江西省专升本英语统一考试试题

江西省专升本英语统一考试试题

Part I Listening comprehension (20 point)

Section A

Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations.

At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be pause, you must read the four choices marked A),B),C)and D),and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line the center. Example: You will hear:

You will read:

A) The coach will not arrive today

B) The coach met with a terrible accident

C) The coach will probably arrive at 9:15

D) The coach may arrive today, but the women is not sure

From the dialogue we know that the coach is delayed two hours after 7:15. The best answer, then is C) “The coach will probably arrive at 9:15”. Therefore, should

choose answer C) on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the center.

Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D]

a) A) She’s sure she’ll have a bright future.

B) She’s being interviewed.

C) She’s interested in her present job.

D) She’s working with a big company.

2. A) eight B) eighteen C) eight D) ten

3. A) Party he attended B) Plan he’s making

C) A place he wants to visit. D) A journey he has made. 4. A) An apartment. B) Music records.

C) A video store. D) A video tape.

5. A) in a hotel. B) at the library C) at a meeting D) in a restaurant.

6. A) he got into it through a window.

B) he forced open the door

C) he went back to the office for his keys.

D) he waited for his wife to come back home.

7. A) She’s pleased with his efficiency B) She’s surprised at his rude attitude

C) She’s happy about his work. D) She’s annoyed at his late action.

8. A) David isn’t at home now. B) She’s not sure where David is.

C) The man got the wrong number. D) She will call the man back soon.

9. A) It’s difficult. B)It’s easy C) It’s interesting. D) It’s too simple.

10. A) The class was put off till 10 o’clock.

B) Prof. Smith didn’t come to class.

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C) The class ended ahead of time.

D) The woman was late for the class.

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will be asked some questions. Both the passage and the question will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C)and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line the center.

11. A) There is only one gate to the prison.

B) It is far away form the city of the Toluker.

C) Most of its guards do not carry guns.

D) Its prisoner can get work in the prison.

12. A) it’s strange.

B) it’s worse than most other prisons.

C) it’s facilities are well kept.

D) it’s successful.

13. A) What is the cause of noise pollution.

B) How harmful noise can be to People’s life and health.

C) Whether the levels of noise pollution is rising.

D) Who suffer most form noise pollution.

14. A) Only a few of them. B) Most of them.

C) About half of them. D) Uncertain.

15. A) They would contact local officers.

B) They often made a complaint.

C) They usually would tolerate it.

D) They sometimes took violent measures.

Part ? Vocabulary and Structure (20 points)

Directions: In this section there are 30 incomplete sentences. For each sentence

there 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. He used a lot of examples to make himself clearly____.

A) known B) accepted C) understood D) acknowledge

17. If women remain unequal to men, it is hardly possible for them to have

______to nature resources.

A) approach B) connection C) access D) achievement

18. Those students have_____ part-time employment in restaurant, bar and a

local hotel.

A) taken in B) taken up C) taken over D) taken to

19. It was at the general meting ___ Professor Smith made the wonderful speech.

A) that B) as C) there D) when

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20. Computers have many advantages and can do a lot of things for man, but it

can never carry out creative work and ______man.

A) represent B) display C) exclude D) replace

21. ________, she never seems able to do the work satisfactorily.

A) However she tried hard B) She tried however hard

C) However hard she tried D) However hard did she try

22. We have to oil the moving parts of the machine, the friction(摩擦)of

________may be greatly reduced.

A) that B) which C) it D) them

23. They were determined to win the battle at all________.

A) extents B) cases C) occasions D) costs

24. People in this area whose homes have been flooded are____ to the government

for help.

A) turning B) moving C) proceeding D) approaching

25. I’ve found it important that a new rule ______ set up ban (禁止) smoking in

restaurants.

A) to be B) is C) was D) be

26. It took them about a month to________ the forest fire under control.

A) cause B) take C) bring D) settle

27. The authorities are eliminating the consequences of water pollution_____

from the development of the local industry.

A) resulting B) resulted C) results D) to result

28. From now ______, I’ll be working for this information firm and do well.

A) off B) on C) around D) in

29. The most _______complaint from engineers about arts courses is that there is

no definite answers the questions.

A) ordinary B) general C) common D) average

30. I had to _______up late to get some work done online after an already long

day of work.

