2012年湖北文理学院样卷(大学英语)
湖北文理学院2012年“专升本”考试《大学英语》样卷
Part I．Listening Comprehension (20 points)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of the each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
1. A. A tourist guide.
B. A travel agent.
C. A receptionist.
D. A clerk in a ticket office.
2. A. Paul usually flies to Japan with Betty.
B. Paul changed his mind at the last minute.
C. Paul persuaded Betty to change her mind.
D. Paul planed to go to Japan with Betty by sea.
3. A. The interview is very important to her.
B. She has to go through an important interview.
C. She is not ready for the interview.
D. The interview is probably too difficult for her to handle.
4. A. In 1978. B. In 1971. C. In 1984. D. In 198
5.
5. A. The woman can change American dollars into RMB at any bank.
B. The woman can change money at the bank next to the Peace Hotel.
C. The bank next to the Peace Hotel closes early.
D. Most banks do not have the service of changing money.
6. A. The air quality in the city is not as serious as the woman says.
B. There were no factories in the city in the past.
C. The air pollution is caused by the development of industry.
D. They should move to another city.
7. A. In Rome. B. In Paris. C. In Madrid. D. In London.
8. A. He read the newspaper.
B. The woman told him.
C. He listened to a radio report.
D. He was told by the people in his office.
9. A. He thinks pets are a lot of trouble.
B. He thinks it’s not a good idea to buy a pet for Mary.
C. He will probably not buy Mary a pet.
D. He will discuss it again with Mary.
10. A. That is looks exactly like Dianna.
B. That it makes Dianna look older than she really is.
C. That it makes Dianna Look prettier than she really is.
D. That it makes Dianna look as beautiful as a model.
Section B
Directions:In this part you will hear a passage three times. When it is read for the first time you should listen carefully for its general idea. Then listen to the passage for the second time and fill in the blanks numbered 1 to 7 with the exact words you’ve just heard. For blanks numbered from 8 to 10, fill in the missing information. You can either use the exact words you’ve heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, check your answers when the passage is read for the third time.
Professional sports are very popular in the United States, and they are big 1) ____. The most popular sports are baseball, football and basketball. Each has its own season and millions of supporters. Professional teams are 2) ____ for the cities where they are 3) ____. Their strongest supporters live in these cities. When a team plays in a 4) ____ game, most people in the city follow the game with interest and 5) ____.
Basketball is well known around the world. Professional basketball games in the States are played indoors during the winter months. From 6) ____ to 7) ____ one can find a professional basketball game several nights a week in most large cities.
8) ________________________________________________________________________. The game is played in the evenings nearly every day of the week and on weekends as well. The season begins in April and finishes with the World Series in October.
Football has become the most professional sport in the U.S. It is played on Sundays during the fall from August to January. 9) ___________________________________________________
_________________________. Both games require strength and specialized skills.
Professional athletes are very well paid. 10)________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________.
Part II. Reading Comprehension (40 points)
Directions:There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements.
For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Passage One
How do young children learn to have good values? How can parents teach their children about the importance of kindness, patience, and self-discipline? At a time when more and more parents worry about the negative and violent images
(暴力形象) their children see on TV, in the movies and, on the internet, some are turning to fairy tales (童话) as a way to teach their young ones how to behave in society.
Fairy tales were not always intended for children. We know this because some of these stories have existed for hundreds of years and were passed from generation to generation through songs and drama. They were considered entertainment for everyone, not only for young people. In these ancient stories, the heroes were extremely clever, fiercely independent, and never gave up. Over the years, some of the heroes’ qualities and story lines have been changed to fit the times.
Psychologists think that fairy tales have a positive influence on children because they present the two sides of good and evil very clearly. When children hear the stories, they develop sympathetic for the heroic characters. In each tale, they can see that there are many different kinds of people in the world and that we all have a choice about what kind of people we want to be. We can choose to do good actions, rather than bad ones, in our lives.
What kind of values can children learn from fairy tales? In “The Princess and the Pea,” a poorly dressed girl who insists she is a princess is given a difficult test by the Queen. When she passes the test, we learn that she is rewarded because she stayed true to herself. In “The Little Mermaid,” the mermaid (美人鱼) who lives under the sea longs to be with the humans on land. Through her experiences, we learn about the importance of living with and accepting other cultures. In “Pinocchio,”
a wooden puppet (木偶) turns into a boy when he finally learns how to tell the truth.
