历年专升本英语真题

2005年陕西省高校在校生专升本英语考试试题注意事项：1．本卷满分为150分。

考试时间为150分钟。

2．本卷分试卷I和试卷II，均用钢笔或圆珠笔答卷。

第I卷为客观题，考生必须把答案用大写字母写在答题纸上；第II卷为主观题，考生直接把答案写在试卷上。

3．答卷前将密封线内的项目填写清楚。

试卷II. Vocabulary and structure (40分)Directions: There are 40 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then write your answer on the Answer Sheet.1. The professor needs an assistant that he can to take care of problems in his absence.A. count inB. count upC. count onD. count out2.I am not sure whether l can get any profit from the business, so I can't make a(n)decision about what to do next.A. exactB. deniedC. sureD. definite3. Because of the cold weather, they through the night in the camp.A. kept the burning fireB. kept the fire burningC. kept the fire burntD. kept burning the fire4. Convenience foods which are already prepared for cooking are in stores.A. readyB. availableC. probableD. approachable5. Many people are reported in the natural disaster.A. being killedB. to be killedC. to have killedD. to have been killed6. If the whole surgery beforehand carefully, there would have been a better result.A. was plannedB. has been plannedC. had been plannedD. were planned7. Jane has said little so far, responding only briefly whenA. spokenB. speaking toC. speakingD. spoken to8. to finish quickly.A. Not every worker wantB. No every workers wantC. Not every worker wantsD. No every workers wants9. The photos on the wall grandma of those happy, old days when a large family lived together.A. recallB. retainC. rememberD. remind10. Y ou’d better tell me beforehand if go with me.A. you’ll rather notB. you won’t ratherC. you’d rather notD. you’d rather not to11. We all hope he’ll soon his disappointment and be happy again.A. get throughB. get awayC. get upD. get down12. The problem of environment protection has been studied .A. extremelyB. intensivelyC. originallyD. violently.13. All games_____because of the rainstorm, many students could do nothing but study in theclassroom.A. were canceledB. having been canceled.C. had been canceledD. have been canceled14.“Did you buy anything at the clothing store?”“Yes, I bought three shirts for just＄120.”A. fifty-dollarB. fifties-dollarC. fifty-dollarsD. fifties-dollars15. By the time you get back, great changes_____in this area.A. will take placeB. will be taken placeC. are going to take placeD. will have taken place16. The boy now for the 1ight in his room is still on.A. must studyB. must be studyingC. must have studiedD. would study17. _____she was living in Paris that she met her husband Terry.A. Just thenB. It was whileC. Soon afterD. During the time when18. Technical schools prepare their students for the application of practical skills, they learn in class their work.A. toB. inC. forD. of19. His written English was first-class and he had a(n) vocabulary for a sophomore.A. intimateB. initialC. inevitableD. incredible20. After the company the problem of unfair competition, its sales figures dropped toa record low.A. look intoB. ran intoC. come intoD. put into21. John isn’t a diligent student for it is the third time he has been late, ?A. was n’tB. hasn’t itC. isn’t itD. hasn’t he22. He told me_____afraid because l had done nothing wrong.A. to be notB. not to beC. not beingD. being not23. Last year, the production rate by 20 percent.A. roseB. raisedC. aroseD. aroused24. I hope that the good weather ______ for the rest of our trip.A. holds upB. holds downC. holds outD. holds in25. Each person in the world has a(n) personality. They are different from one another.A. onlyB. soleC. uniqueD. one26. With all the work on hand. He _____to the cinema last night.A. should goB. must have goneC. shouldn’t have goneD. might have gone27. I am sorry to your feelings.A. have spoiltB. have destroyedC. have hurt D .have damaged28. He is so wise a man that all the people _______.A. 1ook him upB. 1ook into himC. 1ook up to himD. 1ook to him29. Yon can write the paper______ you 1ike.A. whateverB. howeverC. anywayD. some way30. I don’t doubt she will learn a lot during her stay in China.A. thatB. ifC. whetherD. what31. Though Mum is very busy, she always some time every day to read to her children.A. sets offB. sets inC. sets asideD. sets up32. These three girls help _____to clean the house.A. one anotherB. each otherC. one and the otherD. one and other33. The teacher recommended that Jack math or physics instead of English because he wasquick at numbers.A. must studyB. could studyC. studyD. studied34. He participated in the reconstruction of the city the war was over.A. before longB. soon afterC. long afterD. soon before35. Only by making wise use of land to find a solution to the problem of hunger and famine.A. we can beB. we will be ableC. will we be ableD. can we36. A teacher who is______ to the needs of individual student is sure to achieve some success.A. seriousB. sensitiveC. secureD. senior37.Nobody any more to say, the meeting was closed.A .had B. has had C. having D. had had38.When the guests were gone, she the tea-things in the cupboard.A. put upB. put offC. put awayD. put in39. Staying in a hotel costs renting a room in an apartment for a week.A. twice more thanB. twice as muchC. as