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2013
年北京市专升本英语真题
Part
Ⅰ
Vocabulary and Structure
Directions:
There are 15
incomplete sentences in this part. You are
required to
complete each one by
deciding on the most appropriate word or works
from the 4
choices marked A.,B.,C. and
D. then you should write the letter in the
corresponding
space on the Answer
Sheet.
1.
Jane __ up in village without TV or
radio,
which caused her to develop a
love for reading.
A. grows
B. grew
C.
had grown
D. was growing
2. The public demanded that the central
government should take measures to
________the price down
A.
bring
B. cut
C. put
D. take
3. Her essay was entirely based on
date__ from reliable records.
A.
collecting
B. to collect
C. collected
D.
being
collected
4. The wounded soldier died
_______ we had a chance to know his name and
family.
A. when
B.
until
C. since
D. before
5. I
______
have saved for my
retirement when I was young.
A. must
B. need
C.
should
D.
would
6. Lucy is going to travel around
the world when she ______ school.
A.
leaves
B. left
C.
has left
D. is leaving
7.
We asked both john and jerry, but ______could
offer a satisfactory explanation.
A.
both
B. either
C.
neither
D. none
8. I saw Jane dancing at Mary’s
birthday party and on that ______she was really
excellent
A. condition
B. occasion
C.
position
D.
situation
9.
Tom stood at the door, _______ over whether or not
to tell Mom his failure in the
exam.
A. hesitating
B. hesitated
C. to hesitate
D. having
hesitated
10. The books
wouldn’t have been damaged if Mary ______ them
away.
A. moved
B. has moved
C. could move
D. had moved
11.
While in the city, we paid a visit to the hospital
founded ______ Florence
Nightingale.
A. in favour of
B. in honor of
C. in place of
D. in terms of
12. Rain _____ to last
until the end of this Friday
A.
expected
B. has expected
C. expects
D. is expected
13. After
three day’s climbing, we finally
reached ______we thought was the place
we’d been dreaming of .
A. that
B.
what
C.
where
D.
which
14.
----Has he got any experience?
----No, ___
___
he’s keen to learn.
A. so
B. for
C.
but
D. and
15. The committee rejected the
suggestion that the house___on this site.
A. are built
B. were built
C.
would be
built
D. be built
Part
Ⅱ
Reading
Comprehension
Directions:
There are 5 reading passages in this
part. After reading each passage,
you
will find some questions or unfinished statements.
For each question or statement
there
are 4 choices marked A.,B.,C., and D. You should
choose the most appropriate
answer and
write the letter in the corresponding space on the
Answer Sheet.
Questions 16
to 19 are based on the following
passage.
Choosing a
college requires that you ask yourself many
questions. Who do
you want to be?
What do you want to do?
Where do you want to go in life? How do
you get there? Perhaps the best way to
find those answers is to look at our college on
Long Island.
Think about it.
Private colleges on Long Island charge an average
of
$$25.000 a year on overall costs, an
average total of $$100.000 over four years. Our
college's cost is just over $$13.000 or
about $$53,000 over four years. That means,
because of the investment of the State
of New York in our public college, you pay
nearly half what students at those
private colleges pay.
That's the money you can
use
later for graduate school, travel, or whatever you
choose.
LOCATION:
With a
wooded 604-acre campus centrally located on Long
Island. The
nation's 16
th
largest population center, our college
offers the best of both worlds, a
quiet
atmosphere dedicated to learning yet just 20 miles
from the heart of New York
City.
STUDENTS:
3,200 students
from across the United States and more than 20
foreign
countries, among the most
culturally diverse student populations in the
Northeast.
LCULTY:
120 full-
time, of whom 80% hold a terminal degree in their
fields A 17:1
dent-to-faculty ratio.
RICULUM(
课程
)
< br>：
comprehensive, with 45
undergraduate majors 16 minors in both
arts and professional fields. One
graduate program currently available.
R
EES
：
undergraduate: bachelor
of arts, bachelor of science, Bachelor
of
professional
Graduate: M, S. in Accounting.
NT LIFE:
active and diverse
with more than 50 student organizations, including
Newspaper and television station,
academic organizations and community service
FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE
：
60% of students
receive either need-based aid or
merit-
based scholarships.
ADMINSSION
REQUIREMENTS:
Applications considered
on a rolling basis.
About 55% of
freshman applicants are accepted. Transfer
students earning more than
24 credit
hours of college work will be evaluated based on
that work.
16. In comparison with
private colleges, how much can be saved over four
years in
this college?
A. About
$$13,000.
