专升本英语考试试题

a serving woman or a boss with his or her eye on depressing wages who first thought up the idea, the story does not say.

Tipping became common in England by the middle of the eighteenth century. Because it is ill-suited to a country without an established servant class, it did not catch on in America until after the Civil War, when former slaveholders suddenly found themselves having to pay the help and when new-rich industrialists adopted the European fashion. By the turn of the century, we had made the custom our own, and the American “big tipper” was on his way.

Today, although the lines between bribery(贿赂) and thanks for services remain as vague as ever, tipping has become universal, not least because, in an increasingly uncertain economy, it provides the growing service class with income that is at least as reliable as wages and that is less subject to tax review. Not surprisingly, government officials as among the few die-hards who still question the tipping system. They have a point too. Tippers’ International Association estimates that U.S. workers get about $5 billion a year in tips.

56. In the seventeenth century, tip was probably a word used by_____.

A. lawbreakers B. customers C. waitresses D. coffeehouse bosses 57. Tipping did not become popular in U.S. until after the Civil War because______.

A. the country was free of a servant class

B. former slaveholders did not want to pay the help

C. northern industrialists refused to adopt the European fashion D. tipping was contradictory to the American custom 58. Tipping is universally accepted mainly because_______.

A. it is an easy way to make money

B. it ensures people a good and prompt service

C. it enables the service class to be free from taxes

D. it supplies the service class with a sort of reliable income

59. Which of the following words can best describe the government officials’

attitudes towards the tipping system?

A. Positive. B. Negative. C. Doubtful. D. Indifferent. 60. The passage is about_______.

A. the origin of tipping B. the practice of tipping in

C. the popularity of tipping D. the shaping of the tipping system III. Cloze Test (20分)

Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D below the passage. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then write the corresponding letter on the Answer sheet.

Henry’s job was to examine cars crossing the frontier to make sure that they were not smuggling(走私) anything into the country. Every morning, except weekends, he 61 see a factory worker coming up the hill toward the frontier, 62 a bicycle with a big load of old straw on it. When the bicycle 63 the frontier, Henry used to stop the man and 64 him take the straw off and 65 it. Then he would examine the straw very carefully to see 66 he would find anything, after which he would look in all the man’s pockets 67 he let him tie the straw up again. The man would

then pull it on his bicycle and go off down the hill with it. Although Henry was always 68 to find gold or jewelry or other valuable things 69 in the straw, he never found 70, even though he examined it very carefully. He was sure that the man was 71something, but he was not 72 to imagine what it could be.

Then one morning, after he had looked 73 the straw and emptied the factory worker’s pockets 74 usual, he 75 to him, “Listen, I know that you are smuggling things 76 this frontier. Won’t you tell me what it is that you are bringing into the country so successfully? I’m an old man, and today is my last day on the 77 .Tomorrow I’m going to 78 .I promise that I shall not tell 79 if you tell me what you’ve been smuggling. “The factory worker did not say anything for 80 . Then he smiled, turned to Henry and quietly, “Bicycles.”

61. A. should B. would C. might D. must

62. A. pushing B. pulling C. filling D. carrying 63. A. arrived B. appeared C. came D. reached 64. A. force B. order C. make D. call 65. A. show B. lead C. unite D. loose 66. A. that B. where C. how D. whether 67. A. before B. thus C. first D. so

68. A. lucky B. expecting C. suspecting D. insisting 69. A. had been hidden B. hiding C. have been hidden D. hidden 70. A. nothing B. something C. everything D. anything 71. A. cheating B. smuggling C. stealing D. pushing 72. A. capable B. possible C. able D. clever 73. A. through B. thoroughly C. upon D. on 74. A. then B. more C. as D. like 75. A. cried B. said C. ordered D. told 76. A. cross B. behind C. across D. into 77. A. job B. work C. case D. duty 78. A. return B. risk C. retire D. rest 79. A. everyone B. someone C. no one D. anyone 80. A. long time B. period C. moment D. some time IV. Translation (20分) Section A.

81. , Passage 1)

In the doorway lay at least twelve umbrellas of all sizes and colors that had been thrown in, and his own was among the number.

82. , Passage 2)

However, once a solid-fuel rocket has been ignited, it will keep burning. It cannot be stopped and reignited whenever desired and its thrust cannot be varied. 83. , Passage 3) Specialization is encouraged, because people whose output is not a complete product but only a part of one can be paid an amount equivalent to their share of the product 84. , Passage 3)

The process of establishing relative values would have to be undertaken for every act of exchange, according to what products were being offered against one another,

and according to the two parties’ desires and preferences. 85. , Passage 4)

Opponents of tipping will probably prefer this explanation, since it suggests the practice as originally a form of robbery. Section B

李成业是文化部翻译组的主任。他认为，语言是一种活的东西，和我们的日常生活息息相关。他说他十分幸运，最初做法庭翻译和目前在翻译组里的工作，使他能够不断的学习和接触两种语言。

