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1、2021年上海大学英语考试真题卷（4）本卷共分为2大题50小题，作答时间为180分钟，总分100分，60分及格。一、单项选择题（共25题，每题2分。每题的备选项中，只有一个最符合题意） 1.Which of the following statements is true according to the passageAAdopted children recommend that they be told about the adoption by adoptive parents.BExperts all agree that telling the child too early ab
2、out the adoption may confuse them.CSome experts hold that the adopted child should be kept in the dark as long as possible.DParents should not discourage the adopted child from talking about the process of adoption. 2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passageAProzac is a medicine presc
3、ribed occasionally by doctors.BWhen taking Prozac few people can have a side effect.CProzac can help one fight depression, but it doesnt suit everyone.DOnly a small number of Americans have taken Prozac in recent years. 3.What do some doctors think is the real cause for people to feel depressedAUnha
4、ppy events happening in ones life.BA lack of balance of a chemical in ones body.CDifficulty in concentrating on something.DSad feelings, lacking energy and eating disorder. 4.Some people think depression is _.Aa mental state that can be overcome without medicineBan illness that no medicine can cureC
5、an experience everyone has in his life timeDsomething you can avoid by leading a happy life 5.What does the phrase set off (Line 2, Para. 1) meanAstartBdevelopCtake offDput on 6.We can learn from the passage that one can _.Atake Prozac only after he asks the doctorBdecide whether Prozac is right for
6、 him or notCalso treat other mental diseases with ProzacDbuy Prozac directly from a drug store 7.The range of development in the information industry enhances and encourages that of the total technological growth.A信息业的发展范围增进并刺激整个技术发展的范围。B信息工业发展的范围增加和鼓励科技的发展。C在信息工业发展的幅度中，提高和鼓励使得整个技术发展成长了。D信息产业的发展幅度增进
7、和刺激技术的总增长。 8.The steady rise in the quality of our products owes much to the improvement of the management.A产品质量的平稳上升在很多方面取决于管理水平的改进。B我们产品的质量提高在很大程度上是因为管理水平的改进。C我们产品的质量稳步提高了，但在管理水平方面亏欠很多。D我们产品质量的稳步提高在很大程度上是由于管理水平的改进。 9.They have lived in this country for 10 years, but have never really integrated.A他
8、们已在这个国家住了10年，但还没有真正地互相认识并融合在一起。B他们已在这个国家住了10年，但尚未真正地与周围社会融为一体。C他们在这个国家住了10年之后还没有真正地互相团结起来。D虽然他们已在这个国家住了10多年，但从来没有真正地互相团结起来过。 10.A student should understand the relation of basic research to applied research, and the connection between technological development and human affairs.A学生应该了解基础研究与应用研究的关系，以
9、及科技发展与人际事务之间的联系。B一个学生应该明白基础研究以及科技发展与人类事件之间的联系。C一个学生必须明白有关基本研究，深入研究，与人类技术发展的关系。D学生应该理解基本研究与应用研究的关系，以及科技发展与人类事件之间的联系。 11.Law, medical and business graduates could earn 25% more than _.Aeducation graduatesBarts graduatesCif they hadnt studied at the universityDthe national average income 12.Universitie
10、s charge students a rather high tuition mainly because _.Athey provide the students with very prosperous subjects to learnBthey assume that their graduates can earn much more than they had paidCthey dont get financial support from the governmentDthey need much revenue to support the educational expe
11、nses 13.The rule that only people above 21 years of age can drink _.Ais a new law promoted by the twenty statesBhad been once adopted before the 1960sChas been enforced since the prohibition of alcoholDwill be carried out all over the country 14.We can safely conclude that the author _.Aregards arts
12、 degrees as meaninglessBfinds this result disappointing and unfairCwants the students to think twice before they decide what to learn in collegeDholds that arts degrees are still rewarding despite its scarce financial returns 15.In reformers opinion, _ is the most effective way to stop youngsters fr
13、om drinking alcohol.Araising the legal drinking age from 18 to 21Bforcing teenagers to obey disciplinesCdevelop young peoples sense of responsibilityDpressing teenagers to take soft drinks 16.The word lucrative in Line 1, Para. 4 most probably means _.AsensibleBcreativeCprofitableDreliable 17.Which
14、of the following four drivers can be defined as an illegal driverAA sixteen-year-old boy who drank a glass of wine three hours ago.BAn old lady who took four shots of whisky in yesterdays party.CA policeman who likes alcohol very much.DA pregnant woman who drank a beer an hour ago. 18.Which of the f
