2007年山东专升本公共课英语真题(含答案)

2007年度山东省普通高等教育专升本考试英语试题

Part I Listening Comprehension (15 points, 1 point each)

Section A

Directions:In this section, you will hear 5 short conversations. After each

conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The

conversation and question will be read only once. Listen carefully and

choose the best answer to each question.

1. A. On foot. B. By bike. C. By bus. D. By car.

2. A. To make tea at home. B. To have tea at home.

C. To do the housework. D To finish her homework.

3. A. Sometime next year. B. Sometime next month.

C. Sometime this year.

D. Sometime this month.

4. A. His bike. B. Jane's bike . C. The key to his room. D. His bike key.

5. A. Mike. B. John. C. Lily and John. D. Lily and Mike. Section B

Directions:In this section, you will hear a long conversation and a passage. The conversation and passage will be read twice. At the end of them, you’ll

hear some questions. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to each

question.

Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage.

6. A. Policeman and witness. B. Driver and passenger

C. Lawyer and client.

D. Judge and defendant.

7. A. Outside Brown's toyshop.

B. Just where the woman was standing.

C. Where the policeman and the woman are talking.

D. At the crossroads of Bridge Street and Churchill Avenue.

8. A. At 10. B. At 10:40. C. At 2:30. D. At 2:40.

9. A. 10 miles per hour. B. 20 miles per hour.

C. 30 miles per hour.

D. 40 miles per hour.

10. A. To sign her name. B. To go to the court.

C. To write down what she had said.

D. To identify the drivers.

Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage.

11. A. Noise. B. Newspapers. C. Advertisements. D. Electronic equipment.

12. A. It gives too much music. B. Its noise does harm to our ears.

C. It changes our daily live.

D. It has too many programs for advertising.

13. A. They spend too much time on sports. B. They like to play games on TV.

C. They are always watching TV programs.

D. They take little interest in their wives.

14. A. Electronic equipment may harm our health.

B. Electronic equipment may invade our private life.

C. Electronic equipment may affect children's study.

D. Electronic equipment may affect family relationship.

15. A. Reading advertisements is a waste of time.

B. Watching TV may hurt children's eyes.

C. There are too many programs for grown-ups on TV.

D. Some electronic equipment may cause social problems.

Part II Vocabulary and Structure ( 20 points, 1 point each )

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 answer that

best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the

Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

16. Would you please lend me your bike? Mine is not ________.

A. good enough

B. very good enough

C. enough good

D. good one

17. Without air, the candle will ________.

A. go off

B. go through

C. go over

D. go out

18. One of the most important problems is how to ________ students interests in

learning English.

A. raise

B. arouse

C. rise

D. arise

19. When we face difficulties in our English learning, we will never ________.

A. give away

B. give off

C. give in

D. give out

20. Tony as well as his brothers and sisters ________ from America.

A. is

B. are

C. have been

D. were

21.Tomorrow I'm leaving for New York and I'll stay there for ________.

A. sometimes

B. some times

C. sometime

D. some time

22. How much did you ________ on this new car?

A. cost

B. spend

C. pay

D. take

23. When the police broke into the house, they found the old man ________ dead on the floor.

A. lying

B. laid

C. lain

D. laying

24. I'm not good at math. This problem is quite ________me.

A. against

B. beyond

C. over

D. above

25. ________ your coming to see me, I would have been very lonely.

A. Owing to

B. Thanks to

C. But for

D. On account of

26. That is a hot tourist line. You should book the tickets ________.

A. in advance

B. in return

C. in turn

D. in schedule

27. We are quite ________ to our parents and our teacher.

A. respectful

B. respectable

C. respective

D. respected

28. "Shall I help you with the washing up?" "Don't ________. I'll do it later. "

A. care

B. bother

C. trouble

D. disturb

29. Those who felt like ________ the story again came over and added themselves to

the audience.

