1、2010 年专升本（英语）真题试卷（精选）及答案与解析一、Phonetics（A）pattern（B） package（C） palace（D）parade（A）prescription（B） observation（C） preserve（D）deserve（A）nowhere（B） nuclear（C） declare（D）millionaire（A）double（B） found（C） doubt（D）southwest（A）subway（B） relay（C） survey（D）turkey二、Part I Vocabulary and StructureDirections: Eac
2、h of the following sentences is provided with four choices. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then, mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.6 Are you satisfied with her work,sir?Not at all. It couldnt be any_.（A）better（B） best（C） worse（D）worst7 He is not a stranger for me. I have met him
3、 on several_.（A）situations（B） environments（C） occasions（D）positions8 We had borrowed two VCDs but didnt have time to watch_of them.（A）some（B） either（C） all（D）neither9 Some urgent business has_,which will take up the whole morning.（A）turned up（B） run up（C） mixed up（D）filled up10 This disease is secon
4、d only_heart attack as a cause of death all over the world.（A）to（B） of（C） with（D）from11 Allen_any good job since he came to New York City two years ago.（A）doesnt find（B） hasnt found（C） didnt find（D）hadnt found12 The house,_was completed in 1856,was famous for its huge marble staircase.（A）where（B） th
5、at（C） what（D）which13 Im afraid I have to go now Jim.Id rather you_go alone,Its already too late.（A）dont（B） didnt（C） wouldnt（D）shouldnt14 The profit - sharing plan is designed to_the staff to work hard.（A）arouse（B） excite（C） motivate（D）assist15 This is_for ten of us to sit at.Please get us a larger o
6、ne.（A）too small a table（B） a too small table（C） a such small table（D）such small a table16 Air pollution,together with littering,_ many problems in our large industrial cities today.（A）cause（B） caused（C） causes（D）causing17 The deadline for the job is the end of the month._we cant get it done on time?
7、（A）What if（B） How if（C） Only if（D）Even if18 If youre looking for a fully - furnished room to rent,I think theres a(n) apartment in my building.（A）empty（B） bare（C） vacant（D）free19 He is already an hour late.I dont think he will come._?（A）do I（B） will he（C） wont he（D）dont I20 The manager promised to k
8、eep me_how our business was going on.（A）informing（B） informed（C） to inform（D）to be informed三、Part III Reading ComprehensionDirections: In this part there are four passages. Each passage is followed by a number of comprehension questions. Read the passages and choose the best answer to each question.
9、 Then, mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.20 One of the most interesting experiments in electronic communication Ive ever seen is coming from Wave. Its realtime e-mail. What that means is that as youre typing a message in Wave, either a new message or a reply
10、, the person youre writing to can see what youre typing as you type it. Sounds awful, right?You dont have to use Wave in this realtime way. It also works as a standard e-mail. Whats really different about Wave is that if youre replying to a message and the person youre replying to happen to be onlin
11、e, they can jump into the conversation at that point, and change what is an email conversation into an instant message conversation or a chat.Wave right now is still closed to most users. And Wave isnt yet connected to other communication systems, like regular e-mail, which means that the only peopl
12、e we can Wave with are other people on Wave as well. So we dont yet know what using Wave will be like once it gets crowded like e-mail. Also, the technology behind Wave is far more demanding on servers and the Internet itself than regular e-mail or chat, so we dont know if the technology will work a
13、t scale.But Wave really is a current re-think of e-mail. A lot of people wont like it. A lot of people didnt like e-mail either when it first showed up. But people will find real uses for Wave or whatever it becomes, and its one of the most interesting new takes on communication. Even if you dont li
14、ke it, it will make you think differently about e-mail.21 What is special about Wave?（A）It makes people see each other online.（B） It enables people to send realtime e-mails.（C） It allows you to send more e-mails at the same time.（D）It can be easily connected to other communication systems.22 It is u
15、ncertain that Wave will work on a large scale because_.（A）people cannot find practical uses for it（B） it will be a challenge to regular e-mail（C） the technology it needs is more complicated（D）many people do not understand how it works23 We know from the last paragraph that_.（A）Wave is a basis for fa
16、cetoface communication on line（B） Wave allows people to look at e-mail from a new angle（C） most Internet users will have access to Wave（D）Wave is now as popular as standard e-mail24 What is the authors attitude toward Wave?（A）Optimistic.（B） Indifferent.（C） Pessimistic.（D）Critical.24 Well, it could n
