安徽省2003年普通高等学校专升本招生考试
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I.Vocabulary and Structure (1 point each; 35 points in all) Directions: For each of the following blanks, four choices are given.You are required to choose the most appropriate one and put the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. ( ) 1.Once you enter the society, you are mostly ________your own.
A.in
B.on
C.of
D.to
(
) 2.The chairman as well as many other people _________present.
A.is
B.are
C.will
D.should ( ) 3.I think that it is no use _______with this.
A.to continue
B.continue
C.continuing D.continued ( ) 4.What did the teacher ________you to do at home?
A.distribute
B.aign
C.divide
D.point ( ) 5.It didn’t take long for him to adjust _______his new job.
A.to
B.with
C.for
D.on ( ) 6.With his resolute determination, he is _________to win.
A.poible
B.likely
C. like
D.probable ( ) 7.When I saw her facial ________, I knew she was angry.
A.appearance
B.expreion
C.looking
D.feeling ( ) 8.________is going to do the job there remains a question.
A.Who
B.That
C.What
D.When ( ) 9.The travelers ________300 miles a day by car when they were in Africa.
A.paed
B.took
C.covered D.went ( ) 10.Sam most probably ___________her for another girl at the party.
A.regarded
B.viewed
C.mistook
D .looked ( ) 11.Whatever happens, this rule can be applied _________any case.
A.on
B.for
C.in
D.to ( ) 12.She earns a high __________as a doctor.
A.salary
B.wages
C.money
D.payment ( ) 13.It is neceary that the meeting _______at once.
A.began
B.begin
C.begins
D.will begin ( ) 14.Accrding to the doctor, the old lady was in a helple________.
A.place
B. location
C.space
D.situation ( ) 15.At the age of eighteen, he decided to take politics as his_________.
A.arrange
B.task
C.work
D.career ( ) 16.Whenever needed Bob would _______for his father to come..
A.arrange
B.require
C.demand
D.invite ( ) 17.Give up smoking, _________you will have a good health.
A.or
B.and
C.so that
D.otherwise
( ) 18.If you are mot careful enough, you may ________black with white.
A.combine
B.compare
C.
Confuse D.contact ( ) 19.You _______me about his illne yesterday.
A.must tell B.had told
C.ought to tell
D.should have told ( ) 20.My brother is __________mine.
A.five years more junior to
B.
five years junior than
C.
five years junior to
D.
five years more junior than ( ) 21.You _________me because I didn’t say that.
A.must have misunderstood
B.must misunderstand
C.must be understood
D.had to misunderstand ( ) 22.Can machines perform the same tasks ________?
A.that man does
B.what man does
C.must be understood
D.as man does ( ) 23.It is the boy’s lazine that _________ his failure in the exams.
A.resulted from
B.brought in
C.resulted in
D.led into ( ) 24.__________his wealth, he is not happy.
A.Except for
B.In spite of
C.Hardier
D.Besides ( ) 25.__________you work, the greater your progre will be.
A.Harder
B.The hardier
C.Hardlier
D.The harder ( ) 26.John and Sally _________all their problems cheerfully .
A.coped with
B.Handled with
C.dealt in
D.turned up ( ) 27.It was the training that he had _________made him such a good technician.
A.has
B.what
C.later
D.that ( ) 28.Some elderly people ________their beds at hospital .They need our help.
A.confined to
B.locked to
C.tied with
D.limited by (
) 29.No sooner had the late-airport gentleman got to the airport _______the plane took off.
A.when
B .where
C.while.
D.than ( ) 30.If _________succefully, the plan will completely change the traffic
A.carrying B.carried out
C.to carry
D.carry out ( ) 31.Within a few years he was _______from an ordinary clerk, to the manager of the company.
A.promoted
B .raised
C.developed
D.improved (
) 32.Though they disliked the tone of his speech, they finally decided to _______ his suggestion for it sounded practical.
A.adapt
B.adopt
C.use
D.receive ( ) 33.The paint is still wet._________!
A.Be sure to not it
B.Be sure not to touch it
C.As the diamond is hard
D.Hard as the diamond is ( ) 34.________, it is quite easy to drill a hole on it with laser.
A.Hard although the diamond is
B.How hard is the diamond
C.As the diamond is hard
D.Hard as the diamond is ( ) 35.________, the students had to go to bed.
A.The lights had gone out
B.The lights having gone out
C.The light went out
D.The lights have gone out
II.Cloze (1 point each; 10 points in all) Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following paage.For each blank there are four choices marked, C and D.You should choose the ONE that best fits into the paage and put corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. The history of the American people is ___36_____, the history of the movement of the American people.They moved from the colonies of the East Coast to the open space of the ___37______.The moved from the country and the farm to the city.___38_______, Americans have been moving from the cities to the suburbs.
