2012年联大专升本英语专业考试真题专升本A卷.docVIP

 /////¤/////¤///// 密¤封¤装¤订¤线 密封线内不要答题 准考证号： 姓名： /////¤/////¤///// 绝密★启用前 2012年北京联合大学高职升本科专业基础课考试 考试科目 英语综合（A卷） （总分：100分 考试时间：120分钟） 注意事项： 共 17 页，用蓝色或黑色钢笔或圆珠笔答在答题纸上。 答卷前将密封线内的项目填写清楚。 题号 一 二 三 四 五 总分 分数 40 15 15 15 15 100 I. Reading Comprehension （本大题共20 个小题，每空2 分，共40 分） 得分 评卷人 Directions: There are four passages in this part. 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 and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Passage 1 In the early 18th century, children did not choose what they wanted to be when they grew up. Most girls did not have professions, but rather grew up to become wives and mothers. Boys, particularly the sons of tradesmen, had their futures decided for them by their fathers. Josiah Franklin intended for his tenth or tithe son, Benjamin, to devote his life to the Service of the Church. But as Josiah could afford to send Benjamin to school for only one year, a career in the clergy was impossible. Instead, the lad began working for his father in the family soap business. As young Benjamin had always been a bookish lad, his father determined that a trade in printing would prove a suitable match. Moreover, as Bens older brother James was already in the printing trade, it was determined that the younger brother would be a printing apprentice to the elder brother. Franklin to his delight had access to a wide range of books. He also borrowed books from clients. He read eagerly and even began skipping meals and using the money he saved to buy books. During this time Franklin struck up a friendship with another bookish Boston boy named John Collins. At one point Collins and Franklin had a written debate on the Propriety of educating the Female Sex in Learni