江苏省2017年普通高校专转本选拔考试
英语试题卷
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Prat I Reading Comprehension （共 20 小题，每小题 2 分，共 40 分）
Directions: There are 4 passage in this part . Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements . For each of them there are 4 choices marked A,B,C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet . Passage One
Questions 1 to 5 based on the following passage .
We use both words and gestures to express our feelings ,but the problem is that these words and gestures can be understood in different ways .
It is true that a smile means the same thing in any language . So does laughter or crying . There are also a number of striking similarities in the way different animals show the same feelings . Dogs , tigers and humans , for example , often show their teeth when they are angry . This is probably because they are born with those behavior patterns .
Fear is another emotion that is shown in much the same way all over the world . In Chinese and English literature , a phrase like “he went pale and began to tremble”suggests that the man is either very afraid or deeply shocked . However , “he opened his eyes wide ” is used to suggest anger in Chinese whereas in English it means surprise . In Chinese surprise can be described in a phrase like “they stretched out their tongues ”. Sticking out your tongue in English is an insulting gesture or expresses strong dislike .
Even in the same culture , people differ in the ability to understand and express feelings Experiments in America have shown that women are usually better than men at recognizing fear ,anger love and happiness on people’s faces . Other studies show that older people usually find it easier to recognize or understand body language than younger people do . 1.According to the passage , _________.
A.we can hardly understand what people’s gestures mean
B.words and gestures may have different meanings in different cultures C.words can be better understand by older people
D.gestures can be better understand by most of the people while words can not 2.People’s facial expressions may be misunderstand because______。 A.people of different ages may have different understandings B.people have different cultures
C.people of different sexes may understand a gesture differently D.people of different countries speak different languages 3.Even in the same culture , people_______.
A.have different abilities to understand and express feelings B.have exactly the same understanding of something C.never fail to understand each other D.are equally intelligent
4.From this passage .we can conclude_______. A.words are used as frequently as gestures B.words are often found difficult to understand
C.words and gestures are both used in expressing feelings D.gestures are more efficiently used than words 5.The best title for this passage be________. A. Words and Feelings
B. Words,Gestures and Feelings C. Gestures and Feelings D. Culture and Understanding Passage Two
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage .
The English policeman has several nicknames but the most frequently used are “copper” and “bobby”. The first name comes form the verb “to cop” ( which is also slang ) , meaning “to take”or “to capture” , and the second comes form the first name of Sir Robert Peel , a 19th century politician , who was the founder of the police force as we know it today . An early nickname for the policeman was “peeler” , but this one has died out .
Whatever we may call them , the general opinion of the police seems to be a favorable one , except , of course , among the criminal part of the community where the police are given more derogatory nicknames which originated in
America , such as “fuzz” or “pig” . Visitors to England seem to be very impressed by the English police . It has , in fact , because standing joke that the visitor to Britain , when asked for his views of the country , will always say , at some point or other , “I think your policemen are wonderful”.
Well , the British bobby not always be wonderful but he is usually a very friendly and helpful sort of character . A music-hall song of some years ago was called “If You Want To Know The Time , Ask A Policeman ” . Nowadays , most people own watches but they still seem to find plenty of other questions to ask the policeman . In London , the policeman spend so much of their time directing visitors about the city that one wonders how they ever find time to do anything else .
Two things are immediately noticeable to the stranger when he sees an English policeman for the first time . The first is that does not carry a pistol and the second is that he wears a very distinctive type of headgear , the policeman’s helmet . His helmet , together with his height , enables an English policeman to be time it is suggested that the policeman should be given a pistol and than his helmet should be taken form him , but both suggestions are resisted by the majority of the public and the police themselves . 6. Nowadays British people call the policeman________. A.pig
B.peeler
C.bobby
D.fuzz
7.Which of following statements is TRUE?
A.There are fewer criminals in America than in Britain .
