2006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.By the end of this month, all this ______.

A.is changed

B.had changed

C.will have changed

D.has changed

2.Such questions are often _____ through negotiations.

A.settles

B.settle

C.settled

D.settling

3.Since you are a college student now, you should ______ yourself more than you used to.

A.rely on

B.work on

C.run out

D.carry out

4.He stopped ______ last week and feels much better now.

A.smoking

B.smoked

C.smokes

D.smoke

5.We ______ so smoothly that the passenger could hardly feel it.

A.got rid of

B.tore off

C.called off

D.took off

6.You wouldn’t have seen her if it ______ not been for him .

A.has

B.had

C.have

D.is having

7.She insists that he ______ his vacation now.

A.takes

B.took

C.take

D.taking

8.The teachers don’t make us wear a school uniform and we can wear ______ we like.

A.any

B.that

C.as

D.what

9.I don’t know the man ______ you are talking about.

A.who’s

B.whose

C.whom

D.who

10.Metals expand ______ heated and contract when cooled.

A.where

B.when

C.that

D.which

11.Even though she herself has never had such an experience, it’s ______ she can recognize from what has happened to her good friend.

A.that

B.one

C.such

D.all

12.Only after the storm was over ______.

A.could we start off

B.we could start off

C.had we started off

D.we had started off

13.That was one example of having responsibility ______ I’m on my own and of making my own decisions.

A.since that

B.as that

C.now that

D.because of

14.The new government building is ______ in the center of the city.

A.located

B.stationed

C.set

D.found

15.Doctors are developing a new ______ for treating that disease.

A.operation

B.mean

C.technique

D.cure

16.Religinon has a great ______ on man’s thought.

A.effects

B.affect

C.affection

D.influence

17.In that country, hospital doctors don’t go sightseeing very often because their work ______ almost all their time.

A.takes down

B.takes up

C.takes apart

D.takes over

18.How do his students feel at first about the fact ______ he is blind?

A.that

B.why

C.how

D.whether

19.Radio is an important means of ______.

A.conversation

B.communication

C.speech

D.language

20.I am afraid I should ______ you of your promise.

A.remind

B.remember

C.release

D.record

21.Primary products are the raw materials ______ which manufactured goods are made.

A.by

B.of

C.from

D.in

22.The report found that ______ 11-year-old boys and girls liked ice-cream.

A.two-third of

B.two-third

C.two-thirds of

D.two-thirds

23.Do what you think is right, ______they say.

A.whatever

B.however

C.whenever

D.wherever

24.It is reported that the earthquake caused a serious ______to the bridge.

A.damage

B.ruin

C.harm

D.injury

25.You cannot see the doctor ______you have made an appointment with him.

A.except

B.even

C.however

D.unless

26.The harder you work, the ______progress you will make.

A.less

B.fewer

C.greater

D.much

27.Do you think there’s anything ______ of in having no money?

A.ashamed

B.ashaming

C.being ashamed

D.to be ashamed

28.The taxi driver was accused ______overcharging customers.

A.for

B.with

C.on

D.of

29.How to dispose ______ the nuclear waste is a pressing problem for scientists and politicians alike.

A.out

B.of

C.on

D.after

30.I won’t have my son associating himself ______ criminals.

A.for

B.to

C.with

D.after

31.They can’t rule ______the possibility that he was dead.

A.out

B.of

C.off

D.from

32. ______is that I can’t understand what she is talking about.

A.What I find difficult	B.What I find it difficult
C.How difficult I find	D.How difficult I find it

33.He was afraid the others might think he was showing ______or being superior.

A.in

B.up

C.out

D.off

34.By referring______his notes, the speaker was able to give the exact details required.

A.to

B.for

C.as

D.in

35.He mainly uses the word strange to talk about the ways ______people dress and wear their hair.

A.in which

B.by which

C.in that

D.by that

Part II   Reading Comprehension(40%)

Passage One

Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman. A man goes shopping because he needs something. His purpose is settled and decided in advance. He knows what he wants, and his objective is to find it and buy it; the price is a secondary consideration. All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want. If the shop has it in stock, the salesman promptly produces it, and the business of trying it on proceeds at once. All being well, the deal can be and often is completed in less than five minutes, with hardly any chat and to everyone’s satisfaction.

For a man, slight problems may begin when the shop does not have what he wants, or does not have exactly what he wants. In that case the salesman, as the name implies, tries to sell the customer something else-he offers the nearest he can to the article required. No good salesman brings out such a substitute bluntly; he does so with skill and polish:“I know this jacket is not the style you want, sir , but would you like to try it for size. It happens to be the color you mentioned.”Few men have patience with this treatment, and the usual response is:“This is the right color and may be the right size, but I should be wasting my time and yours by trying it on.”

