Test Paper of
The Entrance Exam for BA Students
英语专业专升本入学考试样题
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Instructions:
l There are Four parts to the written test.
l You should write all your answers on the answer sheet.
Part I Vocabulary and Grammar 词汇和语法 (30 points)
Questions 1-15: Choose the best answer from A, B, C and D. Write your answer on the Answer Sheet. 从A，B，C，D选项中选择一个正确的答案写在答题卷上。
1. There was more than _______rain and snow last year, so some parts of the country have been flooded this spring.
A. extra B. efficient C. generous D. adequate
2. It was not a serious accident ; the car needs only __________repairs.
A. major B. secondary C. minor D. primary
3. With the population explosion, scientists will have to __________ new methods of increasing the world’s food supply.
A. lead to B. carry out C. come up with D. stick to
4. One of his many faults is that he never___________ anything very long.
A. decides on B. sticks to C. goes over D. makes sure
5. Those old houses will be pulled down to new office blocks.
A. provide for B. fit in C. make room for D. accommodate
6. Vicki had most probably ____________her for another sort of girl.
A. regarded B. viewed C. mistaken D. looked
7. The police investigation discovered that three young men were ___________in the robbery.
A. claimed B. involved C. connected D. tightened
8. Only guests of the hotel may enjoy the ____________of using the private beach.
A. privilege B. thought C. favour D. service
9. He felt rather____________ as he was the only person who wore sportswear at the dinner party.
A. in place B. in the way C. by the way D. out of place
10. Harold wrote to his bookseller and ____________two copies of the dictionary.
A. brought B. ordered C. made D. purchased
11. I received a ___________ parcel yesterday and I am still wondering who may have sent it.
A. sincere B. bull C. complicated D. mysterious
12. The school bus was _____________by thick fog.
A. held up B. broken off C. kept up D. put off
13. How we _____________a chance to visit your great country!
A. desired for B. longed for C. waited for D. went for
14. “We’ll do what we can to get the goods _____________on time,” said the manager of the company.
A. reached B. come C. received D. delivered
15. It is the boy’s laziness that _____________his failure in the exams.
A. resulted in B. brought in C. resulted from D. led into
Part II Cloze 完型填空（10 points）
Choose the best word to fill each blank from the choices A, B, C and D given after the passage. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 从A、B、C、D中选择最正确的答案，并填写在答题卷上。
Unlike most sports, which evolved over time from street games, basketball was designed by one man to suit a particular purpose. The man was Dr. James Naismith, and his purpose was to invent a vigorous game that could be played indoors in the winter.
In 1891, Naismith was an instructor at a training school, which trained physical education instructors for the YMCA. That year the school was trying __________(16) up with a physical activity that the men could enjoy __________(17) the football and baseball seasons. None of the standard indoor activities __________(18) their interest for long. Naismith was asked by the school to solve the problem.
He first tried to __________(19) some of the popular outdoor sports, but they were all too rough. The men were getting bruised from tackling each other and __________(20) hit by the equipment. So, Naismith decided to invent a game that would incorporate the most common elements of outdoor team sports without having real physical contact.
Most popular sports used a ball. So he chose a soccer ball because it was soft and large enough that it __________(21) no other equipment, such as a bat or a racket to hit it. Next he decided __________(22) an elevated goal, so that scoring would depend on skill and accuracy rather than __________(23) alone. His goals were two peach baskets, __________(24) to ten-foot-high balconies at each end of the gym. The basic __________(25) of the game was to throw the ball into the basket. Naismith wrote rules for the game, many of which, though with some small changes, are still in effect today.
16. A. to have come B. coming C. come D. to come
17. A. between B. during C. when D. for
18. A. roused B. held C. had D. were
19. A. imitate B. adopt C. adapt D. renovate
20. A. been B. to be C. being D. were
21. A. requested B. used C. required D. had
22. A. on B. to C. of D. with
23. A. power B. strength C. force D. might
24. A. fixed B. fixing C. that fixed D. were fixed
25. A. methods B. rules C. way D. idea
Part III Reading Comprehension 阅读理解（40 points）
Passage One
“For more than eight years we have been recommending that greater care be taken in the use of difficult loan words, but it doesn’t seem to have had much effect,” said an official of the cultural affairs agency, which compiled the report. “It’s not our intention to try to control the spread of foreign terms, but this is something that needs to be debated by the research community.”
According to a professor of linguistics at Daitobunka University, Japan adopts English words at a more rapid pace than almost any other country. “It sometimes feels like the situation has got out of hand, and there are definitely occasions when we adopt language unnecessarily, but this is a positive step toward the internationalization of Japan,” Mr. Suzuki said.
