2023年河北专升本商务英语模拟题及答案

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Part I. Grammar & Vocabulary (2 ×25=50)

Directions:  There are 25 sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET.

1. In the past three decades, ______ significant advance has been made in ______ modern agriculture.

A. a; /                                                   B. the; a

C. /; the                                                D. a; a

2. It will only ____ me a minute to repair your shoes.

A. cost

C. take

B. spend

D. pay

3. What the remote areas need ______ education to children and what the children need ______ good textbooks at the moment.

A. is; are                                              B. are; is

C. was; were                                        D. were; was

4. First of all, I would like to express my _______ to my parents, who have cared about me all the time.

A. satisfaction

C. attitude

B. regret

D. gratitude

5. My uncle’s house in the downtown area is much smaller than ours, but it is twice ______expensive.

A. as                                                     B. so

C. too                                                   D. very

6. “You are very selfish. It’s high time that you ______ you are not the most important person in the world.” Edward said to his boss angrily.

A. realized                                           B. have realized

C. realize                                             D. would realize

7. The words of his old teacher left a ______ impression on his mind. He is still influenced by them.

A. long                                                 B. lively

C. lasting                                             D. liberal

8. William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, _____ defended the right of every citizen to freedom of choice in religion.

A. peculiarly                                        B. indifferently

C. vigorously                                       D. inevitably

9. I’ve never been to Beijing, but it’s the place______.

A. where I’d like to visit                    B. in which I’d like to visit

C. I most want to visit                        D. that I want to visit it most

10. The professor was quite used ______ late for his lecture.

A. to have students                             B. for students’ being

C. for students to be                           D. to students’ being

11. The mad man was put in the soft padded cell lest he ______ himself.

A. injures                                             B. had injured

C. injured                                             D. should injure

12. If tap water were as dangerous as some people think, ______ would be getting sick.

A. a lot of more us                              B. more a lot of us

C. a lot of us some                              D. a lot more of us

13. The car ______ halfway for no reason.

A. broke off                                        B. broke down

C. broke up                                          D. broke out

14. The newcomers found it impossible to ______ themselves to the climate sufficiently to make permanent homes in the new country.

A. suit                                                  B. adapt

C. regulate                                           D. coordinate

15. Jane never dreams of ______ for her to be sent abroad very soon.

A. there being a chance                      B. there to be a chance

C. there be a chance                            D. being a chance

16. Frequently single-parent children ______ some of the functions that the absent adult in the house would have served.

A. take off                                           B. take after

C. take in                                             D. take on

17. I’d rather you ______ make any issue for the time being.

A. don’t                                               B. wouldn’t

C. didn’t                                               D. shouldn’t

18. All things ______, the planned trip will have to be called off.

A. considered                                      B. be considered

C. considering                                     D. having considered

19. Criticism and self-criticism is necessary ______that it helps us to find and correct our mistakes.

A. by                                                    B. at

C. on                                                    D. in

20. After so many weeks without rain, the ground quickly ______the little rain that fell last night.

A. skipped                                           B. soaked

C. retrieved                                          D. absorbed

21. We’ll ______ you as soon as we have any further information.

A. notify                                              B. signify

C. communicate                                  D. impart

22. The fox fell into the ______ the hunters had set for it.

A. bush

C. trick

B. trap

D. circle

23. I don’t know you want to keep the letter. I’ve ______it up.

A. torn                                                  B. given

C. broken                                             D. disposed

24. The old lady ______ and fell from the top of the stairs to the bottom.

A. slid

C. slipped

B. split

D. spilled

25. Their room was on the third floor, its window ______ the sports ground.

A. overlooks                                        B. overlooking

C. overlooked                                      D. to overlook

Part II. Cloze (2 ×20=40)

Directions:  There  are  20 blanks  in  the following passage. For each  blank there  are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE that fits into the passage. Mark your answers on

ANSWER SHEET.

