1、专升本英语-27 及答案解析(总分：150.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、B Phonetics/B(总题数：5，分数：5.00)A.thousandB.youngC.howeverD.townA.carriedB.borrowedC.askedD.threadA.neitherB.thoughtC.thickD.throughA.messageB.fountainC.orangeD.classmateA.askB.halfC.auntD.towards二、B Vocabulary an(总题数：15，分数：15.00)6.When he was in his _ , he began to
2、 study English.（分数：1.00）A.fortyB.fortysC.fortiesD.fortys years old7.To travel from England to Scotland you _ a passport.（分数：1.00）A.mustnt haveB.havent gotC.dont needD.neednt8.We must _ early in the morning so as to catch the first train.（分数：1.00）A.set upB.set outC.set aboutD.set aside9.It is difficu
3、lt to distinguish one twin _ the other.（分数：1.00）A.toB.byC.forD.from10.In no way _ from practice.（分数：1.00）A.theory can be separatedB.theory is separatedC.can theory be separatedD.has theory been separated11.Though I havent seen him for years, I can _ his voice on the telephone.（分数：1.00）A.realizeB.dis
4、coverC.acceptD.recognize12.Anyone can get into the club, _ he is a member there.（分数：1.00）A.even ifB.unlessC.as thatD.so long as13.It is essential that all these figures _ twice.（分数：1.00）A.must be checkedB.be checkedC.is checkedD.will be checked14.I think he studies very hard, _?（分数：1.00）A.does heB.d
5、oesnt heC.dont ID.do I15.My parents always buy _ my birthday.（分数：1.00）A.anything nice toB.anything nice forC.something nice toD.something nice for16.He is _ a horse.（分数：1.00）A.stronger asB.as stronger thanC.the strong asD.stronger than17.I shall make the announcement _ the beginning of the meeting.（
6、分数：1.00）A.toB.forC.atD.in18.It is a question _ the book will be published this month or next month.（分数：1.00）A.ifB.whetherC.thatD.which19.The bread and butter _ served for breakfast.（分数：1.00）A.areB.isC.haveD.had been20.In _ century, computers will be used more widely.（分数：1.00）A.twenty-oneB.the twenty
7、-oneC.twenty-fastD.the twenty-first三、B Cloze/B(总题数：1，分数：30.00)BDirections: For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet./BOne of the political
8、 issues we hear a lot about lately is campaign finance reform. The people who are calling forU (21) /Uusually want the government to pay for campaigns and/or limit the amount of money that candidates and their supporters can spend.One reason that reform isU (22) /Ufor is that it costs so much to run
9、 for political office. Candidates have to spend a great deal of time and effortU (23) /Umoney. The incumbents (those already in office) haveU (24) /Utime to do their jobs since they must attend so many fund raising events.AnotherU (25) /Uis the fear that candidates will be owned or controlled by the
10、 “special interest groups“ that contribute to their campaigns. Sometimes this certainly seems to be theU (26) /U.On theU (27) /Uside are those who caution that just because you call something “reform,“ doesnt mean its reallyU (28) /U. TheyU (29) /Uthat our fight to freedom of speech is meaningless i
11、f the government can limit anyones ability to get his or her message out to the people.If one person or a group of people want to tell theU (30) /Uwhat they think about an issue or candidate, they have toU (31) /Uadvertising on TV, radio, and in newspapers and magazines. They might want to display b
12、illboards along highways and banners on heavily trafficked Web sites. All thisU (32) /Ua lot of money.Opponents of laws that regulate or limit spending say that you dont really have freedom of speech or freedom of the press if you cant get your message out. They say that in a democracy, the governme
13、nt should never be able to regulate political discussion or the means to distribute ideas. They believe that this is most important when the voters are about to makeU (33) /U.What do you think about this issue? Listen to what theU (34) /Ufor national office have to say. Which candidates make the mos
14、tU (35) /Uto you?（分数：30.00）A.moneyB.reformC.issueD.candidateA.neededB.calledC.organizedD.groupedA.collectB.pileC.raisingD.increaseA.lessB.moreC.fewerD.lessenA.eventB.costC.reasonD.officeA.jokeB.moneyC.caseD.simpleA.otherB.sameC.averageD.outA.badB.betterC.costlyD.happyA.argueB.doubtC.refuseD.timeA.re
15、portersB.wallC.storyD.publicA.makeB.buyC.publishD.limitA.makesB.hasC.costsD.losesA.moneyB.troubleC.issuesD.decisionsA.recordsB.speakersC.soundsD.candidatesA.senseB.dirtC.moneyD.music四、B Reading Compr(总题数：5，分数：60.00)BDirections: There are five reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed b
16、y four questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet./BBPassage One/BUncle Sam is a tall, thin man. Hes an older man with white hair and a white beard. He often wears a tall hat, a b
17、ow tie, and the stars and stripes of the American flag.Who is this strange-looking man? Would you believe that Uncle Sam is the U.S. government? But why do you call the U.S. government Uncle Sam?During the War of 1812, the U.S. government hired meat packers to provide meat to the army. One of these
18、meat packers was a man named Samuel Wilson, Samuel was a friendly and fair man. Everyone liked him and called him Uncle Sam.Sam Wilson stamped the boxes of meat for the army with a large U,S. for United States. Some government inspectors came to look over Sams company.They asked a worker what the U.
