江苏专转本英语真题和答案解析

1、江苏省2017年普通高校专转本选拔考试英语试题卷注意事项：1.本试卷分为试题卷和答题卡两部分，试题卷共 10 页，全卷满分 150 分，考试时间 120分钟。2.必须在答疑卡上作答，作答在试题卷上无效。作答前务必将自己的姓名和准考正好准确清晰的填写在试题卷和答题卡上的指定位置。考试结束时，须将试题卷和答题卡一并交回。Prat I Reading Comprehension （共 20 小题，每小题 2 分，共 40 分）Directions: There are 4 passage in this part . Each passage is followed by somequestions

2、 or unfinished statements . For each of them there are 4 choicesmarked A,B,C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark your answerby blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet .Passage OneQuestions 1 to 5 based on the following passage .We use both words and gestures to expre

3、ss our feelings ,but the problem isthat these words and gestures can be understood in different ways .It is true that a smile means the same thing in any language . So doeslaughter or crying . There are also a number of striking similarities in theway different animals show the same feelings . Dogs

4、, tigers and humans , forexample , often show their teeth when they are angry . This is probably becausethey are born with those behavior patterns .Fear is another emotion that is shown in much the same way all over theworld . In Chinese and English literature , a phrase like “he went pale andbegan

5、to tremble”suggests that the man is either very afraid or deeply shocked. However , “he opened his eyes wide ” is used to suggest anger in Chinesewhereas in English it means surprise . In Chinese surprise can be described ina phrase like “they stretched out their tongues ”. Sticking out your tonguei

6、n English is an insulting gesture or expresses strong dislike .Even in the same culture , people differ in the ability to understand andexpress feelings Experiments in America have shown that women are usuallybetter than men at recognizing fear ,anger love and happiness on peoplesfaces . Other studi

7、es show that older people usually find it easier torecognize or understand body language than younger people do . to the passage , _. can hardly understand what peoples gestures mean and gestures may have different meanings in different cultures can be better understand by older people can be better

8、 understand by most of the people while words can nots facial expressions may be misunderstand because_。 of different ages may have different understandings have different cultures of different sexes may understand a gesture differently of different countries speak different languages in the same cu

9、lture , people_. different abilities to understand and express feelings exactly the same understanding of something fail to understand each other equally intelligent this passage .we can conclude_. are used as frequently as gestures are often found difficult to understand and gestures are both used

10、in expressing feelings are more efficiently used than words best title for this passage be_.A. Words and FeelingsB. Words,Gestures and FeelingsC. Gestures and FeelingsD. Culture and UnderstandingPassage TwoQuestions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage .The English policeman has several nickna

11、mes but the most frequently usedare “copper” and “bobby”. The first name comes form the verb “to cop” (which is also slang ) , meaning “to take”or “to capture” , and the secondcomes form the first name of Sir Robert Peel , a 19th century politician , whowas the founder of the police force as we know

12、 it today . An early nickname forthe policeman was “peeler” , but this one has died out .Whatever we may call them , the general opinion of the police seems to be afavorable one , except , of course , among the criminal part of the communitywhere the police are given more derogatory nicknames which

13、originated inAmerica , such as “fuzz” or “pig” . Visitors to England seem to be veryimpressed by the English police . It has , in fact , because standing joke thatthe visitor to Britain , when asked for his views of the country , will alwayssay , at some point or other , “I think your policemen are

14、wonderful”.Well , the British bobby not always be wonderful but he is usually a veryfriendly and helpful sort of character . A music-hall song of some years agowas called “If You Want To Know The Time , Ask A Policeman ” . Nowadays ,most people own watches but they still seem to find plenty of other

15、 questionsto ask the policeman . In London , the policeman spend so much of their timedirecting visitors about the city that one wonders how they ever find time todo anything else .Two things are immediately noticeable to the stranger when he sees anEnglish policeman for the first time . The first i

16、s that does not carry apistol and the second is that he wears a very distinctive type of headgear ,the policemans helmet . His helmet , together with his height , enables anEnglish policeman to be time it is suggested that the policeman should be givena pistol and than his helmet should be taken for

17、m him , but both suggestionsare resisted by the majority of the public and the police themselves .6. Nowadays British people call the policeman_. of following statements is TRUE? are fewer criminals in America than in Britain . English bobby is friendly but not helpful . English police enjoy having