Nowadays English learners have a wide choice of dictionaries. There are 1 with American English, with British English, with idioms or slang, and 2 with pictures. One of the most 3 dictionaries I have seen among many students is the 4 electronic dictionary. All you have to do is to 5 a word in your language and you can see it and 6 it in English. That’s great, right? Well, I think it’s great, too …but only sometimes. Bilingual electronic dictionaries are fast and 7 . They can be great 8 you are traveling and need information quickly. 9 I am against electronic dictionaries and even bilingual 10 dictionaries in many cases. Let me explain. When you reach an intermediate (中等的) level of English, you know 11 of the  language to ask the meaning of certain things while using English.  Translating between languages in your head  12 time. You should be translating as little as possible and  13 in English as much  as  possible.  I  strongly  recommend  that  intermediate  and  advanced  students  should  14  an English-English dictionary that is made 15 for your understanding. For example ，Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press has good dictionaries for students and 16 publishing houses do, too. I also feel that paper dictionaries are better for studying than electronic dictionaries. True, they take longer to use. But, for some reason, the information you 17 seems to stay in your head longer. It may be 18 you are forced to spell the word in your head and therefore “see it” more clearly in your 19 . So what do you do if you have checked an English-English dictionary and still don’t understand something? Go to your bilingual dictionary. It is useful sometimes. Just remember to try to 20 in English as much as possible.

1.A. dictionaries                         B. books                    C. magazines                     D. papers

2.A. still                                      B. even                      C. yet                                  D. just

3.A. interesting                           B. useful                    C. expensive                      D. popular

4.A. saying                                 B. talking                  C. speaking                        D. telling

5.A. take down                           B. get across             C. type in                           D. say out

6.A. observe    B. feel    C. hear    D. say

7.A. difficult    B. vital    C. helpful    D. easy

8.A. when    B. as    C. after    D. before

9.A. So    B. And    C. But    D. While

10.A. plastic    B. paper    C. electric    D. visual

11.A. enough    B. little    C. most    D. few

12.A. spends    B. costs    C. takes    D. invests

13.A. writing    B. typing    C. thinking    D. reflecting

14.A. borrow    B. buy    C. keep    D. use

15.A. especially    B. specially    C. generally    D. extremely

16.A. another    B. other    C. the other    D. others

17.A. refer to    B. check in    C. look up    D. put in

18.A. why    B. because    C. when    D. where

19.A. mind    B. ears    C. eyes    D. heart

20.A. speak    B. stay    C. save    D. remember

Part III. Reading Comprehension (80)

Section A (3 ×20=60)

Directions: There are four passages in this section. Each section is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D.  You should decide on the best choice and mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET.

Passage One

In his 2006 book Stumbling on Happiness, the  author Daniel  Gilbert, a Harvard professor  of psychology, looks at several studies and concludes that marital satisfaction decreases after the birth of the first child and increases only when the last child has left home. He also declares that parents are happier grocery shopping and even sleeping than spending time with their kids.

The most recent comprehensive study on the emotional state of those with kids shows us that the term “bundle ofjoy” may not be the most accurate way to describe our kids. “Parents experience lower levels of emotional well-being, less frequent positive emotions and more frequent negative emotions than their childless peers,” says Florida State University’s Robin Simon, a sociology professor.

Simon  received  plenty  of hate  mail  in  response  to  her  research,  which  isn’t  surprising.  Her findings  shake the very  foundation of what we believe to be true. In a recent Newsweek Poll, 50 percent of Americans said that adding new children to the family can increase happiness levels. But which parent is willing to admit that the greatest gift life has to offer has in fact made his or her life less enjoyable?

Is it possible that American parents have always been so disillusioned? In pre-industrial America, parents certainly loved their children, but their kids also served a purpose--to work the farm, contribute to the household. Today, we have kids more for emotional reasons, but an increasingly complicated work and social environment has made finding satisfaction far more difficult. Raising children has not only  become  more  complicated,  it  has  become  more  expensive  as  well.  The  National  Marriage Project’s 2006 report says that parents have significantly lower marital satisfaction than nonparents because they experienced more single and child-free years than previous generations.

