1、湖北文理学院2016年“专升本”考试英语试题Part I. Listening Comprehension (20 points)Section ADirections: This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues. There are 5 recorded dialogues in it. After each dialogue, there is a recorded question. Both the dialogues and questions will be spoken only once
2、. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.1. A. Buy a less expensive car. B. Make a price comparison. C.
3、 Borrow money from the bank. D. Wait until the price goes down. 2. A. No job is suitable for her. B. They cant offer any position. C. She cant meet its requirements. D. Her English is not good enough. 3. A. A free gift. B. A VIP card. C. A free ticket. D. A price discount. 4. A. The machine works we
4、ll. B. The machine costs too much. C. The woman is making a complaint. D. The woman wants to get her money back. 5. A. To meet a friend. B. To sell a product. C. To discuss a sales plan. D. To make an appointment.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end
5、of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet with a single line through t
6、he centre.Conversation 1Questions 6 to 7 are based on the conversation you have just heard.6. A. Cashing a check. B. Opening an account. C. Saving some money. D. Applying for a loan. 7. A. Four notes of one hundred. B. Eight notes of one hundred. C. Ten notes of fifty. D. Fifteen notes of twenty. Co
7、nversation 2Questions 8 to 10 are based on the conversation you have just heard.8. A. To have more work experience. B. To have a much higher salary. C. To get a better chance for promotion. D. To try something more challenging. 9. A. From a magazine. B. From a brochure. C. From a friend. D. From a n
8、ewspaper. 10. A. He has related work experience. B. His education background is good. C. His English is beyond average. D. He has a strong sense of responsibility.Section CDirections: In this section you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time you should listen c
9、arefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, youre required to fill in the blanks with the exact words youve just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. Perhaps because going to college is so much a part of
10、 the American (11) , many people go for no particular reason. Some go because their parents expect it, others because its what their friends are doing. Then, theres the belief that a college (12) ) will automatically ensure a good job and high pay. Some students drag through for years, attending cla
11、sses, or skipping (逃课) them as the case may be, reading only what cant be avoided, looking for less demanding courses, and never being touched or (13) in any important way. For a few of these people, college provides no (14) ，yet because of parental or peer (15) , they cannot voluntarily leave. They
12、 stop trying in the hope that their teachers will make the (16) for them by failing them. To put it bluntly (直截了当地)，unless youre willing to make your college years count, you might be (17) doing something else. Not everyone should attend college, nor should everyone who does attend begin right after
13、 (18) . Many college students profit from taking a year or so off. A year out in the world helps some people to sort out their priorities and (19) . If youre really going to get something out of going to college, you have to make it mean something, and to do that, you must have some idea why youre t
14、here, what you hope to get out of it, and (20) even what you hope to become.Part II. Reading Comprehension (40 points)Directions: There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and
15、 D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage One When you quit a job, you typically give two weeks notice. But at KIND Healthy Snacks they do things differently. Founder and CEO Daniel Lubetzky asks emplo
16、yees, whom he calls “team members”, for at least two months, and in some cases two years notice. In return, Lubetzky focuses on their professional growth until the day they leave. It may sound extreme, unrealistic even, to ask for two months noticeor two years notice from those who work with him dir
17、ectlybut his reasoning makes perfect sense. “We call the KIND team a family, so major life transitions (转变) like changing jobs arent meant to be kept in secret until the last minute, ” Lubetzky tells Business Insider. “No one should be scared to talk about whats next for them. ” “I would rather a te
18、am member come to me months in advance, letting me know what will be happening in their life, ” he says, “whether it is a baby on the way, a relocation for personal reasons, or a plan to go back to school. ” Lubetzky doesnt expect his employees to accept a job elsewhere and ask the new employer to d
19、elay their start date by two months or two years. He simply wants anyone who is exploring new opportunities to be open about it. 21. How long in advance does Lubetzky ask his employees to give their job-quitting notice? A. Two weeks. B. One month. C. At least two months. D. More than two years. 22.
