2012年专转本英语模拟试卷

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1、2012年专转本英语模拟试卷本试卷分第I卷(客观)和第II卷(主观)两部分．满分150分．考试时间120分钟．第l卷(共100分)注意事项：1．答第1卷前，考生务必按规定要求填涂答题卡上的姓名，准考证号等项目．2．用铅笔把答题卡上相应题号中正确答案的标号涂黑．答案不涂写在答题卡上．成绩无效。PartIReadingComprehension(共20小题，每小题2分，共40分)Directions:Inthisparttherearefourpassages．Eachpassageisfollowedbyfiveandanswerthequestions．Readth

2、epassageandanswerthequestions.Thenmarkyouranswerontheanswersheet．PassageOneOceanographyhasbeendefinedas“Theapplicationofallsciencestothestudyofthesea”．Beforethenineteenthcentury,scientistswithaninterestintheseawerefewandfarbetween．CertainlyNewtonconsideredsometheoreticalaspectsofitinhi

3、swritings，buthewasreluctanttogotoseatofurtherhisworkFormostpeopletheseawasremote,andwiththeexceptionofearlyintercontinentaltravelersorotherswhoearnedalivingfromthesea,therewaslittlereasontoaskmanyquestionsaboutit,letalonetoaskwhatlaybeneaththesurface．Thefirsttimethatthequestion‟‟whatis

4、atthebottomoftheoceans?‟'hadtobeansweredwithanycommercialconsequencewaswhenthelayingofatelegraphcablefromEuropetoAmericawasproposed．Theengineershadtoknowthedepthprofileoftheroutetoestimatethelengthofcablethathadtobemanufactured．ItwastoMauryoftheUSNavythattheAtlanticTelegraphCompanyturn

5、ed,in1853，forinformationonthismatter．Inthe1840s，MauryhadbeenresponsibleforencouragingvoyagesduringwhichsoundingsweretakentoinvestigatethedepthsoftheNorthAtlanticandPacificOceans．Later，someofhisfindingsarousedmuchpopularinterestinhisbookThePhysicalGeographyoftheSea．Thecablewaslaid．butno

6、tuntil1866wastheconnectionmadepermanentandreliable．Attheearlyattempts，thecablefailedandwhenitwastakenoutforrepairsitwasfoundtobecoveredinlivinggrowths，afactwhichdefiedcontemporaryscientificopinionthattherewasnolifeinthedeeperpartsofthesea．Withinafewyearsoceanographywasunderway．In1872Th

7、omsonledascientificexpedition，whichlastedfouryearsandbroughthomethousandsofsamplesfromthesea．Theirclassificationandanalysisoccupiedscientistsforyearsandledtoafive-volumereport．thelastvolumebeingpublishedin1895．1．TheproposaltolayatelegraphcablefromEuropetoAmericamadeoceanographicstudi