2016年成人高等学校招生全国统一考试专升本英语

本试卷分第1卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分。满分150分。考试时间150分

第Ⅰ卷(选择题，共125分)

I. Phonetics (5 points)

Directions: In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined letters or letter combinations marked A, B, C and D. Compare the underlined parts and identify the one that is different from the others in pronunciation. Mark you answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

1. A. vital                       B. silent                           C. collide                           D. fierce

2. A. taught                       B. caught                        C. laugh                         D. fault

3. A. reception                  B. receipt                        C. capture                         D. concept

4. A. boom                        B. goose                           C. flood                          D. gloom

5. A. finger                        B. singer                         C. hanger                          D. ringer

II. Vocabulary and Structure (15 points)

Directions: There are 15 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

6. As a child I used to wash my parents’ car to earn some        money.

A. paper                   B. easy             C. private                           D. pocket

7. After the busy day I’ve had, I need a        drink.

A. heavy                   B. sharp            C. strong               D. powerful

8. If you        stayed at home, this would never have happened.

A. have                           B. had              C. will have                  D. would have

9.-How much did this set of furniture cost?

-I forgot        .

A. how much it costs                                         B. how much did it cost

C. how much it cost                                           D. how much does it cost

10. We had a long way to go so we decided to        early. 

A. set on                       B. put on            C. set off                      D. put off

11.       it is not his responsibility to do that, he said he would help.

A. Although                 B. As                C. Since               D. Unless

12. One of the strongest hurricanes        was the Florida Keys Storm of 1935, during which 500 people were killed.

A. to record                  B. recorded           C. recording         D. being recorded

13. Ms. Jolie is        beautiful and very talented, and in control of her own career.

A. basically                    B. remarkably         C. perfectly          D. actively

14. When John left the office, Amy        at her desk.

A. is still working         B. has still worked     C. had still worked         D. was still working

15. You should learn through failures. Why don’t you        your plan or try a new approach? 

A. adjust               B. repeat            C. accept                     D. refuse

16. The carpet has so many stains on it that it needs       .

A. replace             B. to replace         C. being replaced            D. to be replaced

17. I sent him the package yesterday. He        it by now.

A. might have received   B. received          C. will receive          D. receives

18. Is this the factory        you visited the other day?

A. what                         B. where            C. that                D. when

19. To make the fish        nice, she put in some sugar and wine vinegar.

A. taste                     B. to taste           C. tasted                D. tasting

20. My daughter runs faster than        in her class. She runs the fastest.

A. a boy                          B. any boy           C. some boys                   D. most boys

III. Cloze (30 points)

Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

Insomnia, or “poor sleep”, can have bad effects on a person’s health and general well-being. It can   21   on both our physical and mental health and can lead to other health   22   .

Insomnia can be traced to many different reasons, but what is   23   to many sufferers is their inability to relax fully and “switch the mind   24  ” .

Constant thoughts,   25   around and around in the mind, moving from one   26   to the next, prevent stillness and peace and   27   a sufferer extremely tired.

In order to treat insomnia   28   , it is first necessary to allow a sufferer to re-experience

  29  real relaxation feels like. It’s almost as though they've forgotten how to relax. Once this has been   30   by the brain, then fast and effective   31   can be made to re-educate the unconscious towards allowing the person to relax   32   and to allow a natural state of sleep to   33  .

Hypnotherapy (催眠疗法) is one of the fastest and most effective ways of   34   this goal for long-lasting results.

Sleeping pills, if used at all, should only be a short-term   35   as their effect is soon reduced and their side effects can be deep and far-reaching.

