2020年整合学位英语考试模拟试题一及答案名师资料

研究生英语学位课统考模拟试题（1）GENRAL ENGLISH QUALIFYING TESTFOR NON-ENGLISH MAJOR GRADUATE STUDENTS考试注意事项一、本考试由两份试卷组成：试卷一（Paper one）包括听力理解、词汇、完型填空与阅读理解四部分，共80题，按顺序统一编号；试卷二（Paper two）包括翻译和写作两部分，共3题。

此外，试卷分A、B卷，请考生注意在答题卡上标出自己的试卷类型。

二、试卷一（题号1-80）为客观评分题（听力Section C 部分除外），答案一律用2B铅笔做在机读答题纸上，在对应题号下所选的字母中间画黑道，如 [A][B][C][D]。

三、试卷二为主观评分题，答案做在ANSWER SHEET II上。

答题前，请仔细阅读试卷二的注意事项。

四、试卷一、试卷二上均不得作任何记号（听力Section C部分除外），答案一律写在答题纸上，否则无效。

五、本考试全部时间为150分钟，采用试卷一和试卷二分卷计时的办法。

试卷一考试时间为90分钟，听力理解部分以放完录音带为准，大约25分钟；其余部分共计时65分钟，每部分所占时间均标在试卷上，考生可自行掌握。

试卷二共计时60分钟，每部分所占时间均标在试卷上，考生可自行掌握。

六、试卷一与试卷二采取分别收卷的办法。

每次终了时间一到，考生一律停笔，等候监考老师收点试卷及答题纸。

全部考试结束后，须待监考老师将全部试卷及答题纸收点无误并宣布本次考试结束，方可离开考场。

PAPER ONEPart I Listening Comprehension (25miniutes, 20 points)Section A (1 point each)Directions:In this section, you will hear nine short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation a question will be asked about what was said. Theconversations and questions will be read only once. Choose the best answer fromthe four choices given by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar acrossthe square brackets on your machine-scored Answer Sheet.1. A. To brush up her English at home.B. To be praised by her peers.C. To become her teacher’s favorite student.D. To care more for other subjects.2. A. Have a picnic. B. Play with her pets.C. See a movie.D. Stay at home.3. A. It’s a piece of cake. B. She has no idea.C. She already knows the answer.D. It’s beyond her expectation.4. A. Write a short mail to him. B. Chat with him on line.C. Telephone him.D. Text him soon.5. A. The poster looks better without the frame. B. The poster is not worth the money.C. The poster costs very little.D. The poster is very eye-catching.6. A. 14. B. 10.C. 65.D. 24.7. A. She is too busy. B. She can pass the exam next time.C. She doesn’t work very hard.D. She should be better prepared.8. A. exercise more frequently. B. Take less medicine each day.C. Try a new type of pain-killer.D. Have her back examined.9. A. George was not playing well. B. George always loses temper easily.C. George should have won the match.D. George is no match for his opponent.Section B (I point each)Directions: In this section, you will hear two mini-talks. At the end of each talk, there will be some questions. Both the talks and the questions will be read to you only once. Aftereach question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must choose the bestanswer from the four choices given by marking the corresponding letter with asingle bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet. Mini-talk one10 A. 18-21. B. 22-25. C. 30-50. D. 70-80.11. A. Because older people become more thankful for what they have.B. Because older people spend less time in deep thinking.C. Because older people forget things more frequently.D. Because older people tend to be more reliable.12. A. Middle aged women had increased sleep problems.B. Stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties.C. Being single affected the levels of happiness.D. Sleep quality declined as people got older.Mini-talk two13. A. High temperatures. B. Too much weight on the roof.C. The lack of rich soil.D. Sufficient watering system.14. A. They are normally painted green. B. They shorten the life of houses.C. They reduce energy consumption.D. They are used as water tanks.15. A. They need little water. B. They normally grow faster.C. They are less costly to grow.D. They could absorb more water.Section C (1point each)Directions: In this section, you will hear a short lecture. Listen to the recording and complete the notes about the lecture. You will hear the recording twice. After the recordingyou are asked to write down your answers on the answer sheet. You now have 25seconds to read the notes below.（请在录音结束后把第16-20题的答案抄写在答题纸上）16. Compliments are so good that they can heal your _____________ (2 words).17. Unless you seem sincere when you give compliments during a conversation, you’re not goingto get _____________ (3 words) from that person.18. After giving specific compliments, you should follow that _____________ (3 words).19. Adding compliments in front of people makes people respected and feel _____________ (4words).20. Last, avoid _____________ (2 words) with envy.Part II Vocabulary (10 minutes, 10 points)Section A (0.5 point each)Directions: In this section, there are ten questions. Each question is a sentence with one word or phrase underlined. Below the sentence are four words or phrases marked by A, B, C,and D. Choose the word or phrase that is closest in meaning to the underlined one.Mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on yourmachine-scoring Answer Sheet21. Values play as much a role in tackling the national challenges as smart policies.A. addressingB. minimizingC. reinforcingD. stabilizing22. Despite her attempt to look happy, her behavior at the party struck me as odd.A. attackedB. imposedC. deemedD. impressed23. The intimate relationship between human beings and speech is not restricted to sound.A. ascribedB. confinedC. subjectedD. related24. This young man took a law degree with distinction and found a job in a well.A. differenceB. perfectionC. separationD. honor25. Differences in culture and values will give rise to conflict of ideas and tastes.A. outbreakB. assimilationC. clashD. harmony26. Unpleasant symptoms can cause the smoker to resume smoking to raise the levels ofnicotine in the blood.A. let downB. go aboutC. drop offD. return to27. With the progress in medicine, it is no longer difficult to attain old age.A. evadeB. reachC. postponeD. retard28. Before national day, these musicians some songs in honor of this special occasion.A. in celebration ofB. in respect ofC. in case ofD. in excess of29. Japan, after spectacular post-war economic growth, became the world’s second-biggesteconomy.A. superficialB. amazingC. virtualD. genuine30. This book gives a very particular account of the important battles during WWII.A. specialB. strangeC. detailedD. exceptionalSection B (0.5 point each)Directions: In this section, there are ten questions. Each question is a sentence with something missing. Below each sentence are four words or phrases marked by A, B, C, and D.Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Mark thecorresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet31. Dozens of people were trapped for hours in the ________ of the train, but all have beentaken to safety.A. wreckageB. bandageC. cottageD. hostage32. The doctor advised me to increase my intake of healthy foods that can ________ heartdisease.A. give offB. pay offC. set offD. ward off33. The participants of the meeting discussed, ________, the future of the oil industry.A. from now onB. in the wayC. among other thingsD. on their mind34. Obama’s remarks were his most ________ description of how his personal religious beliefsfactor into his decision-making.A. externalB. extinctC. explicitD. executive35. Many United States teenagers ________ the road without receiving driver s’ education.A. beatB. hitC. strikeD. knock36. The ocean _______ 70 percent of the earth’s surface, but contains about 20 percent of theEarth’s total estimated species.A. takes upB. fixes upC. stirs upD. patches up37. With the _______ of a mouse, you can instantly get to see all the information you wantonline.A. crackB. clickC. chipD. clap38. Businesses of all sizes possess some type of _______ culture consisting of a set of valuesand goals.A. desperateB. corporateC. deliberateD. moderate39. When asked to disclose financial ties to drug companies, many doctors will ________ suchinformation.A. withdrawB. withstandC. witherD. withhold40. There is no exception ________ the rule that every rule has an exception.A. forB. onC. toD. inPart III Close Test (10 minutes, 10 points, 1 point each)Directions: In this section, there are ten questions. Read the passage through. Then, go back and choose one suitable word or phrase marked by A, B,C, or D for each blank inthe passage. Mark the corresponding letter of the word or phrase you’ve chosenwith a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer SheetAn ecosystem is defined as an ecological community together with its environment, functioning as a unit. To be more ___41__, an ecosystem is a complex set of relationships among the living resources, ___42___, and residents of an area, composed of organisms that work together to remain healthy ___43___ energy is exchanged and system-level processes emerge. The ecosystem serves as the level of biological organization in which organisms __44__ simultaneously with each other and with their environment. As such, ecosystems are a level above that of the ecological community but are at a level below the __45__, which is essentially the largest of all possible ecosystems.The thing about ecosystems is that they are __46__ fragile and intensely complicated. If you influence the smallest variable, then it changes the __47__. This is why global warming is such a big issue, __48__ whether we created it or not. Ecosystems will change; however, if they change radically enough, our way of life will forever be affected. It is sad to think that future generations will not have the __49__ of witnessing these little creatures as we have in our lifetime. You have to go to preservations to witness the wildlife that __50__ be an everyday occurrence.41. A. realistic B. frank C. honest D. specific42. A. habits B. habitats C. inhabitants D. inhibitors43. A. in case B. if only C. but for D. so that44. A. interact B. concern C. interfere D. coincide45. A. biofuel B. biodiversity C. biosphere D. biochemistry46. A. concisely B. inherently C. robustly D. industriously47. A. whole B. entire C. all D. total48. A. along with B. due to C. regardless of D. as to49. A. trouble B. privilege C. time D. willingness50. A. was about B. had better C. used to D. would ratherPART IV Reading Comprehension (45 minutes, 30 points, 1 point each)Directions: In this section, there are five short passages. Read each passage carefully, and then do the questions that follow. Choose the best answer from the four choices marked byA, B, C, or D and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the squarebrackets on your machine-scoring Answer SheetPassage OneResearchers may have found a solution to the annoying gender-wage gap: tell all the male CEOs to have more babies. And only child daughters, to be precise.A new, not-yet-published study that tracked 12 years of wage data in Denmark finds that when male CEOs had daughters, their female employees’ wages went up 1.3 percent while their male employees only gained 0.8 percent raises. The study’s authors – from Aalborg University in Denmark, the University of Maryland, and Columbia – found that women’s wages were boosted even more if the daughter was the first child of the CEO. The researchers found that the birth of a first daughter to a male CEO “resulted in a 1.4 percent increase in women’s wages, and an approximately 0.8 percent decrease in the gender wage gap. If the first daughter was also a first child, the gender wage gap would decrease by roughly 2.8 percent.” If a second daughter was born to a male CEO, women’s wages were not significantly affected. “Thus, our results suggest that the first daughter ‘flips a switch’ in the mind of a male CEO, causing him to attend more to equality in gender-related wage policies,” they write.David Gaddis Ross, co-author of the study and an assistant professor at Columbia’s Business School, said he would love to do a similar study in the United States, but there is no way the data would be available. “Getting this information in the United States would be wildly difficult, especially on the family structure of the CEOs,”he said. The Denmark data did not reveal names of individuals or companies, but each employee of every company in the country is attached to a code that researchers could use to find gender, number of children, salary, and other information such as home address and phone number.The study is not the first to examine how having a daughter affects men’s decision-making. Ebonya Washington wrote in a study published in the American Economic Review in 2008 that U.S. legislators were more likely to vote more liberally on women’s reproductive issues if they had daughters. Another study found that parents with daughters were more likely to adopt feminist views on gender equality.51. According to the study, if the first child of the CEO was a daughter, the decrease of thegender wage gap was ________.A. 0.8%B. 1.3%C. 1.4%D. 2.8%52. The Denmark study finds that male CEOs with daughters may ________.A. better respect female privacyB. better promote gender equalityC. give more chances for womenD. hire more female employees53. According to David Ross, a similar study in the U.S. ________.A. will soon be underwayB. may produce similar resultsC. is unnecessary and costlyD. is unlikely to be carried out.54. Which of the following information about the CEOs is most difficult to get in the U.S.?A. Real income.B. Phone number.C. Family structure.D. Home address.55. The findings of the three studies mentioned in the passage ________.A. have little in commonB. seem to be confusingC. agree well with each otherD. are somewhat contradictory56. In which section of a newspaper is the passage likely to appear?A. People.B. Society.C. Technology.D. News.Passage twoVirtually nobody has memories from very early childhood – but it’s not because we don’t remain information as young children. Rather, it may be because at that age, our brains don’t yet function in a way that bundles information into the complex neural patterns that we know as memories.It’s clear that young children do remember facts in the moment – such as who their parents are, or that one must say “please”before mom will give you candy. This is called “semantic memory.”Until sometime between the ages two and four, however, children lack “episodic memory”–memory regarding the details of a specific event. Such memories are stored in several parts of the brains surface, or “cortex.” For example, memory of sound is processed in the auditory cortexes, on the sides of the brain, while visual memory is managed by the visual cortex, at the back. A region of the brain called the hippocampus (海马体) ties all the scattered pieces together.