北京市2010年高职升本科招生统一考试

英 语

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2. 本试卷共8页，满分为100分，考试时间为120分钟。

Part I Vocabulary and Structure

Directions: In this part, there are 15 incomplete sentences. You are required to complete each one by deciding on the most appropriate word or words from the 4 choices marked with A., B., C. and D. Then you should write the letter in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.

1. Well, I would rather your sister ________ tomorrow than today.

A. will come B. comes C. came D. come

2. The doctor will not perform the operation ________ it is absolutely necessary.

A. if B. unless C. when D. as

3. Michael doesn’t know what to ________ at the university; he can’t make up his mind about his future.

A. take up B. take over C. take in D. take down

4. ________ tomorrow’s lessons, I have no time to go out with you.

A. Not preparing B. Not to prepare

C. Not being prepared D. Not having prepared

5. This was the first time ________ I had serious trouble with my boss.

A. since B. that C. which D. when

6. The students, ________ at the way the questions were put, didn’t know the answers to them.

A. surprise B. Surprising C. having surprised D. surprised

7. All the students finished the test ________ the given time.

A. at B. by C. till D. within

8. Children need many things, but ________ they need love.

A. after all B. above all C. at all D. at best

9. Environmental groups intend to ________ the pressure until the government changes the law.

A. make up B. pick up C. keep up D. bring up

10. It is essential that people ________ enough vitamins every day.

A. have B. had C. must have D. will have

11. ________ is often the case, we have worked out the production plan.

A. As B. Which C. What D. While

12. Clothing made of man-made fibers has certain advantages over ________ made of natural fibers like cotton, wool or silk.

A. one B. that C. which D. what

13. —I have just had my watch repaired.

—How much did they ________ you for that?

A. cost B. charge C. spend D. take

14. Cars play an important role in modem life, but they ________ also cause many problems like air pollution.

A. can B. should C. would D. need

15. He got to the station early ________ missing the train.

A. instead of B. in case of C. for fear of D. in addition to

Part II Reading Comprehension

Directions: There are 5 reading passages in this part. After reading each passage, you will find some questions or unfinished statements. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A., B., C. and D. You should choose the most appropriate answer and write the letter in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.

Questions 16 to 19 are based on the following passage.

Buses

·Operating Hours: 6:00 am to 12:00 midnight daily.

·Fares: From SGD 0.90 to SGD1.80 (Exact Fare is required).You can ask the bus driver for the appropriate fare to your destination if you are unsure of how much to pay.

MRT

·Operating Hours: 6:00 am to 11:45 pm daily.

·Fares: From SGD 0.90 to SGD3.00. A stored value card, called the ez-link farecard, can be purchased for SGD15.00 at most MRT stations. The ez-link farecard is also valid for use on public buses.

Taxis

·Operating Hours: 24hours.

·Fares: The initial flag-down meter fare is SGD3.20, which covers the first kilometer. The fare then rises at SGD 0.20 for every 500 meters (up to 10 Kilometers) and for every 250 meters (after 10 kilometers).

SIA Hop-on

The SIA Hop-on is a special tourist bus service that offers passengers unlimited air-conditioned rides around the city and to Sentosa Island Resort. The bus runs through the shopping, dining, cultural, and entertainment areas and stops at major shopping malls, hotels and landmarks. It also covers ethnic districts in Chinatown, Little India and Arab Street.

Passengers may hop on and off the bus whenever they want-Buses on the city loop operate daily between9:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. at 30-minute intervals while the Sentosa shuttle runs from various stops in town to Sentosa between l0:00 am and 6:00 pm.

16. This passage is mainly about ________.

A. accommodation B. entertainment

C. telecommunication D. transportation

18. According to the passage, a total distance of 6kilometers by taxi will cost you ________.

A.SGD19.2 B.SGD20.8 C.SGD21.2 D.SGD21.6

19. The SIA Hop-on on the city loop operates daily between ________.

A.6:00 a.m. to11:45 p.m. B.6:00 a.m. to12:00 midnight

C.9:00 a.m. to7:30 p.m. D.10:00 a.m. to 6:00 pm

Questions 20 to 23 are based on the following passage.