19、S. on the boxes stood for. As a joke, the worker answered that these letter stood for the name of his boss, Uncle Sam.The joke spread, and soldiers began saying that their food came from Uncle Sam. Before long, people called all things that came from the government “Uncle Sam“. “Uncle Sam“ became a
20、nickname for the U.S. government.Soon there were drawings and cartoons of Uncle Sam in newspapers. In these early pictures, Uncle Sam was a young man. He wore stars and stripes, but his hair was dark and he had no beard. The beard was added when Abraham Lincoln was President. President Lincoln had a
21、 beard.The most famous picture of Uncle Sam is on a poster from World War I. The government needed men to fight in the war. In the poster, a very serious Uncle Sam points his finger and says “I want YOU for the U.S. Army.“（分数：12.00）(1).Uncle Sam often wears a tall hat, _ , and the stars and stripes
22、of the American flag.（分数：3.00）A.dark hairB.a bow tieC.a boxD.a shirt(2).Government inspectors came to _ Sams meat-packing company.（分数：3.00）A.askB.stand forC.look overD.see(3).In the drawing and cartoons of Uncle Sam _ .（分数：3.00）A.he wore the stars and stripesB.he never had a beardC.he had no hairD.h
23、e wore a bow tie(4).Sam Wilson stamped the boxes of meat for the army with a large U.S. for _ .（分数：3.00）A.Uncle SamB.United StatesC.SoldiersD.AmericaBPassage Two/BA hundred years ago, the game we now call football did not exist. American football started during a game between two colleges. The teams
24、 had got together to play what they called “football“, but each team played by different rules. One team played what we now call soccer. The other played what we now call rugby (橄榄球) .Both games had been invented a thousand years before. In the first kind of football game ever played, all the men fr
25、om one village tried to kick a ball into another village. The men of the second village tried to kick the ball into the first. Hundreds of people joined in, running everywhere, running crops and knocking down fences. In time, people agreed on some rules to keep order, but many rules were left open t
26、o change. Different rules developed in different places.When the two colleges met to play football, each followed its own rules. They mixed the games together and invented a new game. A hundred years later we call that game American football.In what ways do you suppose the game we know now will have
27、 changed in another hundred years?（分数：12.00）(1).When the two colleges first met to play “football“, the players followed _ .（分数：3.00）A.the rules of soccerB.the rules of rugbyC.different rulesD.college rules(2).“Both games“ at the beginning of the second paragraph refers to _ .（分数：3.00）A.soccer and r
28、ugbyB.American football and British footballC.two village ball gamesD.two new football games(3).What message can we get from the last paragraph ?（分数：3.00）A.American football might develop in different places.B.American football is supposed to be changeable.C.American football will have its own rules
29、.D.American football might see changes in the years to come.(4).What does the passage mainly discuss ?（分数：3.00）A.The changes of soccer.B.The rules of rugby.C.Different village players.D.The birth of American football.BPassage Three/BLike the body, the memory improves with use. Unlike the body, the m
30、emory can improve with age.For many years, doctors have been studying the way the brain works. We all know that the brain has two sides, the left and the fight. The right side controls the senses (seeing, hearing, feeling, tasting and smelling), and is the creative and imaginative side. The left sid
31、e of the brain controls our logical thinking. It processes the information which comes in, and puts it into order. We call the left side the “educated“ side of the brain and generally, in western societies, people have developed this side of the brain more than the right side.Scientists believe that
32、 our brain will work much more efficiently if both the right side and the left side are developed equally. In many schools today, teachers try to educate the children in such a way that both sides of the brain are used. This can be done with logical subjects including mathematics and science as well
33、 as with creative subjects such as art and literature. The result achieved by students who are educated in this way is usually better than the result of students who are educated in a more traditional way. Traditional teaching tends to exercise the left side of the brain without paying very much att
