2005年江苏专转本英语试卷

2005年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（江苏卷）英语第一卷(选择题共115分)第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。

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1．How much will the woman pay if she buys two skirts?A．$18．B．$19． C.$202. What will the speakers discuss?A. A report.B. A computer.C. A report on computer.3. What are the speakers talking about?A. A child.B. A room.C. A present.4. What can we learn from this conversation?A. The woman does not get along well with the man.B. The woman does not get along well with her roommate.C. The man will talk with the woman’s roommate.5. Where are the two speakers now?A. On the first floor.B. On the fourth floorC. On the fifth floor.第二节(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)听下面5段对话。

2009-2013年江苏专转本英语历年真题2009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）注意事项：1．答第Ⅰ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。

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Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension(共20小题，每小题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 OneQuestions 1～5 are besed on the following passage.Young Koreans are beginning to do it alone when it comes to finding a partner, though matchmaking is still the most common way for boys to meet girls.Professional matchmakers can make thousands of American dollars by introducing suitable marriage partners to each other, but partners also play a role in the process during which young Koreans meet.In Confucius Korea, where marriage is regarded as more of a business contract than a sacred thing, the scene of the first meeting is repeated hundreds of times a day in coffee shops in the main hotels around Seoul.The business of continuing the family lineage （血统）and keeping the blooding pure is often too important to be left to romance and chance encounters.Often, the girl will work out a system of secret signals with her mother, from which her parents can tell if she is interested.For example, if the girl orders a coffee it might mean that she wants her parents to leave her alone with the boy, while a milk shows that she wants them to stay.Sometimes the matchmaking is not always so formal, with the introduction being made by friends.But whether through friends or families, there is hardly a Korean man in the country who has not gone through this process --- sometimes six or seven times.1. The word “matchmaking” in the passage means ____.A. a very formal ritual（仪式）attended by boys and girlsB. introducing boys and girls to know each other for the purpose of marriageC. producing matches to make a fire or light a cigaretteD. arranging games between men and women2. The fact that the first meeting is repeated again and again in coffee shops in the main hotelssuggests that ____.A. Koreans like drinking coffee in coffee shops very muchB. men and women want to meet as many times as possibleC. they are busy with communicating with different peopleD. marriage is seen as a business contract instead of something sacred3. Why does the matching still exist in Korea?A. Because most people want to keep the bloodlines pure and chance encounters romantic.B. Because most people try to avoid romance and keep the bloodlines pure.C. Because most people regard marriage as continuing family lineage and romance.D. Because most people try to break family lineage and bloodlines.4. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. Almost every man or woman in Korea has to go through the matchmaking.B. From the signal the boy’s parents know whether their son is interested in the girl or not.C. At present young Koreans no longer need matchmaking to help them find partners.D. Only a girl and a boy will appear in the first arranged meeting.5. The passage is mainly about ____.A. the practice of matchmaking in KoreaB. the importance of a business contractC. the work of professional matchmakersD. the first meeting between men and womenPassage TwoQuestions 6～10 are based on the following passage.In the university Jim was a fast-tracker. He made good grades with little effort, and his classmates thought of him “most likely to succeed”. After graduation, he joined a large company and at first did well. However, he switched to several smaller companies where the same pattern developed time and again: well-liked, regarded as a fast-tracker. People wonder why he isn’t doing better.Then there was Tom who was always regarded as “average”. However, he set his goals high, thenfound a way to achieve his goal. Today he owns a million-dollar company.Researchers have found that school performance is little related to job performance. Qualities like “steady and dependable” and “practical and organized” are more important.“You don’t need talent to succeed”, insist some experts. “All you need is a big pot of glue (胶水). You put some on your chair, you sit down, and you stick to every project until you’ve done the best you can do.” Average achievers stay glued to their chairs and postpone pleasure so they can receive future benefits. Many fast-trackers, on the other hand, expect too much too soon. When rewards don’t materialize instantly, they may become disappointed and unhappy.6. A fast-tracker in this passage refers to a person who ____.A. feels happy with everythingB. makes others disappointed and unhappyC. is an excellent studentD. learns new things quickly7. According to the passage, which of the following is true about a fast-tracker?A. He is very talented in his work.B. He is not likely to get rich.C. He may not stick to his work.D. He is dependable and practical.8. The word “materialize” in the last paragraph means “____".A. matterB. appearC. matchD. attract9. It is implied in the passage that ____.A. one has no pleasure until he succeedsB. glue can help one focus on one’s work.C. success has nothing to do with special talentD. success is closely related to patience and steadiness10. A proper title for the passage can be ____.A. The magic of GlueB. The Way to SuccessC. Why Talented People Often Succeed QuicklyD. How average Achievers Do Better than OthersPassage ThreeQuestions 11～15 are based on the following passage.From good reading we can derive pleasure, companionship, experience, and instruction. A good book may absorb our attention so completely that for the time being we forget our surroundings and even our identity. Reading good books is one of the greatest pleasures in life. It increases our contentment when we are cheerful, and lessens our troubles when we are sad. Whatever may be our main purpose in reading, our contact with good books should never fail to give us enjoyment and satisfaction.With a good book in hand we need never be lonely. Whether the characters portrayed are taken from real life or are purely imaginary, they may become our companions and friends. In the pages of books we can walk with the wise and the good of all lands and all times. The people we meet in books may delight us either because they resemble human friends whom we hold dear or because they represent unfamiliar types whom we are glad to welcome as new acquaintances. Our human friends sometimes may bore us, but friends we make in books need never weary us with their company. By turning the pages we can dismiss them without any fear of hurting their feelings. When human friends desert us, good books are always ready to give us friendship, sympathy and encouragement.One of the most valuable gifts bestowed by books is experience. Few of us travel far from home or have a wide range of experiences, but all of us can lead varied lives through the pages of books. Whether we wish to escape from the seemingly dull realities of everyday life or whether we long to visit some far-off place, a book will help us when nothing else can. To travel by book we need no bank account to pay for our way, no airship or ocean liner or streamlined train to transport us, no passport to enter the land of our heart’s desire. Through books we may get the thrill of hazardous adventure without danger. We can climb lofty mountains or cross the scorching sands of the desert, all without hardship. Indeed, through books the whole world is ours for