南京建筑材料:2007年度山东省普通高等教育专升本考试英语试题

2007年度山东省普通高等教育专升本考试英语试题

Part I Listening Comprehension (15 points, 1 point each)

Section A

Directions: In this section, you will hear 5 short conversations. After each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and question will be read only once. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to each question.

1. A. On foot.                     B. By bike.               C. By bus.                         D. By car.

2. A. To make tea at home.                                B. To have tea at home.

C. To do the housework.　　                        D To finish her homework.

3. A. Sometime next year.                                 B. Sometime next month.

C. Sometime this year.                                  D. Sometime this month.

4. A. His bike.                  B. Jane's bike  .         C. The key to his room.         D. His bike key.

5. A. Mike.                      B. John.                    C. Lily and John.                  D. Lily and Mike.

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear a long conversation and a passage. The conversation and passage will be read twice. At the end of them, you’ll hear some questions. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to each question.

Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage.

6. A. Policeman and witness.                       B. Driver and passenger                            

C. Lawyer and client.                              D. Judge and defendant.

7. A. Outside Brown's toyshop.

B. Just where the woman was standing.

C. Where the policeman and the woman are talking.

D. At the crossroads of Bridge Street and Churchill Avenue.

8. A. At 10.               B. At 10:40.               C. At 2:30.                      D. At 2:40.

9. A. 10 miles per hour.                              B. 20 miles per hour.

C. 30 miles per hour.                              D. 40 miles per hour.

10. A. To sign her name.                            B. To go to the court.

C. To write down what she had said.     D. To identify the drivers.

Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage.

11. A. Noise.            B. Newspapers.          C. Advertisements.      D. Electronic equipment.

12. A. It gives too much music.                  B. Its noise does harm to our ears.

C. It changes our daily live.                  D. It has too many programs for advertising.

13. A. They spend too much time on sports.                  B. They like to play games on TV.      

C. They are always watching TV programs.             D. They take little interest in their wives.

14. A. Electronic equipment may harm our health.

B. Electronic equipment may invade our private life.

C. Electronic equipment may affect children's study.

D. Electronic equipment may affect family relationship.

15. A. Reading advertisements is a waste of time.

B. Watching TV may hurt children's eyes.

C. There are too many programs for grown-ups on TV.

D. Some electronic equipment may cause social problems.

Part II  Vocabulary and Structure ( 20 points, 1 point each )

Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the cor­responding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

16. Would you please lend me your bike? Mine is not ________.

A. good enough      B. very good enough     C. enough good                 D. good one

17. Without air, the candle will ________.

A. go off               B. go through               C. go over                        D. go out

18. One of the most important problems is how to ________ students interests in learning English.

A. raise                   B. arouse                      C. rise                        D. arise

19. When we face difficulties in our English learning, we will never ________.

A. give away         B. give off                  C. give in                   D. give out

20. Tony as well as his brothers and sisters ________ from America.

A. is                     B. are                        C. have been                D. were

21.Tomorrow I'm leaving for New York and I'll stay there for ________.

A. sometimes         B. some times              C. sometime           D. some time

22. How much did you ________ on this new car?

A. cost                   B. spend                C. pay                    D. take

23. When the police broke into the house, they found the old man ________ dead on the floor.

A. lying                 B. laid                     C. lain                    D. laying

24. I'm not good at math. This problem is quite ________ me.

A. against          B. beyond               C. over                D. above

25. ________ your coming to see me, I would have been very lonely.

A. Owing to           B. Thanks to            C. But for                D. On account of

26. That is a hot tourist line. You should book the tickets ________.

A. in advance       B. in return               C. in turn                   D. in schedule

27. We are quite ________ to our parents and our teacher.

A. respectful         B. respectable            C. respective           D. respected

28. "Shall I help you with the washing up?" "Don't ________. I'll do it later.  "

A. care             B. bother               C. trouble             D. disturb

29. Those who felt like ________ the story again came over and added themselves to the audience.

A. being heard            B. to be heard           C. to hear             D. hearing

30. Mary told me that Father would ________ later this year.

A. get the hut to be repaired                     B. have the hut be repaired

C. get the hut being repaired                           D. have the hut repaired

31. I can hardly hear what he's saying, and ________,

A. nor can all these other people                   B. so can hardly all these other people

C. so can all these other people                            D. nor all these other people can

32. ________ what you intended, I should not have wasted my time trying to explain matters to you. 

A. Had realized I    B. Realized had I         C. Had I realized                D. I had realized

33. I prefer clothes which are made out of natural materials ________ cotton and wool.

A. as                    B. just as                  C. like                       D. just like

34. It was his doctor who advised that he ________ a holiday away from the city.

A. have                  B. had                      C. had                      D. would have

35. I don't think ________ necessary for Julie to make such a fuss about that sort of thing.

A. her                 B. that                       C. it                    D. this

Part III  Reading Comprehension ( 1 ) ( 30 points, 2 points each)

Directions: This part is to test your reading ability.   There are 3 tasks for you to fulfill.   You should read the materials carefully and do the tasks as you are instructed.

