18年專(zhuān)插本公共課英語(yǔ)真題

1、.XX省2018年普通高等學(xué)校本科插班生招生考試Part I and StructureDirection: There 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence, there four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence, and then mark the corresponding letter on the AnswerSheet.Hearing that he had passed health

2、examination, he immediately made call to hisparents.a; /B. the;/C.the;aD. a;theyou are, friends are an important part of life at everystage.B.C.Although we waited more than half an Mary didnt turn at the conferenceroom.overB.inC. upD.outMaria hadnt seen me for a few years, but she my voice on the ph

3、oneimmediately.B.C.The student needed a letter of to apply for the post of asecretary.B.C. registerinquiryHe is well-prepared for the presentation about the new project andfeelsthat theheadof department will like hisidea.B.C.mother was shocked that had got head in a caraccident.acheB.damageC.sufferi

4、ngD.injuryItwasverylatewhenwedecidedtotravelonMayDayholiday,butluckilywetofinda hotel at a reasonableprice.B.C.The famous writer, writings for China Daily I appreciate a lot is invited to give a speechin our university.A. thatB. whoseC. whomD.who.Ifpeopleoveranxious about remembering something, they

5、 will forgetit.willbeB. would beC. wereD.arewereveryangryPeter as he spoiled ourpicnic.withB. forC.ofD.aboutTheteenageristo be a member of the basketballteam.verytallB. tallenoughC.tootallD. enoughtallFinally,Ihaveinteresting to share with you, and I am sure you will be interested init.B.C.Sinceweha

6、vemoney left, we cant afford the expensivecomputer.alittleB. a fewC.littleD.fewIf you want to join ourclub, youfollow ourrules.canB.mayC.mightD.mustWhen Max rushed to the class,hisclassmatesexercisesattentively.B.haveC. weredoingD.doThe little girl recovered her strength whenthedrug.cameintoeffectB.

7、tookeffectC.changedeffectD. put intoeffectPatrick, bought her two handbags asgifts,butof them was herstyle.noneC. neitherD.his surprise, he got an offer of post-guaduate study from BeijingUniversity.InB.C.ForD.The boss requiredustoa recent photo to the application form viaemails.B. bringC. takeD.Bil

8、l Gates is often thought to be the richest man in theworld., his personallifeseemsnotMoreoverB.ThereforeC.HoweverD.BesidesLinto New before, so the host family went to the airport to pick himup.didntgoB.hasntbeenC.doesntgoD. hadntbeenThoughthedrama is wonderful, I guess most audiences will be tired a

9、s it is toolong.B.hoursD.better getthetaskassoonaspossible,otherwiseyoumightnotcompleteiton time.doB.todoC.doneD. bedoingSince we lacked enough time and support, wedidntknowto solve theproblem.whereB.whyC.whenD.howthe opportunity to interview the famous star made herenjoyed.BeingprovidedB.Having pro

10、videdC. provideD. Beprovidedmissed the last train to London,orwemore museums the day beforeyesterday.hadbeenvisitedB. woule havevisitedC.wouldvisitD. hadvisitedparents dont believe what you said aboutyourfuture,?didtheyB. dotheyC.didnttheyD. donttheyThe daughter begged her father to giveupsmokinghis

11、 ownhealth.in thecourseofB. as a resultofC. bymeansofD. for the sakeofThe more thesalesmanexplained,.the more IbecameboredB. I became moreboredC. the more boredIbecameD. I became boredmorePartIIReadingComprehensionDirection: In this section, there four passages, each of which is followed by five que

12、stions or unfinished statements. Choose the best and mark the corresponding letter on the AnswerSheet.Passage1If you are going to be a straight talker, you have to believe that its a virtue, that its anquality you want tohave.If you have an opinion and you just state it, it allows the other person t

13、o either try to challenge your opinion, to agree with you, or to disagreethey have an action they can take. If you are quiet, people think you agree. How can you then further the conversation when you are at different points and its not really exposed? Agreeing is easy. Disagreeing takes moreguts.Se

14、veral years back, when I was CEO at a company; there was a very senior woman who was very smart and well spoken, but she did not wear appropriate clothes. It was distracting and she was not being taken seriously. I said to her manager, who was male, you need to tellher.hesaid,oh,noway.So I called he

