成人高等教育学士学位英语-6及答案解析.doc

1、成人高等教育学士学位英语-6 及答案解析(总分：130.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、B Directions:/(总题数：15，分数：15.00)1.Woman: Thank you very much for your help.Man:_（分数：1.00）A.Never mindB.Not at all.C.It doesnt matter.D.No thanks.2.Speaker A: East Bouren 54655.Speaker B: Hello. John here. Can I speak to Mary, please?A:_ B: OK.（分数：1.00）A.Who

2、s that speaking?B.Could you take a message?C.Hold the line, please.D.I think shes gone shopping.3.Speaker A: Ive just heard that the tickets for Swan Lake have been sold out.Speaker B: Oh, no!_（分数：1.00）A.It doesnt matter.B.Its not at all interesting.C.I was looking forward to it.D.I knew it already.

3、4.Kate: Hello. Could I speak to Jane, Please?Jane:_（分数：1.00）A.Yes, you couldB.Speaking.C.Who are you?D.Speak, Please.5.Doctor:_Patient: Ive caught a bad cold and got a sour throat.（分数：1.00）A.Do you have anything to declare, sir?B.Good morning. May I help you?C.How have you been getting along recentl

4、y?D.What seems to be the problem?6.Speaker AGood to see you. You look more fit and better.Speaker B:_（分数：1.00）A.Thanks. I had a lot of exercise and drank vegetable juice every day.B.Sorry. I dont think I am more fit. Actually, I caught a bad cold.C.Yes. Im much more fit. And you?D.Im glad to see you

5、 too, though Im not much better that ever before.7.W: Have you had the brakes(刹车) and tires(轮胎) checked? And do you have enough money?M:_（分数：1.00）A.No. Im going to buy some brakes and tires.B.Ive taken care of everything and Im sure its going to be a wonderful trip.C.I11 buy some travelers checks fo

6、r my trip.D.I have finished the brakes and tires and I have no problem with money.8.Speaker A: Allow me to introduce Dr. Jones to you.Speaker B:_（分数：1.00）A.Im much pleased to make you an acquaintance.B.Thats all right. Im Jim Watson.C.Thank you for your introduction.D.Id like to express my thanks to

7、 you.9.Speaker A: Excuse me, Professor Smith, can you spare me a few minutes? Theres something Id like to speak to you about. I wont keep you long.Speaker B:_（分数：1.00）A.Of course not. Havent you seen have been pretty busy now?B.Well, Im afraid we have to find some other time. Im fully occupied now.C

8、.No. Ill have an important meeting to attend this evening.D.Not possible, as I dont know how long you will keep me.10.Annny: Do you still have a headache, Mike?Mike: Yes, I do. And now I have a fever and cough constantly.Annny:_（分数：1.00）A.Thats very regretful.B.Thats pitiful.C.Thats too bad.D.Thats

9、a pity.11.W: Could you please make up this prescription(药方) for me?M:_（分数：1.00）A.No. You need to see a doctor first.B.Yes. You can buy the medicine from the drugstore at the corner.C.Well. It is prescribed clearly in that book.D.Certainly, I11 do it for you right away.12.W: Im terribly sorry Im late

10、. I had rather a difficult time finding your office.M:_（分数：1.00）A.Saying sorry wont be enough for being late. You have to account for what youve done.B.Thats all right. Please sit down and Ill start to ask you a few questions.C.You neednt saying sorry. Its often the case.D.Put on your name in the at

11、tendance record and go to your work.13.Jack:_Lora: Im an engineer.Jack: Oh, are you?Lora: How about you?Jack: I work for a trading company.（分数：1.00）A.How are you doing?B.What do you do?C.How do you do?D.what are you doing?14.M: Can I see a demonstration of this tape recorder?W:_（分数：1.00）A.No, I am a

12、fraid you cant.B.Sure. It is very easy to operate.C.All right, sir. Here you go.D.Thats all right. But we cant break it up.15.Bus Driver: Move to the back of the bus, please. There are plenty of seats.Passenger:_Bus Driver: Forty cents. Drop it in the box?（分数：1.00）A.What is the price, please?B.What

13、shall be the fee, please?C.How much does it cost, please?D.How much is the fare, please?二、BPart Reading (总题数：3，分数：30.00)BPassage 1/BThere was one thought that air pollution affected only the area immediately around large cities with factories and heavy automobile trafficAt present, we realize that a

14、lthough these are the areas with the worst air pollution, the problem is literally worldwide. (76) UOn several occasions over the past decade, a heavy cloud of air pollution has covered the east of the United States and brought health warnings in rural areas away from any major concentration of manu

