28. How did she react when she dropped her speech note at the football banquet? A. She got very nervous and stopped speaking. B. She was drunk with too much whiskey. C. She had to give up beer for this mistake. D. She continued her speech with a joke.
29. What does Rose mean by “so many people walking around who are dead and don’t even know it”?
A. They are killed by them walking around.
B. They are “dead” because they don’t have any dreams.
C. They are “dead” because are they are not satisfied with their life. D. They are “dead” because they don’t know anything.
30. According to Rose, which one of the following is correct about the difference between “growing old” and “growing up”?
A. Both mean the aging process where a child becomes a grown-up. B. Both mean lots of changes.
C. “Growing old” is sad, but “growing up” is happy.
D. “Growing old” is natural, but “growing up” is something we can control.
Passage 3
Lovebirds. That’s what all our friends called us when we first married.
I guess Don and I deserved it. Money was tight. Sometimes we’d have to save up days just for an ice cream cone. Still, our tiny apartment seemed like paradise. Love does that, you know.
The more we heard the term “lovebirds”, the more we thought about birds. One day we started saving up for a couple of lovebirds of our own. We knew we couldn’t afford to buy both birds and a nice cage, so in his spare moments, Don made the cage himself.
We put our cage in front of a shaded window. Then we waited until our little saving was full of bills and spare change. With that money we “adopted” a pair of canaries from our local pet store, a male and a female, and named them Sunshine and Snowball.
Time passed, and when our young lovebirds finally seemed mature enough to start a family of their own, we went ahead and prepared a nest area and lots of nesting material for them. Snowball was a very exacting wife in designing and decorating their nest just so, while Sunshine, filled with love, bent over backward to put everything just where she ordered.
Then one day an egg appeared. How they sang! And a few weeks later when a tiny chick hatched, their happiness seemed to know no bounds. I don’t know how it happened, but that baby bird was bright orange. So right off we named him Punkinhead.
The sunny days passed. How proud all of us were when our baby bird ran out of the nest onto a real grown-up perch!
Then one day, Punkinhead suddenly fell head down to the bottom of the cage. The tiny orange bird just lay there, both parents and I rushed to his rescue.
But he was dead. Just like that. Whether he’d had a heart attack before he fell or broke his neck in the fall, I’ll never know. But Punkinhead was gone.
The mother bird refused to let either Sunshine or me get near that little body. Instead of the joyful melodies I usually heard from Snowball, now she gave only the most heartbreaking cries and moans. Her heart, joy and will seemed completely melted by her sorrow.
Poor Sunshine didn’t know what to do. He kept trying to push Snowball away from her sad situation, but she refused to move. Instead, over and over she kept trying to wake up her beloved child.
Finally Sunshine seemed to work out a plan. He convinced her to fly up and eat some seeds every so often, while he stood duty in her place. Then each time she left, he’d quietly place one piece of straw over Punkinhead’s body. Just one. But in a few days, piece by piece, it was completely covered over.
At first Snowball seemed panic when she looked around, but she didn’t try to uncover the chick. Instead, she flew up to her normal place and stayed there. Then I was able to quietly reach in and remove the little body.
After that, Sunshine spent all his time comforting Snowball. Eventually she started making normal sounds, and then one day, her sorrow finally melted and she sang again. I don’t know if Snowball ever realized the quiet labor of love and healing Sunshine had done for her. But they remained devoted for as long as they both lived. Love does that, you know.
31.The title of the passage is “When Snowball Melted”. What does the title mean? A. The increasing temperature made the snowball melt.
B. The bird called Snowball was too sad for her kid’s death so she became weaker and weaker. C. The grief born by the bird called Snowball for the death of her kid was dissolved by her husband’s love.
D. The bird called Snowball was loved by her husband so it seemed like a snowball was melted.
32. Why did “our tiny apartment seemed like paradise” even though we were poor? A. Because we love our tiny apartment.
B. Because the tiny apartment housed a couple in love. C. Because we kept two birds in love in the tiny apartment. D. Because our tiny apartment was clean and cozy.
33. In paragraph 4, why does the author use “‘adopted’ a pair of canaries from our local pet store” instead of the word “buy”?
A. “Adopted” is used here to show that the birds are deserted by the store so the couple adopted them.
B. “Adopted” is used here to show the couple’s love for the birds, while the word “buy” seemed to be cold and emotionless.