Task 1

Telephone, television, radio, and telegraph all help people communicate with each other. Because of these devices, ideas and news of events spread quickly all over the world. For example, within seconds, people can know the results of an election in another country. An international football match comes into the homes of everyone with a television set. News of a disaster such as an earthquake or flood can bring help from distant countries. Within hours, help is on the way. Because of modern technology like the sat­ellites that travel around the world, information travel fast.

How has this speed of communication changed the world? To many people, the world has become smaller. Of course this does not mean that the world is actually physically smaller. It means that the world seems smaller. Two hundred years ago, communication between the continents took a long time. All news was carried on ships that took weeks or even months to cross the oceans. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, it took six weeks for news from Europe to reach Americas. This time difference influenced people's actions. For example, one battle, in the War of 1812 between England and the United Stats could have been avoided. A peace agreement had already been signed. Peace was made in England, but the news of peace took six weeks to reach America. During these six weeks, the large and serious Battle of New Orleans was fought. Many people lost their lives after a peace treaty had been signed. They would not have died if news had come in time. In the past, communication took much more time than it does now.

36. News spreads fast because of __________.

A. a peace agreement                                          B. new technology

C. the changes of the world                                 D. modern transportation

37. According to this passage, __________ is very important to people in a disaster area.

A. latest news                                                    B. new ideas  

C. fast communication                                       D. modern technology

38. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. The world is changing in size.

B. The world now seems smaller because of faster communication.

C. The world is actually smaller today.

D. The distance between England and America has changed since the War of 1812.

39. Two hundred years ago, news between the continents was carried __________.

A. by air                                                          B. by sea                     

C. by land                                                        D. by telephone and telegraph

40. The New Orleans Battle could have been avoided if the peace agreement had been signed __________.

A. in America                B. in England                C. by both sides           D. in time

Task 2

When prices are low people will buy more, and when prices are high they will buy less. Every shopkeeper knows this. But at the same time, producers want higher prices for their goods when they make more goods. How can we find the best price for the goods? The Law of Supply and Demand is the economist's answer to this question.

According to this law, changes in the prices of goods cause changes in supply and demand. An increase in the price of the goods causes an increase in supply — the number of goods the producers make. Producers will make more goods when they can get higher prices for the goods. The producer makes more shoes as the price of shoes goes up. At the same time, an increase in the price of the goods causes a decrease in demand — the number of goods the consumers buy. This is because people buy less when the price is high. People buy fewer shoes as the price of shoes goes up. Conversely, a decrease in the price causes an increase in demand (people buy more shoes) and a decrease in supply (producers make fewer shoes).

Business firms look at both supply and demand when they make decisions about prices and pro­duction. They look for the equilibrium point where supply equals demand. At this point, the number of shoes produced is 3000 and the price of the shoes is $ 30. $ 30 is the equilibrium price; at this price the consumers will buy all of the 3000 shoes which the producers make. If the producers increase the price of the shoes, or if they produce more than 3000 shoes, the consumers will not buy all of the shoes. The producers will have a surplus (过剩 ) — more supply than demand — so they must decrease the price in order to sell all of the shoes. On the other hand, if they make fewer than 3000 shoes, there will be a shoes shortage — more demand than supply — and the price will go up.

According to the Law of Supply and Demand, the equilibrium price is the best price for the goods. The consumers and the producers will agree on this price because it is the only price that helps them both equally.

41. Why does an increase in price cause an increase in supply?

A. Consumers buy more goods when prices are high.

B. Producers want to sell all of their goods.

C. Producers make more goods when prices are high.

D. Consumers will not buy all of the goods.

42. Why does a decrease in prices cause an increase in demand?

A. Producers make fewer goods when prices are low.

B. Consumers buy fewer goods when prices are low.

C. Consumers buy more goods when prices are low.

D. Producers make more goods when prices are high.

43. What do business firms look at when they make decisions about prices and production?

A. The equilibrium point.                                     B. The demand curve.

C. The supply curve.                                          D. All of the above.

44. Why will consumers and producers agree on the equilibrium price?

A. It is the only price for the goods.                     B. It will help them both equally.

C. All of the goods will be sold.                            D. It is the lowest price.

45. When will producers have a surplus of goods?

A. When supply equals demand.                          B. When they sell all of their goods.

C. When there is more demand than supply.         D. When there is more supply than demand.

Task 3

Money is used for buying or selling goods, for measuring value and for storing wealth. Almost every society now has a money economy based on coins and bills of one kind or another. However, this has not always been true. In primitive societies a system of barter was used. Barter was a system of direct exchange of goods. Somebody could exchange a sheep, for example, for anything in the market place that he or she considered to be of equal value. Barter, however, was a very unsatisfactory system because people's precise needs were seldom met. People needed a more practical system of exchange, and various money systems developed based on goods that the members of society recognized as having value. Cattle, grain, teeth, shells, feathers, salt, elephant tusks, and tobacco had all been used. Precious metals gradually took over because, when made into coins, they were portable, durable, recognizable, and divisible into larger and smaller units of value.

