山西省二○○五年专升本招生考试试题

山西省二○○五年专升本招生考试试题
山西省二○○五年专升本招生考试试题
实用英语（003）
Part Ⅰ. Structure (1 point×20=20 points)
Directions: This part is to test your ability to construct grammatically correct sentences. It consists of
2 sections.
Section A
Directions: In this section, there are 10 incomplete sentences .You are required to complete each one by deciding on the most appropriate word or words from the 4choices marked A, B, C and D. Write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.
1. This year the factory turned ____twice as many bicycles as it did last year.
A. down
B. off
C. to
D. out
2. The taxi is _____in this little town, but most people seem to prefer the bus.
A. valuable
B. available
C. acceptable
D. considerable
3.____had professor Smith finished his report when stormy applause broke out.
A. scarcely
B. no sooner
C. Never
D. Seldom
4. We don't agree with his view ____there is no advantage in introducing the new method.
A. which
B. that
C. what
D. when
5. The noise around was terrible, but they had to ____it
A. put up with
B. keep up with
C. come up with
D. catch up with
6. He prefers to read books ____watch TV.
A. other than
B. better than
C. rather than
D. more than
7. I'm pleased with ____ you have told me.
A. that
B. all that
C. all what
D. which
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8. The prices of the products have been ____ steadily in the past few years.
A. risen
B. raised
C. arisen
D. aroused
9．There isn’t ____ good news in today's newspaper.
A. many
B. much
C. little
D. a few
10. When ____ ,the novel will become one of the best-sellers of the year.
A．publishing B. being published C. have published D. published
Section B
Directions: There are 10 incomplete statements here. You should fill in each black with the proper form of
the word given in the brackets. Write the word or words in the corresponding space on the ANSWER SHEET.
11. The France have put forward a (propose) ___________ for a joint project.
12. Without a protection program, experts feat that lowland forests are likely (vanish) _________ within five
years.
13. Many a man ____________ (think) life is meaningless without a purpose.
14. He is so stupid that he seems to be (capable) ___________ to understand the simple instructions.
15. Children from (break) ____________ families seem to be more self-dependant and prefer acting on their own.
16. He was found guilty of crime and put into prison that is the place for punishing the (crime) __________.
17. The husband has almost been driver mad by his wife's (end) ____________ complaints.
18. I'm sure there is a bank somewhere in the (neighbour)
____________ of the railway station.
19. The little boy finally managed (find) __________ what he was looking for.
20. He has decided to devote (him) ____________ to helping blind people.
Part Ⅱ .Reading Comprehension (1 point×20=20 points)
Directions: There are four reading passages in this part. Each passage followed by some questions or unfinished
statements. For each of then there are four choices marked A,B,C and D. Write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.
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The sale of gods and services is not restricted, to local regional or national markets; it often takes place
on international basis. Nation import goods that they lack or cannot produce as efficiently as other nations,
and they export goods that they can produce more efficiently. This exchange of goods and services in the world,
or global market is known as international trade. There are there main benefits to be gained form this type of
exchange.
First, international trade marks scarce goods available to nations that need or desire them. When a nation lacks the resources needed to produce goods domestically, it may import them form anther country.
Second, international trade allows a nation to specialize in production of those goods for which it is
particularly suited. This ofter results in increased output, decreased costs, and higher national standard of
living. Natural, human, and technical resources help
determine which products a nation will specialize in.
There are two economic principles that help explain how and when specialization is advantageous. According
to the theory of absolute advantage, a nation ought to specialize in the goods that it can produce more cheaply than its competitors or in the goods that no other nation is able to produce. According to the theory of comparative advantage, a nation ought to concentrate on the products that it can produce most efficiently and profitably.
The third benefit of international trade is its political effects. Nations that trade together develop common
interests which may help them overcome political differences. Economic cooperation has been the foundation for
many political alliances.
21. Nations import goods they __________.
A. produce efficiently
B. specialize in
C. lack or can't produce efficiently
D. do not need or desire
22. Specialization often results in ___________.
A. increased output
B. decreased costs
C. higher standard of living
D. all of the above
23. What is the best title for this passage?
A. Three Benefits
B. Why Nations Trade
C. What is International Trade
D. Two Economic Principles
24. According to the passage, if the U.S is able to specialize
in the computer industry, it is due to its
___________ resources.
A. natural
B. technical
C. human
D. international
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25. Here are some advantages of international trade concerning importing nations except ___________.
