1、北京市专升本英语真题 2011 年及答案解析(总分：110.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part Vocabulary an(总题数：15，分数：15.00)1.Do you often_until tomorrow what you should do today?Aput away Bput down Cput up Dput off（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.2._，John would have told you about itAIf he has known it BHad he known it CIf he knew it DShould he know it（分数：
2、1.00）A.B.C.D.3.How pleased the detective was_what his customer told himAhearing Bhear Cheard Dto hear（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.4.He regretted the days_he wasted in the woods and when he should have studied.Awhen Bwhere Cthat Dwhat（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.5.The captain Was unwilling to_me command of the shipAhand ove
3、r Bhand in Chand out Dhand on（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.6.George applied for the position three times_he finally got it.Aafter Bbefore Cuntil Dwhen（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.7.If weather_，the students will go outing on Sunday. Apermits Bis permitted Cwill be permitted Dwill permit（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.8.You should have seen
4、 the look on her face when I told her I_the first prize.Awin Bhave won Chad won Dwould have won（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.9.In no way_to tell lies to parentsAchildren are allowed Bchildren will allow Cwill children allow Dare children allowed（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.10.The students were all tired，but_of them stopped
5、to have a rest.Aany Beach Cnone Dneither（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.11.Where will you start your work after graduation?Mmmits not been decided yetI_continue my study for a higher degree.Aneed Bmight Cmust Dshould（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.12._is mentioned above，the number of the cattle here has been limited to 200AAs BI
6、t CWhat DThat（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.13.I spent the whole day_the motorbikeThe work was anything but simple.Ahaving repaired Bto repair Crepaired Drepairing（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.14.Its a bad practice to_children much money as a New Year gift.Aaccept Bagree Callow Dadmit（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.15.Congratulations John!
7、I am really happy_youAabout Bfor Cto Dwith（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.二、Part Reading Compr(总题数：5，分数：40.00)Questions 16 to 18 are based on the following passageACCOMMODATION CHOICES ON CAMPUSOUR UNIVERSITY ACCOMMODATION COSTSResidenceWeekly rateSemester rateBedroom Apartments$297.00$5940.00College House$213.50$
8、4270.00International House$154.00$3080.00University Village$135.50$2710.00CONTACT INFORMATIONT +6626663555E .au W .auALTERNATIVE ACCOMMODATIOMHOMESTAYHomestay means you have a room in a home with a family，a couple，or sometimes a single personIt gives you the chance to learn about everyday life，custo
9、ms and culture in AustraliaYou will be able to practice and improve your EnglishYou have two choices for homestay： FULL BOARD-The approximate cost is$240 per week and usually includes three meals a day and electricity costsROOM ONLYThe approximate cost is$150 per week，electricity，gas and water arc i
10、ncludedYou will have to pay extra for other expenses，including foodPayment for internet access is not includedGROUP HOUSEA group house is set up by a group of people，who take the responsibility of renting a house from a landlordThey share all expenses and the maintenance of the homeThe cost is appro
11、ximately$170 to$200 per student，per weekFood，electricity and telephone will be an additional costThis type of accommodation cannot be organized before you arrive HOME RENTAL For students studying at the University who have brought their families with them， there is a wide range of houses and apartme
12、nts for rental in Canberra，priced from $300 to $500 per weekVisit the following site for private rental listings： www.canberraee.edu.au/residences/off-campus/accommodationlistings（分数：6.00）(1).Which of the following accommodation choices is the lowest in price?ACollege House BInternational House CUni
13、versity Village DGroup House（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The advantage of“Full Board”over“Room Only”or“Group House”is that_are includedAelectricity and phone bills Bfood and electricity Cgas and phone bills Dwater and interact（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).If you want to enjoy Australian daily family life，_is your be
14、st choiceACollege House BUniversity Village CGroup House DHomestay（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the following passageLast summer 1 went through a training program and became a literacy volunteer(扫盲志愿者)the training I received，though excellent，did not tell me how it was to work with
15、 a real student，however。When I began to discover what other peoples lives were like because they could not read，I realized the true importance of readingMy first student Jane was a 44-year-old single mother of threeIn the first lesson，I found out she walked two miles to the nearest supermarket twice
