2005年广东省普通高等学校本科插班生招生考试

英 语 试 题

 

Part I   Vocabulary and Structure (35%)

1.The  machine  operators  are so ______to  the noise  that  they  don’t  even  notice  it.

A.associated

B.sensitive

C.accustomed

D.familiar

2.He doesn’t work  but he  gets a good ______ from  his  investments.

A.wage

B.income

C.earning

D.salary

3.The  result  must  be accurate ,because  all the  calculations  have  been  done  by  an______computer.

A.electric

B.electrical

C.electron

D.electronic

4.Mary  is  a conscientious  student;she  works  very  hard  and  is  ______to  her  teachers.

A.respected

B.respectable

C.respectful

D.respecting

5.The  new ______ machine is  a  great  help  in the  production  of  this  factory.

A.adequate

B.sufficient

C.efficient

D.effective

6.The  new  regulation  does  not______ until  the  first  of March.

A.take into  account

B.go  into  effect

C.carry  into  practice

D.put  into  operation

7.The TV advertising ______against  the  destruction  of  the  rainforests  in  South  America  has  drawn  attention  from  millions  of  people .

A.act

B.campaign

C.conduct

D.movement

8.The bus ______has gone up another nickel.

A.expense

B.cost

C.fee

D.fare

9.Do you mind if I______with my work while you are getting tea ready?.

A.get through

B.carry out

C.turn to

D.carry on

10.Following two days of shooting along their borders,the two countries have ______diplomatic relations.

A.broken down

B.put down

C.broken off

D.put off

11.I don’t know how you ______the severe winters in your part of the world.

A.stand up to

B.stand for

C.stand out

D.stand up

12.All the people in this village have black hair.They all ______each other.

A.resemble as

B.resemble with

C.resemble

D.resemble from

13.One requirement for this job is that you must be ______to work on weekends.

A.available

B.acceptable

C.capable

D.accessible

14.She always ______the smell of fresh bread with her grandmother,who loved baking.

A.attributed

B.exemplified

C.remembered

D.associated

15.No one really knows who composed this piece of music, but it has been ______to Bach.

A.identified

B.associated

C.referred

D.attributed

16.The children will not be allowed to come with us if they don’t ______themselves better.

A.direct

B.declare

C.act

D.behave

17.It is said that those people can ______the plastic sheet into money, but I don’t believe it at all.

A.contrast

B.contribute

C.convert

D.convince

18.Don’t put too much pressure on the children, because anxiety can ______with their performance at school.

A.interfere

B.interpret

C.interrupt

D.interview

19.Please ask him to come in and wait here. We simply can’t ______to offend such an important person to our company .

A.adopt

B.adapt

C.afford

D.offer

20.Before he fell into the river, he took hold of a small tree on the bank by ______.

A.inspiration

B.instance

C.instinct

D.instruction

21.I have got a loaf of bread ; now I’m looking for a knife ______.

A.to cut it with

B.to cut with it

C.with it to cut

D.with it cutting

22.If the United States had built more homes for poor people in 1955,the housing problems now in some parts of the country ______so serious.

A.wouldn’t be

B.wouldn’t have been

C.will not be

D.would have not been

23.Physics is the present-day equivalent of ______used to be called natural philosophy, from which most of present-day sciences arose.

A.that

B.all

C.which

D.what

24.Some companies have introduced flexible working time with less emphasis on pressure ______.

A.than more on efficiency	B.and more efficiency
C.but more on efficiency	D.than efficiency

25.The British are so familiar with different cultures and other ways of doing things, ______is often the case in other countries .

A.as

B.what

C.so

D.that

26. ______from the outer space, the earth looks like a blue ball.

A.See

B.Seeing

C.To see

D.Seen

27.X-rays are able to pass through objects and thus make ______details that are otherwise impossible to observe.

A.it visible

B.them visible

C.visible

D.they are visible

28.There is no point ______to remember all those names and addresses.The most important thing is to understand the events associated with them.

