2011 年河南省普通高等学校 选拔优秀专科毕业生进入本科阶段学习考试(下)
Passage Three
If you listen to American music, watch American television or magazines, you will probably agree that the most popular subject of these forms of entertainment is love. Romantic love always finds an audience in the United States. Falling in love, solving the problems of love, and achieving the happy ending — the big wedding are subjects of interest to both the adult and the teenage public. Millions of Americans celebrate Valentine’s Day with special cards and gifts that announce their love to their mates, their friends, and their families. Popular songs tell us that “all the world loves a lover “A popular saying is “Love conquers all”. Numerous columns in magazines and newspapers offer advice to lovelorn, those with difficulties of heart. To most Americans, romantic love is central to a happy life.
Not only do Americans believe in romantic love but they also believe that it is the best basis for making a happy marriage. Despite the high divorce rate in the United States, young men and women continue to marry on the basis of romantic love. Americans consider marriage a private arrangement between the two people involved. Young Americans feel free to choose their own marriage partners from any social, economic, or religious background. The man or woman may have strong ties with parents, brothers, or sisters, but when he or she falls in love, the strongest feelings are supposed to be for the loved one. When an American couple marries, they generally plan to live apart from both sets of
parents and build their own independent family structure.
71. What is the most popular subject of all forms of entertainment?
A. Marriage B. Love C. Families D. Friendship
72. Who is interested in the subject of love?
A. Adults who are single.
B. Teenagers whose parents are divorced.
C. Old people who have no children.
D. Both adults and teenagers.
73. What do most Americans think of romantic love?
A . It is central to a happy life.
B. It is not the basis for marriage.
C. It is not necessarily important in people’s life.
D. Many people long for it, but it is unbelievable.
74.What factors do young Americans consider when choosing their own marriage partners?
A. They will think their social background.
B. They think economic background is essential .
C. They won’t choose a marriage partner from different religious backgrounds.
D. They don’t think social, economic or religious background is important.
75.What does an American couple plan to do when they marry?
A. They continue to live with their parents after their marriage.
B. They plan to live by themselves.
C. They plan to earn more money to buy a house.
D. They plan to travel all over the world.
Passage Four
In 1939 two brothers, Mac and Dick McDonald, started a drive-in restaurant in San Bernadino, California. They carefully chose a busy corner for their location. They had run their own businesses for years, first a theater, then a barbecue（烤肉）restaurant, and then another drive-in. But in their new operation, they offered a new, shortened menu: French fries, hamburgers, and sodas. To this small selection they added one new concept: quick service, no waiters or waitresses, and no tips.
Their hamburgers sold for fifteen cents. Cheese was another four cents. Their French fries and hamburgers had a remarkable uniformity, for the brothers had developed a strict routine for the preparation of their food, and they insisted on their cooks" sticking to their routine. Their new drive-in became incredibly popular, particularly for lunch. People drove up by the hundreds during the busy noontime. The self-service restaurant was so popular that the brothers had allowed ten
copies of their restaurant to be opened. They were content with this modest success until they met Ray Kroc.
Kroc was a salesman who met the McDonald brothers in 1954, when he was selling milk shake-mixing machines. He quickly saw the unique appeal of the brothers" fast-food restaurants and bought the right to franchise（特许经营）other copies of their restaurants. The agreement struck included the right to duplicate the menu. The equipment, even their red and white buildings with the golden arches（拱门）.
Today McDonald’s is really a household name. Its names for its sandwiches have come to mean hamburger in the decades since the day Ray Kroc watched people rush up to order fifteen-cent hamburgers. In 1976, McDonald’s had over $ 1 billion in total sales. Its first twenty-two years is one of the most incredible success stories in modern American business history.
76. This passage mainly talks about_______.
A. the development of fast food services
B. how McDonald’s became a billion-dollar business
C. the business careers of Mac and Dick McDonald
D. Ray Kroc’s business talent
77. Mac and Dick managed all of the following businesses except_______.
A. a drive-in B. a cinema
C. a theater D. a barbecue restaurant
78. We may infer from this passage that________.
A. Mac and Dick McDonald never became wealthy for they sold their idea to Kroc
B. The location the McDonalds chose was the only source of the great popularity of their drive-in
C. Forty years ago there were numerous fast-food restaurants
D. Ray Kroc was a good businessman
79. The passage suggests that________.
A. creativity is an important element of business success
B. Ray Kroc was the close partner of the McDonald brothers
C. Mac and Dick McDonald became broken after they sold their ideas to Ray Kroc
D. California is the best place to go into business
80. As used in the second sentence of the third paragraph, the word “unique” means_________.
A. special B. financial
C. attractive D. peculiar
Part IV Translation （20 points）
Directions：There are 10 sentences in this section，please translate sentences 81-85 from Chinese into English，and translate sentences 86-90 from English into Chinese. Write your answer on the Answer
Sheet.
81.我记得我曾在哪里见过她。
82.杰克想买一辆和玛丽一样的轿车。
83.尽管困难重重，他们还是想方法提前完成了任务。
84.昨天我急急忙忙地赶到火车站时，发现火车已经开走了。
85.那位老人宁愿独居乡下，也不愿和儿子一起住在城里。
86.The house was more luxuriously decorated than what was expected of it.
87.They didn’t realize the consequence of their action, or they wouldn’t have done such a thing.
88.“After you, please!” the gentlemen said politely to the lady when they came to the entrance.
89.Don’t forget to remind me of returning the books to the library.
90.I won’t be free tomorrow morning because I’ll be seeing a friend off.
Part V Error Correction（10 points）
Directions: There are 10 sentences. Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked A, B, C, D. You are required to identify the incorrect part, then write the corresponding letter and the correct answer on the Answer Sheet.
91. Man is superior than the animals and he uses language to convey his thoughts.
A B C D
92. It was the bad weather which ruined their plan.
A B C D
93. He bought a lot of books, none of them he has ever read.
A B C D
94. There was no meeting last Wednesday, he went home to see his parents.
A B C D
95. If carefully doing, the experiment will be successful.
A B C D
96. It was such interesting a book that both my son and my daughter couldn’t put it down.
A B C D
97. Not until she got to the classroom she found that she had forgotten to bring her books.
A B C D
98. Tom found that incredible to adapt to the climate so soon where he would settle down.
A B C D
99.In western countries, teenagers exposed to more drug education, but drug use is still on the rise.
A B C D
100. He has nothing to say but do what is told to.
A B C D
Part VI writing （20 points）
Directions: For this part, you’re required to write an article with at least 120 words based on the outline in Chinese below .Write your article on the Answer Sheet.
Movement of Population
1.城乡人口互流现象
2.城乡人口互流的利与弊
3.自己的观点
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