高职高专英语应用能力考试-8及答案解析.doc

1、高职高专英语应用能力考试-8 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BPart Listenin(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、BSection A/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Directions: In this part you will hear 5 short dialogues. At the end of each dialogue, a question will be asked about what was said. The dialogue and the question will be spoken only once. After eac

2、h question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D and decide which is the best answer, then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.（分数：5.00）(1). A. Before the vacation started. B. After

3、 she had gone away. C. After she came back. D. When she came back.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2). A. The cinema. B. The hospital. C. The factory. D. The school.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3). A. For half an hour. B. For two hours. C. She doesnt watch TV at all. D. For four hours every evening.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4). A. T

4、he mans friend. B. The mans secretary. C. A waitress. D. The mans wife.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5). A. At five oclock. B. Any time. C. At four oclock. D. At one oclock.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.三、BSection B/B(总题数：2，分数：5.00)Directions: In this section you will hear 2 conversations. At the end of each conversation, s

5、ome questions will be asked about what was said. The conversation will be spoken twice. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D and decide which is the best answer, then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer S

6、heet with a single line through the center.（分数：2.00）(1). A. On Friday. B. On Wednesday. C. On Monday. D. On Sunday.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2). A. More than one hour. B. Less than two hours. C. Three hours. D. More than two hours.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：3.00）(1). A. In a store. B. In a bakers. C. In a restaur

7、ant. D. In a cinema.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2). A. A saleswoman. B. A waitress. C. A woman cook. D. A teacher.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3). A. Lunch. B. Dinner and some tea. C. Afternoon tea. D. Some eggs.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.四、BSection C/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Directions: In this section you will hear a short passage. The

8、passage is printed on the test paper, but with some words missing. The passage will be read twice. The first reading is for you to get the general idea. During the second reading, you are required to choose the best words marked A, B, C and D according to what you hear, then you should mark the corr

9、esponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Hello. My name is Laura, and Im going to tell you something about my life.I am ten years old. I live in a small U U 1 /U /Unear a big city. My father and mother are both U U 2 /U /U. They go to work on their U U 3 /U /U. Ther

10、e are many gardens in every neighborhood. These gardens used to be U U 4 /U /Ulots, but now there are almost no cars, so this land is used for gardens. The air is much cleaner now than it used to be U U 5 /U /Uto my parents. They tell me that the cars caused a lot of pollution in the old days. （分数：5

11、00）(1). A. town B. tower C. towel D. down（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2). A. engine B. engineer C. engineers D. English（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3). A. bake B. bikes C. backs D. likes（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4). A. parking B. passing C. partner D. party（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5). A. action B. account C. accounting D. according（分数

12、1.00）A.B.C.D.五、BPart Vocabula(总题数：20，分数：20.00)1.She misinterpreted the _ of the letter and thus misunderstood his intentions. A. implication B. imply C. implied D. implying（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.2.He is well-_ in this matter; ask him to help you. A. inform B. informed C. informing D. information（分数：1.00）

13、A.B.C.D.3.By eleven oclock yesterday, we _ at the airport. A. had arrived B. have arrived C. shall arrive D. arrive（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.4.Can you imagine yourself _ in a lonely house with tombs around it? A. to live B. staying C. to be staying D. to have stayed（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.5.Not you but Mike _ to go

14、 to the Great Wall. A. want B. to want C. wanting D. wants（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.6.Nuclear science should be developed to benefit the people _ harm them. A. more than B. other than C. rather than D. better than（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.7.Yesterday when he was walking along the street, he had his wallet _. A. steal

15、 B. robbery C. stolen D. robed（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.8.He suggested that the work _ at once. A. should do B. would be done C. be done D. did（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.9.Dont raise irrelative matters, we must try and _ the subjects. A. keep under B. keep in C. keep down D. keep to（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.10.They planned to

16、 the bridge but their bombs failed to explode. A. blow off B. blow up C. blow down D. blow out（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.11.His voice sounds slightly _. A. strangely B. strange C. stranging D. stranged（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.12.For some reasons he let down Diana _ and since then they have never seen each other. A.

17、on a date B. in the date C. in the way D. in no way（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.13.Today we have finished what we set _. A. off B. out C. up D. about（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.14.He finally _ in reaching the top of the mountain. A. achieved B. managed C. enabled D. succeeded（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.15.A university is an educatio

18、nal institution which awards degree and _ research. A. carries out B. carries through C. carries back D. carries away（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.16.It is very amazing that such a little child can _ so complicated an arithmetic. A. work on B. work out C. work at D. work off（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.17.It is easy to _ yo

19、ur weight if you simply watch what you eat. A. decrease B. lesson C. reduce D. increase（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.18.America is _ country and many people go there to learn English. A. an English-spoken B. an English-speaking C. a spoken-English D. a speaking-English（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.19._ had I closed the door

20、than somebody started knocking _. A. Hardly. on B. Scarcely. at C. As soon as. at D. No sooner. on（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.20.The letter of thanks seemed _ already for I found it on the writing table just now. A. to have written B. wrote C. written D. to have been written（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.六、BPart Reading (总题

21、数：0，分数：0.00)七、BTask 1/B(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 unfinished statements or questions. For each statement there are four choices marked A, B, C and D, you should make the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a sin

22、gle line through the center.Reading is not the only way to gain knowledge of the work in the past. There is another large reservoir (知识库) which may be called experience, and the college student will find that every craftsman (工匠) has something he can teach and will generally teach gladly to any coll

23、ege student who does not look down upon them. The information from them differs from (不同于) that in textbooks and papers chiefly in that its theoretical (理论) part the explanations of why things happen is frequently quite fantastic (神奇). But the demonstration (示范) and report of what happens, and how i

