1、2008年1月高等教育英語(二)試題命題(本試卷分為兩部分，滿分100分；時間：1月12日8：3011：00)時間150分鐘。第一部分為選擇題，第二部分為非選擇題，共9頁。應考者必須在“答題卡”上按要求填涂和答題。不能答在試題紙上，否則答題無效。PARTVocabulary and Structure (10 pos, 1 poONE (50 POfor each item)S)I.從下列各句四個選項中選出一個最佳，并在答題卡上將相應的字涂黑。1.little importance to the differenheir ages.A. attackedC. attractedB. attac

2、hedD. attended2. Her face hadntmuch over the years.A. variedC. rangedB. transferredD. altered3. Does he have enoughto manage this ever-changing situation?A. profitabilityC. flexibilityB. disabilityD.sibility4. The young man is extremelyto get married in haste.A. reluctantC. insistentB. resistantD. c

3、onsistent5. Theernment is determined to put an endthe embarrassing situation.A. fromC. inB. toD. with6. She fulfilled herof conquering Mt. Qomolangman.A. ambitionC. conditionB. adoptionD. conception7. Tom has a greatof hobbies: he likes swimming, singing and paing.A. densityC. entityB. qualityD. var

4、iety8. The traffic wasfor moren thirty minutes, whiade me late for class.A. broken upC. made upB. called upD. held up9.ting as well as conversing with friends is his greatestA. involvementC. enjoymentB. engagementD. disappoment10. We should gradually reduce our countryson importel.A. dependenceB. pr

5、oductionC. exporionD. refinementII.Cloze Test (10 pos, 1 pofor each item)下列短文中有十個空白，每個空白有四個選項。根據上下文要求選出最佳涂黑。，并在答題卡上將相應的字母he past, man did nove to think about the protection of his environment.There were few people on the earth, and natural resourseemed to be11Today things are12 and the world hase to

6、o crowded. We are 13our naturalresourtoo quickly, and at the same time we are polluting our environment14dangerous chemicals. If wecontinue to do this, human life on the earth will not 15People realize todayt if too many fish are taken from the sea, there will soon be none 16. Yet,with modem fishing

7、 methods, more and more fish are caught. We knowt17 too many trees are cut down,forests will disappear and 18 will grow on the land. Yet, we use bigger and moreerful19to cut downmore and more trees.We realizet if rivers are polluted with waste products from factories, fish 20die.However,ost countrie

8、s wastes are still puto rivers oro the sea, and there arefew laws to stop this.A. unlawfulA. differentA. turning outA. byA. surviveA. to leave 17.A.ifA. anythingA. deviA. canB. unlimitedB. similarB. calling offB. throughB. liveB. leaveB. whetherB. somethingB. machinesB. shouldC. unjustifiedC. indiff

9、erentC. using upC. inC. reserve C.leavingC. becauseC. nothingC. instrumentsC. willD. unlikelyD. familiarD. runninerD. withD. reveD. left D.although D.everythingD. meansD. shallIII. Reading Comprehen(30 pos, 2 pos for each item)從下列每篇短文后所給的四個選擇項中選出一個最佳，并在答題卡上將相應的字母涂黑。Passage One, Questions 21 to,25 ar

10、e based on the following passage.The term birdbrain is considered an offensive word, but some birdually arepretty clever. One African grey parrot in suburbanton is said to have the cognitiveabilities of a five-year-old child. According to the study of Avian Learning Experiment,Alex is a 29-year-old

11、birdts been trained most of his life by Irene Pepperberg, Ph. D,a Harvard-educated professor now teaching at Brandeis University. Alex can identify 50different objects, seven colors, five shs, and the concepts of bigger, smaller, sameand different. And Pepperberg says, Alex also knew what was approp

12、riate to say.Pepperberg insistst Alex makes reasoned decis-meaning hesesseslanguage abilities once thought to separate humans from the rest of the animal kingdom.During an experiment in 2004, researchers gave Alex different-colored blocks in sets oftwo, three and six. When asked which colroup had fi

13、ve blocks, Alex repd,None .And he repeated the answer in duplicate tests. although Alex hreviouslylearned the term to describe the difference betn two identically sized objects, heapparentlyreted the concept of none as an absence ofty all on his own.The important thing was not justt he understood a