the asking. The possibilities of our literary experiences are almost unlimited. The beauties of nature, the enjoyment of music, the treasures of art, the triumphs of architecture, the marvels of engineering, are all open to the wonder and enjoyment of those who read.11. The main idea in the first paragraph is ____.A. pleasure can only be derived from reading good booksB. a good book may distract our attentionC. people can read good books in different waysD. enjoyment and satisfaction can be derived from reading good books12. The main reason that people like their acquaintances in books is ____.A. they are like human friends exactlyB. they never bore us in comparison with our human friendsC. they never hurt our feelingsD. they give human beings friendship, sympathy and encouragement13. We forget our surroundings and even our identity because ____.A. the reading environment is very goodB. the book is extremely interesting and attractiveC. we are alone and no one interrupts usD. we are asked to return the book the second day14. Which of the following is NOT true?A. All of us can lead varied lives through the pages of books.B. We can travel by book free of charge to our heart’s content.C. We should rely on reading to escape from the seemingly dull realities of everyday life.D. Valuable experiences can be obtained from reading good books.15. “The whole world is ours for the asking” implies that ____.A. the world is more accessible in books than in realityB. the world is easy to travel around as long as we walkC. the world belongs to us whenever we askD. round-world trips can be made by everyonePassage Four（非英语专业做）Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage.Increasingly over the past ten years, people --- especially young people --- have become aware of the need to change their eating habits, because much of the food they eat, particularly processed foods, is not good for health. Consequently, there has been a growing interest in natural foods: foods which do not contain chemical additives and which have not been affected by chemical fertilizers widely used in farming today.Natural foods, for example, include vegetables, fruit and grain which have been grown in soil that is rich in organic matter. In simple terms, this means that the soil has been nourished by unused vegetable matter, which provides it with essential vitamins and minerals. This in itself is a natural process compared with the use of chemicals and fertilizers, the main purpose of which is to increase the amount --- but not the quality --- of foods grown in commercial farming areas.Natural foods also include animals which have been allowed to feed and move freely in healthy pastures. Compare this with what happens in the mass production of poultry: there are battery farms, for example, where thousands of chickens live crowded together in one building and are fed on food which is little better than rubbish. Chickens kept in this way are not only tasteless as food; they also produce eggs which lack important vitamins.It is significant that nowadays fiber is considered to be an important part of a healthy diet. In white bread, for example, the fiber has been removed. But it is present in unrefined flour and of course in vegetables. It is interesting to note that in countries where the national diet contains large quantities of unrefined flour and vegetables, certain diseases are comparatively rare. Hence the emphasis placed on the eating of whole meal bread and more vegetables by modern experts on “healthy eating”.16. People have become more interested in natural foods because ____.A. they like changing their diet from time to timeB. they want to eat food that is more deliciousC. much of the food they eat is no longer considered to be healthyD. they want to be fashionable17. Soil that is rich in organic matter ____.A. has nothing nutritious added to itB. is essential for producing fruit and vegetablesC. contains unused vegetable matterD. has had chemicals and fertilizers added to it18. According to the author, the use of chemicals and fertilizers ____.A. will not necessarily increase the production of foodsB. is a good way to improve the quality of foodsC. promotes the foods both in quality and in quantityD. is no good for health19. Chickens can be called “natural foods” only when ____.A. they are deliciousB. they are fed on food little better than rubbishC. they lay eggs rich in vitamins every dayD. they are allowed to move about and eat freely20. Which of the following is considered good for healthy eating?A. Unrefined flour and vegetables.B. White bread and honey.C. Canned beans and fruits.D. Mass-produced chickens and eggsPassage Four(英语专业必做)Questions 16～20 are based on the followlng passage.Drunken driving-sometimes called America's socially accepted form of murderhas become a national epidemic. Every hour of every day about three Americans on average are killed by drunken drivers, adding up to an incredible 250,000 over the past decade.Heavy drinking used to be an acceptable part of the American macho(男子汉)image and judges were lenient in most courts, but the drunken slaughter has recently caused so manywell-publicized tragedies, especially involving your children, that public opinion is no longer so tolerant.Twenty states have raised the legal drinking age to 21, reversing a trend in the 1960s to reduce it to 18. After New Jersey lowered it to 18, the number of people killed by 18-20-year-old drivers more than doubled, so the state recently upped it back to 21.Reformers, however, fear raising the drinking age will have little effect unless accompanied by educational programs to help young people to develop“responsible attitude”about drinking and teach them to resist peer pleasure to drink.New laws have led to increased arrests and tests in many areas already, to a marked decline in fatalities. Some states are also penalizing bars for serving customers too many drinks. A tavern(酒栈) in Massachusetts was fined for serving six or more brandies to a customer who was“obviously intoxicated”and later drove off the road, killing a nine-year-old boy.As the fatalities continue to occur daily in every state, some Americans are even beginning to think well of the 13 years of national prohibition of alcohol that began in 1919, which President Hoover called the "noble experiment". They forgot that legal prohibition didn't stop drinking, but encouraged political corruption and organized crime. As with the becoming drug trade, there is no easy solution.16. Drunken driving has become a serious problem in America because ____.A. most drunken drivers drive their cars at top speedB. most drivers regard heavy drinking are part of the American macho imageC. fatalities caused by drunken driving have been greatly increasedD. about 25,000 people on average are killed every year by drunken drivers17. Why have the public changed their opinion about drunken driving?A. Because detailed statistics on drunken slaughter are now available.B. Because they are no longer tolerant of the drunken slaughter.C. Because judges usually give more severe sentences to drunken divers.D. Because drunken drivers are conscious of their image.18. The statistics issued in New Jersey suggested that ____.A. many drunken drivers were not of legal ageB. many young people were in no way qualified driversC. raising the legal drinking age would have little effect on the reduction of tragediesD. raising the legal drinking age would reduce the fatalities caused by drunken drivers19. Laws recently introduced in some states have ____.A. reduced the number of convictionsB. resulted in fewer fatalities of traffic accidentsC. prevented bars from serving drunken driversD. specified the amount drivers can drink20. What's the author's attitude towards the solution to drunken driving in the United States?A. IronicaLB. Causal.C. Optimistic.D. Realistic.Part Ⅰ Vocabulary and Structure(共40小题,每小题1分,共40分)Directions: In this part there are 40 incomplete sentences. Each sentence is followed by four choices. Choose the one that best completes the sentence and then mark your answer on the answersheet.21. Keep two extra pencils ____ while taking the