河南省专升本英语-24
(总分150, 做题时间90分钟)
Part Ⅰ Vocabulary and Structure
Directions: There are 40 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence, and then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
1. 
Many countries are increasing their use of natural gas, wind and other forms of ______.
A energy
B source
C power
D material
2. 
We all know that ______ speak louder than words.
A movements
B performances
C operations
D actions
3. 
Peter has planned to ______ some money every month so that he can buy a used ear next year.
A set aside
B set up
C set in
D set along
4. 
George could not ______ his foolish mistake.
A account in
B count on
C count for
D account for
5. 
We came into this field late, so we must work hard to ______ the lost time.
A make up for
B make out
C keep up with
D put up with
6. 
The new law will come into ______ on the day it is passed.
A effect
B use
C service
D existence
7. 
Although I spoke to him many times, he never took any ______ of what I said.
A attention
B notice
C warning
D observation
8. 
Lynd and hundreds of young people like him ______ the post of a typist.
A approached
B applied for
C appealed to
D approved of
9. 
The soldier was ______ with neglecting his duty.
A charged
B conducted
C changed
D committed
10. 
I will never forget ______ you for the first time.
A to meet
B to have meet
C meeting
D having to be meeting
11. 
Before the first non-stop flight made in 1949, it ______ necessary for all planes to land for refueling.
A would be
B has been
C had been
D would have been
12. 
Every four years, athletes from all over the world compete in the Olympics. Each country sends teams of its best athletes to ______ the games.
A enter in
B go into
C take part
D participate in
13. 
The fireman managed to ______ the fire in time.
A extinguish
B prevent
C stop
D ruin
14. 
They were enjoying themselves. ______, they appeared to be enjoying themselves.
A However
B Or rather
C Furthermore
D As a result
15. 
______ experiments on the laboratory, it started to rain heavily.
A While performing
B Performing
C While I was performing
D To perform
16. 
______ on time according to the instruction, these pills will be quite effective.
A Taking
B Being taken
C Taken
D Having taken
17. 
The meeting was put off until next week, which was exactly ______ we wanted.
A what
B which
C that
D it
18. 
Mr. Smith left for London this morning. I had thought he ______ until next Monday.
A isn"t going
B wasn"t going
C won"t going
D hasn"t gone
19. 
Doing your homework is a sure way to improve your test scores, and this is especially true ______ it comes to classroom tests.
A when
B while
C as
D after
20. 
What they said ______ us much to think about.
A have left
B has left
C to leave
D leaving
21. 
The clothes a person wears may express his ______ or social position.
A significance
B determination
C curiosity
D status
22. 
In some countries, traffic police can ______ instant fines on speeding motorists.
A compel
B impose
C charge
D force
23. 
He is not such a person and he ______ such a thing.
A hadn"t done
B must not have done
C should not have done
D could not have done
24. 
I have to ______ my visit as I"ll be very busy next week.
A call for
B call on
C call off
D call in
25. 
The educator and scholar ______ from Shanghai.
A come
B comes
C has come
D have come
26. 
If you want ______, you have to get the fund somewhere.
A the job done
B the job to do
C the job to have done
D the job that is done
27. 
According to one belief, if truth is to be known it will make itself apparent, so one ______ wait instead of searching for it.
A would rather
B had to
C cannot but
D had best
28. 
Plastics is a kind of ______ which is widely used in industry.
A mass
B substance
C matter
D material
29. 
The sudden change of weather made the temperature ______ a lot.
A throw
B sink
C drop
D lower
30. 
The food industry in our country is developing ______.
A quickly
B fast
C swiftly
D rapidly
31. 
The mad man was put in the soft-padded cell lest he ______ himself.
A injure
B had injured
C injured
D would injure
32. 
If the horse wins tomorrow, he ______ twenty races in the past three years.
A will win
B will have won
C would have won
D has won
33. 
The monument was constructed in honor of the explorer who was believed ______ the river.
A to have discovered
B to have been discovered
C to discover
D having been discovered
34. 
She began to ______ something but stopped when she heard the teacher ______.
A tell; saying
B speak; talking
C say; speaking
D talk; telling
35. 
You can hardly imagine Belt ______ a meal.
