2010年6月山东省高职高专英语应用能力考试试卷
试卷一
16. I am sorry to tell you that the book you asked for is not ________. A. adaptable B. acceptable C. advisable D. available 17. In some very cold countries people build ________ houses to save energy. A. especial B. especially C. special D. specially 18. I always ________ starting early rather than leaving everything to the last minute. A. practice B. perform C. perfect D. prefer 19. The restaurant is busy on Sundays, so I will phone to ________ a table. A. reserve B. deserve C. preserve D. observe
20. ________ all her friends agree, she was unusually warm－hearted, loving and generous. A. Now that B. Even if C. Although D. As
21. He drove to the airport to ________ Mr. Dixon who came to see him from Mexico. A. pick up B. pick out C. call up D. call out
22. She insists that he ________ improve his oral English by doing a lot of practice. A. could B. would C. might D. should 23. Construction of the railways helped to develop the national ________. A. economic B. economics C. economy D. economical 24. If you don't deliver the goods by Friday, we will be breaking the ________. A. contrast B. contract C. contest D. content
25. Frank assured me that if I ever needed financial help I could always ________ him. A. turn off B. turn to C. turn down D. turn into
26. The composition is not well written, and ________， there are many spelling mistakes in it.
A. more over B. any more C. moreover D. no more 27. The hotel wants to ________ its business by adding a swimming pool. A. expand B. extend C. expend D. attend 28. No sooner had we returned home ________ it rained. A. then B. than C. when D. as
29. All their attempts to ________ the child from the burning building were in vain. A. regain B. recover C. rescue D. remind 30. I would have come sooner but I ________ that you were waiting.
A. haven't known B. hadn't known C. didn't known D. have known 31. George, like all boys, ________ cars very much. A. like B. are liking C. liking D. likes 32. Mary has got a full mark in the test. She ________ very hard all the time. A. will work B. must have worked C. may work D. could have worked 33. We moved to the town ________ we could go to see our parents often. A. even if B. in case C. so that D. as if 34. You should be thankful to have escaped with only ________ injuries. A. minor B. minority C. major D. majority
35. An increasing number of people can now ________ to eat outside, thanks to the economic reforms.
A. approve B. approach C. affect D. afford
Part III Reading Comprehension (1)
(30 points, two points each)
Directions: This part is to test your reading ability. There are 3 tasks for you to fulfill. You should read the materials carefully and do the tasks as you are instructed.
Task 1
Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 unfinished statements or questions, numbered 36 through 40. For each statement there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should make the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
“But I just paid $ 1.69 for this bottle of wine last week. How come the price is now $ 2.25? What's going on？”
There are at least three things going on that have caused the price of wine to rise. All have to do with the supply and demand factors of economics.
The first factor is that people drinking more wine than ever before. This demand for？？ more wine has increased overall (总体) wine sales in America at the rate of 15 percent a year.
The second factor is that the supply of wine has stayed relatively the same, which means that the same number of bottles is produced each year. Wine producers are trying to open up new land to grow more grapes (葡萄). But in at least three wine producing areas of the world—France, Germany, and California—new vineyards (葡萄园) will not be available in the near future. Wines are produced in other countries, such as Italy, Spain and Australia, but none of these countries will be able to fill the demand for good wines.
The third factor is that costs of wine production are increasing. The men who make wine are asking for more money, and the machinery needed to press the grapes is becoming more expensive
When the demand for something is greater than the supply, prices go up. When production costs, meaning the price of labor and machinery, rise, the producer adds this increase to the price of the wine.
36. From the first paragraph, we know that the speaker is ________. A. asking about the price B. worrying about the price
C. bargaining over the price D. complaining about the price
37. The three factors mentioned in the passage cause ________. A. the sales of wine to increase B. the price of wine to go up
C. the production of wine to decrease D. more and more people to drink wine
38. The supply of wine has remained the same partly because ________. A. wine producing countries are unwilling to increase their production B. new vineyards will not be opened up in such countries as Australia C. countries like Italy and Spain can't supply enough good wines D. the production of wine bottles has ceased to increase
39. What does “production costs” refer to in the last paragraph? A. The price of grapes and machines. B. The cost of land and transportation.
C. The price of wine and wine bottles. D. The cost of manpower and equipment.
40. The author's purpose of writing this passage is to ________. A. persuade people to drink less wine B. tell people where to get the best wine
C. explain why the price of the wine is rising D. show that wine is popular with Americans
Task 2
Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 unfinished statements or questions, numbered 41 through 45. For each statement there are four choices marked A, B, C and
D. You should make the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
If you ever went to the United States to study in a college or a university, one of the first things you would have to do is to open a checking account. If you went to a bank to open an account, you would probably go through most of the following procedures. Not all banks have the same requirements for opening new accounts, of course, and the routine may vary somewhat.
First you would go to the New Account Department and fill out a signature card. In order to open an account, you would have to offer proof of your identity (身份). A passport is one of the best kinds of identification to have, but other kinds are accepted, one of the most common being a deriver's license.
You would need to have a permanent (固定的) address in the city, and you would also be asked to supply the name of a permanent resident who is willing to recommend you. For this purpose you could use the name of your landlord or landlady, for example, or the name of the foreign student advisor at the university. And last but not least, you would need to bring some cash with you in order to open your account. Many banks require a minimum cash deposit of $50.
41. The procedures for opening a checking account ________. A. are completely the same for all banks B. are completely different for all banks
C. vary a little from banks to bank D. have to be accepted by the customers
42. The first step to open an account is to ________ A. prove your identity B. fill out your signature card
C. present your passport D. show your driver's license
43. In order to open an account, you should ________ A. have a permanent address B. be a permanent resident
C. be able to drive D. have a foreign student advisor
44. From this passage we can know that ____________. A. it's very difficult to open a checking account in America B. you must always keep at least $50 in your account C. you must deposit $50 at least for opening an account
D. while studying in America, you don't need a checking account 45. What is this passage mainly about?
A. How much money you should deposit in a bank.
B. What identification you should provide to open an account. C. What you should do when you study in America. D. How you can open a checking account.
Task 3
Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 unfinished statements or questions, numbered 46 through 50. For each statement there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should make the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
An application letter－－－the letter you write to apply for a job－－－will probably be the most important kind of letter you will ever write. Very likely, it is a letter that you will write several times, as most people change employers several times during their business careers(生涯). Your first job, as well as each of those that follow, is most certain to involve some writing and some employers look upon an application letter as an excellent indicator(标志) of an applicant's(应聘者) writing and communication skills.
The purpose of your application letter, which should go together with your resume, is to get you an in－person interview with employer. If the letter is a good one, it most likely will achieve