A. being heard

B. to be heard

C. to hear

D. hearing

30. Mary told me that Father would ________ later this year.

A. get the hut to be repaired

B. have the hut be repaired

C. get the hut being repaired

D. have the hut repaired

31. I can hardly hear what he's saying, and ________,

A. nor can all these other people

B. so can hardly all these other people

C. so can all these other people

D. nor all these other people can

32. ________ what you intended, I should not have wasted my time trying to explain

matters to you.

A. Had realized I

B. Realized had I

C. Had I realized

D. I had realized

33. I prefer clothes which are made out of natural materials ________ cotton and wool.

A. as

B. just as

C. like

D. just like

34. It was his doctor who advised that he ________ a holiday away from the city.

A. have

B. had

C. had

D. would have

35. I don't think ________necessary for Julie to make such a fuss about that sort of thing.

A. her

B. that

C. it

D. this

Part III Reading Comprehension ( 1 ) ( 30 points, 2 points each)

Directions: This part is to test your reading ability. There are 3 tasks for you to fulfill.

You should read the materials carefully and do the tasks as you are

instructed.

Task 1

Telephone, television, radio, and telegraph all 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 an earthquake or flood can bring help from distant countries. Within hours, help is on the way. Because of modern technology like the satellites that travel around the world, information travel 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 Americas. This time difference influenced people's actions. For example, one battle, in the War of 1812 between England and the United Stats 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.

36. News spreads fast because of __________.

A. a peace agreement

B. new technology

C. the changes of the world

D. modern transportation

37. According to this passage, __________ is very important to people in a disaster area.

A. latest news

B. new ideas

C. fast communication

D. modern technology

38. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. The world is changing in size.

B. The world now seems smaller because of faster communication.

C. The world is actually smaller today.

D. The distance between England and America has changed since the War of 1812.

39. Two hundred years ago, news between the continents was carried __________.

A. by air

B. by sea

C. by land

D. by telephone and telegraph

40. The New Orleans Battle could have been avoided if the peace agreement had

been signed __________.

A. in America

B. in England

C. by both sides

D. in time

Task 2

When prices are low people will buy more, and when prices are high they will buy less. Every shopkeeper knows this. But at the same time, producers want higher prices for their goods when they make more goods. How can we find the best price for the goods? The Law of Supply and Demand is the economist's answer to this question.

According to this law, changes in the prices of goods cause changes in supply and demand. An increase in the price of the goods causes an increase in supply — the number of goods the producers make. Producers will make more goods when they can get higher prices for the goods. The producer makes more shoes as the price of shoes goes up. At the same time, an increase in the price of the goods causes a decrease in demand — the number of goods the consumers buy. This is because people buy less when the price is high. People buy fewer shoes as the price of shoes goes up. Conversely, a decrease in the price causes an increase in demand (people buy more shoes) and a decrease in supply (producers make fewer shoes).

Business firms look at both supply and demand when they make decisions about prices and production. They look for the equilibrium point where supply equals demand. At this point, the number of shoes produced is 3000 and the price of the shoes is $ 30. $ 30 is the equilibrium price; at this price the consumers will buy all of the 3000 shoes which the producers make. If the producers increase the price of the shoes, or if they produce more than 3000 shoes, the consumers will not buy all of the shoes. The producers will have a surplus (过剩) — more supply than demand — so they must decrease the price in order to sell all of the shoes. On the other hand, if they make fewer than 3000 shoes, there will be a shoes shortage — more demand than supply — and the price will go up.

According to the Law of Supply and Demand, the equilibrium price is the best price for the goods. The consumers and the producers will agree on this price because it is the only price that helps them both equally.

