2003江苏省专转本英语真题以及答案

2003年江苏省普通高校“专转本”统一考试试卷大学英

语

第Ⅰ卷（共100分）

注意事项：

1．答第Ⅰ卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目用铅笔涂写在答题卡上。2．每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。如果答案不涂写在答题卡上，成绩无效。

Part I Reading Comprehension (40﹪，40minutes)

Directions: In this part there are four passages. Each passage is followed by a number of

comprehension questions. Read the passage and answer the questions. Then mark your answer by

blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

Passage 1

After a day of work and play, the body needs to rest. Sleep is necessary for good health. During

this time, the body recovers from the activities of the previous day. The rest that you get while

sleeping enables your body to prepare itself for the next day.

There are four levels of sleep, each being a little deeper than the one before. As you sleep, your

muscles relax little by little. Your heart beast more slowly, and your brain slows down. After you reach

the fourth level, your body shifts back and forth from one level of sleep to another. Although your

mind slows down, from time to time you will dream. Scientists who study sleep state that when

dreaming occurs, your eyeballs begin to move quickly (although your eye-lids are closed). This stage

of sleep is called REM, which stands for rapid eye movement.

If you have trouble falling asleep, some people recommend breathing very slowly and very deeply.

Other people believe that drinking warm milk will help make you drowsy. There is also an old

suggestion that counting sheep will put you to sleep.

1. A good title for this passage is ____.

A. Sleep

B. Good Health

C. Dreams

D. Work and Rest

2. The word "drowsy" in the last paragraph means ____.

A. sick

B. asleep

C. a little sleepy

D. nosy

3. This passage suggests that not getting enough sleep might make you ____.

A. dream more often

B. have poor health

C. nervous

D. breathe quickly

4. During REM, ____.

A. your eyes move often

B. you dream

C. you are restless

D. both A and B

5. The average number of hours of sleep that an adult needs is ____.

A. approximately six hours

B. around ten hours

C. about eight hours

D. not stated here

Passage 2

For years, children in the industrial areas of Europe and America seldom left their smoky cities to

see the beauties of the countryside. This was not because the woods and fields were always far away,

but because they were too far from the city to permit people to make a day trip between morning and

nightfall.

In 1970, a young German schoolmaster had an idea which changed this state of affairs. He

decided to turn his little schoolhouse into a dormitory or hostel for the summer holidays. Anyone who

brought his sleeping bag and cooking equipment along could stay there for a very small quantity of

money. The idea was a success. A few years later, the schoolhouse was much too small to hold the

many young people who wanted to stay there, As a result, a dormitory was set up in an old castle

nearby. This was the first Youth Hostel.