专升本英语2

专升本英语2 北京交通大学现代远程教育 2007年专科起点升本科入学考试 《 英 语 》 试 题 I. Phonetics (10 points) Directions: In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined letter combinations marked A,B,C and D. Compare the underlined parts and identify the one that is different from the others in pronunciation. Mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. 1. A. beauty B. factory C. heavy D. supply 2 A. mention B. possession C. attention D. question 3. A. near B. bear C. beer D. here 4. A. sing B. winter C. think D. wing 5. A. few B. use C. duty D. sew 6. A. cream B. clean C. increase D. ice 7. A. desire B. fare C. wire D. tired 8. A. road B. coat C. broad D. loaf. 9. A. noble B. body C. rock D. job 10. A. such B. sun C. stupid D. study II. Vocabulary and Structure (40 points) Directions: There are 40 incomplete sentences in this part. 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 o n the Answer Sheet. 11. __Must we finish painting the room today? __No, you____. You may finish it tomorrow. A. mustn’t B. may not C. needn’t D. cannot 12. Only after being asked several times ____us the story of his strange life. A. did he tell B. then he told C. he could tell D. he began to 13. It is necessary that a person ____exercises every day if he wishes to be healthy. A. does B. did C. do D. takes 14. Some of the young men enjoy ____popular music.. A. to listen to B. to listen C. listening D. listening to 15. The dictionary _____me ten dollars. A. cost B. spent C. took D. spends 16. _____number of cars is increasing. A. a B. A C. the D. The 17. Mary answered all the questions ____the last one. A. unless B. except C. besides D. beside 18. I met her ____my way ______. A. in; home B. on; home C. in; to home D. on ; to home 19. We had _____at the party. A. good time B. a good time C. the good time D. the good times 20. My teacher _____good English. A. says B. speaks C. talks D. tells 21. Upon graduation he asked to be sent to____ . A. where he is most needed B. where he needed B. where he is mostly needed D. where is he mostly needed 22. The roof fell _____ he had time to dash into the room to save his baby. A. after B. as C. before D. until 23. Is this the house _____ Shakespeare was born? A. at where B. which C. in which D. at which 24. Three fourths of the surface of the earth_____ sea. A. is B. are C. were D. has been 25. ____got into the room, _____the telephone rang. A. He hardly; then B. Hardly had he: when C. He had not;than D. Not had he; when 26. _____danger man is often much wiser than usual. A. In a time of B. In the times of C. In the time of D. In time of 27. Bill studies in a state university, _____he? A. do not B. does C. doesn’t D. do 28. Mary has just called and asked ____to have lunch with her tomorrow. A. you and I B. you and me C. I and you D. me and you 29. _____hard he tried, he could not lift it. A. Whichever B. No matter C. However D. Although 30. They are two good teams, and _____have a good chance of winning. A. all B. neither C. both D. none 31. We shall appreciate ____ from you soon. A. being heard B. hearing C. to hear D. having been heard 32. The people at the party were worried about her because no one was aware ____ she had gone. A. where that B. of the place C. the place D. of where 33. The ability ____ is very important for any speaker. A. to hear clearly B. to hearing clearly C. to be clearly heard D. to being clearly heard 34. Young ____ he is, he knows what is the right thing to do. A. that B. as C. although D. however 35. “She must be in the dormitory.” “No, she ____ be there. I saw her in the street a minute ago.” A. can’t B. mustn’t C. couldn’t D. wouldn’t 36. I am sorry to ------ the book for such a long time. A. keep B. had kept C. have kept D. having kept 37. His parents _______ last week, and the child has no one to look after him. A. have died B. died C. dead D. death 38. Professor Smith has written some short stories, but he is ______ known for his plays. A. more B. better C. the best D. the most 39(He _____ me good luck when we parted. A. wished B. hoped C. believed D. looked forward to 40. They were schoolmates. ______ is no wonder that they should do the work in the same way. A. It B. That C. This D. There 41. Mother warned the boy ______ the guard dog any more. A. not touching B. not touch C. to not touch D. not to touch 42. The doctor advised that Mr. Malan ____ an operation right away so as to save his life. A. have B. had C. would D. was going to have 43. Your hair wants _________. You’d better have it done tomorrow. A. cut B. to cut C. cutting D. being cut 44. As teachers we should concern ourselves with what is said, not what we think _________. A. ought to be said