B.B.The English police usually leave a deep impression on visitors . C.The English bobby is friendly but not helpful . D.The English police enjoy having pistols .
8.If you see an English policeman for the first time , you will probably notice at once that_______.
A.he often tells people time C.he has a helmet on the head
B.he is usually very helpful D.he wears special clothes
9.That an English policeman can be seen form some distance is______. A.a standing joke C.strange and funny
B.of no help
D.of some help
10.Visitors praise the English police because______. A.they are police and helpful C.they often give thanks
B.they obey orders
D.they are armed with modern equipment
Passage Three
Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage .
It is difficult to imagine what life would be like without memory . The meanings of thousands of everyday perceptions , the bases for the decisions we make , and the roots of our habits and skills are to be found in our past experiences , which are brought into the present by memory .
Memory can be defined as the capacity to keep information available for latter for later use . It not only includes “remembering ” things like arithmetic or historical facts but also involves any change in the way an animal typically behaves . Memory is involved when a rat gives up eating grain because he has sniffed something suspicious in the grain pile . Memory is also involved when a six-year-old child learns to swing a baseball bat .
Memory exists not only in humans and animals but also in some physical objects and machines . Computers , for example , contain devices for storing data for later use . It is interesting to compare the memory-storage capacity of a computer with that of a human being . The instant-access memory of a large computer may hold up to 100,000 “words” —ready for instant use . An average American teenager probably recognizes the meaning of about 100,000 words of English . However , this is but a fraction of the total amount of information which the teenager has stored . Consider , for example , the number of faces and places that the teenager can recognize on sight .
The use of words is the basis of the advanced problem solving intelligence of human beings . A large part of a person’s memory is in terms of words and combinations of words .
11.According to the passage , memory is considered to be________. A.the basis for decision making and problem solving B.the ability to store information for future use C.an intelligence typically possessed by human beings
D.the data mainly consisting of words and combinations of words
12.The comparison between the memory capacity of a large computer and that of a human being shows that______.
A.computer’s memory has a little bigger capacity than a teenager’s B.computer’s memory capacity is much smaller than an adult human being’s C.computer’s memory capacity is much smaller even than a teenager’s D.computer’s memory capacity is the same as a teenager’s 13.It is implied in the passage that______.
A.only human beings have problem-solving intelligence
B.a person’s memory is different from a computer’s in every respect C.animals can solve very simple problems
D.animals solve problems by instinct rather than intelligence
14.The phrase “in term of” in the last sentence can be best replaced by “______” .
A.in connection with C.consisting
B.expressed by D.by means of
15.The main idea of the passage is________. A.what life would be like without memory B.memory is of vital importance to life
C.how a person’s memory is different form an animal’s or a computer’s D.what memory carries Passage Four
Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage .
Clearly if we are to participate in the society in which we live we must communicate with other people . A great deal of communication is performed on a person-to-person basis by the simple means of speech . If we travel in buses , buy thing in shops , or eat in restaurants , we are likely to have conversations where we give information or opinions , receive news or comment ,and very likely have our views challenged by other members of society .
Face-to-face contact is by no means the only form of communication and during the last two hundred years the art of mass communication has become one of the dominating factors of contemporary society . Two things , above others , have caused the enormous growth of the communication industry . Firstly , inventiveness has led to advances in printing , telecommunications , photography , radio and television . Secondly , speed has revolutionized the transmission and reception of communications so that local news often takes a back
seat
to
national
news
,
which
itself
is
often
almost
eclipsed（黯然失色）by international news .
No longer is the possession of information confined to a privileged minority . In the last century the wealthy man with his own library was indeed fortunate , but today there are public libraries . Forty years ago people used to flock to the cinema , but now far more people sit at home and turn on the TV to watch a programme the is being channeled into millions of homes .
Communication is no longer merely concerned with the transmission of information . The modern communication industry influences the way people live in society and broadens their horizons by allowing access to information ,
2017年江苏专转本英语真题及答案
