?2013年貴州專升本大學(xué)英語考試真題

2013年貴州統(tǒng)招專升本考試《英語》試題

Part I Vocabulary and Structure (40 points)

Direction: There are 40 incomplete statements in this section. You are required to complete each statement by choosing the appropriate answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D.

1. There are two maps on the wall:one is a map of China, and______is a map of the world.

A. other

B. another

C. the other

D. the others

2. I have to leave Beijing,___________I have been living for eight years.

A. that

B. where

C. which

D. as

3. It’s my great honor_________to give a speech at the opening ceremony.

A. to invite

B. inviting

C. having invited

D. to be invited

4. Not until yesterday____________anything about the project that will be completed soon.

A. did I learn

B. have I learnt

C. I learnt

D. that I learnt

5. This problem is________his ability and I don’t think he can solve it.

A. to

B. in

C. beyond

D. under

6. What he said_________me that he was an honest man.

A. agreed

B. convinced

C. ensured

D. believed

7. It_______me 3 days to have the watch repaired.

A. gave

B. took

C. made

D. kept

8. The enemy was surrounded in the valley and it was difficult to_________.

A. break through

B. break off

C. break away

D. break

out

9. Mountainous areas have a poorer TV _________than cities.

A. receipt

B. response

C. reaction

D. reception

10. One difficulty has been solved. But another one will________.

A. arise

B. rise

C. arouse

D. arose

11. The waiter stood at the corner of the room, waiting to_______the next course.

A. eat

B. serve

C. make

D. cook

12. The policemen in large numbers________on the scene when there was a murder.

A. turned up

B. turned out

C. turned on

D. turned over

13. For years, doctors____millions of patients’ lives with the help of microscopes.

A. have saved

B. are saving

C. will save

D. were saving

14. I was almost asleep last night when I suddenly heard someone______at the door.

A. be knocking

B. knocking

C. to knock

D. having knocked

15. The conference__________in Shanghai next week is bound to be a great success.

A. holding

B. being held

C. to hold

D. to be held

16._______his surprise, the manager found nobody in the meeting room.

A. At

B. To

C. For

D. With

17._________to find the proper job, he decided to give up job-hunting in this city.

A. Failed

B. To fail

C. Being failed

D. Having failed

18. The proposal______, we’ll have to make another decision about when to start the project.

A. accepted

B. accepting

C. to accept

D. be accepted

19. The committee members suggested that the plan_________delayed for a new days.

A. be

B. being

C. to be

D. been

20. Tom_______the party as no one saw him there yesterday evening.

A. can’t attend

B. mustn’t attend

C. won’t have attended

D. couldn’t have attended

21. What do you think of his suggestion_______we all attend the meeting?

A. which

B. whether

C. that

D. what

22. The harder I tried,_____it seemed to deal with that math problem.

A. the impossible

B. most impossible

C. the most impossible

D. the more impossible

23. It was because I wanted to buy a dictionary________I went to be downtown yesterday.

A. but

B. that

C. and

D. why

24. The chair looks rather unusual in shape, but it is very comfortable to sit_____.

A. by

B. on

C. with

D. at

25. This book is designed for the learners________ native language are not English.

A. whose

B. which

C. who

D. what

26. In some western countries canned fruit costs_____fresh fruit.

A. as much half as

B. half so much as

C. half as much as

D. so much as half

27. Special medical measures have been taken in most airports the_____spread of SARS.

A. for

B. towards

C. from

D. against

28. Many developing countries find it difficult to introduce birth control,______their population is already very large.

A. so

B. because

C. since

D. although

29. The project to clear up the polluted river________by the end of next year.

A. will have been completed

B. is being completed

C. will have completed

D. has been completed

30. I’m the___________experienced of all the doctors here.

A. little

B. a little

C. less

D. least

31._________last Friday, he would have got to Paris.

A. Would he leave

B. Had he left

C. If he is to leave

D. If he was leaving

32. I think it’s high time we_______strict measures to stop pollution.

A. will take

B. take

C. took

D. have taken

33. The teacher asked the students to___twenty minutes each morning to read text aloud.

A. set up

B. set about

C. set aside

D. set off

34. I don’t think these books are______for young children.

A.suitable

B.capable

C. reasonable

D. probable

35. In winter a snake is stiff with cold but still______.

A. lively

B. living

C. live

D. alive

36. Before the festival we gave our bedroom a_________cleaning.

A. thorough

B. through

C. throughout

D. though

37. A lot of workers have got_________in the strike.

A. involved

B.linked

C.take part

D.connected

38. The balloon_____until it burst.

A. extended

B. exposed

C. exported

D. expanded

39. The disabled children need many things, but______, they need love.

A. first of all

B. above all

C. after

D. all in all

40. The engine___smoke and steam.

A. gives up

B. gives in

C. gives away

D. gives off

Part II Reading Comprehension (40 points)

Direction: After reading each passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements. For each question or statement, there are 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

Task 1

England is not a big country: from north to south and from east to west it is only about three hundred miles across. But for a small country it has a surprising range of climate.