In marketing, Japanglish－a hybrid of contracted English and Japanese－is used to sell everything from ‘Pocari Sweat’ soft drinks to famikon (family computer) games. In sports, football commentators talk of hedingu shuuto (headers at goal) and naisu kiipa (nice goal-keeping), while the manager of the country’s most popular baseball team promised to meiku durama (make drama) in its chase for the league title. But the biggest exponents of foreign words are teenagers. “Sometimes, I feel that English words really hit the spot because they are often shorter and more precise,” said Norihide Watanabe, a middle-aged businessman.“ But when my daughter uses them, I don’t have a clue what she is talking about.”
Questions 26-30: Choose the best answer from A, B, C and D. Write your answer on the Answer Sheet. 从A，B，C，D选项中选择一个正确的答案写在答题卷上。
26．It appears that bureaucrats in the cultural affairs agency____________________.
A. have been encouraging the use of English in official documents
B. have been trying to prevent the use of English in public documents
C. have been trying to encourage careful use of English in official documents
D. have been trying to control the spread of English in official documents
27．It seems English loan words are a greater problem in Japan than in any other country in the world because__________________.
A. they spread more rapidly than in other countries
B. Japan is in the middle of a serious economic recession
C. not many people study English in Japan
D. of academic debates in the research community
28．The article implies that English is used ___________________.
A. out of necessity by sports commentators
B. unnecessarily by baseball teams
C. by too many business people
D. by many young people in Japan
29．The underlined phrase “hit the spot” in the last paragraph means to __________________.
A. be exactly right
B. go the right way
C. be near the centre
D. strike out
30．The article implies Japanglish is______________________.
A. a business language
B. a sporting language
C. a created language
D. not very useful
Passage Two
Sports and games make our bodies strong, prevent us from getting too fat, and keep us healthy. But these are not their only uses, they give us valuable practice in making eyes, brain and muscles work together. In tennis, our eyes see the ball coming, judge its speed and direction and pass this information on to the brain. The brain then has to decide what to do, and to send its orders to the muscles of the arms, legs, and so on, so that the ball is met and hit back where it ought to go. All this must happen with very great speed, and only those who have had a lot of practice at tennis can carry out this complicated chain of events successfully. For those who work with their brains most of the day, the practice of such skills is especially useful.
Sports and games are also very useful for character-training. In their lessons at school, boys and girls may learn about such virtues as unselfishness, courage, discipline and love of one’s country; but what is learned in books cannot have the same deep effect on a child’s character as what is learned by experience. The ordinary day-school cannot give much practical training in living, because most pupils’ time is spent in classes, studying lessons. So it is what the pupils do in their spare time that really prepares them to take their places in society as citizens when they grow up. If each of them learns to work for the team and not for themselves on the football field, that person will later find it natural to work for the good of his country instead of only for their own benefit.
Questions 31-35: Choose the best answer from A, B, C and D. Write your answer on the Answer Sheet. 从A，B，C，D选项中选择一个正确的答案写在答题卷上。
31. When we play tennis we have to ________________________.
A. use, first, our eyes, then the brain and finally the muscles
B. make our eyes, brain and muscles work almost at the same time
C. use both arm and leg muscles at the same time
D. mainly use eye and leg muscles at the same time
32. The “complicated chain of events” in the first paragraph refers to _____________.
A. passing information and making decisions
B. the meeting and hitting back of the ball
C. coordinated(协调的) body movements
D. a lot of practice before playing tennis
33. By character-training, the author means that sports and games can help children ________________________.
A. live a better life when they grow up
B. know how to behave more properly in the future
C. understand better the virtues they learn in books
D. get a better education
34. According to the author, a child’s character can be most deeply influenced by ________________________.
A. what he does out of class
B. what he learns in books
C. his place in society
D. his lessons at school
35. What is of greatest importance for a football team is _______________________.
A. its members
B. its team work
C. the football field
D. the referee
Passage Three
Did you know that all human beings have a “comfort zone” regulating the distance they stand from someone when they talk? This distance varies in interesting ways among people of different cultures.
Greeks, others of the Eastern Mediterranean, and many people from South America normally stand quite close together when they talk, often moving their face even closer as they warm up in a conversation. North Americans find this awkward and often back away a few inches. Studies have found that they tend to feel most comfortable at about 21 inches apart. In much of Asia and Africa, there is even more space between two speakers in conversation. This matter of space is nearly always unconscious, but it is interesting to observe.
This difference applies also to the closeness with which people sit together, the extent to which they lean over one another in conversation, how they move as they argue or make an emphatic point. In the United States, for example, people try to keep their bodies apart even in a crowded elevator; in Paris they take it as it comes.
