1998年广东省专插本英语真题

　　Part I Reading Comprehension(40%)

　　Passage I

　　The computer is a wonderful is the most important invention since the type of engine used in y it has the greatest effect on science,industry,and business,but it is being used more in education and the end of this century it will touch the lives of everyone,even people in distant is a revolutionary invention.

　　The oldest kind of computer is the abacus used in China since the sixth the seventeenth century an adding machine was invented,but the furst large,modern computer was built in 1937.A few years later a computer could do 5000 additions per the computations are so fast that they are measured in nanoseconds(毫微秒).

　　Today most computers have a are getting smaller and smaller,and computing faster and in a large computer,the part that does the actual computing is about the size of the end of a finger.

　　Computers can do all kinds of someone buys something in a department store,information about the sale goes into a computer,A scientist can talk to the computer about the rocks,and the computer answers the questions.A doctor can talk to the computer and explain what is wrong with a the doctor asks why,the computer goes through its stored information and explains exactly why.

　　When early humans began farming,it was a revolutionary change in human was hundreds of thousands of years later that people developed a writing system(方法) less than fifty years people have developed computers that can do most of the things humans can do could be a frightening development.

　　 computer is considered a wonderful machine because_____.

　　 has effect on all aspects of man’s life is widely used in education and medicine

　　 has the function of an engine is useful even in distant villages

　　 abacus has been used in China for_____.

　　 5,000 t 600 years

　　ly 1,000 1,300 years

　　 most important feature of a computer is that_____.

　　 has a is small in size

　　 computes answers all kinds of questions

　　 computations of the computer are usually measured in_____.

　　tes

　　seconds

　　 computer will soon affect_____.

　　le in large le in developed countries

　　le all over the le in the Western world

　　Passage 2

　　In the traditional marriage,the man worked at a job to earn money for the men worked in an office,a factory,or some other place away from the e the man earned the money,he paid the money was used for food,clothes,a house,and other family man made most of the was the boss.

　　In the traditional marriage,the woman seldom worked away from the stayed at home to care for the children and her cooked the meals,cleaned house,washed the clothes,and did other household job at home was every important.

　　In recent years,many couples continue to have a traditional relationship of this man has a job and earns the money for the woman stays at home and cares for the children and the Americans are happy with this kind of some other Americans have a different impression of marriage and family responsibilities.

　　There are two important differences in male and female roles is that both men and women have many more may choose to marry or to stay may choose to work or stay at men and women may choose roles that are comfortable for them.

　　A second difference in male and female roles is that within marriage many decisions and responsibilities are husband and wife may choose to have children,or they may they have children,the man may take care of them some of the time, all of the time,or not at woman may want to stay at home and take care of the she may want to go to and Women now decide these things together in a married people now share these decisions and the responsibilities of their families.

　　h of the following is NOT true in the traditional marriage?

　　 worked at a job to earn money for family.

　　 woman made most of decisions.

　　 woman stayed at home to care for the children.

　　 man paid the bills.

　　 recent years_____.

　　g couples reject the traditional relationship

　　 woman has a job and earns the money for the family

　　 woman doesn’t stay at home and care for the children and the house

　　 role of men and women has begun to change

　　 and women may now choose all the following EXCEPT to_____.

　　y or to stay single

　　 or to stay at home

　　 the roles that are comfortable for them

　　e their jobs just because they have children

　　 following are all now true EXCEPT_____.

　　 may choose to have children or not

　　 man may take care of the children some of the time

　　 woman may want to go to work

　　 woman is the most important person in the house

　　h of the following is NOT true?

　　 man was the boss in the traditional marriage.

　　 woman’s job at home was very important in the past.

　　 Americans still have a traditional marriage.

　　yone tries to get married.

　　Passage 3

　　Did you know that the empty plastic soft drink bottles you throw away every day can be turned into carpet or automobiles parts?

　　That used glass bottles and aluminum cans can be turned into new ones?

　　And that yesterday’s newspaper can be turned into tomorrow’s?

　　It all happens because of recycling(再利用) simple waste we throw away is a “natural resource”that,with recycling,can be used to produce a variety of new products.

　　Unfortunately,America recycles only 10% of its rubbish,burns 10% and deposits 80% in waste desposal grounds,As a result,it is having to cope with a serious solid waste problem.

　　Every year,Americans throw away about 160 million tons of that total,plastics make up less than 8%,paper about 36%,and glass and metal about 20%,all by tics are naturally lighter,but still,when pressed together,accout for only about 20% by volume.

　　As a result,in the past 10 years the United States’ waste disposal grounds have decreased from about 18,500 to 6, five years 2,000 more will close.

　　In the process of finding solutions,some people have proposed to stop using plastics.

　　Unfortunately,stop using plastics would do much harm and no would lose all of the safety,health and convenience features of plastics.

　　Besides,packaging would still be needed.A 1987 study shows what would happen if plastics were not used--the energy needed to produce other packaging,its cost,and the volume of waste collected would all rise greatly.

　　Some Americans believe part of the answer to America’s waste problem lies in recycling everything from glass to metals to paper to plastic.

　　Today,recycling is on the e are now more than 1,000 waste recycling programs in the are beginning to recycle plastics.

　　Right now,almost 200 companies are recycling millions of used plastic containers into toys,traffic signs,waste baskets,floor materials,and park benches.

　　Plastics are among the easiest materials to than 150 million pounds or 20% of all plastic soft drink bottles were recycled in 1987.

　　 can’t the plastic soft drink bottles be turned into?