专升本英语考试试
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I. Vocabulary and structure (40分)
1. The professor needs an assistant that he can to take care of problems in his absence. A. count in B. count up C. count on D. count out
2. I am not sure whether l can get any profit from the business, so I can't make a(n) decision
about what to do next. A. exact B. denied C. sure D. definite 3. Because of the cold weather, they through the night in the camp. A. kept the burning fire B. kept the fire burning C. kept the fire burnt D. kept burning the fire 4. Convenience foods which are already prepared for cooking are in stores. A. ready B. available C. probable D. approachable 5. Many people are reported in the natural disaster. A. being killed B. to be killed
C. to have killed D. to have been killed
6. If the whole surgery beforehand carefully, there would have been a better result. A. was planned B. has been planned C. had been planned D. were planned 7. Jane has said little so far, responding only briefly when A. spoken B. speaking to C. speaking D. spoken to 8. to finish quickly.
A. Not every worker want B. No every workers want
C. Not every worker wants D. No every workers wants
9. The photos on the wall grandma of those happy, old days when a large family lived together. A. recall B. retain C. remember D. remind 10. You’d better tell me beforehand if go with me. A. you’ll rather not B. you won’t rather C. you’d rather not D. you’d rather not to
11. We all hope he’ll soon his disappointment and be happy again. A. get through B. get away C. get up D. get down 12. The problem of environment protection has been studied . A. extremely B. intensively C. originally D. violently.
13. All games_____because of the rainstorm, many students could do nothing but study in the classroom.
A. were canceled B. having been canceled. C. had been canceled D. have been canceled 14.“Did you buy anything at the clothing store?” “Yes, I bought three shirts for just＄120.” A. fifty-dollar B. fifties-dollar C. fifty-dollars D. fifties-dollars 15. By the time you get back, great changes_____in this area.
A. will take place B. will be taken place C. are going to take place D. will have taken place 16. The boy now for the 1ight in his room is still on. A. must study B. must be studying C. must have studied D. would study 17. _____she was living in Paris that she met her husband Terry. A. Just then B. It was while C. Soon after D. During the time when
18. Technical schools prepare their students for the application of practical skills, they learn in class their work.
A. to B. in C. for D. of
19. His written English was first-class and he had a(n) vocabulary for a sophomore. A. intimate B. initial C. inevitable D. incredible
20. After the company the problem of unfair competition, its sales figures dropped to a record low. A. look into B. ran into C. come into D. put into 21. John isn’t a diligent student for it is the third time he has been late, ? A. wasn’t B. hasn’t it C. isn’t it D. hasn’t he 22. He told me_____afraid because l had done nothing wrong. A. to be not B. not to be C. not being D. being not 23. Last year, the production rate by 20 percent. A. rose B. raised C. arose D. aroused 24. I hope that the good weather ______ for the rest of our trip.
A. holds up B. holds down C. holds out D. holds in
25. Each person in the world has a(n) personality. They are different from one another. A. only B. sole C. unique D. one 26. With all the work on hand. He _____to the cinema last night. A. should go B. must have gone C. shouldn’t have gone D. might have gone 27. I am sorry to your feelings.
A. have spoilt B. have destroyed C. have hurt D .have damaged 28. He is so wise a man that all the people _______.
A. 1ook him up B. 1ook into him C. 1ook up to him D. 1ook to him 29. Yon can write the paper______ you 1ike. A. whatever B. however C. anyway D. some way 30. I don’t doubt she will learn a lot during her stay in China. A. that B. if C. whether D. what
31. Though Mum is very busy, she always some time every day to read to her children. A. sets off B. sets in C. sets aside D. sets up 32. These three girls help _____to clean the house. A. one another B. each other C. one and the other D. one and other
33. The teacher recommended that Jack math or physics instead of English because he was quick at
numbers.
A. must study B. could study C. study D. studied 34. He participated in the reconstruction of the city the war was over.
A. before long B. soon after C. long after D. soon before
35. Only by making wise use of land to find a solution to the problem of hunger and famine. A. we can be B. we will be able C. will we be able D. can we 36. A teacher who is______ to the needs of individual student is sure to achieve some success. A. serious B. sensitive C. secure D. senior 37. Nobody any more to say, the meeting was closed.
A .had B. has had C. having D. had had 38. When the guests were gone, she the tea-things in the cupboard. A. put up B. put off C. put away D. put in 39. Staying in a hotel costs renting a room in an apartment for a week. A. twice more than B. twice as much C. as much as twice D. much as twice as 40. One and a half years passed. A. are
B. were
C. have
D. has
Ⅱ. Reading Comprehension (50%)
Questions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage:
Passage One
Population tends to grow at an exponential(指数的)rate. This means that they progressively double. As an example of this type of growth rate take one penny and double every day for one month. After the
first week, you would have only 64 cent, but after the fourth week you would have over a million dollars.
This helps explain why the population has come on“all of a sudden” took from he beginning of human 1ife to the year 1830 for the population of the earth to reach one billion. That repents(缓慢进行) a time span of at least two million years. Then it took from 1830 to 1930 for world population to reach 2 billion. The next billion was added by 1960 only thirty years and in 1975 world population reached 4
billion which is another billion people in only fifteen years. World population is increasing at a rate of 9, 000per hour, 220,000 per day and 80 million per year. This is not only due to higher birth rate, but to lower death rate as well. The number of births has not declined at the same rate as the number of deaths.
