2010英语密押2

云飞专升本《公共英语》密押试题二

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Part I 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 the ONE answer that best completes each sentence, and

then write the choices in the brackets.

1. He told me that he was very busy at the moment and could only________me a few minutes.

A. cost

B. spare

C. spend

D. save

2. More and more young people like playing football,________ is an exciting game.

A. what

B. which

C. that

D. because

3. They want to know________do to help us.

A. what can they

B. what they can

C. how they can

D. how can they

4. The tourists haven’t decided which hotel________.

A. to stay

B. to stay at

C. is to stay

D. to be staying

5. Did you go to Beijing last year? No,________.

A. I have never gone

B. I haven’ t gone to Beijing

C. I did never go there

D. I’ve never been to Beijing

6. The dress doesn’t fit, I’ll have to have it________.

A. sold

B. charged

C. changed

D. adopted

7. It’s most unwise to________in a quarrel between husband and wife.

A. combine

B. involve

C. separate

D. interfere

8. Circuses are very popular ________ children as well as adults.

A. to

B. for

C. by

D. with

9. There is no one in the world________.

A. that ever made mistakes

B. that has ever made mistakes

C. that never makes mistakes

D. that sometimes makes mistakes

10. It’s no good ________ remember grammatical rules. You need to practise what you have

learned.

A. try to

B. to try to

C. trying to

D. tried to

11. You ________ such a long essay. Mr. Smith only asked for 300 words, and you have written

900.

A. needn’t have written

B. needn’t write

C. didn’t need write

D. didn’t need to write

12. Because of air pollution, snow turned gray as it fell, and doctors warned ________ letting

children play outside.

A. about

B. on

C. at

D. against

13. I don’t particularly like the climate here________ I believe it is very healthy.

A. when

B. although

C. because

D. as

14. You like to play football in your leisure time, ________?

A. do you

B. don’t you

C. will you

D. won’t you

15. What we must do now________make a careful investigation on the circumstances.

A. are

B. is

C. is to

D. were to

16. In the course of a day students do far more than just ________ classes.

A. attend

B. attended

C. to attend

D. attending

17. The team really looks good tonight because the coach had them ________ every night this

week.

A. practice

B. practiced

C. to practice

D. the practice

18. The ship arrived at________ 12∶ 00, neither earlier nor later.

A. properly

B. exactly

C. almost

D. nearly

19. What matters ________ not winning but participating.

A. are

B. to be

C. was

D. is

20. “Mr. Black, I’d like you to meet my friend Peter Brown.”“________”

A. How do you do?

B. How are you?

C. How do you find things over there?

D. Very good!

21. She is deeply attached ________ her father.

A. to

B. on

C. with

D. for

22. My sister is used to________ with all the windows open.

A. sleep

B. sleeping

C. the sleeping

D. have slept

23. Not until the game had begun________ at the sports ground.

A. he arrived

B. he didn’t arrive

C. did he arrive

D. would he arrive

24. Most Chinese like to drink tea. But some prefer coffee________ tea.

A. to

B. for

C. with

D. against

25. Two________ died of cold last winter.

A. hundreds old people

B. hundred old people

C. hundreds old peoples

D. hundred old peoples

26. ________he comes, we won’t be able to go.

A. Except

B. Unless

C. Without

D. Even

27. The house is dark? the Browns________to bed.

A. may go

B. should go

C. should have gone

D. must have gone

28. If you want to telephone him, you’ll have to________up the number in the book.

A. look

B. see

C. find

D. search

29. It________ John and Kate who helped me the other day.

A. is

B. was

C. are

D. were

30. The enemy troops________ heavy losses in the battle.

A. suffered

B. received

C. accepted

D. met

31. I’d like to warn you ________ was said here must be kept secret.

A. whatever

B. that

C. whom

D. which

32. Not until the year of 1954 ________ made the capital of this country.

A. the city was

B. was the city

C. when the city was

D. was when the city

33. It’s no use our ________ any longer. He may come by any train. He is used to finding his way

around.

