英语专业专升本入学考试样题

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Test Paper of the Entrance Exam for BA Students
英语专业专升本入学考试试题

 

学习中心:____________      准考证号:____________      姓名:____________

 

Instructions:

  • 笔试部分共包括三部分内容。
  • 请将第一部分至第三部分答案写在答题卡(机读卡)上或将答案写在试卷每题的题号旁边(无机读卡的学习中心)。

 

 Part I Vocabulary and Grammar 词汇和语法(30 points)

 

Questions 1 – 15: Choose the best answer from A, B, C and D. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 从A, B, C, D选项中选择一个正确的答案写在答题卷上。

 

1. Shakespeare compared the world _______ a stage.

A. with                 B. to                    C. for                            D. as

 

2. All foreign merchants were made to pay heavy _______ on the goods they sold and bought.

A. weights            B. prices              C. tasks               D. duties

 

3. In sales, shops may say “Thousands of items at half-price" when only a few are _______ at such a drastic reduction.

A. ready                B. handy              C. affordable                 D. available

 

4. Nice words may win friends, but only one's good personality and credit can hold _______.

A. it             B. that                           C. those               D. them

 

5. He came all the way to China for promoting friendship _______ for making money.

A. much than        B. more than                 C. better than                D. rather than

 

6. The professor was surprised at the full _______ and began his lecture with enthusiasm.

A. attendance        B. audience                   C. appearance               D. presence

 

7. I hope my teacher will take my recent illness into _______ when judging my examination.

A. regard              B. counting                   C. account           D. observation

 

8. He was afraid he would have to _______ her invitation to the party.

A. refresh             B. refuse              C. ignore             D. decline

 

9. _______ he works hard, I don't mind when he finishes the experiment.

A. As soon as       B. As well as                C. So far as                   D. So long as

 

10. _______ you were busy, I wouldn't have bothered you with my questions.

A. Realized  B. As I realized    C. I had realized  D. Had I realized

 

11. In the desert, even a small cup of water may be a _______ of life or death.

A. fact                   B. thing               C. matter              D. business

 

12. That was such a serious matter that I had no choice but _______ the police.

A. called in  B. calling in                  C. call in              D. to call in

 

13. I need to rent a larger apartment. Do you know of any _______ ones in this neighborhood?

A. blank               B. vacant             C. open                D. free

 

14. The _______ bridge was built in 1700 and rebuilt 20 years ago.

A. beautiful white stone

B. white beautiful stone

C. beautiful stone white

D. white stone beautiful

 

15.  _______ to the question of drinks, I think orange juice will be enough.

A. As           B. Due                          C. According                D. Up

 

Part II Cloze 完型填空(30 points)

 

Choose the best word to fill each blank from the choices A, B, C and D given after the passage. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 从A, B, C, D中选择最正确的答案,并填写在答题卷上。

 

Last December I bought myself a video cassette recorder described as "simple to use".  In the first week, I failed to program the machine to record from the TV, _______ (16) even after months of practice I still made mistakes. I am not _______ (17) it seems. According to a survey last year, more than one _______ (18) four VCR owners never use the timer on their machines to record a program.

 

So why do producers keep on designing and producing VCRs that are difficult to use if problems are so obvious? First, the problems are not obvious to designers who have years of experience and who are _______ (19) to understand how these things work. Secondly, designers tend to add one or two features at a time to each model, whereas you or I face all of a machine’s features _______ (20). Thirdly, although finding problems in a _______ (21) product is easy, it is too late by then to do anything about the design. Finally, if producers can _______ (22) selling products that are difficult to use, it is not worth the effort of any of them to make improvements.

 

Some producers say they like to provide a wide _______ (23) of features rather than making the machines easy to use. But that gives rise to the question, "Why _______ (24) you have features that are easy to use?" The answer is you can.

 

In an ideal world, there would be some ways of controlling quality _______ (25) repeatedly redesigning the VCR until, say, 90 percent of users can work 90 percent of the features correctly 90 percent of the time.

 

16. A. but          B. that                           C. since               D. and

17. A. along                B. lonely              C. alone               D. lone

18. A. to            B. in                    C. for                            D. by

19. A. training            B. trained             C. having trained D. was trained

20. A. at once             B. at times           C. all in one                  D. once and for all

21. A. fulfilled            B. done                C. made               D. finished

22. A. get away with  B. get through with       C. get behind with        D. get over with

23. A. degree              B. range               C. scope              D. extent

24. A. doesn't             B. do                   C. can't                D. can

25. A. for example      B. much like                 C. such as            D. that is

 

Part III Reading Comprehension 阅读理解(40 points)

 

Passage One

 

This summer, for the first time, Emory College let freshmen pick their own roommates in an online roommate-selection system. Students, using screen names to hide their identities, posted profiles of themselves detailing personality attributes, work habits, music and food preferences, and exchanged information using e-mail.