A) stay B) keep C) set D) wake

31. The chief executive gave us _____that we will never forget it.

A) such excellent lecture B) such an excellent lecture

C) so an excellent lecture D) such excellent a lecture

32. Since the mid1990’s, _______ number of Chinese studying abroad have

returned home to start businesses.

A) an arising B) a spreading C) a climbing D) an increasing

33. When_______ which restaurant is our favorite, we all recalled that one near

the beach.

A) asking B) having asked C) asked D) to ask

34. The greater the degree of industrialization in a country,

_______the standard

of living.

A) the higher B) higher C) highest D) the highest

35. I think it is time we _______ making some preparations for the trip.

A) start B) have started C) are starting D) started

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36. Please write down the ______information: name of product, type, date of

purchase and prices.

A) continuing B) next C) following D) second

37. Bad habits are easily acquired but can hardly be_____.

A) broken up B) taken away C) set about D) cut off

38. By the time he ______at the hotel tonight, we will have left for London

A) arrived B) arrives C) have arrived D) will arrive 39. You have made a few mistakes in your writing, but ______you have done a good job.

A) on the whole B) in the main C) as a result D) by the way

40. Jane worked hard her whole life from early in the morning to sunset washing

clothes ________hand.

A) in B) by C) with D) on

41. I worked so hard that whole day that I _______actually my tired body into bed.

A) drove B) dragged C) pulled D) withdrew

42. My hand was hurt, so could you do ____actually typing for me

this morning?

A) some B) little C) such D) much

43. The idea of cloning has raised a number of questions from a technical point

of________.

A) thought B) sight C) view D) scene

44. Not ____what to do next, the boy just sat there looking at the wall.

A) to know B) knowing C) known D) know

45. Well, it is a job as a clerk, for _____ you are qualified, but

the pay is a bit low.

A) whom B) that C) which D) it

Part III Reading Comprehension

Did you have a household employee? If you hired someone to do house hold work and you were able to control what they did and how they did it, you had a household employee; this is true even if you gave the employee freedom for action. What matters is that you had the right to control

the details of how the work was done. For example, you paid Betty Oak to babysit(临时照看孩子)your child and do light

homework 4days a weak in your home. Betty followed your specific instructions about household and child care duties. You provided the household equipment and supplies Betty needed to do her work. Betty is your household employee.

Household work is done in or around your home. Some examples of workers who do household work are: babysitters, caretakers, cleaning people, drivers, health aides(助手), housekeepers, private nurses, yard workers.

If a worker is your employee, it does not matter whether the work is full or part time or whether you hired the worker through an agency or from a list provided by an agency or association. Also, it does not matter if the wages paid are for work done hourly, daily, weekly, or by the job.

Cash wages include wages paid by checks, money orders, etc. Cash wages do not include value of food, lodging, clothing, or other non-cash items you give a household employee.

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46. A household employee is someone ______.

A) to do work at home and outside it

B) you ask for advice about housework

C) who works in an employment office

D) who is in charge of all families in a community

47. Some of the household work mentioned in the passage include_____.

A) driving, health consultation, and housekeeping

B) babysitting, caretaking, and cleaning

C) typing, caretaking, and office work

D) private nursing and door keeping

48. What are included in the wages that you give a household employee? _____.

A) Non-cash items

B) The cost of lodging and clothing

C) The cost of food, lodging, clothing

D) Money paid by cash, checks, money orders, etc.

49. When you have hired an employee at home, the most important

thing is

that_____.

A) you should instruct the work in detail

B) you should tell the person to do the work quickly

C) the person must be able to work independently

D) the person must work full time

50. When you hire an employee, according to the passage, it does not matter

whether______.

A) the employee only works for you or not

B) the employee has any experience or not

C) you hire the worker through an agency

D) you manage the details of the work

Why do we laugh? For years scientists have asked themselves this question. Does laughter help us to survive in any way? The answer seems to be like this: smiling and laughter help us relax, reducing tension(紧张) and preventing illnesses which are

caused by stress. Laughter really is the best medicine!

