專插本英語98年-14年歷年真題

1、1998 年廣東省普通高等學(xué)校本科插班生考試英語試題Part I Reading Comprehension40%Passage IThe computer is a wonderful is the most important invention since the type of engine used in it has the greatest effect on science,industry,and business,but it is being used more in education and the end of this century it will touch

2、the lives of everyone,even people in distant is a revolutionary invention.The oldest kind of computer is the abacus used in China since the sixth the seventeenth century an adding machine was invented,but the furst large,modern computer was built in few years later a computer could do 5000 additions

3、 perthe computations are so fastthat they are measured in nanoseconds 毫微秒 .Today most computers have a are getting smaller and smaller,and computing faster and in a large computer,the part that does the actual computing is about the size of the end of a finger.Computers can do all kinds of someone b

4、uys something in a department store,information about the sale goes into a computer,A scientist can talk to the computer about the rocks,and the computer answers thedoctor can talk to the computer and explain what iswrong with a the doctor asks why,the computer goes through its stored information an

5、d explains exactly why.When early humans began farming,it was a revolutionary change in human was hundreds of thousands of years later that people developed a writing system方法 .In less thanfifty years people have developed computers that can do most of the things humans can do .This could be a frigh

6、tening puter is considered a wonderful machine becausehas effect on all aspects of man slife medicinehas the function of an enginevillagesabacus has been used in China for.5,000 years1,000 yearsmost important feature of a computer is thatis widely used in education and is useful even

7、in distant600 years1,300 yearshas a memory computes fastis small in size answers all kinds of questionscomputations of the computer are usually measured puter will soon affect.in large citiesin developed countriesall over the worldin the Western worldPassage 2In the traditional marriage,the ma

8、n worked at a job to earn money for the men worked in an office,a factory,or some other place away from thethe man earned the money,hepaid the money was used for food,clothes,a house,and other family man made most of the was the boss.In the traditional marriage,the woman seldom worked away from the

9、stayed at home to care for the children and her cooked the meals,cleaned house,washed the clothes,and did other household job at home was every important.In recent years,many couples continue to have a traditional relationship of thismanhas a job and earns the money for the woman stays at home and c

10、ares for the children and the Americans are happy with this kind of some other Americans have a different impression of marriage and family responsibilities.There are two important differences in male and female rolesis that both men andwomen have many more may choose to marry or to stay may choose

11、to work or stay at men and women may choose roles that are comfortable for them.A second difference in male and female roles is that within marriage many decisions and responsibilities are husband and wife may choose to have children,or they may they have children,the man may take care of them some

12、of the time, all of the time,or not at woman may want to stay at home and take care of theshe may want to go to and Womennow decide these things together in a married people now share these decisions and the responsibilities of their families.of the following is NOT true in the traditional marriagew

13、orked at a job to earn money for family.woman made most of decisions.woman stayed at home to care for the children.man paid the bills.recent years.couples reject the traditional relationshipwoman has a job and earns the money for the familywoman doesn t stay at home and care for the children and the

14、 houserole of men and women has begun to changeand women may now choose all the following EXCEPT to.or to stay singleor to stay at homethe roles that are comfortable for them their jobs just because they have children following are all now true EXCEPT.may choose to have children or notman may take c

15、are of the children some of the time woman may want to go to workwoman is the most important person in the houseof the following is NOT trueman was the boss in the traditional marriage.woman s job at home was very important in the past.Americans still have a traditional marriage.tries to get married

16、.Passage 3Did you know that the empty plastic soft drink bottles you throw away every day can be turned into carpet or automobiles partsThat used glass bottles and aluminum cans can be turned into new ones And that yesterda ys newspaper can be turned into tomorrowsIt all happens because of recycling

17、再禾U用.The simple waste we throw away is a “natural resource that,with recycling,can be used to produce a variety of new products.Unfortunately,America recycles only 10% of its rubbish,burns 10% and deposits 80% in waste desposal grounds,As a result,it is having to cope with a serious solid waste prob

18、lem.Every year,Americans throw away about 160 million tons of that total,plastics make up less than 8%,paper about 36%,and glass and metal about 20%,all by are naturally lighter,but still,when pressed together,accout for only about 20% by volume.As a result,in the past 10 years the United States was

19、te disposal grounds have decreased from about 18,500 to 6, five years 2,000 more will close.In the process of finding solutions,some people have proposed to stop using plastics. Unfortunately,stop using plastics would do much harm and no would lose all of the safety,health and convenience features o

20、f plastics.Besides,packaging would still be 1987 study shows what would happen if plastics were not used-the energy needed to produce other packaging,its cost,and the volume of waste collected would all rise greatly.Some Americans believe part of the answer to America wsaste problem lies in recyclin

21、g everything from glass to metals to paper to plastic.Today,recycling is on the are now more than 1,000 waste recycling programs in theare beginning to recycle plastics.Right now,almost 200 companies are recycling millions of used plastic containers into toys,traffic signs,waste baskets,floor materi