41. Why does an increase in price cause an increase in supply?

A. Consumers buy more goods when prices are high.

B. Producers want to sell all of their goods.

C. Producers make more goods when prices are high.

D. Consumers will not buy all of the goods.

42. Why does a decrease in prices cause an increase in demand?

A. Producers make fewer goods when prices are low.

B. Consumers buy fewer goods when prices are low.

C. Consumers buy more goods when prices are low.

D. Producers make more goods when prices are high.

43. What do business firms look at when they make decisions about prices and production?

A. The equilibrium point.

B. The demand curve.

C. The supply curve.

D. All of the above.

44. Why will consumers and producers agree on the equilibrium price?

A. It is the only price for the goods.

B. It will help them both equally.

C. All of the goods will be sold.

D. It is the lowest price.

45. When will producers have a surplus of goods?

A. When supply equals demand.

B. When they sell all of their goods.

C. When there is more demand than supply.

D. When there is more supply than demand.

Task 3

Money is used for buying or selling goods, for measuring value and for storing wealth. Almost every society now has a money economy based on coins and bills of one kind or another. However, this has not always been true. In primitive societies a system of barter was used. Barter was a system of direct exchange of goods. Somebody could exchange a sheep, for example, for anything in the market place that he or she considered to be of equal value. Barter, however, was a very unsatisfactory system because people's precise needs were seldom met. People needed a more practical system of exchange, and various money systems developed based on goods that the members of society recognized as having value. Cattle, grain, teeth, shells, feathers, salt, elephant tusks, and tobacco had all been used. Precious metals gradually took over because, when made into coins, they were portable, durable, recognizable, and divisible into larger and smaller units of value.

A coin is a piece of metal, usually disc-shaped, which bears words, designs or numbers showing its value. Until the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, coins were given monetary worth based on the exact amount of metal contained in them, but most modern coins are based on face value — the value that the governments choose to give them, which doesn't show the actual metal content. Coins have been made of gold, silver, copper, aluminum (铝) , nickel (镍) , lead, zinc (锌) , plastic and in China even from tea leaves. Most governments now issue paper money in the form of bills, which are really "promise to pay". Paper money is obviously easier to handle and much more convenient in the modern world. Checks and credit cards are being used

increasingly, and it is possible to imagine a world where "money" in the form of coins and paper currency will no longer be used. Even today, in the United States, many places, especially filling stations will not accept cash at night for security reasons.

46. Barter here means __________.

A. exchanging goods for goods

B. exchanging money for goods

C. exchanging goods for money

D. exchanging sheep for anything in the market

47. Why were precious metals gradually used for making coins?

A. Because they were durable and portable.

B. Because they were recognizable.

C. Because they were divisible.

D. All of the above.

48. Coins were given value according to the exact amount of metals contained in them

__________.

A. between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

B. after the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

C. during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

D. before the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

49. Promises to pay means __________.

A. opportunities to pay

B. necessities to pay

C. obligations to pay

D. possibilities to pay

50. A world without any money in the form of coins and paper is __________.

A. suitable

B. possible

C. avoidable

D. necessary

Reading Comprehension ( 2 ) (5points, 1 points each)

Task 4

Directions:In this task, there is a passage with 5 questions (51 through 55). Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions in the fewest possible words.

The answer should be written after corresponding numbers on the Answer

Sheet.

Sam and Joe were astronauts. There was once a very dangerous trip and the more experienced astronauts knew there was only a small chance of coming back alive. Sam and Joe, however, thought it would be exciting though a little dangerous. "We are the best men for the job," they said to the boss. "There may be problems, but we can find the answers." "They are the last people I'd trust," thought the boss. " But all the other astronauts have refused to go. "

Once they were in space, Joe had to go outside to make some repairs. When the repairs were done, he tried to get back inside the spaceship. But the door was locked. He knocked but there was no answer. He knocked again, louder this time, and again, no answer came. Then he hit the door as he could and finally a voice said, "Who' s there?" "It's me. Who else could it be?" shouted Joe. Sam let him in all right but you can imagine that Joe never asked to go on a trip with Sam again.