But if you are unhappy, it cannot do you any good to smile, can it? Not true. Obviously, the positive effects of smiling are just the same whether you feel like smiling or not. Scientists in California asked a group of actors to act five different feelings: happiness, sadness, anger, surprise and fear just using their faces. Changes in their heart rate, blood pressure and temperature were written down. Most of the feelings they acted did not cause changes, but when the actors smiled their heart rate and their blood pressure went down. So even if we feel sad inside, smiling seems to make us feel better.

A sense of humor also helps to keep things on their positive side. Interfering friends or a flat tire (轮胎漏气) won’t seem so bad if you can see the funny side. So if you find yourself in a stressful situation, try to imagine how it must seem to an

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outside with a sense of humor and let yourself laugh it off. A scientist writes: “If you

try to show a positive reaction and start to laugh, you will

actually become happier.”

51. According to the writer, laughter and smiling_______.

A) protect human beings from heart attacks

B) are the main cause for man to live long

C) can help people to feel relaxed

D) help people to keep good relations

52.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage ,_______.

A) A sense of humor is essential for one to gain success

B) Stress may be relieved by smiling even if you are acting

C) Laughing is the best way to overcome difficulties

D) Sadness can be covered up by laughter and smiles

53. The study of the scientist in California is to find out

_________.

A) the relations between different human feelings

B) the connection between one’s feeling and acting

C) whether other animals can laugh and smile

D) whether laughter and smile can be good to man’s health

54. The scientist discovered that ________.

A) laughter and smiles did help the actors to feel relaxed

B) most actors acted well according to his instructions

C) the actors’ feeling s reflected what they really felt

D) different feelings have different effects on the actors

55. The writer tends to suggest that we should ________.

A) face difficulties with great courage

B) find out the positive side of things

C) overcome our sad feeling with a smile

D) learn to have a sense of humor

Yang Cai is now in his sixth job after graduation. He is a computer programmer in a German company in Nanchang.

The job also marks the latest of several moves he has made in the

last four years. In that period, he has worked in several cities including Nanchang, Wuhan, and now Nanchang.

His first job, also his longest, was for a State-owned enterprise producing communication products and lasted one year. His last job, also his shortest, was in designing web pages and lasted three months.

“I am not the most frequent changer of jobs in this industry,” Yang said.

“Working in IT (information technology) companies, I have become accustomed to welcoming new colleagues today and to seeing them off the next month.”

“I have always been in a turbulent (动荡的) situation, and no job gives me a

feeling of stability,”

In sharp contrast with Yang, Wendy, a lawyer in the Nanchang branch of a Beijing-based big law firm, dared not ask for a half a day’s leave to go hospital when

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she was suffering from a serious cold and cough.

“The boss warns us to work 24 hours a day and you would be mad to ask for leave for illness” said Wendy. So she would work until midnight and give herself medicine she bought to work.

“It’s not easy to get a suitable position nowadays. The boss can easily replace you with someone from the lines of applicants waiting outside the door for your position.”

She said.

56. Yang is an employee who_______.

A) dislikes to be engaged in challenging work

B) seems not to feel sure of his position

C) doesn’t get along well with his colleagues

D) has no interest in the information industry

57According to Yang’s experience, workers in the IT companies

_______.

A) shift their jobs frequently

B) are young and intelligent

C) often complete with each other

D) learn more than those in other fields

58 The case with Wendy shows that_________.

A) her colleagues are satisfied with their jobs

B) law is a less popular field than IT

C) she has to work hard to keep the job

D) there are many lawyers

59 Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?_______.

A) Young people like to change their jobs

B) Sex is an important factor in job hunting.

C) Bosses want their workers to remain in the same position.

D) Different jobs have different comments on their companies.

60. This passage is most probably taken from _________.

A) a textbook

B) an advertisement

C) an instruction book

D) a news report

Unemployment may be one of the biggest problems our people as well

as our government are faced with today. According to an official report, in one big city alone, since 1986, nearly 1,000,000 adult workers have lost their jobs because of factory closing and cutbacks either temporarily laid off or permanent forced to retire.

