1、黄石理工学院 2009 年专升本 英语 试卷 A*学校*考号：*姓名：*考试方式 闭 卷题 号 I II III IV V 总 分得 分阅卷人 核分人Part I Listening comprehension 15% (15 minutes)Directions: This part is to test your listening ability. It consists of 3 sections.Section A DialoguesDirections: this section is to test your ability to understand short dialogu
2、es. There are 5 recorded dialogues in it. After each dialogue, there is a recorded question. Both the dialogues and questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D) given in your test paper. Then you sho
3、uld write down the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.Example: You will hear: W: Are you catching the 13:15 flight to New York?M: No. Ill leave this evening.Q: What are the two persons talking about?You will read: A) New York City. B) An evening party.C) An air trip. D) The mans job.From the d
4、ialogue we learn that the man is to take a flight to New York. Therefore, C) An air trip is the correct answer. You should write down C on the Answer Sheet.Now the test will begin.1. A) The wind stopped, but its still raining. B) The rain stopped.C) Its still raining, and the wind is blowing. D) Bot
5、h the rain and the wind stopped.2. A) Fifty yuan. B) Ninety yuan. C) Forty yuan. D) Ten yuan.3. A) No medicine could solve the womans problem.B) The woman should eat less to lose some weight.C) Nothing could help the woman if she ate too little.D) The woman should choose the right food.4. A) Look fo
6、r a more expensive hotel. B) Go to another hotel by bus.C) Try to find a quiet place. D) Take a walk around the city.5. A) Henry doesnt like the color. B) Someone else painted the house.C) There was no ladder in the house. D) Henry painted the house himself.Section B ConversationsDirections: This se
7、ction is to test your ability to understand short conversations. There are 2-recorded conversations in it. After each conversation, there are some recorded questions. Both the conversations and questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from
8、 the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D) given in your test paper. Then you should write down the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.Conversation 16. A) One. B) Two. C) Three. D) Four.7. A) Book a room. B) Take away the suitcases.C) Show his passport. D) Fill out a form. Conversation 28. A) Con
9、cert tickets. B) Movie tickets. C) Museum tickets. D) Opera tickets.9. A) Front seat tickets B) Back seat tickets C) Box tickets. D) Standing tickets.10) A) 8 pounds. B) 16 pounds. C) 30 pounds. D) 60 pounds.Section C PassageDirections: This section is to test your ability to comprehend short passag
10、es. You will hear a recorded passage. After that you will hear five questions. The passage will be read two times. When you hear a question you should complete the answer to it with a word or a short phrase (in no more than 3 words). The incomplete answers are printed both in your test paper and on
11、the Answer Sheet. You should write your answers on the Answer Sheet. Now this is the passage.11. Why did Tina come to the Employment Agency？To look for _.12. What did she do in the Employment Agency？She filled out _.13. What was the problem with Tina？She had little _.共 5 页 第 1 页黄石理工学院 2009 年专升本 英语 试
12、卷*学校*考号：*姓名：*14. What job did she get at a supermarket？A job as a _.15. How did she find her new job a few months later？She felt it was very _.Part II Vocabulary and structure 15% (15 minutes)This part is to test your ability to construct grammatically correct sentences. It consists of 2 sections.Se
13、ction ADirections： In this section， there are 10 incomplete sentences. You are required to complete each one by deciding on the most appropriate word or words from the 4 choices marked A） , B） ,C） and D). Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through th
14、e centre.16.The missing childs parents became more and more worried as the hours _.A) spent B) missed C) passed D) went17.As the bus _ into the station there was a rush to get seats.A) drew B) sent C) arrived D) pulled18.Grandma was insistent that we _ her soon.A) went and visited B) go and visit C)
15、 went visiting D) go and visiting19.I _ you the money. Why didnt you ask me?A) would lend B) could have lent C) must have lent D) had lent20.This car has been _ trouble: its always breaking down.A) nothing but B) anything but C) all but D) none but21. The electronic shaver needs_ before it can be us
16、edA) repairing B) to repairC) being repaired D) to be repairing22.The harder a student studies, _.A) the more his body gives off heat B) his body gives off more heatC) the more heat does his body gives off D) the more heat his body gives off23. Einsteins theory of relativity seemed _ when it was fir
17、st introduced.A) incredible B) unaccountable C) impossible D) acceptable24. Children are very curious_.A) at heart B) in person C) on purpose D) by nature25. It is certainly true that you will find yourself _ if you keep on throwing your weight around.A) no friends B) have not friends C) to have not
18、 friends D) having no friendsSection B Directions: There are 10 incomplete sentences here. You should fill in each blank with the proper form of the word in the brackets. Write the word or words in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet. 26. We appreciate (work) _ with him, because he has a goo
19、d sense of humor.27. Were looking forward to ( meet ) _ our new teacher.28. Yesterday I was late getting to the railway station, but ( fortunate) _ , the train was late, too.29. There is a well-known proverb: “ The more haste, the (little) _ speed”.30. A long-time relationship between business and g
20、overnment has prevented foreign (enter) _ into domestic markets.31. All things (consider) _, the planned picnic will have to be called off.32. Children from (break) _ families seem to be more self-dependant and prefer acting on their own.33. This book is very (help) _ to your English study.34. To hi
21、s (disappoint )_ , his mother didnt come to see him.35. After she qualified as a lawyer, she decided to (special) _ in contract law.Part Reading Comprehension 35% （40 minutes ） Directions：This part is to test your reading ability. There are 5 tasks for you to fulfill. You should read the reading mat