22、als,and park benches.Plastics are among the easiest materials to than 150 million pounds or 20% of all plastic soft drink bottles were recycled in 1987.can t the plastic soft drink bottles be turned into.parts.signs.all the rubbish in the .,plastics account forby weight andby volume.%; 20%B. 8%; 20%

23、; 8%; 36%average,waste plastics areother wastes.heavy in density asin density thanin density than same by weight as5 years,the have onlywaste disposal grounds.,000,000,000,500author of this passagethe proposal of stopping using plastices.nothing aboutsympathetic withtotoPassage 4There are two kinds

24、of memory:short-term and in long-term memory can be remembered at a later time when it is information may be kept for days or ,information in short-term memory is kept for only a few seconds,usually by repeating the information over and following experiment shows how short-term memory has been studi

25、ed.Henning studied how students who are learning English as a second language remember subjects in his experiment were 75 college represented all levels of ability in English:beginning,intermediate,advanced,and native-speaking students.To begin,the subjects listened to a recording of a native speake

26、r reading a paragraph in the recording,the subjects took a 15-question test to see which words theyquestion hadfour subjects had to circle the word they had heard in theof the questions had four choicesthat sound example,weather,whethet,wither,and wetter are four words that sound of the questions ha

27、d four choices that have the same ,way,manner,and system would be four words with the same the subjects took a language proficiency test.Henning found that students with a lower proficiency in English made more of their mistakes on words that sound alike;students with a higher proficiency made more

28、of theirmistakes on words that have the same s results suggest that beginning students hold the soundof words in their short-term memory,and advanced students hold the meaning of words in their short-term memory.made the experiment in order to study.students remember English vocabulary by short-term

29、 memorystudents learn English vocabulary to develop students ability in English long information in short-term memory is kept of the following statements is TRUE according to the passagein short-term memory is different from that in long-term memory. memory can be achieved only by training.is easier

30、 to test short-term memory than long-term memory.gave a separate test on vocabulary to his students.Henning s results we can see that.have difficulty in distinguishing the pronunciation of words students remember words by their meaning is defficult to remember words that sound alike is difficult to

31、remember words that have the same meaningword “ subject in the passage means.college course the students taketheme of the listening materialbranch of knowledge studiedstudent experimented onpassage centers on.kinds of memorymemoryexperiment on studentsPart II. Vocabulary,Structure and Grammar(30%)vi

32、ew from the other side of the mountain was even more.train and was late this morning,which annoyed them very much.duck scan keep out water because they have oily substance on them.the box of explosive carefully or we llup dead ourselves.Browns were a great deal moreof their guests than the Smiths.is

33、by death in many countries.can he save when he spendshis incomes entertainment.you live in the city,your friends are alwaysfor a chat or an eveningwitness was badly wounded himself,so he couldnt appear in court.fact nature particular person eggs,some meat,toast fruit and coffee at breakfast.often fe

34、llin front of the television.sleep asleep fertilizer plays an importantin developing agriculture.firsttelephoning her but then decided to go and see her.lawall parents to send their children to school until the age of sixteen.Betty didn tin at the hotel until ten in the evening.surfaces reflect heat

35、 and lightblack ones absorb them.ifis putting on has tothe belt to the larger size.is now working in London and is notto driving on the left.full set of the bookof twelve volumes.consistedup,the problem remained unsolved.not discussednot been discussedhaving discussedhaving been discussedhistory of

36、the village,which few people know much,can be studied from the record in theschool.ticket you got yesterday willyou to a free film.entitled to forwasawake thinking about his experiment.the end of this century many big bridges across the Pearl River.be completed completebe completedhave bee n complet

37、edt runt runt runt runis no goodtoday s work for tomorrow.leaveyou leaveout of ink,l would have finished writing the paper.East on had got promoted,his friends came to con gratulate him on that.heardheardhave heardbee n hearda customer as Harry,he would punish him heavily.he has methe was to meethe

38、is meeti nghe to meetthingsimpossible in the past are com mon today.con sidercon sideredis desired that heeveryth ing ready by toni ght.getgethave gotPart III. Cloze (10%)In the early days in the Un ited States,salt was very 51, So, the storekeeper of 52days was very careful 53 his salt. 54 he 55 ou

39、t salt for a customer,he did not 56 for anyone to walk 57 the floor of the store,The walking might 58 the floor and could 59 the salt to“ settle 60 athe storekeeper would have to 61 a little more salt to the62 he had already poured out!In the moder n world salt has many uses 63 the dining table,It i

40、s used in the making of glass and airpla ne parts,i n the64 of crops,a nd in killi ng is also used to make water 65even helps to 66 itch ing 67 it is rubbed on mosquito or other in sect bites.Salt can be 68 in various ways besides being take n from mines of salt water from the ocea n or salt water l

