黑龙江统招专升本2014英语真题

基础英语 试卷

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I. Choose the best item to complete each of the following sentences. (1%x20)=20%

1. The speaker _____ for a moment, and then began to answer the question. A. shook B. paused C. pressed D. tripped

2. It is unnecessary for those who study hard to consider the _____ of failing the exam. A. danger B. warning C. surprise D. possibility

3. Friends and neighbors can be a good _____ of support to families who are experiencing difficulty. A. source B. genius C. quality D. equipment

4. It was reported that the earthquake was the most _____ to have struck that area in fifty years. A. special B. powerful C. favorite D. exciting

5. New medicines are _____ remarkable results in the treatment of cancer. A. finding B. requiring C. solving D. producing

6. The whole composition is good _____ some careless mistakes. A. except for B. except that C. except

D. except from

7. Do you know why she looks so _____? She got high marks in the final examinations. A. cheerful B. sad C. angry D. confused

8. Although we are of the same age, we _____ in height and weight (体重). A. vary B. various C. different D. very

9. Do you always ______ an English-Chinese dictionary when you come across (遇到)

new words in your reading? A. consider B. cheat C. consult D. contact

10. The Chinese government has set up Dragon Boat Festival ( 端 午 节 ) as a(n) ______ holiday. A. long B. spring C. official D. universal

11. The country is experiencing fast ______ in science and technology. A. moving B. speed

C. development D.

making

12. You are ______ to choose two books from those on the shelf. A. spoken B. allowed C. liked

D. interested

13. Please tell me the ______ idea of your paper. A. main B. big C. high D. good

14. Tony often ______ with his wife about money. A. argues B. interviews

C. embarrasses D. improves

15. All the students in Mrs. Black's class are working very hard in order to ______ themselves in English. A. expect B. compare C. improve D. learn

16. The teacher ______ Tom's homework with Mike's and found little difference. A. compared B. experienced C. sensed D. decided

17. If you think getting a certificate means getting a job, you are ________ yourself. A. keeping B. having C. cheating D. doing

18. A good ________ is the first step to a good job. A. education B. unit C. text D. subject

19. It took the experts several months to decide on the _____ for the new airport. A. source B. earth C. site

D. character

20. She is so strange. She always tries to _____ talking to me. A. prefer B. protect C. avoid D. assure

II. Cl o z e. Decide which of the choices below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. (1%x10)=10%

The world 21. ________ many interesting sounds. Some are unpleasant to our

ears while 22. ________ are very pleasant to hear. In a single day you probably hear 23. ________sounds. All sounds are different. Some 24. ________ loud, some sounds are high, others are low, some sounds are useful. 25. ________sound we can not talk or listen to each other. The ringing of the alarm clock wakes people up. The hooting（鸣笛声）of a car warns people of danger. Some sounds are harmful. When planes fly low 26. ________the land, the very loud sounds can damage the house. Very loud sound can even make people deaf. We know sound travels about one kilometer in three 27. ________. In a thunder storm you see the lighting first and then hear the

thunder. This is because light travels 28. ________ than sound. Next time you see lighting count the number of seconds before you hear the thunder. Divide this number 29. ________ This will tell you 30. ________kilometers away the thunder storm is. 21. A. full of B. fill with C. is filled of D. is filled with 22. A. others B. the other C. another D. the others 23. A. hundreds of B. hundred of C. hundreds D. hundred 24. A. may B. maybe C. may be D. can 25. A. Of B. With C. Without D. By 26. A. in B. on C. across D. over

27. A. hours B. days C. minutes D. seconds (秒)

28. A. more fast B. much faster C. more faster D. much fast 29. A. in B. of C. by D. at

30. A. how much B. how many C. how far D. how long III. Reading Comprehension (2%x15=30%) Passage 1

She is widely seen as proof that good looks can last for ever. But, at nearly 500 years of age, time is catching up with the Mona Lisa.

The health of the famous picture, painted by Leonardo da Vinci in 1505, is getting

worse by the year, according to the Louver Museum where it is housed.

“The thin, wooden panel（画板）on which the Mona Lisa is painted in oil has changed shape since experts checked it two years ago,” the museum said. Visitors have noticed changes but repairing the world’s most famous painting is not easy. Experts are not sure about the materials the Italian artist used and their current chemical state.

Nearly 6 million people go to see the Mona Lisa every year, many attracted by the mystery of her smile. “It is very interesting that when you’re not looking at her, she seems to be smiling, and then you look at her and she stops,” said Professor

Margaret Livingstone of Harvard University. “It’s because direct vision is excellent at picking up details, but less suited to looking at shadows（阴影）. Da Vinci painted the smile in shadows.”

Da Vinci himself loved it so much that he always carried it with him, until it was eventually sold to France’s King Francis I in 1519.

During World War Ⅱ, French hid the painting in small towns to keep it out of the hands of German forces.

Like many old ladies, the Mona Lisa has some interesting stories to tell. 31. In the first paragraph, “catching up with” means _____________. A. coming up from behind B. getting along with C. making up for D. having effect on

32. It is difficult to repair this painting due to ___________. A. painting material B. wooden panel

C. long history D. good name

33. Mona Lisa is smiling when you look ___________. A. at her

B. from the corner of your eyes C. into the shadows D. for details

34. Para. 4 is mainly about __________. A. the history of the Mona Lisa B. the condition of the Mona Lisa C. the secret of Mona Lisa’s smile D. the secret of Mona Lisa

35. During World War II the famous painting was in ________. A. Italy B. France C. Britain D. Germany Passage 2

Telephone, television, radio, and the Internet help people communicate with each other. Because of these devices, ideas and news of events spread quickly all over the world. For example, within seconds, people can know the results of an election in another country. An international football match comes into the homes of everyone with a television set. News of a disaster, such as a flood, can bring help from distant countries. Within hours, help is on the way. This is because modern technology information travels fast.

