专升本英语真题2011年
Ⅰ Phonetics
Directions: In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined letters or letter combinations marked A, B, C and D.
Compare the underlined parts and Identify the one that is different from the others in pronunciation.
1、 A. lamb B. bombing C. comb D. ambition
2、 A. guilt B. build C. guide D. guitar
3、 A. laugh B. weigh C. tough D. rough
4、 A. theater B. threat C. thread D. treasure
5、 A. grand B. gravity C. gratitude D. grateful
Ⅱ Vocabulary and Structure
Directions: There are 15 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.
6、 There aren't many wild pandas ______ in the world today.
A. live B. living C. to live D. lived
7、 ______ I could say anything more, Holmes had rushed off towards the door.
A. Before B. After C. When D. As
8、 Since you feel so strongly about this matter, you should make your views ______ to other committee members.
A. know B. knowing C. being known D. known
9、 They demanded that the government ______ all political prisoners in the next two days.
A. free B. freed C. will free D.
would free
10、 Nelson is a creative liar who is always making ______ unusual excuses for not doing his work.
A. across B. away C. off D. up.
11、 —I didn't go to class last night because my car broke down. —You ______ mine. I wasn't using it.
A. could borrow B. may borrow
C. could have borrowed D. may have borrowed
12、 In our view, the root ______ of the crime problem is poverty and unemployment.
A. solution B. reason C. cause D. fact
13、 You mustn't go unless either your father or I ______ with you. A. come B. comes C. came D. has come
14、 There are ______ fewer custom tailors and dressmakers in the U. S. than in European countries.
A. so B. very C. far D. too
15、 In the first semester, I asked my teacher ______.
A. what courses should! take B. what courses I should take
C. I should take what courses D. should I take what courses
16、 After the party, we had to tidy up the kitchen, which was a(n) ______ mess.
A. exact B. entire C. definite D. complete
17、 Their experiment ______ Tom and Mary set out to write the report on the results.
A. done B. to be done C. being done D. will be done
18、 A newspaper headline concerning new energy development ______ his attention and he was much interested in making investment in it.
A. gave B. caught C. turned D. paid
19、 Would you please let me finish my words? Don't ______ in the middle of a sentence.
A. put me off B. cut me off C. keep me off D. get me off,
20、 —Have you ever played bridge?
—Yes. We ______ on weekends when I was in college.
A. would have played B. should have played C. used to play D. had played
Ⅲ Cloze
Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable. Scientists have been struggling to find out the reason behind blushing(脸红). Why would humans evolve(进化)a (21) that puts us at a social disadvantage by (22) us to reveal that we have cheated or lied?
Charles Darwin pointed out that (23) all people of all races blush, animals do not. When it came to explaining the reason, he was (24) a loss. That has not stopped others from trying.
One (25) is that blushing started out as a way to show we obey authoritative members of the group. Later, as our social interactions became (26) complex, it became involved with higher, self-conscious (27) such as guilt, shame and embarrassment. This would seem to put individuals at a disadvantage, but blushing might actually make a person more 28 or socially desirable.
(29) that women blush more than men, one university researcher suggests that blushing might have evolved as a way for women
to (30) their honesty to men so as to win their support in raising children. Some zoologists also think blushing could have emerged as a way to foster trust. \partner, you could never (32) what he wants. \
blushing became (33) with embarrassment, anyone who did not blush might have been at a disadvantage because we are (34) likely to trust someone who appears never to feel (35) about anything.
21、 A. response B. reply C. reflection D. recall
22、 A. forbidding B. forcing C. encouraging D.
preventing
23、 A. when B. while C. since D. because
24、 A. on B. in C. at D. of
25、 A. suggestion B. advice C. solution D. question
26、 A. apparently B. completely C. awkwardly D. increasingly
27、 A. moods B. senses C. emotions D. tempers
28、 A. privileged B. embarrassed C. energetic D. attractive
29、 A. Noting B. Providing C. Assuming D. Hoping
30、 A. assure B. approve C. confirm D. demonstrate
31、 A. for B. with C. by D. as
32、 A. say B. speak C. tell D. talk
33、 A. united B. related C. contacted D. associated
34、 A. more B. that C. less D. so
35、 A. ashamed B. disappointed C. satisfied D. pleased
Ⅳ Reading Comprehension
Directions: There are five reading passages in this part. Each
passage is followed by four questions. For each question there are
four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose one best answer.
June came and the hay (干草) was almost ready for cutting. On
Midsummer's Eve, which was a Saturday, Mr. Jones went into Willington and got so drunk at the Red Lion that he did not come back until midday on Sunday. His men had milked the cows in the early morning and then had gone out chatting without bothering to feed the animals. When Mr. Jones got back, he immediately went to sleep on the living-room sofa with the \came, the animals were still not fed. At last, they could stand no longer. One of the cows broke into the door of the storehouse with
her horns and all the animals began to help themselves to the grains. It was just then that Mr. Jones woke up. The next moment he and his four men were in the storehouse with whips in their hands, whipping in all directions. This was more than the hungry animals would bear. Together though nothing of the kind had been planned beforehand they jumped upon their masters. Mr. Jones and his men
suddenly found themselves being struck with the horns and kicked from all sides. The situation was quite out of their control They had never seen these animals act like this before. This sudden rebellion of the creatures, which they were used to beating and whipping just as they chose, frightened them. After only a moment or two, they gave up trying to defend themselves. A minute later all five of them were in full fright down the road with the animals running after them joyfully.
36、 The four men did not feed the cows because ______.
A. they had not cut the hay yet B. Mr. Jones wasn't at home
C. they did not have time to feed them D. the cows had fed themselves
37、 The cows broke into the storehouse because ______.
A. they did not like their masters B. Mr. Jones forgot to lock the door
C. they were kept in the cow-house too long D. they were too hungry to wait for the feed
38、 What did the five men finally do with the cows?
A. They chased and drove the cows away. B. They continued beating the cows.
C. They gave up defense and ran away. D. They gave in and fed the cows.