四2012高职高专考试题

山东省高职高专英语应用能力考试样卷四

21. Many people feel that they _______ to spend a lot of time doing something useless.

A) are being forced B) are forcing C) force D) to be forced

22.Despite the fact that the rich ______ much richer in the recent past, large numbers of

other citizens are becoming poorer.

A) is b ecoming B) have become C) becomes D) has

become

23.If only I______to what he was saying. Maybe he was trying to tell me how he left.

A) have listened B) had listened C) listened D) would listen

24.I don’t know why, but I see that ______ now than I ever did at that time.

A) clearly B) most clearly C) more clearly D) clear

25. She looked _______ she didn’t know what I was talking about, which was OK.

A) as if B) that C) when D) where

26. She will always remember the day ________ her father returned form Canada.

A) when B) where C) which D) why

27.They watched her closely ________ a cat watches a rat.

A) as B) like C) where D) when

28.With the house _________, the villagers became homeless.

A) burning down B) having burned down C) being burned down D) burned

down

29._______ like that again, she would be punished.

A) If she acts B) Does she act C) Should she act D) If she had acted

30.----- Has he finished reading the book? ----- I hope ______.

A) it B) so C) that D) one

31. Y ou ’d better _____ a doctor since your son felt very uncomfortable.

A) send out B) send in C) send off D) send for

32. The hotel offers its guests a wide _____ of amusements.

A) variable B) vary C) various D) variety

33. We _____ importance not only to our development in this century, but even more to our development in the next.

A) attempt B) attach C) attend D) attack

34. He has an energetic young secretary who is _______ of hard working.

A) capable B) able C) enable D) liable

35. Y ou will be informed when the book becomes _______.

A) comfortable B) avoidable C) available D) considerable

36. Lack of time forbids any further discussion at the point.

A) prohibits B) allows C) avoids D) prevents

37. I’ve always believed that happiness counts more than money.

A) considers B) treasures C) matters D) values

38. After so many attempts, they have already abandoned all hope.

A) given away B) given up C) given off D) given in

39.He made a terrible mistake, but he refused to admit it.

A) acknowledge B) account C) admire D) adopt

40. After we have made many attempts, we find there appears to be no other alternative.

A) choice B) selection C) election D) choose

Part III Reading Comprehension (30 points, 30 minutes)

Passage One

1975, Microsoft: Bill Gates founded Microsoft with a group of school friends. Gates is worth ￡25 billion.

1976, Apple: Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs built the first ready-made PC in a garage, selling a scientific calculator and a Volkswagen microbus to pay for it. Apple is now worth ￡6.3 billion.

1984, Dell: Michael Dell, 39, founded the Dell Computer Corporation, now the world’s biggest PC manufacturer, by selling custom-built PCs directly to customs. It is worth ￡37 billion and Dell’s personal wealth is believed to exceed ￡10 billion.

1994: Linux Torvalds created the Linux operating system while studying at Helsinki University. From the start, the code was freely distributed, It is becoming more popular as an alternative to the Windows operating system. He has become wealthy with his company Transmeta.

1998, Google: Sergey Brin and Larry Page began their search engine in a friend’s garage. It is now reputedly worth about ￡25 billion.

1999: Napster: Shawn Fettings quit college at 19 to create a music download site with his uncle. By 2000 it was worth ￡42 million.

1999: Evan Williams, 28, founded www. Blogger. com. It now has more than a million registered users. In 2003 he sold it to Google.

41. The underlined word “it” in paragraph 3 refers to ____________.

A) customers who buy PCs B) Dell computer corporation C) Michael Dell D)Selling

custom-built PCs

42. From the passage, we can infer the following EXCEPT_____

A) www. https://www.360docs.net/doc/311995056.html, belongs to Google now

B) Gates’ personal wealth is larger tan that of Dell’s

C) Shawn Fettings creates a music download site all by himself

D) Microsoft has a longer history than Apple

43. Which of the following match is NOT correct?

A)Linux--- Transmeta, Evan----www. https://www.360docs.net/doc/311995056.html,

B) Steve Jobs--- Apple, Shawn--- Napster

C) Larry Page---- Google, Bill Gates---- Microsoft

D) Sergey Brin--- Google, Linux----Dell

44. What would be the best title for the passage?

A) Famous Computer Companies B) Net Millionaires

C) How to Run a Computer Company Successfully D) Being Successful

Passage Two

The young people who talk of the village as being “dead” are talking nothing but nonsense, as in their hearts they must surely know.

No, the village is not dead. There is more life in it now than there ever was. But it seems

that Village life is dead. Gone for ever. It began to decline (衰落) about a hundred years ago, when many girls left home to go into service in town many miles away, and men also left home in increasing numbers in search of a work, and home was where work was. There are still a number of people alive today who can remember w hat “village life”meant in the early years of the present century. It meant knowing and being known by everybody else in the village. It meant finding your entertainment in the village of within walking distance of it. It meant housewives tied to the home all day and every day. It meant going to bed early to save lamp oil and coal.

Then came the First World War and the Second World War. After each war, new ideas, new attitudes, new trades and occupations were revealed (展现) to villagers. The long - established order of society was no longer taken for granted. Electricity and the motorcar were steadily operating to make village life and town life almost alike. Now with the highly developed science and technology and high - level social welfare for all, there is no point whatever in talking any longer about village life. It is just life, and that a better life.