20、For his employees, Lubetzky cares most about _. A. their health conditions B. their further education C. their retirement pension D. their professional growth 23. One of the reasons given by Lubetzky for his job-quitting notice is that _. A. he treats his team as a “family” B. he can save a large am
21、ount of money C. changing jobs is regarded as a life transition D. the news of changing jobs should be kept in secret 24. What does the underlined phrase “a baby on the way” mean? A. A baby is going to be born. B. A baby is growing healthily. C. A baby is going to be adopted. D. A new-born baby is c
22、oming home. 25. What is the actual purpose of Lubetzkys requirement of job quitting? A. The employees should be loyal to the company. B. The employees should be open about their leaving. C. The employees may get enough time to search for a new job. D. The employees may save enough money to support t
23、heir family. Passage Two In giving a business presentation, many speakers think that if their idea is strong, their audience will get it readily. They feel discouraged when the audience is unable to understand their presentations. That happens a lot especially when technical experts are invited to m
24、ake a product presentation to a group of users. What can we do to make a business presentation easier to understand? In my view, good presentations have always been simple and visual. In an effective business presentation, the fewer the points, the better the message gets passed on. You focus on the
25、 depth of coverage instead of the width (广度) of coverage. Additionally, you make your ideas visual and relevant, so the message is understood better and remembered longer. Great business presenters relate their ideas and concepts to their audience by using simple, powerful diagrams instead of relyin
26、g on text-based slides. In fact, drawing diagrams forces a presenter to make the idea clear even at the preparation stage. It is impossible to draw a diagram when you are not clear about an idea. When your idea is clear, it is easier to transfer it. Most audiences understand a diagram faster and rem
27、ember it longer. This possibly explains why most of the memorable presentations have been visual in nature. 26. Many speakers believe that the stronger their idea, _. A. the more powerful their speech will be B. the more meaningful their speech will be C. the more easily the audience will understand
28、 it D. the harder the audience will find it to follow 27. Why are you advised to give fewer points in your presentation? A. To pass on the messages better. B. To avoid wasting too much time. C. To allow audience to take notes. D. To leave more time for questions. 28. The speaker can help the audienc
29、e remember the message longer by _. A. displaying text-based slides B. avoiding long technical terms C. focusing on the width of coverage D. using simple and powerful diagrams 29. The underlined word “transfer” in this passage most probably means “_”. A. create B. pass on C. take off D. describe 30.
30、 This passage is mainly about _. A. how to make an effective business presentation B. how to present strong ideas in a presentation C. how to focus on the depth of coverage D. how to prepare a powerful diagramPassage Three You never see them, but theyre with you every time you fly. They record where
31、 you are going, how fast youre traveling and whether everything on your airplane is functioning normally. Their ability to endure almost any disaster makes them seem like something out of a comic book. Theyre known as the black box. When planes fall from the sky, as a Yemeni airliner did on its way
32、to Comoros Islands in the India ocean on June 30, 2009, the black box is the best bet for identifying what went wrong. So when a French submarine (潜水艇) detected the boxs homing signal five days later, the discovery marked a huge step toward determining the cause of a tragedy in which 152 passengers
33、were killed. In 1958, Australian scientist David Warren developed a flight-memory recorder that would track basic information like altitude and direction. That was the first mode for a black box, which became a requirement on all U.S. commercial flights by 1960. Early models often failed to withstan
34、d crashes, however, so in 1965 the box was completely redesigned and moved to the rear of the plane the area least subject to impact from its original position in the landing wells (起落架舱). The same year, the Federal Aviation Authority required that the boxes, which were never actually black, be pain
35、ted orange or yellow to aid visibility. Modern airplanes have two black boxes: a voice recorder, which tracks pilots conversations, and a flight-data recorder, which monitors fuel levels, engine noises and other operating functions that help investigators reconstruct the aircrafts final moments. Pla
36、ced in an insulated (隔绝的) case and surrounded by a quarter-inch-thick panels of stainless steel, the boxes can stand massive force and temperatures up to 2,000. When submerged, theyre also able to emit signals from depths of 20,000 ft. Experts believe the boxes from Air France Flight 447, which cras
37、hed near Brazil on June 1,2009, are in water nearly that deep, but statistics say theyre still likely to turn up. In the approximately 20 deep-sea crashes over the past 30 years, only one planes black boxes were never recovered.31.What does the author say about the black box? A. It ensures the norma
38、l functioning of an airplane. B. The idea for its design comes from a comic book. C. Its ability to avoid disasters is incredible. D. It is an indispensable device on an airplane. 32.What information could be found from the black box on the Yemeni airliner? A. Data for analyzing the cause of the cra
39、sh. B. The total number of passengers on board. C. The scene of the crash and extent of the damage. D. Homing signals sent by the pilot before the crash. 33.Why was the black box redesigned in 1965? A. New materials became available by that time B. Too much space was needed for its installation. C.
40、The early models often got damaged in the crash. D. The early models didnt provide the needed data. 34. Why did the Federal Aviation Authority require the black boxes be painted orange or yellow? A. To distinguish them from the color of the plane. B. To caution people to handle them with care, C. To
41、 make them easily identifiable. D. To conform to international standards. 35.What do we know about the black boxes from Air France Flight 447? A. There is an urgent need for them to be reconstructed. B. There is still a good chance of their being recovered. C. They have stopped sending homing signal
42、s. D. They were destroyed somewhere near Brazil.Passage Four Blue Jeans Company was established in October 2012 and operates as a partnership (合伙企业) between Elena Horowitz and James Foster. In fact, it began in Elenas basement when they sold jeans to friends. And now the company has grown to have it
43、s own online store, relationships with suppliers in Asia, and local factories. The company has had its revenues double every two months. For our day-to-day operations, Blue Jeans Company has established several key relationships and we can easily expand our production when the demand for our goods i
44、ncreases. We obtain the best organic cotton from two suppliers, one located in Turkey and the other in Japan, which means that their supplies are produced without the use of any chemicals. Once the shipment arrives in the US, itll be routed (发送) to our production and shipping partner in Los Angeles.
45、 We work closely with our partner to ensure quality through regular checks. It is also where the products will ship out. Our office is located on 2029 Century Park East where all staff work together, handling all online order processing and ensuring the purchase and delivery of the products run smoothly. It
