长安学院2012届毕业生学位考试英语模拟题一
学位英语历年真题带答案12-05
成人本科学士学位英语统一考试2012年5月12日Part I Reading Comprehension (30%)Directions: There are three 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 should decide on the best choice and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.Passage 1Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:The most famous collections of fairy tales (童话) are the ones by Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm. The Grimms published their first fairy-tale collection in 1812. They didn’t think they were writing for children. They thought they were preserving disappearing German folk culture. Their first edition (版本) was a scholarly book that carefully recorded the oral tales. They were surprised when some of their early readers suggested that the stories might be interesting to children.But the Grimms needed money. They had made a bad deal with their publisher and received little payment for their first book. At one point Wilhelm complained there wasn’t a chair in his house one could sit on without worrying it would break. So he took the hint and set to work to make a book that would be suitable for children. He selected a few of the tales, made them much longer, and polished up the language. He didn’t add morals, but he did slip in character judgments and moralizing comments wherever he could.The Grimms’ fairy tales also have one characteristic that would seem to make them unsuitable for children. Many of them inc lude violent incidents. In “Hansel and Gretel” an old woman is burned to death in an oven, and in “Little Red Riding Hood” a child is eaten by a wolf. When he revised the tales for children, Wilhelm Grimm retained the violence. In fact, he sometimes even ramped it up. For example, in the first edition of the tales, Cinderella forgives her sisters at the end. It’s only in the second edition, the one intended for children, that her birds peck (啄) out their eyes.Why, then, have the Grimms’ fairy tales become classics of children’s literature, so much so that it is hard to imagine a child who doesn’t know Cinderella’s story or Snow White’s?One answer is that only a few of the tales survived into modem times. The first edition of the Grimms’ fairy tale s had 210 tales. By 1825 it was down to 50. And today only a dozen or so of the tales are often reprinted in children’s collections.(76) But the deeper answer is that the tales that have lasted are magical adventures that help children deal with the struggles and fears of their everyday lives.1. Why did Wilhelm Grimm set out to adapt his book for children?A. To deal with readers’ complaints.B. To improve his financial situation.C. At the request of his publisher.D. To preserve the ancient stories in print.2. When revising the fairy tales, Wilhelm did all of the following EXCEPT .A. adding character judgmentsB. making the tales much longerC. deleting the violent scenesD. polishing up the language3. What does the expression “ramped it up” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?A. Started.B. Allowed.C. Classified.D. Increased.4. Which of the following statements about the Grimms’ fairy tales is TRUEaccording to the passage?A. They were or iginally intended to be children’s stories.B. Generally speaking, the tales that have endured can help children deal with thechallenges life brings to them.C. A large number of the tales made it to the modem age.D. They are less violent th an the children’s stories being written today.5. What is the passage mainly concerned with?A. History of fairy tales.B. Ways to preserve the oral tradition.C. The Grimms’ fairy tales.D. Violence in fairy tales.Passage 2Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:. As the school year kicks off, parents are once again straggling to cajole (哄编)and, if need be, drag their exhausted teens out of bed. That image may make you laugh, but lack of sleep is no joke. (77) Teenagers w ho don’t get enough rest have more learning. health~ behavior and mood problems than students who get at least nine hours a night. Long-term lack of sleep is tied to heart disease, overweight, depression and a shortened life span in adults, indicating the importance of establishing good sleep habits early in life. Lack of sleep can be especially deadly for teens; car accidents are the leading cause of death among teenagers, and safety experts believe sleepy driving is a major factor.Unfortunately, few teenagers get the sleep they need. In a survey of middle- and high-school students, University of Colorado researchers found that 82 percent said they woke up tired and unrefreshed, and more than half had trouble concentrating during the day at least once a week.Blame multitasking for some of this. Many students are juggling after-school activities, homework and part-time jobs. Even when they manage to fulfill these obligations by a reasonable hour, television, the Internet, video games, phone calls and text messages to friends often keep them awake deep into the night. Taking soda and energy drinks late in the day and going to late-night parties on weekends add to sleep debt. Biology also works against teenagers’ sleep, The body’s internal clock, which controls when a person starts to feel tired, shifts after puberty (青春期), making it hard for most teens to fall asleep before 11 pm. Class usually begins before 8:15 am, with many high schools starting as early as 7:15 am. To get to school on time, most teens have to get up by 6:30 am, guaranteeing they’ll be sleep-deprived during the week. Teens often sleep much later on weekends to catch up, making it even harder to fallasleep on Sunday night and wake up Monday morning. Playing catch-up on weekends also doesn’t help teens stay refreshed when they need it most: during the week at school.Since the 1990s, middle and high schools in more than two dozen states have experimented with later school start times. (78) The results have been encouraging.’ more sleep, increased attendance, better grades and fewer driving accidents. But most schools still start early, meaning teens have their work cut out for them if they want to get enough sleep.6. According to the passage, poor sleep can be linked to all of the following EXCEPTA. heart diseaseB. car accidentsC. skin problemsD. poor concentration7. The main idea of Paragraph 3 isA. how sleep deprivation (缺乏) can be treatedB’ what causes sleep deprivationC. who is most at risk for sleep deprivationD. why sleep deprivation is a serious concern8. What does the word “juggling” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?A. Dealing with at the same time.B. Striking a balance between.C. Applying for.D. Having difficulty in.9. Which of the following is NOT to blame for teenagers’ lack of sleep?A. Multitasking.B. Biological clock. :C. Weekend catch-up sleep.D. Healthy diet.10. According to the passage, what have some schools done to help their students get enough sleep?A. Educating their students about the importance of sleep.B. Monitoring their students’ late-night activities.C. Delaying school start times.D. Setting strict rules.Passage 3Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:As any middle-class parent knows, unpaid work experience can give youngsters a valuable introduction to a secure job. The government has recognized it too, abandoning rules in 2011 that had formerly stopped 16- to 24-year-o!ds from doing unpaid work while claiming unemployment benefit. But moving from that to forcing them to work without pay in order to collect these benefits has proved a big step.(79) More than one million young people in Britain are unemployed, the highest number since the mid-1980s. Keen both to cut the welfare bill and to avoid the depressed future wages that may result from early unemployment, the government has introduced an ambitious program of reform to get youngsters off welfare and into work.A key part of it is ensuring that no one gets benefit from the government for long; ministers are keen to avoid what happened after the early- 1980s recession (~/l/), when unemployment continued in some parts of the country for a long time after theeconomy began to improve.To help young people into work, ministers had persuaded lots of employers, including bakery chains, bookshops, and supermarkets, to take on unemployed youths, who receive work experience but no pay, with the prospect of a proper job for those who shine. (80) Some 35,000 youngsters participated last year; half found paid work soon after finishing the scheme.The idea of getting young adults used to showing up for work is popular with voters: according to a survey published in February, about 60% of people support the program. Equally attractive was the option of compelling them to work: Under the existing arrangements youngsters could choose whether or not to accept a place, but if they dropped out after the end of the first week, the y stood to lose up to two weeks’ benefits.Yet the scheme has also polarized (两极分化的) opinion: a third of people are consistently opposed. Following a noisy “Right to Work” campaign that accused employers of co-operating secretly with the government in “forced labor”, several firms dropped out of the program. To prevent this from getting worse, Chris Grayling, an employment minister, admitted that young people could leave their work experience at any time without being punished for doing so. This not only halted the flight of employers (for now, at least) but also enabled him to announce that new firms have agreed to take part in the program.11. According to the passage, young people in Britain .A. are used to showing up for workB. value unpaid work very muchC. are always opposed to unpaid workD. could learn something about job security through unpaid work12. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT TRUE?A. Most voters support the government’s effort to help yo ung people to find work.B. Some people protest against the government’s attempt to force young people towork.C. There are more than one million young people who took part in the program.D. There are more than one million young people who are jobless.13. According to the author, the British government is trying to .A. punish young people if they are not cooperating with itB. reform the unemployed youngstersC. avoid the economic slowdownD. reduce welfare spending14. The word “shine” in Paragraph 3 means““.A. do wellB. reflect lightC. look happyD. produce light15. Which of the following is an appropriate title for this passage?A. Enjoy Work Without PayB. Can Work, Won’t WorkC. Should Work, Shouldn’t PlayD. Hate Work or Love WorkPart II Vocabulary and Structure (30%)Directions: In this part there are 30 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.16. Please give Jim the schedule for tomorrow’s conference when he back. He is to chair the conference.A. will comeB. comeC. comesD. came17. five minutes earlier, you would not have missed the last train for Shanghai, but you were late.A. Had you comeB. Do you comeC. Did you comeD. Should you come18. After he worked out the solution, appeared a smile on his face.A. itB. hereC. whatD. there19. the former president’s supporters went out in streets to express their anger and dissatisfaction.A. A small amount ofB. A large number ofC. A little bit ofD. A great deal of20. To b e honest, today’s dinner was just so-so. It wasn’t such a good one promised by the boss.A. thatB. whichC. asD. what21. So many people ______ the meeting had to be put off.A. being absentB. to be absentC. were absentD. had been absent22. We often advise him not to drink more is good for his health.A. asB. thatC. thanD. but23. —Did Charles vote in the last election?—No, he wasn’t.A. enough old thenB. then enough oldC. old then enoughD. old enough then24. By no means look down on those who are less lucky in life than we are.A. we shouldB. should weC. we should notD. should we not25. He didn’t feel like that day so he stayed indoors reading.A. workingB. worksC. to workD. worked26. No sooner had we started on the road it began to rain.A. whenB. thanC. thenD. whenever27. He decided to go for a sailing holiday the fact that he was usually Seasick (晕船).A. because ofB. in spite ofC. in case ofD. as a result of28. What you do in your spare time is your own . However it should not be harmful to others.A. businessB. purchaseC. bargainD. sale29. As a gardener, Jim has to water the flowers and the grass in the garden every morning.A. trimB. improveC. refineD. repair30. The firemen are still the small fires started by the plane crash.A. taking offB. setting asideC. getting along withD. putting out31. He didn’t live up to had been expected of him.A. thatB. whatC. whichD. all32. The old couple decided to a boy and a girl though they had three of their own.A. adaptB. bringC. receiveD. adopt33. The relationship between employers and employees has been studied .A. originallyB. extremelyC. violentlyD. intensively34. The car halfway for no reason.A. broke offB. broke downC. broke upD. broke out35. The police that he committed a series of crimes in the north of the city.A. swelledB. submittedC. surveyedD. suspected36. The manager lost his just because his secretary was ten minutes late.A. moodB. temperC. mindD. passion37. We gave out a cheer when the red roof of the cottage came view.A. fromB. inC. beforeD. into38. I have kept that portrait I can see it every day, as it always reminds me ofmy university days in London.A. whichB. whereC. whetherD. when39. The room is in a terrible mess; it cleaned.A. can’t have beenB. mus tn’t have beenC. shouldn’t have beenD. wouldn’t have been40. You see the lightning it happens, but you hear the thunder later.A. the instantB. for an instantC. on the instantD. in an instant41. it or not, his discovery has created a stir in scientific circles.A. BelieveB. To believeC. BelievingD. Believed42. The medicine is on sale everywhere. You can get it at ch emist’s.A. otherB. someC. certainD. any43. Your hair wants . You’d better have it done tomorrow.A. cutB. to cutC. cuttingD. being cut44. I don’t think it advisable that Tom to the job since he has no experience.A. be assignedB. will be assignedC. is assignedD. has been assigned45. The goals he had fought all his life no longer seemed important to him.A. after whichB. with whichC. for whichD. at whichPart III Identification (10%)Directions: Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked A, B, C and D. Identify the one that is not correct. Then blacken the corresponding letter on theAnswer Sheet.46. The sun gives off light and warmth, that makes it possible for plants to grow.A B C D47. Sand painting has also called dry or earth painting and is practiced byA B Cseveral American Indian artists.D48. Humans, like many other animals, are warm-blooded with a fairly constantlyA B C Dbody temperature.49. Now that the stress of examinations and interviews are over, we can all relaxA B C Dfor a while.50. The tallest of the twins went to search for the missing jewels, the picture ofA Bwhich you saw in today’s newspaper.C D51. They are going to have the serviceman to be installed an electric fan in theA B C Doffice tomorrow.52. Only under special circumstances freshmen are permitted to take make-up tests.A B C D53. It’s already 5 o’clock now. Don’t you think it’s about time we are going home?A B C D54. Despite the wonderful acting and well-developed plot the three-hours’ movieA B Ccould not hold our attention.D55. People appreciate to have worked with him because he has a good sense ofA B Chumor.DPartly Cloze (10%)Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage, and for each blank there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D at the end of the passage. You should choose ONE answer that best fits into the passage. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.By the time I finished high school, my interest in animals had grown, and I enrolled at a university to study biology. I learned soon enough that studying animals 56 this level was not in the animals’ best 57. I remember one midterm exam in 58 each student was handed a large, freshly-killed frog and 59 to dissect (解剖)and mark a set of body parts. I looked at the 60 frog in front of me and was saddened that her life was 61 away for such a slight 62.A year later, in the same lab 63 I dissected the frog, I performed a small act of animal 64. We were 65 on fruit flies, and it was time to record the distribution of characteristics in their next generation. Flies were 66 in small plastic bottles. Counting the number of flies with white or red eyes required first exposing them to ether (乙醚) 67 they could not move. The flies were then spread onto a piece of white paper 68 and counted. When the data collection was 69 , the flies had no further use, and our instructions were to 70 them into a small glass dish of oil at the center of each desk, which was to be their final resting 71.Once my little pile of flies had been counted, I pushed them off the edge of the paper. As we recorded our data, I kept one eye 72 them. Within minutes the pile was humming (嗡嗡叫) as tiny legs and wings beat their way out of the ether fog. I was extremely excited as they 73 flight. That was my first 74 in refusing to conduct scientific research that treated nonhuman life in a(n) 75 way.56. A. at B, withC. forD. off57. A. duties B. interestsC. ratesD. hobbies58. A. what B. thatC, where D. which59. A. dismissed B. drawnC. instructedD. mended60. A. alive B, dead ~C. livingD. wounded61. A. made B. broughtC. takenD. passed62. A. reason B. spiritC. spaceD. system63. A. that B. whichC. whatD. where64. A. operation B. liberationC. tendencyD. wealth65. A. experimenting B. strengtheningC. stimulatingD. substituting66. A. solved B. soakedC. recoveredD. kept67. A. while B. becauseC. in caseD. so that68. A. being examined B. to be examinedC. being operated D- to be operated69. A. preliminary B. progressiveC. completeD. curious70. A. put B. raiseC. rouse D, spoil71.A. shade B. shadowC. placeD. stuff72. A. for B. withC. atD. on73. A. stood B. tookC. sentD. rode74, A. step B. reviewC. glanceD. gesture75. A. kind B. generousC. cruelD. effectivePart V Translation (20%)Section ADirections: In this part there are five sentences which you should translate into Chinese These sentences are all taken from the 3 passages you have just read in Reading Comprehension. You can refer back to the passages to identify their meanings in the context.76. But the deeper answer is that the tales that have lasted are magical adventures that help children deal with the struggles and fears of their everyday lives.77. Teenagers who don’t get enough rest have more learning, health, behavior and mood problems than students who get at least nine hours a night.78. The results have been encouraging: more sleep, increased attendance, better grades and fewer driving accidents.79. More than one million young people in Britain are unemployed, the highest number since the mid-1980s.80. Some 35,000 youngsters participated last year; half found paid work soon after finishing the scheme.Section BDirections: In this part there are five sentences in Chinese. You should translate them into English. Be sure to write clearly.81．昨天，我坐在办公室写报告时，小明从英国打电话过来了。
2012年学位课英语试题
2012年学位课英语试题（A卷）PAPER ONEPart I Listening Comprehension (25 minutes, 20 points)Section A ( 1 point each)1. A. He is pretty comfortable in this kind of setting.B. He is not at ease when seeing her.C. He is not used to the current surroundings.D. He rarely feels shy in unfamiliar places.2. A. Waiter and customer B Husband and wife.C. Boss and secretaryD. Doctor and patient3. A. They went to see a movie.B. They had a heated quarrel.C. They ended their relationship.D. They changed their plan.4. A. At a coffee shop. B In the street C. At one‟s home D. In a restaurant5. A. She prefers to go shopping with him.B. She does not want to eat out.C. She is in a bad mood today.D. She wants to enjoy the perfect weather.6. A. Tuesday and Friday B Wednesday and ThursdayC. Monday and SaturdayD. Saturday and Sunday7. A The man always makes wise decision.B. Jane may not be able to do the job very well.C. Jane knows how to run a chain store.D. The man really likes the book cover.8. A. The woman needs to arrive earlier.B. The man has to delay his departure.C. The woman dislikes air travel.D. The man has some extra work tomorrow.9. A. Double major in both business and psychology.B. Major in business and minor in psychology.C Drop business or psychologyD. Choose two closely related majors.Section B ( 1point each)Mini-talk One10. A. It represents the bride‟s link to her family and the past.B. It represents support of the bride‟s family and friends.C. It‟s a symbol of good luck and success.D. It‟s a symbol of good health.11. A. Wealth and health B. Protection against evilC Loyalty and purity D. A remainder of the past12. A Wearing something new B Wearing blue items.C. Wearing something borrowed D Wearing a silver sixpence in a shoe Mini-talk Two13. A. They are facing budget deficit.B. They are giving more weight to academic study.C. They are conducing observational studies.D. They are shortening school hours.14. A. Because being active is the cause of higher grades.B. Because the amount of activity required is just right.C. Because they help students learn to follow rules in class.D. Because they can arouse students‟ curiosity.15. A. Whether there is difference between school subjects.B. Whether physical activity is linked to academic performance.C. Whether a comparison should be made with the control.D. Whether the amount of activity affects academic performance.Section C ( 1 point each)16. To keep your sensitive information safe, your job is to create a password that is very ____( 3 words)17. Your password should not ____( 2 words) about you.18. Consider this: in addition to ___(2 words) , phrases can also be easy to remember.19. This password could still be stronger by adding upper-class letters, numbers or ____(2 words)20. Always remember to ____(3 words) each site you visit on a computer that isn‟t yours.Part II Vocabulary (10 minutes, 10 points)Section A (0.5 point each)21. Facebook‟s top executives are eligible for twice-a-year bonuses of up to 45 percent of their base salaries.A optionalB qualifiedC desirableD casual22. Ways have to be found to accommodate the special needs of these left-behind children in rural areas.A. satisfy B occupy C alter D host23. The number of people with Alzheimer‟s disease in the United States is projected to more than double by 2050.A devisedB thrustC estimatedD encountered24. My supervisor, gentle and friendly, made me feel at ease from the first meeting with him.A. at large B at length C at random D at home25. I searched the library to see what I could learn about the massacre, but nothing turned up.A was recommendedB was foundC was understoodD was clarified.26. Geraldine Ferraro said that whoever coined the term ObamaCare was brilliant.A came uponB broke downC made upD drew on27. Upon learning that his mother was gravely ill, he wasted no time getting to the hospital.A suddenlyB moderatelyC seriouslyD genetically28. It requires uncompromising efforts to develop these residences into true homes for our underprivileged citizens.A unproductiveB unyieldingC uninvitingD unintentional29. Snow is not predicted for today; we can expect some rain, though.A althoughB thereforeC yetD however30. At that time, there was a wealth of evidence that Japan was planning war in the Pacific.A abundantB valuableC expensiveD priceless.Section B (0.5 point each)31. This old man developed nerve damage to his brain, _____ him nearly disabled.A leavingB keepingC allowingD causing32. These discoveries have opened up new ____ in the field of cancer research.A rainbowsB horizonsC altitudeD paradoxes33. Some politicians in Japan still believe that the Nanjing Massacre is nothing but a ___.A novelB flawC truthD myth34. Many people choose to be honest when creating their online ____ to make future dating easier.A pretextsB prepositionsC profilesD protests35. Several large studies have found ____ lower odds of heart disease among regular nut eaters.A confidentlyB consistentlyC conceptuallyD contemptuously36. The boss needs a workout program that perfectly ____ his busy schedule.A turns intoB falls intoC looks intoD fits into37. A glimpse ___our solar system reveals the neighborhood outside the sun‟s influence is stranger than expected.A intoB atC byD beyond38. It has never ____ to me that an intimate knowledge of English grammar can be so useful .A occurredB happenedC turnedD conformed39. The FDA is expected to require safety studies on e-cigarettes and ____ their use.A regulateB recollectC reboundD rehearse40. Teenagers can become ____ and hard to handle if every single decision is taken away from them.A obedientB