-
2008
年江苏省
普通高校“专转本”统一考试
大学英语
本试卷分第
I
卷（客观题）和第
II
卷（
主观题）两部分。满分
150
分。考试时间
120
分钟。
卷中未注明做大对
象的试题为英语类和非英语类学生共同作答的试题，注明作答对象的试题按规定作答。
第
I
卷（共
100
分
）
Part I Reading
Comprehension
（共
40
分）
Passage 1
Sometimes, people
simply do not realize they are being ill mannered.
Take Ted, for example. He prides himself on
speaking his mind, and has something to
say on everything. But his frankness is often
extremely embarrassing.
He is incapable
of saying,
“
I thought that
last advertising campaign had a lot of good ideas
in it, but perhaps next
time we could
give the copy more vitality
(
活力
)
.
”
Instead, he
could say,
“
That campaign
was a disaster. A child
of three could
have done be
tter!”
The fact that he is often right does
not help. Other employees dislike his manner even
more, he is too sensitive to
notice.
Another character among the list of
ill-mannered employees is Sally, who seems to
regard just being at work as a
severe
punishment. Everything is done unwillingly.
Asking her to do a task beyond her
basic job description is
often not
worth the trouble. It will be done, but half-
heartedly.
Fergus is just the opposite.
He shows an over-familiarity to his boss. When an
important visitor is shown into the
manager’s office, Fergus cannot take
the hint and leave. In
stead he w3ill
attempt to take part in the conversation,
declaring, “You can talk in font of me.
Henry and I don’t have many secrets, do we? ” Over
the years Pergus has
fallen behind his
former equals. But he seeks to maintain the same
close relationship that he imagines existed in
their younger days.
1. Which
of the following words describes Ted best?
A. Cold
A.
C.
A.
C.
A.
C.
B. Tactless C. Stupid
D. Warm-hearted
2. It can be
inferred from the passage that Ted
.
is
well-known for his honestly
B.
tends to blame others
rather than himself
often gives the
right idea in the wrong way
D.
is treated
unfairly by the management
3. Which of
the following is true about Sally?
She
thinks it’s unfair to have so much work to
do.
B.
She is unhappy to help
others.
She hates being ordered about.
D. She does
everything half-heartedly.
was once
close to all his colleagues
B.
doesn’t kn
ow what a hint is
D.
has remained in the same position for
years
knows everything that happens in
the office
D. a manager
4. Form the passage, we can infer that
Fergus
.
5. The writer
is taking the point of view of
.
A.
a colleague
Passage 2
A lot
of real businesses are focusing on the Internet as
a way of building sales, but some people with
nothing to sell
are
creating
their
own
Web
sites
to
announce
wedding
plans,
show
off
pictures
of
their
kids
or
just
have
communication. It’s not as hard
as you think and it can be a lot of
fun. Carol Masser has some tips on building you
own Web site.
“
Like my living room, or my
study, it
’
s where I put,
mementos (
纪念品
), collectibles
(
收藏物
),
books and
paintings and things that I would like to show to
my friend
s and relatives.”
Renne Tubegeihan uses his own Web site
to invite people into his virtual home. While John
Marashod designed his
own Web site to
attract other parents of disabled children. “I’d
say the goal of this site is to basically link
parents in
B. people like Ted
C. an employee
the same
situation with disabled children and
exch
ange ideas with one
another.”
Renne and John are
part of a growing number of surfers who have
established their own Web site. If you want to
weave a Web yourself, it’s easier than
you think. The first step is to get your own Web
address. They’re sold by
Web service
providers like Microsoft, A
T&T, and
other local companies. You are expected to pay
between 15 and
25 dollars every month
to rent space for your site. But some companies,
like Tripod and Geocities, issue the site
for free if you agree to allow their
advertising on your page.
Before you
get into setting up your own Web site, you should
go around and do some surfing and check out other
sites. Once you know what you want to
do, it’s time to build. If you just want the
basics, you can use Microsoft’s
free
Internet Assistant; or if you want to get a little
fancier, you can by a software program like Adobe
Page Mill
for 100 dollars or
Microsoft’s FrontPage Editor for 150
dollars.
6. According to the
passage, some people create their own Web sites in
order to
.
A.
C.
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
sell their personal things
B.
set up family business
communications with others
D. show off their Web-site
building skills
To contact parents who
like to share their ideas on raising children.
To link parents who offer free service
to disabled children.
To send
information to disabled children.
To
link parents with disabled children so as to
communicate with each other.
their
advertisements are allowed to be put on the Web
site
the Web service providers agree to
put their advertisement on their Web sites
Microsoft and other service providers
pay the monthly rent
25 dollars are to
Microsoft, A
T&T or other local
companies
You need to contact a local
company for free advertising.
You need
to surf some web sites so as to decide what will
be included in your Web site.
You need
to learn the basic skills of creating a Web site.
You need to buy a software program
called Adobe Page Mill.
B.
