2019年成人高考高起点—英语—模拟练习（3）

　　Passage One

　　Students enrolled at least half time may borrow up to $3,000 form the government over a two-year period. Repayment of the loan begins six months after the student leaves school. These loans carry on interest until this time. The current interest rate is 5 percent. Students may borrow up to $4,500 annually from a bank, credit union, savings loan association or other eligible lender. Repayment on these loans usually begins six months after the student leaves school. These loans carry no interest until this time. This current interest rate is 9 percent. Parents may borrow up to $300 annually for each dependent college. Repayment begins forty-five days after receiving the loan, the interest rate is 12 percent.

　　61. Which of the following is the main purpose?

　　To remind students their families to repay their loan.

　　To compare interest rates.

　　To inform students parents of the various loans available.

　　To show that government loans charge the least interest.

　　62. The highest interest rate is charged to _______.

　　A. full-time students B. parents

　　C. students borrowing from a credit union D. half-time students

　　63. If parents had three children in college how much could they borrow annually?

　　A. 900 B. 3,000 C. 300 D. 9,000

　　64. According to the passage which of the following is true.

　　The government lends students enrolled at least half time up to 3,000 annually.

　　Students may borrow up to $4,500 annually from four sources.

　　Students enrolled less than half time may borrow money.

　　The current interest rate from banks is 5 percent.

　　65. It can be inferred from the passage that _______.

　　the student’s school determines who is an eligible lender

　　money is available for student loans

　　students need not be enrolled half time to borrow money

　　the interest rate on student loans is increasing

　　Passage Two

　　Are you aware that you actually possess six senses? The sixth is a muscular sense responsible for directing your muscles intelligently to the exact extent necessary for each action you perform. For example, when you reach for an object, the sensory nerves linking the muscles to the brain stop your hat the correct spot. This automatic perception of the position of your muscles in relation to the object is your muscular sense in action.

　　Muscles are stringly bundles of fibers varying from one five-thousandth of an inch to about three inches. They have three unique characteristics, they can become shorter thicker; they can stretch; they can retract to their original positions. Under a high-powered microscope, muscle tissue is seen as long, slender cells with a grainy texture like wood.

　　More than half of a person’s body is composed of muscle fibers, most of which are involuntary—in other words, work without conscious direction. The voluntary muscles, those that we move consciously to perform particular actions, number more than five hundred. Women have only 60 to 70 percent as much muscle as men for their body mass. That is why an average woman can’t lift as much, throw as far, or hit as hard as an average man.

　　66. According to the selection, the muscular sense is responsible for ______.

　　A. the efficiency of our muscles B. the normal breathing function

　　C. directing our muscles intelligently D. the work of only our involuntary muscles

　　67. Intelligent use of the muscles means that ________.

　　one always knows what his muscles are doing

　　one performs simple actions whithout working

　　one’s muscles are used only to the extent necessary for each action they perform

　　one improves muscular action consciously

　　68. Muscles are unique fibers because, they can ________.

　　A. contract B. stretch C. retract D. do all of the above

　　69. Under a microscope, muscle cells appear to be _______.

　　A. textured like wood B. colored like wood

　　C. smooth red D. short thick

　　70. According to the selection more than half of a person’s body is composed of ______.

　　A. voluntary muscles B. involuntary muscles

　　C. muscle fibers D. sensory nerves

　　Passage Three

　　The large part which war played in English affairs in the Middle-Ages, the fact that the control of the army navy was in the hands of those that spoke French, the circumstances that much of English fighting was done in France all resulted in the introduction into English of a number of French military terms. The art of war has undergone such changes since the battles of Hastings, Lewes, Agincourt that many words once common are now only in historical use. Their places have been taken by later borrowings, often like wise from French, many of them being words acquired by the French in the course of their wars in Italy during the sixteenth century. Yet we still use French words of the Middle Ages when we speak of the army the navy, of peace, enemy, battle, soldier, guard spy, we have kept the names of officers such as captain sergeant. Some of the French terms were introduced into English because they were needed to express a new object or a new idea. In other cases a French a native English word for the same thing existed side by side. Sometimes one or the other has since been lost from the language; but sometimes both the borrowed the native word have been still in common use.

　　71. The main idea of this passage is that ______.

　　most of today’s common English military terms dated from the sixteenth century or later

　　a study of the English vocabulary shows the important part which war has played in the history of England

　　many French words borrowed into English during the Middle Ages have since disappeared from the language

　　many military terms used in English were originally borrowed from French, some as early as the Middle Ages

　　72. All of the following have something to do with the introduction into English of many French military terms except that _______.

　　war played an important part in English affairs in the Middle Ages

　　the English army navy were controlled by those who spoke French in the war between EnglFrance

　　France invaded Englin the Middle Ages many battles were fought in England

　　much of English fighting was done in France in the war between EnglFrance

　　73. The art of war has undergone such changes that _______.

　　we no longer use any French words of the Middle Ages

　　many words once common are not used any longer they are replaced by Italian words

　　French military terms have disappeared from the English language

　　many words once common are now only in historical use their places have been taken by the newly-borrowed words

　　74. Which of the following is not the French word borrowed into English during the Middle Ages?

　　A. sergeant B. battle C. spy D. fight

　　75. The writer takes the words “battle” “fight” as an example to show______.

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