A coin is a piece of metal, usually disc-shaped, which bears words, designs or numbers show­ing its value. Until the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, coins were given monetary worth based on the exact amount of metal contained in them, but most modern coins are based on face value — the value that the governments choose to give them, which doesn't show the actual metal content. Coins have been made of gold, silver, copper, aluminum (铝) , nickel (镍) , lead, zinc (锌) , plastic and in China even from tea leaves. Most governments now issue paper money in the form of bills, which are really "promise to pay". Paper money is obviously easier to handle and much more convenient in the modern world. Checks and credit cards are being used increasingly, and it is possible to imagine a world where "money" in the form of coins and paper currency will no longer be used. Even today, in the United States, many places, especially filling stations will not accept cash at night for security reasons.

46. Barter here means __________.

A. exchanging goods for goods                                                                                                          

B. exchanging money for goods

C. exchanging goods for money

D. exchanging sheep for anything in the market 

47. Why were precious metals gradually used for making coins?                                                            

A. Because they were durable and portable.           B. Because they were recognizable.

C. Because they were divisible.                            D. All of the above.

48. Coins were given value according to the exact amount of metals contained in them __________.

A. between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

B. after the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

C. during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

D. before the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

49. Promises to pay means __________.

A. opportunities to pay                                   B. necessities to pay                                                                                                                       

C. obligations to pay                                        D. possibilities to pay                                                                                                                   

50. A world without any money in the form of coins and paper is __________.                                            

A. suitable        B. possible            C. avoidable             D. necessary            

Reading Comprehension ( 2 ) (5points, 1 points each)                                                          

Task 4                                                                                                                                   

Directions: In this task, there is a passage with 5 questions (51 through 55).  Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions in the fewest possible words.   The answer should be written after corresponding numbers on the Answer Sheet.                                                                     

Sam and Joe were astronauts. There was once a very dangerous trip and the more experienced astronauts knew there was only a small chance of coming back alive. Sam and Joe, however, thought it would be exciting though a little dangerous. "We are the best men for the job," they said to the boss. "There may be problems, but we can find the answers." "They are the last people I'd trust," thought the boss. " But all the other astronauts have refused to go. " 

Once they were in space, Joe had to go outside to make some repairs. When the repairs were done, he tried to get back inside the spaceship. But the door was locked. He knocked but there was no answer. He knocked again, louder this time, and again, no answer came. Then he hit the door as he could and finally a voice said, "Who' s there?" "It's me. Who else could it be?" shouted Joe. Sam let him in all right but you can imagine that Joe never asked to go on a trip with Sam again.

51. Why were most of the astronauts unwilling to go on the trip?

They thought they __________________________________.

52. Why were Sam and Joe chosen?

They were the only men who _________________________.

53. What did the two astronauts think the trip would be like?

   _________________________________________________.

54. Joe didn't want to work with Sam again. What's the reason?

Sam was possibly___________________________________.

55. What does this story show us?

________________________________of the astronauts' life.

Part IV  Translation ( 20 points, 2 points each)

Directions: The translation should be written after the corresponding numbers on the Answer Sheet.

Section A Translate the following English into Chinese. (10 points)

56. The words and phrases given in this dictionary are those that are likely to be needed by every person.

57. The people there will pay two or three times as much as they used to pay for a house.

58. As far as an Advertising and Sales Manager is concerned, excellent oral English is also a necessary requirement.

59. It is reported that so far, foreign insurance companies have made their way into 19 cities in China.

60. Air moves from places where the pressure is high to places where the pressure is low.

Section B Translate the following Chinese into English. (10 points)

61. 是我们的所为和所不为决定着我们的未来。

62. 他要是知道她的电话，就用不着费那么多事儿了。

63. 比尔·盖茨是世界上最富裕的人，没有他买不起的东西。

64. 他会讲法语、德语、西班牙语、更不用说英语了。

65. 我仍然记得20年前我第一次遇见我的老师的情景。

Part V Writing ( 10 points )

Directions: This part is to test your ability to do writing. You are required to write a Composition entitled On Internet. Remember to express your ideas clearly in your composition. You should write in on less than 80 words on the Composition Sheet.