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2009年攀枝花学院专升本大学英语试题2008年攀枝花学院专升本考试试卷课程名称《大学英语》特别提示:所有答案填写在答题卡上，答在试卷上无效(请将正确答案全部涂黑) Sample Answer ? [B] [C] [D]I. Listening Comprehension.(20points)Section A (10×1=10points)Directions: In this section you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of eachconversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and thequestion will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During thepause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is thebest answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single linethrough the centre.1. A) Check the time of high tide.B) Go stand under the clock.C) Wait a little longer.D) Look for the traffic light.2. A) Catch a cold.B) Hurry to get the bus.C) Sit next to the bus stop.D) Fix his torn sleeve.3. A) The room is on fire.B) The two persons are bothered by the smoke.C) There is very little breeze.D) The two persons are not permitted in the room. 4. A) He's a boat builder.B) He smokes a pipe.C) He paints in watercolors.D) He fixes pipes.5. A) A trip she has already taken.B) A trip she takes frequently.C) A restaurant she owns.D) A famous statue in Philadelphia.6. A) Barry no longer lives in New York.准考证号: 姓名: 出题人:张春马东罗亮 B) Barry doesn't know how to be economical.C) The woman called Barry in California.D) The woman didn't ever meet Barry.7. A) She gave a lecture to the psychology class.B) She advised the man to see a psychologist.C) She persuaded the man not to take the course.D) She convinced the man to apply to graduate school.Page 1 of 8 专升本领导小组监制8. A) He thought about it once.B) He thinks the weather is great.C) The school has never had to close.D) Weather caused the school to close on one occasion. 9. A) Bobisn't ready to buy a new car yet.B) Bob has two cars, a new one and an old one.C) Bob's old car is still in good condition.D) Bob doesn't know much about cars.10.A) She doesn't like dessert.B) She had dessert long ago.C) She isn't pleased with the service.D) She got the wrong dessert.Section B (7×1=7points)Directions: In this section you will hear 2 short passages. At the end of each passage, youwill hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken two times.After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A,B, C and D. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single linethrough the center.Passage ?11. A. Because the driver couldn't hear the bell if he rang once.B. Because he wanted to make sure that the driver could hear the bell.C. Because he thought it funny to do so.D. Because he wanted to get off.12. A. Because Henry was too annoyed.B. Because the conductor spoke too quickly.C. Because the bell was ringing loudly.D. Because the conductor was a foreigner.13. A. Ask the conductor to collect tickets.B. Ask the driver to stop the bus.C. Ask the driver to go on.D. Ask the driver to go slowly.14. A. The bus driver.B. The conductor.C. The passengers.D. The landlady.Passage ?( 注意:第15-17题，以及Section C部分听写填空都基于同一篇材料question No. 15 – 17 and the section C will be based on the same passage ) 15. A. Not rich but kind.B. Rich and kind.C. Neither rich nor kind.D. Rich but mean.16. A. He lost them.B. He used them to pay for his taxi home.Page 2 of 8 专升本领导小组监制C. He used them to pay for the lunch.D. He gave them to a beggar.17. A. The artist.B. The beggar.C. Neither of them paid.D. Each paid his own bill.Section C (0.5×6=3points)Directions: In this section you are going to listen to the second passage for twice whitout any pauses. Complet the missing words in the text. ( )An artist who did not have much money, but was a very kind man, was coming home by (18) one day. He gave his last few (19) to a beggar, but then he saw another one,and forgot that he did not have any money. He asked the man if he would like to have (20)with him, and the beggar (21), so they went into a small (22) and had a good meal.At the end, the artist could not pay the bill, of course, so the beggar had to do so.The artist was very (23) about this, so he said to the beggar, "Come home with me in a taxi, my friend, and I'll give youback the money for lunch." "Oh, no!" the beggar answered quickly. "I had to pay for your lunch, but I'm not going to pay for your taxi home too!"II. Structure and Vocabulary (30×0.5=15points)24. I used to smoke ______, but I gave it up three years ago.A. severelyB. heavilyC. stronglyD. seriously 25. There was a loud crash as the door broke, and in ______ the police.A. did comeB. cameC. have comeD. they came 26. The doctorsuggests that a person ______ every day if he wishes to be healthy.A. doesB. didC. doD. will do 27. New typewriters cost about______ price of the second-hand ones.A. three times theB. a three timesC. the three timesD. threetimes a 28 No sooner had he entered Harvard ______ his sister entered Yale.A. sinceB. afterC. thanD. before 29. ______ the TV tower at night, the city looks even more magnificent with all its lights on.A. Seeing fromB. To be seen fromC. To see fromD. Seen from30. When we ______ one aspect of a problem, we tend to ignore the other aspects.A. are absorbed onB. are absorbed inC. are absorbed toD. are absorbed for31. It is high time we ______ this practice.A. stopB. stoppedC. have stoppedD. had stopped 32. By the year of 2010, the world population probably ______ 6 billion.A. have