2005-2008年江苏专转本英语历年真题
2005年江苏省普通高校“专转本”统一考试试卷 大学英语
第Ⅰ卷（共100分）
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1．答第Ⅰ卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目用铅笔涂写在答题卡上。
2．每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。如果答案不涂写在答题卡上，成绩无效。 Part I Reading Comprehension (40﹪，35minutes)
Directions: In this part there are four passages. Each passage is followed by a number of comprehension questions. Read the passage and answer the questions. Then mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Passage 1
Human feelings are affected by color unconsciously. Manufacturers have discovered by trial and error that sugar sells badly in green wrappings, that blue foods are considered by consumers as tasteless, and that cosmetics should never be packaged in brown. These discoveries have grown into a whole discipline of color psychology. Some of our preferences are clearly psychological. Dark blue is the color of the night sky and therefore associated with calm, while yellow is a key color in association with energy. For primitive men. activity during the day meant bunting and attacking, in which he soon saw as red, the color of blood and hunting and fire. So it was natural that green, the complementary color to red, should be
associated with passive defense. Experiments have shown that colors also have a direct psychological effect. People, when exposed to bright red. show an increase in breathing rate. heart beat and blood pressure. Red is exciting. Similar exposure to pure blue has exactly the opposite effect, because it is a calming color. Because red has an implication of excitement, it is chosen as the signal for danger. Some analyses show that a vivid yellow can produce a more basic state of alertness and alarm. So fire engines and ambulances in some advanced countries are now rushing around in bright yellow colors that stop traffic dead. 1. If people are exposed to red, which of the following statements does NOT happen? A. They feel afraid. B. They breathe faster. C. Their blood pressure rises. D. Their hearts beat faster.
2. Manufacturers have discovered the secret of colors in marketing ____.
A. by experimenting with different colors B. by developing the discipline of color psychology C. by trying not to make mistakes D. by accumulating their various experiences 3. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Our feelings about certain colors are purely psychological.
B. Food should never be packaged in brown. C. Sugar sells badly in green wrappings,
D. Color probably has an effect on us which we are not conscious of. 4. Our preferences for certain colors are ____.
A. dependent on our character B. linked with the primitive men
C. associated with psychology D. associated with the time of the day 5. The passage is about ____.
A. color and traffic accidents B. color and manufacturers
C. which color might influence human feelings D. why color affects human emotions and behavior Passage 2
Exchange a glance with someone, and then look away. Do you realize that you have made a statement? Hold the glance for a second longer, and you have made a different statement. Hold it for three seconds, and the meaning has changed again. For every social situation, there is permissible time that you can hold a person's gaze without being intimate, rude, or
aggressive. If you are on an elevator, what gaze-time are you permitted? To answer this question, consider what you typically do. You are very likely give other passengers a quick glance to size them up(打量) and to assure them that you mean no threat. Since being close to another person signals the possibility of interaction, you need to emit a signal telling others you want to be left alone. So you cut off eye contact, which sociologist Erving Goffman ( 1963 ) calls \the lights\the rule against staring at a stranger on an elevator, you will make the other person exceedingly uncomfortable, and you are likely to feel a bit strange yourself.
If you hold eye contact for more than three seconds, what are you telling another person? Much depends on the person and the situation. For instance, a man and a woman communicate interest in this manner. They typically gaze at each other for about three seconds at a time, and then drop their eyes down for three seconds, before letting their eyes meet again. But if one man gives another man a three-second-plus stare, he signals- \peculiar and I am curious about you.\ 6. It can be inferred from the first paragraph that ____. A. every glance has its significance
B. staring at a person is an expression of interest C. a gaze longer than three seconds is unacceptable D. a glance conveys more meaning than words
7. If you want to be left alone on an elevator, the best thing to do is ____. A. to look into another passenger's eyes
B. to avoid eye contact with other passengers C. to signal you are nor a threat to anyone D. to keep a distance from other passengers
8. By \ A. closing one's eyes B. turning off the lights
C. ceasing to glance at others D. reducing gaze-time to the minimum 9. If one is looked at by a stranger for too tong, he tends to feel ____.