21. A. harm                      B. affect                            C. change                          D. impact

22. A. demands               B. concerns                      C. reasons                         D. questions

23. A. interesting             B. same                             C. common                        D. alike

24. A. on                            B. off                                   C. up                                  D. down

25. A. getting                   B. taking                             C. going                             D. pulling

26. A. image                     B. dream                           C. concept                         D. thought

27. A. cause                     B. leave                             C. disturb                          D. lead

28. A. carefully                B. easily                             C. effectively                     D. finally

29. A. if                             B. how                               C. where                           D. what

30. A. remembered         B. pulled                           C. changed                    D. printed

31. A. scales                     B. steps                              C. methods                       D. techniques

32. A. fully                        B. recently                        C. silently                          D. actively

33. A. appear                   B. show                              C. occur                     `        D. realize

34. A. achieving               B. targeting                      C. keeping                        D. aiming

35. A. object                    B. system                          C. result                            D. strategy

IV. Reading Comprehension (60 points)

Directions: There are five reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by four questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose one best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

Passage one

Alexia Sloane, a 10-year-old girl, lost her sight when she was two following a brain disease. But despite her disability she has excelled at languages and is already fluent in English, French, Spanish and Chinese-and is learning German.

Now she has experienced her dream job of working as an interpreter after East of England MEP (欧盟议员) Robert Sturdy invited her to the parliament building in Brussels, thus becoming the youngest interpreter to work at the European Parliament.

“She was given a special permit to get into the building, where there is usually a minimum age requirement of 14, and sat in a booth listening and interpreting,” said her mother, Isabelle, “The other interpreters were amazed at how well she did as the debate was quite complicated and many of the words were rather technical.”

Alexia has been tri-lingual since birth as her mother, a teacher, is half French and half Spanish, while her father, Richard, is English. She started talking and communicating in all three languages before she lost her sight but adapted quickly to her blindness. By the age of four, she was reading and writing in Braille (盲文). When she was six, Alexia began to learn Chinese. The girl is now learning German at school in Cambridge.

Alexia has been longing to be an interpreter since she was six and she chose to go to the

European Parliament as her prize when she won a young achiever of the year award. She asked if she could shadow interpreters and Mr. Sturdy agreed to take her along as his guest.

Alexia worked with the head of interpreting and had a real taste of life in parliament. “It was fantastic and I’m absolutely determined now to become an interpreter,” she said.

36. What does the passage tell about Alexia Sloane?

A. She is very proud of her parents.

B. She is a quick learner of languages.

C. She has learned five foreign languages.

D. She has difficulties with language learning.

37. Why did Alexia need special permission to enter the parliament building?

A. She was not in a state of good health.

B. She did not meet the age requirement.

C. She could not afford the admission fees.

D. She did not have an adult to accompany her.

38. What did Alexia want to do after she got the award?

A. To visit the European Parliament.

B. To travel to other European countries.

C. To apply for a position in the government.

D. To study German at Cambridge University.

39. The tone of the passage can be best described as       .

A. admiring           B. critical            C. understanding       D. doubtful

Passage Two

Generations of Americans have been brought up to believe that a good breakfast is essential to one’s life. Eating breakfast at the start of the day, we have been told, and told again, is as necessary as putting gasoline in the family car before starting a trip. But for many people, the thought of food as the first thing in the morning is never a pleasure. So despite all the efforts, they still take no breakfast.

Between 1977 and 1983, the latest year for which figures could be obtained, the number of people who didn’t have breakfast increased by 33%-from 8.8 million to 11.7 million—according to the Chicago-based Market Research Corporation of America. For those who dislike eating breakfast, however, there is some good news.

Several studies in the last few years have shown that, for adults especially, there may be nothing wrong with omitting breakfast. “Going without breakfast does not affect work,” said Arnold E. Bender, former professor of nutrition at Queen Elizabeth College in London, “nor does giving people breakfast improve work.” Scientific evidence linking breakfast to better health or better work is surprisingly inadequate (不充分的), and most of the recent work involves children, not adults. “The literature,” says one researcher, Dr. Earnest polite at the University of Texas, “is poor.”