reachedB. will be reachingC. will have reachedD. is reaching33. After the mine accident, the government sent a group of expertsto _______ the matter.A. look intoB. look down uponC. look throughD. look forward toPage 3 of 8专升本领导小组监制34. I remember ________ to Paris when I was a very small child.A. takingB. to be takenC. being takenD. to take 35. Because of my poor Spanish, I’mafraid I can’t make myself _______.A. understandB. to understandC. understandingD. understood . John was made _______ day and night.36A. workB. to workC. workingD. to be worked 37. Here is my card. Let’s keep in______.A. touchB. relationC. connectionD. friendship 38. The clock______ and we realized it was two o’clock.A. hitB. struckC. turnedD. rang 39. The film ______ three hours.It is the longest one I have ever seen.A. lastedB. stayedC. finishedD. ended 40. Nowhere else in theworld _____ more beautiful scenery than in Switzerland.A. you can seeB. you had seenC. can you seeD. had you seen 41. You never told us why you were absent from the party, ______?A. weren’t youB. didn’t youC. did youD. were you42. The Red Cross ______ food and shelter for disaster victims.A. providedB. furnishedC. equippedD. supplied 43. The decision ______ , the next problem was how to make a good plan.A. having madeB. had madeC. having been madeD. had been made 44. She is ______, but her husband is ______.A. waking, asleepB. wake, asleepC. awake, sleepD. awake, asleep 45. Had I known her name, ______.A. or does she know mineB. I would have invited her to have lunchC. and where her homeD. she would be at home 46. It ______ ten years since you left me.A. hasB. had beenC. wasD. is 47. A completely new situation will ______ when the examination system comes intoexistence.A. ariseB. riseC. raiseD. arouse 48. It was at the music hall______ we met each other for the first time.A. whenB. whereC. whichD. that 49. The farmer used wood to build a house ______ to store grain.A. withB. in whichC. whichD. where 50. ______ one old man, the bus was empty.A. BesidesB. BesideC. Except forD. Except 51. I had my teeth______ out yesterday because I suffered a lot.A. pullingB. pulledC. to pullD. pull 52. My teacher ______ me to speak English.Page 4 of 8 专升本领导小组监制A. courageB. discouragedC. encouragedD. encouragement 53. The patient suffering from a cough soon found ______ to give up smoking.A. it is necessaryB. necessaryC. it necessaryD. that necessaryIII. Reading Comprehension (20×2,40 points)Passage 1When Columbus “discovered” the New World in 1492, he thought he had reached the continent of Asia and had landed in India. He called the people he found in this n ew land “Indians”- the ancestors of the American.Indians had come from Asia thousands of years before Columbus saw them.Thousands of years ago, the Earth was in an ice age. People wholived in northeastern Asia found their homeland growing colder. Huge sheets of ice were spreading over the land and animals people hunted for food were being forced away. The people also had to move, to stay near the animals. Some groups of people crossed Bering Strait from Asia to North Pacific Ocean, which separated northeastern Asia from Alaska.74. These people slowlytraveled east and south, searching for areas where hunting was good. Their children and allthose who came after them continued to spread throughout the New World.The Indians do not have yellowish skin that many Asian people have. Their skin is reddish brown. But like the people of Japan and other countries of Asia, Indians usually have high cheekbones and straight black hair.. In 1492, Columbus ______. 54A. found American Indians in AsiaB. thought he had reached IndiaC. landed in IndiaD. reached the continent of Asia55. Thousands of years ago people were forced to leave their homeland because ______.A. the earth was in an ice ageB. they found their homeland getting colderC. huge sheets of ice were spreading over the landD. they had to stay near the animals they hunted for food56. Bering Strait is ______.A. part of the largest ocean in the worldB. in the southern part of the Pacific OceanC. a river which separates Asia and North AmericaD. a river which separates northeastern Asia and Alaska57. According to the writer, the New World means ______.A. AsiaB. AlaskaC. North AmericaD. the land on the both sides of the Bering Strait58.Which of the following statements is NOT correct?A. The Indians have yellowish skin.B. The Indians have straight black hair.C. People of Japan have high cheekbones.D. The Indians have reddish brown skin.Passage 2Page 5 of 8专升本领导小组监制Imagine you are a left-hander. Suddenly everything in the world is changed. The door locks are on the wrong side of doors. The shift gear (变速器) in your car is in the wrongplace. Handles on tin openers are on the wrong side and turn the wrong way.Twenty-five million Americans wake up every day in just such a sorry situation. 