湖北學位英語試題20100618

1、Part I Vocabulary and structure (20 points)Direction: There are twenty incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter in the Answer Sheet One with a single

2、 line through the center.21The editorialnow will appear in tomorrowS newspaper· Awriting Bto write Cbeing written Dwrite2Though he is_worker，he works very hard Aa common Ban ordinary Ca usual Da general3Im looking after Tom todayHeS been at my house 8：00 this morning Asince Bfor Cat Dtill4When

3、he retired，his son_ the business Atook over Btook off Ctook in Dtook up5Please call againJim a bath Just now· Ahad Bhaving Cis having D. has6On no condition with him Awe cannot agree Bwould we agree Ccan we agree D. we can agree7once environmental damage ，it takes many years for the system to r

4、ecover· Ahas done Bit to do Cdoes D. is done8 we are doing has never been done before.AThat B. What CWhich DWhether9They at least ten minutes agoAare leave Bmust have left Cwere left D1eave10There is more land in Australia than the government knows . Awhat to do with Bto do with it Chow to do D

5、to do it11While people may refer to television for Uptotheminute news，it is unlikely that television the newspaper completely Areplace BWas replaced Creplaced Dwill replace12Because the first pair of trousers did not fit properly，he asked for Aanother trousers Bothers trousers Cthe others ones Danot

6、her pair13In Britain today women 44 of the workforce，and nearly half the mothers with children are in paid work Abuild up Bmake up Cstand for Dsend up14This is the place I want to go to. Amostly Bthe mostly Cmost Dmuch 15The hours the children spend in their one-way relationship with television peop

7、leundoubtedly affect their relationship with reallife people.Athat Bwhen Cin which Don which16Whether he can pass the examination is thought to be for his going abroad Apersonal Bspecial Cconventional Dcrucial 17I do wish you could these sheets of paper together Amend Brepair Cpaste Dpatch 18In Brit

8、ain，the Prince of Wales is to the throne Aadvisor Bheir Cowner Dprotector 19She is now in of happiness with her family members Aclosure Bpursuit Ccredibility Dphenomenon 20The government has decided to reduce a(n) on all imports Aexposure Btariff Cfee Dservice Part III Reading Comprehension (40 poin

9、ts)Direction: There are twenty incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter in the Answer Sheet One with a single line through the center.Passage 1 Ants

10、are great athletes in proportion to their sizeThey can lilt a weight four hundred timestheir own weightTheoretically a five-pound ant could easily lilt a ton The most skillful farmers in the insect world are the small，heavily armored parasol antsThey work at night and it is nothing for them to strip

11、 a large tree at a time，marching off with bitsOf leaf held over them like parasols Surprisingly enough，these ants do not eat the vegetation they gotRather they use it as rawmaterial for their remarkable underground gardens，which they tend themselvesThe shreds of theleaves are literally chewed into a

12、 rich compost which is used to strengthen the garden where athread-like fungus is cultivatedThis species of fungus is their only source of food Included in the extraordinary parasol ant society are tiny garden workers，and slightly biggerworkers who dig the interconnecting chambers of the hiveThe par

13、asol queen ant, more than onehundred times me size of the garden workers，is waited upon hand and foot by hundreds of her citizens21An ant is very strong in proportion to its weightAnts call lift a weight . A300 times their own weight B600 times their own weight Cfive-pound more than their own weight

14、 D400 times their own weight 22In a short time，they call strip a tree of all its leaves in order to make a Ahome for the queen ant Bcompost for their gardens Cspecies of fungus Dkind of food 23When did the armored parasol ants work? AAt daytime BAt night CIn the morning DAt noon24WhatS the usage of

15、fungus? ATo decorate the garden BThe only source of the ants food CTo protect the tree DThe place for them to live in25The armored parasols are regarded as Agreat athletes Bskillful farmers Cqueen ants Dchamber builders Passage 2Psychology is the study of the mind and mental activitiesFor examp

16、le，psychologists are interested in why some things make you sad，but others make you happy. They want to know why some people are shy，but others are quite talkativeThey also want to know why people do the things that they doThey test intelligence.Psychologists deal with the minds and behavior of peop

17、leYour mind consists of all your feelings，thoughts，and ideasIt is the results of the part of the brain called the cerebrumYour behavior is the way you act or conduct yourself. Examples of behavior include shouting，crying，laughing，and sleepingSeveral people have been instrumental in the field of psyc

18、hologyWilhelm Wudt set up the first psychological laboratory in Leipzig，Germany, in1879Ivan Pavlov，a Russian，is noted for his experiments with dogs in which he studied their relaxes and reactionsAround 1900，Sigmund Freud stated his theory that people try to repress any memories or thoughts that they

19、 believed were not good,Psychologists should not be confused with psychiatristsPsychiatrists deal only with mental illnessThey are medical doctors who treat people26：A good title for this selection is AStudying the MindBFeelings and Behavior of Human Beings CPsychology and Psychiatry DFamous Psychol

20、ogists27“Some people are shyThat means Athey are modest Bthey are quiet Cthey never say a word Dthey are ashamed28We may conclude that psychologists Astudy physical diseases as well Bdeal with animals more often than with people Care not medical,doctors Dare interested in things that make you sad29P

21、avlov worked with Apeople Bdogs Cmental illness Dabnormal behavior30The cerebrum controls Athe mind Bthe bodyCthe whole brainDthe field of psychology Passage 3What do you do with your empty cans and bottles? There are two choices，throwing them away or recyclingThrowing away a metal beverage con

22、tainer wastes as much energy as filling a can with gasoline and pouring half out Besides wasting energy，throwing away bottles a11d cans causes pollution，increases the volume of solid wastes，and uses up natural resources. To control these problems，only nine states have adopted bottle lawsThe United S

