2013专升本插班生考试《基础英语》课程试卷

韩山师范学院2013年专升本插班生考试试卷

英语 专业 基础英语 试卷 （A卷）

Words:

I.

Match each word with its definition. （每空0.5分，共10分）

1) _____exotic 2）_____ cynical 3) _____ ignite 4) ____ yank 5) _____ jumble 6) ____ persevere 7) ____ litter 8)_____ indiscreet 9) _____conserve 10) _____ moribund 11) _____contend 12) _____threshold 13) _____reckless 14) ____juncture 15) ____ spawn 16) _____esteem 17)_____ legacy 18) ____ hurtle 19) _____ fleck 20) _____ husky Definitions:

a) money or property that one receives from someone after they die b) to pull with a quick, strong movement, jerk c) the offspring produced at one birth d) approaching death, about to die

e) scornful of the motives, virtue, or integrity of others f) to use carefully or sparingly, avoiding waste g) hoarse or rough in quality

h) a doorway forming an entrance to a building i) to cause to burn j) hasty and careless k) to bring forth; produce

l) excitingly different, strange or unusual m) unwanted things for sale

n) a particular point in time or in a course of event o) to respect and admire

p) a tiny mark or spot

q) careless about what one says or does r) to continue steadily with determination s) to move or rush with great speed t) to state or argue that sth. is true

1) Being seriously wounded in a car accident, she was totally ______ of her past.

(oblivion)

2) I have only a 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) III. Fill in the blanks with proper prepositions or adverbs. (每题0.5分，共8分）

1) ’ affairs. 2) s’ warnings. 3) Repeated failures in his experiments really got him _____. 4) 5) When we are eating fish, we have to look _____ for bones. 6) Please look _____ it that it doesn’t happen again. 7) 8) 9) 10) Buying a book is merely a prelude

II.

Fill in each blank with the derivative of the word in parentheses. （每题1分，共10分）

11) The school has turned _____ some very good scholars.

12) 13) 14) 15) 16)

1) He resolutely drove the compulsive thought out of his mind, but it kept edging

its way in again with alarming persistence.

2) It serves you right if you find it impossible to escape from some idle or

inquisitive chatterbox, or somebody who wants something for nothing.

3) The news stirred up something infinitely black and evil in the town. The

poison sac of the town began to manufacture venom, and the town swelled and puffed with the pressure of it.

IV.

Paraphrase the following sentences. （每题3分，共21分）

4) The time the crowd comes alive is when a man is hit hard over the heart or the

head, when he wobbles under the attack and his pursuer continues to smash at him with poleax impact.

5) “Bags of fun” is no more a lazy substitute for thought in its appropriate setting

than is “extremely gracious” in the setting that is appropriate for this expression.

6) It is worth remembering that wind is as injurious to human health as cold, for

it disrupts the cushion of warmth which is trapped by pores and hairs of the skin.

7) It’s hard to overstate the impact of the global system he created. He took a powerful communications system that only the elite could use and turned it into a mass medium. V. Use the words given in parentheses to translate the following sentences. （每题3分，共21分）

1 毕业后他一直和大学的同班同学保持通信联系，因此彼此之间的近况都比较了解。(correspondence/ track)

2 很多人对他们所居住的城市里如雨后春笋般冒出的摩天大楼深感自豪。他们错误地认为摩天高楼就等同于城市的现代化。(reside/ mistaken)

3 他债台高筑，只能任由债权人摆布，处境很是可怜。(run/mercy/)

4 在被绑架的官员被释放之后，政府继续对此事所引发的连锁反应表示关切。(release/ concern)

5 我国宪法规定，每个公民都必须知法守法，无人能够例外。(prescribe/abide/exception)

6 当这位诺贝尔文学奖获得者出现在媒体面前时，全场一片欢腾。他的演讲不是被震耳欲聋的掌声所打断。( break/punctuate)

7 经理的很多不得人心的决定让员工们信心大减。无论他作任何努力来改变他在大家心目中的形象都无济于事。(diminish/ vain)

VI. Choose the best one to complete each sentence. （每题0.5分，共8分）

1 She worked hard at her task before she felt sure that the results would _____ her long effort.

A justify B testify C rectify D verify 2 The newly designed machine is ______ time and energy. A economic of B economical of C economic about D economical about

3 Although the false banknote fooled many people, they did not _____ to close

examination.

A look up B pay up C keep up D stand up 4 He won’t like it if you try to ______ with his plan.