22、erials carefully and do the tasks as you are instructed.Task 1 Directions：After reading the following passage， you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements， numbered 36 through 40. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A） , B） , C） , and D） . You should make the correct cho
23、ice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.The Earth has a force that pulls things toward it. We call this force gravity（引力）. This is something we live with all the time, and we take it for granted and hardly ever think about it. But it is a most
24、important factor in rocket operation and must be overcome if we are to get anywhere in space, or off the ground at all.共 5 页 第 2 页黄石理工学院 2009 年专升本 英语 试卷*学校*考号：*姓名：*Take the throwing of a ball as an example. The harder the ball is thrown, the faster and higher it will go. What is the secret? Its spee
25、d. If we could throw the ball hard enough it would go up and up forever and never come down. The speed at which it would have to be thrown to do this is known as escape speed. Of course, we cannot throw a ball hard enough because the speed required for the ball to escape completely from the Earths g
26、ravity is seven miles per second, or over twenty-five thousand miles per hour.Once a spacecraft has reached escape speed, no further power is needed. A rocket aimed at the Moon, for instance, will “coast“（滑行）the rest of the way because the Earths gravity cannot then pull it back, and there is no air
27、 resistance in space to slow it down. This “coasting“ is known as “free fall“. That does not mean the rocket is falling down towards the Earth but that it is traveling freely in space without the aid of power, like a bicycle coasting downhill.Free fall is an important feature of space travel: it wou
28、ld be impossible to carry enough fuel to provide powered flight all the time.36. What is the most important factor for a rocket to escape from the Earth?A) To travel as fast as it can.B) To overcome the Earths gravity.C) To reduce the air resistance.D) To carry enough fuel with it.37. How fast will
29、a rocket go to escape completely from the Earths gravity?A) Seventy miles per second.B) Seven thousand miles per hour.C) Twenty-five thousand miles per second.D) Twenty-five thousand miles per hour.38.As there is always the Earths gravitational pull, people _.A) accept it without questioning itB) ne
30、ver notice its presenceC) seldom think about how to use itD) often try to escape from it39.When a bicycle “coasts“ downhill, it _.A) runs faster and fasterB) runs freely without any further powerC) is no longer affected by the Earths gravityD) does not meet with air resistance40.Why is it NOT necess
31、ary to provide powered flight in space all the time?A) Few spacecraft complete their flight operations.B) The spacecraft will be attracted by the Moon.C) No further power is needed after the escape speed is reached.D) “Free fall“ takes the place of the Earths gravitational pull.Task 2Directions: thi
32、s task is the same as Task 1. The 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 41 to 45.Some psychologists maintain that mental acts such as thinking are not performed in the brain alone, but that ones muscles also participate. It may be said that we think with our muscles in somewhat the same
33、way that we listen to music with our bodies.You surely are surprised to be told that you usually listen to music not only with your ears but with your whole body. Few people can listen to music that is more or less familiar without moving their body or more specifically, some part of their body. Oft
34、en when one listens to a symphonic concert on the radio, he is tempted to direct the orchestra（交响乐） even though he knows there is a competent conductor on the job.Strange as this behavior may be, there is a very good reason for it. One cannot derive all possible enjoyment from music unless he partic
35、ipates, so to speak, in its performance. The listener “feels” himself into the music with more or less noticeable motions of his body.The muscles of the body actually participate in the mental process of thinking in the same way, but this participation is less obvious because it is less noticeable.4
36、1Some psychologists maintain that thinking is _Anot a mental processBmore of a physical process than a mental actionCa process that involves our entire bodies Da process that involves the muscles as well as the brain 42Few people are able to listen to familiar music without_Amoving some part of thei
37、r bodyBstopping what they are doing to listenC. directing the orchestra playing itDwishing that they could conduct music properly43Body movements are necessary in order for the listener to_ A. hear the music Bappreciate the music Cenjoy the music fully Dcompletely understand the music44According to
38、the selection，muscle participation in the process of thinking is_ Adeliberate Bobvious C not readily apparent Dvery pronounced45The best title for this selection is_AAn Ear for Music BMusic AppreciationCHow Muscles Participate in Mental ActsDA Psychological Definition of The Thinking Process共 5 页 第
39、3 页黄石理工学院 2009 年专升本 英语 试卷*学校*考号：*姓名：*Task 3Directions: After reading the following passage, you are required to complete the outline below it (No. 56 through 60). You should write your answer briefly (in no more than 3 words) on the Answer Sheet correspondingly.Task 3 Directions：This task is an exce
40、rpt from a report in a magazine published by a consumers association. After reading it, you are required to complete the outline below it （ No. 46 through 50） . You should write your answers briefly on the Answer Sheet correspondingly.Middle-aged adults are returning to school in increasing numbers.
41、 Some want to learn to do their jobs better. Others return to school because more credits (学分) may mean a raise or promotion. Teachers, for instance, get raises for reaching certain levels of education. Also. Some adults return to the classroom because of interest in a new field, such as telecommunication or computer programming
