[外语类试卷]成人本科学位英语模拟试卷43及答案与解析.doc

1、成人本科学位英语模拟试卷 43及答案与解析 一、 Dialogue Communication 0 Roger: So, how is your new roommate? Martha: 【 D1】 _ Roger: What happened? Martha: She s always making loud noises at midnight and when I remind her, she always makes rude remarks. Roger: 【 D2】 _ Martha: I tried, but it didn t work. Roger: 【 D3】 _ Ma

2、rtha: At least three times. I guess Im going to complain to the manager.【 D4】_ Roger: Maybe. A. Why don t you have a heart to heart chat with her? B. She really turns me off. C. I hope she can be driven out. D. But how many times did you try? 1 【 D1】 2 【 D2】 3 【 D3】 4 【 D4】 4 Frank: I just received

3、a letter from one of my old high school buddies. Sarah: 【 D5】 _ Frank: Well, actually I haven t heard from him in ages. Sarah: To be frank with you, I ve been out of touch with most of my old friends. 【 D6】_ Frank: I know. Its really hard to maintain contact when people move around so much. Sarah: T

4、hat s right.【 D7】 _But you re lucky to be back in touch with your buddy again. A. People just drift apart! B. Thats nice! C. Only one or two still keep me posted about what they are doing. D. Do you often keep in touch with them? 5 【 D5】 6 【 D6】 7 【 D7】 7 Cindy: Would you like to have some ice-cream

5、? Ive got a variety of flavors for you to choose from. Ive got strawberry, peach, chocolate, chocolate chip, coffee, vanilla, and butter pecan. Martha: Wow!【 D8】 _I wish I could, but I just can t. I m on a diet to lose weight. Cindy: Come on, it s just a bite. It doesn t really hurt to have just a b

6、ite. Martha:【 D9】 _Please dont tempt me. Please! Cindy: Gee! You are really strong-willed. Martha: You re absolutely right.【 D10】 _ Cindy: Well, Id better not tempt you. Otherwise, if I give you a piece of cake, you might ask for a glass of milk. A. I m not so easily tempted into doing something tha

7、t I think is wrong. B. Id better not. C. I can hardly choose from. D. What choices you have! 8 【 D8】 9 【 D9】 10 【 D10】 二、 Part 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

8、are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 10 There was one thought that air pollution affected only the area immediately around large cities with factories and heavy automob

9、ile traffic. At present, we realize that although these are the areas with the worst air pollution, the problem is literally worldwide. On 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

10、from any major concentration of manufacturing and automobile traffic. In 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 cre

11、ating a “greenhouse effect“ conserving heat reflected from the earth and raising the world s average temperature. If this view is correct and the world s 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

12、 in water. Another view, less widely held, is that increasing particular matter in the atmosphere is blocking sunlight and lowering the earth s temperature a result that would be equally disastrous. A drop of just a few degrees could create something close to a new ice age, and would make agricultur

13、e difficult or impossible in many 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 experts in the field concluded that the greenhouse effect is very possible). Perhaps, if we are lucky enough, the two t

14、endencies will offset each other and the world s temperature will stay about the same as it is now. 11 As pointed out at the beginning of the passage, people used to think that air pollution （ A） caused widespread damage in the countryside （ B） affected the entire eastern half of the United States （

15、 C） had damaging effect on health （ D） existed merely in urban and industries areas 12 As to the greenhouse effect, the author_. （ A） shares the same view with the scientists （ B） is uncertain of its occurrence （ C） rejects it as being ungrounded （ D） thinks that it will destroy the world soon 13 Th

16、e word “offset“ in the second paragraph could be replaced by . （ A） slip into （ B） make up for （ C） set up （ D） catch up with 14 It can be concluded that_. （ A） raising the worlds temperature only a few degrees would not do much harm to life on earth （ B） lowering the world s temperature merely a fe

17、w degrees would lead many major farming areas to disaster （ C） almost no temperature variations have occurred over the past decade （ D） the worlds temperature will remain constant in the years to come 15 This passage is primarily about_. （ A） the greenhouse effect （ B） the burning of fossil fuels （

18、C） the potential effect of air pollution （ D） the likelihood of a new ice age 15 Harriet Beecher Stowe had poured her heart into her anti-slavery book,“ Uncle Tom s Cabin“ . But neither she nor her first publisher thought it would be a big success. The publisher was so doubtful that he wanted her to

19、 split the publishing costs with him, and all she hoped was that it would make enough money for her to buy a new silk dress. But when the first 5,000 copies were printed in 1602, they sold out in two days. In a year the book had sold 300,000 copies in the United States and 150,000 in England. For a

20、while it outsold(销得比 多 )every book in 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 America s most popular play for 5 years. It might appear that“Uncle Toms Cabin“was universally popular, but this was

21、certainly not true. Many people during those pre-Civil War days particularly defenders of the slavery system condemned 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 wro

22、te it. “), and she tried to convince people slavery was wrong, so perhaps the book could be considered propaganda. But if so, it was true propaganda, because it accurately described the evils of slavery. Though she was born in Connecticut, 1582, as a young woman she moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, when h

23、er father accepted the presidency of 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 1601, Harriet Beecher Stowe began

24、her book. Its vast influence strengthened 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 t

25、he little lady who started this big war. “ 16 Before the publication of the book “Uncle Toms Cabin“_. （ A） Harriet knew that it would be a great success （ B） the publisher wanted Harriet to publish it at her own expense （ C） nobody knew that it would become a very popular book （ D） no publisher want

