1、专升本英语-398 及答案解析(总分：150.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、 Phonetics(总题数：5，分数：5.00)A.powderB.ownerC.howeverD.townA.messageB.privateC.orangeD.classmateA.neitherB.thoughtC.thickD.throughA.carriedB.borrowedC.askedD.threadA.argueB.hardshipC.farmerD.towards二、 Vocabulary and Str(总题数：15，分数：15.00)6.It is difficult to distingu
2、ish one twin _ the other.（分数：1.00）A.toB.byC.forD.from7.My parents always buy _ my birthday.（分数：1.00）A.anything nice toB.anything nice forC.something nice toD.something nice for8.To travel from England to Scotland you _ a passport.（分数：1.00）A.mustn“t haveB.haven“t gotC.don“t needD.needn“t9.Anyone can
3、get into the club, _ he is a member there.（分数：1.00）A.even ifB.unlessC.as thatD.so long as10.Though I haven“t seen him for years, I can _ his voice on the telephone.（分数：1.00）A.realizeB.discoverC.acceptD.recognize11.Shall I sit at this end of the boat, or the other end? You can sit at _ end.（分数：1.00）A
4、.bothB.eitherC.anyD.each12.When he was in his _, he began to study English.（分数：1.00）A.fortyB.forty“sC.fortiesD.forty“s years old13.He is _ a horse.（分数：1.00）A.stronger asB.as stronger thanC.the strong asD.stronger than14.It is essential that all these figures _ twice.（分数：1.00）A.must be checkedB.be ch
5、eckedC.is checkedD.will be checked15.I think he studies very hard, _?（分数：1.00）A.does heB.doesn“t heC.don“tID.do I16.In _ century, computers will be used more widely.（分数：1.00）A.twenty-oneB.the twenty-oneC.twenty-firstD.the twenty-first17.I shall make the announcement _ the beginning of the meeting.（分
6、数：1.00）A.toB.forC.atD.in18.It is a question _ the book will be published this month or next month.（分数：1.00）A.ifB.whetherC.thatD.which19.We must _ early in the morning so as to catch the first train.（分数：1.00）A.set upB.set outC.set aboutD.set aside20.In no way _ from practice.（分数：1.00）A.theory can be
7、separatedB.theory is separatedC.can theory be separatedD.has theory been separated三、 Cloze(总题数：1，分数：30.00)One of the political issues we hear a lot about lately is campaign finance reform. The people who are calling for 1 usually want the government to pay for campaigns and/or limit the amount of mo
8、ney that candidates and their supporters can spend. One reason that reform is 2 for is that it costs so much to run for political office. Candidates have to spend a great deal of time and effort 3 money. The incumbents (those already in office) have 4 time to do their jobs since they must attend so
9、many fund raising events. Another 5 is the fear that candidates will be owned or controlled by the “special interest groups“ that contribute to their campaigns. Sometimes this certainly seems to be the 6 On the 7 side are those who caution that just because you call something “reform,“ doesn“t mean
10、it“s really 8 . They 9 that our right to freedom of speech is meaningless if the government can limit anyone“s ability to get his or her message out to the people. If one person or a group of people want to tell the 10 what they think about an issue or candidate, they have to 11 advertising on TV, r
11、adio, and in newspapers and magazines. They might want to display billboards along highways and banners on heavily trafficked Web sites. All this 12 a lot of money. Opponents of laws that regulate or limit spending say that you don“t really have freedom of speech or freedom of the press if you can“t
12、 get your message out. They say that in a democracy, the government should never be able to regulate political discussion or the means to distribute ideas. They believe that this is most important when the voters are about to make 13 What do you think about this issue? Listen to what the 14 for nati
13、onal office have to say. Which candidates make the most 15 to you?（分数：30.00）A.moneyB.reformC.issueD.candidateA.neededB.calledC.organizedD.groupedA.collectB.pileC.raisingD.increaseA.lessB.moreC.fewerD.lessenA.eventB.costC.reasonD.officeA.jokeB.moneyC.caseD.simpleA.otherB.sameC.averageD.outA.badB.bett
14、erC.costlyD.happyA.argueB.doubtC.refuseD.timeA.reportersB.wallC.storyD.publicA.makeB.buyC.publishD.limitA.makesB.hasC.costsD.losesA.moneyB.troubleC.issuesD.decisionsA.recordsB.speakersC.soundsD.candidatesA.senseB.dirtC.moneyD.music四、 Reading Comprehens(总题数：0，分数：0.00)五、Passage One(总题数：1，分数：12.00)Uncl
15、e Sam is a tall, thin man. He“s an older man with white hair and a white beard. He often wears a tall hat, a bow tie, and the stars and stripes of the American flag. Who is this strange-looking man? Would you believe that Uncle Sam is the US government? But why do you call the US government Uncle Sa
16、m? During the War of 1812, the US government hired meat packers to provide meat to the army. One of these meat packers was a man named Samuel Wilson. Samuel was a friendly and fair man. Everyone liked him and called him Uncle Sam. Sam Wilson stamped the boxes of meat for the army with a large US for