24、t happens are correct even if the reports are in completely unscientific terms (术语). Presently the college student will learn, in this case also, what to accept and what to reject. One important thing for a college student to remember is that if Aristotle could talk to the fisherman, so can he.Anoth

25、er source of knowledge is the vast store of traditional (传统) practices handed down from father to son, or mother to daughter, of old country customs (习惯), of folklore (风俗). All this is very difficult for a college student to examine, for much knowledge and personal experience is needed here to separ

26、ate good plants from wild grass. The college student should learn to realize and remember how much of real value science has found in this wide, confused wilderness and how often scientific discoveries of what had existed in this area long ago.（分数：10.00）(1).According to the writer of this article, a

27、nother large reservoir of knowledge come from _. A. reading a lot of books B. what old people have experienced C. what your parents taught D. every craftsman has something he can teach（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Which of the following statements is supported by the passage? A. The college students have tro

28、uble separating good plants from wild grass. B. Craftsmans experience is usually unscientific. C. The contemptuous (傲慢) college students will receive nothing from craftsmen. D. Craftsmen never teach students who like study.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).From this passage we can infer that _. A. well invite th

29、e craftsman to teach in the college B. schools and books are not the only way to knowledge C. scientific discoveries are based on personal experience D. craftsman has lots of knowledge.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).The author advises the college student to _. A. be contemptuous to the craftsman B. be patient

30、 in helping the craftsman with scientific terms C. learn the craftsmans experience by judging it carefully D. go out to learn more（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).In the last paragraph the phrase “this wide, confused wilderness“ refers to _. A. personal experience B. wild weeds among good plants C. the vast sto

31、re of traditional practices D. parents teachings（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.八、BTask 2/B(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 unfinished statements or questions. For each statement there are four choices marked A, B, C and D, you should make the best choice and mark th

32、e corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.On the way back from Mexico to Cleveland an amusing (有趣的) thing happened. During the trip to the border (边境), several American whites on the train mistook me for a Mexican, and some of them even spoke to me in Spanish,

33、since I am of a copper-brown complexion (肤色) with black hair that can be made quite slick and shiny if it has enough pomade (润发油) on it in the Mexican fashion. But I made no pretence of passing for a Mexican, or anything else, since there was no need for it except in changing trains at San Antonio i

34、n Texas, where colored people had to use Jim Crow (黑人) waiting room, and could not purchase a Pullman berth. There, I simply went in the main waiting room, as any Mexican would do, and made my sleeping-car reservations in Spain. But that evening, crossing Texas, I was sitting alone at a small table

35、in the diner, when a white man came in and took the seat just across the table from mine. Shortly, I noticed him staring at me, as if trying to figure out something. He stared at me a long time. Then, suddenly, with a loud cry, the white man jumped up and shouted: “Youre a nigger, arent you?“ and ru

36、shed out of the car as if pursued by a plague (受到瘟疫的追逐).I couldnt help smiling to myself. I had heard before that white Southerners never sat down to table with a Negro (黑人), but I didnt know until then that we frightened them that badly.Something rather less amusing happened at St. Louis. The train

37、 pulled into the station on a blazing-hot September afternoon, after a sticky, dusty trip, for there were no air-cooled coaches (车厢) in those days. I had a short wait between trains. In the center of the station platform there was a newsstand and soda fountain where cool drinks were being served. I

38、went up to the counter and asked for an ice cream soda.The clerk said, “Are you a Mexican or a Negro?“I said: “Why?“Because if youre a Mexican, Ill serve you,“ he said. “If youre colored, I wont.“Im colored,“ I replied. The clerk turned to wait on someone else. I knew I was home in the U.S.A.（分数：10.

39、00）(1).What seemed amusing to the writer when he crossed the border into Texas? A. Most people had to speak Spanish to each other. B. Mexicans were treated like black Americans. C. There were a lot of Mexicans on the train. D. Most people thought he was Mexican.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).In Texas at that

40、time, American blacks _. A. did not ride in the same coach as the whites B. spoke Spanish to pretend they were Mexicans C. were thought to carry diseases feared by whites D. liked to frighten people with their strange actions（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).It can be inferred from the story that _. A. the write

41、r didnt take the whites reaction to him seriously at first B. the writer was good at dealing with people unfriendly to blacks C. passenger cars for blacks were not air-conditioned D. blacks were not served drinks or food on trains（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What made the writer begin to feel uncomfortable

42、about the way blacks were treated in the South? A. That he couldnt make a sleeping-car reservation. B. That he couldnt get served a drink he needed. C. That a white man wouldnt share a table with him. D. That people asked him whether he was a Negro.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).It can also be inferred that t

43、he writer worked and lived in a place where racial discrimination (种族歧视) was _. A. unheard of B. less serious C. more common D. much talked about（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.九、BTask 3/B(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 unfinished statements or questions. For each s

44、tatement there are four choices marked A, B, C and D, you should make the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.As prices and building costs keep rising, the “do-it-yourself“ (DIY) trend in the US continues to grow.“We needed furnitur

45、e for our living room,“ says John Ross “and we just didnt have enough money to buy it. So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs.“ John got married six months ago. And like many young people these days, they are struggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high. The

46、Rosses took a 2-week course for $280 at a night school. Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house.Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife died. He has a full-time job at home as well as in a shoe making factory. Last month, he received a car repair bill for $420. “I was d

47、eeply upset about it. Now Ive finished a car repair course. I should be able to fix the car by myself.“John and Jim are not unusual people. Most families in the country are doing everything they can to save money so they can fight the high cost of living. If you want to become a “do-it-yourself,“ you can go to DIY classes. And for those who dont have time to take a course, there are books that tell you how you can do things yourself.（分数：10.00）(1).We can learn from the text that many newly married people _. A. find it