当他还在学校教英语的时候，就曾翻译了好多英文杂志中的文章，投给本地英语报。 他说：“学习语言的动机和兴趣都非常重要。”他把学习语言比喻为跑步，跑步虽然非常吃力，但运动员知道它的好处并饶有兴趣，所以还是一点都不觉得厌倦。

“在学习语言的过程中，我们一定要创造学习语言的机会和环境。”他认为看电影，阅读和交流等都是学习语言的好机会。

最后他说：“由于现在大家的时间都很有限，如果阅读能力短篇故事或一些名人的语录，对我们学习英语会很有帮助，同时也能增进学习的兴趣。” V. Writing (20 分)

Directions: In this part of the test, you are to write a short composition of about 120 to 150 words (non-English majors) or 150 to 180 (English majors) based on the topic given below.

How to Repay Your Parents

1．父母在孩子的成长过程中付出了很多（如在孩子的生活、教育等方面）。 2．子女选择各种不同方式报答父母的养育之恩。 我的观点。

答案详解

I. Vocabulary and structure

1. A find fault with sb. 找……的茬；挑剔；对……吹毛求疵；为固定短语，其他选

项均无这种用法。句意：老板总是找他的茬儿，这让他很生气。 2. D journey 路程，通常指陆地上的远距离“旅行”；trip一般指时间段、距离近的“旅

行、远足”；travel作“旅行，游历”讲，一般表示旅行的总的概念；voyage主要指远距离的水上旅行，本题中是穿越大西洋的航海旅行，只有voyage符合题意。句意：约翰森夫妇还没有为穿越大西洋的航海旅行作任何准备。 3. A get used to doing sth.意为“习惯于做某事”，get在这里做系动词。句意：起先

彼特感到很孤独，但是一段时间之后他渐渐习惯了自己生活，甚至喜欢上了这种方式。 4. C would rather所跟从句表示希望或委婉的责备时，动词用过去式表示当时或将来的

情况，用过去完成式表示过去的情况。句意：她说她宁愿他明天走，而不是今天。 5. B come off：能被去掉，举行；come up：发生，升起，被提及；come through：实

现诺言；come to：苏醒，恢复意识。句意：昏迷了24小时之后，那位受伤的士兵终于醒了。

6. C keep a diary“记日记，写日记”，为固定搭配。句意：学生们被要求坚持记日记，

目的是为了提高他们的写作技能。

7. C 在独立主格结构中，分词作状语时，其主语与句子的主语一致时，分词前不需要再

加主语；若分词的逻辑主语与主句的主语不一致，则分词前要加上自己的主语。本题独立主格结构The weather being fine表示原因。句意：因为天气很好，我们决定出去野餐。

8. D as在句子中引导定语从句，“as+is+过去分词”构成常用的句式，可译为“正

如……” ，如：as it known to all众所周知。句意：正如人们经常指出的，知识是一把“双刃剑”，即可为善也可为恶。

9. C lay aside：把……放在一边，储备；lay out：展开，提出；lay off (sb.)：解

雇某人；lay down：规定。句意：火灾后那家工厂不得不解雇500名工人。 10. D harm, damage, hurt都有“伤害”的意思，注意这几个词的区别：damange：损害，

毁害；harm：伤害，损害；hurt：（心理上的）伤害；spoil：变味，损坏，糟蹋，宠坏。Spoiled“宠坏的，溺爱的”，句意：被父母过度保护的孩子会被宠坏的。

11. D it + be +被强调部分+ that 是强调句的固定结构。请注意not until强调句的用

法。句意：知道被送进了监狱他才意识到自己已经犯了法。

12. C it’s no + use/good + doing sth.意为“做什么没用/没好处”等，为固定用法。

句意：反对他的建议是没好处的，因为他从不改变主意。

13. D visible：可见的；original：起初的；delicate：脆弱的，易损的；available：

可获得的，可取的。句意：大、中、小号的裙子一应俱全。

14. D doubt：怀疑；sense：感觉；judgement：判断；suspicion：察觉。其中doubt是

由于信息不足而不相信，或不能辨别是非真伪，拿不准；suspicion是感到可能存在某事，猜疑有某种情况，多指疑心别人有不好的事。句意：老师觉察到那个男孩脸色苍白，没有胃口。

15. C 句子中缺少主语，只有what可以引导主语从句。句意：在有些国家，那些被称做

平等的东西并非意味着所有公民权利平等。

16. D 从大雨中可以看出是一种肯定得推测，并且打电话的那个时候妻子已经睡着了。

must have done表示对过去动作的肯定推测。句意：“昨天晚上你妻子为什么不接我电话？”“我想你打电话时她一定睡着了。”

