1、广东省成人高等教育学士学位英语水平考试-1 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Paper One(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Part Dialogue Comp(总题数：15，分数：15.00)1.Speaker A: I was locked in last night. Speaker B: What do you mean by “locked in“? Speaker A: Well, my roommate thought I was out, so when he left he locked the door from outside. Speake
2、r B: That“s a funny story. _.（分数：1.00）A.But things do happenB.But you never knowC.But I understandD.But it troubles me2.Speaker A: Did you check your e-mail today? Speaker B: No. _?（分数：1.00）A.Who caresB.Why do you askC.Which oneD.Why is it so3.Speaker A: When do you leave for Florida? Speaker B: My
3、plane leaves tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. Speaker A: _! I don“t have money to go on vacation.（分数：1.00）A.You“re out of luckB.You deserve itC.You“re so luckyD.You can say that again4.Speaker A: This ice cream is delicious! Thanks for bringing me here. Speaker B: _. Each time I try a new flavor, it becomes my
4、 favorite.（分数：1.00）A.You“re welcomeB.Forget itC.You“re all setD.Be yourself5.Wife: I“m wide-awake. Husband: _? Wife: This new bed is too hard.（分数：1.00）A.So whatB.What“s the matterC.Why botherD.What“s so funny6.Tom: Kate, you are back from vacation! How was it? Kate: To tell you the truth, I feel tir
5、ed. Tom: _? Kate: I had to visit all my relatives.（分数：1.00）A.Anything specialB.Why notC.What“s hurryD.How come7.Passenger A: Excuse me, would you mind changing seats with me? Passenger B: _. Passenger A: Thank you. That“s very kind of you.（分数：1.00）A.That“s easyB.Yes, I willC.Not at allD.I“d like to8
6、.Maggie: Your tie is handsome. Martin: _. Your skirt looks beautiful, too.（分数：1.00）A.Oh, I think soB.It“s kind of youC.Oh, thank youD.I am glad to know9.Richard: Your English is very good. I appreciate your help. Alexandra: Thanks. _.（分数：1.00）A.It“s a piece of cakeB.It“s my pleasureC.It“s my dutyD.I
7、t“s my way10.Frank: Hey, John. What makes you so happy? John: You know what. I“ve just got a new job with a computer company. Frank: _!（分数：1.00）A.Oh, so happyB.Oh, good luckC.Oh, such a jobD.Oh, congratulations11.George: I have just gotten a pair of movie tickets and was thinking of inviting you. Ar
8、e you interested? Heather: Yeah, definitely! _ George: No problem.（分数：1.00）A.Thanks for inviting me!B.Any problem?C.Of course!D.When and where?12.Will: So Masahiro, how“s the coffee maker working? Masahiro: Actually, it doesn“t work well. Anna: Why don“t you take it back? Masahiro: _, but I“ve mispl
9、aced the receipt.（分数：1.00）A.I doB.It“s already brokenC.I“d like toD.It“s not what I wanted13.Student: _ about missing some classes? Advisor: The big deal is that you“re here on a student visa. You“ll be out of status.（分数：1.00）A.HowB.What do you thinkC.Anything seriousD.What“s the big deal14.Visitor:
10、 How do I get to the bank? I have no knowledge of this area. Policeman: Cross the road and turn left at the other side. _ for about 100 meters and the bank is to your left.（分数：1.00）A.Continue your walkingB.Keep going straightC.Go alongD.Go on walking15.Larry: So you consider yourself an artist. Paul
11、: Yes, in many ways. Larry: And you don“t consider yourself an engineer? Paul: _. Some of modern engineering is necessary to good art.（分数：1.00）A.Oh, a little bit of that, tooB.Yeah, I doC.No, I don“t think soD.Yeah, and it is the same三、Part Reading Compr(总题数：0，分数：0.00)四、Passage One(总题数：1，分数：10.00)A
12、new era is upon us. Call it what you willthe service economy, the information age, the knowledge society. It all translates to a fundamental change in a way we work. Already we are partly there. The percentage of people who earn their living by making things has fallen dramatically in Western World.