How has this speed of communication changed the world? To many people, the world has become smaller. Of course, this does not mean that the world is actually physically smaller. It means that the world seems smaller. Two hundred years ago, communication between the continents took a long time. All news was carried on ships that took weeks or even months to cross the oceans. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, it took six weeks for news from Europe to reach the Americas. This time difference influenced people's actions. For example, a few battles in the war of 1812 between England and the United States could have been avoided. A peace agreement had already been signed. Peace was made in England, but the news of

peace took six weeks to reach America. During these six weeks, the large and serious Battle of New Orleans was fought. Many people lost their lives after a peace treaty had been signed. They would not have died if news had come in time. In the past, communication took much more time than it does now. There was a good reason why the world seemed so much larger than it does today.

36. Thanks to ________, we can gain brand-new ideas and news of events from all over the world.

A. modern technology B. Europe

C. ocean travel

D. disasters

37. What attitude did the writer hold to the people who died in the War of 1812? A. Curious. B. Amazed. C. Sympathetic. D. Angry.

38. What took six weeks a couple of hundred years ago? A. The War of 1812 between the US and England. B. Agreeing on peace during the War of 1812. C. The Battle of New Orleans that wasn’t avoided. D. Ocean travel between Europe and America.

39. Some battles in the war between England and America could have been avoided if ________.

A. people had signed the peace agreement sooner B. the peace agreement had reached America earlier C. the peace agreement had not been lost on the way D. people of the two countries had taken some action 40. Which is the most appropriate title for this passage? A. Modern Technology and Communication B. People Today in the Small World C. The Unnecessary War of 1812 D. People in the Information Age Passage 3

On a summer afternoon in 1795, a teenage boy named Daniel McGinnis was exploring a tiny island off the eastern coast of Canada. He was walking through a meadow (草地) of tall grass when he noticed something strange. In the center of meadow was a huge oak (橡树) tree. The ground beneath it was lower than the surrounding ground.

Daniel knew that pirates (海盗) had once sailed in the waters around the island. The next day Daniel returned to the island with shovels (铲子) and two friends. The boys began digging and soon discovered a layer of stones. Under the stones was a hole about four meters wide. It was filled with loose dirt. The boys kept digging for several days. Three meters below the ground their shovels hit an oak floor. They kept digging.

But when they discovered another oak floor nine meters below the ground, they decided that they couldn’t dig any deeper.

Eight years later, Daniel McGinnis returned with a group of men to continue

digging beneath the oak tree. One evening, 30 meters below the ground, their shovels hit a large wooden box. The box had to be a treasure chest (大箱子)! The men went home to rest until daylight. When they returned in the morning, there was an

unpleasant surprise—the hole had filled with water. The men couldn’t remove the water.

During the following 200 years, dozens of search groups have dug in the hole, but each group only made the hole bigger. The hole that was once four meters wide is

now enormous. The oak tree is now gone. Where is the hole Daniel McGinnis found? Today nobody knows for sure, and there is still the problem of water in the hole. 41. Daniel McGinnis _______. A. had ancestors who were pirates

B. was curious about the valuable treasure of pirates C. was a pirate himself

D. recovered the valuable treasure of pirates

42. When Daniel and his two friends dug for the treasure, they _______. A. discovered an oak there

B. gave up because they had dug too deep C. found an oak floor

D. dug for about 12 meters deep

43. When Daniel and his friends continued digging eight years later, the major problem was _______. A. removing the dirt

B. making the hole bigger

C. locating the large wooden box D. getting water out of the hole

44. Which of the following explains the disappearance of the hole found by Daniel McGinnis?

A. The oak tree was planted elsewhere. B. The hole was made much bigger. C. Seawater drowned (淹没) the island. D. Other search groups gave up on finding the hole.

45. The best title for the passage is _______. A. Legend (传奇) of Daniel Mc Ginnis B. Mystery of the Hidden Treasure C. Discovery of the Hidden Treasure D. Explorers of the Mysterious Island

IV. Fill in the blanks with the words given below, changing the form if necessary. Fill in each bland with one word only. (1%x10=10%)

attempt necessarily base amount prefer importance wound communicate cruel interview 46. It was difficult to tell how many people had been ________in the earthquake. 47. We need a huge ______of money to build a new high school for the children in this area.

48. He has no language talent at all, so learning English is a(n) ________ thing to him.

49. Traveling abroad isn't _______ expensive as long as you find hotels and restaurants of reasonable prices.

50. Teamwork is _______on mutual (相互的) respect, trust, and understanding. 51. They accept what is happening without _________ to change it.

52. Mr. Black ________ famous people every week in his radio program.

53. In the online classroom, people _______with each other by writing. . My parents would _______that I study law at university. 55. In the end, he realized the _______of foreign languages. V. Translation (4%x5=20%)

56. 房子着火了，里面的人面临着死亡的危险。（in danger of）

57. 他把老店卖了，开了一家新店，以便赚更多的钱。（make money）

58. 你永远无法从他那儿得到直接的回答。（get... out of）

59. 一方面汽车有用，可另一方面它们也造成污染（pollution）。（on the one hand... on the other hand）

59. 买衬衣之前最好试穿一下。（try on）

VI. Writing (10%)

Directions: This part in to test your ability to do practical writing. You are required to write an English letter of no less than 60 words according to the following instructions.

61. 假设你得知朋友 Mike 要来北京学习中文，你写信表示欢迎。 内容包括：

1. 现在很多外国人在学习中文，因为中文很有用； 2. 中文难，与英文不同； 3. 建议他如何学好中文。