. . 2014年省普通高等教育专升本招生考试 大学英语试题 注意事项： 1. 考生领到试题后，须按规定在试题上填写、号和座位号。 2．所有答案必须在答题卡指定区域作答，在试题上作答无效。考试结束后，将本试题和答题卡一并交回。 3．满分为150分。考试时间为150分钟。 I. Vocabulary and Structure (40分) Directions: In this part, there are 40 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. 1. If only I________ more money, I could afford a copy of this current English dictionary. A. have B. will have C. had D. had had 2. I'd rather you______ those important documents with you when you began to take a trip. A. don't take B. didn't take C. won't take D. not take 3. He said the driver must have had an accident; otherwise he______ by then. A. would have arrived B. must have arrived C. should arrive D. would arrive 4.______ the help of their group, we would not have succeeded in the investigation. A. Besides B. Regardless of C. But for D. Despite 5. Our demand is that another experiment________. A. shall be made B. will be made C. must be made D. be made 6. In the case of an opera, the composers wrote their music following the original texts, ______ in Italian, French or German. A. they being B. be they C. were they D. being they 7. They organized a club, Torn______ its chairman. A. was B. he C. is D. being 8. There are fifty students in the class; half of______ are from the United States. A. them B. which C. whom D. those 9. Neither of the young men who had applied for a position in the university_______. A. has been accepted B. have been accepted C. was accepted D. were accepted 10. I'm sorry I couldn't get in touch with him before he left, I______ him earlier. A. had a telephone B. have phoned D. should be phoned C. should have phoned . . . . . 11. Had the weather been good, the children_____ out for a walk.. A. had gone B. could have gone C. would go D. went 12. The general's command was that he_________ this important task at once. A. would carry out B. carry out C. carries out D. has carried out 13. Peter wishes that he_______ law instead of literature when he was at college. A. could study B. studied C. had studied D. would study 14. I really appreciate________ from you two years ago when I was at college. A. being heard B. hearing C. to hear D. having heard 15. The man in the corner confessed to___ a lie to the manager of the company three weeks before. A. have told B. be told C. being told D. having told 16. We all feel sorry for_______ for so long after your arrival. A. keep you waiting B. having kept you waiting C. waiting for you D. keeping you waiting 17. There was so much noise that the speaker couldn't make himself______. A. hearing B. being heard C. to hear D. heard 18. The manager has his employees________ a business report every week. A. to write B. written C. writing D. write 19. The famous novel is said _______ into Chinese. A. to have translated B. to be translate C. to have been translated D. to translate 20. Young ________he is, he knows what is the right thing to do. A. that B. as C. although D. however 21. Experts say walking is one of the best ways for a person to______ healthy A. preserve B. stay C. maintain D. reserve 22. People are more_______ to spend money on goods with an attractive look than those without. A. attracted B. tempted C. persuaded D. tended 23. They are always on good________ with their next-door neighbors for the children's sake. A. friendship B. relations C. terms D. intentions 24. He spoke so quickly that I did not_____ what he said. A. catch B. accept C. take D. listen 25. As the journey was a long one, he took a friend with him for______. . . . . . A. pleasure B. entertainment C. company D. defence 26. We've _____ sugar. Ask him to lend us some. A. run away with B. run down C. run off D. run out of 27. I am very ______to you for your help. A. grateful B. agreeable C. pleased D. thanks 28. The experiment ______the discovery of a cure for cancer. A. happened to B. led off C. resulted in D. set up 29. There aren't many pandas ________ in the world today. A. alive B. living C. lively D. lived 30. They were so far away that I couldn't _______ their faces clearly. A. see through B. make up C. see off D. make out 31. Achieving a high degree of proficiency in English as is not a mysterious ____ without scientific basis. A. process B. practice C. procedure D. program 32. A completely new situation is likely to______ when the school leaving age is raised to 16. A. arouse B. rise C. arise D. raise 33. We can't_______ one to change the habits of a lifetime in a short time. A. hope B. anticipate C. expect D. imagine 34. It was necessary to_____ the factory building as the company was doing more and more business. A. extend B. increase C. lengthen D. enlarge 35. I asked the tailor to make a small______ to my trousers because they were too long. A. change B. variation C. revision D. alteration 36. Jack is good, kind, hard-working and intelligent.