15、facturing and automobile traffic/UIn fact, the very climate of the entire earth may be infected by air pollution. Some scientists consider that the increasing concentration of carbon dioxide in the air resulting from the burning of fossil fuels (coal and oil) is creating a “greenhouse effect“-conser

16、ving heat reflected from the earth and raising the worlds average temperature. If this view is correct and the worlds temperature is raised only a few degrees, much of the polar ice cap will melt and cities such as New York, Boston, Miami, and New Orleans will be in water.(77) UAnother view, less wi

17、dely held, is that increasing particular matter in the atmosphere is blocking sunlight and lowering the earths temperature-a result that would be equally disastrous./U A drop of just a few degrees could create something close to a new ice age, and would make agriculture difficult or impossible in ma

18、ny of our top fanning areas. Today we do not know for sure that either of these conditions will happen (though one recent government report drafted by exports in the field concluded that the greenhouse effect is very possible). Perhaps, if we are lucky enough, the two tendencies will offset each oth

19、er and the worlds temperature will stay about the same as it is now.（分数：10.00）(1).As pointed out at the beginning of the passage, people used to think that air pollution _（分数：2.00）A.caused widespread damage in the countrysideB.affected the entire eastern half of the United StatesC.had damaging effec

20、t on healthD.existed merely in urban and industries areas(2).As to the greenhouse effect, the author _（分数：2.00）A.shares the same view with the scientistsB.is uncertain of its occurrenceC.rejects it as being ungroundedD.thinks that it will destroy the world soon(3).The word “offset“ in the second par

21、agraph could be replaced by _.（分数：2.00）A.slip intoB.make up forC.set upD.catch up with(4).It can be concluded that _.（分数：2.00）A.raising the worlds temperature only a few degrees would not do much harm to life on earthB.lowering the worlds temperature merely a few degrees would lead many major farmin

22、g areas to disasterC.almost no temperature variations have occurred over the past decadeD.the worlds temperature will remain constant in the years to come(5).This passage is primarily about _.（分数：2.00）A.the greenhouse effectB.the burning of fossil fuelsC.the potential effect of air pollutionD.the li

23、kelihood of a new ice ageBPassage 2/BHarriet Beecher Stowe had poured her heart into her anti-slavery book, “Uncle Toms Cab- in“. But neither she nor her first publisher thought it would be a big success. (78) UThe publisher was so doubtful that he wanted her to split the publishing costs with him,

24、and all she hoped was that it would make enough money for her to buy a new silk dress. /UBut when the first 5,000 copies were printed in 1852, they sold out in two days. In a year the book had sold 300,000 copies in the United States and 150,000 in EnglandFor a while it outsold (销得比多) every book in

25、the world, except the Bible.Within six months of its release, a play was made from the book which ran 350 performances in New York and remained Americas most popular play for 80 years.(79) UIt might appear that“ Uncle Toms Cabin was universally popular, but this was certainly not true./U Many people

26、 during those pre-Civil War daysparticularly defenders of the slavery sys temcondemned it as false propaganda and poorly written melodrama(传奇剧作品).Harriet did have strong religious views against slavery (When asked how she came to write the book, she replied, “God wrote it.“ ), and she tried to convi

27、nce people slavery was wrong, so per haps the book could be considered propagandaBut if so, it was true propaganda, because it accurately described the evils of slavery.Though she was born in Connecticut, 1832, as a young woman she moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, when her father accepted the presidency o

28、f newly founded Lane Theological Seminary(神学院). Ohio was a free state, but just across the Ohio River in Kentucky, Harriet saw slavery in action. She lived 18 years in Cincinnati, marrying Calvin Stowe, professor of a college. In 1851, Harriet Beeper Stowe began her book.Its vast influence strengthe

29、ned the anti-slavery movement and angered defenders of the slave system. Today some historians(历史学家) think that it helped bring on the American Civil War.In fact, when Abraham Lincoln met Harriet at the White House during the Civil War, he said, “So, this is the little lady who started this big war.

30、“（分数：10.00）(1).Before the publication of the book “Uncle Toms Cabin“ _.（分数：2.00）A.Harriet knew that it would be a great successB.the publisher wanted Harriet to publish it at her own expenseC.nobody knew that it would become a very popular bookD.no publisher wanted to publish this anti-slavery book(

31、2).Some people did not like “Uncle Ton1s Cabin“ chiefly because_.（分数：2.00）A.the author was merely an unknown little ladyB.they thought it was mere propagandaC.the book was poorly writtenD.the book might lead to a terrible war(3).Harriet Beecher Stowe was able to describe the evils of slavery because

32、 _.（分数：2.00）A.she had lived for 18 years in a state where slavery was legalB.she had suffered quite a lot under the slavery systemC.she had witnessed what happened under the slavery systemD.she had read a lot about the slavery system(4).When Abraham Lincoln called Harriet “the little lady who starte

