1、专升本英语-590 及答案解析(总分：150.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、 Phonetics(总题数：1，分数：5.00)A.breadB.dreamC.leadD.teamA.holeB.noneC.oldD.foldA.houseB.southC.touchD.mouthA.bushB.mustC.rubD.truckA.easeB.meanC.headD.heat二、 Vocabulary and Str(总题数：15，分数：15.00)1.Mrs. London has _ that she is unable to get a job.（分数：1.00）A.such small
2、 educationB.so little educationC.a such little educationD.a so small education2.While I was waiting for her, I killed time _ looking in the show windows.（分数：1.00）A.byB.withC.inD.over3.He gained his _ by printing _ of famous writers.（分数：1.00）A.wealth; workB.wealthy; worksC.wealthy; workD.wealth; work
3、s4.A person with the blood type AB can _ any type of blood.（分数：1.00）A.applyB.recognizeC.receiveD.absorb5.They promised _ each other when they went to work.（分数：1.00）A.get in touch withB.getting in touch withC.to get in touch withD.to get touch with6.I _ come yesterday, but I could not.（分数：1.00）A.was
4、to haveB.mustC.oughtD.have to7.Adults sometimes envy children who play all the time _ they themselves have to work, rain or shine.（分数：1.00）A.whileB.onceC.sinceD.though8.The red color can stimulate all our _, including appetite.（分数：1.00）A.thoughtsB.worriesC.sensesD.desires9.They _ shopping, when some
5、one knocked at the door.（分数：1.00）A.are about toB.are to goC.were about to goD.were to go10.Talking to foreigners is fun if you _ the right time and place.（分数：1.00）A.locateB.considerC.chooseD.decide11.He treats it _ a request for information.（分数：1.00）A.forB.asC.likeD.by12.In a second-hand bookshop, B
6、illy came across a book which he thought was certainly a _edition.（分数：1.00）A.rareB.scarceC.seldomD.hardly13.I often thought of my childhood, _ I lived on a farm.（分数：1.00）A.whenB.whichC.whereD.who14.She was too shy to Speak_.（分数：1.00）A.in publicB.in the publicC.in a publicD.at public15.I dont like th
7、is hat. Please show me _.（分数：1.00）A.anotherB.the otherC.othersD.both三、 Cloze(总题数：1，分数：30.00)Nobody wants to be (21) . Unfortunately our bodies can (22) problems. When we arent (23) , our bodies tell us. Sometimes a part of our bodies hurts. When a part of our bodies (24) , we say we have aches and p
8、ains. We can have aches and pains in (25) parts of the body.We call some simple (26) problems “aches“. For example, we can have a headache, a toothache, an earache, a backache or a stomachache. Other simple problems are nor (27) aches, so we describe them in different ways. For example, we can (28)
9、a sore throat, a sore leg, a sore toe.“Pain“ is another word that we use to (29) a problem. We can have a pain in the chest, a pain in the shoulder or a pain (30) the back. A pain is strong. Also, a pain hurts in a specific place.When aches and pains arent too (31) , we can buy medicine in the drugs
10、tore. Usually small aches go away (32) . When pain is more serious, we (33) to visit the doctor (or the dentist). The doctor asks us what our (34) are. The doctor may have to do tests or take X- rays to (35) what is Wrong. Then he or she will tell us what to do.（分数：30.00）A.sleepB.badC.coldD.sickA.so
11、lveB.findC.developD.respondA.healthyB.wellC.healthD.fatA.hurtB.hurtingC.hurtsD.have hurtA.differentB.importantC.bigD.smallA.healthyB.healthC.wellD.fatA.talkedB.spokenC.seenD.calledA.cutB.fallC.haveD.feelA.describeB.tellC.talkD.speakA.atB.onC.inD.overA.lightB.seriousC.seriesD.heavyA.deeplyB.badlyC.qu
12、icklyD.heavilyA.havingB.hadC.haveD.hasA.careersB.thoughtsC.reasonsD.symptomsA.believeB.knowC.talkD.say四、 Reading Comprehens(总题数：0，分数：0.00)五、Passage One(总题数：1，分数：12.00)Science and new technology have made such rapid progress in agriculture that modern machines can do almost all farm work, and therefo
13、re have made it possible for farmers to pro- duce more food on the same amount of land. When people live in plenty, vegetables and fruits are becoming more and more popular. As a result more and more vegetables and fruits are in greater need.Can orchard workers harvest fruits with machines as farmer
14、s to crops? Yes, they can. Scientists have already invented many different fruit-harvesting machines. Now, lets take cherry picking machine for example. The cherry-picking machine first shakes a cherry tree, then catches cherries in heavy sheets and pushes the fruit along belts. The cherries are the
15、n dropped into huge containers of water, in which they are washed clean, and look fresh and pretty when they are placed into plastic boxes which come along the belt one after another. All this work is finished within three minutes. In this way two orchard workers are able to fulfil the harvesting wo
16、rk of a cherry orchard within two days which was done by over one hundred workers for two weeks.Another new machine that picks tomatoes has just been invented, First it cuts the vines below the soil. Then both the vines and the fruit are pulled into the machine which separates the tomatoes from the