As for those of us with kids, all the news isn’t bad. Parents still report feeling a greater sense of purpose and meaning in their lives than those who’ve never had kids. And there are other rewarding aspects of parenting that are impossible to quantify.

1. What’s the main idea of the book Stumbling on Happiness?

A. Parents are happier shopping than looking after their children.

B. Once they have children, the couples can never be as happy as before.

C. Compared with their childless peers, parents are leading a sad life.

D. The adding of children at home brings down marital satisfaction.

2. What can we infer from Para.3?

A. The Newsweek Poll shows that people think Prof. Simon’s finding is right.

B. Many people can’t accept the fact that they are not happy with their children.

C. It isn’t surprising that Professor Simon’s controversial research made her famous.

D. Simon’s findings are based on the belief passed down from generation to generation.

3. The underlined word “disillusioned” (Line 1, Para.4) is closest in meaning to _____?

A. mistaken                       B. illusory

C. unhappy                        D. emotional

4. What can we learn about American’s families in the past?

A. People had very good parents-children relationship in the family.

B. Having children could be partly out of some practical purposes.

C. Parents loved their children but they still asked them to work a lot.

D. Children had to work very hard to make their parents love them.

5. What’s the author’s opinion about having children?

A. The author doesn’t think having children is a good thing to the family.

B. The author feels children make the life of a family happy.

C. The author thinks parenting can still be rewarding in a certain way.

D. The author believes that parents sacrifice a lot for having children.

Passage Two

One  old  and bitter  debate in  student union bars  all  over the  country  is resolved  as  academic research confirms that in financial terms at least, arts degrees are a complete waste of time. Getting through university increases students’ earnings by 25%, on average, or $220,000 over their lifetime, according  to  Professor  Ian  Walker  of Warwick  University--but  if they  study  Shakespeare  or  the peasants’ revolt instead of anatomy or contract law, those gains are likely to be completely wiped out.

The government is about to allow universities to charge students up to $3,000 a year for their degrees, arguing that it’s a small price to pay compared with the financial rewards graduates gain later in life. But Prof. Walker’s research shows there are sharp changes in returns according to which subject a student takes.

Law, medicine and economics or business are the most lucrative choices, making their average earnings 25% higher, according to the article. Scientists get 10- 15% extra. At the bottom of the list are arts subjects, which make only a “small” difference to earnings-- a small negative one, in fact. Just ahead are degrees in education--which leaves hard pressed teachers an average of 5% better off a year than if they had left school at 18.

“It’s hard to resist the conclusion that what students learn does matter a lot; and some subject areas give more modest financial returns than others,” Prof. Walker said. As an economist, he was quick to

point out that students might gain non-financial returns from arts degrees: “Studying economics might be very dull, for example, and studying post-modernism might be a lot of fun.

6. What is the best title for the passage?

A. Professor Walker’s Research.

B. How to Make Big Money.

C. Differences between Science and Arts Degrees.

D. Studying Arts Has Negative Financial Outcome.

7. Universities charge students a rather high tuition mainly because______.

A. they provide the students with very prosperous subjects to learn

B. they assume that their graduates can earn much more than they had paid

C. they don’t get financial support from the government

D. they need much revenue to support the educational expenses

8. The underlined word “lucrative” (Line 1, Para. 3) most probably means ______.

A. sensible                         B. creative

C. profitable                       D. reliable

9. Law, medical and business graduates could earn 25% more than ______.

A. education graduates

B. arts graduates

C. those who had not studied at the university

D. the average income

10. We can safely conclude that the author ______.

A. regards arts degrees as meaningless

B. finds this result disappointing and unfair

C. wants the students to think twice before they decide what to learn in college

D. holds that arts degrees are still rewarding despite its scarce financial returns

Passage Three

You may think people living in a beautiful, fun-filled place are happier than others. If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness.

Many intelligent people still equate happiness with fun. The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common. Fun is what we experience during an act.

Happiness is what we experience after an act. It is a deeper, more lasting emotion. Going to an amusement park or ball game, watching a movie or television, are fun activities that help us relax, temporarily forget our problems and maybe even laugh. But they do not bring happiness, because their positive effects end when the fun ends.