33、d this big war“, he _.（分数：2.00）A.thought that she was almost a war criminalB.was talking about the great influence her book had producedC.was blaming her for the miseries the people had suffered during the warD.was praising her for the contributions she had made during the war(5).The writer wrote th

34、e passage in order to _.（分数：2.00）A.expose the evils of the slavery systemB.condemn all kinds of warC.describe peoples life in Harriets timeD.tell us how Harriet wrote her famous bookBPassage 3/B“Equal pay for equal work“ is a phrase used by the American women who feel that they are unfairly treated

35、by society. They say it is not right for women to be paid less than men for the same work.Some people say men have more duties than women. A married man is thought to earn money to support his family and to make the important decision, so it is right for them to be paid more. Some are even against m

36、arried women working at all. When wives go out to work, they say, the home and children are given no attention to. (80) UIf women are encouraged by equal pay to take full-time jobs, they will be unable to do the things they are best at doing: making a nice home and bringing up children. /UWomen who

37、disagree say they want to escape from the limited place which society wishes them to fill and to have freedom to choose between work and home life, or a mixture of the two. Women have the right not only to equal pay but also to equal chances.（分数：10.00）(1).The women use the phrase “equal pay for equa

38、l work“ to ask society to _.（分数：2.00）A.pay men less than womenB.give Women harder workC.pay men and women the same amount of money for the same workD.pay people more who do harder work(2).Some people believe that _.（分数：2.00）A.women cant do what men canB.men have to work much harder than womenC.men c

39、an earn money more easily than womenD.mens duties are different from womens(3).Some people holding even stronger opinions say that _.（分数：2.00）A.women should be kind to their husbandsB.women are too weak to take full-time jobsC.home is the best pace for womenD.women should only take part-time jobs(4)

40、.The women who disagree say that _.（分数：2.00）A.women need chances to go out of the home more oftenB.women want more freedom in deciding what kind of life they wantC.women are no longer interested in taking care of their homesD.if women are given equal pay, they can do everything instead of men(5).Acc

41、ording to this passage some women want to give up _.（分数：2.00）A.their present position in societyB.their marriageC.their right to equal payD.their home life三、BPart Vocabula(总题数：30，分数：30.00)16.All their attempts to _ the child from the burning building were in vain.（分数：1.00）A.regainB.recoverC.rescueD.

42、reserve17.The opening between the rocks was very narrow, but the boys managed to _ through.（分数：1.00）A.pressB.squeezeC.stretchD.leap18._ the fog, we should have reached our destination.（分数：1.00）A.Because ofB.In spite ofC.In case ofD.But for19.Because of the poor harvest, wheat prices have _ in the la

43、st six months.（分数：1.00）A.addedB.jumpedC.amountedD.developed20.They discussed the problem three or four times, but could come to no _.（分数：1.00）A.endB.conclusionC.resultD.judgment21.What makes the space shuttle _ is that it takes off like a rocket but lands like an airplane.（分数：1.00）A.exceptionalB.str

44、angeC.uniqueD.rare22.Please let us have more time,_?（分数：1.00）A.shall weB.will youC.wont youD.dont you23.At first the institute refused to purchase the telescope, but this decision was _ revised.（分数：1.00）A.occasionallyB.consequentlyC.successivelyD.subsequently24.You will never guess whom I _ on the s

45、treet yesterday.（分数：1.00）A.ran overB.ran out ofC.ran intoD.ran up to25.I dont think it is any use _ this matter any further.（分数：1.00）A.discussingB.to discussC.to discussingD.to be discussed26.Please keep an eye on my luggage, and Ill be back _.（分数：1.00）A.in timeB.in no timeC.at one timeD.at a time27

46、.Lying in hospital, the patient _ the outside world by watching news programs on TV every day.（分数：1.00）A.kept in touch withB.faced upC.turned the clock backD.slowed down28.The interviewer should take down notes at the moment the person _ answers the questions.（分数：1.00）A.to be interviewedB.interviewi

47、ngC.being interviewedD.interviewed29.You will be late _ you leave immediately.（分数：1.00）A.unlessB.untilC.ifD.or30.The government placed _ on the numbers of foreign cars that could be imported.（分数：1.00）A.limitationsB.restraintC.requirementsD.restrictions31.I could not afford to rent a house like that,

48、_ it.（分数：1.00）A.let alone to buyB.let alone buyC.to say nothing to buyD.say nothing buying32.Many players who had been highly thought of have _ from the tennis scene.（分数：1.00）A.disposedB.disappearedC.discouragedD.discarded33.If you _ your demand, then maybe you will have more chance of getting what you want.（分数：1.00）A.conductB.dismissC.grantD.moderate34