2015黑龙江专升本英语真题及答案解析
Ⅰ.Choose the best item to complete each of the following sentences.
1、 ______ my senior middle school teacher, my college English teacher were patient and kind.
A．Dislike B．Unlike C．Alike D．Likely
2、 Sandy's father could not stand the offensive music so he asked her to turn it ______.
A．out B．up C．off D．on
3、 The girl found it difficult to ______ to the new customs when she first came to Shanghai.
A．adopt B．cater C．appeal D．adapt
4、 It is said that women today have enjoyed higher social ______.
A．status B．stature C．statue D．statute
5、 Though he worked very hard, it took him a long time to ______ the skill he needed to become a professional artist.
A．require B．inquire C．enquire D．acquire
6、 ______ exposure to sunlight is harmful to the skin.
A．Suitable B．Constant C．Continuing D．Continuous
7、 The university ______ 16 schools with a total number of over 25,000 students.
A．make up of B．composes C．comprises D．comprises of
8、 Realizing that his retirement was ______, he looked for some additional income would provide for his children.
A．in hand B．by hand C．at hand D．off hand
9、 They decided to carry out the plan ______ so much opposition.
A．in spite B．despite C．although D．regardless
10、 Thanks to the great efforts made by the police, crime has been on the ______ in the past few years.
A．decline B．incline C．descend D．ascend
11、 It is very important to ______ your speech to the subject.
A．confine B．conform C．confirm D．ascend
12、 She has done her job quite well, ______ her age and inexperience.
A．considering B．giving C．thinking about D．regarding
13、 You can take ______ seat you like.
A．which B．whichever C．what D．whatever
14、 ______ I hadn't said those silly words! I was too young then to distinguish right from wrong.
A．If B．Only if C．Only D．If only
15、 The doctor recommended that he ______ a few more days in the hospital.
A．stays B．to stay C．stay D．would stay
16、 The more highly insightful the person, ______ the signals become.
A．sharper B．the sharper C．sharpest D．the sharpest
17、 When ______ on the street, he met an old friend.
A．walking B．walk C．walked D．walks
18、 ______ you need any help, don't hesitate to phone me at the office.
A．Should B．Would C．Could D．Might
19、 The boy broke the window, ______ he was criticized by the teacher.
A．which B．why C．that D．for which
20、 As water is to fish, ______ air is to human beings.
A．as B．what C．so D．which
Ⅱ.Cloze. Decide which of the choices below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks.
I didn't marry for all the "right reasons". Love had 21 to do with marriage. And, for my husband's part, well, I suspect love was on his mind either. He married me because I made him feel young. He was such an ordinary man going 22 his very ordinary midlife crisis. He was divorced, looking for younger women and a career change. That didn't 23 me, though. He was still fairly charming, pretty handsome and 24 rich. I married for money, and I don't have any 25 about it. My friends don't 26 my decision, but I can also tell that they wish, at least a little bit, for some of the same things that I now enjoy. They always prefer to 27 a lot of time by my swimming pool than at their common little homes and another thing, they are always 28 about their beloved. "He's always watching how much I spend." "It's become more like a business relationship 29 a marriage."
My husband, however, doesn't 30 how much I spend and our marriage never became a business because it already was one. You could say, we have a mutual understanding. We are very realistic about the whole thing. It is painful for my friends when they realize that love is just an illusion. Marriage for love never existed for me. And, he'll never divorce me. He'd lose too much money.