A to be cooking
B cooking
C to cook
D cook
36. 
I don"t think Mary understood what you said, ______?
A do I
B didn"t she
C did you
D did she
37. 
Was it in 1969 ______ the American astronaut succeed ______ landing on the moon?
A when; on
B that; on
C which; in
D that; in
38. 
The news reporters hurried to the airport, only ______ the film stars had left.
A to tell
B to be told
C telling
D told
39. 
Mrs. White became a teacher in 1986. She ______ for thirty years by next summer.
A will teach
B would have taught
C has been teaching
D will have been teaching
40. 
It was not until it got dark ______ working.
A that they stopped
B when they stopped
C did they stop
D that they didn"t stop
Part Ⅱ Cloze
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
In most cultures, when you meet acquaintances for the first time during a day, it is normal to greet them. The main purpose of this greeting is to 1 a good relationship between the people 2 , and each language usually has 3 set phrases which can be used for this purpose. Sometimes, though, there can be 4 differences in the type of phrases which can be used, and cultural misunderstandings can easily 5 . The following is a true example.
A young British woman went to Hong Kong to work, and at the time of her 6 she knew nothing about the Chinese culture or language. 7 her way to school one day, she went to the bank to get some money. 8 , the bank clerk asked her if she had had her lunch. She was extremely surprised. 9 such a question because in the British culture it would be 10 an indirect invitation to lunch. Between unmarried young people it can also 11 the young man"s interest in dating the girl. 12 this bank clerk was a complete stranger 13 the British girl, she was very much taken aback, and hastily commented that she had eaten 14 . After this she 15 to school and was even more surprised when one of the teachers asked the same question. By now she 16 that it could not be an invitation, but was puzzled 17 why they asked it. 18 the following days she was asked the same question again and again. Only much later 19 that the question had no real meaning 20 —it was merely a greeting.
1. 
A build on
B build up
C build into
D build out
2. 
A concerned
B concern
C concerning
D to concern
3. 
A a number of
B the number of
C the amount of
D an amount of
4. 
A considered
B considering
C considerable
D considerate
5. 
A raise
B arise
C arouse
D lead
6. 
A arrive
B arrived
C arrives
D arrival
7. 
A In
B To
C By
D On
8. 
A To her disappointment
B In her disappointment
C To her surprise
D In her surprise
9. 
A on
B at
C to
D with
10. 
A regarded as
B defined as
C looked as
D thought as
11. 
A reflect
B intend
C release
D indicate
12. 
A Since
B That
C Far
D With
13. 
A with
B by
C to
D at
14. 
A yet
B already
C too
D at all
15. 
A processed
B produced
C provided
D proceeded
16. 
A released
B relieved
C realized
D regretted
17. 
A with regards
B as to
C as if
D as far as
18. 
A In
B On
C At
D For
19. 
A She discovered
B she did discover
C did she discover
D does she discover
20. 
A above all
B after all
C in all
D at all
Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension
Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or incomplete sentences. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Passage One
Human cloning (克隆) technology could be used to reverse heart attacks. Scientists believe that they may be able to treat heart attack victims by cloning their healthy heart cells and injecting them into the areas of the heart that have been damaged, and other problems may be solved if human cloning and its technology are not forbidden.
With cloning, infertile couples could have children. Current treatments for infertility, in terms of percentages (百分化), are not very successful. Couples go through physically and emotionally painful procedures for a small chance of having children. Many couples run out of time and money without successfully having children. Human cloning could make it possible for many more infertile couples to have children than ever before. We should be able to clone the bone marrow (骨髓) for children and adults suffering from leukemia (白血病). This is expected to be one of the first benefits to come from cloning technology.
We may learn how to switch cells on and off through cloning and thus be able to cure cancer. Cloning technology can be used to test for and perhaps cure gene-related diseases. The above is just a few examples of what human cloning technology can do for mankind.
This new technology promises unprecedented advancement in medicine if people will release their fears and let the benefits begin.
1. 
Heart attacks can be treated with human cloning technology by ______.
A removing the damaged part of the heart
B replacing the old heart with a cloned one
C repairing the heart with ceils cloned from healthy ones
D giving the patients injections of various medicines
2. 