A. to wait

B. waiting

C. to have waited

D. having waited

34. He should try to make ________ for his loss of sleep by going to bed early.

A. back

B. out

C. up

D. with

35. Seat belt can prevent passengers ________ hitting their heads.

A. off

B. from

C. against

D. over

36. No one could tell us anything about the ________ stranger.

A. conscious

B. mysterious

C. serious

D. previous

37. The fact that, something is cheap doesn’t ________ mean it is of low quality.

A. necessarily

B. especially

C. essentially

D. practically

38. The soldiers were put in prison because they ________ to obey orders.

A. refused

B. rejected

C. denied

D. objected

39. With regarding to this model of color TV sets, the homemade

ones are by no means________

those made in Japan.

A. less inferior to

B. less inferior than

C. inferior than

D. inferior to

40. Perhaps the days may not be long in coming ________ all the valuable substances in coal and

oil will be fully utilized.

A. where

B. when

C. as

D. so

Part Reading Com Ⅱprehension (40 points)

Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or

incomplete statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. You

should decide on the best choice, and write it in the brackets “【】”. Passage One

Sometimes teens need to have some time away from their families. They may want to move

out of the family for a while. Many parents will say no to this demand. But experts say it might be

a good idea to let your teens live with a friend or relative. “It was the break I needed at the time,”

said Richard Lerner. He is talking about the time he spent living with his grandmother when he

was 15. “It allowed me to be a different person than I was with my parents.” Lerner said. He now

heads the Institute for Children, Youth and Families at Michigan State University. Experts say teens living away from their families can test new ways of thinking and getting

along with people. They may see new solutions to problems. This is different from running away,

the experts stress. Runaways are often fleeing serious problems. Some teens who want some time

away from family attend a structured summer program. Others live for a while with a relative or

with the family of a friend.

If there is conflict at home, having a teen live elsewhere can benefit other family members. It

gives everyone space to develop better relationships. Joseph Kett teaches history at the University

of Virginia in Charlottesville. He says living at home until the late teen years has become the norm

only in recent times. “In the 17th century, children were often sent to live in other people’s homes

when they were about 10 or 11.” he said.

Peter Sheras teaches education at the University of Virginia. He said parents should listen

when a child wants to move out. They should try to find out why the child wants some time away.

Often, parents can help the child find a safe place to stay during that time. In other cases, they can

meet the child’s needs at home.

41. According to this passage, many parents think it________ for their children to live away from

them.

A. right

B. happy

C. unsafe

D. reasonable

42. When children seriously disagree with their parents, experts suggest that parents should

________.

A. punish them

B. let them live away from their families

C. send for a teacher

D. keep them in the house

43. The underlined word “structured” means________.

A. built

B. stuck

C. organized

D. drunk

44. In history,________.

A. teens never left their families

B. teens often left their parents

C. teens never went to school

D. teens never make friends with each other

45. Nowadays living away and running away from home________.

A. never happen

B. often worry parents and teachers

C. are very popular

D. are accepted by people

Passage Two

Mr. Smith was a wealthy industrialist, but he was not satisfied with life. He did not sleep well

and his food did not agree with him. This situation lasted for some time. Finally,

after several

sleepless nights, he decided to consult his doctor. The doctor advised a change of surroundings.

“Go abroad”, he said. “But I’m not good at foreign language,” said Mr. Smith. “It doesn’t matter,”

said the doctor. “It won’t hurt you to talk a little less. Go on a voyage. Take plenty of exercise. Try

to reduce your weight. Avoid rich food.”

Mr. Smith went to Switzerland. He did not know French or German, and had to communicate

through gestures. He attended a physical training course. The instructor made him bend his knees

swing his arms, stretch his neck and shake his head rapidly. He had to lie on the ground and raise

his right and left legs alternately. After a time his muscles grew hard and firm. He forgot the

financial crisis and the importance of raising the level of production. He even began to notice

individual trees and individual birds.

Finally he returned home. But unfortunately his improvement was only temporary. Soon he

was a normal business man again, worried about his property, his profits, his savings, his

advancement in a technological society, and things in general.