cooperativeC rebelliousD aestheticPart III Cloze Test (10 minutes, 10 points, 1 point each)“A better, richer and happier life for all our citizens.” That‟s the American __41__ . In practice, it means living in a spacious, air-conditional house, owning a car or three or maybe a boat or a holiday home, not to mention flying off to __42__ destinations. The trouble __43__ this lifestyle is that it consumes a lot of power. If everyone in the world started living like wealthy Americans, we __44__ need to generate morethan 10 times __45__ energy each year. And __46__ , in a century or three, we all expect to be __47__ by an army of robots and fly into space on holidays, we are going to need a vast amount more. Where are we going to get so much power from?It is a clear that continuing to rely on __48__ fuels will have catastrophic results, because of the dramatic warming effect of carbon dioxide. But alternative power sources will affect the climate too. For now, the climatic effects of “clean energy”sources are trivial __49__ those from greenhouse gases, but if we keep on using ever more power over the coming centuries, they will become ever more __50___.41.A. constitution B. dream C history D character42.A. exotic B. patriotic C. supersonic D. alcoholic43.A. on B. for C. at D with44.A shall B will C should D would45.A much more B more than C as much D of more46.A if B though C while D so47.A taken to B attended to C attached to D submitted to48.A rock B stone C fossil D diamond49.A according to B based on C such as D compared with50.A significant B imperative C indispensable D negligiblePart IV Reading Comprehension ( 45 minutes, 1 point each )Passage OneAs many people hit middle age, they often start to notice that their memory and mental clarity are not what they used to be. We suddenly can‟t remember where we put the keys just a moment ago or an old acquaintances‟ name. as the brain fades, we refer to these occurrences as “senior moments”. While seemingly innocent, this loss of mental focus can potentially have a detrimental impact on our professional, social, and personal well-being.Neuroscientists are increasingly showing that there‟s actually a lot that can be done. It turns out that the brain needs exercise in much the same way our muscles do, and the right mental workouts can significantly improve our basic cognitive functions. Thinking is essentially a process of making neural connections in the brain. Because these connections are made through effort and practice, scientists believe that intelligence can expand and fluctuate according to mental efforts.A new company has taken it a step further and developed the first “brain training program”, called Lumosity, to actually help people improve and regain their mental sharpness. Lumosity is far more than an online place to exercise your mental skills. That‟s because they have integrated these exercises into a Web-based program that allows you to systematically improve your memory and attention skills. The program keeps track of your progress and provides detailed feedback on your performance and improvement. Most importantly, it constantly modifies and enhances the games you play to build on the strengths you are developing---much like an effective exercise routine requires you to increase resistance and vary your muscle use.Apparently it works. In randomized, controlled clinical trials Lumosity was shown to significantly improve basic cognitive functions. One study showed studentsimproved their scores on math tests by 34 percent after using Lumosity for six weeks. The company says its users have reported clearer and quicker thinking, improved memory, increased alertness and awareness, elevated mood, and better concentration at work or while driving.While many of the games at Lumosity are free, a modest subscription fee is required to use the full program over the long term. However, Lumosity is currently offering a free trial of their program to new users so that you can see how well it works before you decide to subscribe. The company believes the results will speak for themselves.51.What can we learn about “senior moments”?A.They are nothing to be worried about.B.They happen to each middle-aged person.C.They mostly happen to the elders.D.They are signs of declining memory.52.Neuroscientists are beginning to find that ________A.cognitive functions can be improved by mental effort.B.Intelligence varies with the amount of physical exercise.C.“senior moments” are quite useful at work .D.Our brain and muscles should be trained differently.53.From paragraph 3, it can be concluded that Lumosity _____.A.is just an online place to exercise your mental skills.B.requires the users to keep doing the same games.C.is a set of exercises intended for the mentally-retarded.D.can help users make improvement in the brain.54.Clinical trials have proved that Lumosity _____A.is better than reported B is highly effective and beneficial.B.should be under strict control D leaves much to be desired.55.Which of the following statements is true about Lumosity?A.Access to these games is quite expensive.B.Chronic users have to pay for the access to the games.C.All the games at Lumosity are free of charge.D.Access to the games is limited to subscribers.56.The main purpose in writing this passage is to _____A.present the new findings of neuroscientists.B.remind the middle-aged to take physical exercise.C.describe how Lumosity came into being.D.introduce how braining training makes your smarter.Passage TwoAccording to psychology professor Carol Dweck of Stanford University, “Praising children for being smart can backfire.” If this doesn‟t get the attention of Millennium parents, I‟m not sure what will.It is my observation that so many parents today believe that if their child appears to be the least bit “advanced” for his age, he‟s destined to be the next Albert Einstein,Tiger Woods, or Bill Gates. It‟s human nature for mom and dad to show much admiration for their child and dish out praise for accomplishments achieved. The problem is, according to this study, parents may not be doing the best thing by praising their child for his intelligence.Dweck‟s research involved junior high students in New York and concluded that “classroom performance improved when her study subjects believed the brain is like a muscle that can grow.”Students who “focuses on the learning process (effort, concentration or strategies used) asked for feedback and did better in all subjects.”Feedback such as, …You did well because you worked so hard‟ or …You used so many descriptive words to make this story interesting‟can encourage children to try new things, as they are being rewarded for their effort. When the …time and effort‟ strategy is being positively reinforced, the child will probably use the same strategy next time they are learning something. Over time new strategies can be introduced, so the child‟s repertoire of strategies is broadened.Dweck goes on to say that “they(students who improved) performed better because their success was being measured by effort, not by test scores or grades.”Parents should praise effort, not just results. Children who received praise about their innate abilities (talents or strengths) had less chance of trying new things and became anxious and under performed as things became more difficult. That is one of the greatest dangers to continually praising children for whatever they do in order to falsely raise a child‟s self-esteem.What are mom and dad to do? Offer genuine praise and encouragement for effort and successes, but balance this with setting appropriate expectations and following up with consequences when the child falls short due to laziness. Don‟t make excuses. Your child will better face the challenges life had to offer in the future when you as a parent recognize the efforts he is making today.57.The underlined word “backfire” in the first paragraph probably means ____A.create some miracles.B.produce an undesirable resultC.be negligible to some extentD.be motivating and inspiring.58.Which of the following can be considered proper feedback?A.You did really well on this spelling test, you must have spent hours practicingyour words.B.Oh, honey, you‟re so smart----that failing grade won‟t matter anyway.C.This is a wonderful paintings. What a great artist you are!D.You did really well on this spelling test, you are very clever.59.A child who is praised for his effort and strategy is likely to ____A have his learning strategies increased.B feel inferior to the smart children.C. have falsely high self-esteem.D. expect more praise and encouragement.60. Praising a child for his talent may ________A. encourage him to try new things.B. motivate him to greater efforts.C. leave him less prepared for challenges.D. put his life at risk in case of failure61. The author‟s advice to parents is ___A. to expose the child to greater challenges.B. not to expect too much of a child.C. to forbid the child to make any excuses.D. to combine praise with constructive criticism.62. Which of the following can be a proper title for this passage?A. Never Praise Your Child for Any of His Achievement.B. Praise Your Child, But Not for Being SmartC. How to Reward a Child for His EffortD. Praise---- A Must for the Child‟s Future.Passage ThreeAs a new matchmaker, internet dating sites promise two cutting edges: a vastly greater choice of potential partners and scientifically proven way of matching suitable people together.The greater choice is unarguable. But does it lead to better outcomes? And do the “scientifically tested methods”actually work? These are the questions asked by a team of psychologists led by Eli Finkel.The researchers‟ first observation is how any of the much-boasted partner-matching methods actually works. Many firms preserve their intellectual property as trade secrets, and there is no reason why internet dating sites should not be among them. But this renders claims of effectiveness impossible to test objectively. There is thus no independent scientific evidence that any of these methods does enhance the chance of their hitting it off when they meet.It is possible to test the value of a claim that they match people with compatible personality traits. However, Dr Dyrenforth asked more than 20,000 people about their relationships and assessed their personalities. Members of couples with similar personalities were indeed happier than those without. But the difference was just 0.5%.Surely, the chances of finding that magic other are increased by the second thing internet dating brings: a multitude of choice. But here, too, things are not as simple as they might seem.An assumption behind all consumer decisions is that what people think they want is what they actually need. And the data suggest people are not good at knowing what they want. One of Dr Finkel‟s own studies showed that when they are engaged in speed dating, people‟s stated preferences at the beginning of the process do not well match the characters of the individuals they actually like. When faced with abundant choices, people pay less attention to characteristics that require thinking and conversation to evaluate and more to matters physical. Choice, in other words, dulls the critical faculties.Finkel‟s conclusion is that love is as hard to find on the internet as elsewhere. Youmay be just as likely to luck out in the local café, or by acting on the impulse to stop and talk to that stranger on the street whose glance you caught, as you are by clicking away with a mouse and hoping that, one day, Cupid‟s arrow will strike.63. The effectiveness of the dating sites is difficult to verify scientifically because they ____A. keep their intellectual property secret.B. have two cutting edges.C. adopt strange matching methodsD. are good at deception as evidenced.64. The expression “hit it off” in Paragraph 3 probably means ____A. say goodbye B get along well C get hurt D dislike each other65. Dr. Dyrenforth found that couples with different personalities ____A were much less happy than those with similar personalities.B. were more likely to divorce than those with similar personalities.C were almost as happy as those with similar personalities.D. were must happier than those with similar personalities.66. According to Paragraph 6, the abundance of choices offered by the dating sites ____A can increase the chance of finding ideal partners.B helps people to become better aware of what they want.C divert attention from other mental qualitiesD leads to exclusive concern with one‟s appearance67. Finkel‟s conclusion is that ______A. it is impossible to find true love on the Internet wherever you are.B.you are as likely to find love through chance encounters as via the Internet.C. you are more likely to find love through these online dating sites.D. you can find love more easily by talking to a stranger on the street.68. The researchers‟ attitude towards these Internet dating sites is ____A suspicionB confidenceC objectionD recommendationPassage FourMany countries have made it illegal to talk into a hand-held mobile phone while driving. But the latest research provides further confirmation that the danger lies less in what a motorist‟s hands do when he takes a call than in what the conversation does to his brain. Even using a “hands-free” device can impair a driver‟s attention to an alarming extent.Melina Kunar of the University of Warwick and Todd Horowitz of the Harvard Medical School ran a series of experiments in which two groups of volunteers had to pay attention and respond to a series of moving tasks on a computer screen that were reckoned equivalent in difficulty to driving. One group was left undistracted while the other had to engage in a conversation about their hobbies using a speakerphone. As Dr Kunar and Dr. Horowitz report in Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, those who were making the equivalent of a hands-free call had an average reaction time 212 milliseconds slower than those who were not. That, they calculate, would add 5.7meters to the braking distance of a car traveling at 100kph. They found that the group using the hands-free kit made 83 percent more errors in their tasks than those who were not talking.They also explored the effect of simply listening to something ---- such as a radio program. For this they played a recording of the first chapter of Bram Stoker‟s “Dracula”. Even though the test subjects were told to pay attention because they would be asked questions about the story afterwards, it had little effect on their reaction times. Dr.Kunar reckons that having to think about responses during a phone conversation competes for the brain‟s resources in a way that listening to a monologue does not. The research led by Frank Drews of the University of Utah suggests the same thing is true of the idle chatter of a passenger.Punishing people for using hand-held gadgets while driving is difficult enough, even though they can be seen from outside the car. Stopping people making hands-free calls would probably be impossible ---- especially because more and more vehicles are now being fitted with the necessary equipment as standard. Persuading people to switch their phones off altogether when they get behind the wheel might be the only answer. Who knows, they might even come to enjoy not having to take calls. And they‟ll be likelier to arrive in one piece.69. Which body part is most affected by talking into a cell phone when driving?A. Hands B Feet C Eyes D The brain70. In Kunar and Horowitz‟s experiments, the subjects who performed tasks while talking ____A. reacted more quickly and made fewer mistakes.B reacted more quickly, but made more mistakes.C. reacted more slowly, but made fewer mistakes.D. reacted more slowly, and made more mistakes.71. According to Frank Drews, listening to a passenger talking ____A affects drivers more than a phone conversation.B affects drivers more than listening to a story .C has less effect on the drivers than a phone conversation.D has less effect on the drivers than listening to a story.72 The law forbidding the use of hand-held phones when driving ____A is necessary and feasibleB has been frequently brokenC will arouse heated debateD has been widely observed.73. The best hope of stopping people using hands-free phones lies with ____A the lawmakersB car manufacturersC drivers themselvesD new technology74. The purpose of the passage is to ________A inform people of the danger of using phones while driving.B call on lawmakers to make new road laws on the use of cell phonesC offer suggestions for drivers who use cell phones while driving.D weigh the benefits and harms of using phones when driving.Passage FiveIn these times of fast media and ever-growing Internet, we are under so many external influences that it is anything but easy to think for ourselves. Unless you are a cunning, very aware person, you most likely don‟t even know when your thinking is not your own.Not that all outside influence is bad to forming your own views, but being unable to think for yourself can make you miserable at best, or a puppet of someone else‟s programming, at worst.Admittedly, we are all born into societies or cultures where the norms and customs are already established. We have little choice but to conform to what is already in place. This is not necessarily a bad thing. However, it can be confining and controlling if we accept everything blindly and never question the status quo.Does this mean all of your ideas can be original and unlike everyone else‟s? Not at all!Nor does it require being contrary and argumentative just to be defiant or stand out. To think for yourself means that whatever opinions you hold will be well thought out and arise from thorough investigation and thoughtful analysis. It means choosing to not compromise the facts for the sake of consensus or fitting in. It is not unlike critical thinking ---- it just brings about a broader scope of choices and decision-making in your life.For example, how many of us feel the need to keep up with …the latest‟? We wear clothes, listen to music and follow trends that the media tells us we should in order to be cool. Marketing companies create ads that tempt us into a herd mentality as we fall into debt, wear fashions that are unbecoming, and get caught up in a cycle of over-spending and then stressing out over it. We are living lives designed for us by the powers without our conscious participation.Another trap we fall into when we don‟t think for ourselves is groupthink. Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon that takes place within a group of people who try to avoid conflict and reach agreement without critically evaluating options or alternative ideas. The problem with groupthink is that it hinders finding the best solutions, impedes creative ideas and frustrates independent thinking. Wanting to be part of the crowd can certainly have its drawback!75. It can be learned from the first paragraph that _____A. it is necessary to take one‟s own interest into considerationB a clever person is always obedient and unselfish.C. independent thinking doesn‟t come easily to us.D the Internet has made humans more thoughtful.76. Trying to conform to established ideas ___A. is something you can easily avoid doingB is sometimes what we can‟t help doing.C can seldom do any good to you.D rarely happens in modern society.77. The ability to think for yourself means that ______A. your ideas have to be novel and unique.B your should never use critical thinking.C you should try to be defiant and well-known.D your opinions are based on facts and contemplation78. Paragraph 6 is mainly concerned with ____A. what we must do to learn to think for ourselves.B. the prevalent outside influence on our lives.C. the numerous mistakes we make in daily life.D. the negative impact of TV commercials on us.79. From the last paragraph, it can be concluded that groupthink ____A. can lead to the loss of individual creativity.B contributes little to group harmony and cohesion.C cares about alternative or different ideas .D encourages independent thinking eventually.80. The purpose in writing this passage is to ____A define what is independent thinking .B tell us how to develop original ideas.C describe the consequence of groupthink.D. urges people to think for themselves.Paper TwoPart V Translation (30 minutes, 20 points)Section A ( 15 minutes, 10 pointes)Excessive dependence on automobiles has profound negative impacts on human health: decreased opportunities for physical activity, increased exposure to air pollution, raised vulnerability to chronic diseases and the mounting incidence of traffic crashes that alone cost a staggering $180 billion. The determination of the magnitude of the health impact is notoriously so tricky as to end up with an astronomical figure probably. No calculation can be complete without formulating practical standards or models for estimating health costs. Costs associated with obesity, breathing illness, and injuries are evidenced by research. Growing recognition of the close connection between transportation, social cohesion and health has resulted in some studies that have achieved compelling findings.Section B( 15 minutes, 10 points)在21世纪，全球化和数字化已经把世界变成地球村。
2012年考题(解析版)
2012年学位英语考试考题Part I Reading ComprehensionPassage 1【1-5 BCBAD】For centuries Dutch engineers have been fighting a war against water. Their main enemy is the sea. A large part of the country is below sea level. In fact, Holland is also called the “Netherlands” which means “low land.” Very tall and strong walls, called dykes, have built to keep out the sea. But in very rough weather the sea may suddenly burst through a dyke. Great damage can be caused by floods when this happens.Three large rivers are also part of the problem. These rivers are the Rhine, the Maas and the Scheldt. They flow through Holland into the North Sea. They have cut many passages across the country. At low tides, the rivers flow into the sea as usual. But at high tide, the sea can flow into the rivers! This is because the land is so low.The battles against the water never end, but they have made Holland a bigger and bigger country. In order to prevent floods, the engineers take or reclaim land that was under water. The Dutch have been reclaiming land for seven hundred years.Land is usually reclaimed from a passage between islands. Two dykes are built across the passage, so they block the water between them. Then the engineers dig long canals and pump the water into them. At low tide, the canals empty the water into the sea.Because the land is so low, water from the sea and rivers can rise up through the ground. For this reason, the pumps continue working even the land has been drained (that is, when the water has been pumped away). The dykes contain gates, and through these the water is pumped out. In many parts of Holland, pumps must be working all the time. If they stopped, there will be very bad floods.1. Water is the main threat to Holland because ____.A. the sea is too roughB. the land is lower than the seaC. the high and strong dykes can not keep the floods outD. the weather is too rough1.【答案】B第一段中提到：Their main enemy is the sea. A large part of the country is below sea level.他们主要的敌人就是海洋。
2012年12月30日研究生英语学位考试答案
KEYS(2012/12/30)A 卷PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSIONSection A1. D2. B3. C4. C5. A6. D7. B8. C9. BSection B10. C 11. C 12. A 13. A 14. B 15. BSection C16. mental distress17. feel a little low18. stay connected with19. budget and interests20. immersed inPART II VOCABULARY (10 minutes, 10 points )21. B 22. D 23. C 24. A 25. A 26. B 27. D 28. A 29. C 30. B 31. B 32. A 33. C 34. D 35. A 36. C 37. B 38. D 39. B 40. BPART III CLOZE TEST (10 minutes, 10 points, 1 point each)41. D 42. A 43. B 44. B 45. D 46. C 47. A 48. D 49. C 50. BPART IV READING COMPREHENSION (45 minutes, 30 points, 1 point each)51. C 52. B 53. C 54. D 55. A 56. C 57. D 58. A 59. C 60. B 61. C 62. D 63. A 64. B 65. B 66. C 67. D 68. C 69. B 70. A 71. A 72. D 73. C 74. B 75. B 76. B 77. A 78. D 79. A 80. CPART V TRANSLATION (30 minutes, 20 points)Section A 英译汉：参考答案：有关成功的故事使我们思考事业有成需要哪些因素以及获诺贝尔奖是什么样的感受。
12本科-学位英语考试题库-大学英语1卷
2015届学位英语考试题库2012级本科大学英语1卷Section A: Word Recognition（每小题0.5分，共5分）Directions:In this section you will hear ten statements. Each statement will be spoken only ONCE. After each statement there will be a pause. During the pause, you must choose which of the two words you hear in each statement. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡上作答。