A. A great variety of goods is available
B. The national standard of living is raised
C. The international market gets flooded
D. Foreign competition endangers domestic industries
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To be good teacher, you need some of the gifts of a good actor: you must be able to hold the attention and
the interest of your audience; you must be a clever speaker, with a good, strong, pleasing voice which is fully under your control; and you must be able to act what you are teaching, in order to make its meaning chlear.
The fact that a good teacher has some of the gifts of a good actor doesn't mean that he will indeed
be able to act well on the stage, for there are very important differences between the teacher's work and the
actor's. The actor has to speak words which he has learnt by heart; he has to repeat exactly the same words
each time he plays a certain part, even his movements and the ways in which he uses his voice are usually fixed beforehand. What he has to do is to make a ll these carefully learnt words and actions seen natural on the stage.
A good teacher works in quite a different way. His audience takes an active part in his play : they ask and
answer questions, they obey orders, and if they don't understand something ,they say so. The teacher therefore has to suit his act to the needs of his audience, which is his class. He can not learn his part by heart, but
must invent it as he goes along.
26. What is the passage about?
A. How to become an ordinary teacher.
B. What a good teacher should do.
C. What teachers and actors could learn form each other.
D. The similarities and differences between a teacher's work and an actor's.
27．The world "gifts" in line 2 means____________.
A. presents
B. talents
C. something belonging to a good actor
D. the way a teacher should act in class
28. In what way is a teacher's work different form an actor's?
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A. The teacher must learn everything by heart.
B. He knows to control his voice bettor than an actor.
C. He has to deal with unexpected situations.
D. He has to use more facial expressions.
29. Which of the following is true?
A. A teacher has no learn by heart what exactly he is going to say in class.
B. A teacher cannot decide beforehand what exactly he is going to say in class.
C. A teacher voice must be nicer than an actor's.
D. A teacher must have a better memory than an actor.
30. According to this passage, which is the best title?
A. Teacher and Actors
B. Educational system
C. A Good Teacher
D. How to Become a Good Actor
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Albert Einstein had s great effect on science and history, greater than only a few other men have achieved. An American university president once commented that Einstein had created a new outlook, a new view of the universe. It may be some time before the average mind understand fully the identity of time and space and on but even ordinary men understand now that the universe is something larger than ever thought before.
By 1914 the young Einstein had gained world fame. He accepted the offer to become a professor at the Prussian Academy o f Science in Berlin. He had few duties. little teaching and unlimited opportunities for study, but soon his peace and quite were broken by the First World War.
Einstein hated violence .the misery (悲惨) of war affected him deeply, and he sat unhappily in his office doing little. He lost interest in his research. Only when peace came 1918 was he able to get back to work.
In the years following World War Ⅰhonors were increasingly heaped on him . He became the head of the Kaiser
Whihem Institute of Theoretical Physics. In 1921 he won the Nobel prize, and he was honored in Germany until
the rise of rise of Nazism when he was driven form Germany because he was a Jew.
31. The main idea of the first paragraph is _________________.
A. the time when people know Einstein
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B. the filling of an American collage president
C. the change in human thought produced by Einstein
D. the difficulty of Einstein's thought to teacher.
32. according to the American university president,____________.
A. everyone understands Einstein's theory today.
B. Einstein achieved more than any other scientists in history
C. the theory of relativity can be quickly learned by everyone.
D. Our ideas about the universe are different today because of Einstein.
33. According to paragraph 2, Albert Einstein,__________.
A. was a famous chemist
B. herded a research institute
C. was famous in the world
D. enjoyed reading about war
34. According to the passage Einstein did his greatest work_____________.
A. during World War I
B. when he was young
C. when Nazism rose
D. between 1906~1915
35. It may be concluded that____________.
A. Albert Einstein was forced to serve in the German army.
B. Albert Einstein had no other interests besides science.
C. Germans usually have a high respect for science.
D. his reputation was ruined because of his work during World War I.
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About the year 1900.a small, dark-haired boy named Charles Chaplin was often seen waiting outside the back
entrances of Loneon theatres. He looked thin and hungry but his blue eyes were determined. He was hoping to get work in show business for he could sing and dance. His parents were music hall artists and he had been born into the life of the stage. And, although his own boyhood was painfully hard ,he know how to mark people laugh.