46. Mr. Smith went to see his doctor because he________.

A. had little to eat

B. was seriously ill

C. had to sleep

D. didn’t feel well

47. The doctor advised Mr. Smith to do all except________.

A. talking less

B. learning a foreign language

C. eating less rich food

D. taking plenty of exercise

48. In the second paragraph, the word “gesture” means________.

A. body movement

B. simple words

C. pens or pencils

D. handshakes

49. When he traveled abroad, Mr. Smith________.

A. learned boxing

B. forgot all about his business

C. raised the level of production

D. shook his head all the time

50. In the last paragraph, the word “temporary” means________.

A. lasting for a short time

B. not deep

C. unimportant

D. developing very slowly

Passage Three

It is difficult for doctors to help a person with a hurt brain. Without enough blood, the brain

lives only three to five minutes. Sometimes the hurt brain gets better by itself. More often the

doctors can’t fix the hurt brain. Sometimes they are afraid to try something to

help. It is dangerous

to work on the brain. The doctor might make the person worse if he works on the brain. Dr. Robert White, a famous professor and doctor, thinks he knows a way to help. He thinks

doctors should try to make the brain become very cold. If it is very cold, the brain can live without

blood for 30 minutes. This gives the doctors a longer time to do something for the brain.

Dr. White tried his idea on 13 monkeys. First he taught them to do different jobs. Then he

operated on them. He made the monkeys’ blood go through a machine. The machine cooled the

blood. Then the machine sent the blood back to the monkeys’ brain. When the brain temperature

was 10℃, Dr. White stopped the blood to the brain. After 30 minutes he turned the blood back on.

He warmed the blood again. After their operations, the monkeys were as they were before. They

were healthy and busy. Each one could still do the jobs the doctor had taught them. Dr. White’s idea works well on monkeys. Are there other problems with human beings？Dr.

White thinks doctors will use his idea on human beings. He thinks it will help people who have to

die when their heart stops? doctors can start it again. The problem comes when the brain is without

blood for three to five minutes? the person has a living body, but a dead brain. Maybe in the future,

doctors will try Dr. White’s idea. When the person’s heart stops, the doctors will quickly try to

cool the brain. They will have 30 minutes to start the heart again. Maybe there will be no problem

with the brain.

51. Which of the following expresses the main idea of the first paragraph?

A. Not many doctors can help a hurt brain to recover.

B. Without blood the brain can only live for five minutes.

C. A hurt brain is not an easy problem for doctors to cope with.

D. It is quite dangerous for doctors to operate on the hurt brain.

52. What will help doctors work on the brain?

A. Taking the blood out of the hurt brain.

B. Lowering the temperature of the brain.

C. Helping the brain live outside the body.

D. Supplying enough blood for the brain.

53. When a person’s heart stops beating,________.

A. it doesn’t necessarily mean that he cannot come to life again

B. it definitely means that he can never come back to life again

C. it undoubtedly means that his brain has died at the same time

D. it undoubtedly means that his body has died at the same time

54. People most probably die when________

A. they stop breathing

B. they stop bleeding

C. their hearts stop

D. their brains die

55. Which is the best title for this passage?

A. A Study of the Blood of the Monkey.

B. A Study of the Brain of the Monkey.

C. A New Way to Work on the Brain.

D. A New Machine to Help the Brain. Passage Four

I hear many parents complaining that their teenage children are rebelling. I wish it were so.

At your age you ought to be growing away from your parents. You should be learning to stand on

your own two feet. But take a good look at the present rebellion. It seems that teenagers are all

taking the same way of showing that they disagree with their parents. Instead of striking out

boldly on their own, most of them are clutching at one another’s hands for courage. They claim they want to dress as they please. But they all wear the same clothes. They set off

in new directions in music. But somehow they all end up just by listening to the same record.

