2023年酒泉职业技术学院英语单招测试版试题及答案.docx

I 语言知识及应用 （共两节，满分45分）第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从115各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。In America, if you are invited to a wedding, baby shower, bar mitzvah（成人礼）or other celebrations, youre expected to bring a gift. Usually, it should be modest in 1 , about $25. For a wedding, the bride will often have “registered” a list of gifts at a local department store, indicating the items she 2 .When you buy a registered item, tell the store that youre doing this, so the couple doesnt receive the 3 gift twice. For a baby shower, bring a gift 4 for a new born baby. For a bar mitzvah, bring a gift appropriate for a 13-year-old boy. Because they are such important occasions, gifts for bar mitzvahs tend to be more 5 , for example, a gold-plated pen. 6 the pen by carving the boys full name will be appreciated.If you wish to give a gift to American friends, choose something that is 7 to your country. It neednt be valuable or 8 , just typical of your homeland. 9 include a book about your country, an inexpensive souvenir, or something else that reflects your 10 . Young children who like collecting will probably be very 11 with a set of your countrys coins or stamps. Items that are 12 in your country but difficult to find abroad are also good.If staying with an American family, a good way of expressing your thanks is to take them to a form of 13 , such as a baseball game or a concert.When giving gifts to a business acquaintance, dont give anything too personal, 14 to a woman. A scarf or a hat is OK, but other types of 15 are not. Something appropriate for the office is best.1. A. size B. value C. weight D. appearance2. A. prefers B. owns C. uses D. imagines3. A. first B. best C. same D. similar4. A. general B. suitable C. demanding D. expensive5. A. modest B. cheerful C. normal D. formal6. A. Personalizing B. Replacing C. Designing D. Changing7. A. convenient B. appropriate C. unique D. beneficial8. A. colorful B. rare C. heavy D. nice9. A. Opportunities B. Expectations C. Inventions D. Possibilities10. A. character B. interest C. culture D. progress11. A. annoyed B. impressed C. amused D. puzzled12. A. limited B. banned C. common D. priceless13. A. education B. discussion C. exercise D. entertainment14. A. directly B. especially C. merely D. deliberately15. A. clothing B. perfume C. jewelry D. equipment第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的规定，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的对的形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为1625的相应位置上。While thousands of college students headed for warm climate to enjoy sun and fun during their week off from classes, seven local students had other plans.The Northern Essex Community College (NECC) students and one of their teachers spent part of their spring reak in New York City, helping repair an area 16 (destroy) by the hurricane.“I wanted to see for myself what happened,” said Terry. “I couldnt imagine 17 it is like to lose your home and everything that you know and the 18 (power) effect the hurricane had on those people. I wanted to do something, to understand their feeling of helplessness.”The group headed into Brooklyns Red Hook district, which was hit hard by the hurricane. There they met people from other parts of the country, 19 had also volunteered to help. Together, those volunteers and the NECC students 20 (work) to clear rubbish out of a three-story building. They put on protective suits and gloves 21 they entered the building.Inside the building, the students saw nothing but broken walls and doors and pieces of the building 22 (lie) all over the place.The students returned to school with 23 sense of achievement, a feeling that 24 helped people in need. I was remarkable how a community lost so much and was still able to recover, and this left the deepest impression 25 the students.II 阅读 （共两节，满分50分）第一节 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AI once met a well-known botanist at a dinner party. I had never talked with a botanist before, and I found him fascinating. I sat there absorbed and listened while he spoke of unusual plants and his experiments (he even told me astonishing facts about the simple potato). I had a small indoor garden of my own -and he was good enough to tell me how to solve some of my problems.As I said, we were at a dinner party. There must have been a dozen other guests, but I broke an important rule of politeness. I ignored everyone else and talked for hours to the botanist.Midnight came, I said good night to everyone and departed. The botanist then turned to our host and said many nice things about me, including that I was a “most interesting conversationalist.”An interesting conversationalist? I