A.to try

B.to be trying

C.trying

D.be trying

29. ______, the story of Snow White appeals to many adult readers, too.

A.Though it written for children	B.Though written for children
C.Though for children written	D.It was written for children

30.This factory turns out ______ as they did a decade ago.

A.twice as many motorbikes	B.twice motorbikes as many
C.twice motorbikes as much	D.motorbikes as twice much

31.As it turned out to be a small house party, we ______so formally.

A.need not have dressed up	B.must not have dressed up
C.did not need to dress up	D.must not dress up

32.He is very rich, so he ______.

A.must make a fortune	B.should have made a fortune
C.must have made a fortune	D.should make a fortune

33. ______, she failed again in the test and felt very depressed.

A.As she worked hard	B.Hard as she worked
C.Since she worked hard	D.Hard since she worked

34.I’m going to get my letters ______tomorrow afternoon if I can get them ready today.

A.type

B.to type

C.typed

D.typing

35.Most of us agree that swimming is more enjoyable in such a fine day than ______novels under the tree.

A.reading

B.to read

C.being reading

D.to be reading

Part II   Reading Comprehension(40%)

Passage One

About 70 million Americans are trying to lose weight. That is almost 1 out of every 3 people in the United States.Some people go in diet. This means they eat less of certain foods, especially fats and sugars. Other people exercise with special equipment, take diet pills, or even have surgery. Losing weight is hard work, and it can also cost a lot of money. So why do so many people in the United States want to lose weight?

Many people in the United States worry about not looking young and attractive. For many people, looking good also means being thin. Other people worry about their health. Many doctors say being overweight is not healthy. But are Americans really fat?

Almost 30 million Americans weigh at least 20 percent more than their ideal weight . In fact, the United States is the most overweight country in the world. “The stored fat of adult Americans weighs 2. 3 trillion (兆) pounds, ” says University of Massachusctts anthropologist (人类学家) George Armelagos. He says burning off that stored energy would produce enough power for 900,000 cars to go 12,000 miles.

Losing weight is hard work, but most people want to find a fast and easy way to take off fat. Bookstores sell lots of diet books. These books tell readers how to lose weight. Each year, dozens of new books like these are written. Each one promises to get rid of fat.

36.Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a way of losing weight?

A.To eat less fats and sugars.	B.To have surgery.
C.To take much exercise.	D.To work hard.

37.Many Americans are trying to lose weight because ______.

A. they want to look attractive	B.they only want to look young
C. they are misled by doctors	D.they are laughed at by others

38.What do the figures given in the third paragraph tell us ?

A.Americans are dependent on cars.	B.Cars consume a lot of energy.
C.Americans need to lose weight.	D.Excess of fat can be a source of energy.

39.What is implied in the last paragraph?

A.Diet books are not always helpful.	B.Diet books are usually helpful.
C.There are lots of ways of losing weight.	D.Bookstores are keeping their promises.

40.What can be concluded from the passage?

A.People think too much of their appearance.	B.There is not a sure way of losing weight as yet.
C.Surgery is the fastest way of losing weight.	D.Going on diet is a safe way of losing weight.

Passage Two

Instead of being playthings, early kites were used for military purposes. Historical records say they were large in size; some were powerful enough to carry men up in the air to observe enemy movements, and others were used to scatter some information over hostile forces.

During the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907) , people began to fix on kites some bamboo (竹子) strips which, when high in the air, would ring in the wind like a zheng (a traditional Chinese musical instrument) . Since then, the popular Chinese name for the kite has become fengzheng. The kites made today in some places are fixed with silk strings or rubber bands to give out pleasant ringing in the wind.

It was also believed, for instance, during the Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911) , that flying a kite and then letting it go , apart from the pleasure in itself, might send off one’s bad luck and illness. Consequently it would bring him bad luch if one should pick up a kite lost by other people, This may be regarded as superstition (迷信) but may not be altogether without reason: think of the good it will do to a person, ill and depressed all the time, if he or she could go out into the fields and fresh air to fly a kite.