examination.A. at easeB. at lengthC. at handD. in turn22. The competition from experienced staff members, some of whom are higher in rank,____ to my disadvantage.A. worksB. workingC. workD. worked23. I don’t know what ____ Alfred to read your letter. ____ he thought it was addressed to him.A. made…SupposedlyB. induced…PresumablyC. stimulated…PossiblyD. introduced…Probably24. Never before ____ available for quick and easy access in so many different fields of study.A. so much free information wereB. were so much free informationC. has so much information beenD. so much free information has been25. It’s true that not having a car imposes some ____, but owning one also complicates life in many ways.A. constructionsB. introductionsC. instructionsD. restrictions26. Word got around ____ he had resigned his position as executive secretary of the committee.A. whatB. thatC. whateverD. which27. If you invest so heavily in the stock market, you’re ____ risks.A. turning inB. heading offC. turning onD. heading for28. A further ____ into the cause of the disaster revealed that the director was partly to blame because he had not insisted on adequate precautions.A. entryB. requestC. inquiryD. conquest29. It is only in the most difficult circumstances ____ a man’s abilities are fully tested.A. whenB. thatC. whereD. so that30. Adults tend to interpret the action of children ____ their own experience.A. in terms ofB. in the habit ofC. in words ofD. in the account of31. In fact, the Iraq war was fairly ____ across the West.A. conversationalB. contradictoryC. contraryD. controversial32. “You missed a golden opportunity.”"Yes, I ____ that job when it was offered.”A. must have takenB. should have takenC. might takeD. ought to take33. The use of military force faces strong opposition among key US allies where opinion polls show ____ majorities of the populations support a peaceful solution.A. substantialB. enormousC. considerableD. overwhelming34. There is every sign that most of the Asian Americans have been ____ the nation’s culture.A. assimilated intoB. involved intoC. associated withD. connected with35. Professor Wu told us that by the end of the years he ____ here for three years.A. will have workedB. will have been workingC. would have been workingD. has been working36. We cannot choose whether we will pay income tax or not, because payment of income tax is ____.A. compulsiveB. impulsiveC. comprehensiveD. compulsory37. You’re the manager’s relative, but that doesn’t ____ you to a free meal in our restaurant.A. qualifyB. entitleC. adaptD. allow38. Believe it or not, Matt earns ____ his brother, who has a better position in a big company.A. much as twice asB. as twice much asC. twice as much asD. as much twice as39. Please keep the numbered cards in ____; don’t mix them up.A. seriesB. successionC. sequenceD. procedure40. The whole world is now clearly aware of the ____ to which global warming has affected the earth.A. extentB. rangeC. gradeD. limit41. What would happen if students were ____ of books?A. refusedB. declinedC. deniedD. deprived42. There are two major problems linked with atomic power plants, ____ the first concerns nuclear waste.A. of whichB. of the twoC. of themD. of the plants43. It seems that there is no resolution to this racial ____.A. conventionB. compromiseC. conflictD. conservation44. There’s no doubt that your achievement ____ your hard work.A. contributed toB. is attributed toC. is led toD. resulted in45. Look at the terrible situation I am in now! If only I ____ your advice.A. followB. had followedC. would followD. have followed46. The policeman on duty became ____ of the youth and asked him why he was standing there.A. doubtfulB. suspiciousC. suspectedD. hesitated47. Americans are trained to think themselves as separate individuals, ____ most Chinese consider themselves as members of a group.A. whereasB. asC. sinceD. like48. It’s no good ____. You just have to put up with all these.A. complainedB. complainingC. to be complainingD. to complain49. As we are unlikely to find another hotel before dark, the ____ action is to stay here for the night.A. senselessB. sensitiveC. sensationalD. sensible50. He hopes that when he comes back in five years’ time all the old buildings ____ down.A. will have been pulledB. will be pullingC. will have pulledD. will be pulled51. It has never ____ to her that it was her son who committed such a silly mistake.A. occurredB. happenedC. arisenD. seemed52. Quite a number of NBA players have the experience of ____ from one team to another.A. transformingB. transferringC. transplantingD. transmitting53. The atmosphere is as much a part of the earth as ____ its soils and the water of its lakes, rivers and oceans.A. isB. hasC. areD. have54. Trying to ____ wild life is a job that concerns all of us.A. deserveB. detectC. protectD. reserve55. ____, the next problem was how to make a good plan.A. Having made the decisionB. The decision having been madeC. Has the decision been madeD. The decision has been made56. Steven hawking is now confined ____ the hospital by illness.A. inB. toC. withD. at57. The rapid development China has achieved in the last decade ____ that the future is likely to be very exciting.A. make it clearB. it has made clearC. it makes clearD. has made it clear58. Football players are ____ males, though there are some females.A. mostB. mostlyC. muchD. all59. Tom has been most helpful to us; in fact I don’t know what we ____ without him.A. have doneB. will have doneC. had doneD. would have done60. I don’t have any ____ plan for the weekend ---- I was thinking of spending some timewith my family or perhaps getting together with some friends.A. confidentB. conservativeC. concreteD. consideratePart Ⅰ Cloze (共20小题,每小题1分,共20分) (非英语类学生必做,61～80小题。

江苏省普通高校“专转本”统一考试大学英语第I卷（共100分）Part I Reading Comprehension （共20小题，每小题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 1Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:In Washington D.C., 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is a very special address. It is the address of the White House, the home of the president of the United States.Originally the White House was gray and was called the Presidential Palace. It was built from 1792 to 1800. at this time, the city of Washington itself was being built; it was to be the nation’s new capital city. George Washington, the first president, and Pierre Charles L’Enfant, a French engineer, chose the place for the new city. L’Enfant then planned they city. The president’s home was an important part of the plan.A contest was held to pick a design for the president’s home. An architect named James Hoban won. He designed a large three-story house of gray stone.President Washington never lived in the President Palace. The first president to live there was John Adams, the second president of the United States, and his wife Mrs. Adams did not really like hew new house. In her letters, she often complained about the cold. Fifty fireplaces were not enough to keep the house warm!In 1812 the United States and Britain went to war. In 1814 the British invaded Washington. Theu burned many buildings, including the Presidential Palace.After the war James Hoban, the original architect, partially rebuilt the president’s homes. To cover the marks of the fire, the building was painted white. Before long it became known as the White House.The White House is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the United States. Every year more than 1.5 million visitors go through the five rooms that are open to the public.1. The White House was built in Washington .A. because a French engineer was invited to design itB. because President George Washington liked to live in itC. because the British invaders lived in it in 1812-1814D. because it was to be the nation’s capital city2. The Presidential Palace was .A. painted gray and whiteB. made of gray stoneC. made of white stoneD. made very warm in winter3. The president’s home and the city of Washington were .A. built by the American armyB. built by the British troopsC. planned by George WashingtonD. planned by the French4. The original home of the president needed to be rebuilt .A. because