B. must say C. have to be said D. need to say 45. Once environmental damage _______, it takes many years for the system to recover. A. has done B. is to do C. does D. is done 46(_____ they were, they had to pay taxes. A. Though poor B. Poor however C. However poor D. No matter what poor 47. Most of the people _____ to the party were famous scientists. A. invited B. to invited C. being invited D. inviting 48. “Must I finish the composition before Friday?” (“______ ”). A. No, you mustn’t C. No, you don’t have to B. Yes, you may D. Yes, you need 49. Do you mind _____ here? A. my smoke B. to smoking C. to smoke D. my smoking 50. I don’t feel like _____ anything now. O am _____. A. eating; tired B. to; sick C. ate; disappointed D. eat; sleepy 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. I work at Poleson Ltd. I _51_ there since 1997.Last month the manager asked me to see him one morning when I had time. He was new so I _52_ what he would be like. When I went to see him, he said “I’d like you to help me _53_ a special project. I’ve heard that you speak German.” He said that a factory in Germany wanted a specialist for six months. “Tell me _54_.” I told him I’d like a few days to think about it. “All right,” he said, “and if you want all the details, my secretary will give _55_ to you.” So I asked his secretary _56_ me the papers. “I don’t know where they are,” she said. “When I _57_ them, I’ll phone you .Oh! here they are. Let me _58_ them back after you’ve read them.” _59_ I told my friends about it they all said, “It seems marvelous!” “I haven’t said yes yet,” I said. But next day I told the _60_ I wanted to go and he said, “I hoped that you’d agree.” 51. A. am working B. have been working C. worked D. was working 52. A. wondered B. doubted C. remembered D. recalled 53. A. about B. at C. with D. in 54. A. whether can you go B. if you can go C. whether you can come D. if you can come 55. A. it B. its C. their D. them 56. A. give B. to give C. giving D. given 57. A. find B. find out C. look for D. look after 58. A. to have B. to get C. have D. get 59. A. If B. Even though C. Unless D. When 60. A. secretary B. friend C. manager D. specialist 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 1 All the useful energy at the surface of the earth comes from the activity of the sun. The sun heats and feeds mankind. Each year it provides men with two hundred million tons of grain and nearly ten million tons of wood. Coal, oil, natural gas, and all other fuels are stored-up energy from the sun. Some was collected by this season’s plants as carbon compounds. Some was stored by plants and trees ages ago. Even waterpower derives from the sun. Water turned into vapor by the sun falls as rain. Ti courses down the mountains and is converted to electric power. Light transmits only the energy that comes from the sun’s outer layers, and much of this energy that is directed toward the earth never arrives. About nine-tenths of it is absorbed by the atmosphere of the earth. In fact, the earth itself gets only one half-billionth of the sun’s entire output of radiant energy. 61. All the useful energy at the surface of the earth comes ____. A. directly from the B. from the sun’s activity C. from energy stored by the sun D. from radiation of the sun 62. For mankind, the sun is the source of ____. A. solar activity B. all heat C. all food D. both B and C 63. Radiant energy is stored as carbon compounds by ____. A. plants B. rain C. coal, oil, and natural gas D. inflammable substances 64. The sun’s energy indirectly provides the earth with ____. A. fuels B. waterpower C. light D. both A and B 65. The largest part of the radiant energy directed toward the earth is ____. A. stored by plants B. turned into fuel C. absorbed by the earth’s atmosphere D. used for electric power Passage 2 During a television play the sound man must be ready to make every sound as it is needed. Sound effects are of three kinds: real, imitated and recorded. Real sounds are those of doorbells, telephone bells , and other small objects easy to keep in a studio. But the sound man must imitate many sounds. For bacon frying, he crumples cellophane paper. A long sheet, of metal hanging in a doorway makes thunder. He has one rubber sink plunger and then anther on a table to imitate a horse walking on pavement. For a horse galloping along a grave road, the sound man can use the two halves of a coconut, pounding each in turn very fast on the table. Recorded sound effects are used for noises he cannot himself produce offstage. He plays records for such sounds as a rooster crowing, a train leaving a station, and a baby crying. The sound man is an important part of any television production. 