2012年专插本历届真题试题及答案集2(2)

41. Using money as a medium of exchange means that______. A. you have to sell something in order to buy something B. you have to buy something in order to sell something

C. you don’t have to buy something in order to sell something D. the seller and the purchaser are the same person 42. Specialization is encouraged because people______. A. can use their money to buy whatever they want

B. do not need to make a complete product for exchange C. can share their products with many others

D. cannot use their money to buy whatever they want 43. A barter economy is one in which______. A. value is decided by weight

C. money is used goods are not exchanged

B. value is decided by number

D. goods are exchanged and money is not used

44. If one had to save products instead of money, ______. A. this would need years of practice B. he could only save part of his products C. they could not be stored for years on end D. many products would lose their value 45. How many advantages of money are mentioned in this passage? A. Two B. Three C. Four Passage three

Talk to those people who first saw films when they were silent, and they will tell you the experience was magic. The silent film had extraordinary powers to draw members of an audience into the story, and an equally

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potent capacity of make their imaginations work. It required the audience to become engaged-to supply voices and sound effects. The audience was the final, creative contributor to the process of making a film.

The finest films of the silent era depended on two elements that we can seldom provide today-a large and receptive audience and a well-orchestrated score. For the audience, the fusion of picture and live music added up to more than the sum of the respective parts.

The one word that sums up the attitude of the silent filmmakers is enthusiasm, conveyed most strongly before formulas took shape and when there was more room for experimentaion. This enthusiastic uncertainty often resulted in such accidental discoveries as new camera or editing techniques. Some films experimented with players; the 1915 film Regeneration, for example, by using real gangsters and streetwalkers, provided startling local color. Other films, particularly those of Thomas Ince, provided tragic endings as often as films by other companies supplied happy ones.

Unfortunately, the vast majority of silent films survive today in inferior prints that no longer reflect the care that the original technicians put into them. The modern versions of silent films may appear jerky and flickery, but the vast picture palaces did not attract four to six thousand people a night by giving them eyestrain. A silent film depends on its visuals; as soon as you degrade those, you lose elements that go far beyond the image on the surface. The acting in silents was often very subtle and very restrained, despite legends to the contrary.

46. In paragraph 2, the sentence “For the audience?parts.”indicates that______. A. music was the most important element of silent films

B. silent films rely on a combination of music and image in affecting an audience C. the importance of music in silent film has been overestimated D. live music compensated for the poor quality of silent film images

47. The“formulas”mentioned in paragraph 3 of the passage most probably refers to ______. A. movie theaters B. use of real characters C. contemporary events D. standardized film techniques

48. The author uses the phrase “enthusiastic uncertainty”in paragraph 3 to suggest that the filmmakers were ______.

A. eager to challenge existing conventions

B. eager to please but unsure of what the public wanted C. excited to be experimenting in an undefined area

D. delighted at the opportunity to study new acting formulas 49. The last sentence of paragraph 1 implies that ______.

A. the stars of silent movies have been criticized for overacting B. silent film techniques should be studied by filmmakers today C. visual effects defined the silent film

D. many silent films that exist today are of poor quality

50. The word“restrained”(the last line of the passage)most nearly means ______. A. sincere B. dramatic C. inexpressive D. understated Passage four

People have wondered for a long time how their personalities and behaviors are formed. It is not easy to explain why one person is intelligent and another is not, or why one is cooperative and another is competitive.

Social scientists are, of course, extremely interested in these types of questions. They want to explain why we possess certain characteristics and exhibit certain behaviors. There are no clear answers yet, but two distinct schools of thought on the matter have developed. As one might expect, the two approaches are very 4