I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun. These rich, beautiful individuals have constant access to glamorous parties, fancy  cars,  expensive  homes,  everything  that  spells  “happiness” .  But  in  memoir  after  memoir, celebrities reveal the unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun: depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, broken marriages, troubled children and profound loneliness.

Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If he’s honest, he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment. For commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure and excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.

Similarly, couples that choose not to have children are deciding in favor of painless  fun over painful happiness. They can dine out whenever they want and sleep as late as they want. Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole night’s sleep or a three-day vacation. I don’t know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children.

Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating  realizations  we  can  ever  come  to.  It  liberates  time:  now  we  can  devote  more  hours  to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those rich and glamorous people we were so sure are happy because they are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.

11.  Which of the following is true?

A. Fun creates long-lasting satisfaction.

B. Fun provides enjoyment while pain leads to happiness.

C. Happiness is enduring whereas fun is short-lived.

D. Fun that is long-standing may lead to happiness.

12. To the author, Hollywood stars all have an important role to play, that is to ______.

A. write memoir after memoir about their happiness

B. tell the public that happiness has nothing to do with fun

C. teach people how to enjoy their lives

D. bring happiness to the public instead of going to glamorous parties

13. According to the passage, marriage ______.

A. affords greater fun                         B. leads to raising children

C. indicates commitment                   D. ends in pain

14. Couples having infant children______.

A. are lucky since they can have a whole night’s sleep

B. find fun in tucking them into bed at night

C. find more time to play and joke with them

D. derive happiness from their endeavor

15. If one gets the meaning of the true sense of happiness, he will ______.

A. stop playing games and joking with others

B. make the best use of his time increasing happiness

C. give a free hand to money

D. keep himself with his family

Passage Four

Developed and developing nations can learn  from  each  other  seeking  a  low-carbon  economy, Chinese government official said in Shanghai yesterday.

“China doesn’t lag developed nations in terms of energy saving and green economy”, said Zhou Changyi,  director  of the  energy  saving  department  of the  Ministry  of Industry  and  Information Technology.

“While we can learn many aspects from developed nations, they also should learn something from us, such as water conservation,” Zhou said in a speech during the new Path of China’s Industrialization forum at the ongoing China International Industry Fair 2009.

He  said  industrialized  nations  and  China  are  dealing  with  different  issues  to  combat  climate change. The United Kingdom, for example, is concerned about transport, buildings and new energy in reducing  carbon  emissions.  For  China,  the  most  urgent  task  is  how  to  realize  new  type  of industrialization and avoid mistakes that other countries made when they were industrialized.

As such, overseas exhibitors at this year’s fair are showing ways to help China achieve low carbon emissions in the industrial section.

Swiss  power  and  automation  technology  group  ABB  called  for  a  stronger  focus  on  product life-cycle assessment, or LCA, which is used to study the environmental impact of a product from the research and manufacturing stage through its usage and recycling.

Tobias Becker, head of ABB’s process automation division for North Asia and China, said LCA is an effective tool in helping manufacturing industries to reduce carbon emissions.

LCA  shows  that  industrial  customers  should  focus  on  a  product’s  environmental  impact throughout its life- cycle instead of on its initial investment or ready to - use stage. For example, a motor’s initial investment accounts for only 3 percent of its life-cycle cost, while 94 percent goes to fuel consumption and the rest to maintenance.

Richard Hausmann, North East Asia CEO of Siemens, said, “The color of future industrialization is green.” The Germany Company recently announces that it wants to receive orders worth more than 6 billion Euros (US 8.8 billion) for intelligent net power networks, Smart Grid, over the next five years. Siemens has set a 20 percent market share target for the global smart grid business.

A smart grid delivers electricity from suppliers to consumers using digital technology, advanced sensors specialized computers that save energy, reduce costs and increase reliability. The United States and China are considered the two biggest markets for smart grid.

