广东省2023年普通专升本《英语》考试模拟题（二）

Passage 1

 Have you ever been ill? When you are ill, you must be unhappy because your body become shot, and there are pains all over your body. You don't want to work, and you stay in bed， feeling very sad.

What makes us ill?It is germs(细菌) .Germs are everywhere.They are very small and you can't find them with your eyes, but you can see them with a microscope.They are very very small and there could be hundreds of them on a very small thing.

Germs are always found in dirty water.When we look at dirty water under the microscope， we shall see them in it. So your father and mother will not let you drink dirty water.

Germs aren't found only in water.They are found in air and dust. If you cut your finger, if some of the dust from the floor goes into the cut(割开处) , some of the germs would go into your finger.Your finger would become big and red, and you will have much pain in it.Sometimes the germs would go into all of your body, and you would have pain everywhere.

A.If things are very very small, they are germs

B.If things can't be seen, they must be germs

C.Germs are only in dirty water

D.Germs are everywhere around us

A.Making very very small things look much bigger

B.Making very big things look much smaller

C.Helping you read some newspapers

D.Helping you if you can't see things clearly

A.You haven't looked at it carefully

B.Water can't be drunk in this way

C.There must be lots of germs in it

D.Water will make you ill

A.Germs can be found both in water and in the air

B.Germs can go into your finger if it is cut

C.If your temperature is not OK, there must be germs in your body

D.If your finger isn't cut, there aren't any germs on it

A.Germs may make us ill

B.Germs are in dirty water

C.Don't drink dirty water

D.Take care of your fingers

Passage 2

 When my family moved to America in 2010 from a small village in Guangdong, China, we brought not only our luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is that young people should always respect(尊敬) elders. Unluckily,  this rule led to my very first embarrassment in the United States.

I had apart-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant.One time, when I was serving food to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly.It old her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because l always respect the elderly.As soon as I said that， her face showed great displeasure.My manager, who happened to hear what I said, took me aside and gave me along lecture about how sensitive(敏感) Americans are and how they dislike the description “old”. I then walked back to the table and apologized to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry.

In my village in China,  people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience.Young people always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience.

However, in the United States, people think“growing old”is a problem since“old”shows that a person is going to retire or that the body is not working well.Here many people try to keep themselves away from growing old by doing exercises or jogging, and women put on makeup， hoping to look young. When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused them to feel they had failed to stay young.I had told them something they didn't want to hear.

After that, I changed the way I had been with older people.It is not that I don't respect the many more; I still respect them, but now l don't show my feelings through words.

A.the manager asked him to do so

B.he respected the elderly

C.the couple wanted him to do so

D.he wanted more pay

A.nervous

B.satisfied

C.unhappy

D.excited

A.people dislike being called“old”

B.people are proud of being old

C.many people reach the age of seventy or eighty

D.the elderly are the first to get food in restaurants

A.lost his job in the restaurant

B.made friends with the couple

C.no longer respected the elderly

D.changed his way with older people

A.The more Jack explained, the angrier the couple got

B.Jack wanted to show his feelings through words after his experience

C.The manager went back to the table and apologized to the couple

D.From this experience, Jack learned more about American culture

Passage 3

You must have been troubled by when to say"I love you"because it is one of the greatest puzzles in our life.

What if you say it first and your partner doesn’t love you back? or if they do say it but you don’t feel they mean it? Being the first to declare your love can be nerve racking(紧张) and risky and can leave you feeling as vulnerable as a turtle with no shell. But is the person who says it first really in a position of weakness? Doesn’t it pay to hold back, play it cool and wait until the other half has shown their hand fast?

“A really good relationship should be about being fair and being equal, ”says psychologist Sidney Crown.“But love is seldom equal." All relationships go through power struggles but, he says,  if a love imbalance continues for years，the rot will set in. "That feeling of ' I’ve always loved you more’ maybe subverted(颠覆，破坏)for a time，but it never goes away completely and it often emerges in squabbling(大声争吵) ." In love, at least, the silent, with holding type is not always the most powerful. "The strongest one in a relationship is often the person who feels confident enough to talk about their feelings," says educational psychologist Ingrid Collins. Psychosexual therapist Paula Hall agrees. "The one with the upper hand is often the person who takes the initiative. In fact, the person who says 'I love you’ first may also be the one who says 'I’m bored with you' first." Hall believes that much depends on how"I love you"is said and the motivation of the person saying it."Is it said when they’re drunk? Is it said before their partner files off on holiday, and what it really means is 'Please don’t be unfaithful to me’? By saying ‘I love you’ they really saying ‘Do you love me?’ If so, wouldn’t it just be more honest to say mat. Collins agrees that intention is everything. It’s not what is said, but how it's said. What it comes down to is the sincerity of the speaker.”