Pioneer Americans began ___39_______from the East Coast to the West 250 years ago.They moved west for many reasons.___40_____reason was that they could obtain____41____ open space and land ___42_____farming.Americans liked large open spaces.And they liked the freedom and independence to _____43______the land in their own way.Some of the land became farms.Important minerals were discovered in some areas, so some of the land became ___44____.Other large areas became cattle ranches.There seemed to be enough land for everybody.But it was a difficult life---____45______of endle work and hardship.
( ) 36.A.with part
B.of park
C.in part
D.on part
( ) 37.A.West
B.South
C.North
D.East ( ) 38.A.Not long ago
B.Then
C.More recently
D.Later
( ) 39 A.moving
B.paing
C.coming
D.going ( ) 40.A.Mainly
B.Much
C.Most
D.One
( ) 41.A.unlimited
B.indivisible
C.discommected
D.inseparable ( ) 42.A.of
B.for
C.on
D.in ( ) 43.A.make
B.plant
C.build
D.develop ( ) 44.A.towns
B.factories
C.mines
D.farms` ( ) 45.A.a task
B.a job
C.a life
D.a career
III.Reading Comprehension (50points) Task 1(2points each; 10 points in all) Directions: After reading the following paage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements should make the correct choice and put the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.Many people are frightened by spiders (蜘蛛).They are especially afraid of large, hairy ones.The largest and most frightening of all spiders is the bird – eating spider, which lives in the hot, thick rain forests of northern South America.
Bird – eating spiders are a type of tarantula (狼蛛).They can bite, and the bite is painful, but it will not kill a grown – up.The poisonous bite of a black widow spider is far more dangerous.Bird -- eating spiders often hide in holes and under rocks during the day, but at night they creep out and hunt for insects.As you might gue from their name, they also catch birds and eat them.
They have another unusual ability.They can walk up window pans (玻璃窗) because of sticky.Silky hairs on their feet that cling to gla.
(
) 46.This spider lives there the climate is _______.
A.wet and hot
B.cool and dry
C.hot and dry
D.cool and wet.(
) 47.The article says that the bird – eating spider is a kind of _________.
A.large crab
B.tarantula
C.black widow spider
D.All of the above (
) 48.Bird – eating spiders hunt _________.
A.during the day
B. at night
C.at dawn
D.Both A and B (
) 49.According to the story, bird – eating spiders _________.
A.can catch birds and eat them B.can walk up windowpanes C.can give a person a painful bite D.All of the above
(
) 50.Implied but not stated _________.A.The bird-eating spider is unable to climb well B.The bird-eating spider likes to stay in trees C.The bird-eating spider can be found in many parts of the world D.One can hardly see a bird-eating spider during the day Task2 (2pointd each; 10 points in all) Directions: This task is the same as Task I (No.51 through No.55) No author in American literature is better known or more loved than Amuel Langhome Chemens.born in Miouri in 1835 .He grew up in the banks of the Miiippi River and used the pen name of “Mark Twain”.The two novels brought him his greatest fame: Toni Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.Another book, Life on the Miiippi, told of his adventures on the river boats of the period.It was during the Civil War that Mark Twain’s life as a writer started .At that time he was working as a newspaper man in Nevada and California.His short story, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras Count3, was an immediate succe and his new life began.In 1870, Mark Twain married Olivia Langdon.He had fallen in love with her wife even before he met her.His wife had a great influence on Twain’s later books.Mark Twain was also a very succeful lecturer.His travels around the country giving talk son different kinds of subjects helped make him famous and increased the sale of his books.Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn are considered Twain’s best works.They are marked by humor and satire(讽刺文学, 讽刺) and provide his readers with an excellent picture of his time.His last book was completed in 1909, one year before his death.He was then 74 years old.(
) 51.Mark Twain is ______.A.the best known author in American literature B.the best known author in the world C.the best author in America all the time D.the best author in the world (
) 52.The book, Life on the Miiippi, told us A.hid adventures on the Miiippi B.his succeful way to a writer C.his life as a writer
D.his succeful lectures (
) 53.Which if the following novels made him famous? A.Tom Sawyer B.Huckleberry Finn C.Life on the Miiippi D.Both A the B (
) 54.Mark Twain’s life as a writer started_____ .