17、ot have got better for young Kavya Shivashankar, a 13-year-old student from Olathe, Kansas as she came out very successfully at the Scripps National Spelling Bee 2009 (2009 全美 拼字大赛). On Thursday night she defeated the other 11 finalists to win the 82nd Scripps National Spelling Bee, taking home more
18、 than $40,000 cash money along with other prizes.Kavya Shivashankar, whose parents migrated to the United States from India, and who aims to become a doctor, enjoys playing the violin, bicycling, swimming and learning Indian classical dance.Thing came a bit late in Kavyas life since she could win th
19、e championship with her fourth appearance in the competition. The last three times when she had taken part in the same competition she had finished Tenth, Eighth and Fourth.However, this time Kavya proved her courage and determination by winning the title she had been competing for so long. Her last
20、 challenge was to spell out “Laodicean“. The word “Laodicean“ means one who is indifferent, mostly in religious matters. She spelled it correctly and a big smile appeared on her face. Kavya wrote the words on her palm each time and spelled every word correctly.After winning Kavya exclaimed, “I cant
21、believe it happened. It feels kind of unreal.“ Her family was there to support her through the competition. Her father, Mirle Shivashankar said, “The competitiveness is in her. but she doesn t show that. She still has that smile. Thats her quality. He went on to say that this was “the moment“ they h
22、ad been waiting for so long. It was like “a dream come true“ for them.25 Who is Kavya Shivashankar?（A）One of the 11 finalists at the spelling competition.（B） A 13yearold girl planning to become a star dancer.（C） Champion of the Scripps National Spelling Bee 2009.（D）An Indian girl enjoying playing va
23、rious musical instruments.26 The second time Kavya took part in the same competition, she took the_place.（A）third（B） fourth（C） eighth（D）tenth27 Before spelling out the last word “Laodicean“, Kavya_.（A）wrote it down in her hand（B） hesitated for a moment（C） smiled at her father（D）knew that she could w
24、in28 The fathers words show that_.（A）the family needed the prize money to support Kavya s education（B） the family were too worried to be present at the competition.（C） Kavya was very good at expressing her feelings（D）Kavya had a strong sense of competition28 Nothing says “Happy Birthday!“ like havin
25、g a coin released in your honor by the United States Mint (铸币局 ), and 2009 has become an especially festive year as the Mint rolled out nine different coins in honor of Abraham Lincolns 200th birthday.Four pennies with new designs on the reverse side were issued starting February 12. The image of a
26、cabin represents his birthplace. Because Lincolns family was poor, and no one could have predicted his later importance, the actual cabin is long gone. Therefore the design is based on the “symbolic cabin“ displayed at the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site in Kentucky.The other desig
27、ns show Abraham taking a break to read a book, the young lawyer Lincoln in front of the Illinois state capitol and a Lincoln-free image of the half finished U.S. Capitol dome as it looked during his time in Office. These four coinsproduced with todays standard miss of 97.5 percent zinc and 2.5 perce
28、nt copperare intended for general circulation.The Mint also released five collectible coins that sell for more than their face value. Special editions of the four penny designs were produced with the metal content used in 1909: a mix of 95 percent copper and 5 percent tin and zinc. In addition, in t
29、he world of “bigger“ money, 2009 has brought the Lincoln Commemorative OneDollar Coinmade up of 90 percent silver and 10 percent copperwith an image that has a Gettysburg Address theme.29 What does Paragraph 2 tell about the cabin on the coins?（A）It is a symbolic cabin rebuilt in Kentucky.（B） It is
30、newly built for producing new coins.（C） It has been protected well for over 200 years.（D）It is exactly the one where Lincoln was born.30 Special editions of the 4 collectible coins_.（A）are made of copper and sitver（B） sell at a price same as their face value（C） are likely to be used for circulation
31、in the future（D）have different metal content from the onedollar coin31 The onedollar coin has a design of_on it.（A）a cabin（B） Abraham reading（C） the Illinois state capitol（D）the Gettysburg Address theme32 What is probably the best title for the passage?（A）Abraham Lincolns 200th Birthday（B） Coins Iss
32、ued with Metal Content in 1909（C） Coins in Honor of Abraham Lincoln（D）Collectible Coins for Abraham Lincoln32 Laura and Anthony Valois are a young New York couple who have been trying in vain to have their first child. Several years ago. Belinda Ramirez read an Internet adoption listing and quickly
33、contacted them from her home in Texas, telling them they could adopt her unborn baby. Excited. Laura and Anthony speat weeks communicating with Ramirez and got regular updates on her pregnancy.Before long, Ramirez began to ask them for financial support. That took the Valoises by surprise. But they
