2013年专英真题及答案

2013

年河南省普通高等学校

选拔优秀专科毕业生进入本科阶段学习考试

专业英语

Part I Vocabulary and Structure

（

30 point

）

and vice are before you ____ leads you to happiness,_____ to misery.

/latter former/the latter C.a former /a latter former/latter

earth is about ____ as the room.

fifty time big B. As big fifty time times as big as times big

sister is going to visit Xi

’

an with ____ friends.

her two little other little two two other little two little

other

little girl was left alone ,with _____ to look after her.

e one one

was at the coffee bar _____ she met her husband for the first time.

B./

6.

“

You realize that you were driving at 100 mph,don

’

t you ?

”

“

No ,officer.I _____.This car can

’

t do more than 80.

”

’

t have been B may not have been

C didn

’

t need to be D needn

’

t

have been

’

t let him catch you ____.

A do that again

B doing that again

C to do that again

D done that again

was thoroughly ashamed _____ so much money on such an ugly picture.

A for spending

B with spending

C to have spent

D of having spent

9.I never dreamed I ______ here discussing state affairs with the other deputies.

A would be sitting

B

would

had

been

sitting

C

will

have

been

sitting

D

will be sitting

these dictionaries are a great help to you , _____?

A

are

they

B

are

all

these

dictionaries

C

aren

’

t

they

D

aren

’

t

all

these

dictionaries

until I shouted at the top of my voice ______ his head.

A he had turned

B that he turned

C he didn

’

t turn

D did he turn

means ______ tried but without much result.

A are

B is

C has been

D have been

’

s high time you _____.

A started to work

B had stared to work C will start to work C would start to

work

required that the machine parts ____ cast iron.

A is made of

B be made from

C is made by

D be made of

15._____,we could not have finished the work on time.

A But for their help

B Was it not for their help C If they do not help us

D

Should they offer to help us

sooner had he finished his speech ______ stormy applause broke out.

A as

B than

C then

D when

’

s the doctor _____ on the seriously wounded man.

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A that be operated

B that operated him

C who he operated

D who operated

18.______,she knows Germany well.

A The child as she is

B As she is a child

C Child as she is

D A child as she

is

is something wrong with Steven

’

s car , he must have it _____.

A checking

B checked

C to check

D check

answer is not acceptable ,and ____.

A neither am I

B mine is neither

C either is mine

D neither is mine

one can function properly if they are _____ of sleep.

A rid

B declined

C refused

D deprived

kind of analysis _____ the problem to its simplest form.

A reduces B decreases

C breaks

D displaces

the

current

economic

climate

it

is

fairly

_____

that

unemployment

will

continue to rise.

A reliable

B predictable C desirable D indifferent

map carries a ____ of one centimeter to ten kilometers.

A coordinate B regulate C adapt D suit

new

comers

found

it

impossible

to

_____

themselves

to

the

climate

sufficiently to make permanent homes in the new county.

A coordinate B regulate C adapt D suit

traitor was sent into _____ to a remote island.

A expel B extol C excel D exile

ive

reporting

on

television

has

helped

to

_____

interest

in

a

wide

variety of sports an activities.

A generate

B gather C assemble

D yield

the process ,great care has to be taken to protect the _____ silk from

damage.

A sensible

B delicate

C tender D sensitive

strong storm did a lot of damage to the coastal villages: severa; fishing

boats were _____ and many houses collapsed.

A wrecked

B torn

C spoiled

D injured

decided

to

rent

a

flat,we

_____

contacting

all

the

accommodation

agencies in the city.

A set out

B set about

C set up

D set down

Part II Reading Comprehension

（

40 point

）

Passage One

a

child

is

a

circular

more

you

give,the

more

you

get,the

more you want to give.

my

blended

family.I

was

born

in

the

youngest

of

six

children,I

learned

to

share my parents' love.

Raising six children during the difficult time of the Great Depression took its toll

on

my

parents'

relationship

and

resulted

in

their

divorce

when

I

was

18

years

never

had

very

close

relationships

with

his

children

and

drifted

even

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farther away from us after the l

years later,a wonderful woman came

into his life and they were had two sons,one of them still at

her influence,we became a blended family and a good relationship developed between

the two always treated us as if we were her own was because

of our other 's second wife, that he became closer to his own children.

They shared over 25 years together before our father passed the time of

his

death,

the

question

came

up

of

my

mother,Daddy's

first

wife,attending

his

funeral.I will never forget the unconditional love shown by my step I

asked her if she would object to mother attending Daddy's funeral,without giving it a

second thought,she immediately replied,

children.

ing to the speaker, what contributed to her parents' divorce?

A Family violence

B The Great Depression

C Bad relationship between parents and their six children

D Her father

’

s disloyalty

32.

more you want to give.

A Love is blind. B Love is a business. C Love breeds love. D Love can tame the

wildest.

brought the father closer to his own children?

A His children

’

s efforts.

B His improved financial condition.

C His advanced age.

D His second wife

’

s positive influence.

one is NOT true about the writer

’

s step mother?

A a wonderful woman

B unconditional love shown to her step children

C positive influence on the blended family

D caring for her own children only

35. What message does the writer want to convey in this passage?

A Divorce often has disastrous consequences.

B Happiness is hard to find in blended families.

C The piety of the family relation should be respected in the highest degree.

D Love is the base of family relationship especially in blended families.

Passage Two

Like many of my generation, I have a weakness for hero worship. At some point,

however, we all begin to question our heroes and our need for them. This leads us to

ask: What is a hero?

Despite immense differences in cultures, heroes around the world generally share

a number of characteristics that instruct and inspire people.