Teaching values is the reason most often given for teaching literature and encouraging reading. These old stories can indeed teach us lessons about human relationships that are universal (普遍的) enough to survive throughout the centuries. This might be the reason why they have been around for so long and are unlikely to disappear any time soon.
1. What do we learn about fairy tales from the passage?
A. They are written solely for children.
B. They teach universal lessons about human relationships.
C. They are all passed down through songs and drama.
D. They are adapted to TV and movies as entertainment.
2. Why do fairy tales have a positive influence on children?
A. Good and evil are presented in a way they can easily understand.
B. The characters are all good examples for them to follow.
C. The heroes go through all kinds of hardships but never give up.
D. There are many different kinds of characters for them to imitate.
3. Some of the heroes’ qualities in fairy tales have been changed over the years______.
A. to reflect the change of the values
B. to suit the tastes of different people
C. to arouse the interest of little children
D. to adapt to the change of the times
4. Children who have heard the story of the little mermaid might ______.
A. learn to be better self-disciplined
B. be more likely to tell the truth than to tell the lies
C. learn to stay true to themselves all their lives
D. be better able to accept foreign cultures
5. Parents encourage children to read fairy tells so that they ______.
A. can entertain themselves without bothering others
B. can get to know great literature of the world
C. can stay away from violence shown on TV
D. can learn how to behave in society
Passage Two
Most people think of a camel as an obedient beast of burden, because it is best known for its ability to carry heavy loads across vast stretch of desert without requiring water. In reality, the camel is considerably more than just the Arabian equivalent of the mule. It also possesses a great amount of intelligence and sensitivity.
The Arabs assert that camels are so acutely aware of injustice and ill treatment that a camel owner who punishes one of the beats too harshly finds it difficult to escape the camel’s vengeance. Apparently, the animal will remember any injury and wait for an opportunity to get revenge.
In order to protect themselves from the vengeful beats, Arabian camel drivers have learned to trick their camels into believing they have achieved revenge. When an Arab realizes that he has excited a camel’s rage, he places his own garments on the ground in the animal’s path. He arranges the clothing so that it appears to cover a man’s body. When the camel recognizes its master’s clothing on the ground, it seizes the pile with its teeth, shakes the garments violently and tramples(踩)on them in a rage. Eventually, after its anger had died away, the camel departs, assuming its revenge is complete. Only then does the owner of the garments come out of hiding, safe for the time being, thanks to this clever ruse(计策).
6.Which of the following is mentioned in this passage?
A.The camel never drinks water.
B.The camel is always violent.
C.The camel is always very sensitive.
D.The camel is rarely used anymore.
7.It is implied in the passage that ______.
A.the mule is a stupid and insensitive animal
B.the mule is as intelligent as the camel
C.the mule is an animal widely used in the desert
D.the mule is a vengeful animal
8.From this passage we can conclude that ______.
A.camels are generally vicious towards their owners
B.camels usually treat their owners well
C.camels don’t see very well
D.camels try to punish people who abuse them
9.The writer makes the camel’s vengeful behavior clearer to the reader by presenting ______.
A. a well—planned argument
B. a large variety of examples
C.some eye witness accounts
D. a typical incident
10.The main idea of the passage is ______.
A.camels can be as intelligent as their drivers
B.camels, sensitive to injustice, will seek revenge on those who harm them
C.camel drivers are often the target of camels’ revenge
D.camels are sensitive creatures that are aware of injustice
Passage Three
Too often young people get themselves employed quite by accident, not knowing what lies in the way of opportunity for promotion, happiness and security. As a result, they are employed doing jobs that afford them little or no satisfaction. Our school leavers face so much competition that they seldom care what they do as long as they can earn a living. Some stay long at a job and learn to like it; others quite from one to another looking for something to suit them, the young graduates who leave the university look for jobs that offer a salary up to their expectation. Very few go out into the world knowing exactly what they want and realizing their own abilities. The reason behind all this confusion is that there never has been a proper vocational guidance in our educational institution. Nearly all grope(摸索) in the dark and their chief concern when they look for a job is to ask what salary is like. They never bother to think whether they are suited for the job or, even more important, whether the job suits them, having a job is more than merely providing yourself and your dependants with daily bread and some money for leisure and entertainment, it sets a pattern of life and, in many ways, determines social status in life, selection of friends, leisure and interest.
