成人高考专升本《英语》临考摸底试卷(2)

A.The electricity had gone off during the night．
B.Bob had set the alarm wrong．
C.Bob did not want to be late．
D.The Internet had informed the radio of a traffic jam．

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3: In which case mentioned in the passage would an automatic language translator be helpful?________

A.A medical emergency．
B.Police action．
C.Traveling．
D.All of the above．

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4: Passage Five
The year 2000 will bring big changes in communication．Cell phones will be small enough to carry in your pocket．Videophones will let you see the person you are talking to on the phone．Tiny hand size computers will know your favorite subjects．The Internet and email will be everywhere．Technologists believe 2000 will be the year of video messaging．You will be able to see whom youre talking to．

Also in the near future small wireless boxes will pick up information from satellites．In 5 years, computers wont need to be connected through wires．
All of this will be good for rural areas and countries that dont have cable or telephone now．
In 20 years you may only need to think about something and the computer will do it．
Constance Hale is the author of Sin and Syntax, "I believe that email has been an incredible boon to communication．People are writing today where they would have been telephoning yesterday．So people are engaging with words more than they have for the last
If people use email and the Internet more, it could make people better readers and writers．Some people think the most important part of communication is to make people understand each other better．Will technology make that easier?    T
Bob Parks is an Associate Editor of Wired Magazine, "Bobs morning begins at about 6:45 am．and Bob is kind of mad, because Bob usually gets up at around 7:15 and likes to cut it close with his morning commute, but I look at my radio and it says that theres
Its fun to try to guess the future．Usually the predictions are wrong．The one thing we know for sure is that we cant imagine how technology will change．
How will wireless computers and Internet services help rural areas?________
A.One of the biggest barriers to Internet use is getting wires into rural areas．
B.The wireless computers will be cheaper．

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5: Constance Hale says "email has been an incredible boon to communication"．What Does she mean by this?________

A.People want to see the person they are talking to on the phone．
B.email is easier than talking on the phone．
C.People are using writing and reading more with email．
D.email is not private enough．

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6: Why did the girls father ask her to make the list?

A.He wanted to keep the list at home．
B.He didnt know what the girls enemy had said．
C.He wanted the girl to talk back．
D.He wanted her to check if she really had these weak points．

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7: What can we infer from reading the passage?

A.The girl benefited from her fathers advice．
B.The girl was very often angry with her father．
C.The girls father loved other peoples advice．
D.The girl was easily hurt by her father

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8: Which is the best title of this passage?

A.The Earliest People in North America．
B.The Earliest Immigrants to North America．
C.The People of the United States．
D.Europeans were the Earliest People Coming to the North America．

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9: What did the girl do when she could no longer bear her enemy?

A.She turned to her father．
B.She cried to her hearts content．
C.She tried to put up with her again．
D.She tried to be her friend．

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10: 根据以下资料，回答下列各题。
When I was about 12 1 had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings．Week by week her list grew: I was skinny, I wasnt a good student, I was boyish, I talked too loud, and so on．I put up with her as long as I could．At last, with great anger, I ran to my father in tears．
He listened to my outburst quietly．Then he asked, "Are the things she says true or not?"
True? I wanted to know how to strike back．What did truth have to do with it?
"Mary, didnt you ever wonder what you are really like? Well, you now have that girls opinion．Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true．Pay no attention to the other things she said．"
I did as he directed and discovered to my surprise that about half the things were true．Some of them I couldnt change (like being skinny), but a good number I could and suddenly wanted to change．
For the first time in my life I got a fairly clear picture of myself．
I brought the list back to Daddy．He refused to take it．
"Thats just for you," he said．"You know better than anybody else the truth about yourself, once you hear it．But youve got to learn to listen, not to close your ears in anger or hurt．When something said about you is true youll know it．Youll find that it will echo inside you．"
Daddys advice has returned to me at many important moments．
What did the girls enemy like to do?

A.Talking with her．
B.Pointing out her weak points．
C.Reporting to the teacher．
D.Quarrelling with her．

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11: According to this passage, which of the following is true?

A.The Negroes came to North America in order to work for the earliest immigrants．
B.The Negroes also belonged to the earliest immigrants to the North America．
C.The Negroes were brought to America by chance．
D.The Negroes didnt win freedom until now．

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12: Why didnt the immigrants share the lands with the natives?

A.They thought the Indians were not friendly to them．
B.They wanted to seize the lands as their own．
C.Because North America was first discovered by them．
D.Because the Indian people liked making war to them．

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13: 根据以下资料，回答下列各题。
The earliest immigrants to North America found Indians already living there．The Indians numbered about 500,000 at that time．Their society was a primitive society, but they lived peacefully and welcomed the white strangers to the land．However, these early immigrants from Europe didnt want to share the land with the natives．They killed off many of the Indians, seized their land or pushed them off to lands farther away．Today the Indians, not more than half a million, live in poverty and misery on the land on which they were once masters．
The earliest immigrants were the Spanish, who settled in the southern part of what is now the US．The next large group were the English, after the English came the French, Dutch, Irish, Germans, and other nationality groups, mostly European．

Another early group to arrive were the Negroes．But they were brought in as slaves from Africa．They didnt win freedom till generations later．    Who were the earliest people living in North America?
A.The Spanish．
B.The English．
C.The Negroes．
D.The Indians．

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14: Many animals may be trained to do simple jobs if they know __．

A.who their trainers are
B.they will be praised by theft trainers
C.they will get a reward
D.something dangerous will happen to them

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15: Which of the following is not true?

A.Scientists consider apes may drive trains some day．
B.Apes have worked in some factories．
C.Apes may one day be used to gather crops．
D.An ape is not a large monkey．

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16: The trainer usually gives the animal a piece of candy or fruit __．

A.when it is hungry
B.before it plays a trick
C.when it starts to play a trick
D.after it has done the trick

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17: 根据以下资料，回答下列各题。
Can animals be made to work for us? Some scientists think that one day animals may be trained to do a number of simple jobs that are now done by human beings．
They point out that at a circus, for example, we may see elephants, monkeys, dogs and other animals doing quite skillful things．Perhaps you have seen them on the television or in a film．If you watch closely, you may notice that the trainer always gives the animal a piece of candy or a piece of fruit as a reward．The scientists say that many different animals may be trained to do a number of simple jobs if they know they will get a reward for doing them．
Of course, as we know, dogs can be used to guard a house, and soldiers in both old and modem times have used geese to give warning by making a lot of noise when a stranger or an enemy comes near．But it may be possible to train animals to work in factories．In Russia, for example, pigeons which are birds with good eyesight, are being used to watch out for faults in small steel balls that are being made in one factory．When the pigeon sees a ball which looks different from others, it touches a steel plate with its beak．This turns on a light to warn people in the factory．At the same time a few seeds are given as a reward．It takes three to five weeks to train a pigeon to do this and one pigeon can inspect 3 000 to 4 000 balls an hour．

Apes have been used in America in helping to make cars, and scientists believe that these large monkeys may be one day gather crops and even drive trains．    What made scientists think animal can be made to work for us one day?
A.Animals are very skillful at a circus．
B.They are big and strong．
C.Some animals are as clever as human beings．
D.Animals can be trained because they like to get something as a reward．

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