“If you think of your cortex as a flower bed, there are flowers all across the top of yourhead,” said Patricia Bauer of Emory University in Atlanta. “The hippocampus, tucked very neatly in the middle of your brain, is responsible for pulling those all together and tying them in a bouquet (花束).” The memory is the bouquet – the neural pattern of linkages between the parts of the brain where a memory is stored.So why do kids usually fail to record specific episodes until the two-to-four age range? It may be because that’s when the hippocampus starts tying fragments of information together, said psychologist Nora Newcombe of Temple University in Philadelphia. And there may be a reason for this, Newcombe said. Episodic memory may be unnecessarily complex at a time when a child is just learning how the world works. “I think the primary goal of the first two years is to acquire semantic knowledge and from that point of view, episodic memory might actually be a distraction,”Newcombe said.57. It can be learned that children under the age of two ________.A. have memory of detailed eventsB. have the ability to remember factsC. retain little information in their brainsD. process information the same way adults do58. Which of the following is an example of “episodic memory”?A. Brides remember what happened on their weddings.B. Little kids remember their parents’ names.C. We remember to wash hands before meals.D. We remember to say “Thank you” for others’ help.59. Memory of image is processed ________.A. in the middle of the brainB. on the left side of the brainC. on the right side of the brainD. at the back of the brain60. Assume that our cortex is a flower bed, then hippocampus is ________.A. the flowers grown in the flower bedB. the stimulator that helps the flowers growC. the string that ties the flowers into a bouquetD. the bouquet made of the flowers in the bed61. According to Newcombe, if episodic memory were developed before agetwo, it would ________.A. negatively affect children’s learning processB. help children better understand our worldC. push children to learn more quicklyD. bring children’s development to a halt62. What is the major topic of the passage?A. How kids develop their memory.B. Why can’t we remember our very early days?C. How is memory processed by the brain?D. Why kids’ memory differs from that of adults.Passage ThreeIs new technology damaging our ability to communicate? Fingers flying, we can blog, email, or enter chat room. But as we type billions of words, something is being lost. Face-book is not the same as face to face and, as our virtual skills increase, I wonder if our ability to communicate using speech is on the decline.Young people send me dozens of e-mails from schools. They often attach long lists of questions, to which they want detailed responses. Time is short, so I usually reply that they can phone me and I’ll do my best to answer. They very rarely do, partly because they verbal and telephone skills are less developed than their ability to type and e-mail.Yet to adapt an old business saying, a meeting is worth five phone calls and a phone call is worth five e-mails. Direct communication can quickly lead to bonding and trust. People are more likely to reveal what they are thinking when they actually speak to another person. Most are wary of committing themselves in writing.The great tragedy is that the phone was invented before the computer. If it has been the other way around, Internet forums would now be buzzing with the exciting news: “Have you heard (type, type)? There is this amazing new gadget (type). Now you can talk directly with people. And they can hear your voice. Without all this typing.” Persistent marketing would do the rest and colleges would be rushing to develop new courses in telephone skills.But we are stuck with the supremacy of the typed word and it weakens our ability to look people in the eye and talk. A good example is how much new technology has affected public speaking.Does anyone else hate PowerPoint? At meetings, I internally groan as speakers load up their ponderous projections. I don’t mind maps and pictures, but all those words of text drive me crazy. “And now for my introduction…” and up comes the word “introduction.”“There are four points” and we see “four points.”Masses of facts and statistics follow. These should all have been given out as an information sheet. Instead, while you are trying to read through the material, the lecturer is wandering verbally all over it. There’s a confusion of focus that gives me a headache. As the slides flash by, the most important relationship in public speaking is being undermined – the link between the speaker and the audience.63. According to the author, young people today don’t ________.A. like to communicate using speechB. like to communicate with peopleC. know how to communicate with peopleD. know how to ask questions over the phone64. Based on paragraph 3, compared with meetings, e-mails are ________.A. fasterB. friendlierC. less effectiveD. less interesting65. In paragraph 3, “wary of” can be replaced by ________.A. faced withB. happy aboutC. used toD. cautious of66. The author believes that if the phone had been invented after the computer, people nowwould ________.A. be eager to learn how to use the phoneB. be glad to have both means of communicationC. still prefer typing words on the computerD. show little interesting in the phone67. Which of the following can best describe the author’s attitude towards today’s use of typedwords?A. EncouragingB. CuriousC. ConcernedD. Indifferent68. In the author’s opinion, PowerPoint ________.A. helps to convey the message of the speaker to the audienceB. harm the interaction between the speaker and the audienceC. should include as much information as necessaryD. should combine texts and pictures to make it eye-catchingPassage FourIt’s all Apple all the time these days: “astonishing” earnings reports in the news on Jan.25, lingering shots of Steve Jobs’ widow Laurene sitting near the First Lady and, of course, ever since his death in October, universal references to Jobs himself in any writing or speech aimed at promoting creativity or ingenuity or an all-American, against-all-odds model of success.However, New Y ork Times articles this week spoke of a darker reality behind the glowing Apple story: the “millions of human machines,” as the Times Charles Duhigg and David Barboza put it, in China who are now laboring 12 hours a day, six days a week to maintain the company’s amazing rate of growth.They live in dormitories where they can be called to their jobs anytime and often work double shifts in highly unsafe conditions. They’re willing to do all it takes. “It isn’t just that workers are cheaper abroad,” Duhigg wrote, “Rather, Apple’s executives believe the vast scale of overseas factories as well as the flexibility, diligence and expertise of foreign workers have so outpaced their American counterparts that ‘Made in the U.S.A.’ is no longer a viable option for most Apple products.”The Times stories raised very serious questions about not only Apple or the many other companies that similarly rely on overseas labor to support their growth and flood the world with cheap products, but the human cost of the growth model itself that has allowed Apple to thrive. It’s a model of growth, all too unquestioned in the U.S., that demands endless quality-of-life sacrifices in the service of productivity and profit. By quality of life, I mean good relationships with friends and family and having the time and the physical and emotional availability to invest in friends and family.Yet the American workers have been headed in the opposite direction for decades. Workinghours have expanded to the point where successful professionals consider the traditional 40-hour workweek a “part-time”job. Vacation time has been shrinking. In the current downturn, the employed are too scared of losing work to take time off. The pressure to be super-productive, ever willing, and always available has never been greater. But we should call into question the direction we’re headed and ask whether chasing the dream of growth has already turned into a nightmare. It’s up to the rest of us now to decide what to make of Steve Jobs’ legacy.69. It can be concluded from the first paragraph that Steve Jobs ________.A. is a controversial figure in the mediaB. enjoys high publicity in the U.S.C. used to deliver many speechesD. was a Nobel Prize winner70. The expression “against all odds” in the first paragraph probably means ________.A. foreign bornB. least talentedC. permanently obscureD. seemingly unlikely71. Apple’s executives choose to have most apple products made overseas because ________.A. goods made in the U.S.A. are inferiorB. Apple products sell better abroadC. this is much more profitableD. China-made products are better designed72. In the author’s opinion, the constant pursuit of the dream of growth has resulted in _______.A. better living standards in the U.S.B. a perfect model of growthC. worse relationships with friends and familyD. the popularity of iProducts73. Which of the following statements about the workers is true?A. They are spending more time with the family.B. They are enjoying a better quality of life.C. They can find jobs more easily.D. They have to work hard and overtime.74. The author’s attitude to Apple’s story of success is ________.A. approvalB. objectionC. admirationD. indifferencePassage FiveA new website from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) shows that 10 percent of the country is now a “food desert.”The Food Desert Locator is an online map highlighting thousands of areas where, the USDA says, low-income families have little or no access to healthy fresh food. First identified in Scotland in the 1990s, food deserts have come to symbolize urban decay. They suggest images of endless fast-food restaurants and convenience stores serving fatty, sugary junk food to overweight customers who have never tasted a Brussels sprout.Accordingly, Michelle Obama announced a $400 million Healthy Food Financing Initiative last year with the aim of eliminating food deserts nationwide by 2017. Official figures for the number of people living in food deserts already show a decline, from 23.5m in 2009 to 13.5m at the launch of the website. Although this might on the face of it suggest that the initiative is off to a superb start, sadly it does not in fact represent a single additional banana bought or soda escaped. This is because in America, the definition of a food desert is any census area where at least 20percent of inhabitants are below the poverty line and 33 percent live more than a mile from a supermarket. By simply extending the cutoff in rural areas to ten miles, the USDA managed to rescue 10m people from desert life.Some academics would go further, calling the appearance of many food deserts nothing but a mirage. Research by the Center for Public Health Nutrition at the University of Washington found that only 15 percent of people shopped for food within their own census area. Critics also note that focusing on supermarkets means that the USDA ignores tens of thousands of larger and smaller retailers, farmers’ markets and roadside greengrocers, many of which are excellent sources of fresh food. Together, they account for more than half of the country’s trillion-dollar retail food market.A visit to Renton, a depressed suburb of Seattle, demonstrates the problem. The town sits directly in the middle of a USDA food desert stretching miles in every direction. Yet it is home to a roadside stand serving organic fruit and vegetables, a health-food shop packed with nutritious grains and a superstore that researchers found attracts flocks of shoppers from well outside the desert.75. According to the USDA, food deserts ________.A. tend to be found in poor rural areasB. refer to the places with a food shortageC. are directly related to urban povertyD. are the direct cause of overweight76. The Healthy Food Financing Initiative is intended to ________.A. improve access to healthier foodB. change the American way of livingC. address the growing weight problemD. ensure food safety across the nation77. The author suggests that the drop from 23.5 million to 13.5 million ________.A. represents substantial progressB. is at least a good beginningC. isn’t based on true informationD. doesn’t make much difference78. The word “mirage” (para.3) probably means ________.A. unreal problemB. potential riskC. growing difficultyD. hidden danger79. The scholars in paragraph 3 think that the USDA definition of a food desert is ________.A. justifiableB. problematicC. unclearD. creative80. Renton is mentioned in the passage to ________.A. raise public awareness about food desertsB. highlight the problems of food desertsC. point out the solutions to food desertsD. tell us to put food deserts in perspective。

