成人学位英语试题(样题1)

样题1

(150 mi nutes)Paper One

(90 min utes)

Part I. Vocabulary and Structure (10 poin ts; 15 minu tes)

Directions: Each of the following sentences is provided with four choices. Choose the one that

best completes the sentence. Then blacke n the corresp onding letter on the An swer

Sheet.

1. In no circumsta nces _________ a lie.

A. you should tell

B. should n't you tell

C. you should n't tell

D. should you tell

2. ________ they man aged to take from the tombs, there seemed to be no end to the valuable.

A. What

B. Which

C. How much

D. However much

3. The ten- page report may ________ one simple point: it ' s impractical to establish a chemical

pla nt in that regi on with so many difficulties and oppositi ons.

A. get dow n to

B. come dow n to

C. settle dow n

D. take dow n

4. Don ' t do that again! You not only endangered yourself, but also put your friend ___________ .

A. as a result

B. at len gth

C. at risk

D. by mistake

5. “ Perhaps you should go home now. ”“ No, I ________ on stay ing here for a while Ion ger.

A. persist

B. stick

C. sit

D. i nsist

6. ________ a major disaster will get us to realize that we can the raitig o rentsestroyi ng

of the world.

A. Anything but

B. Nothi ng but

C. But that

D. Everythi ng hut

7. We went very often to Hyde Park _____________ speakers addressed the passing crowds on

differe nt subjects.

A. which

B. where

C. that

D. for

8. The matter _________ y ou were arguing about last ni ght had bee n settled.

A. as

B. that

C. for which

D. what

9. The Chin ese Red Cross ________ a gen erous sum to the relief of the physically disabled.

A. assig ned

B. con tributed

C. furni shed

D. adm ini stered

10. The motorway _________ we drive to work is always crowded.

A. that

B. on which

C. which

D. on that

11. If he _________ promoti on, he would be an importa nt man today.

A. gained

B. had gained

C. gains

D. was to gai n

12. Will the AIDS patie nts ben efit ________ t he new drug?

B. through D. from

a good sin ger by professi on. B. anything but

D. someth ing but to fly from Chicago to New York? B. how much does it cost to the theatre with you. B. would go

D. would have gone a cow from a horse. B. con trast

C. compare

D. recog nize 17. Are you sure Mr. Joh nson will show you ________ the new computer?

A. to use

B. using

C. how to use

D. what to use

18. Quite a lot of people watch TV only to ________

A. waste

B. spe nd

C. kill

D. pass 19. The soldiers were put in pris on because they ________ to obey orders..

A. refused

B. rejected

C. denied

D.objected

was late for school. B. even tually D. con seque ntly

Part II. Cloze Test (10 points ; 20 minutes)

Directions: Read the passage through. Then, go back and choose one suitable word or phrase marked A, B, C, or D for

each bla nk in the passage. Blacke n the corresp onding letter of the word or phrase you have chose n on the An swer Sheet.

Geography is the study of the relati on ship betwee n people and the land .Geographers (地理学 家) compare and contrast 21 places on the earth. But they also 22 beyond the in dividual places and con sider the earth as a 23 . The world geography 24 from two

Greek words, ge, the Greek word for “earth and graphein, 25 means “towrite "The English word geography means, “ todescribe the earth " . 26 Geography books focus on a small area 27 a tow n or city. Others deal with a state, a regi on, a n atio n, or an

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con ti nent. Many geography books deal with the whole earth. Ano ther

29 to divide the study

of 30 is to distinguish between physical geography and cultural geography. The former focuses on the natural world; the 31 starts with human beings and 32 how human beings and their subject, —33— branch can n eglect the other. But whe n geography is con sidered as a sin gle subject, 34 branch can n eglect the other.

A geographer might be described 35 one who observes records and expla ins the 36_ between places. If places _37_ alike, there would be little need for geographers.

A. out of C.upon

13. Fond of singing as she is, she is A. everyth ing but C. nothing but

14. Could you tell me ________ A. it costs how much C. how much costs it

15. I was very tired. Otherwise, I A. had gone C. we nt 16. He couldn ' t even D. how much it costs A. tell

time.

20. I missed the train and A. fin ally C. subseque ntly