1、专升本英语-196 及答案解析(总分：140.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、B语音知识/B(总题数：5，分数：5.00)A.EnglishB.angryC.lendD.uncleA.aheadB.measureC.sweatD.leastA.machineB.matterC.hammerD.happenA.handkerchiefB.honourC.honestD.exhibitionA.tonightB.thoroughC.tongueD.worried二、B词汇与语法知识/B(总题数：15，分数：15.00)6.The telephone_four times in the last h
2、our, and each time it_for my roommate.（分数：1.00）A.has rung; wasB.has been ringing; isC.had rung; wasD.rang; has been7.The murderer was brought in, with his hands_behind his back.（分数：1.00）A.being tiedB.having tiedC.to be tiedD.tied8.It is amazing that a small child of 3 or 4 years of age can sing a so
3、ng without understanding its meaning_.（分数：1.00）A.really wellB.fullyC.entirely wellD.very much9.l should very much like to have gone to that party of theirs, but_.（分数：1.00）A.Im not invitedB.I have not been invitedC.I was not invitedD.I will not be invited10.She plays_violin fairly well and makes a li
4、ving by teaching_violin.（分数：1.00）A.the;不填B.不填;不填C.a;不填D.a; a11.I hope that John will not play football tomorrow. Yes, I_.（分数：1.00）A.hope it tooB.hope tooC.hope that tooD.hope so too12.He likes his coffee with sugar; I like mine_.（分数：1.00）A.notB.of noC.noneD.without13.Nothing but stamps and envelopes
5、for sale.（分数：1.00）A.areB.isC.are leftD.remain14.Nock is looking for another job because he feels that nothing he does_his boss.（分数：1.00）A.servesB.satisfiesC.promisesD.supports15.Is the house very expensive, Dick? I dont think its worth the_they are asking.（分数：1.00）A.priceB.costC.valueD.money16.We h
6、ad trouble_the path through the forest.（分数：1.00）A.to findB.for findingC.findingD.with finding17.Can I get you a cup of tea?_.（分数：1.00）A.Thats very nice of youB.With pleasureC.You can, pleaseD.Thank you for the tea18.John walks_than Paul.（分数：1.00）A.more slowB.much more slowC.more slowlyD.many more sl
7、ow19.They are_in name, but they are no longer in practice.（分数：1.00）A.woman doctorsB.women doctorsC.lady doctorsD.ladies doctors20.The cost of his car is higher than_of mine.（分数：1.00）A.itB.costC.anyD.that三、B完形填空/B(总题数：1，分数：30.00)通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从每小题的四个选项中选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项。It was the night before the c
8、omposition was due. As I looked at the list of topics(题目), “The Art of Eating Spaghetti (意大利面条) “caught my eyes. The word “spaghetti“ brought back theU (21) /Uof an evening at Uncle Aliens in BellevilleU (22) /Uall of us were seated around the table and Aunt PatU (23) /Uspaghetti, for supper. Spaghe
9、tti was an exotic (外来的) treat inU (24) /Udays. Never had I eaten spaghetti, andU (25) /Uof the grown-ups had enough experience to be good at it. What laughingU (26) /Uwe had about the socially respectable method for moving spaghetti from plate to mouth.U (27) /U,I wanted to write about that, but I w
10、anted toU (28) /Uit down simply for my ownU (29) /U, not for Mr. Fleagle, my composition teacher. As for him, I would write something else.When I finished it the night was half gone and there was noU (30) /Uleft to write a proper composition for Mr. Fleagle. There was no choice next morning but to h
11、and in my work. Two days passed before Mr. Fleagle returned theU (31) /Upapers. He said, “Now, class, I want to read you a composition, The Art of Eating Spaghetti.“My words! He was reading my words outU (32) /Uto the whole class.U (33) /Ulaughed, then the whole class was laughing with open-hearted
12、enjoyment. I did my best not to showU (34) /U, but what I was feeling was pure happiness, for my words had the power to make peopleU (35) /U.（分数：30.00）A.memoryB.thoughtC.knowledgeD.experienceA.whenB.whereC.sinceD.afterA.cookedB.servedC.gotD.madeA.theirB.pastC.lastD.thoseA.noneB.oneC.earnsD.neitherA.