40. Which of these is mentioned in the second paragraph?

A. A company carried out a research in 1983.

B. Many people fill their cars with gasoline in the morning.

C. 8.8 million people got involved in a study on eating habits.

D. The number of the people who skip breakfast has increased.

41. Which is closest in meaning to the underlined part?

A. Having breakfast does improve work.

B. Giving people breakfast improves work.

C. Going without breakfast can improve work, too.

D. Having breakfast does not improve work, either.

42. What does the word “literature” in the last sentence refer to?

A. Modern American literature

B. Written works on a subject

C. Any printed materials

D. Stories, poems and plays

43. Which of the following statements best summarizes the writer's conclusion about the function of breakfast?

A. Omitting breakfast helps improve work.

B. Eating breakfast is absolutely necessary.

C. There isn’t strong evidence to prove that breakfast is a must.

D. Scientists have produced sufficient evidence in support of breakfast.

Passage Three

1. When you stretch out in the sun you can do one of the three things you can use no sun tan oil, an ordinary sun tan oil; or Bergasol.

If you don’t use any sun tan oil when you're in the sun, you will burn surprisingly quickly. If you use an ordinary sun tan oil, you will protect your skin to a lesser or greater degree. How much protection depends on the “protection-factor number” on the bottle. Some oils block out so many of the sun’s rays and you can stay in the sun all day without burning-but you won’t go very brown, either.

Bergasol will protect your skin like an ordinary sun tan oil. It also has a tan accelerator that speeds up the rate at which the sun activates the skin cells that produce melanin (黑色素). It is melanin that gives the skin its brown colour. Bergasol enables you to go brown faster, and as the days pass the difference will become more obvious.

Unfortunately, this special formulation isn't cheap to prepare. So Bergasol is rather more expensive than ordinary sun tan oil. However, the price looks more attractive as you do.

Bergasol

It makes you go brown faster

44. What can we learn from the second advertisement?

A. It is easy to get a suntan in summer.

B. Sunlight could make one look older.

C. Suntan is regarded as a sign of protection.

D. Everyone wants to get a suntan from holiday.

45. Why is Solex suitable for everyone?

A. Its price is more attractive.                 

B. It can be used to relieve sunburn.

C. It has a mild protection factor.                    

D. It can make the skin cells more active.

46. Compared with Solex, Bergasol       .

A. is a better sun tan oil                                   

B. better protects one’s skin

C. is more competitive in price                       

D. helps one go brown more quickly

47. What is the most attractive feature of Solex Cover-up?

A. It helps one get a more beautiful tan.

B. It is often on sale in supermarkets.

C. It helps one tan gradually and gently.

D. It blocks out more sun's rays than other oils.

Passage Four

Ideas about polite behavior differ from one culture to another. Some societies, such as America and Australia, for example, are mobile and very open. People here change jobs and move house quite often. As a result, they have a lot of relationships that often last only a short time, and they need to get to know people quickly. So it’s normal to have friendly conversations with people that they have just met, and you can talk about things that other cultures would regard as personal.

On the other hand, there are more crowded and less mobile societies where long-term relationships are more important. A Malaysian or Mexican business person, for example, will want to get to know you very well before he or she feels happy to start business. But when you do get to know each other, the relationship becomes much deeper than it would in a mobile society.

To Americans, both Europeans and Asians seem cool and formal at first. On the other hand, as a passenger from a less mobile society puts it, it’s no fun spending several hours next to a stranger who wants to tell you all about his or her life and asks you all sorts of questions that you don’t want to answer.

Cross-cultural differences aren’t just a problem for travelers, but also for people in daily life.

Some societies have “universalism cultures”. These societies strongly respect rules, and they treat every person and situation in basically the same way. “Particularist” (强调特性的) societies also have rules, but they are less important than the society's unwritten ideas about what is right or wrong for a particular situation or a particular person. So the normal rules are changed to fit the needs of the situation or the importance of the person.

