1、四川专升本（英语）历年真题试卷汇编 1 及答案与解析一、Vocabulary and Structure1 Words mean more than what is_on paper. It takes the human voice to fill them with shades of deeper meaning.（A）set off（B） set up（C） set down（D）set aside2 _the course very difficult, she decided to move to a lower level.（A）Find（B） Finding（C） To fin
2、d（D）Found3 Look at those clouds!Dont worry._it rains,well still have a great time.（A）Even if（B） As though（C） In case（D）If only4 Nothing is so easy as_parents to raise their expectations of their children too high.（A）of（B） for（C） by（D）to5 1 think_impresses me about his painting is the colours he uses
3、.（A）what（B） that（C） which（D）who6 When I met my teacher and wanted to express how grateful I was, words_me.（A）stopped（B） defeated（C） beat（D）failed7 He was unhappy when he sold his guitar. After all,he_it for a very long time.（A）has had（B） had had（C） has（D）had8 Only when he reached the tea-house_it wa
4、s the same place hed been in last year.（A）he realized（B） he did realize（C） realized he（D）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.（A）appeal（B） access（C） potential（D）devotion10 Scientists s
5、tudy_human brains work to make computers.（A）when（B） how（C） that（D）whether11 Teachers recommend parents_their children under 12 to ride bicycles to school for safety.（A）not allow（B） do not allow（C） mustnt allow（D）couldnt allow12 Motorists_to switch off their phones while driving nowadays.（A）require（B
6、） are required（C） have required（D）will be required13 Ive developed a_for African music since my trip last year to Nigeria.（A）way（B） relation（C） taste（D）habit14 Group activities will be organized after class_children develop team spirit.（A）helping（B） having helped（C） helped（D）to help15 To pay to see
7、that movie seems foolish_you can see it on television for free.（A）before（B） though（C） when（D）once16 The newly-built house is_the old one.（A）twice the size of（B） as twice big as（C） the twice size of（D）bigger twice than17 In some languages, 100 words make up half of all words_in daily conversations.（A
8、）using（B） to use（C） having used（D）used18 Barbara is easy to recognize as shes the only one of the women who_evening dress.（A）wear（B） wears（C） has worn（D）have worn19 It was from only a few supplies that she had bought in the village_the hostess cooked such a nice dinner.（A）where（B） that（C） when（D）whi
9、ch20 He wrote a letter_he explained what had happened in the accident.（A）what（B） which（C） where（D）how20 A good modern newspaper is an extraordinary piece of reading. It is remarkable first for what it contains: the range of news from local crime to international politics, from sport to business to f
10、ashion 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 music. A newspaper is even more remarkable for the way one reads it; never completely, never straight through, but always by jumpin
11、g 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 offers a variety to attract many different readers, but far more than any one reader is interested in. What brings this variety tog
12、ether 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 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
13、 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 all these reasons, reading newspapers efficiently, which means getting what you want from them without missing things you need
14、but without wasting time, demands skill and self-awareness as you modify and apply the techniques of reading.21 A modern newspaper is remarkable for all the following EXCEPT its_.（A）wide coverage（B） uniform style（C） speed in reporting news（D）popularity22 According to the passage, the reason why no t
15、wo people really read the “ same“ newspaper is that_.（A）people scan for the news they are interested in（B） different people prefer different newspapers（C） people are rarely interested in the same kind of news（D）people have different views about what a good newspaper is23 It can be concluded from the
16、 passage that newspaper readers_.（A）apply reading techniques skillfully（B） jump from one newspaper to another（C） appreciate the variety of a newspaper（D）usually read a newspaper selectively24 A good newspaper offers “a variety“ to readers because_.（A）it tries to serve different readers（B） it has to
17、cover things that happen in a certain locality（C） readers are difficult to please（D）readers like to read different newspapers25 The best title for this passage would be_.（A）The Importance of Newspaper Topicality（B） The Characteristics of a Good Newspaper（C） The Variety of a Good Newspaper（D）Some Sug
18、gestions on How to Read a Newspaper25 TapeStore is a new kind of tape storage system which can store up to 6,000 computer tapes. No other tape storage 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 t
19、ape, 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 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
20、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 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
21、 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 tape 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, a
22、irlines, telephone companies, utilities and computer centres, have bought the system. They like it particularly because the system guarantees 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
23、installed at a cost of 480,000 dollars each.26 TapeStore is better than any other tape storage system because_.（A）it can store more video cassettes（B） it is extremely small（C） it stores more tapes（D）it stores data files on the same tape27 The mechanical arm finds a tape by_.（A）recording the file nam
