江苏省 2017 年普通高校专转本选拔考试
英语试题卷
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1. 本试卷分为试题卷和答题卡两部分，试题卷共 10 页，全卷满分 150 分，考试时间 120 分钟。 2. 必须在答疑卡上作答，作答在试题卷上无效。作答前务必将自己的姓名和准考正好准确 清晰的填写在
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Prat I Reading Comprehension
（共 20 小题，每小题 2 分，共 40 分）
. Each passage is followed by some
Directions: There are 4 passage in this part
questions or unfinished statements . For each of them there are 4 choices marked A,B,C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet .
Passage One
Questions 1 to 5 based on the following passage .
We use both words and gestures to express our feelings ,but the problem is that these words and gestures can be understood in different ways .
It is true that a smile means the same thing in any language . So does laughter or crying . There are also a number of striking similarities in the way different animals show the same feelings . Dogs , tigers and humans , for example , often show their teeth when they are angry . This is probably because they are born with those behavior patterns .
Fear is another emotion that is shown in much the same way all over the world . In Chinese and English literature , a phrase like
“ he went pale and
began to tremble ” suggests that the man is either very afraid or deeply shocked . However , “ he opened his eyes wide
” is used to suggest anger in Chinese
whereas in English it means surprise . In Chinese surprise can be described in a phrase like “ they stretched out their tongues ”.Sticking out your tongue
in English is an insulting gesture or expresses strong dislike .
Even in the same culture , people differ in the ability to understand and express Experiments in America have shown that women are
better than men at recognizing fear ,anger love and happiness on people 's faces .
studies show that older
people usually find it
feelings usually Othereasier
to
recognize or understand body language than younger people do .
to the passage , ________ .
can hardly understand what people
's gestures mean
and gestures may have different meanings in different cultures can be better understand by older people
can be better understand by most of the people while words can not
's facial expressions may be misunderstand because ______ 。
of different ages may have different understandings have different cultures
of different sexes may understand a gesture differently of different countries speak different languages in the same culture , people _____ .
different abilities to understand and express feelings exactly the same understanding of something fail to understand each other equally intelligent
this passage .we can conclude _____ . are used as frequently as gestures are often found difficult to understand
and gestures are both used in expressing feelings are more efficiently used than words best title for this passage be _______ . A. Words and Feelings
B. Words,Gestures and Feelings C. Gestures and Feelings D. Culture and Understanding
Passage Two Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage .
The English policeman has several nicknames but the most frequently used are “ copper ” and
“ bobby ” . The first name comes form the verb
which is also slang ) , meaning
“to cop” (
“to take ”or “to capture ” , and the second
comes form the first name of Sir Robert Peel , a 19th century politician , who was the founder of the police force as we know it today . An early nickname for the policeman was “peeler ” , but this one has died out .
Whatever we may call them , the general opinion of the police seems to be a favorable one , except , of course , among the criminal part of the community where the police are given more derogatory nicknames which originated in
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