2017年黑龙江普通高校专升本考试英语真题

2017年黑龙江普通高校专升本考试基础英语试卷I.Choose the best item to complete each of the following sentences.(1%×20=20%)1. New Year’s Eve is the most important celebration in some countries, but this is not true ____ the United States.A. toB. withC. ofD. as2. One of the firefighters won a(n)____for bravery.A. awardB. rewardC. moneyD. praise3. Tom was doing everything he could, trying to ____ the girl's telephone number.A look for B. find out C. figure out D. work out4. Guest must check ____ before noon, or they will be charged a whole day.A. inB. outC. offD. up5. In some western countries, a ____ brief is that black cats will bring misfortune to people.A. superstitiousB. mysteriousC. falseD. held6. Don't be ____ about him, he is a beginner.A. angryB. faultyC. criticalD. mad7. The results of the research were completely ____ to what we had expected.A. contrastB. differentC. contraryD. same8. He was seriously injured in a car ____ last year.A. crushB. crashC. smashD. clash9. The noise of cars passing along the road is a ____ disturbance to our quietness at home.A. slowB. fastC. continualD. continuing10. I don't want anyone to bring ____ the subject any more.A. outB. inC. downD. up11. He is more ____ for the job than the other candidates because he has more experience in this field.A. favoriteB. favorableC. suitableD. enough12. ____ hearing the news, the girl rushed out without hesitation.A. OnB. AsC. SinceD. As soon as13. ____ is responsible will have to pay for the damage.A. WhatB. WhateverC. WhoD. Whoever14. What we need ____ well-trained teachers.A. isB. areC. beD. to be15. Has he told you where he ____ his holiday next month?A. spentB. has spentC. will spendD. would spend16. He speaks perfect American English. He ____ to the U. S before.A. must have beenB. might goC. should have beenD. must go17. Fashion was only one of the many dangers ____ we had to guard ourselves.A. whichB. against thatC. from whichD. that18. Your chances of getting the job are extremely slim, ____ well you handle the issue.A. howeverB. whateverC. even thoughD. no matter19. Do you always ____ an English-Chinese dictionary when you come across new word in your reading?A. considerB. consultC. cheatD. contact20. ____ I would like to help you, I’m afraid I’m simply too busy at the moment.A. As much asB. So muchC. Though muchD. Much asII. Cloze. Decide which of the choices below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. (1%×10=10%)What’s in a name? Your fate（命运）could have been __21__ different if you had been given a different name at your birth. Some of us recognize that our name does not necessarily fit and start using a different name __22__ the one we were given. Many of us choose to use our middle name so we can be true to our parents and at the same time be more confident. Some people who have changed their name __23__ that their professional lives improved. They feel better about themselves so they are more __24__ to achieve more. But those who have changed their names are not just being overly sensitive. Names themselves convey some information causing others to make judgment based solely __25__ them. Here is an example: A magazine __26__to print a writer's name simply because the editor thought it suited a baseball player __27__ an art critic. Another example:A woman at a party became embarrassed when she wanted to be introduced to a man she had declined because of his name. One study showed that teachers give different grades to the identical essays __28_ by boys with different names. Similarly, girl's popularity can be related to their names.Yet, which name works and which does not depend on the times. The good qualities of a well-liked president or actor can often influence _29_ a name is seen. But if a name becomes too well-known, it might also fall out of favor __30_ parents look for something a little more unique for their child.21. A. absolute B. entirely C. little D. a bit22. A. rather than B. instead C. as D. compared with23. A. declare B. announce C. argue D. claim24. A. possible B. likely C. possibly D. able25. A. on B. at C. in D. against26. A. planned B. wanted C. refused D. intended27. A. less than B. more than C. as well as D. the same as28. A. writing B. wrote C. write D. written29. A. how B. what C. the way which D. the meaning which30. A. because of B. so that C. as D. now thatIII. Reading Comprehension(2%×15=30%)Passage OneMost people love Michael Jordan. He's the NBA's No. 1 player who can run fast, jump high and shoot well. All these things are true, but there are other truths about Michael that are not so easily seen: his understanding of teamwork, his competitive spirit and his love for the game. It is these truths that form the deepest connection between Michael and me.After coaching him for eight seasons, I still wonder at Michael's love for the game that