1、湖北大学真题 2004 年及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BPart Reading (总题数：4，分数：20.00)BDirections:/B There are 4 reading 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 a
2、nd mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets.Youre busy filling out the application form for a position you really need, lets assume you once actually completed a couple of years of college work or even that you completed your degree. Isnt it temptin
3、g to lie just a little, to claim on the form that your diploma represents a Harvard degree? Or that you finished an extra couple of years back at State University?More and more people are turning to utter deception like this to land their job or to move ahead in their careers, for personnel officers
4、, like most Americans, value degrees from famous schools. A job applicant may have a good education anyway, but he or she assumes that chances of being hired are better with a diploma from a well-known university. Registrars at most well-known colleges say they deal with deceitful claims like these
5、at the rate of about one per week.Personnel officers do check up on degrees listed on application forms, then. If it turns out that an applicant is lying, most colleges are reluctant to accuse the applicant directly. One Ivy League school calls them “impostors“. Another refers to them as “special ca
6、ses“. One well-known West Coast school, in perhaps the most delicate phrase of all, says that these claims are made by “no such people“.To avoid complete lies, some job-seekers claim that they “attended“ or “were associated with“ a college or university. After carefully checking, a personnel officer
7、 may discover that “attending“ means being dismissed after one semester. It may be that “being associated with“ a college means that the job-seeker visited his younger brother for a football weekend. One school that keeps records of false claims says that the practice dates back at least to the turn
8、 of the century-thats when they began keeping records, anyhow.If you dont want to lie or even stretch the truth, there are companies that will sell you a fake diploma. One company, with officers in New York and on the West Coast, will put your name on a diploma from any number of nonexistent college
9、s. The price begins at around twenty dollars for a diploma from “Smoot State University“. The prices increase rapidly for a degree from the “University of Purdue“. As there is no Smoot State and the real school in Indiana is properly called Purdue University, the prices seems rather high for one she
10、et of paper.（分数：5.00）(1).The main idea of this passage is that _.（分数：1.00）A.employers are checking more closely on applicants nowB.lying about college degrees has become a widespread problemC.college degrees can now be purchased easilyD.employers are no longer interested in college degrees(2).Accord
11、ing to the passage, “special cases“ refers to cases where _.（分数：1.00）A.students attend a school only part-timeB.students purchase false degrees from commercial firmsC.students never attended a school they listed on their applicationD.students attended a famous school(3).We can infer from the passage
12、 that _.（分数：1.00）A.performance is a better judge of ability that a college degree needsB.experience is the best teacherC.past work histories influence personnel officers more than degrees doD.degree from a famous school enables an applicant to gain advantage over others in job competition(4).This pa
13、ssage implies that _.（分数：1.00）A.buying a false degree is not moralB.personnel officers only consider applicants from famous schoolsC.most people lie on applications because they were dismissed from schoolD.society should be greatly responsible for lying on applications(5).As used in the first line o
14、f the second paragraph, the word “utter“ means _.（分数：1.00）A.thoroughB.fundamentalC.ultimateD.decisiveScience is a dominant theme in our culture. Since it touches almost every facet of our life, educated people need at least some acquaintance with its structure and operation. They should also have an
15、 understanding of the subculture in which scientists live and the kinds of people they are. An understanding of general characteristics of science as well as specific scientific concepts is easier to attain if one knows something about the things that excite and frustrate the scientist.This book is
16、written for the intelligent student or lay person whose acquaintance with science is superficial, for the person who has been presented with science as a musty storehouse of dried facts, for the person who sees the chief objective of science as the production of gadgets, and for the person who views
17、 the scientists as some sort of magician. The book can be used to supplement a course in any science, to accompany any course that attempts to give an understanding of the modern work, or-independently of any course -simply to provide a better understanding of science. We hope this book will lead re
18、aders to a broader perspective on scientific attitudes and a more realistic view of what science is, who scientists are, and what they do. It will give them an awareness and understanding of the relationship between science and our culture and an appreciation of the roles science may play in our cul
19、ture. In addition, readers may learn to appreciate the relationship between scientific views and some of the values and philosophies that are pervasive in our culture.We have tried to present in this book an accurate and up-to-date picture of the scientific community and the people who populate it.