People who have never visited England, or who have visited only one part of it often make the mistake of thinking that it is a cold and wet country, except for the summer months of June to September. This is probably true of the north of England and the Midlands. In the south, however, the climate is much more pleasant. One result is that when people retire from a job in the north they often prefer to move down to the milder south.

Perhaps the warmest part of the country is the southwest, which consists of the countries of Devon and Cornwall. The warm Gulf Stream flows across North Atlantic Ocean from the Gulf of Mexico and makes the coastal regions of the southwest quite warm. Palm trees, bamboo and many semi-tropical plants grow well in the southwest of England. Flowers and vegetables ripen as much as a month earlier than those elsewhere. Farmers m the area obtain a higher price for their vegetables and flowers because they are ready earlier. In winter there may be several feet of snow in other parts of England but there will probably be no snow at all in the southwest. This may be one of the reasons why the southwest is one of England’s most popular holiday areas.

41. The distance from the center of England to south coast is about_________.

A. one hundred miles

B. three hundred miles

C. one hundred and fifty miles

D. six hundred miles

42. England is a country______.

A. with a cold and wet climate

B. with a surprising climate

C. with a pleasant climate

D. with a variety of climates

43. According to the passage_____.

A. flowers and vegetables from Devon are on the market one month earlier

B. farmers in the southwest grow as many vegetables and flowers as farmers elsewhere

C. people in the southwest have to pay a higher price for vegetables and flowers

D. vegetables in Cornwall ripen as much as a month earlier than flowers

44. In the north of England and the Midlands_______.

A. it is cold and wet all the year round

B. the climate is pleasant as a whole

C. it is warm most of the time in a year

D. only the summer is not cold and not wet

45. In winter, people in Devon and Cornwall______.

A. Seldom see snow

B. never see any snow

C. may have several feet of snow

D. often see snow

Task 2

George Washington, Patrick Henry, and John Adams were among the fifty-six men who met in Philadelphia in September 1774. They were from the different American colonies, meeting to talk about the way Great Britain had been governing the colonies.

At this meeting,called the First Continental Congress, the men agreed that the colonies had not been treated fairly. They sent a polite letter to Great Britain. In the letter, they asked for changes in trade and tax laws.

The Continental Congress met again the following year. By this time, there was talk of war between Great Britain and the colonies. British soldiers had fired on the Americans, and the Americans had fired back. Meeting at the Second Continental Congress, the men voted to organize an army and place George Washington its head. They had asked politely for fair treatment and had not received it. Now they were ready to fight.

The meetings in Philadelphia went on for some time, the Congress had started as a group of men talking and making suggestions. Now they were fighting a war. The Congress was the only central government in the scattered colonies. There was no other group to direct the colonies.

On July 4,1776，the Continental Congress published the Declaration of Independence.The members had decided that America should be a separate nation. The men who met in Philadelphia also laid the foundation for the United States Constitution. They set a pattern for American government today.

46. The First Continental Congress met in______.

A. Great Britain

B. New York

C. Philadelphia

D. the West

47. The First Continental Congress was held to________.

A. organize an army and place George Washington at its head

B. talk about the way Great Britain treated the colonies.

C. lay the foundation for the United States Constitution

D. decide that America should be a separate nation

48. On the whole, this passage is about_____.

A. the British soldiers who fired on the Americans

B. writing letters about trade and tax laws

C. setting up a government for the early colonies

D. winning the war against Great Britain

49. Why was there talk of war between Great Britain and the American colonies?

A. The British had fired on the Americans.

B. The British wanted the Americans to leave.

C. Great Britain did not like to write letters.

D. There were too many groups to direct the American colonies.

50. Which of the following statements is true?

A. There were over 1,774 men who met at the Continental Congress.

B. The second meeting of the Continental Congress was in1775.

C. The man who went to Philadelphia were from other countries.

D. Patrick Henry became head of the new army.

Task 3

Some psychologists ( 心 理 學(xué) 家 )maintain that mental acts such as thinking are not performed in the brain alone, but that one’s muscles also participate. It may be said that we think with our muscles in somewhat the same way that we listen to music with our bodies.You surely are not surprised to be told that you usually listen to music not only with your ears but with your whole body.

Few people can listen to music that is more or less familiar without moving their body or more specifically, some part of their body. Often when one listens to a symphonic concert on the radio, he is tempted to direct the orchestra even though he knows there is a competent conductor on the job.

