[专升本类试卷]2010年北京高职升本（英语）真题试卷及答案与解析.doc

1、2010 年北京高职升本（英语）真题试卷及答案与解析一、Vocabulary and Structure1 Well, I would rather your sister_tomorrow than today.（A）will come（B） comes（C） came（D）come2 The doctor will not perform the operation_it is absolutely necessary.（A）if（B） unless（C） when（D）as3 Michael doesnt know what to_at the university; he cant m

2、ake up his mind abort his future.（A）take up（B） take over（C） take in（D）take down4 _tomorrows lessons, I have no time to go out with you.（A）Not preparing（B） Not to prepare（C） Not being prepared（D）Not having prepared5 This was the first time_I had serious trouble with my boss.（A）since（B） that（C） which（

3、D）when6 The students,_at the way the questions were put, didnt know the answers to them.（A）surprise（B） surprising（C） having surprised（D）surprised7 All the students finished the test_the given time.（A）at（B） by（C） till（D）within8 Children need many things, but_they need love.（A）after all（B） above all（C

4、） at all（D）at best9 Environmental groups intend to_the pressure until the government changes the law.（A）make up（B） pick up（C） keep up（D）bring up10 It is essential that people_enough vitamins every day.（A）have（B） had（C） must have（D）will have11 _is often the case, we have worked out the production pla

5、n.（A）As（B） Which（C） What（D）While12 Clothing made of man-made fibers has certain advantages over_made of natural fibers like cotton, wool or silk.（A）one（B） that（C） which（D）what13 I have just had my watch repaired.How much did they_you for that?（A）cost（B） charge（C） spend（D）take14 Cars play an importan

6、t role in modern life, but they_also cause many problems like air pollution.（A）can（B） should（C） would（D）need15 He got to the station early_missing the train.（A）instead of（B） in case of（C） for fear of（D）in addition to15 BusesOperating Hours: 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight daily.Fares: From SGD 0.90 to S

7、GD 1.80 (Exact Fare is required). You can ask the bus driver for theappropriate fare to your destination if you are unsure of how much to pay. MRTOperating Hours: 6:00 a.m. to 11:45 p.m. daily.Fares: From SGD 0.90 to SGD 3.00. A stored value card, called the ez-link farecard, can be purchased for SG

8、D 15.00 at most MRT stations. The ez-link farecard is also valid for use on public buses. TaxisOperating Hours: 24 hours.Fares: The initial flag-down meter fare is SGD 3.20, which covers the first kilometer. The fare then rises at SGD 0.20 for every 500 meters (up to 10 kilometers) and for every 250

9、 meters (after 10 kilometers).SIA Hop-onThe SIA Hop-on is a special tourist bus service that offers passengers unlimited air-conditioned rides around the city and to Sentosa Island Resort. The bus runs through the shopping, dining, cultural, and entertainment areas and stops at major shopping malls,

10、 hotels and landmarks. It also covers ethnic districts in Chinatown, Little India and Arab Street. Passengers may hop on and off the bus whenever they want. Buses on the city loop operate daily between 9:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. at 30-minute intervals while the Sentosa shuttle runs from various stops i

11、n town to Sentosa between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.16 This passage is mainly about_.（A）accommodation（B） entertainment（C） telecommunication（D）transportation17 If you miss the bus on the city loop at 9:00 a.m., you have to wait_minutes before you can catch the next one.（A）30（B） 35（C） 45（D）6018 Accordin

12、g to the passage, a total distance of 6 kilometers by taxi will cost you_.（A）SGD 19.2（B） SGD 20.8（C） SGD21.2（D）SGD 21.619 The SIA Hop-on on the city loop operates daily between_.（A）6:00 a.m. to 11:45 p.m.（B） 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight（C） 9:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.（D）10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.19 When I was

13、 in my twenties, I drove for a taxi company in Dayton, Ohio, making a small hourly wage. It was the summer of 1966.One afternoon I was sitting at a downtown taxi stand, hoping to get an airport run. Instead, I got a call from the manager, who told me to go to a newsstand and buy a racing form. Then

14、I was to stop and pick up a six-pack of beer, some goldfish food and a box of cigars. He directed me to deliver the goods to an address in a nearby neighbourhood.I protested, not wanting to lay out money from my own cash supply, because I was afraid I might not be able to collect the money.The manag