51. Why were most of the astronauts unwilling to go on the trip?

They thought they __________________________________.

52. Why were Sam and Joe chosen?

They were the only men who _________________________.

53. What did the two astronauts think the trip would be like?

_________________________________________________.

54. Joe didn't want to work with Sam again. What's the reason?

Sam was possibly___________________________________.

55. What does this story show us?

________________________________of the astronauts' life.

Part IV Translation ( 20 points, 2 points each)

Directions:The translation should be written after the corresponding numbers on the Answer Sheet.

Section A Translate the following English into Chinese. (10 points)

56. The words and phrases given in this dictionary are those that are likely to be

needed by every person.

57. The people there will pay two or three times as much as they used to pay for a

house.

58. As far as an Advertising and Sales Manager is concerned, excellent oral English is

also a necessary requirement.

59. It is reported that so far, foreign insurance companies have made their way into 19

cities in China.

60. Air moves from places where the pressure is high to places where the pressure is

low.

Section B Translate the following Chinese into English. (10 points)

61. 是我们的所为和所不为决定着我们的未来。

62. 他要是知道她的电话，就用不着费那么多事儿了。

63. 比尔·盖茨是世界上最富裕的人，没有他买不起的东西。

64. 他会讲法语、德语、西班牙语、更不用说英语了。

65. 我仍然记得20年前我第一次遇见我的老师的情景。

Part V Writing ( 10 points )

Directions:This part is to test your ability to do writing. You are required to write a Composition entitled On Internet. Remember to express your ideas

clearly in your composition. You should write in on less than 80 words on

the Composition Sheet.

参考答案：

Part I Listening Comprehension

Section A

1. B

2. D

3. A

4. D

5. C

Section B

6. A

7. D

8. D

9. C 10. A 11. C 12. B 13. C 14. B 15. D

Part II Vocabulary and Structure

16. A. 本题考查enough的用法。Enough 修饰副词/形容词时，放在副词/形容词之后，故选A。

17. D. 本题考查短语的辨析。go out意思是“灭掉，熄灭”，go off 意思是“离开，

去世，消失”，go through 意思是“经历，经受，仔细检查”，go over 意思是“（(对……..进行)仔细检查”。本题题干意思为“没有了空气，蜡烛就会熄灭。”

18. B. 本题考查词义的辨析。arouse是及物动词，意思是“唤醒，唤起，鼓励，引

起”，例如：The odd sight aroused our curiosity. 奇怪的景象激起我们的好奇。rise 是不及物动词，意思是“上升，升起”，arise不及物动词，意思是“出现，发生，起因于”，raise 及物动词，意思是“提高，升起”。本句含义为：“一个重要的问题就是如何激发学生学习英语的兴趣。”，故选B。

19. C. 本题考查动词短语的辨析。give in 意思是“投降，屈服，让步”，give out 意

思是“分发，发出(气味、热等)”，give off 意思是“发出（蒸汽、光等），长出（枝、杈等）”，give away 意思是“放弃，泄露”。本句含义为：“在学习英语的过程中遇到困难时，我们决不会屈服。”

20. A. 本题考查主谓一致。当主语后面跟有as well as 引起的短语时，谓语动词与前面

的主语一致。例如：He as well as I wants to go boating.. 出现这种情况是因为as well as后的成分是插入语，不影响谓语动词的数的变化，类似的词还有with，

together with 等。

21. D. 本题考查形近词或短语。sometime意思是“某个时间：在某个不确定或未说明

的时间”，例如：I'll meet you sometime this afternoon. （我今天下午某个时候见你。）some time是指一段时间，sometimes 意思是“有时，偶尔”，some times 意思是“多次”。