48. What can be learned from Paragraph 1?

A. Short-term relationships are common in a mobile society.

B. people from a mobile society dislike talking about personal affairs.

C. Americans tend to make more friends than people from other cultures.

D. It is difficult for Americans and Australians to communicate with strangers.

49. Who do Malaysians prefer to start business with according to the passage?

A. Those who they know well enough.

B. Those who talk a lot about themselves.

C. Those who enjoy talking with strangers.

D. Those who want to do business with them

50. Which of the following is true about the rules in “particularist” societies?

A. No one obeys them

B. People respect and obey them completely.

C. They don’t exist.

D. They change to fit different situations.

51. What is the main idea of this passage?

A. Cultural differences are important.

B. Less mobile societies have fewer rules.

C. People from mobile societies are more polite.

D. Polite behavior varies with different cultures.

Passage Five

Claude-Oscar Monet (1840-1926) was a French artist and a leading member of the Impressionist group of painters. Born in Paris, Monet spent his childhood in Le Havre. There he met a local artist, Eugène Boudin, who encouraged him to become a landscape painter.

In 1859, Monet went to Paris to study at the Académie Suisse. Between 1860 and 1862, Monet served in the army in Algeria (阿尔及利亚). He returned to Paris where he met most of the major artist of the era.

In 1870, Monet married Camille Doncieux. To escape the Franco-Prussian war, they moved to London. Back to France, they settled at Argenteuil, a boating center on the Seine (塞纳河) which drew many other Impressionst painters. Working from nature was a particular symbol of the Impressionist movement, and one that Monet valued, reflecting in his paintings the ever-changing impact of light and weather conditions.

In 1872, he visited Le Havre where he painted “An Impression, Sunrise”. When exhibited in 1874, part of its title was used by a critic to label the whole movement “Impressionism”.

Monet’s wife died in 1879, and he set up home with Alice Hoschedé, the wife of one of his most important sponsors. During the 1880s, Monet travelled through France painting a variety of landscapes. He gradually became better known and for the last 30 years of his life he was regarded as the greatest of the Impressionists.

From 1890 he began to paint a series (系列) of pictures of one subject, including “Haystacks”, “Rouen Cathedral” and “Waterlilies”. The latter were painted in the fine garden Monet created at his house at Giverny, where he lived from 1883 on. He painted them over and over again, most significantly in a series especially for a museum in Paris.

52. Monet was introduced to art       .

A. during his visit to Paris                                 B. by his father in Le Havre

C. during his short stay in Algeria               D. by an artist in his childhood

53. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. Impressionism was born in London.

B. Monet was one of the sponsors of Impressionism.

C. Impressionist paintings are mainly based on nature.

D. Argenteuil was the birthplace of many impressionists.

54. What is said about the painting “An Impression, Sunrise”?

A. It established Monet's fame as an artist for the first time.

B. It invited a lot of strong criticism from the public.

C. It was the origin of the name “Impressionism”.

D. It was painted by Monet and Eugène Boudin.

55. What do we know about Monet's life since 1890?

A. He painted only for a museum in Paris.

B. He devoted himself to travelling overseas.

C. He focused on paintings of a particular theme.

D. He was influenced by Alice in his painting style.

V. Daily Conversation (15 points)

Directions: Pick out appropriate expressions from the eight choices below and complete the following dialogue by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

Lisa: Well, honey, how did you like the opera?

Henry:  56  ?

Lisa: Of course.

Henry: To tell the truth, I was bored to death. What a ridiculous art form! 57.

Lisa: Hum! 58? It was beautiful. And you just saw one of my favorite operas.

Henry: 59, dear. I know you like opera, but it just isn’t for me. I’d rather read a novel or watch a movie.

Lisa: But you don’t know how to appreciate opera. 60 .

Henry: OK, what you’re saying may be true.

VI. Writing (25 points)

Directions: For this part, you are supposed to write an essay in English in 100-120 words based on the following information. Remember to write it clearly.

