英语大二大三以及答案2012年江苏省普通高校专转本英语试卷真题(大二大三)

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Directions:

There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some

questions

or

unfinished

statements.

For

each

of

them

there

are

4

choices

marked

A,

B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter

on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Passage One

Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage.

Different

countries

and

different

races

have

different

manners.

Before

entering

a

house

in

some

Asian

countries,

it

is

good

manners

to

take

off

your

shoes.

In

European

countries,

even

though

shoes

sometimes

become

very

muddy,

this

is

not

done.

A

guest

in a Chinese house sometimes does not finish a drink. He leaves a little, to show

that

he

has

had

enough.

In

a

Malay

house,

too,

a

guest

always

leaves

a

little

food.

In England, a guest always finishes a drink to show that he enjoys it.

We should like to find out the customs of other races, so that they will not

think

us

ill- mannered.

But

people

all

over

the

world

agree

that

being

well-mannered

really means being kind and helping others, especially those older or weaker than

ourselves. If you remember this, you will not go very far wrong.

Here are some examples of the things that a well-mannered person does or does

not do.

He never laughs at people when they are in trouble. He is always kind either

to people or to animals. When people are waiting for a bus, or in a post office,

he lines up to wait his turn. In the bus, he gives his seat to an older person or

a lady who is standing. If he accidentally bumps into

（碰撞）

someone, or gets in

their way, he says “Excuse me” or “I’m sorry”.

He says “Please” when making a request, and “Thank you” when he receives

something.

He

stands

up

when

speaking

to

a

lady

or

an

older

person,

and

he

does

not

sit

down

until

the

other

person

is

seated.

He

does

not

talk

too

much

about

himself.

When eating, he does not speak with his mouth full of food.

1. According to the passage, a knowledge of the customs of other races ______.

2. A person with good manners thinks of ______.

A. the older before himself

B. himself before others

A. is very useful

C. is unimportant

B. is unnecessary

D. does not mean much

C. no one but himself

D. his personal interests

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3. Which of the following is NOT true? A well-mannered person usually ______.

A. says “Please” when making a request

B. makes an apology for bumping into someone accidentally

C. sits where he is when speaking to a lady

D. tries to help those who are in trouble

4. If you want to be well-mannered, ______.

5. As different countries have different manners, ______

A. it’s unnecessary to learn their manners

B. we should try to find out the differences in the customs

C. it should be wrong to go out of one’s way to do anything

A. you laugh at people when they are in trouble

B. it’s all right to speak with your mouth full of food

C. you should stop someone when he is talking

D. you should speak after someone else has finished talking

D. learning a little language would be helped

Passage Two

Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage.

I

entered

St.

Thomas’s

Hospital

as

a

medical

student

at

the

age

of

18

and

spent

five years there. I was an unsatisfactory student, for my heart was not in it. I

had always wanted to be a writer, and in the evenings, after my tea, I wrote and

read.

Before

long,

I

wrote

a

novel,

called

Liza

of

Lambeth

,

which

I

sent

to

a

publisher

and

was

accepted.

It

appeared

during

my

last

year

at

the

hospital

and had

something

of

a

success.

I

felt

I

could

afford

to

give

up

medicine

and

make

writing

my

profession;

so, three days after I graduated from the school of medicine, I set out for Spain

to write another book. Looking back now, and knowing the terrible difficulties of

making a living by writing, I realize I was taking a fearful risk.

The next ten years were very hard, and I earned an average of

￡

100 a year.

Then

I

had

a

bit

of

luck.

The

manager

of

the

Court

Theatre

put

on

a

play

that

failed.

The next play he a

rranged to put on was not ready, and he was at his wit’s end.

He

read

a

play

of

mine

and,

though

he

did

not

much

like

it,

he

thought

it

might

just

run for the six weeks till the play he had in mind could be produced. It ran for

fifteen

months.

Within

a

short

while,

I

had

four

plays

running

in

London

at

the

same

time. Nothing of the kind had ever happened before. I was the talk of the town.

6. When the author was a medical student, he ______.

A. had some trouble with his heart

B. was a very good student

C. wanted to be a writer after graduation

D. was satisfied with what he was doing at the time

7. When the author wrote his first novel, ______.

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A. he sent it to a publisher but it was not accepted

B. he was still studying at the medical school

C. he succeeded in publishing it though it was not a success.

D. he had graduated from the medical school.

8. The author gave up medicine because at that time ______.

A. he thought he could make a living by writing

9. For the first ten years of his writing career after his graduation, the author

earned an average of

￡

100 a year, which was ______.

A. a great sum

B. a bit of luck

C. a small sum

D. a moderate success

B. he knew the success of the book was natural

C. he knew it was no risk to be a writer

D. he was quite rich after the success of his book

10. The manager of the Court Theatre agreed to put on the author’s play because

______.

A. he thought the author was a good playwright

B. he liked the author’s plays very much

C. he failed to arrange a new play in time

D. he heard that the author had studied medicine before

Passage Three

Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage.

In the last 500 years, nothing about people

–

-- not their clothes, ideas or

languages --- has changed as much as what they eat. The original chocolate drink

was made from the seeds of the cocoa tree by South American Indians. The Spanish

introduced

it

to

the

rest

of

the

world.

And

although

it

was

very

expensive,

it

quickly

became fashionable. In London, shops where chocolate drinks were served became

important meeting places. Some still exist today.

The

potato

is

also

from

the

New

World.

Around

1500,

the

Spanish

brought

it

from

Peru to Europe, where it was soon widely grown. Ireland became so dependent on it

that thousa

nds of Irish people starved when the crop failed during the “Potato

Famine” of 1845

-46, and thousands more were forced to emigrate to America. There

are many other foods that have traveled from South America to the Old World. But

some

others

went

in

the

opposite

direction.

