《基础英语》样卷

韩山师范学院2011年专升本插班生考试样卷英语/英语（商贸英语）专业基础英语试题(A卷)（请将答案写在答题卡）I.Match each word with its definition: 10%Words:1)roar2)conviction3)decent4)asphyxiated5)indulgent6)colossus7)pandemonium8)regiment9)lug10)renunciation11)ecstatic12)scribble13)benediction14)slump15)inherit16)defer17)merchant18)judicious19)inclined20)exhilaratedDefinitions:a)blessingb) a situation in which there is a lot of noisec)speak in a loud , deep voiced)in very high spiritse)likely, tending tof)the act of giving up everythingg)air ( not ) moving in and out freelyh)causing great joy and happinessi) a large military group commanded by a colonelj)good enoughk)very firm beliefl)delay, postpone, put offm)write hastily or carelesslyn)fall heavily, collapseo) a person or thing of very great size, importance or abilityp)with good judgementq) a person who buys or sells goods in large amountsr)pull or carry with great effort and difficultys)being born with, acquire from parentst)very kind to other peopleII.Fill in each blank with the derivative of the words in parentheses. 10%1)The agreement was reached after a series of difficult ______. (negotiate)2)My schedule is quite ___. --- I could arrange to meet you any day next week.(flexibility)3)Who can ___ me that I am mistaken? (assurance)4)We all have social ___ to take on. ( oblige)5)There was a pile of ___ books in the corner. ( assort)6)It is ___ to plant trees too early. ( advise)7)It is ___ that both of them should be recommended. ( desire)8)The southern regions have ____ relied on foreign investment. ( increase)9)He is ___ to us for his action. (accountable)10)Sally waited for her examination results with ___ anxiety. (mount)III.Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs. 8%1) The school attaches great importance __ the scores of the National English examination.2) She is a well-liked English teacher ___ rich teaching experience.3) We love peace, yet we are not the kind of people to yield ___ any military threat.4)The loss of all my money in business was fatal __ my plan.5)The court ordered an investigation ___ the affairs of the company.6)Do you know a boy __ the name of David?7)I’ll probably see you tomorrow, but __ any event, I will phone you.8)He has got the committee ___ his thumb---they agree to whatever he asks..9)I’ll have to tell him __ about leaving that door unlocked.10)I have had a toothache on and __ for 2 weeks.11)My mind wandered __ while the teacher was talking about the American CivilWar.12)It is happening ___ this fashion because of the obstinacy of one woman.13)I’m ashamed __what I did.14)The rules of the club are set ___ in the member’s handbook.15)I tried to head the dog __ by running towards it.16)She took __ nagging to get her own way.IV.Paraphrase the following sentences. 21%1)By grace of one of the engineering feats of the country, for richer or poorer,better or worse, England and France are getting hitched.2)I found myself on varied assignments, all the way from ship news to sportsreporting.3)The man from the West, his egotism enlarged by success, was beginning tooutline the history of his career.4)The most trivial chore can prove rewarding if approached with zest.5)The whole building rocked with prayer and song.6)It started, of all places, in the Swiss Alps.7)The ground was black with ants, great energetic ants that took no notice ofhim, but hurried and scurried towards the fighting shape, like glistening black water flowing through the grass.e the words given in parentheses to translate the following sentences.21%1)猛然间他意识到老师是下了很大功夫教他学钢琴。

