韩山师范学院2013年专升本插班生考试试卷

英语 专业 基础英语 试卷 （A卷）

Words:

I.

Match each word with its definition. （每空0.5分，共10分）

1) _____exotic 2）_____ cynical 3) _____ ignite 4) ____ yank 5) _____ jumble 6) ____ persevere 7) ____ litter 8)_____ indiscreet 9) _____conserve 10) _____ moribund 11) _____contend 12) _____threshold 13) _____reckless 14) ____juncture 15) ____ spawn 16) _____esteem 17)_____ legacy 18) ____ hurtle 19) _____ fleck 20) _____ husky Definitions:

a) money or property that one receives from someone after they die b) to pull with a quick, strong movement, jerk c) the offspring produced at one birth d) approaching death, about to die

e) scornful of the motives, virtue, or integrity of others f) to use carefully or sparingly, avoiding waste g) hoarse or rough in quality

h) a doorway forming an entrance to a building i) to cause to burn j) hasty and careless k) to bring forth; produce

l) excitingly different, strange or unusual m) unwanted things for sale

n) a particular point in time or in a course of event o) to respect and admire

p) a tiny mark or spot

q) careless about what one says or does r) to continue steadily with determination s) to move or rush with great speed t) to state or argue that sth. is true

1) Being seriously wounded in a car accident, she was totally ______ of her past.

(oblivion)

2) I have only a 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) III. Fill in the blanks with proper prepositions or adverbs. (每题0.5分，共8分）

1) ’ affairs. 2) s’ warnings. 3) Repeated failures in his experiments really got him _____. 4) 5) When we are eating fish, we have to look _____ for bones. 6) Please look _____ it that it doesn’t happen again. 7) 8) 9) 10) Buying a book is merely a prelude

II.

Fill in each blank with the derivative of the word in parentheses. （每题1分，共10分）

11) The school has turned _____ some very good scholars.

12) 13) 14) 15) 16)

1) He resolutely drove the compulsive thought out of his mind, but it kept edging

its way in again with alarming persistence.

2) It serves you right if you find it impossible to escape from some idle or

inquisitive chatterbox, or somebody who wants something for nothing.

3) The news stirred up something infinitely black and evil in the town. The

poison sac of the town began to manufacture venom, and the town swelled and puffed with the pressure of it.

IV.

Paraphrase the following sentences. （每题3分，共21分）

4) The time the crowd comes alive is when a man is hit hard over the heart or the

head, when he wobbles under the attack and his pursuer continues to smash at him with poleax impact.

5) “Bags of fun” is no more a lazy substitute for thought in its appropriate setting

than is “extremely gracious” in the setting that is appropriate for this expression.

6) It is worth remembering that wind is as injurious to human health as cold, for

it disrupts the cushion of warmth which is trapped by pores and hairs of the skin.

7) It’s hard to overstate the impact of the global system he created. He took a powerful communications system that only the elite could use and turned it into a mass medium. V. Use the words given in parentheses to translate the following sentences. （每题3分，共21分）

1 毕业后他一直和大学的同班同学保持通信联系，因此彼此之间的近况都比较了解。(correspondence/ track)

2 很多人对他们所居住的城市里如雨后春笋般冒出的摩天大楼深感自豪。他们错误地认为摩天高楼就等同于城市的现代化。(reside/ mistaken)

3 他债台高筑，只能任由债权人摆布，处境很是可怜。(run/mercy/)

4 在被绑架的官员被释放之后，政府继续对此事所引发的连锁反应表示关切。(release/ concern)

5 我国宪法规定，每个公民都必须知法守法，无人能够例外。(prescribe/abide/exception)

6 当这位诺贝尔文学奖获得者出现在媒体面前时，全场一片欢腾。他的演讲不是被震耳欲聋的掌声所打断。( break/punctuate)

7 经理的很多不得人心的决定让员工们信心大减。无论他作任何努力来改变他在大家心目中的形象都无济于事。(diminish/ vain)

VI. Choose the best one to complete each sentence. （每题0.5分，共8分）

1 She worked hard at her task before she felt sure that the results would _____ her long effort.

A justify B testify C rectify D verify 2 The newly designed machine is ______ time and energy. A economic of B economical of C economic about D economical about

3 Although the false banknote fooled many people, they did not _____ to close

examination.

A look up B pay up C keep up D stand up 4 He won’t like it if you try to ______ with his plan.

A interfere B intervene C interrupt D influence 5 The trade unions in this industry are ___ any reduction in wages. A objecting against B opposed to C reacted to D resisting against 6 ___ with air, a life jacket will keep a person afloat. A It is filled B Filling C When filled D When filling it

7 Come on, Jack, tell me the story. Don’t keep me in the ____. A suspense B suspending C suspension D suspender

8 She ___ fifty or so when I first met her at the conference. A had been B must be

C has been D must have been

9 The young employee has a(n) ___ quality—he is totally honest. A respectable B admirable C decent D approachable 10 How stra …… 此处隐藏：7766字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……