B. Ahout$$25.000.
C. about$$47,000.
D. About $$53,000
17. How
many full-time faculty members hold a terminal
degree in their fields?
A. 120
B. 96.
C. 80.
D. 45.
18.
What is the
rough number of students who get financial
assistance?
A.
3200.
B.
1900.
C. 120.
D. 50.
19.
Why is this college less expensive than
private colleges on Long Island?
A. It offers both
undergraduate and graduate programs.
B. Students get more aid
and scholarships.
C.
New York
State invests money in it.
D.
It has a
small number of students.
Questions 20 t0 23 are based on the
following passage.
The story of chocolate begins with the
discovery of America.
Until 1492, the Old World knew nothing
at all about chocolate that was to become the
favorite of millions.
During his
conquest of Mexico, Cortez, the great Spanish
explorer,
found the Aztec Indians using
cocoa beans in the preparation of the royal drink
Spaniards did not find it to
their taste. To make it more agreeable to
Europeans,
Cortez and his countrymen
invented the idea of sweetening it with sugar. The
new
drink
quickly won friends, especially among
the Spanish aristocracy(
贵族）．
Spain wisely continued to
plant cocoa in its overseas colonies, which
gave birth to a very profitable
business. Remarkably enough, the Spa rush
succeeded
in keeping the art of the
cocoa industry a secret from the rest of Europe
for nearly a
hundred years.
Later, the secret was let out.
For a while chocolate was
the drink at
the fashionable Court of
France.
Then it
spread across the Channel to Great Britain, and in
1657 the first of
many famous
English chocolate houses appeared.
In the United States of America, the
production of chocolate proceeded
at a
faster pace than where else in the world.
It was in pre-
revolutionary New
England-1765, to be
exact-that the chocolate factory was established
in this country.
20. What made
chocolate disagreeable to Spaniards?
A.
it was a bitter drink
B. it was a
royal drink
C. it was a warm drink
D.
it was a new drink
21. Why did the
Spanish keep the art of cocoa industry unknown to
other countries?
A. to please the
Spanish aristocracy
B.
to plant
coco in its overseas colonies
C. to make more profit from the
industry
D. to enable
the
drink to won more friends
22. The secret of the art of the cocoon
industry was probably let out around______
A. 1590
B. 1500
C. 1760
D. 1650
23. What does “this
country” in the last paragraph refer
to?
A. France
B.
Spain
C. great
Britain
D. the United States
Questions 24 to 27 are
based on the following passage.
Living in the
city is hard.
I was born
and raised in Dallas, so I know
first-
hand about heavy traffic and busy roads. However,
when I moved to New York
City (NYC), I
was not Very well prepared for it.
I love NYC, but sometimes i have
to escape from the noise, to free my
mind from all the daily worries and to clear my
thoughts.
However hard and challenging life can
be. I still have to enjoy the road
along the way to success.
Everyone needs to take a break from the
crazy pace of NYC lifestyle once in a
while. My favorite spot to do that is
the Van Cortland Park. With its long paths where
I like to ride on my bike, passing
trees and bushes so wild that they make you
believe
you have escaped the city
completely and are somewhere in the middle of a
real
forest.
Yesterday I made my weekly escape to
the park. Wanting to be closer to
nature,
I
decided not to
Take the pathway but, instead, go
directly through the forest.
As I
moved
through the thick forest, I pushed away the
branches that came in my way.
It
was as if there wasn't a
sign of civilization around me at all. The air was
still wet from
the early morning
shower, while everywhere, in the open; it had
already been very dry
and hot
Half an hour
later I was at my destination point, the
meadow
（草地）
in
the middle of the
forest.
There
were a couple of people already sitting on the
grass,
picnicking, reading, just lying
down dreaming.
Even though
I wasn't alone on the
meadow this time,
I actually enjoyed this fact: I could watch the
people merge(
融合）
with nature
，
in this paradise-like place .
24.
The author
moved to NYC in order to
A. gets away
from Dallas
B.
Escape from the noise
C. clear thoughts
D. achieve success
25.
Why did the author go
directly through the forest that day?
A.
Because he wanted to stay
closer to nature.
B. Because there were
branches in his way.
C.
Because he had no bicycle that day.
D. Because it was very hot and day.
26. Why was the air wet in the thick
forest that morning?
A. because the
park was near the pathway.
B.
Because the park was closer
to
C. because it was hot in the open.
D.
Because it
rained earlier.
27. What is the authors
purpose of going to the Van Cortland Park?
A. To enjoy the long paths
of the park.
B. To get to
the middle of a real
forest.
C. To take a break from the
busy life.
D. To ride on his bike