20、That population has in recent years come to comprise more and more women. This increasing role of women in the scientific subculture is not a unique incident but, rather, part of the trend evident in all segments of society as more women enter traditionally male-dominated fields and make significant
21、 contributions. In discussing these changes and contribution, however, we are faced with a language that is implicitly sexist, one that uses male nouns or pronouns in referring to unspecified individuals. To offset this built-in bias, we have adopted the policy of using plural nouns and pronouns whe
22、never possible and, when absolutely necessary, alternating he and she. This policy is far from being ideal, but it is at least an acknowledgment of the inadequacy of our language in treating half of the human race equally.We have also tried to make the book entertaining as well as informative. Our a
23、pproach is usually informal. We feel, as do many other scientists, that we shouldnt take ourselves too seriously. As the reader may observe, we see science as a delightful pastime rather than as a grim and dreary way to earn a living.（分数：5.00）(1).According to the passage, “scientific subculture“ mea
24、ns _.（分数：1.00）A.cultural groups that are formed by scientistsB.people whose knowledge of science is very limitedC.the scientific communityD.people who make good contribution to science(2).We need to know something about the structure and operation of science because _.（分数：1.00）A.it is not easy to un
25、derstand the things that excite and frustrate the scientistB.Science affects almost every aspect of our lifeC.Scientists live in a specific subcultureD.It is easier to understand general characteristics of science(3).The book mentioned in this passage is written for readers who _.（分数：1.00）A.are inte
26、lligent college students and lay persons who do not know much about scienceB.are good at producing various gadgetsC.work in a storehouse of dried factsD.want to have a superficial understanding of science(4).According to this passage, _.（分数：1.00）A.English is a sexist languageB.only in the scientific
27、 world is the role of women increasing rapidlyC.women are making significant contributions to eliminating the inadequacy of our languageD.male nouns or pronouns should not be used to refer to scientist(5).This passage most probably is _.（分数：1.00）A.a book reviewB.the preface of a bookC.the postscript
28、 of a bookD.the concluding part of a bookOf all the areas of learning the most important is the development of attitudes. Emotional reactions as well as logical thought processes affect the behavior of most people.“The burnt child fears the fire“ is one instance. Another is the rise of despots like
29、Hitler. Both of these examples also point up the fact that attitudes stem from experience. In the one case the experience was direct and impressive, in the other case it was indirect and cumulative. The Nazis were formed largely by the speeches they heard and the books they read.The classroom teache
30、rs in the elementary school are in a strategic position to influence attitudes. This is true partly because children acquire attitudes from those adults whose opinion they respect.Another reason is that pupils often delve somewhat deeply into a subject in school that has only been touched upon at ho
31、me or has possibly never occurred to them before. To a child who had previously acquired little knowledge of Mexico, his teachers method of handling such a unit would greatly affect his attitude towards Mexicans.The media through which the teacher can develop wholesome attitudes are innumerable. Soc
32、ial attitudes (with special reference to races and nationalities) science matters of health and safety, the very atmosphere of the classroom-these are a few of the fertile fields for the induction of proper emotional reactions.However, when children come to school with undesirable attitudes, it is u
33、nwise for the teacher to attempt to change their feelings by cheating or scolding them. She can achieve the proper effect by helping them obtain constructive experiences. Finally, a teacher must constantly evaluate her own attitudes, because her influence can be harmful if she has personal prejudice
34、s. This is especially true in respect to controversial issues and questions on which children should be encouraged to reach their own decisions as a result of objective analysis of all the facts.（分数：5.00）(1).In the second paragraph, the author gives two examples to show _.（分数：1.00）A.the development
