专升本入学考试英语试卷(一)

网络高等教育 专升本入学考试英语试卷 一 考试类型 闭卷 总分 100 分 专业 考号 姓名 题号 III 总分 分数 Part I Vocabulary and Structure 40 Directions There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part For each sentence there are four choices marked A B C and D Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence 1 B mistakes in learning English is not stupid but afraid of making mistakes is A Make be B Making you are C Making being D Making one is 2 B his arrival at the airport he made a long distant call to his wife at home A On B Since C The moment D As soon as 3 C a car on an icy road the brake must be used gently A Driving B When driving C If driving D When one is driving 4 There would be no doubt A the boy had done something wrong A what B whether C if D that 5 It was his own stupidity that C his downfall A brought up B brought forward C brought down D brought about 6 It is true that the surroundings will B one s work and studies A affect B attend C alter D apologize 7 You are supposed to write your composition every D line A one B a C other D another 8 After living for years in a big city they found it difficult to settle C in a town A for B at C up D down 9 I wonder why he was late for the meeting He has always been punctual So do I He D an accident A must have B should have had C would have had D might have had 10 Hearing someone unlocking the door the man rushed to the back door D the table over and almost all the fine plates A to knock smashing B knocking smashed C knocked smashing D knocking smashing 11 Before C the office she always makes sure the lights A left turn off B leaving to turn off C leave turning off D to leave in turning off 12 B computers have greatly changed our way of life is a universally accepted fact A Modern B That modern C What modern D It is modern 13 I am not sure B A whether are these railway timetables accurate B how accurate are these railway timetables C where can we get these railway timetables D if these railways timetables are accurate 14 It was because of his wife s chance discovery B he was able to find his long lost brother A that B then C so that D by which 15 Her parents C to see the doctor without delay A suggested her to go B insisted on her to go C made her to go D insisted that she go 16 Having been treated so badly in her aunt s family the girl couldn t C and left A put it up B put up with it C put it off D put with it 17 This is the subject D they will argue for a long time A which B about which C about that D that 18 A received education as today A Never have so many women B Never have women ever C Never so many women D Never have there been so many women 19 Imagine C with someone who never stops practical jokes on you A to live to play B living playing C to live playing D living to play 20 When I entered the living room mother didn t say anything but I noticed a B look come over her face A surprise B surprising C surprised D surprisingly Part II Reading Comprehension 60 Directions There are three reading passages in this part Each passage is followed by some statements and questions You should decide on the best choice Passage One When you send a letter or a postcard you have to put stamps on the envelope or on the card When did people first begin to use stamps Who was the first to think of this idea In the early nineteenth century people did not use stamps They had to pay postage when they received letters Sometimes they didn t want to receive a letter at all but they had to pay money for it They were unhappy about this The postage was high at that time because the post offices had to send many people to get the postage Rowland Hill was a schoolteacher in England He was the first to think of using stamps in the 1850s He thought it would be much easier for people to use stamps They could go to the post office to buy stamps and put them on envelopes before they sent the letters The post office could just put seals on the stamps so that people could not use the stamps again In this way the post office did not need to send postmen to get postage It only needed fewer postmen to send letters 1 People began to use stamps at the beginning of the nineteenth century A A True B False 2 Before stamps were used postage was paid by the letter receivers C A True B False 3 Rowland Hill D A bought the first stamp B was a postman in England C gave the idea to use stamps D was the first man to use stamps 4 After stamps were used B A postmen needn t get postage B people needn t pay postage C the post office could get more postage D people should pay more postage 5 What is the main idea of the passage B A How did stamps begin to be used B Why were postmen sent to get postage C When did people first begin to use stamps D Who was the first to think of using stamps Passage Two I don t often lose things and I m especially careful with money so I was quite surprised when I reached for my wallet and it wasn t there At first I thought it was possible that I could have left it at home Then I remembered taking it out to pay for the taxi so I knew I had it with me just before I walked into the restaurant I wondered if it was possible that it could have slipped out of my pocket while I was eating dinner Thinking about that possibility I turned and walked back to the table where I had been sitting Unfortunately there were several people sitting at the table at the time so I called a waiter and explained to him that my wallet had fallen out of my pocket while I was sitting at the table a few minutes earlier I had the waiter go over to the table to see if my wallet was on the floor While the waiter was looking for it the manager of the restaurant came up to me and asked me if anything was wrong I didn t want to get a lot of people involved in the problem but I knew I had to get the wallet back I told the manager what had happened He had me describe the wallet to him and then he insisted that I report the missing wallet to the police I told him that I didn t particularly want to get the police involved in it besides I was in a hurry because I had an appointment with my doctor in just a few minutes I explained to him that my biggest worry at the moment was how I was going to pay the check He told me not to worry about that He had me write down my name and address and he said he would send me a bill 6 When he walked back to the table the writer asked the people at the table about his wallet D A True B False 7 The manager came up pretty soon to see what had happened C A True B False 8 Why was the writer so sure he had brought his wallet with him B A He remembered that he didn t leave it at home B He always felt his pocket for the wallet before he left home C He believed his own memory D He had taken it out to pay the taxi driver 9 According to the passage the writer most probably lost his wallet when A A he took it out to pay for the taxi B he walked into the restaurant C he was eating dinner D he was ordering his dish 10 Why did the writer walk back to the table where he had been sitting C A He was sure his wallet was still there B It was possible that he could find his wallet there C He could ask someone there about his wallet D He saw the wallet lying on the floor near the table Passage Three When we talk about intelligence we do not mean the ability to get a good score on a certain kind of test or even the ability to do well in school These are at best only indicators of something larger deeper and far more important By intelligence we mean a style of life a way of behaving in various situations The true test of intelligence is not how much we know what to do but how we behave when we don t know what to do The intelligent person young or old meeting a new situation or problem opens himself up to it He tries to take in with mind and senses everything he can about it He thinks about it instead of about himself or what it might cause to happen to him He grapples 努力克服 with it boldly imaginatively resourcefully 机智地 and if not confidently at least hopefully if he fails to master it he looks without fear or shame at his mistakes and learns what he can from them This is intelligence Clearly its roots lie in a certain feeling about life and one s self with respect to life Just as clearly unintelligence is not what most psychologists seem to suppose the same thing as intelligence only less of it It is an entirely different style of behavior arising out of entirely different set of attitudes Years of watching and comparing bright children with the not bright or less bright have shown that they are very different kinds of people The bright child is curious about life and reality eager to get in touch with it embrace 捉住机会 it unite himself with it There is no wall no barrier between himself and life On the other hand the dull child is far less curious far less interested in what goes on and what is real more inclined 倾向于 to live in a world of fantasy The bright child likes to experiment to try things out He lives by the maxim 格言 that there is more than one way to skin a cat If he can t do something one way he ll try another The dull child is usually afraid to try at all It takes a great deal of urging to get him to try even once if that try fails he is through Nobody starts off stupid Hardly an adult in a thousand or ten thousand could in any three years of his life learn as much grow as much in his understanding of the world around him as every infant 婴儿 learns and grows in his first three years But what happens as we grow older to this extraordinary capacity for learning and intellectual growth What happens is that it is destroyed and more than by any other one thing it is destroyed by the process that we misname education a process that goes on in most homes and schools 11 The writer believes that