你 (Li Yuan) 是班长，准备周末组织全班同学参观历史博物馆(the Museum of History)。请根据以下提示写一个通知：

l  周六上午8点全班在校门口集合，乘公共汽车前往；

l  参观时，要认真听讲并记录重要内容；

l  遵守参观规定，如馆内不得喧哗、拍照，勿带食品饮料入馆；

l  下周五之前交一份参观报告。(100-120words)

2016年成人高考学校专升本招生全国统一考试

英语试题答案及评分参考

Ⅰ. Phonetics

1. D. 2. C. 3. B. 4. C. 5. A.

Ⅱ. Vocabulary and Structure

6. D.考查固定搭配。句意：在我还是小孩子的时候我就常常清洗我父母的汽车来挣点零花钱。 pocket money意为“零花钱”，符合题意。paper money纸币；easy容易的；private私人的。

7. C.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：忙碌了一天后，我需要一杯烈性酒。strong (饮料等) 浓的，烈性的，strong drink意为 “烈性酒”，符合题意。 heavy沉重的；sharp锋利的；powerful强有力的。

8. B.考查虚拟语气。句意：要是你待在家里的话，这件事就不会发生了。此处为if引导的虚拟条件句，主句的谓语为“would+have+过去分词”形式，所以这里表示与过去事实相反的虚拟语气，if条件句中的谓语形式应为过去完成式形式，故选B。

9. C.考查宾语从句的语序。句意：——这套家具花费了多少钱？——我忘记花费多少钱了。 forgot后为宾语从句，宾语从句必须用陈述句语序。由 forgot可知，宾语从句的谓语动词应为过去式形式，故选C。

10. C.考查词组词义辨析。句意：有很长一段路要走，所以我们决定早点出发。set on袭击； put on穿上；set off出发，起身；put off推迟。

11. A.考查连词词义辨析。句意：尽管做那件事并不是他的职责所在，他仍说他会帮忙。 although尽管，虽然，即使，表示让步；as因为，表示原因；since因为，由于，表示原因； unless除非，表示转折。

12. B.考查非谓语动词。句意：有记载的最强的飓风之一是1935年的佛罗里达群岛风暴，此风暴造成500人死亡。 the strongest hurricanes与 record之间为被动关系，所以要用record的过去分词形式，作the strongest hurricanes的后置定语。

