1、四川专升本（英语）历年真题试卷汇编 1及答案解析(总分：142.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Vocabulary and Struc(总题数：20，分数：40.00)1.Words mean more than what is_on paper. It takes the human voice to fill them with shades of deeper meaning.（分数：2.00）A.set offB.set upC.set downD.set aside2._the course very difficult, she decided to move to a lowe
2、r level.（分数：2.00）A.FindB.FindingC.To findD.Found3.Look at those clouds!Dont worry._it rains,well still have a great time.（分数：2.00）A.Even ifB.As thoughC.In caseD.If only4.Nothing is so easy as_parents to raise their expectations of their children too high.（分数：2.00）A.ofB.forC.byD.to5.1 think_impresses
3、 me about his painting is the colours he uses.（分数：2.00）A.whatB.thatC.whichD.who6.When I met my teacher and wanted to express how grateful I was, words_me.（分数：2.00）A.stoppedB.defeatedC.beatD.failed7.He was unhappy when he sold his guitar. After all,he_it for a very long time.（分数：2.00）A.has hadB.had h
4、adC.hasD.had8.Only when he reached the tea-house_it was the same place hed been in last year.（分数：2.00）A.he realizedB.he did realizeC.realized heD.did he realize9.The song Take Me Home, Country Roads has much_to people, for few people can avoid getting caught up in its originally real country music.（
5、分数：2.00）A.appealB.accessC.potentialD.devotion10.Scientists study_human brains work to make computers.（分数：2.00）A.whenB.howC.thatD.whether11.Teachers recommend parents_their children under 12 to ride bicycles to school for safety.（分数：2.00）A.not allowB.do not allowC.mustnt allowD.couldnt allow12.Motori
6、sts_to switch off their phones while driving nowadays.（分数：2.00）A.requireB.are requiredC.have requiredD.will be required13.Ive developed a_for African music since my trip last year to Nigeria.（分数：2.00）A.wayB.relationC.tasteD.habit14.Group activities will be organized after class_children develop team
7、 spirit.（分数：2.00）A.helpingB.having helpedC.helpedD.to help15.To pay to see that movie seems foolish_you can see it on television for free.（分数：2.00）A.beforeB.thoughC.whenD.once16.The newly-built house is_the old one.（分数：2.00）A.twice the size ofB.as twice big asC.the twice size ofD.bigger twice than17
8、.In some languages, 100 words make up half of all words_in daily conversations.（分数：2.00）A.usingB.to useC.having usedD.used18.Barbara is easy to recognize as shes the only one of the women who_evening dress.（分数：2.00）A.wearB.wearsC.has wornD.have worn19.It was from only a few supplies that she had bou
9、ght in the village_the hostess cooked such a nice dinner.（分数：2.00）A.whereB.thatC.whenD.which20.He wrote a letter_he explained what had happened in the accident.（分数：2.00）A.whatB.whichC.whereD.how二、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：4，分数：40.00)A good modern newspaper is an extraordinary piece of reading. It is
10、remarkable first for what it contains: the range of news from local crime to international politics, from sport to business to fashion to science, and the range of comment and special features as well, from editorial page to feature articles and interviews to criticism of books, art, theatre and mus
11、ic. A newspaper is even more remarkable for the way one reads it; never completely, never straight through, but always by jumping from here to there, in and out, glancing at one piece, reading another article all the way through, reading just a few paragraphs of the text. A good modern newspaper off
12、ers a variety to attract many different readers, but far more than any one reader is interested in. What brings this variety together in one place is its topicality (时事性), its immediate relation to what is happening in your world and your locality now. But immediacy and the speed of production that
13、goes with it mean also that much of what appears in a newspaper has no more than transient(短暂的) value. For all these reasons, no two people really read the same paper: what each person does is to put together out of the pages of that days paper, his own selection and sequence, his own newspaper. For
14、 all these reasons, reading newspapers efficiently, which means getting what you want from them without missing things you need but without wasting time, demands skill and self-awareness as you modify and apply the techniques of reading.（分数：10.00）(1).A modern newspaper is remarkable for all the foll
15、owing EXCEPT its_.（分数：2.00）A.wide coverageB.uniform styleC.speed in reporting newsD.popularity(2).According to the passage, the reason why no two people really read the “ same“ newspaper is that_.（分数：2.00）A.people scan for the news they are interested inB.different people prefer different newspapers
16、C.people are rarely interested in the same kind of newsD.people have different views about what a good newspaper is(3).It can be concluded from the passage that newspaper readers_.（分数：2.00）A.apply reading techniques skillfullyB.jump from one newspaper to anotherC.appreciate the variety of a newspape