John Adam’s wife did not like itB. because it was cold in winter even with 50 fireplacesC. because it had burned down during the warD. because George Washington was not willing to live in it5. The new presidential home was painted white to .A. cover the marks of fireB. attract tourist from FranceC. to please Mrs. John AdamsD. keep it warm in winterPassage 2Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:There are two kinds of memory: shot-term and long-term. Information in long-term memory can be remembered at a later time when it is needed. The information may be kept for days or weeks. However, information over and over. The following experiment shows how short-term memory has been studied.Henning studied how students who are learning English as a second language remember vocabulary. The subjects in his experiment were 75 college students. They represented all levels of ability in English: beginning, intermediate, and native-speaking students.To begin, the subjects listened to a recording of a native speaker reading a paragraph in English. Following the recording, the subjects took a 15-question test to see which words they remembered, each question had four choices. The subjects had to circle the word they had heard in the recording. Some of the questions had four choices that sound alike. For example, weather, whether, wither, and wetter are four words that sound alike. Some of the questions had four choices that have the same meaning. Method, way, manner, and system would be four words with the same meaning. Finally the subjects took a language proficiency test.Henning found that students with a lower proficiency in English made more of their mistakes on words that sound alike; students with a higher proficiency made more of their mistakes on words that have the same meaning. Henning’s results suggest that beginning students hold the sound of words in their short-term memory, and advanced students hold the meaning of words in their short-term memory.6. Henning made the experiment in order to study .A. how students remember English vocabulary by short-term memoryB. how students learn English vocabularyC. how to develop students’ ability in EnglishD. how long information in short-term memory is kept7. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. Information in short-term memory is different from that in long-term memory.B. Long-term memory can be achieved only by training.C. It is easier to test short-term memory than long-term memory.D. Henning gave a separate test on vocabulary to his students.8. From Henning’s result we can see that .A. beginners have difficulty distinguishing the pronunciation of wordsB. advanced students remember words by their meaningC. it is difficult to remember words that sound alikeD. it is difficult to remember words that have the same meaning9. The word “subjects” in the passage means .A. memoryB. the theme of listening materialC. a branch of knowledge studiedD. the students experimented onPassage 3Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:The cowboy is the hero of many movies,. He is, even today, a symbol of courage and adventure. But what was the life of the cowboy really like?The cowboy’s job is clear from the word cowboy. Cowboy were men who took care of cows and other cattle. The cattle were in the West and in Texas. People in the cities of the East wanted beef these cattle. Trains could take the cattle east. But first the cattle had to get to the trains. Part of the cowboy’s job was to take the cattle hundreds of miles to the railroad town. The trips were called cattle drivers. A cattle drive usually took several months. Cowboys rode for sixteen hours a day. Because they rode somuch, each cowboy brought along about eight horses. A cowboy changed horses several times each day.The cowboys had to make sure that cattle arrived safely. Before starting on a drive, the cowboys branded the cattle. They burned a mark on the cattle to show who they belonged to. But these marks didn’t stop rustlers, or cattle thieves. Cowboys had to protect the cattle from rustlers. Rustlers made the dangerous trip even more dangerous.Even though their work was very difficult and dangerous, cowboys did not earn much money. They were paid badly. Yet cowboys liked their way of life. They lived in a wild and open country. They lived a life of adventure and freedom.11. A cowboy is a symbol of .A. courage and adventureB. a hard life and big payC. movies in the pastD. cows and other cattle12. The cowboys’ job was .A. to be a hero in real lifeB. to be a hero of the movieC. to take care of cattleD. to be a dangerous rustler13. During a cattle driver, cowboys took a group of cows from a wild and open country to .A. the West states and TexasB. the cities of the East StatesC. the people who eat beef in citiesD. the railroad towns hundred miles away14. On their way of cattle drivers, the cowboys protected the cattle by .A. burning a mark on their cowsB. keeping an eye on cattle thievesC. making the trip more dangerousD. looking after eight cows each person15. Cowboys enjoyed themselves because .A. they liked their way of lifeB. they made a lot of moneyC. they had a vary difficult jobD. they were heroes in moviesPassage 4(非英语类学生必做)Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage:Successful innovations have driven many older technologies to extinction and have resulted in higher productivity, greater consumption of energy, increased demand of raw materials, accelerated flow of materials through the economy and increased quantities of metals and other substances in use each person. The history of industrial development abounds with examples.In 1870, horses and mules were the prime source of power on U.S. farms. One horse or mule was required to support four human beings a ratio that remained almost constant for many decades. At that time, had a national commission been asked to forecast the population for 1970, its answer probably would have depended on whether its consultants were of an economic or technological turn of mind. Had they been “economists”, they would probably have projected the 1970 horses or mule population to be more than 50 million. Had they been “technologists”, they would have recognized that the power of steam had already been harnessed to industry and to learn and ocean transport. They would have recognized further that it would be the prime source of power on the farm. It would have been difficult for them to avoid the conclusion that the horse and mule population would decline rapidly.16. According to the passage, what supplied most of the power on U.S. farms in 1870?A. AnimalsB. HumansC. EnginesD. Water17. Which of the following is NOT mentioned by the author as a consequence of new technological developments?A. Older technologies die away.B. The quality of life is Improved.C. Overall productivity increase.D. More raw materials become necessary.18. It can be inferred from the passage that by 1870 .A. technology began to be more economicalB. the steam engine had been inventedC. the U.S. horse population was about 10 millionD. a national commission was about 10 million19. In the second paragraph, the author suggests that “economists” would .A. plan the economy through yearly forecastsB. fail to consider the influence of technological innovationC. value the economic contribution of farm animalsD. consult the national commission on the economy20. What is the author’s attitude toward changes brought on by technological innovations?A. He is excited about them.B. He accept them as natural.C. He is disturbed by them.D. He questions their usefulness.