Their reason for thinking or acting in this way is that the crowd is doing it. It has become harder and harder for a teenager to stand up against the popularity wave and to

go his or her own way. Industry has firmly carved out a teenage market. These days every teenager

can learn from the advertisements what a teenager should have and be. And many of today’s

parents have come to award high marks for the popularity of their children. All this adds up to a

greater barrier for the teenager who wants to find his or her own path.

But the barrier is worth climbing over. The path is worth following. You may want to listen to

classical music instead of going to a party. You may want to collect rocks when every one else is

collecting records. You may have some thoughts that you don’t care to share at once with your

classmates. Well, go to it. Find yourself. Be yourself. Popularity will come with the people who

respect you for whom you are. That’s the only kind of popularity that really counts.

56. The main purpose of this passage is to tell ________ .

A. readers how to be popular with people around

B. teenagers how to learn to decide things for themselves

C. parents how to control and guide their children

D. people how to understand and respect each other

57. According to the author, many teenagers think they are brave enough to be themselves, but, in

fact, most of them ________ .

A. have much difficulty understanding each other

B. lack confidence

C. dare not cope with problems singlehanded

D. are very much afraid of getting lost

58. According to the passage, which of the following is not true?

A. There is no popularity that really counts.

B. What many parents are doing is in fact hindering their children from finding their own paths.

C. It is not necessarily bad for a teenager to disagree with his or her classmates.

D. Most teenagers ate not actually rebelling.

59. The author thinks of advertisements as ________.

A. original

B. influential

C. detrimental

D. authoritative

60. During the teenager years, one should learn to ________.

A. differ from others in as many ways as possible

B. get into the right season and become popular

C. find one’s real self

D. rebel against parents and the popularity wave

Part ⅢCloze （20 points）

Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four

choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage

and write the corresponding letter in the brackets“【】”.

Some people think the best time to begin studying a foreign language is in childhood and that

the younger you are, the easier it is to learn another language. There is 61 evidence, 62 , that children in language classroom learn foreign languages 63 better than adults in

the similar classroom situation. In fact, adults have many advantages 64 children: better

memories, more efficient ways of organizing information, longer attention 65__, better study

habits, and greater ability to handle 66 mental tasks. Adults are often better motivated than

children: they see learning a foreign language as 67 for education or career. 68 , adults

are particularly 69 to correctness of grammar and appropriateness of vocabulary, two factors

that receive much attention in most language classrooms.

Age 70 have some disadvantages, however. For instance, adults usually want to learn a

foreign language 71 , unlike children, who can devote more time to language 72 . Also, adults have complex communication needs that extend 73 the mere ability to

74

a simple conversation. Adults need to be 75 to argue, persuade, express concern, object,

explain, and present information about complex 76 that relate to their work or education.

Because most adults do not like to 77 foolish, they often 78 themselves opportunities to practice 79 making mistakes, not getting their message 80 , or appearing ridiculously

incompetent. Also adults have more trouble than children in making new friends who speak the

foreign language.

【】61. A. few B. little C. a few D. a little

【】62. A. therefore B. moreover C. however D. so

【】63. A. no B. any C. still D. even

【】64. A. than B. to C. over D. against

【】65. A. spans B. period C. time D. length

【】66. A. complicate B. compound C. complete D. complex

【】67. A. necessary B. desirable C. available D. useless

【】68. A. In addition B. In short C. In consequence D. In fact

【】69. A. sensible B. severe C. serious D. sensitive

【】70. A. ought to B. does C. must D. can

【】71. A. in hurry B. in the hurry C. in a hurry D. in an hurry

【】72. A. comprehension B. research C. understanding D. mastery

【】73. A. beside B. beyond C. except D. except for

【】74. A. carry of B. carry through C. carry over D. carry on

【】75. A. able B. enable C. capable D. unable

【】76. A. incidents B. accidents C. matters D. routines

【】77. A. appear B. occur C. happen D. appeal

【】78. A. supply B. deny C. ignore D. neglect

【】79. A. in the case of B. for fear of C. in spite of D. instead

【】80. A. over B. across C. cross D. crossed

Part ⅣWord Formation (10 points)

Directions: There are 10 incomplete statements in this part. You should fill in each blank

with the proper form of the given word, and write the right answer in the brackets “【】”.