A hero does something worth talking about. A hero has a story of adventure to

tell and a community who will listen. But a hero goes beyond mere fame.

Heroes

serve

powers

or

principles

larger

than

themselves.

Like

high-voltage

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transformers, heroes take the energy of higher powers and step it down so that it can

be used by ordinary people.

The

hero

lives

a

life

worthy

of

imitation.

Those

who

imitate

a

genuine

hero

experience life with

new depth,

enthusiasm,

and

meaning. A sure test

for would-be

heroes is what or whom do they serve? What are they willing to live and die for? If

the answer or evidence suggests they serve only their own fame, they may be famous

persons

but

not

heroes.

Madonna

and

Michael

Jackson

are

famous,

but

who

would

claim that their fans find life more abundant?

Heroes

are

catalysts

(

催化剂

)

for

change.

They

have

a

vision

from

the

mountaintop. They have the skill and the charm to move the masses. They create new

possibilities. Without Gandhi, India might still be part of the British Empire. Without

Rosa

Parks

and

Martin

Luther

King,

Jr.,

we

might

still

have

segregated

(

隔离的

)

buses,

restaurants,

and

parks.

It

may

be

possible

for

large-scale

change

to

occur

without leaders with

magnetic personalities,

but

the pace of

change would be slow,

the vision uncertain, and the committee meetings endless.

36. Although heroes may come from different cultures, they ________.

A generally possess certain inspiring characteristics

B probably share some weaknesses of ordinary people

C are often influenced by previous generations

D all unknowingly attract a large number of fans

37. According to the passage, heroes are compared to high- voltage transformers

in that ________.

A they have a vision from the mountaintop

B they have warm feelings and emotions

C they can serve as concrete examples of noble principles

D they can make people feel stronger and more confident

38. Madonna and Michael Jackson are not considered heroes because ________.

A they are popular only among certain groups of people

B their performances do not improve their fans morally

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C their primary concern is their own financial interests

D they are not clear about the principles they should follow

39. Gandhi and Martin Luther King are typical examples of outstanding leaders

who ________.

A are good at demonstrating their charming characters

B can move the masses with their forceful speeches

C are capable of meeting all challenges and hardships

D can provide an answer to the problems of their people

40. The author concludes that historical changes would ________.

A be delayed without leaders with inspiring personal qualities

B not happen without heroes making the necessary sacrifices

C take place ff there were heroes to lead the people

D produce leaders with attractive personalities

Passage Three

Karen and Ken Mullin, a young professional couple in Cleveland, own fifty Coo

kbooks and two fully equipped kitchens in their house. Yet they rarely cook their Own

meals; instead, on their way home from work they usually stop at a supermarket And

choose two portions of meat loaf and a container of ready-to-serve potatoes

says Karen

A half-century after the first TV dinner was born, the food industry is approachi

ng its long-sought dream of relieving people like the Mullins of unpaid labor in the fin

al, and arguably most profitable, step by which a cow gets turned into meat loaf. Incre

asingly, tables in America's kitchens are used not for cutting or peeling but for putting

takeout food onto plates. For those who even bother with plates. According to Harry B

lazer, an influential food-industry researcher, American dinners that came from a take

out counter increased by 24 percent in the past decade,

ould be a cooking device,

Across the United States, entire business models are being transformed. superm

arket takeout counters, formerly a place where unsold chickens were courted with sau

ce, increasingly resemble high-end corporate cafeterias, with sushi bars and stir-fly sta

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tions.

One psychologist thinks the trend toward healthier eating is responsible: Amer

icans have finally gotten the message that it's bad to eat fried chicken, so they

’

re doing it at home where no one can see them.

Of course, thee are people you wouldn't expect to cook at home, like Steve Tra

xler, an unmarried Chicago theater producer, whose refrigerator contains little more th

an

orange

juice, wine and leftovers.

Well, somebody must be using those cookbooks, right?

o cook; I think they're reading them in bed,

k.

It's not entirely a question of time. The takeout fashion is fueled, in part, by th

e popularity of foods like sushi, which even adventuresome American cooks are unlik

ely to try to make at home. And takeout fills another need as well, for the atmosphere

of the home-cooked dinner.

41. From the text we a 1a that the Mullins______.

A are experienced in cooking B are expert at food shopping

C often go dining out at a restaurant D often eat ready-made food at home

42. The food industry is approaching its final goal of________.

A freeing people of cooking at home B turning cows into meat loaf far people

C relieving itself of unpaid labor for people D providing people with delicious

TV dinners

43. We a infer from the text that some Americans

.

A are too busy to cut or pal B are too bay to use their tables

C do not even are their plates D do not even use the microwave

44. Supermarket takeout counters _______.

A have sushi bas ad stir-fry stations now B used to process the lea-ova food fo

r sale

C cooperate with high-end corporation cafeterias D used to court chickens of i

nferior with sauce

45. Takeout food is not only convenient but also enables Americans to ______.

A avoid taking unhealthy food B follow the trend of eating out

C enjoy eating together at home

D have time to improve their cooking

Passage Four

Faced

with

a

mission-critical

decision,

who

would

you

turn

to

for

advice?

Someone you have great confidence in, surely. But several lines of research show that

our instincts about where to turn to for counsel are often not completely correct.

My research looks at prejudices that affect how people use advice, including why

they often blindly follow recommendations from people who

—

as far as they know

—

are as knowledgeable as they are. In studies I conducted with Don Moore of Carnegie

Mellon University, for example,

I found that people tend to

overvalue

advice when

the problem they're addressing is hard and to undervalue it when the problem is easy.

In our experiments, subjects were asked to guess the weight of people in various

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