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2001-2004年江苏专转本英语历年真题

2001年江苏省普通高校“专转本”统一考试试卷 大学英语

第Ⅰ卷（共100分）

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1．答第Ⅰ卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目用铅笔涂写在答题卡上。 2．每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。如果答案不涂写在答题卡上，成绩无效。 Part I Reading Comprehension(40﹪，40minutes)

Directions: In this part there are four passages. Each passage is followed by a number of

comprehension questions. Read the passage and answer the questions. Then mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Passage 1

Questions l to 5 are based on the following passage.

Do you want to say what you think in a letter to the President of the United States? You'll get a reply from him-written in ink, not typed-after only a few days.

The President gets about 4,000 letters every week. He answers everyone who writes to him on special White House Paper. But he doesn't need a lot of time for it. In fact, he only gives 20 minutes a week to looking at his personal correspondence. He has the most modern secretary in world to help him.

His computer, worth $800,000; which has its own room on the first floor of the White House. It has a bank of electronic pens which write like the President writes, in his favorite light blue ink. Each letter the President receives gets a number, according to the type of answer it needs. The pens then write the correct reply for it, according to the number. Each letter takes less than a second to write. A White House official said, \computer. Each letter says what the President wants to say. 1. ____for a reply from the President.

A. You have to wait a long time B. You have to wait at least one month C. You only have to wait several days D. You only have to wait a few weeks 2. The reply from the President ____.

A. is always printed B. is always written in ink C. is always typed D. is always written by himself 3. It takes the computer ____to write ten letters.

A. no more than ten seconds B. less than ten seconds C. a little more than ten seconds D. at least one second 4. The computer can be described as ____.

A. expensive but efficient B. heavy and inefficient

C. possessing a beautiful handwriting D. the President's most reliable secretary 5. It can be inferred from the passage that ____.

A. the President never reads any letters written to him by ordinary people

B. the President hires a very efficient secretary to deal with his correspondence C. the President does not really care about the letters he receives every week D. the President is assured that the computer expresses his views in the letters Passage 2

Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage.

In order to learn to be one's true self, it is necessary to obtain a wide and extensive

knowledge of what has been said and done in the world, critically to inquire into it; carefully to consider it; clearly to analyze it; and earnestly to carry it out.

It matters not what you learn, but when you once leam a thing, you must never give it up until you have mastered it. It matters not what you inquire into, but when you once inquire into a thing, you must never give it up until you have thoroughly understood it. It matters not what you try to think of, but when you once try to think of a thing, you must never give it up until you have got what you want. It matters not what you try to carry out, but when you once try to carry out a thing, you must never giveit up until you have done it thoroughly and well.

If another man succeeds by one effort, you will use a hundred efforts. If another man succeeds by ten efforts, you will use a thousand.

6. According to the author, first of all one must ____.

A. analyze B. inquire C. obtain knowledge D. act 7. According to the author, ____.

A. learning is not important B. knowledge means little

C. thinking is not necessary D. it is not important what we learn 8. The end of learning should be ____.

A. thought B. mastery C. inquiry D. analysis 9. According to the author, another man's succeeds should ____.

A. make greater efforts B. not be taken into consideration C. make us nervous D. cause one to stop trying 10. The author implies but does not say that ____. A. the way to knowledge is through specialization B. one has to know everything to be successful

C. success depends not so much on natural ability as it does on effort D. success in one's profession is least important in one's life Passage 3

Questions l1 to 15 are based on the following passage.

About 70 million Americans are trying to lose weight. That is almost l out of every 3 people in the United States. Some people go on diets. This means they eat less of certain foods,

especially fats and sugars. Other people exercise with special equipment, take diet pills, or even have surgery. Losing weight is hard work, and it can also cost a lot of money. So why do so many people in the United States want to lose weight?

Many people in the United States worry about not looking young and attractive. For many people, looking good also means being thin. Other people worry about their health. Many doctors say being overweight is not healthy. But are Americans really fat?

Almost 30 million Americans weigh at least 20 percent more than their ideal weight. In fact, the United States is the most overweight country in the world. \weighs 2.3 trillion pounds,\人类学家) George Americans. He says burning off that stored energy would produce enough power for 900,000 cars to go 12,000 miles.

Losing weight is hard work, but most people want to find a fast and easy way to take off fat. Bookstores sell lots of diet books. These books tell readers how to lose weight. Each year, dozens

of new hooks like these are written. Each one boasts to help people to get rid of fat. 11. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a way of losing weight? A. To eat less fats and sugars. B. To take much exercise. C. To have surgery. D. To work hard. 12. Many Americans are trying to lose weight because ____.

A. they want to look attractive B. they want to keep fit C. they are misled by doctors D. both A and B 13. The figures given in the third paragraph suggest that ____.

A. Americans are dependent on cars B. cars consume a lot of money

C. Americans need losing weight D. excess of fat can be source of energy 14. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that ____.

A. diet hooks are not always effective B. diet books are usually helpful

C. there are lots of ways of losing weight D. bookstores are keeping their promises 15. It can be concluded from the passage that ____.

A. people think too much of their appearance B. there is not a sure way of losing weight as yet

C. surgery is the fastest way of losing weight D. going on diet is a safe way of losing weight

Passage 4

Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage.

I recently wrote an autobiography in which I recalled many old memories. One of them was from my school days, when our ninth grade teacher, Miss Raber, would pick out words from Readers Digest to test our vocabulary.

Today, more than 45 years later, I always check out \when the Digest comes each month. I am impressed with that idea, word power. Readers Digest knows the power that words have to move people to entertain, inform and inspire. The Digest editors know that the big word isn't always the best word. Take just one example, a Quotable Quote from the February 1985 issue: \like a bowl of milk. \

Seventeen words, only two of them more than one syllable, yet how much they convey ! That's usually how it is with Reader s Digest. The small and simple can be profound.

As chairman of a foundation to restore the Statue of Liberty, I've been making a lot of speeches lately. I try to keep them fairly short. I use small but vivid words: words like \

\of America.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not against using big words, when it is right to do so, but I have also learned that a small word can work a small miracle-if it's the right word, in the right place, at the right time. It's a\ 16. The passage is mainly about ____.

A. one of the many old memories B. using simple words to express profound ideas C. Readers Digest and school speeches D. how to make effective speeches 17. It seems that Reader's Digest is a magazine popular with ____. A. people of all ages B. teenagers

C. school teachers D. elderly readers