13、 Today the majority of jobs in America, Europe and Japan are in the service industry, and the number is on the rise. More women are in the work force than ever before. There are more part-time jobs. More people are self-employed. But the breadth of the economic transformation can“t be measured by nu
14、mbers alone, because it is also giving rise to a radical new way of thinking about the nature of work itself. Long-held notion about jobs and careers, the skills needed to succeed, even the relation between individuals and employersall these are being challenged. We have only to look behind us to ge
15、t some sense of what may lie ahead. No one looking ahead 20 years could possibly have foreseen the ways in which a single invention, the chip, would transform our world thanks to its application in personal computers“ digital communication and factory robot. Tomorrow“s achievements in biotechnology,
16、 artificial intelligence, or even some still unimagined technology could produce a similar wave of dramatic changes. But one thing is certain: Information and knowledge will become more vital and the people who possess it, whether they work in manufacturing or service, will have the advantage and pr
17、oduce wealth. Computer knowledge will become as basic a requirement as the ability to read and write. The ability to solve problems by applying information instead of performing routine tasks will be valued above all else.（分数：10.00）(1).According to the first paragraph, _ indicates the arrival of a n
18、ew age.（分数：2.00）A.the change in the way we workB.the number of people making thingsC.the increase of jobs in service industryD.the alternative names of the new era(2).The phrase “on the rise“ (Para. 1) most probably means “_“.（分数：2.00）A.declineB.increaseC.improveD.decrease(3).Statistics alone cannot
19、 reveal the width of the ongoing economic change, because the nature of work itself _.（分数：2.00）A.is being measured successfullyB.is constantly making changesC.is receiving much radical considerationD.is increasingly getting challenged(4).The author predicts that _.（分数：2.00）A.advances in new technolo
20、gies will lead to great changes of societyB.the single invention, the chip, will lead to great changes in societyC.the future picture of the world can only be imagined by looking backD.the use of personal computer and factory robots will be widespread(5).It is implied in the last paragraph that _.（分
21、数：2.00）A.people who possess information will have more material advantage and be more wealthyB.the ability to read and write will not be important as the knowledge of computersC.information or knowledge will be more important in manufacturing than in servicesD.people with information or knowledge wi
22、ll be the potential creator of wealth in the new era五、Passage Two(总题数：1，分数：10.00)The new good-for-you meat won“t be pork or grass-fed beef, and it won“t be made of soy. If the effort of a few future-minded scientists succeeded, it will taste and look like old-fashioned meatonly it“ll be raised in a
23、lab, not on a farm. Several groups of scientists are raising eatable meat in dishes from animal muscle cells. The technology has a long way to go before meat could hit supermarkets. But these researchers insist it will be a more efficient way to produce an important kind of the American dietand will
24、 make meat healthier. What“s more, growing lab meat will mean scientists can control levels and types of fats, protein and other substances and produce a product less likely to be polluted. Probably, a McDonald“s breakfast sausage could protect you from heart disease instead of giving heart disease.
25、 But some scientists are doubtful, “It“ll never be practicaljust too technically and financially difficult.“ Meat, after all, is not simply a mass of muscle cells; it“s a complex tissue composed of fat, nerves, blood vessels and connective tissues. Each cell type plays a role in the flavor and mouth
26、-feel. Imitating this structure is essential to make your product tasty. Actually, producing meat in a lab dish is far from a new idea. In 1912, a French scientist placed chicken heart tissue in a bottle of nutrients. The muscle cells grew for more than 30 yearsoutliving the scientist himself. As fo
27、r the cost, researchers are trying to bring it down. Now lab meat runs $1,000 to $5,000 a pound to produce. It“s unaffordable so far. In an era of bird flu, mad cow disease, increasing population densities and ambition to travel to Mars, tissue-engineered meat is the inescapable future of humanity.
28、But food consumption is a conservative cultural phenomenon. It can take several generations to change.（分数：10.00）(1).The author regards growing lab meat as _.（分数：2.00）A.an impractical ideaB.an inevitable evolutionC.a waste of time and moneyD.a way to improve people“s health(2).Which of the following
29、is NOT true?（分数：2.00）A.People may have more healthful food at McDonald“s.B.Scientists can control levels and types of substances to grow meat in labs.C.Lab meat is less likely to be polluted like other kinds of meat.D.It will not be long before lab meat is available in supermarkets.(3).According to
30、the passage, growing lab meat is technically difficult because _.（分数：2.00）A.meat is a tissue not difficult to be made artificiallyB.it is too expensive to produce a single pound of lab meatC.different cell types play different roles in flavors and mouth-feelsD.exact cell structure imitation is not e
31、ssential to make the lab meat delicious(4).Which of the following is the desirable characteristic of lab meat?（分数：2.00）A.It should be nice-looking and long-lasting.B.It should be easily available in supermarket.C.It should look and taste like the traditional meat.D.It should be a cure for bird flu a