When I was in my twenties, I drove for a taxi company in Dayton, Ohio, making a small hourly wage. It was the summer of 1966.

One afternoon I was sitting at a downtown taxi stand, hoping to get an airport run. Instead, I got a call from the manager, who told me to go to a newsstand and buy a racing form. Then I was to stop and pick up a six-pack of beer, some goldfish food and a box of cigars. He directed me to deliver the goods to an address in a nearby neighbourhood.

I protested, not wanting to lay out money from my own cash supply, because I was afraid I might not be able to collect the money.

The manager told me this man was a regular customer. He assured me that there would be no problem with payment, and said I should get moving or bring the car back in. Since he put it that way, I got moving.

The building smelled of tobacco smoke. I knocked on the door and could hear something moving across the floor.

Finally the door opened, and there was a disabled man sitting on a small wood platform, looking up at me.

The man was polite and very grateful for my services. When I set the racing form down on the coffee table, I noticed an open velvet case that looked like a jewelry box. As the man rolled over and reached for some money to pay me, I glanced inside. There was a medal: a Purple Head from World War II.

Guilt began to creep over me as he paid and gave me a generous tip. The man was a quiet sort of person, obviously not in need of companionship.

He had long ago yielded to his condition and to the sacrifice he had made. I made that run many more times in my taxi until I moved on to another job, but I never learned his name and we never became friends despite our regular contact.

Unfortunately for me, I would be more than twice the age I was back then before I learned that prejudging people makes you wrong about most things most of the time.

20. What did the author do to make a living?

A. Delivering goods. B. Driving a taxi.

C. Taking people to the airport. D. Working in a store.

21. The author did not want to do what the manager told him to because ________.

A. he was afraid he could not get the money back

B. he didn’t want to go to such a neighborhood

C. he didn’t know the man he was working for

D. he was waiting for someone from the airport

22. Finally the author went to the man because ________.

A. the manager would pay him

B. the man was a regular customer

C. the man was a soldier from World War II

D. the manager would get his taxi back if he didn’t go

23. What do we know about the writer after reading this passage?

A. He always obeyed his boss.

B. He liked to prejudge other people.

C. He wanted to make friends with the man.

D. He would like to show his respect to heroes.

Questions 24 to 27 are based on the following passage.

The nation’s unemployment rate is soaring, inching closer to 10 percent with each passing month. And that spells trouble for graduating college seniors, about to compete in the toughest job market in decades.

Blake Taylor, a senior at Catholic University in Washington D.C., expected to be an accountant when she graduates this May. But then her fortunes changed. She had a job offer that was taken back because the company says it’s no longer hiring. “It’s hard; it’s definitely hard,” she said. “When they told me, I definitely felt like I had the air kicked out of me.”

The jobless rate among college graduates has more than doubled from a year ago to 4.3 percent. Almost 2 million college graduates are unemployed and a recent survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers predicts that companies will hire 22 percent fewer graduating seniors than they did last year.

“The previous 5 years was a sellers market for these kids,” said Ed Koc of the National Association of Colleges and Employers. “They could pretty much demand what they wanted in terms of a job and what they got from an employer. That’s no longer going to be the case.”

One place recent graduates can look for work is the U.S. government. The government has postings for more than 40,000 open positions right now and expects to increase hiring employees straight from college.

College senior Peter Donald expects to find a job in government departments soon. But fellow senior Bill Frame is still looking for work. He spent months trying for a job on Wall Street without success, and has now widened his search to other industries. “This is an every-morning thing for me now. I wake up and check my email and spend 20 minutes checking on the different job sites, then usually another half hour to an hour doing applications,” Frame said.

“What we say to them is your first job may not be your ideal job and so be more flexible, be more open to taking positions that maybe weren’t on your radar screen originally,” said Dr. Alan Goodman, a career counselor at Catholic University.

That’s a message Blake Taylor, at least, has taken to heart. “As doors close, windows open,” she said. “If you can’t go through the front, go through the back. You’ll find a way; you have to find a way.”

