2014河北专接本英语试题

A: May I take your order, sir? 河北省2014年普通高校专科接本科教育选拔考试 B: (Looking at the menu) There are so many dishes listed. It’s hard to decide. 11 A: The fish is very good tonight. We also have several good chicken dishes, if you like. 《英语》试卷 B: 12 A: How about steak? Steak is one of the specialties of our restaurant. (考试时间:90分钟) B: 13 For vegetables, give me French-fried potatoes and string beans. A: 14 (总分:120分) B: Well-done, please. By the way, what appetizer do you have? 说明 关于失联党员情况说明岗位说明总经理岗位说明书会计岗位说明书行政主管岗位说明书 :请将客观题答案填涂在答题卡的相应位置上～作文在答题纸相应位置上作答～在其它位置作答无效。 I. Phonetics (5 points) A: You can have shrimp cocktail, fresh fruit cocktail, tomato juice,… Directions: In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined letters or letter combinations B: 15 marked A, B, C and D. Compare the underlined parts and identify the one that is different from the others in pronunciation. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre( A. What can I do for you? 1. A. debt B. thumb C. doubt D. widespread B. How do you want your steak done: rare, medium or well-done? 2. A. choose B. blood C. afternoon D. bloom C. Are there any particular dishes you would recommend? 3. A. question B. invitation C. donation D. communication D. This way, please. 4. A. singer B. finger C. signal D. geese E. I’m fond of chicken. 5. A. kitchen B. match C. whistle D. teenager F. I’ll have the fruit cocktail. II.Situational Dialogues (15 points) G. Then I’ll try the steak. Section A(5 points) Directions: In this section there are 5 short dialogues. For each dialogue, there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and III. Reading Comprehension (45 points) D. You are required to choose the ONE that best fits into the dialogue. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Section A (30 points) Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Directions: There are three passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished 6. —Putting on a happy face not only helps us make friends but also makes us feel better.statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A，B，C and D. You are required to choose the ONE — .that best fits into the statement. Mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the A. I' d love to B. I' m with you on that centre. C. It’s up to you D. It’s my pleasure Passage 1 7. — I love the Internet. I’ve come to know many friends on the Internet. Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage. — ________. Few of them would become your real friends. America is a society in which children have watched approximately 180,000 television commercials by the A. That’s for sure B. It’s not the case time that they have reached their middle teens. My friend Julie learned this fact a few weeks ago and decided to do C. I couldn’t agree more D. I’m pleased to know that something about it. She thinks that the number of commercials that children see can influence the way in which 8. —I’m sorry for being late. I should have phoned you earlier. they view the world. That is, Julie believes that children, who watch so many ads will grow up to believe that the —_________. I’ve just arrived. most important thing in life is to buy, buy, buy! This, says Julie, is wrong. A little child cannot understand A. That’s no trouble B. You are welcome advertisements for what they are and so believes totally in what he or she hears. C. That’s all right D. You can never tell I have been thinking about what Julie has told me. I suppose that she is right. I know that it is easy to 9. —Could you be so kind as to close the window? manipulate the minds of children because they don’t see things carefully, as adults do. And I am upset myself at — . how the advertisers can control a child’s outlook on the world. I think I should join Julie in her efforts to change A. With pleasure B. Go ahead C. Yes, please D. That's OK advertising tactics when it comes to advertisements for children. I really have a responsibility to make sure that 10. —We could invite John and Barbara to the Friday night party. future generations are given every chance to develop their minds without the interference of mass media. —Yes, ______ ? I’ll give them a call right now. Of course, there is another side to the issue. After all, parents ought to take responsibility for what their A. why not B. what for C. why D. what children watch and how much television they see. I know that many parents just want their children to be quiet, Section B(10 points) and so they let them watch as much television as they want. But, in the long run, the methods of advertisers have Directions: In this section there is a long dialogue with 5 missing sentences. At the end of the dialogue, there is a enormous power because we are a society of consumers. I only hope that some day there can be a solution to this list of given choices. You are required to select the ONE that best fits into the dialogue. Then mark the problem. Children need our guidance, not the guidance of advertisers. corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Note that there are two additional choices and you may not use any of the choices in the list more than once. 16. According to Julie, children are likely to be misled by commercials mainly because_ __ 23.According to this passage , which of the following books was most probably written under the influence of A. they are 180,000 commercials produced each year Olivia Langdon? B. they urge their parents to buy them things advertised A. “The celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaberas County”. B. “A Million Pound Note”. C. they spend little time on their assignments C. “Life on the Mississippi”. D. ”Tom Sawyer”. D. they are too young to understand the implications of ads 24. What helped Mark Twain become famous and made better sale of his books? 