韩山师范学院2017年本科插班生考试试卷英语专业基础英语试卷（ A卷）nguage knowledge. Choose one word, phrase or statementthat best completes the sentence. （每空1分，共20分）1. Agriculture is the country’s chief source of wealth, wheat ______ by far the biggest cereal crop.A. isB. beenC. beD. being2. Jack _____ from home for two days now, and I am beginning to worry about his safety.A. has been missingB. has been missedC. had been missingD. was missed3. Above the trees are the hills, ____ magnificence the river faithfully reflects on the surface.A. whereB. of whoseC. whoseD. which4. Who ______ was coming to see me in my office this afternoon?A. you saidB. did you sayC. did you say thatD. you did say5. Does Alan like hamburgers?Yes. So much ____ that he eats them almost every day.A.forB. asC. toD. so6. Your ideas, ______ seem unusual to me.A. like herB. like hersC. similar to herD. similar to herself7. The opening ceremony is a great occasion. It is essential _____ for that.A. for us to be preparedB. that we are preparedC. of us to be preparedD. our being prepared8. Time _____, the celebration will be held as scheduled.A. permitB. permittingC. permittedD. permits9. The bus moved slowly in the thick fog. As a result, we arrived at our _____ almost two hours late.A. designationB. destinyC. destinationD. dignity10. He demonstrated his _____ for music by the ease with which he picked out melodies by ear.A. attitudeB. ability C aptitude D. wisdom11. Many modern language teachers make occasional use of teaching aids such as computers and tape recorders, but only a few use then systematically as an ______part of their work.A. incredibleB. individualC. integralD. associate12. Living in the countryside has its _____ as well as advantages.A. inferiorityB. setbacksC. drawbacksD. validity13. The air that holds a maximum amount of water vapor is _____, like s sponge unable to hold any more water.A. immersedB. saturatedC. quantifiedD. ventilated14. Electric wires in your house are_____ with poor conductors like rubber or silk.A. segregatedB. insulatedC. isolatedD. severed15. The enemy are now in a very difficult situation; they can neither advance nor ____ .A. resignB. retreatC. retrieveD. repel16. Reading is an active thinking process ______ the interaction between the reader and the print.A. containingB. indulgingC. involvingD. resolving17. In some cases, a sentence may be grammatically acceptable, but ______ in implication.A. ambitiousB. affirmativeC. approximateD. ambiguous18. For Europeans, life is a career; for Americans, it is a _______ of hazards.A. successB. recessionC. successionD. procession19. Reading efficiency means the ______ of a reading task within an appropriate time frame and with appropriate comprehension.A. accomplishmentB. commitmentC. contentmentD. complement20. In the past, major disasters, such as wars, plagues and earthquakes, could destroy only a _____ of the human race and environment.A. fractionB. fragmentC. frictionD. fictionII.Derivative. Write down the correct word to complete each sentence. （每题1分，共10分）A.Breathe1. It is so hot in this small kitchen that I can hardly ________.2. When I answered the telephone, there was an unknown and _____ voice on other end, which was really irritating.3. There was a ______ silence during the last world table-tennis championship game.4. You are wasting your ______ trying to persuade him to quit smoking. He’ll only stop when he wants to.5. During the last convention, there were so many items on the agenda that there was hardly any ____ space.B. express6. Being an advanced student of English, you should be able to _____ yourself freely in English.7. A cat’s mewing may be _______ of hunger, cold or pain.8. _______, impressionism and romanticism are different movements in art, music and literature.9. The shop assistant was a middle-aged man with an ______ face.10. The beauty of the cave, with its stalagmites and stalactites and dripping water, was beyond _______.III.Match each word in Column A with the phrase in Column B that is similar in meaning. (每题1分，共10分）IV.Fill in each blank with a preposition from the box.（每题1分，共10分）1. The “quality”newspapers are often held ___ as an example ofimpartial journalism.2. I don’t think our food suppliers will hold ___ much longer.3. Do you think the editors of the magazines will hold ____ our taking sides on political questions?4. During the enemy’s offensive, the village people refused to surrender but held ___ until the rescue troops arrived.5. The football match was held ____ till further notice on account of the continual rain.6. We are not surprised at the young man’s enrollment in that university because it is not their policy to hold a person’s past bad behavior _____ him.7. Any teacher is inclined to hold ___ any excellent work of the students for his or her class to imitate.8. If we think what we are doing is good and beneficial to the people we should try to hold ____ it and never give up.9. Before the rainy season, the authorities had already had the banks of earth built to hold _____ the potential flood.10. It was a place of romance. I felt I had just to hold ____ my hand to touch it.V.Reading comprehension. Choose the one that you think is the best answer and mark your answers on Answer Sheet.