专插本英语98年14年历年真题.docx

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专插本英语98年14年历年真题

1998年广东省普通高等学校本科插班生考试

英语试题

PartIReadingComprehension（40%）

PassageI

Thecomputerisawonderfulisthemostimportantinventionsincethetypeofengineusedinithasthegreatesteffectonscience,industry,andbusiness,butitisbeingusedmoreineducationandtheendofthiscenturyitwilltouchthelivesofeveryone,evenpeopleindistantisarevolutionaryinvention.

TheoldestkindofcomputeristheabacususedinChinasincethesixththeseventeenthcenturyanaddingmachinewasinvented,butthefurstlarge,moderncomputerwasbuiltinfewyearslateracomputercoulddo5000additionsperthecomputationsaresofastthattheyaremeasuredinnanoseconds（毫微秒）.

Todaymostcomputershaveaaregettingsmallerandsmaller,andcomputingfasterandinalargecomputer,thepartthatdoestheactualcomputingisaboutthesizeoftheendofafinger.

Computerscandoallkindsofsomeonebuyssomethinginadepartmentstore,informationaboutthesalegoesintoacomputer,Ascientistcantalktothecomputerabouttherocks,andthecomputeranswersthedoctorcantalktothecomputerandexplainwhatiswrongwithathedoctoraskswhy,thecomputergoesthroughitsstoredinformationandexplainsexactlywhy.

Whenearlyhumansbeganfarming,itwasarevolutionarychangeinhumanwashundredsofthousandsofyearslaterthatpeopledevelopedawritingsystem（方法）.Inlessthanfiftyyearspeoplehavedevelopedcomputersthatcandomostofthethingshumanscando.Thiscouldbeafrighteningdevelopment.

computerisconsideredawonderfulmachinebecause_____.

haseffectonallaspectsofman’slifeiswidelyusedineducationandmedicine

hasthefunctionofanengineisusefulevenindistantvillages

abacushasbeenusedinChinafor_____.

5,000years

600years

1,000years

1,300years

mostimportantfeatureofacomputeristhat_____.

hasamemory

issmallinsize

computesfast

answersallkindsofquestions

computationsofthecomputerareusuallymeasuredin_____.

computerwillsoonaffect_____.

inlargecities

indevelopedcountries

allovertheworld

intheWesternworld

Passage2

Inthetraditionalmarriage,themanworkedatajobtoearnmoneyforthemenworkedinanoffice,afactory,orsomeotherplaceawayfromthethemanearnedthemoney,hepaidthemoneywasusedforfood,clothes,ahouse,andotherfamilymanmademostofthewastheboss.

Inthetraditionalmarriage,thewomanseldomworkedawayfromthestayedathometocareforthechildrenandhercookedthemeals,cleanedhouse,washedtheclothes,anddidotherhouseholdjobathomewaseveryimportant.

Inrecentyears,manycouplescontinuetohaveatraditionalrelationshipofthismanhasajobandearnsthemoneyforthewomanstaysathomeandcaresforthechildrenandtheAmericansarehappywiththiskindofsomeotherAmericanshaveadifferentimpressionofmarriageandfamilyresponsibilities.

Therearetwoimportantdifferencesinmaleandfemalerolesisthatbothmenandwomenhavemanymoremaychoosetomarryortostaymaychoosetoworkorstayatmenandwomenmaychooserolesthatarecomfortableforthem.

Aseconddifferenceinmaleandfemalerolesisthatwithinmarriagemanydecisionsandresponsibilitiesarehusbandandwifemaychoosetohavechildren,ortheymaytheyhavechildren,themanmaytakecareofthemsomeofthetime,allofthetime,ornotatwomanmaywanttostayathomeandtakecareoftheshemaywanttogotoandWomennowdecidethesethingstogetherinamarriedpeoplenowsharethesedecisionsandtheresponsibilitiesoftheirfamilies.

ofthefollowingisNOTtrueinthetraditionalmarriage

workedatajobtoearnmoneyforfamily.

womanmademostofdecisions.

womanstayedathometocareforthechildren.

manpaidthebills.

recentyears_____.

couplesrejectthetraditionalrelationship

womanhasajobandearnsthemoneyforthefamily

womandoesn’tstayathomeandcareforthechildrenandthehouse

roleofmenandwomenhasbeguntochange

andwomenmaynowchooseallthefollowingEXCEPTto_____.

ortostaysingle

ortostayathome

therolesthatarecomfortableforthem

theirjobsjustbecausetheyhavechildren

followingareallnowtrueEXCEPT_____.

maychoosetohavechildrenornot

manmaytakecareofthechildrensomeofthetime

womanmaywanttogotowork

womanisthemostimportantpersoninthehouse

ofthefollowingisNOTtrue

manwasthebossinthetraditionalmarriage.

woman’sjobathomewasveryimportantinthepast.

Americansstillhaveatraditionalmarriage.

triestogetmarried.

