2006年陕西省高校在校生专升本英语考试试题

注意事项：

1．本卷满分为150分。考试时间为150分钟。

2．本卷分试卷I和试卷II，均用钢笔或圆珠笔答卷。第I卷为客观题，考生必须把答案用大写字母写在答题纸上；第II卷为主观题，考生直接把答案写在试卷上。 3．答卷前将密封线内的项目填写清楚。 题号 分数

一 二 三 四 五 总分 总分人 试卷I

得分 评卷人 I. Vocabulary and structure (40%)

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 that best completes the sentence. Then write your answer on the Answer Sheet.

1. His boss is constantly finding _________with him, which makes him very angry. A. fault B. error C. shortcoming D. flaw

2. The Johnsons have not got anything ready for a ________across the Atlantic. A. journey B. trip C. travel D. voyage

3. Peter felt lonely at first, but after a time he got _______alone and even enjoyed it. A. used to living B. using to live C. used to live D. to be used to living 4. She says she’d rather he _______tomorrow instead of today. A. had felt B. should leave C. left D. leaves

5. Having lost consciousness for twenty hours, the wounded soldier ________ at last. A. came off B. came to C. came up D. came through

6. Students are required to keep writing a ______for the purpose of improving their writing skills. A. dairy B. dialogue C. diary D. dictation

7. The weather _______fine, they decided to go out for a picnic. A. is B. was C. being D. having been

8. _______is so often pointed out, knowledge is a two-edged weapon which can be used to equally for good or evil.

A. Which B. What C. That D. As

9. The factory had to________500 workers after the fire. A. lay aside B. lay out C. lay off D. lay down

10. Children who are over-protected by their parents may become ________. A. harmed B. damaged C. hurt D. spoiled

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11. It’s not until he was put to prison ______he realize he had broken the law. A. before B. after C. when D. that

12. It was no good _______to his proposal because he will never change his mind. A. object B. to object C. objecting D. to have objected 13. The skirt is ______in small, medium and large size. A. visible B. original C. delicate D. available

14. The boy’s pale face and lack of appetite aroused the teacher’s _________. A. doubt B. sense C. judgment D. suspicion

15. In some countries, ________is called “equality” does not really mean equal rights for all citizens. A. which B. that C. what D. one

16. ---“Why didn’t your wife answer my phone last night?” ---“I think she ______when you called.”

A. had to have slept B. has to be sleeping C. must sleep D. must have slept

17. Whoever does _______with that fellow is bound to lose money. A. affairs B. things C. business D. events

18. The ________teacher is praised by her students for her communicative language teaching. A. respectful B. respectable C. respecting D. respective

19. If a computer could be made as complex as a human brain, it could do _______a man can do. A. that B. whatever C. whichever D. however

20. It was difficult to understand ________the amount of money allocated for education. A. them to reduce B. them reducing C. their reducing D. their reducing 21. John hoped the firm would _______him to the New York branch. A. remove B. transmit C. exchange D. transfer 22. I’ll come after the meeting if time ________.

A. allows B. needs C. requires D. permits

23. Tom might have been killed _______the timely arrival of the police. A. except for B. with C. but for D. for

24. He bought a new house this year, which is ______his former one.

A. twice as big as B. twice than C. twice as much as D. twice the size as 25.I was informed that the contract would come into _______on the first day of the following month. A. influence B. effect C. affect D. affection

26. A harmonious society would ______considerable benefits for the country’s health. A. lead to B. result from C. lie in D. settle down 27. Young ______he was, she was equal to the task. A. as B. because C. if D. unless

28. Professor Li has neither watched TV nor _____the film for quite a few days. A. see B. seen C. saw D. watch

29. It is a pity that three paragraphs of my paper were ______by my advisor. A. deleted B. skimmed C. omitted D. left off

30. The soldier was ________of running away when the enemy attacked. A. punished B. charged C. scolded D. accused 31. The young girl dares to drive alone at night,_______?

A. doesn’t she B. daren’t she C. isn’t she D. won’t she

32. His sitting room is lined with all kinds of books, _______he has ever read.

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A. none of B. of which C. none D. none of which

33. I entered the hall at the ________moment when the concert began. A. desiring B. accurate C. punctual D. precise

34. The ________of human knowledge of are being pushed further with the advancement of science and technology.

A. edges B. limits C. borders D. boundaries

35. Hydrogen is the fundamental element of the universe ______it provides the building blocks from which the other elements are produced.