In choosing a career you should first consider the type of work which will suit your interest. Noting is more pathetic than taking on a job in which you have no interest, for it will not only discourage your desire to succeed in life but also ruin your talents and ultimately make you an emotional wreck (受到严重伤害的人)and a bitter person.
11. The reason why some people are unlikely to succeed in life is that they _____.
A. have ruined their talents
B. have taken on an unsuitable job
C. think of nothing but their salary
D. are not aware of their own potential
12. The difficulty in choosing a suitable job lies mainly in that_____.
A. much competition has to be faced
B. many employees have no working experience
C. the young people only care about how much they can earn
D. schools fail to offer students appropriate vocational guidance
13. Which of the following statements is most important according to the passage?
A. your job must suit your interest.
B. your job must set a pattern of life.
C. your job must offer you a high salary.
D. your job must not ruin your talents.
14. The best title for this passage would be ____.
A. what can a good job offer
B. earning a living
C. correct attitude on job-hunting
D. how to choose a job
15. The word “pathetic” in paragraph 2 most probably means ____.
A. splendid
B. miserable
C. disgusted
D. touching
Passage Four
Now let us look at how we read. When we read a printed text, our eyes move across a page in short, jerky movement. We recognize words usually when our eyes are still when they fixate. Each time they fixate, we see a group of words. This is known as the recognition span or the visual span. The length of time which the eyes stop—the duration of the fixation—varies considerably from person to person. It also varies within any one person according to his purpose in reading and his familiarity with the text. Furthermore, it can be affected by such factors as lighting and tiredness.
Unfortunately, in the past, many reading improvement courses have concentrated too much on how our eyes move across the printed page. As a result of this misleading emphasis on the purely visual aspects of reading, numerous exercises have been devised to train the eyes to see more words at one fixation. For instance, in some exercises, words are flashed on to a screen for, say, a tenth or a twentieth of a second. One of the exercises has required students to fix their eyes on some central point, taking in the words on either side. Such word patterns are often constructed in the shape of rather steep pyramids so the reader takes in more and more words at each successive fixation. All these exercises are very clever, but it’s one thing to improve a person’s ability to see words and quite another thing to improve his ability to read a text efficiently. Reading requires the ability to understand the relationship between words. Consequently, for these reasons, many experts have now begun to question the usefulness of eye training, especially since any approach which trains a person to read isolated words and phrases would seem unlikely to help him in reading a continuous text.
16. The time of the recognition span can be affected by the following facts except ________.
A. o ne’s familiarity with the text
B. one’s purpose in reading
C. the length of a group of words
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17. The author may believe that reading ______.
A. requires a reader to take in more words at each fixation
B. requires a reader to see words more quickly
C. demands a deeply-participating mind
D. demands more mind than eyes
18. What does the author mean by saying “but it’s one thing to improve a person’s ability to see words and quite another
thing to improve his ability to read a text eff iciently.” in the second paragraph?
A. The ability to see words is not needed when an efficient reading is conducted.
B. The reading exercises mentioned can’t help to improve both the ability to see and to comprehend words.
C. The reading exercises mention ed can’t help to improve an efficient reading.
D. The reading exercises mentioned has done a great job to improve one’s ability to see words.
19. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. The visual span is a word or a group of words we see each time.
B. Many experts began to question the efficiency of eye training.
C. The emphasis on the purely visual aspects is misleading.
D. The eye training will help readers in reading a continuous text.
20. The tune of the author in writing this article is ________.
A. critical
B. neutral
C. pessimistic
D. optimistic
Part III. Vocabulary and Structure (15 points)
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D.
Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER
P APER with a single line through the center.
