2014年甘肃专升本考试公共课英语真题.doc

2014年甘肃专升本考试公共课英语试题[真题] Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (40points)Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. You should make the correct choice and put the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Passage 1 Many students who participated in the 2010 civil service exams(公务员考试)in China saw them as the “most difficult” due to their emphasis on general knowledge. This year, the Chinese central government offices have opened 15,000 posts but it’s not large enough to find a home for the one million people applying. According to a 2009 Washington post report, US students are also giving government jobs a hard look. “The Partnership for Public Service” poll(民意调查) found that about 90% of US students are interested in federal (联邦政府的) jobs. Nearly 84% gave the security offered by federal jobs as a reason. The same goes for students in the UK. A 2008 Daily Mail report found that applications from college graduates for government civil service jobs have surged 33% over 2007. Besides providing financial security, civil service jobs usually offer other benefits, especially in Asia. In India, for example, the average annual income is about $8, 116-more than 10 times higher. Plus, civil servants get a one-month paid holiday every year, 20 days of medical leave and 20-day half-paid vacation. 1. The 2010 civil service exams in China were thought the “most difficult” because A. most of the students hadn’t prepared well. B. the exams emphasized general knowledge. C. too many people were interested in civil services. D. students were not good at answering the questions. 2. US students are also giving government jobs a hard look, according to A. Washington post B. Daily Mail C. the US federal government D. the Chinese central government 3. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word “surged” (in Para.3)? A. Improved B. Failed C. Increased D. Decreased 4. The civil servants’ annual income in India is A. as much as 8，116 dollars B. no more than 720 dollars C. less than the average annual income D. the same as the average annual income 5. This passage is mainly about . A. what benefits a civil servant can enjoy B. how to get a desirable salary as one expects C. why the students complained about the exams D. why so many people want to be civil servants Passage 2 I once knew a young man, nineteen years of age, who lived with absolute outward(外表的)confidence and self-possession for a number of years before I discovered that he could not read or write. His various methods of trick, which were also skills of self-protection, were so skillful and so desperate(绝望)that neither I nor any of his other adult friends were aware of his entire helplessness in face of written words until we went to dinner one night at a local restaurant-and suddenly discovered that he could not read. Even here, it was not the first time we went out to eat, but something like the second or third, that Peter's desperation shocked me. The first time, he was clever enough to cover the truth. He studied the menu for a moment, then looked up to the waitress and asked her if he could have "just a coke and a hamburger". He told me later that he had done the same thing many times before and that he had learned to act as if he were examining the menu:" Then I ask for a coke and a hamburger…… Sometimes they give me a hamburger on a plate with salad and potatoes...Then I ask them for a roll and make my own hamburger. " As we began to go out to eat more frequently, Peter would ask to go to Howard Johnson’s. I soon discovered the reason for his choice: The photographs, attached in cellophane (玻璃纸)containers to each of the standard items on the menu, could help him not to struggle with the shape of words at all. Howard Johnson’s, whether intentionally or not, had provided the perfect escape for the endangered pride of an adult who was illiterate(文盲). 6. When he went to a restaurant, Peter would . A. pretend that he could not read or write B. pretend to be studying the menu C. be desperate for help from other people D. protect himself by playing a musical instrument 7. The young man was not found to be illiterate until . A. he dined out with his adult friends at Howard Johnson's B. he could no longer come up with various ways of deception C. he had dinner with his friends at a certain local restaurant for the second or third time D. he was not careful enough to be aware of his entire helplessness in face of written words 8. What did the young man usually have at a restaurant? A. Standard items on the menu. B. A hamburger made by himself. C. Foods that other people ordered. D. A coke and a hamburger. 9. The word “self-possession” (Para. 1) probably means A. self-confidence B. self-consciousness C. self-discipline D. self-devotion 10. Why did the yo。