铭远教育 2012年浙江专升本英语真题 

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ButthetinydifferencebetweenEarthspeedandatomicspeedhavebecomeaproblemforGPS,theglobalpositioningsystemsandmobilephonenetworksonwhichthemodernwouldrelies.

ThemeetinginLondonarelookingatthepossibleeffectsofabandoningtheleapsecondsandmovingfullytoatomictime.ThatwouldseeatomictimeslowlymoveapartfromGMT,byaboutoneminuteevery60to90years,orbyanhourevery600years,andtherewouldneedtobe.\minutes\acoupleoftimesacenturytobringthetwoinline.BritishscienceministerDavidWillettshasopposedtheplanbysaying:\shouldsticktorealtimeasexperiencedbyhumans.WithoutleapsecondswewilllosecontactwiththerealityofEarth'srotation.Eventuallyourmidnightwouldhappenatnoon.”

InJanuary,theInternationalTelecommunicationUnionwillmeetinGenevatovoteonwhethertoadoptthenewmeasure,despiteprotestsfromBritain.56.Leadingscientistsareconsideringreplacing_____________.57.WhatwillbevotedonatGenevameetinginJanuary?58.Whatisnewmeasureoftimekeepingbasedon?59.Leapminutescanbeusedto_____________60.HowdidBritainreacttotheproposal?PartⅢTranslation（共10小题，每小题3分，共30分）

SectionAFromChinesetoEnglishDirections:CompletethesentencesbytranslatingintoEnglishtheChinesegiveninthebrackets.PleasewriteyourtranslationonAnswerSheet.(15marks)

61.Themorecarefulyouare,____________________________________________（你写作中可能犯的错误就越少）.62.Notuntilhefinishedwritinghisreport_____________________________________________________________________（他开始订火车票，准备出行）.

63.Parents_____________________________________________________（往往起到重要的作用）intheirchild'spersonaldevelopment.

64.Thegovernmentshould_______________________________________________（把减少失业放在首要位置）intimeoffinancialcrises.

65.WhentheteacheraskedJoe___________________________________________（他是如何解开这道数学难题）,hesmiledandhandedherabook.SectionBFromEnglishtoChinese

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Directions:TranslateintoChinesetheunderlinedsentencesinthefollowing

AsI'vesaidmanytimes,Thanksgivingismyfavoriteholiday.Nogifts.Agoodmeal.Oftenafour-dayweekend.66)ButwhatIlikebestabouttheholidayisthatitgivesustimetoactuallypauseandthinkaboutwhatwe'rethankfulfor.AndIhavemuchthispastyear.Agoodrelationship.(Gotmarried.)Goodhealth.(Ihaveanewknee!)Goodtimes.(AvacationinArgentina.)

NotthatIcan't,anddon't,takeitallforgrantedonoccasion.Ittookamongreldogthousandsofmilesawaytomakemeawareofmygoodfortune.Andshediditwithjustawagofhertail.WhileinArgentinaonvacation,westayedonavilla（别墅）outsideofCordoba.Itsname:DosLunas.Itsitsattheendofadirtroadthatseemstoneverend.67)Whenwefinallypulledontothevilla,adogappearedoutofnowhere,eagertogreetusbeforeweevengotoutofthecar.HernamewasBranca.Shehadwanderedontotheplaceacoupleofyearsago,hungry,homeless,inneedofagoodbathandagoodmeal.Totheircredit,thehoststookherin.68)Andnofoolshe,shedecidedtostay.Inreturnforroomandboard,shenowworksasthemascot（吉祥物）.Aperfectfitforeveryoneinvolved.BrancaandIbondedimmediately.Forfourdays,shewentwhereIwent.69)Shesatundermytableatlunch,sheranalongsideusaswerodehorsesupthroughthehillside.Isuspecteditdidn'thurtanythatIfedherfromthetable,thatIscratchedherearasIsatandread.Atnight,shesleptcurleduponachair,notfarfromourroom.Itwasherchair.Alltheguestsquicklylearnedthat.HertailsweptthegroundwheneverIhappenedtoaskifeverythingisOK.70)Shewasbeyondthankfultoberightwhereshewas.Andsowerewe.HappyThanksgiving.66)ButwhatIlikebestabouttheholidayisthatitgivesustimetoactuallypauseandthinkaboutwhatwe'rethankfulfor.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________67)Whenwefinallypulledontothevilla,adogappearedoutofnowhere,eagertogreetusbeforeweevengotoutofthecar.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________68)Andnofoolshe,shedecidedtostay.

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______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________69)Shesatundermytableatlunch,sheranalongsideusaswerodehorsesupthroughthehillside.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________70)Shewasbeyondthankfultoberightwhereshewas.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________PartIVWriting(30marks,30minutes)

Directions：Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteacompositiononthetopicCityProblems.Youshouldwriteabout120wordsfollowingtheChineseoutlinegivenbelow.

（1）越来越多的人涌入城市，产生了很多问题。（2）比较明显的问题有……（3）如何解决这些问题？

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