A interfere B intervene C interrupt D influence 5 The trade unions in this industry are ___ any reduction in wages. A objecting against B opposed to C reacted to D resisting against 6 ___ with air, a life jacket will keep a person afloat. A It is filled B Filling C When filled D When filling it

7 Come on, Jack, tell me the story. Don’t keep me in the ____. A suspense B suspending C suspension D suspender

8 She ___ fifty or so when I first met her at the conference. A had been B must be

C has been D must have been

9 The young employee has a(n) ___ quality—he is totally honest. A respectable B admirable C decent D approachable 10 How strange it is that the habit he developed in his childhood still ___ him. A takes to B clings to C attends to D adds to 11 ___, we started looking for work. A Having been spent all the money B All the money having been spent C We spent all the money

D All the money was spent

12 __ an interesting-looking dagger, there wasn’t anything in the box. A Except B Only C Unless D Apart from 13 Mr. Wang will __ for the teacher who was in hospital. A replace B change C substitute D switch 14 Nothing can ___ aeroplanes for speed and comfort.

A match with B equal C equal with D equal to 15 Louise was evidently ___ by my words and looked at me angrily. A put through B put off C put out D put down 16 I can’t remember the title of it exactly. I’ve got it ___. A down the mouth B on the point of my tongue C at the edge of my mouth D on the tip of my tongue VII.

Fill in each blank with an appropriate word according to the initial letter given. （每题0.5分，共10分）

The first two stages in the civilized man were probably the instruction.

The superior brain of man is necessity for the mastering of speech. When man became sufficiently we must suppose that he It was a great day discovered that speech could be used for narrative.

There are those who think that in oral language.

A man could draw a 12p__ on the wall of his cave to show in which 13d__

Two important stages came not too long dawn of written in human progress to which subsequently there VIII.

Read the following passage. (每题1分，共5分）

Teenagers’ Problems

We do not want to be cantankerous. But we strongly believed that, for reasons to be documented in the succeeding chapters, American civilization tends to stand in such awe of its teenage society, with permanently teenage standards of thought, culture and goals. As a result, American society is growing down rather than growing up.

This is a creeping disease, not unlike hardening of the arteries. It is a softening of adulthood. It leads to immature goals in music, art and literature. It forces newspapers, television producers, and movie makers to translate the adult English usage into the limited vocabulary of the teenage culture. It opens up vast opportunities for commercial exploitation and thereby sets off a chain reaction which constantly strengthens teenage tyranny.

It is tyranny that dominates most brutally the teenagers themselves. What starts with relatively innocent conforming to the ways of the crowd soon turns into manipulation to those crowd mores by a combination of inept adult leadership and plain commercial exploitation. The longer it continues, the harder it becomes for dissenters to declare their independence.

We are fully aware that not all teenagers and their parents have fallen victim to teenage tyranny. Many have retained their freedom and upheld their standards. But even those who have resisted the trend know that the stronger the tide the harder it becomes to move against it. We hope that our efforts will make it a little easier for them.

We are not concerned with juvenile delinquency, except when it becomes part of the “general” behavior of a substantial number of teenagers. The reason we will not deal with delinquency here is that we strongly feel this to be a different and special problem. It should be treated as such, and experts far better equipped to diagnose and combat it.

1 What is the authors’ attitude toward teenage cultural standards as opposed to those of adults?

A Teenage standards are, in all things, gross and uncultivated.

B Teenage standards are to be ignored because they are not based on sufficient

experience.

C Teenage standards are simply immature in comparison to those of old adults. D When one grows to maturity, one’s standards are automatically become

superior to those of teenagers.

2 The effects of teenage tyranny on society are initially evinced A suddenly and catastrophically B in an insidious, unobstrusive way. C as a result of teenage demands D in such a way as to be truly ineffective.

3 The reason for the authors’ concern in this matter is that A today’s children are tomorrow’s citizen B the voting age has been decreased to eighteen. C American civilization itself seems to be threatened. D We are becoming the laughing stock of the world. 4 Those more harshly affected by this tyranny are A the teenagers themselves B senior citizens C the newer generations of teenagers D the parents of the teenagers

5 It is clear that the authors will not become involved in a discussion of teenage crime because

A they have made only a slight study of the subject B they are more interested in other social problems

C they feel that teenage crime should be treated as a part of the problem of crime in general.

D their thought is that teenage crime is a special and particular problem and should be treated as such.

IX. Write a letter to your friend sending a gift congratulating him/her on a recent achievement. (at

least 150 words) (共7分）

Your letter should include: ---the reason of sending the present

---the hope that the present will suit the receiver ---extending wishes