西安电子科技大学自主招生试题英语2010

College Entrance Exam for English
考试时间90分钟
Part I Vocabulary and Structures (20 分)
Directions: There are 20 items in this part. For each item there are four choices A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE word or phrase that best completes the meaning of the item. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with your pencil.
1. Wait till you are more ____.It’s better to be sure than sorry.
A) inspired B) satisfied C) calm D) certain
2. We should recognize that every company and every person is part of a
long of customers and suppliers .
A) pool B) line C) stream D) chain
3. His composition was so confusing that I could hardly make any of
it whatsoever.
A) meaning B) message C) information D) sense
4. A railway ticket should indicate the place of departure as well as the
________ of the trip.
A) arrival B) image C) destination D) sequence
5. When crossing a busy street, we should be very of the speeding
cars.
A) ignorant B) cautious C) capable D) alert
6. More and more people began to _________ the relationship between man
and nature, especially after the event.
A) get rid of C) go too far
B) be concerned about D) burst into
7. We were _______ whether our car could climb the hill.
A) distrusting B) doubtful C) questionable D) suspicious
8. Nothing is worse than the _______ between what is right and what is
wrong.
A) connection B) establishment C) illustration D) confusion
9.Knowing from the boy’s cries, Kate knew Scott was still.
A) alive B) living C) lively D) live
10. Thanks to the Internet, we can share sorrow and happiness at each other’s
home through the ______ of e-mail.
A) role B) medium C) modem D) order
11. I wish you _________our party and I know you would have enjoyed it.
A) had attended B) attended C) attend D) would attend
12. Mrs. Brown kept her first _________ car for almost twenty years .
A) large foreign black C) black foreign large
B) large black foreign D) foreign black large
13. __________ invite him for a weekend with us, he is always too busy.
A) No matter how I often C) No matter how often I
B) However do I often D) However often do I
14. The speaker, ______ for her splendid speeches, was warmly received by
the audience.
A) having known B) being known C) knowing D) known
15. I like watching TV______ to the cinema.
A) more than to go C) more than going
B) than going D) rather than to go
16. I don’t think that your watch is ______.
A) worthy the price C) worthy to buy
B) worth the price D) worth to buy
17. I decided to go to the library as soon as I ______.
A) finish what I did C) would finish what I was doing
B) finished what I did D) finished what I was doing
18. I walked too much yesterday and _______ are still aching now.
A) my leg's muscles C) my leg muscles
B) my muscles to leg D) my muscles of the leg
19. It is recommended that the project ______ until all the preparations
have been made.
A) is not started C) not be started
B) will not be started D) is not to be started
20. The conference ______ a full week by the time it ends.
A) must have lasted C) would last
B) will have lasted D) has lasted.
Part I I Reading Comprehension (30分) Directions: There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is
followed by some questions or unfinished statements. Each of them is given four suggested answers A), B), C) and D). You should choose the ONE best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with your pencil.
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:
Millions of people pass through the gates of Disney’s entertainment park in California, Florida and Japan each year. What makes these places an almost universal attraction? What makes foreign kings and queens and other important people want to visit these Disney parks? Well, one reason is the way they’re treated once they get there. The people at Disney go out of their way to serve their “guests”, as the y prefer to call them, and to see that they enjoy themselves.
All new employees, from vice presidents to part-time workers, begin their employment by attending Disney University and taking “Traditions I”. Here, they learn about the company’s history, how it is managed and why it is successful. They are shown how each department relates to the whole. All employees are shown how their part is important in making the park a success.
After passing “Traditions I”, the employees go on to more specialized training for their specific(具体的) jobs. No detail is missed. A simple job like taking tickets requires four eight-hour days of training. When one ticket taker was asked why it took so much training for such a simple, ordinary job, he replied, “What happens if someone wants to know where the restrooms are, when the parade starts or what bus to take back to the campgrounds? ... We need to know the answers or where to get them quickly. Our constant aim is to help our guests enjoy the party.”
Even Disney’s managers get involved in the daily management of the park. Every year, the managers leave their desks and business suits and put on special service clothes. For a full week, the bosses sell hot dogs or ice cream, take tickets or drive the monorail(单轨车), and take up any of the 100 jobs that make the entertainment park come alive. The managers agree that this week helps them to see the company’s goals more clearly.
