2009外语专升本试卷及答案2009年专接本综合考试试卷（英语）（考试时间90分钟）（总分120分）I. Phonetics (5 points)Directions : In each of the following group of words, there are four underlined letters or letter combinations marked A, B,C and D .Compare the underlined parts and identify the one that is different from the others in pronunciation .Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet from with a single line through the centre.1.A.live B.alive C.forgive D.active2.A.satisfaction B.vocation C.question D.addition3.A.supply B.simply C.only D.calmly4.A.apologize B.avoid C.agency D.aware5.A.assure B.cure C.pure D.matureⅡSituational Dialogues (10 points)Section ADirections: In this part there are 5short dialogues. For each dialogue, there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. You are required to choose the ONE that best fits into the dialogue. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.6. Shop assistant: Good morning, sir. May I help you?Customer: Where do I pay my fees?A.Yes, please.B.Thank you, anyway.C.As you please.D.Yes, you can.7. Steve: Hi, my name is Steve. It’s nice to meet you.Jack: I’m Jack.A.My name is Jack, you know.B.How are you, Steve?C.It’s my pleasure to meet you, Steve.D.You are busy, aren’t you?8. Student A : Why didn’t you come my party last night？Student B: I’m sorry; I had to visit my grandma at the hospital.A.I did it.B.I couldn’t make it.C.I still remember this.D.I’ll come.9. Man: Do I have the pleasure to buy you a drink?Woman:A.It’s my pleasure.B.You are too nice tome.C.It’s very kind of you.D.You spend money again.10. Taxi driver:Passenger: The airport please.A.Where do you want to go?B.To where.C.Where are you going?D.Hello, where would you like to go?Section BDirections: In this section there is a long conversation with 5 missing sentences. At the end of the conversation, there is a list of given choices. You are required to select the ONE that best fits into the conversation. then mark the corresponding letter on theAnswer Sheet with a single line through the center. Note that there are two additional choices and you may not use any of the choices in the list more than once.---Can I do anything for you, sir?--- 11 . It is my cell phone. I brought it in to be repaired but now 12 .---Lost the receipt? Oh, dear. That’s too bad.---C an’t I just describe my phone to you?--- 13 Only our manager can help you but he is not in now .He left only a minute ago.---Oh, my God! I think it was the manager who served me.---Just a moment. 14---This time last week, during my lunch hour.---And was you phone a smell golden one?---yes, that’s right.15---Because you receipt is still here .You dropped it when you left .The manager shouted but you didn’t hear.A.I’m afraid not.B.How did you know?C.When did you bring your cell phone in?D.No, you c an’t.E.I think so.F.I’ve lost the receipt.G.I hope so.III. Vocabulary and structure (30points)Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You are required to choose the ONE that best fits into the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.16. Those students seem to be interested only in love , ignoring their study and even their health.A. mattersB. events C .stories D. affair17. The books in our library from economics to literature to political science.A. changeB. transferC. varyD. shape18. The president declared the whole country into a state of .A. urgentB. emergencyC. instantD. tendency19. The sky girl felt and uneasy when she could not answer her teacher’s questions.A. amazedB. awkwardC. stupidD. slow20. There Chinese buildings have a strong appeal, especially to the foreigners.A. visualB. tangibleC. virtualD. moral21. The manager spoke highly of such as loyalty, courage and truthfulness shown by his employees.A. featuresB. propertiesC. charactersD. virtues22. his appearance, he doesn’t look like a man of fifty at all.A. JudgingB. ThinkingC. ConsideringD. Finding23. The ability to store knowledge makes computers different from every other machineinvented.A. soB. thusC. everD. yet24. It is impossible to find a good educational program in this channel on TV.A. barelyB. hardlyC. merelyD. nearly25. A love marriage, however, does not necessarily much sharing of interests andresponsibilities.A. take overB. result inC. keep toD. hold on26. When I try to understand that prevents so many Americans from being so happy as onemight expect, it seems to me that there are two causes.A. why it doesB. what it doesC. what it isD. why it is27. The speech , a lively discussion stared.A. to deliverB. be deliveredC. deliveringD. having beendelivered28. evidence that language-acquiring ability must be stimulated.A. It beingB. It isC. There isD. There being29. What he told us about the accident does notA. make any senseB. mean any pointC. mean any importanceD. takeanything30. Studies reveal that people spent two hours dreaming every night, no matter what theyduring the day.A. should doB. would have doneC. may have doneD. must do31. Evidence came up specific speech sounds are recognized by babies as young as sixmonths old.A. whatB. thatC. whichD. whom32. We agree to accept they