2011专升本考试试卷 A卷

华南理工大学继续教育学院 2011年第一学期期末考试 《大学英语》 形式：闭卷 层次：专升本 试卷（A 卷） （本试卷共有 五 大题，满分 100 分，考试时间 120 分钟） PART I Vocabulary and Structure (30%) Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the 0NE answer that best completes the sentence . 1. It is important to master the theories and _____ them to practice. A. apply B. applied C. applying D. application 2. They were ______ forward, facing each other. A. lean B. leaned C. leaning D. lean on 3. I once dreamt of her as an angel with ______ wings. A. gold B. golden C. goal D. garden 4. Why don ’t you ______ my sister when you ’re in Brighton. A. call at B. call on C. call for D. call in 5. Fred could finish his work in less time if he were more ______. A. effect B. effective C. efficiency D. efficient 6. The _____ city still remains after 500 years. A. ancestor B. ancient C. ancestry D. old 7. He _____ the good old days when teachers were shown respect. A. longed B. longer C. longed for D. longed at 8. Even if you ______ the cost of food, it ’s still a cheap vacation. A. including B. included C. include D. include in 9. Since I left school, my parents have started to treat me like an ______ . A. adular B. adularia C. adularescence D. adult 10. I do ______ him and hate to see him hurt like this. A. care about B. care at C. care for D. care 11. I ’ve met him before on two ______ occasions. A. prevailing B. preview C. pre D. previous 12. Try to _____ some time each day for exercise if you want to be healthy. A. set aside B. set at C. set D. take aside 13. Don ’t try to ______ the responsibility to others, you must do the job
yourself.
A. shifted
B. shift
C. shifting
D. shift of
14.He has left his home for 30 years. But he kept _____ his childhood in his
hometown.
A. looking after
B. looking back
C. looking at
D. looking for
15.It’s not realistic to ______ smoking in order to save money now.
A. give in
B. give at
C. give for
D. give up
16.I killed the spider ______ hitting it.
A. by
B. as
C. in
D. pass
17.Food, like sex, is a subject of almost ______ interest.
A. uniform
B. all
C. university
D. universal
18.The letters "U. S. A." ______ "United States of America".
A. stand for
B. stand at
C. stand on
D. stand alone
19.Like his father, Tommy chose a _____ in the Army
A. care
B. future
C. career
D. living
20.Their unwise investments could _____financial ruin.
A. spit
B. spelled
C. spell
D. spelling
21.Take this medicine, it will ____ your pain.
A. ease
B. easy
C. ease of
D. easing
22.Their neighbors _____ about their constant loud music.
A. complainant
B. complain
C. complaining
D. complain out
23.In order to change _______ towards employing women, the government is
bringing in new laws.
A. altitude
B. attitude
C. attractive
D. attribute
24.The ______ of wine in this city is very high.
A. drink
B. use
C. consumption
D. concentration
25.His words are strongly ______ on my memory.
A. printed
B. remembered
C. memorized
D. impressed
26.The boy went out ______ his father’s orders.
A. although
B. despite of
C. in spite of
D. no matter
27.It is essential that you ______the voter’s hearts.
A. win
B. won
C. must win
D. will win
28.To me, their visit was a ______ from loneliness.
A. relieve
B. relief
C. reliability
D. reliance
29.Is this the museum _____ the exhibition was held.
A. that
B. the one
C. on which
D. where
30.She was ____ a satisfying job.
A. desperate to find
B. desperate finding
C. desperate for finding
D. desperate of finding
PART II Reading Comprehension (40%)
Directions: In this part, there are four passages. Each passage is followed by some questions and unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked
A, B, C and D. Choose the best one. (The underlined sentences are to be translated.) Passage One
Movies were first made in Hollywood before World War I. The constant sunshine and mild climate of southern California made it an ideal site for shooting pictures. Hollywood’s fame and fortune reached its peak in the 1930s and 1940s. In those days Hollywood was like a magnet, drawing ambitious young men and women from all over the world. Most of them had only their good looks to recommend and had no acting experience or ability-whatsoever. Occasionally they got jobs, if they were lucky enough to be noticed. Some people worked in cafes or gas stations, hoping to attract the attention of some important person connected with the movies. Most of them hoped in vain.
As for the stars themselves, they were under control by the studio chief who could make or break stars. The stars were “persuaded” to sign seven-year contracts, during which time the studios built up their images. Under their contracts the stars did not have the right to choose their parts. Their studios decided everything.
1. Hollywood was an ideal site for making movie because _____
A. Hollywood was beautiful
B. Hollywood was a magnet
C. there were many young ambitious people
D. the climate was good
2. How many years did the stars have to work for their studios?
A. five
B. six
C. seven
D. eight