17. The word “tactics”(Line 4, Para.2) in the context means_ __ A. His humorous style in writing. A. tricks B. power C. guidance D. influence B. His experience on the Mississippi. 18. It is implied in the third paragraph that__ __ C. His talks on a variety of subjects during his travels around the country. A. most advertisers take advantage of children B. most advertisements are illegal and immoral D. His wife’s influence on his works. C. advertisers view the world differently D. advertisements are all misleading 25. Which of the following statement is not true about Mark Twain? 19. The writer seems to think that parents who let their children watch television at will are __ _ A. He is considered the best author in American literature. A. passive B. sympathetic C. irresponsible D. unkind B. He fell in love with Olivia Langdon when he saw her picture. 20. The major point discussed in the passage is ___ _ C. He was a successful lecturer as well as famous writer. A. the ill-effect of television watching on children B. the influence of commercials and the guidance of parents D. He completed his last work when he was 74 years old. C. a sound way to keep the children quiet D. the business of television commercials. Passage 3 Passage 2 Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage. The faces of elderly, happily-married people sometimes resemble each other. Dr. Aiken studied a number of Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage. No author in American literature is better known or more loved than Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Born in couples who had been married for at least twenty-five years. Each couple provided four photographs—one photo Missouri in 1835, he grew up on the banks of the Mississippi River and became a river boat pilot when he was 21 of each partner at the time of their marriage and another photo of each partner twenty-five or more years later. All years old. So he adopted the pen name of “Mark Twain”, which was derived from a phrase meaning “two fathoms background was cut from the photos to remove any clues. The photos were then displayed in groups: a random deep” used by the boatmen on the Mississippi as they measured the depth of the river. The river environment grouping of the persons at the time of their marriage and another random grouping of the same persons who took inspired the two novels which brought him his greatest name: “Tom Sawyer” and “Huckleberry Finn”. Another photographs later. Some judges were asked to pick out the partners. They failed totally with the first group. Their book ,“Life on the Mississippi”, told of his adventures on the river boats of that period. judgments were no better than chance. But with the photos taken twenty-five or more years after the marriage, the It was during the Civil War that Mark Twain’s life as a writer started. At that time he was working as a judges were quite successful at deciding who was married to whom. They were particularly successful with the newspaper man in Nevada and California. His short story “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaberas County” most happily-married couples. was an immediate success and his new career began, “A Million Pound Note” written in 1893 was another Dr. Aiken believes there are several reasons why couples grow alike. One reason has something to do with well-known short story. imitation. One person tends to copy or do the same as someone else without knowing it. He says human beings In 1870, Mark Twain married Olivia Langdon. He had fallen in love with her picture even before he met her. imitate the expressions of the faces of their loved ones. Another possible reason, he says, is the common According to his biographers, his wife had a great influence on Twain’s later books. experience of the couples. There is tendency for people who have the same life experience to change their faces in Mark Twain was also a very successful lecturer. His travels around the country giving talks on a variety of similar ways. For example, if a couple suffered from a lot sad experiences, their faces are likely to change in a subjects helped make him famous and increased the sale of his books. similar way. “Tom Sawyer” and “Huckleberry Finn” are considered Twain’s best works. They are marked by humor and 26. The main purpose of the passage is to ____ __. salty and provide his readers with an excellent picture of his era. His last book was finished before his death. He A. tell how couples like each other B. show the life experience of husband and wife was then 74 years old. C. explain why couples grow alike D. describe the study on a number of married people 21. Samuel Langhorne Clemens adopted the pen name of “Mark Twain” _____. 27. The judges failed to ___ ___. A. when he was 21 years old. A. tell couples by looking at their photos taken when they got married B. after he wrote the novel “Life on the Mississippi”. B. distinguish happily-married couples from sadly-married couples C. from a phrase used by the boatmen on the Mississippi. C. discover the difference of each partner D. because the boatmen called him “Mark Twain” when he worked as a riverboat pilot. D. understand Dr. Aiken’s study 22. Mark Twain’s career as a writer began when____ ___. 