Finally, if we have any doubts about the future, or about the many changes, which we have seen in our lives, we have only to look in at the school playground any mid - morning; or see the children as they walk homeward in little groups. Obviously these children are better fed, better clothed, better educated, healthier, prettier and happier than any generation of children that ever before walked the village street.

45. By saying that village is not dead, but “village life” is dead, the writer suggests that _________

A) those young people who talk of the village as being “dead” are wrong

B) the two statements are against each other

C) “village life” today is rather uninteresting

D) “village life” today is no longer like what is used to be.

46. As is suggested in paragraph 2, villagers in the past _________

A). lived a simpler life than villagers today B). knew fewer people than villagers today.

C). found it difficult to enjoy themselves D). liked to wash themselves with cold water.

47. The expression “---There is no point whatever in talking about in paragraph 3

means that _________

A). there is no end to the talking about....B). It is harmful to talk about….

C). It is not meaningless to talk about....D). there is no reason for talking about

48. Which of the following statements is true, according to the passage?

A) Dead B)Worse C) Better D) Unclear

Passage Three

Prices determine how resources are to be used. They are also the means by which products and services that are in limited supply are rationed among buyers. The price system of the United States is a complex network composed of the prices of all the products bought and sold in the economy as well as those of a myriad （无数，极大数量）of services, including labor, professional, transportation, and public-utility services. The interrelationships of all these prices make up the “system” of prices. The price of any particular product or service is linked to a broad, complicated system of prices in which everything seems to depend more or less upon everything else.

If one were to ask a group of randomly selected individuals to define “price”, many

would reply that price is an amount of money paid by the buyer to the seller of a product or service or, in other words，that price is the money value of a product or service as agreed upon in a market transaction. This definition is, of course, valid as far as it goes. For a complete understanding of a price in any particular transaction, much more than the amount of money involved must be known. Both the buyer and the seller should be familiar with not only the money amount, but also the amount and quality of the product or service to be exchanged, the time and place at which the exchange will take place and payment will be made, the form of money to be used, the credit terms and discounts that apply to the transaction, guarantees on the product or service, delivery terms, return privileges, and other factors. In other words, both the buyer and the seller should be fully aware of all the factors that comprise the total “package” being exchanged for the asked-for amount of money in order that they may evaluate a given price.

49. What is the best title for the passage?

A) The Inherent Weaknesses of the Price System. B) The Complexities of the Price

System

C) Credit Terms in Transactions D) Resource Allocation(分配，配给) and the Public

Sector

50. According to the passage, the price system is related primarily to _____.

A) labor and education B) transportation an insurance

C) utilities and repairs D) products and services

51. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT a factor in the complete

understanding of price?

A) Instructions that come with a product B) The quantity of a product

C) The quality of a product D) Warranties (保单) that cover a

product

52. In the last sentence of the passage, the word “they” refers to _______.

A) return privileges B) all the factors C) buyer and seller D) money

53. The paragraph following the passage most likely discusses________.

A) unusual ways to advertise products

B) types of payment plans for service

C) theories about how products affect different levels of society

D) how certain elements of a price package influence its market value

Section B Short Answer Questions (4 points, 1 point each)

Directions: Read the following two business letters. After reading them, you are required to complete the statements that follow the questions numbered 54 to 57. You should

write your answers in no more than 5 words on Paper Two correspondingly.

September 16 2010

Dear Mr. Dalrymple,

Financial Analyst

I should like to apply for the above post which was advertised in today’s Financial Post, and I enclose my current resume for your attention.

I am an experienced financial analyst, consultant and presenter, having worked extensively in this sector both in Toronto and New York. I am currently looking for a

position which will allow me to develop my skills and experience in a small, dynamic commercial team such as Longthorn Investments. I believe that my financial and academic background would be of benefit to your strategic financial planning, and the building of partnerships with investment houses throughout North America and the Far East.

Thank you for considering this application. I look forward to discussing matters further with you at a future interview.

Sincerely yours,

Robert Jones

Financial Investment Analyst 54. What position is the writer applying for?54. What position is the writer applying for?

__________________________________________________________________.

55. Where did the writer find the information about the position?

From an advertisement on _______________________________________________.

56. What are the two cities the writer had worked in?

______________ and ______________.

57. What is the writer’s impression of Longthorn Investment?

It is a _________________________________________ team.

Part IV Translation (20 points, 20 minutes)

Writing a term paper, research paper or essay for a college class is a kind of academic(学术的)writing. （58）Academic writing among professionals is a way to create new knowledge. A professor assigns students to write a paper. （59）The students examine an issue, review what is already known, think about what they have learned and come to some conclusion. This means that each student-writer must present information and also take a position. The student might support an idea, question it or even disprove it. (60)Or the writer could show how the subject may be understood better or in a different way than it has been. And the student must support the position with evidence. Cultural differences may interfere when international students try to write this way. (61) Students in many countries have learned to write beautiful descriptions about something without ever stating the main idea. American college students are expected to state their main idea at the beginning of the paper. (62) In other cultures, paragraphs may be organized to build toward the main idea, which is revealed at the end.

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