Brazil

is

now

the

world’s

largest

grower

of coffee, and coffee is an important crop in Columbia and other South American

countries. But it is native to Ethiopia. It was first made into a drink by Arabs

during the 1400s.

According

to

an

Arabic

legend,

coffee

was

discovered

by

a

goatherd

named

Kaldi.

He noticed that his goats were attracted to the red berries on a coffee bush. He

tried

one

and

experienced

the

“wide

-

awake”

feeling

that

one

-

third

of

the

world’s

population now starts the day with.

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11. According to the passage, ______ has changed the most in the last 500 years.

A. food

B. chocolate

C. potato

D. coffee

12. “Some” in “Some still exist today” (Para.1) means ______.

A. some cocoa trees

C. some shops

B. some chocolate drinks

D. some South American Indians

13.

Thousands

of

Irish

people

starved

during

the

“Potato

Famine”

because

______.

A. they were so dependent on the potato that they refused to eat anything else

B. they were forced to emigrate to America

C. the weather conditions in Ireland were not suitable for growing the potato

D. the potato harvest was bad.

14. Coffee originally came from ______.

A. Brazil

B. Columbia

C. Ethiopia

D. Arabia

15. The Arabic legend is used to prove that ______.

A. coffee was first discovered by Kaldi

B. coffee was first discovered by Kaldi’s goats

C. coffee was first discovered in South American countries

D. coffee drinks were first made by Arabs

Passage Four

Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage.

Around the world more and more people are taking part in dangerous sports and

activities.

Of

course,

there

have

always

been

people

who

have

looked

for

adventure

---- those who have climbed the highest mountains, explored unknown parts of the

world

or

sailed

in

small

boats

across

the

greatest

oceans.

Now,

however,

there

are

people

who

seek

an

immediate

thrill

from

a

risky

activity

which

may

only

last

a

few

minutes or even seconds.

I would consider bungee jumping to be a good example of such an activity. You

jump from a high place (perhaps a bridge, or a hot-air balloon) 200 metres above

the

ground

with

an

elastic

rope

tied

to

your

ankles.

You

fall

at

up

to

150

kilometres

an

hour

till

the

rope

stops

you

from

hitting

the

ground.

It

is

estimated

that

2

million

people around the world have now tried bungee jumping. Other activities as risky

as

bungee

jumping

involve

jumping

from

tall

buildings

and

diving

into

the

sea

from

the top of high cliffs. Why do people take part in such activities as these? Some

psychologists suggest that it is because life in modern societies has become safe

and boring. Not very long ago, people’s lives were constantly under threat. They

had to go out and hunt for food, diseases could not easily be cured, and life was

a continuous battle for survival.

Nowadays, according to many people, life offers little excitement. They live

and

work

in

a

comparatively

safe

environment;

they

buy

food

in

shops,

and

there

are

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doctors and hospitals to look after them if they become ill. The answer for some

of these people is to seek danger in activities such as bungee jumping.

16. The best title for the passage would be ______.

A. Dangerous Sports: What and Why

B. The Boredom of Modern Life

C. Bungee Jumping: Is It Really Dangerous?

D. The Need for Excitement

17. More and more people today ______.

A. are trying activities such as bungee jumping

B. are climbing the highest mountains

C. are coming close to death in sports

D. are exploring unknown places

18. In bungee jumping, you ______.

A. jump as high as you can

B. slide down a rope to the ground

C. attach yourself to a rope and fall towards the ground

D. fall towards the ground without a rope

19. People probably take part in dangerous sports nowadays because ______.

A. they have a lot of free time

B. they can go to hospital if they are injured

C. their lives lack excitement

D. they no longer need to hunt for food

20. The writer of the passage has a ______ attitude towards dangerous sports.

A. positive

B. negative

C. neutral

D. nervous

Part II Vocabulary and Structure

（共

40

小题，每小题

1

分，共

40

分）

Directions

:

There

are

40

incomplete

sentences

in

this

part.

For

each

sentence

there

are

4

choices

marked

A,

B,

C

and

D.

Choose

the

ONE

that

best

completes

the

sentence.

Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through

the center.

21. Wounded ______ he was, he refused to come back from the front.

A. since

C. as

B. for

D. although

22. After the class meeting, she ______ us about her life in the United States.

A. went on telling

C. went telling

B. went to tell

D. went on to tell

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23. The owner and editor of the newspaper ______ the conference.

A. were attending

B. was to attend to

C. is to attend

D. are to attend

24. It ______ John and Peter who helped me with my work the other day.

A. were

C. had been

B. is

D. was

25. It’s high time ______ him a severe lesson for being late.

26.

______,

we

decided

to

leave

at

once,

as

we

didn’t

want

to

risk

missing

the

last

bus.

A. Being pretty late

C. It being pretty late

B. As it being pretty late

D. It was being pretty late

A. you give

C. you’ll give

B. you gave

D. you should give

27. No announcement has been made concerning _____ on the next flight.

A. who go

B. who is going

C. is who going

D. who went

28. The electric furnace _____ before it can be used.

A. needs repairing

B. should be in repair

C. must repair

D. has to be repairable

29. We can’t enter the room because its door ______.

A. locked

B. locks

C. is locked

D. is locking

30. ______ Charles starts a job, he will do it ______ it is finished.

A. Since, where

C. Once, till

B. Each time, once

D. The moment, as

31. Seldom ______ any mistakes during my past 10 years of working here.

32. ______ in the park, I came across my former English teacher.

A. If wandered

B. If wandering

C. While wandered

D. While wandering

A. I did make

C. I would make

B. did I make

D. I made

33. I’m sorry ______ so long. I forgot to tell you in advance that I would have

a meeting this afternoon.

A. to keep you waited

B. to keep you waiting

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