(英语类学生必做)Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage:This semester I began to have a series of teacher nightmares, something that had not happened to me for years, not since my first year of teaching when I was in a perpetual state of dread. I would be rushing to get to class on time, trying to gather up notes from a maelstrom of papers on my desk, not certain what subject we were covering today, indeed not even certain what course I was teaching. My heart was pounding. I was late. I would not find my notes. A hundred people were waiting for me in the classroom, their pens poised to take down my every syllable, and I had nothing to say. Them Mr. Winthrop’s big blonde face with those dark eyes would loom at the door of my office, and with that mocking grin, he would say, “Professor, the class is waiting for you,” and I would faint dead onto the floor.Or sometimes in my dream I would make it to the podium (讲台), start to lecture on some aspect of criminal law or causation, only to have Mr. Winthrop raise his hand, and without even waiting to be called upon, presumably ask a question. Presumably because I could not make out his words. I could see his mouth moving underneath his baseball cap, and muffled sounds resounded in my ears, but I could not understand him. All eyes in the classroom were on me, and my students began to laugh, but not Mr. Winthrop. He continued to move his mouth, and I felt as if I was watching TV with the sound off except that my head was all a buzz with the laughter and the shuffling of feet as my students exited in disgust. Again, I ended the nightmare by fainting dead away onto the floor, and then I would wake up, my sheets damp from desperation. It was enough to make a man get out of bed and mix a drink at four in the morning even if he had the eight o’clock class.16. From this passage, it is indicated that .A. the first year of teaching is unforgettable and frightening for me foreverB. nightmares have happened to me more often than not since my first year of teachingC. in my first year of teaching, I was always full of fearsD. as a teacher, I feel uneasy all the time17. Which of the following statements is TRUE?A. I was quite clear about the subject I was to deal with before class.B. I would give the lectures on time.C. I prepared the notes carefully before class. However, I forgot to take them with me to the classroom.D. My heart was beating faster and faster before class.18. Mr. Winthrop is .A. a presumable studentB. a baseball loverC. the student who often teases the teacherD. the student who answers the teacher’s question in a humorous way19. In my nightmare, it would happen to me except that .A. I sometimes was very calm to see that my students were in disguiseB. when I gave the lecture, Mr. Minthrop was the only student to ask a questionC. I often fall down to the floor losing my consciousness before I woke upD. I would rather wake up to have a good drink in the early morning than have the nightmare20. The tone of this passage is .A. provokingB. sensationalC. desperateD. profoundPart II Vocabulary and Structure （共40小题，每小题1分，共40分）Directions: In this part there are forty incomplete sentences. Each sentence is followed by four choices. Choose the one that best completes the sentence and then mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.21. the difficulties associated with the project, we’ll go on with it.A. GivenB. In spite ofC. Thank toD. Because of22. It was almost dark in the streets a few very powerful spotlights.A. excludingB. but forC. exceptD. except for23. today, he would get there by Friday.A. Would he leaveB. If he leavesC. Was he leavingD. Were he to leave24. He gave me some very advice on buying a house.A. preciousB. expensiveC. wealthyD. dear25. His goal is not to become a sportsman, a champion in a certain field.A. but rather becameB. but rather to becomeC. but rather becomingD. but rather to becoming26. I just met her on the way home from the bookstore.A. on purposeB. by accidentC. in accidentD. in case27. I don’t know about him, comment on him behind his back.A. let aloneB. let goC. leave aloneD. take leave28. My transistor radio is out of order. It .A. need to be repairedB. need repairingC. needs repairingD. needs to repair29. No one could tell us anything about the stranger.A. consciousB. mysteriousC. seriousD. previous30. Mary all foolish comments and kept on working.A. excludedB. ignoredC. deniedD. discharged31. I agree with him , but not entirely.A. until a certain pointB. to some pointC. to some extentD. until a certain extent32. People in some parts of the world often take their water for . they use as much water as they wish.A. grantedB. sureC. certainD. pleasure33. Color-blind people often find it difficult to between blue and green.A. separateB. compareC. contrastD. distinguish34. Thousands of people on the city to welcome the visiting guests.A. turned offB. turned upC. turned outD. turned over35. The mountain place is beautiful, but the working conditions, it’s terrible.A. when mentionedB. when it comes toC. when it is saidD. when it dies to36. Are you spending more money on the space program?A. in favor ofB. by favor ofC. in favor toD. out of favor37.In the of my parents, standards of education in the public school are actually falling.A. ideaB. thoughtC. opinionD. principle38. from space, our earth, with water covering 70% of its surface, appears as a “blue planet”.A. SeeingB. To be seenC. SeenD. having seen39. This year’s total output value of industry and agriculture will increase 5 percent over last years.A. byB. toC. ofD. with40. Mary is the top student in the class. She studies harder .A. than any studentB. than all the studentsC. than any other studentD. than some other student41. Many people have applied for the position.A. emptyB. bareC. vacantD. blank42. My new shoes cost me 50 yuan (RMB). The price was that the last pair I bought a month ago.A. two time more thanB. twice as much asC. as twiceD. as much as twice43. Almost everyone failed on the first day.A. pass his driver’s testB. to have passed his driver’s testC. to pass his driver’s testD. passing his driver’s test44. Over the traditional festival people visit each other and greetings.A. exchangeB. wishC. congratulateD. present45. It was because he was tired out that he fell asleep standing up.A. publiclyB. openlyC. speciallyD. obviously46. The young man was accused of the lady of her money.A. stealingB. robbingC. takingD. grasping47. No matter where our Party needs us, we will her call.A. give answer forB. respond toC. have response toD. answer to48. It is astonishing that a person of your intelligence be cheated so easily.A. couldB. shouldC. mightD. would49. We were completely when we finally reached the destination.A. worn offB. worn downC. worn outD. worn away50. Many things impossible in the past are common today.A. consideredB. to considerC. consideringD. to be considered51. Not until many years later known.A. was the whole truth becomeB. did the whole truth becomeC. the whole truth becameD. the whole truth had became52. We didn’t know his telephone number, otherwise we him.A. would telephoneB. would have telephonedC. had telephonedD. must have telephoned53. There is no point with him, since he has already made up his mind.A. argueB. to argueC. in arguingD. of arguing54. I appreciate that letter for me.A. you to writeB. your writingC. you writeD. that you writing55. I’d like to a special seat for the connect of May 5.A. serveB. reserveC. preserveD. conserve56. that son is well again, you no longer have anything to worry about.A. SinceB. NowC. WhenD. After57. Generally speaking, all kinds of materials will expand when heated but will when cooled.A. contrastB. contractC. surviveD. return58. You won’t know if it fits you until you it on.A. will tryB. are tryingC. are to tryD. have tried59. After all efforts in vain, he had to accept the result .A. regularlyB. shallowlyC. physicallyD. painfully60. The rest of his life is to the cause of international exchanges of visiting scholars.A. addedB. putC. savedD. committedPart III Cloze （共20小题，每小题1分，共20分）Directions: There are twenty blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices. Choose the one that best fits into the passage and then marks your answer on the Answer Sheet.(非英语类学生必做)In 1982, Mark Thatcher, the son of Mrs. Thatcher was reported 61 in the Sahara Desert while competing in the Grand Prix motor race from Paris to Dakar. This sad news, so 62 , shook the usually calm and unperturbed seasoned politician 63 her balance. Though she did her best to pretend as if 64 had happened and made her public appearances as usual, people could not 65 to notice that she was no longer the old 66 prime minister who always had everything 67 control. 