41、akes or small seas is one of the more com mon 69 for manu facturi ng 70 it is obta in ed,salt will con ti nue to play an importa nt part in the lives of men and wome n everywhere.the other handa matter of facta resultup freshupbe cleanPart IV Translation (20%)71. 他送給那位老太太一雙拖鞋作為生日禮物,這使她非?？鞓贰ave the

42、old lady a pair of slipper on her birthday,which pleased her a lot. sent the old lady a pair of slipper on her birthday,this made her very glad. presented the old lady a pair of slippers at her birthday,that made her very pleased. gave the old lady a pair of slippers for her birthday,which pleased h

43、er a lot.72. 在那里的時(shí)候，他們花一半的時(shí)間從事體力工作。there they spent half the time doing physical work.stayed there,they spent half the time on manual work. staying there,they spent half the time to do physical work. they stayed there,they spent half of their time to do manual work.73. 胖子身上過多脂肪細(xì)胞阻礙熱量迅速擴(kuò)散。much fat ce

44、lls prevent the heat of fat people to escape quickly.much fat cells prevent the heat of fat people escaping quickly.many fat cells prevent the heat of fat people from escaping quickly.many fat cells prevent the fat peoples heat from escaping quickly.74. 盡管他們工作很努力，他們很難趕上最新的科學(xué)的開展。matter they are worki

45、ng very hard,they can hardly keep up with the latest development in science. matter how hard they are working,they can hardly keep up with the latest development in science. spite of they are working very hard,they can hardly keep up with the latest development in science.they are working very hard,

46、they can t hardly keep up with the latest development in science.75. 據(jù)說前年建的大橋昨天被暴雨沖走。is said that the bridge built the year before was washed away by the heavy rain last night .is said that the bridge which was built the year before washing away by the heavy rain last night. is said that the bridge

47、was built the year before last night it was washed away by the heavy rain.is said that the bridge which was built the year before being washed away by the heavy rain lastnight.76. 關(guān)于我們將被邀請(qǐng)參加會(huì)議的消息是鼓舞人心的。news which we will be invited to the conference is very encouraging. news which we will be invited

48、 to the conference is very encouraged. news that we will be invited to the conference is very encouraging.news that we will be inviting to the conference is very encouraged.77. 隨著科學(xué)技術(shù)的開展，我們終有一天能夠到其他行星旅行。the development of science and technology we the development of science and technology well be ab

49、le to travel to other planets some day. ll be able toe torathverl ptolatnhets someday.the development of science and technology we can be able to travel to other planets some day.the development of science and technology we can be able to go to other planets for travellingsomeday.78. 這些藥似乎很有效。seems

50、that this medicines are quite effective.seems that these medicines are quite affected. seems that these medicines are quite effected. seems that these medicines are quite effective.79. 她寧愿自己做衣服也不到商店買。prefers making her own clothers than to buy them in the shops. prefers making her own clothers than

51、buying them in the shops.prefers making her own clothers in place of buying them in the shops.prefers making her own clothers instead of buying them in the shops.80. 昨天晚上一定是下過暴雨，因?yàn)楹铀蠞q了。must rain heavily last nignt,for the river has risen.must rain heavily last night,for the river has raised.must ha

52、ve rained heavily last night for the river has risen.must have rained heavily last night for the river has raised.1999 年廣東省普通高等學(xué)校本科插班生考試英語試題Part I Reading Comprehension(40%)Passage IToday,supermarkets are found in almost every large city in thethe first supermarketwas opened only fifty years was ope

53、ned in New York by a man named Michael Cullen.A supermarket is different from other types of stores in severalsupermarkets,goodsare placed on open customers choose what they want and take them to the check-out means that fewer employees are required than in other stores.The way products are displaye

54、d is another difference between supermarkets and many other types of example,in supermarkets there is usually a display of small inexpensive items just in front of the check-out counter:candies,chocolate,magazines,cheap books and so are they thereMost customers who go to a supermarket buy from a sho

55、ppingknow exactly whatthey need to shop according to a the time he or she reaches the check-out counter,the customer is feeling pleased and relaxed because the task of shopping isthis happy mood,thecustomer sees an attractive display of inexpensive goods that were not on his or her shopping he or sh

56、e feels like buying something just for his or her own pleasure andcustomers buy fromthese displays of products near the check-out counter,and this is exactly what the owner of the supermarket hopes they will do.Another important fact in helping a customer choose what to buy is where a product is pla

57、ced on a product that is placed at eye level on a shelf sells much better than one which is placed on a lower or higher product which is easy to see sells pay a higher price to have their products placed at eye level on the shelves.The comfort and convenience of shopping centers is another factor which makes them popular with parking spaces are provided,and many supermarkets stay open until very late at night.to the passage,which statement is NOT true supermarkets are found in almost every bit city. first supermarket was opened only half a century ago. first supermarket was opened i