22. B. 本题考查词义辨析和固定搭配。spend some time/money on sth. / in doing sh. 表示

在某方面花费时间/金钱。

23. A. 本题考查非谓语动词的用法。find sb. doing sth.，该结构中用现在分词形式作宾语

补语，表示发现某人正在做某事。

24. B. 本题考查常见介词的用法。题干的意思是：我不太擅长数学，这个问题超出了我

的能力范围。Beyond 的意思是“超出（理解、范围、眼界）之上”，因而符合题意，是正确选项。

25.C. 本题考查短语的辨析。选项中的owing to, thanks to, on account of 都可表示因为的

意思，只有but for 的意思是“要不是……”。But for引导的是含蓄条件虚拟句，所在句子需要用虚拟语气。而其他几个短语引导原因状语时，表示真实原因，所在句子不可用虚拟语气。。

26. A. 本题考查短语的辨析。in advance 意思是“预先，提前”，in turn意思是“轮

流”，in return 意思是“作为报答”。本题题干意为“这条旅游线路人很多，你应该提前定票。”

27. A. 本题考查词义的辨析。respectful 是指人“恭敬的，有礼貌的”，respectable

是指人“可敬的，值得尊敬的”，respective 意思是“分别的，各自的”，

respected 是动词respect的过去分词形式。本题题干意为“我们对老师和家人很尊敬。”，因此选择A。

28. B. 本题考查固定说法。Don’t bother. 意思是“不要麻烦了”。

29. D. 本题考查非谓语动词。feel like doing sth.是固定表达，表示“意欲或喜欢做某

事”。本句主语those 是hear的逻辑注意，因此应用非谓语动词的主动形式，即D。

30. D. 本题考查非谓语动词。have/get sth. done 意思是“使某事得以完成”。

31. A. 本题考查连词nor的用法。nor是表示否定的连词，意思是“也不”，当nor

位于句首时句子主谓要用倒装语序。而so是表示肯定的连词，意思是

“也……”。题干前半句说“我几乎听不懂他的话”，后面应是“其他人也听不懂”，因此要用nor。

32. C. 本题考查的是虚拟语气的用法。本句的语气与过去的事实相反，因此从句应为if

I had realized…，也可以省略if，但要把助动词had提前，变为had I realized，故

本题选C。

33. C. 本题考查近义词区分。As和like都可以表示“像”的意思，但是表示列举时，as

要和such连用，因此只能选择like。

34. A. 本题考查虚拟语气。动词advise意为“建议”，在引导的宾语从句中，谓语动

词用“(should) ＋动词原形”构成虚拟语气。类似的词还有“insist, recommend, suggest”等。

35. C. 本题考查it的用法。It 在句中作形式宾语，代指后面的不定式结构“to make such

a fuss about that sort of thing.”。其他选项无法作为形式宾语出现。

Part III Reading Comprehension

Task 1

本文主要介绍通讯对人类社会的影响，文章简单易懂，其后题目也比较容易处理。

考生在阅读时需要注意把握第一段首尾呼应的特点，同时要看出第二段段首句即为段落中心句。

36. B. 原因题。该题为原因细节题，可去原文开头处寻找表示原因、目的、结果的信号

词。因此本题可定位于首段尾句“Because of modern technology like the satellites that travel around the world，information travel fast.”，对其进行简单压缩改写，即可得出答案为B。

37. C. 推理题。该题定位词为“disaster”，可将答案定位在首段第五句，即“News of a

disaster such as an earthquake or flood can bring help from distant countries.”。仔细分析该句在段落中的作用，可看出该句为例子，用以说明首段前两句话的内容。

由于第一句话强调communication，而第二句强调quickly，因此答案应为C fast communication。

38. B. 排除题。该类题目较难定位，在实际考试过程中一般需在解完下一个题目后再做。

由于44题定位词“two hundred years ago”非常明显，因此可以简单判断43题的答案在第二段的前四句中。分析该四句话，可看出第四句“It means that the world seems smaller”为意群核心句。答案B符合该句含义，因此为正确选项。