17、vines and finally returns the vines to the field.It is believed that it will soon be possible for powerful wind machines to blow oranges off trees. New machines that are now being tested will 1Sick apples, peaches, pears and straw- berries. It is also believed that with the development of science an
18、d new technology, farm working conditions will be greatly improved, that more and more work will be done by machines instead of men and that peoples living standard will be greatly improved in the future.（分数：12.00）(1).The best title for this passage is_.（分数：3.00）A.Science, New Technology and Agricul
19、tureB.Development of Science and New Technology Has Improved AgricultureC.Orchard Workers Are Interested in the Development of Science and New TechnologyD.Science and New Technology Can Enrich a Country(2).Which of the following can take the place of the sentence “when people live in plenty .“?（分数：3
20、.00）A.When people have more money than is needed.B.When people have quite a large amount of wealth.C.When people no longer worry about not having enough for their daily needs of food or clothing .D.When people need a large number of daily needs.(3).Before the cherry-picking machine was invented, a p
21、resent orchard workers one days work is equal to amount of work done by _.（分数：3.00）A.three hundred and fifty farmers a dayB.one hundred farmers two weeksC.two hundred farmers two weeksD.thousands of farmers a day(4).According to this passage, when cherries leave the picking machines, they_.（分数：3.00）
22、A.are on the belts, fresh and prettyB.are soaked in a large container of waterC.are in heavy sheets, unwashed and dirtyD.have been put into plastic boxes, fresh and clean六、Passage Two(总题数：1，分数：12.00)Basketball is still a young game. in the winter or 1891, a certain college was having trouble with it
23、s boy students. The weather was so terrible that the students had to stay indoors. Since they could not enjoy their sports outside as usual, they were unhappy, and some of them often got into fights from time to time.Finally, one of the teachers at the college, J. E. Naismith, was asked to invent a
24、new game for the students. It was not an easy job because such a game had to be played indoors, and the court was not very large.Naismith thought for a few days and invented a kind of ball game. It was a fast. exciting game with much moving and passing of the ball. It was played between two teams. T
25、o make score, the ball had to be thrown into a basket ten feet high above the floor on the wail. At each end of the court there was such a basket. At first, Naismith had planned to have the ball thrown into a box. As he could not find boxes of the right size, he had to use fruit basket in- stead. Th
26、at is how the game got its name.（分数：12.00）(1).In fact, it has just a history of _.（分数：3.00）A.less than two hundred yearsB.more than a hundred yearsC.less than a centuryD.nearly a century(2)._today, basketball was invented as an indoor game at first.（分数：3.00）A.Though its often played outsideB.Because
27、 its often played outsideC.since its always played outsideD.Although its never played inside(3).Naismith had thought of using a box in the game, yet he gave up the idea before long and fixed something different “_“ on the wall.（分数：3.00）A.the wallB.a kind of ball gameC.a fruit basketD.the basketball
28、team(4).Indeed the name of the new game _ what the ball should be thrown into in a match.（分数：3.00）A.had nothing to do withB.had something not much to do withC.had a few things to doD.had something to do with七、Passage Three(总题数：1，分数：12.00)People use money to buy food, books, bicycles and hundreds of
29、other things they need. When they work, they usually get paid in money.Most of the money used today is made of metal or paper. But in ancient times people used to use all kinds of things as money. One of the first kinds of money was shells.In China, cloth and knives were used as money. Elephant tusk
30、s, monkey tails and salt were used in some parts of Africa. Rice was also a kind of money used by the ancient people in some islands. Cows and other animals were used as money, too.The first copper coins were made in China. They were round and had a square hole in the centre. Different counties had
31、used different metals for their money. Later some countries began to make Coins of gold and silver. But gold and silver were heavy to carry when people need a lot of coins to buy something expensive. The Chinese were the first to use paper money. The first paper money looked more like a note from on
32、e paper to another than the paper money used today.（分数：12.00）(1).People gave Up gold and silver coins because _.（分数：3.00）A.they were too heavyB.they would be for future useC.they were easy to slip offD.they were useless(2)._ first used paper money.（分数：3.00）A.IndiaB.AmericaC.FranceD.China(3).African
