专升本英语试题

注；答案一律写在答题纸上，做在试题上无效I. Grammar Structure and V ocabularySection A (1.5 marks each)Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a pencil.1. Many things ___ impossible in the past are common now.A. consideredB. consideringC. to considerD. to be considered2. The factory is said ___ in a fire two years ago.A. to be destroyedB. to destroyC. to have destroyedD. to have been destroyed3. The reason for his success is ____ he worked hard.A. whyB. thatC. becauseD. for4. By the time the course ends, ___ a lot about Britain.A. we’ll learnB. we are learningC. we have learntD. we’ll have learnt5. I did not know ___ him or not.A. whether to helpB. if to helpC. how to helpD. what to help6. It was very good _____ him to help us.A. byB. ofC. fromD. about7. We’ll have to get out and walk; the car’s _____ down.A. fallenB. brokenC. runD. gone8. There was a small _____ of sugar in the cup.A. amountB. numberC. the numberD. few9. His parents died when he was young, so he was _____ by his aunt.A. brought upB. brought outC. grown upD. grown10. He failed the examination three times but ____ he passed.A. at endB. at finishC. at leastD. at last11. Not only I but also Ted and Mary ____ fond of watching TV.A. amB. isC. areD. be12. I am sure that ___ you say is true.A. whoB. whatC. whichD. why13. The house is dark, the Browns ____ to bed.A. should goB. should have goneC. must goD. must have gone14. The mother ___ the baby from his deep sleep.A. arousedB. roseC. aroseD. raised15. The plane _____ from the airport and headed north toward Shanghai.A. took awayB. took upC. took overD. took off16. Being college students of new China, we should never fail to ___ the expectation of the Party and the people.A. make use ofB. give rise toC. get rid ofD. live up to17. Y ou can’t depend on John to ____ some practical suggestio ns for increasing sales.A. come up withB. come up toC. come toD. come across18. The factory ___ 1 000 buses each year.A. turns overB. turns onC. turns outD. turns into19. Mary is the most ___ secretary I’ve ever had.A. efficiencyB. efficientC. effectD. affect20. It is ___ that he will come at midnight.A. maybeB. lovelyC. livelyD. likely21. If you don’t know the word, why don’t you ___ in the dictionary?A. look at itB. look after itC. look up itD. look it up22. Because of my poor English I’m afraid I can’t make myself____.A. understandB. to understandC. understandingD. understood23. To succeed in a scientific research project ___.A. one needs to be persistentB. persistence is neededC. one needs be a persistent personD. persistence is what one needs24. Wood does not conduct electricity; _____.A. s103fo doesn’t rubber B. also doesn’t rubberC. nor does rubberD. nor rubber does25. I found ___ to answer all the questions within the time given.A. no possibilityB. there was impossibilityC. impossibleD. it impossible26. Mrs. Lindon has ______ that she is unable to get a job.A. such small educationB. so little educationC. a such little educationD. a so small education27. ___ there is enough snow, we can’t go skiing.A. UnlessB. BecauseC. AsD. However28. Ellen was absent this morning because she had her tooth ___.A. fillingB. to fillC. fillD. filled29. His doctor suggested that he ___ a short trip abroad.A. will takeB. would takeC. takeD. took30. Y ou would prefer visiting the city to staying at home, _____?A. won’t youB. do youC. would youD. wouldn’t youSection B (1 mark each)Directions: In this section of the test, there are 10 sentences with the underlined parts marked A, B, C and D. Choose the part of the sentence that is incorrect and then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a pencil.31. It was said that John decided to go to the university rather than get a job.A B C D32. The more he tried to help her fix the radio, the lesser she seemed to like it.A B C D33. A great many educators firmly believe that English is one of the poorest taughtA B Csubjects In high schools today.D34. I, who is a doctor, work now in a factory, but not as a doctor but as a worker.A B C D35. Hardly had he entered the office than he realized that he had forgotten his wallet.A B C D36. We are to make such computers which are needed in different branches of science.A B C D37. Jean is the only one of those girls who go to classes after work.A B C D38. If the policeman would have arrived earlier, he would have seen the accident.A B C D39. We advice him to give up smoking and do a lot of exercise.A B C D40. Thunder is the sound produced by the rapid expanding of air heated by lighting.A B C DII. Reading Comprehension (3 marks each)Directions: There are 3 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Y ou should choose the ONE best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a pencil.Questions 41 ~ 45 are based on the following passage:It is the duty of every man to work. The lazy man wastes his time, and his life is of no use to himself or to others. The man who is too lazy to work is the man who is generally most ready to beg or steal. Every one when he is young should learn some useful work.But it is not enough that one should learn some kind of work. He should work hard, and not waste his spare minutes or half hours. “Work while you work and play while you play” is as good a rule for young people as for the old.There is no better aid to diligence than the habit of early rising, and this, like all other good habits, is most easily formed in youth. There is an English saying “Lost time never returns.” This means that everybody must be diligent, and must make a good use of his time. One must study hard when he is young, so that he may succeed in his life and become useful to his country.I have never heard that those who are diligent will become beggars, but I know that lazy fellows will become beggars. Therefore, I should say that diligence is the mothe103fr of success.41. The best title of the passage could be “_____”A. Learn to workB. diligenceC. Early Rising Is a Good HabitD. Students Should Study Hard42. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?A. Habits are easily formed when one is young.B. Old people can easily form the habit of getting up earlyC. One should be diligentD. A lazy man is likely to be harmful to society43. From the passage, we can concluded that ______.A.diligence can always help one to achieve successB. laziness always leads to theftC. “Lost time never returns” is a law of physicsD. youth is the only important period in life44. According to the passage, the best way to make a person diligent is ___.A. to make good use of his timeB. to learn some useful workC. to work hardD. to get up early45. From the passage, we can guess that the author of the passage is ____.A. a lazy manB. a beggarC. a diligent manD. a writerQuestions 46~50 are based on the following passage:Some of the notebooks George Washington kept as a young man show what he was learning. He was learning Latin. He was very interested in the basics of good behavior in society and was reading English literature.At school he seems to have been interested in mathematics. In fact his formal education was surprisingly brief and incomplete. For unlike other young men of good families, he did not go to the College of William and Mary in the Virginian capital. In terms of formal training then, Washington was different from some other early American Presidents such as John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. In later years, Washington probably regretted his lack of intellectual training. He never felt comfortable in a debate in Congress, or on any subject that had nothing to do with everyday practical matters. And because he never learned French and could not speak directly to the French leaders, he did not visit the country he admired so much. Thus, unlike Jefferson and Adams, he never reached Europe.46. What reason does the author give for Washington not going to college?A. His family could not afford it.B. A college education was rather uncommon in his time.C. He didn’t like the young Virginian men of good families who went to college.D. The author doesn’t give any reason.47. Washington felt uncomfortable in Congress debates because he _____.A. lacked practice in public speakingB. felt his education was not enoughC. didn’t like arguing and debating with peopleD. felt the others were being impractical48. The reason why Washington didn’t visit France was probably that he ____.A. didn’t really care about goingB. did not know the French leadersC. could not communicate directly with the French leadersD. was too busy to travel49. According to the author, ____.A. Washington’s lack of formal education placed him at a disadvantage in later lifeB. Washington should have gone to France even though he could not speak FrenchC. Washington was not as good a president as Adams, Jefferson or MadisonD. Washington was a model for all V irginian men of good families50. The main idea of the passage is that Washington’s education ____.A. was of great variety, covering many subjectsB. was probable equal to those of most young men of good families at that timeC. may seem poor by modern standards, but was good enough for his timeD. was rather limited for a presidentQuestions 51~55 are based on the following passage:The American definition of success is largely one of acquiring wealth and a high material standard of living. It is not surprising, therefore, that Americans have valued education for its monetary value. The belief is widespread in the United States that the more schooling people have, the more money they will earn when they leave scho103fol. The belief is strongest regarding the desirability of a undergraduate university degree, or a professional degree such as medicine or law following the undergraduate de gree. The monetary value of graduate degree in “nonprofessional ” fields such as art, history, or philosophy is not as great.The belief in the monetary value of education is supported by statistics on income. Ben Wattenberg, a social scientist, estimated that in the course of a lifetime a man with a college degree in 1972 would earn about $380 000 more than a man with j ust a high school diploma. Perhaps this helps to explain survey findings which showed that the Americans who wished they had lived their lives differently on some way regretted most of all that they did not get more education.51. What most Americans like most about higher education is ____.A. its cultural valueB. its monetary valueC. its moral valueD. its material value52. According to the passage, which of the following statements is not true?A. Americans take success as acquiring wealth and a higher material standard of living.B. In American people’s mind eyes, education h as its monetary value.C. Education is the only way to acquire wealth.D. A person’s income is related to his schooling.53. The passage says that people have stronger desire to ____.A. study medicineB. study historyC. study lawD. both A and C54. In the survey findings, some Americans regretted ____.A. not having much educationB. having too much unnecessary educationC. living differentlyD. earning $ 380 00055. In this passage, the writer wanted to show us ____.A. the earlier you start to work, the better you liveB. education is very important in the American societyC. people with little education are looked down upon by others everywhere in the United StatesD. Americans take money seriouslyIII. Cloze (1 mark each)Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D on the r ight side of the paper. Y ou should choose the one answer that best fits into the passage. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a pencil.About 485 years ago, a man stood alone on the coast of Spain. He looked toward the west and said to himself, “The earth canno t be flat. If I sail westward, 56 I shall hit land, India perhaps, and the queen will have a new and shorter 57 to the riches of that country.”Christopher Columbus told his idea to Queen Isabella of Spain. She give 58 three men. And Columbus sailed westward for many weeks, through 59 seas.60, he saw land: a group of islands now called the West Indians. Columbus was sure it was India, and he called the natives “Indos”. Stories of what Columbus found quickly 61 across Europe. His word “Indos” became “Indians” to the English. 62 all the natives of the We st Indias and Central America became known as “Indians”.Christopher Columbus 63 four trips to the New World. Y et, he died in Spain without knowing where he had been. He died 64 he had sailed to India.It was soon learned that Columbus had made a mista ke. 65 the word “Indian” was well established in Europe.The first 66 who arrived in North Carolina and Birginia in the early 1600’s called the natives Indians. This name spread nor th 67 the colonies of Maryland, New Y ork, Pennsylvania and New England were settled.Today the word is used to 68 the descendants of the first peoples of North and South America. In the far north they are called Eakimos. And in the far south 69 are the Patagonians and the Fuegians.Students and scholars have long known 70 the American Indians were not really Indians 71 . And one scholar proposed a name that he believed would be better—Amerinds. He made up this name by 72 American and Indian. This word is often used today by other scholars, but the general 73 has heard little of it.Word experts say the name Indian may be wrong but we are stuck with it. It103fis too late to change it to Amerind. Most people would not 74 the change. Besides, how could a movie of the old west be exciting if it concerned cowboys and Amerinds, 75 cowboys and Indians?56. A. then B. sooner or later C. however D. for instance57. A. orbit B. range C. route D. friction58. A. him B. her C. them D. his59. A. high B. calm C. current D. rough60. A. In fact B. Y et C. Anyway D. At last61. A. set B. undertook C. spread D. passed62. A. Well B. But C. Luckily D. And63. A. made B. declared C. wished D. put64. A. laughing B. hoping C. believing D. suspecting65. A. Nowadays B. But C. Incidentally D. In sort66. A. Indians B. explorers C. settlers D. Spanish67. A. as B. so that C. if D. even though68. A. harm B. describe C. influence D. serve69. A. just B. so C. they D. there70. A. as B. that C. in order that D. and71. A. though B. at all C. either D. now72. A. joining B. comparing C. respecting D. separating73. A. public B. idea C. objective D. inspector74. A. confirm B. receive C. accept D. permit75. A. instead of B. after C. without D. overIV. Translation from English into Chinese (15 marks)Directions: In this part there is a passage with 5 underlined parts, numbered 76~80. After reading the passage carefully, you should translate the underlined parts into Chinese.(76) The invention of electronic computers makes it possible to free man from the labour of complicated measurement and computation.A high speed electronic computer can carry out up to one hundred million arithmetical operations in one second. A computation which would have taken years of human work in the past is now done in a few seconds. (77) A number of various complicated problems which could not be solved before have been solved with the help of computers.Accurate measurement and exact computation are the bases of modern engineering and scientific research. Every engineering worker must determine accurately the amount of any change that the material to be used undergoes in different conditions.And every science worker will have to make numerous accurate computations before he can say that the results of his experiment are correct. (78) Y et there exist complex computations in science and engineering which science workers are unable to make because they are too long and too complicate. Here is an example which can illustrate how much time some of them may take. In order to solve a complicated chemical problem a chemistry worker must make about four million operations. (79) It would take him years to work the problem out, while electronic computing machine would do the same job only in a few second.We may divide electronic computers into two groups: machines that can control and those that can count. The former is used in satellites, guided missiles, weather-forecasting instruments and other devices, both simple and sophisticated. And the later can add, subtract, multiply and divide. (80) Such machines are to do any operation which we can reduce to arithmetic. Besides, they are able to combine many problems and take them103fin any order.V. Translation from English into Chinese (15 marks)Directions: In this part there is a passage with 5 underlined parts, numbered 76~80. After reading the passage carefully, you should translate the underlined parts into Chinese.81．我们认为理论与实践结合是十分重要的。