1、专升本英语-591 及答案解析(总分：140.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、选作题(总题数：15，分数：15.00)1.M: Can I see a demonstration of this tape recorder?W:_（分数：1.00）A.No, I am afraid you cant.B.Sure. It is very easy to operate.C.All right, sir. Here you go.D.That s all right. But we can t break it up.2.Bus Driver: Move to the back of the b
2、us, please. There are plenty of seats.Passenger:_Bus Driver: Forty cents. Drop it in the box?（分数：1.00）A.What is the price, please?B.What shall be the fee, please?C.How much does it cost, please?D.How much is the fare, please?3.Doctor:_Patient: Ive caught a bad cold and got a sour throat.（分数：1.00）A.D
3、o you have anything to declare, sir?B.Good morning. May I help you?C.How have you been getting along recently?D.What seems to be the problem?4.Kate: Hello. Could I speak to Jane, Please?Jane:_（分数：1.00）A.Yes, you could.B.Speaking.C.Who are you?D.Speak, Pleas5.Speaker A: East Bouren 54655.Speaker B: H
4、ello. John here. Can I speak to Mary, please?A:_B: OK.（分数：1.00）A.Who s that speaking?B.Could you take a message?C.Hold the line, please.D.I think she s gone shoppin6.W: Im terribly sorry Im late. I had rather a difficult time finding your office.M:_（分数：1.00）A.Saying sorry won t be enough for being l
5、ate. You have to account for what you ve done.B.That s all fight. Please sit down and Ill start to ask you a few questions.C.You needn t saying sorry. Its often the case.D.Put on your name in the attendance record and go to your work.7.Woman: Thank you very much for your help.Man:_（分数：1.00）A.Never m
6、ind.B.Not at all.C.It doesn t matter.D.No thanks.8.Annny: Do you still have a headache, Mike?Mike: Yes, I do. And now I have a fever and cough constantly.Annny:_（分数：1.00）A.Thats very regretful.B.Thats pitiful.C.Thats too bad.D.Thats a pity.9.W: Could you please make up this prescription(药方) for me?M
7、:_（分数：1.00）A.No. You need to see a doctor first.B.Yes. You can buy the medicine from the drugstore at the comer.C.Well. It is prescribed clearly in that book.D.Certainly, Ill do it for you right away.10.Speaker A: Excuse me, Professor Smith, can you spare me a few minutes? There s something Id like
8、to speak to you about. I won t keep you long.Speaker B:_（分数：1.00）A.Of course not. Haven t you seen have been pretty busy now?B.Well, Im afraid we have to find some other time. I m fully occupied now.C.No. Ill have an important meeting to attend this evening.D.Not possible, as I dont know how long yo
9、u will keep m11.Speaker A: I ve just heard that the tickets for Swan Lake have been sold out.Speaker B: Oh, no!_（分数：1.00）A.It doesn t matter.B.Its not at all interesting.C.I was looking forward to it.D.I knew it already.12.Jack:_Lora: Im an engineer.Jack: Oh, are you?Lora: How about you?Jack: I work
10、 for a trading company.（分数：1.00）A.How are you doing?B.What do you do?C.How do you do?D.What are you doing?13.Speaker A: Good to see you. You look more fit and better.Speaker B:_（分数：1.00）A.Thanks. I had a lot of exercise and drank vegetable juice every day.B.Sorry. I don t think I am more fit. Actual
11、ly, I caught a bad cold.C.Yes. Im much more fit. And you?D.Im glad to see you too, though I m not much better that ever befor14.W: Have you had the brakes(刹车) and tires(轮胎) checked? And do you have enough money?M:_（分数：1.00）A.No. I m going to buy some brakes and tires.B.Ive taken care of everything a
12、nd I m sure its going to be a wonderful trip.C.Ill buy some traveler s checks for my trip.D.I have finished the brakes and tires and I have no problem with money.15.Speaker A: Allow me to introduce Dr. Jones to you.Speaker B:_（分数：1.00）A.Im much pleased to make you an acquaintance.B.That s all fight.