39. B. 细节题。利用该题定位词“two hundred years ago”，可很容易判断出答案在第二

段中的大体位置。综合五六句含义，可知答案为B。

40. A. 推理题。利用专有名词“Battle of New Orleans”，可将答案定位至文章结尾处。

分析定位句所在意群，可知作者提及这场战争是作为例子，用以说明200年前的洲际通讯非常缓慢，影响到了人们的行为。因此可以推出，如果和平协议是在美洲签署，通讯就不会花费那么长时间，这场战争就有可能避免，因此答案为A。Task 2

本文讲述供求关系与商品价格变动，考生比较熟悉，可以轻松应对。文章后面的题目均为细节题，考生定位好答案所在处，对其进行句式转换即可得出正确答

案。

41. C. 细节题。由第二断第三句话可知，当价格上涨，商家看到有利可图时，就会扩

大生产。因此正确的答案为C。

42. D. 细节题。由第二段第六句话和最后一句可知，当价格上涨，人们的需求量就会

下降，反之，若价格下降，商品的需求量就会上升。也就是说，商品价格和市场需求量成反比的关系。

43. A. 细节题。由第三段第一二句可知，商家在制定价格时要考虑市场的供求因素，

另外他们要寻求一个能够使供求平衡的平衡点。

44. B. 细节题。由第四段最后一句可知，生产商和消费者能够在这个平衡点上达成一致，

是因此这个价格使两者都受益。

45. D. 细节题。由第三段倒数第二句可知，当供过于求的时候，生产商生产的产品卖

不出去，就会产生剩余。

Task 3

本文讲述货币的发展历史及未来趋势，文章难度不大。考生在快速浏览、获取文章大意后即可直接做题。依据回原文定位的基本原则，确定各题目的正确答案。

46. A. 语意题。由第一段第五句话可知，Barter was a system of direct exchange of goods.

因此，barter 指的就物品交换”。

47. D. 细节题。由第一段最后一句话可知，贵重金属被制成货币其优点很多，它轻便、

耐用、易辨认，而且可以做成大小不等的货币。

48. D. 细节题。由第二段第二句话可知，直到18、19世纪，货币的价值还是根据金属

本身的价值而定的。可见，在18、19世纪之前货币的价值是根据金属本身的价值而定。

49. C. 语意题。由第二段第四句话可知，政府印制的纸币虽然本身不含价值，但是作为

货币的一种形式，代表着一定的价值。Obligation 意思是“义务职责”，和promise 是同义词。

50. D. 推理题。由第二段最后两句话可知，在当今社会支票和信用卡被广泛使用，既方

便又安全，因此可以推断作者认为取消纸币和硬币的货币形式是很有必要的。Task 4

51. might get killed

52. offered to go

53. Exciting

54. deaf and slow

55. The funny side.

Part IV Translation ( 20 points, 2 points each)

Section A

56. 本字典提供的单词和词组是每个人有可能要用的。

57. 那里的人们买一栋房子将比过去多付一两倍的钱。

58. 对广告和销售经理而言，娴熟的英语口语能力也会是必要的条件。

59. 据报道，迄今为止，外国保险公司已打入中国19个城市。

60. 空气从压力高的地方向压力低的地方流动。

Section B

61. It is what we do and what we do not do that determines our future.

62. It might have save him some trouble, had he known her telephone number.

63. Bill Gates is the richest person in the world, there is nothing he can’t af ford.

64. He can speak French, German and Spanish, not to mention English.

65. I can still remembering the first time I met my teacher twenty years ago.

Part V Writing

On Internet

The internet plays a very important role in our daily life. Everyday thousands people surf the net. With its help we can get a lot of useful information and make friends with all kinds of people whom we know or don’t know.

But just as a coin has two sides, the Internet also has its bad sides. For example, there are much rubbish information on the net about crime or sex. Moreover, many people become addicted to the web and ignore the work or study.

So we should make full use of the good things on the Internet and avoid its bad influences.