1. A. shout B. short2. A. fate B. fight3. A. mat B. might4. A. fool B. full5. A. duck B. dark6. A. watch B. wash7. A. warning B. warming8. A. league B. leak9. A. let B. net10. A. west B. vestSection B: Listening Strategy（每小题1分，共10分）Directions: In this section y ou’ll hear ten statements. Each statement will be spoken TWICE. After each statement there will be a pause. During the pause, you must fill in the blank with an appropriate word you hear in the statement. Then write your answer on the corresponding part of the Answer Sheet.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡上作答。
陕西省西安市五校联考2012届高三英语第一次模拟考试试题
长安一中、高新一中、交大附中、师大附中、西安中学高2012届第一次模拟考试英语试题须知事项：1. 本试题分第I卷〔选择题〕和第II卷〔非选择题〕两局部，总分150分，考试时间120分钟。
2. 答题前，考生须将自己的学校、班级、姓名、学号填写在本试题卷指定的位置上。
3. 选择题的每一小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案，不能答在试题卷上。
4. 非选择题必须按照题号顺序在答题卡上各题目的答题区作答。
超出答题区域或在其他题的答题区域内书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、本试题卷上答题无效。
5. 考试完毕，将本试题卷和答题卡一并交回。
第I卷〔选择题共95分〕第一局部：英语知识运用〔共四节，总分为55分〕第一节语音知识〔共5小题；每一小题1分，总分为5分〕从每一小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其划线局部与所给单词的划线局部读音一样的选项。
1. opportunity A. opening B. original C. operateD. observe2. wear A. bear B. spear C. disappear D. heard3. played A. wanted B. finished C. watched D. engaged4. knock A. know B. think C. handkerchief D. monkey5. breathe A. health B. increase C. deaf D. pleasure第二节情景对话〔共5小题，每一小题1分，总分为5分〕根据对话情景和内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入每一空白处的最优选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
选项中有两个为多余选项。
Tom: Hi, you must be the new secretary. Welcome, I’m Tom Robinson from Public Relations.Lisa: Hi, Mr. Robinson. Thanks. My name is Lisa Johns. 6Tom: Please call me Tom, Lisa.Lisa: OK, Tom. 7Tom: Yes, over twenty years.Lisa: Wow. 8 Do you enjoy working here?Tom: Well, yes. 9 And it’s also a good place to work in. But to be honest, whatI really enjoy is the chance to go abroad.Lisa: Well, the best thing for me is that I live close to the office. 10A.Have you worked here long?B.That’s a short time.C.Working in Sales now.D.I can go home for lunch and I don’t have to worry about the traffic.E.I suppose I took the job because the money is good.F.How long have you worked here?G.That is a long time.第三节语法和词汇知识〔共10小题，每一小题1分，总分为15分〕从每一小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最优选项，并在答题卡上将选项涂黑。
2012全国学位英语试卷
成人高等教育学士学位英语命题预测试卷（一）PartⅠ Dialogue Completion (15 points)Directions: There are 15 short incomplete dialogues in this part, each followed by 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one to complete the dialogue and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the centre.1. Black:Let me introduce myself. I’m Andrew Black.Keith:______A. It’s a pleasure.B. Pleased to meet you.C. How are you?D. Nice meeting you.2. Todd:Do you think it will snow this evening?Lily:______A. I hope it not.B. I don’t think so.C. Who is that?D. Who’s is it?3. Lucy:I’m Lucy. My teacher asked me to visit you.Juliet:______ Come in and sit down, please.A. Nice to meet you.B. That’s a good idea.C. That’s all right.D. Why don’t theycome?4. Norma:How can I learn to cook well?Kyle:______A. What a pity!B. Why don’t you follow your teacher’s advice?C. But I’m afraid it’s useless.D. Any reason for that?5. Basil:I won’t have beer any more.Lois:______A. So do I.B. So will I.C. Nor do I.D. Neither will I.6. Harry:Do you mind my smoking here?Lynn:______A. Yes, please do.B. No, please don’t.C. No, I dislike the smell of cigarette.D. Yes, please don’t.7. Owen:May I use your phone?Ruth:______A. It doesn’t matter.B. Go ahead.C. No, I don’t mind.D. No, you needn’t.8. Wendy:______?Wayne:For about two weeks.A. How long are you going to stay hereB. How soon will you leave this placeC. How often do you come hereD. How many times have you come here9. Rose:Hello, may I speak to Mr. Green?Steven:______,I will see if he is in.A. Don’t put down your phoneB. Hold the line a minuteC. Please phone him in five minutes againD. This is John speaking10. Viola: Excuse me,______?Rite:I am sorry, I don’t know. I’m new around here.A. will you please tell me timeB. is there a train time-tableC. can you tell me the best way to the neares t hospitalD. can you show me the map of this city11. Carol:______?Jane:I’d like two dozen eggs.A.What are you doingB. What would you like to doC. What can I do for youD. What would you like to eat12. Helen:______Sir, I didn’t quite hear you.David:I said that nobody but one had got a full mark in the tests.A. May I ask you a question?B. I am sorry,C. I beg your Pardon,D. I must say “no” to you,13. Jimmy:______ May I speak to John?Tony:John! You are wanted on the telephone.A. I am Mary.B. My name is Mary.C. Do you know Mary?D. This is Mary speaking.14. Rob:How could you say that?Bert:______, I didn’t mean to hurt you.A. That’s all rightB. I won’t regretC. I’m really sorryD. Excuse me15. June:Do you think it’s going to rain over the weekend?Judy:______.A. I don’t believeB. I don’t believe itC. I believe not soD. I believe notPart Ⅱ Reading Comprehension(40 points )Directions:There are 4 passages in this part. Each of the passage is followed by 5 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the centre.Passage 1Human needs seem endless. When a hungry man gets a meal, he begins to think about an overcoat; when a manager gets a new sports car, a big house and pleasure boats dance into view.The many needs of mankind might be regarded as making up several levels. When there is money enough to satisfy one level of needs, another level appears.The first and most basic level of needs involves food. Once this level is satisfied, the second level of needs, clothing and some sort of shelter, appears. By the end of World War II, these needs were satisfied for a great majority of Americans. Then a third level appeared. It included such items as automobiles and new houses.By 1957 or 1958 this third level of needs was fairly well satisfied. Then, in the late 1950s, a fourth level of needs appeared: the “life enriching” level. While the other levels involve physical satisfaction, that is, the feeding, comfort, safety, and transportation, this level stresses mental needs for recognition, achievement, and happiness. It includes a variety of goods and services, many of which could be called “luxury” items. Among them are vacation trips, the best medical and dental care, and recreation. Also included here are fancy goods and the latest styles in clothing.On the fourth level, a lot of money is spent on services, while on the first three levels more is spent on goods. Will consumers raise their sights to a fifth level of needs as their income increases, or will they continue to demand luxuries and personal services on the fourth level?A fifth level would probably involve needs that can be achieved best by community action. Consumers may be spending more on taxes to pay for government action against disease, ignorance, crim, and prejudice. After filling our stomachs, our clothes closets, our garages, our teeth, and our minds, we now may seek to ensure the health, safety, and leisure to enjoy more fully the good things on the first four levels.16. According to the passage, man will begin to think about such needs as housingand clothing only when ______.A. he has saved up enough moneyB. he has grown dissatisfied with his simple shelterC. he has satisfied his hungerD. he has learned to build houses17. It can be inferred from the passage that by the end of World War Ⅱ, most Americans ______.A. were very richB. lived in povertyC. had the good things on the first three levelsD. did not own automobiles18. Which of the following is NOT related to “physical satisfaction”?A. A successful career.B. A comfortable home.C. A good meal.D. A family car.19. What is the main concern of man on the fourth level?A. The more goods the better.B. The more mental satisfaction the better.C. The more “luxury” items the better.D. The more earnings the better.20. The author tends to think that the fifth level ______.A. would be little better than the fourth levelB. may be a lot more desirable than the first fourC. can be the last and most satisfying levelD. will become attainable before the government takes actionsPassage 2In the same way that a child must be able to move his arms and legs before he can learn to walk, the child must physiologically be capable of producing and experiencing particular emotions before these emotions can be modified through learning. Psychologists have found that there are two basic processes by which learning takes place. One kind of learning is called “classical conditioning”. This occurs when one event or stimulus is consistently paired with or followed by, a reward or punishment. It is through classical conditioning that a child learns to associates his mother’s face and voice with happiness and love, for he learns that this person provides food and comfort. Negative emotions are learned in a similar fashion.The second kind of learning is called “operant conditioning”. This occurs when an individual learns to do things that produce rewards in his environment and learns not to do things that produce punishments. For example, if a mother always attends to her baby when he cries and cuddles him until he is quiet, she may teach him that if he cries he will get attention from mother. Thus, the baby will learn to increase his crying in order to have his mother more.Every day, we grow and have new experiences. We constantly learn by reading, watching television, interacting with other people, and so forth. This learning affects our emotions. Why is it that we learn to like some people and dislike others? If a person is nice to us, cares about us, we learn to associate this person withpositive feelings, such as joy, happiness, and friendliness. On the other hand, if a person is mean to us, does not care about us, and even deliberately does things to harm us, we learn to associate this person with negative feelings, such as unhappiness, discomfort, and anger.21. The author’s main purpose in writing the passage is to ______.A. teach children how to learn to produce and experience certain emotionsB. give the general reader an account of two basic kinds of learningC. give parents some advice on how to modify their children’s emotions through learningD. discuss with psychologists how positive and negative feelings are produced22. If your jokes often find a ready echo in a person, you will learn through ______that telling jokes to this person is fun, and you will try with greater efforts to be humorous in his presence.A. classical conditioningB. neither of themC. operant conditioningD. some other sorts of conditioning23. If a child is bitten or startled several times by a dog, he may learn to associate furry animals with pain or startle and thus develop a fear of furry animals. This is a typical example of learning through ______.A. classical conditioningB. both of themC. operant conditioningD. neither of them24. In the third paragraph, the author is ______.A. discussing how we grow and have new experiences every dayB. talking about learning to modify emotions through operant conditioningC. concentrating on learning by reading, watching television, interacting with people, and so onD. using examples to further illustrate learning through classical conditioning25. In the following paragraphs the author will most probably go on to discuss ______.A. definitions of positive feelings and negative feelingsB. the third kind of learningC. further examples of learning through operant conditioningD. none of the abovePassage 3Katherine walked into a newspaper office, and demanded to see the editor. Fortunately, the editor was passing the inquiry office when she asked for him. Seeing she was a girl of school age, he thought it might offer him an amusing five minutes between interviews.Katherine was very rude to him when he told her they didn’t accept schoolgirls. She said she was surprised that the editor of a great London newspaper did not know how to behave like a gentleman. The editor sat back in his chair and laughed heartily. He had never been spoken to like that in his life. He rather liked it for its novelty. After some further conversation, in which Katherine attempted to persuade him that she could do anything he wanted, from writing a leading article to a serial story, she said: “I am not going to leave this room until you put me on the staff!”Then the editor had to speak to her rather seriously, and told her what a great London newspaper meant to a girl and how utterly ignorant she was of everything that would make her useful as a journalist. Upon this Katherine burst into tears, and the editor, who had dismissed many men in the course of his career, walked up and down the room wondering what he could do for this extraordinary young girl whose tearful eyes were so full of disappointment.“Look here,” he said, “if you come to me in two years’ time, with a knowledge of shorthand, and if you promise not to shed tears on my blotting paper, I will give you something to do.”“Really? If you don’t mind, I’ll have it in black and white,” said the girl.The editor was startled. He began to think that this young girl was not so young as she looked. He drafted out an agreement for her on the lines laid down with a great deal of solemnity (严肃) which he found quite amusing, for he was confident that the young girl might quite as well change her mind or would be engaged to a nice boy long before the agreement took effect.26. The real reason why the editor decided to interview the girl was that he ______.A. heard her asking for himB. was not very busyC. thought it would amuse himD. liked to work with young girls27. “He rather liked it for its novelty” means he liked it because it was ______.A. unusualB. pleasantC. courageousD. friendly28. The editor walked up and down the room, because he was ______.A. rather angry with herB. afraid other people would hear her cryingC. not sure whether he should dismiss her or notD. trying to make a decision29. As their conversation continued, the editor ______.A. changed his opinion of the girlB. grew tired of herC. became annoyedD. thought she was too uneducated30. When the editor drafted out the agreement for the girl, he ______.A. hoped that this would please the girlB. wished that it would take effect soonC. adopted a rather serious attitudeD. didn’t mean what he wrotePassage 4Like fine food, good writing is something we approach with pleasure and enjoy from the first taste to the last. And good writers, like good cooks, do not suddenly appear full blown. Quite the contrary, just as the cook has to undergo an intensive training, mastering the skills of his trade, the writer must sit at his desk and devote long hours to achieving a style in his writing, whatever its purpose—school work, matters of business, or purely social communication. You may be sure that the more painstaking the effort, the more effective the writing, and the more rewarding.There are still some remote places in the world where you might find a public scribe to do your business or social writing for you, for a fee. There are a fewmanagers who are lucky enough to have the service of that rare kind of secretary who can take care of all sorts of letter writing with no more than a quick note to work from. But for most of us, if there is any writing to be done, we have to do it ourselves.We have to write school papers, business papers or home papers. We are constantly called on to put words to paper. It would be difficult to count the number of such words, messages, letters, and reports put into the mails or delivered by hand, but the daily figure must be enormous. What is more, everyone who writes expects, or at least hopes, that his writing will be read. We want to arouse(引起) and hold the interest of the readers. We want whatever we write to be read, from first word to last, not just thrown into some “letters to be read” file or into a wastepaper basket. This is the reason we bend our efforts toward learning and practicing the skills of interesting, effective writing.31. In this passage, good writing is compared to fine food because ______.A. both writers and cooks have to work long hours every dayB. both are essential to lifeC. both are enjoyableD. both writers and cooks can earn a good living32. A public “scribe” (Para.2) is ______.A. a secretary who does your business or social writingB. a machine that does writing for youC. a public school where writing is taughtD. a person who earns a living by writing for others33. According to the passage, some managers don’t have to do any letter writing because ______.A. they rely on quick notesB. they have a computer to do itC. they have excellent secretariesD. they prefer making phone calls34. According to the author, if your letter is thrown into some “letters to be read” file, ______.A. it will receive immediate attentionB. it is likely to be neglectedC. it will be dealt with by the secretaryD. it is meant to be delivered soon35. The purpose of the author in writing this passage is ______.A. to argue and demonstrateB. to comment and criticizeC. to interest and entertainD. to explain and persuadePart Ⅲ Vocabulary and Structure (20 points)Directions:There are 40 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the centre.36. Some of this wheat came from Canada. What about ______?A. anotherB. the otherC. othersD. the rest37. I will now ______ Mr. Webster to drink the health of the happy pair.A. call onB. call upC. call forD. call off38. July is the month ______ is usually the hottest.A. whose weatherB. the weatherC. its weatherD. when the weather39. Because my scissors are dull, I’m going to buy a new ______.A. oneB. onesC. pairD. scissors40. ______ great was the destruction that the South took decades to recover.A. VeryB. TooC. SuchD. So41. Everyone should keep a sense of responsibility ______ what he is to do.A. ofB. forC. withD. to42. The statue is believed ______ by a professional thief a couple of weeks ago.A. to have stolenB. to be stolenC. having been stolenD. to have been stolen43. Neither Bill nor his parents ______ at home.A. areB. isC. wasD. has44. I don’t think there are several characteristics of the novel ______ special attention.A. worthwhileB. worth ofC. worthy ofD. worthless45. ______ people can speak a foreign language perfectly.A. Not muchB. LittleC. Only a small numberD. Few46. If I had more time, I should ______ table tennis as a hobby.A. take toB. take upC. take onD. take over47. The thief caught on the spot by tile policeman denied ______ anything.A. to doB. to have doneC. doD. doing48. I won’t have a whisky, thank you. It’s not that I don’t drink, ______ thatI don’t drink and drive.A. but alsoB. exceptC. otherwiseD. but rather49. A calculating machine has the advantage of speed and ______.A. having accuracyB. accuracyC. being accurateD. accurate50. Look at the pavilion ______ in the lake.A. reflectedB. reflectingC. to reflectD. to be reflected51. ______ help me, I had to do it all alone.A. There is no one toB. There being no one toC. Being no oneD. with no one52. Every government that refuses to meet the needs of its people must accept the ______.A. endingsB. consequencesC. resultsD. possibilities53. If only the committee ______the regulations and put them into effect as soon as possible.A. approveB. will approveC. can approveD. would approve54. It is because she is too inexperienced ______she does not know bow to dealwith the situation.A. thatB. thereforeC. so thatD. so55. Mike said that the house was ______ expensive for him.A. very muchB. so muchC. far tooD. about56. He ______ live in the country than in the city.A. had betterB. prefers toC. would ratherD. would like57. Let’s start again from where we ______.A. left overB. left offC. left outD. left aside58. New difficulties kept ______ as they built the railway tunnel.A. arisingB. arousingC. ascendingD. aggressing59. Improvements of all kinds ______ in television so that reception will be as close to perfect as possible.A. are constantly being madeB. are being made constantlyC. will be being madeD. will constantly be made60. A good newspaper publishes both ______ and foreign news.A. diplomaticB. democraticC. domesticD. dramatic61. The selling price of that house and ______ ＄25 000.A. many furniture areB. some furniture isC. the furniture isD. many pieces of furniture are62. Without air, ______ no wind or rain.A. there would beB. there will beC. there have beenD. there is63. It’s important to locate industries in areas where a supply of raw materials is ______.A. preferableB. availableC. dependableD. favorable64. The pilot lost contact with the military base, ______ the plane crashed in the desert.A. among whichB. for whichC. by means of whichD. as the result of which65. He’s lived in London ______.A. since a long timeB. for some timeC. long beforeD. some time ago66. ______ the university is by examination only.A. Admission toB. Permission inC. Admission inD. Permission on67. I remember ______ this person somewhere.A. to have metB. to meetC. meetD. meeting68. I did not realize you want to keep the letter, I have ______ it up.A. tornB. pickedC. pulledD. broken69. I ______ you that the equipment will be delivered today.A. persistB. confirmC. insistD. assure70. As I am free now, I ______ as well go with you.A. mightB. wouldC. shouldD. could71. I am going to the teacher, but you ______ with me.A. need go outB. need not goC. need not to goD. do not need go72. A laser beam is used to ______ even the hardest substance.A. pass throughB. repairC. light upD. identify.73. I could not ______ all the information given in the radio broadcast.A. receiveB. absorbC. admireD. deceive74. TV, if properly used, can ______ a child’s imagination.A. causeB. exciteC. stimulateD. arise75. Television keeps us informed about ______ events and the latest developments in politics and science.A. currentB. pastC. favorableD. newPart Ⅳ Cloze Test (10 points)Directions:There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each numbered blank, there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the centre.In the dining room of my grandfather’s house stood his heavy clock. Meals in the dining room were a __76 __ for our four generations to become one. My grandfather’s clock always stood like a trusted old family friend, __77 __ us playing jokes and telling stories, which was already a __78__ of our life.When I was a child, the old clock interested me. I watched and listened to it during __79 __. I was surprised how at __80 __ times of the day, the clock would strike three times, six times or more, with a wonderful great __81 __ that echoed throughout the house. The clock chimed year after year, a part of my __82 __, a part of my heart.Even more __83 __ to me was my grandfather’s special action each day. He meticulously __84 __ the clock with a special key each day. The key was magic to me. It __85 __ our family’s magnificent clock ticking and striking all year round.76. A. time B. possibility C. problem D. pleasure77. A. seeing B. hearing C. watching D. looking78. A. start B. part C. signal D. mark79. A. stories B. jokes C. periods D. meals80. A. busy B. urgent C. happy D. different81. A. shock B. sound C. song D. music82. A. memories B. minds C. comfort D. information83. A. comfortable B. hopeful C. wonderful D. skillful84. A. opened B. wound C. turned D. started85. A. made B. controlled C. kept D. fixedPart Ⅴ Writing (15 points)Directions:You are to write in 100~120 words about the title “Happiness”. You should base your composition on the requirement given below：Happiness(1)What is happiness?(2)Happiness is of great importance in everyone’s life.(3)Happiness is related to health.成人高等教育学士学位英语命题预测试卷（二）PartⅠ Dialogue Completion (15 points)Directions:There are 15 short incomplete dialogues in this part, each followed by 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one to complete the dialogue and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the centre.1. Eve:______Ivy:I am fine, thank you. And you?A. How do you do?B. How are you?C. Are you well again?D. What about your health?2. Dale:______ Would you please tell me the time?Laura:It’s ten past nine.A. I am sorry.B. I beg your pardon.C. Excuse me.D. Hello, how do you do?3. Linda:______ I haven’t seen you for ages.Lucy:I have just come back from the USA.A. Where have you been?B. Where have you gone?C. Oh, how I miss you!D. Are you back from the USA?4. Mary:We’re having a few people over for a dinner party Friday. We’d love to have you.Tom:______A. Oh, I’d love to. But I’m afraid.B. Oh, really! What time should I come?C. No, I have to prepare for the exam.D. Yes, though I have to take the exam.5. Son:I’m terribly sorry. Mom, I’ve broken an Italian vase.Mom:______A. Oh, what a shame!B. Oh, dear, how awful it is!C. Oh, that doesn’t matter.D. Oh, I’m so sorry to hear that.6. Teacher:You’re late again!Student:Sorry, ______A. I won’t do that anymore.B. but it’s my own business.C. I’m afraid I’ve overslept.D. but I need more sleep.7. Patient:I feel terrible today. My stomach doesn’t feel well at all.Doctor:______A. You should take something for it.B. That’s too bad for your health.C. It serves you right.D. Don’t remember.8. Sally:What is Jack like?Susan:______A. He’s kind and handsome.B. He’s very well.C. He likes music.D. He’s a worker.9. Speaker A:Did you check your e-mail today?Speaker B:No. ______A. Who cares?B. Why do you ask?C. Which one?D. Why is it so?10. Nat:I’d like to come to see you. Will ten o’clock do?Lulu:______A.Fine.B.Thanks.C. With Pleasure.D.See you.11. Hatty:______Jesse:Yes, I want a pencil box.A. Can I help you?B. What do I do for you?C. Can you help me?D. What do you want to do?12. Doris:You speak very good English.Jerry:______A. No, not at all.B. Thank you.C. No, my English is poor.D. I don’t think so.13. Homer:______Emily:He has a round face, blue eyes and brown hair.A. What do you think of the boy?B. How’s the boy?C. How do you like the boy?D. What does the boy look like?14. Amy:I’ve got a headache.Byron:______ I’ll get an aspirin.A. Have you, dear?B. Do you have really, dear?C. What shall I do?D. Do you want me to help you?15. Josie: Might I trouble you for a night?Justin:You ______A. might indeed!B. may indeed!C. could indeed!D. certainly did!Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension(40 points )Directions:There are 4 passages in this part. Each of the passage is followed by 5 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the centre.Passage 1As you are students of English, it’s very possible that you’ll be interested in England. That’s where the language was first spoken. But England is often called by other names. This often confuses people and I wonder if you know what these names mean. So, now I would like to tell you about this matter of names. I believe that you have heard people use the names—England, Britain or Great Britain. Let’s see what each of these names means.If you look at a map of Europe, you’ll see a group of islands—one larger island off the northwest coast, one smaller and many tiny ones. These make up what is called the British Isles. The largest island of the British Isles is Britain. It is also called Great Britain. The smaller island is Ireland.Britain is divided into three parts: Scotland, Wales and England. But sometimes the word “England” is used instead of “Britain”. Why so?In ancient times, what is Britain now used to be three different countries. Peoplein these different countries spoke different languages. Over many years the three countries became one. England is the largest and richest of the three and it has the most people. So the English people take it for granted that their own name stands for the whole island.There’s another thing that confuses people: sometimes you may hear people say “the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”. That is the official name of the country. Northern Ireland is only one sixth of the island or Ireland. The rest of the island is an independent state, called the Republic of Ireland. So we have the names of “England”, “Britain”, “Great Britain”, and “the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”. Now do you know what each of them means?16. English was first spoken in ______.A. BritainB. EnglandC. Great BritainD. Ireland17. Britain is divided into ______.A. England, Britain, and WalesB. England, Scotland, and WalesC. Wales, Scotland, and Great BritainD. Great Britain, Wales, and Scotland18. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?A. Wales is the richest of the three.B. Scotland is the largest of the three.C. Sometimes England is used instead of Britain.D. Britain is the only name of the largest island of British Isles.19. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is ______.A. part of BritainB. part of British IslesC. the official name of the whole country EnglandD. the largest country of all mentioned in the passage20. Which of the following is an independent country?A. WalesB. ScotlandC. Northern IrelandD. The Republic of IrelandPassage 2“Have you read the newly published edition of Harry Potter?”“Have you ever been fooled on April 1st?”“What have you given your boy/girlfriend on Valentine’s Day(情人节) ?” You may not feel even a little bit surprised when you are confronted with these questions. However, chances are that your parents cannot understand a word. In the wake of globalization, culture has gone beyond border and is flying all over the world, with a great impact on Chinese youths.By getting in touch with western culture, we are forced to think over things that we took for granted previously. We’ve gradually shrugged off some old notions that may hinder our development, such as “uniformity is always good”, or “authority is always in the right”. I think this is the greatest benefit we can get from this impact. We tend to be critical with what “should be” in our forefathers’ eyes. Only by this critical mind can we initiate some changes; only through change can our。
学位英语水平考试模拟试题
成人高等教育学士学位英语水平考试模拟试题姓名：____________________ 成绩：____________________Paper One 试卷一(90 minutes)Part Ⅰ Dialogue Completion (15 points)Directions: There are 15 short incomplete dialogues in this part, each followed by 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one to complete the dialogue and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.1. Sophie: __________________ the novel?Terry: Sorry, I have no idea. I’ve just begun to read it.A. What do you think ofB. How do you think ofC. What do you enjoyD. How would you like2. Vincent: Would you like to go with us?Vera: _____________.A. Yes, I doB. Yes, but I wouldn’tC. Yes, I’d like toD. No, I don’t3. Hatty: _______________?Jesse: Yes, I want a pencil boxA. Can I help youB. What do I do for youC. Can you help meD. What do you want to do4. Homer: _______________?Emily: He has a round face, blue eyes and brown hair.A. What do you think of the boyB. How’s the boyC. How do you like the boyD. What does the boy look like5. Ginny: I’m sorry, but were you speaking to me?Jacob: Yes. Would you please _______________in this room?A. don’t smokeB. not to smokeC. not smokeD. not smoking6. Emma: Mike! _____________? You look pale, are you sick?Mike: I just had a terrible experience.A. What’s the matterB. How are youC. Can I help youD. What are you doing7. Tracy: ______________?Walter: He’s French.C. Which country is he fromD. Is he a Frenchman8. Stranger: ______________, can you tell me the way to the Summer Palace?Paul: Take Bus No. 321, and it will take you straight there.A. May I ask you a question?B. Excuse meC. Can I help you?D. Sorry9. Roger: Oh, you look so beautiful today.Janet: ________________.A. I think soB. No, I don’t think soC. Thank youD. You too10. Violet: Have a nice weekend!Byron: _________________.A. The same to youB. You do tooC. The same as youD. You have it too11. Gene: Shall I open this window?Jodie: ________________.A. No, please doB. I’d rather you didn’tC. Please open this windowD. I’d rather you hadn’t done it12. Black: Let me introduce myself. I’m Andrew Black.Keith: _____________A. It’s a pleasure.B. Pleased to meet you.C. How are you?D. Nice meeting you.13. Lance: Mary doesn’t look well.Lee: ______________.A. Yes, she doesn’tB. Yes, she isn’tC. No, she doesn’tD. No, she isn’t14. Todd: Do you think it will snow this evening?Lily: _____________A. I hope it not.B. I don’t think so.C. Who is that?D. Who’s is it?15. Tammy: Someone is at the doctor.Richard: _______________?A. Who is heB. Who’s itC. Who he isD. Who it isPart Ⅱ Reading comprehension (40 points)Directions:There are 4 passages in this part. Each of the passages is followed by 5 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one to complete the dialogue and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.Passage OneTrees are useful to man in three important was: they provide him with wood and other products; they give himUnfortunately, in many parts of the world, man has not realized that the third of these services is the most important. In his eagerness to make money from trees, he has cut them down in large number, only to find that without them he has lost the best friends he had. And besides, he is usually too careless to plant and look after new trees. So the forests slowly disappear.This does not only mean that man will have fewer trees. The results are even more serious: for where there are trees, their roots break up soil—allowing the rain to sink in –and also bind the soil, thus preventing it from being washed away easily, but where there are no trees, the rain falls on hard ground and flows away, causing floods and carrying away the rich top-soil. When all the top-soil is gone, nothing remains but worthless desert.Two thousand years ago a rich and powerful country cut down its trees to build warships, with which to gain itself an empire. It sep up the empire but, without its trees, its soil became poor and it grew weak. When the empire fell to pieces, the home country found itself faced with floods and starvation.16.What is the most important service of trees to man according to the passage?A.They help him make money.B.They help him prevent droughts and floods.C.They give him wood and other products.D.They give him shade.17.Why do forests in many parts of the world slowly disappear?A.New trees are not looked after properly.B.Man has not paid enough attention to planting trees.C.Many trees have been cut down by man.D.All of the above.18.Why did the country mentioned in the passage suffer from floods and starvation?A.Because an empire was set up.B.Because it lost all its trees.C.Because the empire fell to pieces.D.Because too much had been spent on wars.19.Why does land become desert after all trees are cut down?A.Because nothing remains on land except floods.B.Because there are no longer trees to keep the rain and protect the top-soil.C.Because too much rain sinks in and washes away the top-soil.D.Because roots of the trees break up the soil.20.What does the author tell us in this passage?A.How trees help prevent droughts and floods.B.The relationship between trees and man.C.How an empire fell to pieces in ancient times.D. A story of trees.After a long period of studies, scientists are uncovering surprising new findings about dolphins. They believe that dolphins do “talk” to each other, whistling “names” among themselves and others in their group. They help one another when in trouble. Like bats, they use sound waves to “see”. Because of these and many other findings, many scientists now place dolphins among the cleverest animals on earth.Dolphins love to mimic. If we swim on our backs, they do too. If we dive, they follow. Once a trainer blew a puff of cigarette smoke against the window of an observation tank, a young dolphin suddenly swam to its mother, nursed a moment, and spit out a cloud of water. It is even more surprising that dolphins are able to understand sign language. One of Herman’s dolphins has mastered more than 50 sign words. For example, it understands the difference between “bring the surfboard to the person” and “bring the person to the surfboard.”Scientists are learning how dolphins “speak”to each other. “Each dolphin,”says Peter Gyack, “has its own ‘signature’ whistle.” Dolphin can also mimic the signature of others.Dolphins help one another. When birth-giving takes place, females gather to keep off sharks. Later, while the mother looks for food, they take care of the young dolphin, swimming in circle.Dolphins reach out to us in astonishing ways. What would the world be like without them?21. To the best of our knowledge, dolphins are ________.A. surprising fishB. interesting animalsC. intelligent animalsD. man’s friends22. In the second paragraph, “nursed” means __________.A. brought the mother something to eatB. sucked milk from the mother dolphinC. asked to be taken care ofD. gave some milk to her23. What was the young dolphin doing when it suddenly swam to its mother? It was ________.A. having a little funB. diving into the deep seaC. playing “smoking”D. copying “smoking”24. Which of the following do you think is more reasonable?A. We are still in the early stage of learning about these animals.B. We have little difficulty in understanding dolphins.C. Man will be able to talk freely to dolphins in the near future.D. Sign language is the only way to make dolphins understand us.25. What’s the purpose of female dolphins’ swimming in circle?A. The young dolphin needs friends to play with.B. The young dolphin can play safely inside.C. The mother will help them to learn swimming in a circle.D. The mother will be free to meet the father.X-rays were first discovered by a German scientist, Wilhelm Konrad Rontgen, in 1895, almost by accident. He and several other scientists were experimenting with passing electric currents through certain gases in a special glass tube from which the air had been removed. One day Rontgen noticed that, even when the tube was covered with black paper, some strange kind of radiation was coming through and making a screen nearby glow. Roentgen could not see anything coming out of the tube, but then he discovered that if he put the screen in the next room on the other side of a closed door, the rays still seemed to affect it. The glowing screen showed that the rays could pass not only through black paper but also through wood.The next thing he found out was that if he put his hand between the rays and a photographic plate. In fact, the rays could pass as easily through fleshy part of his hand as through the black paper, but hardly at all through the bone. So Rontgen made the first X- ray picture of a hand, showing just how the bones in the hand fit together.26.What puzzled Rontgen one day during his experiment was ________.A.some passing electric currentsB.some radiation coming through the covered tubeC.the black –paper-covered tubeD.the screen nearby27.The screen didn’t stop glowing even when_______.A.it was moved to the next roomB.it was moved to the other side of the roomC.the door was closedD.the black paper was removed from the tube28.Rontgen put his hand between the rays and a photographic plate in order to _______.A.stop the radiationB.make an X-ray photo of itC.find out more about the raysD.see through the bones of his hand29.The rays proved to be incapable of passing through____.A. woodB. fleshC. boneD. black paper30. From the passage, we know X-rays are _________.A. invisibleB. changeableC. whiteD. brightPassage FourThe world is not only hungry, but it is also thirsty for water. This may seem strange to you, since nearly 70 percent of the earth’s surface is covered with water. But about 97 percent of this huge amount is sea water, or salt water. Man can only drink and use the other 3 percent-the fresh water from rivers, lakes, underground, and other sources. And we cannot even use all of that, because some of it is in the form of icebergs and glacier(冰川). EvenHowever, as things stand today, this small amount of fresh water is still enough for us. But our need for water is increasing rapidly-almost day by day. Only if we take steps to deal with this problem now can we avoid a severe worldwide water shortage later on.We all have to learn how to stop wasting our valuable water. One of the first steps is to develop ways of reusing it.Today in most large cities, water is used only once and then sent out into a sewer system (下水道). From there it returns to the sea or runs into underground storage tanks. But it is possible to pipe used water to a purifying (净化) plant. There it can be treated with chemicals so that it can be used again, just as if it were fresh from a spring.But even if every large city purified and reused its water, we still would not have enough. All we’d have to do make use of the vast reserves of sea water in the world is to remove the salt.If we take these steps we’ll be in no danger of drying up.31. The world is thirsty for water because we can only use ________ percent of the water covering the surface of theearth.A. 3B. more than 3C. less than 3D. 9732. Which of the following statements is not true?A. As things remain unchanging, this small amount of fresh water is still enough for us.B. Our need for water is becoming larger and larger.C. There will be no water shortage in the future.D. We should take steps to deal with the water shortage problem.33. To reuse water, we should _________.A. treat it with chemicalsB. use it only onceC. send it out into a sewer systemD. make it flow into underground tanks34. In order to have enough water, we should also make use of ________.A. icebergs an glaciersB. sea waterC. rivers and lakesD. underground water35. In the passage, the writer tells us _________.A. to make enough waterB. to pay more attention to the water shortage problemC. to pipe used water to be a purifying plantD. to reuse the waterPart Ⅲ Vocabulary and Structure (20 points)Directions: There are 40 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one to complete the sentence and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through36. We hurried to the station ______ find ourselves three hours earlier for the train.A. only toB. in order toC. so as toD. such as to37. I meant ______ you, but I’m afraid I forgot.A. ringingB. being ringingC. to ringingD. to ring38. We live in a time ______, more than ever before in history, people are movingA. whatB. whenC. whichD. where39. Is there any possibility of getting the price______ further?A. reducedB. reduceC. reducingD. be reduced40. _______ you feel too ill to go out. I would rather not stay at home tonight.A. Because B Although C. Unless D. If41. Because of many mistakes, she was made ______ these letters again.A. typeB. to typingC. typedD. to type42. It is hot and dry; the flowers need ______.A. being wateredB. be wateredC. to waterD. to be watered43. He began by showing us where the country was and went on _______ us about its climate.A. tellingB. to tellC. to tellingD. to be told44. Our failure _____ ourselves to modern life often causes us trouble in our work.A. to adoptB. to applyC. to adaptD. to act45. So many representatives _______, the conference had to be put off.A. were absentB. to be absentC. being absentD. had been absent46. In no case _____ the students from exploring new ideas.A. we should preventB. we could preventC. should we preventD. shouldn’t prevent47. I don’t think it advisable that Tom _____ to the job since he has no experienc e.A. be assignedB. is assignedC. will be assignedD. has been assigned48. With all this work on hand, she ______ to the dance party last night.A. oughtn’t to goB. hadn’t goneC. shouldn’t have goneD. mustn’t have gone49. As Christmas was coming, the town began a ______ clearing on a large scale.A. throughB. thoroughC. thoughD. thought50. E-mail writing is the usual means of communication _______ people some distance away.A. forB. onC. to C. with51. Parents should monitor the ____ as well as the kind of television that their children watch.A. numberB. sizeC. amountD. screen52. I’m afraid that there isn’t _____ for you in my car.A. placeB. seatC. cornerD. room53. The old people often raise ______ for the sake of companionship.54. The river here is very wide but ____, so you can walk across it.A. narrowB. arrowC. shallowD. hollow55. The streets were empty ____ the policemen on duty.A. besidesB. exceptC. exceptingD. except for56. Don’t leave matches or cigarettes on the table within the _____ of little children.A. handB. reachC. spaceD. distance57.____ of the students in our class is from the north.A. Two ninthB. Second ninthC. Second ninesD. Two ninths58. My father has classes ____ day: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.A. each otherB. every otherC. this and the otherD. all other59. This morning Jack came to school late____.A. than usualB. as usualC. like usualD. like usually60. We were ____ for half an hour in the traffic and so we arrived late.A. kept upB. held upC. cut upD. brought up61. We are trying to return the money to _______ lost it.A. the boyB. whoC. the one thatD. whom62. Take your raincoat_________ it should rain.A. in caseB. in case ofC. in the case ofD. in case with63. He (She) was a good teacher. She ________ herself to teaching.A. committedB. pushedC. droveD. encouraged64. We recommend that a competent chairman _______.A. will be appointedB. is appointedC. be appointedD. was appointed65. I’m ________ to go abroad although my parents do not agree.A. planB. determinedC. decidedD. detected66. We all know the truth ______ there are air, water and sunlight, there are living things.A. in whereverB. that whereverC. whereD. that67. You should be able to ______ right from wrong.A. perceiveB. distinguishC. sightD. observe68. I am too busy these days. I would rather all of you _________ next month for a dinner.A. comeB. would comeC. cameD. have come69. ________ as an athlete, I’m sure he would have been world famous.A. If he trainedB. Were he trainedC. If he had been trainedD. If he were to train70. It’s advisable that he _______ with a clearly defined goal in mind.A. goesB. goC. must goD. will goA. howeverB. otherwiseC. thereforeD. nevertheless72. __________ he objected to your impolite behavior is quite understandable.A. ThatB. WhatC. WhichD. Whether733. Any holes should be fenced _______ people won’t fall down them.A. becauseB. thereforeC. rather thanD. so that74. Who can it be? I’m quite ______ a loss to guess.A. atB. inC. onD. among75. The reaction abroad _______ China’s reform is generally favorable.A. toB. inC. withD. atPart Ⅳ Close Test (10 points)Directions:There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each numbered blank, there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one to complete the passage and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.When I was child of seven years old, my friends 1 a holiday filled my little pocket with halfpence (半便士硬币). I went directly to a shop 2 they sold toys for children; and being charmed 3 the sound of a whistle that I met on the way, in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered and gave 4 my money for it. When I came home, whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but 5 all the family, my brothers, sisters and cousins, understanding the bargain I 6 , told me I had given four times 7 for it as it was worth, put me in mind what good things I 8 with the rest of the money, and laughed at me so much for my folly (愚蠢, 荒唐事) that I cried with vexation (恼怒); and the reflection (反省, 沉思) gave me 9 chagrin (懊恼) than the whistle gave me 10 .76. A. in B. on C. at D. over77. A. in where B. that C. where D. which78. A. over B. at C. for D. with79. A. all B. whole C. entire D. any80. A. disturb B. disturbed C. to disturb D. disturbing81. A. made B. had made C. was made D. was making82. A. as many B. as much C. so much D. that many83. A. might have bought B. might buy C. had bought D. would buy84. A. much B. most C. more D. the most85. A. pleasure B. luck C. leisure D. relaxationPaper Two 试卷二(30 minutes)Part ⅤWriting (15 points)Directions: You are to write more than 120 words about the title “Hosting the Olympic Games”. You should base your composition on the outline given in Chinese below:1: 开头段：Hosting the Olympic Games is a great honor and a great responsibility. Being the host the Olympic Games will have good and bad effects on the host city.2: Good effects:Help develop the city’s economy Venues and buildings will be wastedPromote international exchange Traffic pressureStrengthen friendship between the people all over the world. Public order pressurePromote sports undertakings Offer chances to the terroristsThe Scientific OlympicsThe Green Olympics3: Bad effects:Learn more abou t the city, its country… Cost much moneyThe city become more beautifulDo harm to the environment4: My opinions。