The word "infertile" (Line 1, Para. 2) most probably means ______.
A unable to give birth to child
B having physical and emotional problems
C short of time and money
D separated from each other for long
3. 
Paragraph Two implies that in treating infertility, ______.
A the percentage of successful treatments is very high when present methods are used
B the present treatment is very cheap
C the cloning technology costs less time and money in treating infertility
D the cloning technology is more suitable for treating infertility than leukemia
4. 
The following are all examples of the benefits from the cloning technology EXCEPT ______.
A treating heart attack victims
B releasing people"s fears
C treatment for infertility
D curing cancer
5. 
According to the writer, the main problem with the development of human cloning technology is that ______.
A it may be out of human control
B it has brought about few benefits so far
C people still know little about it
D people are afraid of such technology
Passage Two
A lot of people are their own enemies. They regard themselves as unlikely to succeed in college and often feel that there have been no accomplishments in their lives. In my first year of college especially, I saw people get themselves down all too quickly. There were two students in my class who failed the first test and seemed to give up immediately. From that day on, they walked into the classroom carrying defeat on their shoulders the way other students carried textbooks under their arms. Both students hang on until about mid-term. When they disappeared for good, no one took much notice, for they had already disappeared in spirit after that first test.
They are not the only people in whom I have seen the self-d0ubt do its work. I have really wanted to shake them by the shoulders and say, "You are not dead. Be proud and pleased that you have brought yourself here to college. Be someone. Breathe. Hope. Act." Such people should not use self-doubts as an excuse for not trying. They should pull themselves together and get to work. They should start taking notes in class and trying to learn. Above all, they should not give up without even trying.
1. 
The underlined phrase "get themselves down" (Para. 1) probably means ______.
A tell lies
B lose confidence
C avoid dangers
D waste time
2. 
When the two students dropped out, no one took much notice because ______.
A they had long lost heart in class performance
B they were absent from class too often
C they didn"t get on well with other students
D they were so much cut off" from the rest of the class
3. 
According to the passage, the two students failed in their study because of their ______.
A shyness
B pride
C self-doubt
D laziness
4. 
The author thinks that the two students should ______.
A give up their college education
B learn from other students
C feel happy because they are in college
D try hard before giving up
5. 
The underlined sentence "Both students hang on until about mid-term" (Para. 1) tells us that ______.
A they didn"t study well
B they didn"t take part in class activities
C they didn"t take notes in class
D they didn"t finish their study that term
Passage Three
Are some people born clever and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experience? Strangely enough, the answer to these questions is yes. To some extent our intelligence is given to us at birth, and no amount of special education can make a genius out of a child born with low intelligence. On the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and varied surroundings. Thus the limits of a person"s intelligence are fixed at birth, whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. This view, now held by most experts, can be supported in a number of ways.
It is easy to show that intelligence is to some extent something we are born with. The closer the blood relationship between two people is, the closer they are likely to be in intelligence. Thus if we take two unrelated people at random from the population, it is likely that their degree of intelligence will be completely different. If, on the other hand, we take two identical twins, they will very likely be as intelligent as each other. Relations like brothers and sisters, parents and children, usually have similar intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth.
Imagine now that we take two identical twins and put them in different environments. We might send one, for example, to a university and the other to a factory where the work is boring. We would soon find differences in their intelligence developing, and this indicates that environment as well as birth plays an important part. This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close contact with each other, but who are not related at all are likely to have similar degree of intelligence.
1. 
If a child is born with low intelligence, he can ______.
A not reach his intelligence in his life
B go beyond his intelligence limits in rich surroundings
C still become a genius if he should be given special education
D become a genius
2. 
"If we take two unrelated people at random from the population" (Para. 2) means if we ______.
A choose two persons with different intelligence
B choose two persons who are relative
C take out two persons of close relationship
D pick any two persons
3. 
The example of the twins going to a university and to a factory separately shows ______.
A the part that birth plays
B the importance of their positions
C the role of environment on intelligence
D the importance of their intelligence
4. 
The writer is in favor of the view that man"s intelligence is given to him ______.
A neither at birth nor through environment
B both at birth and through environment
C through environment
D at birth
5. 
The best title of this passage can be ______.