Strange as this behavior may be, there is a very good reason for it. One cannot derive ail possible enjoyment from music unless he participates, so to speak, in its performance. The listener “feels” himself into the music with more or less noticeable motions of his body.

51. Some psychologists maintain that thinking is______.

A. not a mental process

B. more of a physical process than a mental action

C. a process that involves our entire bodies

D. a process that involves the muscles as well as the brain

52. The process of thinking and that of listening to music are similar in that____.

A. both are mental acts

B. muscles participate in both processes

C. both process are performed by the entire body

D. we derive equal enjoyment from them

53. Few people are able to listen to familiar music without______.

A. moving some part of their body

B. stopping what they are doing to listen

C. directing the orchestra playing it

D. wishing that they could conduct music properly

54. The listener’s way of “feeling” the music is____.

A. the unnoticed motion of his muscles

B. “participating” in the performance

C. bending an ear to the music

D. being the conductor of the orchestra

55.According to the selection, muscle participation in the process of thinking is________.

A. deliberate

B. obvious

C. Not readily apparent

D. very pronounced

Task 4

All the useful energy at the surface of the earth comes from the activity of the sun. The sun heats and feeds creatures and mankind. Each year it provides men with two hundred million tons of grain and nearly ten million tons of wood.

Coal, oil, natural gas ,and all other fuels are stored energy from the sun. Some was collected by this season’s plants as carbon compounds. Some was stored by plants and trees ages ago. Even water power derives from the sun. Water turned into vapor by the sun falls as rain. It courses down the mountains and is converted to electric power. Light transmits only the energy that comes from the sun’s outer layer,and much of this energy that is directed towards the earth never arrives. About nine tenths of it is absorbed by the atmosphere of the earth.

In fact, the earth itself gets only one half millionth of the sun’s entire output of radiant energy.

( ) 56. Radiant energy is stored as carbon compounds by creatures.

( ) 57. The sun is the source of all the useful energy on the earth surface except atomic power.

( ) 58.The largest part of the light energy directed towards the earth is stored up by the plants.

( ) 59. Of the sun’s total output of radiant energy, the earth receives a very small portion.

( ) 60. The sun’s energy provides us with water, light, rain except coal.

Part III Cloze (共 15 分，每空 1.5 分)

Direction: In this section, there are 10 blanks in the following. For each bland there are two choices marked A and B. You should choose the right answer that best fits into the passage.

Who designed the first helicopter (直升飛機(jī))? Who 61 some of the most famous pictures in the world? Who knew more about the human body than most 62 of his time? There is an answer 63 all these questions — Leonardo de Vinci (達(dá).芬奇).

Leonardo may have been the greatest genius 64 have ever known. He lived in Italy around the year1500, but many of his inventions seem modern to us today. For example, one of his notebooks has drawings of a helicopter. Of course, he couldn’t 65 a helicopter with the things he had. But scientists say his idea would have worked.

But Leonardo 66 an inventor. He was one of the greatest artists of his day. By the time he was twenty years old, he was called a master painter, and as he got older he became 67 more famous. Sometimes he drew a hand in ten different ways 68 he was ready to paint.

Many of Leonardo’s wonderful paintings are still with 69 today. You may know one of his most famous works-the 70 woman known as the Mona Lisa.

63. A. to

B. of

C. for

D. from

64. A. the scientists

B. the artists

C. the world

D. people

65. A. draw

B. paint

C. work

D. build

66. A. was just

B. wasn’t just

C. wasn’t

D. was no longer

67. A. less

B. no

C. even

D. very

68. A. before

B. after

C. because

D. when

69. A. him

B. us

C. them

D. you

70. A. interesting

B. crying

C. smiling

D. surprising

Part IV Translation (共 30 分，每題 3 分)

71. No matter how little money you have,you should deposit some money in the bank regularly.

72. This style of architecture originated with the ancient Greek.

73. With the development of economy, travelling is becoming more and more popular in China now.

74. This school puts emphasis on student’s ability to solve problems independently.

75. It is unfair to think that goods from abroad must be better than those made at home.

81. 不要以貌取人。(judge by)

82. 我一聽到這首歌就感到愉快。(the moment)

83. 只要你準(zhǔn)時(shí)歸還就可以用這本書。(so long as)

84. 他的工作就是照看老人。(look after)

85. 上大學(xué)是我人生重要的轉(zhuǎn)折點(diǎn)。(turning point)

Part V Writing (25 points)

Direction: For this part, you are required to write a composition on the topic “Can Computer Replace Human Brain?” You should write at least 120 words, and your composition should be based on the outline given in Chinese below and write you composition on the Answer Sheet.

(1) 你個(gè)人的觀點(diǎn);

(2) 為什么說電話不會(huì)代替人腦;

(3) 人腦怎樣才能戰(zhàn)勝電腦。

Can Computer Replace Human Brain?