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成人本科学士学位英语统一考试2012年11月03日Part I Reading Comprehension (30%)Directions: There are three 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. Y ou should decide on the best choice and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Passage 1Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:It seems like every day there’s some new research about whether our favorite drinks are good for us. (76) One day, science says a glass of red wine a day will help us live longer. The next day, maybe not. It seems journalists are pretty interested in wine research and the same might be said for coffee. Now，there’s been a lot of research into whether coffee’s good for our health.“The results have really been mixed，”admits Neal Freedman who led the coffee study and published his findings in a medical journal recently. “There’s been some evidence that coffee might increase the risk of certain diseases and th ere’s also been maybe more recent evidence that coffee may protect against other diseases as well.”Freedman and his colleagues undertook the biggest study yet to look at the relationship between coffee and health. They analyzed data collected from more than 400,000 Americans ages 50 to 71 participating in the study. “We found that the coffee drinkers had a modestly lower risk of death than the non-drinkers，”he said. Here’s what he means by“modestly”：those who drank at least two or three cups a day were about 10 percent or 15 percent less likely to die for any reason during the 13 years of the study. When the researchers looked at specific causes of death, coffee drinking appeared to cut the risk of dying from heart disease, lung disease, injuries, accidents and infections.Now, Freedman stressed that the study doesn’t prove coffee can make people live longer. A study like this can never prove a cause-and-effect relationship. (77) All it can really do is to point researchers in the right direction for further investigation. And even if it turns out that coffee is really good for you, scientists have no idea why.1. According to the first paragraph, reporters would like to know the research findings of .A. teaB. beerC. alcoholD. coffee2. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?A. Freedman and his colleagues hired 400,000 Americans to collect data.B. About four hundred thousand Americans worked for Freedman’s team full time for 13 years.C. People who t ook part in Freedman’s research are about 50 to 70 years old.D. People who are 50 to 70 years old seldom drink coffee.3. According to the author, scientists .A. have already proved that coffee is good for human healthB. have a long way to go before they find a way to study coffeeC. have avoided the cause-and-effect approach to study coffeeD. are still unable to figure out why coffee is good for us4. The word “mixed”in the first paragraph means “”.A. both good and badB. put togetherC. both sharp and softD. confused5. Which of the following is an appropriate title for this passage?A. Can Beer Help You Live Longer?B. Can Coffee Help You Live Longer?C. Can Wine Help You Live Longer?D. Can Tea Help You Live Longer?Passage 2Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:When we’re learning a foreign language, making sense of what we hear is the first step toward fluency. It sounds obvious, but until recently, we didn’t know much about how listen ing works. New research demonstrates that effective listening involves more than simply hearing the words that float past our ears. Rather, it’s an active process of receiving information and making meaning. This kind of engaged listening is a skill that’s as critical for learning a range of subjects at school and work as it is for learning to understand a foreign tongue.(78) Studies of skilled language learners have identified specific listening strategies that lead to superior comprehension. Last year, for example, University of Ottawa researcher Larry Vandergrift published his study of 106 undergraduates who were learning French as a second language. Half of the students were taught in a conventional fashion, listening to and practicing texts spoken aloud. The other half, possessing the same initial (最初的) skill level and taught by the same teacher, were given detailed instruction on how to listen. It mined out that the second group “significantly outperformed”(胜过) the first one on a test of comprehension.So what are these listening strategies? Skilled learners go into a listening class with a sense of what they want to get out of it. (79) They set a goal for their listening and they generate predictions about what the speaker will say. Before the talking begins, they mentally review what they already know about the subject, and form an intention to “listen out for”what’s important or relevant. Once they begin listening, these learners maintain their focus; if their attention wanders, they bring it back to the words being spoken. They don’t allow themselves to be thrown off by confusing or unfamiliar details. Instead, they take note of what they don’t understand and make inferences about what those things might mean, based on other clues available to them: their previous knowledge of the subject, the context (语境) of the talk,, the identity of the speaker, and so on.6. What is the main idea of this passage?A. Effective listening means hearing the words that float past our ears.B. Developing your listening skills is the first step toward developing fluency.C. Skilled listeners use specific strategies to get the most out of what they hear.D. Listening is one of the most powerful tools we have to gain information.7. What does Vandergrift’s r esearch show?A. Learners who adopt specific listening strategies become better listeners.B. Learners taught in the traditional way are better at reinforcing what they learn.C. Learners are more confident if they make fewer mistakes.D. Learners who listen on a regular basis improve faster.8. Which of the following statements about Vandergrift’s research is TRUE?A. The participants were postgraduates learning French as a second language.B. All the participants were taught using the conventional method, with the focus on listening strategies.C. The two groups were taught by different teachers.D. The participants were at the same initial skill level.9. The expression“thrown off”in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to“”.A. infectedB. confusedC. ruinedD. informed10. According to the passage, which of the following strategies is NOT used by skilled learners?A. Review their prior knowledge of the subject.B. Concentrate on the speaker’s words.C. Translate into their native language.D. Predict what the speaker will say.Passage 3Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:(80) As the Titanic was sinking and women and children climbed into lifeboats, the musicians from the ship’s ba nd stood and played. They died when the ship went down. Men stood on the deck and smoked cigarettes. They died, too. This behavior is puzzling to economists, who like to believe that people tend to act in their own self interest. “There was no pushing,”says David Savage, an economist at Queensland University in Australia who has studied witness reports from the survivors. It was “very, very orderly behavior.”Savage has compared the behavior of the passengers on the Titanic with those on the Lusitania, another ship that also sank at about the same time. But when the Lusitania went down, the passengers panicked(恐慌). There were a lot of similarities between these two events. These two ships were both luxury ones, they had a similar number of passengers and a similar number of survivors.The biggest difference, Savage concludes, was time. The Lusitania sank in less than 20 minutes. But for the Titanic, it was two-and-a-half hours. “If you’ve got an event that lasts two-and-a-half hours, social order will take over and everybody will behave in a social manner,”Savage says.“If you’re going down in under 17 minutes, basically it’s instinctual.”On the Titanic, social order ruled, and it was women and children first. On the Lusitania, instinct won out. The survivors were largely the people who could swim and get into the lifeboats.Yes, we’re self-interested, Savage says. But we’re also part of a society. Given time, social norms (规范) can beat our natural self-interest. A hundred years ago, women and children always went first. Men were stoic (坚忍的). On the Titanic, there was enough time for these norms to become forceful.11. According to the author, economists were confused because .A. people’s behavior was disorderly on the TitanicB. people did not act in their own interest on the TitanicC. most men did not act in their own interest on the LusitaniaD. women and children could not climb into the lifeboats12. The expression“won out” in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to“”.A. took the upper handB. went out of controlC. ran wildD. shut down13. According to David Savage, was a critical factor in determining people’s behavior in the sinking of these two ships.A. social orderB. placeC. instinctD. time14. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT TRUE?A. Both ships were expensive ones.B. A similar number of women and children from both ships survived.C. About the same number of people from each ship died.D. Both ships had a similar number of passengers.15. Which of the following is an appropriate title for this passage?A. Why Didn’t Musicians Play on the Lusitania?B. Why Did Musicians Play on the Titanic?C. Why Didn’t Passengers Panic on the Titanic?D. Why Did Men Smoke on the Titanic?Part ⅡVocabulary and Structure (30%)Directions: In this part there are 30 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then blacken the Corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.16. Have you ever visited the Summer Palace，there are many beautiful halls, ridges and a huge lake?A. whichB. thatC. whereD. when17. Mr. Obama will give a speech on the current situation at the meeting next week inBeijing.A. to holdB. heldC. holdingD. to be held18. It was in a small village in the south he spent his childhood and met his life-longfriend—the local schoolmaster.A. whereB. whenC. whichD. that19. First of all, a teacher should show love for his students on top of his academicknowledge. , he is not qualified for his position.A. ThereforeB. OtherwiseC. HoweverD. Because20. For many overseas Chinese, China is their real , because they were born and grew up there.A. homeB. familyC. houseD. household21. With all your brains you the math test, but you failed. You were too careless.A. should passB. should have passedC. must passD. must have passed22. When he entered the room he found a cat quietly under the desk.A. lieB. liesC. to lieD. lying23. Today Mrs Smith _ herself in white like a nurse at the garden party.A. woreB. putC. sentD. dressed24. In road rules the red light is a _ for traffic to stop.A. signB. sightC. siteD. size25. I can you for your rude manners but you must apologize in public.A. forbidB. forgetC. forecastD. forgive26. General Blair had been in the army for 35 years when he retired from the navy.A. serviceB. workC. jobD. homework27. Linda is quite different her sister in character：she likes friends and goes out a lot whileher sister always stays alone at home.A. toB. fromC. atD. on28. Jim was absent from school for the whole week a bad cold.A. because ofB. in addition toC. according toD. in front of29. Some people like to a small sum of money in case of urgent need.A. deal withB. use upC. set asideD. take off30. Mr. Smith feels greatly with his son’s performance in school as he is always the top ofhis class.A. disturbedB. worriedC. distressedD. satisfied31.Skating is such a_____sport in the northeast of China that almost everybody there knows howto skate.A. likelyB. famousC. popularD. long32. The teacher suggested that they __ in the exercise at once.A. had handedB. should have handedC. handedD. hand33. He did not go to school yesterday because he _ __ his father who was ill.A. must have looked afterB. would have to look afterC. had to look afterD. should have looked after34. After walking for half an hour, she realized that she in the wrong direction.A. had been walkingB. has been walkingC. walkedD. would have walked35. Don’t smoke in the classroom, ?A. do youB. will youC. can youD. could you36. There is not much time left, so I shall tell you about it .A. in detailB. in briefC. for shortD. in all37. _ _ the room than the telephone rang once more.A. Hardly when he enteredB. Hardly he enteredC. No sooner he had enteredD. No sooner had he entered38. My bike is old, it is in good condition.A. thereforeB. soC. neverthelessD. moreover39. There is that he has tried his best in the examination.A. not to denyB. not denyingC. no denyingD. without denying40. Would you to come to the meeting this weekend?A. be so kindB. be kind asC. be so kind asD. be kind41. He will write to me as soon as he home.A. will have returnedB. returnsC. returnedD. will return42. is generally believed, there is no water on the moon.A. AsB. WhatC. ThatD. It43. He devoted his whole life to care of the disabled children.A. takesB. takingC. tookD. take44.The student continued his university study his family -,vas poor.A. even thoughB. as thoughC. now thatD. since45. His father was put into_ prison，and he had to go to _prison to visit him once in a while.A. a; theB. the; aC. a;/D. /;thePart III Identification (10%)Directions: Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked A, B, C and D. Identify the one that is not correct. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.46. Putting the bottles, boxes and books back where they belong, please. Don’t leaveA B C Dthem on the desk.47. Though Jack is only 7 years old but he is clever enough to work out that puzzleA B Cdifficult even for a grown-up.D48. I opened the letter and it contained an important information that told us to stayA B Cwhere we were.D49. Unlike Jim, I go to work by foot instead of by car every morning.A B C D50. If heating, ice will change into water or steam.A B C D51. Weather permit, we’ll have the match tomorrow.A B C D52. Don’t you think it’s the most worst film we have seen since we came here ten years ago?A B C D53. She is as gifted as she is more intelligent.A B C D54. The teacher, as well as his students, were present at the meeting.A B C D55. Walking alone in the desert, the traveler is boring.A B C DPart IV Cloze (10%)Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage, and for each blank there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D at the end of the passage. Y ou should choose ONE answer that best fits into the passage. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.Visitors to the zoo usually pity the animals owing to their particular emotional associations (联想). Which animals should be indeed pitied?The first type are those clever and 56 developed animals 57 lively intelligence and desire for activity can 58 no outlet behind the bars of the cage. Those animals living in a free state before 59 in the zoo have a strong desire for moving about 60 , but have to mm around repeatedly in their quarters. Owing to this disappointment, foxes and wolves 61 in places which are far too small, are among the most 62 of all zoo animals.Another sad scene, seldom 63 by ordinary zoo visitors, is the 64 flying trials of swans (天鹅) at migration (迁徙) time. These creatures, like most other water birds, are generally made unable to fly by the 65 of cutting off a tip of the wing bone. 66 such swans in the zoo generally seem happy under 67 care and they raise their young without any trouble, at migration time things become 68 . The birds never really 69 that they can no longer fly, and repeatedly swim to the 70 of the pond so that they can have the whole extent of its surface when trying to 71 against the wind. Meanwhile, their loud flying calls can be heard as they try to 72 , and again and again the grand preparations end in 73 .I do not like seeing those 74 water birds in the zoo. The missing tip of one wing and thestill sadder picture that the bird makes when it 75 its wings hurt me badly. What a truly sorry picture it is!56. A. high B. highly C. deep D. deeply57. A. whose B. whom C. that D. which58. A. find B. lose C. declare D. transform59. A. to be put B. being put C. to put D. putting60. A. partly B. highly C. deeply D. freely61. A. kept B. keeping C. rose D. rising62. A. victorious B. thoughtful C. miserable D. fortunate63. A. scattered B. written C. noticed D. wakened64. A. similar B. suitable C. apparent D. constant65. A. experiment B. operation C. treatment D. movement66. A. Although B. When C. Since D. Because67. A. original B. proper C. parallel D. precious68. A. private B. public C. different D. similar69. A. suggest B. assure C. underline D. realize70. A. limit B. side C. middle D. center71. A. take off B. stand up C. take up D. stand by72. A. spring B. raise C. swell D. rise73. A. passage B. support C. failure D. success74. A. upright B. powerful C. valuable D. unlucky75. A. spreads B. strengthens C. enlarges D. inspectsPart V Translation (20%)Section ADirections: In this part there are five sentences which you should translate into Chinese. These sentences are all taken from the 3 passages you have just read in Reading Comprehension. You can refer back to the passages to identify their meanings in the context.76.One day, science says a glass of red wine a day will help us live longer.77.All it can really do is to point researchers in the right direction for further investigation.78.Studies of skilled language learners have identified specific listening strategies that lead tosuperior comprehension.79.They set a goal for their listening, and they generate predictions about what the speaker willsay.80.As the Titanic was sinking and women and children climbed into lifeboats, the musicians fromthe ship’s band stood and played.SectionBDirections：In this part there are five sentences in Chinese．You should translate them into English．Be sure to write clearly．81．他是第一个在月球上行走的人。
2012年高考英语模拟试题第一至12套
2012年高考英语模拟试题一第一节:请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。
每段对话仅读一遍。
停顿00‟05‟‟(Text 1) 旅馆退房M: Good morning, ma‟am. Can I help you?W: Yes. Can I check out? My name is Linda Taylor and my room number is 1104.27停顿00‟10‟‟(Text 2)周末打算M: Hi, Mary. Any plans for the weekend? I‟d like you to see a new movie with me. W: I wish I could, but there‟s a test next Monday and I also have to do my homework. 30停顿00‟10‟‟(Text 3) 时间计算M: I‟m going to meet my father at the airport at 10:15. Could you tell me what time it is now?W: It‟s five minutes to ten by my watch.28停顿00‟10‟‟(Text 4)猜测说话人关系W: I‟m sorry, but the number you dialed is not in service.M: But that‟s impossible! I just spoke to him this morni ng. Please check it for me. W: Very sorry. I made a little mistake. I‟ll dial for you again.M: All right.40停顿00‟10‟‟(Text 5) 同学讨论考试难易程度W: What did you think of the exams, John? Were they easy?M: No, I‟m sure I failed the French exam, and most likely history, too.W: But you passed all the classes, right?M: Yes. Thank goodness it‟s all over.37停顿00‟05‟‟第一节到此结束。
2012年学位课英语试题
2012年学位课英语试题（A卷）PAPER ONEPart I Listening Comprehension (25 minutes, 20 points) Section A ( 1 point each)1.A. He is pretty comfortable in this kind of setting.B. He is not at ease when seeing her.C. He is not used to the current surroundings.D. He rarely feels shy in unfamiliar places.2. A. Waiter and customer B Husband and wife.C. Boss and secretaryD. Doctor and patient3. A. They went to see a movie.B. They had a heated quarrel.C. They ended their relationship.D. They changed their plan.4. A. At a coffee shop. B In the street C. At one‟s home D. In a restaurant5. A. She prefers to go shopping with him.B. She does not want to eat out.C. She is in a bad mood today.D. She wants to enjoy the perfect weather.6. A. Tuesday and Friday B Wednesday and ThursdayC. Monday and SaturdayD. Saturday and Sunday7. A The man always makes wise decision.B. Jane may not be able to do the job very well.C. Jane knows how to run a chain store.D. The man really likes the book cover.8. A. The woman needs to arrive earlier.B. The man has to delay his departure.C. The woman dislikes air travel.D. The man has some extra work tomorrow.9. A. Double major in both business and psychology.B. Major in business and minor in psychology.C Drop business or psychologyD. Choose two closely related majors.Section B ( 1point each)Mini-talk One10. A. It represents the bride‟s link to her family and the past.B. It represents support of the bride‟s family and friends.C. It‟s a symbol of good luck and success.D. It‟s a symbol of good health.11. A. Wealth and health B. Protection against evilC Loyalty and purity D. A remainder of the past12. A Wearing something new B Wearing blue items.C. Wearing something borrowed D Wearing a silversixpence in a shoeMini-talk Two13. A. They are facing budget deficit.B. They are giving more weight to academic study.C. They are conducing observational studies.D. They are shortening school hours.14. A. Because being active is the cause of higher grades.B. Because the amount of activity required is just right.C. Because they help students learn to follow rules in class.D. Because they can arouse students‟ curiosity.15. A. Whether there is difference between school subjects.B. Whether physical activity is linked to academic performance.C. Whether a comparison should be made with the control.D. Whether the amount of activity affects academic performance.Section C ( 1 point each)16. To keep your sensitive information safe, your job is to createa password that is very ____( 3 words)17. Your password should not ____( 2 words) about you.18. Consider this: in addition to ___(2 words) , phrases can alsobe easy to remember.19. This password could still be stronger by adding upper-class letters, numbers or ____(2 words)20. Always remember to ____(3 words) each site you visit on a computer that isn‟t yours.Part II Vocabulary (10 minutes, 10 points)Section A (0.5 point each)21. Facebook‟s top executives are eligible for twice-a-year bonuses of up to 45 percent of their base salaries.A optionalB qualifiedC desirableD casualDesirable development circumstances=favorableCautious , caution, precautious, precautionCasual clothes in the most casual tone ….CasualtyCasualnessAt randomOption, optionalOpticalOptimum /optimizeEdible=eatable , legible, illegible, eligible =qualifieddisqualify Affordable , respectableLiterate, illiterate, legal, illegal22. Ways have to be found to accommodate the special needs of these left-behind children in rural areas.A. satisfy B occupy C alter D hostHost , hostess , tiger, tigress, actor, actressHero , ----heroineAlter=change, transformAlternate v.Alternative adj/nounThere are 2 alternatives in front of you-----quitting your job or staying here.Alternative resources …Alternation =transformationAlternant=interchangeableAlterabilityUrban =of citySpecialSpecific requests when…… to your husband….Definite, distinct, distinctiveSpecificationSpecify =elaborate, =describe, illustrate ,23. The number of people with Alzheimer‟s disease in the United States is projected to more than double by 2050.A devisedB thrustC estimatedD encountered UnderestimateOverestimateEncounter - = come across, run into , meet…by chance, chance upon24. My supervisor, gentle and friendly, made me feel at ease from the first meeting with him.A. at large =in detail B at length C at random D at home At ease = feel comfortableWith ease = easily,25. I searched the library to see what I could learn about the massacre, but nothing turned up.A was recommendedB was foundC was understoodD was clarified.