17、 United States. Some government inspectors came to look over Sam“s company. They asked a worker what the US on the boxes stood for. As a joke, the worker answered that these letter stood for the name of his boss, Uncle Sam. The joke spread, and soldiers began saying that their food came from Uncle S
18、am. Before long, people called all things that came from the government “Uncle Sam“. “Uncle Sam“ became a nickname for the US government. Soon there were drawings and cartoons of Uncle Sam in newspapers. In these early pictures, Uncle Sam was a young man. He wore stars and stripes, but his hair was
19、dark and he had no beard. The beard was added when Abraham Lincoln was President. President Lincoln had a beard. The most famous picture of Uncle Sam is on a poster from World War I. The government needed men to fight in the war. In the poster, a very serious Uncle Sam points his finger and says “I
20、want YOU for the US Army.“（分数：12.00）(1).Uncle Sam often wears a tall hat, _, and the stars and stripes of the American flag.（分数：3.00）A.dark hairB.a bow tieC.a boxD.a shirt(2).Government inspectors came to _ Sam“s meat-packing company.（分数：3.00）A.askB.stand forC.look overD.see(3).In the drawing and ca
21、rtoons of Uncle Sam _.（分数：3.00）A.he wore the stars and stripesB.he never had a beardC.he had no hairD.he wore a bow tie(4).Sam Wilson stamped the boxes of meat for the army with a large US for _.（分数：3.00）A.Uncle SamB.United StatesC.SoldiersD.America六、Passage Two(总题数：1，分数：12.00)A hundred years ago, t
22、he game we now call football did not exist. American football started during a game between two colleges. The teams had got together to play what they called “football“, but each team played by different rules. One team played what we now call soccer. The other played what we now call rugby (橄榄球). B
23、oth games had been invented a thousand years before. In the first kind of football game ever played, all the men from one village tried to kick a ball into another village. The men of the second village tried to kick the ball into the first. Hundreds of people joined in, running everywhere, running
24、crops and knocking down fences. In time, people agreed on some rules to keep order, but many rules were left open to change. Different rules developed in different places. When the two colleges met to play football, each followed its own rules. They mixed the games together and invented a new game.
25、A hundred years later we call that game American football. In what ways do you suppose the game we know now will have changed in another hundred years?（分数：12.00）(1).When the two colleges first met to play “football“, the players followed _.（分数：3.00）A.the rules of soccerB.the rules of rugbyC.differen
26、t rulesD.college rules(2).“Both games“ at the beginning of the second paragraph refers to _.（分数：3.00）A.soccer and rugbyB.American football and British footballC.two village ball gamesD.two new football games(3).What message can we get from the last paragraph?（分数：3.00）A.American football might develo
27、p in different places.B.American football is supposed to be changeable.C.American football will have its own rules.D.American football might see changes in the years to come.(4).What does the passage mainly discuss?（分数：3.00）A.The changes of soccer.B.The rules of rugby.C.Different village players.D.T
28、he birth of American football.七、Passage Three(总题数：1，分数：12.00)Like the body, the memory, improves with use. Unlike the body, the memory can improve with age. For many years, doctors have been studying the way the brain works. We all know that the brain has two sides, the left and the right. The right
29、 side controls the senses (seeing, hearing, feeling tasting and smelling), and is the creative and imaginative side. The left side of the brain controls our logical thinking. It processes the information which comes in, and puts it into order. We call the left side the “educated“ side of the brain a
30、nd generally, in western societies, people have developed this side of the brain more than the right side. Scientists believe that our brain will work much more efficiently if both the right side and the left side are developed equally. In many schools today, teachers try to educate the children in
31、such a way that both sides of the brain are used. This can be done with logical subjects including mathematics and science as well as with creative subjects such as art and literature. The result achieved by students who are educated in this way is usually better than the result of students who are
32、educated in a more traditional way. Traditional teaching tends to exercise the left side of the brain without paying very much attention to the development of the right side. Great thinkers such as Bertand Russell, the philosopher, and Albert Einstein, the scientist, only in their work, but also in
33、creative and imaginative activities. It was because of their many different interests in life that they were able to achieve the full development of both sides of their brain. As long as Einstein and Russell lived, their brains functioned efficiently. It was their bodies, finally, which could not go