23、tates governrnent should require every state to have a bottle law or constitute a national bottle law· To understand how a bottle law can help，you must know how it works. When consumers buy canned or bottled beverages at the store，they pay depositsThis deposit can range from twenty to fifty cen

24、ts per bottle or canIn order to get this deposit back, the bottles and cans must be returned to supermarkets after they are emptiedThe supermarkets then return the bottles and cans to their manufacturers for either reuse or recycling 。 Bottle laws are currently effective in Oregon，Vermont，Maine，Mich

25、igan，Iowa，Connecticut，Delaware, Massachusetts,and New YorkThese laws work largely because the general public supports themA recent poll(民意測驗) of Americans revealed that 73 percent support bottle laws。This support undoubtedly results from peoples concern about pollution and our planet slimited resour

26、ces31mat is the bad thing if one throws away metal Calls after drinking? AWasting energy BGoing against the national law CPouring half of the gasoline out DCausing personal inconvenience32Throwing away metal containers people will affect the environment by Apreserving natural resources Brecycling th

27、em Cusing natural resources D。causing pollution33What does the author suggest in order to solve the problems of cans and bottles? APutting the bottle laws into effect BPreventing people from pouring out beverage· CMaking a national bottle law DHaving the manufacturers recycle the containers34Wh

28、o would pay the deposits for the beverage containers? AThe supermarket BThe manufacturer · CThe consumer DThe government35According to the author，a bottle law can work ifAthe consumers，supermarkets and manufacturers make joint effortsBthe manufacturers recycle the empty containersCthe consumers

29、 pay deposits Dthe nine states support it Passage 4 Reading is not the only way to gain knowledge of the work in the pastThere is another largereservoir(知識庫)which may如called experience，and the college student will find that every craftsman has something he can teach and will generally teach gla

30、dly to any college student who does not look down upon themThe information from them differs from that in textbooks and papers chiefly in that its theoretical partme explanations of why things happen-is frequently quite fantasticBut the demonstration and report of what happens，and how it happens are

31、 correct even if the reports ale in completely unscientific terms(術語)Presently the college student willlearn，in this Case also，what to accept and what to rejectOne important thing for a college student to remember is that if Aristotle could talk to the fishermanSo can he Another source of knowledge

32、is the vast store of traditional practices handed down fromfather to son，or mother to daughter, of old country customs，of folklore(風俗)All this is very difficult for a college student to examine，for much knowledge and personal experience is needed here to separate goodplants from wild grassThe colleg

33、e student should learn to realize and remember how much of real value science has found in this wide，confused wilderness and howoften scientific discoveries of what had existed in this area long age36In the last paragraph the phrase“this wide，confused wilderness”refers to Apersonal experience Bwild

34、weeds among good plants Cthe information from the parents Dthe vast store of traditional practices 37Which of the following statements is supported by the passage， AThe college students have trouble separating good plants from wild grass BCraftsman s experience is usually unscientific CThe contemptu

35、ous(傲慢的)college students will receive nothing from craftsmen DTraditional practices are as important as experience for the college student·38From this passage we can infer that Awell invite the craftsman to teach in the college Bschools and books are not the only way to knowledge cScientific di

36、scoveries are based on personal experience Ddiscoveries and rediscoveries are the most important source of knowledge for a college student 39The author advises the college student to Abe contemptuous to the craftsman Bbe patient in helping the craftsman with scientlflc tems C1earn the craftsmans exp

37、erience by judging it carefully Dgain the craftsmans experience without rejection 40The main idea of this passage is about · Awhat to learn from the parents Bhow to gain knowledge Cwhy to learn from craftsman Dhow to deal with experiencePaper TwoPart IV Cloze(10 points)Directions: There are 10

38、blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE answer that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding on the Answer Sheet One with a pencil.Electricity is such a part of our everyday life and so much taken for granted

39、nowadays that we_41_think twice when we switch on the light or turn on the radio , At light roads are brightly lit, enabling people and traffic to move freely ,In the home ,many labor-saving _42_are powered by electricity ,_43_when we turn off the lamp and fall asleep , electricity is working for us

40、 ,_44_our refrigerators , heating our water , or keeping our rooms air-conditioned we rarely _45_to consider why or how they run provided something goes wrongIn the summer of 1959,somrthing did go wrong with power-plant that provided New Your with electricity ,For great many hours life came almost t

41、o a standstill .Trains _46_to move and people sat _47_and frightened in the dark _48_an unseen enemy had landed from marks ,When the lights come on again , _49_p person in the city can have turned on a switch _50_ reflecting , what a great servant electricity is!41Ararely Busually Cscarcely Donly 42

42、Avessels Bequipments Cdevices Dtools 43AExactly Bjust CImmediately DEven44Afilling Brepairing Cdriving Dburning 45Abother Btrouble Cintend Darrange44Areported Brejected Cmissed Drefused47Aimpatient Bimpatiently Cuncomfortable Duncomfortably48Aas Bif Cas if D1ike 49Anearly Balmost Chardly Dbarely50Aw

43、ithout Bwhen Cin Dbecause of Part V Translation(15 points)Directions：in this part there is a passage in EnglishTranslate the five sentences underlinedinto Chinese and write your translation on the Answer Sheet TwoToday all our eyes were fixed on the exciting moment(1)On hearing the good news,ou

44、r hearts leapt with joyIt's the victory of the Olympic spiritWe couldnt help shouting，“Our dream has come true!”just at the moment,my friends rang me and we went to the square togetherThought it rained heavily，we still found many people there(2)They expressed their feelingin their own wayFireworks and balloons dotted the skyThousands of pigeons soared freely inthe skySome people were even dancing and singingWe were all moved by the scene-the peopleS enthusiasm(3)Our people are greatThey played an important part in the project Almost everyone took part in