moves us, even in practice games. I mean, he never takes a day off. One thing about Michael is that he takes nothing about his game for granted. When he first came to the NBA back in 1984, his outside shooting was not perfect, and he began to practice shooting hundreds of shots each day. In the end, he became a real three-point shooter. Playing outstanding defense didn't come straight to him, either. He had to study his opponents, learn their usual moves and then try hard to learn the skills necessary to stop them. He worked extremely hard to perfect his footwork and his balance.Today, so many young people come to the game with the thought that talent is all they need for success. Michael thinks the other way. He knows his weaknesses, and for me, one of the signs of Michael's greatness is that he has turned his weaknesses into strengths.Another of the qualities I respect most about Michael is his performance on the court. Whilst he is very competitive, he always respects the other players, whether they are on his team or on the other side. Often, he gives a hand to an opponent who falls down. He is definitely not the type of player who would try to build himself upby tearing someone else down. This is an act of leadership. Through his outstanding performance on the court, he has won love and respect from both his teammates and opponents.Every season, Michael makes himself available to groups of children with serious diseases. He puts them at ease, lets them have a laugh, and makes it possible for them to enjoy basketball. When Michael retires, I only hope that young players like Grant Hill and Kobe Bryant will be influenced by his performance and by his sense of fair play. I hope that people will remember him for much more than just his championship rings. Being Michael’s coach has been a great joy. But more importantly, I consider Michael to be a friend.31. The text is written by_____.A. a basketball playerB. a basketball coachC. a basketball fanD. a sports news reporter32. What is true about Michael Jordan?A He can't jump high. B. He can't run fastC. He can shoot well.D. He often takes a day off.33. What does"Playing outstanding defense didn't come straight to him"in Paragraph 2 mean?A. He was not outstanding at playing defense at the very beginning.B. He was outstanding at playing defense from the very beginning.C. Playing outstanding defense was important to him.D. Playing outstanding defense was not important to him.34. Michael Jordan was all the following EXCEPT_____.A. respecting other players on the courtB. giving a hand to an opponent who falls downC. having competitive spiritD. building himself up by tearing others down35. Which of the following is NOT true?A. The coach regarded Michael Jordan as a friend.B. Many children with serious diseases can get a chance to meet Michael Jordan.C. Michael Jordan has influenced many other basketball players through his love for the game.D. Michael Jordan doesn't think talent is everything a person needs for success in playing basketball.Passage TwoSo long as teachers fail to distinguish（区分）between teaching and learning, they will continue to to do things for children that children can only do for themselves. Teaching children to read is not passing reading on to them. It is certainly not endless hours spent in activities about reading. Douglas insists that"reading cannot be taught directly and schools should stop trying to do the impossible. "Teaching and learning are two entirely different processes. They differ in kind and function. The role of leaching is to create the conditions and the climate that will make it possible for children to develop the most efficient system for teaching themselves to read. Teaching is also a public activity. It can be seen and observed.Learning to read involves all that each individual does to make sense of the world of printed language. Almost all of it is private,for learning is an occupation of the mind, and that process is not open to public examination.If teacher and learner roles are not distinguishable, how can teaching aid the child in the quest（探索）for knowledge? Smith has one principal rule for all teaching instructions. "Make learning lo read easy, which means making reading a meaningful, enjoyable and frequent experience for children. "When the roles of teacher and learner are seen for what they are, and when both teacher and learner fulfill them appropriately, then much of the pressure and feeling of failure for both is eliminated. Learning to read is made easier when teachers create anenvironment where children are given the opportunity to solve the problem of learning to read by reading.36. The problem with the reading course as mentioned in the first paragraph isthat___.A. it is one of the most difficult school coursesB. too much time is spent in teaching about readingC. students