All these efforts to serve the public well have made Walt Disney Productions famous. Disney is considered by many as the best mass service provider in America or the world. As one long-time business observer once said, “How Disney treats people, communicates with them, rewards them,
is in my view the very reason for his fifty years of success ... I have watched, very carefully and with great respect and admiration, the theory and practice of selling satisfaction and serving millions of people on a daily basis, successfully. It is what Disney does best.”
21．The first day they come to Disney parks, all new employees_________.
A) begin by receiving on-the-job training
B) must learn several jobs
C) begin as ticket takers
D) have already attended Disney University
22．The main objective of the Disney employees is to _________.
A)learn all parts of the business
B)see that their guests enjoy themselves
C)be able to answer all kinds of questions
D)keep their important guests happy
23．Each year, managers wear special service clothes and work in the park to _________.
A)set a good example for employees
B)remind themselves of their beginnings at Disney
C)gain a better view of the company’s objectives
D)replace employees on holiday
24．Which is not true according to the passage?
A)Tourists learn the history of Disney in its entertainment parks.
B)Disney attracts people almost from all over the world.
C)Parades are regularly held in Disney’s entertainment parks.
D)Disney’s managers are able to do almost all kinds of work in the
Disney park.
25．This passage is mainly about __________.
A)how Disney employees are trained.
B)the history and traditions of the Disney enterprises.
C)why Disney enterprises make a lot of money
D)the importance Disney places on serving people well.
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:
Physical fitness can help you to live longer, feel healthier and solve life’s problems better. Various activities can help you to keep fit: from running marathons to climbing mountains to lifting weights. For the
ordinary non-sporting person without much time to spare, activities like these are not very practical and, to be honest, they are a waste of time. It is much better in my view to spend no more than half an hour every other day in doing exercises. The important thing is to form such a habit so that you don’t say to yourself, ”I won’t take the trouble today!” or “I’ll do it later!” If you haven’t got the will to form a habit like this, a sport like tennis might suit you better. The person who takes part in the game with you will help you to remember to play often and you’ll be able to get your exercise outdoors, too.
Another good way of keeping fit is jogging (慢跑). The important thing here is build up slowly and not to over do it -- otherwise you may give yourself a heart attack on your first run! It’s best to keep away from roads so as not to breathe in the strong-smelling smoke of the traffic instead of fresh air and in case you get run over!
Doing exercise can take up your time but the feeling of being healthy makes up for the few minutes a day it takes. We should always keep in mind that health is better than wealth and no medicine is as good as sport.
26．In the author’s opinion, _________.
A)you should run away from the roads to take in fresh air
B) a few minutes’ exercise every other day will help you keep fit
C) a good habit is most important in physical fitness
D)nothing is better than sport in treating heart disease 27．According to this passage, tennis has the advantage that _________.
A)there is no danger of traffic accident
B)it takes up only half an hour a day
C)your partner will remind you to play it often
D)it helps you to form a habit easily
28．The author tells us that while jogging, we should _________.
A)keep it in mind to breathe slowly
B)do it together with someone else
C)speed up gradually
D)do it according to your ability
29．What is NOT TRUE according to this passage?
A)Jogging is harmful for those with heart troubles.
B)Running marathons is not practical for many people.
C)Tennis is a kind of outdoor sports.
D)In doing sports, we should know some rules.
30．The best title for this passage is ________.
A)‘The Best Sport---Jogging’
B)‘Indoor Sports and Outdoor Sports’
C)‘Join in the Sports Activities’
D)‘Things to Remember in Physical Training’
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:
Chinese basketball players have never been so close to the NBA before but questions remain about how they will adjust to life in the NBA if they go.
Wang Zhizhi, the 2.16-metre center for the Bayi Rockets who was chosen by the Dallas Mavericks two years ago, has finally received permission from authorities to travel to Dallas to play for the rest of the NBA season after he finishes playing in the Chinese Basketball Association’s finals on March 25th.If he has no problems with his visa(签证),Wang will be the NBA’s first Asian player. Wang was chosen by the Mavericks in the second round of the 1999 draft but the Rockets, an army-run club, refused to let him go. After negotiations（谈判）between the Rockets and NBA representatives（代表）, the decision was made to allow Wang the chance to try his hand at American basketball, but only for a period of short time. He has to be back to play in the Ninth National Games in November in Guangzhou.