13. B.考查副词词义辨析。句意：朱莉女士美丽出众，才华卓越，而且执掌着自己的事业。 basically基本地；remarkably非常地，显著地；perfectly完全地，完美地；actively积极地。

14. D.考查动词的时态。句意：约翰离开办公室时，艾米仍然在工作。由时间状语 when John left the office可知，谓语动词时态应为过去进行时，表示过去某一时刻或某一时间段正在进行的动作，故选D。

15. A.考查动词词义辨析。句意：你应该从失败中吸取教训。为什么不调整你的计划或尝试一种新的方法呢? adjust调整；repeat重复；accept接受；refuse拒绝。

16. D.考查need的用法。句意：地毯上有如此多的污渍，需要被更换掉了。物作主语时，need的用法有sth. need doing或sth. need to be done的形式，可以直接表示被动关系。D项符合题意，故选D。

17. A.考查动词的时态。句意：我昨天把包裹发给他了，到现在他可能已经收到了。由时间状语 by now及句意可知，此处应用现在完成时，且此处有猜测的含义，might可能，表示推测，故选A。

18. C.考查定语从句。句意：这是你前几天参观过的工厂吗? that引导定语从句，修饰先行词 the factory，且在从句中充当宾语，符合题意。

19. A.考查make的用法。句意：为了使鱼吃起来更美味，她放了一些糖和酒醋。make作使役动词时，可跟复合结构，即“make+宾语+宾语补足语”。“make+宾语+ do sth.” 表示 “使某人/某物…….”, 符合题意。

20. B.考查副词的最高级。句意：我女儿比她们班里任何一个男孩都跑得快，地跑得最快。由后一句“She runs the fastest”可知，这里要表达的是最高级的意思。“比较级+than+any+单数名词” 形式可以表示最高级，故选B。

Ⅲ. Cloze

21. D.词义辨析题。此处表示“它能影响我们的身体和心理健康”。harm伤害；affect影响，为及物动词，后面可直接跟名词；change改变；impact影响，作不及物动词时，可以加介词on再跟名词。故选D。

22. B.词义辨析题。demands需求；reasons原因。concerns和 questions都可以用来表示“问题”，但 concerns一般表示关注的问题，questions一般表示说话者需要寻找答案的问题，它常与动词ask或 answer连用。health concerns表示 “健康问题”，符合题意。

23. C.词义辨析题。此处意为：失眠可以追溯到许多不同的原因，对许多患者来说共同的是他们不能完全放松。interesting有趣的；same同样的；common普遍的，共同的；alike相像的。

24. B.固定搭配题。此处表示“不能摆脱掉这种想法”，switch off表示 “关掉，失去兴趣”，符合题意。

25. C.固定搭配题。go around and around in the mind表示在脑海里翻来覆去。

26. D.理解推断题。由前文中的 constant thoughts可知，此处表示“从一个想法转移到下一个想法”，thought意为 “想法”，符合题意。

27. B.理解推断题。此处表示“让患者非常疲惫”，“leave+宾语+形容词” 表示 “使……处于某种状态”，符合题意。

28. C.词义辨析题。此处表示 “为了有效地治疗失眠症”，effectively意为 “有效地”，符合题意。carefully小心地；easily容易地；finally最后。

29. D.理解推断题。what引导宾语从句，且在从句中作feels like的宾语，符合题意，故选D。

30. A.词义辨析题。此处表示 “一旦这被大脑记住”，remember意为 “记住”，符合题意。 pull拉；change改变；print打印。

31. B.词义辨析题。scale规模；step步骤，措施；method方法技巧。根据题意，应选B。

32. A.词义辨析题。此处表示 “允许人们完全放松”，fully意为 “完全地”，符合题意。 recently最近；silently沉默地；actively积极地。

33. C.词义辨析题。appear出现；show显现；occur发生，产生；realize意识到。此处表示“使自然睡眠状态产生”，故选C。

34. A.词义辨析题。此处表示 “达成目标”，achieve意为 “达到，完成”，符合题意。target以...为目标；keep保持；aim目的是。

35. D.词义辨析题。此处表示 “服用安眠药是一个短期策略”，strategy意为 “策略”，符合题意。object目标；system体系；result结果。

IV. Reading Comprehension

36. B.推理判断题。由第一段第二句可知，Alexia Sloane擅长学习语言，她已经学习了英语、法语、西班牙语和汉语，现在正在学习德语。由此可知，C、D两项都不正确。而且由第一段也可知，她只有10岁，但已经掌握了四种语言，可见她在语言方面学得很快，故选B。

37. B.事实细节题。由第三段第一句可知，进入议会大楼有年龄限制，最低要求年满14岁，而Alexia Sloane只有10岁，不符合年龄要求，所以她需要得到特别的许可才进入议会大楼，故选C。

38. A.事实细节题。由第五段第一句 “…she chose to go to the European Parliament as her prize when she won a young achiever of the year award.” 可知，当Alexia Sloane获奖后她想去参观欧洲议会，故选A。

39. A.推理判断题。由第一段第二句中的 “she has excelled at languages and is already fluent in English…” 及下面段落的叙述可知，作者写这篇文章充满了赞赏之情，故选A。

40. D.事实细节题。由第二段第一句 “Between 1997 and 1983…the number of people who didn’t have break-fast increased by 33%…” 可知，不吃早饭的人数有所增加，故选D。