13、speechesB.lessonsC.sayingsD.argumentsA.EspeciallyB.ProbablyC.SuddenlyD.FortunatelyA.settleB.putC.takeD.letA.workB.storyC.luckD.joyA.timeB.excuseC.wayD.ideaA.writtenB.gradedC.collectedD.signedA.loudB.fastC.publiclyD.calmlyA.PeopleB.NobodyC.SomebodyD.IA.shockB.wonderC.worryD.pleasureA.excitedB.satisfi
14、edC.thinkD.laugh四、B阅读理解/B(总题数：4，分数：45.00)阅读下列短文，然后根据短文的内容从每小题的四个选项中选出最佳的一项。BA/BYour body, which has close relations with the food you eat, is the most important thing you own, so it needs proper treatment and proper nourishment(营养). The old saying “An apple a day keeps the doctor away“ is not as sil
15、ly as some people think. The body needs fruit and vegetables because they. contain vitamin C. Many people take extra vitamins in pill form(丸剂), believing that these will make them healthy. But a good diet is made up of nourishing food and this gives all the vitamins you need. The body doesnt need or
16、 use extra vitamins, so why waste money on them? In modern western world, many people are too busy to bother about eating properly.The list of illnesses caused or made worse by bad eating habits is frightening.（分数：15.00）(1).“Your body, which has close relations with the food you eat“ means that_.（分数
17、3.00）A.all kinds of food you eat can be made into your bodyB.your body is made up of the food you eatC.what you eat has a great effect on your healthD.the more you eat, the healthier you will feel(2).The old saying referred to in the passage tells us that_.（分数：3.00）A.eating apples regularly does lo
18、ts of good to our healthB.the apple is the best among all kinds of fruitsC.apples can take the place of doctorsD.an apple is a sure cure for illness(3).In the paragraph, the writer tries to let us know_.（分数：3.00）A.our bodies need food, or we cant liveB.eating apples often is a good habitC.a good die
19、t is of great importance for our healthD.taking extra vitamin pills is completely useless(4).In the modern western countries_.（分数：3.00）A.people dont want to pay more attention to their eatingB.lots of peoples illnesses are caused or made worse by bad eating habitsC.people throw everything into their
20、 stomachs without chewingD.people are only too busy to cook meals for themselves(5).From the passage we can draw a conclusion that if we want to keep healthy, we should_.（分数：3.00）A.only eat an apple a dayB.eat properlyC.take as many vitamin pills as possibleD.throw something into our stomachs slowly
21、 and carefullyBB/BB Fire and Water/BShundagarh is a village on Indias east-facing coast. It is a village of simple mud and grass houses built on the beach just above the water-line. The Khadra Hills rise immediately behind the village, to a height of one hundred and fifty meters. A simple, good-hear
22、ted old man, whose name was Jalpur, farmed two small fields on the very edge of these hills, overlooking Shundagarh. From his fields he could see the fishing-boats that travelled up and down the coast. He could see the children playing on the sand; their mothers washing clothes on the flat stones wh
23、ere the Shiva River flowed into the sea; and their fathers landing the latest catch or repairing nets and telling stories that had no end.All Jalpur owned in the world were the clothes he wore day in and day out, the miserable hut that he slept in at night, a few tools and cooking potsand his fields
24、 The corn that he grew was all that made life possible. If the weather was kind and the harvest was good, Jalpur could live happily enoughnot well, but happily. When the sun was fierce, and there was little or no rain, then he came close to the line between a life which was too hard, and death itse
25、lf.Last year the weather had been so kind, and the harvest promised to be so good, that Jalpur had been wondering whether he could sell all that he had and live with his son farther up the coast. He had been thinking about doing this for some years. It was his dearest wish to spend his last days wit
26、h his son and his wife and children. But he would go only if he could give; he would not go if it meant taking food out of the mouths of his grandchildren. He would rather die hungry than do this.On the day on which Jalpur decided that he would harvest his corn, sell it, and move up the coast, he lo
27、oked out to the sea and saw a huge wave, several kilometres out, advancing on the coast and on the village of Shundagarh. Within ten minutes everyone in Shundagarh would be drowned. Jalpur would have shouted, but the people were too far away to hear. He would have run down the hill, but he was too o
28、ld to run. He was prepared to do anything to save the people of Shundagarh, so he did the only thing that he could do: he set fire to his corn. In a matter of seconds the flames were rising high and smoke was rising higher. Within a minute the people of Shundagarh were racing up the hill to see what