13、 I m Jim Watson.C.Thank you for your introduction.D.Id like to express my thanks to you.二、Part Reading Compr(总题数：0，分数：0.00)三、Passage 1(总题数：1，分数：5.00)There was one thought that air pollution affected only the area immediately around large cities with factories and heavy automobile traffic. At present
14、, we realize that although these are the areas with the worst air pollution, the problem is literally worldwide. (76) On several occasions over the past decade, a heavy cloud of air pollution has covered the east of the United States and brought health warnings in rural areas away from any major con
15、centration of manufacturing_and automobile traffic. In fact, the very climate of the entire earth may be infected by air pollution. Some scientists consider that the increasing concentration of carbon dioxide in the air resulting from the burning of fossil fuels (coal and oil) is creating a “greenho
16、use effect“conserving heat reflected from the earth and raising the world s average temperature. If this view is correct and the worlds temperature is raised only a few degrees, much of the polar ice cap will melt and cities such as New York, Boston, Miami, and New Orleans will be in water.(77) Anot
17、her view, less widely held, is that increasing particular matter in the atmosphere is blocking sunlight and lowering the earth s temperaturea result that would be equally disastrous. A drop of just a few degrees could create something close to a new ice age, and would make agriculture difficult or i
18、mpossible in many of our top fanning areas. Today we do not know for sure that either of these conditions will happen ( though one recent government report drafted by experts in the field concluded that the greenhouse effect is very possible). Perhaps, if we are lucky enough, the two tendencies will
19、 offset each other and the world s temperature will stay about the same as it is now.（分数：5.00）(1).As pointed out at the beginning of the passage, people used to think that air pollution _.（分数：1.00）A.caused widespread damage in the countrysideB.affected the entire eastern half of the United StatesC.h
20、ad damaging effect on healthD.existed merely in urban and industries areas(2).As to the greenhouse effect, the author_.（分数：1.00）A.shares the same view with the scientistsB.is uncertain of its occurrenceC.rejects it as being ungroundedD.thinks that it will destroy the world soon(3).The word “offset“
21、in the second paragraph could be replaced by _.（分数：1.00）A.slip intoB.make up forC.set upD.catch up with(4).It can be concluded that_.（分数：1.00）A.raising the world s temperature only a few degrees would not do much harm to life on earthB.lowering the world s temperature merely a few degrees would lead
22、 many major farming areas to disasterC.almost no temperature variations have occurred over the past decadeD.the world s temperature will remain constant in the years to come(5).This passage is primarily about _.（分数：1.00）A.the greenhouse effectB.the burning of fossil fuelsC.the potential effect of ai
23、r pollutionD.the likelihood of a new ice age四、Passage 2(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Harriet Beecher Stowe had poured her heart into her anti-slavery book,“ Uncle Toms Cabin“. But neither she nor her first publisher thought it would be a big success. (78) The publisher was so doubtful that he wanted her to split t
24、he publishing costs with him, and all she hoped was that it would make enough money for her to buy a new silk dress.But when the first 5,000 copies were printed in 1852, they sold out in two days. In a year the book had sold 300,000 copies in the United States and 150,000 in England. For a while it
25、outsold (销得比多) every book in the world, except the Bible.Within six months of its release, a play was made from the book which ran 350 performances in New York and remained America s most popular play for 80 years.(79) It might appear that“ Uncle Tom s Cabin“ was universally popular, but this was ce
26、rtainly not true. Many people during those pre-Civil War daysparticularly defenders of the slavery system-condemned it as false propaganda and poorly written melodrama(传奇剧作品).Harriet did have strong religious views against slavery ( When asked how she came to write the book, she replied,“ God wrote
27、it.“), and she tried to convince people slavery was wrong, so per haps the book could be considered propaganda. But if so, it was true propaganda, because it accurately described the evils of slavery.Though she was born in Connecticut, 1832, as a young woman she moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, when her f
28、ather accepted the presidency of newly founded Lane Theological Seminary( 神学院). Ohio was a free state, but just across the Ohio River in Kentucky, Harriet saw slavery in action. She lived 18 years in Cincinnati, marrying Calvin Stowe, professor of a college. In 1851, Harriet Beeeher Stowe began her
29、book.Its vast influence strengthened the anti-slavery movement and angered defenders of the slave system. Today some historians(历史学家) think that it helped bring on the American Civil War.In fact, when Abraham Lincoln met Harriet at the White House during the Civil War, he said, “So, this is the litt
30、le lady who started this big war./（分数：5.00）(1).Before the publication of the book “Uncle Tom s Cabin“（分数：1.00）A.Harriet knew that it would be a great successB.the publisher wanted Harriet to publish it at her own expenseC.nobody knew that it would become a very popular bookD.no publisher wanted to p