2019年下半年成人学位英语模拟试题11.You can, _____ the sky is clear, see as far as the old temple on top of the mountain, but not today.A. whenB. whereC. thoughD. because【答案】A.本题考查时间状语的应用。

根据句子意思和结构可以判断___ the sky is clear，为插入的成分，主干是you can see…而且后面还有but not today，显然前面是说今天以外的某一天，所以是时间状语，选择when. 其他的三项，where表示地点，though表示让步，because表示原因。

天气晴朗的时候，你能最远看到山顶上的古老寺庙，但是今天不行。

2.I recognized John ___ he entered the room.A. hardlyB. the minuteC. no soonerD. at once【答案】B 句意：约翰一踏入房间我就认出他。

the minute 和the monent 一样，可以引导时间状语从句，表示“一就”，如：she woke up the moment /the minute the thief slipped in .小偷刚刚偷偷摸摸的进来，她就醒了。

虽然也有“立刻”的意思，但都只相当于副词，不能连接两个句子。

比如要用项的话，应该用以下形式：项次傲视“几乎不”，是副词，而且在句意上说不通。

3.No sooner had she entered the house ___the telephone rang.A. whenB. thanC. asD. while【答案】B no sooner…than, hardly…when：固定搭配：一……就……。

本句的意思是：“她刚进门，电话就响了。

”4.She has wanted to become a nurse ______ since she was a young girl.A. longB. oftenC. alwaysD. ever【答案】D 她想成为一名护士，自从她还是个小女孩开始。

2020年成考专升本《英语》试题及答案解析一I.Phonetics(5 points)Directions:In each of the following groups of words，there are four underlined letters or letter combinations marked A，B，C and pare the underlined parts and identify the one that is different from the others in pronunciation.Mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.nd mb C.father dder2.A.challenge B.cheap C.choose D.character3.A.sweat B.please C.beat D.meat4.A.rescue B.league C.pursue D.argue5.A.action B.section C.solution D.questionI.Vocabulary and Structure(15 points)Directions:There are 15 incomplete sentences in this section.For each sentence there are four choices marked A，B，C and D.Choose one answer that best completes the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.6.There no one to help me at this moment，I need to handle the work all by myself.A.BeB.beingC.to beD.been7.Mary took a part-time job last summer，but her parents were unhappy about she did.A.TheseB.whichC.thatD.what8.I did not do well on the writing exam，for the topie to write on was unfamiliar me.A.ToB.forC.withD.about9.I can hardly distinguish the two girls，since they look quite .A.LikeB.unlikeC.alikeD.likely10.You'd better speak loudly at the meeting everyone can hear you.A. except thatB. such thatC. in thatD. so that11. Peter would stay at home watching TV than go shopping with his mom.A. RatherB. quiteC. betterD. still12. By the time you return in two years, your hometown will a new look.A. have taken onB. take onC. have been taken onD. be taken on13. Please make sure that your name is entered in the space when you fill out this form.A. vacantB. bareC. blankD. empty14. Reading aloud every day can be one of the most ways to improve your spoken English.A. evidentB. effectiveC. favoriteD. favorable15. If Peter had told his teacher about his difficulty in math homework, she him before the exam.A. helpsB. will helpC. would have helpedD. would help16. all the difficulties, the researcher continued her research.A. In case ofB. In spite ofC. Because ofD. Instead of17. The organizers of the conference have arranged hotel rooms for those students from out of town.A. to comeB. comeC. comingD. to have come18. The job applicant was worried about the interview he was well prepared.A. ifB. becauseC. whenD. though19. It was suggested that this hardworking girl an example for other students.A. be setB. will be setC. could be setD. had been set20. Since computers were introduced, they to be useful tools for people weak in math.A. had provedB. have provedC. will proveD. are provingⅢ. Cloze(30 points)Directions: For each blank in the fllowing passage, there are four choices marked A,B,C theD. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.In our online life, we need to use passwords frequently.We use passwords 21 e-mail, gaming sites, social networking sites, and other shopping sites.22, the passwords most people use are not very 23 and can easily be''broken'by others. In fact, the most comonly used passwords are so simple that it requires very 24effort to figure them out. Can you guess 25 the most commonly used passwords are? They are: Names ofbaseball teams, bith dates of a farmily 26 , the year of a special sports event, the random numbers like 156468, 27the name of a friend, pet,favorite TV star, or band. There are prograrms 28 to break into people's online accounts. These programs are 29 of trying every word in the English dictionary and the dictionaries 30 many foreign languages, in their effort to break into an account.31 can even search words backward. Some will try 32 words or words that are followed by numbers,33 school222. These programs can test millions of passwords in a few minutes. So, you are advised to be careful about 34 passwords so that they will be hard to break. You are also advised not to make them 35 hard to remember. Meanwhile, you need to change them once in a while.21.A. to B. with C. by D. for22.A. However B. Therefore C. Moreover D. Besides23.A. natural B. safe C. strange D. clear24.A. minor B. small C. lttle D. tiny25.A. what B. who C. where D. which26.A. figure B. member C. creature D. character27.A. as close as B. as good as C. as dear as D. as well as28.A. formed B. shapedC. composed D. designed29.A. typical B. capable C. sure D. true30.A. from B. with C. of D. for31.A. They B. It C. That D. Those32.A. added B. gathered C. combined D. collected33.A. such as B. except for C. as for D. as of34.A. locating B. searching C. choosing D. tracking35.A. rather B. too C. far D. enoughIV. Reading Comprehension(60 points)Directions: There are five reading passages in this part. Each passage is fllowed by four questions.For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B,C and D. Choose onebest answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.Passage OneSound sleep occurs when one s intermal clock is regulated.Cireadian rhythms(生理节奏)can become compromised quite easily.Many people with sleep troublestend to vary bedtimes.To avoid thi scommon problem，sleepsufferers shoud go to bed and wake up at the same time every day.To help improve crcadian rhythms，sufferers should enjoy 15 minutes of sun exposure the first thing in the morming.A bedtime routine can help prevent insmnia(失眠).One hour before betime，one shoud lower the lights and relax.Reading a book or listening to calm music can help prepare the body for a night's seep.Taking a warm，candlelit bathor drinking a cup of warm milk can also help you prepare for deep sleep at night.Stress can have a bad efeet on the body and the ability to seep.A daily exercise routine can help lower the body's stress naturally.One can also manage stres by writing diaris.Writing diaries can help people express their anxieties，plan for the future and improve sleep.Other ways to lower stress include deep breathing exercises and progressive muscle relaxation.The light sending out from computers，cellphones，tablets and televisions can cause sleep problems.Therefore，these items should be turned off at least an hour before bedtime.Additinally，lowering the backlight on these electronic devices earlier in the evening can help you fall asleep faster and stay asleep longer once bedtime arrives.A perfect bedroom invites sweet sleep.Most people sleep better in a cool，dark，and quiet room.Lower the temperature in the room to 16 ~20 degrees for a peaceful night's sleep.A dark room can be accomplished by installing light blocking curtains or wearing a sleep mask.Noise canbe reduced with either earplugs or a white noise machine.Finally，a comfortable mattress(床垫)and pillows are essential to a good night's sleep.36.What is the passge mainly about?A.How to get a sound sleep.B.How to lower body stressC.How to regulate intemal clocks.D.How to manage anxieties.37.According to Paragraph 2，which of the following may lead to insomnia?A. Reading a book for relaxation before bedtime.B. Lowering lights one hour before bedtime.C. Drinking some warm milk before bedtime.D. Listening to rock music before bedtime.38. What can be done to reduce stress?A. Doing exercise every dayB. Making plans for the future.C. Writing about your sleep patterns.D. Learning to hold your breath.39. What is the perfect condition for sleep?A.A quiet room with flashing lights.B.A bright room with white curtains.C.A cool room with comfortable pillows.D.A dark room with electronic devices.IV. Reading Comprehension(60 points)Directions: There are five reading passages in this part. Each passage is fllowed by four questions.For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B,C and D. Choose onebest answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.Passage OneSound sleep occurs when one s intermal clock is regulated.Cireadian rhythms(生理节奏)can become compromised quite easily.Many people with sleep troublestend to vary bedtimes.To avoid thi scommon problem，sleep sufferers shoud go to bed and wake up at the same time every day.To help improve crcadian rhythms，sufferers should enjoy 15 minutes of sun exposure the first thing in the morming.A bedtime routine can help prevent insmnia(失眠).One hour before betime，one shoud lower the lights and relax.Reading a book or listening to calm music can help prepare the body for a night's seep.Taking a warm，candlelit bathor drinking a cup of warm milk can also help you prepare for deep sleep at night.Stress can have a bad efeet on the body and the ability to seep.A daily exercise routine can help lower the body's stress naturally.One can also manage stres by writing diaris.Writing diaries can help people express their anxieties，plan for the future andimprove sleep.Other ways to lower stress include deep breathing exercises and progressive muscle relaxation.The light sending out from computers，cellphones，tablets and televisions can cause sleep problems.Therefore，these items should be turned off at least an hour before bedtime.Additinally，lowering the backlight on these electronic devices earlier in the evening can help you fall asleep faster and stay asleep longer once bedtime arrives.A perfect bedroom invites sweet sleep.Most people sleep better in a cool，dark，and quiet room.Lower the temperature in the room to 16 ~20 degrees for a peaceful night's sleep.A dark room can be accomplished by installing light blocking curtains or wearing a sleep mask.Noise canbe reduced with either earplugs or a white noise machine.Finally，a comfortable mattress(床垫)and pillows are essential to a good night's sleep.36.What is the passge mainly about?A.How to get a sound sleep.B.How to lower body stressC.How to regulate intemal clocks.D.How to manage anxieties.37.According to Paragraph 2，which of the following may lead to insomnia?A. Reading a book for relaxation before bedtime.B. Lowering lights one hour before bedtime.C. Drinking some warm milk before bedtime.D. Listening to rock music before bedtime.38. What can be done to reduce stress?A. Doing exercise every dayB. Making plans for the future.C. Writing about your sleep patterns.D. Learning to hold your breath.39. What is the perfect condition for sleep?A.A quiet room with flashing lights.B.A bright room with white curtains.C.A cool room with comfortable pillows.D.A dark room with electronic devices.Tom was aged four but he was talking like a two-year-o1d baby. He was saying such things as 'kick ball'and'want car', and using lots of one-word sentences. He should have been saying some really long sentences andtelling stories with them. He wasn't. Something had gone trribly wrong.Quite a few children have what is called a'languagedelay'. For some reason they don't learn to speak as quickly as they should. Their friends shoot ahead and they' re left behind. As a result, they get very 1onely.Nobody wants to talk to you if you can't talk back.Can anything be done to help these children? Yes. They can go to see a speech therapist--a person who's specially trained to work out what's wrong and who knows how to teach language to children. This is what happened to Tom.The speeh therpist played some games with him and heard how he talked. She made a recording of his speech, and chattedto his mom and dad about his background. They'd taken Tom to see a doctor, but the doctor hadn't found anything wrong with him. He seemed peretly normal in every way-except he just wasn talking.Afer Tom and his parents had gone home, the therapist listened carefully to the recording she'd made. Then she looked at a chart which showed how language developed inchildren aged two, three, and four. She could see Tom was a long way behind.The next step, she deided, was to teach Tom how to say some new sentences like'kick a red ball,'and'the clownis kicking a ball.'Tom didn't get the new sentences right straight away.But therapist was very patient，and after a few more visit he started to make progress.40.How did the author introduce the topic of this passage?A.By describing grammar errors made by kids.B.By sharing experiences of speech therapists.C.By using Tom's case as an example.D.By stating his personal views to readers.41.What can be infered from the passage about“1anguage delay?A.It can be prevented by doctors.B.It is seldom found among children.C.It can be improved with certain help.D.It may result from hearing problems.42.What did the speech therapist do to help Tom?A.She told others that Tom was normal in every way.B.She asked Tom to play with some other children.C.She made some recordings of his parents'speech.D.She taught Tom new sentences in a patient way.43.What is the best title for the passage?A.What Can Doctors Do with Language Delay?B.What Can Be Done about Kids with Language Delay?C.How Can Language Delay Be Easily Detected?D.How Can Parents Prevent Kids from Language Delay?On a dry and cold Friday afenoon last October，Sharon Seline exchanged text messages with her daugher who was in college.They'chatted'back and forh，with the mom asking how things were going and the daugher answering psitively flowed by enotions(表情符)showing smils，b-i-g smiles and hearts.Later that night，her daughter attempted suicide.In the days that followed，it came to light that she'd hidden herself in her dorm，crying and showing signs ofdepression-a completely different reality from the one that she conveyed in text and Facebook posts.As human beings，our only real method of connection is through real communication.Studies show that only7%of communication is based on writing and spraking.The ma jority of 93%is based on body language.Indeed，it's only when we can heard a tone of voice or look into someone's eyes that we're able to know when'I'm fine'doesn't mean they're fine all. This is where social media gets risky.With modem technology，anyone can hide beind the text，the e-mail，or the Facebook post，projecting any image they want and creating a false image of their choosing.They can be whoever they want to be.And without the ability toreceive body language，their audiences are none the wiser. This presents a paradox which doesn't exist before.With all the power social technologies at our fingertips，we are more connected-and potentially more disconnected-than ever betore.Every relevant metric(衡量标准)shows that we are interacting at a great speed and frequency through social media.But are we really communicating?With 93%of ourcommunication context(语境)lost，we are now attempting to establish relationships and make decisions based on phrases or emoticons，which may or may not accurately represent the truth.44.Why does social media get risky according to the author?A.The users'social connection is lost.B.The users'messages may be ignored.C.The users'real emotion may be hidden.D.The users'voices can hardy be heard.45.What phenomenon does the underlined word“paradox'(Paragraph 7)reflect?A.People can be both happy and unhappy.B.People can be both connected and disconnected.C.People can end up being both wise and stupid.D.People can form both true and false impressions.46.What is true about today's communication through social media?A.It causes more health risks.B.It gives litle communication context.C.It leads to better relationships.D.It improves the quality of interaction.47.What is the best title for the passage?A.Social Media and Its FunctionB.Social Media and Its AbusesC.Social Media and Its FutureD.Social Media and Its RisksAlan Lakein，a time management expert，thinks that nothing is a total waste of time，including doing nothing at times.If you arrange things so that you find time to relax and'do nothing', you will get more done and have more fun doing it.One of his clients,a space engineer, didn't know how to 'do nothing'. Every minute of his leisure time was scheduled with intense activities. He had an outdoor-activites schedule in which he switched from skiing to tennis. His girlfriend kept up with him in these activities, although she wouldhave preferred just to sit by the fire and relax once in a while. Like too many people, he felt the need to be doing something all the time, for doing nothing seemed a waste of time. His 'relaxing by the fire'consisted of playing chess, reading magazines, or checking emails.For an experiment, Alan asked him to'waste'his time for five minutes during one of their sessions together.What the engineer ended up doing was relaxing, stting quietly and daydreaming. When he was finally able to admit that emotional reasons caused him to reject relaxing as waste of time, he began to look more critically at that way of thinking. Once he knew that relaxing was a good use oftime, he became less serious about being busy and started enjoying each activity more. Previously he had been so busy doing that he had no time to have fun at anything. He began to do less and have more fun. When Alan saw the client about three years later, he still had as busy a schedule a sever, but he was able to balance his activity with relaxing so that he came back to work Monday morning not feeling tired out from a busy weekend but refreshed.48. What did'doing nothing'mean to the space engineer at first?A. Outdoor activities.B.A waste of time.C. Few daily schedules.D. More family hours.49. What made the engineer reject relaxing?A. Social reasons.B. Family reasons.C. Emotional reasons.D. Physical reasons.50. What happened after the engineer learned 'doing nothing?A. He was not as busy as before.B. He began to en joy each activity more.C.He started to do more of everything.D.He did not have as much fun as before.51.What can be inferned from the passage about“doing nothing'?A.It makes people enjoy more indoor activities.B.It enables you to have more work time.C.It serves to improve family relationship.D.It helps you do things more efficiently.Socrates is often referred to as one of the founders of Western philosophy，and yet he wrote nothing，established no school，and held no particular theories of his own.What he did do，however，was frequently ask the questions that interested him，and in doing so developed a new way of thinking.This method proceeds(展开)as a dialogue between opposing views，and it earned him many enemies in Athens，where he lived.As a young man，Socrates is believed to have studied natural philosophy，looking at the various explanations of the nature of the universe，but then became involved in the politics of the city-state and concerned with more down-to-earth moral issues，such as the nature of justice.However，he was not interested in winning arguments，or arguing for the sake of making money.Nor was he seeking answers or explanations.He was simply examining the basis of the concepts we apply to ourselves(such as “good'，“bad”，and“just')，for he believed that understanding what we are is the first task of philosophy.He was sentenced to death on charges of corrupting the young with bad ideas.But he also had many followers，and among them was Plato，who recorded Socrates'ideas in the written works，called dialogues，in which Socrates sets about examining various ideas.Socrates'central concern，then，was the examination of life，and it was his cruel questioning of people's most valued beliefs(largely about themselves)that earned him his enemies-but he remained committed to his task until the very end.According to the account of his defense at his trial，Socrates chose death rather than face a life of ignorance:'The life which is unexamined is not worth living”.52.What is true about Socrates?A.Socrates solved the problems of Western philosophy.B.Socrates tried to find answers to his questions.C.Socrates forced his enemies to accept his ideas.D.Socrates cared about the meaning of life.53.What is the most important task of philosophy according to Socrates?A.Understanding our true self.B.Examining some basic concepts.C.Challenging the views of enemies.D.Giving explanations for arguments.54.What is the passage mainly about?A.Socrates'beliefs of philosophy.B.Socrates'outlook on death，C.Socrates'influence on youths.D.Socrates'questions about universe.55.What is the tone of the passage?A.Humorous.B.Bitter.C.Sympathetic.D.Objective.V.Daily Conversation(15 points)Directions:Pick out appropriate expressions from the eight choices below and complete the following dialogues by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.A.Sounds great!B.This is our first trip here.C.When shall we set off?D.Could you recommend some places for us?E.You are welcome.F.What could I get?G.Have great fun.H.Is there anything interesting there?Receptionist:Good morning!Mr.Smith:Good morning!Today we are free for sightseeing.56 Receptionist:Okay.Have you ever been here before?Mr.Smith:No. 57 Receptionist:Then，I suggest that you visit the Ancient Cultural Street.Mr.Smith： 58 Receptionist:Yes.The architectureis wonderful.It represents the folk style of the Qing Dynasty.Mr.Smith： 59 Thank you very much.Receptionist： 60 Have a good time!第Ⅱ卷(非选择题，共25分)VI.Writing(25 points)Directions:For this part，you are supposed to write an e-mail in about 100-120 words based on the following situation.Remember to write it clearly.61.新学期伊始，你们班准备组织一场迎新晚会，让同学们熟悉起来。