1. The noise to be just the dogs fighting for a bone in the country yard.
A. made out
B. worked out
C. rang out
D. turned out
2. Our system has been designed to give the user quick and easy to the required information.
A. accent
B. access
C. response
D. approach
3. Many young women do aerobics (增氧健美操)every day in their to achieve the perfect body.
A. quest
B. strain
C. temptation
D. campaign
4. The official of events is that the police were attacked and were just trying to defend themselves.
A. issue
B. illusion
C. version
D. perspective
5. If schoolchildren are allowed to work at their own , their performance will generally improve.
A. version
B. pace
C. evolution
D. system
6. The conference was an attempt to discussion of the problem of widening gaps between the rich and the poor.
A. stimulate
B. conduct
C. intend
D. uncover
7. The clerk held my passport four inches from his face and to read it.
A. affected
B. flipped
C. strained
D. giggled
8. The wounded woman got to her feet and made a at the kitchen knife at the sink.
A. grab
B. click
C. comment
D. pat
9. The professor the whole chapter, saying it was not difficult for us to study it by ourselves.
A. dismissed
B. covered
C. skipped
D. explored
10. To for the position, applicants would need to have a PhD degree and 3 years’ working experience.
A. strain
B. qualify
C. register
D. campaign
11. Work ____ on the construction site last April and was completed within fifty-two weeks.
A. varnished
B. commenced
C. departed D projected
12. The weed in the pool should be left untouched until the young frogs have _____.
A. shaped
B. departed
C. soared
D. detached
13. The woman and three children were now laughing and I was pleased about that, as they had looked _____ when I entered
their house a few moments before.
A. bruised
B. poised
C. scared
D. scrubbed
14. Lack of Zink (锌) ____ causes a range of problems, although little scientific evidence supports the link.
A. scarcely
B. definitely
C. appropriately
D. supposedly
15. The statistics show that those who prefer electronic banking ____ 45 percent.
A. contributed to
B. amounted to
C. headed for
D. consisted of
16. He _____ the scene in front of him and immediately called in the police.
A. interfered with
B. broke up
C. headed for
D. took in
17. As the shortage of skilled workers grows, the competition to _____ new employees is likely to intensify.
A. recommended
B. poll
C. recruit
D. enroll
18. He turned away for a few moments and I could see that he was _____ by the news.
A. upset
B. neglected
C. overtaken
D. interrupted
19. Nazism _____ the dark myths of racial purity and the glories of a supposedly great history.
A. fed on
B. conjured up
C. contributed to
D. broke up
20. On land, the weight of plants far _____ the weight of the animals that feed on them..
A. overflows
B. affects
C. repays
D. exceeds
21. Tons of food was laid out on the big table and crates of beer were ready for consumption.
A. reserved
B. expended
C. generated
D. stacked
22. You’d better keep your leaders of your activities so that they can ensure you are adequately supported.
A. informed
B. amused
C. outlined
D. swallowed
23. Although apparently rigid, bones exhibit a degree of elasticity that enables the skeleton to___ considerable
impact.
A. escape
B. overwhelm
C. withstand
D. suppress
24. Great minds generally look at life in a way to themselves.
A. peculiar
B. confined
C. similar
D. unusual
25. This is a very formal occasion. It is not appropriate to wear pants or skirts.
A. messy
B. frantic
C. casual
D. jealous
26. Their organization neither used nor the use of violence in its struggle for equality..
A. scattered
B. enrolled
C. overhead
D. advocated
27. Environmentalists are doing everything within their power to protect the birds and the impact of the oil spill.
A. minimize
B. swallow
C. exaggerate
D. abridge
28. Peter read the letter twice before its meaning .
A. came up
B. sank in
C. caught on
D. turned up
29. When Ian was injured, Harry was chosen as a last—minute for the rugby team.
A. preference
B. diversification
C. alternative
D. replacement
30. Each product by our company is quality tested at least three times, depending upon the requirements.
A. derived
B. manufactured
C. demonstrated
D. constructed
Part IV Translation (10 points)
Directions:Translate the following sentences into English.
1.我认为我们在保护环境不受污染（pollution）方面还做得不够。
2.我们产品质量的稳步提高在很大程度上是由于设备有所改进。（owe much to）
3.过多地暴露（exposure）在太阳辐射之下会伤害我们的皮肤。
4.政府正在采取这些措施，希望将飞涨的房价降下来。（bring down）
5.2010的中国上海世博会将会向世界呈现出一个成功，壮观而难忘的展览会。(exposition)
Part V Writing (15 points)
Directions: In this part, you are required to write a composition entitled The Advantages and Disadvantages of Internet.
You may write your composition based on the following points and your composition should be at least 100 words.
提示:
1.当今网络现状。
2.网络的利和弊。
3.我的看法。
湖北文理学院2012年“专升本”考试
《大学英语》样卷答题纸
题号I II III IV V 总分
满分20 40 15 10 15 100
得分
I. Listening Comprehension (20 points)
Section A
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II. Reading Comprehension (40 points)
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III. Vocabulary and Structure (15 points)
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V. Writing (15 points)