C. “Adopted” is used here to show that nobody wanted the birds so the couple were the only one who bought them.
D. there is no special reason why “adopted” is used here.
34. What is the cause of Punkinhead’s death? A. He’d had a heart attack before he fell. B. He broke his neck in the fall. C. He was attacked by a cat.
D. the cause of Punkinhead’s death is unknown.
35. Which of the following things were NOT what Sunshine did to comfort Snowball after the death of their kid?
A. He kept trying to push Snowball away from her sad situation. B. He flew up to her normal place and stayed there.
C. He convinced her to fly up and eat some seeds every so often, while he stood duty in her place.
D. each time she left, he’d quietly place one piece of straw over Punkinhead’s body.
Passage 4
They say there are three apples that changed the world.
The first apple belongs to Adam, from the Garden of Eden. Yes, according to Christians, it was Adam’s apple that first changed humankind — the act of man disobeying to higher power that sets us apart by God. Adam’s story teaches us the importance of submission.
We are becoming more self-sustained and forget the cores of life — love, joy and peace. Families, friends and our beloved ones are often neglected when we become self-centered in our jobs and responsibilities. We need to be reminded to love and be loved, stand firm in love and cherish the goodness of other people in our lives.
The second most influential apple didn’t come until the 15th Century. A man sat under the famous apple tree and the universe-consigned apple fell right on his head, leading him to the famous law of universal gravitation.
Sir Isaac Newton’s apple changed the world of science as well as mathematics by stating that “every object in the universe attracts every other object with a force directed along the line of centers for the two objects...” and so on.
The point here is, Newton’s apple has not only inspired him to come up with the law of gravitation, but also encouraged human to dream big and to explore the world with imaginations. Many other great people arose from Newton’s great works and findings.
Last but bot least, it is of course Steve Jobs’ Apple that has put the world on a different pace, in terms of his innovations in consumer electronics, computer software and personal computers.
Jobs’ success stories took up each corner of Google’s page after he passed away. The highlight is none other than his return to Apple after being kicked out of his own company in 1997. When he tried to lure John Sculley as Apple’s CEO, he asked,”Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want to change the world?”
That obviously worked out pretty well. Yet, it was the passion towards innovation that Jobs has injected into his career that put him onto the top of the world. His life has definitely inspired many to contribute to the society through creativity.
So here are three apples that changed our lives — three men at three totally different time of the history. How’s your apple coming along?
36. What are NOT the cores of life according to the text?
A. faith B. joy C. peace D. love
37. Who are the ones we often neglected when we become self-centered in our jobs and responsibilities?
A. Families. B.Friends. C. Our beloved ones. D. A, B and C
38. Which of the following statement are NOT one of the influences brought by Newton’s apple? A. Newton’s apple inspired Newton to come up with the law of gravitation.
B. Newton’s apple reminded human to love and be loved, stand firm in love and cherish the goodness of other people in our lives.
C. Newton’s apple encouraged human to dream big. D. Newton’s apple encouraged human to explore the world with imagination.
39 Steve Jobs’ innovations are in the following fields but
A. Consumer electronics. B. Computer software. C. Personal computer. D. Telecommunication.
40. According to the author, what put Steve Jobs onto the top of the world? A. His great success in the Apple products. B. He returned to Apple after being kicked out of his own company in 1997. C. His passion towards innovation in his
career. D. He changed the world.
III. Translation (20 points)(翻译）
Direction: Translate the following sentences into Chinese. 41. You needn’t go there anymore. He already knows about it.
你不必去了。他已经知道这件事。
42. Santa Claus would not bring children any present unless they stayed asleep.
圣诞老人如果不睡觉，就不会给孩子们带礼物。
43. I think that this job is a piece of cake for me.
我认为这份工作对我来说是小菜一碟
44. As a secretary, you should know how to set up appointments.
作为秘书，你应该知道如何安排约会。
45. The only thing that we could do was to ask police station for help.
我们唯一能做的就是向警察局求助。
46. Great changes have taken place in my home town in the past ten years.
在过去的十年里，我的家乡发生了巨大的变化
47. Follow your heart and do what you like to do.
跟随你的内心，做你喜欢做的事情
48. Thank you very much for your years of loyalty to the company.
非常感谢你多年来对公司的忠诚。
49. Things of that sort are happening all over the world every day.
2017年专升本英语模拟题及答案