Chinese kites fall into two major types: those with wings that can be taken apart and those with wings that are fixed. The former can be taken apart and packed in boxcs. Easy to carry about, they make good presents. The second type refers to those with fixed structure; they fly better and higher, given a steady wind, Classified by designs and other standards, there are no less than 300 varieties, including human figures, fish , insects, birds, animals and written Chinese characters. In size, they range from 304 meters to only 30 centimeters across.

41. What is the use of silk strings or rubber bands fixed to the kites?

A. To make the kites look more pleasant.	B. To make the kites have strong structures.
C. To make the kites produce pleasant sounds.	D. To make the kites fly faster in the wind.

42. Which of the following is true?

A. Flying kites can bring people more fun than any other activity. B. Flying kites can cure many diseases. C. Flying kites lost by other people will definitely bring people bad luck. D. Flying kites in the fresh air can be good to people’s health.

43. Which of the following is NOT believed to be the function of kites?

A. Bringing people much fun.	B. Helping people to enjoy wonderful music.
C. Helping people to get rid of bad luck.	D. Helping armies to observe enemies.

44. In the past, a person might fly a kite and then let it go because he ______.

A. wanted it to fly higher	B. wanted it to give pleasure to other people
C. wanted to get rid of bad luck	D. wanted to let his enemies get it

45. What kind of kites can fly better and higher?

A. The kites whose wings can be taken apart. B. The kites whose wings can not be taken apart. C. The kites with large wings that can fly like birds. D. The kites that have large sizes and peculiar structures.

Passage three

One of Britain’s few distinctive contributions to world culture may come to an end, according to a survey that suggests holiday postcards are more and more given up because of emails and instant messages in mobile phones.

More than half of the 1000 holiday- makers interviewed said they had decided to send fewer cards, turning instead to their electronic rivals. A quarter of the respondents (受调查者) regard postcards as old-fashioned and slow to arrive, A further 14% admitted that thinking of something to fill the space was too challenging, compared with a call home.

Although officially invented by a Hungarian, Emanuel Herrmann, in 1869, the  idea of illustrated cards was taken up with most enthusiasm in Victorian Britain, joining Gothic architecture and landscape gardening as fields for which the country was famous.

“If the British postcard did disappear, we would lose for ever something of great importance to the nation, ” said Chris Mottershead of Thomson Holidays, which did the survey. He was backed by Marie Angelou of Sussex University , who has investigated the importance of sending and receiving postcards. “Postcards are nothing like phone calls, instant messages and direct photo shots via the mobile, ” she said. “All these are useful, practical devices, but postcards offer something else, something additional that is not simply functional,but imaginative and personal. They can create the real atmosphere of your holiday in a way that nothing else can do. They are also for more than a moment——with some people adding them to collections built up over years and years.”

46. Who first got the idea of illustrated cards?

A. Emanuel Herrmann.	B. Victorian Britain.
C. Chris Mottershead.	D. Marie Angelou.

47. The  word challenging (in paragraph 2 ) probably means ______.

A. interesting	B. expensive
C. difficult	D. dishonest

48. The reason why some people refuse to give up postcards is that ______.

A. it is not convenient for people to use emails now B. it is not convenient for people to use instant messages

C. sending postcards can be more fashionable D. sending postcards can create a holiday atmosphere

49. We can learn from the last paragraph that ______.

A. it is necessary for people to use phone calls, instant messages and direct photo shots via the mobile B. unlike phone calls, instant messages and direct photo shots via the mobile, postcards are not functional

C. it is necessary for people to use postcards in spite of the convenience provided by other devices D. postcards are completely the same as phone calls , instant messages and others

50. We can infer from the passage that ______.

A. postcards will disappear in a few years because of other devices of communication B. people’s happiness in sending and receiving postcards can only last a moment

C. postcard collecting might be one of the reasons why some people still like the postcards D. without postcards, people will have less communication with others