21、 A．nothing B．everything C．something D．one thing
22、 A．around B．through C．in D．for
23、 A．care B．bother C．mind D．burden
24、 A．after all B．all in all C．above all D．over all
25、 A．wonder B．doubt C．consideration D．expectation
26、 A．regret B．resolve C．applaud D．reject
27、 A．keep B．fill C．cost D．spend
28、 A．caring B．envying C．complaining D．thinking
29、 A．instead B．as C．then D．than
30、 A．advise B．care C．charge D．warm
Ⅲ.Reading Comprehension
A good modem newspaper is an extraordinary piece of reading. It is remarkable first for what it contains: the range of news from local crime to international politics, from sports to business to fashion to science, and the range of comment and special features as well, from editorial page to feature articles and interviews to criticism of books, art, theatre, and music. A newspaper is even more remarkable for the way one reads it: never completely, never straight through, but always by jumping from here to there, in and out, glancing at one piece, reading another article all the way through, reading just a few paragraphs of the next.
A good modem newspaper offers a variety to attract many different readers, but far more than any one reader is interested in. What brings this variety together in one place is its topicality (时事性), its immediate relation to what is happening in your world and your locality now. But immediacy and the speed of production that goes with it mean also that much of what appears in a newspaper has no more than transient (短暂的) value.
For all these reasons no two people really read the same paper: what each person does is to put together, out of the pages of that day's paper, his own selection and sequence, his own newspaper. For all these reasons reading newspapers efficiently, which means getting what you want from them without missing things you need but without wasting time, demands skill and get self-awareness as you modify and apply the techniques of reading.
31、 A modem newspaper is remarkable for all the following EXCEPT its ______.
A．wide coverage B．uniform style
C．speed in reporting news D．popularity
32、 According to the passage, the reason why no two people really read the same newspaper is that ______.
A．people scan for the news they are interested in
B．different people prefer different newspapers
C．people are rarely interested in the same kind of news
D．people have different views about what a good newspaper is
33、 It can be concluded from the passage that newspaper readers ______.
A．apply reading techniques skillfully
B．jump from one newspaper to another
C．appreciate the variety of a newspaper
D．usually read a newspaper selectively
34、 A good newspaper offers "a variety" to readers because ______.
A．it tries to serve different readers
B．it has to cover things that happen in a certain locality
C．readers are difficult to please
D．readers like to read different newspapers
35、 The best title for this passage would be "______".
A．The Importance of Newspaper Topicality
B．The Characteristics of a Good Newspaper
C．The Variety of a Good Newspaper
D．Some Suggestions on How to Read a Newspaper
Faces, like fingerprints, are unique. Did you ever wonder how it is possible for us to recognize people? Even a skilled writer probably could not describe all the features that make one face different from another. Yet a very young child or even an animal such as a pigeon, can learn to recognize faces. We all take this ability for granted.
We also tell people apart by how they behave. When we talk about someone's personality, we mean the ways in which he or she acts, speaks, thinks and feels that make him or her different from others.
Like the human face, human personality is very complex. But describing someone's personality in words is somewhat easier than describing his face. If you were asked to describe what a "nice face" looked like, you probably would have a difficult time doing so. But if you were asked to describe a "nice person", you might begin to think about someone who was kind, considerate, friendly, warm, and so forth.
There are many words to describe how a person thinks, feels and acts. Gordon, an American psychologist, found nearly 18,000 English words characterizing differences in people's behavior. And many of us use this information as a basis for describing his personality. Bookworms, conservatives (保守派), military (军人或军事的) types—people are described with such terms.
People have always tried to "type" each other. Actors in early Greek drama wore masks to show the audience whether they played the villains or the hero's role. In fact, the words "person" and "personality" come from the Latin persona meaning "mask". Today, most television and movie actors do not wear masks. But we can easily tell the "good guys" from the "bad guys" because the two types differ in appearance as well as in actions.
36、 By using the example of fingerprints, the author tells us that ______.
A．people can learn to recognize faces
B．people have different personalities
C．people have difficulty in describing the features of fingerprints
D．people differ from each other in facial features
37、 According to this passage, some animals have the gift of ______.
A．telling people apart by how they behave
B．typing each other
C．telling good people from bad people
D．recognizing human faces
38、 Who most probably knows best how to describe people's personality?______
A．The ancient Greek audience. B．The movie actor.
C．Psychologists. D．The modern TV audience.