15、ollowing best concludes the main idea of this passageADrunken driving has caused numerous fatalities in the United States.BIts recommendable to prohibit alcohol drinking around the United States.CThe American society is trying hard to prevent drunken driving.DDrunken driving has become a national ep
16、idemic in the United States. 19.What is the authors attitude toward all the laws against drunken drivingAOptimistic.BPessimistic.CIndifferent.DIronic. 20.According to the author, kidnappings in Yemen and the ethnic conflicts in Serbia _.Acan ruin ones vacation, if not lifeBare avoidable if one knows
17、 the risksCare extremely vicious and long-runningDare famous but unlikely to happen in other places 21.Which is not one of the risks facing touristsAVolcanic eruption.BTerrorist activities.CUnderground opposition.DWithdrawing cash on ATM. 22.Terrorist attacks against American tourists will least pro
18、bably occur in _.AIranBCubaCLibyaDAustria 23.What is implied in the passageATourists now have more access to reliable information about travel risks.BThe State Department now provides more information for travelers on its web site.CTourists face a world of dangers but, with the right advice, can man
19、age most of them.DThe State Department is sometimes binned for not providing travelers with enough information. 24.Which should one avoid doing when travelingAKeeping vigilant all the time.BWalking on the streets late at night.CWithdrawing cash on ATM machines.DThinking about the occasional volcano.
20、 25.What is this text mainly aboutAConveniences brought to consumers through use of the Internet.BImplications of increasing commercial use of the Internet.CSecurity risks posed by commercial use of the Internet.DAdvantages of Internet banking versus traditional banking. 二、多项选择题（共25题，每题2分。每题的备选项中，有多
21、个符合题意） 1.Before Keynes, economists were gloomy naysayers. Nothing can be done, Dont interfere, It will never work, they intoned with Eeyorelike pessimism. But Keynes was an unswerving optimist. Of course we can lick unemployment! Theer is no reason to put up with recessions and depressions! The econ
22、omic problem is not, if we look into the future the permanent problem of the human race, he wrote. Keynes was born in Cambridge, England, in 1883. His father John Neville Keynes was a noted Cam-bridge economist. His mother Florence Ada Keynes became mayor of Cambridge. Young John was a brilliant stu
23、dent but didnt immediately aspire to either academiv or public life. He wanted to run a railroad. his so easy., and fascinating to master the principles of these things, he told a friend, with his usual modesty. But no railroad came along, and Keynes ended up taking the civil service exam. His lowes
24、t mark was in economics. I evidently knew more about Economics than my examiners. he later explained. Keynes was posted to the India Office, but the Civil Service proved deadly dull, and he soon left. He lectured at Cambridge, edited an influential journal and socialized with his Bloomsburv friends,
25、 surrounded himself with artists and writers and led an altogether dilettantish life until Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated in Sarajevo, and Europe was plunged into World War I. Keynes was called to Britains Treasury to work on overseas finances, where be quickly shone. Even hi
26、s artistic tastes came in handy. lie figured a way to balance the French accounts by having Britains National Gallery buy paintings by Manet, Corot and Delaeroix at bargain prices. 2.There is some impertinence as well as some foolhardiness in the way in which we buy animals for so much gold and silv
27、er and call them ours. One cannot help wondering what the silent critic on the hearthrug thinks of our strange conventions-the mystic. Persian, whose ancestors were worshipped as gods whilst we, their masters and mistresses, groveled in caves and painted our bodies blue. She has a vast heritage of e