thought was the best tourist guide.A. whateverB. whicheverC. whomeverD.whoever33. In no country Britain can one experience four seasons in the course of a single day.A. more thanB. other thanC. rather thanD. betterthan34. me the money for my tuition then , I would be working on the farm now .A. Had my uncle not lentB. S houldn’t my uncle lendC. Would my uncle lendD. If my uncle35. Inexperienced as h is, he has succeeded other experienced researcher.A. whereB. whatC. whichD. howIV. Reading Comprehension (40 points)Directions: There are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Passage 1Questions 36—40 are based on the following passageTo understand how Americans think about things, it is necessary to understand “the point”. Americans mention it often: “Let’s get right to the point,” they will say. “My point is …”“What is the point of all this?”The “point” is the idea of the piece of information that Americans suppose is, or should be, at the center of people’ thinking, writings, and spoken comments. Speakers and writers are supposed to “make their points clear”, meaning that they are supposed to say or write clearly the idea of information they wish to express.People from many other cultures have different ideas about the point. Africans traditionally tell stories that express the thoughts they have in mind, rather than stating the point is. Thus, while an American might say to a friend , “I don’t think that coat goes very well with the rest of your outfit,” a Japanese might say , “Maybe this other coat would look eve n better than the one you have on .”Americans value a person who “gets right to the point.” Japanese are likely to consider such a person insensitive if not rude.The Chinese and Japanese languages are characterized by vagueness(模糊) and ambiguity(歧义).The precision and directness Americans associate with “the point” cannot be achieved ,and lest not with any grace, in Chinese and Japanese. Speakers of those languages thus have to learn a new way of reasoning and expressing their ideas if they are going to communicate satisfactorily with Americans.36. According to the passage, American expect speakers and writers to ______A. be clear about their man ideasB. give as much information as possibleC. express their personal viewsD. be honest about their true feelings37. Which of the following people will tell a story to express what they have in mind?A. AmericansB. AfricansC. JapaneseD. Chinese38. In the sentence “I don’t think that coat goes very well with the rest of your outfit”, the word “outfit” most probably means_____.A. officeB. timeC. speechD. clothes39. According to the passage, the Japanese may consider it unacceptable to be_____.A. indirectB. straightforwardC. poorly-dressedD. curious40. In order to communicate with Americans satisfactorily, speakers of Chinese need to____A. lean the language wellB. change their way of thinkingC. be careful about their choice of wordsD. explain their reasons clearlyPassage 2Questions 36—40 are based on the following passageMany young people tell me they want to be writers. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there’s big difference between “being a writer” and writing. In most cases these young people are dreaming of wealth and fame, not the long hours lonely at a typewriter. “You’ve got to want write,”I say to them, “not want to be a writer.”The reality is that writing is lonely, private and poor-paying. for every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose longing is never realized. When I left a 20-year career in the U. S. Army to become a freelance writer (自由撰稿者), I had expectation at all. What I did have was a friend who found me my room in a New York apartment building. It didn’t even matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used typewriter and felt like a true writer.After a year or so, however, I still hadn’t gotten any breakthrough and began to doubt myself. It was so hard to sell story that I barely made enough to eat .But I knew I wanted to write. I had dreamed about it for years. I wasn’t going to be one of those people who gave up halfway. I would keep putting my dream to the test---even though it meant living with uncertaintyand fear of failure. This is the shadow-land of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there.41. The passage means to ______A. warn young people of the hardships that a writer has to experienceB. advise young people to give up their idea of becoming a professional writerC. show young people it’s unrealistic for a writer to pursue wealth and fameD. encourage young people to pursue a writing career42. What can be concluded from the passage?A. Genuine writers often find their work interesting and rewarding.B.A writer’s success depends on luck rather than on effort.C. Famous writers usually live in poverty and isolationD. The chance for a writer to become successful are small.43. Why did the author begin to doubt himself after the first year of his writing career?A. He wasn’t able to produce a single book.B. He wasn’t able to have a rest fo r a whole year.C. He found his dream