34、 on any longer.（分数：12.00）(1).The left side of the brain controls _.（分数：3.00）A.the sensesB.the right sideC.logical thinkingD.the action(2).The right side of the brian _.（分数：3.00）A.processes and puts into order the information which comes inB.is usually better developed than the left side in western s
35、ocietyC.is usually not as well developed as the left side in westernD.is usually developed as well as the left side in western society(3).The brain works much more efficiently when _.（分数：3.00）A.both sides of the brain are used equallyB.the left side is fully developedC.scientists work on itD.the rig
36、ht side is fully developed(4).Einstein and Russell died when _.（分数：3.00）A.their brains could not function efficiently any moreB.the full development of both sides of their brain was achievedC.their bodies stopped workingD.they were very old八、Passage Four(总题数：1，分数：12.00)There is one thing that everyo
37、ne wants more than anything else. Some people try to get it by making money. They think that when they have enough money to buy such things as houses, farms, and cars, they will have the one thing that everyone wants. Other people believe that if they know enough they will find this thing. They stud
38、y all their lives in search of it. Still others think that if they have power, they will find this thing. They keep telling themselves: when I am a boss, I will no longer have to search for this thing. What is it that everyone wants more than anything else? What is it that all of us keep working and
39、 striving for each day? It is happiness. Happiness is a strange thing. It does not mean the same to all men. What will make one man happy may not make another man happy. Some men say that happiness comes from helping others; other men say that happiness comes from making life more pleasant for every
40、one. What do you mean when you say “That makes me happy“? Read what different people have said about happiness. Perhaps you will learn something that will bring you peace of mind, comfort, money or it may bring you what you search for -happiness.（分数：12.00）(1).“Some people try to get it by making mon
41、ey.“ The underlined “it“ means _.（分数：3.00）A.happinessB.the preceding sentenceC.moneyD.such things as house, farms and cars(2).Other people believe that if they know enough they will find this thing. This sentence means _.（分数：3.00）A.other people think if they know a lot they will be able to get enoug
42、h money and that will make them happyB.other people think it true that enough knowledge will bring them enough moneyC.other people hold the opinion that the more they know the happier they will becomeD.other people hold the opinion that if they become knowledgeable enough they will feel happy(3).Whe
43、n I am a boss, I will no longer have to search for this thing. This sentence means _.（分数：3.00）A.when I have power, I will have happinessB.being a boss is more important than feeling happyC.when I become a boss, I will never search for happinessD.boss and this thing mean the same to boss and I(4).Wha
44、t will make one man happy may not make another man happy. This sentence means _.（分数：3.00）A.when one man feels happy, another man will feel sadB.what will make one man happy may make another man happy alsoC.different people hold different opinions about happinessD.both A and B九、Passage Five(总题数：1，分数：
45、12.00)Californian Michael Schwabe said goodbye to the gas pump two years ago. He leased an electric car. Schwabe says he gets more out of driving an electric car than just a charge. “With the price of gasoline and with the problems with clean air, it“s important we get electric vehicles out on the r
46、oad.“ On California roads there are about two thousand electric cars. By 2003, ten percent of all new cars may be required to have zero emissions. This is a mandate automakers say it is way ahead of its time. Gloria Bergquist of the Alliance of Auto Manufacturers says, “The technology (for zero emis
47、sions) isn“t here yet; it still needs advancement in driving range to make it more appealing to a wider consumer audience.“ Automakers blame it on the batteries. Power runs out on most cars after about 70 miles. However, some cars can now go more than 100 miles on a charge. Batteries are expensive.
48、Carmakers say there is nothing they can do about it. Tim Carmichael of the Clean Air Coalition says, “The automakers have not built a vehicle unless required to do so, so it“s very important for the state to stay committed to this program requiring automakers to build small amounts in beginning year
49、s and then the market will take off.“（分数：12.00）(1).When did Michael Schwabe say goodbye to the gas pump?（分数：3.00）A.Two days ago.B.Two months ago.C.Two years ago.D.Ten years ago.(2).What do automakers blame for there being few electric cars now on the road?（分数：3.00）A.The price of gas.B.The mandate.C.The conditions of the roads.D.The batteries.(3).Right now the California Air Resources Board requires that a percentage of new cars sold should be f