68 she had become a verysad mother who was unable to recover from her shock.One day, when she was to speak at a luncheon party, a reporter caught her 69 her guard by 70 up the subject of her missing son again. She was totally mentally 71 for the question and lost her self control. Tears were rolling down her eyes as she sobbingly told the reporter that there 72 still no news of Mark and that she was very worried about him. She said that all the countries 73 had promised to do their best to help her find her son. 74 that she broke down completely and sobbed silently for quite a while. Gradually she 75 down and started to speak as 76. it was a very moving scene which 77 a new side of Mrs. Thatcher’s character the public do not usually see, 78 people began to talk about the Iron Woman’s maternal love, a sentiment that is 79 to all human kind.Later Mark returned 80 and sound to his mother’s side, good-humored and all smiles as usual, as if nothing unusual had ever happened. The Iron Woman, however, broke down again as was sobbing for the second time.61. A. missing B. missed C. wanting D. wanted62. A. expected B. expecting C. unexpected D. unexpecting63. A. with B. on C. out D. off64. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything65. A. miss B. fail C. pretend D. expect66. A. reassured B. self-assured C. assuring D. self-assuring67. A. for B. beneath C. below D. under68. A. Instead B. however C. Therefore D. So69. A. into B. out of C. on D. off70. A. putting B. bringing C. taking D. giving71. A. ready B. prepared C. unprepared D. unexpected72. A. was B. were C. should be D. would be73. A. concerning B. concerned C. worrying D. worried74. A. At B. Before C. After D. With75. A. sat B. broke C. calmed D. became76. A. planned B. planning C. plans D. a plan77. A. explained B. exposed C. excluded D. exclaimed78. A. however B. instead C. so D. but79. A. universal B. unique C. single D. strange80. A. safe B. safely C. sight D. hearing(英语类学生必做)Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the 20th century. 61 in the 1900s most Americans towns and cities had a Main Street. Main Street was always in the hear of a town. This street was 62 on both sides with many 63 businesses. Here, shoppers talked into stores to look at all sorts of merchandise: clothing, furniture, hardware, groceries, 64 , some shops offered 65. These shops included drugstores, restaurants, shoe repair stores, and barber or hairdressing shops. 66 in the 1950s, a change began to 67 . Too many automobiles had crowded into Main Street 68 too few parking place ere 69 shoppers. Because the streets were crowded, merchants began to look with interest at the open spaces 70 the city limits. Open space is what their car driving customers needed. And open space is what they got 71 the first shopping center was built. Shopping centers, or rather malls, 72 as a collection of small new stores 73 crowed city centers. 74 by hundreds of free parking space, customers were drawn away from 75 areas to outlying malls. And the growing 76 of shopping centers led 77 to the building of bigger and better stocked stores, 78 the late 197s, many shopping malls had almost developed into small cities themselves. In addition to providing the 79 of one stop shopping, malls weretransformed into landscaped parks, 80 benches, fountains, and outdoor entertainment.61A. As early as B. Early C. Early as D. Earlier62. A. built B. designed C. intended D. lined63. A. varied B. various C. sorted D. mixed-up64. A. Apart from B. however C. In addition D. As well65. A. medical care B. food C. cosmetics D. services66. A. Suddenly B. Abruptly C. Contrarily D. But67. A. be taking place B. take place C. be taken place D. have taken place68. A. while B. yet C. though D. and then69. A. available for B. available to C. used by D. ready for70. A. over B. from C. out of D. outside71. A. when B. while C. since D. then72. A. started B. founded C. set up D. organized73. A. out of B. away from C. next to D. near74. A. Attracted B. Surprised C. Delighted D. Enjoyed75. A. inner B. central C. shopping D. downtown76. A. distinction B. fame C. popularity D. liking77. A. on B. in turn C. by turns D. further78. A. by B. During C. In D. Towards79. A. cheapness B. readiness C. convenience D. handiness80. A. because of B. and C. with D. provided第II卷（共50分）注意事项：1、答第II卷前，考生务必将密封线内的各项目及第13页右下角的座位号填写清楚；2、第II卷共两大题，考生须用钢笔或圆珠笔将答案直接答在试卷上；3、考试结束，考生将第II卷、第I卷和答题卡一并交回。

2005年专升本英语命题预测试卷（2）正确答案是:A 您的答案是:B--------------------------------------------------------------------------------2.A. three B. those C. thank D. theatre正确答案是:B 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------3.A. wind B. kind C. find D. mind正确答案是:A 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------4.A. plant B. craft C. grasp D. at正确答案是:D 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------5.A. now B. knowledge C. bow D. allow正确答案是:B 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------6.A. says B. plays C. stays D. days正确答案是:C 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------7.A. leave B. scream C. head D. lead正确答案是:D 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------8.A. resemble B. resist C. resolve D. respect正确答案是:D 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------9.A. fault B. daughter C. cause D. laugh正确答案是:D 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------10.A. crew B. new C. few D. dew正确答案是:A 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Ⅱ. Vocabulary and Structure (40 points)Directions:There are 40 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.11. Which is ______ country, the United States or Canada?A. a largerB. largerC. the largerD. the largest正确答案是:C 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------12. The silk feels ________.A. softB. softlyC. softnessD. softy正确答案是:A 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------13. Two nuclear power stations _______ in the past ten years.A. are builtB. have been builtC. would be builtD. are building正确答案是:B 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------14. They kept on ______ till they got to the foot of the hill.A. to runB. runningC. runingD. run正确答案是:B 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------15. There is much work to do, _______?A. isn’t itB. is thereC. isn’t thereD. is it正确答案是:C 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------16. _______ as he is, he can’t understand the English film.A. A student of EnglishB. Though a student of EnglishC. Student of EnglishD. Being a student of English正确答案是:C 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------17. The old in the country _______ taken good care of.A. haveB. hasC. isD. are正确答案是:D 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------18. Not a single mistake _______ in the test.A. he madeB. did he makeC. he has madeD. made he正确答案是:B 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------19. ______ my surprise, I got a high grade in this test.A. ForB. ToC. To beD. On正确答案是:B 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------20. She never agree _______ you, did she?A. toB. withC. inD. at正确答案是:C 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------21. Would you mind _______ a photo of you?A. me takeB. to takeC. my takingD. me to take正确答案是:C 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------22. The lady treats the boy well as if he ______ her own son.A. isB. wasC. wereD. would be正确答案是:C 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------23. _______ round the city, we were impressed by the city’s new look.A. TakenB. TakingC. To be takenD. Being taken正确答案是:A 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------24. He had a pain _______ his back.A. onB. withC. inD. onto正确答案是:C 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------25. The city _______ I was born is on the new railway line.A. whichB. thatC. on whichD. where正确答案是:D 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------26. I had _______ that I would always remember it.A. so a good experienceB. such a good experienceC. so good an experienceD. such good an experience正确答案是:B 