2015年北京专升本英语真题及答案

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I think there will be a day when digital cameras will substitute for traditional ones.

What the old need most is that their children show much concern to them.

To my surprise, the machine made sixty years ago is still in use in this factory.

Senior management seem to be completely out of touch with their staff’s needs.

It was ___________ (care) of him to leave the door unlocked when nobody was in.

It is harmful to people’s health to take in too much salt and sugar every day.

If the industry doesn’t ____________ (modern), it will not survive.

Children should be taught how to ___________ (behavior) themselves.

He is known as a ___________ (report) throughout the country.

I was impressed by the _____________ (beautiful) and warmth of the people.

We had a very ____________ (tire) day yesterday.

I’m sorry; your answer is ____________ (correct).

There was a traffic accident in the street, but no one was _________ (harm).

There whole city was ___________ (total) destroyed in the earthquake.

We have at last reached an ____________ (agree) about the dispute.

45（）

• A.hardly
• B.Nearly
• C.Pretty
• D.seldom

44（）

• A.take out
• B.put out
• C.get out
• D.figure out

43（）

• A.affect
• B.Effect
• C.reflect
• D.select

42（）

• A.Physically
• B.mentally
• C.spiritually
• D.technically

40（）

• A.purpose
• B.reason
• C.time
• D.way

41（）

• A.attempt
• B.claim
• C.demand
• D.desire

39（）

• A.above
• B.Before
• C.During
• D.without

37（）

• A.want
• B.tend
• C.pretend
• D.like

38（）

• A.Unless
• B.Until
• C.Though
• D.When

How many times does the heart beat in a day? The answer depends on the person. A littlebaby’s heart is smaller and it has to beat more often to do its job of __36__ the blood around thebaby’s body. Women are often smaller than men, so their hearts __37__ to beat more often thanmany men’s heats do. __38__ we exercise, we increase the need in our cells for energy and oxygen.The heart pumps faster __39__ exercise. So the heart beats more often in a day with a lot ofexercise. 

For the same __40__ ,our hearts beat slower when we sleep because our bodies are resting andnot making such a big __41__ for energy and oxygen. The hearts of people who are __42__ fit beatfewer times in a day. Lots of other things like age, body size, and emotions can __43__ how fast orslow our hearts beat. 

• A little baby’s heart rate is between 90 and 140 beats per minute. An adult’s heart rate ismore likely to be about 72 beats per minute. We can __44__ how many beats in a day usingmultiplication.     So, you can be __45__ sure that
• A.bringing
• B.fetching
• C.moving
• D.taking

It has been proved that placebos have the effect of active medicine in treating asthma _____.

• A.before Ted’s research
• B.after Ted’s research
• C.during the process of the Ted’s research
• D.upon the completion of Ted’s research

According to the passage, the findings have interesting implications in that _____.

• A.what doctors say about a medicine seems much related to its benefits
• B.the researchers have worked out all the mysteries of the placebo effect
• C.drug companies should believe the subjects in drug test
• D.placebos might help in treating all illnesses

Questions 32 to 35 are based on the following passage. 

When you take a pill, you and your doctor hope it will work —and that helps it work. That’snot a new idea. But now researchers say they know just how much of a drug’s effect comes fromthe patient’s expectation: at least half. 

When patients in the midst of a headache attack took a dummy ( 假的) pill which they thoughtof as a widely used headache drug, it reduced their pain. It worked almost as much as when theytook the real drug thinking it was a placebo (安慰剂). 

“There was no difference between the real drug and the placebo dressed up with a nice word inreducing pain,”researcher Ted Kaptchuk says. “Basically we show that words can actuallydouble the effect of a drug. That’s pretty impressive.” 

• And if it works when treating headaches, it also might work for a wide variety of otherillnesses. The findings have interesting implications for doctors and patients, because what doctorssay about a medicine appears to have a lot to do with its benefits.
• A.half of the drug’s effect, if not more, is from the patients’expectations
• B.dummy pills could be thought of as a widely used headache drug
• C.your and your doctor’s hope helps the drug work
• D.placebos work better than real drugs

Placebos can have the effect of active medicine in reducing pains when doctors _____.

