【2021年河南专升本公共英语真题，河南天一专升本整理】 2021年河南专升本公共英语真题1 Part I Reading Comprehension (2* 20 points) Passage 1 Some people argue that the pressure on international s...
【2021年河南专升本公共英语真题，河南天一专升本整理】
2021年河南专升本公共英语真题1
Part I Reading Comprehension (2* 20 points)
Passage 1
Some people argue that the pressure on international sportsmen and sportswomen kills the essence of spor-the pursuit of personal excellence. Children kick a football around for fun. When they get older and play for local school teams, they will become competitive but they still enjoy playing. The individual representing his country cannot afford to think about enjoying himself, and he has to think only about winning. He is responsible for the entire nation’s hopes, dreams and reputation.
A good example is the FIFA World Cup. Football is the third most important sport in the world. Winning the World Cup is perhaps the summit of international sporting success, Mention Argentina to someone and the chances are that he’ll think of football. In a sense, winning the World Cup put Argentina, on the map,
Some sports fans and supporters get quite unreasonable about the World Cup. People in England felt that their country was somehow important after they won in 1966. In 1978, thousands of the Scots sold their cars, and even their houses, and spent all their money traveling to Argentina,where the finals were played.
So, am I arguing that international competition kills the idea of sport? Certainly not! Do the Argentinean really believe that because eleven of their men proved the most slilful at football, their nation is in every way better than all others? Not really. But it’s nice to know that you won and that in one way at least your country is the best.
1. What is the author’s main purpose in the passage?
A. To explain the role of sport.
B. To compare Scotland with Argentina.
C. To show that Argentina is better than all others.
D. To prove that football is the world’s third most important sport.
2. In the second paragraph, the underlined word “summit” means____.
A. award
B. summary
C. highest point
D.mountain top
3. According to the passage, Argentina is world-famous because of its____.
A. obvious position on the map
B. sucess in the World Cup
C. excellence in the most important sports
D. large number of sports fans and supporters
4. If a sportsman only thinks about winning, he will____.
A. fail to succeed
B. lose enjoyment
C. be successful
D.be unreasonable
5. What is the author’s atitude towards international games?
A. Nations that meet on a football field are unlikely to meet on a battlefield.
B. Nations that win the World Cup are regarded as best in all aspects.
C. Nations that win in international games prove the best on the sports feld at least.
D. Nations that give much atention to international competitions are world-famous in many ways.
Passage 2.
For years and years people have been saying that the railways are dead. “We can do without railways, people say, as if motorcars and planes made the railways unecessary. We all keep hearing that trains are slow, that they lose money, and that they’re dying. But this is far from the truth. In these days when oil is expensive, the railways have become highly competitive with motorcars and planes. If you want to carry people or goods from place to place, they’re cheaper than planes.
Railways have much in common with planes. A plane goes in a straight line and so does a railway. What is more, it takes you from the heart of a city into the heart of another. But a railway doesn’t leave you as a plane does, miles and miles away from the city center. It doesn’t hold you up as a motorcar does, in endless traffic jams. And a single train can carry goods which no plane or motorcar could ever do.
Far from being dead, the railways are very much alive. Modem railway lines give you a smooth, untroubled journey. Where else can you eat well, sleep in comfor, feel safe and enjoy the scene while you are traveling at speed at the same time? And we are only at the beginning. We have entered the age of superfast trains, traveling at 150 miles an hour and more. Soon we will be wondering why spend so much on motorways we can’t use because We don’t have enough money to buy oil and planes we can’t fly for the same reason.
6. Some people think the railways are dead for many reasons except that____.
A. trains are dying
B. oil is expensive today
C. trains are slow
D. railways lose money
7. The author’s idea about railways seems to be that____.
A. we can do without railways
B. trains have much in common with motorcars and planes
C. motorcars and planes are not as good as trains
D. trains are as good as motorcars and planes
8. According to the author, which of the following is NOT true?
A. It is cheaper to travel by train than by plane.
B. The railway station is usually in the center of a city.
C. When you get off the plane you will find yourself right in the city center.
D. No motorcar or plane can cary as many goods as a train does in a cheap way.
9. According to the author, the disadvantage of motorcars and planes is that____.
A. they cannot travel fast enough
B. too much money, will be spent on oil
C. they cannot give a smooth, untroubled journey
D. the travelers cannot enjoy the scene in their journey
10. What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. The railways are dead now.
B. Motorcars and planes have made the railways unnecessary.
C. We’ve entered the age of superfast trains.
D. The advantages of the railways enable them be alive even nowadays.
Passage 3
The way people hold to the belief that a fun-filled, pain free life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever ataining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness then pain must be equal to unhappiness. But in fact, the opposite is true: more often than not things that lead to happiness involve some pain.