much as twiceD. much astwice as40. One and a half years passed.A. areB. wereC. haveD. hasⅡ. Reading Comprehension (50%)Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions orunfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D .You shoulddecide on the best choice and write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.Questions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage:Passage OnePopulation tends to grow at an exponential(指数的)rate. This means that they progressivelydouble. As an example of this type of growth rate take one penny and double every day for onemonth. After the first week, you would have only 64 cent, but after the fourth week you wouldhave over a million dollars.This helps explain why the population has come on“all of a sudden” took from he beginningof human 1ife to the year 1830 for the population of the earth to reach one billion. Thatrepents(缓慢进行) a time span of at least two million years. Then it took from 1830 to 1930for world population to reach 2 billion. The next billion was added by 1960 only thirty yearsand in 1975 world population reached 4 billion which is another billion people in only fifteenyears.World population is increasing at a rate of 9, 000per hour, 220,000 per day and 80 millionper year.This is not only due to higher birth rate, but to lower death rate as well. The number of birthshas not declined at the same rate as the number of deaths.Some countries such as Columbia, Thailand, Morocco, Costa Rica and the Philippines aredoubling their population about every twenty-one years with a growth rate of percent a yearor more. The United States is doubling its population about very eighty-seven years, with arate of percent per year. （81）Every time a population doubles, the country involved needstwice as much of everything, including hospitals, schools, resources, food and medicines tocare for its people. It is easy to see that this is very difficult to achieve for the more rapidlygrowing countries.41. This passage chiefly discussesA. the growth of world population.B. one type of the exponential rate.C. the population problem of more rapidly growing countries.D. the possible ways of dealing with the rapid population growth.42. According to the passage what helps to explain why the population problem has come on“all of a sudden”?A. The penny that doubles itself every day for one month.B. The time span of at 1east two million years in human history.C. An illustration of the exponent growth rate given by the author.D. The large amount of money you would luckily make after the fourth week.43. It took for the world to increase its population from 1 billion to 4 billion.A. 100 yearsB. 175 yearsC. 1975 yearsD. over two million years44. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. World population is increasing at a rate of 150 per minute.B. Lower death rate also contributes to world population growth.C. The population of Columbia has been doubling every year for 21 years.D. The United States is usually doubling its population on about every 87 years.45. When a population doubles, the country involved needs twice as much of everythingincluding __.A. hospitals and medicinesB. schools and studentsC. food and manpower resourcesD. all of the aboveQuestions 46 to 50 based on the following passage:Passage TwoWomen are on the whole more verbal than men. They are good at 1anguage and verbal reasoning. while men tend to be skilled at tasks demanding visual-spatial(视空)abilities. In fact, along with aggression these are the most commonly accepted difference between these sexes.Words are tools for communicating with other people especially information about people. They are mainly social tools. Visual and spatial abilities are good for imagining and manipulating objects and for communicating information about them. Are these talents programmed into the brain? In some of the newest and most controversial research in neurophysiology(神经生理学), it has been suggested that when it comes to the brain males are specialists while women are generalists.But one knows that, if anything this means in terms of the abilities of the two sexes. Engineering is both Visual and spatial and it’s true that there are relatively few women engineers. But women become just as skilled as men at shooting a rifle or driving a car task that involve visual-spatial skills. They also do equally well at programming a computer, which is neither visual nor spatial. Women do, however, seem less likely to fall in love with the objects themselves. We all know men for whom machines seem to be extensions of their identity. （82）A woman is more likely to see her car, rifle or computer as a useful tool but not in itself fascinating.46. According to the passage, women are usually good at_____.A. body languageB. logical reasoningC. tasks demanding for the use of wordsD. both A and B47. The word "accepted” in the last sentence of the first paragraph, roughly means_____.A. believedB. assumedC. receivedD. reconciled48. In the author’s opinion, visual and spatial abilities are good for______.A. achieving one’s objects.B. mind and body.C. programming talents into the brain.D. imagination and communication.49. All the following tasks involve visual-spatial abilities EXCEPT____.A. imagining and handling objects.B. providing a computer with a set of instructionsC. shooting a gun and driving an automobileD. planning and making things as an engineer does50. Why do women seem less likely to fall in love with the objects themselves?A. Because they have no visual-spatial skills.B. Because they are only good at 1anguage and verbal reasoning.C. Because they are less likely to see their charming or interesting aspects.D. Because they rarely use machines such as cars, rifles, computers, etc.Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage:Passage ThreeThe US. government has recently helped people learn more about the dangers of earthquakes by publishing a map. This map shows the chances of an earthquake in each part of the country.（83）The areas of the map where earthquakes are most likely to occur are called earthquake “belt”. The government is, spending a great deal money and is working hard to help discover the answer to these two questions: l. Can we predict earthquake? 2. Can we control earthquakes?To answer the first question, scientists are looking very closely at the most active fault(断层)systems in the country such as the San Andreas fault in California, a fault is break between two sections of the earth’s surface. These breaks between sections are the place where earthquake occurs. Scientists look at the faults for changes that might show that an earthquake was about to occurs. But it will probably be many years before we can predict earthquakes accurately. And the control of earthquakes is even farther away. Nevertheless, there have been some interesting developments in the field of controlling earthquakes. The most interesting development concerns the Rocky Mountain Arsenal earthquakes. Here water was put into a layer of rocks 4000 meters below surface of the ground.Shortly after this injection of water, there were a small number of earthquakes. Scientists have decided that the water which was injected into rocks works like oil on each other.When the water“oiled”the fault, the fault became slippery and the energy of an earthquake was released. Scientists are still experimenting at the site of these earthquakes. They have realized that there is a connection between injection of the water and the earthquake activity. They have suggested that might be possible to use this knowledge to prevent very big destructive earthquakes, that is, scientists could inject some kind of fluid like water into faults and change one big earthquake into a number of small, harmless earthquakes.51. Earthquake belts are .A. maps that show where earthquakes are likely to occurB. zones with a high probability of earthquakesC. breaks between two sections of the earth’s surfaceD. the two layers of earth along a fault52. The San Andreas’ fault is .A. an active fault systemB. a place where earthquakes have been predicted accuratelyC. a place where earthquake have been controlledD. the location of the Rocky Mountain53. What did scientists learn about earthquakes at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal？A. They occur at bout 4000 meters below ground levelB. The injection of water into earthquake faults prevents earthquakes from occurring.C. They are usually caused by the oil in the faults.D. Harmful earthquakes can be possibly prevented by causing small harmless earthquake.54. What can be said about the experiments at Rocky Mountain Arsenal?A. They have no practical value in earthquake prevention.B. They may have practical value in earthquake prevention.C. They are certain to have practical value in earthquake prevention.D. he article does not say anything about their practical value in earthquake prevention.55. What is the most appropriate title for the passage?A. Dangers of EarthquakeB. Earthquake Belts and PredictionC. Earthquake Prediction and ControlD. Earthquake Engineering in CaliforniaQuestions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage:Passage FourSporting activities are essentially modified forms of hunting behavior. Viewed biologically, the modern footballer is in reality a member of a hunting group. His killing weapon has turned into a harmless football and his prey into a goalmouth. If his aim is accurate and he scores a goal, he enjoys the hunter’s triumph of killing his prey.To understand how this transformation has taken place we must briefly look back at our forefathers. They spent over a million years evolving(进化) as Cooperative hunters. Their very survival depended on success in the hunting field. （84）Under this pressure their whole way of life, even their bodies, became greatly changed：They became chasers, runners, jumpers, aimers, throwers and prey killers. They cooperated as skillful male group attack.Then about ten thousand years ago, after this immensely long period of hunting the food, they became farmers. Their improved intelligence, so vital to their old hunting life was put to a new use——that of controlling and domesticating (驯养) their prey. The hunt became suddenly out of date. The food was there on the farms, awaiting their needs. The risks and uncertainties of the hunt were no longer essential for survival.