41. D.句意理解题。由第三段第二句 “Going without breakfast does not affect work …nor does giving people breakfast improve work.”可知，不吃早饭不会影响工作，吃早餐也不会提高工作效率，故选D。

42. B.推理判断题。literature所在句的前一句指出，早餐与健康或工作有关的科学证据不充分，而且大部分最近的研究工作是有关儿童的，而不是有关成年人的。由此可推测，literature一词指的是 (某学科的) 文献，资料，故选C。

43. C.推理判断题。作者的观点可从最后一段倒数第二句看出来，由这句话 “Scientific evidence linking breakfast…not adults.” 可知，还没有足够的证据证明吃早餐对健康和工作有利，也就是说没有足够的证据证明吃早餐是必要的，故选C。

44. B.推理判断题。由第二个广告的第二段最后一句“…the harmful rays of the sun which…make your skin look older.”可知，太阳的有害射线能使人的皮肤看起来更苍老，故选B。

45. C.事实细节题。由第二个广告的第三段第二句 “It has a Sun Protection Factor 8, which makes it suitable for anyone.” 可知，Solex所含的保护成分使得它适合每个人使用，故选C。

46. D.事实细节题。由第一个广告的第三段最后一句 “Bergasol enables you to go brown faster…”及最后的宣传语 “It makes you go brown faster” 可知，Bergasol可使人的皮肤迅速呈现棕色，故选D。

47. C.事实细节题。由第二个广告的第四段第一、二句 “With Solex Cover-up, you can tan as slowly as you like. As gently as you like.” 可知，Solex Cover-up吸引人的地方在于它能帮助人逐渐并且温和地晒成棕色，故选C。

48. A.事实细节题。由第一段第三、四句 “People here change jobs…they have a lot of  relationships that often last a lot time…” 可知，在流动性的社会，人们之间短期关系的存在是很普遍的，故选A。

49. A.事实细节题。由第二段第二句 “A Malaysian or Mexican business person…he or she feels happy to start business.” 可知，马来西亚商人在与他人做生意之前想先对对方有所了解，也就是说，他更愿意与他熟悉的人做生意，故选A

50. D.事实细节题。由第四段最后两句“‘Particularist’…the normal rules are changed to fit the needs of the situation or the importance of the person.”可知，强调特性的社会也有规矩，但这些规矩可以改变以适应环境的需要或适应人物重要性的需要，故选D。

51. D.主旨大意题。文章第一句就点明了主旨，即对礼貌行为的观点随着文化的不同而有所不同，接下来以实例证明了这种说法，所以本题应选D。

52. D.事实细节题。由第一段最后一句 “There he met a local artist…encouraged him to become a landscape painter.” 可知，可知Monet是小时候受当地一位画家的鼓励才接触绘画的，故选D。

53. C.事实细节题。由第三段最后一句“Working from nature was a particular symbol of the Impressionist movement…”可知，从自然入手是印象派运动的典型象征，也就是说，印象派画作主要是以自然为基础的，故选C。

54. C.事实细节题。由第四段“…‘An Impression，Sunrise’…was used by a critic to label the whole movement ‘Impressionism’.” 可知，Impressionism (印象主义) 一词来源于Monet的作品 “An Impression, Sunrise”，故选C。   

55. C.推理判断题。由最后一段第一句。“From 1890 he began to paint a series of pictures of one subject, including…” 可知，1890 年以后，Monet开始画一个主题的一系列图片，故选C。

V. Daily Conversation

56. H.

57. D.

58. G.

59. E.

60. F.

Ⅵ. Writing

Fellow students,

We are going to visit the Science Museum tomorrow. We will meet at the school gate at eight in the morning and we will go there on foot. Take your pens and notebooks with you. We should listen and watch carefully and write down something interesting when you visit the museum. Please don’t make any noise in the museum and don’t take any pictures. You will have to hand in a report about the visit before next Friday. Thank you.

                                                                 Yours Sincerely,

                                                                       Li Yuan