What is the main idea of this passage?

A.The importance of"I love you"

B. The meaning of"I love you"

C. The time of saying"I love you"

D. The place of saying "I love you

A.it is easy to say"I love you"

B. it is hard to say"I love you

C.we have many troubles in our life

D.people usually do not know when to say"I love you"

A. fair and equal

B. fair and kind

C.powerful and equal

D. confident and fair

A. being low in spirit

B. having only one hand

C. being active

D. being passive

A.The intention

B. The place

C. The time

D. The determination

Passage 4

Emoji(表情符号) and Workplace Communication

In Asia, messaging platforms are growing rapidly, with users in the hundreds of millions, both at work and play. __1__.It's been reported that 76 percent of employees in some western countries are using emojis at work.

Written communications can often read as cold and dull. Using emojis can add humor and feeling, keeping intention clear. __2__ ,  encouraging better and more frequent communication.

In any given office, employees can range from age22 to 70 and beyond, and finding common ground in communication style can be a challenge.__3__.While the younger generations prefer to communicate visually, for those used to working with traditional tools like email, it may feel like a learning curve(曲线) .The good news is that it's simple to learn and can be worth the effort.

There is also the matter of tone(语气) . Who hasn't received an email so annoying that it ruined an entire day?__4__. Emoji can help communication feel friendlier, and even a serious note can be softened with an encouraging smile.

__5__ and emoji can contribute directly to that positive outcome. And when your employees begin adding smiling emojis to their business communication, you 'll  know you have succeeded in improving your work culture.

A few years ago my husband, my son and I were traveling to visit my cousins. It was about two or three in the morning, when it became clear that we were lost. The country__1__seemed to be going on forever, and the farther we traveled, the worse it seemed to get.

Finally we found a truck stop. So we pulled in and I got out of the car for __2__.

"Does anybody here know how to find Merridale Road?" I asked.

A very tired waitress looked up and said, "Lady, I haven't got a clue. "

Since she was not __3__, I looked around at the customers. There, sitting nearby, were four of the toughest men I had ever seen in my life. Chains. Black leather. Skulls and crossbones(骷髅).

I immediately thought of my__4__in the car and what these characters might do to us. "We know__5__ you're going," one of them said cheerfully. "Not only that, but we'll take you there. "

Before I could say no, they got up, paid their bill, and were outside on their motorcycles, gesturing, " __6__ us!"

We started to follow them down the dark and quiet country roads.

After a few minutes, my son decided it was all__7__for us. "They're taking us to a__8__place, and that will be the end," he said__9__."I'm never going to see my school or my friends again. How can  you do this to me?"

I whispered to my husband, "I don't want to scare Jack, but he's right. I am a bit __10__.It's dark. The road is getting very lonely. And these people are tough. Maybe I did the wrong thing. "

"No kidding," he replied. "We're just going to have to trust that it's going to be all right." About an hour later, after __11__ through endless back roads deep in the woods, they __12__to us to go left.

We looked up, and there was the __13__for Merridale Road. They had put us on the right road after all. And then they waved good-bye and disappeared from view.

If I've learned anything on this__14__ journey of mine, it's that around every bend in the road, and at the end of even the darkest tunnel, there's likely to be a company of __15__  .

A. music

B. roads

C. days

D. school

A. time

B. gas

C. water

D. directions

A. helpful

B. careful

C. beautiful

D. hopeful

A. maps

B. bags

C. family

D. gifts

A. how

B. what

C. why

D. where

A. Invite

B. Show

C. Follow

D. Give

A. over

B. right

C. alone

D. around

A. cool

B. lonely

C. safe

D. new

A. uneasily

B. cheerfully

C. curiously

D. uncertainly

A. annoyed

B. excited

C. frightened

D. amazed

A. winding

B. looking

C. walking

D. climbing

A. greeted

B. connected

C. gestured

D. hurried

A. label

B. notice

C. poster

D. sign

A. tiring

B. crazy

C. interesting

D. fancy

A. angels

B. friends

C. partners

D. relatives