75. They are one in ten of us who are left-handed and must face the world designed for the right-handed majority.Why we are left or right-handed remains one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of science. We know that nearly two out of three lefties are men and that left-handedness runsin families. According to one study almost half of the children of two left-handed parents will be left-handed.Perhaps the greatest puzzle of all is not why some people are left-handed, but rather why so few are. In fact, almost equal numbers of individuals will favor either the right or the left. However, scientists are trying to set things right and they are beginning to study the many ways left-handers differ from right-handers by considering how their brains work. 59. How many of the Americans are left-handers?A. 10%.B. 12%.C. 50%.D. 84%.60. Among the left handers, ______.A. few are menB. most of them are womenC. half of them are menD. two thirds are men61. Which of the following is NOT true?A. If both parents are left-handed, about 50% of their children will be so.B. The greater part of left-handers have right-handed parents.C. One in ten of Americans are left-handed.D. Most of us will favor the right.62. In Paragra ph 3, the word “runs” (Line 3) means “______”.A. goes fastB. spreads quicklyC. leavesD. develops63. Why so few people are left-handed ______.A. has nothing to do with heredityB. is not known by scientistsC. has little to do with the working of their brainsD. is that left-handers are mainly twinsPassage 3As settlers moved to California in the mid-nineteenth century, they became concerned about the lack of rapid communication with the eastern United States. Because of the many dangers and hardships of crossing the West, mail often did not arrive. 76. The most important mail was therefore sent via Panama, which took a month or more. In 1860 a Page 6 of 8专升本领导小组监制stagecoach company decided to meet the problem by beginning the Pony Express. The company hired the bravest riders and bought the fastest horses to be used as relay teams between Missouri and California, and the company promised that mail would be delivered in ten days. The company established 200 stations along the route at which riders could rest and change horse. In less than two years, however, telegraph lines to San Francisco were completed and the Pony Express was no longer needed..According to the passage, some mail to California was sent by wayof Panama instead of 64the overland route because delivery was ______.A. more reliableB. cheaperC. fasterD. more frequent65. How long did it take for a letter to reach California from Missouri by Pony Express?A. Ten days.B. Two weeks.C. One month.D. More than a month.. The Pony Express provided rapid and safe delivery of the mail by______. 66A. hiring settlers to bring mail with themB. guarding stagecoaches carrying mailC. organizing relay teams to carry mailD. sending most mail through Missouri67. In approximately what year did the Pony Express cease operation?A. 1850B. 1862C. 1861D. 186068. According to the passage, why was the Pony Express discontinued?A. The ride across the West was too hard and dangerous.B.A telegraph system to California was completed.C. It was difficult to find brave riders.D. People preferred to send their mail by stagecoach.Passage 4Jane walked through the night to the little house where her oldnurse lived. The old woman gave her a meal. Then Jane went out to get a car. 77. She had enough money with her to pay for her use of a car for a few days.She wanted to go into town and see a friend, a teacher of science. She had to sit through the second part of a class before she was able to speak to him. But then he took her to his office and listened to her.She told him that she wanted to build houses on some land her husband had owned, but first she must clear it for unwanted plants. She wanted something that would kill them.Her friend wrote down a name on a piece of paper and told her totake it to a shop he knew."You will need lots of it," he said, "Put it in water and spray it over the plants." 69. Jane went to see her nurse______.A. by carB. by trainPage 7 of 8专升本领导小组监制C. by busD. on foot70. Jane got into town in order to see ______.A. a friend and a teacher of scienceB. a friend who was a teacher of scienceC. her old nurseD. a house that she had built71. When Jane arrived, her friend was ______.A. waiting for herB. away from the schoolC. busy with his workD. in his office72. Jane's friend ______.A. advised her about what to doB. wrote down the name of some shopsC. gave her some poisonD. took her to a shop he knew73. Jane wanted to kill the plant because ______.A. they were growing all over the housesB. her husband wanted to sell the landC. she wanted the land for buildingD. the houses needed new gardensIV. Translation( 2.5×4=10points)Translate the underlined sentences above into Chinese.(74 -77)74. These people slowly traveled east and south, searching for areas where hunting wasgood. (Passage 1)_______________________________________________________________. 75. They are one in ten of us who are left-handed and must face the world designed for theright-handed majority. (Passage 2)_______________________________________________________________. 76. The most important mail was therefore sent via Panama, which took a month or more.(Passage 3)_______________________________________________________________. 77. She had enough money with her to pay for her use of a car for a few days. (Passage 4)_______________________________________________________________.V. Writing (15 points)Write a composition entitled “The advantages and disadvantages of dormitory life” inabout 120 words. Your composition should include the following points: 1. 宿舍生活的好处2. 宿舍生活的弊端3. 我的观点Page 8 of 8 专升本领导小组监制。