A Effect of Education
B Dependence on Environment
C Intelligence
D Surroundings
Passage Four
The old-fashioned general store is fast disappearing. This is, perhaps, a pity, because shopping today seems to lack that personal element which existed when the shopkeeper knew all his regular customers personally. He could, for instance, remember which brand of tea Mrs. Smith usually bought or what sort of washing powder Mrs. Jones preferred. Not only was the shop a center of buying and selling, but a social meeting place.
A prosperous general store might have employed four or five assistants, and so there were very few problems in management as far as the staff were concerned. But now that the supermarket has replaced the general store, the job of the manager has changed completely. The modern supermarket manager has to cope with a staff of as many as a hundred, apart from all the other everyday problems of running a large business. Every morning the manager must, like the commander of an army division, carry out an inspection of his store to make sure that everything is ready for the business of the day. He must see that everything is running smoothly. He will have to give advice and make decisions as problems arise; and he must know how to get his huge staff to work efficiently with their respective responsibilities. No matter what he has to do throughout the day, however, the supermarket manager must be ready for any emergency that may arise. They say in the trade that you are not really an experienced supermarket manager until you have dealt with a flood, a fire, a birth and a death in your store.
1. 
The main purpose of the passage is to show ______.
A how the supermarket has replaced the old general store
B how the old-fashioned general store is fast disappearing
C how supermarket managers run modern supermarkets
D how supermarket managers deal with problems every morning
2. 
It is a pity that there are fewer old general stores now because ______.
A there is less trading business
B there used to be more social activities in the old days
C supermarket managers has more problems
D there is less personal contact between manager and customer
3. 
Who are Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Jones mentioned in the first paragraph?
A Shop assistants.
B Friends of the shop manager"s.
C Two regular customers of the store.
D Two regular customers of the supermarket.
4. 
How has the job of the store manager changed?
A He doesn"t sell tea or washing powder any more.
B He must try hard to remember the names of the regular customers.
C He has to give advice and make decisions when problems arise.
D He has to take care of a large staff as well as business.
5. 
The author compared the supermarket manager to ______.
A a military leader
B a school inspector
C traffic supervisor
D an orchestra conductor
Part Ⅳ Translation
Directions: There are 10 sentences in this part. Please translate sentences 81～85 from Chinese into English, and translate sentences 86～90 front English into Chinese.
1. 
我们居住的地球是一个大球体。
2. 
我们向李先生学习，因为他有丰富的工作经验。
3. 
使我感到惊奇的是，他的英语说得如此好。
4. 
开会的时间到了，咱们把收音机关了吧。
5. 
尽管有许多困难，我们仍然决心执行我们的计划。
6. 
Where there is a will, there is a way.
7. 
A ready way to lose your friend is to lend him money.
8. 
In the modern world, success in many fields depends on getting the latest information.
9. 
There are many wonderful stories to tell about the places that I visited and the people I met.
10. 
I won"t write to him unless he writes first..
Part Ⅴ Error Correction
Directions: There are 10 sentences in this part. Each sentence has four underlined parts marked A, B, C and D. You are required to identify the incorrect part, and then write the corresponding letter and the correct answer on the Answer Sheet.
1. 
Mr. Smith kept on studying Chinese and use it until he had mastered it.
2. 
How could you have done so much in so a short time?
3. 
You should take good care of the books borrowing from the school library.
4. 
Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing it well .
5. 
My teacher is talking with an European student, who comes from Germany .
6. 
Few people realize that how essential health is to a normal life until we are seriously ill.
7. 
Tom is always worried about being late, so he leaves early than anyone else .
8. 
Very little they realized they had made an important discovery in science.
9. 
You may try to convince your mother that you are right by offering these points as evidence.
10. 
She can hardly avoid making grammatical mistakes in her composition how hard she tries.
Part Ⅵ Writing
1. 
Directions: For this part, you"re required to write a composition on the topic Improve the Service Quality of Travel Agencies. You should write at least 120 words, and your composition should be based on the outline given in Chinese below and write your composition on the Answer Sheet.
Improve the Service Quality of Travel Agencies

1．近年来游客关于旅行社服务质量差的投诉有所上升；
2．分析出现这种现象的原因；
3．提出你的建议。