(85)The skills and thirst for hunting remained, however, and demanded new outlets. Hunting for sport replaced hunting for necessity. This new activity involved all the original hunting sequences(后果), but the aim of the operation was no longer to avoid starvation. Instead the sportsmen set off to test their skill against prey that was no longer essential to their survival. To be sure, the kill may have been eaten, but there were other purposes, much simpler of obtaininga meaty meal.56. What is the main idea of the passage?A.Hunting is very important in human civilization.B.Sporting activities satisfy the desire of modern society.C.It’s hunting that provides human beings with food.D.The importance of sporting activities in modern society.57. According to the author, sporting activities .A. are essential to the survivalB. have actually developed from huntingC. evolve as biological developmentD. are football games58. For over a million years. our forefathers were basically .A. skillful sportsmenB. successful farmersC. runners and jumpersD. cooperating hunters59. The word“operation (Par. 4)refers to .A. sports activitiesB. huntingC. farmersD. prey killing60. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. The goalmouth is equal to the weapon in hunting.B. Without hunting our forefathers couldn’t live.C. After our forefathers became farmers they still hunted for food.D. Farmers are satisfied with stable lives and they didn’t have enthusiasm for hunting any moreIII. Cloze Test (20分)Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D below the passage. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then write the corresponding letter on the Answer sheet.The Red Cross is 61 organization which cares for people who are in 62 of help.A man in a Paris hospital who needs blood, a woman in Mexico who was injured 63 an earthquake, and a family in India 64 lost their home in a storm may all 65 by the Red Cross.The Red Cross exists in almost every country 66 the world . The World Red Cross Organizations are sometimes are sometimes called the Red Crescent(新月) the Red Mogen David, the Sun , and the Red Lion . All of these agencies 67 a common goal of trying 68 peoplein need.The idea of forming an organization to help the sick and 69 during a war started 70 Jean Henry Dunant. In 1859, he observed 71 suffering 72 a battlefield in Italy. He wanted to help all the wounded people 73 of which side they were 74 .The most important result of his work was an international treaty 75 the Geneva Convention(日内瓦公约). It 76 prisoners of war, the sick and wounded, and 77 citizens during a war.The American Red Cross 78 by Clara Barton in 1881. Today the Red Cross in the United States provides a number of 79 for the public. Such as helping people in need, teaching first aid,80 water safety and artificial respiration, and providing blood.61. A. internationally B. an international C. a worldly D. a world’s62. B. supply C. necessity D. need63. A. in B. at C. by D. on64. A. where B. that C. when D. whom65. A. be aiding B. be aided C. aid D. aided66. A. around B. on C. within D. of67. A. belong to B. owe C win D. share68. A. with helping B. and help C. to help D. for helping69. A. wounding B. having wounded C. wounded D. being wounded70. A. from B. with C. by D. at71. A. how were people B. how people were C. people were how D. people how were72. A. from B. on C. by D. with73. A. regardless B. in favor C. despite D. on account74. A. fought for B. fighting for C. fought D. fighting75. A. to call B. calling C. call D. called76. A. prohibits B. protests C. protects D. provides77. A. other B. others C. another D. the other78. A. was setting up B. has been set up C. was set up D. had been set up79. A. services B. helpings C. facilities D. money80. A. to demonstrate B. demonstrating C. demonstration D. demonstrates试卷IIIV. Translation (20分)Section A. (非英语专业学生做)Directions: In this part of the test, there are five items which you have to translate into Chinese. Each item has one or two sentences. These sentences are all underlined and taken from the reading passages you have just read in the Reading Comprehension part. You are allowed 20 minutes to do the translation. You should refer back to the passages so as to identify their meanings in the context.81. , Passage 1)Every time a population doubles, the country involved needs twice as much of everything, including hospitals, school, resources, food and medicines to care for its people.82. , Passage 2)A woman is more likely to see her car, rifle, or computer as a useful tool but not in itself fascinating.83. , Passage 3)The areas of the map where earth quakes are most likely to occur are called earthquake “belt”.84. , Passage 4)Under this pressure their whole way of life, even their bodies, became greatly changed.85. , Passage 4)The skills and thirst for hunting remained, however, and demanded new outlets.Section B (英语专业学生做)Directions: In this section, there is a short passage in Chinese. Read it carefully and put it into English.中国作为一个发展中国家，面临着发展经济与保护环境双重任务。