Although North Americans have a relatively wide “comfort zone” for talking, they communicate a great deal with their hands — not only with gesture but also with touch. They put a sympathetic hand on a person’s shoulder to demonstrate warmth of feeling or an arm around someone in sympathy. They might nudge a man in the ribs to emphasize a funny story; pat an arm to reassure or stroke a child’s head in affection. They readily take someone’s arm to help him across a street or direct him along an unfamiliar route. To many people — especially those from Asia or the Moslem countries — such bodily contact is unwelcome, especially if inadvertently done with the left hand. (The left hand carries no special significance in the U.S. Many Americans are simply left handed and use that hand more.)
Questions 36-40: Choose the best answer from A, B, C and D. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 从A，B，C，D选项中选择一个正确的答案写在答题卷上。
36. In terms of bodily distance, North Americans _______________.
A. are similar to South Americans
B. feel ill at ease when too close
C. don’t worry about distance
D. move nearer during conversation
37. For Asians, the comfort zone _______________.
A. is greater than that for North Americans
B. is less than that for North Americans
C. is deliberately determined
D. varies according to status
38. It can be inferred from the passage that in a crowded elevator, Frenchman _______________.
A. would behave in same way as an American would
B. would be afraid of bodily contact
C. would not be frightened of bodily contact
D. would prefer not to enter
39. When Americans tell a joke, they often _______________.
A. touch people on the arm
B. dig people in the ribs
C. give people a hug
D. pat people on the head
40. The passage mainly concerns _______________.
A. body language
B. cultural differences between the East and the West
C. distance and bodily contact
D. varieties of distance when people talk with each other
Passage Four
The very fact that English is so widely spoken around the world leads to other problems. The commonest examples cited are the British and American versions of the language, but even this is simplifying the issue. As anyone who has traveled to Britain will agree, the “British English” we may have learned at school hardly helps us cope with the varied forms of the language used in different parts of the British Isles. It is often impossible to comprehend some of these dialects. The same might be said of English spoken in the United States: the term “American English” usually means “standard American” － the language that is spoken by some of the better-known presidents, congressmen, spokesmen and women, and entertainers we see in our cinemas or on our TV screens. This form of American English is based on the dialect of English used by educated people in Boston in the northeast of the U.S., Boston-based and classless, this form of American English is the one most usually taught to foreign learners of American English. Incidentally, standard American is very similar to a standard form of British English in most respects--except in pronunciation. This form of the language is not spoken by the majority of Americans, as visitors to California, Florida, Chicago or New York quickly discover. In many parts of the U.S. people speak a dialect which even other Americans sometimes find hard to comprehend.
Other brands of English are spoken in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, the Caribbean, and various parts of Africa and Asia. Some have argued that the language is in danger of splitting up into different dialects. However, modern communication systems—radio, TV, and now computer-based communication systems such as e-mail and the Internet—make this increasingly unlikely. These modern means of communication ensure that English speakers around the world have a vested interest in communicating with each other in a common language. Speakers of different dialects of English may meet up in different places around the world, and have no difficulty in communicating with each other. Whether we like it or not, English, as an international language of communication, is here to stay for the foreseeable future!
Questions 41-45: Choose the best answer from A, B, C and D. Write your answer on the Answer Sheet. 从A，B，C，D选项中选择一个正确的答案写在答题卷上。
41. What does the underlined word “incidentally” mean in paragraph 1?
A. By chance
B. By the way
C. By hand
D. At the same time
42. What does the phrase “ be here to stay” probably mean in paragraph 2?
A. Will be difficult
B. Will be good
C. Will wait
D. Will remain
43. Why is it “simplifying the issue” to talk about “the British and American versions of the language”?
A. It makes it easier to understand the problem.
B. These are the versions people learn at school.
C. These versions are easier to understand than other versions.
D. There are many different varieties of British and American English.
44. Standard American English is spoken by _____________________.
A. all Presidents and Congressmen
B. all Presidents and entertainers
C. political spokesmen and women
D. some classes of American society
45. One of the major reasons for English remaining a commonly used world language is ___________________.
A. it is widely used in Africa and Asia
B. dialects of English are old fashioned
C. English is a means of modern world communication
D. English speakers need to use it
Part IV Writing 写作 (20 points)
For this part, you have 30 minutes to write a composition (at least 120 words) on the topic My View on Health. You should base your composition on the outline below:
1.健康是生活幸福、事业成功的基础
2. 面对来自生活、学习和工作的压力，我是如何保持身心健康的
3.对不珍爱健康人士的劝戒