Passage3

Didyouknowthattheemptyplasticsoftdrinkbottlesyouthrowawayeverydaycanbeturnedintocarpetorautomobilesparts

Thatusedglassbottlesandaluminumcanscanbeturnedintonewones

Andthatyesterday’snewspapercanbeturnedintotomorrow’s

Itallhappensbecauseofrecycling（再利用）.Thesimplewastewethrowawayisa“naturalresource”that,withrecycling,canbeusedtoproduceavarietyofnewproducts.

Unfortunately,Americarecyclesonly10%ofitsrubbish,burns10%anddeposits80%inwastedesposalgrounds,Asaresult,itishavingtocopewithaserioussolidwasteproblem.

Everyyear,Americansthrowawayabout160milliontonsofthattotal,plasticsmakeuplessthan8%,paperabout36%,andglassandmetalabout20%,allbyarenaturallylighter,butstill,whenpressedtogether,accoutforonlyabout20%byvolume.

Asaresult,inthepast10yearstheUnitedStates’wastedisposalgroundshavedecreasedfromabout18,500to6,fiveyears2,000morewillclose.

Intheprocessoffindingsolutions,somepeoplehaveproposedtostopusingplastics.

Unfortunately,stopusingplasticswoulddomuchharmandnowouldloseallofthesafety,healthandconveniencefeaturesofplastics.

Besides,packagingwouldstillbe1987studyshowswhatwouldhappenifplasticswerenotused--theenergyneededtoproduceotherpackaging,itscost,andthevolumeofwastecollectedwouldallrisegreatly.

SomeAmericansbelievepartoftheanswertoAmerica’swasteproblemliesinrecyclingeverythingfromglasstometalstopapertoplastic.

Today,recyclingisonthearenowmorethan1,000wasterecyclingprogramsinthearebeginningtorecycleplastics.

Rightnow,almost200companiesarerecyclingmillionsofusedplasticcontainersintotoys,trafficsigns,wastebaskets,floormaterials,andparkbenches.

Plasticsareamongtheeasiestmaterialstothan150millionpoundsor20%ofallplasticsoftdrinkbottleswererecycledin1987.

can’ttheplasticsoftdrinkbottlesbeturnedinto

.

parts.

.

signs.

alltherubbishinthe.,plasticsaccountfor_____byweightand_____byvolume.

%;20%

B.8%;20%

%;8%

%;36%

average,wasteplasticsare_____otherwastes.

heavyindensityas

indensitythan

indensitythan

samebyweightas

5years,thehaveonly_____wastedisposalgrounds.

000

000

000

500

authorofthispassage_____theproposalofstoppingusingplastices.

nothingabout

sympatheticwith

to

to

Passage4

Therearetwokindsofmemory:

short-termandinlong-termmemorycanberememberedatalatertimewhenitisinformationmaybekeptfordaysor,informationinshort-termmemoryiskeptforonlyafewseconds,usuallybyrepeatingtheinformationoverandfollowingexperimentshowshowshort-termmemoryhasbeenstudied.

HenningstudiedhowstudentswhoarelearningEnglishasasecondlanguageremembersubjectsinhisexperimentwere75collegerepresentedalllevelsofabilityinEnglish:

beginning,intermediate,advanced,andnative-speakingstudents.

Tobegin,thesubjectslistenedtoarecordingofanativespeakerreadingaparagraphintherecording,thesubjectstooka15-questiontesttoseewhichwordstheyquestionhadfoursubjectshadtocirclethewordtheyhadheardintheofthequestionshadfourchoicesthatsoundexample,weather,whethet,wither,andwetterarefourwordsthatsoundofthequestionshadfourchoicesthathavethesame,way,manner,andsystemwouldbefourwordswiththesamethesubjectstookalanguageproficiencytest.

HenningfoundthatstudentswithalowerproficiencyinEnglishmademoreoftheirmistakesonwordsthatsoundalike;studentswithahigherproficiencymademoreoftheirmistakesonwordsthathavethesame’sresultssuggestthatbeginningstudentsholdthesoundofwordsintheirshort-termmemory,andadvancedstudentsholdthemeaningofwordsintheirshort-termmemory.

madetheexperimentinordertostudy_____.

studentsrememberEnglishvocabularybyshort-termmemory

studentslearnEnglishvocabulary

todevelopstudents'abilityinEnglish

longinformationinshort-termmemoryiskept

ofthefollowingstatementsisTRUEaccordingtothepassage

inshort-termmemoryisdifferentfromthatinlong-termmemory.

memorycanbeachievedonlybytraining.

iseasiertotestshort-termmemorythanlong-termmemory.

gaveaseparatetestonvocabularytohisstudents.

Henning’sresultswecanseethat_____.

havedifficultyindistinguishingthepronunciationofwords

studentsrememberwordsbytheirmeaning

isdefficulttorememberwordsthatsoundalike

isdifficulttorememberwordsthathavethesamemeaning

word“subject”inthepassagemeans_____.

collegecoursethestudentstake

themeofthelisteningmaterial

branchofknowledgestudied

studentexperimentedon

passagecenterson_____.

kindsofmemory

memory

experimentonstudents

PartII.Vocabulary,StructureandGrammar（30%）

viewfromtheothersideofthemountainwasevenmore_____.

trainandwaslatethismorning,whichannoy