________, I can't speak too highly of him. A. As a result B. By the way C. On the whole D. In a word 37. Political parties often differ in their views on various_______ concerning their own countries. A. ways B. measures C. issues D. patterns 38. ________ his knowledge of the mountainous country, John Smith was appointed as our guide. A. In spite of B. On account of C. Regardless of D. Instead of 39. The lawyer was expected to _______ some proposals after reading all those documents. A. come up with B. put up with C. look up to D. keep up with . . . . . 40. In my opinion, you can widen the _____ of these improvements through your active participation. A. size B. volume C. area D. scope Ⅱ.Reading Comprehension（50分） Directions：In this part there are four passages. Each passage is followed by five questions or unfinished statements. For each of them, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Passage 1 (81) In ancient times wealth was measured and exchanged in things that could be touched：food, tools, and precious metals and stone. Then the barter system was replaced by coins, which still had real value since they were pieces of rare metal. Coins were followed by fiat money, paper notes that have value only because everyone agrees to accept them. Today electronic monetary systems are gradually being introduced that will transform money into even less tangible forms, reducing it to a series of \bytes\light. Already, electronic fund transfer allows money to be instantly sent and received by different banks, companies, and countries through computers and telecommunications devices. 41. Which of the following would be the most appropriate title for the passage ? A. International Banking Policies B. The History of Monetary Exchange C. The Development of Paper Currencies D. Current Problems in the Economy 42. According to the passage, which of the following was the earliest kind of exchange of wealth? A. Bartered goods B. Flat money C. Coin currency D. Intangible forms 43. The author mentions food, tools and precious metals and stones together because they are all___. A. useful items B. articles of value C. difficult things to obtain D. material objects 44. According to the passage, coins once had real value as currency because they_____. A. represented a great improvement over barter B. permitted easy transportation of wealth C. were made of precious metals D. could become collector's items 45. Which of the following statements about computerized monetary systems is NOT supported by the passage? A. They promote international trade. B. They allow very rapid money transfers. . . . . . C. They are still limited to small transactions (交易). D. They are dependent on good telecommunications systems. Passage Two At the University of Kansas art museum, scientists tested the effect of different colored walls on two groups of visitors to an exhibit of paintings. For the first group the room was painted white; for the second, dark brown. Movement of each group was followed by an electrical equipment under the carpet.(82)The experiment showed that those who entered the dark brown walked more quickly, covered more area, and spent less time in the room than people in the white one. Dark brown made people more active, but the activity ended sooner. Not only the choice of colors but also the general appearance of a room affects those inside. Another experiment presented people with photographs of faces whose energy was to be commented on. Three groups of people were used~ each was shown the same photos, but each 'group was in an ordinary room--a nice office. The third was in a tastefully designed living room with carpeting. Results showed that the people in the beautiful room tend to give higher marks to the faces than those in the ugly room did. Other studies show that students do better on tests taken in comfortable rooms than in ordinary--looking or ugly rooms. 46. Which of the following is the best expression of the main idea of this passage? A. People in beautiful rooms tend to give higher marks to photos of faces than people in ugly rooms B. The color and general appearance of a room have a deeper effect on the behavior of the people in it C. The University of Kansas has studied the effects of the color of a room on people's behavior D. Beautifully furnished, light--colored rooms make people more comfortable than ugly, dark rooms 47. According to the passage, we may conclude that the whiter a room is________. A. the longer people like to stay in it B. the sooner people in it will leave C. the more active people in it will become D. the more excited people in it will become 48. What is referred to as the \ A. how many broad windows a room has, through which sunlight might come in B. the size of a room C. whether there are beautiful walls in a room D. what the room looks like 49. This passage provides us with_______. A. a piece of scientific information B. a normal lesson C. an interesting test D. a piece of news 50. At least how many tests were carried out by the scientists referred to in this passage? A. Three B. Two C. Only one D. No one knows . . .
2014年陕西省普通高等教育专升本招生考试 大学英语(样题)