A. depressed B. curious C. uneasy D. amused 10. The passage mainly discusses ____. A. the limitations of eye contact
B. the exchange of ideas through eye contact C. proper behavior in various situations
D. the role of eye contact in interpersonal communication Passage 3
Cyclo-cross is a cross-country bicycle racing in open and usually quite rough country with riders often forced to dismount and carry their bicycles.
The sport, originated early in the 20th century in France. was prevalent in the 1920s, but became prominent in the 1950s ( the British Cyclo-Cross Association was founded in 1954). An original European sport, cyclo-cross became popular throughout Western Europe and in the United States. World championships were initiated in 1925 ; by 1950 these were recognized by the Union Cyclist International(International Cyclists' Union). After 1967 amateur and professional classes were officially separated in competition.
The 24-kilometer cyclo-cross course, often involving taps, is usually completed in 60 minutes. A course typically
includes obstacles such as ditches, mud, fallen trees, streams, flight of stairs, fences, and gates; artificial hurdles are added to insufficiently challenging natural courses. Cyclo-cross races are usually held from September to March, adding winter weather hazards to the challenge. There is a massed start with the field assembling not more than two abreast. Helpers are often stationed around the
course with spare bicycles in case the original machine encounters mechanical difficulties or becomes too weighted down by
mud picked up to the course.
11. What does the word \
A. Give up B. Give in C. Get our D. Get off. 12. According ro the passage, which of the following is NOT true about cyclo-cross? A. The cyclists sometimes have to carry the bicycles instead of riding them. B. The riders in the race are arranged side by side in two lines. C. All the riders start simultaneously on the starting line. D. The riders are allowed to change their machines, 13. Cyclo-cross became widely known ____.
A. in the 1920s B. in the 1950s C. in 1925 D. in 1967
14. According to the passage, cyclo-cross races are usually held from September to March because ____. A. A. the winter is westerners' favorite season B. winter can offer cyclists more risk and danger C. the winter weather is more agreeable
D. in winter the riders needn't dismount and carry their bicycle
15. Which of the following statements can you infer from the passage? A. The riders are competitive and fond of taking risks.
B. People except the riders show little interest in cyclo-cross.
C. Before 1967, amateur and professional classes had never been separated in competition. D. Helpers are often hired by the riders. Passage 4
In the second half of each year. many powerful storms are born in the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean seas. Of these, only about half a dozen generate the strong, circling winds of75 miles per hour or more that give them hurricane status, and several usually make their way to the coast. There they cause millions of dollars of damage, and bring death to large numbers of people.
The great storms that hit the coast start as innocent circling disturbances hundreds even thousands of miles out to sea. They travel aimlessly over water warmed by the trade winds. When conditions are just right, warm moist air flows in at the bottom of such a disturbance, moves upward through it and comes out at the top. In the process, the moisture in this warm air produces rain, and with it the heat is converted to energy in the form of strong winds. As the heat increases, the young hurricane begins to swirl in a counterclockwise motion.
The average life of a hurricane is only about nine days, but it contains almost more power than we can imagine. The energy in the heat released by a hurricane's rainfall in a single day would satisfy the entire electrical needs of the United States for more than six months. Water, not wind, is the main source of death and destruction in a hurricane. A typical hurricane brings 6 to 12 inch downpours resulting in sudden floods. Worst of all is the powerful movement of the
sea-mountains of water moving toward the low-pressure hurricane center. The water level rises as much as 15 feet above normal as it moves toward shore.
16. When is an ordinary tropical storm considered to be a hurricane? A. When il begins in the Atlantic and Caribbean seas. B. When it hits the coastline.
C. When its winds reach 75 miles per hour or even more. D. When the circling winds bring damages. 17. What is the worst thing about hurricanes? A. The destructive effects of water. B. The heat they release.