33、people used _ as money in ancient times.（分数：3.00）A.cloth and knivesB.cows and other animalsC.copper coinsD.tusks, monkey tails and salt(4).The best tittle for this passage is（分数：3.00）A.Paper Can Be Used as MoneyB.Africa Money FormsC.The History of MoneyD.Money in Ancient Times八、Passage Four(总题数：1，分数
34、：12.00)About one million years ago, the Ice Age began. The Ice Age was a long period of time in which four great glaciers pushed southward to cover almost all the upper half of North America, and then melted away. Each glacier was a thick sheet of ice and snow that spread out from a centre near what
35、 is now Hudson Bay in Canada. The winters were long, and the cool summers were too short to melt much of the ice and snow. The ever-growing sheet built up to a thickness of two miles at its centre.As all glaciers do, these great glaciers slid. They pushed down giant trees in their paths and scraped
36、the earth bare of soil. Many animals moved farther south to escape. Others stayed and were destroyed.When winters of little snow came, the summer sun cut into the edges of the ice sheets. As the glaciers melted, rocks, soil and other things that had mixed with the ice and snow were left. New hills,
37、lakes and rivers were formed.The last of the great glaciers began its melting about 11,000 years ago. Its melting formed the Great Lakes, These lakes are today little changed from their early sizes and shapes. The largest of the North American river systems was also influenced by the glaciers. This
38、is the Mississippi-Missouri Ohio system. These rivers were miles wide at first. Through the years they settled into their present channels.（分数：12.00）(1).The main idea of this passage is _.（分数：3.00）A.the Ice Age was a long period of timeB.great glaciers covered North America many years agoC.changes i
39、n climate helped to melt the glaciersD.how glaciers changed North America(2).The author states that all glaciers _.（分数：3.00）A.are two miles thickB.form frozen lakesC.are a million years oldD.move and slide(3).From the information in this passage we know that _.（分数：3.00）A.glaciers are destructiveB.al
40、l glaciers in the world move southwardC.the Mississippi-Missouri-Ohio system is larger than it was before the Ice AgeD.the Great Lakes are now smaller than they were before the Ice Age(4).The Ice Age lasted almost _.（分数：3.00）A.1,000 yearsB.100 yearsC.1,000,000 yearsD.11,000 years九、Passage Five(总题数：1
41、，分数：12.00)Carl studied in our high school three years ago. Last August his father found a job in another city and his family moved there. He began to study in a new school and we often write to each other. He often tells me something about the city where he lives now and his studies in the school. S
42、o I can know what happens to him.Last Friday Carl came to our city again. He hoped to stay with his old grandpa during the summer holiday. Hes taller and stronger than before. We swam in the river outside the city together or had a picnic on the island. It surprised me that he has learned to cook wh
43、en we were travelling in the wild forest. He told me his parents were both busy and sometimes he stayed at home alone and he had to look after himself.“How do you like your school?“ I asked.“Wonderful,“ said the young man. “It has a tall building and therere two chemistry labs, two biology labs and
44、three physics ones. And our library is big and therere plenty of books in it.“I can see you are happy with it.“Yes,“ answered he. “But our geography teacher often says to himself in class.“So does our new history teacher,“ I said. “But he doesnt notice it. He often talks on and on, but none of us li
45、stens to him!/（分数：12.00）(1).I know whats going on with him because _.（分数：3.00）A.he often visits meB.I often telephone himC.he writes to me now and thenD.I live not far from him(2).Carl came back to our city to _.（分数：3.00）A.take his summer vacationB.look after his grandpaC.swim in the riverD.know wha
46、t happens(3).Carl _, so he learned to cook.（分数：3.00）A.liked foods very muchB.had to look after himself sometimesC.lived with his grandpaD.stayed alone(4).The history teacher says to himself in class, because he thinks _.（分数：3.00）A.none of talk loudlyB.we all listen to him carefullyC.some of us ask h
47、im questionsD.he doesnt notice it十、 Daily Conversation(总题数：1，分数：15.00) A. Please count. B. Do you handle foreign currency here? C. Its impossible. D. Please show me your passport. E. May I change some Renminbi into US dollars? F. Im in urgent need. G. Would you fill out this form, please? H. What is
48、 the rate of exchange?Miss Li: Good morning. Can I help you, madam?Nancy: Good morning, miss. (56) Miss Li: Yes, we do.Nancy: (57) Miss Li: No problem. How much would you like to change?Nancy: 20,000 Yuan. (58) Miss Li: Its 7. 8868 Yuan to the dollar. (59) Nancy: Here you are.Miss Li: (60) Nancy: OK.（分数：15.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_十一、 Writing(总题数：1，分数：25.00)16.不久前，你从一家商店买了一台收音机。用了 10 天后，收音机就出了毛病。写信给那家商店经理，信件内容包括下列几个方面：(1)商品的品牌和价格；(2)给你带来何种不便；(3)希望店方做些什么。（分数：25.00）_专升本英语-590 答案解析(总分：150.00，做题时间：90 分钟)
