备考2023年江西省上饶市成考专升本英语预测试题含答案

备考2023年江西省上饶市【成考专升本】英语预测试题(含答案)学校:________ 班级:________ 姓名:________ 考号:________一、阅读理解(10题)1. The wor

备考2023年江西省上饶市【成考专升本】 英语预测试题(含答案) :________ :________ :________ :________ 学校班级姓名考号 (10) 一、阅读理解题 1. The word "obsolete" (Line 3, Para.1) most probably means ______. A.no longer in use B.profound C.colorful or amusing D.common 2. Passage One One of the well-known of American writers is Samuel Clemens, whose pen name is Mark Twain. Bom in 1835, Twain grew up in the Mississippi River town of Hannibal, Missouri. As did many other boys of his day, Twain dreamed of traveling on river boats and of someday becoming ariverboat pilot. Twain used his memories of the life of ariver town in his two most famous books, Huckleberry Finn and Torn Sawyer. As ayoung man, Twain held many jobs. He was aprinter, agood miner, and, for atime, he was ariverboat pilot. During his pilot days, he adopted the name Mark Twain. This was aterm used by the boatmen to mean that the water measured two fathoms, or twelve feet, which was deep enough for safe passage. Finally Twain became asuccessful writer. He traveled agreat deal, writing and speaking, and became very popular both in the United States and in Europe. Twain's style. of writing was simple and direct. Among the things he wrote about were superstitious () people and people who were 迷信的 easily fooled. He used his unusual gift for humor to write about many things of importance. 36. Generally speaking, this article is about______. A. ariverboat pilot B. aprinter C. agold miner D. afamous writer 3. Why did the guards shoot at the prisoners? A.To break up afist fight.