1、2014 年武汉纺织大学专升本（英语）真题试卷及答案解析(总分：160.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Vocabulary and Struc(总题数：30，分数：60.00)1.The organization had broken no rules, but_had it acted responsibly.（分数：2.00）A.neitherB.soC.eitherD.both2.In general, the health of older people is superior to_of previous generations.（分数：2.00）A.oneB.someC.that
2、D.those3.One should always give_plenty of time to pack.（分数：2.00）A.theirB.herC.oneselfD.those4.Anyone who_coming to the picnic on Sunday_to bring_own beer and soda.（分数：2.00）A.are. have.hasB.are.have.theirC.is.has.theirD.is.has.his5.Ham and eggs_a hearty breakfast for a growing boy.（分数：2.00）A.madeB.ma
3、keC.makesD.are making6.A pair of glasses_quite a lot these days.（分数：2.00）A.costsB.costC.is costD.are cost7.She said that she _ here for four years when she graduated from the college this summer.（分数：2.00）A.will studyB.would be studyingC.is studyingD.studies8.Whether he went in this country, he_down
4、what he saw and heard.（分数：2.00）A.remainedB.remainsC.is remainedD.remain9.Pick me up at 8 o clock. I _my bath by then.（分数：2.00）A.will have hadB.will be havingC.can have hadD.may have10.She said she would go and she_go.（分数：2.00）A.didntB.didC.wouldD.will11._be allowed to walk on the grass.（分数：2.00）A.Un
5、der no circumstances visitors canB.Under no can circumstances visitorsC.Under no visitors circumstances canD.Under no circumstances can visitors12._, Jane is not prettier than her younger sister.（分数：2.00）A.Pretty though is sheB.Pretty as is sheC.As she is prettyD.Pretty as she is13.I hid the book le
6、st he_it.（分数：2.00）A.sawB.had seenC.should seeD.will see14.My cat would not have bitten the toy fish_it was made of rubber.（分数：2.00）A.if she has knownB.if she knewC.she should have knownD.had she known15.He must have had an accident, or he_here then.（分数：2.00）A.would have beenB.had to beC.should beD.w
7、ould be16.The old man is said_very rich when he was young.（分数：2.00）A.to have beenB.to beC.having beenD.to have being17.Mark often attempts to escape_whenever he breaks traffic regulations（分数：2.00）A.having been finedB.to have been finedC.being finedD.to be fined18.“Why were you late?“ “ I had a hard
8、time_up this morning.“（分数：2.00）A.to getB.getC.having gettingD.getting19.Your hair wants_. You d better have it done tomorrow.（分数：2.00）A.cutB.to cutC.cuttingD.being cut20._an eclipse(日/月蚀)will occur was known lone ago in China.（分数：2.00）A.whatB.WhenC.WhichD.Its21.WhetherRome or Paris is a better place
9、 to visit_up to you.（分数：2.00）A.beingB.beC.isD.are22._he treated the Indians tells us something about his personality.（分数：2.00）A.HowB.HoweverC.WhenD.What23._or not we had a baby, we couldn t survive only on my salary.（分数：2.00）A.AsB.EvenC.HoweverD.Whether24.John seems a nice person. _, I dont trust hi
10、m.（分数：2.00）A.Even thoughB.Even soC.ThereforeD.Though25.I was advised to arrange for insurance_I needed medical treatment.（分数：2.00）A.neverthelessB.althoughC.in caseD.so that26.It is generally believed that children are curious_so your child s words and behavior are quite normal.（分数：2.00）A.at heartB.i
11、n personC.by natureD.in private27.He gives people the impression_all his life abroad（分数：2.00）A.of having spentB.of being spentC.to have spentD.to spend28.We take our skin for granted until it is burned_repair.（分数：2.00）A.beyondB.forC.withoutD.under29.Though he was born and brought up in America, he c
12、an speak_ Chinese.（分数：2.00）A.fluidB.smoothC.fluentD.flowing30.Housewives who do not go out for work feel they are not working to their full_.（分数：2.00）A.capacityB.strengthC.lengthD.possibility二、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：4，分数：40.00)There are two factors which determine an individual s intelligence. The
13、 first is the sort of brain he is born with. Human brains differ considerably, some being more capable than others. But no matter how good a brain he has to begin with, an individual will have a low order of intelligence unless he has opportunities to learn. So the second factor is what happens to t
14、he individualthe sort of environment in which he is reared. If an individual is handicapped environmentally, it is likely that his brain will fail to develop and he will never attain the level of intelligence of which he is capable. The importance of environment in determining an individual s intell
15、igence can be demonstrated by the case history of the identical twins, Peter and Mark X. Being identical, the twins had identical brains at birth, and their growth processes were the same. When the twins were three months old, their parents died, and they were placed in separate foster homes. Peter
16、was reared by parents of low intelligence in an isolated community with poor educational opportunities. Mark was reared in the home of well-to-do parents who had been to college. He was read to as a child, sent to good schools, and given every opportunity to be stimulated intellectually. This enviro
17、nmental difference continued until the twins were in their late teens, when they were given tests to measure their intelligence. Mark s IQ was 125 , twenty-five points higher than the average and fully forty points higher than his identical brother. Given equal opportunities, the twins, having ident