18、pistols . you see an English policeman for the first time , you will probably noticeat once that_. often tells people time has a helmet on the head is usually very helpful wears special clothes an English policeman can be seen form some distance is_. standing joke no help some help and funny praise

19、the English police because_. are police and helpful often give thanks obey orders are armed with modern equipmentPassage ThreeQuestions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage .It is difficult to imagine what life would be like without memory . Themeanings of thousands of everyday perceptions ,

20、the bases for the decisions wemake , and the roots of our habits and skills are to be found in our pastexperiences , which are brought into the present by memory .Memory can be defined as the capacity to keep information available forlatter for later use . It not only includes “remembering ” things

21、likearithmetic or historical facts but also involves any change in the way ananimal typically behaves . Memory is involved when a rat gives up eating grainbecause he has sniffed something suspicious in the grain pile . Memory is alsoinvolved when a six-year-old child learns to swing a baseball bat .

22、Memory exists not only in humans and animals but also in some physicalobjects and machines . Computers , for example , contain devices for storingdata for later use . It is interesting to compare the memory-storage capacityof a computer with that of a human being . The instant-access memory of a lar

23、gecomputer may hold up to 100,000 “words” ready for instant use . An averageAmerican teenager probably recognizes the meaning of about 100,000 words ofEnglish . However , this is but a fraction of the total amount of informationwhich the teenager has stored . Consider , for example , the number of f

24、acesand places that the teenager can recognize on sight .The use of words is the basis of the advanced problem solving intelligenceof human beings . A large part of a persons memory is in terms of words andcombinations of words . to the passage , memory is considered to be_. basis for decision makin

25、g and problem solving ability to store information for future use intelligence typically possessed by human beings data mainly consisting of words and combinations of words comparison between the memory capacity of a large computer and that of ahuman being shows that_.s memory has a little bigger ca

26、pacity than a teenagerss memory capacity is much smaller than an adult human beingss memory capacity is much smaller even than a teenagerss memory capacity is the same as a teenagers is implied in the passage that_. human beings have problem-solving intelligence persons memory is different from a co

27、mputers in every respect can solve very simple problems solve problems by instinct rather than intelligence phrase “in term of” in the last sentence can be best replaced by“_” . connection with by means of main idea of the passage is_. life would be like without memory is of vital importance to life

28、 a persons memory is different form an animals or a computers memory carriesPassage FourQuestions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage .Clearly if we are to participate in the society in which we live we mustcommunicate with other people . A great deal of communication is performed on aperson

29、-to-person basis by the simple means of speech . If we travel in buses ,buy thing in shops , or eat in restaurants , we are likely to haveconversations where we give information or opinions , receive news or comment,and very likely have our views challenged by other members of society .Face-to-face

30、contact is by no means the only form of communication andduring the last two hundred years the art of mass communication has become oneof the dominating factors of contemporary society . Two things , above others ,have caused the enormous growth of the communication industry . Firstly ,inventiveness

31、 has led to advances in printing,telecommunications,photography , radio and television . Secondly , speed has revolutionized thetransmission and reception of communications so that local news often takes abackseattonationalnews,whichitselfisoftenalmosteclipsed（黯然失色）by international news .No longer i

32、s the possession of information confined to a privilegedminority . In the last century the wealthy man with his own library was indeedfortunate , but today there are public libraries . Forty years ago people usedto flock to the cinema , but now far more people sit at home and turn on the TVto watch

33、a programme the is being channeled into millions of homes .Communication is no longer merely concerned with the transmission ofinformation . The modern communication industry influences the way people livein society and broadens their horizons by allowing access to information ,education and enterta

34、inment .The printing , broadcasting and advertisingindustries are all involved with informing , educating and entertaining .Although a great deal of the material communicated by the mass media isvery valuable to the individual and to the society of which he is a part , thevast modern network of comm

35、unications is open to abuse . However , the massmedia are with us for better or for worse , and there is no turning back . first paragraph emphasizes the _ of face-to-face contact in socialsettings . development of the communication industry in contemporary societyresults form _. advances and revolu

36、tions art of mass communication inventiveness and speed advances and speed is implied in the passage that _ . news still takes a significant place news is becoming more popular news used to be the main source of information news is the fastest transmitted news of the following statements is NOT true

37、 ? libraries have replaced private libraries . possess information used to be a privilege . means more than transmission . influences the way of life and thinking . can be inferred from the last paragraph that the writer is_. about the wrong use of the mass media about the drastic changes in the mas

