广东省成人高等教育学士学位外语水平考试模拟试题(10)

广东省成人高等教育学士学位外语水平考试模拟试题(10)广东省成人高等教育学士学位外语水平考试模拟试题（十）英语试卷一Part I Dialogue Completion （15 points）Directions: There are 15 short incomplete dialogues in this part, each followed by4 choices marked A,B, C and D.Choose the best one to complete thedialogue and mark your answer on theANSWER SHEET with a single linethrough the center.1. Jeff: Could you pass me the album, please?Julie: ___________.A. Not at allB. Yes, I couldC. Here you areD. You’re welcome2. Bob: Hi, Tom. Haven’t seen you for ages. How is everything with you?Tom: ___________.A. That’s very kind of youB. Fine, thank youC. Thank youD. It’s good with me.3. May: Thank you for the wonderful meal. It was so delicious.Mrs. Sun: _____________.A. Don’t be too polite.B. The food was very poorC. Thanks. Glad you liked itD. Really? I’m a bad cook.4. Stranger: Excuse me, can you tell me the way to the Blackwell’s Inn?Peter: _____________.A. Yes, I can. I’m a native hereB. I can’t tell you thatC. Yes, a bus will take you thereD. Sure. Take bus No.211.5. Susan: I wonder if you could drive me to theairport.Teddy: ____________.A. I’d be glad toB. Oh, it’s my dutyC. I think soD. It’s accepted6. Sally: Sorry I came late again.Peter: ___________A.How can you be late again?B.I can’t bear a guy like that.C.Yes, you should be.D.That’s all right.7. Jenny: Shall I go and tell Mr. Fairbanks about our proposal?Jackie: ______________.A. Yes, you goB. Go at onceC. Yes, let’sD. Yes, please8. Wife: I hope nothing terrible will happen to the kids.Husband: _____________.A. I don’t hopeB.I hope not, eitherC. I hope soD.I hope neither9. Mori: It’s a pleasure to meet you here. Kaco: ____________.A.Pleased to meet you, tooB.Thank you so muchC.You’re too hospitableD.I didn’t expect to see you here10.Billy: You look cool in that Niki jumper?Bobby: ____________A.How can you say that?B. Yes, it is just a special sale.C.Yes, I know. It is cool, not me.D.Thank you.11.Tim: I hear you have been to the book fair. How is it?Susan: ____________A. Absolutely marvelous.B. Very much indeed.C. Very well, wasn’t it?D. No, get it yourself.12.Anne: Shall we drop in the Mexicancanteen for a bite?Coco: ____________A. It doesn’t matter to me.B.I don’t care for it.C. Whatever you say!D. So what?13.Nancy: Have you heard about the match?Our team won by one point.Scott: ___________A.Is it a real thing?B.Congratulations!B.Good luck! D.You’re kidding!14. Jenny: May I use your camera this afternoon?Jimmy: _____________, but Nancy came in and borrowed it just now.Jenny: Never mind.A. Do as you pleaseB. Yes, you mayC. I’m sorryD. As luck would have it15. Mom: Johnny, where are the cookies? Don’t tell me you ate them all!Johnny: Yes, I did. _____________.A. I just couldn’t bear itB. I just couldn’t help itC. They were too good to eatD. They were good to eatPart II Reading Comprehension (40 points] Directions: There are 4 passages in this part.Each of the passages is followed by 5questions or unfinished statements. Foreach of them there are 4 choicesmarked A, B, C and D. Choose the bestone and mark your answer on theANSWER SHEET with a single linethrough the center.Passage OneDorothea Dix left home at an early age of her own free will to live with her grandmother.At fourteen, Dorothea was teaching school at Worcester, Massachusetts. A short time after she had begun teaching, she established a school for young girls in her grandparents’ home. Stress was placed on moral character at Dorothea’s school, whi ch she conducted until she was thirty-three.She was forced to give up teaching at her grandparents’ home, however, when she became ill. A few year of inactivity followed.In 1841 Dorothea began to teach again,accepting a Sunday school class in the East C ambridge, in a Massachusetts’ jail. Here, she first came upon insane people locked up together with criminals.In those days insane people were treated even worse than criminals. There were only a few asylums in the entire country. Therefore jails, poor houses, and houses of correction were used to confine the insane.Dorothea Dix made a careful investigation of the inhuman treatment of the insane. It was considered unfit for a woman to devote herself to such work at this time. But this did not stop Dorothea Dix in her efforts to provide proper medical care for the insane.Gradually, because of her investigations, conditions were improved. More than thirty mental institutions were founded or re-established in the United States because of her efforts. Dorothea also extended her investigations to England and to other parts of Europe.During the Civil War, Dorothea served as superintendent of women hospital nurses in the Union army. When the war was over, she returned to her work of improving conditions for insane people.16. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A. The Treatment of Mental Illness.B. The Life of a Young English WomanC. An American HumanitarianD. Social Problems of the Nineteenth Century17. The word “stress” in Line 3 of Paragraph 2 could best be replaced by ________?A. emphasisB. strainC. relative loudnessD. physical pressure18. Dorothea Dix first become aware of themistreatment of insane people when she __________.A. taught Sunday school in a jailB. worked in an insane asylum as a nurse.C. had her grandmother treated mentally.D. was asked to investigate the problem.19. Which of the following statements aboutDorothea Dix is true according to the passage?A. She spent time studying criminal law.B. People believed she shouldn’t help the insane.C. She considered most criminals mentally unstable.D. Her grandmother was a teacher.20. The author implies that Dorothea Dix’s workwith the insane was interrupted by _________.A. an illnessB. her trip to EnglandC. the Civil WarD. her grandmother’s deathPassage TwoThe faces of elderly, happily-married people sometimes resemble each other. Dr. Aiken studied a number of couples who had been married for at least twenty-five years. Each couple provided four photographs---one photo of each partner at the time of their marriage and another photo of each partner twenty-five or more years later. All background was cut from the photos to remove any clues. The photos were then displayed in groups: a random grouping of the persons at the time of their marriage and another random grouping of the same persons who took photographs later. Some testees were asked to pick out the partners. They failed totally with the first group. Their judgments were no better than chance. But with the photos taken twenty-five or more years after the marriage, the testees were quite successful in deciding who was married to whom. They were particularly successful with the mosthappily-married couples.Dr. Aiken believes there are several reasons why couples grow alike. One reason has something to do with imitation. One person tends to copy or do the same as someone else without knowing it. He says human begins to imitate the expressions of the faces of their loved ones. Another possible reason, he says, is the common experience of the couples. There is a tendency for people who have the same life experience to change their faces in similar ways. For example, if a couple suffered from a lot of sad experiences, their faces are likely to change in a similar way.21. The main purpose of the passage is to _____.A. tell how couples like each otherB. show the life experience of husband and wifeC. explain why couples grow alikeD. describe the study on a number of married people22. In the testing, Dr. Aiken cut the backgroundfrom those photos for the purpose of _________.A. grouping those couples againB. leaving no trace for the testeesC. imitating those couples’ l ifeD. leaving the testees more chances23. The testees failed to _____.A. tell couples by looking at their photos taken when they got marriedB. distinguish happily-married couples from sadly-married couplesC. discover the difference of each partnerD. understand Dr. Aiken's study thoroughly24. It can be inferred from the study that ________.A. life experiences tend to change one’s expressionB. shared experiences may leave goodimpressionsC. couples may learn from each other in sharing experiencesD. couples tend to love and hate the same thing in life25. From the passage we can draw a conclusion that __________.A. happily-married couples are often richer than other couplesB. couples who look alike can live longerC. the influence between couples can be quite strongD. all couples have been proved to grow alikePassage ThreePublic goods are those commodities whose enjoyment nobody can be effectively excluded. Everybody is free to enjoy the benefits of these commodities and one person’s use does not reduce the possibilities of anybody else’s enjoying the same good.Examples of public goods are not as rare as one might expect. A flood control dam is a public good. Once the dam is built, all persons living in the area will benefit---regardless of their own contribution to the construction cost of the dam. The same holds true for highway signs or aids in navigation. Once a lighthouse is built, no ship of any nationality can be effectively excluded from use of the lighthouse for navigational purposes. National defence is another example. Even a person who voted against military costs or did not pay any taxes will benefit from the protection afforded.It is no easy task to determine the social costs and social benefits associated with a public good. There is no practicable way of charging drivers for looking at highway signs, sailors for watching a lighthouse and citizens for the security provided to them through national defence. Because the market does not provide the necessary signals, economic study is to be replaced by the impersonal judgment of themarketplace.26. What does the passage mainly discuss?A. A specific group of commodities.B. The economic structure of the marketplace.C. Mechanism for safer navigation.D. The advantage of lowering taxes.27. Which of the following is NOT an example ofa public good as described in the passage?A. A stoplight.B. A bridge.C. A fire truck.D. A taxicab.28. The word “holds” in Line 4 of Paragraph 2could best be replaced by __________.A. hasB. isC. graspsD. carries29. According to the passage, finding out thesocial costs of a public good is a _________.A. matter of personal judgmentB. daily administrative dutyC. difficult procedureD. citizen’s responsibility30. Which of the following statements bestdescribes the organization of the first two paragraphs?A. A general concept is defined and then examples are given.B. Generalizations are presented from which conclusions are drawn.C. Persuasive language is used to argue against a popular idea.D. Suggestions for the application of an economic concept are offered.Passage FourMoney spent on advertising is money spent as well as any I know of. It serves directly to assist distribution of goods at reasonable prices,thereby