14、zero-like, cancel saysPepperberg, butt he was able to take information from one area and apply it toanother.ts a lot like a high school student answering questions on a quiz show.What Alex has achieved makes him outstanding. If youhis name plusAfrican grey parrot, youll get 207,000 hits, almost as m

15、any as another knowledgeableAlex-Jeopardy!21. It is saidt an African grey parrot inton isas smart as a 29-year-oldas clever as a five-year-old childas bright as a high school studentD. aselligent as a Harvard professor22. The passage impst Alex has no concept ofA. weightB. colorC. shD. size23. In Pe

16、pperbergs eyes, Alex has the same ability toas a human being.A. build blocksC. increase sizes24. Pepperberg thinksB. use languageD. describe shst Alex is different because he couldunderstand nothing about numberscollect information to help Pepperberganswer questions for a high-school studentapply wh

17、at he has learned to another fieldAlex is well-known because he isan African grey parrothighly focused on the netas knowledgeable as Jeopardya favorite bird of PepperbergsPassage Two Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.I heard the noise. A car, obviously out of control, was running

18、 straight towardme and my four-year-old son as we stood on the sidewalk waiting to cross the street.There was no time to do anything; it all happened in a second.The vioft big black car hitting the sidewalk a few feet from us will never beerased from my memory. I dont know how close the car came to

19、us, because I turned away at the last second, but it was close. People stopped their cars and asked if we were okay.It didnt hit us, I remember saying. Then I bent down and hugged my son.Mom,construction-pt car nearly hit us,Scott said brightly,still holdingther cat hed made at school. He has no ide

20、a whaon of metal going 50m.p.h, can do to 39 pounds ofa littoy. Much of his world view comes from cartoons,espelly Ser-Man, who he beves can fly down to help anyone out of danger.I found myself walking to the car. A woman of about 60 sat inside, still holding thesteering wheel. Are you. I asked her.

21、 Translation: Did you jusve a heartattack? Why did you just try to kill me and my littoy?Someone cut me off,she started, lnterruptingher, I said wed both better say ourprayerst night. I didnt bego get angry until later.The woman who nearly killed us was in.a hurry. Very likely she was speeding tomak

22、e the next traffic lighin a hurry, too, trying to turnthe crossroads. The driver she said cut her off was probablyo traffic.Nor am I blameless. We had stopped on the sidewalk because I wanted to shave twominutes off my busy day by running across the street rathern walking the half blockto the lighth

23、e crossroads. Instead, I nearly shaved off two lives.Just ak before, !. had returned from a trip to Japan, flying almost 60,000in six different planes. They. makes six takeoffs and landings, 12 opportunities be thetop story on the nightly news. To think Id survived 16,000almost killed three blocks f

24、rom home.of air flight, only to beToday I resolve to slow down andthink about the spring, the flowers and ourchildren our innocents, our contracts with the future.26. The boyhe passage did not realize.a car was passing bydanger was close to himC. the Ser-man was nearbyD. a car was hitting the sidewa

25、lk27. The mother was verry.A.he accidentB. till the accidentC. later after the accidentD. throughout the accident28. The passage indicatestthe mother should be held partially responsible for the accidentthe woman should be held wholly responsible for the accidentthe mother should be held solely resp

26、onsible for the accidentthewoman driver should be held fully responsible for the accident 29.he accident occurred away from the authors home.A. fiftyB. a few feetC. a half blockD. three blocks30.The phrase our innocentshe last paragraph most probably refers to.A. the springB. the futureC. the childr

27、enD. the flowersPassage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.Darwins great work, The Origin of Species, is now generally accepted as one ofthe most important books ever written. But when itbitterly criticized by scientists and laymen.came out in 1859, it wasMuch of the opitions

28、 to The Origin of Species arose from Darwintall living creatures, including man, are somehow related. Many people were outraged bythesuggestiontmansharedacommonantorwithanimalssuchassandmonkeys. They attacked Darwin for sayingt man has descended from thes.But Darwin never actually said this. He beve

29、dt modern men and moderns have both descended from the same antor. Busome time in pre-history,millions of years ago, men ands began to develop separay, and ever since havecontinued to take on different characteristics, Today, moredeath, this is the opinion which scientists continue to hold.n 90 year

