2014年河南专升本公共英语真题及解析

70. The author’s attitude towards gift giving is_____.

A. Indifferent B. protesting C. objective D. supportive

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Passage Three

They already guide blind and disabled people; now dogs are to be trained to help people with dementia（痴呆）.The duties of these “guide dogs for the mind” will include reminding their owners to take medication, as well as encouraging them to eat, drink and sleep at regular intervals.

The dementia dogs will be trained to respond to sound triggers in the home that prompt them to perform tasks. These could include delivering a bite-proof bag of medicine with a note inside reminding the patient to take it, or walking them up in the morning.

The idea was developed by design students at the Glasgow School of Art and will now be put into practice by Alzheimer’s Scotland and Dogs for the disabled.

Joyce Gray of Alzheimer’s Scotland said: “people in the early stages of dementia are still able to live a relative normal life, and dogs help to maintain routine.”

The other advantage of using the pets as companions is that conversation can be increasingly confusing for people with Alzheimer’s ,but dogs can give them a sense of silent support and companionship. People light up when they see animals. They don’t need to communicate verbally but they can still interact. You can have a speechless bond.

The dog would also encourage the owner to take them out for walks, ensuring they keep exercising and interacting with other people.

71. As is mentioned in the passage, the guide dogs will do the following except for _______.

A. helping ensure the owner doing some exercises

B. reminding the owner to take medicine

C. Communicating with the owner in a non-verbal way

D. Helping the owner recover from the illness

72. Who will train the dogs to perform such tasks?

A. The students who developed the idea. B. The owners of the dogs.

C. The experts in Alzheimer’s Scotland. D. It is not mentioned in the passage.

73. What is true about the people suffering from dementia?

A. They would like to say with other people.

B. They can maintain routine.

C. They will gradually lose the ability to live a normal life.

D. They would like to talk in a different way.

74. The guide dogs helping the people with dementia will _______.

A. respond to the owners order

B. respond to a sound device

C. act on the owners instructions

D. act on the trainers order

75. Having a conversation with people with dementia will be _______.

A. difficult B. interesting C. confusing D. encouraging

Passage Four

It seems obvious that you don’t give away your product for free but this is exactly what indie rock group the Crimea did earlier this year. The Crimea did earlier this year. The band’s reasoning goes like this: more people will download the free album than would pay for it. Therefore more people will hear The Crimea’s music. These people will then pay money for concerts by the band and perhaps buy a T-shirt or other merchandise. If the band play regular concerts to crowds of 200 or 300 people the can make more money than they would from sales of a CD. There will always be some [people who want something they can hold in their hands so they