16. “______” can replace the underlined word “lag”．

A. Fall behind                            B. Be superior to

C. Attack                                     D. Fear

17. Which of the following about LCA is TRUE?

A. LCA is used to study the impact on a product.

B. LCA can help manufacturing industries decrease carbon release a lot.

C. LCA shows industrial customers should focus on a product’s environmental influence on its initial investment.

D. LCA was one of the exhibitions at this year’s fair.

18. What can we infer about Siemens from the second last paragraph?

A. Siemens has occupied 20 % market share for the global smart grid business.

B. Siemens received orders worth 6 billion Euros recently.

C. Siemens will earn $ 8.8 billion from intelligent power networks.

D. Siemens’ plan about Smart Grid may come true in the future.

19. ______ about Smart Grid isn’t mentioned in the passage.

A. Energy-saving                       B. Low-cost

C. Security                                  D. Small size

20. The best title for the passage is ______.

A. Developed and Developing Nations Can Learn From Each Other

B. Low-carbon Economy—a Shared Goal

C. Intelligent Power Networks

D. Two Biggest Markets for Smart Grid

Section B    ( 4 ×5=20)

Directions: In the following text, some sentences have been removed. For Questions (21-25), choose the most suitable one from the list A-G to fit into each of the numbered blank. There are two extra choices, which do notfit in any ofthe gaps. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET.

The time for sharpening pencils, arranging your desk, and doing almost anything else instead of writing has ended. The first draft will appear on the page only if you stop avoiding the inevitable and sit, stand up, or lie down to write. (21)________________.

Be flexible. Your outline should smoothly conduct you from one point to the next, but do not permit it to railroad you. If a relevant and important idea occurs to you now, work it into the draft. (22)________________________.  Grammar,  punctuation,  and  spelling  can  wait  until  you  revise. Concentrate on what you are saying. Good writing most often occurs when you are in hot pursuit of an idea rather than in a nervous search for errors.

(23) ________________________. Your pages will be easier to keep track of that way, and, if you have to clip a paragraph to place it elsewhere, you will not lose any writing on the other side.

If you are working on a word processor, you can take advantage of its capacity to make additions and deletions as well as move entire paragraphs by making just a few simple keyboard commands. Some software programs can also check spelling and certain grammatical elements in your writing. (24)____________________________. These printouts are also easier to read than the screen when you work on revisions.

Once you have  a  first  draft, you  can  delete material that  is unrelated to your thesis  and  add material necessary to illustrate your points and make your paper convincing. The student who wrote “The A&P as a State of Mind” wisely dropped a paragraph that questioned whether Sammy displays chauvinistic attitudes toward women. (25)_____________________________.

Remember that your initial draft is only that. You should go through the paper many times – and then again working to substantiate and clarify your ideas. You may even end up with several entire versions of the paper. Rewrite. The sentences within each paragraph should be related to a single topic. Transitions should connect one paragraph to the next so that there are no abrupt or confusing shifts. Awkward or wordy phrasing or unclear sentences and paragraphs should be mercilessly poked and prodded into shape.

[A] To make revision easier, leave wide margins and extra space between lines so that you can easily add words, sentences and corrections. Write on only one side of the paper.

[B] After you have  clearly and adequately developed the body of your paper, pay particular attention to the introductory and concluding paragraphs. It’s probably best to write the introduction last, after you know precisely what you are introducing. Concluding paragraphs demand equal attention because they leave the reader with a final impression.

[C] It’s worth remembering, however, that though a clean copy fresh off a printer may look terrible, it will read only as well as the thinking and writing that have gone  into it. Many writers prudently store their data on disks and print their pages each time they finish a draft to avoid losing any material because of power failures or other problems.

[D] It makes no difference how you write, just so you do. Now that you have developed a topic into a tentative thesis, you can assemble your notes and begin to flesh out whatever outline you have made.

[E] Although this is an interesting issue, it has nothing to do with the thesis, which explains how   the setting influences Sammy’s decision to quit his job. Instead of including that paragraph, she added   one that described Lengel’s crabbed response to the girls so that she could lead up to the A & P “policy” he enforces.