• A.conduct tests on the effect of new drugs
• B.take the patient’s expectations into account
• C.tell patients that placebos are mysterious
• D.describe the placebos’good effect to patients

What species might be carrying Ebola according to the passage?

• A.Primates of West Africa
• B.Bats in the tree
• C.Other bats in Guinea
• D.Still unknown

Wh

• What does the word pinpoint (Para.4) probably mean?
• B.Reach
• C.Match
• D.Find out
• E.Set out

What happened to the bats living in the tree?

• A.They were killed by Ebola virus
• B.They died out after a rain in the village
• C.They were burnt to death with the tree
• D.They were examined by the researchers

Questions 28 to 31 are based on the following passage. 

• A tree growing in a remote area of southeastern Guinea was once home to thousands of bats. Ayear ago, a two-year-old boy who lived within meters of the tree died in December 2013 and laterwas identified as the first person in West Africa to have developed
• A.he got a bat’s virus
• B.he was attacked by bats
• C.he was infected with Ebola
• D.he fell off the tree with bats

What is the author’s attitude to chronic complainers at workplace?

• A.They should be put in the same department
• B.Their complaints should be forbidden in the office
• C.Something should be done to make them negative
• D.Measures should be taken to stop their complaints

What did the dentist use to do with the elderly complainer?

• A.To complain together with him
• B.To persuade him to stop talking
• C.To try to make him happy
• D.To ask him questions about his life

What does a complainer hope to get by making complaints to others?

• A.Advice on how to become a happy person
• B.Suggestions to stay away from problems
• C.Medical help and treatment
• D.Others’understanding and sympathy

Passage Five

• Are there any chronic (长期的) complainers where you work? It seems like everyworkplace has them —the people for whom the weather is always too warm or too cold, thefood is bad, the work is dull, and so on. No matter how good things get, they still only see
• I’m not saying we should forbid complaining, but workplaces need to do something aboutthe chronic complainers because they tend to make people around them unhappy at work. It ’s afact that negative people are highly contagious (传染的) and one chronic compla
• A friend of mine who’s a dentist told me about an elderly complainer who was a patient ofhers. Every time he came in for an appointment, he ’d complain. My friend is a naturally happyperson and would try to cheer him up. But it didn’t work and just made h
• Chronic complainers are those who _____.
• A.usually express feelings of dissatisfaction
• B.tend to see the good side of everything
• C.like to talk with anyone about weather
• D.often share their feelings about others

What would be the best title for the passage?

• A.Challenges Turning into Opportunities
• B.Clear Pronunciation Improving Grades
• C.Obstacles Blocking the Way to Success
• D.Giving Up Leading to Ignorance

The author found out he had become a better person because .

• A.he felt proud of himself
• B.he stood where he was
• C.his ignorance decreased by a lot
• D.things got better by and large

The students often made fun of the author mainly because_____.

• A.he was a Mexican
• B.he spoke with a different accent
• C.he hated school so bad
• D.he had trouble with teachers

When can spring graduates get their degrees?

• A.In February
• B.In March
• C.In April
• D.In May

Questions 20 to 23 are based on the following passage. 

Traveling to another country where you know no one can be very challenging and frustrating.It’s even worse if you don’t know the language. When I had the opportunity to go to the UnitedStates to learn English, I realized how ignorant I was and how difficult a new life could be. 

It was very challenging for me to get used to the language and the way people lived. On myfirst day of school, while entering the classroom, Mr. Erickson asked me, “What’s your name?”Very quietly and shy I replied, “Yes.”The classroom filled up with laugher. I was confused butsoon I understood. It was difficult for me to get used to the accent. Whenever I wanted to ask orsay something in English, the students should start laughing and making fun of me. I had troublein school because I barely received help from my teachers and classmates. I would cry myself tosleep for almost one year.All I wanted to do was go back to Mexico because I just couldn ’t dealwith things anymore. I hated school so bad. 

However, throughout the years I started to improve. My writing skills increased, mypronunciation was clearer, and my grades got better. I felt so proud of myself and of what I hadaccomplished. My ignorance decreased by a lot. Coming here made me a better person becausenow I know much more. It’s difficult at the beginning of the journey but throughout time you seehow things will get better sooner or later. I didn’t give up; instead I kept on trying for my parentsand for myself. I wouldn’t change anything that happened to me because I believe that everythinghappens for a reason. Thanks to everything, I’m standing where I am. 