35、of attitudes is most importantB.peoples behavior can be shaped by direct or indirect experienceC.conscious instruction is important in shaping peoples behaviorD.unpleasant experience leaves a greater impression on people(2).Most often attitudes are shaped by _.（分数：1.00）A.how the teacher introduces k
36、nowledgeB.what children learn at homeC.whether knowledge is learned from books of other sourcesD.what children learn in the classroom(3).The author advises teachers to _.（分数：1.00）A.correct the pupils incorrect attitude whenever they haveB.ignore the pupils incorrect attitude altogetherC.give the pro
37、per criticism to the pupils incorrect attitudeD.try to use positive experience to develop proper attitude in the pupils(4).The word “harmful“ in the last paragraph most probably means _.（分数：1.00）A.bad-affectingB.ill-effectiveC.widespreadD.irritating(5).What is the passage mainly about?（分数：1.00）A.How
38、 to develop the desired attitude in children.B.What role do emotional reactions play in education.C.How childrens attitude affect their study.D.Why undesirable attitudes are hard to eliminate.The marvelous telephone and television network that has now enmeshed the whole world, making all men neighbo
39、rs, cannot be extended into space. It will never be possible to converse with anyone on another planet. Even with todays radio equipment, the messages will take minutes-sometimes hours-on their journey, because radio and light waves travel at the same limited speed of 186, 000 miles a second.Twenty
40、years from now you will be able to listen to a friend on Mars, but the words you hear will have left his mouth at least three minutes earlier, and your reply will take a corresponding time to reach him. In such circumstances, an exchange of verbal messages is possible-but not a conversation.To a cul
41、ture which has come to take instantaneous communication for granted, as part of the very structure of civilized life, this “time barrier“ may have a profound psychological impact. It will be a perpetual reminder of universal laws and limitations against which not all our technology can ever prevail.
42、 For it seems as certain as anything can be that no signal-still less any material object-can ever travel faster than light.The velocity of light is the ultimate speed limit, being part of the very structure of space and time. Within the narrow confines of the solar system, it will not handicap us t
43、oo severely. At the worst, these will amount to twenty hours-the time it takes a radio signal to span the orbit of Pluto, the outer most planet.It is when we move out beyond the confines of the solar system that we come face to face with an altogether new group of cosmic reality. Even today, many ot
44、herwise educated men-like those savages who can count to three but lump together all numbers beyond four-cannot grasp the profound distinction between solar and stellar space. The first is the space enclosing our neighboring worlds, the planets, the second is that which embraces those distant suns,
45、the stars, and it is literally millions of times greater. There is not such abrupt change of scale in the terrestrial affairs.Many conservative scientists, shocked by these cosmic gulfs, have denied that they can ever be crossed. Some people never learn, those who sixty years ago laughed at the poss
46、ibility of flight, and ten years ago laughed at the idea of travel to the planets, are now quite sure that the stars will always be beyond our reach. And again they are wrong, for they have failed to grasp the great lesson of our age-that if something is possible in theory, and no fundamental scient
47、ific laws oppose its realization, then sooner or later it will be achieved.One day we shall discover a really efficient means of propelling our space vehicles. Every technical device is always developed to its limit and the ultimate speed for spaceships is the velocity of light. They will never reac
48、h that goal, but they will get very near it. And then the nearest star will be less than five years of voyaging from the earth.（分数：5.00）(1).For light to travel across the solar system, it will take _.（分数：1.00）A.a yearB.nearly a dayC.two monthsD.thirty minutes(2).The fact that it will never be possib
49、le to converse with someone on another planet shows that _.（分数：1.00）A.certain universal laws cannot be prevailed againstB.no object can ever travel faster than lightC.western culture has a special idea of communicationD.radio messages do not travel fast enough(3).Confronted with the new groups of cosmic reality, many educated men _.（分数：1.00）A.become ignorant savages againB.find the “time barrier“ unbearableC.will not combine solar and stellar spaceD.cannot adapt to the
