injection he had

C. was eager to live a long life

D. should have found out what Johnson really meant

8. When Johnson said he had an injection in his neck each evening, he really meant that       .

A. he drank a glass of whisky in the evening

B. he needed an injection in the neck

C. a daily injection in the evening would make him sleep well

D. there was something wrong with his neck

【参考答案】

1.【答案】C

【考情点拨】事实细节题。

【应试指导】从第一段第四句“Mr in a bank,and lives on his own.”可知C项为正确答案。

2.【答案】A

【考情点拨】事实细节题。

【应试指导】从第一段第六句“Mr.Brown doesn't see his sister or her family from one year to the next...”可知A项为正确答案。

3.【答案】D

【考情点拨】句意理解题。

【应试指导】从第一段第六句可知.布朗先生给姐姐及其家人寄送圣诞贺卡，他没有忘记马克17个生日中的任何一个。由此可以推断，在马克过生日时，布朗先生总是要寄些东西表示祝贺。

4.【答案】A

【考情点拨】事实细节题。

【应试指导】从文章的结尾处可知这位警察就是马克，他来看望自己的舅舅布朗先生。

5.【答案】C

【考情点拨】推理判断题。

【应试指导】由文章第一段最后一句话“当他75岁时，他给村子里的学校1200英镑来为学生操场买地和设备。”可知，约翰逊非常喜欢孩子。

6.【答案】B

【考情点拨】推理判断题。

【应试指导】约翰逊幽默地回答报社记者他的长寿秘诀，“I have an injection in my neck each evening”，但报社记者误解了约翰逊的意思，以至于在报纸发表后很多人给约翰逊写信，他们应该是想弄清楚怎样才能长寿。

7.【答案】D

【考情点拨】推理判断题。

【应试指导】约翰逊很幽默，他没有直接回答报社记者的问题。但报社记者不应该约翰逊说什么就直接报道什么，他应该弄清楚约翰逊所说话的真实含义。

8.【答案】A

【考情点拨】推理判断题。

【应试指导】由文章第二段倒数第二句可知，约翰逊说他每晚在脖子上注射的意思是，他每晚喝一杯威士忌酒。

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