C. That they last about nine days on the average. D. Their strong winds.
18. The counterclockwise swirling of the hurricane is brought about by ____. A. the low-pressure area in the center of the storm B. the force of waves of water C. the trade winds D. the increasing heat
19. Apparently the phrase \ A. disturbances caused by innocent people B. disturbances people are innocent of C. damaging circling winds D. harmless circling winds
20. Which of the following best summarizes the passage? A. The Hurricane-Its Harms and Benefits. B. The Benefits of Hurricanes.
C. The Hurricane and Its Great Energy. D. The Disaster Caused by Hurricanes.
PartⅡ Vocabulary and Structure(40﹪，20minutes)
Directions: There are 40 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
21. ____, I am afraid I can't go with you.
A. With so much work to do B. With so much work doing C. For so much work to do D. To do so much work 22. He believes that happiness ____being easily pleased or satisfied. A. consists of B. consists with C. consists by D. consists in
23. They will ____the applications and pick out the best. A. look into B. look after C. look at D. look through
24. I can't ____books like those-they just make me sleepy.
A. carry B. suffer C. appreciate D. take 25. Jean worked just so much ____. A. like what she was told B. as she was told to
C. as to what she tried to do D. like she was told to
26. I don't remember the boiler ____during these years. A. being repaired B. having been repaired C. to be repaired D. to have been repaired
27. A successful business certainly sells its products ____.
A. at last B. at best C. at any rate D. at a profit
28. The professor's speech ____at wide range of subjects from drug to women's rights. A. contained B. covered C. listed D. touched
29. In this factory the machines are not regulated ____but are jointly controlled by a central computer system. A. independently B. individually C. similarly D. irregularly 30. They did not sell a single car for a month and had to ____workers.
A. lay down B. lay behind C. lay off D. lay out
31. There has been a great increase in retail sales, ____? A. does there B. hasn't there C. isn't there D. isn't it
32. Stormy applause broke forth ____the singer appeared on the stage. A. a moment B. the moment C. in a moment D. at the moment
33. Not until the game had begun ____at the sports ground. A. had he arrived B. would he have arrived C. did he arrive D. should he have arrived
3. ____evidence that language-acquiring ability must be stimulated.
A. It being B. It is C. There is D. There being 35. Jenny is not in the ____for going to the party tonight.
A. tempers B. condition C. mood D. health
36. Although Anne is happy with her success, she wonders ____will happen to her private life. A. that B. what C. it D. this
37. The old buildings blend with the new ones in perfect ____, so a walk along Huaihai Road is an enjoyable discovery.
A. harmony B. order C. control D. action 38. ____he was not in uniform, he carried a pistol under his arm. A. Even when B. As long as C. As soon as D. Ever since
39. Not only I but also Tom and Mary ____fond of collecting stamps. A. am B. will C. are D. have
40. Marge's bedroom was in a ____, with books and papers covering every possible surface. A. order B. mess C. rubbish D. disorder 41. John, you are so lazy. This job ____hours ago. A. should finish B. must have finished
C. could be finishing D. ought to have been finished
42. ____you are leaving tomorrow, we can eat dinner together tonight. A. For B. Since C. Before D. While 43. Why ____did you take the dog into the churchyard? A. on earth B. on the earth C. in earth D. in the earth
44. My suggestion is that the experiment ____in another way. A. is done B. will be done C. has been done D. be done
45. Hangzhou is famous for the beautiful ____of West Lake.
A. scenes B. views C. sight D. scenery 46. Thank you for your postcard; it was very ____of you to send it.
A. pleased B. conscious C. responsible D. considerate 47. I really appreciate ____to help me, but I am sure that I can manage by myself. A. you to offer B. that you offer
C. your offering D. that you are offering
48. The twins are so much ____that it is difficult to tell one from the other. A. similar B. alike C. same D. like
49. The revolutionary government acts on ____of the masses and against the privileged few.
2005-2008年江苏专转本英语历年真题（含答案）