17. C do business with sb.意为“与某人做生意”，为固定用法。其他选项都不正确。

故选C。句意：谁和那位仁兄做生意谁就会破财。

18. B respectful：尊敬的，表示敬意的；respectable：令人尊敬的，值得尊敬的；

respective：各自的，分别的；respecting是respect的现在分词形式。句意：那位令人尊敬的老师凭着她的交际语言教学法收到了学生的赞扬。

19. B 句子空缺处缺少宾语成分，只有that和whatever可以引导宾语从句；根据句意可

知应是“人可以做的任何事情”。句意：如果计算机造得像人脑一样复杂，它就可以做人类可以做的任何事。

20. C 物主代词/人称代词/名词所有格+动名词，构成了动名词的复合结构，物主代词或

名词所有格等是动名词的逻辑主语。动名词复合结构在句子中主要作主语和宾格。本题中their reducing作understand的宾语。句意：他们缩减了用于教育事业的资金数额，这一行为使人费解。

21. D transfer sb./ sth. from to将sb./ sth.意为“从一个地方转移到另一个地方”，

符合题意。其他选项transmit：传送，传输，发射；remove：移开，拿去，去掉；exchange：交换；均不合题意。句意：约翰希望公司能够将他调到纽约的分公司。 22. D allow：允许，其主语一般为人；need：需要；require：要求，均不合题意。permit：

允许，许可，主语可以是人，也可以是物。句意：如果时间允许的话，开完会后我会来。

23. C 虚拟条件有时不通过if明显表达出来，而是隐含在副词、介词短语或上下文中。

but for, but that就是其中之一。but for = if it were not for或if it had not been for意思为“要不是，如果不是”。句意：要不是警察及时赶到，汤姆可能已经被杀害了。

24. A 本题涉及倍数表示发的其中之一：A + be +倍数+ as +计量形容词原级+ as + B。

句意：他去年买了一座新房子，是他以前那座的两倍大。 25. B come into effect意为：“生效，起作用”。为固定搭配。句意：我被告知合同将

于下个月的第一天生效。

26. A lead to：引起，带来；result from：由于，因为；lie in：位于；settle down：

建立，居住。根据句中主语和宾语的逻辑关系可以确定正确答案。句意：和谐社会会给国家的卫生、财产和安全都带来可观的效益。

27. A as/though引导的让步状语从句要用部分倒装结构，所以将表语young提前。句意：

尽管她很年轻，她也能胜任那项工作。

28. B neither nor连接的两个成分的时态和语态应该保持一致。Neither后跟的是现在

完成时，所以nor后也应跟动词的现在完成时形式，has可以省略。句意：李教授已经好几天既没看电视也没看电影了。

29. A delete：删除，删掉；skim：掠过，滑过；omit：忽略；leave off：中断。句意：

我的论文被导师删掉了三段，好可惜！

30. D sb. is accused of doing sth.：某人被指责做了某事；punish与scold均不能

与of连用；be charged with意为“指控，控告”。句意：那名士兵被指责在敌人袭击时临阵脱逃。

31. A dares在本句中是实意动词，所以变反意疑问句式借助于助动词does（主语是第二

人称或复数时借助于do）；又因前半句是肯定形式，所以反意疑问句要用否定形式。句意：那个年轻女孩敢在夜晚独自驾驶，不是吗？

32. D 非限定性定语从句应该用which来引导，所以可以排除A、C，选B项的话，从句

仍缺少宾语。句意：他的起居室里陈列着各种各样的书，但他一本也没有读过。 33. D precise：就，恰好，at the precise moment意为“就在这个时候”，其他均不能

用于此结构。句意：我走进大厅，恰好在这个时候音乐会开始了。 34. D edge：边沿，边线；limit：限度，程度；border：一般指“国界，边界”，boundaries：

边界，界限。所以综合可知D最合适。句意：随着科技的进步，人类知识的界限正在进一步向外扩充。

35. C in that相当于because；so that：以至于；provide that：只要；but that：要

不是。句意：氢是宇宙中的基本元素，因为它提供了产生其他因素的固体。

36. C 在表示虚拟语气的条件句中，从句与过去事实相反，要用过去完成时。句意：如果

你做完早睡的话，今天早上你就不会感到这么累了。

37. A continuously：持续地，连续地，不断地；continually：频繁地，多次重复地；

consciously：有意思的；contractively：合同地，契约地。根据句意，雨应该是持续不断地下了两天。句意：已经连续下了两天雨了。

38. C leave sb./ sth. off和leave sb./ sth. out都有“将某人/某事漏掉；不包含

某人/某物在内”的意思。leave sb./ sth. out还有“冷落某人”的意思，带有感情色彩，更符合题意。Count on sb./ sth.意为“依赖某人，某物”；count up意为“总数为，总计”。这两个都不合题意。句意：你分发请帖时别漏掉我。

39. A in case of sth.：假使，如果；in case：以防，万一；in event of：如果，以

防；三项都不符合题意。in the cause of意为“在……过程中”。句意：在化学变化中一种新物质生成了。

40. D 进行比较的应该是人数（the number），所以用that来指代前面的the number，

不能用those，故B不正确；A、C均无引导词，也不正确。句意：报名参加今年的马拉松的人数是去年（人数）的一半。 Ⅱ. Reading Comprehension