(完整版)山西省2008年专升本英语

山西省2008年专升本选拔考试

英语

Ⅰ. Structure (10 points with each of 1 point)

Directions: There are 10 incomplete sentences in this section, For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence.

1．Choose furniture that is _______ with the style of the house .

A. constant

B. considerate

C. consistent

D. considerate

2．With so much work to do at home, I ______ get a chance to read .

A. barely

B. hardly

C. seldom

D. scarcely

3．The car ______ on the way to the airport and I had to get a taxi.

A broke out

B broke in

C broke down

D broke through

4．A serious mistake has ______ in the planning.

A turned out

B turned away

C turned up

D turned over

5．Mike is a ______ friend of mine.

A valuable

B value

C invaluable

D valued

6. We shouldn’t just seek to live ______ comfort.

A with

B in

C on

D by

7. The size of your shoes is ______ by that of your feet

A decided

B determined

C managed

D fixed

8. His parents______ the child was left with no one to look after

A having died

B died

C dead

D having dead

9. _______ you’ve found, you must give it back to the person it belongs to .

A That

B What

C Whatever

D Which

10. To my surprise, the twins have ______ in common with each other .

A much

B something

C anything

D nothing

Ⅱ. Reading Comprehension (40points with each of 2 points)

Directions: There are four reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C, and D. Choose one best answer.

Passage One

William Faulkner of Oxford was not a native of Oxford ; nor was he born with the name Faulkner . He was born in New Alberny, Missisippi ,on September 25 , 1897 , and the family spelled the name Faulkner . He published his first book when he was twenty—seven . He was awarded the Nobel Prize nor literature when he was fifty—three. He was generally acknowledged as the major American writer of his time when he died on July 6. 1962. Faulkner or Falkner, he spent almost the whole of his life in the Mississippi town called Oxford , which many readers know as Jefferson Even to the people of Oxford , Faulkner was a kind of legend in his life time . There was , for example the mystery of who put the “u” in William’s last name . For many years the commonly accepted story was that it was a careless printer, in setting type for “The Marble Faun (1924). Faulkner’s biographer Carvel Collins demonstrates that the writer himself added it, and , at least occasionally , as early as 1918 .”

11. When did Faulkner win the Nobel Prize for literature?

A 1918

B 1924

C 1950

D 1962

12. Faulkner died at the age of ______

A twenty—seven

B fifty—three

C sixty—two

D sixty—five

13. Faulkner lived most of his life in ______

A Jefferson

B Oxford

C New Albermy

D his birthplace

14. The letter “u” in Faulkner’s name added first ______

A a careless printer

B Carvel Collins

C Faulkner’s family

D Faulkner himself

15 When the letter “u” in Faulkner’s name was added first _______