15、r in and directly stated what I thought was happening, youre not getting therespectyoudeserve,Isaid,gotothestoreandgetapersonalshopper.Justsay,Iama senior businessperson and need help dressing formally. She came back, and she was completely a different person. She said she felt really good. And curr

16、ency went wayup.Early in my business career, if people asked me a question, Id try to answer it honestly. And it was rewarded. I had managers who wanted me around because I would actually tell them what washappening.I was raised by my grandma, and she was a pretty straight talker because she thought

17、 you would handle it. My advice is to be realistic. Being honest and truthful is part of being a good worker, a good associate, and a good leader.The woman did not get promoted because she didnot.dressappropriatelyB.takeherworkseriouslyC. get on well withhercolleaguesD. follow her managersinstructio

18、nsThe underlined phrase takes more guts in Paragraph 2refersto.demand more wisdomB. attract more attentionC. takemorecourageD. need morecommunicationAccordingtothewriter,talkinginastraightwayallowsoneto.become anopinionleaderB. make friendseasilyC. become arespectablepersonD. take furtheractionFrom

19、the last passage, it can be inferred that the writer tends to talk frankly possibly due to theinfluenceof.hisworkmatesB. hisleaders.C.hisfriendsD. hisfamilyWhich of the following might be the best title of thepassage?StraighttalkersB. DifferentopinionsC. AgreeordisagreeD. Importance ofspeechPassage2

20、A punctual person is in the habit of doing a thing at the proper time and is never late in keeping anappointment.The unpunctual man, on the never does what he has to do at the proper time. He is always in a hurry and in the end loses both time and his good name. A lost thing may be found again, but

21、the lost time can never be regained. Time is more valuable than material things. Infact, time is life The unpunctual man is wasting and mismanaging his most valuableasset財(cái)產(chǎn)aswellasothers.Theunpunctualpersonisalwayscomplainingthathefindsnotimetoanswer letters, return calls or keep appointments But th

22、e man who really has a great deal to do is very careful of his time and seldom complains of want of it. He knows that he can not get through his huge amount of work unless he faithfully keeps every piece of work when it has to be attendedto.Failuretobepunctualinkeepingappointmentsisthesignofdisrespe

23、cttowardsothers. If a person is invited to dinner and arrives later than the appointed time, he keeps all the other guests waiting him. Usually this will be regarded as a great disrespect to the host and all other guestspresent.is very harmful when it comes to do whether public or private. Imagine h

24、ow it would be if those who are put in charge of important tasks failed to be their proper place at the appointed time. A man who is known to be habitually unpunctual is never trusted by his friends or fellowmen.The main difference between a punctual person and an unpunctual person is that a punctua

25、l .haslotsofappointmentswhileanunpunctualonehasappointmentsdoeseverythingattherighttimewhileanunpunctualoneseldomdoessohasmuchtimetodoeverythingwhileanunpunctualonehaslittletimetodoanythingdoeseverythingaheadoftimewhileanunpunctualonedoeseverythingbehindscheduleWhatisthemainreasonwhyapersonisalwaysu

26、npunctualaccordingtothepassage?He doesnt care much abouttime.He is much busier than otherpeople.He is always in a hurry when heworks.He always mismanages and histime.The third paragraph is developed by giving .afactB.anopinionC.anexampleanevidenceIt can be inferred from the last paragraph that .an u

27、npunctual person usually loses hisfriendsanunpunctualpersonoftenfailsdoinganyimportanttaskunpunctualitymayresultinappointmentsandopportunitiesunpunctualitymayleadtoheavylossesforbothpublicandprivateaffairsWhat does the passage mainly talkabout?.ValuabletimeB. PopularappointmentC. Harmofunpunctuality

28、Advantage ofpunctualityPassage3Once upon a time, two brothers, Jack and who lived on neighboring farms, fell into conflict. For the 20 they had been on good terms farming side by side, sharing machinery, and trading labor and goods as needed. The dispute began with a small misunderstanding and grew

29、into a major difference, and finally exploded into an exchange of bitterwordsfollowedbyweeksofsilence.One morning there was a knock on It was a carpenter looking a days work. Jack him a job saying, Look across the steam at that farm. Thats my in fact, its my younger There used to be a meadow between

