2004年广东省普通高等学校本科插班生考试
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Part I Reading Comprehension(40%)
Passage one
Washington Irving was America's first man of letters to be known internationally. His works were received enthusiastically both in England and in the United States. He was, in fact, one of the most successful writers of his time in either country, delighting a large general public and at the same time winning the admiration of fellow writers like Scott in Britain and Poe and Hawthrone in the United States. The respect in which he was held was partly owing to the man himlf, with his warm friendliness, his good n, his politeness, his gay spirits, his artistic integrity, his love of both the Old World and the New World. Thackery described Irving as "a gentleman, who, though himlf born in no very high sphere, was most finished, polished, witty; socially the equal of the most refined Europeans
".In England he was granted an honorary degree from Oxford——an unusual honor for a citizen of a young, uncultured nation——and he received the medal of the Royal Society of Literature; America made him ambassador to Spain. Irving's background provides little to explain his literary achievements. A gifted but delicate child, he had little schooling. He studied law, but without zeal, and never did practice riously. He was immune to his strict Presbyterian (长老会教徒的) home environment, frequenting both social gatherings and the theater.
1.What is the most proper comment on lrving? ______ .
A.His works were very popular in England and the United States.chicks B.He was respected by many fellow writers. |
C.He gained international fame by his personality and his works. D.He is a gentleman. |
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2.What can we infer from Thackery's description about lrving? ______ .
A.Irving tried to show elegance in society. B.Irving's parents were not aristocratic(自考是什么贵族的). |
C.Irving's social grace was as same as most Europeans. D.Irving was inferior to Europeans of refinement. |
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3.Why is it unusual that Irving was granted an honorary degree from Oxford?______ .
A.Becau his degree was honorary rather than earned. |
B.Becau he was not so successful as his fellow writers. |
C.Becau he was from America, a country with young history and less culture. |
D.Becau Oxford was a famous university in England. |
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4. What is true about lrving's background?______ .
A.His background had provided opportunity for his literary achievements. |
B.As a gifted child, he did not receive much education. |
C.He had interests in working as a lawyer. |
D.His religious belief helped him a lot. |
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5. The tone of the author can be said to be______ .
show me loveA. rious | B.mild | C.friendly | D.appreciative |
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Passage Two
Bionics is a recently developed branch of science, which has tremendous potential for improving the life of mankind in our contemporary society. Bionics can be described as the study of systems in living creatures and the application of the knowledge gained from this study to the improvement of various kinds of man-made systems. The term bionics was coined around 1960, and much of what is known about the science of bionics has been discovered since about 1970.
Some rearchers recently have studied the eyes of the common frogs and have discovered that a frog's eyes only find moving things such as inct-shaped objects and large, threatening objects. As a result of studying the eyes of frogs, scientists have constructed a simple electronic model of a frog's eyes which can track airplanes circling above an airport and then provide information to computer-run air traffic control systems. Someday such electronic eyes may provide the means to automatically guide automobiles by providing information about objects moving toward the automobile. Other
scientists have studied the compound eyes of some incts and crabs and have built a eing machine that is a simple model of the horshoe crab eye.
The hearing of a number of creatures also has been studied extensively so that hearing machines can be developed. Bats have unusual hearing which can extend into the ultrasonic (超声的) range. The dolphin also has been studied extensively, and dolphins are able to navigate through water extremely effectively.Radar and sonar (声纳) systems which are ud to help ships and planes navigate have been bad on the sonar systems of both bats and dolphins.
6. Which of the following could be the best title?______ .
A.Electronic Eyes | B.The Science of Bionics |
C.Sonar Systems | D.The Hearing of Some Creatures |
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7.What type of eyes are found in the crab? ______ .
A.Electronic eyes. | 担心英文B.Inct-shaped eyes. |
C.Compound eyes. shade | aomD.Complicated eyes. |
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8.Upon what creatures is the man-made sonar system bad? ______ .
A.Bats and dolphins. | B.Frogs and crabs. |
C.Crabs and bats. | 托福听力笔记 D.Incts and dolphins. |
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9. Scientists are interested in the eyes of frogs becau______ .
| net ur A.frogs' eyes are large and threatening | B.frogs' eyes are extremely sharp |
C. frogs have compound eyes | D.frogs can only e moving objects |
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10. Which of the following is true according to this passage?______
A.Not until about 1960 did the word bionics come into being. |
B.Bionics is the study of the systems in animals. |
C.Bionics is the only study of the eyes and ears of some creatures. |
D.People didn't know much about the science of bionics until 1960. |
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Passage Three
Do you find getting up in the morning so difficult that it's painful ? This might be called laziness,but Dr. Kleitman has a new explanation. He has proved that everyone has a daily energy cycle.
During the hours when you labor through your work you may say that you' re "hot". That' s true. The time of day when you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak. For some people the peak comes during the forenoon. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why this is so, but it leads to such familiar monologues as: "Get up, John!You'll be late for work again!" The possible explanation to the trouble is that John is at his temperature-and-energy peak in the evening. Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives realize what the energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family has .