15、er told me this man was a regular customer. He assured me that there would be no problem with payment, and said I should get moving or bring the car back in. Since he put it that way, I got moving.The building smelled of tobacco smoke. I knocked on the door and could hear something moving across the

16、 floor.Finally the door opened, and there was a disabled man sitting on a small wood platform, looking up at me.The man was polite and very grateful for my services. When I set the racing form down on the coffee table, I noticed an open velvet case that looked like a jewelry box. As the man rolled o

17、ver and reached for some money to pay me, I glanced inside. There was a medal: a Purple Head from World War II.Guilt began to creep over me as he paid and gave me a generous tip. The man was a quiet sort of person, obviously not in need of companionship.He had long ago yielded to his condition and t

18、o the sacrifice he had made. I made that run many more times in my taxi until I moved on to another job, but I never learned his name and we never became friends despite our regular contact.Unfortunately for me, I would be more than twice the age I was back then before I learned that prejudging peop

19、le makes you wrong about most things most of the time.20 What did the author do to make a living?（A）Delivering goods.（B） Driving a taxi.（C） Taking people to the airport.（D）Working in a store.21 The author did not want to do what the manager told him to because_.（A）he was afraid he could not get the

20、money back（B） he didnt want to go to such a neighbourhood（C） he didnt know the man he was working for（D）he was waiting for someone from the airport22 Finally the author went to the man because_.（A）the manager would pay him（B） the man was a regular customer（C） the man was a soldier from World War II（

21、D）the manager would get his taxi back if he didnt go23 What do we know about the writer after reading this passage?（A）He always obeyed his boss.（B） He liked to prejudge other people.（C） He wanted to make friends with the man.（D）He would like to show his respect to heroes.23 The nations unemployment

22、rate is soaring, inching closer to 10 percent with each passing month. And that spells trouble for graduating college seniors, about to compete in the toughest job market in decades.Blake Taylor, a senior at Catholic University in Washington D.C., expected to be an accountant when she graduates this

23、 May. But then her fortunes changed. She had a job offer that was taken back because the company says its no longer hiring. “Its hard; its definitely hard,“ she said. “When they told me, I definitely felt like I had the air kicked out of me.“The jobless rate among college graduates has more than dou

24、bled from a year ago to 4.3 percent. Almost 2 million college graduates are unemployed and a recent survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers predicts that companies will hire 22 percent fewer graduating seniors than they did last year.“The previous 5 years was a sellers market fo

25、r these kids,“ said Ed Koc of the National Association of Colleges and Employers. “They could pretty much demand what they wanted in terms of a job and what they got from an employer. Thats no longer going to be the case.“One place recent graduates can look for work is the U.S. government. The gover

26、nment has postings for more than 40 000 open positions right now and expects to increase hiring employees straight from college.College senior Peter Donald expects to find a job in government departments soon. But fellow senior Bill Frame is still looking for work. He spent months trying for a job o

27、n Wall Street without success, and has now widened his search to other industries. “This is an every-morning thing for me now. I wake up and check my email and spend 20 minutes checking on the different job sites, then usually another half hour to an hour doing applications,“ Frame said.“What we say

28、 to them is your first job may not be your ideal job and so be more flexible, be more open to taking positions that maybe werent on your radar screen originally,“ said Dr. Alan Goodman, a career counselor at Catholic University.Thats a message Blake Taylor, at least, has taken to heart. “As doors cl

29、ose, windows open,“ she said. “If you cant go through the front, go through the back. Youll find a way; you have to find a way.“24 The word “soaring“ in Paragraph 1 most probably means_.（A）becoming worse（B） rising rapidly（C） remaining unchanged（D）improving fast25 The unemployment rate among college

30、graduates is nearly_.（A）4.3%（B） 10%（C） 0.22（D）0.226 Compared with other places, one place graduates can look for work is_.（A）Catholic University（B） National Association（C） the U.S. government（D）Wall Street27 According to the last paragraph, what attitude does Blake Taylor hold towards job hunting?（A

31、）Reluctant.（B） Indifferent.（C） Curious.（D）Confident.27 The typical conversation between Americans takes a form that is quick and witty. No one speaks for very long. Speakers take turns frequently, often after only a few sentences have been spoken. “Watching a conversation between two Americans is li