A.when be vas a boy B.before he got married C.after he got married D.when he got married
(
) 55.From the story we can learn that Mark Twain A.was a good speaker B.was a good reader C.was a poor newspaper man D.could draw wonderful pictures Task 3 (3point each; 15 points in all) Directions: This task is the same as Task I (No.56 through No.60) Money is used for buying or selling goods, for measuring value and for storing wealth.However, in primitive societies a system of barter was used.Barter was a system of direct exchange of goods.Somebody could exchange a sheep, for example, for anything in the market place that he or she considered to be of equal value.Barter, however, was a very unsatisfactory system of exchange, and various money systems developed based on goods that the members of a society recognized as having value.Cattle, grain, teeth, shells, salt, and tobacco had all been used.Precious metals gradually took over because, when made into coins, they were portable, durable, recognizable, and divisible into larger and smaller units of value.A coin is a piece of metal, usually disc-shaped, which bears lettering, designs or numbers showing its value.Until the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, coins were given monetary worth based on the exact amount of metal contained in them, but most modern coins are based on face value –the value that the governments choose to give them, which doesn’t show the actual metal content.Coins have been made of gold, silver, copper, plastic and in China even from tealeaves.Most governments now iue paper money in the form of bills, which are really “promises to pay.” Paper money is obviously easier to handle and much more convenient in the modern world.Checks and credit cards are being used increasingly, and it is poible to imagine a would where “money” in the form of coins and paper currency will no longer be used.Even today, in the United States, many places, especially filling stations will not accept cash at night for security reasons.(
) 56.“Barter”(in Line 2,Paragraph 1) here means _______.
A.exchanging goods for money B.exchanging goods for goods C.exchanging a sheep for anything in the market D.exchanging money for goods (
) 57.Why were precious metals gradually used for making coins? A.Because they were durable and portable B.Because they were recognizable
C.Because they were divisible D.All of the above (
) 58.Coins were given value according to the exact amount of metals contained in them____.A.before the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries B.after the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries C.during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries D.between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (
) 59.“Promises to pay” (Lines 6-7, Paragraph 2) means_______.
A.poibilities to pay
B.neceities to pay
C.obligations to pay
D.opportunities to pay (
) 60.A world without any money in the from of coins and paper is________.
A.suitable
B.poible
C.neceary
D.avoidable Task 4 (3 points each; 15 points in all) Directions: This task is the same as Task I (No.61 through No.65) In most lectures, several main ideas are presented.These are the concepts (思想)the lecturer wants the students to remember.Often the lecturer has a general idea that serves as an “umbrella” covering the other main concepts.The students’ job, then, is to pick out the main concepts, including the “umbrella” ideal.
Lecturers usually begin with an introduction.Sometimes the main concepts and the “umbrella” idea are briefly presented in the introduction; often they are not.Next comes the body of the lecture.It is here that the several main concepts are always presented.The final part of a lecture, the conclusion, is traditionally a summary of the main concepts.This is also the place where the “umbrella” idea can most easily be repeated, restated, restated, or even introduced for the first time.When a lecture is well organized, with a clear-cut beginning, middle and end, the main ideas are usually easy to pock out.When a lecture is not well organized, getting the gist of what is being said is quite difficult.Some lecturers are “long-winded”, taking a long time to come to the point.Others ramble on (杂乱地漫谈)and never seem to come to the point at all.61.While listening to a lecture, the students are expected to remember________.62.A lecture is usually made up of three parts-, ______ and _______ according to this paage.63.Sometimes, both ______ and _______of a lecture are put forward in the introduction.64.A lecture with a neatly-planned _______ , _______ and ________ is said to be a well organized lecture.65.The summary is in _______ of a lecture and it is also the place where the ______ is mostly mentioned again.IV.Translation (35 points) (I)Translate the following sentences from English into Chinese (4 points each for No.66 through No.68; 6 points for No.69; 18 points in all) mentioned again 66.There is no general agreement about what can and should be done to solve the problem of pollution.67.Such networks as have been designed specially to enable people to send meage to each other by computers are known as E-mail.68.of all living things, only human beings can choose where and how they want to live and then modify the physical environment to help themselves realize these choices.
69.Some people believe that it is neceary for the government to take an active role in population planning because many people will not limit themselves to just one or two children.(II)Translate the following sentences from Chinese into English (4 points each for No.70 through No.72; 5 points for No.73; 17 points in all) 70.他认为退休以后就能集中精力干他喜欢的事了。
71．这起交通事故在某种程度上归咎于司机的粗心大意。 72．不管他的肤色如何，每个人都有权生活在他喜欢的地方。
73．除非一项公关计划把这些内容全部考虑进去，否则不会对公司有什么帮助。 V．Writing(20 points) Directions: Write ONE of the following two topics.You are supposed to follow the information given below.1． 按照完整英文书信的格式，就下述内容与一封感谢：
国庆节期间，应朋友的邀请，你（写信人王平）从南昌去京观光旅游，并受到热情款待，返回后写信表示感谢。
收信人姓名和地址：李明，北京市海淀区梅林路28号（邮编100002） 信的内容必须包括：
（1） 感谢朋友的热情款待。 （2） 回忆在北京的见闻。
（3） 再次表示感谢并邀请朋友来南昌相聚。
2． 写一篇题为”The Importance of Confidence” 的文章。要求分三段，不少于100单词。内容包括：
（1） 树立信心的重要性。
（2） 缺乏信心的原因，并用事例来支持你的论点。 （3） 树立信心的可能性。
（4）
