插班生考试基础英语试卷(A)

韩山师范学院2009年专升本插班生考试试卷

英语/英语（商贸英语）专业基础英语试题(A卷)

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I.Match each word with its definition: 10%

Words:

1)jumble

2)executive

3)squirt

4)synthetic

5)frown

6)croak

7)snatch

8)engrave

9)feat

10)parallel

11)menace

12)ventilate

13)flurry

14)stanch

15)seethe

16)yearn

17)overhaul

18)integral

19)spawn

20)corrode

Definitions:

a)to examine or go over carefully for needed repairs

b)to be violently excited or agitated

c) a person concerned with making and carrying out decisions esp. in business

d)unwanted things for sale

e)to speak in a low, rough voice as if you have a sore throat

f)an action needing strength, skill or courage

g)cause air to enter and move around

h)to have a strong desire

i)to bring into existence, esp. in large numbers

j)to become worn away, esp. by chemical action over a long period

k)dependably loyal

l)necessary (to complete sth.), which cannot be left out

m)not naturally produced, artificial

n)to cut words or pictures on metal, wood, glass, etc.

o)running side by side but never getting nearer to or further away from each other

p)to force out in a thin fast stream

q)to bring eyebrows together in anger or effort

r)to take someone or sth. away from a place by force

s)sth. or someone that is dangerous or threatening

t)sudden confusion or excitement

II.Fill in each blank with the derivative of the words in parentheses. 10%

1)Engrossed in her sorrow, she was totally ___ of her surroundings. (oblivion)

2)Unskilled ___ of victims who have suffered neck injuries can cause serious damage.

(extricate)

3)His ____ from the club hurt him very much. (exclusive)

4)Clear logic can help you to ___ a skein of thoughts. (entangle)

5)I feel a sense of ___ when my friends refused to support me. (betray)

6)They found a ___ temple in the mountain. (habitation)

7)His writings were composed without deliberate ___. (obscure)

8)They confessed, but only under severe ___. (constrain)

9)Their ___ of the book is that it is beautifully written. (assess)

10)The police’s ___ (intervene) broke up the fight.

III.Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs. 8%

1) The audience was so stupid that it seemed impossible to get __ to them by mere language.

2) In the end the long hours of work, combined with domestic worries, got him ___.

3) She had to take __ the dress a few inches at the waist.

4)I reckon that she has taken ___ too many responsibilities.

5)When we are eating fish, we need to look ___ for bones.

6)Please look ___ it that it doesn’t happen again.

7)At the end of each lesson the teacher will run ___ the main points.

8)The new clock radio has run ___; we must change the batteries.

9)The teacher kept Tom ___ because of his sloppy work.

10)When will the next American moon-shot come ___?

11)The school has turned ___ some very good scholars.

12)Don’t forget to turn ___ all your camping gear before you leave.

13)I’ve made my choice and I will hold ____ to the end.

14)The bandits held ____ the train and robbed the passengers.

15)The event came ___ as he had predicted it.

16)Jobs are hard to come ___ when so many people are out of work.

IV.Paraphrase the following sentences. 21%

1)In 1991 the World Wide Web debuted, instantly bringing order and clarity to the chaos that

was cyberspace.

2)It was a swelling feeling of rage and misery and protest that expressed itself in the

thought.

3)The poison sac of the town began to manufacture venom, and the town swelled and puffed

with the pressure of it.

4)He resolutely drove the compulsive thought out of his mind, but it kept edging its way in

again with alarming persistence.

5)But in cold blood I could think of no practical substitute for these dramatic punishments.

6)There was a gasp of horror from the onlookers, and the slayers took a grip on their clubs.

7)The tendrils of desire unfold their clasp on the outer world of objects, withdraw, shrivel up.

Wishes shrivel up, turn black, die.

https://www.360docs.net/doc/bd5261961.html,e the words given in parentheses to translate the following sentences. 21%

1)自从他生意失败后遍一蹶不振，目前对他来说最重要的是振作精神。(brood/ pull)

2)10前很少有人意识到我们已经走向一个知识经济的时代，一个信息即成功的时代。

(way)

3)至于日趋严重的空气污染问题，这是全人类共同面临的一种威胁，这一严酷现实必

须引起所有人注意。(as/notice)

4)我们不能姑息任何人的有害社会秩序的行为，不管他是谁，不管他来自何处。

(injurious)

5)我真的很怀疑经过处理的引用水能够提供人体健康所必须的矿物质。(essential)

6)除夕夜晚的大街小巷里，到处是身着节日盛装，燃放烟花的孩子。(let)

7)我们学校强调学生全面发展，鼓励学生培养健康的个人爱好。(attach)

VI.Choose the best one to complete each sentence. 8%

1) Having been ____ for three weeks, the escaped murderer was caught at the airport yesterday.