16、 a week because she didnt know which bus to takeWhen I told her 1 would get her a bus schedule。she told me it would not help because she could not read itShe said she also had difficulty once she got to the supermarket because she couldnt always remember what she needed. Since she did not know words
17、，she could not write out a shopping listAlso，she could only recognize items by their labelsAs a result，if the product had a different label，she would not recognize it as the product she wantedAs we worked together，learning how to read built Janes self-confidence，which encouraged her to continue in h
18、er studiesShe began to make rapid progress and was even able to take the bus to the supermarketAfter this successful trip，she reported how serf-confident she feltAt the end of the program，she began helping her youngest son，Tony，a shy first grader，with his readingShe sat with him before he went to sl
19、eep and together they would read bedtime stories。When his eyes became wide witl excitement as she readpride was written all over her face，and she began to see how her own hard work in learning to read paid offAs she described this experience1 was proud of myself，tooI found that helping Jane to build
20、 her self-confidence was more rewarding than anything I had ever done beforeAs a literacy volunteerI learned a great deal about teaching and helping othersIn fact，I may have learned more from the experience than Jane did（分数：8.00）(1).What did the author do after the training program?AShe worked in th
21、e supermarket BShe helped someone to learn how to read CShe gave single mothers the help they needed DShe went to a training program to help a literacy volunteer（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The reason Jane didnt go to the supermarket by bus was that_Ashe didnt know which bus went there Bshe liked to walk to
22、 the supermarket Cshe lived far away from the bus stop Dshe couldnt afford the bus ticket（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).How did Jane use to find the goods she wanted in the supermarket?AShe remembered the names of the goods BShe asked others to take her to the right place CShe managed to find the goods by fam
23、iliar labels DShe knew where the goods were in the supermarket（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Which of the following statements is true about Jane?AShe could do things she had not been able to do before BShe was able to read stories with the help of her son CShe decided to continue her studies in sch001 DShe p
24、aid for her own lessons（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.Questions 23 to 26 are based on the following passageAmerican money can be quite confusingThe bills or paper money are all of the same color and sizeOne has to look carefully to he sure he is giving out a $1 bill and not a$10 bill，for exampleFurthermore，new bi
25、lls stick together easily，Be sure this does not happen to youCoins are also confusingThis is partly because some of them have two names，partly because the size does not indicate the valueThe tencent coin is smaller than the fivecent coin，for exampleIn addition，all coins are silvercolored except the
26、penny(one cent)which is brown color or copper-coloredOne cent，or a penny，is the coin of smallest value，equal to 1/100 of a dollarIt is useful for some parking meters and some sales taxes but a penny does not buy very much! Five pennies are equal to one nickelA coin of ten cents，the smallest in size
27、of all the coins，is one of the most usefulIt is used for pay-phones，buying newspapers from coinoperated machines， and some bus faresthe 25-cent coin，or quarter，is larger than the nickel but is easily mistaken for itThis is the normal tipping coin，also commonly used for paying bridge and road tollsOn
28、e has to keep considerable change on hand，especially in cities which require exact change for their busesSales taxes also require a lot of small coins，although stores will give changeBus drivers，however，are often not allowed to give change in many citiesBills come in the following denominations(面额)：
29、$1，$5，$10 and$20They also come in$50 and$100 billsbut these are seen less often by most of us! Keep small-value bills with youTaxi drivers and some store clerks will not change anything larger than a$5 bill; most big department stores will，however（分数：8.00）(1).Why are American bills quite confusing?A
30、Because they stick together easily BBecause they have the same figures CBecause they have more than one name DBecause they are of the same color and size（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The penny coin is_Acopper-colored Bgoldcolored Cironcolored Dsilver-colored（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Which coin is the smallest in
31、size?AA onecent coin or a penny BA fivecent coin or a nickelCA tencent coin DA twentyfivecent coin or a quarter（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).How many denominations do we find in American bills according to the passage?Athree. BFour CFive DSix（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.Questions 27 to 31 are based on the following pass
32、ageIt is universally known that friendship is one of the evergoing themes in the literature of all languagesThis is because human beings were born to need the warmth and respect from friendsIndeed，people，old and young，male and female，at work or at leisure， unsurprisingly or unexpectedly，are meeting
