2010年河南专升本考试英语真题.

2010年河南专升本考试英语真题 2010年普通高校“专升本”统一考试 英语试卷

本试卷分第 I 卷 (客观 和第 II 卷 (主观 两部分 . 第 I 卷 1至 10页 , 第 II 卷 11页至 13页 . 两卷满 分 150分 . 考试时间 120分钟 .

第 I 卷 (共 100分 注意事项 :

1. 答第 1卷前 , 考生务必按规定要求填涂答题卡上的姓名 , 准考证号等项目 . 2. 用铅笔把答题卡上相应题号中正确答案的标号涂黑 . 答案不涂写在答题卡上 . 成绩无效 . Part I Reading Comprehension (共 20小题 , 每题 2分 , 共 40分

Directions: In this part there are four passages。 Each passage is followed by four comprehension questions. Read the passage and answer the questions. Then mark your

answer on the answer sheet. Passage One

Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:

V egetable gardening is the relaxing art and science of turning a love for growing plants into a meaningful activity. Having vegetables in the backyard makes home gardening appealing for many people. In addition, vegetable gardening provides exercise and fun for both urban and suburban families.

V egetable gardening agree that many home-grown vegetable are superior to those purchased from markets. Form spring through late fall, a well-planned and well-kept

garden can provide a supply of fresh vegetables, thus increasing the nutrition of the family diet.

Freezers make it possible to keep some of the vegetables to be enjoyed at a later date. Other vegetables can be stored for a few months in a cool area.

Although the money spent for a garden may be little, one cannot escape the fact that gardening requires hard work and time. Many of the gardening tasks must be performed

at times that are most inconvenient. Not doing jobs that should be done on a regular basis may result in failure and a negative feeling toward gardening.

One should not plant a garden that is too large for him to care for. A small, well- kept garden is more enjoyable and profitable than a large neglected one. Vegetables do

well in full sunlight and plants and few vegetables. If possible, the garden should be near the house. so the gardener can work in it whenever they are free.

Soils for vegetables should be easily broken up and porous(多孔的 for quick water drainage and good aeration(透气 . Usually the home owner has little choice in the type

he can choose. Fortunately, many vegetables can be grown on poor soils if the soils are properly prepared.

1. Many people find home gardening_______.

A. expensive and boring B. interesting and enjoyable

C. time-consuming and inconvenient D. neither interesting nor enjoyable 2. A well-planned and well-kept garden can provide a supply of fresh vegetables ______

A. all year round B. whenever you need nutritious food C. for a greater part of the year D. throughout spring 3. The amount of money you spend on your garden_______ A. can be large B. must be large C. can not be large D. must not be small

4. Which of the following statements is true?

A. Vegetables need to have as much shading as possible B. A small garden is much better than a lager one

C. Homeowners can freely choose the soil for their vegetable garden D. Whenever possible ,the vegetable garden should be close to your home 5. Form the passage we can conclude that______. A. vegetables need little care while growing

B. vegetables can be grown on almost any kind of soil

C. vegetables gardening is an indispensable part of life for urban and suburban people

D. vegetables gardening is a good pastime for retired people Passage Two

Question 6 to 10 are based on the following passage

In old days ,when a glimpse of stocking was looked upon as something so shocking as distract the serious work of an office ,secretaries were men .

Then came the First Word War and the male secretaries were replaced by women .A man’s secretary became his personal servant, in charge of remembering his wife’s birthday and buying her presents; taking his suits to the dry-cleaners; telling lies on the

telephone to keep away people he did not wish to speak to ;and ,of course ,typing and filing and taking shorthand.

Now aii this may be changing again .The microchip(芯片 and high technology is sweeping the British office ,taking with it much of the routine clerical (文书 work that

secretaries did .

“ Once office technology takes over generally, the status of the job will rise again because it will involve the high-tech work—and then men will want to do it again.‖

That was said by one of the executives.(male of one of the biggest secretarial agencies in this country .What he has predicted is already under way in the U.S. Once high technology has made the job of secretary less routine (乏味的 ,will there be

a male takeover ?Men should be careful of thinking that they can walk right into the better jobs .There are a lot of women secretaries who will do the job as well as they – not just because they can buy negligees(妇女长睡衣 for the boss’ s wife ,but because they are as efficient and well-trained to cope with word processors and computer as men .

6. Before 1914 female secretaries were rare because they____. A. were less efficient and less trained than men B. were looked down upon by men

C. would have disturbed the other office workers D. wore stockings and were not as serious a men

7. A female secretary has been expected ,besides other duties ,to _______. A. be her boss’s memory

B. do everything her boss asks her to do C. clean her boss’s clothes D. telephone the boss’s wife

8. Secretaries, until recently, had to do a lot of work now done by ______. A. machines B. other staff

C. servants D. have less works to do 9. A secretary in the future will_____. A. have more works to do B. be betters paid