establishing a firm home market and so making it possible to provide for export at competitive prices. By drawing attention to new ideas, it helps enormously to raise standards of living. By helping to increase demand, it ensures an increased need for labor, and is therefore an effective way to fight unemployment. It lowers the cost of many services: without ads your daily newspaper would cost four times as much, the price of your TV license would need to be doubled, and travel by bus or tube would cost fifty percent more.And perhaps most important of all, ads provides a guarantee of reasonable value in the products and services you buy. Apart from the fact that twenty-seven Acts of Parliament govern the terms of advertising, no regular advertiser dare promote products that fail to live up to the promise of his ads. He might fool some people for a little while through misleading ads. He will not do so for long, for mercifully the public has the good sense not to buy the inferiorarticle more than once. If you see an article consistently advertised, it is the surest proof I know that the article does what is claimed for it, and that it represents good value.Advertising does more for the material benefit of the community than any other force I can think of.There is one more point I feel I ought to touch upon. Recently I heard a well-known TV personality declare that he was against advertising because it persuades rather than informs. He was drawing excessively fine distinctions. Of course advertising seeks to persuade.If its message were confined merely to information---and that in itself would be difficult if not impossible to achieve, for even a detail such as the choice of color of a shirt is subtly persuasive---advertising would be so boring that no one would pay any attention. But perhaps that is what the well-known TV personality wants.31. By the first sentence of the passage, the author means that __________.A. he is quite familiar with the cost of advertisingB. everyone knows advertising is costlyC. advertising costs money like everything elseD. it is worthwhile to spend money on advertising32. According to the passage, which of thefollowing is NOT mentioned as the advantage of advertising?A. Securing greater fameB. Providing more jobsC. Enhancing living standardsD. Reducing media cost33. The author thinks that the well-known TV personality is _________.A. very precise in his comment on adsB. reasonable in making the commentC. partial in his view of advertisingD. funny in misleading the audience34. In the author’s opinion, __________.A. advertising benefits people by providing informationB. advertising seldom misleads people with informationC. there is nothing wrong with ads in persuading buyersD. advertising with only information is a waste of money35. The author’s attitude to advertising is _________.A. negativeB. positiveC. ridiculousD. not clearPart III Vocabulary and Structure (20 points) Directions: There are 40 incomplete sentences inthis part. For each sentence there are 4choices marked A, B, C and D. Choosethe one that best completes thesentence. Mark your answer on theANSWER SHEET with a single linethrough the center.36. The plan is not based on a careful surveyand analysis and therefore is _______ to failure.A. supposedB. doomedC. certainD. likely37. During the heavy storm last week, we had totake ________ under a flyover.A. shadeB. shelterC. shadowD. shield38. The three men were assigned jobs accordingto their_________ abilities.A. respectfulB. respectableC. respectiveD. respecting39. We don’t know if the story is true or not, butwe hope to _________ the truth in it.A. confirmB. introduceC. recognizeD. conduct40. It is a desire shared by all those delegatespresent at the conference that financial cooperation ________ carried on in such a difficult situation.A. must beB. beC. has to beD. got to be41. __________ with the size of the ocean onearth, world continents seem really small.A. When comparedB. While comparingC. CompareD. Comparing42. Scientists have discovered that many animalsseem to be highly __________ to various signals associated with earthquakes.A. sensibleB. sensualC. sensuousD. sensitive43. Our guests will be guided to safety throughthe fire-escape ________ a fire.A. as a result ofB. in case ofC. in the case ofD. in the sake of44. Nowadays only a few university studentsmanage to meet the __________, both mentally and physically, for the heavy burden in future work and life.A. requestB. requirementsC. qualitiesD. competence45. When told by their parents to eat somevegetables, many children only do so __________.A. readilyB. unconsciouslyC. purposefullyD. reluctantly46. Most homes in China’s cities have beenequipped with electrical ________, such as refrigerators and washing machines.A. appliancesB. facilitiesC. instrumentsD. equipment47. We worked far into the night, but no one_________ a satisfactory solution.A. came up withB. kept up withC. caught up withD. checked up with48. Goodness, economy, and honesty areconsidered as some universal ________ a man should have.A. habitsB. customsC. charactersD. virtues49. It is quite necessary for a senior manager tohave good manners and ________ knowledge.A. extensiveB. intenseC. excessiveD. expensive50. He was really depressed when his projectproposal was ________ for the third time.A. turned asideB. turned againstC. turned overD. turned down51. I stared at her, __________ that anyone could have