 

Housing officials at Emory say they expect that letting students pick their own roommates who are their closest matches will increase the likelihood of compatibility, and there’s little risk of hurt feelings if the e-mail exchanges do not lead to a match, since the initial round of contacts is done under screen names.

 

Several studies have shown that roommates have an impact on the attitudes and social behavior of those they live with, and one recent study found that a roommate's academic performance has a small, but statistically significant effect on the other roommate's grade-point average. Other studies, however, did not find that effect.

 

The business of assigning roommates varies widely across the country. At Davidson College, the housing staff sort every freshman with careful hand-selection. The Davidson philosophy is that roommates should be as similar as possible, while halls should be as diverse as possible.

 

"We had a match that seemed perfect, until we discovered that one was a cattle rancher's son and the other was a vegan (绝对素食者)," said Ms. Kromm. "They should definitely meet, on the same hall. But we didn't want to put them in the same room." Occasionally, an incoming student asks to be paired with an Asian, or says she might not be able to get along with a Republican. In such cases, Ms. Kromm will remind them that Davidson does not accept roommate preferences based on race, ethnicity, and religion.

 

Davidson’s care in matching pays off. By Christmas last year, only four students requested roommate changes out of 480. No one knows whether computer-matching works as well, but at Emory, so far, student reaction seems to be overwhelmingly positive.

 

Questions 26 – 30: Choose the best answer from A, B, C and D. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 从A, B, C, D选项中选择一个正确的答案写在答题卷上。

 

26. In computer matchmaking, initially students do not reveal their _______.

A. personalities

B. identities

C. habits

D. hobbies

 

27. If e-mail exchanges between students fail to lead to a match, the students involved _______.

A. will end up with hurt feelings

B. will stop using their screen names

C. won't feel embarrassed or discouraged

D. won't have another chance to contact others

 

28. As mentioned in the passage, only one study found that roommates have an impact on the _______ of the other roommates.

A. academic grades

B. social behavior

C. sleeping patterns

D. personal attitudes

 

29. It can be inferred from the passage that computer matching _______.

A. is unlikely to be a great success

B. is a novelty with no final results

C. will not be as good as expected

D. will soon replace hand selection

 

30. Both computer matching and hand selection follow the principle of _______.

A. putting students with similarities together

B. meeting all legitimate demands of students

C. letting students pick their own roommates

D. seeking diversity in roommate matching

 

Passage Two

 

Daniel Tammet is talking. As he talks, he studies my shirt and counts the stitches (缝线). Ever since the age of three, when he suffered a disease, Tammet has been obsessed with counting. Now he is 26, a mathematical genius who can figure out cube roots quicker than a calculator, but can't drive a car or tell right from left. He lives with extraordinary ability and disability.

 

Tammet is softly spoken and shy about making eye contact. He lives on the Kent coast, but never goes near the beach-there are too many pebbles to count. The thought of a mathematical problem with no solution means too much for him. Trips to the supermarket are always a chore because there's too much mental stimulus. "Instead of thinking 'What cheese do I want this week?', I just keep counting."

 

Tammet is also a "savant", an individual with an extraordinary mental ability. An estimated 1% of the population have savant abilities, but no one knows exactly why. A number of scientists hope that Tammet might help us understand better. Professor Allan Snyder explains why Tammet is of particular, and international, scientific interest. "Savants can't usually tell us how they do what they do. It just comes to them. But Daniel can describe what he sees in his head."

 

Last year Tammet broke the European record for recalling pi, the mathematical constant, to 22,514 decimal places. He found it easy, because he didn't even have to "think". He wanted to prove that though he's technically disabled, the disability needn't get in the way.

 

Questions 31 – 35: Choose the best answer from A, B, C and D. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 从A, B, C, D选项中选择一个正确的答案写在答题卷上。

 

31. What do we know about Daniel Tammet?

A. He has trouble doing some simple things.

B. He suffers from serious memory loss.

C. He is good at communicating.

D. He was born with a terrible disease.

 

32. Tammet avoids the beach because _______.

A. he has no sense of direction

B. he is troubled by his odd habit

C. he is afraid of dealing with people

D. he tends to stay away from public places

 

33. Supermarkets are places that would make Tammet _______.

A. excited

B. reasonable

C. uncomfortable 

D. angry

 

34. Tammet is considered unique because _______.

A. he has shown signs of a genius

B. he has an extreme mental ability

C. he is willing to share his experiences

D. he can tell what is happening in his head

 

35. Recalling pi to 22,514 decimal places _______.

A. proved to be difficult for Tammet

B. demonstrated Tammet's optimism

C. meant a new world record was set

D. made clear how savants work

 

Passage Three

 

"For more than eight years we have been recommending that greater care be taken in the use of difficult loan words, but it doesn't seem to have had much effect," said an official of the cultural affairs agency, which compiled the report. "It's not our intention to try to control the spread of foreign terms, but this is something that needs to be debated by the research community."