研究生英语学位课统考模拟试题（1）GENRAL ENGLISH QUALIFYING TESTFOR NON-ENGLISH MAJOR GRADUATE STUDENTS考试注意事项一、本考试由两份试卷组成：试卷一（Paper one）包括听力理解、词汇、完型填空与阅读理解四部分，共80题，按顺序统一编号；试卷二（Paper two）包括翻译和写作两部分，共3题。

此外，试卷分A、B卷，请考生注意在答题卡上标出自己的试卷类型。

二、试卷一（题号1-80）为客观评分题（听力Section C 部分除外），答案一律用2B铅笔做在机读答题纸上，在对应题号下所选的字母中间画黑道，如 [A][B][C][D]。

三、试卷二为主观评分题，答案做在ANSWER SHEET II上。

答题前，请仔细阅读试卷二的注意事项。

四、试卷一、试卷二上均不得作任何记号（听力Section C部分除外），答案一律写在答题纸上，否则无效。

五、本考试全部时间为150分钟，采用试卷一和试卷二分卷计时的办法。

试卷一考试时间为90分钟，听力理解部分以放完录音带为准，大约25分钟；其余部分共计时65分钟，每部分所占时间均标在试卷上，考生可自行掌握。

试卷二共计时60分钟，每部分所占时间均标在试卷上，考生可自行掌握。

六、试卷一与试卷二采取分别收卷的办法。

每次终了时间一到，考生一律停笔，等候监考老师收点试卷及答题纸。

全部考试结束后，须待监考老师将全部试卷及答题纸收点无误并宣布本次考试结束，方可离开考场。

PAPER ONEPart I Listening Comprehension (25miniutes, 20 points)Section A (1 point each)Directions:In this section, you will hear nine short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation a question will be asked about what was said. Theconversations and questions will be read only once. Choose the best answer fromthe four choices given by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar acrossthe square brackets on your machine-scored Answer Sheet.1. A. To brush up her English at home.B. To be praised by her peers.C. To become her teacher’s favorite student.D. To care more for other subjects.2. A. Have a picnic. B. Play with her pets.C. See a movie.D. Stay at home.3. A. It’s a piece of cake. B. She has no idea.C. She already knows the answer.D. It’s beyond her expectation.4. A. Write a short mail to him. B. Chat with him on line.C. Telephone him.D. Text him soon.5. A. The poster looks better without the frame. B. The poster is not worth the money.C. The poster costs very little.D. The poster is very eye-catching.6. A. 14. B. 10.C. 65.D. 24.7. A. She is too busy. B. She can pass the exam next time.C. She doesn’t work very hard.D. She should be better prepared.8. A. exercise more frequently. B. Take less medicine each day.C. Try a new type of pain-killer.D. Have her back examined.9. A. George was not playing well. B. George always loses temper easily.C. George should have won the match.D. George is no match for his opponent.Section B (I point each)Directions: In this section, you will hear two mini-talks. At the end of each talk, there will be some questions. Both the talks and the questions will be read to you only once. Aftereach question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must choose the bestanswer from the four choices given by marking the corresponding letter with asingle bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet. Mini-talk one10 A. 18-21. B. 22-25. C. 30-50. D. 70-80.11. A. Because older people become more thankful for what they have.B. Because older people spend less time in deep thinking.C. Because older people forget things more frequently.D. Because older people tend to be more reliable.12. A. Middle aged women had increased sleep problems.B. Stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties.C. Being single affected the levels of happiness.D. Sleep quality declined as people got older.Mini-talk two13. A. High temperatures. B. Too much weight on the roof.C. The lack of rich soil.D. Sufficient watering system.14. A. They are normally painted green. B. They shorten the life of houses.C. They reduce energy consumption.D. They are used as water tanks.15. A. They need little water. B. They normally grow faster.C. They are less costly to grow.D. They could absorb more water.Section C (1point each)Directions: In this section, you will hear a short lecture. Listen to the recording and complete the notes about the lecture. You will hear the recording twice. After the recordingyou are asked to write down your answers on the answer sheet. You now have 25seconds to read the notes below.（请在录音结束后把第16-20题的答案抄写在答题纸上）16. Compliments are so good that they can heal your _____________ (2 words).17. Unless you seem sincere when you give compliments during a conversation, you’re not goingto get _____________ (3 words) from that person.18. After giving specific compliments, you should follow that _____________ (3 words).19. Adding compliments in front of people makes people respected and feel _____________ (4words).20. Last, avoid _____________ (2 words) with envy.Part II Vocabulary (10 minutes, 10 points)Section A (0.5 point each)Directions: In this section, there are ten questions. Each question is a sentence with one word or phrase underlined. Below the sentence are four words or phrases marked by A, B, C,and D. Choose the word or phrase that is closest in meaning to the underlined one.Mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on yourmachine-scoring Answer Sheet21. Values play as much a role in tackling the national challenges as smart policies.A. addressingB. minimizingC. reinforcingD. stabilizing22. Despite her attempt to look happy, her behavior at the party struck me as odd.A. attackedB. imposedC. deemedD. impressed23. The intimate relationship between human beings and speech is not restricted to sound.A. ascribedB. confinedC. subjectedD. related24. This young man took a law degree with distinction and found a job in a well.A. differenceB. perfectionC. separationD. honor25. Differences in culture and values will give rise to conflict of ideas and tastes.A. outbreakB. assimilationC. clashD. harmony26. Unpleasant symptoms can cause the smoker to resume smoking to raise the levels ofnicotine in the blood.A. let downB. go aboutC. drop offD. return to27. With the progress in medicine, it is no longer difficult to attain old age.A. evadeB. reachC. postponeD. retard28. Before national day, these musicians some songs in honor of this special occasion.A. in celebration ofB. in respect ofC. in case ofD. in excess of29. Japan, after spectacular post-war economic growth, became the world’s second-biggesteconomy.A. superficialB. amazingC. virtualD. genuine30. This book gives a very particular account of the important battles during WWII.A. specialB. strangeC. detailedD. exceptionalSection B (0.5 point each)Directions: In this section, there are ten questions. Each question is a sentence with something missing. Below each sentence are four words or phrases marked by A, B, C, and D.Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Mark thecorresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet31. Dozens of people were trapped for hours in the ________ of the train, but all have beentaken to safety.A. wreckageB. bandageC. cottageD. hostage32. The doctor advised me to increase my intake of healthy foods that can ________ heartdisease.A. give offB. pay offC. set offD. ward off33. The participants of the meeting discussed, ________, the future of the oil industry.A. from now onB. in the wayC. among other thingsD. on their mind34. Obama’s remarks were his most ________ description of how his personal religious beliefsfactor into his decision-making.A. externalB. extinctC. explicitD. executive35. Many United States teenagers ________ the road without receiving driver s’ education.A. beatB. hitC. strikeD. knock36. The ocean _______ 70 percent of the earth’s surface, but contains about 20 percent of theEarth’s total estimated species.A. takes upB. fixes upC. stirs upD. patches up37. With the _______ of a mouse, you can instantly get to see all the information you wantonline.A. crackB. clickC. chipD. clap38. Businesses of all sizes possess some type of _______ culture consisting of a set of valuesand goals.A. desperateB. corporateC. deliberateD. moderate39. When asked to disclose financial ties to drug companies, many doctors will ________ suchinformation.A. withdrawB. withstandC. witherD. withhold40. There is no exception ________ the rule that every rule has an exception.A. forB. onC. toD. inPart III Close Test (10 minutes, 10 points, 1 point each)Directions: In this section, there are ten questions. Read the passage through. Then, go back and choose one suitable word or phrase marked by A, B,C, or D for each blank inthe passage. Mark the corresponding letter of the word or phrase you’ve chosenwith a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer SheetAn ecosystem is defined as an ecological community together with its environment, functioning as a unit. To be more ___41__, an ecosystem is a complex set of relationships among the living resources, ___42___, and residents of an area, composed of organisms that work together to remain healthy ___43___ energy is exchanged and system-level processes emerge. The ecosystem serves as the level of biological organization in which organisms __44__ simultaneously with each other and with their environment. As such, ecosystems are a level above that of the ecological community but are at a level below the __45__, which is essentially the largest of all possible ecosystems.The thing about ecosystems is that they are __46__ fragile and intensely complicated. If you influence the smallest variable, then it changes the __47__. This is why global warming is such a big issue, __48__ whether we created it or not. Ecosystems will change; however, if they change radically enough, our way of life will forever be affected. It is sad to think that future generations will not have the __49__ of witnessing these little creatures as we have in our lifetime. You have to go to preservations to witness the wildlife that __50__ be an everyday occurrence.41. A. realistic B. frank C. honest D. specific42. A. habits B. habitats C. inhabitants D. inhibitors43. A. in case B. if only C. but for D. so that44. A. interact B. concern C. interfere D. coincide45. A. biofuel B. biodiversity C. biosphere D. biochemistry46. A. concisely B. inherently C. robustly D. industriously47. A. whole B. entire C. all D. total48. A. along with B. due to C. regardless of D. as to49. A. trouble B. privilege C. time D. willingness50. A. was about B. had better C. used to D. would ratherPART IV Reading Comprehension (45 minutes, 30 points, 1 point each)Directions: In this section, there are five short passages. Read each passage carefully, and then do the questions that follow. Choose the best answer from the four choices marked byA, B, C, or D and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the squarebrackets on your machine-scoring Answer SheetPassage OneResearchers may have found a solution to the annoying gender-wage gap: tell all the male CEOs to have more babies. And only child daughters, to be precise.A new, not-yet-published study that tracked 12 years of wage data in Denmark finds that when male CEOs had daughters, their female employees’ wages went up 1.3 percent while their male employees only gained 0.8 percent raises. The study’s authors – from Aalborg University in Denmark, the University of Maryland, and Columbia – found that women’s wages were boosted even more if the daughter was the first child of the CEO. The researchers found that the birth of a first daughter to a male CEO “resulted in a 1.4 percent increase in women’s wages, and an approximately 0.8 percent decrease in the gender wage gap. If the first daughter was also a first child, the gender wage gap would decrease by roughly 2.8 percent.” If a second daughter was born to a male CEO, women’s wages were not significantly affected. “Thus, our results suggest that the first daughter ‘flips a switch’ in the mind of a male CEO, causing him to attend more to equality in gender-related wage policies,” they write.David Gaddis Ross, co-author of the study and an assistant professor at Columbia’s Business School, said he would love to do a similar study in the United States, but there is no way the data would be available. “Getting this information in the United States would be wildly difficult, especially on the family structure of the CEOs,”he said. The Denmark data did not reveal names of individuals or companies, but each employee of every company in the country is attached to a code that researchers could use to find gender, number of children, salary, and other information such as home address and phone number.The study is not the first to examine how having a daughter affects men’s decision-making. Ebonya Washington wrote in a study published in the American Economic Review in 2008 that U.S. legislators were more likely to vote more liberally on women’s reproductive issues if they had daughters. Another study found that parents with daughters were more likely to adopt feminist views on gender equality.51. According to the study, if the first child of the CEO was a daughter, the decrease of thegender wage gap was ________.A. 0.8%B. 1.3%C. 1.4%D. 2.8%52. The Denmark study finds that male CEOs with daughters may ________.A. better respect female privacyB. better promote gender equalityC. give more chances for womenD. hire more female employees53. According to David Ross, a similar study in the U.S. ________.A. will soon be underwayB. may produce similar resultsC. is unnecessary and costlyD. is unlikely to be carried out.54. Which of the following information about the CEOs is most difficult to get in the U.S.?A. Real income.B. Phone number.C. Family structure.D. Home address.55. The findings of the three studies mentioned in the passage ________.A. have little in commonB. seem to be confusingC. agree well with each otherD. are somewhat contradictory56. In which section of a newspaper is the passage likely to appear?A. People.B. Society.C. Technology.D. News.Passage twoVirtually nobody has memories from very early childhood – but it’s not because we don’t remain information as young children. Rather, it may be because at that age, our brains don’t yet function in a way that bundles information into the complex neural patterns that we know as memories.It’s clear that young children do remember facts in the moment – such as who their parents are, or that one must say “please”before mom will give you candy. This is called “semantic memory.”Until sometime between the ages two and four, however, children lack “episodic memory”–memory regarding the details of a specific event. Such memories are stored in several parts of the brains surface, or “cortex.” For example, memory of sound is processed in the auditory cortexes, on the sides of the brain, while visual memory is managed by the visual cortex, at the back. A region of the brain called the hippocampus (海马体) ties all the scattered pieces together.