2019年陕西省普通教育专升本招生考试大学英语试题

C. Because the shop-keeper didn't want to sell him so many hats.

D. Because the shop-keeper hadn't enough straw to make the hats.

65. "It will bore me almost to death" in Paragraph 5 means that ______.

A. it would be too expensive for the shop-keeper

B. the shop-keeper was bored and would die at once

C. the shop-keeper was dying

D. it would be too boring for the shop-keeper

Passage Two

It is exciting to apply for a job that really appeals to you. In making your application, there are a number of points for you to observe.

In your letter of application, say just enough to give a good account of yourself without being wordy. If you are answering an advertisement, any information for which it asks must, of course, be given. This will usually cover your academic record and any further education and training. You may also be asked to give the names of one or two persons to supply references. For this purpose you should choose people who know you well enough to vouch(保证) for your character and ability; and to be polite, you should seek in advance their permission to be named as referees.

It will depend on circumstances how much you can carefully add about yourself. Your purpose is to bring to the notice of the employer any good reason why you rather than any of the other applicants should be chosen for the job. Therefore, if you feel you have any special skill or talent for the work, or particular interest in the line of the business, let it be known.

Finally, there is your use of language. You cannot go wrong if you keep your sentences and paragraphs short, making sure the sense is clear and well-expressed. Choose plain words so long as they convey the meaning.

66.The aim of writing a letter of application is to ________.

A.indicate why you are most suitable for the job

B.reveal to the employer your academic record

C.show your character and ability

D.give enough information about yourself

67.In your letter of application try to ________.

A.keep it as long as possible

B.give more information about your education and training

C.cover more of your academic record

D.say briefly with enough information

68.The author suggests you choose ________ words so long as they express your meaning.

A.beautiful

B.plain

C.special

D.particular

69.The underlined word “referees” in Paragraph 2 refers to people ________.

A.who examine the application letters

B.who write reference books for the employees

C.who solve problems for the employers

D.who give you reference letters

70.Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

A.Making a Job Application

B.Effective Letter Writing

C.Writing Letters to Employers

D.Writing for Advertisements

Passage Three

Doctors have known for a long time that extremely loud noises can cause hearing damage or loss. The noise can be the sound of a jet airplane or machines in factories or loud music or other common sound at home or at work. A person only needs to hear the noise for a little more than one second to be affected. An American scientist has found that using aspirin can increase the temporary hearing loss or damage from loud noise. He did an experiment, using a number of male students at a university who all had normal hearing. He gave them different amounts of aspirin for different periods of time, and then he tested their hearing ability. He found that the students who were given four grams of aspirin a day for two days suffered much greater temporary hearing loss than those who did not use aspirin. The hearing loss was about two times as great. The scientist said millions of people in the United States use much larger amounts of aspirin than were used in the study. He said these people face a serious danger of suffering hearing loss from loud noise.

71. Hearing damage or loss may be caused by ______.

A.loud music

B.the sound of a jet airplane or machines

C.common sound at home and at work

D.all of the above

72. This passage suggests that one’s hearing ______.

A. will be damaged even if he hears a loud noise for a little more than one second

B. will be damaged even if he hears a loud noise for a little less than one second

C. will not be damaged even if he hears a loud noise for a little more than one second

D. will not be damaged even if he hears a loud noise for a little less than one second

73. According to this passage, we can draw a conclusion that aspirin ______.

A.should never be taken more than four grams a day

B.makes hearing damage from noise worse

C.decreases hearing damage by two times

D.should never be taken for more than two days

74. Millions of Americans are in danger of suffering hearing loss from loud noise because they______.

A.take too much aspirin

B.like listening to loud music

C.make loud noise at home and at work

D.often take jet airplanes

75. The scientist found from his experiment that______ a day for two days would affect a person’s hearing.

A.one gram of aspirin

B.two grams of aspirin

C.three grams of aspirin

D.four grams of aspirin

Passage Four

Ancient people had little idea of the nature of the earth's surface. But if they lived on the seashore, they knew that there was land and sea.

People who lived near the sea noticed that there were two kinds of land. There were, first, little pieces of land surrounded by sea. One Latin word for "sea "is" salum", which means "salt". This is because sea water, unlike rain-water, contains salt--it is salty. So a piece of land in the sea was "in salt" in Latin, and this became isle in English.

Then there was another kind of land that went on and on. It was "continuous" land, and so became known as continent in English from the Latin "continens" meaning continuous. In English, we also speak of a continent as the mainland ("main" comes from the Latin “magnus” meaning “great”), as opposed to island( isle-land).

To the ancient Greek, there seemed to be three continents separated by sea. The-Mediterranean Sea, in fact, gets its name from the Latin "medius" (middle) and "terra"(land). It was a sea that lay in the middle, with three bodies of land around it. The three continents—Asia, Europe and Africa—are actually connected by land.

Africa and Asia are connected by only the small Sinai Isthmus, from the Greek "isthmus" meaning “a narrow passage”, but Europe and Asia are connected by land for a thousand miles or more and it is customary to speak of Europe as a continent. Many geographers speak of the landmass of Asia plus Europe as Eurasia, and Eurasia plus Africa is sometimes called the World Island. The three together are surrounded by sea, so they form a large island, and they contain about 85 percent of the earth's population.

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