2008年专业英语专业知识真题
(考试时间120分钟，满分150）
答题说明：(1)选择题部分的答案请再答题卡上相应的子母中间划横线，如【A】 (2)主观题的答案写在答题纸上相应的位置。 注意事项：答案写在试卷上一律不给分。
I. Writing (100 points)
Section A Letter-writing (30 points)
Write on ANSER SHEET a thank-you ]otter of about 60-80 words based on the following situation: You went to Beijing for a tour this Spring Festival. One of your friends helped you a lot during the trip. Write a thank-you letter to him. You DON'T need to write the heading and inside address. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriacy. Section B Composition (70 points)
It is said that divorce rate keeps going up now, Some people believe divorce is the only means to solve the family crisis. What is your opinion?
Write on ANSWER SHEET a composition of about 150 words on the following topic: Marriage and Divorce
You are supposed to write in three parts. In the first part, state your point of view.
In the second part, give one or two reasons to support your point of view. In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriacy.
II. Translation (50 points)
Section C Translate these sentences into English (20 points, 4 for each)
1， 我们想心平气和，通情达理地通过直接谈判解决问题。
2， 对不同文化价值观少了解或不了解时，就会产生跨文化交际的困难。 3， 不要把钱看得太重，否则你有可能做出有失身份的事。 4， 他们听到那起野蛮的绑架消息后感到毛骨悚然。
5， 假如我们能正视，承受，并接受失败的话，失败有助于个人的成长，还增进人际关系。 Section D Translate these sentences into Chinese (30 poin~,6foreach)
1. Should doctors ever lie to benefit their patients--to speed recovery or to conceal the approach of death? 2. The relationship of the individual to his culture is analogous to an actor and his director. The actor puts his own acting but is nevertheless influenced by the director.
3. Our flesh may perish, our hands will wither, but that which they create in beauty and goodness and truth lives on for all time to come.
4. In the face of the tensions and pressures we all face every single day, a sense of humor can be a saving grace. The ability to laugh is crucial to our fullest development, to our \
5. Failure is a better teacher than success since success always encourages repetition of old behavior whereas failure can prompt fresh thinking, a change of direction.
第二部分 阅读
I. Vocabulary (10 points, I for each)
Directions: Read each of the following sentences carefully, and choose A, B, C, or D to complete the sentences. I. It is A. absurd
to believe that the number 8 brings fortune or good luck.
B. adhere
C. accumulation
D. accord
2. Although most dreams apparently happen ___, dream activity may be provoked by external influences. A. spontaneously
B. simultaneously
C. homogeneously
D. instantaneously
3. By A. coarse
computation, he estimated that the repairs on the house would cost him a thousand dollars.
B. rude
C. crude
nonsense.
D. sheet D. rough
4. Your story about the frog turning into a prince is A. sheer
B. shear
C. shield
5. You could paint the walls and ceilings the same color so they together. A. bleach
B. blush
C. blend
D. blot
6. Reading the mind only with material of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours. A. rectifies
B. prolongs
C. minimizes
D. furnishes
7. Mr. Berry, the author of the play, said that the resemblance of the hero to an actual person was a pure
B. combat
C. coincidence
D. conceit
A. comedy
8. Though her parents her musical ability, Jerry' s piano playing is really terrible. A. pour scorn on
B. heap praise upon
C. give vent to
D. cast light upon
9. The president argued that the depression stemmed from the American economy's flaws. A. underlining
B. vulnerable
C. vulgar
D. underlying
10. This kind of material can A. delete
heat and moisture.
C. constrain
D. repel
B. compel
Ⅱ. Reading Comprehension (120 point, 3for each)
Directions: In this section there are six passages followed by questions or unfinished statement, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C or D Choose the one that you think is the correct answer. Passage 1
The universities from which our own are descended were founded in the Middle Ages. They were established either by corporations of students wanting to learn, as in Italy, or by teachers wanting to teach as
in France. Corporations that had special or customary privileges for the purpose of carrying out the intentions of the incorporators were common in those days. The university corporations of the Middle Ages at the height of their power were not responsible to anybody, in the sense that they could not be brought to book by any authority. They claimed, and made good their claim, complete independence of all secular and religious control The American university was, however, at first a corporation formed by a religious denomination or by the state for the purposes of the denomination or the state.
The American university in the seventeenth century was much closer to the American university today than to the medieval university. The Puritan communities needed ministers and professional men and so established universities to provide them. Later, religious groups built universities in order to extend their own influence. For example, the University of Chicago was founded by devout Baptists to combat the rising tide of Methodism in the Middle West. The president and trustees of the university were required to have the proper religious affiliations in order to keep the university on the right path. Fortunately, the combination of John D. Rockefeller, William Rainey Harper, and the enlightened wing of the Baptist Church preserved the university from too narrow an interpretation of its purpose. 11. what does the passage mainly discussed? A. The importance of the universities. B. The universities of the Middle Ages. C. Different purposes of founding universities. D. Americans universities of the eighteenth century.
12. in the passage, the phrase \ (Para. 1) most probably means A. asked to teach certain books. B. wanted to order certain books.
C. required to explain certain books. D. required to explain their actions.
13. Which of the following best describes the basic motive for founding a university in a Puritan community?
A. To propagandize the religious ideas of the Puritans. B. To make students study their religion. C. To convert more people.
D. To provide necessary personnel for the Puritan communities. 14. It is implied that the University of Chicago A. underwent a period of liberalization
B. succeeded in fighting the influence of Methodists C. made true of the \ purpose D. was finally taken over by John D. Rockefeller
15. All of the following statements are true in the passage EXCEPT A. John D. Rockefeller helped to set up the University of Chicago. B. The University corporations of the Middle Ages were independent
C. The American university today was similar to the university of the seventeenth century D. The French universities were founded by groups of professors. Passage 2
Throughout history man has changed his physical environment in order to improve his way of life. With the tools of technology he has altered many physical features of the earth. He has transformed woodlands into farmland, and made lakes and reservoirs out of rivers for irrigation purposes or hydroelectric power. Man has also modified the face of the earth by draining marshes and cutting through mountains to build roads and railways.
However, man' s changes to the physical environment have not always had beneficial results. Today, pollution of the air and water is an increasing danger to the health of the planet. Each day thousands of tons of gases come out of the exhausts of motor vehicles; smoke from factories pollutes the air of industrialized areas and the surrounding areas of countryside. The air in cities is becoming increasingly unhealthy.
四川专升本综合英语阅读写作翻译训练题一
