2008年辽宁专升本考试真题-英语

一、选择1 “Sorry, there are no tickets _____ for tomorrow’s show,” the ticket officer replied.A preferableB accessibleC considerableD available2 John frequently attempts to escape being fined whenever he _____ traffic regulations.A breaksB losesC omitsD passes3 The manager promised to keep me _____ of how the whole thing was going on.A to informB informingC being informedD informed4 _____ better equipment and more funds, we could have done the experiment better.A ForB LikeC WithD To5 Mobile phones have been proved to _____ with flight instruments and have a negative effect on flight safety.A disturbB interfereC troubleD interrupt6 Only by a complete understanding of the web _____ hope for people to grasp its full potential.A can there beB be there canC can be thereD there can be7 A supermarket has advantage over small shops in that it can meet the _____ needs of customers.A multipleB differentC changeableD scattered8 As to the election, please give your vote to _____ you think you can trust.A whoB whomC oneD whoever9 The task was tough, but _____ we managed to solve it.A anyhowB anywayC somehowD somewhat10 Don’t worry about her. Her rosy cheeks suggest that she _____ in good heal th.A beB wereC isD was二、阅读（一）The first hotels were very different from today’s hotels. They were small inns built along the road. Later, as people began to travel by train, hotels were built in the centers of large cities. Usually located near railroad stations , these hotels were many stories tall and has hundreds of rooms.Although trains were a popular means of travel for some time, automobiles slowly began to take their place. Automobile travel caused problems for city hotels, which did not have parking space for so many cars.People who traveled by automobile needed a different kind of hotel. They needed places to stay that were near highways and had room to park. Motorists did not like to drive in heavy city traffic to reach a hotel.The answer to the motorists’ problems came when a new kind of hotel was built. These new buildings were called motels, a word made from the first part of MOTORIST and the last part of HOTELS.Motels were much smaller than hotels. Built on ground level, often in separate units, they were more convenient for people traveling. The separate units also made them quieter than hotels. Best of all, there was more than enough room for cars to park.Now, many big hotels in the cities are being torn down. They can no longer make enough money to stay is business. In their place, many small motels have been built on the outskirts ofcities. Motels have become a big business in the United States.11 The first hotels were built _____.A with hundreds of roomsB around the city centersC near railway stationsD quite close to roads12 Hotels gradually became less popular because they usually did not have _____.A large enough rooms for big familiesB places for cars to park inC sufficient ground roomsD quiet and convenient units13 What can we learn about motels from the passage?A They are usually built in the downtown areaB They have several buildings closely connected.C They have a large number of rooms in call buildings.D They are mainly for travelers who drive their own cars.14 The reason why many big hotels are being torn down is that _____.A more and more travelers choose to stay in motelsB people want to spend their time in a more quiet placeC it costs too much money for people to stay in a hotelD cities have become short of land for building large hotels15 This passage is trying to tell us about _____.A motorists’ troubles in parking their cars in citiesB the reason why a new kind of hotel is getting popularC which place is better for people to stay for the nightD how to find a place to park your car when traveling二、阅读（二）Union Carbide faced a serious international public relations problem in December 1984 when a gas leak at its plant in India killed more than 2500 residents of Bhopal and caused another 50,000 to be treated for gas poisoning. Time magazine repor ted, “There is no way to put a price tag on the damage done to Union Carbide’s image in 38 countries, where is has factories, and the 130 nations in which it sells products.”But Union Carbide was able to generate a level of public respect in the days immediately following the disaster. The corporation chairman, Warren M. Anderson, flew to India within hours of the accident. Serving as the company’s chief spokesman on the d isaster, he made himself available to hundreds of reporters clamoring(喧闹)for information. Reporters were impressed with his open manner and found him believable when he said the disaster was Union Carbide’s highest priority.To back up his statements, Anderson promised $1 million in immediate relief funds for victims and their families. In addition, he offered a team of technical experts to the Indian government investigating the disaster and volunteered(自愿)to close some o f the company’s plants around the world.Contributing to Union