28、xperience, which seems to brood in her eyes, too solemn and too subtle for expression; she smiles, I often think, at our late-born civilization, and remembers the rise and fall of dynasties. There is something, too, profane in the familiarity, half contemptuous, with which we treat our animals. We d
29、eliberately transplant a little bit of simple wild life, and make it grow up beside ours, which is neither simple nor wild. You may often see in a dogs eyes a sudden look of the primitive animal, as though he were once more a wild dog hunting in the solitary places of his youth. How have we the impe
30、rtinence to make these wild creatures forgo their nature for ours, which at best they can but imitate 3.Dear MrBrown： It was a pleasure to talk with you last Thursday about the executive secretarial position in your companyYour company seems to have an extremely efficient and friendly office staff;
31、I know that I would enjoy the challenge of working in this company. Thank you for giving me so much of your timeI look forward to heating from you again Sincerely yours, Li Hua 4.收信人：黄建华 被推荐人：陈明，刚刚离开AAA公司，阅历丰富(信中附有简历) 对他的评价：同他一起工作过，能力远远超过我的预期；在任何情况下都表现突出；聪明，有远见，富有创造力，有丰富经验；在未来对你公司一定有用 信的结尾：若能帮助他，我十分
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34、n Feb. 13, 2003 with a check for $25 enclosed for cost and shipping. If you didnt receive the order, or if you are out of stock at the moment, please advise. 8.说明：以秘书Jessica的名义给本部门经理MrGreen写一张电话留言。 1来电人：Fashion公司销售部经理(Sales Manager) MrWalker 2来电时间：7月8日上午10点 3事由：Fashion公司于7月15日上午9点，将在中国大酒店(China Hote
35、l)召开2003年新产品发布会(Release Conference)，邀请MrGreen前去参加。并希望MrGreen能回电确认是否参加。 BTelephone Message/BDate _ Time _ A.M. P.M. From _To _TELEPHONED PLEASE RING CALL TO SEE YOU WILL CALL AGAIN WANTS TO SEE YOU URGENT Message: _Signed by: _ 9.Dear Sirs, Our corporation is established for the purpose of carrying o
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37、booklet including a general introduction, the scope of business and other topics is enclosed for your reference. We welcome your inquiries. 10.请你以刘丽的名义，请用下面所提供的信息写一封简历。1)女性；2)出生于1984年7月14日；3)家庭地址：山东省烟台市福山区256号；4)联系电话；13853586xxx5)20032007在山东大学英语学院主修商务英语专业，并选修了会计和国际贸易课程，以优异成绩毕业；6)20072009在讯达通讯公司担任经理助
38、理，主要负责翻译和外事接待工作。Words for reference：商务英语专业Business English 翻译(口译)interpreting我的错题簿请你以刘丽的名义，请用下面所提供的信息写一封简历。1)女性；2)出生于1984年7月14日；3)家庭地址：山东省烟台市福山区256号；4)联系电话；13853586xxx5)20032007在山东大学英语学院主修商务英语专业，并选修了会计和国际贸易课程，以优异成绩毕业；6)20072009在讯达通讯公司担任经理助理，主要负责翻译和外事接待工作。Words for reference：商务英语专业Business English 翻译
39、(口译)interpreting我的错题簿11.概括说明中美大学生的主要收入来源。 2分析一下产生这种不同现象的可能原因。 3你对其将来趋势的预测。BIncome Sources of College Students/B 12.情景： 13.假设你的同学因食用从某超市买回的食品而食物中毒，后经治疗康复请给报社写一封信，描述他(们)的中毒与脱险经过，呼吁社会各界重视食品安全。 14.Human relationships outside and inside tile home are based on _. 15.Physical violence a woman imposes on he
40、r children serves as an example of _. 16.Why does the author think women are easier to suffer from depression 17.What is mens role in the eyes of the society, according to this passage 18.Women would not put up with beating and chose to leave home if _. 19.Listen to the following passage. Altogether
41、 the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with interns of 15 seconds. The Last reading wil
42、l be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once morePlease write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE.Now Listen to the passage. 20.MY IDEA OF A UNIVERSITY ARTS FESTIVALYou are to write in three parts:
43、In the first part, state specifically what your idea is.In the second part, provide one or two reasons to support your idea OR describe your idea.In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriat
44、eness. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks. 21.You have got two tickets to a concert given by a famous pop band/orchestra. Write a note to your friend, Jimmy, describing briefly what it is and inviting him to come with you. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. 22.In the early 1860s three men who knew nothing of each other were working towards a discovery which saved millions of lives, completely changed the way operations were carried out, made great changes to the food we eat and helped doc