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------27. ______ give us help is welcome.A. Who everB. WhoeverC. No matter whoD. Those who正确答案是:B 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------28. After running for nearly half an hour, I was ________.A. out of placeB. out of controlC. out of breathD. out of practice正确答案是:C 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------29. The mother told the little boy to do all the things _______.A. on himselfB. on his ownC. to himselfD. by own正确答案是:B 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------30. You had better _______ a jacket, because it is cold outside.A. take onB. to take onC. put onD. to put on正确答案是:C 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------31. If you will do that, please take me into ________.A. thinkB. thinkingC. thoughtD. account正确答案是:D 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------32. My pen has _______ ink.A. run out ofB. a fewC. run awayD. no little正确答案是:A 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------33. There are, of course, bad teachers as well as ________.A. good oneB. some goodC. good onesD. those good正确答案是:C 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------34. “______ haste, the less speed”is good advice he often gives us.A. MoreB. The moreC. The morerD. Morer正确答案是:B 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------35. You do look _______. You are not at all like a person who has been ill in bed for years.A. goodB. wellC. sadD. disappointed正确答案是:B 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------36. Some people like to eat apples. But some prefer bananas _______ apples.A. toB. forC. withD. against正确答案是:A 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------37. I _______ here two years ago.A. moved toB. have movedC. have moved toD. moved正确答案是:D 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------38. He is _______ strong a man ________ he can lift ten stones like this one.A. such…soB. so…thatC. such a …thatD. so a …for正确答案是:B 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------39. It _______ they who lent me the television.A. wasB. isC. wereD. are正确答案是:A 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------40. A famous Canadian doctor expressed the value of hobbies by saying, “______ man is really happy without a hobby.”A. NotB. WithoutC. NoD. None正确答案是:C 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------41. Television broadcasts are ________ to an area that is within sight of the sending station of its relay.A. prohibitedB. boundedC. limitedD. restricted正确答案是:C 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------42. Many things ________ impossible in the past are common today.A. to considerB. being consideredC. consideringD.considered正确答案是:D 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------43. My parents wanted _______ me.A. make a scientistB. to make a scientistC. make a scientist ofD. to make a scientist of正确答案是:D 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------44. He has a bad habit of ________ others when they are speaking.A. involvingB. investigatingC. interferingD. interrupting正确答案是:D 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------45. I like that new watch very much, but I can’t ________it.A. costB. offerC. payD. spend正确答案是:B 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------46. Tom arrived at the office and discovered that he had _______ his door key.A. lentB. borrowedC. lostD. no正确答案是:C 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------47. The beautiful scene left a deep _______ on the foreign visitors.A. thoughtB. ideaC. thinkingD. impression正确答案是:D 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------48. The room is a little small; _______ it is so hot.A. in additionB. in addition toC. additionalD. adding正确答案是:A 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------49. I wish I ______ her address yesterday.A. knowB. had knownC. would knownD. knew正确答案是:D 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------50. It ______ yesterday. The ground is still wet now.A. must have rainedB. was rainingC. rainedD. had rained正确答案是:A 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Ⅲ. Cloze (20 points)Directions:For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices given below and marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.Insure means to protect _51_ a loss of money. Most people can budget their money so that their income will cover expected expenses _52_ food, clothing, housing, and publicservices. But, there is no way to know _53_ who will suffer a crisis (危机) such as a serious illness, fire, flood, or a car accident. Such crises usually _54_ great expense. Even if people could predict crises, it would be hard to save enough money to _55_ the expenses. Insurance is a system _56_ a company collects money from many individuals and then pays certain expenses whenever one of those insured individuals is faced with a certain crisis. An insurance policy _57_ how much the insurance costs and how much the company will pay when a policy holder is faced with a certain crisis. There are many different kinds of insurance, _58_ hospital, motor-car and fire. Insurance can be rather expensive but most people buy insurance of some kind. Insurance is something _59_ people buy and hope they will _60_ need.51.A. for B. from C. against D. with正确答案是:C 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------52.A. such as B. for example C. that D. the same as正确答案是:A 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------53.A. predict B. ahead C. in advance D. earlier正确答案是:C 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------54.A. result from B. make C. take D. result in正确答案是:D 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------55.A. cover B. pay back C. fill D. make full正确答案是:A 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------56.A. that B. by which C. what D. where正确答案是:B 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------57. A. said B. agree C. make sure D. states正确答案是:D 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------58.A. include B. including C. as well as D. also正确答案是:B 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------59.A. which B. that C. as D. like正确答案是:B 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------60.A. never B. ever C. sometimes D. often正确答案是:D 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Ⅳ. Reading Comprehension (60 points)Directions:There are four reading passages in this part Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose one best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.Passage OneResearchers have found that REM (rapid eye movement) sleep is important to human beings. This type of sleep generally occurs four or five times during one night of sleep lasting five minutes to forty minutes for each occurrence. The deeper a person’s sleep becomes, the longer the periods of rapid eye movement.There are physical charges in the body to show that a person has changed from NREM (non-rapid eye movement) to REM sleep. Breathing becomes faster, the heart rate increases, and, as the name implies, the eyes begin to move quickly.Accompanying these physical changes in the body is a very important characteristic of REM sleep. It is during REM sleep that a person dreams.61. According to the passage, how often does REM sleep occur in one night?A. OnceB. TwiceC. Four of five timesD. Forty times正确答案是:C 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------62. The word “deeper”in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to which of the following?A. heavier.B. louder.C. stronger.D. happier.正确答案是:A 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------63. Which of the following shows that a person is NOT dreaming in his sleep?A. His eyes begin to move.B. His breathing becomes faster.C. His heart rate increases.D. His eyes stop moving.