20. What makes traveling to another country more difficult according to the author?

• A.Knowing no one there
• B.Not knowing the language
• C.Being ignorant of the country
• D.Not knowing much about the new life

Tickets can be picked up after _____.

• A.February 27
• B.March 12
• C.April 30
• D.May 5

Passage One

Graduation Ceremonies Spring 2015Health Related Field: 

Thursday, April 30, 2015 - 3:00pm 

Non-Health Related CTE Programs: 

Friday, May 1,2015 - 3:00pm 

Liberal Arts and Sciences: 

Friday, May 1, 2015 - 7:00pm 

Graduation Information Day 

Thursday, March 12, 2015 - 10:00am - 1:00pm 

Location: R-01 

Graduation Application Deadlines 

Graduation Last Day to Grades Post & 

Program Deadline Apply Online Degrees Awarded 

February 27, 2015 April 30, 2015 May 5, 2015 

Graduation Tickets!!! 

To ensure that your closest loved ones are able to share your special moment, while theCollege follows strict safety standards, each graduate participating in ceremony will receive fourgraduation tickets for invitees. Only persons with tickets will be admitted into the gym. Attendeeswithout tickets will be able to view the graduation ceremony on the big screens inside theFine Arts Hall or in the E-building Auditorium. Seating in each venue ( 场地) will be provided on afirst-come, first-served basis.You may pick up your tickets starting the day after GraduationInformation Day by visiting the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs in R-211 betweenthe hours of 8:00a.m.and 4:30p.m. 

Where will the graduation ceremony be held?

• A.In the Gym
• B.In E-building Auditorium
• C.In the Fine Arts Hall
• D.In R-211

Why will only persons with tickets be admitted into the graduation ceremony venue?

• A.For seating arrangement
• B.For lack of space
• C.For safety reasons
• D.For the big screens

—Has Mary finished her book review on Gone with the wind?— I’m not sure.She _____on it last week.

• A.has worked
• B.was working
• C.had worked
• D.would work

—How did you survive the fire?—The firefighters ____my screams, as I felt myself being pulled out of the house.

• A.could have heard
• B.might have heard
• C.must have heard
• D.should have heard

Not enough American students want to be engineers, mathematicians, _____scientists.

• A.or
• B.and
• C.Either
• D.but

It was at the party yesterday ____ I got the news that he was transferred to shanghai.

• A.that
• B.where
• C.when
• D.which

I would not have chosen law as my major if I ____that it was so difficult to find a job.

• A.had known
• B.have know
• C.Know
• D.knew

—Would you like to go to the theater with me tonight?— _____, but I don’t think I can afford the time.

• A.I wanted
• B.I’d like to
• C.I am eager
• D.I’d better do

_____why he was against cloning human, the scientist explained that it might lead to disaster.

• A.Asked
• B.Having asked
• C.Being asked
• D.To be asked

Mary was always speaking highly of her role in the play, ____of course, made the othersunhappy.

• A.that
• B.what
• C.who
• D.which

Many People hold the____ that it is hard to push ahead with this unpopular policy.

• A.Heart
• B.mind
• C.subject
• D.view

—I’m sorry, but smoking is not allowed here.—Sorry, I ____ that. I’ll put it out right now.

• A.didn’t know
• B.don’t know
• C.haven’t know
• D.wouldn’t know

Having no one else _____ him with the work, he had to put it off till later.

• A.help
• B.Helped
• C.helping
• D.to help

____ you really need it, it is better not to use free Wi-Fi.

• A.Because
• B.Since
• C.Unless
• D.When

The old houses have been pulled down to _____the museum to be built next year.

• A.make use of
• B.make way of
• C.take control of
• D.take part in

Salt also played an important part _____ population movement and world exploration.

• A.at
• B.in
• C.for
• D.by

Los Angeles is really a fascinating city and they have decided to stay for _____three days.

• A.the other
• B.Other
• C.Another
• D.others