Another center who has attracted attention from the NBA is Yao Ming, the 2.25-meter star who has led to the Shanghai Sharks into the finals fight with the Rockets this year. The 20-year-old’s NBA dreams might be harder to realize. Yao is the center of the Sh arks and the club’s manager Bei Genyuan has said that he would allow Yao to go only at a proper time, for a proper team and under proper conditions.Yao hasn’t been chosen yet and it is unlikely that he will be any time soon. People in the Shark’s front office earlier told members of the press that “it is not proper for Yao to attend the draft this year”because he has to represent Shanghai in the Ninth National Games.
Even if Wang and Yao make it to the promised land of basketball at last, analysts on both sides of the Pacific have said the NBA road will be a long one for both of them. Besides needing to work on their upper body strength, Wang and Yao will also have to adapt（适应）to the speed,
techniques and above all, culture of the NBA.
31．Yao Ming has attracted attention from NBA because ____ .
A)he is 2.25 meters tall, who is the tallest basketball player in China.
B)he is the center of the Shanghai Sharks and has led Sharks into the
final fight with the Rockets
C)he is regarded as the best basketball player in China
D)he is thought highly of in the international world
32．Yao Ming can play for NBA if ___ _.
A)there is no problem with his visa
B)NBA agrees to supply favorable conditions for him
C)time and conditions are proper
D)NBA can pay a large sum of money for Sharks
33．The underlined phrase “try his hand”in the passage probably means ____.
A)初试身手B) 碰碰运气 C) 成为一员D) 为其效劳 34．NBA chose Wang Zhizhi so that ________.
A)it can show NBA need talents
B)Wang Zhizhi can have a bright future
C)its whole level will be improved
D)it can make Wang Zhizhi world-famous
35．When Wang Zhizhi plays in NBA, he will have to adapt to many things of NBA except .
A) rules of basketball C) the speed
B) culture D) techniques
Part III Cloze (15分) Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices A), B), C) and D). You should choose the answer that best fits into the passage. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with your pencil.
There is too much to read these days, and too little time to read every word of it. __ (36) __ there are hundreds of techniques we could learn to help us read faster.
First of all, previewing is especially useful in getting general ideas of __(37) __ reading which is long and hard. It can give us as much as half
the comprehension __ (38) __ as little as one tenth the time _(39) _ usually takes to read it. __ (40) __prev iewing doesn’t g ive us all the details, it does keep us from spending time on things we don’t really want. In a word, it can help us decide what is worth __ (41) __. When we practice reading with short passage, we should __ (42) __ trying to look at each word separately. __ (43)__, it will be much more __ (44) __ to grasp the general ideas of the passage. Therefore, it __ (45) __ out that skimming (略读) is a good way in this case. __ (46) __, to read faster we must also form the good habit of taking __ (47) __ groups of words instead of one __ (48) __ a time. Needless to say, this __ (49)__ constant practice. So now we have three ways to help us read faster. With enough practice, we’ll be able to __(50) __ more reading.
36．A) Fortunately C) Unluckily
B) Eventually D) Obviously
37. A) interesting B) light C) popular D) heavy
38. A) in B) at C) with D) for
39. A) it B) which C) what D) that
40.A) If B) Since C) Because D) Although
41. A) to read B) of reading C) reading D) to be read
42. A) avoid B) stop C) prevent D) reject
43. A) Otherwise B) However C) Thus D) Then
44. A) rapid B) convenient C) effective D) difficult
45. A) turns B) works C) makes D) tries
46. A) Above all C) As a result
B) On the contrary D) In addition
47. A) over B) up C) for D) in
48. A) on B) in C) at D) for
49. A) makes B) takes C) involves D) contains
50. A) plot B) solve C) deal D) handle Part IV Writing (15分)
Directions: In this part, you are to write a composition on the topic “A Boom in Celebrating Foreign Festivals in China” You should write at
least 120 words, and base your composition on the outline given in
Chinese below. Remember, you should write your composition on
the Answer Sheet.
1. 近两年中国出现了过洋节热
2. 阐明导致这种现象的原因
3. 有人支持，有人反对，我认为。