3. After sign contracts, who will decide everything?
A.boss
B. stars
C. studios
D. contracts
4. Hollywood’s fame is peak in _____.
A. 1930s and 1940s
B. 1940s and 1950s
C. 1950s and 1960s
D. 1960s and 1970s
5. Which word has the same meaning with “persuaded” in paragraph two.
A. suggest
B. force
C. advice
D. forbid
Passage Two
In almost every big university in the United States, football is a favorite sport. American football is different. Players sometimes kick the ball, but they also throw the ball and run with it. They try to take it to the other end of the field. They have four chances to move the ball ten yards. They can carry it or they can throw it. If they move the ball ten yards, they can try to move it another ten yards. If they move it to the field, they receive six points.
It is difficult to move the ball. Eleven men on the other team try to stop the man with the ball. If he does not move the ball ten yards, his team kicks the ball to the other team.
Each university wants its own team to win. Many thousands of people come to watch. They all shout for their favorite team.
Young men and women come on the field to help the people shout more. They dance and jump while they shout. Each team plays ten or eleven games each season. The season begins in September and ends in November. If a team is very good, it may play another game after the season ends. The best tams play again on January 1, the first day of the New Year. Many people go to see these games and many others watch them on TV.
6. The passage talks about _______.
A. international football
B. American sports
C. American football
D. how to play football
7. ______ the football in both American football and Chinese football.
A. We can kick
B. We can catch
C. We can throw
D. We can run with
8. Why is it difficult to move the ball? Because _____
A. ten yards is a long way
B. the playing field is very large
C. eleven men have to catch the ball one by one
D. many men on the other team try not to let the ball come near
9. _______, the teams will play on January 1.
A. If they are the best teams
B. If they receive six points
C. If they play eleven games in the season
D. If they move the ball to the end of the field
10. Many people come to watch football and they want their team to win. Which of the following is not their act?
A. Jumping
B. Crying
C. Dancing
D. Shouting
Passage Three
Culture is one of the most challenging elements of the international marketplace. This system of learned behavior patterns characteristic of the members of a given society is constantly shaped by a set of dynamic variables: language, religion, values and attitudes, manners and customs, aesthetics, technology, education, and social institutions. To cope with this system, an international manager needs both factual and interpretive knowledge of culture. To some extent, the factual knowledge can be learned; its interpretation comes only through experience.
The most complicated problems in dealing with the cultural environment stem from the fact that one cannot learn culture—one has to live it. Two schools of thought exist in the business world on how to deal with cultural diversity. One is that business is business the world around, following the model of Pepsi and McDonald’s. In some cases, globalization is a fact of life; however, cultural differences are still far from
converging.
The other school proposes that companies must tailor business approaches to individual cultures. Setting up policies and procedures in each country has been compared to an organ transplant; the critical question centers around acceptance or rejection. The major challenge to the international manager is to make sure that rejection is not a result of cultural myopia or even blindness.
Fortune examined the international performance of a dozen large companies that earn 20 percent or more of their revenue overseas. The internationally successful companies all share an important quality: patience. They have not rushed into situations but rather built their operations carefully by following the most basic business principles. These principles are to know your adversary, know your audience, and know your customer.
11. According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A. All international managers can learn culture.
B. Business diversity is not necessary.
C. Views differ on how to treat culture in business world.
D. Most people do not know foreign culture well.
12. According to the author, the model of Pepsi_________.
A. is in line with the theories that the business is business the world around.
B. is different from the model of McDonald’s.
C. shows the reverse of globalization.
D. has converged cultural differences.
13. The two schools of thought____________.
A. both propose that companies should tailor business approaches to individual cultures
B. both advocate that different policies be set up in different countries
C. admit the existence of cultural diversity in business world
D. both A and B
