1、最新江苏专转本英语江苏省2012年普通高校专转本选拔考试英语试题卷(非英语类专业)Part I Reading Comprehension (共20小题,每小题2分,共40分)Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice
2、and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Passage OneQuestions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage. Different countries and different races have different manners. Before entering a house in some Asian countries, it is good manners to take off
3、 your shoes. In European countries, even though shoes sometimes become very muddy, this is not done. A guest in a Chinese house sometimes does not finish a drink. He leaves a little, to show that he has had enough. In a Malay house, too, a guest always leaves a little food. In England, a guest alway
4、s finishes a drink to show that he enjoys it.We should like to find out the customs of other races, so that they will not think us ill-mannered. But people all over the world agree that being well-mannered really means being kind and helping others, especially those older or weaker than ourselves. I
5、f you remember this, you will not go very far wrong.Here are some examples of the things that a well-mannered person does or does not do.He never laughs at people when they are in trouble. He is always kind either to people or to animals. When people are waiting for a bus, or in a post office, he li
6、nes up to wait his turn. In the bus, he gives his seat to an older person or a lady who is standing. If he accidentally bumps into (碰撞)someone, or gets in their way, he says “Excuse me” or “Im sorry”.He says “Please” when making a request, and “Thank you” when he receives something. He stands up whe
7、n speaking to a lady or an older person, and he does not sit down until the other person is seated. He does not talk too much about himself. When eating, he does not speak with his mouth full of food.1. According to the passage, a knowledge of the customs of other races _. A. is very useful B. is un
8、necessary C. is unimportant D. does not mean much2. A person with good manners thinks of _. A. the older before himself B. himself before others C. no one but himself D. his personal interests3. Which of the following is NOT true? A well-mannered person usually _. A. says “Please” when making a requ
9、est B. makes an apology for bumping into someone accidentally C. sits where he is when speaking to a lady D. tries to help those who are in trouble4. If you want to be well-mannered, _. A. you laugh at people when they are in trouble B. its all right to speak with your mouth full of food C. you shou
10、ld stop someone when he is talking D. you should speak after someone else has finished talking5. As different countries have different manners, _ A. its unnecessary to learn their manners B. we should try to find out the differences in the customs C. it should be wrong to go out of ones way to do an
11、ything D. learning a little language would be helpedPassage TwoQuestions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage. I entered St. Thomass Hospital as a medical student at the age of 18 and spent five years there. I was an unsatisfactory student, for my heart was not in it. I had always wanted to be
12、 a writer, and in the evenings, after my tea, I wrote and read. Before long, I wrote a novel, called Liza of Lambeth, which I sent to a publisher and was accepted. It appeared during my last year at the hospital and had something of a success. I felt I could afford to give up medicine and make writi
13、ng my profession; so, three days after I graduated from the school of medicine, I set out for Spain to write another book. Looking back now, and knowing the terrible difficulties of making a living by writing, I realize I was taking a fearful risk.The next ten years were very hard, and I earned an a
14、verage of 100 a year. Then I had a bit of luck. The manager of the Court Theatre put on a play that failed. The next play he arranged to put on was not ready, and he was at his wits end. He read a play of mine and, though he did not much like it, he thought it might just run for the six weeks till t
15、he play he had in mind could be produced. It ran for fifteen months. Within a short while, I had four plays running in London at the same time. Nothing of the kind had ever happened before. I was the talk of the town.6. When the author was a medical student, he _. A. had some trouble with his heart
16、B. was a very good student C. wanted to be a writer after graduation D. was satisfied with what he was doing at the time7. When the author wrote his first novel, _. A. he sent it to a publisher but it was not accepted B. he was still studying at the medical school C. he succeeded in publishing it though it was not a success. D. he had graduated from the medical
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