-ifySatisfy, purify , simplifyThe book can be classified into 4 chaptersFall intoThe chapter can fall into 4 sections26. Geraldine Ferraro said that whoever coined the term ObamaCare was brilliant.A came uponB broke downC made up =inventD drew onMake up a story to entertain the child…CoinageBreak downDraw on/upon27. Upon learning that his mother was gravely ill, he wasted no time getting to the hospital.A suddenlyB moderatelyC seriouslyD genetically Spare no effortsGrave , gravitationGraveness28. It requires uncompromising efforts to develop these residences into true homes for our underprivileged citizens.A unproductiveB unyieldingC uninvitingD unintentionalCompromise =come to terms withCompensateIntention, intentHave the intention ofWith intent to do sthHe came here with intent to steal something.29. Snow is not predicted for today; we can expect some rain, though.A althoughB thereforeC yetD however Nevertheless, however,But he is innocentAs/though/that ….Child as he is, he has done the job very well.Word came that we succeeded at last.Handsome as he is , I don‟t like him.Much as I admire him, I don‟t want to be a man like him.30. At that time, there was a wealth of evidence that Japan was planning war in the Pacific.A abundan tB valuableC expensiveD priceless.A host of =manyInvaluable=priceless , =expensiveUseless, worthlessSection B (0.5 point each)31. This old man developed nerve damage to his brain, _____ him nearly disabled.A leavingB keepingC allowingD causingDid you leave the window open?I wish the children would keep quietHe remains silent all through the night.Keep the window open ----unconsciouslyLeave the window open----consciouslyDamage toKey toSolution toAttitude toAnswer toReply to …An approach to dealing with the problem is very easy.32. These discoveries have opened up new ____ in the field of cancer research.A rainbowsB horizonsC altitudeD paradoxesOn the horizonHorizontal verticalAttitude altitude, latitude, longitude33. Some politicians in Japan still believe that the Nanjing Massacre is nothing but a ___.A novelB flawC truthD myth34. Many people choose to be honest when creating their online ____ to make future dating easier.A pretextsB prepositionsC profilesD protestsOn the pretext of ….35. Several large studies have found ____ lower odds of heartdisease among regular nut eaters.A confidentlyB consistentlyC conceptuallyD contemptuouslyContemporaryLook down on/upon , belittle , behead,Odd30-odd ,Even chestnutConfide oneself consist of , consist inConfident36. The boss needs a workout program that perfectly ____ his busy schedule.A turns intoB falls intoC looks intoD fits int o37. A glimpse ___our solar system reveals the neighborhood outside the sun‟s influence is stranger than expected.A intoB atC byD beyond38. It has never ____ to me that an intimate knowledge of English grammar can be so useful .A occurredB happenedC turnedD conformedIntimate intimacyImitate , imitationInitiate =start, begin, initiativeHappen toSth occur to sbConfirm=verify, prove to beConform to = comply with, adhere to …Affirm =claim39. The FDA is expected to require safety studies on e-cigarettes and ____ their use.A regulateB recollectC reboundD rehearseFood and Drug Administration40. Teenagers can become ____ and hard to handle if every single decision is taken away from them.A obedientB cooperativeC rebelliousD aestheticPart III Cloze Test (10 minutes, 10 points, 1 point each) “A better, richer and happier life for all our citizens.” That‟s the American __41__ . In practice, it means living in a spacious, air-conditional house, owning a car or three or maybe a boat or a holiday home, not to mention flying off to __42__ destinations.The trouble __43__ this lifestyle is that it consumes a lot of power. If everyone in the world started living like wealthy Americans, we __44__ need to generate more than 10 times __45__ energy each year. And __46__ , in a century or three, we all expect to be __47__ by an army of robots and fly into space on holidays, we are going to need a vast amount more. Where are we going to get so much power from?It is a clear that continuing to rely on __48__ fuels will have catastrophic results, because of the dramatic warming effect of carbon dioxide. But alternative power sources will affect the climate too. For now, t he climatic effects of “clean energy”sources are trivial __49__ those from greenhouse gases, but if we keep on using ever more power over the coming centuries, they will become ever more __50___.41.A. constitution B. dream C history Dcharacter42.A. exotic B. patriotic C. supersonic D.alcoholic43.A. on B. for C. at D with44.A shall B will C should D would45.A much more B more than C as much D of more46.A if B though C while D so47.A taken to B attended to C attached to Dsubmitted to48.A rock B stone C fossil Ddiamond49.A according to B based on C such as Dcompared with50.A significant B imperative C indispensable DnegligibleThe earth is 49 times the size of the moon.The earth is 49 times as much as the moon in size.The earth is 49 times larger than the moon.Part IV Reading Comprehension ( 45 minutes, 1 point each )Passage OneAs many people hit middle age, they often start to notice that their memory and mental clarity are not what they used to be. We suddenly can‟t remember where we put the keys just a moment ago or an old acquaintances‟ name. as the brain fades, we refer to these occurrences as “senior moments”. Whileseemingly innocent, this loss of mental focus can potentially have a detrimental impact on our professional, social, and personal well-being.Neuroscientists are increasingly showing that there‟s actually a lot that can be done. It turns out that the brain needs exercise in much the same way our muscles do, and the right mental workouts can significantly improve our basic cognitive functions.Thinking is essentially a process of making neural connections in the brain. Because these connections are made through effort and practice, scientists believe that intelligence can expand and fluctuate according to mental efforts.A new company has taken it a step further and developed the first “brain training program”, called Lumosity, to actually help people improve and regain their mental sharpness. Lumosity is f ar more than an online place to exercise your mental skills. That‟s because they have integrated these exercises into a Web-based program that allows you to systematically improve your memory and attention skills. The program keeps track of your progress and provides detailed feedback on your performance and improvement. Most importantly, it constantly modifies and enhances the games you play to build on the strengths you are developing---much like an effective exerciseroutine requires you to increase resistance and vary your muscle use.Apparently it works. In randomized, controlled clinical trials Lumosity was shown to significantly improve basic cognitive functions. One study showed students improved their scores on math tests by 34 percent after using Lumosity for six weeks. The company says its users have reported clearer and quicker thinkin g, impr oved memory, increased alertness and aw areness, elevated mood, and better concentration at work or while driving.While many of the games at Lumosity are f ree, a modest subscription fee is required to use the full program over the long term.However, Lumosity is currently offering a free trial of their program to new users so that you can see how well it works before you decide to subscribe. The company believes the results will speak for themselves.51.W hat can we learn about “senior moments”?A.They are nothing to be worried about.B.They happen to each middle-aged person.C.They mostly happen to the elders.D.They are signs of declining memory.52.N euroscientists are beginning to find that ________A.cognitive functions can be improved by mental effort.B.Intelligence varies with the amount of physical exercise.C.“senior moments” are quite useful at work .D.Our brain and muscles should be trained differently.53.F rom paragraph 3, it can be concluded that Lumosity _____.A.is just an online place to exercise your mental skills.B.requires the users to keep doing the same games.C.is a set of exercises intended for the mentally-retarded.D.can help users make improvement in the brain.54.C linical trials have proved that Lumosity _____A.is better than reported B is highly effective andbeneficial.B.should be under strict control D leaves much to be desired.55.W hich of the following statements is true about Lumosity?A.Access to these games is quite expensive.B.Chronic users have to pay for the access to the games.C.All the games at Lumosity are free of charge.D.Access to the games is limited to subscribers.56.T he main purpose in writing this passage is to _____A.present the new findings of neuroscientists.B.remind the middle-aged to take physical exercise.C.describe how Lumosity came into being.D.introduce how braining training makes your smarter.Passage TwoAccording to psychology professor Carol Dweck of Stanford University, “Praising children for being smart can backfire.” If this doesn‟t get the attention of Millennium parents, I‟m not sure what will.It is my observation that so many parents today believe that if their child appears to be the least bit “advanced”for his age, he‟s destined to be the next Albert Einstein, Tiger Woods, or Bill Gates. It‟s human nature for mom and dad to show much admiration for their child and dish out praise for accomplishments achieved. The problem is, according to this study, parents may not be doing the best thing by praising their child for his intelligence.Dweck‟s research involved junior high students in New York and concluded that “classroom performance improved when her study subjects believed the brain is like a muscle that can grow.”Students who “focuses on the learning process (effort, concentration or strategies used) asked for feedback and did better in all subjects.” Feedback such as, …You did well because you worked so hard‟ or …You used so many descriptive words tomake this story interesting‟can encourage children to try new things, as they are being rewarded for their effort. When the …time and effort‟ strategy is being positively reinforced, the child will probably use the same strategy next time they are learning something. Over time new strategies can be introduced, so the child‟s repertoire of strategies is broadened.Dweck goes on to say that “they(students who improved) performed better because their success was being measured by effort, not by test scores or grades.” Parents should praise effort, not just results. Children who received praise about their innate abilities (talents or strengths) h ad less chance of trying new thing s and became anxious and under performed as things became more difficult. That is one of the greatest dangers to continually praising children for whatever they do in order to falsely raise a child‟s self-esteem.What are mom and dad to do? Offer genuine praise and encouragement for effort and successes, but balanc e this with setting appropriate expectations and following up with consequences when the child falls short due to laziness. Don‟t make excuses. Your child will better face the challenges life had to offer in the future when you as a parent recognize the efforts he is making today.57.T he underlined word “backfire”in the first paragraphprobably means ____A.create some miracles.B.produce an undesirable resultC.be negligible to some extentD.be motivating and inspiring.58.W hich of the following can be considered proper feedback?A.You did really well on this spelling test, you must have spenthours practicing your words.B.Oh, honey, you‟re so smart----that failing grade won‟t matteranyway.C.This is a wonderful paintings. What a great artist you are!D.You did really well on this spelling test, you are very clever.59.A child who is praised for his effort and strategy is likely to____A have his learning strategies increased.B feel inferior to the smart children.C. have falsely high self-esteem.D. expect more praise and encouragement.60. Praising a child for his talent may ________A. encourage him to try new things.B. motivate him to greater efforts.C. leave him less prepared for challenges.D. put his life at risk in case of failure61. The author‟s advice to parents is ___A. to expose the child to greater challenges.B. not to expect too much of a child.C. to forbid the child to make any excuses.D. to combine praise with constructive criticism.62. Which of the following can be a proper title for this passage?A. Never Praise Your Child for Any of His Achievement.B. Praise Your Child, But Not for Being SmartC. How to Reward a Child for His EffortD. Praise---- A Must for the Child‟s Future.Passage ThreeAs a new matchmaker, internet dating sites promise two cutting edges: a vastly greater choice of potential partners and scientifically proven way of matching suitable people together. The greater choice is unarguable.But does it lead to better outcomes? And do the “scientifically tested methods”actually work? These are the questions asked by a team of psychologists led by Eli Finkel.The researchers‟first observation is how any of themuch-boasted partner-matching methods actually works. Many firms preserve their i ntellectual property as trade secrets,and there is no reason why internet dating sites should not be among them. But this renders claims of effectiveness impossible to test objectively. There is thus no independent scientific evidence that any of these methods does enhance the chance of their hitting it off when they meet.It is possible to test the value of a claim that they match people with compatible personality traits. However, Dr Dyrenforth asked more than 20,000 people about their relationships and assessed their personalities. Members of couples with similar personalities were indeed happier than those without. But the difference was just 0.5%.Surely, the chances of finding that magic other are increased by the second thing internet dating brings: a multitude of choice. But here, too, things are not as simple as they might seem.An assumption behind all consumer decisions is that what people think they want is what they actually need. And the data suggest people are not good at knowing what they want. One of Dr Finkel‟s own studies showed that when they are engaged in speed dating, pe ople‟s stated preferences at the beginning of the process do not well match the characters of the individuals theyactually like. When faced with abundant choices, people pay less attention to characteristics that require thinking and conversation to evaluate and more to matters physical. Choice, in other words, dulls the critical faculties.Finkel‟s conclusion is that love is as hard to find on the internet as elsewhere. You may be just as likely to luck out in the local café, or by acting on the impulse to stop and talk to that stranger on the street whose glance you caught, as you are by clicking away with a mouse and hoping that, one day, Cupid‟s arrow will strike.63. The effectiveness of the dating sites is difficult to verify scientifically because they ____A. keep their intellectual property secret.B. have two cutting edges.C. adopt strange matching methodsD. are good at deception as evidenced.64. The expression “hit it off”in Paragraph 3 probably means ____A. say goodbye B get along well C get hurt D dislike each other65. Dr. Dyrenforth found that couples with different personalities ____A were much less happy than those with similar personalities.B. were more likely to divorce than those with similar personalities.C were almost as happy as those with similar personalities.D. were must happier than those with similar personalities.66. According to Paragraph 6, the abundance of choices offered by the dating sites ____A can increase the chance of finding ideal partners.B helps people to become better aware of what they want.C divert attention from other mental qualitiesD leads to exclusive concern with one‟s appearance67. Finkel‟s conclusion is that ______A. it is impossible to find true love on the Internet wherever you are.B.you are as likely to find love through chance encounters as via the Internet.C. you are more likely to find love through these online dating sites.D. you can find love more easily by talking to a stranger on the street.68. The researchers‟ attitude towards these Internet dating sites is ____A suspicionB confidenceC objectionD recommendationPassage FourMany countries have made it illegal to talk into a hand-held mobile phone while driving. But the latest research provides further confirmation that the danger lies less in what a motorist‟s hands do when he takes a call than in what the conversation does to his brain. Even using a “hands-free” device can impair a driver‟s attention to an alarming extent.Melina Kunar of the University of Warwick and Todd Horowitz of the Harvard Medical School ran a series of experiments in which two groups of volunteers had to pay attention and respond to a series of moving tasks on a computer screen that were reckoned equivalent in difficulty to driving. One group was left undistracted while the other had to engage in a conversation about their hobbies using a speakerphone. As Dr Kunar and Dr. Horowitz report in Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, those who were making the equivalent of a hands-free call had an average reaction time 212 milliseconds slower than those who were not. That, they calculate, would add 5.7 meters to the braking distance of a car traveling at 100kph. They found that the group using the hands-free kit made 83 percent moreerrors in their tasks than those who were not talking.They also explored the effect of simply listening to something ---- such as a radio program. For this they played a recording of the first chapter of Bram Stoker‟s “Dracula”. Even though the test subjects were told to pay attention because they would be asked questions about the story afterwards, it had little effect on their reaction times. Dr.Kunar reckons that having to think about responses during a phone conversation competes for the brain‟s resources in a way that listening to a monologue does not. The research led by Frank Drews of the University of Utah suggests the same thing is true of the idle chatter of a passenger. Punishing people for using hand-held gadgets while driving is difficult enough, even though they can be seen from outside the car. Stopping people making hands-free calls would probably be impossible ---- especially because more and more vehicles are now being fitted with the necessary equipment as standard. Persuading people to switch their phones off altogether when they get behind the wheel might be the only answer. Who knows, they might even come to enjoy not having to take calls. And they‟ll be likelier to arrive in one piece.69. Which body part is most affected by talking into a cell phone when driving?A. Hands B Feet C Eyes D The brain70. In Kunar and Horowitz‟s experiments, the subjects who performed tasks while talking ____A. reacted more quickly and made fewer mistakes.B reacted more quickly, but made more mistakes.C. reacted more slowly, but made fewer mistakes.D. reacted more slowly, and made more mistakes.71. According to Frank Drews, listening to a passenger talking ____A affects drivers more than a phone conversation.B affects drivers more than listening to a story .C has less effect on the drivers than a phone conversation.D has less effect on the drivers than listening to a story.72 The law forbidding the use of hand-held phones when driving ____A is necessary and feasibleB has been frequently brokenC will arouse heated debateD has been widely observed.73. The best hope of stopping people using hands-free phones lies with ____A the lawmakersB car manufacturersC drivers themselvesD new technology74. The purpose of the passage is to ________A inform people of the danger of using phones while driving.B call on lawmakers to make new road laws on the use of cell phonesC offer suggestions for drivers who use cell phones while driving.D weigh the benefits and harms of using phones when driving.Passage FiveIn these times of fast media and ever-growing Internet, we are under so many external influences that it is anything but easy to think for ourselves. Unless you are a cunning, very aware person, you most likely don‟t even know when your thinking is not your own.Not that all outside influence is bad to forming your own views, but being unable to think for yourself can make you miserable at best, or a puppet of someone else‟s programming, at worst.Admittedly, we are all born into societies or cultures where the norms and customs are already established. We have little choice but to conform to what is already in place. This is not necessarily a bad thing. However, it can be confining and controlling if we accept everything blindly and never questionthe status quo.Does this mean all of your ideas can be original and unlike everyone else‟s? Not at all!Nor does it require being contrary and argumentative just to be defiant or stand out. To think for yourself means that whatever opinions you hold will be well thought out and arise from thorough investigation and thoughtful analysis. It means choosing to not compromise the facts for the sake of consensus or fitting in. It is not unlike critical thinking ---- it just brings about a broader scope of choices and decision-making in your life.For example, how many of us feel the need to keep up with …the latest‟? We wear clothes, listen to music and follow trends that the media tells us we should in order to be cool. Marketing companies create ads that tempt us into a herd mentality as we fall into debt, wear fashions that are unbecoming, and get caught up in a cycle of over-spending and then stressing out over it. We are living lives designed for us by the powers without our conscious participation.Another trap we fall into when we don‟t think for ourselves is groupthink. Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon that takes place within a group of people who try to avoid conflict。
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XX省成人高等教育学士学位外语水平考试模拟试题〔一英语试卷一Part I Dialogue Completion <15 points>Directions: There are 15 short incomplete dialogues in this part, each followed by 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one to complete the dialogue and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.1. Jack: Can I help with your luggage? Linda: ______________ A. No, you’d better not. Thank you anyway. B. No, not necessary. Thank you anyway. C. No, thanks. I can manage it. D. No, please. I can do.2. Customer: ____________ Receptionist: Certainly, do you have a reservation? Customer: Yes, the name is Collins, Mr. and Mrs. Collins.A. I’d like to rest here, please.B. I’d like to check in, please.C. I’d like to rent a room, please.D. I’d like to stay in, please.3. David: We’ve got some tickets for an opera tonight. Would you like to join us? Jill: __________. I don’t quite understand opera.A. I am afraid not. B. No, I can’t actually.C. I really want to go. D. No, I must refuse it.4. Emily: Your little boy has done a good job at school.Nancy: ____________A. Yes, I think so. B. No, he doesn’t deserve it.C. No, you are so polite.D. Yes, I am proud of him.5. Peter: __________?Benjamin: Sorry! Is it disturbing you?A. Stop playing your music!B. Turn off your terrible radio!C. Do you think you could keep the noise down a bit?D. Do you ever care about other people’s feelings?6. Martin: Will you please pass me the saltshaker, Robert? Robert: ________ A. Just take it. B. There you go. C. Here give you. D. Oh, sure.7. Alice: Hurry up! We don’t have much time left. Ann: _________. We still have 15 minutes.A. That’s fine. B. You are right. C. Take it easy. D. Take your time.8. Daniel: I’m afraid I’ve spilt some ink over your table cloth. I feelt erribly sorry for that. Mrs. Gamble: _________A. You should feel better.B. Oh, it doesn’t matter.C. I don’t want to hear it.D. Oh, I don’t like that table cloth.9. George: Hello, could I speak to Mr. Simpson, please? Lisa: __________. Can I take a messag e? A. Speaking, please.B. Who are you, please? C. I’m sorry he has run away.D. I’m sorry he is not available.10. Student A: May I borrow your computer this afternoon? Student B: I’m sorry, but I have to finish my term paper with it. Student A: _________A. Never think of it. B. Very nice, thanks. C. Thank you all the same. D. I don’t care.11. Virginia: Have you heard about Eva? She is going to get marriedwith Todd! Bertha: _________ A. Congratulations! B. Are you kidding? C. Good luck! D. Is it real?12. Doctor: __________?Patient: I’ve caught a bad cold and a sour throat.A. What seems to be the problem?B. What has happened to you?C. Do you feel better now?D. Do you have something to say?13. Salesman: Good morning, I wonder if you could spare a fewminutes of your time. Mrs. Davis: ______ . Are you selling something? A. I am not free now. B. I don’t know if I can. C. You are welcome. D. You don’t have to wonder.14. Jim: I think Edward needs to go on a diet. He’s putting on somuch weight. Lucas: ________ I think he looks OK. A. I agree with you.B. You are right.C. Do you think so?D. How do I know?15.Rosemary: We’ve made an appointment with the students at 7 in the morning. Would you come on time?Nicholas: I’m sorry _________, it is too early.A. I don’t want it. B. I don’t get it.C.I can’t handle it. D. I can’t make it.Part II Reading Comprehension <40 points>Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each of the passages is followed by 5 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.Passage OneHow much do you know about nutrition? If your knowledge is similar to that of food shopperswho answered three surveys for the U. S. Food and Drug Administration, then you probably share some wide-spread misinformation about nutrition. Check your answers to the following statements. Is it true or false?Statement 1: Fresh vegetables cooked at home are always more nutritious than canned or frozen vegetables. False. The nutritional difference depends more on how vegetables are handled or prepared than in whether they are bought fresh or packaged. Overcooking, for example, destroys many nutrients. Vegetables cooked in too much water can lose a significant amount of vitamins.Statement 2: When dieting, avoid starchy<淀粉类> foods, such as bread or potatoes. False. If you cut out starchy foods, such as peas, potatoes, bread, and rice, you cut out very good sources of several B vitamins, Vitamin C, and other nutrients. Moreover, ounce for ounce, bread and potatoes have fewer calories than sirloin steak and roast beef.Statement 3: Taking extra vitamins beyond the recommended daily allowances won’t give you more energy. True. It’s widely believed that extra vitamins