a. on the run b on the flight c in an escape d in a fling

2) The woman could see by the gun in his hand that the robber ____ business.

a. meant b did c had d wanted

3). It was nine years ago ____ Sir Alfred returned from America.

a in which

b at which

c that

d since

4). The brain needs (a) ____ supply of blood.

a. continual b continuous c incessant d eternal

5). Don’t deviate from the subject ____ discussion.

a. under b for c into d at

6). The ____ of the headlights almost blinded us.

a. glow b blaze c glimmer d flame

7). We should make regular use of the rich resources of the library ___ to us.

a. accessible b achievable c attainable d available

8). The information the police have recently obtained ____ light on the mystery of the stolen antiques.

a. gives b throws c brings d reflects

9). The runner ____ just because he hadn’t been training for at least a month before.

a. dropped out b dropped off c held out d held off

10). The Internet has already produced a(n) ___ influence on the way people live and work.

A basic

B fundamental

C profound

D inevitable

11). The new brand has been designed to meet the needs of a wide ___ of computer users.

A group

B scope

C field

D spectrum

12). Elton admitted that audience enthusiasm would ___ lead him to produce new albums.

A unnecessarily

B inevitably

C finally

D unsurmountably

13). The earth ___ around the sun as it ___ by itself.

A swirls, whirls

B revolves, rotates

C turns, rolls

D swings, spins

14). The engine of the car is fairly ____ of fuel.

a economic

b saving

c wasting

d frugal

15). ____ people are easily fooled an often swindled.

a Creditable

b Credible

c Credulous

d Credential

16). Perhaps a sudden autumn storm simple caught her four-man crew___.

a consciously

b unawares

c unconsciously

d intentionally

VII.Fill in each blank with an appropriate word according to the initial letter given.

10%

In the next few d___(1), man will in all p____(2) return in numbers to the deeps where life c____(3) millions of years ago. D____(4) may farm the continental shelves, r____(5) fish in pens in the same sort of way that livestock is reared on l____(6); they may also work on oil well-heads and r___(7) machinery at d____(8) below 300 metres while mining engineers p____(9) for reserves on the seabed in deep-diving submersible. Machines will crawl across the sea f____(10), s____(11) up samples, l____(12) cables and pipelines, c____(13) underwater dwellings and even industrial p____(14). Scientists will s____(15) the ocean and its life in habitats f___(16) to the o____(17) floor. Families may take h____(18) in warm seas, living in pressurized u____(19) “hotels” and going out for subsurface t_____(20) and fishing during the day.

VIII.Read the following passage. 5%

During the nineteenth century, women in the United States organized and participated in a large number of reform movements, including movements to reorganize the prison system, improve education, ban the sale of alcohol, and, most importantly, to free the slaves. Many young women fought hard to get the right to enter the university as men did, and the right to work side by side with male workers in a factory or a mill. Some women saw similarities in the social status of women and slaves. Women like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucy Stone were feminists and abolitionists (废奴主义者) who supported the rights of both women and blacks. A number of male abolitionists, including William Lloyd Garrison and Wendell Philips, also supported the rights of women to speak and participate equally with men in antislavery activities. Probably more than any other movement, abolitionism offered women a previously denied entry into politics. They became involved primarily in order to better their living conditions and the conditions of others.

When the Civil War ended in 1865, the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the

constitution adopted in 1868 and 1870 granted citizenship and right to vote to blacks but not to women. Discouraged but resolved, feminists influenced more and more women to demand this right. In 1869 the Wyoming Territory had yielded to demands by feminists, but eastern states resisted more stubbornly than before. A women’s voting bill had been presented to every Congress since 1878 but it continually failed to pass until 1920, when the Nineteenth Amendment granted women the right to vote.

1.With what topic is the passage primarily concerned?

a.the Wyoming Territory

b.the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments

c.abolitionists

d.women’s right to vote

2.According to the passage, why did women become active in politics?

a.to improve the conditions of life that existed at the time

b.to support Elizabeth Cady Stanton for president

c.to be elected to public office

d.To amend the Declaration of Independence

3.What had occurred shortly after the Civil War?

a.The Wyoming Territory was admitted to the Union.

b. A wo men’s suffrage bill was introduced in Congress.

c.The eastern states resisted the end of the war.

d.Black people were granted the right to vot

e.

4.What does the Nineteenth Amendment guarantee?

a.voting rights for blacks

b.citizenship for blacks

c.voting rights for women

d.citizenship for women

5.When were women allowed to vote through – out the United States?

a.after 1866

b.after 1870

c.after 1878

d.after 1920

IX.Write a letter to your friend inviting him/her to the annual alumni-meeting. 7% (at least 150 words)

Your letter should include:

---brief inquiry about his/her recent work and life

---time and place of the alumni-meeting

--- information about those that will be present

---relevant arrangements of the alumni-meeting