14. This article is supposed to be most useful for those____________.
A. who are interested in researching the topic of cultural diversity
B. who have connections to more than one type of culture
C. who want to travel abroad
D. who want to run business on International Scale
15. According to Fortune, successful international companies________________.
A. earn 20 percent or more of their revenue overseas
B. all have the quality of patience
C. will follow the overseas local cultures
D. adopt the policy of internationalization
Passage Four
Many thousands of years ago, there were no houses such as people live in today. In those ancient times, men sometimes made their homes in trees, using the leaves to keep off rain and sun. Their object in building their houses in trees is to be safe from their enemies and from wild beats. If people in those old times had been more civilized, they would have had stronger building materials than leaves and branches.
In colder countries, the people of long ago used to live in caves. It was too cold and stormy to live in trees. Sometimes, across the opening of the cave they made a wall of stones, in order to keep out wild animals.
As years went on and the human race progressed, men learned more about living in comfort and safety. They became more civilized and left woods and caves. They built houses of different materials such as mud, wood, or stones.
During the last hundred years, many new building methods have been discovered. One of the most recent discoveries is to use steel as a building material. Nowadays, when it is necessary to make a very tall building, the frame of it is first built of steel, and then building is completed in concrete.
But whatever building it may be, it should be light, airy, and comfortable. Human being cannot keep healthy without sunlight and fresh, clean air to breathe.
16. In ancient times, the purpose in building houses is ______.
A. to keep off rain and sun
B. that the people were more civilized
C. that the weather is too cold and stormy
D. to avoid being attacked by the enemies and wild animals
17. In ancient times, people would live in caves, _______.
A. because human race evolved
B. because it is too cold and raining
C. because there was a wall of stone
D. because human being hadn’t had stronger building
18. Which statement is not true according to the passage?
A. People became civilized and they left the forest.
B. The modern building is made of steel and concrete
C. In old days, trees were good places for people to be safe.
D. The building made of steel is more airy than that made of stone
19. All of the following can be used as building material except _______.
A. leaves
B. stone
C. steel
D. mud
20. Which of the following can serve as the title of the passage?
A. Building and Health
B. Building and Living
C. Building and Civilization
D. Building and Building Materials
PART III Cloze (10%)
Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE that best fits the passage.
With his winning smile and good character that has attracted so many fans, Liu Xiang, the first Asian in history to win the men’s 110m hurdles at the Olympics Games, has already been chosen as a speaker for Coca-Cola and Nike.1._____ importantly, this Chinese hurdler severs as the hero of a continent. Back home, Liu is beloved for his natural public 2._____. He takes great pleasure in being the focus of public attention, loudly singing karaoke songs on Chinese TV and even 3._____ in playful conversations with pretty anchors 4._____ air. As Liu is so kind and easy to 5._____ , and is good at speaking with the media, he now enjoys the same 6._____ as Yao Ming. The media continuously look on him as a classic success story 7._____ on hard work. Unlike the vast 8._____ of Chinese athletes, Liu was not picked by the sports system. 9._____, the boy went knocking on the doors of sports schools himself. Four months into running hurdles, he was doing times in national trials 10._____ placed him in the top ranks of his age group.
1. A. Even B. More C. Less D. More than
2. A. image B. imagine C. picture D. person
3. A. engage B. engages C. engaging D. have engaged
4. A. into B. in C. by D. on
5. A. approach B. appreciate C. approve D. attract
6. A. popularity B. respect C. income D. population
7. A. basing B. basis C. based D. having based
8. A. minority B. total C. amount D. majority
9. A. Though B. Instead C. Thus D. Moreover
10. A. who B. how C. that D. when
PART IV Chinese-English Translation (10%)
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words or phrases given.
1. 上司还是觉得他们的工作没有达到要求。

(fall short of sth.)
2. 可能你会不喜欢她，但你必须承认她工作做得不错。

(admit)
3. 她很高兴有机会和一个与自己一样喜欢古典音乐的人交谈。

(opportunity)
4. 报名选修这门课的学生昨晚才到了一半。

(sign up for, show up)
5. 战后大量移民的涌入给这个国家带来了技术方面的革新。

(migrant, post-war) PART V Writing (10%)
Directions: You are to write 100-120 words about “city life”according to the information provided below.
Outline given in Chinese:
1. 许多人愿意生活在城市。

2. 有些人却喜欢居住在郊区。

3. 我的看法。