81. Although the majority appeared to be uninterested, the speaker kept right on________ (talk).

82. We have come to the ________ that there is no life on the planet of Venus.

83. Man’s achievement on earth is great? however, he has been________ by breaking the balance

of nature. (danger)

84. ________, the government has made every possible effort to solve the housing problem.

(apparent)

85. Writers, painters, musicians and inventors need ________ (imagine).

86. In my opinion, perhaps economy is the ________ to his monetary problems. (solve)

87. The policeman wants to know the following: exactly where the man fell, what happened to the

________ car. (break)

88. Many people keep their ________ in banks. (save)

89. What a pity that they didn’t realize the entire event had been arranged for their ________

(convenient).

90. She is ________enough to enjoy good health. (fortune)

PartⅤTranslation ( 20 points )

Section A

Directions: There are 5 sentences in this section. Please translate them from Chinese into

English.

91. 他坚信每天听英语新闻是有益的。

92. 你最好在学校附近的那所银行开个储蓄账户。

93. 电视节目对你们的影响很大，对儿童尤其如此。

94. 良好的教育使这些孩子受益匪浅。

95. 产品的质量固然重要，但也要重视产品的种类。

Section B

Directions: There are 5 sentences in this section. Please translate them from English into

Chinese.

96. My work, my family, my friends were more than enough to fill my time.

97. A series of great inventions in the 19th century promoted the development of the society.

98. At the final stage of negotiation they were still reluctant to talk substance.

99. In the 1880s the United States was a land sharply divided between the immensely wealthy and

the very poor.

100. And someone with a history of doing more than less will go into old age more cognitively

sound than someone who has not had an active mind.

part ⅥWriting(20 points)

No Peace, No Development

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the

Peace, No Development. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below.

①当今世界形势复杂多变，和平与发展仍是两大主题。

②战争给人们带来的不良影响。

③呼吁和平，指出没有和平就没有发展。

参考答案

参考答案

Part I Vocabulary and Structure (40 points)

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Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension

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Part Ⅲ Cloze(20 points)

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Part Ⅳ Word Formation (10 points)

81. talking 82. pays 83. endangered 84. Apparently

85. imagination 86. solution 87. broken 88. knew

89. moving 90. sections

PartⅤ Translation (20 points)

91. He believes that listening to the English news report every day is beneficial.

92. You had better open a savings account at the bank near the university.

93. Television programs have great influence on people, particularly on children.

94. These children have obtained some of the benefits of better education.

95. Though the quality of the products is very important, attention should also be paid to the

variety of the products.

96. 我干工作，做家务，交朋友，这些占用了我的全部时间。

97. 19 世纪的一系列伟大发明促进了社会的发展。

98. 在谈判的最后阶段，他们仍不愿谈实质性问题。

99. 19 世纪 80 年代的美国是一个贫富分化极为分明的国家。

100. 习惯于多动脑筋的人比那些从不积极用脑的人在进入老年之后的认知能力更为健全。

part Ⅵ Writing (20 points)

No Peace, No Development

In the modern world, peace and development have become two major themes. But some areas in the world are still involved in wars. Take the ongoing Iraqi war for example. The war is

hurting people’s welfare. So people all over the world pay a lot of attention to these issues.

People usually compare wars to disasters. They are right because wars often bring about not

only great harm to people but also a lot of waste of wealth. During wartime, people’s lives become

so miserable that they don’t have enough food to eat and no shelter to live in. And in destroyed

cities, the residents find themselves homeless all of a sudden. In addition, if a country wants to

win a war, it has to spend a lot of money on both arms and armed forces. Then there is very little

money left to develop its economy. Even if the country wins the war, it is still difficult for it to

recover from the damage of the war.

In a word, whether the world can develop steadily depends on whether the world is at peace.

So peace and development are still hot topics in the world. I am sure that the majority of people

who love peace will appeal for a world without war.