30、 us. Last week he pulled down the dam on the small river and now there is a stream instead. Well, he may done this to offend me, but Ill do him oneSeethatpileoflumberbythehouse?Iwantyoutobuildmeafencean8-footThe carpenter said, I think I understood the situation. Show me the nails and the post-holed

31、iggerandIllbeabletodoajobthatpleaseJack had to go into town, so he helped the carpenter get the material and then he was off the The carpenter hard all that measuring, sawing and nailing. About sunsetwhenJackreturned,thecarpenterhadjustfinishedhisjob.eyesopenedwide,hisjawdropped.Therewasnofencethere

32、atall.Itwasabridgeabridge stretching from one side of the stream to the other! A fine piece of work! His younger brother was coming toward them with hands outstretched. are quite a fellow to build this bridge after all Ive said and The two brothers stood at each end of the bridge, and then they met

33、in the middle, taking each othershand.They turned to see the carpenter lift his toolbox onto his No, wait! Stay a days, I have a lot of other projects Said Jack, love to The carpenter said, but I have many more bridges toIn the 20 years, Jack and their relationship .Jack decided to build a fence to

34、.protecthimselfB.fightbackC.pleasegiveinWhatdoesunderlinedexpressionafellowmeaninparagraph5?ApowerfulmanB. Arich manC. AgenerousmanA capablemanThe carpenter built the bridge instead of a fence to help Jack and .meeteachotherB. store thelumberC. regainbrotherlyaffectionrenew theirbusinessWhat can we

35、learn from the passage?Better friends than makeenemies.A good friend brings a far landFamily ties are close than socialrelations.A tooth atooth.Passage4.Batteries can power anything from small sensors to large systems. While scientists are finding to make them smaller but even more powerful, problem

36、s can arise when these batteries are much larger and heavier than the devices themselves. The researchers at university of Missouri are developing a nuclear energy source that is lighter and more vide enough we need certain methods with high energy density saidJac kwon, assistant of electrical and c

37、omputer engineering at MU. The radioisotope batterycanprovidepowerdensitythatismuchhigherthanchemicaland his research team have been working on building a small nuclear presently the size and thickness of a intended to power various systems. Although nuclear batteriescancauseconcerns,saidtheyaresafe

38、.People hear the word nuclear and think of something very he said. however nuclear power sources have already been safely powering a variety of devices, such as pace-makers,spacesatellitesandunderwaterHisnewideaisnotonlyinthebatteryssize,butalsoinitssemiconductor.batteryuses a liquid semiconductor r

39、ather than a solidThe part of using a radioactive battery is that when you harvest the part of the radiation energy can damage the lattice the solid said, by using a liquid we believe we can minimize thatwith J.David Robertson, chemistry and associate director of the MU Research is working to build

40、and test the In the future, they hope to increase the batterys shrink its size and try with various other materials. said their battery could be thinner than the thickness of humanThe passage getsstartedby.anintroductionB. anexampleC.aquestionaconclusionWhat do you know about JaeHe is teaching chemi

41、stry atMU.He developed a chemicalHe was good at computerengineering.He is working on a nuclear energysource.Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtoparagraph3and4？ThewriterintroducesmethodsofprovidingpowerThewriterintendstodescribeanuclear-powersystem.Thewriterintroducesnuclearbatterieswhich/thatcanbesa

42、felyused.Thewriterislikelytoshowchemicalbatteriesarewidelyapplied.Liquid semiconductor isusedto.control the latticestructureshow the power of nuclearbatteriesdecreasethesizeofnuclearbatteriesreducethedamagetolatticestructureThe passage is most probablyfroma.sciencenewsreportB. bookreviewC. sciencefi

43、ctionnovelnewspaperadvertisement.Part III ClozeDirection: There 15 blanks in the following passage. For each blank, there four choices. Choose the one best answer and mark the corresponding letter on the AnswerSheet.Bill a mailman, whistled cheerfully as he 51up the hill towards Mrs. Cartershouse. H

44、is work the day was almost 52 , and his bag, usually quite heavy when he started out on his rounds, 53 now except the letter that he had to deliver to Mrs. She lived quite a blocks so when Bill had mails he usually finished his work much 54 . He was happy that Mrs. Carter often 55 him and a piece of her special cake.When Bill got