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1、2021-2022年海南省海口市成考专升本英语学校:_ 班级:_ 姓名:_ 考号:_一、阅读理解(30题)1. The information above is particularly useful for those_.A.who want to apply for Boston CollegeB.who want to know about Boston CollegeC.whove been admitted to Boston CollegeD.whove decided to pay a visit to Boston College2. The buying of Alaska
2、was first called _.A.a foolish thingB.Sewards FoolyC.Johnsons FoolyD.Presidents Foolishness3.The discovery of a dwarfed(矮个的)human being who lived in Flores, Indonesia, up to 18, 000 years ago is changing the way we think about the human family. This Flores Humanwas three foot tall and her brain was
3、smaller than that of the average chimp(黑猩猩), yet she and her relatives apparently lived fully human lives. They seem to have made tools, worked together to find food and cook it, and perhaps even burried their dead with ceremony. It was a major surprise to find tools associated with the new human fa
4、mily member. The tools are like those formerly seen only with European fossils(化石)from our own species: Homo sapiens(智人): and the oldest of them were made 9, 400 years ago. Homo sapiens is thought to have arrived in the island about 4, 000 years ago, much too late to be responsible for the tools. If
5、this tiny humanmade the tools, then the inside structure(结构)of its brain must have been more like our own than a chimps, despite being just a third the size of ours. This new human was suspected to be a dwarfed branch of Homo erectus(直立人). When creatures are separated in regions with rare resources
6、but few enemies, being big is a disadvantage, and evolution tends to shrink them, a process known as island dwarfing. Could natural selection make a human smaller while keepingeven improvingmental ability? Quite possibly, believes Christopher Wills of the University of California. Has the Flores Hum
7、an even shown the ability of language? I find it difficult to imagine that people could make tools, use fire, and kill large animals without fairly advanced communication, Wills says. Did Flores Human possess the basic components of human culturesuch as the burying of the dead with ceremony? Emilian
8、o Bruner of the Italian Institute points out that Indonesias hot, wet environment is bad for fossilization. It is reasonable to assume, he says, that the 18, 000-year-old bones of the most complete Flores woman were well-preserved because she was buried with special care.According to the passage, Fl
9、ores Human_.A.lived a partly human lifeB.was a branch of Homo sapiensC.used tools before Homo sapiens arrivedD.had a brain as large as a common chimps4. The box boy refused to accept tips because _.A.customer only gave small tipsB.some customers had strange ideas about tippingC.the store forbade the
10、 box boys to take tipsD.he didnt want to fight with the customers5.Which of the following is NOT an opinion expressed by Magdalena Smith?A.A.Grades should be abolished.B.Grades impose subjective standards of success.C.Students should be able to learn without worrying about grades.D.Competition may d
11、iscourage students from pursuing subjects such as drama and art.6. In the new century the WTO will_.A.take the place of the World Bank and International Monetary FundB.have new rules covering trace in services and intellectual propertyC.make complete new rules in every area of international tradeD.h
12、ave more members and do much more to settle more problems7. Which of the following best summarizes this passage?A.When language is a barrier, people will find other forms of communication.B.Everybody uses only one form. of communication.C.Nonlinguistic language is invaluable to foreigners.D.Although
13、 other forms of communication exist, verbalization is the fastest.8. This passage is mostly about _.A.different types of eyeglassesB.a visit to the eye doctorC.myths about eyesightD.cornea transplants9. For an English family，the husbands duty is_A.supporting the family while the wife is financialB.d
14、efending the family while the wife is running the homeC.financial while the wife is running the homeD.independent while the wife is dependent10.Passage TwoSpace is a dangerous place，not only because of meteors but also because of rays from the sun and other starsThe atmosphere again acts as our prot
15、ective blanket on earthLight gets through，and this is essential for plants to make the food which we eatHeat，too，makes our environment endurableVarious kinds of rays come through the air from outer space，but enormous quantities of radiation：from the sun are screened offAs soon as men leave the atmosphere they are exposed to this radiation but their spacesuits or the walls of their spacecraft。if they are inside，do prevent a lot of radiation damageRadiation is the greatest known danger to explorers in spaceThe
