2018年成人学位英语考试模拟试题及答案（1）

　　1. It was already past midnight and only three young men _____ in the tea house.

　　A.left

　　B.remained

　　C.delayed

　　D.deserted

　　答案：B.

　　解析：早已过了半夜，仅有3位年轻人还留在茶房。remain作系动词，后可跟名词、介词短语、现在分词、过去分词，不定式的被动式作表语。

　　2. — Four dollars a pair? I think it's a bit too much.

　　— If you buy three pairs, the price for each will _____ to three fifty.

　　A.come down

　　B.take down

　　C.turn over

　　D.go over

　　答案：A.

　　解析：come down下降，下来;take down把……拆开;turn over翻转，翻身;go over复习;仔细检查。

　　3. — Are you going to have a holiday this year?

　　— I'd love to.I can't wait to leave this place _____.

　　A.off

　　B.out

　　C.behind

　　D.over

　　答案：C.leave off使停止;不再使用;leave out省去，略去;遗漏;leave behind把……丢在后面;遗留;leave over留下，剩下。由句意“我很想(度假)，我迫不及待地想离开此处(把此处抛在脑后不管”知C项正确。

　　4. The traffic lights _____ green and I pulled away.

　　A.came

　　B.grew

　　C.got

　　D.went

　　答案：D.go green表示转变、转换。

　　5. I was still sleeping when the fire _____, and then it spread quickly.

　　A.broke out

　　B.put out

　　C.came out

　　D.got out

　　答案：A.break out发生，符合题意;put out扑灭;come out，get out出来。句意为：火灾发生时，我正在睡觉……。

　　6. —The boss said we had only three days to finish the work.

　　—Don't worry.We have already _____ two thirds of it.

　　A.got down B.got through C.given in D.given away

　　答案：B.get through做完。

　　7. With no one to _____ in such a frightening situation，she felt very helpless.

　　A.turn to

　　B.turn on

　　C.turn off

　　D.turn over

　　答案：A.turn to求助于;turn on打开(开关、电源等);turn off关掉(灯等);turn over翻身，翻转。

　　8. The president spoke at the business meeting for nearly an hour without _____ his notes.

　　A.bringing up

　　B.referring to

　　C.looking for

　　D.trying on

　　答案：B.bring up养育，抚养;提出;呕吐;refer to谈及，涉及;查阅，参考;look for寻找;try on试穿。句意为：总裁在这次商务会议上发表了近半小时的讲话，而没有参看他的笔记。

　　9. If anyone happens to drop in while I am out, _____ him or her leave a message.

　　A.have B.get C.ask D.tell

　　答案：A.动词get，ask和tell后需接带to的不定式作宾语补足语，而have是使役动词，其后接不带to的不定式作宾补;由题干中的动词原形leave可知have符合题意，故选A项。

　　10. They started off late and got to the airport with minutes to _____.

　　A.spare

　　B.catch

　　C.leave

　　D.make

　　答案：A.to spare是固定短语，意为“剩余的”。句意为：他们动身晚了，到达机场时只剩下几分钟了。

　　11.The manager had fallen asleep where he _____, without undressing.

　　A.was laying

　　B.was lying

　　C.had laid

　　D.had lied

　　答案：B.此题考查单词lie和lay的词形变化。句意为：经理在他刚才躺的地方睡着了，没有脱衣服。当“躺”或“位于”讲时，原形动词为lie，过去式和过去分词分别是lay，lain，现在分词是lying.此处用的是过去进行时态was lying，其他词形都不正确。

　　12.He is such a man who is always _____ fault with other people.

　　A.putting

　　B.seeking

　　C.finding

　　D.looking for

　　答案：C.find fault with sb.意为“故意找……麻烦”。

　　13.John is leaving for London tomorrow and I will _____ him _____ at the airport.

　　A.send;away

　　B.see;off

　　C.leave;off

　　D.show;around

　　答案：B.解析：John明天要要伦敦，我要到机场去给他送行。send away意为“打发走”;see off意为“给某人送行”;leave off意为“停止”;show around意为“带领某人参观”。

　　14.They see you as something of a worrier, _____problems which don't exist and crossing bridges long before you come to them.

　　A.settling

　　B.discovering

　　C.seeing

　　D.designing

　　答案：C.see (=to form a picture of sb.or sth.in the mind)表示“能预见;能想像出”。seeing problems…在句中作定语，修饰a worrier，表示“他是能预见困难，并能在困难到来之前就找到出路的人”。

　　15.We have to _____ the wheat as soon as possible because a storm is on the way.

　　A.get away

　　B.get across

　　C.get through

　　D.get in

　　答案：D.

　　解析：暴风雨就要来了，我们得尽快地把麦子收起来。get away离开;去度假;get across (to sb.)使(某事)传播或为人理解;get through到达;与某人(通过电话)联系;get through (to sth.)进入下一段比赛;get through (to sb.)与人沟通;get (sth.) in收集/收获某物;设法做/说某事。

　　16.John was late for the business meeting because his flight had been _____ by a heavy storm.

　　A.kept

　　B.stopped

　　C.slowed

　　D.delayed

　　答案：D.考查动词delay的用法。be late for意为“迟到”，因此根据句意，航班应该是受到“耽搁，延误”，故选D项。

　　17.It's ten years since the scientist _____ on his life's work of discovering the valuable chemical.

　　A.made for

　　B.set out

　　C.took off

　　D.turned up

　　答案：B.

　　解析：自从这位科学家开始从事发现有价值的化学品的工作以来，已经十年了。make for前往;take off起飞;脱下;匆匆离开;turn up出现;查(字典);开大(声音)。

　　18.Hospital staff burst into cheers after doctors completed a 20-hour operation to have _____.

　　A.isolated

　　B.separated

　　C.divided

　　D.removed

　　答案：B.isolate使……孤立;separate把……分开(原来不是整体);divide把整体分成部分;remove把……移开。

　　19.I don't _____ rock 'n' roll.It's much too noisy for my taste.

　　A.go after

　　B.go away with

　　C.go into

　　D.go in for

　　答案：D.go in for喜欢;go after追求;go away with随身带走;go into从事，参加。

　　20.He accidentally _____ he had quarreled with his wife and that he hadn't been home for a couple of weeks.

　　A.let out

　　B.took care

　　C.made sure

　　D.made out

　　答案：A.let out意为“泄漏，说出”;take care意为“当心”;make sure意为“确保”;make out意为“识别，辨别”。