28. According to the passage, ____ __looked more alike. A he wrote “A Million Pound Note”. B he was working on the Mississippi. A. old couples B. couples living in happiness C the Civil War broke out . D he was working as a newspaper man. C. couples living a sad life D. long-married couples 29. The sentence “their judgments were no better than chance” means their judgments were ______. In half the cases, the experimenters patted the students 48 on the back of the shoulder for about one second 49 A. quite successful B. based on facts C. correct only by luck D. were wrong providing verbal(口头的) instructions about the study. Both male and female students who were touched by a 30. From the passage we can draw a conclusion that ___ ___. female experimenter were 50 more likely to choose the risky alternative 51 those who had not been touched or A. happily-married couples are often richer than other couples B. couples who look alike can live longer were patted by male experimenters. The reassuring(宽慰的)touch of a woman may have induced early associations, C. the influence between couples can be quite strong D. all couples have been proved to grow alike 52 the same openness to exploration that is observed in young children of 53 mothers, explains Jonathan Levav, a business professor at Columbia University and leading author of the study. Section B(15 points) Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank To further 54 that a woman’s touch links feelings of security 55 risk taking, the researchers asked a 56 group from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before of undergraduates to make financial decisions after a writing exercise. Half of them wrote about a time they felt making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for secure and supported, whereas the 57 half wrote about feeling insecure and alone. Evoking (唤起) a 58 of each item on Answer sheet with a single line through the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more insecurity made students in the latter group 59 receptive to the gentle shoulder pats from female experimenters and than once. much more willing to take a risk—just as a child leaving for a field trip might steal one last reassuring hug 60 Mom before stepping on the bus. Questions 31 to 40 are based on the following passage. French fries, washed down with a pint of soda, are a favorite part of fast-food lunches and dinners for millions 41. A) by B) up C) above D) across of American youngsters. But 31 a cue from health experts, a group of 19 restaurant companies are pledging to offer 42. A) concern B) attachment C) treatment D) appeal more-healthful menu options for children at a time when 32 is growing over the role of fast food in childhood 43. A) bare B) unique C) mere D) just 44. A) enough B) ready C) easy D) quick obesity(肥胖症). Burger King, the nation’s second-largest fast food chain, for instance, will 33 automatically including French 45. A) generating B) regulating C) affecting D) refining fries and soda in its kids’ meals starting this month, although they will still be 34. Instead, the company said 46. A) exhibited B) published C) appeared D) advertised Tuesday, its employees will ask parents whether they 35 such options as milk or sliced apples before assembling 47. A) return B) expense C) cost D) prize the meals. “We’re asking the customers to 36 what they want,” said Craig Prusher, the chain’s vice president of 48. A) seemingly B) strongly C) partly D) lightly government relations. Other participating chains, with a 37 of menu options, including Denny’s, Chili’s, Friendly’s 49. A) if B) so C) while D) whereas and Chevy’s. 50. A) rather B) far C) further D) pretty As part of the Kids Live Well campaign-expected to be announced 38 Wednesday—participating restaurants 51. A) than B) as C) which D) that 52. A) intending B) inferring C) inspiring D) instructing must promise to offer at least one children’s meal that has fewer than 600 calories(卡路里), no soft drinks and at least two 39 from the following food groups: fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins or low-fat dairy. Among 53. A) supportive B) lively C) strict D) respectful other requirements, they must offer a side dish that meets similar 40, with fewer than 200 calories and less than 54. A) enable B) ensure C) consent D) confirm 35%of its calories from sugar. 55. A) beyond B) with C) for D) along 56. A) relative B) competitive C) different D) successive A) adapt D) concern G) nationwide J) recommending M) stop 57. A) next B) other C) minor D) opposite B) available E) criteria H) possible K) species N) taking 58. A) hint B) clue C) chain D) sense C) begin F) items I)prefer L) specify O) variety 59. A) especially B) specially C) securely D) entirely 60. A) toward B) into C) of D) from IV. Cloze (30 points) Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage(For each blank there are four choices marked A，B，C and D. You are required to choose the ONE that best fits into the passage(Then mark the corresponding letter on Writing (25 points) the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Directions: In this part you are required to write a composition entitled Where to seek employment: in big city or Strong emotional bonds between mothers and infants increase children’s willingness to explore the world—an in small city in no less than 120 words according to the following Chinese outline(Please remember to write it effect that has been observed 41 the animal kingdom, in people, monkeys and even spiders. The more secure we on the Composition Sheet( are in our 42 to Mom, the more likely we are to try new things and take risks. Now researchers are discovering that 1. 很多人向往在大城市工作 this effect continues into adulthood. A 43 reminder of Mom’s touch or the sound of her voice on the phone is 44 to 2. 也有一些人向往在小城市工作 change people’s minds and moods, 45 their decision making in measurable ways. 3. 你对此的看法 In a study 46 online in April in Psychological Science, undergraduate business students had to choose between safe bets and risky gambles—a bond with a guaranteed 4 percent yearly 47 or a riskier stock option, for example.