“If you think of your cortex as a flower bed, there are flowers all across the top of yourhead,” said Patricia Bauer of Emory University in Atlanta. “The hippocampus, tucked very neatly in the middle of your brain, is responsible for pulling those all together and tying them in a bouquet (花束).” The memory is the bouquet – the neural pattern of linkages between the parts of the brain where a memory is stored.So why do kids usually fail to record specific episodes until the two-to-four age range? It may be because that’s when the hippocampus starts tying fragments of information together, said psychologist Nora Newcombe of Temple University in Philadelphia. And there may be a reason for this, Newcombe said. Episodic memory may be unnecessarily complex at a time when a child is just learning how the world works. “I think the primary goal of the first two years is to acquire semantic knowledge and from that point of view, episodic memory might actually be a distraction,”Newcombe said.57. It can be learned that children under the age of two ________.A. have memory of detailed eventsB. have the ability to remember factsC. retain little information in their brainsD. process information the same way adults do58. Which of the following is an example of “episodic memory”?A. Brides remember what happened on their weddings.B. Little kids remember their parents’ names.C. We remember to wash hands before meals.D. We remember to say “Thank you” for others’ help.59. Memory of image is processed ________.A. in the middle of the brainB. on the left side of the brainC. on the right side of the brainD. at the back of the brain60. Assume that our cortex is a flower bed, then hippocampus is ________.A. the flowers grown in the flower bedB. the stimulator that helps the flowers growC. the string that ties the flowers into a bouquetD. the bouquet made of the flowers in the bed61. According to Newcombe, if episodic memory were developed before agetwo, it would ________.A. negatively affect children’s learning processB. help children better understand our worldC. push children to learn more quicklyD. bring children’s development to a halt62. What is the major topic of the passage?A. How kids develop their memory.B. Why can’t we remember our very early days?C. How is memory processed by the brain?D. Why kids’ memory differs from that of adults.Passage ThreeIs new technology damaging our ability to communicate? Fingers flying, we can blog, email, or enter chat room. But as we type billions of words, something is being lost. Face-book is not the same as face to face and, as our virtual skills increase, I wonder if our ability to communicate using speech is on the decline.Young people send me dozens of e-mails from schools. They often attach long lists of questions, to which they want detailed responses. Time is short, so I usually reply that they can phone me and I’ll do my best to answer. They very rarely do, partly because they verbal and telephone skills are less developed than their ability to type and e-mail.Yet to adapt an old business saying, a meeting is worth five phone calls and a phone call is worth five e-mails. Direct communication can quickly lead to bonding and trust. People are more likely to reveal what they are thinking when they actually speak to another person. Most are wary of committing themselves in writing.The great tragedy is that the phone was invented before the computer. If it has been the other way around, Internet forums would now be buzzing with the exciting news: “Have you heard (type, type)? There is this amazing new gadget (type). Now you can talk directly with people. And they can hear your voice. Without all this typing.” Persistent marketing would do the rest and colleges would be rushing to develop new courses in telephone skills.But we are stuck with the supremacy of the typed word and it weakens our ability to look people in the eye and talk. A good example is how much new technology has affected public speaking.Does anyone else hate PowerPoint? At meetings, I internally groan as speakers load up their ponderous projections. I don’t mind maps and pictures, but all those words of text drive me crazy. “And now for my introduction…” and up comes the word “introduction.”“There are four points” and we see “four points.”Masses of facts and statistics follow. These should all have been given out as an information sheet. Instead, while you are trying to read through the material, the lecturer is wandering verbally all over it. There’s a confusion of focus that gives me a headache. As the slides flash by, the most important relationship in public speaking is being undermined – the link between the speaker and the audience.63. According to the author, young people today don’t ________.A. like to communicate using speechB. like to communicate with peopleC. know how to communicate with peopleD. know how to ask questions over the phone64. Based on paragraph 3, compared with meetings, e-mails are ________.A. fasterB. friendlierC. less effectiveD. less interesting65. In paragraph 3, “wary of” can be replaced by ________.A. faced withB. happy aboutC. used toD. cautious of66. The author believes that if the phone had been invented after the computer, people nowwould ________.A. be eager to learn how to use the phoneB. be glad to have both means of communicationC. still prefer typing words on the computerD. show little interesting in the phone67. Which of the following can best describe the author’s attitude towards today’s use of typedwords?A. EncouragingB. CuriousC. ConcernedD. Indifferent68. In the author’s opinion, PowerPoint ________.A. helps to convey the message of the speaker to the audienceB. harm the interaction between the speaker and the audienceC. should include as much information as necessaryD. should combine texts and pictures to make it eye-catchingPassage FourIt’s all Apple all the time these days: “astonishing” earnings reports in the news on Jan.25, lingering shots of Steve Jobs’ widow Laurene sitting near the First Lady and, of course, ever since his death in October, universal references to Jobs himself in any writing or speech aimed at promoting creativity or ingenuity or an all-American, against-all-odds model of success.However, New Y ork Times articles this week spoke of a darker reality behind the glowing Apple story: the “millions of human machines,” as the Times Charles Duhigg and David Barboza put it, in China who are now laboring 12 hours a day, six days a week to maintain the company’s amazing rate of growth.They live in dormitories where they can be called to their jobs anytime and often work double shifts in highly unsafe conditions. They’re willing to do all it takes. “It isn’t just that workers are cheaper abroad,” Duhigg wrote, “Rather, Apple’s executives believe the vast scale of overseas factories as well as the flexibility, diligence and expertise of foreign workers have so outpaced their American counterparts that ‘Made in the U.S.A.’ is no longer a viable option for most Apple products.”The Times stories raised very serious questions about not only Apple or the many other companies that similarly rely on overseas labor to support their growth and flood the world with cheap products, but the human cost of the growth model itself that has allowed Apple to thrive. It’s a model of growth, all too unquestioned in the U.S., that demands endless quality-of-life sacrifices in the service of productivity and profit. By quality of life, I mean good relationships with friends and family and having the time and the physical and emotional availability to invest in friends and family.Yet the American workers have been headed in the opposite direction for decades. Workinghours have expanded to the point where successful professionals consider the traditional 40-hour workweek a “part-time”job. Vacation time has been shrinking. In the current downturn, the employed are too scared of losing work to take time off. The pressure to be super-productive, ever willing, and always available has never been greater. But we should call into question the direction we’re headed and ask whether chasing the dream of growth has already turned into a nightmare. It’s up to the rest of us now to decide what to make of Steve Jobs’ legacy.69. It can be concluded from the first paragraph that Steve Jobs ________.A. is a controversial figure in the mediaB. enjoys high publicity in the U.S.C. used to deliver many speechesD. was a Nobel Prize winner70. The expression “against all odds” in the first paragraph probably means ________.A. foreign bornB. least talentedC. permanently obscureD. seemingly unlikely71. Apple’s executives choose to have most apple products made overseas because ________.A. goods made in the U.S.A. are inferiorB. Apple products sell better abroadC. this is much more profitableD. China-made products are better designed72. In the author’s opinion, the constant pursuit of the dream of growth has resulted in _______.A. better living standards in the U.S.B. a perfect model of growthC. worse relationships with friends and familyD. the popularity of iProducts73. Which of the following statements about the workers is true?A. They are spending more time with the family.B. They are enjoying a better quality of life.C. They can find jobs more easily.D. They have to work hard and overtime.74. The author’s attitude to Apple’s story of success is ________.A. approvalB. objectionC. admirationD. indifferencePassage FiveA new website from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) shows that 10 percent of the country is now a “food desert.”The Food Desert Locator is an online map highlighting thousands of areas where, the USDA says, low-income families have little or no access to healthy fresh food. First identified in Scotland in the 1990s, food deserts have come to symbolize urban decay. They suggest images of endless fast-food restaurants and convenience stores serving fatty, sugary junk food to overweight customers who have never tasted a Brussels sprout.Accordingly, Michelle Obama announced a $400 million Healthy Food Financing Initiative last year with the aim of eliminating food deserts nationwide by 2017. Official figures for the number of people living in food deserts already show a decline, from 23.5m in 2009 to 13.5m at the launch of the website. Although this might on the face of it suggest that the initiative is off to a superb start, sadly it does not in fact represent a single additional banana bought or soda escaped. This is because in America, the definition of a food desert is any census area where at least 20percent of inhabitants are below the poverty line and 33 percent live more than a mile from a supermarket. By simply extending the cutoff in rural areas to ten miles, the USDA managed to rescue 10m people from desert life.Some academics would go further, calling the appearance of many food deserts nothing but a mirage. Research by the Center for Public Health Nutrition at the University of Washington found that only 15 percent of people shopped for food within their own census area. Critics also note that focusing on supermarkets means that the USDA ignores tens of thousands of larger and smaller retailers, farmers’ markets and roadside greengrocers, many of which are excellent sources of fresh food. Together, they account for more than half of the country’s trillion-dollar retail food market.A visit to Renton, a depressed suburb of Seattle, demonstrates the problem. The town sits directly in the middle of a USDA food desert stretching miles in every direction. Yet it is home to a roadside stand serving organic fruit and vegetables, a health-food shop packed with nutritious grains and a superstore that researchers found attracts flocks of shoppers from well outside the desert.75. According to the USDA, food deserts ________.A. tend to be found in poor rural areasB. refer to the places with a food shortageC. are directly related to urban povertyD. are the direct cause of overweight76. The Healthy Food Financing Initiative is intended to ________.A. improve access to healthier foodB. change the American way of livingC. address the growing weight problemD. ensure food safety across the nation77. The author suggests that the drop from 23.5 million to 13.5 million ________.A. represents substantial progressB. is at least a good beginningC. isn’t based on true informationD. doesn’t make much difference78. The word “mirage” (para.3) probably means ________.A. unreal problemB. potential riskC. growing difficultyD. hidden danger79. The scholars in paragraph 3 think that the USDA definition of a food desert is ________.A. justifiableB. problematicC. unclearD. creative80. Renton is mentioned in the passage to ________.A. raise public awareness about food desertsB. highlight the problems of food desertsC. point out the solutions to food desertsD. tell us to put food deserts in perspective。

