2017年北京专升本英语真题及答案解析

假设你是黄海大学应届毕业生李明，你收到美国朋友Tom的来信，得知他被心仪的大学 录取了，写信表示祝贺，并告诉他你现在的情况，包括以下几点。

1、你正在忙着写论文、找工作；

2、你希望在北京找一份工作，并说明原因；

3、但是找到合适的工作不易，并说明原因；

4、征求他对你在北京找工作的建议。

We ensurethat every candidate will give some consideration to the issueswhich affect old people.

Whether or not we had a baby,we could not survive just on my salary.

People who havebeen to university have a big advantagewhen it comes to finding jobs.

The old man dependson his daughter to keep house.

They protested against the legal processand judges ’ behaviour in court.

She never tries anything becauseshe'sterrified of ________(fail).

Field work can be very good to college students if arranged_________(reasonable).

Foe a more ________(detail) explanation of cotton processing, pleaserefer to American Cotton Handbook.

You ’ re really______ (use) ! You ’ re done it wrong again.

Newspapers_______(information) their readerson what is happening in the world.

Events like these excite a child ’s natural ________(curious).

In passive sleep, the body is at rest, the heart slows down and the brain becomesvery______(active).

Einstein was known asthe genius who discovered many useful _____(science) theories.

题目描述：There are 10 incomplete sentencesin this part. You should fill in each blank with theproper form. of the word given in the brackets. Write the word in the corresponding spaceon theAnswerSheet. 

In the early 1900s, sandwich becamepopular with the_______(introduce) of sliced bread.

An__________ (excite) idea suddenly occurred to me that I could visit them this coming weekend.

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Emmeline Pankhurst was born in Manchester in the north of England in 1858. Back then British womencouldn't vote in elections, __36__ men could. 

Emmeline went to school in Paris, France.As shegrew up shebecame __37__ in politics andwanted tocreatea more equal society for women and men. She wanted women to have the __38__ rights asmen，such as theright to have a good job and the right to vote. 

In 1888, the girls at a match factory in London went on strike. They stopped working and askedthe ownerto improve their terrible working __39__ . They worked 14 hours a day andwere __40__ for dropping matcheson the floor.Many of the girls were __41__ becausethey worked with dangerous chemicals, Emmeline supported the strike.

Emmeline __42__ the Women ’s Social and Political Union，also called the Suffragettes， in 1903. TheSuffragettes were agroup who fought for women ’s rights， __43__ the right to vote. They published a newspapercalled Votesfor Womenwhich sold 20,000 copies a week. 

In 1918, the British government gave women agedover 30 the right to vote? although men could vote whenthey were 21. Women were finally __44__ to vote at the sameageas men shortly after Emmeline died on 14 June,1928. Emmeline Pankhurst is sometimes __45__ asoneof the most influential people of the 20th century. 

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To make Earth abetter place, you canstart from______.

In 1990, Earth Day campaigns focused on publicizing_____?

What happenedon April 22, 1970, according to the passage?

Questions 32 to 35 are based on the following passage.

Earth Day was the brainchild of Gaylord Nelson, aUnited StatesSenator from Wisconsin. After seeingtheenvironmental destruction causedby the 1969 oil spill in SantaBarbara, California, Nelson wanted to find a way toraise public consciousnessof the needfor greaterenvironmental protections.The result was the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970. On that day,over 20 million Americans took part in avariety of rallies(集会）， meetings，demonstrations andactivities ， all targetedat highlighting the need forprotecting Earth and our environment for future generations. Thousands of colleges and universities alsoparticipated. Members of different groups learnedthey sharedcommon values. 

Earth Day was a tremendous success.It hasnow become a global phenomenon. In 1990，for example, over200 million people in 141 countries were organized to bring environmental issues,especially recycling, to theforefront of global consciousness.Today,Earth Day campaigns continue to publicize important environmentalissues,such asglobal warming, dean energy,and recycling. 

If you ’ re wondering what you cando to make Earth a better place，participating inEarth Day activities is a greatplace to start- By attending a rally ，meeting, or demon-station, you canlearn aboutthe environmental problems facing our planet. To really make a difference, though, you needto turn the knowledgeyou gain into action. Volunteering for an environmental group or helping to organize an Earth Day event to educateothers is one way to make adifference. More importantly, however, you can make changesin your daily life. Hereare a few suggestions： 

Conserveenergy andnatural resources!Turn off the lights when you leave a room. Take shorter showers.Turn down the thermostat(恒温器） in winter andturn it up during the summer. 

Plant a tree! Treesproduce oxygen and remove carbon dioxide from the air. They willbenefit you andfuture generations. 

Reduce, reuse,and recycle! The amount of trashhumans produce increaseseachyear.Do your part by reducing the amount of stuff you buy，reusing the stuff you already have, and recycling asmuch aspossible. 

 32. Earth Day was setup in order to______.

What canwe conclude from the passage?

The word “ preferences ” （Line 2，Para.2) is closest in meaning to_____.

Which life period of a baby is referred to asthe flavor window?

Questions 28 to 31 are based on the following passage. 