33、new people and making new friends every dayHowever，it is impossible for US to make friends with everybodyWe have to choose true friendsSome of US like similar friends，while others different friendsPersonally，I prefer bothIt goes without saying that having similar friends has many advantagesWe can fe
34、el a sense of strength when we have a group of old friends who share our suffering and happinessNaturally，anybody with an ambition in life，either to become an artist or all engineer or a politician，will feel a special need to be surrounded by friends whose assistance and encouragement will add to hi
35、s confidenceMoreover，old friends always know how to maintain trustI am always delighted when I meet an old friend after a long departureImmediately，hearty laughter fills the atmosphereHowever，I believe that a mixture of friends is equally advantageousIn the first place，frequent contact with differen
36、t friends broadens my world outlookFor instance，during my stay abroad，I found it a real treasure to have foreign friends who often helped me strengthen my beliefs that I had made at homeSecondlyI find that different friends Can not only lead to new adventures and new career opportunities，but also sh
37、ow me new things in life，which would otherwise be impossible with merely similar friendsThirdly，they can help me with whatever difficulties I meet with in lifeThey fire indeed my friends in needTo concludeI prefer to have both types of friends and as many as possibleOf coarse，I will not forget to ch
38、oose friends wisely（分数：10.00）(1).Why is friendship one of the ever-going topics for us?AWe meet new people every day BIt is possible for US to make friends with everybody CHuman beings need the company of friends by nature DLiterature of all languages describe all kinds of friendship（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D
39、.(2).In order to succeed，anybody with an ambition in life_Awill feel satisfied when they make more friends Bknows how to maintain trust between him and his friends Cwill provide a lot of help for his friends when they are in trouble Dneeds friends help and encouragement to increase their confidence（
40、分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).With similar friends，it is not easy for you to_Areceive their assistance Bbe exposed to new things Cdevelop the trust to them Dshare your suffering and happiness（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).According to the last paragraph，when we choose friends，we should be_Acareful Bcheerful Cdelighted
41、Dconfident（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? AAdvantages of Having Similar and Different FriendsBHow to choose friends in our Daily life CFriendship：the Ever-going ThemeDHow to Maintain friendship（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.Questions 32 to 35 are based on the f
42、ollowing passageA national survey showed that many of Americas public school teachers spend their own time expanding the knowledge and skinsProfessional training is a way of life for many teachersSome even go to summer schools to learn new skills and keep up with advances in technologyThe average te
43、acher has 25 years of classroom experience and mole than half hold a masters degreeNearly 23 percent began full?time teaching within the past five yearsThis statistic should cause some concerns because it means a large number of teachers are reaching the retirement ageIf this trend is not recognized
44、，at some point this will result in an experience gapWith salaries based on fewer hours and no overtime，the complaints of the teachers become more understandableMany outsiders feel that the long summer vacations justify lower pay scales，but in reality，many teachers spend a good part of their vocation
45、 honing their skills for the upcoming yearFacing a classroom unprepared is tougher on the teacher than on studentsEven with all of these，three fifths of teachers(60 percent)said they would become teachers againHowever，there were many who said they would not choose teaching as a career if they could
46、start over againFor the first time，the survey sought the reasons for teachers leaving the professionThe most often cited reason(37 percent)for abandoning their training and professional experience was low salariesMinority teachers(50 percent)，male teachers(43 percent)，and teachers under 30(47 percen
47、t)were most likely to claim low pay as the reason they will not stay in teaching（分数：8.00）(1).what do we know about American public school teachers from the passage? AThey either have a masters degree or enough experience BThey spend time expanding their knowledge and skills CThey are asked to keep u
48、p with advanced technology DThey must go to summer school to learn new skills（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The concern caused by the statistic is that_Athere is a danger for experience gap B23 percent of teachers lack experience Cmore than half of the teachers will retire soon Dthere are more experienced teachers than the inexperienced ones（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).The word“honing”in the 3rd pa
