在湖北专升本考试前，通过做历年真题和模拟卷，考生可以了解考试的趋势和变化，从而进行更有针对性的复习。同时也可以帮助考生把握考试的方向，避免复习偏离考试要求。

Passage 2

Seientists are preparing to produce the world's first machine to clean up the largest area ofocean plastic, The system was first dreamed up by a teenage boy, Once it is produced, it will becarried by ship to the Great Pacifie Garbage Patch between Hawai and California, it is believedthat there are l.8 trillion (万/) pieces ofplastie, it was discovered in 1997, And this is humansfirst try to deal with it. Seientists believe the machine should be able to colleet halfofthe rubbishin the patch, about 40,000 tons in five years, in the past few months, they have been busy makingit come true with all kinds ofwork.

The Great Pacifie Garbage Patch is more than twice the size of Franee, and has at least79,000 tons of plastic, according to a research, Most ofit is from the fishing gear (奖备) given upby ships.

This kind of terrible waste kills more than 100,000 whales, dolphins and other sea animalseach year, Many seabirds and other sea animals are being found dead with stomachs full of smallpieces ofplastic, They ate the plastie in the sea, thinking it was food, But then they died becausethey couldn't eat the real food. They died ofhunger in faet.

A22_______boy first came up with the idea for the rubbish cleaning machine. Then the CirealPacifie Garbage Pateh was found 23_______ 1997.

According to the seientists, the machine should be able to colleet 24_______ofthe rubbish irthe patch, about 40,000 tons in five years. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch has at least 79,000tons of' plastic and most ofit was from the fishing gear given up by25_______Ifsea animals eat too much26_______instead offood, they will die ofhunger

Part IV Reading Comprehension(20%)

Direetions:

There are 2 passages, Each passage is followed by 5 questions, ineludingfour short questions andone translation item, Please answer these five questions based on the content ofhe passages andwrite your answers on the answer lines.

Passage 1

A new culture reality show, The Mystery ofChina, tells the stories ofsix cultural treasuresThe show not only visited archacology sites (考古遗址), but also invited culture experts to helppcople have a better and deeper understanding ofthese cultural trcasures

According to Li Zhenya, the show's producer, "who we are" and “where we come from" arekey questions on the way to “ find our genes (因)” “ We hope to record the valuable moments ofevery treasure. That is our purpose behind the show." said Li.

The show visited some ofChina's most well-known cultural sites, like the Mogao Grottoesand the Emperor Qin Shi Huan's Mausoleum Site Museum, How to introduce these treasures inthe best way was something that the production team had trouble with.

“Chinese history is so long that if we follow time order, then we would have to start with theXia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties or even carlier. That is not the way we learn history. A collectionof thousands of objects for the royal family (皇室) of the Tang Dynasty was found in 1970 in asmall village in North-west China's Shanxi Province. Who hid it underground and why did theydo so? There are so many questions to be answered," Li said, “Telling these stories behind thecultural treasures is something we hope to do, and then people can discover more about theseshining eultural symbols,” Li added.

27 . How many treasures does the show introduce?

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28 , How did the show help people have a better and deeper understanding ofcultural treasures?

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29.What was the production team having trouble with?

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30 , Where was a collection ofthousands ofobjects for the royal family found, in Shanxi Provinceor in Guangxi Province?

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31. Translate the underlined sentence “That is not the way we learn history.” into Chinese

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Passage 2

The Merchant ofVenice is the important carly works ofShakespeare, which is a comedy witha great satire (刺).In the play Shakespeare not only expresses love and fiiendship, but alscmirrors the social background ofthat time.

Antonio had a friend named Bassanio who spent moncy without limitation. As a result, he ranout ofhis wealth soon. Bassanio fell in love with Portia, but he was required to pay a large amountofmoney. So he went to Antonio for help. Antonio is a wealthy merchant but he didn't have somuch cash.Antonio went to Shylock, a moneylender, for help.

Having been scolded(贡备)by Antonio for being cruel and greedy, Shylock hated him.However, he agreed to lend him the money only ifAntonio would allow him to take a pound ofhisflesh when he could not repay him within three months. At last Antonio agreed to the contract. Butunluckily, Antonio lost all his ships at sea. He was not able to pay back to Shylock, and the Jewwent to court ofVenice to carry out his deal.

To save Antonio's lifc, Portia dressed up as a famous lawyer. According to the contract, sheagreed to Shylock's request, but insisted a pound ofmeat must be cut by just a pound of flesh, nomore and no less. At the same time, he was not allowed to let any ofAntonio's blood drop. Thewise judge announced that according to the law if anyone tried to kill a citizen of Venice.everything he owned should be taken away. Shylock would rather die ifall his money and goodswere taken away. Finally, Antonio gave up his part of Shylock's money on condition that Shylockshould leave the money to his own daughter upon his death. The cruel moneylender had to agree.

32.What themes does Shakespeare want to show us in the book?

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33.What was Shylock according to the passage?

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34. Why wasn'tAntonio able to pay the money back?

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35 . What the condition did Antonio set for giving up his share of Shylock's money?

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36 . Translate the underlined sentence “everything he owned should be taken away.” into Chinese.

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