2012年河南专升本公共英语复习模拟题(三) (2).doc

1927PartIReading ComprehensionDirections:There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A., B., C., and D. You should decide on the choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage 1Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage.One of the advantages of being self-employed is that the profit the business makes belongs to the owner. If the self-employed person in successful in business, he or she has the chance to earn a great deal of money and even become wealthy. The profit earned by a self-employed person is the reward for his or her effort, ability, and creativity. Thus, a second advantage of being self-employed is that a persons intelligence and abilities have a direct effect on his or her earnings. People who have outstanding abilities or intelligence often find they can earn far morethrough self-employment than they can through working as an employee. A third advantage of being self-employed is that a person can control both the number of hours worked and the hours of work. While not all self-employed people are completely free to choose whatever hours theywant to work, most of them have more control over this area than do thepeople who for salaries or wages. As with most things in life, being self-employed is not without problems. First, being ones own boss places the responsibility for success directly on that individuals shoulders. Abilities and intelligence will be put to the test. Everyone has some weaknesses and is less capable in some things than in others. These weaknesses will affect how successful self-employed person is. Second, though the self-employed can earn considerable profits with a successful business, losses can force them out of business and, in some instances, place them in debt. A thirddisadvantage concerns income security. Self-employed people have noguaranteed wage. Their earnings can vary greatly from year to year, depending on business conditions. Salaried people, on the other hand, can generally count on continued earnings from year to year. In addition, salaried people often enjoy fringe benefits that mean greater peace of mind. Fringe benefits are all of the benefits provided for employees inaddition to wages and salaries. One of these benefits may be insurancepaid for by the employer that continues the employees salary in the event of sickness or accident. Many self-employed people do not have suchprotection, unless they put money aside themselves.1. A self-employed person is one _. A. who can make a big profit B. who is his or her own boss C. whose business has a better chance to success D. who employs no others but his or her relatives2. One of the advantages self-employment offers is that self-employed people _. A. may decide when and how long they work B. have outstanding abilities and intelligence C. may get more business support from the government D. are easy to earn money and ready to become wealthy3. One problem of self-employment is that _. A. there is no guarantee of income security B. it is comparatively weak in management C. an employers earnings have nothing to do with business conditions D. salaries may vary greatly from person to person 4. We may guess from the context that fringe benefits _. A. are all the money provided for employees B. are benefits an employee receives apart from wages and salaries C. consist of those that are paid by insurance companies D. result from business activities the employer has organized 5. The authors attitude towards self-employment is _. A. positive B. negative C. indifferent D. objectivePassage2Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage. Every living thing has what scientists call a biological clock thatcontrols behavior. It tells plants when to form flowers and insects when to leave protective cocoon and fly away. And it tells animals and human beings when to awaken, sleep, and seek food. It controls our body temperatures, the release of some hormones and even dreams. Events outside the plant and animal affect its actions. Scientists recently found that a tiny animal called Siberian hamster changes the color of its fur because of the number of hours of daylight. In shorter days of winter its fur becomes white. The fur becomes gray-brown in longer hours of daylight in summer. Inner signals control other biological clocks. German scientists found that some internal one seems to order birds to begin their migration flights two times each year. Birds prevented from flying become restless, when it is time for the trip. But they become calm again when the time of the flight has ended. A mix of outside and internal events controls some biological clocks; such things as heartbeat and the daily change from sleep to walking take place because of both external and internal signals. Scientists are beginning to learn which parts of the brain contain the biological clocks. A researcher at Harvard UniversityDr. Martin Moore Edesaid a small group of cells near the front of the brain seems to control the timing of