（每题2分，共10分）Passage OneToday, more and more people are using credit cards instead of money to buy the things they need. Almost anyone who has a steady income and a continuous work record can apply for a credit card. If you have a credit card, you can buy a car, have a dinner, take a trip, and even get a haircut by charging the cost to your account. In this way you canpay for purchases a month or two later, without any extra charge. Or you may choose to spread out your payments over several months and pay only part of the total amount each month. If you do this, the credit card company or the bank who sponsors the credit card will add a small service charge to you total bill. This is very convenient for the customer. With the credit card in your wallet or purse, you don’t have to carry much cash. This saves you trips to the bank to cash checks or draw cash. Also if you carry credit cards instead of a lot of cash, you don’t have to be concerned about losing your money through carelessness or theft. The card user only has to worry about paying the final bill. This of course can be a problem if you charge more than you can pay for.Credit cards are big business. Americans spend 16 billion dollars a year on credit cards and there are already 590 million of them in circulation. Many banks sponsor their own credit companies and issue cards free to their customers. Other credit card companies charge their members annual dues. The stores that accept credit cards must pay a small fee to the credit card company – a percentage of purchase price of the merchandise or service. In return, the credit card company promptly pay the store for the merchandise or service. Credit card companies make a profit from the fees they charge the stores and also from the fees collected from customers who pay for their charges in monthly installments.However, credit card companies sometimes have problems collecting overdue payments from unreliable customers. Also the use of stolen, lost, or counterfeit credit cards by criminals has become a big headache for the credit card companies which are responsible for the goods and services illegally charged to their customers’ account.1. What is the biggest worry for credit card users?A. Their credit cards may get stolen.B. They will be charged for the credit card service by the bank.C. The time allowed for them to pay back the money is not long enough.D. They may have spent more money than they can pay back.2. According to the passage, which of the following is Not a channel for the credit card company to make a profit?A. Membership fees for credit card users.B. A heavy fine for overdue payments.C. Service charges for stores that accept credit cards.D. Service charges for card users who pay back over period.3. The author’s purpose of writing this article is to _____.A. persuade people to use credit cardsB. warn people of the danger of using credit cardsC. explain how credit card business worksD. explain how to use credit cardsPassage TwoSome 2,400 miners were on the day shift last Tuesday morning at the Kinross gold mine, 65 miles from Johannesburg. A welding team was repairing a broken track for one of the trains that help carry gold ore to the surface. Suddenly, an acetylene tank sparked and flared. Flames swept through the tunnel, igniting plastic-covered wiring, which in turn set fire to polyurethane foam that keeps the walls dry and solid. Within minutes the mine shaft filled with thick black smoke containing toxic fumes from the burning plastic. Choking miners immediately fell and died of asphyxiation.When the initial 9 ½ -hour rescue operation ended, 177 were dead, one was missing, and 235 were injured, making Kinross the worst gold-mine disaster in South African history. All but five of the victims were black, and the black-dominated National Union of Mineworkers denounced the “unacceptably low safety standards” in the mines. In fact, Kinross last year lost its top safety rating. But the mine’s generalmanager said the plastics that burned had been considered safe. A government investigation is now under way.4. Which of the following statements is true?A. Many miners were burnt to death.B. Many miners choked and died.C. Many miners fell into the mine and were killed.5. Which of the following statements is not mentioned in the text?A. Kinross gold mine is the only gold mine in South Africa.B. Kinross gold mine disaster was worse than any other disaster that has taken place in South Africa.C. Kinross gold mine used to have a high safety rating.VI.Cloze. Decide which of the words given in the box below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks.The words can be used ONCE ONLY. Mark the letter for eachword on Answer Sheet.（每题1分，共10分）In the recent past, medical research has shown that heart disease is associated with certain factors in our day-to-day lives: with smoking, with poor nutrition, and with a lack of exercise.Doctors and other health experts have been 1____ the fact that we can often reduce the risk of heart disease by paying more attention to these factors.More and more people are realizing that there is a 2_____ betweenheart disease and the way they live. As a result of this new awareness, attitudes towards health are changing. In the past, people tend to think that it was 3____ for good health to have a good doctor who could be relied on to know exactly what to do when they become ill. Now they are realizing that merely receiving the best treatment 4_____ illness and injury is not enough. They are learning that they must 5____ more responsibility for their own health.Today many people are changing their dietary 6_____ and eating food with less fat and cholesterol. Many are paying more attention to reducing 7 ____ in their lives. The number of smokers in the US is now far below the level of a lot of years ago 8______ many people succeed in breaking the habit and as fewer people take it up.More and more are aware of the 9______ of regular exercise like walking, running or swimming, some have begun to walk or ride bicycles to work instead of driving. Millions have become members of health clubs and have 10 ____ health club one of the fastest growing businesses in the US today.e the words given in parentheses to translate the following sentences. Change the forms if necessary.（每题3分，共15分）1. 我们原无须自己预定雅虎因特网服务。