provide more energy. But taking more than the body needs doesn't make it function better, just as overfilling your gas tank doesn’t make your car run faster.If you answered these questions correctly, you can for the time being consider yourself well informed about food and nutrition by today’s standards. But remember that nutrition is a complex and growing science and that today’s beliefs may be changed as new information becomes available.16. The first paragraph implies that many people __________.A. are well informed about nutritionB. don’t care about nutritionC. have much knowledge of nutritionD. have incorrect ideas about nutrition17. According to paragraph 2, which is NOT true about nutrition?A. Overcooking destroys many nutrients.B. It makes no difference how you prepare vegetables.C. Both fresh and packaged vegetables are nutritious.D. Vitamins in vegetable could be lost during cooking.18. Which is a correct attitude towards starchy food?A. Starchy foods are unnecessary in a balanced diet.B. Bread and steak have the same amount of calories per ounce.C. V aluable nutrients could be found in starchy foods.D. Starchy foods include only peas, potatoes, bread and rice.19. The description of "overfilling your gas tank" shows why __________.A. one should take as much vitamins as possibleB. more than enough vitamins is unnecessaryC. vitamins cost as much as gasD. doctors recommend allowance of vitamins20. A good title for this article would be__________.A. Tips of Losing Weight EffectivelyB. Test Your Nutrition IQC. Nutrition: A Complex Branch of ScienceD. Misleading Nutrition ConceptsPassage TwoMost women in Ghana--the educated and illiterate, the urban and rural, the young and old--work to earn an income in addition to maintaining their roles as housewives and mothers. Their reputation for economic independence, self-reliance, and hard work is well known and well deserved. Most of Ghana’s working women are farmers and traders. Only one woman in five, or even fewer, can be classified as simply housewives. Even these women often earn money by sewing or by baking and cooking things to sell. They also maintain vegetable gardens and chicken farms. Indeed, the woman who depends entirely upon her husband for support is looked upon with disfavor. Traditionally the tasks of motherhood have been shared. Mothers and sisters, grandmothers and nieces all helped to raise the children and to carry out daily tasks. As the family grew, older brothers and sisters also helped to care for the younger ones and helped in the home. Now with more children going to school, with more people moving away from their traditional homes, not only must the mother continue her income-producing activities, but she must take on all the heavy, time-consuming housework.Ghana today is looking for new ways to meet the needs of women and their families, such as providing more day care centers, so women can continue to play their multiple roles in the home and in the economy.21. What is the role of most women in Ghana?A. Handling varioushousework at home.B. Taking care of children indoors.C. Farming and trading out of house.D. Working as well as maintaining families.22. "self-reliance" could be explained as "__________".A. making great wealthB. de pending on oneselfC. caring for one’s ownD. being a reliable person23. What kind of women do people in Ghana prefer?A. Beautiful and charming.B. Skillful at sewing or baking.C. Depending totally on husbands.D. Working hard to earn incomes.24.Paragraph 3 describes__________. A. how traditional extended families operate B. why women in Ghana have more burdens now C. how changes in life help the working women D. the new life style of Ghana’s people25. The author of this article probably agrees that women inGhana should__________. A. stay at home and focus on family life B. become as active as men in business C. try to maintain their original roles D. make a choice and stick to one rolePassage ThreeThe blues was born on the Mississippi River Delta in the early 1900s. After the Civil War, the slaves were free but life was still not easy. They had to find new work. In the South, work camps were formed. Black people from these camps worked on farms and on building up the Mississippi River banks. During the week the people worked long and hard. They often lived alone, without their families, far from home. On the weekends, the workers got together at picnics or drinking places. Travelling black musicians with guitars entertained them. The musicians sang songs about the difficult life of the workers. These songs were called the blues.If you have the blues it means you feel very sad. You can have the blues because you have no money, no job, no lover, or no home. But blue songs were not always sad. Some of them were happy and many of them were funny.Sometimes the blues singers had song contests. Each singer sang new words or a new style of the blues song. They made up the music as they played. In this way they created new music. This is called improvisation. Later, improvisation became a very important part of jazz music.Blues began in the country in the South. As blacks moved into the big cities to work, the blues went with them. There, they sang about life in the cities. W. C. Handy, a black band leader from Memphis made the blues popular all over America. In 1914 he wrote the most famous blues song of all, "The St. Louis Blues".26. After the Civil War, the Black people _________. A. were mostly slaves B. still led a hard life C. enjoyed their new life with families D. worked on their own farms27. At the very beginning, the blues were _________.A. not performed on formal occasionsB. traditional songs of the Black peopleC. about the life of travelling musiciansD. very popular throughout the nation28. What kind of emotion does the blues express?A. SadnessB. HappinessC. JokingD. All of the above29. How did "improvisation" come into being? A. The blues singers gathered to have contests. B. New words were added into old songs. C. New styles were played with guitars. D. The blues singers created music while playing.30. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. The blues were born in the country in the South.B. The blues soon disappeared in big cities.C. W. C. Handy is the first blues singer in US.D. The most well-known blues song is "The St. Louis Blues".Passage FourNo matter who you are or where you come from, one thing is certain：you are acquainted with the mosquito<蚊子>--although you probably wish you weren’t. Mosquitoes are every where. They can be found all over the world, and they come in more than 2,500 species. Somewhere, at some time, you have surely met at least one.No one loves the mosquito. But unfortunately the mosquito may decide that she loves you. Yes, She. Only the fem ale mosquito bites. It’s not because she’s unfriendly: she needs blood to reproduce. Female mosquito is quite selective, and she chooses her victims carefully. First, she uses sensors to find her victim. With these sensors, she tests your body moisture, body warmth, and chemical substances in your sweat. If she likes what she finds, shebites. But if you don’t appeal to her, she’ll reject you for someone more appetizing. The next time a mosquito bites you, just remember that you were chosen. You’re special.If the mosquito likes you, she settles onto your flesh very gently, and she breaks your skin with her proboscis tip. It’s a kind of mouth and it sticks out just below the mosquito’s eyes. She stabs the proboscis tip into your skin at once, and if she hits a blood vessel, she’ll get a full dinner in about a minute. After that, the mosquito is tired. Heavy with your blood, she picks a spot---on a leave or a stone---to lay her eggs. Just one drop of blood will produce hundreds of eggs.31. By the sentence "you are acquainted with the mosquito--although you probably wish you weren’t", the author means that people _________. A. don’t like mosquito but it is always there B. know mosquito and wish them well C. wish all the mosquito disappeared D. want to be friendly to mosquito but fail at last32. Why is it only female mosquito that bites?A. She is more unfriendly than male.B. She is greater in number.C. Blood is her favorite food.D. Blood enables her to lay eggs.33. To select whom to bite, the mosquito’s sensors may NOT test_________.A. the temperature of the bodyB. the color of the skinC. the chemical elements in sweatD. the wetness of the body34.According to the last paragraph, the function of proboscis tip is to _______. A. find where to bite B. to stick into the flesh and suck blood C. to remove the skin and collect blood D. decide whom to reject35. The main idea of the passage could be _______.A. why and how mosquito bites peopleB. why people dislike mosquitoC. what kind of mosquito bites peopleD. how to identify female mosquito Part III Vocabulary and Structure <20 points>Directions: There are 40 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.36. We had decided to sell our house, but after a while we began to have second ________.A. ideas B. thoughtsC. minds D. plans37. _________ are that stock price will go up in the coming months.A. Chances B. OpportunitiesC. Possibilities D. Conditions38. Books in the library are arranged by different__________.A. classes B. categoriesC. degrees D. ranks39. The Bering Strait Bridge will be one of the most challenging engineering projects ever __________.A. undertaken B. underestimatedC. undergone D. underneath40. Our customers would ________ it very much if the salesperson could give them clear directions to operate the machine.A. appear B. applyC. appreciate D. anticipate41. The economy of the country was_____ with foreign investment.A. boomed B. blossomedC. raised D. increased42. The girl ________ a large amount of money from her parents. A. Achieved B. inherited C. SavedD. collected43. The HR manager will be ________ for not fulfilling his duty.A. cancelled B. recalledC. corrected D. replaced44. The impact of the Greenhouse Effect has long been ________ and special attention is called upon to examine this issue.A. overcome B. overlookedC. overcharged D. overrated45. No matter what happens, please remember we are the true friends whom you could always________ .A. turn up B. turn toC. turn in D. turn off46. Our series of product _____ from children’s toys to sports equipments.A. differ B. separateC. range D. include47. The audience were so _____ at the colorful scene of the drama that no one noticed the passage of time. A. fascinated B .fancied C. frightened D. forseen48. Please note down this telephone number ________you meet with any emergencies.A. for fear that B. so thatC. unless D. in case that49. The houses in this community, most which are beautifully ________, have attracted many buyers. A. decorated B. demanded C. delivered D. determined50. It’simpossible for anyone to be ________by such an obvious lie. A. taken over B. taken in C. taken down D. taken away51. Rosemary is ________ fatter than she was when I first met her.A. ConsistentlyB. constantlyC. considerablyD. considerately52. It may not be a good habit to look up the dictionary whenever you ________a difficult word while reading. A. come at B. come across C. come along D. come up53. I have tried __________ to make the General Manger change his mind. A. in spite B. in hope C. in way D. in vain54.The noise of the parade was very disturbing, which made it almost impossible for us to ________ on what the speaker was saying. A. Concentrate B. be concerned C. confirm D. be dependent55. The students are very _______ to Miss Lewis for her kindness and hard work.A. gracefulB. gratefulC. dependentD. confident56. It was not until August _____ the two sides finally reached an agreement. A. when B. that C. before D. while57. Don’t worry. She______ it by the time you are ready. A. will be finishing B. will have been finishing C. would finish D. will have finished58. ________will be known tomorrow. A. Whether the flower turns redB. If the flower turns red C. When does the flower turn redD. How does the flower turn red59. At midnight, she finally finished the report, ______. A. tiring and wear out B. tiring and worn out C. tired and worn out D. tiring and wearing out60. Rare animals are still being hunted, ______ there is severe punishment for it. A. as if B. even though C. even as D. as long as61. Before entering the classroom, Professor Lucas heard_________.A. the students at talk B. some students talkedC. some students talking D. the students to talk62. The assignment for today is to write a summary _______the major subjects in this chapter are to be covered.A. in that B. thatC. which D. in which63. We________ on it for several hours, but we have not yet found any satisfactory solution.A. are working B. have been workingC. have been worked D. work64. I would have invited Doctor Fox to make a speech, but I _________him very well. A. hadn’t known B. don’t know C. wouldn’t know D. wasn’t knowing65. _________ objects in the distance is made possible with the help of a telescope. A. Observation B. Observatory C. Observed D. Observing66. _______, the worse I seem to feel.A. More medicine taken B.When I take more medicineC. The more medicine I take D.Taking more of the medicine67. They wanted to find out the reason _________ adolescent crimes are increasing. A. because B. of C. why D. to68. I ________reading newspapers during breakfast. A. am in the habit of B. make a rule of C. ought to D. used to be69. The square is _____ the one in my hometown. A. three times big of B. as big three times as C. three times as big as D. bigger three times than70. The Asian Games meet ________, sometimes with more than 40 nations taking part. A. once a four years B. four years a time C. for four years D. every four years71. What _________ next will be discussed at the meeting in the afternoon. A. can we do B. to be done C. shall we do D. to doing72. Many ancient tombs have been stolen by thieves and the treasures inside were lost. _________this is a matter of regret. A. No wonder B. No way C. No problem D. No doubt73. The factory ______ two years ago was equipped with the most advanced machinery. A. where I worked there B. which I worked C. in which I worked D. where I worked in74. No sooner ______ than she realized that it was wise to keep silent. A. had the words spoken B. the words had spoken C. the words had been spoken D. had the words been spoken75. But for the storm, we _____ a great harvest last year.A. would have B. would have hadC. had had D. should have Part IV Cloze Test <10 points>Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each numbered blank, there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single linethrough the center.The ups and downs of life may seem to have no predictable plan. But scientists now know there are very definite life patterns that almost all people 76 . Today,when we live 20 years longer than our great-grandparents,and when women mysteriously 77 men by seven years,it is clearer than ever that the"game of life"is really a game of 78 . As we age, we trade strength for ingenuity,speed for thoroughness,passion for reason. These 79 may not always seem fair,but at every age,there are some 80 . So it is reassuring to note that 81 you've passed some of your"prime."you still have other prime years to experience 82 . Certain important primes seem to 83 later in life. Then which are the best years of life? When asked this question, people may 84 with various answers. It seems that different periods of life 85 to different kinds of achievement.76. A. know B. share C. resist D. like77. A. Outnumber B. outcome C. OutliveD. outbreak78. A. trade-offs B. trade-insC. YearsD. age79. A. discussions B. changes C. businesses D. exchanges80. A. problems B. advantages C. difficulties D. profits81. A. no matter B. as soon as C. even if D. because of82. A. in the pastB. in the future C. just then D. just now83. A. peak B. climb C. Stay D. result84. A. come out B. come in C. come at D. come up85. A. are likely B. are fixed C. are related D. pay attention英语试卷二Part V Writing <15 points>Directions: You are to write in 100-120 words on the topic "My View on Fast Food". You should base your composition on the outline given in Chinesebelow:1．吃快餐食品可以节约时间；2．但有些快餐食品不健康；3．谈谈你的看法。
学位英语全真模拟试题
学位英语全真模拟试题一、阅读理解阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容进行判断。
Many people think that intelligence alone guarantees success. However, intelligence without the ability to communicate effectively will not bring success. Communication can make the difference between success and failure, between acceptance and rejection.Effective communication is important today because of the great impact it has on career success. To develop a successful career, you must be able to communicate effectively, both in speaking and writing.Well-written memos and reports can impress your superiors and colleagues. Good oral communication skills can help you present your ideas in a way that others can understand and accept. If you cannot express yourself clearly, it can cost you your job.1. Intelligence alone can guarantee success. ( )2. Effective communication plays a vital role in career success. ( )3. Poor communication skills can lead to job loss. ( )4. The ability to communicate effectively is only important in writing. ( )二、阅读理解阅读下面的短文，回答问题。
2012年初中英语毕业模拟考试及答案
二○一二年初中升学模拟考试英语试卷本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，第Ⅰ卷1页至8页，第Ⅱ卷9至12页。
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1. My sister often does her homework for half hourA. aB. anC. theD. 不填2. - Are these books yours?- No. The twin brothers came and left them here just now. They’re ________.A. themB. theirC. theirsD. themselves3. - We will never forget what happened ______ the afternoon of May 12, 2008.A. inB. byC. atD. on4. She can’t speak French and I can’t either. That means of us can speak French.A. neitherB. eitherC. bothD. all5. --______ room is big and bright. They like it very much.A. Tom and SamB. Tom’s and SamC. Tom and Sam’sD. Tom’s and Sam’s6. - ________ you _______ the 3D film?- Y es. I saw it last Saturday night.A. Did; seeB. Had; seenC. Have; seenD. Were; seeing7. - Where do you want to spend your holiday in summer?- I’d like to go _____________.A. somewhere coolB. anywhere coolC. cool somewhereD. cool anywhere8. She prefers rahter than .A. write, readB. to write, readC. to write, to readD. write, to read9. - Would you please tell Lucy that she ____________ as a volunteer for the 16th AsianGames in Guangzhou yesterday?- Of course. I’ll tell her as soon as she comes back.A. choosesB. choseC. is chosenD. was chosen10. Nancy joins the most clubs of all the students after school, so she has _______ freetime than othersA. mostB. moreC. fewerD. less11. – Susan’s parents have bought a large house with a swimming pool.- It be very expensive.A. mustB. shouldC. canD. may12. There was a big fire at ten o’clock last night. The firemen arrived in five minutes and________ the fire soon.A. put upB. put outC. put awayD. put off13. - I didn’t know he came back ______ I met him in the street.A. sinceB. whenC. untilD. after14. - What’s wrong with you?- It’s too noisy outside. The noise is nearly __________ me mad.A. turningB. keepingC. drivingD. causing15. - He’s never late for school, ___________?--No. He is used to going to school early.A. isn’t heB. has heC. hasn’t heD. is he16. - _________ fine day it is!- Let’s go out and enjoy the sunshine.A. What aB. WhatC. How aD. How17. - Would you like________ that story book?- No, I’d rather __________ the football match.A. to read; to watchB. to read; watchC. reading; watchingD. reading; to watch18. - do you write to your penfriend?- Twice a month.A. How longB. How soonC. How farD. How often19. - Did the teacher tell you ________this afternoon ?- Y es. We’ll go to the Science Museum.A. to go whereB. how to doC. what to doD. to do what20. - Has he returned the book to our library?-No. He has ________ it for only one week.A. borrowedB. lentC. keptD. bought二、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面两篇短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
学位英语模拟试题及答案word.doc
学位英语模拟试题及答案word.docPart I Vocabulary and Structure (20%)Directions: In this part there are 40 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.1. How long do you think ________ to finish this urgent task?A. did it take youB. it will take youC. will it take youD. it to take you2. Wealth, education and occupation vary greatly ________ members of the middle class.A. amongB. betweenC. fromD. inside3. Let’s buy our tickets while I still have ________.A. a little money to leaveB. little money leftC. a few dollars leftD. few dollars to leave4. ________ was not the way the event happened.A. Which the press reportedB. That the press reportedC. What did the press reportD. What the press reported5. People do not like such persons who are always ________the way of others.A. onB. byC. inD. behind6. At first we were ________ amused by Don’s words, but soon we were tired of them.A. greatB. farC. muchD. never7. He talks as if he ________ everything in the world.A. knowsB. knewC. would have knownD. had known8. The doctor advised that Mr. Malan ________ an operation right away so as to save his life.A. hadB. was going to haveC. haveD. would have9. He forgot about ________ him to atten d my wife’s birthday party.A. I askingB. my askingC. me to askD. mine to ask10. So little ________ about stock exchange that the lecture was completely beyond me.A. did I knowB. I had knownC. I knowD. was I known11. The boy’s laziness ________ his failure in the exams.A. resulted fromB. brought inC. resulted inD. led into12. Only guests of the hotel enjoy the ________ of using the private beach.A. privilegeB. possibilityC. favorD. advantage13. Tom ________ more than twenty pounds for the dictionary.A. spentB. paidC. costD. took14. The governor had to ________ all his appointments for the day and rush to the train accident.A. set offB. pay offC. see offD. call off15. One car went too fast and ________ missed hitting another car.A. completelyB. greatlyC. narrowlyD. little16. He was accused ________ stealing from the shop.A. withB. inC. ofD. at17. It took me a long time to ________ the disappointment of losing the match.A. get overB. get upC. get intoD. get down18. All the reference books should be made ________ to the teachers and students in ouruniversity.A. concernedB. availableC. relatedD. flexible19. He never thought the committee would ________ his proposal.A. put upB. object toC. pass onD. call on20. The company official ________ I thought would be fired received a raise.A. whomB. whoeverC. whoD. of whom21. Mr. Green ________ my letter, otherwise he would have replied before now.A. must have receiveB. must have failed to receiveC. must receiveD. must fail to receive22. We shall appreciate ________ from you soon.A. being heardB. hearingC. having been heardD. to hear23. I fell and hurt myself while I ________ tennis.A. was playingB. am playingC. playD. played24. ________ you disagree with her, her idea is still worth considering.A. Even ifB. If onlyC. Instead ofD. Despite of25. I’d ________ you didn’t touch that, if you don’t mind.A. ratherB. betterC. happierD. further26. The two men arrested for breaking into that shop havebeen ________ $10,000.A. committedB. drivenC. chargedD. fined27. The driver might have ________ the accident if he had had his headlights on.A. missedB. avoidedC. stoppedD. dismissed28. The people at the party were worried about Janet because no one was aware ________ she hadgone.A. where thatB. of whereC. of the placeD. the place29. I ________ on the door for ten minutes now without an answer.A. was knockingB. am knockingC. knockingD. have been knocking30. _________ tired after a hard work, she fell into bed and went straight to sleep.A. FeltB. FeelingC. Being feltD. To feel31. He was ________ enough to understand my questions from the gestures I made.A. intelligentB. efficientC. proficientD. diligent32. If you ________ the speed limit you will get into trouble with the police.A. excludeB. exceedC. excuseD. execute33. He opened the door and let himself in quietly ________ not to wake the family.A. becauseB. so asC. so thatD. despite34. I wish you ________ to me before you went and bought that car.A. spokeB. will speakC. was going to speakD. had spoken35. The director who was recently promoted did ________.A. work more than anyone elseB. more than anyone else workC. more work than anyone elseD. work more than anyone36. Before her marriage, she spent a considerable time in thatvery part of Shanghai, _______ shebelonged.A. whichB. to whereC. to whichD. at which37. “Good- bye, Mr. Wang. I’m pleased _________ you”A. to meetB. meetingC. to have been meetingD. to be met38. The investigation, ________ will soon be published, was made by John.A. at which the resultsB. the results on whichC. whose resultsD. at whose results39. Don’t you k now he is an old friend of ________?A. my brotherB. my brother’s friendC. my brother’sD. my brothers40. _________ you return those books to the library immediately you will have to pay a fine.A. UntilB. UnlessC. IfD. ProvidedPart II Reading Comprehension (40%)Directions: There are four passages in this part. Each passageis followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage 1Almost every family buys at least one copy of a newspaper every day. Some people subscribe (订阅) to as many as two or three newspapers. But why do people read newspapers?Five hundred years ago, news of important happenings —battles lost and won, king or rulers overthrown(推翻) or killed —took months and even years to travel from one country to another. The news passed by word of mouth and was never accurate. Today we can read in our newspapers of important events that occur in far away countries on the same day they happen.Apart from supplying news from all over the world, newspapers give us a lot of other useful information. There are weather reports, radio, television and film guides, book reviews, stories and, of course, advertisements. The bigger ones are put in by large companies to bring attention to their。
