专升本专业英语试题 含答案
专升本专业英语试题
Direction: All the Questions should be done on the Answer Sheet. I. Choo se a word that best completes each of the following sentences:
(20*1point=20points)
1. The ________ driver thinks accidents only happen to other people.
A. average
B. common
C. usual
D. normal
2. Even if they are on sale, these refrigerators are equal in price to, if not m ore
expensive than, _______ at the other store.
A. the one
B. others
C. that
D. the ones
3. Conversation becomes weaker in society that spends so much time listeni ng and
being talked to ____ it has all but lost the will and the skill to speak for itsel f.
A. as
B. which
C. that
D. what
4. _____________ for the timely investment from the general public, our company would not be so thriving as it is.
A. Had it not been
B. Were it not
C. Be it not
D. Should it not be
5. Asia _______________ by most experts to be the cradle of human civilizat ion.
A. has been always considered
B. has always been considered
C. always has been considered
D. has been considered always
6. An old woman was badly hurt in _______ the police describe as an appar ently
motiveless attack.
A. that
B. what
C. whatever
D. which
7. Paul Samuelson revolutionized ______ by presenting his students with th
e most
advanced economic thinking at an introductory level.
A. to teach economics
B. teaching that economics is
C. the teaching of economics
D. economics is taught
8. If you find this item too difficult to _______, it is advisable to leave as it is and
move on to the next one.
A. work out
B. work on
C. work for
D. work at
9. You and I could hardly understand, ________?
A. could we
B. couldn’t you
C. couldn’t we
D. could I
10. There was an accident _______ the crossroads at midnight last night.
A. in
B. on
C. at
D.by
11. She has managed to obtain a temporary work __________ in Britain.
A permit
B permission
C permissiveness
D permissible
12. The football players need total concentration during ___________.
A match
B game
C play
D perform
13. Involved in a bribery scandal, the President had to _______ his resignati on. A do B catch C offer D find
14. When I go out in the evening I use the bike __________the car if I can.
A rather than
B regardless of
C in spite of
D other than
15. Some plants are very _________ to light; they prefer the shade.
A sensible
B flexible
C objective
D sensitive
16. Don’t let the child play with scissors _________he cuts himself.
A in case
B so that
C now that
D only if
17. Without proper lessons, you could________ a lot of bad habits when p laying
the piano. A keep up B pick up C draw up D catch up 18. We should always bear in mind that ______ decisions often result in se rious
consequences.
A urgent
B instant
C prompt
D hasty
19. The computer can be paid for in ten monthly________ of 100 dollars.
A pay
B pays
C payment
D payments
20. American linguist Noah Webster was among the first to ______the gro wing
difference between American and British usages of English.
A. realize
B. recognize
C. research
D. reckon
III.Cloze Test (20 points) Read the following paragraph and choose the cor rect word for each blank from the three alternatives.
Man cannot go on __1_ his numbers at the present rate, In the _2_ 30 year s man will face a period of crisis. __3_ experts believe that there will be a w idespread food_4_. Other experts think this is 5__ pessimistic, and that ma n can prevent things _6__ worse than they are now. But _7__ that two-thirds of the people in the world are undernourished or starving now.
One thing that man can do is to limit _8__ of babies born. The need _9__ this is obvious, but it is _10_ to achieve. People have to _11__ to limit their families. In the countries of the population __12__, many people like big fa milies. The parents think that this __13__ a bigger income for the family an d ensures there will be someone in the family who will look __14__ them in old age.
Several governments have _15__ birth control policies in recent years. __1 6__ them are Japan, China, India and Egypt. In some _17___ the results hav e not been 18__. Japan has been an exception. The Japanese adopted a bir th control policy in 1948. People __19__ to limit their families. The birth rat e fell from 34.3 per thousand per year to about 17.0 per year _20__.
( )1.A increasing B to increase C and increase D with increasing ( )2.A second B recent C next D late
( )3.A Any B Some C More D All
( )4.A need B want C absence D shortage
( )5.A so B much C too D enough
( )6.A getting B from getting C to get D get
( )7.A remember B remembering C to remember D remembers ( )8.A an amount B a number C the amount D the number ( )9.A for B in C of D about
( )10.A not easy B no easy C not easily D no ease
( )11.A persuade B be persuading C be persuaded D persuading ( )12.A bursting B explosion C raising D extension
( )13.A takes B brings C makes D earns
( )14.A upon B for C into D after
( )15.A adjusted B created C adopted D presented
( )16. A Of B Among C Between D Out of
( )17.A exceptions B examples C events D cases
( )18.A success B succeeded C successful D succeeding
( )19.A were encouraged B encouraged C are encouraged D encourage ( )20.A presently B at present C in time D on time
IV. Translate the following paragraph into Chinese: (10 points) Rummaging through the fruit and veg section of my local supermarket, rea ding the country of origin labels, I am bewildered by the geography of it all. That the fruits of the earth should all be laid out on tidy shelves in this provi ncial corner of Britain would have been unthinkable a few years ago, yet no w it is taken for granted.