24. The word “soaring” in Paragraph I most probably means ________.

A. becoming worse B. rising rapidly

C. remaining unchanged D. improving fast

25. The unemployment rate among college graduates is nearly ________.

A. 4.3% B.10% C.22% D. 20%

26. Compared with other places, one place graduates can look for work is ________.

A. Catholic University B. National Association

C. the U.S. government D. Wall Street

27. According to the last paragraph, what attitude does Blake Taylor hold towards job hunting?

A. Reluctant. B. Indifferent. C. Curious. D. Confident.

Questions 28 to 31 are based on the following passage.

The typical conversation between Americans takes a form that is quick and witty. No one speaks for very long. Speakers take turns frequently, often after only a few sentences have been spoken. “Watching a conversation between two Americans is like watching a table tennis game,” a German observer said. “Your head goes back and forth and back and forth so fast it almost makes your neck hurt.”

Americans tend to be impatient with people who take long turns. Such people are said to “talk too much.” Many Americans have difficulty paying attention to someone who speaks more than a few sentences at a time, as Nigerians, Arabs, and some others do. Americans value conciseness, or what they call “getting to the point.”

Americans engage in little ritual interaction ( 礼节式的互致问候 ).Only a few ritual greetings are common: “How are you?” “I’m fine, thank you,” “Nice to meet you,” and “Hope to see you again.” These things are said in certain situations and are concerned with form rather than with substance. That is, similar questions are supposed to be asked and statements are supposed to be made in particular situations, no matter what the people involved are feeling or what they really have in mind. To many Americans, people who rely heavily on ritual greetings are “too shy” or “too polite,” unwilling to show their true natures and ideas.

Americans are generally impatient with long ritual greetings about family members’ health—common among Latin Americans—considering them a waste of time.

28. What is the feature of a typical conversation between Americans?

A. Concise and direct. B. long but polite.

C. Friendly and quick. D. Slow but witty

29. By comparing a conversation between two Americans to a table tennis game, the German observer means that ________.

A. Americans enjoy talking as well as watching table tennis games

B. Americans like to take short turns in a conversation

C. Americans get excited in a conversation

D. Americans talk with great emotion

30. Americans ________ when they talk with Arabs.

A. pay enough attention B. may lose their patience

C. speak more than a few sentences D. will get to the point

31. According to this passage, Americans have a low opinion of people who ________.

A. do not talk as much as possible

B. do not pay attention to the speaker

C. like to ask about other people’s health

D. bring too many dual greetings into a conversation

Questions 32 to 35 are based on the following passage.

It is common for older people to forget things. Now an American study has found that memory starts to fail when we are young adults. People younger than thirty usually do not know that they are starting to forget information. But scientists from the University of Michigan say the loss of memory usually has already started.

Researchers say people do not observe this slow reduction in mental ability until the loss affects their everyday activities.

Denise Park is leading the new study. She directs the Center for Aging and Cognition at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. Her team has studied more than 350 men and women between the ages of twenty and ninety. The study has identified people in their middle twenties with memory problems.

She says young adults do not know that they are forgetting things because their brains have more information than they need.

But she says that people in their twenties and thirties are losing memory at the same rate as people in their sixties and seventies.

Ms. Park says people between the ages of sixty and seventy may note the decrease in their mental abilities. They begin to observe that they are having more trouble remembering and learning new information.

The study has found that older adults are more likely to remember false information as being true. For example, they remember false medical claims as being true. Younger people remember hearing the information, but they are more likely to remember that it is false.

Ms. Park is now using modem imaging equipment to study what happens in the brains of people of different ages. She is studying what parts of the brain older adults use for different activities compared to younger adults. Ms. Park says mental performance is a direct result of brain activity and brain structure. She says older people should take part in activities that keep their brain active. She hopes that future studies will identify ways to improve the operation of our aging minds.

