2008年普通高校“专转本”统一考试模拟试卷.docVIP

2008年普通高校“专转本”统一考试英语模拟试卷 本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分。两卷满分150分。考试时间为120分钟（第一卷70分钟，第二卷50分钟）。 第一卷（共100分） 注意事项：1. 答第一卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考试证号、考试科目用铅笔涂写在答题卡上。2. 每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后再选涂其他答案标号。如果答案不涂写在答题卡上，成绩无效。 Part I Reading Comprehension ( 40%, 35minutes) Directions: In this part there are four passages. Each passage is followed by a number of comprehension questions. Read the passage and answer the questions. Then, mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Questions 1-5 are based on the following passage 揑t hurt me more than you果”, and “This is for your own good.” These are the statements my mother used to make years ago when I had to learn Latin, clean my room, stay home and do homework. That was before we entered the permissive period in education in which we decided it was all right not to push our children to achieve their best in school. The schools and the educators made it easy on us. They taught that it was all right to be parents who take a let-alone policy. We stopped making our children do homework. We gave them calculators, turned on the television, left the teaching to the teachers and went on vacation. Now teachers, faced with children who have been developing at their own pace for the past 15 years, are realizing we have made a terrible mistake. One such teacher is Sharon Klompus who says of his students---“so passive”--- and wonders what happened. Nothing was demanded of them, she believes. Television, says Klompus, contributes to children’s passivity. “ We’re not training kids to work any more,” says Klompus, “ we are talking about a generation of kids who have been hurt or hungry. They have learned somebody will always do it for them, instead of saying “ go look it up”, you tell them the answer. It takes greater energy to say no to a kid.” Yes, it does. It takes energy and it takes work. It’s time for parents to end their vocation and come back to work. It’s time to take the car away, to turn