24、e on the tape（B） identifying the printed code on the tape（C） looking for its file name（D）searching for the tape number28 The TapeStore system is popular among big companies mainly because_.（A）it costs less than a skilled worker（B） it looks impressive（C） the information it stores is valuable（D）it ens
25、ures the safety of their data29 Which of the following statements about TapeStore is NOT true?（A）It can store a large amount of information.（B） It is very cheap.（C） It is very fast.（D）It is secure.30 The word “marketed“ in the last paragraph can be replaced by “_“.（A）installed（B） used（C） promoted（D）
26、designed30 Learning disabilities are very common. They affect perhaps 10. percent of all children. Four times as many 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 kin
27、ds of learning disabilities and that they are caused by many different things. There is no longer any question that 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
28、 of the disorder. So some researchers began looking at the brain itself to learn what might be wrong.In one study, 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
29、 language. These cells normally are white. In the learning-disabled person, however, these cells were gray. The 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 No
30、rman Geschwind, an early expert on learning disabilities. Doctor Geschwind proposed that learning disabilities 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 shou
31、ld. So the brain was like an electrical device in which the wires were crossed.Other researchers did not examine 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 Cen
32、ter in Boston. Doctor Dully found large differences in the brain activity of normal children and those with 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 l
33、eft side.31 Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?（A）Learning disabilities 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
34、）Learning disabilities may result from problems in the left side of the brain.32 Scientists found that the brain cells of a learning-disabled person differ from those of a normal person in_.（A）structure and function（B） color and function（C） size and arrangement（D）color and arrangement33 All of the f
35、ollowing statements are TRUE except that_.（A）many factors account for learning disorder（B） a learning-disabled person shows no outward signs（C） reading disabilities are a common problem that affects 10 percent of the population（D）the brain activity of learning-disabled children is different from tha
36、t of normal children34 Doctor Duffy believed that_.（A）he found the exact cause of learning disabilities（B） the problem of learning disabilities did not lie in the left side of the brain（C） the problem of learning disabilities resulted from the left side of the brain（D）the problem of learning disabil
37、ities was not limited to the left side of the brain 35 According to the passage we can conclude that further researches should be made _.（A）to help learning-disabled children to develop their intelligence（B） to study how children learn to read and write, and use numbers（C） to investigate possible in
38、fluences on brain development and organization（D）to explore how the left side of the brain functions in language learning35 About 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 conve
39、rsation. At one point the woman asked; “So, how have you been?“ And the boywho could 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
40、 as I can remember, my friends and I didnt find out we were “depressed“ until we 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
41、than they used to.Whether this is good or bad is difficult to say, but it certainly 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 a
42、nother usually involves learning the secrets of the new status. Children have 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
43、percent of American homes. It is called television. Television passes information, 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 pictur
44、es.Communication through print, as a matter of fact, allows for a great deal 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
45、materials.36 According to the author, feeling depressed is_.（A）a sure sign of a psychological problem in a child（B） something hardly to be expected in a young child（C） an inevitable phase of childrens mental development（D）a mental scale present in all humans, including children37 Traditionally, a ch
46、ild is supposed to learn about the adult world_.（A）gradually and under guidance（B） naturally and by biological instinct（C） through contact with society（D）through exposure to social information38 The phenomenon that todays children seem adultlike is attributed by the author to_.（A）the poor arrangemen
47、t of teaching content（B） the widespread influence of television（C） the fast pace of human intellectual development（D）the constantly rising standard of living39 Why is the author in favor of communication through print for children?（A）It enables children to gain more social information.（B） It develop
48、s childrens interest in reading and writing.（C） It can control what children are to learn.（D）It helps children to memorize and practice more.40 What does the author think of the change in todays children?（A）He feels amused by their premature behavior.（B） He thinks it is a phenomenon worthy of note.（
49、C） He considers it a positive development.（D）He seems to be upset about it.二、Cloze40 Public image refers to how a company is viewed by its customers, suppliers, and stockholders, by the financial community, by the communities in which it operates, and by federal and local governments.A firms public image【C1】_ a vital role in the attractiveness of the firm and its product