had said hardly anything at all. I couldnt have said anything if I had wanted to without changing the subject, for I didnt know any more about plants than I knew about sharks. But I had done this one thing: I had listened carefully. I listened because I was really interested. And he felt it. Naturally that pleased him. That kind of listening is one of the the best ways to show respect to others, and it makes them feel great too. “Few human beings ,” wrote Jack Woodford in Strangers in Love,“can resist the sweet effect of rapt attention.” I went even further than that. I was “sincere in my admiration and generous in my praise.”I told him that I had been hugely entertained and instructed. I had. I told him I wished I had his knowledge.I told him that I should love to wander the fields with him. Whats more, it was all true.And so I had him thinking of me as a good conversationalist when, in reality, I had been merely a good listener and had encouraged him to talk.26. From Paragraph 1, we can learn that the writer_. A. was deeply moved by the botanists talkB. was amazed by what he was hearingC. was not in a comfortable situationD.behaved politely and properly27. Which of the following does the writer describe as a rule of politeness at dinner parties? A. Avoiding discussions about politics and religion.B. Listening carefully to what another guest says.C. Arriving and leaving at the appropriate time.D. Giving attention to all those in attendance.28. The underlined expression “rapt attention” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to_. A. full understanding B. strong interestC. great uncertainty D. little curiosity29. According to the writer, which of the following is an important characteristic of a good conversationalist? A. Listening attentively and encouraging the other side to continue.B. Encouraging he other side by sharing his/her own opinions.C. Promising a future meeting for more communication.D. Expressing respect by nodding his/her head.30. What is the purpose of the passage? A. To prove the writer is an interesting conversationalist.B. To share an interesting experience at a dinner party.C. To explain what makes a good conversationalist.D. To show that botanists can be really talkative.BA dog-lover has invented a high-tech way of feeding his pet by Twitter（推特，流行社交网络）. Computer expert Nat Morris, 30, has designed a system to give his pet a “tweet treat” by sending him a Twitter message.His dog Toby gets some delicious dog biscuits from a computer-controlled food machine whenever Nat sends a message to “feedtoby”.Nat often works away from home and isnt always able to feed Toby by hand. But his new invention allows Nat to feed his dog from anywhere in the world.Nat said, “Toby absolutely loves it. At first he didnt know what was going on. Now he sits underneath the machine, wagging his tail and waiting for the treats to drop.”Nat fills the food machine with small pieces of dog biscuits, but not too many in case four-year-old Toby gets too many messages. And Nat has even equipped his house with an online camera so he can see Toby enjoying the food at his home.But one problem is that friends and family have been so amazed with the “Tweet treat” machine that. they have starting to send tweets to Toby too. So Nat has had to restrict feeding time to make sure Toby doesnt turn into Tubby。“People have been sending him food at all hours of the day, so I had to limit it to between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. Im thinking of doing an updated one which measures his weight before he is fed, just to make sure hes not putting on too much puppy fat,” explained Nat.How Nats Twitter Feeder Works:When a message is sent to feedtoby it is received by a mini-computer that is linked to the food machine.When the mini-computer receives the message, a bell rings and Toby comes running over and sits in front of the feeding machine. Next the machines motor pulls open a trap door which releases a serving of food.The doggy biscuits then drops into Toby's food bowl. Finally a digital camera takes a photo of him and sends it back to Nat on Twitter - so he knows Toby has been fed.31. Nat has invented a high-tech way to feed his dog because he _.A. wants his friends to feed Tody B. has very strong computing skillsC. is often too busy to feed his dog D. doesnt like to feed Tody by hand32. Why has Nat decided to limit the feeding machines opening time?A. He doesnt want Toby to get too fat. B. He fears the machine will run out of food.C. He wants hid friends to stop feeding Toby. D. He doesnt want Toby to be woken up at night.33. It can be learned from the passage that Toby _.A. sits beneath his feeder all day longB. is now used to being fed by machineC. doesnt