As a result, many people avoid the very atempts that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment, self-improvement.
Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying If he is honest he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment. For commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is flled with fun, adventure, excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.
Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole night’s sleep or three-day vacation. 1 don’t know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children. But couples who decide not to have children ever know the joys of watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild.
Understanding and acepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.
11. According to the author, a bachelor resists marriage chiefly because____.
A. he is reluctant to take on family responsibilities
B. he believes that life will be more cheerful if he remains single
C. he finds more fun in dating than in marriage
D. he fears it will put an end to all his fun adventure and exciterment
12. Raising children, in the author’s opinion, is____.
A. a moral duty
B. a thankless job
C. a rewarding task
D. a source of inevitable pain
13. From the last paragraph, we learn that envy sometimes stems form____.
A. hatred
B. misunderstanding
C. prejudice
D. ignorance
14. To understand what true happiness is one must____.
A. have as much fun as possible during one’s lifetime.
B. make every effort to liberate oneself from pain.
C. put up with pain under all circumstances.
D. be able to distinguish happiness from fun.
15. What is the author trying to tell us?
A. Happiness often goes hand in hand with pain.
B. One must know how to attain happiness.
C. It is important to make commitments.
D. It is pain that leads to happiness.
Passage 4
Everyone knows that laziness is a sin. We have probably all had lectures pointing out that laziness is immoral, wasteful, and that lazy people will never amount to anything in life. But laziness can be more harmful than that, and it is often caused by more complex reasons than simple wishes to avoid work. Some people who appear to be lazy are suffering from much more serious problems. They may be so distrustful of their fellow workers that they are unable to join in any group task for fear of ridicule or for fear of having their ideas stolen. These people who seem lazy may be paralyzed (丧失活动能力的) by a fear of failure that prevents fruitful work. Or other sorts of fantasies may prevent work; some people are so busy planning, sometimes planning great deals or fantastic achievements, that they are unable to deal with whatever “Iesser” work is on hand. Still other pcople are not avoiding work; strictly speaking, they are merely procrastinating ( 拖延) rescheduling their day.
Laziness can actually be helpful. Like procrastinators, some people may look lazy when they are really thinking, planning, contemplating (深思) and researching. We all should remember that some great scientific discoveries ocurred by chance or while some were“goofing off”(磨洋工) . Newton wasn’t working in the orchard when the apple hit him and he discovered the law of universal gravitation. Sometimes, being “lazy”一that is, taking time off for a rest-is good for overworked students or executives. Taking a rest can be particularly helpful to the athlete who trying too hard or the doctor who’s simply working himself overtime too many evenings at the clinic. So be careful when you are tempted to call someone lazy. That person may be thinking, resting, or planning his or her next book.
16. The underlined word “that” in the First paragraph refers to“____”
A. laziness is immoral
B. laziness is wasteful
C. lazy people will never amount to anything in life
D. all of the above
17. The first paragraph is motly devoted to the discussion of____.
A. Complex reasons that make people seem lazy
B. serious problems that lazy people suffer from
C. other sorts of fantasies that may prevent work
D. great deals that people are busy planning
18. According to the second paragraph, being “lazy” is good for____.
A. a student who is on holiday
B. a doctor who is working overtime
C. an executive who is on leave
D. an athlete who is not training
19. The tone of the passage is____.
A. Cautious
B. carcless
C. optimistic
D. pessimistic
20. What does the writer intend to tell us in the passage?
A. Laziness is definitely a sin.
B. Laziness can be of great help all the time.
C. Laziness makes people good for nothing.
D. Laziness should be properly defined.