17、rD.usually read a newspaper selectively(4).A good newspaper offers “a variety“ to readers because_.（分数：2.00）A.it tries to serve different readersB.it has to cover things that happen in a certain localityC.readers are difficult to pleaseD.readers like to read different newspapers(5).The best title fo
18、r this passage would be_.（分数：2.00）A.The Importance of Newspaper TopicalityB.The Characteristics of a Good NewspaperC.The Variety of a Good NewspaperD.Some Suggestions on How to Read a NewspaperTapeStore is a new kind of tape storage system which can store up to 6,000 computer tapes. No other tape st
19、orage system can hold as many computer tapes as TapeStore. The tapes look exactly like video cassettes. Many hundreds of data files can be stored on each tape, up to a maximum of 500 million bytes (字节) of data. If you stored the same amount of information on paper, you would need nearly 4. 5 billion
20、 printed pages. The machine is a tall black box with a mechanical arm. The machine is 2. 5 metres high and 3.0 metres wide. This is how it works. Each tape has a code printed on it. You feed the code number into TapeStore, which then looks for the code. As soon as TapeStore locates the code,the arm
21、reaches in and pulls out the tape. The system is very fast. It takes the mechanical arm about 10 seconds to find the tape it is looking for. The machine then searches the tape to extract(提取)the required file, and this takes less than a minute. A human technician would have to locate and remove the t
22、ape by hand, and could take at least an hour to find the right file on the tape. Some of the worlds biggest companies, including banks, insurance companies, airlines, telephone companies, utilities and computer centres, have bought the system. They like it particularly because the system guarantees
23、the security of their data. TapeStore was originally developed in Canada and is now being marketed worldwide. In Europe alone,750 TapeStores have already been installed at a cost of 480,000 dollars each.（分数：10.00）(1).TapeStore is better than any other tape storage system because_.（分数：2.00）A.it can s
24、tore more video cassettesB.it is extremely smallC.it stores more tapesD.it stores data files on the same tape(2).The mechanical arm finds a tape by_.（分数：2.00）A.recording the file name on the tapeB.identifying the printed code on the tapeC.looking for its file nameD.searching for the tape number(3).T
25、he TapeStore system is popular among big companies mainly because_.（分数：2.00）A.it costs less than a skilled workerB.it looks impressiveC.the information it stores is valuableD.it ensures the safety of their data(4).Which of the following statements about TapeStore is NOT true?（分数：2.00）A.It can store
26、a large amount of information.B.It is very cheap.C.It is very fast.D.It is secure.(5).The word “marketed“ in the last paragraph can be replaced by “_“.（分数：2.00）A.installedB.usedC.promotedD.designedLearning disabilities are very common. They affect perhaps 10. percent of all children. Four times as m
27、any boys as girls have learning disabilities. Since about 1970, new research has helped brain scientists understand these problems better. Scientists now know there are many different kinds of learning disabilities and that they are caused by many different things. There is no longer any question th
28、at all learning disabilities result from differences in the way the brain is organized. You cannot look at a child and tell if he or she has a learning disability. There is no outward sign of the disorder. So some researchers began looking at the brain itself to learn what might be wrong. In one stu
29、dy, researchers examined the brain of a learning-disabled person, who had died in an accident. They found two unusual things. One involved cells in the left side of the brain, which control language. These cells normally are white. In the learning-disabled person, however, these cells were gray. The
30、 researchers also found that many of the nerve cells were not in a line the way they should have been. The nerve cells were mixed together. The study was carried out under the guidance of Norman Geschwind, an early expert on learning disabilities. Doctor Geschwind proposed that learning disabilities
31、 resulted mainly from problems in the left side of the brain. He believed this side of the brain failed to develop normally. Probably, he said, nerve cells there did not connect as they should. So the brain was like an electrical device in which the wires were crossed. Other researchers did not exam
32、ine brain tissue. Instead, they measured the brains electrical activity and made a map of the electrical signals. Frank Dully experimented with this technique at Childrens Hospital Medical Center in Boston. Doctor Dully found large differences in the brain activity of normal children and those with
33、reading problems. The differences appeared throughout the brain. Doctor Duffy said his research is evidence that reading disabilities involve damage to a wide area of the brain, not just the left side.（分数：10.00）(1).Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?（分数：2.00）A.Learning disabiliti