Now how does a woman go about buying clothes? In almost every respect she does so in the opposite way. Her shopping is not often based on need. She has never fully made up her mind what she wants, and she is only“having a look round”. She is always open to persuasion; indeed she sets great store by what the saleswoman tells her, even by what companions tell her. She will try on any number of things. Uppermost in her mind is the thought of finding something that everyone thinks suits her. Contrary to a lot of jokes, most women have an excellent sense of value when they buy clothes. They are always on the lookout for the unexpected bargain. Faced with a roomful of dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour going from one rail to another, to and fro, often retracing her steps, before selecting the dresses she wants to try on. It is a laborious process, but apparently an enjoyable one. Most dress shops provide chairs for the waiting husbands.

36.According to the passage, when a man is buying clothes, ______.

A.he buys cheap things, regardless of quality

B.he chooses things that others recommend

C.he does not mind how much he has to pay for the right things

D.he buys good quality things, so long as they are not too dear

37.What do men care about the fit of new clothes?

A.They like their clothes to be bigger than the average size.

B.Most men just assume that the size is right for them.

C.They make sure a thing fits before they buy it.

D.They do not worry whether a thing fits well or not.

38.What does a man do when he cannot get exactly what he wants?

A.He buys a similar thing of the color he wants.

B.He usually does not buy anything.

C.At least two of his requirements must be met before he buys.

D.So long as the style is right, he buys the thing.

39.What does the passage tell us about women shoppers for clothes?

A.They welcome suggestions from anyone.

B.Women rarely consider buying cheap clothes.

C.Women often buy things without giving the matter proper thought.

D.They listen to advice but seldom take it.

40.What is the most obvious difference between men and women shoppers?

A.Men do not try clothes on in a shop.	B.Women bargain for their clothes, but men do not.
C.Women care more about the quality than men.	D.The time they take over buying clothes.

Passage Two

As a medium of exchange, money permits the separation of exchange into the two distinct acts of buying and selling, without requiring the seller to purchase goods from the person who buys his products, or vice versa. Hence producers who know they will be paid in money, can concentrate on finding the most suitable outlet for their goods, while buyers who will pay in money, can concentrate on finding cheapest market for the things they wish to purchase. Specialization, which is vital to an advanced economy, is encouraged, because people whose output is not a complete product but only a part of one in which many others are involved can be paid an amount equivalent to their share of the product.

Another advantage of money is that it is a measure of value-that is, it serves as a unit in terms of which the relative values of different products can be expressed. In a barter economy it would be necessary to determine how many plates were worth one hundred weight of cotton, or how many pens should be exchanged for a ton of coal, which would be a difficult and time-consuming task. The process of establishing relative values would have to be undertaken for every act of exchange, according to what products were being offered against one another, and according to the two parties’ desires and preferences.  If I am trying to barter fish bananas, for example, a lot would depend on whether the person willing to barter fish for bananas, for example, a lot would depend on whether the person willing to exchange bananas is or not keen on fish.

Thirdly, money acts as a store of wealth. It is difficult to imagine saving under a barter system. No one engaged on only one stage in the manufacture of a person could save part of his output, since he would be producing nothing complete. Even when a person actually produced a complete product the difficulties would be overwhelming. Most products deteriorate fairly rapidly, either physically or in value, as a result of long storage; even if storage were possible, the practice of storing products for years on would involve obvious disadvantages-imagine a coal-miner attempting to save enough coal, which of course is his product, to keep him for life. If wealth could not be saved, or only with great difficulty, future needs could not be provided for, or capital accumulated to raise productivity.

41. Using money as a medium of exchange means that______.

A. you have to sell something in order to buy something

B. you have to buy something in order to sell something

C. you don’t have to buy something in order to sell something

D. the seller and the purchaser are the same person

42. Specialization is encouraged because people______.

A. can use their money to buy whatever they want B. do not need to make a complete product for exchange C. can share their products with many others D. cannot use their money to buy whatever they want

43. A barter economy is one in which______.

A. value is decided by weight	B. value is decided by number
C. money is used goods are not exchanged	D. goods are exchanged and money is not used

44. If one had to save products instead of money, ______.

A. this would need years of practice	B. he could only save part of his products
C. they could not be stored for years on end	D. many products would lose their value

45. How many advantages of money are mentioned in this passage?

A. Two

B. Three

C. Four

D. Five