成人高等教育学士学位英语模拟试卷一试题Directions: There are 15 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence.6.【单选题】We traveled on the 6:45 a.m. train to Boston, arrived at 8:30pmA：thatB：whichC：itD：what正确答案：B7.【单选题】The boy spent the whole morning possible answers to the questionA：discussB：to discussC：discussingD：discussed正确答案：C8.【单选题】It’s a pity that some of the people cannot come to the party.A：invitingB：invitedC：to inviteD：were invited正确答案：B9.【单选题】It was matter that I had no choice but to talk it over with my parents.A：a such seriousB：a so seriousC：such serious aD：so serious a正确答案：D10.【单选题】Jane isn’t feeling well today, I dare not do to upset her.A：anythingB：nothingC：somethingD：a thing正确答案：A11.【单选题】More and more families have moved elsewhere because they cannot the noise from the neighboring airport.A：come up withB：put up withC：catch up withD：keep up with正确答案：B12.【单选题】Walk another block and cross the traffic lights, you will see the museum right the left.A：byB：inC：onD：for正确答案：C13.【单选题】The internet users visiting our website are young people between the age of 13 and 20C：mostlyD：at most正确答案：C14.【单选题】No culture exists in . It all comes from someplace. Ancient customs were modern one time A：vacuumB：emptinessC：blankD：space正确答案：A15.【单选题】There are several means of mass communication. The newspaper is one. Television is . A：the otherB：the anotherC：otherD：another正确答案：D16.【单选题】the government agrees to give extra money, the theatre will have to be closed next month. A：UnlessB：IfC：SinceD：As正确答案：A17.【单选题】It is important to our awareness about environmental protection.A：improveD：raise正确答案：D18.【单选题】Seldom any mistakes during my past five years of service in the company.A：I did makeB：I would makeC：did I makeD：would I make正确答案：C19.【单选题】I raw fish, but I’d like to try it one day.A：never eatB：never ateC：was never eatingD：have never eaten正确答案：D20.【单选题】Interestingly, many people hold the belief that imports are to domestic goods.A：contraryB：relevantC：superiorD：essential正确答案：C通读下面的短文，掌握其大意。