would never come true.D. He hadn’t seen a change for the better.44. When the author began writing, he only had_____.A. a second-hand typewriter.B. a friend who helped him find a room to liveC. a cold room without a bathroomD. empty expectations of his future45. “shadow-land” in the last sentence refers to_____.A. the piece of land one often dreams aboutB. the state of uncertainty before one’s final goal is reachedC. the bright future that one is looking forward toD. a world that exists only in one’s imaginationPassage 3Questions 36—40 are based on the following passageMy friend Mike was shaking his head in disbelief. “That young woman who just waited onme ,”he said ,pointing to an employee of the fas t food restaurant where we eating , “had to call someone over to help her count out the change .the cash register(出纳机) showed her I need 99 nets ,but she couldn’t figure out how to count out the coins .”I understood Mike’s concern .What we have done in thi s country ,although unintentionally ,is to create several generations of individuals most of most of whom have no idea how to reason, how to do simple math ,how to do research ,or finally how to be creative .The reason for this is our overuse of information technology :video games, television, digital watches, calculators, and computer. information technology feeds us information without requiring us to think about it and let us perform operations without understanding them.It is time for us to take a hand look at an educational system that only teaches our children how to push buttons. Our kids can’t tell time if the clock has hands .they can use calculators but cannot add, subtract, divide or multiply. Video games have taken the place of active imaginative play .Although most of them are technically literate ,they choose not to read .They are so used to television and movies that they cannot use their imagination to stay interested in a book .It is not enough to recognize the problem. What we need is solution .the one I offer is simple to suggest , but may be impossible to carry out. We must unplug our children .If wedon’t, they will never learn how to solve problems. They will never learn basic reasoning skills and will certainly not develop creativity .Instead of filling classrooms with electronics, let’s to perform computer operations, but to figure and to figure and reason for themselves. They must see how things work and how process leads to results, they must also stretch their imagination.46. What seems to be the problem of the employee of the fast food restaurant?A. She does not know how to count coins.B. She is unable to solve simple math problem.C. She has no small change for the customers.D. She does not know how to operate cash registers47. What is the author’s and his friend Mike’s concern?A. The educational system is now creating people who can’t think for themselves.B. People now rarely do things on their own.C. Computers feed us too much information nowadays.D. The restaurant does not provide good service.48. For children to have imaginative minds, they must_____.A. be born with talentsB. be taught to read the right booksC .be dragged away from machinesD. have a large vocabulary49. What is the most probable meaning of “unplug o ur children” in the last paragraph?A. Give them freedom of enjoying themselves.B. Teach themC. Get them off TV and computer games.D. Turn off all the power in the schools.50. The conclusion of the article is that the authorbelieves_____A. electronics should have no place in classroomsB. information technology helps us to do things we do not understandC. all books benefit children more than anything elseD. information technology is new being overusedPassage4Questions 36—40 are based on the following passageAll of us communicate with one another nonverbally(不使用语言地)，as well as with words. Most of the time we’re not aware that we are doing it. We gesture with elbows or a hand, meet someone else’s eyes and look away, change positions in a c hair. These actions we assume are occasional. However in recent years researchers have discovered that there is a system to them almost as consistent and understandable as language.One important kind of body language is eye behavior. Americans are careful about how and when they meet one another’s eyes. In our normal conversation, each eye contact lasts only about a second before one or both of us look away. When two Americans look searchingly into each other’s eyes, they become more intimate. Therefore, we carefully avoid this, except in suitable situations.Researchers who are engaged in the study of communication through body movement are not prepared to spell out a precise vocabulary of gestures. When an American rubs his nose, it may mean he is disagreeing with someone or refusing something. But there are other possible interpretations(解释)，too. Anther example: when a student in conversation with a professor holds the older man’s eyes a little longer than is usual, it can be sign of respect; it can be a challenge to the professor’s authority; itcan be something else entirely. The researches look for