Carbide’s reliability in the crisis was the company’s reputation forsafety concerns. All this activity-quick action, genuine concern, openness with the press, Anderson, as a central spokesperson, and the company’s past record of legal responsibility-illustrated the basic concepts of effective crisis communication on an international level.16 What was the serious problem faced by Union Carbide in December 1984?A A gas leak at its Indian plant killed and poisoned thousands of people.B Thousands of its workers were poisoned in a gas leak accident.C A gas leak killed more than 2500 Union Carbide’s employees.D Union Carbide had to close many of its factories in the world.17 According to Time magazine, the damage do ne by the accident to Union Carbide’s image was _____.A localB nationalC worldwideD regional18 Warren M. Anderson successfully made reporters believe that _____.A he was serious in handling the accidentB he had done his best to make up the lostC he was open to their aggressive questionsD he could settle the matter quite effectively19 Warren M. Anderson let the public know that the disaster was the corporation’s _____.A biggest lossB first concernC saddest lessonD heaviest blow20 We can learn from the passage that it mainly aims to give _____.A a detailed description of a disastrous gas leakB a fair account of the big loss of an international companyC a vivid image of a respected corporation leaderD a good example of effective treatment of a serious crisis阅读（三）To conserve is to save and protect, to leave what we ourselves enjoy in such good condition that others may also share the enjoyment. Our forefathers had no idea that human population would increase faster than the supplies of raw materials; most of them, even until very recently, had the foolish idea that the treasures were “limitless” and“inexhaustible(不竭的)”. Most of the citizens of earlier generations knew little or nothing about the complicated and delicate system that runs all through nature, and which means that, as in a living body, an unhealthy condition of one part will sooner or later be harmful to all the other parts.Fifty years ago, nature study was not part of the school work; scientific forestry(林业)was a new idea; timber(木材)was still cheap because it could be bought in any quantity from distant woodlands; soil destruction and river floods were not national problems. Nobody had yet studied long-term climatic cycles in relation to proper l and use; even the word ”conservation” had nothing of the meaning that it has for us today.For the sake of ourselves and those who will come after us, we must now set about correcting the mistakes of our forefathers. Conservation should, therefore, b e made a part of everyone’s daily life.To know about the water table in the ground is just as important to us a basic knowledge. We need to know why all water resources need to be protected for maintaining plant life and why the running current of streams and taught the duty of planting trees as well as of cutting them. We need to know the importance of big, mature trees, because living space for most of man’s fellow creatures on this planet is figured not only in square measure of surface but also in cubic volume above the earth. In brief, it should be our goal to restore as much of original beauty of nature as we can.21 In the writer’s opinion, our ancestors _____.A didn’t know how to take full advantage of raw materialsB didn’t have the slightest id ea of environmental protectionC didn’t know how to control the growth of human populationD didn’t understand the importance of improving the nature22 The writer compares nature to living body in order to show that _____.A nature is ever changing and never remains at the same stateB both nature and man are actually complicated and delicate systemsC the damage to one part of it will affect the condition of other partsD it is necessary to protect nature as well as human beings23 To keep ourselves away from the mistakes of our forefathers, the writer points out that _____.A conservation should become everybody’s daily practiceB more trees should be planted than those we cut downC scientific forestry should be a basic knowledge to peopleD school courses should include protection of environment24 The sentence “We need to know why …the running current of streams and rivers must be made to yield their full benefit to soil”(Para.3)indicates that _____.A too many of our water resources have been wasted todayB it is hard to prevent running currents from escaping in the seaC we haven’t yet realized the full benefit of making use of streams and riversD plant life depends heavily on the way we take control of our water resources25 What is th e writer’s attitude towards the current situation in treating natural resources?A hopefulB negativeC doubtfulD worried三、英译汉26 There may be a time when human being will feel regretful for what they have done.A 总有这样的一天，人类会对他们所做的事情感到困惑B 也许会有那么一天，人类会对他们所做得事感到懊悔C 当人类为他们所做的一切感到抱歉时，可能为时已晚。