2020年整合广东省成人高等教育学士学位英语考试真题答案名师精品资料Part I Dialogue Completion (15 points)1. Jenny: Shall I go and tell Mr. Fairbanks about our proposal ? Jackie :_ D.Yes, please .2. Mori: It's a pleasure meet you here . Kaco:_ A.Pleased to meet you ,too3. Mr·Williams :Excuse me .I'm looking for a present for my son . I have no idea what to get him .Can you help me ? Sales girl:D.Yes , I think a T-shirt would be a good idea.4. Tim:I hear you've been to the book fair . How was it ? Susan:_ A. Absolutely marvelous .5. Ed: How do you get along with your new music teacher ? Maggie: Ms Dacis?_ C.She's a bit strange,but I like her a lot .6. David: Charles , could you drive me to the railway station ? Charles:_ C.Sure , why not ?7. Max: My son has been admitted by Beijing University . Walt: Congratulations ! He is such a smart boy Max: C.Thank you very much8. Student: Do you mind our performing rock'n'roll in the hall?Teacher:C.Oh, I'd rather you didn't actually .9. Clerk: Excuse me , this is a non-smoking place Customer:A.Oh,I'm sorry10. Waiter: How would you like your coffee? Customer:_C.With sugar ,please11. Virginia: What about going to do some shopping this afternoon? B.Good idea !12. Carlos :Thank you very much , Miss James . That helped me a lot . Miss James: B.Don't mention it,Carlos.13. Susan: I'm worried. My son doesn't like to talk with me . Tracy: A.Take it easy. We were all like that at his age .14. Nicolas: I'd like to donate money to help poor children at school.T o whom shall I give my share ? Li Mimg:_ A.Very well I'll ask about that and let you know.15.Kelvin:We're almost finished with the project now. D.Let's stop for a break Teresa: Actually, I prefer to keep going.Part II Reading Comprehension (40 points)Passage One Jack Billabong is a stockman . One Friday afternoon he was riding along the track towards the Henderson farm .16. Jack Billabong did not turn back because D.He saw something moving towards him.17. Why was the ride back to Borrogee terrible? D.Because both Cathy and her pony were exhausted18.Cathy refused to reporters about the pony when she was in Borrogee Hospital because D.Joe would write about it in his writing19.What does the word Flame in the last paragraph refer to?B.The pony20.Which of the following is the best title of the story?D.Heroism of a Lovely PonyPassage Two The faces of elderly, happily-married people sometimes resemble each other.21. Dr.Aiken cut the background from the photos for the purpose of C.Leaving no trace for the testees22. The underlined sentence Their judgments were no better than chance implies that the testees_B.Had difficulty in picking out the partners23. the underlied word imitate (in para . 2) has a similarmeaning to " A.copy24. From the passage we can draw the conclusion that_ C.The influence between partners can be quite strong25. The main purpose of the passage is to A.explain why couples grow alikePassage Three The three biggest lies in America are:(1) "The check is in the mail ", (2) "Ofcourse I'll respect you in the morning", and (3) "It was a computer error."26.Of the three lies ,the one about computer is the worst because the computer itself C.Cannot make the error27.According to the author , a computerized cashier is really just D.An instrument to read codes28.Grocery store price lists are updated by C.an employee29.The last paragraph of the passage implies that computers_ D.are controlled by men30.Which of the following describes the main idea of the passage? /doc/6314748064.html,puter errors are actually human errorsPassage Four I came across an old country guidebook the other day . It listed all the tradesmen in each village ,and it was impressive to see the great variety of services which were available on one's own doorstep in the late Victorian countryside .31.Nowadays the commercial services in the village are A.still very active32.The local grocer's shop is expanding because C.It provides good personal service33.Which of the following is true about the supermarkets ?B.Customers often have to queue up34.How do the village grocer's assistants feel about givingextra service ? A.They don't think it a trouble.35.One special feature of the village shop is that D.There is a list of goods to be delivered to doorstepsPart III Vocabulary and Structure (20 points)36. During the heavy storm last week, we had to take B. shelter under a flyover.37. The three men were assigned jobs according to their C. respective abilities.38. Scientists have discovered that many animals seem to be highly D. sensitive to various signals associated with earthquake.39. The lost car of the Jonson’s was found D. abandoned in the woods off the expressway.40. Our guests will be guided to safety B. in case of fire.41. If you want to ring her, you’ll have to D. look up her number in the telephone book.42. Under the final crisis, more social problems in the world are certain to B. arise43. After his retirement, he lives partly on his D. pension and partly on the interest on his postoffice savings account.44. During the A. interval, the audience strolled and chatted in the lobby.45. Membership in the United Nations is open to all peace-loving states which accept the B.obligation of the Charter.46. Table tennis used to be the most popular A. game in China. But now basketball seems to be more attractive.47. As her husband is on a business trip and her son is at school, she feels rather A. lonely48. We need to C. sort out our camping things before we goaway.49. He A. recovered very quickly from his illness.50. If the police had acted more B. determination, the disaster could have been prevented.51. He does not A. quality as a teacher of English, for his pronunciation is far from perfect.52. His _ D. quick reply to the question showed he had understood it very well.53. When he tried to make a A. reservation, he found that the hotel was fully booked.54. I expect that she will be able to D. meet your particular needs.。

