公共英语历年试题

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1、专升本插班生入学考试公共课公共英语历年试题集(含标准答案)华南师范大学政治与行政学院辅导班020-85211312941998年广东省普通高等学校本科插班生考试英语试题PartIReadingComprehension(40%)PassageIThecomputerisawonderfulmachine.Itisthemostimportantinventionsincethetypeofengineusedincars.Todayithasthegreatesteffectonscience,industry,andbusiness,butitisbeingusedm

2、oreineducationandmedicine.Bytheendofthiscenturyitwilltouchthelivesofeveryone,evenpeopleindistantvillages.Itisarevolutionaryinvention.TheoldestkindofcomputeristheabacususedinChinasincethesixthcentury.Intheseventeenthcenturyanaddingmachinewasinvented,butthefurstlarge,moderncomputerwasbuilt

3、in1937.Afewyearslateracomputercoulddo5000additionspersecond.Nowthecomputationsaresofastthattheyaremeasuredinnanoseconds(毫微秒).Todaymostcomputershaveamemory.Theyaregettingsmallerandsmaller,andcomputingfasterandfaster.Eveninalargecomputer,thepartthatdoestheactualcomputingisaboutthesizeofthe

4、endofafinger.Computerscandoallkindsofwork.Whensomeonebuyssomethinginadepartmentstore,informationaboutthesalegoesintoacomputer,Ascientistcantalktothecomputerabouttherocks,andthecomputeranswersthequestions.Adoctorcantalktothecomputerandexplainwhatiswrongwithapatient.Ifthedoctoraskswhy,thec

5、omputergoesthroughitsstoredinformationandexplainsexactlywhy.Whenearlyhumansbeganfarming,itwasarevolutionarychangeinhumanlife.Itwashundredsofthousandsofyearslaterthatpeopledevelopedawritingsystem(方法).Inlessthanfiftyyearspeoplehavedevelopedcomputersthatcandomostofthethingshumanscando.Thisc

6、ouldbeafrighteningdevelopment.1.Thecomputerisconsideredawonderfulmachinebecause_____.A.ithaseffectonallaspectsofman’slifeB.itiswidelyusedineducationandmedicineC.ithasthefunctionofanengineD.itisusefulevenindistantvillages2.TheabacushasbeenusedinChinafor_____.A.some5,000yearsB.about600year

7、sC.nearly1,000yearsD.over1,300years3.Themostimportantfeatureofacomputeristhat_____.A.ithasamemoryB.itissmallinsizeC.itcomputesfastD.itanswersallkindsofquestions4.Thecomputationsofthecomputerareusuallymeasuredin_____.A.secondsB.minutesC.hoursD.nanoseconds5.Thecomputerwills