18、ical brains, would have tested at roughly the same level.（分数：10.00）(1).This selection can best be titled_.（分数：2.00）A.Measuring Your IntelligenceB.Intelligence and EnvironmentC.The Case of Peter and MarkD.How theBrain Influences Intelligence(2).The best statement of the main idea of this passage is t
19、hat_.（分数：2.00）A.human brains differ considerablyB.the brain a person is born with is important in determining his intelligenceC.environment is crucial in determining a person s intelligenceD.persons having identical brains will have roughly the same intelligence(3).According to the passage, the aver
20、age IQ is_.（分数：2.00）A.85B.100C.110D.125(4).The case history of the twins appears to support the conclusion that_.（分数：2.00）A.individual with identical brains seldom test at same levelB.an individuals intelligence is determined only by his environmentC.lack of opportunity blocks the growth of intellig
21、enceD.changes of environment produce changes in the structure of the brain(5).This passage suggests that an individual s IQ_.（分数：2.00）A.can be predicted at birthB.stays the same throughout his lifeC.can be increased by educationD.is determined by his childhoodSelling Expertise on the Internet for Ex
22、tra Cash Teresa Estes, a licensed mental-health counselor, watched as business at her private practice decreased last year. Then the single mother turned to her keyboard to boost her income. Ms. Estes applied to become an “expert“ on Live Person Inc., a Web site where clients pay for online chat tim
23、e with professionals and advisers of all fields. For $ 1.89 a minute a rate she set the 39-year-old from Marianna, Fla., dispenses advice to clients around the globe. She spends about four hours a day online, often at night, when her daughter has gone to bed. “It was the economy,“ she says of her mo
24、ve to take her skills online. “Live Person is more profitable than my private practice.“ Ms. Estes had charged her private clients up to $ 75 an hour. As the recession(经济衰退)deepens, a small but growing number of people are taking their skills online, offering expertise or performing specified tasks
25、for a fee. Labor-at-the-keyboard sites are gaining popularity as people increasingly turn to the Web in search of work. Internet job-search sites saw a 51% rise in traffic from January 2008 to January 2009, according to comscore Media Metrix, to 26.7 million unique visitors. Among the many fee-for-s
26、ervice Web sites out there, at least three are attracting a significant number of users though consumers should exercise a healthy degree of skepticism(怀疑态度)when consulting any of these sites. Live Person seeks out experts on a slew of topics, including mental health, financial services, shopping an
27、d fashion, as well as psychics and spiritual advisers. Mechanical Turk, a Web service run by A Inc., pays workers to perform tasks, such as cataloging products online. Associated Content pays contributors to write articles on a wide range of subjects, from organic flower gardening to how to apply fo
28、r financial aid. Live Person went public in 2001, and the current version of the site was launched in late 2007. Today, the site has 30,000 registered experts, attracting an average of 100,000 people a year who pay for the offered services, says Chief Executive Officer Robert Locascio. Roughly 3,500
29、 people have made contributing to the site their full-time job, he says. Associated Content reviews submissions in house and then decides how much to pay for them. The site, which specializes in how-to pieces and feature stories on news topics, had 237, 000 registered contributors and more than one
30、million content pieces as of February, both about double from the same month a year ago. Sabah Karimi, a 26-year-old fromOrlando, Fla., left a career in marketing to become a full-time freelance writer and now spends between 8 and 10 hours a week writing for Associated Content. She has been at it fo
31、r about three years and says she earns roughly $ 1,000 a month from her past and current submissions. Mechanical Turk is based on “crowd sourcing“ , or breaking a task into lots of tiny pieces and giving it to a big group of people to complete quickly. Most of these jobs which the site calls HITs, f
32、or human intelligence tasks pay just a few cents. Efficient Mturkers, as they call themselves, can make more than $ 100 a week doing things such as finding someone s email address or labeling images of a particular animal in a photograph.（分数：10.00）(1).What is the passage mainly talking about?（分数：2.0
33、0）A.The economic recession will last a few years.B.More people are taking their skills online to make money.C.Asking for advice through the Internet is a good way to solve your problems.D.People shouldnt release their financial and personal details online.(2).Live Person Inc. is a website where .（分数
34、：2.00）A.people chat with each other and make friends freelyB.professionals and advisers help others for freeC.people pay money for applying to become an expertD.clients pay for online chat time with professionals and advisers(3).Why are labor-at-the-keyboard sites gaining popularity?（分数：2.00）A.Becau
35、se people love to work on the Internet.B.Because more people are finding jobs on the Internet.C.Because working on the Internet is easier than other ways of working.D.Because people are being asked to work on the Internet.(4).What is Sabah Karimi s job?（分数：2.00）A.She is a part-time freelance writer.