changed so much.A. astonishedB. astonishingC. to astonishD. to be astonished52. I don’t really mind what time he arrives atthe office ________ he finishes his tasks in time.A. so far asB. sinceC. so long asD. unless53. New York’s Statue of Liberty was designedto be a beacon for ships and a monument __________.A. as wellB. by the wayC. besidesD. either54. He took _________ of their hospitality andstayed there for a month without paying them anything.A. chargeB. the placeC. careD. advantage55. The lost car of the Johnson’s was found__________ in the woods off the expressway.A. vanishedB. scatteredC. rejectedD. abandoned56. Some of the most important breakthroughsin engineering should be _________ to mathematical researches.A. contributedB. summed upC. attributedD. delivered57. Too much _________ to X-rays can causeskin burns, cancer or other damage to the body.A. disclosureB. exhibitionC. contactD. exposure58. The British Parliament is _________ of theHouse of Commons and the House of Lords.A. composedB. consistedC. madeD. combined59. Just as your supervisor advised, you ought todevote your time and energy to something _________ researching into.A. valuableB. preciousC. worthD. worthy60. Please don’t be _________ by his badmanners since he is merely trying to attract attention.A. irritatedB. distortedC. disregardedD. intervened61. The remarkable _________ of life on theGalapagos Islands inspired Charles Darwin to establish his theory of evolution.A. classificationB. diversityC. densityD. difference62. The English language contains a(n)_________ of words which are comparatively seldom used in everyday conversation.A. attitudeB. altitudeC. multitudeD. latitude63. While typing, Helen has a habit of stopping__________ to give her long and flowing haira smooth.A. consistentlyB. instantlyC. eventuallyD. occasionally64. Between 1897 and 1919, at least 29 movies_________, in which artificial beings of various kinds were portrayed.A. had producedB. has been producedC. would have producedD. had been produced65. Hydrogen is the fundamental element of theuniverse _________ it provides the building blocks from which the other elements are produced.A. so thatB. but thatC. in thatD. provided that66. There ought to be less anxiety over theperceived risk of getting cancer than__________ in the public mind today.A. existsB. existC. existingD. existed67. The professor didn’t have time enough to gointo it ___________, but he promised to discuss it with us at the office hour.A. at a glanceB. at handC. in turnD. at length68. Their demand for a pay rise has not the slightest _________ of being met.A. prospectB. predictionC. prosperityD. pursuit69. Many American householders failed to carryout the mortgage provisions, and now they have to _________ the consequences.A. run intoB. hold upC. take upD. answer for70. A safety analysis __________ the target as apotential danger. Unfortunately, it was never done.A. would identifyB. would have identifiedC. will identifyD. will have identified71. The article opens and closes withdescriptions of two anecdotes, each __________ one major point in contrast with the other.A. makesB. madeC. is to makeD. making72. He does not __________ as a teacher ofEnglish, for his pronunciation is far from perfect.A. qualifyB. equalC. matchD. deserve73. No one would have time to read or listen toan account of everything _________ going on in the world.A. as isB. it isC. there isD. what is74. To survive in the fierce competition, we must_________ the quality and variety of our products to the world-market demand.A. improveB. guaranteeC. enhanceD. adjust75. Language, culture, and personality may beconsidered __________ of each other in thought, but they are inseparable in fact.A. instinctivelyB. irrelevantlyC. indistinctlyD. independentlyPart 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 andD. Choose the best one and mark youranswer on the ANSWER SHEET witha single line through the center.A headache is one of man's most commonenemies. Most people get headaches from time to time. Probably more than 90 percent of all headaches are 76 by worry or tension. Modern living 77 tensions for everybody, at work, at school and 78 at home. Then, what can we do about tension and worry in our life? 79 , find out what is causing the tension. It may result from feelings or emotions. Do you 80 too much over what people think of you, over your clothes, or about 81 you did? Second, find a way of 82 tension. Gardening, walking, running, swimming or any 83 suitable for your age will help release some tension. Then, look at your way of life. Ask yourself, where am I going? And why? Learn the 84 of relaxation. Lie down in a dark quiet room and relax 85 much as possible by taking several slow breaths. Let all your muscles relax.76. A. encouraged B. arousedC. causedD. presented77. A. contains B. introducesC. releasesD. owns78. A. especially B. even C. somehow D. generally79. A. Thus B. However C. First D. Besides80. A. consider B. worryC. careD. imagine81. A. what B. how C. when D. where82. A. improving B. activating C. suffering D. reducing83. A. solution B. activity C. practise D. deed84. A. secret B. mystery C. usefulness D. function85. A. so B. very C. for D. as英语试卷二Part V Writing (15 points)Directions: You are to write in 100-120 words on the topic “Learning English”. Youshould base your composition on theoutline given in Chinese below:1. 有些人觉得中国人全民学英语没必要；2. 有人认为掌握一门外语就多了一项技能；3. 谈谈你的看法。