know what happens to the feederD. no longer receives tweets from Nats friends34. Which of the following shows the correct order of how the Twitter Feeder works?a. The bell goes off.b. A message is sent to feedtoby.c. The mini-computer gets the message.d. The digital camera takes a photo of Toby and sends it to Nat.e. The motor starts to work and opens the door to release dog food.A. a, b, c, e, d B. b, c, e, a, d C. b, c, a, e, d D. c, b, a, d, e35. In which section of the newspaper would you most probably find this passage?A. Technology B. Health C. Environment D. StyleCNo one knows why people dream, but some dreams might be connected to the mental processes that help us learn. In a recent study, scientists found a connection between nap-time (午睡时间) dreams and better memory in people who were learning a new skill.So perhaps one way to learn something new is to practice, practise, practise-and then sleep on it.“I was surprised by this finding,” Robert Stickgold, a Harvard University scientist who led the study.In the study, 100 college students each spent an hour on a computer, trying to get through a virtual maze (虚拟迷宫). The maze was difficult, and the study participants had to start in a different place each time they tried-making it even more difficult. Then, for the first 90 minutes of a five-hour break, half of the participants were required to stay awake while half were told to sleep. Participants who stayed awake were asked to describe their thoughts. Participants who slept were asked to describe any dream they had.Stickgold and his colleagues wanted to know about NREM, or non-REM sleep. REM stands for “rapid eye movement”, which is what happens during REM sleep. This period of sleep often brings strange dreams to a sleeper, although dreams can happen in both kinds of sleep. Stickgold wanted to know what people were dreaming about when their eyes werent moving, during NREM sleep. Other studies have found a connection between NREM bring activity and learning ability. Four of the 50 people who slept said their dreams were about the maze. Later, when these four people tried the computer maze again, they were able to complete it faster.Stickgold believes the dream itself doesn;t help a person learn-its the other way around. He suspects that such dreams are caused by the brain processes associated with learning.All the maze-dreamers had done the task poorly the first time, which makes Stickgold wonder if the NREM dreams show up when a person finds a new task particularly difficult. People who had other dreams, or people didn't sleep, didn't show the same improvement.36. In the first stage of the study, the participants were asked to A. design a maze on computerB. find their way out of a mazeC. decide where to begin a mazeD. remember a location in a maze37. What happened to the participants during the break? A. Half of them were woken up when they started to dream.B. Half of them were asked to dram about the maze.C. All of them were asked to describe their thoughts.D. Half of them were asked to sleep for 90 minutes.38. What can we learn from the passage? A. Everyone will dream about a new skill after learning it.B. Stickgold was the first to study dreams and learning.C. During NREM sleep, people usually dont dream.D. Unusual dreams often occur during REM sleep.39. In the first stage of the study, the participants were asked to A. design a maze on computerB. find their way out of a mazeC. decide where to begin a mazeD. remember a location in a maze40. Which of the following statement best summarizes the studys conclusion? A. Dreams have a role in learning.B. Dreams have no basis in reality.C. Dreams are important for health.D. Dreams are the best way to study.DThe recent publication of autobiographies by two of Britains great scientists, biologist Richard Dawkins and physicist Stephen Hawking, is a wonderful opportunity to compare and contrast these two remarkable men. Surprisingly, they have rather more in common than we think.Most striking is the similarity in their backgrounds. They were born in the early 1940s to middle class families-not wealthy but comfortably off, with a strong commitment to academic excellence and public service. Both families were keen to send their boys to Oxford University-and both succeeded, Dawkins studying zoology and Hawking physics.Neither author has a very positive view of his early university life. Hawking describes the attitude at Oxford in the 1950s and 1960s as very anti-work, “You were supposed to either be brilliant without effort or fail. Hard work was looked down upon by students and we all pretended that nothing was worth making an effort for.” He estimates that he studied for no more than an hour a day as an undergraduate student