spend endless hours in readingD. reading tasks are assigned with little guidance37. The teaching of reading will be successful if _____.A. teachers can enable students to develop their own way of readingB. teachers can improve conditions at school for the studentsC. teachers can devise the most efficient system for readingD. teachers can make their teaching activities observable38. The word"examination"at the end of Paragraph 3 most probably means “_____”.A. inquiryB. observationC. controlD. decision39. According to the passage, learning to read will no longer be a difficult taskwhen____.A. children are willing to do itB. teacher and learner roles are identicalC. teaching helps children in the search for knowledgeD. reading enriches children's experience40. The main idea of the passage is that ____.A. teachers should do as little as possible in helping students learn to readB. teachers should encourage students to read as widely as possibleC. reading ability is something acquired rather than taughtD. reading is more complicated than generally believedPassage ThreeAs any homemaker who has tried to keep order at the dinner table knows, there is far more to a family meal than food. Sociologist Michael Lewis has been studying 50 families to find out just how much more.Lewis and his co-workers carried out their study by videotaping（录像）the families while they ate ordinary meals in their own homes. They found that parents with small families talk actively with each other and their children. But as the number of children gets larger, conversation gives way to the parents' efforts to control the loud noise they make. That can have an important effect on the children. “In general the more question-asking the parents do, the higher the children's IQ scores,” Lewis says. “And the more children there are, the less question-asking there is. ”The study also provides an explanation for why middle children often seem to have a harder time in life than their siblings（兄弟姐妹）. Lewis found that in families with three or four children, dinner conversation is likely to center on the oldest child, who has the most to talk about, and the youngest, who needs the most attention. “Middle children are invisible,"says Lewis. “When you see someone get up from the table and walk around during dinner, chances are it’s the middle child. ” There is however, one thing that stops all conversation and prevents anyone from having attention. “When the TV is on,” Lewis says, “dinner is a non-event. ”41. The writer's purpose in writing the text is to ______.A. show the relationship between parents and childrenB. teach parents ways to keep order at the dinner tableC. report on the findings of a studyD. give information about family problems42. Parents with large families ask fewer questions at dinner because______.A. they are busy serving food to their childrenB. they are busy keeping order at the dinner tableC. they have to pay more attention to younger childrenD. they are tired out having prepared food tor the whole family43. By saying “Middle children are invisible” in paragraph 3, Lewis means that middle children_____.A. have to help their parents lo serve dinnerB. get the least attention from the familyC. are often kept away from the dinner tableD. find it hard to keep up with other children4. Lewis research provides an answer to the question_______.A. why TV is important in family lifeB. why parents should keep good orderC. why children in small families seem to be quieterD. why middle children seem to have more difficulties in life45. Which of the following statements would the writer agree to?A. It is important to have the right food for children.B. It is a good idea to have the TV on during dinner.C. Parents should talk to each of their children frequently.D. Elder children should help the younger ones at dinner.IV. Fill in the blanks with the words given below, changing the form if necessary. Fill in each blank with one word only. (1%×10=10%)46. The men from the two countries met _______ because they didn't want the public to know about their meeting.47. In the online classroom, people _______ with each other by writing.48. No one _______ him as much as his father did in forming his personality.49. Being on one's own means making one's own _______.50. I'm willing to meet you on any day that is _______ to you.51. It was said that Nancy was going To marry a rich Englishman, but she _______ it.52. If you had answered the policeman honestly, you would not have been _______.53. As we are developing our economy, we should not _______ protecting the environment.54. She was so _______ that she went to the kitchen three times to see whether the fish was cooked.55. In order to find them easily, we should make a careful _______ of the books in the library.V. Translation (4%×5=20%)56. 出于同情，布莱克太太给了这位可怜的老人一些钱。