30、s after DarwinsIn his works, Darwin described thesesof life from its earst forms.came the invertebrates-creatures without a backbone. The invertebrates evolvedofish; fishomammals.hibians;hibianso reptiles, and reptileso birds andFossil remains found after his death showt Darwin was right. Perhaps th

31、e mostamazing fact about his theory ist he managed to work it out with the aid of only afew fossil discoveries. Fossil remains were not the only information which we nowsess but Darwin lacked. He did not knowts have the same diseases as men;nort they and men have the same kind of blood. Nor did he k

32、now about the modemuses of radiation which enable scientists tothe speed at which evolution has taken place.lof fossil remains and so estimateLacking all this information, Darwin had to rely on other branches of science. Oneof them was comparative anatomy (解剖學): the science which compares the physic

33、almake-up of different species. He observedt all vertebrates-hibians, reptiles,birds and mammals-sess forelimbs which are basically the same. The limbs may beused for swimming, flying, or walking, but they are all built on the same plan. Theycontain one bonehe upper arm, two boneshe forearm, several

34、 boneshe wrist,and five boneshe hand with finger jos attached.Darwarveledatthis similarity betn such widely differing species. Whatcan be more curious, he asked, n the factt the hand or a man formed forgras,t of a mole for digging, the leg of a horse, and the wings of a bat, should allbe constructed

35、 on the same pattern?, From-the extraordinary fact, he drew the correctt different species share the same characteristics because they aredescended from the same antor. Then, they took on the separate characteristics whichhelped them mosthe straggle to surviveheir own local environments.Darwin was b

36、itterly criticized by scientists and laymen because of.his close observation of fossilshis lack of convincing evidenceC. their opitions to his researchD. their misunderstanding of his theoryDarwins theory was created based on.a few fossil remainsa large body of fossil remainsC. a lot of help from hi

37、s antorD. a great deal of reference materials33. Darwried to prove his theory with the help of.blood typesevolution speedmodem medicinecomparative anatomy34. According to anatomy, there are two bones.A.B.C.D.he left arm he fight arm he lower armhe upper arm35. According to Darwin, different species

38、are descended.A,he different patternB. from the same antorC.he same environmentD. with separate characteristicsPARTTWO(50 POS)III.Word Spelling (10 pos, I pofor two items)將下列漢語單詞譯成英語。每個單詞的詞類、首字母及字母數目均已給出。請將完整的單詞寫在答題卡上。地帶，地區n.z 值得的，有價值的aW 美德；優點n.v著手做;承擔vtU透明的，顯然的a.t_ 41支撐；供養vtS 42有目的的，蓄意的a.p 43胡亂的，任意

39、的a.r 44結果，結局n.o 45氧no 46，專賣vm _ 47閃電nl 48，審判員n.j 49想要，意指VtI 50性的a.h 51.幾何，幾何學ng 52友好的，友誼的a.f 53.展覽(會)n.e 劇本，戲劇n.d 掩蔽，庇護vtS V. Word Form (10 pos, I pofor each item)將括號中的各詞變為適當的形式填入空白。寫在答題卡上。56. After(repeat) attempts they finally succeeded.57. This novel is reported (transe)o Chialready.58. If she ha

40、dnt taken some medicine this morning, her headache would be(bad).59. The scientiss devoted his whole life to(help) the poor.They have the work(do) before tomorrow.He liveshe same city with his brother, but they only see each other very(occa).It is(use) to know the answer to such a silly question.If

41、he put (he) in his parents place, he would know why they were so worried.The young (politics) took over the leadership of the party.In your daydream, picture yourself as a (win) not as a loser.VI. Translation from Chi將下列各句譯成英語并將o English (IS po寫在答題卡上。s, 3 pos for each item)不同的管理者對同一問題的解決方法有所不同。該書的作者從讀者的批評中獲益匪淺。樣品將按照要求立即寄出。69家庭是社會的基本。70從來沒有哪個國家作出這樣大的努力來發展經濟。VII. Translation from English將下列短文譯成漢語并將o Chi(15 pos)寫在答題卡上。There are two ways in which one can own a book. One is establishing the pr