32. The passage is meant to ________.

A. introduce effective ways to improve memory

B. emphasize the importance of exercising the brain

C. analyze the difference between different age groups in the loss of memory

D. reveal the decrease in mental ability of the young adults as well as the older adults

33. According to a recent American study, people start losing their mental ability________.

A. in the early teens

B. in their mid-sixties

C. in their mid-twenties

D. in their early thirties

34. With regard to memory reduction, young adults differ from older adults in that ________.

A. they lose their memory at a slower rate

B. their brains can store much more information

C. they rarely realize they have memory problems

D. they are more likely to remember false information

35. It can be inferred from what Denis Park says that ________.

A. mental performance can be improved

B. mental ability is determined entirely by brain structure

C. people of different ages use different parts of the brain for memorizing

D. different parts of the brain are responsible for different mental activities

Part III Cloze

Directions: There is a passage in this part with 10 blanks in it. Read the passage carefully and then choose the most appropriate answer from the 4 choices marked A., B., C. and D. Then you should write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

There are some very good things about open education. This way of teaching allows the students to 36 their own interests in many subjects. Open education allows students to be 37 for their own education. Some students do badly in a 38 classroom. The open classroom may allow them to enjoy learning. Some students will be 39 in an open education school. They will not have to worry about grades or rules.

But many students will not do well in an open classroom. For some students, there are too few rules. These students will do little in school. They will not make good 40 of open education. For many students it is 41 to have some rules in the classroom. 42 a few rules will help this kind of students. The last point about open education is that many teachers do not believe in open education.

You now know what open education is. Some of its good points and bad points have been 43 . You may have your own opinion about open education. The writer thinks that open education is a good idea, but only in theory. In fact, it may not work very well in a real class or school. The writer believes that most students, but 44 not all students, want some structure in their classes. They want and need to have rules. In some cases, they must be made to study some subjects. Many students are 45 to find subjects they have to study interesting. They would not study those subjects if they did not have to.

36. A. develop B. express C. grow D. remain

37. A. liable B. qualified C. responsible D. suitable

38. A. normal B. special C. traditional D. virtual

39. A. cleverer B. happier C. reluctant D. slower

40. A. balance B. peace C. turn D. use

41. A. doubtful B. important C. inevitable D. possible

42. A. Even B. Only C. Still D. Though

43. A. explained B. implied C. neglected D. proved

44. A. by the way B. in addition C. of course D. once in a while

45. A. disappointed B. frustrated C. inspired D. pleased

Part IV Word Forms

Directions: There are 10 incomplete sentences in this part. You should fill in each blank with the proper form of the word given in the brackets. Write the word in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.

46. It is ________ (legal) for average citizens in China to own a gun.

47. Food ________ (short) is no longer a problem in the village as the people there have got a rich harvest this year.

48. Please don’t ________ (hesitant) to tell me if you are in trouble.

49. Would you please make an ________ (appoint) with the dentist for me by phone?

50. After a medical examination, the doctor gave me a ________ (favor) report on my health.

51. In the middle of the square stands a Christmas tree ________ (decorate) with colored lights and glass balls.

52. The traffic accident resulted from his ________ (care).

53. These flowers are extremely ________ (attract) in winter.

54. You can communicate with your boss even when you strongly ________ (agree).

55. You’ll just have to be ________ (patience)and wait.

Part V Translation-English into Chinese

Directions: This part is to test your ability to translate English into Chinese. There are 5 sentences in this part. Write your translation in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.

56. Now you have to come down to earth; it’s high time you got to something practical.

57. There is an increasing demand for cars which are more economical on fuel.

58. It was the dry season and everything was ready to catch fire.

59. We haven’t the resources to do the work ourselves, so we’ll put it out to contract.

60. There are still some doubts on the part of the employers.

Part VI Writing

Directions: This part is to test your ability to do practical writing. You are required to write a letter. You can refer to the following information in Chinese. You should write about 100 words on the Answer Sheet.

假设你是李明，在黄海大学学习，你的新西兰笔友 Nick 将于五月来北京旅游，特来信询问有关旅游景点情况。请根据下表所提供的要点，写一封回信，并表示盼望他的到来。

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