some of our actions. Probably there are other cells to control other body activities. He is studying how they affect the way we do our work. Most of us have great difficulty if we must often change to different work hours. It can take many days for a human body to accept a major change in work hours. Industrial officials should have a better understanding of biological clocks and how they affect workers. He said such an understanding could reduce sickness and accidents at work, and would help increase production.6. Which of the following can not be controlled by biological clocks?A. Dreams. B. when and what to eat. C. Body temperature. D. When the flowers should open. 7. The author mentions Siberian hamster to illustrate that _. A. every living thing has a biological clock B. Siberian hamster is a highly adaptive species C. biological clocks can change an animals skin color D. external factors can affect the behavior of an organism 8. From the passage we can infer that _. A. biological clocks are responsible for all the human behaviors B. biological clocks are too mysterious to be explained C. heartbeat and some daily activities affect biological clocks D. studies on biological clocks can throw some light on human actions 9. Why should industrial officials have a better understanding of biological clocks? A. Because some cells in the brain are very important. B. Because it is very hard to change working time. C. Because it may lead to improvement of work efficiency. D. Because it takes a long time for a person to get used to the shift ofwork hours. 10. The best title for the passage could be _. A. A Brief Account of Biological Clocks B. Biological Clocks and Work Efficiency C. How Biological Clocks Work D. The location of Biological ClocksPassage3 Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage. There is no arguing about tasteruns the Latin proverb. But taste did not just happen. Cultural, historical, biological and environmental events have interacted to cause frogs, for example, to be viewed as delicious insouthern China but to be regarded with revulsion(厌恶)in northern China. Even though much remains unknown, tastes cannot be dismissed as inarguable or illogical; an attempt will be made here to discover why, as Lucretiusput it, What is food to one man may be fierce poison to others? Among the approximately thirty million tribal people of India, a total of 250 animal species are avoided by one group or another. Most of these people will not eat meat from a tiger or any of various snakes. Although they say they feel a relationship with these animals, it is obvious that both are highly dangerous and that hunting them systematically would be foolish.Monkeys are avoided, probably because they look like human beings in appearance; in these tribes, man-eating is viewed as extremely cruel. A reluctance to eat some female animals has been attributed to respect for the mothers role, but it could also be due to a policy of allowing the females to reproduce and provide more young for people. Many tribes avoid eating any animal that has died of unknown 西安装饰 西安装修 西安装修网 西安装修公司 西安装饰公司 会计网校 网校排名 西安家装网 西安家装公司石家庄装修公司 石家庄装修 石家庄装修网 石家庄装饰网 大连装修公司 大连装修 大连装饰网 大连装饰公司causes an intelligent attitude in view of the possibility that the animal might have died from a disease that could spread to humans. Animals that consume garbage are similarly avoided, an adaptive step that prevents contact with parasites (寄生虫), and that might explain why members of one tribe eat any of twenty-one different species of rats, but not the house mouse. 11.There is no arguing about taste, which means _. A. people dont like to talk about food B. ones taste in food is hard to explain C. there is no quarrelling about to eat D. no arguments about taste have been heard of before 12. It can be concluded from the first paragraph that _. A. the author is against eating frogs B. taste is illogical and inarguable C. some types of frogs are poisonous D. taste is influenced by many factors 13. The tribal people in India dont eat snakes because _. A. they are very dangerous B. they are respected by Indians C. they may spread disease D. they help kill rats 14. The tribal people in India may not eat the following animals EXCEPT _. A. donkeys B. tigers C. female deer D. house rats 15. The passage is probably written for the purpose of _. A. introducing the eating habit of Indian tribal people B. distinguishing different types of taste C. accounting for peoples different choices of taste D. explaining the relationship between taste and tribesPassage 4Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage. Americans who remember“the good old days”are not alone in complaining about the educational system in this country.Immigrants (移民) complain, too.Lately a German friend was filled with anger when he learned that the mathematics test given to his son on his first day as a college freshman included multiplication and division. Japanese businessmen in Los Angeles send their children to private schools staffed by teachers