Some countries such as Columbia, Thailand, Morocco, Costa Rica and the Philippines are doubling their population about every twenty-one years with a growth rate of 3.3 percent a year or more. The United States is doubling its population about very eighty-seven years, with a rate of 0.8 percent per year. （81）Every time a population doubles, the country involved needs twice as much of everything, including hospitals, schools, resources, food and medicines to care for its people. It is easy to see that this is very difficult to achieve for the more rapidly growing countries.
41. This passage chiefly discusses
A. the growth of world population.
B. one type of the exponential rate. C. the population problem of more rapidly growing countries. D. the possible ways of dealing with the rapid population growth.
42. According to the passage what helps to explain why the population problem has come on “all of a sudden”?
A. The penny that doubles itself every day for one month.
B. The time span of at 1east two million years in human history. C. An illustration of the exponent growth rate given by the author.
D. The large amount of money you would luckily make after the fourth week.
43. It took for the world to increase its population from 1 billion to 4 billion. A. 100 years B. 175 years C. 1975 years D. over two million years 44. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. World population is increasing at a rate of 150 per minute. B. Lower death rate also contributes to world population growth.
C. The population of Columbia has been doubling every year for 21 years.
D. The United States is usually doubling its population on about every 87 years.
45. When a population doubles, the country involved needs twice as much of everything including __. A. hospitals and medicines B. schools and students
C. food and manpower resources D. all of the above
Questions 46 to 50 based on the following passage:
Passage Two
Women are on the whole more verbal than men. They are good at 1anguage and verbal reasoning. while men tend to be skilled at tasks demanding visual-spatial(视空)abilities. In fact, along with aggression these are the most commonly accepted difference between these sexes.
Words are tools for communicating with other people especially information about people. They are mainly social tools. Visual and spatial abilities are good for imagining and manipulating objects and for communicating information about them. Are these talents programmed into the brain? In some of the newest and most controversial research in neurophysiology(神经生理学), it has been suggested that when it comes to the brain males are specialists while women are generalists.
But one knows that, if anything this means in terms of the abilities of the two sexes. Engineering is both Visual and spatial and it’s true that there are relatively few women engineers. But women become just as skilled as men at shooting a rifle or driving a car task that involve visual-spatial skills. They also do equally well at programming a computer, which is neither visual nor spatial. Women do, however, seem less likely to fall in love with the objects themselves. We all know men for whom machines seem to be extensions of their identity. （82）A woman is more likely to see her car, rifle or computer as a useful tool but not in itself fascinating. 46. According to the passage, women are usually good at_____. A. body language B. logical reasoning C. tasks demanding for the use of words D. both A and B
47. The word \” in the last sentence of the first paragraph, roughly means_____. A. believed B. assumed C. received D. reconciled 48. In the author’s opinion, visual and spatial abilities are good for______. A. achieving one’s objects. B. mind and body. C. programming talents into the brain. D. imagination and communication. 49. All the following tasks involve visual-spatial abilities EXCEPT____. A. imagining and handling objects.
B. providing a computer with a set of instructions C. shooting a gun and driving an automobile
D. planning and making things as an engineer does
50. Why do women seem less likely to fall in love with the objects themselves? A. Because they have no visual-spatial skills.
B. Because they are only good at 1anguage and verbal reasoning.
C. Because they are less likely to see their charming or interesting aspects. D. Because they rarely use machines such as cars, rifles, computers, etc.
Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage:
Passage Three
The US. government has recently helped people learn more about the dangers of earthquakes by
publishing a map. This map shows the chances of an earthquake in each part of the country. （83）The areas of the map where earthquakes are most likely to occur are called earthquake “belt”. The government is, spending a great deal money and is working hard to help discover the answer to these two questions: l. Can we predict earthquake? 2. Can we control earthquakes?
To answer the first question, scientists are looking very closely at the most active fault(断
层)systems in the country such as the San Andreas fault in California, a fault is break between two sections of the earth’s surface. These breaks between sections are the place where earthquake occurs. Scientists look at the faults for changes that might show that an earthquake was about to occurs. But it will probably be many years before we can predict earthquakes accurately. And the control of earthquakes is even farther away.
Nevertheless, there have been some interesting developments in the field of controlling
earthquakes. The most interesting development concerns the Rocky Mountain Arsenal earthquakes. Here water was put into a layer of rocks 4000 meters below surface of the ground. Shortly after this injection of water, there were a small number of earthquakes. Scientists have decided that the water which was injected into rocks works like oil on each other. When the water“oiled”the fault, the fault became slippery and the energy of an earthquake was released. Scientists are still experimenting at the site of these earthquakes. They have realized that there is a connection between injection of the water and the earthquake activity. They have suggested that might be possible to use this knowledge to prevent very big destructive earthquakes, that is, scientists could inject some kind of fluid like water into faults and change one big earthquake into a number of small, harmless earthquakes. 51. Earthquake belts are . A. maps that show where earthquakes are likely to occur B. zones with a high probability of earthquakes
C. breaks between two sections of the earth’s surface D. the two layers of earth along a fault 52. The San Andreas’ fault is . A. an active fault system
B. a place where earthquakes have been predicted accurately C. a place where earthquake have been controlled D. the location of the Rocky Mountain
53. What did scientists learn about earthquakes at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal？ A. They occur at bout 4000 meters below ground level
B. The injection of water into earthquake faults prevents earthquakes from occurring.
C. They are usually caused by the oil in the faults.
D. Harmful earthquakes can be possibly prevented by causing small harmless earthquake. 54. What can be said about the experiments at Rocky Mountain Arsenal? A. They have no practical value in earthquake prevention. B. They may have practical value in earthquake prevention.
专升本英语考试试题
