成人高等学校专升本英语考试.docx

1、成人高等学校专升本英语考试绝密启封前2009年成人高等学校专升本招生全国统一考试英 语答案必须写答在答题卡上的指定的位置，答在试卷上无效。IPhonetics(5 points)Directions：In each of the following groups of words，there are four underlined letters or letter combinations marked A，B，C and DCompare the underlined parts and identify the one that is different from the others

2、in pronunciationMark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet( )1Aquiet Bsociety Cyield D. diet( )2Afourteen Bsource Cyours Dtournament( )3Acustomer Bcushion Cculture Dcurrency( )4Achess Bcharacter Cchorus Dchemist( )5Ahurry Bimply Cidentify DoccupyIIVocabulary and Stru

3、cture (15 points)Directions：There are 15 incomplete sentences in this sectionFor each sentence there are four choices marked A，B，C and DChoose one answer that best completes the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet6We travelled on the 6：45 amtrain to Boston，_arrived at 8

4、：30 pmAthat Bwhich Cit Dwhat7The boys spent the whole morning _possible answers to the questionAdiscuss Bto discuss Cdiscussing Ddiscussed8Its a pity that some of the people _cannot come to the partyAinviting Binvited Cto invite Dwere invited9It was_ matter that I had no choice but to talk it over w

5、ith my parentsAa such serious Ba so serious Csuch serious a DSO serious a10Jane isnt feeling well todayI dare not do_ to upset herAanything Bsomething Cnothing Da thing11More and more families have moved elsewhere because they cannot _the noise from the neighboring airportAcome up with Bput up with

6、Ccatch up with Dkeep up with12Walk another block and cross the traffic lights，you will see the museum right_ the leftAby Bin Con Dfor13The Internet users visiting our website are_ young people between the age of 13 and20Amost Balmost Cmostly Dat most14No culture exists in_It all comes from someplace

7、Ancient customs were modem one timeAvacuum Bemptiness Cblank D. space15There are several means of mass communicationThe newspaper is oneTelevision is_Athe Other Bthe another Cother Danother16_the government agrees to give extra money, the theatre will have to be closed next monthAUnless BIf CSince D

8、As17It is important to_ our awareness about environmental protectionAimprove Bmake Cform Draise（唤起， 提高）18Seldom_ any mistakes during my past five years of service in the company.AI did make BI would make Cdid I make Dwould I make19I_ raw fish，but I d like to try it one dayAnever eat Bnever ate Cwas

9、never eating Dhave never eaten20Interestingly，many people hold the belief that imports are_ to domestic goods.Acontrary Brelevant Csuperior DessentialCloze(30 points)Directions：For each blank in the following passage，there are four choices marked A，B，C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and

10、 mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer SheetEvery woman dreams of receiving a huge priceless diamondNow space scientists 21 that they have discovered the largest diamond in the universeBut its well 22 the reach of the most loves truck men because its 50 light years aw

11、ay, to be 23_Measuring 2,500 miles across and weighing five million trillion pounds，the rock Was found on Valentine s Day 24_ in the core of a white dwarf star, and it has excited the 25_ world.“Its the mother of all diamonds，”said Travis Metcalfe， 26_ led the team of researchers at the Harvard-Smit

12、hsonian Centre，“and you would need a jewelerS loupe(专用放大镜)，the size of the Sun，to 27_ this diamond”The largest diamond 28_ on earth was the 3，106-carat(克拉)CullinanIt Was cut 29_ nine major stones，including the 530-carat Star of Africa，now a part of the Crown JewelsDiamonds were 30_ discovered in Ind

13、ia more than 2,800 years agoThe Ancient Romans 31_ that the stones were broken pieces of stars that had 32_ to earthIn Ancient Egypt，diamonds were used in funerals. In the Middle Ages，men 33_ them to symbolize their courage and strengthThe 34_ of giving them as presents dates from 1477， 35_ Maximili

14、an，the prince of Austria, gave a diamond ring to Mary of Burgundy21Aadmit Btell Cexplore Dreveal22Aunder Bover Cbeyond Dwithin23Aprecise Bcertain Cclear Dcorrect24Aburied Bblocked Cbuilt Dblended25Aphysical Bscientific Cmaterial Dnatural26Awho Bwhich Cthat Dhe27Ameasure Bregister Cgrade Dweigh28Acul