[F] In the  final paragraph about the  significance  of the  setting in “A&P”, the  student brings together the reasons Sammy quit his job by referring to his refusal to accept Lengel’s store policies.

[G] By using the first draft as a means of thinking about what you want to say, you will very likely discover more than your notes originally suggested. Plenty of good writers don’t use outlines at all but discover ordering principles as they write. Do not attempt to compose a perfectly correct draft the first time around.

Part IV Translation (30)

Section A Lexical Translation (2 ×5=10)

Directions: For this part, you need to translate the following phrases into Chinese. You should write

your answers on ANSWER SHEET.

1.  World Trade Organization

2.  College English Test

3.  Central Business District

4.  Gross Domestic Product

5.  Global Position System

Section B Sentence Translation (4 ×5=20)

Directions: For this part, you need to translate the following sentences into English. You should write your answers on ANSWER SHEET.

1.    有些国家拒绝卷入这一争端，而且他们对外国的干涉非常反感。

2.    她自称具有一种特异功能，用手一摸就能治病。

3.    教师如果对学生的健康问题缺少关心，那是不能原谅的。

4.    今年的第一季度，我们的通货膨胀率在继续上升，这等于人们的收入下降了。

5.    鉴于塞车和停车的种种麻烦，不少有车的人现在乘公交车上下班，而不开车。

Part V. Writing (40)

Directions: Write on ANSWER SHEET a composition ofabout 200 words on thefollowing topic.

Should Moral Education Be Conducted in College?

You are to write in three parts.

In the first part, state specifically what your view is.

In the second part, support your view with reasons.

In the third part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.

Marks will be given for content, organization and appropriacy. Failure to follow the instruction may result in a loss of marks.

翻译/商务英语/英语参考答案

Part I. Grammar & Vocabulary (2 ×25=50)

1-5 ACADA 6- 10 ACCCD 11- 15 DDBBA 16-20 DCADD 21-25 ABACB

Part II. Cloze (2 ×20=40)

1-5 ABDBC 6- 10 CDACB 11- 15 ACCDA 16-20 BCBAB

Part III Reading Comprehension (80)

Section A (3 ×20=60)

Passage One    1-5 DBABC    Passage Three 11- 15 CBCDB

Section B (4 ×5=20)

21-25    D G A C E

Part IV. Translation (30)

Passage Two 6- 10 DBCCD

Passage Four 16-20 ABDDB

Section A Lexical Translation (2 ×5=10)

1.    世界贸易组织

2.    大学英语等级考试

3.    中央商务区

4.    国内生产总值

5.    全球定位系统

Section B Sentence Translation (4 ×5=20)

6.    Some countries refuse to get involved in this dispute and they resent any foreign interference.

7.    She claims to possess a magic power-the power to cure diseases simply by the touch of her hand.

8.    We teachers cannot be excused for our lack of concern for students’ health.

9.     The inflation rate in the first quarter of this year was still on the rise, this amounted to a drop in people’s income.

10.  Because of traffic jams and parking problems, quite a number of car-owners choose to take the bus rather than drive to and from work

Part V. Writing (40)

本题采用通篇分档计分，标准如下：

30-26  分： 内容切题，包括题中所列三方面的内容；清楚表达其内涵，文字连贯；句式有变化， 句子结构和用词正确；文章长度符合要求。

25-21  分：内容切题，包括题中所列三方面的内容；比较清楚地表达其内涵，文字基本连贯；句 式有一定变化，句子结构和用词无重大错误；文章长度符合要求。

20- 16  分：内容切题，基本包括题中所列三方面的内容；基本清楚地表达其内涵，文字基本连贯； 句式有一定变化，句子结构和用词有少量错误；文章长度符合要求。

15- 11  分：内容基本切题，基本包括题中所列三方面的内容；语句可以理解，但有较多的句子结 构和用词错误；文章长度符合要求。

10-6  分：基本按要求写作，但只有少数句子可理解。

5-0  分：文不切题，语句混乱，无法理解。