2003年北京市专升本英语真题及答案

2003年北京市专升本英语真题及答案_Word版

Part Ⅰ Vocabulary and Structure

Directions:There are 15 incomplete sentences in this part. You are required to complete each one by deciding on the most appropriate word or works from the 4 choices

marked A.,B.,C. and D. then you should write the letter in the corresponding

space on the Answer Sheet.

1. Jenny is only three years old. She is too young _______ alone at home.

A. to leave

B. to be leaving

C. to be left

D. to have been left

2. Mother has never been to Tibet but that’s she only city ______.

A. where she most likes to visit

B. that she most likes to visit

C. which she likes to visit most

D. what she likes to visit most

3. It’s so long since I last saw her that I couldn’t ______ her.

A. realize

B. review

C. acknowledge

D. recognize

4. By the end of 2002 we ______ more than 5000 teachers of English all over the province.

A. trained

B. had trained

C. would have trained

D. have trained

5. ---There must be someone at the door.

---Who could ____ be? It is already midnight.

A.It

B. he

C. she

D. this

6. He talked as if he _____ there before.

A. used to be

B. was

C. bad been

D. had gone

7. I ______ them to go by train, but they went by bus after all.

A. suggested

B. demanded

C. proposed

D. advised

8. ______ knows the fact should report it to the manager.

A. Whoever

B. No matter who

C. Someone

D. Anyone

9. I tried to catch the ball but it was _______ my reach.

A. over

B. above

C. out

D. beyond

10. Let me ______ your telephone number before I forget it.

A. put up

B. put down

C. put off

D. put on

11. No sooner had the thief disappeared into a side street _____.

A. than the police arrived

B. as the police arrived

C. then the police arrived

D. when the police arrived

12. _______, we missed our train the day when we were back to Paris.

A. With the bus late

B. the bus to be late

C. the bus being late

D. The bus was late

13. After a whole-night discussion, they have finally ______ the conclusion that they should be united as and fight against the local authorities.

A. come

B. reached

C. received

D. arrived

14. ______ from the top of the TV tower, you will find the city far more beautiful at night.

A. to see

B. seen

C. seeing

D. see

15. But for his kind help, I ____ this experiment so quickly.

A. shouldn’t be finishing

B. could n’t finished

C. hadn’t finished

D. wouldn’t have finished

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension

Directions: There are 4 reading passages in this part. After reading each passage, you will find some questions or unfinished statements. For each question or statement

there are 4 choices marked A.,B.,C., and D. You should choose the most

appropriate answer and write the letter in the corresponding space on the

Answer Sheet.

Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage.

For thousands of years, people have looked up at the night sky and looked at the moon. They wondered what the moon was made of. They wanted to know how big it was and how far away it was. One of the most interesting questions was “Where did the moon come from?” No one knew for sure. Scientists developed many different theories, or guesses, but they could not prove that their ideas were correct.

Then, between 1969 and 1972, the United States sent astronauts to the moon. They studied the moon and returned to the earth with rock samples. Scientists have studied these pieces of rock, the moon’s movements, and information about the moon and the earth. They can finally answer questions about the origin of the moon. Today most scientists believe that the moon formed from the earth. They think that a large object hit the earth early in history. Perhaps the object was as big as Mars. When the object hit the earth, huge pieces of the earth broke off. These pieces then moved around the earth. After a brief time, the pieces came together and formed the moon.

This “impact(撞击) theory” exposes many facts about the earth and the moon. For example, the moon is very dry because the impact created so much heat that it dried up all the water. The earth has iron in its center. This is because the moon