It’s expensive by American stand
ard.
7. What is the main goal of John
Marashod’s Web site?
8. Some
companies offer free Web address provided that
.
9. What do you
need to do after you get your Web site address
according to the passage?
10. What does
the author think about creating one’s own Web
site?
A. It’s very
complicated.
Passage 3
Moods, say the experts, are emotions
that tend to became fixed, influencing one’s
outlook for hours, days or even
weeks.
That’s great if your mood is a pleasant one, but a
problem i
f you are sad, anxious, angry
or simple lonely.
Perhaps the best way
to deal with such moods is to talk them out:
sometimes, though, there is no one to listen.
Modern
pharmacology
(
药物学
)
offers
a
lot
of
tranquilizers
(
镇静剂
),
antidepressants
and
anti-anxiety
drugs.
What many people
don
’
t realize, however, is
that scientists have discovered the effectiveness
of several non-drug
approaches to make
you free from an unwanted mood. These can be just
as useful as drugs, and have the added
benefit of being
non-
poisonous. So next time you feel
out of sorts, don’t h
ead for the drug-
store, try the following
approach.
Of all the mood-altering self-help
techniques, aerobic (
增氧健体的
)
exercise seems to be the most efficient cure
for a bad mood.
“
If you could keep the
exercise,
you
’
d
be in high spirits.
”
Says Kathryn Lance, author of
Running for Health and Beauty.
Researchers
have
explained
biochemical
and
various
other
changes
that
make
exercise
compared
favorably
to
C.
It’s much easier than we think.
D. It’s just too simple.
drugs
as
a
mood-raiser.
Physical
exertion
such
as
housework,
however,
does
little.
The
key
is
aerobic
exercise
—
running,
cycling, walking, swimming or other repetitive and
tamed activities that boost the heart rate.,
increase
circulation
(
血液循环
) and
improve
the
body
’
s
utilization
(
利用
) of
oxygen.
Do them
for
at
least
20
minutes a session, three
of five times a week.
11. What id the
main subject of the passage?
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
How to beat a bad mood.
How to do physical exercise.
How to talk bad moods out.
How to get involved in aerobic
exercise.
the best way to overcome a
bad mood is to talk to oneself
when one
is in a bad mood, he or she may not work very
efficiently
some drugs are more
effective than physical exercise
a
person can make a big profit if he is in a good
mood
B. be in bad mood
D. need a mood-raiser
12. It
can be inferred from the passage that
.
13. “Feel out
of sorts” in the second paragraph could be best
replaced by “
”.
A. put things in order
C. search for tranquilizers
A.
B.
C.
D.
14. Which of the
following is NOT true according to the passage?
Doing housework can also help you
overcome bad mood.
Aerobic exercise can
make you in high spirits.
Swimming,
walking, or running is an efficient cure for a bad
mood.
Taking anti-
anxiety
drugs might do harm to people’s health.
15. Which of the following best
describes the organization of this passage?
A. A procedure is explained and its
significance is emphasized.
B. A
problem is pointed out and solutions are given.
C. Two contrasting views of a problem
are presented.
D. Recent
pharmacological advancements are outlined in order
of importance.
Passage 4
(
非英语类学生必做，英语类学生不做，
16
—
20
小题。
)
The
average
person
swallows
about
half-a-ton
of
food
a
year
—
not
counting
drink
—
and
though
the
body
is
remarkably efficient at
extracting (
摄取
) just what it
needs form this huge mixture, it can only cope up
to a point.
If you go on eating too
much of some th
ings and not enough of
others, you’ll eventually get out of condition and
your health will suffer. So think
before you start eating. It may look good. It may
taste good. Fine! But how much
good is
it really doing you?
What you eat and
the way it affects your body depend very much on
the kinds of person you are. For one thing, the
genes you inherit form your parents can
determine how your body metabolism
(
新陈代谢
) copes with particular
foods. The tendency to put on weight
rather easily, for example, often runs in
families
—
which means that
they
have to take particular care.
And your parents many shape your future
in another way. The way you are brought up shapes
some basic attitudes
to
food
—
like whether you have a
sweet tooth, nibble
（吃零食）
between meals, take big
mountains or eat chips
with everything.
Eating habits, good or bad, tend to get passed on.
And then there is your lifestyle. How
much you spend on food ( time as well as money ),
how much exercise you
get
—
these can
alter the balance between food and fitness.
And finally, both your age and your sex
may affect this balance. For example, you’re more
likely to put on weight
as get older, especially if you’re
a woman.
16. Before eating
something, we are advised to consider
.
A. how good it will taste
C. why we want to eat it
B. whether we really need
it
D. if we have eaten too much of it
17 We can infer from the passage that
.
A. in order to
keep fit, we should spend as little time and money
as possible on food
B. nibbling between
meals is a bad habit that will throw our body out
C. if other members of our family get
fat quite easily, we probably will too
D. we can eat as much as we want and
leave it to our body to select what it needs
18. If we love sweet things, it’s
probably due to
.