(flash, take pains)2)从他所写的可以判断，他很有写作天赋。

(judge, aptitude)3)很明显，她说话的声音带有一丝嫉妒。

(plain, note)4)她是一个很会抓住机会的人。

她的妹妹也一样。

(seize, true)5)那些见过这父子俩的人都说他长得酷似其父。

(set eyes, image)6)那场意想不到的悲剧发生之后，这个老妇人悲痛欲绝。

(strike, piece)7)当诺贝尔奖得主由主席陪同走上讲台时，整个大厅顿时爆发出一阵欢呼声和鼓掌声。

(escort, rock)VI.Choose the best one to complete each sentence. 8%1) She did her best to stay awake, but the performance was so boring that she just __ to sleep.a. dropped inb. dropped outc. dropped ofd. dropped down2) Lily made no attempt to __ the problem.a. tackleb. tryc. undertaked. achieve3). On January 1st, many people make a New Year ___.a. intentionb. determinationc. dedicationd. resolution4). Johnny’s parents always let him have his own ___.a. willb. wayc. wishd. demand5). She was extremely ___, always ready to agree with other people’s wishes.a. mellowb. moderatec. adaptabled. supple6). The woman tripped over the uneven pavement and ___ her elbow.a. distortedb. dislodgedc. disabledd. dislocated7). He knew that he couldn’t change anything so he just ___ himself to thesituation.a. assignedb. resignedc. retiredd. kept8). Game pie was a(n) __ of this famous restaurant.a. singularityb. particularityc. specialityd. originality9). My passport __ last month, so I will have to get a new one.a. expiredb. endedc. finishedd. terminated10). Your room must be ___ by 12 o’clock, but you luggage may be left with theporter.a. evacuatedb. vacatedc. desertedd. abandoned11). My grandma’s condition looks very serious and it is doubtful if she will ___.a. pull upb. pull inc. pull outd. pull through12). The purpose of the survey was to ___ the school inspectors with local schoolconditions.a. informb. acquaintc. instructd. notify13). Sam is being ___ for his stomachache at the hospital now.a. curedb. healedc. treatedd. operated14).Though seriously damaged by a fire, the ancient mansion was eventually ___to its original splendor.a. repairedb. renewedc. restoredd. renovated15). I cannot bear the noise coming form my neighbour’s house; it ___ me frommy work.a. distractsb. annoysc. interruptsd. disturbs16). Vincent cannot ___ without at least one pack of cigarettes.a. get onb. get throughc. get overd. get byVII.Fill in each blank with an appropriate word according to the initial letter given. 10%Two factors are p__1)important in the h__2) of inventions. One is the partp__3) by inspiration, which can be far more v__4) than that of careful r__5). An example of this is the d___6) of insulin by Frederick Banting. He k__7) very little about the large amount of w__8) that had been done in the f__9). But hes__10) where other more knowledgeable experimenters f___11). The otherf__12) is chance. Alexander Fleming’s discovery of penicillin was an a__13). He was cultivating bacteria when a c__14) or what we n__15) call penicillin fellon the b__16). Fleming n__17) how the cell b__18) to destroy the bacteria, and this l__ 19) to his i__ 20)discovery.VIII.Read the following passage. 5%Time was ---20 or 30 years ago --- when Mom and Kids would go to a studio and sit, and the idealized result would be framed and given to Dad, who would take it to the office and display it for visitors to admire. Often, I am sure, it is said photo really did enable the working man to contemplate his loved ones between appointment, butit served other purposes as well. The photo was an emblem, an asset, a hanging prize. Behold, it said; I am not only a lawyer or corporate titan, I am a husband and father. It clarified that work and family occupied two distinct realms, and testified that the owner had achieved success in both.Now the opposite is true. Today’s photos are an expression of the conflicted feelings of the modern office worker. Rather than relegating the family to a different realm, they are an attempt to bring the two realms closer, to admit family into the office. They are attempts to make us feel that we are not separate from our kids; that we are still with them, and they with us, vivid, changeable, in the flesh. They are expressions of pride, yes, and love, yes, but also of guilt and longing. So powerful are the emotions roused that a friend of mine, upon returning to work after having her first child, found that she couldn’t bring any photos; they made the absence from her son too painful.Not everything has changed. Formal photos still hang in uneasy coexistence with informal ones, in women’s offices and in men’s Sociologist Arlie Hochschild noted that it was the lower-ranking women who peppered their desks with intimate family snapshots. For these women, she posits, the photos sent a message: I may not be powerful here, but there is a place, home, where I am. The more high-up the woman, the less she indulged in these snapshots, as if they might call her commitment into question. Instead, executive women resorted to the traditional framed trophy photo. I don’t entirely buy this distinction---in my workplace, women at all levels do the montage thing, as do men --- but I do kids on the beach, and it was facing me, not her, and I wonder, a little, if it was saying: I don’t work as much as it seems!As the same time that family photos testify to what we have, they also testify to what we don’t have, while we are working, is the very thing they display: the spontaneous moments, the golden unlimited hours. In keeping these snapshots at our desk we are like pets, really, that in their master’s absence seek out is sweater to lie upon. Absent our family, the best we can do is bask in its representation, create the illusion that we can sense our kids, feel them, hear their laughter.1. 20 or 30 years ago, office photos conveyed the idea of _____a. work commitmentb. guiltc. family achievementd. personal freedom2. According to the passage, today’s office photos differ from office photos of 20 or30 years ago in that _____a. they are more formalb. they help relieve the stress of workplacec. they bridge work and familyd. they mainly serve a decorative purpose3. The author disagrees to some extent with the fact that ____a. low-ranking women use family snapshots to show their power at home.b. high-up women don’t bring snapshots to officec. low-ranking women generally do not have trophy photos in officed. some executive women have trophy photos in their office.4. People bring to office snapshots that represent ____a. their ranking in the officeb. their pride in their achievementsc. positive elements of lifed. family life they miss at work5. compare office photos of the past with those of the modern times, they are ___.a. completely the same in functionb. totally different in functionc. share some similarities in functiond. almost identical in functionIX. Write a letter to your friend regretting having missed seeing him/ her. 7% (at least 150 words)Your letter should include:---great disappointment at having missed seeing the friend---reasons for being absent--- remembering the time of not having seen each other---asking after the addressee and his / her family--- telling about self--- expressing hope to see the addressee。