36、B.She is a news writer.C.She submits articles to Associated Content.D.She reviews articles for Associated Content.(5).Mechanical Turk originated as a method to_.（分数：2.00）A.label images of a particular animal in a photographB.serve a variety of companies who need Web tasks performedC.help Amazon mana
37、ge its product databaseD.find someone s email addressThe greatest contribution to civilization in the century may well be the air-conditioning- and American leads just as amazing is the speed with which this situation came to be. Air-conditioning began to spread in industries as a production aid dur
38、ing World War II. Today most Americans need to take air-conditioning for granted to homes, offices, factories, theatres, shops, studios, schools, hotels, and restaurants. But not everybody is aware that high cost and easy comfort are merely two of the effects of the vast cooling of American. In fact
39、, air conditioning has substantially altered the country s character and customs. Many of the byproducts are so conspicuous that they are scarcely noticed. To begin with, air-conditioning transformed the face of America by making possible those glassy, boxy, sealed-in skyscrapers. It has been indisp
40、ensable, no less, to the functioning of sensitive advanced computers, whose high operating temperatures require that they be constantly cooled. It has, at will, forced families into retreating into families with closed doors and shut windows, reducing the interactions of neighborhood life. It is rea
41、lly surprising that the public s often noted withdrawal into self-pursuit and privacy has coincided with the historic spread of air-conditioning. Though science has little studied how habitual air-conditioning affects mind and body, some medical experts suggest that, like other technical avoidance o
42、f natural variations in climate, air-conditioning may damage the human capacity to adapt to stress. If so, air-conditioning is only like many other greatly useful technical developments that liberate man from nature by increasing his productivity and power in some way - while indirectly weakening hi
43、m in others.（分数：10.00）(1).According to this selection, which of the following constitutes the unique character ofU.S.?（分数：2.00）A.Its excessive use of air-conditioning.B.Its advanced computerized civilization.C.Its public s retreating into self-pursuit.D.Its greatest contribution to human civilizatio
44、n.(2).According to the author, the chief consequence brought about by the wide application of air-conditioning is_.（分数：2.00）A.the loss of human capacity to adapt to changes in climateB.the reduction of social communications of neighborhood lifeC.the active life style of all its usersD.the decreased
45、human production and power(3).The tone of this selection reveals that air-conditioning_.（分数：2.00）A.has little effect on its usersB.has more effect on body than on mindC.brings more benefits than damage to its usersD.does harm as well as good to its users(4).Who benefits the least from air-conditioni
46、ng according to the author?（分数：2.00）A.Medical experts.B.Manufacturers.C.Factory laborers.D.Consumers.(5).What is the author s overall attitude towards air-conditioning?（分数：2.00）A.NeutralB.ObjectiveC.CriticalD.CompromisingIn the 1960s, many young Americans were dissatisfied with American society. The
47、y wanted to end the Vietnam War and to make all of the people in the U.S. equal. Some of them decided to “drop out“ of American society and form their own societies. They formed Utopian communities , which they called “ communes,“ where they could follow their philosophy of “ do your own thing.“ A g
48、roup of artists founded a commune in southern Colorado called “Drop City.“ Following the ideas of philosopher and architect Buckminster Fuller they built domeshaped houses from pieces of old cars. Other groups, such as author Ken Keseys Merry Pranksters, the followers fo San Francisco poet Steve Gak
49、in, and a group that called itself the Hog Farm, lived in old schoolbuses and traveled around the United States. The Hog Farm become famous when they helped organize the Woodstock Rock Festival in 1969. Steve Gaskins followers tried to settle down on a farm in Tennessee, but they had to leave when some members of the group were arrested for growing ma
