山東省普通高等教育專(zhuān)升本考試

英語(yǔ)考前押密試卷（一）

第I卷

Part Ⅰ Cloze (15 points)

Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in the box. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the box is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words in the box more than once.

A. circumstance B. confidence C. covers D. current

E. different F. fast G. honoring H. hope

I. rare J. realistic K. site L. virtually

To get a sense of how women have progressed in science, take a quick tour of the physics department at the University of California, Berkeley. This is a storied place, the

?1? of some of the most important discoveries in modern science — starting with Ermest Lawrence’s invention of the cyclotron (回旋加速器) in 1931. A generation ago, female faces were ?2? and, even today, visitors walking through the first floor of LeConte Hall will see a full corridor of exhibits ?3? the many distinguished physicists who made history here, ?4? all of them white males.

But climb up to the third floor and you’ll see a(an) ?5? display. There, among the photos of current faculty members and students, are portraits of the ?6? head of the department, Marjorie Shapiro, and four other women whose research ?7? everything from the mechanics of the universe to the smallest particles of mater. A sixth woman was hired just two weeks ago. Although they’re still only about 10 percent of the physics faculty, women are clearly a presence here. And the real ?8? may be in the smaller photos to the right: graduate and undergraduate students, about 20 percent of them female. Every year Berkeley sends its fresh female physics PhDs to the country’s top universities. That makes Shapiro optimistic, but also ?9?. “I believe things are getting better,” she says, “but they’re not getting better as ?10? as I would like.”

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (45 points)

Section A (30 points)

Directions: In this section, there are three passages. Each passage is followed by five 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.

Passage One

Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage.

The kids at Parker Elementary School started a Kindness Club last year, and it’s having a positive influence on classroom culture. There had been some issues in fifth grade of kids not being very kind to each other. Teachers had talked to some of the students and told them things had to change. One day fifth-grade teacher Matt Greenhoe was talking with his students about improving the situation when Ady, one of the kids, suggested starting the Kindness Club.

Ady and six other fifth-graders make up the key members of the club. The club started several kindness projects. They set a box where kids can drop in notes, telling acts of kindness they had seen, and then the club would read them during school announcements. Before New Year, the club members organized an activity named Operation Candy Bar. They gave every student a small candy bar with the note “Happy New Year.” Currently, they are practising a play based on the book Stop about a girl who is being bullied (受到欺凌) and the friend who helps her.

Club members felt they had made a difference and said there was less bullying going on at school. In fact, there were fewer students using the Buddy (伙伴) Bench, a specially set bench on the playground. Students could sit if they were feeling alone and wanted to be invited to play with others.

And the kindness was spreading: Other students were following suit by expressing acts of kindness, like putting positive notes on students’ desks. They also hope some of the fourth-graders at the school would continue with the Kindness Club and expected other schools to be inspired.

11. Why did Ady and his schoolmates start the Kindness Club?

A. They wanted kids to treat each other nicely.

B. They wanted to stop others from bullying.

C. Some kids wanted to receive holiday cards.

D. Some kids wanted to perform plays together.

12. What would the club do to encourage the kids to perform acts of kindness?

A. They would make the kids’ kindness acts known to other kids.

B. They would tell the teacher about the kindness acts.

C. They would write the kids notes of thanks.

D. They would give the kids candy bars.

13. Placing a Buddy Bench on the playground may enable kids to ????.

A. get some rest B. hold meetings

C. make friends D. entertain themselves

14. The expression “following suit” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to ????.

A. taking part in the club B. doing the similar things

C. doing what they are asked to D. taking further action

15. Which of the following best conveys the message of this passage?

A. Kindness is not a science but an action.

B. Kindness will be passed to everyone it touches.

C. The act of kindness is seldom forgotten.

D. No act of kindness is ever wasted.

Passage Two

Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage.

New research suggests that planting trees and other plants near factories could reduce pollution by almost one-third. The addition of plant life may even cost less and be more effective than technology, designed to cut pollution, a new study found the findings were reported in the publication Environmental Science & Technology. The lead author of the study was Bhavik Bakshi, a professor at the Ohio State University.

Bakshi and other researchers collected data about air pollution and plant life in 48 of the 50 American states. They studied public records from every state other than Alaska and Hawaii. The study attempted to show how the vegetation (植被) could reduce the most common pollutants (污染物) from industrial areas, including the production of energy from coal, oil and gas.

The research found that restoring vegetation to land cover could cut air pollutant levels an average of 27 percent in the areas studied. They also found that in 75 percent of the areas, it would cost less to use plants and trees to reduce air pollution than to add new air cleaning technology.

Bakshi said that nature-based methods could result in “win-win” solutions that save money and are better for the environment. It found that only one piece of equipment was estimated to be more cost-effective than trees and plants. That device is an industrial boiler.

The study did not identify which kinds of trees or plants would be best at reducing air pollution. But Bakshi said the kind of vegetation likely would make a difference in air quality and that further study is needed.

The researchers predicted that the addition of trees and plants could help lower air pollution levels in both cities and rural areas. However, success rates would differ widely depending on how much land is available and current air quality levels.

16. How did the researchers conduct the research?

A. They gave up the out-dated public records.

B. They gathered information on pollution and plants.

C. They did experiments in the Ohio State University.

D. They studied data on technology in science journals.

17. Which of the following could cut air pollutant levels?

A. Expanding rural areas. B. Developing Alaska and Hawaii.

C. Producing more coal, oil and gas. D. Bringing back vegetation to land cover.

18. What is more cost-effective than trees and plants?

A. New energy. B. An industrial boiler.

C. The nature-based method. D. New cleaning technology.

19. The underlined phrase “make a difference” in Paragraph 5 probably means ????.

A. to be effective B. to be productive

C. to take place D. to stand out

20. What does the passage mainly tell us?

A. New technology can benefit the environment.

B. Air pollution has worsened in the United States.

C. Adding plant life cuts pollution and reduces cost.

D. Different trees co