Food writer Bee Wilson hasa messageof hope for parentsstruggling to get their children to eat vegetables:“ As parents,we havea far greaterpower than we think we have to form. children ’s tastes, ” saysWilson. 

In her new book, First Bite , Wilson examines how genetics(遗传 ), culture, memory and early feedingpatternscontribute to our food preferences.She says that achild ’s ability to judge good food can be formed evenbefore birth. And this insight can be helpful for parents who want their children to eat well and healthfully.“ 

One of the main things we know about taste is that liking is a consequenceof familiarity ，so the things thatour mothers eat， even before we’ re born，affect the way we'll respond to thoseflavors. When we later encounterthem, they seemfamiliar. “ There havebeen remarkable studies done showing that if someoneeatsalot of garlicwhen she's pregnant, the baby will grow up to love garlic. 

Wilson, amother of three, notes that babiesare most open to trying new flavors between the agesof fourandsevenmonths. But, Wilson adds, even if parents miss introducing afood during the so-called “ flavor window ” ，all hope is not lost.“ 

It not that the flavor window is shut and we can never learn to love bitter green vegetables. Humans canlearn to love new flavors at any age, ” Wilson says.“ One of the amazing things about our relationship with food ishow malleable (可塑的） it is. But we don't usually as adults give ourselvesan opportunity to change. ” 

28.According to Bee Wilson，achild ’s food tastes________.

Why is it difficult to train dogs to detect IEDs, according to Wynne?

According to the passage，a dog ’s nose______?

Questions 24 to 27 are based on the following passage. 

Humans have long turned to the dog for its nose,especially in its ability to hunt, track missing people, andsearchfor drugs- But there is a new challenge： Bomb-detecting dogs now have to learn to find the increasinglycommon Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs)( 临时组装的爆炸装置） that can be assembledfrom materials notdangerousby themselves.“ So we’ re now asking dogs not just to find a needlein ahaystack (干草堆）一 now theproblem is more like saying to the dog we needyou to find any sharpobject in the haystack, ” says Clive Wynne，aprofessor atArizona State University. 

Wynne directs the study that develops methods to train dogs to identify a wide variety of ingredients thatcould be usedto make bombs. The dogs not only have to detect whether explosive materials are present,they alsohave to determine if the chemicals they smell could combine to form. an explosive mixture. The dogs needto learnthat when combined with other elements, even sugar could be usedin abomb. “ we want the dogs to grasp theconcept of ‘ this might explode ’”. 

Wynne says the big problem is that IEDs arejust that---improvised and completely unsteady.A dog ’s nosecanbe over a thousand times more powerful than a human ’s nose. Some agenciesspent billions of dollars over thelast 15 yearstrying to createatechnical replacement for the noseof the dog, and at the end of all that they just hadto admit “ No, we cannot get close ”. Wynne thinks his team candevelop bomb sniffing (嗅，闻）dogsthat can detectIEDs at a small part of that price. All it takes is patience. 

24.According to the passage， the new task of bomb-detecting dogs is to learn______.

The word “ ingredients ” （Line 2，Para.2) is closest in meaning to_______.

How hasthe author changedafter spending some time in Italy？

What did the author find about his colleagues in Vibo Valentia at first?

Why do Italian peoplecontinue chatting after work according to the passage?

Questions 20 to 23 are based on the following passage. 

I love that when learning a new foreign language, I seem to discover a new way of thinking and, mostimportantly, a new way of relating to people. 

When learning another language, you also put yourself in another culture and this teachesyou other waysof doing life. You learn to accept other peoples?behaviour better and start to value the fact that learning aboutanother culture andembracing (接受） different customs helps you appreciate more your own. 

I am currently living in Vibo Valentia in Southwest Italy. Most people here are very friendly and like tochat anywhere and anytime. Every time my work colleagues and I say- goodbye to each other? I seem to be theonly one rushing to leave to get to my next appointment. Everyone else stays even after they have said theirgoodbyes more than twice. 

Who'e future work will involve finance?

Who is most likely the busiest student on Fridays?

Who majors in electrical engineering?

Questions 16 to 19 are based on the following passage. 

Student Profiles at ABC University. 

16.Who wish to beteachersupon graduation?

The investors realize that it is highly improbable that events will turn out as_______ .

It stormed all day, during________time the ship sank.

This book is to remind you of what you already know________inspire you to put it into use.

It seemsreasonable_______that peopled behaviour is influenced by what they seeon TV.

In this new course, you_______how to deal with communication problems.

I have beenin love with movies_______ I first went to the cinema.

______better treatment, the doctor told him alie, saying his illness was nothing serious.

I don ’t want to go skating, and_________, the ice is too thin.

_______his knowledge of the mountainous village, Tom was selectedas our guide.

How I wish I________the chanceto attend college when I was your age.

” What do you think we should do? ”she said,______to her husband.

It was a wonderful vacation----we________every minute of it.

_______I could sayanything more, Holmes hadrushed off towards the station.

Don ’t get discouraged.Learning anew language_______a lot of effort.

Californians, in fact, seemto have_______but politics on their minds.