正确答案是:C 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------64. The subject of this passage is ________.A. why people sleepB. the human need for REM sleepC. the characteristic of REM sleepD. physical changes in the human body正确答案是:D 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------65. Which of the following is the best title of the article?A. REM SleepB. Two Types of SleepC. SleepersD. What Happens to Sleepers正确答案是:A 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Passage TwoThe Mother Goose Stories, so well known to children all over the word, are commonly said to have been written by a little old woman for her grandchildren. According to some people, she lived in Boston, and her real name was Elizabeth Vergoose. Her son-in-law, a printer named Thomas Fleet, was supposed to have published the famous stories and poems for small children in 1719. However, no copy of this book has ever been found, and most scholars doubt the truth of this story—and doubt, moreover, that Mother Goose was ever a real person. They point out that the name is a direct translation of the French “Mere I’Oye.”In 1697 the Frenchman Charles Perrault published the first book in which this name was used. The collection contains eight tales, including “Sleeping Beauty,”“Cinderella,”and “Puss in Boots.”But Perrault did not originate these stories; they were already quite popular in his day, and he only collected them.66. What is suppssed to have happened in 1719?A. Elizabeth Vergoose wrote the first Mother Goose Stories.B. Thomas Fleet published the Mother Goose Stories.C. The Mother Goose Stories were translated into French.D. Charles Perrault published the first Mother Goose Stories.正确答案是:B 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------67. Most scholars consider Mother Goose to be _________.A. a real personB. a book written by a little old womanC. a collection by Elizabeth VergooseD. a translation fromFrench正确答案是:D 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------68. When Perrault published the first book in 1679, _______.A. no story of the book had been known to peopleB. some stories of the book were already well knownC. few people were interested in the stories of the bookD. stories like “Sleeping Beauty”and “Cinderella”became popular正确答案是:B 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------69. The name used in the first book published in 1679 is supposed to have been _______.A. Mother GooseB. Mere I’OyeC. Elizabeth VergooseD. Charles Perrault正确答案是:B 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------70. On the basis of this passage, what may be concluded about the real origin of stories “Sleeping Beauty”and “Cinderella”?A. They were invented by Elizabeth Vergoose.B. They were invented by Thomas Fleet.C. They were invented by Charles Perrault.D. Their writers are unknown.正确答案是:D 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Passage ThreeBanks are not ordinarily prepared to pay out all accounts; they rely on depositors (储户) not to demand payment all at the same time. If depositors should come to fear that a bank is not safe, that it cannot pay off all its depositors, then that fear might cause all the depositors to appear on the same day. If they did, the bank could not pay all accounts. However, if they did not all appear at once, then there would always be enough money to pay those who wanted their money when they wanted it. Mrs. Elsie Vaught has told us of a terrifying bank runthat she experienced. One day in December of 1925 several banks failed to open in a city where Mrs. Vaught lived. The other banks expected a run the next day, and so the officers of the bank in which Mrs Vaught worked as a teller had enough money on hand to pay off their depositors. The officers simply told the tellers to pay on demand. The next morning a crowd gathered in the bank and on the sidewalk outside. The length of the line made many think that the bank could not possibly pay off everyone. People began to push and then to fight for places near the tellers’windows, The power of the panic atmosphere was such that two tellers, though they knew that the bank was quite all right and could pay all depositors, drew their own money from the bank. Mrs Vaught says that she had difficulty keeping herself from doing the same.71. A bank run happens when _______.A. a bank is closed for one or more daysB. too many depositors try to draw out their money at one timeC. there is not enough money to pay all its depositors at one timeD. tellers of a bank take their own money from the bank正确答案是:B 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------72. The tellers in Mrs. Vaught’s bank were told to ________.A. explain why they could not pay out all accountsB. pay out accounts as requestedC. make the depositors believe that the bank was standD. pay out money as slowly as possible正确答案是:B 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------73. The main cause of a bank run is _______.A. loss of confidenceB. lack of moneyC. crowds of peopleD. inexperienced tellers正确答案是:B 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------74. Which of the following did Mrs. Vaught say?A. She know that the bank was not sound.B. She feared that too many depositors drawing their money would close the bank.C. She was not able to draw out her money.D. She was tempted to draw out her money.正确答案是:D 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------75. According to the passage, the actions of the depositors of Mrs. Vaught’s bank were affected mainly by the _______.A. ease with which they could get their moneyB. confidence that Mrs. Vaught showedC. failure of several other banks to openD. confidence shown by other depositors of the bank正确答案是:C 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Passage FourOne of the greatest problems for those settlers in Nebraska in the last quarter of the previous century was fuel.Little of the state was forested when the first settlers arrived and it is probable that by 1880, only about one-third of the originally forested area remained, down to a mere 1 percent of the state’s 77,000 square miles. With wood and coal out of the question, and with fuel needed year-round for cooking, and during the harsh winter months for heating, some solution had to be found.Somewhat improbably, the buffalo provided the answer. Buffalo chips (干粪块) were found to burn evenly, hotly, and cleanly, with little smoke and interestingly, no odor, Soon, collecting them became a way of life for the settlers’children who would pick them up on their way to and from school, or take part in competitions designed to counteract their natural reluctance. Even a young man, seeking to impress the girl he wanted to marry, would arrive with a large bag of chips rather than with a box of candy or a bunch of flowers.76. What is the main topic of this passage?A. The solution to the Nebraska settlers’fuel problem.B. Life in Nebraska in the late ninteenth century.C. The imporance of the American buffalo.D. Deforestation in Nebraska in the late nineteenth century.正确答案是:A 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------77. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. Nebraska was not a densely-forested state even before the settlers arrived.B. The children enjoyed collecting the buffalo chips.C. The children spent a lot of time collecting the chips.D. Buffalo chips were satisfactory as a fuel.正确答案是:B 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------78. The passage implies that buffalo chips were needed _______.A. in greater amounts in summerB. in greater amounts in winterC. only in summerD. only in winter正确答案是:B 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------79. Which of the following does the author not express surprise at?A. The children needed competitions to them.B. The buffalo chips gave off no smell.C. Buffalo chips were the answer to the settlers’fuel problem.D. Young men took bags of buffalo chips to their girl friends.正确答案是:A 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------80. What’s the best title of the passage?A. Early SettlersB. One Use of the Buffalo ChipsC. Nebraska’s ProblemsD. How Young Men Express Their Love for Girls正确答案是:B 您的答案是:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Ⅴ. Writing (20 points)Directions:For this part, you are allowed 20 minutes to write a letter of about 80 words according to the following situation.你叫李平，是英语系学生会主席。