patterns in the situation, not for a separate meaningful gesture.Communications between human beings would be just dull if it were all done with words.51. The main idea of this article is that________A. study of communication through body movement is a new scienceB. body movements are as important as words in communicationC. all of us communicate with one anotherD. eye behavior is the most important part in body language52. What do researchers think of body language?A. Body language can be understood and used by people in communication.B. Body language is more important than spoken language in communication.C. Body language has been discovered in recent years.D. Body language is the study of communication via body movement.53. The word“intimate” in paragraph two probably means______.A. greatB. closeC. goodD. important54. According to the passage, you make an American person feel uncomfortable if you_____.A. meet his eyesB. avoid meeting his eyesC. stare into his eyes for one secondD. look into his eyes for a long time55. The sentence “the researchers look for patterns in the situation, not for a separate meaningful gesture” means______.A. the researchers explain the meaning of a gesture according to the situation in which it is usedB. the researchers believe that one gesture has only one meaningC. the researchers think that one gesture cannot be used in different situationsD. the researchers look for patterns in textbooks to explain the meaning of a gestureV. Cloze (15 point)Directions: There are 15 blanks in the follow passage. For each there are four choices marked A,B,C and D. You are required to choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Who won the World Cup 1994 football game? What happened at the United Nations? How did the Critics (评论家)like the new play? __56_an event takes place, newspaper are on the streets __57_the details.Wherever anything happens, reporters are on the spot to __58_ the news. Newspapers have one basic __59__ to the news as quickly as possible from its source, from those who make it to those who want to __60__it. Radio, television, and __61__inventions brought competition for newspapers, so did the development of magazines and other means of communication. __62___,this completion merely spurred(促进) the newspapers on. They quickly made use of the newer and faster means of communication to improve the __63___ and thus the efficiency oftheir won operations.Today more newspapers are __64__and read than ever before. Competition also led newspapers to branch out to many other fields. Besides keeping readers__65__of the latest news, today’s newspapers __66__and influence readers about politics and other important and serious matters.Newspapers influence readers’economic choices __67___ advertising. Most newspapers depend on advertising for their very __68__.Newspapers are sold at a price that __69___even a small part of the cost of production. The main __70___of income for most newspapers is commercial advertising. The __71__ in selling advertising depends__72___on the work of the circulation department and on the services or entertainment __73__in a newspaper’s pages. But for the most part, circulation depends on the newspaper’s value to readers as a source of information __74__the community, city, country, state, nation, and world---and even outer space.56. A. Just when B. While C. Soon after D. Before57. A. to give B. giving C. given D. being given58. A. gather B. spread C. carry D. bring59. A. reason B. cause C. problem D. purpose60. A. make B. publish C. know D. write61. A. another B. other C. one another D. the other62. A. However B. And C. Therefore D. So63.A.value B.retio C.rate D.speed64. A.spread B.passed C.printed /doc/2418700139.html,pleted65. /doc/2418700139.html,rm B.be informed C. to be informed D. informed66. A.entertain B.encourage/doc/2418700139.html,cate D.edit67. A.on B.through C.with D.of68. A.forms B.existence C.contente D.purpose69. A.triesto cover B. manages to cover C. fails to cover D. succeeds in70. A.souce B.origin C.cause D.finance71. A. way B. means C. chance D. success72. A.measures B.measured C.is measured D. was measured73. A. somewhat B. little C. much D. something74. A.offering B.offered C.which offered D. to be offered75. A.by B.with C.at D.aboutVI. Translation (5 points)Directions: In this part there five incomplete sentences with Chinese in /doc/2418700139.html,plete the sentences by translating the Chinese into English.76.I have had a lot of trouble__________(告诉她发生的事).77.Jean did not have time to go to the concert last night because she was _______(忙着准备考试).78.(不管你同意还是不同意)___________,we will do it in our own way.79.As far as these people are concerned, the most important thing __________(是立刻把他送往医院).80.It’s high time that ________(采取措施)about the traffic problem downtown.VII. Writing (15 point)Directions:In this part you are required to write a composition entitled My View on Job-Hopping in no less than 100 words according to the following Chinese outline .Please remember to write it on the Composition Sheet.1.现在更换工作队许多人来说是司空见惯的事；2.为什么会出现这种现象；3.你的看法。