38、s media about the future of the mass media to the harmful influence of the mass mediaPart II Vocabulary and Structure（共 40 小题，每小题 1 分，共 40 分）Directions:There are 40 incomplete sentences in this part . For each sentencethere are 4 choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the ONE that best completes thesent

39、ence . Then mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on theAnswer Sheet .21. I had supper with my friends yesterday afternoon , _ we went to attenda party . when which that it22. _ difficulties he comes across , he cam manage to get them over . large number of students _ at the Englis

40、h corner to practice oralEnglish at the moment . gathering24. The workers working day and night , the construction of the building _by the end of this month . gathering be completing have completed complete have been completed25. The book about American President Lincoln is very interesting and wort

41、h_ twice . read read read26. Scientists have reached the conclusion _ the temperature on the earthis getting higher and higher . enough naively27. Im not _ to think I can excel in maths without efforts . enough naive enough naively naive enough28. Nowadays the Internet has become an important way of

42、 communication , _us to keep in contact with our friends and relatives in the distance . permit permitting has been practicing English for eight years , and now he can speakEnglish as fluently as his English teacher _ . of the thick smog , many people move to Sanya in Hainan , believingit would be a

43、 wonderful place to _ in . living lived my relief , my son _ beer since his best friend was fined for drivingafter drinking .t touched touch touchedt touch32. _ preparing dinner , she stood at the front door waiting for herchildren to return . finish finished been finished the silence of my room , I

44、 could hear my grandparents voices _ theytold stories about our hard-working and brave family . is estimated that self-drive tour costs _ package tour , so wedprefer our holiday organized by a local travel agent . as much as than twice much twice as much as twice boy had no choice but _ his father i

45、nto the room . follow and bread sold in shops are _ packaged now than they used to . more better better she hadnt gone back for her credit card , she _ the early trainyesterday .t have missedt misst misst have missed is inspiring to hear the news that more high-speed railways _ in ourcountry . be bu

46、ilt building39. Under no circumstances _ do anything that will benefit yourself butdo harm to yourcountry . will should can you team overcame all the difficulties and completed the task three weeksahead of time ,_ is something we had not expected . boy is not allowed to get access _ the computer fre

47、ely at home . 42. _ , all the people in the company should be responsible for thepresent crisis . a certain extent a certain extent a certain extent a certain extent _ amount of time and money was wasted in the project , for which hewas fired . _ a job ,the graduate student got an offer to study abr

48、oad . for to to for that he loves children , I am sure teaching is the right career forhim . give finds it hard to go to sleep _ you tell him the truth of theincident . our surprise , Professor Wang was _ appointed president of theuniversity . father didnt travel much when he was young , so he decid

49、ed to _lost time after retirement . up with up to up for up of young man asked the general manager to _ him some so that he coulddetail his sales plan . hotel is not very modern , but is does have the _ of being closeto nature . boss asked each employee to _ some new ideas to improve the salesof cos

50、metics . control of up against charge of up with order to _ future confusion and problems ,we should make a goodplan . doing business , business people often _ business cards to providepersonal information as well as information about their companies . havent seen him for years , and I can hardly _

51、him at first sight . s time to wake up and get started , _ you will never your dreaminto reality . a young man works hard or not _ to his further development . a difference the need a promise a deadline the most popular tourist attraction on the island is the beautifulbeach _ warm water , abundant s

52、ea life , and clean sand . the twins were adopted by different families , they showedsurprising _ in their lives .59. Nowadays the English majors are _ girls , though there some boys . someone comes to see me , please tell him to leave a _ . Part III Cloze （共 20 小题，每小题 1 分，共 20 分）Directions:There ar

53、e 20 blanks in the following passage . For each blank thereare 4 choices marked A,B,C,and D . You should choose the ONE that bestcompletes the passage . Then mark your answer by blackening the correspondingletter on the Answer Sheet .Most parent,I suppose, have had the experience of reading a bedtim

54、e story totheir children. And they must havechildrens book. Either the author hascant 63 what is in his (or more often, her)story, or the story seems tobe 64 to the readers.The best childrens books aresatisfy 66 the child who hears the story and the adult who reads it.61how difficult it is to write

55、a good62 too high so that the children65very difficult nor very simple,and6769,there are in fact6870books like this. The problem of finding theto solve.bed time story is notThis may be why many of books71as works of childrens literature werein fact written 72 grownups.“Alices Adventure in Wonderland”is perhapsthe most obvious of this.Children,left for themselves,often73 the worst possible inter