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His own father had died form drinking too much. And his mother wasn't really able to look after Charles and
his elder half-brother. Sid, because she was often sick in mind and had to be sent into hospital. Even when she
was home with them she seemed to live in a different world. Her illness made the boys very sad.
As young men, he and his brother traveled to American in a small company of actors and acted in various
cities. One day Charles was invited to join a new company that was making film comedies (喜剧) . He accepted the offer and soon because popular.
By the time he was thirty, Chaplin was the greatest, best known, and best loved comedian in the world. He had formed his own film-marking company and was writing and producing his own films. He was welcome by excited crowds who surrounded him wherever he went. But he worked very hard and had few close friends.
36. Charles Chaplin lived in _______when he was a boy.
A. America
B. Ireland
C. London
D. a different world
37. Chaplin hoped _________ even in his childhood.
A. to sing and dance
B. to travel to American
C. to produce film
D. to be an actor
38. From the passage, we know that Chaplin's mother_____________.
A. was a dance artist
B. stayed at home everyday
C. had some mental illness
D. could look after her family
39. After he accepted the offer by ______, Chaplin became successful and popular.
A. a comedy film company
B. a small company of actors
C. his elder brother Sid
D. a famous company
40. When he was _______, he said his own film-making company.
A. a child
B. about thirty years old
C. going to American
D. very old
Part Ⅲ .Cloze (1 point×20=20 points)
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When Mr. Finch retired, he bought a small cottage in s seaside village. The cottage was built 41 fifteen
eighty-eight, but was in very good 42 , Mr. Finch was looking forward 43 a quiet life, but in the summer h olidays he got a 44 ,
Hundreds of tourists came to the seaside village. Mr. Finch's cottage was the 45 interesting
building in the village and many of the tourists 46 to see it. Form morning till night there were tourists
outside the cottage. They kept 47 through windows and many of them even went into Mr. Finch's garden. This was too 48 for Mr. Finch. He decided to drive the unwelcome victors 49, so he put notice in the window. The notice said: 'if you want to 50 your curiosity, come in and look round. 51: ten pence.' Mr. Finch was sure that the
visitors would stop 52. But he was wrong. The 53 of visitors increased and Mr. Finch 54 every day showing them
round his cottage, 'I came here to 55, not to work as a guide,' he 56 .In the end ,he sold the cottage. 57 bought
a small, modern 58 .It is an uninteresting little 59 and no one wants to see it. But it is 60 quiet and peaceful!
41. A. in B. at C. on D. of
42. A. situation B. place C. condition D. area
43. A. on B. at C. for D. to
44. A. fear B. frighten C. surprising D. shock
45. A. more B. less C. most D. much
46. A. arrived B. came C. went D. walked
47. A. looked B. to look C. looking D. look
48. A. many B. much C. great D. more
49. A. up B. off C. away D. out
50. A. have B. make C. get D. satisfy
51. A. Price B. Pay C. Money D. Expense
52. A. to come B. come C. came D. coming
53. A. statistics B. digit C. number D. numbers
54. A. took B. spent C. used D. offered
55. A. retire B. spent C. enjoy D. relaxing
56. A. said B. talked C. complained D. told
57. A. and B. then C. so D. as
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58. A. room B. house C. garden D. village
59. A. place B. space C. point D. scene
60. A. completely B. certainly C. clearly D. greatly
Part Ⅳ .Translation from English into Chinese (4 point×5=20 points)
1."Please do let me in ! They are searching for me.", he begged. (副词译成动词)
2．They are going to build a school for the blind and the deaf. (形容词译成名词)
3．But listen, I met a man, who said you could hire. (定语从句的译法)
4．They, not surprisingly, did not respond at all. (分句法)
5．Robert Finn was dismissed by the boss of the factory.（被动语态的译法）
Part Ⅴ. Writing (20 points)
Directions : This part is going to test your ability to do practical writing. You are required to write an invitation letter according to the information given in Chinese below.
以个人名义给杨先生写一封邀请函，邀请他访问本翻译研究中心：1．时间：邀请杨先生于1991年8月至9月末。

2．本研究中心同行对与中国同行增加接触和加强合作很感兴趣，并期待他对南京大学以及整个中国的翻译教学与研究工作
状况作介绍。

3．请他尽早告知到达的时间，以便安排住宿、会议等。

9。