2007年度山东省普通高等教育专升本考试英语试题
Part I Listening Comprehension (15 points, 1 point each) Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 5 short conversations. After each
conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The
conversation and question will be read only once. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to each question.
1. A. On foot. B. By bike. C. By bus. D. By car. 2. A. To make tea at home. B. To have tea at home. C. To do the housework. D To finish her homework. 3. A. Sometime next year. B. Sometime next month. C. Sometime this year. D. Sometime this month. 4. A. His bike. B. Jane's bike . C. The key to his room. D. His bike key. 5. A. Mike. B. John. C. Lily and John. D. Lily and Mike. Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear a long conversation and a passage. The
conversation and passage will be read twice. At the end of them, you’ll hear some questions. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to each question. Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage.
6. A. Policeman and witness. B. Driver and passenger C. Lawyer and client. D. Judge and defendant. 7. A. Outside Brown's toyshop.
B. Just where the woman was standing.
C. Where the policeman and the woman are talking.
D. At the crossroads of Bridge Street and Churchill Avenue. 8. A. At 10. B. At 10:40. C. At 2:30. D. At 2:40. 9. A. 10 miles per hour. B. 20 miles per hour. C. 30 miles per hour. D. 40 miles per hour. 10. A. To sign her name. B. To go to the court.
C. To write down what she had said. D. To identify the drivers. Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage.
11. A. Noise. B. Newspapers. C. Advertisements. D. Electronic equipment. 12. A. It gives too much music. B. Its noise does harm to our ears. C. It changes our daily live. D. It has too many programs for advertising.
13. A. They spend too much time on sports. B. They like to play games on TV. C. They are always watching TV programs. D. They take little interest in their wives.
14. A. Electronic equipment may harm our health.
B. Electronic equipment may invade our private life. C. Electronic equipment may affect children's study.
D. Electronic equipment may affect family relationship. 15. A. Reading advertisements is a waste of time. B. Watching TV may hurt children's eyes.
C. There are too many programs for grown-ups on TV. D. Some electronic equipment may cause social problems. Part II Vocabulary and Structure ( 20 points, 1 point each )
Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there
are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
16. Would you please lend me your bike? Mine is not ________. A. good enough B. very good enough C. enough good D. good one 17. Without air, the candle will ________. A. go off B. go through C. go over D. go out
18. One of the most important problems is how to ________ students interests in learning English. A. raise B. arouse C. rise D. arise
19. When we face difficulties in our English learning, we will never ________. A. give away B. give off C. give in D. give out 20. Tony as well as his brothers and sisters ________ from America. A. is B. are C. have been D. were 21.Tomorrow I'm leaving for New York and I'll stay there for ________. A. sometimes B. some times C. sometime D. some time 22. How much did you ________ on this new car? A. cost B. spend C. pay D. take
23. When the police broke into the house, they found the old man ________ dead on the floor.
A. lying B. laid C. lain D. laying 24. I'm not good at math. This problem is quite ________ me. A. against B. beyond C. over D. above
25. ________ your coming to see me, I would have been very lonely. A. Owing to B. Thanks to C. But for D. On account of 26. That is a hot tourist line. You should book the tickets ________. A. in advance B. in return C. in turn D. in schedule 27. We are quite ________ to our parents and our teacher.
A. respectful B. respectable C. respective D. respected
28. \A. care B. bother C. trouble D. disturb
29. Those who felt like ________ the story again came over and added themselves to the audience.
A. being heard B. to be heard C. to hear D. hearing 30. Mary told me that Father would ________ later this year. A. get the hut to be repaired B. have the hut be repaired C. get the hut being repaired D. have the hut repaired
31. I can hardly hear what he's saying, and ________, A. nor can all these other people B. so can hardly all these other people C. so can all these other people D. nor all these other people can 32. ________ what you intended, I should not have wasted my time trying to explain matters to you.
A. Had realized I B. Realized had I C. Had I realized D. I had realized
33. I prefer clothes which are made out of natural materials ________ cotton and wool.
A. as B. just as C. like D. just like
34. It was his doctor who advised that he ________ a holiday away from the city. A. have B. had C. had D. would have
35. I don't think ________ necessary for Julie to make such a fuss about that sort of thing.
A. her B. that C. it D. this Part III Reading Comprehension ( 1 ) ( 30 points, 2 points each)
Directions: This part is to test your reading ability. There are 3 tasks for you to fulfill.
You should read the materials carefully and do the tasks as you are instructed.
Task 1
Telephone, television, radio, and telegraph all help people communicate with each other. Because of these devices, ideas and news of events spread quickly all over the world. For example, within seconds, people can know the results of an election in another country. An international football match comes into the homes of everyone with a television set. News of a disaster such as an earthquake or flood can bring help from distant countries. Within hours, help is on the way. Because of modern technology like the satellites that travel around the world, information travel fast.
How has this speed of communication changed the world? To many people, the world has become smaller. Of course this does not mean that the world is actually physically smaller. It means that the world seems smaller. Two hundred years ago, communication between the continents took a long time. All news was carried on ships that took weeks or even months to cross the oceans. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, it took six weeks for news from Europe to reach Americas. This time difference influenced people's actions. For example, one battle, in the War of 1812 between England and the United Stats could have been avoided. A peace agreement had already been signed. Peace was made in England, but the news of peace took six weeks to reach America. During these six weeks, the large and serious Battle of New Orleans was fought. Many people lost their lives after a peace treaty had been signed. They would not have died if news had come in time. In the past, communication took much more time than it does now. 36. News spreads fast because of __________. A. a peace agreement B. new technology C. the changes of the world D. modern transportation