[外语类试卷]成人本科学位英语模拟试卷70及答案与解析.doc

1、成人本科学位英语模拟试卷 70及答案与解析 一、 Dialogue Communication 0 Speaker A: So, what s the status of our advertising campaign? Speaker B: As I mentioned before, itll be a national campaign starting next month.【 D1】 _First, well have 30-second spots on television once a day for 3 weeks. At the same time, well do 15

2、-second radio commercials 3 times a day in selected cities with large populations. Finally, well have some outdoor ads using billboards near main entrances to big cities. Speaker A: 【 D2】 _ Speaker B: We re focusing on slice of life, showing how you can beat the summer heat by biting into a cool ice

3、-cream sandwich. We will tell everyone reasons for why were commend the products through hyping our choices of flavors and show everyone they re not stuck with just vanilla. Speaker A:【 D3】 _Will we have a new slogan? Speaker B: Definitely. The advertising agency s working on that right now. 【 D4】_

4、Speaker A: Sounds like well have a winner on our hands! A. Sounds like an ideal approach. B. What style will the ads use? C. Theyll have some proposals ready by the end of the week. D. We ve decided to use a variety of media for full coverage. 1 【 D1】 2 【 D2】 3 【 D3】 4 【 D4】 4 Steve: Francesca, what

5、 s your favourite piece of music, would you say ? Francesca: I think it s “Pie Jesu“ by Andrew Lloyd-Webber. Steve: Really? Francesca: 【 D5】 _ Steve:When did you first hear it? Francesca: Oh, about five years ago my sister was in a choir concert and that was the first time I heard it,and I thought i

6、t was really beautiful.【 D6】 _Whats your favourite? Steve: Well, it s a big piece. It s Mahler s “Second Symphony“. Francesca:Oh, yeah, yeah! When.when did you first hear that? Steve: 【 D7】 _ Francesca:A long time ago. Steve: Yeah. But it stays with me and I ve seen it performed several times since

7、then. A. Urn.about 1953. I think,when I was eighteen. B. What about you? C. Yeah, I really like that. D. Actually, I dont like it that much. 5 【 D5】 6 【 D6】 7 【 D7】 7 Customs Officer:Next. Uh, your passport please. Woman: Okay. Customs Officer: Uh, 【 D8】 _ Woman: I m here to attend a teaching conven

8、tion for the first part of my trip, and then I plan on touring the capital for a few days. Customs Officer:And where will you be staying? Woman: 【 D9】 _ Customs Officer:And uh, what do you have in your luggage? Woman:Uh, well, just, just my personal belongings, urn.clothes, a few books, and a CD pla

9、yer. Customs Officer:Okay. Uh,【 D10】 _ Woman: Sure. Customs Officer:Okay.Everything s fine. Uh, by the way, is this your first visit to the country? Woman:Well,yes and no. Actually, I was born here when my parents were working in the capital many years ago, but this is my first trip back since then.

10、 Customs Officer:Well, enjoy your trip. Woman: Thanks. A. please open your bag. B. do you have carry-on luggage? C. what is the purpose of your visit? D. Ill be staying in a room at a hotel downtown for the entire week. 8 【 D8】 9 【 D9】 10 【 D10】 二、 Part I Reading Comprehension (30%) Directions: Ther

11、e 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. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 10 T

12、here was one thought that air pollution affected only the area immediately around large cities with factories and heavy automobile 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 de

13、cade, 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 manufacturing and automobile traffic. In fact, the very climate of the entire earth may be infected by air pollution. Some scientists conside

14、r 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“conserving heat reflected from the earth and raising the world s average temperature. If this view is correct and the world s temperature is raise

15、d 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. Another view, less widely held, is that increasing particular matter in the atmosphere is blocking sunlight and lowering the earth s temperaturea result that would

16、 be equally disastrous. A drop of just a few degrees could create something close to a new ice age, and would make agriculture 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 draft

17、ed by experts in the field concluded that the greenhouse effect is very possible). Perhaps, if we are lucky enough, the two tendencies 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 tha

18、t air pollution （ A） caused widespread damage in the countryside （ B） affected the entire eastern half of the United States （ 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

19、（ B） is uncertain of its occurrence （ C） rejects it as being ungrounded （ D） thinks that it will destroy the world soon 13 The 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 wo

20、rlds temperature only a few degrees would not do much harm to life on earth （ B） lowering the world s temperature merely a few 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 cons

21、tant in the years to come 15 This passage is primarily about_. （ A） the greenhouse effect （ B） the burning of fossil fuels （ 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“ . B

22、ut neither she nor her first publisher thought it would be a big success. The publisher was so doubtful that he wanted her to 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 16

23、02, 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 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 r

24、emained America s most popular play for 5 years. It might appear that“Uncle Toms Cabin“was universally popular, but this was certainly not true. Many people during those pre-Civil War daysparticularly defenders of the slavery system condemned it as false propaganda and poorly written melodrama(传奇剧作品

25、 ). 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 convince people slavery was wrong, so perhaps the book could be considered propaganda. But if so, it was true propaganda, because it accurately desc

26、ribed the evils of slavery. Though she was born in Connecticut, 1582, as a young woman she moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, when her 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 ac

27、tion. She lived 18 years in Cincinnati, marrying Calvin Stowe, professor of a college. In 1601, Harriet Beecher Stowe began 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 Ame

28、rican 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. “ 16 Before the publication of the book “Uncle Toms Cabin“_. （ A） Harriet knew that it would be a great success （ B） the publisher want

29、ed Harriet to publish it at her own expense （ C） nobody knew that it would become a very popular book （ D） no publisher wanted 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 wa

30、s mere propaganda （ C） the book was poorly written （ D） the book might lead to a terrible war 18 Harriet Beecher Stowe was able 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 （

31、C） she had witnessed what happened under the slavery system （ D） she had read a lot about the slavery system 19 When Abraham 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 ha

32、d produced （ C） was blaming her for the miseries the people had suffered during the war （ D） was praising her for the contributions 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 people

33、s 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 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

34、 duties than women. A married man is thought to earn money to support his family and to make the important decision,so it is 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 wo

35、men 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. 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

36、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 women 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 t

37、he same work （ D） pay people more who do harder work 22 Some people believe that_. （ A） women cant do what men can （ B） men 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 sa

38、y that_. （ A） women should be kind to their husbands （ B） women are too weak to take full-time jobs （ C） home is the best pace 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 freed

39、om in deciding what kind of life they want （ C） women are no longer interested in taking care of their homes （ D） if women are 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 （

40、 C） their right to equal pay （ D） their home life 25 We all know that DNA has the ability to identify individuals but, because 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 popula

41、tion. Molecular Genealogy(宗谱学 )can use this unique identification provided by the genetic markers to link people together into 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 o

42、r lack of records. There are many communities and populations which have lost precious records due to tragic events such as 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

43、 Research Group is to build a database containing over 100,000 DNA samples from individuals all over the world. These individuals 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

44、 will eventually help in solving many issues regarding genealogies that could not be done by relying only on traditional written 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, mo

45、lecular genealogy can already verify possible or suspected relationships between individuals. “ For example, if two men sharing 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

46、 looking for common markers(in this case we can look primarily at the Y chromosome(染色体 ),“ explains Ugo Perego, a member of 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

47、 of common ancestry （ C） DNA strand has the ability to identify individuals （ D） their unique identification can be provided 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 reveale

48、d 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 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 assistanc

49、e in working out genealogy-related problems （ B） solving many issues without relying on traditional written records （ C） providing 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 tru