Many people, especially the policy makers, believe that forcing

adult workers, those who are over 45 to retire is an effective means to relieve the tension of unemployment, for it can provide more job opportunities for the jobless young. But they fail to notice that

forcing a person who is still able to work and has a family to support to retire brings serious financial problems as well as emotional and physical ones. They also fail to realize that actually, workers aged 45-60 tend to be more stable,

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more skillful and more experienced than workers of any other ages, that, to some extent, this age is the prime time for one’s productivity and creativity. To force them

to retire is a huge waste of the nation’s best resources. On the contrary, if we turn our attention to the other end of the range of ages, a more effective way might appear. Today only 3% school leavers are allowed to go to college, leaving the majority of the young people under 18 without adequate preparation to join the labor force. If, however, more of them are able to attend college and begin fulltime employment at later age, more job opportunities will be created as the number of years that an average person works fulltime shrinks.

Most importantly, we should not be merely satisfied to solve the problem of unemployment, but rather we should improve the quality of the work force at the same time by keeping the skilled adults and employing the well educated young.

61. Forcing middle aged persons to retire might cause ________.

A) the loss of valuable resources B) shortage of the work force

C) elderly people to feel upset D) families to be unstable

62. The word “prime” in line 7, para .2. most probably means____.

A) first B) early C) major D) spring

63. Which of the following suggestions did the writer make? ______.

A) Young people should work harder in order to go to college.

B) Colleges should be open to more high school leavers.

C) The old should be allowed to work as long as they want to.

D) Policy makers should create more job opportunities.

64. What is the writer’s attitude towards the present situation of employment?__

A) Concerned B) Hopeless C) Interested D) Satisfied

65. The best TITLE for this passage might be ________.

A) Should Workers Be Forced To Retire?

B) Why Don’t We Educate the Young?

C) How to Solve Unemployment Problem?

D) Are the Policy Makers Wise?

Part IV Translation (66-70 略)

Part V Cloze

The head of my daughter’s school said to me, “She may be up

to__71___we’re

trying to acco mplish.” He was really saying she didn’t have the

__72___. I got mad

because I knew she was smart. We had her tested and found that the ___73__ my daughter was having were the 74 as those I had had. She was dyslexic, and so __75__ I. But I was a successful television writer and producer. I wasn’t overcome by the

brain defect.

Had I known earlier that there was a __76___ beyond my control to explain 77 I

was a low achiever, I may not have worked 78 hard in my late 20s and early 30s. I

was writing and writing. I was working for no other reason 79 to hear people

praise me. I needed that praise because I was a failure 80 language courses.

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I did 81 successful, and people now say to me, “So you’ve overcome dyslexia.”

No. you don’t overcome it, you 82 to compensate for it. Despite my weakness, I

view dyslexia 83 a gift, not s suffering. Many dyslexia are good 84 right-brain, abstract thought, and that’s what my kind of creative writing is. I’m starting 85

nothing and coming up with something that didn’t86 before. That’s my strong suit. Parents have to 87 chances whenever they can, whether it’s music, sports 88 art. You want your dyslexic child to be 89 to say,” yeah, reading’s hard. But I have these 90

things I can do.”

71. A) as B) which C) this D) what

72. A) knowledge B) intelligence C) mind D) idea

73. A) troubles B) illness C) abilities D) causes

74. A) like B) manner C) same D) way

75. A) was B) did C) had D) would

76. A) case B) chance C) reason D) matter

77. A) why B) when C) what D) if

78. A) so B) such C) ever D) even

79. A) as B) than C) and D) or

80. A) by B) in C) for D) to

81. A) turn B) may C) remain D) become

82. A) know B) study C) learn D) get

83. A) with B) for C) along D) as

84. A) at B) of C) about D) by

85. A) with B) before C) under D) till

86. A) maintain B) exist C) keep D) reach

87. A) strike B) develop C) invent D) create

88. A) and B) but C) or D) as

89. A) capable B) certain C) able D) alike

90. A) both B) other C) all D) similar

Part ? Writing

Directions: In this part you are required to write a composition on the topic Why Do I Want to Further My Study? You should base your writing on the following outline

given in Chinese. And your writing should be no less than 100 words. Remember to

write the composition on the Composition Sheet. 1. 已经在高等专科/职业学校毕业，成绩良好。

2. 希望能进入大学继续学习，因为…

3. 将努力学习，成为一个…

4. 要为…作出更大贡献。

Words for reference:

高等专科学校: junior college; 高等职业学校: professional college 9