2020年成人高等教育学士学位英语水平考试真题参考答案试卷一第一部分：完成对话对话一本题是关于假期安排的对话,对话中的两个人是朋友或同学关系。

四个选项中有一个是陈述句，两个是疑问句,一个是感叹句。

1.【答案】C【解析】杰西卡和娜塔莎正在讨论双方对假期的计划和安排,杰西卡先询问娜塔莎假期有什么打算,空格1是娜塔莎对此作出的回应。

空格1后娜塔莎说自己可能会待在家里,也可能会看看书。

由此可知,娜塔莎也不太确定自己会做什么。

选项C(我也不确定)符合语境,故答案为C。

2.【答案】D【解析】杰西卡告诉了娜塔莎自己的假期安排,空格2是娜塔莎对此作出的回应。

选项D(听起来真不错)为感叹句,表明娜塔莎认为杰西卡的安排很棒,符合语境,故答案为D。

3.【答案】B【解析】空格3后杰西卡说如果娜塔莎和他们一起的话,自己的父母也会很高兴。

由此可知空格3应该是杰西卡对娜塔莎发出的邀请。

选项B(为什么不和我们一起呢?)表示向对方发出邀请,符合语境,故答案为B。

4.【答案】A【解析】空格4前是杰西卡对娜塔莎发出的邀请,娜塔莎应对此作出回应。

根据空格4后的回答可知,选项A(你是认真的吗?)符合语境,故答案为A。

对话二本题是关于在银行办理业务的对话,对话中的两个人分别是银行职员和客户。

四个选项中有一个是陈述句,三个是疑问句。

5.【答案】B【解析】客户想要开一个账户,空格5是银行职员对此作出的回应。

空格5后客户说活期存款账户就行,由此可知,银行职员询问的是客户需要开通的账户的类型。

选项B(活期存款账户还是定期存款账户?)与上下文衔接最紧密,故答案为B。

选项A(你喜欢什么?)不符合语境,故排除。

6.【答案】C【解析】空格6前银行职员让客户填表,空格6后客户将自己的表、身份证和钱都给了银行职员。

由此可知,空格6应该是银行职员要求客户出示身份证。

选项C(请将你的身份证给我)符合语境,故答案为C。

7.【答案】A【解析】空格7前客户说自己还有一个账户,想要将其注销,空格7后客户说自己想把钱存入新的账户。

成人本科学士学位英语统一考试（B）2009.11.21Part 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:The fourth-graders at Chicago's McCormick Elementary School don't know Chinese is supposed to be hard to learn. For most, who speak Spanish at home, it's becoming their third language. They'v e been heating and using Chinese words since nursery, and it's n atural to give a “ni hao” when strangers enter the classroom.“It's really fun!” says Miranda Lucas, taking a break from a lesson that includes a Chinese interview with Jackie Chan. “I'm teaching my mom to speak Chinese.”The classroom scene at McCormick is unusual, but it may soon be a common phenomenon in American schools, where Chinese is rapidly becoming the hot new language. Government officials have long wanted more focus on useful languages like Chinese, and pressure from them —— as well as from business leaders, politicians, and parents —— has produced a quick growth in the number of programs.Chicago city officials make their best effort to include Chinese in their public schools. Their program has grown to include 3,000 students in 20 schools, with more schools on a waiting list. Programs have also spread to places like Los Angeles, New Y ork City, and North Carolina. Supporters see knowledge of the Chinese language and culture as an advantagein a global economy where China is growing in importance. “This is an interes ting way to begin to engage with the world's next superpower,” says Michael Levine, direct or of education at the Asia Society, which has started five new public high schools that offer Chinese. “Globalization has already changed the arrangements in terms of how children today are going to think about their ca reers, The question is when, not whe ther, the schools are going to adjust.”（76）The number of students leaming Chinese is tiny compared with how many study Spanish or French. But one report shows that before-college enrollment （报名人数）nearly quadrupled between 1992 and 2002, from 6,000 to 24,000. Despite the demand, though, developing programs isn't easy. And the No. one difficulty, everyone agrees, is having enough teachers. Finding teacher “is the challenge,” says Scott McGinnis, an academic adviser for a language institute and a Chinese t eacher for 15 years at the college level. “Materials are easy comparison. Or getting schools funded.”1. The best title for this passage might be_____.A. Next Hot Language to Study: ChineseB. Next Hot Language to Study: SpanishC.Next Hot Language to Study: FrenchD. Chicago Is the Place to Learn Chinese2. The most difficult thing to do is finding _____.A. enough textbooks for the Chinese programsB. enough money for the Chinese programsC. enough teachers for the Chinese programsD. enough students for the Chinese programs3. W e learn from the passage that_____.A. Scott McGinnis has been a Chinese teacher for 15 yearsB. Jackie Chan is a Chinese teacher at McCormick Elementary SchoolC. Chicago officials ire required to learn ChineseD. Scott McGinnis is good at giving his opinions on everything4. According to the passage, all the following statements are true EXCEPT_____.A. the number of students learning Chinese is smallB. Chinese programs have found their way in several major Cities in the U.S.C. government officials don't like the pressure from business leaders and parents to start Chinese programsD. China is becoming more and more influential in the world5 The word "quadrupled" in the last paragraph is close in meaning to “multiplied by_____”.A. three timesB. four timesC. five timesD. six timesPassage 2Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:Many private institutions of higher education around the country are in danger. Not ail will be saved, and perhaps not all deserve to be saved. There are low-quaiity schools just as there are low-quality businesses. W e have no obligation to save them simply because .they exist. But many thriving institutions that deserve to continue are threatened. They are doing a fine job educationally, but they are caught in a financial difficulty, with no way to reduce rising costs or increase revenues （收入）significantly. Raising fees doesn't bring in more revenue, for each time fees go up, the, enrollment （注册人数）goes down, or the mount that must be given away in student aid goes up. （77）Schools are bad businesses, whether rmblic or orivate, not usually because of bad management but because of the nature of the business. They lose money on every customer, and they can go bankrupt either from too few students or too many students. Even a very good college is a very bad business.It is such colleges, thriving but threatened, that I worry about. Low enrollment is not their chief problem. Even with full enrollments, they may go under. Efforts to save them, and preferably to keep them private, are a national necessity. （78）There is no basis. for arguing that private schools are bound to be better than public schools. There are plentiful examples to the contrary. Anyone can name state universities and colleges that rank as the finest in the nation and the world. It is now inevitable that public institutions will be dominant, and therefore diversity （多样性）is a national necessity. Diversity in the way we support schools tends to give us a healthy diversity in the forms of education. In ah imperfect society such as ours, uniformity of education throughout the nation could be dangerous, ha an imperfect society, diversity is a positive good. Eager supporters of public higher education know the importance of keeping private higher education healthy.6. In the passage, the author asks the public to support_____ .A. private higher education in generalB. public higher education in generalC. high-quality private universities and collegesD. high-quality state universities and colleges7. According to the passage, schools are bad businesses because of_____.A. the nature of schoolB. poor teachersC. bad managementD. too few students.8. The phrase “go under”in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to _____.A. have low feesB. get into difficultiesC. do a bad ]ob educationallyD. have low teaching standards9.Which of the following statements is TRUE?A.There are many cases indicating that private schools are superior to public schools.B. The author thinks diversity of education is preferable to uniformity of education.C. A high-quality university is always a good business.D. Each time fees are raised, the enrollment goes up.10.In the author's opinion, the way that can save private schools lies in_____.A. full enrollmentB. raising feesC. reducing student aidD. national supportPassage 3Questions 11 to 15 are based onthe following passage:According to a recent surv, ey, employees in many companies today work longer hours than employees did in 1979. They also take shorter vacations than employees in 1979. It seems that Americans are working harder today than ever before. Or are they? A management consultant, Bill Meyer, decided to find out. For three days, he observed an investment banker hard at work. Meyer wrote down everything the banker did during his long workday. At the end of the three-day period, Meyer reviewed the banker's activities with him. What did they find out? They discovered that the man spent 80 percent of his time doing unnecessary work. For example, he attended unnecessary meetings, made redundant （多余的）telephone calls, and spent time packing and unpacking his two big briefcases.（79）Apparently many people believe that the more time a person spends at work, the more he or she accomplishes. When employers evaluate employees, they often consider the amount of time on the job in addition to job performance. Employees know this. Although many working people can do their job effectively during a regular 40-hour work week, they feel they have to spend more time on the job after normal working hours so that the people who can promote them see them.A group of headhunters （猎头）were asked their opinion about a situation. They had a choice of two candidates for an executive position with an important company. The candidates had similar qualifications for the job. For example, they were both reliable. One could do the job well in a 40-hour work week. The other would do the same job in an 80-hour work week just as well. According to a headhunting expert, the 80-hour-a-week candidate would get the job. The time this candidate spends on the job may encourage other employees to spend more time at work, too. Employers believe that if the employees stay at work later, they may actually do more work.However, the connection between time and productivity （生产率）is not always positive. （80）In fact. many studies indicate that after a certain point, anyone's productivity and creativity begin to decrease. Some employees are not willing to spend so much extra, unproductive time at the office. Once they finish their work satisfactorily, they want to relax and enjoy themselves. For these people, the solution is to find a company that encourages people to do both.11. What is the main idea of this passage?A. Many people work long hours but do not always do a lot of work.B. Most people can get more work done by working longer hours.C. Most Americans work 80 hours a week, and some work even longer.D. People can make more money by working longer hours.12. The management consultant wanted to fmd outA. how hard the investment banker worked during his work hoursB. when people spent time doing unnecessary work in their officeC. if people needed vacation after working hard for a certain period of timeD. whether Americans were really working harder than they had done before13. Which of the following statements is TRUE?A. The more time a person spends at work, the more he or she accomplishes.B. Employers do not judge their employees'job performance according to the amount of working time.C. Some people work more than 40 hours a week in the hope of getting promotion.D. Allemployees are willing to spend extra time at work.14. The 80-hour-a-week candidate would get the job because employers believe_____.A. that he is more reliableB. his example would lead other employees to work longer hoursC. he has better qualificationsD. he could encourage other employees to do a better job15. The expression “to do both”in the last paragraph is_____.A. to finish their work satisfactorily and relax and enjoy themselvesB. to pay attention to both performance and productivityC. to work long hours and have short vacationsD. to relax and enjoy themselves quite frequentlyPart ⅡV ocabulary 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. Rabbits are quiet animals,_______they are able to make 20 different sounds.A. howB. in spite ofC. because ofD. even though17. There are two rooms in the house, ____serves as a kitchen.A. the smaller of whichB. the smaller of thatC. the smallest of whichD. the smallest of that18. I was so fired then that I fell______in class.A. asleepB. sleepC. sleepingD. slept19. I can only stay here for a while, but I'l l come again in _____ days.A. a fewB. fewC. a littleD. little20. Given the choice between work and play, Tom would surely prefer the ____.A. lateB. laterC. latterD. last21. He began to work for a big company _____ an early age.A. onB. atC. ofD. with22. James doesn't like pop music, does his sister.A. SoB. AlsoC. EitherD. Neither23. The driver was at______loss when______word came that he was forbidden to drive for speeding.A. a; /B. a; theC. the; theD./; /24. My uncle's house in the downtown area is much smaller than ours, but it is twice______expensive.A. asB. soC. tooD. very25. This magazine is very ______with young people, who like its content and style.A. familiarB. popularC. similarD. particular26. The art show was ______ being a failure; it was a great success.A. far fromB. along withC. second toD. regardless of27. Health problems are closely connected with bad eating habits and a______of exercise.A. limitB. lackC. needD. demand28. In our daily life, everyone fails every now and then. It is how you react that makes a_____.A. developmentB. differenceC. progressD. point29. The hotel was awful!___, our room was far too small. Then we found that the shower didn't work.A. To begin withB. After allC. In realityD. As a whole30. Don't worry if you can't understand everything. The teacher will _____ the main points at the end.A. recoverB. reviewC. requireD. remember31. It is reported that the police will soon look______the case of the two missing children.A. uponB. afterC. intoD. out32. One of the best ways for people to keep fit is to______healthy eating habits:A. growB. developC. increaseD. raise33. The company is starting a new advertising campaign to new customers to its stores.A. joinB. attractC. stickD. transfer34. Over the past decades, sea ice in the Arctic（北极）as a result of global warming.A. had decreasedB. will decreaseC. has been decreasingD. is decreasing35. ____ twice, the postman refused to deliver our letters unless we chained our dog.A. Being bittenB. BittenC. Having bittenD. To be bitten36. He_____ have completed his work; otherwise, he wouldn't be enjoying himself by the seaside.A. shouldB. mustC. wouldn'tD. can't37. Many children,_______parents are away working in big cities, are taken good care of in the village.A. theirB. whoseC. of themD. with whom38. If it_____tomorrow, we will stay indoors to have our training class.A. rainsB. rainC. will rainD. rained39. The college sports meet was __ till next week because of the heavy rain.A. put outB. put onC. put offD. put up40. Lord Jim_____a private school five years ago with the money he earned through hard work.A. findsB. foundC. foundsD. founded41. When Bob and his friends came, we____our supper then.A. hadB. were havingC. haveD. are having42. That big dictionary_____T om two hundred dollars.A. spentB. paidC. costD. took43. It was in 2005 _____we began to introduce this new technique into our company.A. whichB. thenC. whenD. that44. He____the maths examination if he had worked hard enough, but he didn't.A. would passB. has passedC. would have passedD. passed45. Since it is already midnight, we______now.A. had better leavingB. had better leaveC. had better to leaveD. had better have leftPart 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. In big cities there is an increasingly need for cheap apartments for the lower middle class.A B C D47. The price of meat was much more higher than expected.A B C D48. Joe's father has died ten years ago, so he has lived with his mother since then.A B C D49. How an interesting role she played in the film! No wonder she has won an Oscar.A B C D50. The famous scientist, in his honor a dinner party will be held tonight, is to arrive soon.A B C D51. The old man was so angry and spoke so fast that none of his children understood that he meant.A B C D52. The young man, to make several attempts to beat the world record in high jumping, decided to have another try.A B CD53. In the town was found many old people who badly needed money and care.A B C D54. As early as the 12th century boys in England enjoyed to play football.A B C D55. So absorbed she was in her work that she didn't realize it was time that she picked up her daughter.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.There 56 a king who had twelve beautiful daughters. They 57 in twelve beds all in one room and when they went to bed, the 58 were shut and locked up.59 , every morning 60 shoes were found to be quite worn through as if they had been danced in all night. Nobody could 61 how it happened, or 62 the princesses had been.So the king made it 63 to all that if any person could discover the 64 and find out where it was that the princesses danced in the 65, he would have the 66 he liked best to take as his wife, and would be king 67 his death. But whoever tried and did not succeed, after three days and nights, would be 68 to death.A prince from a nearby country soon came. He was well entertained, and in the evening was taken to the chamber （大房间）next 69 the one where the princesses lay in their twelve 70 . There he was to sit and 71 where they went to dance; and, in order 72 nothing could happen without him hearing it, the door of his 73 was left open. But the prince soon went to sleep; and when, he 74 in the morning he found that the princesses had all been dancing, 75 the soles of their shoes were full of holes.56. A. are B. were C. is D. was57. A. did B. slept C. washedD. kicked58. A. chairs B. desks C. doorsD. roofs59. A. So B. Therefore C. Then D. However60. A. their B. your C. our D. her61. A. make out B. take out C. find out D. speak out62. A. when B. what C. why D. where63. A. know . knowing C. knows D. known64. A. story B. secret C. news D. idea65. A. night B. day C. afternoon D. morning66. A. one B. it C. some D. that67. A. before B. after C. of D. below68. A. made B. passed C. put D. handed 69. A. by B. at C. to D. on70. A. boxes B. buckets C. sofas D. beds71. A. notice B. keep C. watch D. hit72. A. who B. which C. that D. whose73. A. kitchen B. classroom C. chamber D. restaurant74. A. ate B. ran C. slept D. awoke75. A. for B. so C. but D. thoughPart 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. Y ou can refer back to the passages to identify their meanings in the context.76. The number of students learning Chinese is tiny compared withn how many study Spanish or French……77. Schools are bad businesses, whether public or private, not usually becauseof. bad management but because of the nature of the business.78. There is no basis for arguing that private schools are bound to be better than public schools.79. Apparently, many people believe that the more time a person spends at work, the more he or she accomplishes.80. In fact, many studies indicate that after a certain point, anyone's productivity and creativity begin to decrease.SectionBDirections：In this part there are five sentences in Chinese.Y ou should translate them into English. Be sure to write clearly.81.她将成功归因于努力工作。

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。

练习一名词1.We do not do much business (business) with him.我们和他之间的生意不多。

2.Some youngsters (youth) were seen loafing in the streets.一些年轻人在街上闲逛。

3.There are more than 100 aircraft (aircraft) on the airport.100多架飞机停在机场。

4.There is no means (means) of finding out what happened in the government.现在没有办法弄清楚在政府里发生了什么事。

5.Sheep (Sheep) were gazing on the hillside.羊群正在盯着山坡。

6.The old fisherman caught three huge fishes (fish) in the river this afternoon.那位老渔夫在那天下午在河里捕了三条大鱼。

7.It would be a kindness (kind) to tell him the truth.告诉他真相将是一种善意。

8.The passengers were searched at the airport for reasons (reason) of security.出于安全考虑，所有在机场的旅客都将被检查。

9.He felt sympathy for her sufferings. (suffering)他对她的遭遇感到同情。

10.The children are playing on the sands (sand) of the beach.孩子们正在海滩边的沙滩上玩。

11.The teachers met once a year to exchange experiences.(experience)老师们一年见一次面，交流各种经验。