31、ublish this anti-slavery book(2).Some people did not like “Uncle Tom s Cabin“ chiefly because_.（分数：1.00）A.the author was merely an unknown little ladyB.they thought it was mere propagandaC.the book was poorly writtenD.the book might lead to a terrible war(3).Harriet Beecher Stowe was able to describ
32、e the evils of slavery because _.（分数：1.00）A.she had lived for 18 years in a state where slavery was legalB.she had suffered quite a lot under the slavery systemC.she had witnessed what happened under the slavery systemD.she had read a lot about the slavery system(4).When Abraham Lincoln called Harri
33、et “the little lady who started this big war“, he_.（分数：1.00）A.thought that she was almost a war criminalB.was talking about the great influence her book had producedC.was blaming her for the miseries the people had suffered during the warD.was praising her for the contributions she had made during t
34、he war(5).The writer wrote the passage in order to _.（分数：1.00）A.expose the evils of the slavery systemB.condemn all kinds of warC.describe people s life in Harriet s timeD.tell us how Harriet wrote her famous book五、Passage 3(总题数：1，分数：5.00)“Equal pay for equal work“ is a phrase used by the American w
35、omen who feel that they are unfairly treated by society. They say it is not right for women to be paid less than men for the same work.Some people say men have more duties than women. A married man is thought to earn money to support his family and to make the important decision, so it is right for
36、them to be paid more. Some are even against married women working at ail. When wives go out to work, they say, the home and children are given no attention to. (80) If women are encouraged by equal pay to take full-time jobs, they will be unable to do the things they are best at doing: making a nice
37、 home and bringing up children.Women who disagree say they want to escape from the limited place which society wishes them to fill and to have freedom to choose between work and home life, or a mixture of the two. Women have the fight not only to equal pay but also to equal chances.（分数：5.00）(1).The
38、women use the phrase “equal pay for equal work“ to ask society to _.（分数：1.00）A.pay men less than womenB.give women harder workC.pay men and women the same amount of money for the same workD.pay people more who do harder work(2).Some people believe that _.（分数：1.00）A.women can t do what men canB.men h
39、ave to work much harder than womenC.men can earn money more easily than womenD.men s duties are different from womens(3).Some people holding even stronger opinions say that _.（分数：1.00）A.women should be kind to their husbandsB.women are too weak to take full-time jobsC.home is the best pace for women
40、D.women should only take part-time jobs(4).The women who disagree say that _.（分数：1.00）A.women need chances to go out of the home more oftenB.women want more freedom in deciding what kind of life they wantC.women are no longer interested in taking care of their homesD.if women are given equal pay, th
41、ey can do everything instead of men(5).According to this passage some women want to give up _.（分数：1.00）A.their present position in societyB.their marriageC.their fight to equal payD.their home life六、 Vocabulary and Str(总题数：30，分数：30.00)16.The interviewer should take down notes at the moment the perso
42、n _ answers the questions.（分数：1.00）A.to be interviewedB.interviewingC.being interviewedD.interviewed17.The government placed _ on the numbers of foreign cars that could be imported.（分数：1.00）A.limitationsB.restraintC.requirementsD.restrictions18.He spoke English so well that I took it _ that he was a
43、n American.（分数：1.00）A.for grantedB.as trueC.for certainD.as such19._ student with a little common sense should be able to answer the question.（分数：1.00）A.EachB.EitherC.AnyD.One20.What makes the space shuttle _ is that it takes off like a rocket but lands like an airplane.（分数：1.00）A.exceptionalB.stran
44、geC.uniqueD.rare21.You will be late _ you leave immediately.（分数：1.00）A.unlessB.untilC.ifD.or22.His _ of the aeroplane was correct in every detail and could really fly.（分数：1.00）A.shapeB.patternC.designD.model23._ the fog, we should have reached our destination.（分数：1.00）A.Because ofB.In spite ofC.In c
45、ase ofD.But for24.The storm sweeping over this area now is sure to cause _ of vegetables in the coming days.（分数：1.00）A.rarityB.scarcityC.invalidityD.variety25.Please keep an eye on my luggage, and Ill be back_.（分数：1.00）A.in timeB.in no timeC.at one timeD.at a time26.The children will have to _ their
46、 play-time hours when school opens.（分数：1.00）A.cut inB.cut upC.cut onD.cut down27.You will never guess whom I _ on the street yesterday.（分数：1.00）A.ran overB.ran out ofC.mn intoD.ran up to28.If you _ your demand, then maybe you will have more chance of getting what you want.（分数：1.00）A.conductB.dismiss
47、C.grantD.moderate29.Because of the poor harvest, wheat prices have _ in the last six months.（分数：1.00）A.addedB.jumpedC.amountedD.developed30.All their attempts to _ the child from the burning building were in vain.（分数：1.00）A.regainB.recoverC.rescueD.reserve31.According to the weather forecast, which
48、is usually _ , it will snow this afternoon.（分数：1.00）A.accurateB.preciseC.exactD.perfect32.They discussed the problem three or four times, but could come to no _.（分数：1.00）A.endB.conclusionC.resultD.judgment33.We felt very sad when we heard the news that the manager was killed in his office yesterday.（分数：1.00）A.respectfulB.respectableC.respectiveD.respecting34.Dont _ the camera _ unless you are sure you can put it together.（分数：1.00）A.take. offB.work. outC.set. offD.take. apart35.At first the institute refused to purchase the telescope, but this decision was _ revised.（分数：1.0