15、tivated Bdrawn Ccaught Dfound29Afrom Binto Cby D. with30Afirst Blast Cfinally Dnewly31A. questioned B. believed C. suspected D. confirmed32Afallen Bdived Cleft D. burned33Adecorated Bviewed Ctook D. wore34A. practice B. tradition C. habit D. culture35A. what B. while C. that D. whenIVReading Compreh

16、ension (60 points)Directions：There are five reading passages in this partEach passage is followed by four questionsFor each question there are four suggested answers marked A，B，C and DChoose one best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer SheetPassage OneBefore the conference bega

17、n，a Japanese businessman was introduced to an American businessman at the loungeThe Japanese businessman，arms extending downwards from his shoulders，bowed from his waist toward the American businessman to whom he was just introducedHis eyes were directed ahead，his face showed no particular expressio

18、nThe American businessman stood straightHis eyes focused on the Japanese manS eyesHe smiled and put out his right handBoth men smiled briefly in embarrassmentThe Japanese man straightened up and put out his right handThe American withdrew his hand and bowed his headA broader smile of embarrassmentan

19、d some noise from each man-not really words，just some sounds from their throats-indicating discomfortThey were in the course of a conflict of customs；they had different habits for greeting people they were being introduced toWhen people are planning to go to another country, they expect to encounter

20、 certain kinds of differencesThey usually expect the weather and the food to be differentThey expect to find differences in some of the material aspects of life，such as the availability of cars，electricity，and home heating systems. And，without knowing the details，they expect differences in customsCu

21、stoms are the behaviors that are generally expected in specific situationsAmerican men，for example，shake hands with each other when first introduced while Japanese men bow36When introduced to the Japanese businessman，the American businessman put Out his right hand because_Ahe felt a little bit nervo

22、usBhe wanted to express his discomfortChe felt a little offended by the Japanese manDhe wanted to shake hands with the Japanese man37The two businessmen behaved differently because_Athey followed their own greeting customsBthey were not used to the strange atmosphereCthey couldnt speak each other S

23、languageDthey had never met each other before38Paragraph 4 tells us that when visiting a foreign country,_.Ait is very uncommon for one to encounter embarrassing situationsBit is hard for one to adapt to the material aspects of life thereCpeople often expect to meet differences in customsDpeople exp

24、ect the same kind of food and weather39This passage is mainly about_Acultural invasion Bthe understanding of customsCbusiness talks Ddifferences in handshakesPassage TwoMrLeonard，the principal of the Bedford Academy High School in Bedford-Stuyvesant，Brooklyn，is a man of many solutions，many of them c

25、reative，many of them，apparently, also effectiveIn New York City, only about 50 percent of students manage to graduate in four yearsAt Bedford Academy 63 percent of the students qualify for free lunch，a majority of which are being raised by a single mother and another significant number are being rai

26、sed by someone other than a parentYet close to 95 percent of students graduate，and actually every one of those goes on to collegeMrLeonard does not achieve those results by admitting only high-testing students into his schoolOf the students arriving with lower test scores，MrLeonard says that he is n

27、ot looking for the students with the highest grades，or even the best behaviorHe S looking for the ones who understand his basic mission of discipline and respect，and are willing to devote themselves to his regular training courseThe Bedford Academy High School is famous for its autonomyFor MrLeonard

28、，autonomy means insisting that all entering students spend their Saturday mornings in preparatory classes the summer before they enrollAutonomy also means an automatic weeklong suspension for any student who “disrespects a female，”said MrLeonardIt means requiring struggling students，in the weeks bef

29、ore the Regents exams，to attend studying sessions on Saturday from 9 amuntil 9 pmIt means the most senior, experienced teachers，including MrLeonard，teach not the schoolS academic jewels，but the most struggling studentsAnd autonomy also means the school S teachers administer almost no homeworkInstead they emphasize after-school tutoring where the teachers Can keep a better eye on whether the student is actually grasping the material40In MrLeonardS school，most of the students who dont have to pay for lunch_Aare adopted children Bare parentlessCare homeless Dhave a s