34、es may result from the unknown area of the brain.B.Learning disabilities may result from damage to a wide area of the brain.C.Learning disabilities may result from abnormal organization of the brain cells.D.Learning disabilities may result from problems in the left side of the brain.(2).Scientists f
35、ound that the brain cells of a learning-disabled person differ from those of a normal person in_.（分数：2.00）A.structure and functionB.color and functionC.size and arrangementD.color and arrangement(3).All of the following statements are TRUE except that_.（分数：2.00）A.many factors account for learning di
36、sorderB.a learning-disabled person shows no outward signsC.reading disabilities are a common problem that affects 10 percent of the populationD.the brain activity of learning-disabled children is different from that of normal children(4).Doctor Duffy believed that_.（分数：2.00）A.he found the exact caus
37、e of learning disabilitiesB.the problem of learning disabilities did not lie in the left side of the brainC.the problem of learning disabilities resulted from the left side of the brainD.the problem of learning disabilities was not limited to the left side of the brain(5).According to the passage we
38、 can conclude that further researches should be made _.（分数：2.00）A.to help learning-disabled children to develop their intelligenceB.to study how children learn to read and write, and use numbersC.to investigate possible influences on brain development and organizationD.to explore how the left side o
39、f the brain functions in language learningAbout six years ago I was eating lunch in a restaurant in New York City when a woman and a young boy sat down at the next table. I couldnt help overhearing parts of their conversation. At one point the woman asked; “So, how have you been?“ And the boywho cou
40、ld not have been more than seven or eight years oldreplied. “Frankly, Ive been feeling a little depressed lately.“ This incident stuck in my mind because it confirmed my growing belief that children are changing. As far as I can remember, my friends and I didnt find out we were “depressed“ until we
41、were in high school. The evidence of a change in children has increased steadily in recent years. Children dont seem childlike anymore. Children speak more like adults, dress more like adults and behave more like adults than they used to. Whether this is good or bad is difficult to say, but it certa
42、inly is different. Childhood as it once was no longer exists. Why? Human development is based not only on innate(天生的)biological states, but also on patterns of access to social knowledge. Movement from one social rote to another usually involves learning the secrets of the new status. Children have
43、always been taught adult secrets, but slowly and in stages; traditionally, we tell sixth graders things we keep hidden from fifth graders. In the last 30 years, however, a secret-revelation machine has been installed in 98 percent of American homes. It is called television. Television passes informa
44、tion, and indiscriminately (不加区分地 ) ,to all viewers alike, be they children or adults. Unable to resist the temptation, many children turn their attention from printed texts to the less challenging, more vivid moving pictures. Communication through print, as a matter of fact, allows for a great deal
45、 of control over the social information to which children have access. Reading and writing involve a complex code of symbols that must be memorized and practices. Children must read simple books before they can read complex materials.（分数：10.00）(1).According to the author, feeling depressed is_.（分数：2
46、.00）A.a sure sign of a psychological problem in a childB.something hardly to be expected in a young childC.an inevitable phase of childrens mental developmentD.a mental scale present in all humans, including children(2).Traditionally, a child is supposed to learn about the adult world_.（分数：2.00）A.gr
47、adually and under guidanceB.naturally and by biological instinctC.through contact with societyD.through exposure to social information(3).The phenomenon that todays children seem adultlike is attributed by the author to_.（分数：2.00）A.the poor arrangement of teaching contentB.the widespread influence o
48、f televisionC.the fast pace of human intellectual developmentD.the constantly rising standard of living(4).Why is the author in favor of communication through print for children?（分数：2.00）A.It enables children to gain more social information.B.It develops childrens interest in reading and writing.C.I
49、t can control what children are to learn.D.It helps children to memorize and practice more.(5).What does the author think of the change in todays children?（分数：2.00）A.He feels amused by their premature behavior.B.He thinks it is a phenomenon worthy of note.C.He considers it a positive development.D.He seems to be upset about it.三、Cloze(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Public image refers to how a company