29、 had happened. There, in the middle of his blackened cornfield, they found Jalpur; and there they buried him.On his grave, they wrote the words: Here lies Jalpur, a man who gave, living; a man who died, giving.（分数：12.00）(1).Shundagarh is a village_.（分数：3.00）A.one hundred and fifty metres above the w
30、aterlineB.of mud and grass houses in the Khadra HillsC.of simple houses, built on the beach facing towards the eastD.built around small fields overlooking the coast(2).From his fields Jalpur could see_.（分数：3.00）A.men fishing and mothers and fathers playing with their childrenB.fishermen mending thei
31、r nets and washing them on flat stonesC.men fishing in the Shiva River and telling endless storiesD.men fishing, women washing and children playing(3).It was Jalpurs ambition to_.（分数：3.00）A.live an easy life in the village of ShundagarhB.sell his corn and go to live with his son and his familyC.live
32、 farther along the coast where the weather was kinderD.spend a few days with his wife and son on the coast(4).The villagers were thankful to Jalpur because he had_.（分数：3.00）A.given his life in order to save theirsB.saved their village from being drowned by the waveC.given them many things during his
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38、B.0541 541051C.01789 261174D.01862 387665BD/BB English as a Foreign Language/BWho taught you to speak English? Your parents, while you were a young child? Your teachers at school? Perhaps even the BBC as a grown-up. Whoever it was, somehow you have developed an understanding of what is rapidly becom
39、ing a truly global language. There are now about 376 million people who speak English as their first language, and about the same number who have learnt it in addition to their mother tongue. There are said to be one billion people learning English now and about 80% of the information on the Interne
40、t is in English.Is this a good thing, or a bad thing? Should we celebrate the fact that more and more of us can communicate, using a common language, across countries and cultures (文化)? Or should we worry about the dangers of “mono-culturalism“, a world in which we all speak the same language, eat t
41、he same food and listen to the same music?Does it matter if an increasing number of people speak the same language? On the contrary (相反), I would have thoughtalthough I have never accepted the argument that if only we all understood each other better, there would be fewer wars. Ask the people of Ind
42、ia (where many of them speak at least some English) and Pakistan (the same situation with India)If we all speak English, will we then all start eating McDonalds hamburgers? Surely not. If English becomes more dominant(占主导地位的),will it kill other languages? I doubt it. When I travel in Africa or Asia,
43、 I am always surprised by how many people can speak not only their own language but often one or more other related languages, as well as English and perhaps some French or German as well.When we discussed this on Talking Point a couple of years ago, we received a wonderfully poetic email from a lis
44、tener in Ireland. “The English language is a beautiful language. Maybe its like a rose,“ he said. “But who would ever want their garden just full of roses?“Well, I love roses, and I think they make a beautiful addition to any garden. But the way I see it, just by planting a few roses, you dont neces
45、sarily need to pull out everything else. If more and more people want to plant English roses, thats fine by me.（分数：9.00）(1).By saying “Ask the people of India and Pakistan“ (Paragraph 4), the author is trying to show that_.（分数：3.00）A.speaking the same language doesnt necessarily bring peaceB.wars ca
46、n destroy the relationship between two countriesC.English doesnt kill other languagesD.English is widely used in the world(2).The author would probably agree that_.（分数：3.00）A.its very hard to plant many kinds of flowers in a gardenB.its good for people from other countries to learn EnglishC.more and
47、 more people like to plant roses in their gardensD.English is easier to learn than other languages(3).This passage is mainly about_.（分数：3.00）A.why English has become a global languageB.how many people in the world speak EnglishC.how people in the world learn English as a foreign languageD.whether we
48、 need to worry about English being a world language五、B补全对话/B(总题数：1，分数：15.00)根据中文提示，将对话中缺少的内容写在线上。这些句子必须符合英语表达习惯。打句号的地方，用陈述句；打问号的地方，用疑问句。提示：Bill 对 Alice 说昨晚看电视一直到后半夜。Alice 说她通常是感到无事做才看电视。她问 Bill 是不是感到无聊才看到这么晚。Bill 说他把书包忘在了出租车上，并说看电视时心情好一点，可关上电视机，心情反而更糟。Alice: What a great day, dont you think?Bill: I guess so. I didnt notice. I feel terrible because I watched televisionU (51) /U.Alice: After midnight!U (52) /Ubecause you were b
