专升本英语模拟试题七.docx

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专升本英语模拟试题七

专升本英语模拟试题（七）

模拟试题（七）

PartIReadingComprehension（40%35minutes）

Directions:

Inthisparttherearefourpassages.Eachpassageisfollowedbyanumberofcomprehensionquestions.Readthepassageandchoosethebestanswertoeachquestion.Then,markyouranswerbyblackeningthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.

Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

Supposewebuiltarobot（机器人）toexploretheplanetMars.Weprovidetherobotwithseeingdetectors（探测器）tokeepitawayfromdanger.Itispoweredentirelybythesun.Shouldweprogramtherobottobeequallyactiveatalltimes?

No.Therobotwouldbeusingupenergyatatimewhenitwasnotreceivingany.Sowewouldprobablyprogramittostopitsactivityatnightandtowakeupatdawnthenextmorning.

Accordingtotheevolutionary（进化的）theoryofsleep,evolutionequippeduswitharegularpatternofsleepingandwakingforthesamereason.Thetheorydoesnotdeny（否认）thatsleepprovidessomeimportantrestorativefunctions（恢复功能）.Itmerelysaysthatevolutionhasprogrammedustoperformthosefunctionsatatimewhenactivitywouldbeinefficientandpossiblydangerous.However,sleepprotectsusonlyfromthesortoftroublewemightwalkinto;itdoesnotprotectusfromtroublethatcomeslookingforus.Sowesleepwellwhenweareinafamiliar,safeplace,butwesleeplightly,ifatall,whenwefearthatbearswillnoseintothetent.

Theevolutionarytheoryexplainsthedifferencesinsleepamongcreatures.Whydocats,forinstance,sleepsomuch,whilehorsessleepsolittle?

Surelycatsdonotneedfivetimesasmuchrepairandrestorationashorsesdo.Butcatscanaffordtohavelongperiodsofinactivitybecausetheyspendlittletimeeatingandareunlikelytobeattackedwhiletheysleep.Horsesmustspendalmostalltheirwakinghourseating,becausewhattheyeatisverylowinenergy＆#118alue.Moreover,theycannotaffordtosleeptoolongortoodeeply,becausetheirsurvival（生存）dependsontheirabilitytorunawayfromattackers.

1.Theauthorusestheexampleoftherobotinspaceexplorationtotellus

_____.

A.thedifferencesbetweenrobotsandmen

B.thereasonwhymenneedtosleep

C.abouttheneedforrobotstosavepower

D.aboutthedangerofmenworkingatnight

2.Evolutionhasprogrammedmantosleepatnightchieflytohelphim_____.

A.keepuparegularpatternoflife

B.preventtroublethatcomeslookingforhim

C.avoiddangerandinefficientlabor

D.restorehisbodilyfunctions

3.Accordingtotheauthor,wecannotsleepwellwhenwe_____.

A.areworryingaboutoursafety

B.areoverworked

C.areinatent

D.areawayfromhome

4.Catssleepmuchmorethanhorsesdopartlybecausecats_____.

A.needmoretimeforrestoration

B.areunlikelytobeattacked

C.aremoreactivethanhorseswhentheyareawake

D.spendlesstimeeatingtogetenoughenergy

5.Whichofthefollowingisthemainideaofthepassage?

A.Evolutionhasequippedallcreatureswitharegularpatternofsleeping

andwaking.

B.Thestudyofsleepisanimportantpartoftheevolutionarytheory.

C.Sleepingpatternsmustbetakenintoconsiderationinthedesigningof

robots.

D.Thesleepingpatternofalivingcreatureisdeterminedbythefoodit

eats.

Questions6to10arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

In1826,aFrenchmannamedNiepceneededpicturesforhisbusiness,buthewasnotagoodartist.Soheinventedaverysimplecamera.Heputitinawindowofhishouseandtookapictureofhisyard.Thatwasthefirstphotograph.

Thenextimportantdateinthehistoryofphotographywas1837.Thatyear,Daguerre,anotherFrenchman,tookapictureofhisstudio.Heusedanewkindofcameraandadifferentprocess.Thiskindofphotographwascalledadaguerreotype.Soon,otherpeoplebegantouseDaguerre’sprocess.Inabout1840,theprocesswasimproved.Thenphotographerscouldtakepicturesofpeopleandmovingthings.

MatthewBradywasonewell-knownAmericanphotographer.Hetookmanyportraitsoffamouspeople.Theportraitswereunusualbecausetheywereverylife-likeandfullofpersonality.Inthe1880s,newinventionsbegantochangephotography.Photographerscouldbuyfilmready-madeinrolls.Andfinally,theinventionofthesmallhandheldcameramadephotographylessexpensive.Withthesmallcamera,anyonecouldbeaphotographer.Peoplebegantousecamerasjustforfun.Theytookpicturesoftheirfamilies,friendsandfavoriteplaces.Theycalledthesepictures"snapshots".

Photographyalsoturnedintoaformofartbytheendofthe19thcentury,somephotographswerenotjustcopiesoftherealworld.Theyshowedideasandfeelings,likeotherartforms.

6.Thefirstphotographwastakenwith______.

A.asmallhandheldcameras

B.adaguerreotype

C.averysimplecame