18年专插本公共课英语真题

A. Valuable time

C. Harm of unpunctuality

B. Popular appointment D. Advantage of punctuality

Passage 3

Once upon a time, two brothers, Jack and Tom, who lived on neighboring farms, fell into conflict. For the past 20 years, they had been on good terms farming side by side, sharing machinery, and trading labor and goods as needed. The dispute began with a small misunderstanding and grew into a major difference, and finally exploded into an exchange of bitter words followed by weeks of silence.

One morning there was a knock on Jack’s door. It was a carpenter looking for a few days’ work. Jack offered him a job saying, “Look across the steam at that farm. That’s my neighbor, in fact, it’s my younger brother. There used to be a meadow between us. Last week he pulled down the dam on the small river and now there is a stream instead. Well, he may have done this to offend me, but I’ll do him one better.”

“See that pile of lumber (木材) by the house? I want you to build me a fence—an 8-foot fence.” The carpenter said, “I think I understood the situation. Show me the nails and the post-hole digger (打桩机) and I’ll be able to do a job that please you.”

Jack had to go into town, so he helped the carpenter get the material ready and then he was off for the day. The carpenter worked hard all that day measuring, sawing and nailing. About sunset when Jack returned, the carpenter had just finished his job.

Jack’s eyes opened wide, his jaw dropped. There was no fence there at all. It was a bridge—a bridge stretching from one side of the stream to the other! A fine piece of work! His younger brother was coming toward them with hands outstretched. “You are quite a fellow to build this bridge after all I’ve said and done.” The two brothers stood at each end of the bridge, and then they met in the middle, taking each other’s hand.

They turned to see the carpenter lift his toolbox onto his shoulder. “No, wait! Stay a few days, I have a lot of other projects for you.” Said Jack, “I’d love to stay on.” The carpenter said, “ but I have many more bridges to build.”

41. In the past 20 years, Jack and Tom kept their relationship . A. serious B. tense C. distant D. close 42. Jack decided to build a fence to . A. protect himself B. fight back C. please Tom D. give in 43. What does underlined expression “quite a fellow” mean in paragraph 5 ? A. A powerful man B. A rich man C. A generous man D. A capable man 44. The carpenter built the bridge instead of a fence to help Jack and Tom . A. meet each other B. store the lumber C. regain brotherly affection D. renew their business 45. What can we learn from the passage ? A. Better make friends than make enemies. B. A good friend brings a far land near.

C. Family ties are close than social relations. D. A tooth for a tooth.

Passage 4

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Batteries can power anything from small sensors to large systems. While scientists are finding ways to make them smaller but even more powerful, problems can arise when these batteries are much larger and heavier than the devices themselves. The researchers at university of Missouri (MU) are developing a nuclear energy source that is smaller, lighter and more efficient.

“To provide enough power, we need certain methods with high energy density (密度) ,” said Jac kwon, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at MU. “The radioisotope (放射性同位素) battery can provide power density that is much higher than chemical batteries.”

Kwon and his research team have been working on building a small nuclear battery, presently the size and thickness of a penny, intended to power various systems. Although nuclear batteries can cause concerns, Kwon said they are safe.

“People hear the word ‘nuclear’ and think of something very dangerous.” he said. “however nuclear power sources have already been safely powering a variety of devices, such as pace-makers, space satellites and underwater systems.”

His new idea is not only in the battery’s size, but also in its semiconductor. Kwon’s battery uses a liquid semiconductor rather than a solid semiconductor.

“The key part of using a radioactive battery is that when you harvest the energy, part of the radiation energy can damage the lattice structure（晶体结构）of the solid semiconductor,” Kwon said, “by using a liquid semiconductor, we believe we can minimize that problem.”

Together with J.David Robertson, chemistry professor and associate director of the MU Research Reactor, Kwon is working to build and test the battery. In the future, they hope to increase the battery’s power, shrink its size and try with various other materials. Kwon said their battery could be thinner than the thickness of human hair.

46. The passage gets started by . A. an introduction B. an example C. a question D. a conclusion 47. What do you know about Jae Kwon？ A. He is teaching chemistry at MU. B. He developed a chemical battery.

C. He was good at computer engineering. D. He is working on a nuclear energy source.

48. Which of the following is true according to paragraph 3 and 4？ A. The writer introduces methods of providing power density. B. The writer intends to describe a nuclear-power system.

C. The writer introduces nuclear batteries which/that can be safely used. D. The writer is likely to show chemical batteries are widely applied. 49. Liquid semiconductor is used to . A. control the lattice structure

B. show the power of nuclear batteries C. decrease the size of nuclear batteries D. reduce the damage to lattice structure 50. The passage is most probably from a . A. science news report B. book review C. science fiction novel D. newspaper advertisement

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Part III Cloze (15%)

Direction: There are 15 blanks in the following passage. For each blank, there are four choices. Choose the one best answer and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

Bill Fuller, a mailman, whistled cheerfully as he 51 up the hill towards Mrs. Carter’s house. His work for the day was almost 52 , and his bag, usually quite heavy when he started out on his rounds, was 53 now except for the letter that he had to deliver to Mrs. Carter. She lived quite a few blocks away, so when Bill had mails for her, he usually finished his day’s work much 54 . He was happy that Mrs. Carter often 55 him coffee and a piece of her special cake.

When Bill got to Mrs. Carter’s house, he was 56 that she did not work in the yard. She usually spent her afternoon there when the weather was 57 . Bill went around to the back of the house, 58 that she might be in the kitchen. The door was locked and the curtains were drawn. Puzzled, he returned to the front of the house and knocked loudly on the front door. There was no 59 . Bill thought that it was very strange because he knew that Mrs. Carter 60 left the house. Just then he noticed that her bottle of milk, which is always delivered early in the morning, was still on the porch. This 61 him. If Mrs. Carter had not taken her milk, maybe she was 62 . Bill walked around the house 63 he found an open window. It was a 64 window, but he got through successfully.

He went into the hall. There he was almost stumbled (绊倒) over Mrs. Carter, who was 65 unconsciously at the foot of the stairs. Realizing that he needed help, he rushed out of the house, stopped a passing car and told the driver to go to the nearest telephone and call an ambulance.

51. A. walked B. drove C. wandered D. rode 52. A. forgotten B. started C. finished D. neglected 53. A. heavy B. full C. empty D. handy 54. A. later B. earlier C. quicker D. slower 55. A. lent B. sold C. offered D. borrowed 56. A. glad B. surprised C. mad D. angry 57. A. windy B. fine C. bad D. rainy 58. A. thinking B. seeing C. finding D. noticing 59. A. doubt B. answer C. chance D. way 60. A. rarely B. hardly C. often D. always 61. A. angered B. worried C. encouraged D. bothered 62. A. sad B. busy C. absent D. sick 63. A. because B. after C. as D. until 64. A. small B. large C. dark D. clean 65. A. standing B. crying C. trembling D. lying

Part IV

Writing(15 points)

Direction: Write an invitation in at least 100 words according to the following requirements.

假设你是李明，你们班将要举办一场毕业晚会，晚会节目丰富多彩，包括唱歌、跳舞、 游戏等。时间：5 月 28 日 19:30；地点：教学楼 502。届时班主任、任课老师和全体同学都 来参加。拟邀请外教 Robert 参加，请你写一封邀请信，邀请他出席晚会，欢迎他表演节目。

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