英语专业专升本综合试题.docx

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英语专业专升本综合试题

2009年普通专升本招生考试

英语专业综合试题

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本试题满分200分，考试时间180分钟。

PartIReadingcomprehension（50points,2pointsforeach）

Directions:

Thereare5passagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedby5questions.Foreachquestionthereare4suggestedanswersmarkedA,B,CandD.ChoosethebestanswerandwritethecrrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.

Passage1

Oneofthegreatestproblemsforthosesettlers inNebraskainthelastquarterofthepreviouscenturywasfuel.Littleofthestatewasforested whenthefirstsettlersarrivedanditisprobablethatby1880,onlyaboutone-thirdoftheoriginallyforestedarearemained,downtoamere1percentofthestate's77000squaremiles.Withwoodandcoaloutofthequestion,andwithfuelneededyear-roundforcooking,andduringtheharshwintermonthsforheating，somesolutionhadtobefound.

Somewhatimprobably,thebuffaloprovidedtheanswer.Buffalochipswerefoundtoburnevenly,hotly,andcleanly,withlittlesmokeand,interestingly,noodor.Soon,collectingthembecameawayoflifeforthesettlers’childrenwhowouldpickthemupontheirwaytoandfromschool,or,takepartincompetitionsdesignedtocounteracttheirnaturalreluctance.Evenayoungman,seekingtoimpressthegirlhewantedtomarry,wouldarrivewithalargebagofchipsratherthanwithaboxofcandyorabunchofflowers.

1.Whatisthemaintopicofthispassage?

A.ThesolutiontotheNebraskansettlers’fuelproblem.

B.LifeinNebraskaninthelatenineteenthcentury.

C.TheimportanceoftheAmericanbuffalo.

D.TheforestationinNebraskaninthelatenineteenthcentury

2.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?

A.Nebraskanwasnotadensely-forestedstateevenbeforethesettlersarrived.

B.Thechildrenenjoyedcollectingthebuffalochips

C..Thechildrenspentalotoftimecollectingthechips

D.Buffalochipsweresatisfactoryasafuel

3.Accordingtothepassage,howmuchoftheoriginallyforestedareremainedinNebraskaby1880?

A.About33percent

B.About1percent

C..About66percent

D.About3percent

4.Thepassageimpliesthatbuffalochipswereneeded__.

A.ingreateramountsinsummer

B.onlyinsummer

C..ingreateramountsinwinter

D..onlyinwinter

5.WhichofthefollowingdoestheauthorNOTexpresssurpriseat?

A..Thechildrenneededcompetitionstostimulatethem.

B.Thebuffalochipsgaveoffnosmell.

C..Buffalochipsweretheanswertothesettlers’fuelproblem

D..Youngmen

Passage2

Manyofthemostdamagingandlifethreateningtypesofweathertorrentialrains,severethunderstorms,andtornadoesbeginquickly,strikesuddenly,anddisappearrapidly,destroyingsmallregionswhileleavingneighboringareasuntouched.SucheventasatornadostruckthenortheasternsectionofEdmonton,Alberta,inJuly1987.Totaldamagesfromthetornadoexceeded﹩250million,thehighesteverforanyCanadianstorm.

ConventionalcomputermodelsoftheatmospherehavelimitedvalueinpredictingshortlivedlocalstormsliketheEdmontontornado,becausetheavailableweatherdataaregenerallynotdetailedenoughtoallowcomputerstostudycarefullythesubtleatmosphericchangesthatcomebeforethesestorms.Inmostnations,forexample,weather-balloonobservationsaretakenjustonceeverytwelvehoursatlocationstypicallyseparatedbyhundredsofmiles.Withsuchlimiteddata,conventionalforecastingmodelsdoamuchbetterjobpredictinggeneralweatherconditionsoverlargeregionsthantheydoforecastingspecificlocalevents.

Untilrecently,theobservationintensiveapproachneededforaccurate,veryshort-rangeforecasts,or“Nowcasts”,wasnotfeasible.Thecostofequippingandoperatingmanythousandsofconventionalweathersituationswasextremelyhigh,andthedifficultiesinvolvedinrapidlycollectingandprocessingtherawweatherdatafromsuchanetworkwerehardtoovercome.Fortunately,scientificandtechnologicaladvanceshaveovercomemostoftheseproblems.Radarsystems,automatedweatherinstruments,andsatellitesareallcapableofmakingdetailed,nearlycontinuousobservationoverlargeregionsatarelativelylowcost.Communicationssatellitescantransmitdataaroundtheworldcheaplyandinstantaneously,andmoderncomputerscanquicklycompileandanalyzethislargevolumeofweatherinformation.Meteorologistsandcomputerscientistsnowworktogethertodesigncomputerprogramsandvideoequipmentcapableoftransformingrawweatherdataintowords,symbols,andvividgraphicdisplaysthatforecasterscaninterrupteasilyandquickly.Asmeteorologistshavebegunusingthesenewtechnologiesinweatherforecastingoffices,Nowcastingisbecomingareality.

6.Theword“exceeded”inparagraph1mostprobablymeans____.

A.addeduptoB.we