專插本英語98年-14年歷年真題

1、119981998年廣東省普通高等學(xué)校本科插班生考試年廣東省普通高等學(xué)校本科插班生考試英語試題PartIReadingComprehension(40%)PassageIThecomputerisawonderfulmachine.Itisthemostimptantinventionsincethetypeofengineusedincars.Todayithasthegreatesteffectonscienceindustrybu

2、sinessbutitisbeingusedmeineducationmedicine.Bytheendofthiscenturyitwilltouchthelivesofeveryoneevenpeopleindistantvillages.Itisarevolutionaryinvention.TheoldestkindofcomputeristheabacususedinChinasincethesixthcentury.Inth

3、eseventeenthcenturyanaddingmachinewasinventedbutthefurstlargemoderncomputerwasbuiltin1937.Afewyearslateracomputercoulddo5000additionspersecond.Nowthecomputationsaresofastthattheyaremeasuredinnanoseconds(毫微秒).Todaymostcom

4、putershaveamemy.Theyaregettingsmallersmallercomputingfasterfaster.Eveninalargecomputerthepartthatdoestheactualcomputingisaboutthesizeoftheendofaputerscandoallkindsofwk.Whensomeonebuyssomethinginadepartmentsteinfmationabo

5、utthesalegoesintoacomputerAscientistcantalktothecomputerabouttherocksthecomputeranswersthequestions.Adoctcantalktothecomputerexplainwhatiswrongwithapatient.Ifthedoctaskswhythecomputergoesthroughitsstedinfmationexplainsex

6、actlywhy.Whenearlyhumansbeganfarmingitwasarevolutionarychangeinhumanlife.Itwashundredsofthoussofyearslaterthatpeopledevelopedawritingsystem(方法).Inlessthanfiftyyearspeoplehavedevelopedcomputersthatcandomostofthethingshuma

7、nscando.Thiscouldbeafrighteningdevelopment.1.Thecomputerisconsideredawonderfulmachinebecause_____.A.ithaseffectonallaspectsofman’slifeB.itiswidelyusedineducationmedicineC.ithasthefunctionofanengineD.itisusefulevenindista

8、ntvillages2.TheabacushasbeenusedinChinaf_____.A.some5000yearsB.about600yearsC.nearly1000yearsD.over1300years3.Themostimptantfeatureofacomputeristhat_____.A.ithasamemyB.itissmallinsizeC.itcomputesfastD.itanswersallkindsof

9、questions3D.theroleofmenwomenhasbeguntochange8.MenwomenmaynowchooseallthefollowingEXCEPTto_____.A.marrytostaysingleB.wktostayathomeC.havetherolesthatarecomftablefthemD.leavetheirjobsjustbecausetheyhavechildren9.Thefollow

10、ingareallnowtrueEXCEPT_____.A.theymaychoosetohavechildrennotB.themanmaytakecareofthechildrensomeofthetimeC.thewomanmaywanttogotowkD.thewomanisthemostimptantpersoninthehouse10.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueA.Themanwasthebos

11、sinthetraditionalmarriage.B.Thewoman’sjobathomewasveryimptantinthepast.C.ManyAmericansstillhaveatraditionalmarriage.D.Everyonetriestogetmarried.Passage3Didyouknowthattheemptyplasticsoftdrinkbottlesyouthrowawayeverydaycan

12、beturnedintocarpetautomobilespartsThatusedglassbottlesaluminumcanscanbeturnedintonewonesthatyesterday’snewspapercanbeturnedintotomrow’sItallhappensbecauseofrecycling(再利用).Thesimplewastewethrowawayisa“naturalresource”that

13、withrecyclingcanbeusedtoproduceavarietyofnewproducts.UnftunatelyAmericarecyclesonly10%ofitsrubbishburns10%deposits80%inwastedesposalgroundsAsaresultitishavingtocopewithaserioussolidwasteproblem.EveryyearAmericansthrowawa

14、yabout160milliontonsofrubbish.Ofthattotalplasticsmakeuplessthan8%paperabout36%glassmetalabout20%allbyweight.Plasticsarenaturallylighterbutstillwhenpressedtogetheraccoutfonlyabout20%byvolume.Asaresultinthepast10yearstheUn

15、itedStates’wastedisposalgroundshavedecreasedfromabout18500to6000.Infiveyears2000mewillclose.Intheprocessoffindingsolutionssomepeoplehaveproposedtostopusingplastics.Unftunatelystopusingplasticswoulddomuchharmnogood.Wewoul

16、dloseallofthesafetyhealthconveniencefeaturesofplastics.Besidespackagingwouldstillbeneeded.A1987studyshowswhatwouldhappenifplasticswerenotusedtheenergyneededtoproduceotherpackagingitscostthevolumeofwastecollectedwouldallr