 

According to a professor of linguistics at Daitobunka University, Japan adopts English words at a more rapid pace than almost any other country. "It sometimes feels like the situation has got out of hand, and there are definitely occasions when we adopt language unnecessarily, but this is a positive step toward the internationalization of Japan," Mr. Suzuki said.

 

In marketing, Japanglish-a hybrid of contracted English and Japanese-is used to sell everything from 'Pocari Sweat' soft drinks to famikon (family computer) games. In sports, football commentators talk of hedingu shuuto (headers at goal) and naisu kiipa (nice goal-keeping), while the manager of the country's most popular baseball team promised to meiku durama (make drama) in its chase for the league title. But the biggest exponents of foreign words are teenagers. "Sometimes, I feel that English words really hit the spot because they are often shorter and more precise," said Norihide Watanabe, a middle-aged businessman."But when my daughter uses them, I don't have a clue what she is talking about."

 

Questions 36 – 40: Choose the best answer from A, B, C and D. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 从A, B, C, D选项中选择一个正确的答案写在答题卷上。

 

36. It appears that bureaucrats in the cultural affairs agency have been _______.

A. encouraging the use of English in official documents

B. trying to prevent the use of English in public documents

C. trying to encourage careful use of English in official documents

D. trying to control the spread of English in official documents

 

37. It seems English loan words are a greater problem in Japan than in any other country in the world because _______.

A. they spread more rapidly than in other countries

B. Japan is in the middle of a serious economic recession

C. not many people study English in Japan

D. of academic debates in the research community

 

38. The article implies that English is used _______.

A. out of necessity by sports commentators

B. unnecessarily by baseball teams

C. by too many business people

D. by many young people in Japan

 

39. The underlined phrase "hit the spot" in the last paragraph means to _______.

A. be exactly right

B. go the right way

C. be near the center

D. strike out

 

40. The article implies Japanglish is_______.

A. a business language

B. a sporting language

C. a created language

D. not very useful

 

Passage Four

 

The very fact that English is so widely spoken around the world leads to other problems. The commonest examples cited are the British and American versions of the language, but even this is simplifying the issue. As anyone who has traveled to Britain will agree, the "British English" we may have learned at school hardly helps us cope with the varied forms of the language used in different parts of the British Isles. It is often impossible to comprehend some of these dialects. The same might be said of English spoken in the United States: the term "American English" usually means "standard American"-the language that is spoken by some of the better-known presidents, congressmen, spokesmen and women, and entertainers we see in our cinemas or on our TV screens. This form of American English is based on the dialect of English used by educated people in Boston in the northeast of the U.S., Boston-based and classless, this form of American English is the one most usually taught to foreign learners of American English. Incidentally, standard American is very similar to a standard form of British English in most respects-except in pronunciation. This form of the language is not spoken by the majority of Americans, as visitors to California, Florida, Chicago or New York quickly discover. In many parts of the U.S. people speak a dialect which even other Americans sometimes find hard to comprehend.

 

Other brands of English are spoken in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, the Caribbean, and various parts of Africa and Asia. Some have argued that the language is in danger of splitting up into different dialects. However, modern communication systems – radio, TV, and now computer-based communication systems such as e-mail and the Internet – make this increasingly unlikely. These modern means of communication ensure that English speakers around the world have a vested interest in communicating with each other in a common language. Speakers of different dialects of English may meet up in different places around the world, and have no difficulty in communicating with each other. Whether we like it or not, English, as an international language of communication, is here to stay for the foreseeable future!

 

Questions 41 – 45: Choose the best answer from A, B, C and D. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 从A, B, C, D选项中选择一个正确的答案写在答题卷上。

 

41. What does the underlined word "incidentally" mean in paragraph 1?

A. by chance

B. by the way

C. by hand

D. at the same time

 

42. What does the phrase " be here to stay" probably mean in paragraph 2?

A. will be difficult

B. will be good

C. will wait

D. will remain

 

43. In what way does talking about British and American English simplify the issue?

A. Many local dialects are spoken in different parts of the British Isles.

B. American English is not spoken by the majority of Americans.

C. In areas of America, people speak dialects not understood by others.

D. All of the above.

 

44. Standard American English is spoken by _______.

A. all Presidents and Congressmen

B. all Presidents and entertainers

C. political spokesmen and women

D. some classes of American society

 

45. One of the major reasons for English remaining a commonly used world language is that _______.

A. it is widely used in Africa and Asia

B. dialects of English are old fashioned

C. English is a means of modern world communication

D. English speakers need to use it



  





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