imported from Japan to learn mathematics at Japanese levels, generally considered at least a year more advanced than the level here. But I wonder: If American education is so poor, why is it that this is still the country of innovation (创新)?When I was 12 in Indonesia, I had to memorize the name of all the worlds major cities, from Kabul to Karachi. At the same age, my son, who was brought up a Californian, thought that Buenos Aires was Spanish for good food. However, unlike children of his age in Asia and Europe, my son had studied creative geography. When he was only 6, he drew a map of the route that he traveled to get to school, including the streets, the traffic signs and the houses that he passed.Dissatisfied American parents forget that in this country their children are able to experiment freely with ideas; without this they will not really be able to think or to believe in themselves. Critics of American education cannot grasp one thing: freedom. America, Ithink, is the only country that extends even to children the license tofreely speak, write and be creative. Our public education certainly is not perfect, but it is a great deal better than any other. I think I have found the answer to my question.16. From the text we learn that _.A. both Americans and immigrants are dissatisfied with the quality ofAmerican educationB. the author shares the general idea that American education is worsethan education in many other countriesC. Japanese schools in America require their American teachers to teach mathematics at Japanese levelsD. the authors German friend was a little displeased because themathematics test for his sonwas too easy17. Which of the following is NOT true?A. The author most probably was an immigrant from Asia and received someschool education there.B. Buenos Aires must be the name of a city, as are Kabul and Karachi.C. Children in other countries are not likely to learn creative geography.D. The knowledge of geography of the authors son shows that American education is poor.18. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?A. If children are not allowed to experiment freely with ideas they wont grow up independent and creative.B. Most Americans think the present American educational system is not asgood as it used to beC. Private schools run by Japanese businessmen maintain a higher level than American public schools.D. Americans are more innovative than other people in the world.19. In the last paragraph the author says,” I have found the answer to myquestion.”What is the question?A. Is Japanese education better than American education?B. Why do Japanese businessmen send their children to Japanese-staffed schools?C. Why was my son not taught enough geographic knowledge?D. Is American education really worse than education in other countries?20. What would be the best title for this passage?A. American education and education in foreign countriesB. Improvement needed for American educationC. Freedom to think-characteristic of American educationD. Education and innovation in America西安装饰 西安装修 西安装修网 西安装修公司 西安装饰公司 会计网校 网校排名 西安家装网 西安家装公司Part II Vocabulary and StructureDirections:There are 30 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. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet21. What you said reminds me _ something I read a few days ago.A. for B. by C. from D. of22. Another worry is that telecommunication systems may isolate people _ each other.A. from B. for C. with D. to23. The smog is due _ invisible gases, mostly from automobile exhaust.A. from B. to C. for D. with24. _ is accepted as true is relatively, and not absolutely, true.A. It B. That C. What D. That it25. There are many children and adolescents _ behavior is generally unacceptable.A. their B. Who C. Whom D. Whose26. Edison failed _ times before he succeeded in producing the first electric lamp.A. thousand B. thousands C. a thousand of D. thousands of27. Water _ the digestive juices flow more freely and helps to digest the food.A. makes B. causes C. pushes D. turns28. The panic attacks may _ for only a few minutes；some, however, continue for several hours.A. happen B. begin C. last D. end29. Let us see how dictionaries are made and how the editors _ definitions.A. lead to B. arrive at C. reach for D. approach to30. The nurse took _ of my blood to test.A. an example B. an instance C. a case D. a sample31. Should she come tomorrow, I _ take her to the museum.A. can B. will C.would D. must32. Many of us visited the industrial exhibition, _, to our disappointment; we saw very few high-tech (高技术) products.A. where B. which C. as D. that33. There networks are on the _ for warning signs that show the weakeningof rock layers that can precede an earthquake.A. eagerness B. alarm C. alert D. guard34. His name will be crossed out from the list _ he makes the same mistakes again.A. if B. unless C. because D. though35. With the soaring of prices, a number of young college graduates cannotearn their living, _ supporting their parents.A. not to say B. to say nothing ofC. not