2012年陕西成人学位英语考试答案
2012年陕西成人学位英语考试答案2012 年陕西成人学位英语考试答案Part I Reading Comprehension （30 ）I hear many parents complain that their teenage children are rebelling.I wish it were so. At your age you ought to be growing away from your parents.You should be learning to stand on your own feet. But take a good look atthe present rebellion. It seems .that teenagers are all taking the same wayof showing that they disagree with their parents. Instead of striking outboldly on their own most of them are holding one anothers hands forreassurance （放心）。
They claim they want to dress as they please. But they all wear the sameclothes. They set off in new directions in music. But they all end up listeningto the same record. Their reason for thinking or acting in such a way is thatthe crowd is doing it. They have come out of their cocoon （茧）into a largercocoon. （80）It has become harder and harder for a teenager to stand up againstthe popularity wave and to go his or her own way. Industry has firmly carvedout a market for teenagers. These days every teenager can learn from theadvertisements what a teenager should have and be. This is a great barrierfor the teenager who wants to find his or her own path. But the barrier is worth climbing over. The path is worth following. Youmay want to listen to classical music instead of going to a party. You maywant to collect rocks when everyone else is collecting records. You may havesomethoughts that you dont care to share at once with your classmates. Wellgo to it. Find yourself. Be yourself. Popularity will come ——with thepeople who respect you for who you are. Thats the only kind of popularitythat really counts. 1. The authors purpose in writing this passage is to tell ．A. readers how to he popular with people around B. teenagers how to learn to make a decision for themselves C. parents how to control and guide their children D. people how to understand and respect each oth 2. According to the author many teenagers think they are brave enough toact on their own but in fact most of them ．A. have much difficulty understanding each other B. lack confidence C. dare not cope with any problems alone D. are very much afraid of getting lost 3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage？A. There is no popularity that really counts. B. Many parents think that their children are challenging theirauthority. C. It is not necessarily bad for a teenager to disagree with his orher classmates. D. Most teenagers are actually doing the same. 4. The author thinks of advertisements as to teenagers. A. inevitable B. influential C. instructive D. attractive 5. The main idea of the last paragraph is that a teenager should . A. differ from others in as many ways as possible B. become poDFHXDpular with others C. find his real self D. rebel against his parents and the popularity wave Part II Vocabular 采访那些y and Structure （30 ）Directions: In this part there are 30 incomplete sentences. For eachsentence there are fouxdbhxdr choices marked A B C and D. Choose the ONEanswer that best completes the sentence. Then blacken the correspondingletter on the Answer Sheet. 6. The man has a special talent for art and is of a musician. A. anybody B. anyxdfxdthing C. somebody D. something 7. I know Jonxdfbathan quite well and never doubt he can do agood job of it. A. whether B. what C. when D. what 8. How many more decades will have to pass scientists succeedin providing a cure for cancer？A. when B. before C. since D. until 9. The enfbfcggineer is not happy with the project and is herboss. A. neither B. so C. Wither D. as 20. for a long time but he tried his best to catch up with hisclassmates. A. Having been ill B. Being ill C. Tough he was ill D. He was ill 21. How clofgcfgse parents are to their children a stronginfluence on the development of the childrens character. A. have B. has C. having D. had 22. He changed his name that nobgfccfody would find out what hehad done before. A. having thought B. to think C. thinks D. thicfggfcnking 23. There is so much work today. Would you be kind enough to lendme a hand？A. having done B. to be done C. being done D. will be done 24. By no means to move to a new place far away from her workplacebecause it isnt convenient for her family and herself. A. Janfgbfe will agree B. will Jane agree C. Jane willdisagree D. will Jane disagree 5. You can the skfgbf is clear see as far as the old temple ontop of the mountain but not today. 9. Her heart faster when she entered the exam hall. A. jumped B. sank C. beat D. hit 40. Would you mindfgbf keeping a（n）on the house for us whilewe are away？A. eye B/look C. hand D. view 41. I am afraid that his phone number has slipped my for themoment. A. head B. brain C. mind D. sense 42. It was the wealth of the pioneer landowner John Harvard thatmade Harvard Univfgfgersity possible.A. preciousB. curiousC. anxiousD. prosperous 43. I am notfbfg sure whether we can give the right adviceemergency. A. on account of B. in case of C. at the risk of D. in spite of 44. Vingo fgnfwas released from prison the successful efforts ofhis friends to profbfgve his innocence. A. according to B. as a result of C. for reasons of D. with the help of 45. Some of the meat came from Canada. How about ？A. another B. the other C. others D. the rest Part III Identification （10 ）（为方便排版，特意将挑错题改为以下格式，请见谅！）Directions: Each of the following sentences has four underline partsmarked A B C and D. bcfgentify the one that is not correct. Then blackenthe corresponding letter ofgcfn the Answer Sheet. 46. After（A）her two-week vacation was over B Dorothy regrettedto spendC so much money for so little pleasure.D 47. Dont make AHelens remarks too seriously B. She isso upset C that I dontthink she really knows what she is saying D. 48. Workers newly arrive A from the south or Brural areas performtheir jobdifferently C from those from other sections D of the city. 49. While A rememberedB mainly for the invention C of thetelephoneAlexander Gracfbfgham Bell devoted his life to help D the deaf. 50. A Acontainer weighs B more after air is put in C it Dproves that air has weight. 51. The young man to make Aseveral attempts to beat B the worldrecord in high jumping decided C to have another try.D 52. Of Athe two coats Id choose B the cheapest C one to sparesome money for D a book. 53. The protection of Aour environment is B not nothing C to beleft to the government. Everyone should be concerned D. 54. There are A moments in life whereB you miss someone somuch that C you just want to D pick them up from dreams and hug them forreal. 55. None of A us had the final say B in this matterand therefore C it was recommended that we waited Dfor the authorities. Part IV Cloze （10 ）Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage and for eachblank there are 4 choices marked A B C and D at the end of the passage.You should choose ONE ansfgncfgwer that best fits into the passage. Thenblacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Conversation begins almost the moment we come into contact with anotherand continues throughout the day 56 the aid of cell phonesandcomputers. However we am so often absorbed in conversation that we 57sight of its true purpose and value. One important 58 of a good conversation is that the wordsare 59 used to express thoughts and feelings. We are 60 deepthoughts and strong emotions yet our vocabularies are not 61 for thisexpression and many . 62 little effort to expand that. Perhaps you see amovie that 63 . you deeply yet you have the following conversation: So what did you think of the film？Oh my God it wasso sad I swear. I went through 64 a box of tissues（面巾纸）。
陕西省长安一中2012届高三第十二次模拟考试英语试题
陕西省长安一中2012届高三第十二次模拟考试英语试题考生注意：1．本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，满分150分，考试时间120分钟.2．答题前,考生务必将密封线内项目填写清楚,考生作答时，请将答案答在答题卡上,必须在题号所指示的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效，在试题卷、草稿纸上答题无效.第一部分英语知识运用（共四节，满分55分）第一节语音知识（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)从A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项。
1．busyA．bury B．button C．minute D．argue2．achieveA．niece B．lie C．experience D．society3．suggestionA．instruction B．question C．invitation D．attention4．amountA．doubt B．trouble C．shoulder D．group5．generationA．progress B．league C．regular D．advantage第二节情影对话（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）根据对话情景和内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入每一空白处的最佳选项,选项中有两项为多余选项。
W：Can I talk to the manager？．M：Yes, I’m the manager． 6W：I saw your "Help Wanted” sign in the window．7M：Yes．We're looking for a dishwasher．W：I'd like to apply．M：8W：No，I haven’t，but I'm sure I could learn quickly．M：Hmm．9W：Well, I haven’t operated kitchen equipment before，but with a little training, I’m sure I could do a good job．M:Okay．Here's an application form．10W：Thanks very much．A．What can I do for you？B．You can sit over there and fill it out．C．Can you tell me what the position is? ．D．It's hard work and the pay is not high．E．Have you worked as a dishwasher before?F．We will give you a definite answer tomorrow．G．We need a person who can operate kitchen equipment．第二节语法和词汇知识(共15小题；每小题1分,满分15分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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长安学院2012届毕业生学位考试英语模拟题一届毕业生学位考试英语模拟题一PartⅠListening Comprehension (Omitted)Part II Reading ComprehensionPassage 1Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:After a busy day of work and play, the body needs to rest. Sleep is necessary for good health. During this time, the body recovers from the activities of the previous day. (76) The rest that you get while sleeping enables your body to prepare itself for the next day.There are four levels of sleep, each being a little deeper than the one before. As you sleep, your muscles relax little by little. Y our heart beats more slowly, and your brain slows down. After you reach the fourth level, your body shifts back and forth from one level of sleep to the other.Although your mind slows down, from time to time you will dream. Scientists who study sleep state that when dreaming occurs, your eyeballs begin to move more quickly (although your eyelids are closed). This stage of sleep is called REM, which stands for rapid eye movement.(77) If you have trouble falling asleep, some people recommend breathing very slowly and very deeply. Other people believed that drinking warm milk will help make you drowsy. There is also an old suggestion that counting sheep will put you to sleep!1. A good title for this passage is_____.A. SleepB. Good HealthC. Dreams D Work and Rest2. The word “drowsy” in the last paragraph means____.A. sickB. stand upC. asleepD. a little sleepy3. This passage suggests that not getting enough sleep might make you____.A. dream more oftenB. have poor healthC. nervousD. breathe quickly4. During REM, _____.A. your eyes move quicklyB. you dreamC. you are restlessD. both A and B5. The average number of hours of sleep that an adult needs is _____.A. approximately six hoursB. around ten hoursC. about eight hoursD. not stated here Passage 2Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:Obviously television has both advantages and disadvantages.(78) In the first place, television is not only a convenient source of entertainment, but also a comparatively cheap one. With a TV set in the family people don’t have to pay for expensive seats at the theatre, the cinema, or the opera. All they have to do is to push a button or turn a knob, and they can see plays, films, operas and shows of every kind. Some people, however, think that this is where the danger lies. The television viewers need do nothing. He does not even have use his legs if he has a remote control. He makes no choice and exercises, no judgment. He is completely passive and has everything presented to him without any effort on his part.Television, it is often said, keeps one informed about current events and the latest developments in science and politics. The most distant countries and the strangest customs are brought right into one’s sitting room. It could be argued that the radio performs this service as well; but on television everything is much more living, much more real. Y et here again there is a danger. The television screen itself has a terrible, almost physical charm for us. (79) We get so used to looking at the movements on it, so dependent on its pictures that it begins to control our lives. People are often heard to say that their television sets have broken down and that they have suddenly found that they have far more time to do things and that they have actually begun to talk to each other again. It makes one think, doesn’t it?There are many other arguments for and against television. We must realize that television itself is neither good nor bad. It is the uses that it is put to that determine its value to society.6. What is the major function of paragraph 1?A. To arouse the reader’s concernB. To introduce the theme of the whole passageC. To summarize the whole passageD. To state the primary uses of TV7. Television, as a source of entertainment, is____.A. not very convenientB. very expensiveC. quite dangerousD. relatively cheap8. Why are some people against TV?A. Because TV programs are not interestingB. Because TV viewers are totally passiveC. Because TV prices are very high.D. Because TV has both advantages and disadvantages9. One of the most obvious advantages of TV is that____.A. it keeps us informedB. it is very cheapC. it enables us to have a restD. it controls our lives10. According to the passage, whether TV is good or not depends on____.A. its qualityB. people’s attitude towards itC. how we use itD. when we use it Passage 3Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:Too often young people get themselves employed quite by accident, not knowing what lies in the way of opportunity for promotion, happiness and security. As a result, they are employed doing jobs that afford them little or no satisfaction. (80) Our school leavers face so much competition that they seldom care what they do as long as they can earn a living. Some stay long at a job and learn to like it; others quit from one to another looking for something to suit them. The young graduates who leave the university look for jobs that offer a salary up to their expectation.V ery few go out into the world knowing exactly what they want and realizing their own abilities. The reason behind all this confusion is that there never has been a proper vocational guidance in our educational institution. Nearly all grope (摸索) in the dark and their chief concern when they look for a job is to ask what salary is like. They never bother to think whether they are suited for the job or, even more important, whether the job suits them. Having a job is more than merely providing yourself and your dependants with daily bread and some money for leisure and entertainment. It sets a pattern of life and, in many ways, determines social status in life, selection of friends, leisure and interest.In choosing a career you should first consider the type of work which will suit your interest. Nothing is more pathetic than taking on a job in which you have no interest, for it will not only discourage your desire to succeed in life but also ruin your talents and ultimately make you an emotional wreck (受到严重伤害的人) and a bitter person.11. The reason why some people are unlikely to succeed in life is that theyA. have ruined their talentsB. have taken on an unsuitable jobC. think of nothing but their salaryD. are not aware of their own potential12. The difficulty in choosing a suitable job lies mainly in that_____.A. much competition has to be facedB. many employees have no working experienceC. the young people only care about how much they can earnD. schools fail to offer students appropriate vocational guidance13. Which of the following statements is most important according to the passage?A. Y our job must suit your interest.B. Y our job must set a pattern of life.C. Y our job must offer you a high salary.D. Y our job must not ruin your talents.14. The best title for this passage would be____.A. What Can a Good Job OfferB. Earning a LivingC. Correct Attitude on Job-huntingD. How to Choose a Job15. The word “pathetic” in Paragraph 2 most probably means____.A. splendidB. miserableC. disgustedD. touchingPart II V ocabulary and Structure16. Today books are_____ to everyone because they are no longer expensive.A. availableB. preferableC. reliableD. actual17. We shall ask for samples_____ and then we can make our decision.A. to be sentB. being sentC. to sentD. to have been sent18. The forest fire caused by the volcano is difficult to be_____.A. put offB. put awayC. put outD. put up19. It was not_____ midnight that they discovered the children were not in their beds.A. beforeB. atC. afterD. until20. The girl is not happy at the new school. She has _____ friends there.A. fewB. a fewC. littleD. quite a few21. Robots have already_____ human tasks in the industrial field.A. taken onB. taken outC. taken upD. taken over22. I can’t find the recorder in the room. It ____ by somebody.A. must have takenB. may have takenC. may have been takenD. should have been taken23. He took the medicine, but it didn’t have any_____.A. answerB. causeC. effectD. work24. It is_____ that over one million Americans now live below the poverty line.A. judgedB. estimatedC. calculatedD. considered25. He left____ an important detail in his account.A. offB. overC. behindD. out26. When there are small children around, it is necessary to put bottles of pills out of____.A. handB. holdC. placeD. reach27. I hadn’t seen him for years, but I_____ his voice on the telephone.A. realizedB. discoveredC. recognizedD. heard28. This place, originally a small town, has been____ into a modern city.A. transportedB. transferredC. transmittedD. transformed29. There was nobody____ when we came round the corner.A. out of sightB. at sightC. by sightD. in sight30. We’ll be only too glad to attend your party_____ we can get a baby-sitter.A. so far asB. provided thatC. unlessD. except that31. They couldn’t ____ him of his mistake.A. adviseB. convinceC. persuadeD. believe32. The old gentleman never fails to help_____ is in need of his help.A. whomB. whoC. whoeverD. whomever33. ______ under a microscope, a fresh snowflake has a delicate six-pointed shape.A. SeeingB. SeenC. To seeD. To be seen34. “When are you going to visit your uncle in Chicago?”“As soon as_____ our work for tomorrow.”A. we’re completeB. we’d completeC. we’ll completeD. we complete35. Neither John nor I _____ able to persuade Richard’s grandfather to attend the wedding.A. amB. areC. are to beD. is36. Y ou ought _____ the matter to the manager the day before yesterday.A. to reportB. to have reportedC. to reportingD. have reported37. We look forward to _____ to the opening ceremony.A. inviteB. be invitedC. having been invitedD. being invited38. Excuse me, but it is time to have your temperature______.A. takingB. takenC. tookD. take39. I cannot_____ the truth of your words, although they go against my interests.A. but admitB. but admittingC. help but to admitD. help but admitting40. When I went to visit Mrs. Smith last week, I was told she ______ two days before.A. has leftB. was leavingC. would leaveD. had left41. The boat will not arrive____ forty-four hours.A. inB. atC. forD. by42. In winter, animals have a hard time_____ anything to eat.A. to findB. to findingC. to find outD. finding43. Since you won’t take advice, there is no_____ in asking for it.A. placeB. pointC. reasonD. way44. _____ is known to all, too much smoking will cause lung cancer.A. ThatB. ItC. AsD. What45. They have developed techniques which are _______ to those used in most factories.A. moreB. betterC. greaterD. superiorPart Ш IdentificationDirections: Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked A, B, C and D. Identify the one that is not correct. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center46. I’m old enough not to let my troubles to interfere with my work.A B C D47. It was in the primary school where my teacher introduced me to computers.A B C D48. Where did the accident in which your friend was hurt took place?A B C D49. There are twelve people take part in the experiment, four working as a group.A B C D50. Red and green light, if mixing, in the right proportion, will give us yellow.A B C D51. We strongly suggest that Smith is told about his physical condition as soon as possible.A B C D52. Nearly three quarters of the surface of the earth are covered with water, and there would be even less land if theA B C D polar icecaps were melt.53. The seventeenth century was one which many significant advances were made in both science and philosophy.A B C D54. No matter whatever happens, we’re determined to do our best and make the experiment a success.A B C D55. Let’s not waste time on matters of no important. We have other vital problems to deal with.A B C DPart IV ClozeWhat do we mean by a perfect English pronunciation? In one 56 there are as many different kinds of English as there are speakers of it. 57 two speakers speak in exactly the same 58 . We can always hear differences 59 them, and the pronunciation of English 60 a great deal in different geographical 61 . How do we decide what sort of English to use as a 62 ? This is not a question that can be 63 in the same way for all foreign learners of English. 64 you live in apart of the world 65 India or West Africa, where there is a long 66 of speaking English for general communication purpose, you should 67 to acquire a good variety of the pronunciation of this area. It would be 68 in these circumstances to use as a model BBC English or 69 of the sort. On the other hand, if you live in a country 70 there is no traditional use of English, you must take 71 your model some form of 72 English pronunciation. It does not 73 very much which form you choose. The most 74 way is to take as your model the sort of English you can 75 most often.56. A. meaning B. sense C. case D. situation57. A. Not B. No C. None D. Nor58. A. type B. form C. sort D. way59. A. between B. among C. of D. from60. A. changes B. varies C. shifts D. alters61. A. areas B. parts C. countries D. spaces62. A. direction B. guide C. symbol D. model63. A. given B. responded C. symbol D. answered64. A. Because B. When C. If D. Whether65. A. as B. in C. like D. near66. A. custom B. use C. tradition D. habit67. A. aim B. propose C. select D. tend68. A fashion B. mistake C. nonsense D. possibility69. A. everything B. nothing C. anything D. things70. A. where B. that C. which D. wherever71. A. to B. with C. on D. as72. A. practical B. domestic C. native D. new73. A. care B. affect C. trouble D. matter74. A. effective B. sensitive C. ordinary D. careful75. A. listen B. hear C. notice D. findPart V TranslationSection A76. The rest that you get while sleeping enables your body to prepare itself for the next day. ( Passage1)77. If you have trouble falling asleep, some people recommend breathing very slowly and very deeply. ( Passage 1)78. In the first place, television is not only a convenient source of entertainment, but also a comparatively cheap one. ( Passage 2)79. We get so used to looking at the movements on it, so dependent on its pictures, that it begins to control our lives. ( Passage 2)80. Our school leavers face so much competition that they seldom care what they do as long as they can earn a living. ( Passage 3)Section B81. 他们试图想出一个解决这个问题的办法。