河北省2017年普通高校专科接本科教育选拔考试英语试卷(考试时间: 60分钟)(总分: 100分)说明:请在答题纸的相应位置上做答,在其它位置做答无效.I. Phonetics (5 points)Directions: In each of the following groups of words, there are 4 underlined letters or letter combinations marked A, B, C and D. Compare the underlined parts and identify the ONE that is different from the others in pronunciation. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.1. A. link B. windowC. kite D. think 2.A. dark B. war C. shark D. smart 3.A. southernB. math C. cloth D. thief 4.A. debt B. comb C. climb D. establish 5.A.mouse B. though C. south D. houseII. Situational Dialogues (10 points) Directions: In this section there is a long dialogue with 5 missing sentences. At the end of the dialogue, there is a list of given choices. You are required to select the ONE that best fits into the dialogue. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Note that there are two additional choices and you may not use any of the choices in the list more than once.Mary: Hello! _6_?John: Sure, my name is John Smith and Im from a small town called Brentwood in Essex which is in England.Mary: Ok, Essex. _7_?John: Thats in the southeast.Mary: Southeast.John: Yeah, yeah. Its attached to London, just next to London.Mary: Oh, OK, but you said its a small town.John: Its relatively small. _8_.Mary: Oh, when I think of a small British town, you know ,I think of really old houses, and nothings changed, _9_?John: The cinema in Brentwood actually closed down, but it does have a very nice health centre and, as I said, lots of parks to play in.Mary: Wow, _10_.A. The population is only about 50,000B. How are you doingC. sounds like a nice place to live inD. Thank you very muchE. Which part of England is thatF. so do you have modern stuff, like a health club, a movie theatre or things like thatG. Can you introduce yourself, pleaseIII. Reading Comprehension (50 points)Section A (30 points)Directions: There are two passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You are required to choose the ONE that best fits into the statement. Mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.There is a tale/ that straw(稻草) is the worst material from which to build a house , particularly if you are a pig with a hungry wolf around. So the cards were stacked against Warren Brush when local officials(官员） learned that he had several buildings /made of straw bales(大捆) on his land. They have tried to fine him a lot. But the case is still unresolved. The problem is that Californias building codes make no provision for the use of straw. And Mr. Brush has many defendersamong them several university scientists and David Eisenberg, the chairman of the United States Green Building Councils code committee. They would like to see the prejudice against straw houses eliminated, for straw is, in many ways, an ideal building material. It is, for one thing, a great insulator(绝热体). That keeps down the heating bills in houses made from it. It is also a waste product that would otherwise be burned, and is therefore cheap. Andvery much to the point in a place like Californiait is earthquake-resistant. Last year a test conducted at the University of Nevada showed that straw-bale constructions could withstand twice the amount of ground motion recorded in the Northbridge earthquake that hit Los Angeles in 1994.There are other straws in the wind: a post office in suburban Albuquerque, a school in Maryland, and an office complex in suburban Los Angeles have all been built from straw. Even California is having a rethink, and may change its rules to adapt to straw-bale construction. As Mr. Eisenberg observes, “The lesson of the Three Little Pigs isnt to avoid straw. Its that you dont let a pig build your house.”1. By “the cards were stacked against Warren Brush”, the author means_.A. Brush disliked playing cards B. cards were piled （堆放；一堆）around BrushC. Brush might lose the card game D. Brush could be in trouble12. The underlined word “eliminated” in paragraph 2 most probably means _.A. the prejudice can be removedB. the prejudice can be ignoredC. the quality of the house can be improvedD. the quality of the house can be guaranteed13. According to paragraph 3, which of the following is NOT the advantage of using straw to build a house?A. It can keep warm. B. It is cheap.C. It is earthquake resistant D. It is wind-proof14. The tale of “the Three Pigs” may illustrate(说明)_. A. straw is the worst material to build a houseB. straw is the best material to build a houseC. the ho