32、ke watching a table tennis game,“ a German observer said. “Your head goes back and forth and back and forth so fast it almost makes your neck hurt.“Americans tend to be impatient with people who take long turns. Such people are said to “talk too much.“ Many Americans have difficulty paying attention

33、 to someone who speaks more than a few sentences at a time, as Nigerians, Arabs, and some others do. Americans value conciseness, or what they call “getting to the point.“Americans engage in little ritual interaction (礼节式的互致问候). Only a few ritual greetings are common: “How are you?“ “Im fine, thank

34、you,“ “Nice to meet you,“ and “Hope to see you again.“These things are said in certain situations and are concerned with form rather than with substance. That is, similar questions are supposed to be asked and statements are supposed to be made in particular situations, no matter what the people inv

35、olved are feeling or what they really have in mind. To many Americans, people who rely heavily on ritual greetings are “too shy“ or “too polite,“ unwilling to show their true natures and ideas.Americans are generally impatient with long ritual greetings about family members health common among Latin

36、 Americans considering them a waste of time.28 What is the feature of a typical conversation between Americans?（A）Concise and direct.（B） Long but polite.（C） Friendly and quick.（D）Slow but witty.29 By comparing a conversation between two Americans to a table tennis game, the German observer means tha

37、t_.（A）Americans enjoy talking as well as watching table tennis games（B） Americans like to take short turns in a conversation（C） Americans get excited easily in a conversation（D）Americans talk with great emotion30 Americans_when they talk with Arabs.（A）pay enough attention（B） may lose their patience（

38、C） speak more than a few sentences（D）will get to the point31 According to this passage, Americans have a low opinion of people who_.（A）do not talk as much as possible（B） do not pay attention to the speaker（C） like to ask about other peoples health（D）bring too many ritual greetings into a conversatio

39、n31 It is common for older people to forget things. Now an American study has found that memory starts to fail when we are young adults. People younger than thirty usually do not know that they are starting to forget information. But scientists from the University of Michigan say the loss of memory

40、usually has already started.Researchers say people do not observe this slow reduction in mental ability until the loss affects their everyday activities.Denise Park is leading the new study. She directs the Center for Aging and Cognition at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Mich

41、igan. Her team has studied more than 350 men and women between the ages of twenty and ninety. The study has identified people in their middle twenties with memory problems.She says young adults do not know that they are forgetting things because their brains have more information than they need.But

42、she says that people in their twenties and thirties are losing memory at the same rate as people in their sixties and seventies.Ms. Park says people between the ages of sixty and seventy may note the decrease in their mental abilities. They begin to observe that they are having more trouble remember

43、ing and learning new information.The study has found that older adults are more likely to remember false information as being true. For example, they remember false medical claims as being true. Younger people remember hearing the information, but they are more likely to remember that it is false.Ms

44、. Park is now using modem imaging equipment to study what happens in the brains of people of different ages. She is studying what parts of the brain older adults use for different activities compared to younger adults. Ms. Park says mental performance is a direct result of brain activity and brain s

45、tructure. She says older people should take part in activities that keep their brain active. She hopes that future studies will identify ways to improve the operation of our aging minds.32 The passage is meant to_.（A）introduce effective ways to improve memory（B） emphasize the importance of exercisin

46、g the brain（C） analyze the difference between different age groups in the loss of memory（D）reveal the decrease in mental ability of the young adults as well as the older adults33 According to a recent American study, people start losing their mental ability_.（A）in their early teens（B） in their mid-s

47、ixties（C） in their mid-twenties（D）in their early thirties34 With regard to memory reduction, young adults differ from older adults in that_.（A）they lose their memory at a slower rate（B） their brains can store much more information（C） they rarely realize they have memory problems（D）they are more like

48、ly to remember false information35 It can be inferred from what Denis Park says that_.（A）mental performance can be improved（B） mental ability is determined entirely by brain structure（C） people of different ages use different parts of the brain for memorizing（D）different parts of the brain are respo

49、nsible for different mental activities二、Cloze35 There are some very good things about open education. This way of teaching allows the students to【36】 their own interests in many subjects. Open education allows students to be【37】for tieir own education. Some students do badly in a【38】classroom. The open classroom may allow them to enjoy learning. Some students will be【39】in an open education school. They wil