A.
our body’s needs
C. our
basic instinct
B. our parent’s influence
D. the taste of the food
19.
According to the passage, which person is most
likely to put on weight?
A. A
successful young businessman
.B. A child who is picky
about food.
C. A man with a good
appetite
.D. A woman who has just retired.
20. What conclusion can we draw from
this passage?
A. People need a standard
to guide their eating.
B.
Proper eating is the key
to one’s health.
C.
Women
should pay
more
attention
to
what
they
eat.
D.
The
balance between
food
and
fitness
is
hard
to
maintain.
Passage 4
< br>(
英语类学生必做，非英语类学生不做，
16
—
20
小题。
)
Mrs. P sneezes violently. Mrs. Q says,
“Bless you!” Mrs. P says, “Thank you.” Again, this
hardly seems to be a
case
of
language
being
used
to
communicate
ideas,
but
rather
to
maintain
a
comfortable
relationship
between
people.
Its
function
is
to
provide
a
means
of
avoiding
a
situation
which
both
parties
might
otherwise
find
embarrassing. No
factual content is involved. Similarly, the use of
such phrases as “Good morning” or “Pleased to
meet you”, and ritual exchanges about
health
or the weather, do not
communicate ideas in the usual sense.
Sentences
of
this
kind
are
usually
automatically
produced,
and
stereotyped
in
structure.
They
often
state
the
obvious (e. g. Lovely
day) or have no content at all (e. g. Hello).
They certainly require a special kind
of explanation, and this is found in the idea that
language is here being used
for
the
purpose
of
maintaining
good
relationship
between
people.
The
anthropologist
(
人类学家
)
Bronislaw
Malinowski created
the phrase
“
phatic
communication
”
to
signal friendship
—
or, at
least, lack of hatred. For
someone to
withhold these when they are expected, by staying
silent, is a sure sign of distance, alienation
(
疏远
) ,
or even
danger.
These illustrations apply to
English and to many European languages. But
cultures vary greatly in the topics which
they permit as phatic communication.
The weather is not as universal a conversation-
filler as the English might
like to
think. For example, Rundi women (in Burendi,
Central Africa), upon taking leave, are quite
often heard to
say, routinely and
politely, “I must go home now, or my husband will
beat me.” Moreover, phatic communication
itself is far from universal. Some
culture say little, and prefect silence, as in the
case of the Paliyans of southern
India,
or the American of Colombia.
16. What
is the subject of the passage?
A.
Language used to communication ideas.
B. Difference between English of
language use.
C. A special social
function of language use.
D.
Relationship between language and culture.
17. In
Paragraph 1, the author implies that
.
A. people usually think
language is only used to communicate ideas
B. the exchange about health or the
weather is a universal topic
C. people
will always say something when facing
embarrassment
D. the example of Mrs. P
and Mrs. O is common in all cultures
18. The phrase “stereotyped in
structure” in Paragraph 2 probably means
.
A.
sentence of this kind have a variety of meanings
B. this kind of sentence has no content
at all
C. the structure of these three
sentences is always changing
D.
sentence of this kind usually have a fixed
structure
19. The phrase “phatic
communication” in Paragraph 3 can be explained as
.
A.
exchange of ideas
B. explanation of
facts
C. exchanges about heath or the
weather
D. exchange for maintaining
social relationship
20. In the last
paragraph, the author concludes that
.
A. the weather is a
universal topic for human communication
B. phatic communication differs form
culture to culture
C. the English and
people in may Europeans countries have common
language for phatic communication
D.
every culture has its own way to communicate ideas
Part II Vocabulary and Structure
（共
40
分）
21. His salary as a bus driver is much
higher than
.
A. that of a teacher
B. those of a teacher
C.
these of a teacher
D. this
of a teacher
22. While Tim was walking
in the street, he came
an old classmate of his.
A.
into
B. across
C. onto
D. up with
23. Hardly
making the
speech when the people stood up applauding.
A. has the speaker finished
B. the speaker had finished
C. had the speaker finished
D. had finished the speaker
24. Human behavior is mostly a product
of learning, whereas the behavior of an animal
depends mainly on
A. consciousness
B. instinct
C. impulse
D. reaction
25. If you
in taking this annoying attitude, we’ll
have to ask you to leave.
A.
persist
B. insist
C. resist
D. assist
26. There are not
many teachers who are strong
of traditional methods in
English teaching.
A. sponsors
B. advocates
C. contributors
D. performers
27. Please see
to it
no
one comes in without identification.
A.
that
B. lest
C. when
D. which
28. We had
enough Russian to be table
to read the instructions.
A. set up
B. picked up
C. taken up
D. made up
29. Only those who are
of their lagging behind are
more likely to catch up.
A. awake
B. visual
C. aware
D. illusive
30. It is suggested that smoking
in public
places.
A. will not be allowed
B. was not allowed
C. not be
allowed
D. is not allowed
.