66. The sound man is important because he ____. A. is kept busy B. makes a TV play more lifelike C. lets an actor know when to life a telephone receiver D. is always learning new methods 67. The examples given for the first kind are ____. A. whistles and sirens B. doorbells and telephone bells C. church bells and telephone bells D. typewriters and cash registers 68. Crumpling cellophane gives the sound of ____. A. rain falling B. water boiling C. someone sneezing D. bacon frying 69. The metal sheet used to imitate thunder must be ____. A. tightly fastened on all sides B. lying flat C. both A and B D. neither A and B 70. Recorded sound effects are used for a ____. A. train leaving a station B. baby crying C. rooster crowing D. all of the above Passage 3 Many fires are put out with water .Water cools the material that is burning. It helps smoother(抑制) a fire, too. Some of the water is changed into steam when It strikes the hot fire. The steam shuts off air from the fire and helps put it out. Some fires cannot be put out with water. They have to be smothered with sand or with chemicals of some kind, such as those used in some fire extinguishers. Suppose a tank full of gasoline is on fire. Gasoline is lighter than water. If you poured water into the tank of gasoline, the water would sink to the bottom of the tank. The gasoline would float on top of the water and would probably keep on burning. If you keep on putting water on the fire, the gasoline would flow over the edge of the tank. Then the fire would spread. 71. What are the major ways of putting out fires as mentioned in the passage? A. With water and sand and chemicals. B. With water and sand and steam. C. With water and steam. D. With water and materials and chemicals. 72. Water can put out a fire because ____. A. water can be changed into steam B. water is the only way to put out a fire C. water cools the material on fire and the steam shuts off air D. water is cold and cool 73. Gasoline fires cannot be put out with ____. A. chemicals B. water C. sand D. extinguisher 74. If you put water into the tank of gasoline, ____. A. gasoline would be mixed with water B. gasoline would sink to the bottom of the tank C. water would float on the top of gasoline D. water would not be mixed with gasoline 75. The best title of the passage would be ____. A. Why Can Water Put Out Fire B. How to Put out Fire C. Gasoline on Fire D. Water And Fire Passage 4 Paul was a clever boy, but his parents were poor, so the had to work during his holidays to pay for his education. He managed to get to the university, but it was so expensive to study there that he found it necessary to get two jobs at the same time during the holidays so as to earn enough money to pay for his studies. One summer he got a job in a butcher’s shop during the daytime, and another in a hospital at night. In the shop, he learned to cut meat up quite nicely, so the butcher often let him do all the serving while he went into a room behind the shop to do the accounts(账目). In the hospital , on the other hand, he was, of course, allowed to do only the simplest jobs, like helping to lift patients and to carry them from one part of the hospital to another. Both at the butcher’s shop and at the hospital, Paul had to wear white clothes. It happened one evening at the hospital that Paul had to help to carry a woman patient from her bed to the place where she was to have an operation. The woman was already feeling frightened at the thought of the operation before he came to get her. But when she saw Paul, that finished her. “No! No!” she cried. “Not my butcher! I won’t be operated on by my butcher!” and she fainted away. 76. During the holidays Paul ____. A. did his lessons B. played C. worked D. traveled 77. In order to get enough money to pay for his studies, he had to ____ while he studied at the university. A. do two jobs at the same time B. sell newspapers C. give piano lessons to rich children D. sell books 78. In the hospital, Paul was allowed only to ____. A. do the washing B. take the patients’ temperatures C. give out medicine D. help to lift and carry patients 79. When she saw Paul, the patient fainted, because she was afraid to be operated on by ____ she knew. A. the doctor B. the butcher C. the student D. the professor 80. The mistake was caused by ____ Paul was wearing. A. the white coat B. the white C. the white clothes D. the white trousers V. Translation (20 points) Directions: There are five sentences in Chinese in this part. Put them into English. Write the version on the Answer Sheet 81. 他们现在正在准备英语考试吗, 82. 我不知道去首都机场怎麽走。 83. 我国的工业发展的比较快。 84. 乘出租车到北京火车站需要半小时。 85. 苏州是中国最美丽的城市之一。