26、ed to publish this anti-slavery book 17 Some people did not like “ Uncle Toms Cabin“ chiefly because_. （ A） the author was merely an unknown little lady （ B） they thought it was mere propaganda （ C） the book was poorly written （ D） the book might lead to a terrible war 18 Harriet Beecher Stowe was a

27、ble to describe the evils of slavery because _. （ A） she had lived for 18 years in a state where slavery was legal （ B） she had suffered quite a lot under the slavery system （ C） she had witnessed what happened under the slavery system （ D） she had read a lot about the slavery system 19 When Abraham

28、 Lincoln called Harriet “the little lady who started this big war“ , he_. （ A） thought that she was almost a war criminal （ B） was talking about the great influence her book had produced （ C） was blaming her for the miseries the people had suffered during the war （ D） was praising her for the contri

29、butions she had made during the war 20 The writer wrote the passage in order to_. （ A） expose the evils of the slavery system （ B） condemn all kinds of war （ C） describe peoples life in Harriets time （ D） tell us how Harriet wrote her famous book 20 “Equal pay for equal work“ is a phrase used by the

30、 American women who feel that they are unfairly treated 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

31、 light for them to be paid more, Some are even against married women working at all. When wives go out to work, they say, the home and children are given no attention to. If 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

32、a nice home and bringing up children. Women who 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. 21 The wo

33、men use the phrase “equal pay for equal work“ to ask society to_. （ A） pay men less than women （ B） give women harder work （ C） pay men and women the same amount of money for the same work （ D） pay people more who do harder work 22 Some people believe that_. （ A） women cant do what men can （ B） men

34、have to work much harder than women （ C） men can earn money more easily than women （ D） men s duties are different from women s 23 Some people holding even stronger opinions say that_. （ A） women should be kind to their husbands （ B） women are too weak to take full-time jobs （ C） home is the best pa

35、ce for women （ D） women should only take part-time jobs 24 The women who disagree say that_. （ A） women need chances to go out of the home more often （ B） women want more freedom in deciding what kind of life they want （ C） women are no longer interested in taking care of their homes （ D） if women a

36、re given equal pay, they can do everything instead of men 25 According to this passage some women want to give up_. （ A） their present position in society （ B） their marriage （ C） their right to equal pay （ D） their home life 25 We all know that DNA has the ability to identify individuals but, becau

37、se it is inherited, there are also regions of the DNA strand which can relate an individual to his or her family(immediate and extended), tribal group and even an entire population. Molecular Genealogy(宗谱学 )can use this unique identification provided by the genetic markers to link people together in

38、to family trees. Pedigrees(家谱 )based on such genetic markers can mean a breakthrough for family trees where information is incomplete or missing due to adoption, illegitimacy or lack of records. There are many communities and populations which have lost precious records due to tragic events such as

39、the fire in the Irish courts during Civil War in 1921 or American slaves for whom many records were never kept in the first place. The main objective of the Molecular Genealogy Research Group is to build a database containing over 100,000 DNA samples from individuals all over the world. These indivi

40、duals will have provided a pedigree chart of at least four generations and a small blood sample. Once the database has enough samples to represent the world genetic make-up, it will eventually help in solving many issues regarding genealogies that could not be done by relying only on traditional wri

41、tten records. Theoretically, any individual will someday be able to trace his or her family origins through this database. In the meantime, as the database is being created, molecular genealogy can already verify possible or suspected relationships between individuals. “ For example, if two men shar

42、ing the same last name believe that they are related, but no written record proves this relationship, we can verify this possibility by collecting a sample of DNA from both and looking for common markers(in this case we can look primarily at the Y chromosome(染色体 ),“ explains Ugo Perego, a member of

43、the BYU Molecular Genealogy research team. 26 People in a large area may possess the same DNA thread because_. （ A） DNA is characteristic of a region （ B） they are beyond doubt of common ancestry （ C） DNA strand has the ability to identify individuals （ D） their unique identification can be provided

44、 via DNA 27 The possible research of family trees is based on the fact that_. （ A） genetics has achieved a breakthrough （ B） genetic information contained in DNA can be revealed now （ C） each individual carries a unique record of who he is and how he is related to others （ D） we can use DNA to prove

45、 how distant an individual is to a family, a group or a population 28 The Molecular Genealogy Research Group is building a database for the purpose of_. （ A） offering assistance in working out genealogy-related problems （ B） solving many issues without relying on traditional written records （ C） pro

46、viding a pedigree chart of at least four generations in the world （ D） confirming the assumption that all individuals are of the same origin 29 If two men suspected for some reason they have a common ancestor, _. （ A） we can decide according to their family tree （ B） we can find the truth from their

47、 genetic markers （ C） we can compare the differences in their Y chromosome （ D） we can look for written records to prove their relationship 30 Which of the following CANNOT be inferred from the passage? （ A） We are a walking, living, breathing record of our ancestors. （ B） Many American slaves did n

48、ot know who their ancestors were. （ C） An adopted child generally lacks enough information to prove his identity. （ D） Molecular Genealogy can be used to prove a relationship between individuals. 三、 Part II Vocabulary and Structure (30%) Directions: In this part, there are 30 incomplete sentences. F

49、or each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 31 The famous novel is said_into Chinese. （ A） to have translated （ B） to be translate （ C） to have been translated （ D） to translate 32 Thats the reason_Ann could not do her part of the j