32、nd mad cow disease.(5).Why does it take long for people to change their food?（分数：2.00）A.Because labs are not easily accessible to researchers.B.Because some people are reluctant to accept the new diet.C.Because food consumption is a culture of conservation.D.Because some scientists are against the g
33、rowing lab meat.六、Passage Three(总题数：1，分数：10.00)The following is an African folktale: Long ago the sky was close to the Earth, people did not have to plant their own food. Instead, when they were hungry, they just reached up and broke off a piece of the sky to eat. Sometimes the sky tasted like ripe
34、bananas. Other times it tasted like roasted potatoes. The sky was always delicious. People spent their time making beautiful cloth. They painted beautiful pictures and sang songs at night. The grand king, Oba, had a wonderful palace. His servants made beautiful shapes out of pieces of sky. Many peop
35、le in the kingdom did not use the gift of the sky wisely. When they took more than they could eat, the sky became angry. Some people threw the extra pieces into the garbage. Early one morning the angry sky turned dark. Black clouds hung over the land, and a great sky voice said to all the people, “Y
36、ou are wasting my gift of food. Do not take more than you can eat. I don“t want to see pieces of me in the garbage anymore or I will take my gift away.“ The king and the people trembled with fear. King Oba said, “Let“s be careful about how much food we take.“ For a long time, all the people were car
37、eful. But one man named Adami wasn“t careful. At festival time, he took so many delicious pieces of sky that he couldn“t eat them all. He knew he must not throw them away. So he decided to try to hide the pieces at the bottom of the garbage pile. Suddenly, the sky became angry and the clouds turned
38、black. “You have wasted my gift of food again,“ yelled the sky. “This time I will go away so you cannot waste me any more.“ “You will have to learn how to plant crops in the ground and hunt in the forests. If you work hard, you may learn not to waste the gifts of nature.“ Everyone watched as the sky
39、 sailed away. From that time on, they worked hard to grow their food and cook their meals. They always tried to remember not to waste the gifts of nature.（分数：10.00）(1).The sky in the folktale used to _.（分数：2.00）A.be the source of foodB.provide material for paintingC.offer bananas and potatoesD.prepa
40、re gifts for everyone(2).How did the sky show that it was angry?（分数：2.00）A.It destroyed the palace.B.It turned dark.C.It started storms.D.It killed people.(3).What did Adami do with the pieces he couldn“t finish?（分数：2.00）A.He kept them for the next meal.B.He asked King Oba to help him.C.He hid them
41、under some garbage.D.He threw them away.(4).After the sky went away, _.（分数：2.00）A.people had to do farming and huntingB.people went hungryC.people learnt to make their own giftsD.people became angry(5).What lesson does the folktale want us to learn?（分数：2.00）A.Nature can conquer man.B.Lazy people wil
42、l be punished.C.Do not waste any gift of nature.D.Do not ignore good advice.七、Passage Four(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Until 1847 the federal postal system had operated without stamps. To claim a letter, the recipient, rather than the sender, paid its postage. Stamps promised to flip this tradition on its head b
43、y shifting responsibility for paying postage from the recipient to the letter writer. Early reluctance to use stamps actually relied on something more mysterious but no less important. A stamped or prepaid letter was sometimes seen as a way to insult the recipient because prepaying a letter suggeste
44、d that he was too poor to pay for it himself. Given the cost involved, this was not as odd as it now seems. Says Michael Laurence, editor of Linn“s Stamp News, “Paying for a letter was like receiving a collect call from China.“ In 1845 a congressman calculated that a letter sent from the East or Sou
45、th to the Northwest cost the value of a bushel of wheator a days“s labor. Meg Austrian, the historian of the U.S. Postal Service, says that in the 1830s one angered individual harassed an enemy by sending him letters stuffed with blank pages. Excessive costs probably kept some Americans from communi
46、cating through the mails. Many people who did receive mail simply refused to pay, rejecting the letter outright, which meant big headaches for the Post Office in mountains of dead letters. These had to be returned to the sender at government expense; the Post Office wound up paying for two deliverie
47、s with nothing in return. Some historians credit one Rowland Hill, a British reformer and educator, with the idea of sticking a stamp on a letter before sending it. It seems to have struck him one day as he watched a housemaid receive a letter. She carefully scanned the envelope, tried to understand
48、 a coded message from her lover, then refused to accept the mail. Postage was too expensive, Hill realized, and paid for by the wrong person. Prepaid stamps were the answer to both problems.（分数：10.00）(1).What does the phrase “to flip this tradition on its head“ most probably mean?（分数：2.00）A.The intr
49、oduction of stamps would change the situation.B.Stamps would be used without the top parts.C.The use of stamps was the essence of the tradition.D.The tradition would abandon the responsibility.(2).According to the author, taking prepaid letters as an insult _.（分数：2.00）A.was what people then would like to doB.is what people nowadays think of as acceptableC.was not as strange then as people think nowadaysD.is too easy for people nowadays to understand(3).Receivi