34、ention to the development of the right side.Great thinkers such as Bertand Russell the philosopher, and Albert Einstein, the scientist, only in their work, but also in creative and imaginative activities. It was because of their many different interests in life that they were able to achieve the ful
35、l development of both sides of their brain.As long as Einstein and Russell lived, their brains functioned efficiently. It was their bodies, finally, which could not go on any longer.（分数：12.00）(1).The left side of the brain controls _ .（分数：3.00）A.the sensesB.the fight sideC.logical thinkingD.the acti
36、on(2).The right side of the brian _ .（分数：3.00）A.processes and puts into order the information which comes in _ .B.is usually better developed than the left side in western societyC.is usually not as well developed as the left side in westernD.is usually developed as well as the left side in western
37、society(3).The brain works much more efficiently when _ .（分数：3.00）A.both sides of the brain are used equallyB.the left side is fully developedC.scientists work on itD.the fight side is fully developed(4).Einstein and Russell died when _ .（分数：3.00）A.their brains could not function efficiently any mor
38、eB.the full development of both sides of their brain was achievedC.their bodies stopped workingD.they were very oldBPassage Four/BThere is one thing that everyone wants more than anything else. Some people try to get it by making money. They think that when they have enough money to buy such things
39、as houses, farms, and cars, they will have the one thing that everyone wants.Other people believe that if they know enough they will find this thing. They study all their lives in search of it. Still others think that if they have power, they will find this thing. They keep telling themselves: when
40、I am a boss, I will no longer have to search for this thing.What is it that everyone wants more than anything else? What is it that all of us keep working and striving for each day? It is happiness.Happiness is a strange thing. It does not mean the same to all men. What will make one man happy may n
41、ot make another man happy. Some men say that happiness comes from helping others; other men say that happiness comes from making life more pleasant for everyone. What do you mean when you say “That makes me happy“?Read what different people have said about happiness. Perhaps you will learn something
42、 that will bring you peace of mind, comfort, money or it may bring you what you search for happiness.（分数：12.00）(1).“Some people try to get it by making money.“ The underlined “it, means _ .（分数：3.00）A.happinessB.the preceding sentenceC.moneyD.such things as house, farms and cars(2).Other people belie
43、ve that if they know enough they will find this thing. This sentence means _ .（分数：3.00）A.other people think if they know a lot they will be able to get enough money and that will make them happyB.Other people think it tree that enough knowledge will bring them enough moneyC.Other people hold the opi
44、nion that the more they know the happier they will becomeD.Other people hold the opinion that if they become knowledgeable enough they will feel happy(3).When I am a boss, I will no longer have to search for this thing. This sentence means _ .（分数：3.00）A.when I have power, I will have happinessB.bein
45、g a boss is more important than feeling happyC.when I become a boss, I will never search for happinessD.boss and this thing mean the same to boss and I(4).What will make one man happy may not make another man happy. This sentence means _ .（分数：3.00）A.when one man feels happy, another man will feel sa
46、dB.what will make one man happy may make another man happy alsoC.different people hold different opinions about happinessD.both A and BBPassage Five/BCalifornian Michael Schwabe said goodbye to the gas pump two years ago. He leased an electric car. Schwabe says he gets more out of driving an electri
47、c car than just a charge.“With the price of gasoline and with the problems with clean air, its important we get electric vehicles out on the road.“On California roads there are about two thousand electric cars. By 2003, ten percent of all new cars may be required to have zero emissions. This is a ma
48、ndate automakers say it is way ahead of its time.Gloria Bergquist of the Alliance of Auto Manufacturers says, “The technology (for zero emissions) isnt here yet; it still needs advancement in driving range to make it more appealing to a wider consumer audience“.Automakers blame it on the batteries. Power runs out on most cars aRer about 70 miles. However, some cars can now go more than 100 miles on a charge. Batteries are expensive. Carmakers say there is nothing they can do about it.Tim Carmichael of the Clean Air Coali