34、were willing to do a lot to ensure a smooth birth. They sent more than $1,000 to Ramirez over several months.Laura and Anthony finally drove to Texas so they could be on hand for the birth. But once they arrived, Ramirez avoided their daily phone calls. After three weeks, the couple drove back to Ne
35、w Yorkemptyhanded and emotionally crushed.They later learned Ramirez had been cheating about ten other people for such things as Walmart gigt cards in ranging from California to Ohio to Florida. From start to finish, it was a scam. In fact, Ramirez was never even pregant. She was sentenced to 24 mon
36、ths in prison as she deserved.“When you find out you cant have children, its just depressing.“ Laura Valois told a Texas TV station. “But when somebody intentionally does this to you, its 15 times worse.“33 What has been troubling the Valoises?（A）They lost their first child in an accident.（B） No one
37、 responded to their adoption demand.（C） They have been trying to have a child but failed.（D）They are not qualified to adopt a child.34 The couple were excited because_.（A）several babies were available for adoption（B） an adoption agency in Texas contacted them（C） their name was put in an Internet ado
38、ption listing（D）a woman offered them her unborn baby for adoption35 The underlined word “scam“ in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to_.（A）joke（B） game（C） kidnap（D）cheat36 What was depressing for the couple according to Laura?（A）They didnt have time to meet Ramirez.（B） Ramirez caused them a financia
39、l loss of $1000.（C） Their eagerness to have a child was taken advantage of.（D）Ramirez committed many crimes before she was caught.36 Doctors say anger can be an extremely damaging emotion, unless you learn how to deal with it. They warn that angry hostile feelings can lead to heart disease, stomach
40、problems, headaches, emotional problems and possible cancer.Anger is a normal emotion that we all feel from time to time. Some people express anger openly in a calm reasonable way. Others explode with anger, and yell. Bur other people keep their anger inside. They can not or will not express it. Thi
41、s is called repressing (压制 ) anger.For years many doctors thought that compared with expressing anger, repressing anger was more dangerous to a persons health. It may speed the heart rate, raise blood pressure or sugar into the blood and narrow the blood vessels. To avoid these problems, doctors tho
42、ught a person should let the anger out by expressing it freely. But recently some doctors disputed this. They said that people who express anger repeatedly and explosively did cause, in fact, more and not less anger. They said these too can cause medical problems.Some doctors say that both repressin
43、g and expressing anger can be dangerous. Expressing anger intensively may be more likely to develop heart disease, and keeping anger inside may face a greater danger of high blood pressure. Doctors say the solution is learning how to deal with anger. They say the first step is to admit that you are
44、angry and to recognize the real cause of the anger, then decide if the cause is serious enough to get anger about. If it isnt, they say, “Dont express your anger while angry. Wait until your anger has cooled down and you are able to express yourself calmly and reasonably.“Doctors say that a good way
45、 to deal with anger is to find humor in the situation that has made you angry. They said that laughter is much healthier than anger.37 The passage mainly focuses on_.（A）the causes of anger（B） the medical treatment of anger（C） the health problems caused by anger（D）reasonable ways of dealing with ange
46、r38 It can be concluded from the passage that_.（A）keeping anger inside is better than expressing it intensively（B） both repressing and expressing anger cause health problems（C） keeping anger inside is more likely to cause heart disease（D）expressing anger freely can avoid medical peoblems39 The autho
47、r of the passage is most probably a(n)_.（A）patient（B） editor（C） psychologist（D）surgeon40 According to the passage, a good way to control anger is_.（A）to do sports（B） to be highspirited（C） to turn it into laughter（D）to discuss it with doctors四、Part IV ClozeDirections: There are some blanks in the fol
48、lowing passages. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the one that best fits into the passages. Then, mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.40 On our first days driving on the Scottish island of Mull, my husband and I came to a stretch of water th
49、at we had to cross on a small ferry boat. The ferryman asked if we would【C1 】_ waiting ten minutes while he transported a family of cows【 C2】_ the water to their summer pasture. This【C3】_ with the cows stuck in my mind as a【C4 】_ of Mull, a place far removed from the hurried confusion of city life.For travelers in【C5】_ of a quiet, peaceful place,