A. so that B. but that C. in that D. provided that

36. You would not feel tired this morning if you _______to bed earlier last night. A. has gone B. went C. had gone D. would have gone 37. It has been raining _________for two days.

A. continuously B. continually C. consciously D. contractively 38. Don’t_______ me _______when you’re giving out the invitations. A. leave...off B. count…on C. leave…out D. count…up 39. _______a chemical change a new kind of substance is formed.

A. In the case of B. In case C. In case of D. In event of 40. The number of registered participants in this year’s marathon was half________.

A. of last year B. those of last year’s C. of those last year D. that of last year’s 得分 评卷人 Ⅱ. Reading Comprehension (50%)

Directions: There are 4 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 best choice and write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Questions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage:

Passage One

A man once said how useless it was to put advertisements in the newspapers. “Last week,” he said, my umbrella was stolen from a London church. As it was a present, I spent twice its worth in advertising, but didn’t get it back.

“How did you write your advertisement?” asked one of the listeners, a merchant.

“Here it is,” said the man, taking out of his pocket a slip cut from a newspaper, The other man took it and read, “Lost from the City Church last Sunday evening, a black silk umbrella. The gentleman who finds it will receive ten shillings on leaving it at No. 10 Broad Street.”

“Now,” said the merchant, “I often advertise, and find that it pays me well. But the way in which an advertisement is expressed is of extreme importance. Let us try for your umbrella again, and if it fails, I’ll buy you a new one.”

The merchant then took a slip of paper out of his pocket and wrote: “If the man who was seen to take an umbrella from the City Church last Sunday evening doesn’t wish to get into trouble, he will return the umbrella to No.10 Broad Street. He is well known.”

This appeared in the paper, and on the following morning, the man was astonished when the opened the front door. (81) In the doorway lay at least twelve umbrellas of all sizes and colors that had been thrown in, and his own was among the number. Many of them had notes fastened to them saying that they hand been taken by mistake, and begging the loser not to say anything about the matter.

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41. The man once thought advertising was _______. A. of little use B. of some use C. practical D. valuable

42. The result of the first advertisement was that______. A. the man got his umbrella back

B. the man wasted some money advertising C. nobody found the missing umbrella

D. the umbrella was found somewhere near the church 43. The merchant suggested that the man should_______. A. buy a new umbrella

B. go on looking for his umbrella C. write another better advertisement. D. report to the police

44. Why did the merchant say “I often advertise and find that it pays me well”? A. He knew how to advertise

B. He had more money for advertising C. He found it easy to advertise.

D. He had a friend in the newspaper where he advertised. 45. This is a story about _________. A. a useless advertisement

B. how to make an effective advertisement C. how the man lost and found his umbrella

D. what the merchant did for the umbrella owner Questions 46 to 50 based on the following passage:

Passage Two

The great advance in rocker theory 40 years ago shows that liquid-fuel rockets were far superior in every respect to the skyrocket with its weak solid fuel. However, during the decade, large solid-fuel rockets with solid fuels about as powerful as liquid fuels have made their appearance, and it is a favorite layman’s question to inquire which one is “better”. The question is meaningless. One might as well ask whether a gasoline or a diesel engine is “better”. It all depends on the purpose, a liquid-fuel rocket is complicated, but has the advantage that it can be controlled beautifully. The burning of the rocket engine can be stopped completely: it can be reignited when desired. In addition, the thrust can be made to vary by adjusting the speed of the fuel pumps. A solid-fuel rocket, on the other hand, is rather simple in construction, though hard to build when a really at very short notice. A liquid-fuel rocket has to be fueled first and cannot be held in readiness for very long after it has been fueled. (82)However, once a solid-fuel rocket has been ignited, it will keep burning. It cannot be stopped and reignited whenever desired and its thrust cannot be varied. Because a solid-fuel rocket can be kept ready for a long time, most military employ solid fuels, but manned space-flight needs the fine adjustments that can only be provided by liquid fuels. It may be added that a liquid-fuel rocket is an expensive device; a large solid-fuel rocket is, by comparison, cheap. But the solid fuel, pound per pound, costs about 10 times as much as the liquid fuel. So you have, on the one hand, an expensive rocket with a cheap fuel and on the other hand a comparatively cheap rocket with an expensive fuel.

46. The author feels that a comparison of liquid-fuel and solid-fuel rockets shows that _______. A. neither type is very economical B. the liquid-fuel rocket is best C. each type has certain advantages D. the solid-fuel rocket is best.

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