Once strange and exotic fruits that only the rich could afford, if not now p art of everyone’s diet, are certainly part of our everyday shopping experienc e. So much so that instead of focusing on the novel, I am drawn to the com monplace. Here, among the “humble” vegetables, something strange and di sturbing is going on.
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V. Translate the following sentences into English: (10*3points=30points )
1. 女孩横穿马路时被汽车撞倒.(to knock over).
2. 这群年轻人听了这则笑话哄堂大笑.(to roar with).
3. 她很不善于见什么人说什么话.( to have no knack for).
4. 驾驶员违反交通规则,除了罚款之外,还有别的处罚办法吗?(alternative to)
5. 为了安全起见,车上每个人都必须系上安全带.(for the sake of).
6. 我们费了九牛二虎之力将门弄开.(to have …job to do).
7. 这个沙发一拉开,就可变成床.(to convert into).
8. 成年人学习外语的困难之一是母语的干扰.(to interfere with).
9. 许多困在山洞里的人在救援队赶到之前就死了.(to trap).
10. 我突然明白他原来是想帮助我.(to dawn on).
VI. Reading Comprehension (38 points) Passage 1
I am one of the many city people who are always saying that given the ch oice we
would prefer to live in the country away from the dirt and noise of a large ci ty. I have managed to convince myself that it weren’t for my job I would im mediately head out for the open spaces and go back to nature in some sleep y village buried in the country. But how realistic is the dream?
Cities can be frightening places. The majority of the population live in ma ssive tower blocks, noisy, dirty and impersonal. The sense of belonging to a community tends
to disappear when you live fifteen floors up. All you can see from your wind ow is sky, or other blocks of flats. Children become aggressive and nervous—cooped up at
home all day, with nowhere to play; their mothers feel isolated from the res t of the
world. Strangely enough whereas in the past the inhabitants of one street al l knew
each other, nowadays people on the same floor in tower blocks don’t even s ay hello
to each other.
Country life, on the other hand, differs from this kind of isolated existenc e in that a sense of community generally binds the inhabitants of small villa ges together. People have the advantage of knowing that there is always so meone to turn to when they
need help. But country life has disadvantages too. While it is true that you may be
among friends in a village, it is also true that you are cut off from the existi ng and
important events that take place in cities. There’s little possibility of going t o a new
show or the latest movie. Shopping becomes a major problem, and for anyth ing
slightly out of the ordinary you have to go on and expedition to the nearest l arge town. The city-dweller who leaves for the country is often oppressed b y a sense of
unbearable stillness and quiet.
What, then, is the answer? The country has the advantage of peace and q uiet, but
suffers from the disadvantage of being cut off; the city breeds a feeling of is olation,
and constant noise batters the senses. But one of its main advantages is that you are at the center of things, and that life doesn’t come to an end at half -past nine at night. Some people have found (or rather bought) a compromis e between the two; they have
expressed their preference for the “quiet life” by leaving the suburbs and m oving to
villages within commuting distance of large cities. They generally have abou t as
much sensitivity as the plastic flowers they leave behind— they are polluted with
strange ideas about change and improvement which they force on to the un willing
original inhabitants of the villages.
What then of my dreams of leaning on a cottage gate and murmuring “mo rning” to the locals as they pass by? I’m keen on the idea, but you see there’s my cat, T oby, I’m not at all sure that he would take to all that fresh air an d exercise in the long grass, I mean, can you see him mixing with all those h earty males down the farm? No, he would rather have the electric imitation-coal fire any evening.
1. We get the impression from the first paragraph that the author
A used to live in the country
B used to work in the city
C works in the city
D lives in the country
2. In the author’s opinion, the following may cause city people to be unha ppy EXCEPT
A a strong sense of fear
B lack of communication
C housing conditions
D a sense of isolation
3. The passage implies that it is easy to buy the following things in the co untry EXCEPT
A daily necessities
B fresh fruits
C designer clothes
D fresh vegetables
4. According to the passage, which of the following adjectives best descri bes those people who work in large cities and live in villages?
A Original
B Quiet
C Arrogant
D Insensitive
5. Do you think the author will move to the country?
A Yes, he will do so
B No, he will not do so
C It is difficult to tell
D He is in two minds
Passage 2
Clearly if we are to participle in the society in which we live we must co mmunicate with other people. A great deal of communicating is performed o n a person-to-
person basis by the simple means of speech. If we travel in buses, buy things in shops, or eat in restaurants, we are likely to have conversations where w e give information