39、 According to the passage, it is possible for us to tell one type of person from another because ______.
A．people differ in their behavioral and physical characteristics
B．human fingerprints provide unique information
C．people's behavior can be easily described in words
D．human faces have complex features
40、 Which of the following is the major point of the passage?______
A．Why it is necessary to identify people.
B．Why it is possible to describe people.
C．How to get to know people.
D．How to recognize people best.
Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but also explain that there's a big difference between "being a writer" and "writing". In most cases individuals are dreaming of wealth and fame, not the long hours alone at a typewriter. "You've got to want to write," I say to them, "not want to be a writer."
The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose longing is never rewarded. When I left a 20-year career in the US Coast Guard to become a freelance writer, I had no prospects at all. What I did have was a friend who found me a room in a New York apartment building. It didn't even matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought used manual typewriter and felt like a genuine writer.
After a year or so, however, I still hadn't got a break and began to doubt myself. It was so hard to sell a story that barely made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to write. I had dreamed about it for years. I wasn't going to be one of those people who die wondering. What if?. I would keep putting my dream to the test-even though it meant living with uncertainly and fear of failure. This is the shadow land of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there.
41、 The passage is meant to ______.
A．warn young people of the hardships that a successful writer has to experience
B．advise young people to give up their idea of becoming a professional writer
C．show young people it's unrealistic for a writer to pursue wealth and fame
D．encourage young people to pursue a writing career
42、 What can be concluded from the passage?______
A．Real writers often find their work interesting and rewarding.
B．Writers' success depends on luck rather than on effort.
C．Famous writers usually live in poverty and isolation (隔离).
D．The chances for a writer to become successful are small.
43、 Why did the author begin to doubt himself after the first year of his writing career?______
A．He wasn't able to produce a single look.
B．He hadn't seen a change for the better.
C．He wasn't able to have a rest for a whole year.
D．He found his dream would never come true.
44、 "... people who die wondering, What if?." (Line 3, Para. 3) refers to "those ______".
A．who think too much of the dark side of life
B．who regret giving up their career halfway
C．who think a lot without making a decision
D．who are full of imagination even upon death
45、 "Shadow land" in the last paragraph refers to ______.
A．the wonderland one often dreams about
B．the bright future that one is looking forward to
C．the state of uncertainty before one's final goal is reached
D．a world that exists only in one's imagination
Ⅳ.Fill in the blanks with the words given below, changing the form if necessary. Fill in each blank with one word only.
46、 If the bike ______ to you that much, why not buy it? You just got paid yesterday.
47、 My sister has been really ______ since she lost her job.
48、 A spokesman said the government was ______ of wining the vote and would not discuss the possibility of defeat.
49、 He is very capable and can ______ every task you assign him.
50、 After ______ how to do it, the chemical expert told his graduates to begin the experiment.
51、 The rain was heavy, and ______ the land was flooded.
52、 Don't ______ at others in any situation no matter how angry you are.
53、 Children should be encouraged to reach a(n) ______ between what they want and what others want.
54、 A major disaster was prevented by the ______ action of the firemen.
55、She is really good at ______ our teacher's southern accent.
Ⅴ.Translation
56、周教授一生都致力于语言教学事业。(be committed to)
57、在报名参加这门课程前，你最好对它有所了解。(sigh up to)
58、他对那些无辜的受害者充满了同情。(fill with)
59、当地政府负责运动会的安全。(take charge of)
60、我这么多年来如此努力，我觉得自己应该有的好的前途。(be entitled to)
Ⅵ.Writing
61、Directions: Write a paragraph of no less than 60 words on the following topic. You can follow the detailed outline given here.
General statement：盖更多高层建筑物
Problem：(1)城市人口暴涨(2)住房问题
Solutions：(1)拆掉只能住一家人的房屋(2)盖高层住宅(3)充分利用空中空间
Evaluation：有利于解决住房问题
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