1、湖北成人本科学位英语真题 2013 年及答案解析(总分：120.00，做题时间：120 分钟)一、Part I Vocabulary an(总题数：20，分数：20.00)1.By no means ( )our mistakes. （分数：1.00）A.we ought ignoreB.we ought to ignoreC.ought we ignoreD.ought we to ignore2.This new instrument is far superior ( )the old one we bought three years ago. （分数：1.00）A.thanB.toC
2、.overD.of3.No sooner had they got off the train ( )it started moving. （分数：1.00）A.whenB.thanC.thenD.after4.You should be able to ( )right from wrong. （分数：1.00）A.perceiveB.distinguishC.sightD.observe5.Any student who ( )his homework is unlikely to pass the examination. （分数：1.00）A.reducesB.offendsC.pra
3、cticesD.neglects6.The investigation, ( )will soon be published, was made by John. （分数：1.00）A.at which the resultsB.the results on whichC.whose resultsD.at whose results7.( )you return those books to the library immediately, you will have to pay a fine. （分数：1.00）A.UntilB.UnlessC.IfD.Provided8.I ( )wr
4、iting the article by the time you get back. （分数：1.00）A.shall finishB.must have finishedC.have finishedD.shall have finished9.( )anything about the accident, he went to work as well. （分数：1.00）A.Not knowB.Know notC.Knowing notD.Not knowing10.Having finished the letter, he ( )it carefully and sealed th
5、e envelop with a kiss. （分数：1.00）A.foldedB.bentC.turnedD.equipped11.The police were given an order that the stolen documents must be recovered at all ( ). （分数：1.00）A.accountsB.conditionsC.paymentsD.costs12.I promised to look ( )the matter as soon as I got there. （分数：1.00）A.forB.inC.intoD.after13.Your
6、 sister has made an ( )for you to see the dentist at 3 this afternoon. （分数：1.00）A.appointmentB.interviewC.opportunityD.assignment14.I wish you ( )to me before you went and bought that car. （分数：1.00）A.spokeB.will speakC.was going to speakD.had spoken15.Before her marriage, she spent a considerable ti
7、me in that very part of Shanghai, ( )she belonged. （分数：1.00）A.whichB.to whereC.to whichD.at which16.Nowhere else in the world ( )more attractive scenery than in Switzerland. （分数：1.00）A.you can findB.is foundC.can you findD.has been found17.An old friend from abroad, ( )I was expeeting to stay with,
8、telephoned me from the airport. （分数：1.00）A.thatB.whomC.whoD.which18.A great celebration is going to be held ( )the distinguished writer. （分数：1.00）A.in spite ofB.in honor ofC.in favor ofD.in the name of19.All the members in the jury agreed that man was ( )of theft. （分数：1.00）A.criminalB.chargedC.guilt
9、yD.faulty20.The committee is expeeted to ( )a decision this evening. （分数：1.00）A.reaehB.arriveC.bringD.take二、Part H Reading Compr(总题数：4，分数：40.00)Passage 1 Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage: Television has opened windows in everybodys life.Young men will never again go to waras the
10、y did in 1914.Millions of people now have seen the effects of a battle.And the result has been a general dislike of war, and perhaps more interest in helping those who suffer from all the terrible things that have been shown on the screen. Television has also changed politics.The most distant areas
11、can now follow state affairs, see and hear the politicians before an election. Better informed, people are more likely to vote, and so to make their opinion count. Unfortunately, televisions influence has been extremely harmful to the young.Children do not have enough experience to realize that TV s
12、hows present an unreal world;that TV advertisements lie to sell products that are sometimes bad or useless. They believe that the violence they see is normal and acceptable.All educators agree that the “television generations“ are more violent than their parents and grandparents. Also, the young are
13、 less patient.Used to TV shows, where everything is quick and interesting, they do not have the patience to read an article without pictures;to read a book that requires thinking;to listen to a teacher who doesnt do funny things like the people on childrens programs. And they expect all problems to
14、be solved happily in ten, fifteen, or thirty minutes.Thats the time it takes on the screen. （分数：10.00）(1).In the past, many young people ( ). （分数：2.00）A.knew the effects of warB.went in for politicsC.liked to save the wounded in warsD.were willing to be soldiers(2).Now with TV people can ( ). （分数：2.
15、00）A.discuss politics at an information centerB.show more interest ill politicsC.make their own decisions on political affairsD.express their opinions freely(3).The author thinks that TV advertisements ( ). （分数：2.00）A.are not reliable on the wholeB.are useless to peopleC.are a good guide to adultsD.
16、are very harmful to the young(4).Which is NOT true according to the passage? （分数：2.00）A.People have become used to crimes nowB.With a TV set some problems can be solved quicklyC.People now like to read books with pictureD.The adults are less violent than the young(5).From the passage, we can conclud
17、e that ( ). （分数：2.00）A.children should keep away from TVB.TV programs should be improvedC.childrens books should have picturesD.TV has a deep influence on the youngPassage 2 Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage: Harriet Beecher Stowe had poured her heart into her anti-slavery book,“
18、 Uncle Toms 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 split the publishing costs with him, and all she hoped was that it would make enough money for her to buya new silk dress. But whenthe first 5,000 copies
19、 were printed in 1852, 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
20、in New York and remained Americas most popular play for 80 years. It might appear that “Uncle Toms Cabin“ was univer sally popular , but this was certainly not true. Many people during those pre-Civil War days-particularly defenders of the slavery systemcondemned it as false propaganda and poorly wr
21、itten 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 wrote it.“ ), an she tried to convince people slavery was wrong, so perhaps the book could be considered propaganda. But if so, it was true propaganda, becau
22、se it accurately described the evils of slavery. Though she was born in Connecticut, 1832, 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, Harri
23、et saw slavery in action.She lived 18 years in Cincinnati, marrying Calvin Stowe, professor of a college.In 1851, Harriet Beecher Stowe began her book. Its vast influence strengthened the anti-slavery movementand angered defenders of the slave system. Today some historians(历史学家) think that it helped
24、 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 the little lady who started this big war.“ （分数：10.00）(1).Before the publication of the book “Uncle Toms Cabin“ ( ). （分数：2.00）A.Harriet knew that it would be a gr
25、eat successB.the publisher wanted Harriet to publish it at her own expenseC.nobody knew that it would become a very popular bookD.no publisher wanted to publish this anti-slavery book(2).Some people did not like “Uncle Toms Cabin“chiefly because ( ). （分数：2.00）A.the author was merely an unknown littl
26、e ladyB.they thought it was mere propagandaC.the book was poorly writtenD.the book might lead to a terrible war(3).Harriet Beecher Stowe was able to describe the evils of slavery because (). （分数：2.00）A.she had lived for 18 years in a state where slavery was legalB.she had suffered quite a lot under
27、the slavery systemC.she had witnessed what happened under theslavery systemD.she had read a lot about the slavery system(4).When Abraham Lincoln called Harriet “the little lady who started this big war“, he ( ). （分数：2.00）A.thought that she was almost a war criminalB.was talking about the great influ
28、ence her book had producedC.was blaming her for the miseries the people had suffered during the warD.was praising her for the contributions she had made during the war(5).The writer wrote the passage in order to ( ). （分数：2.00）A.expose the evils of the slavery systemB.condemn all kinds of warC.descri
29、be peoples life in Harriets timeD.tell us how Harriet wrote her famous bookPassage 3 Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage: England is not a big country: from north to south and from east to west it is only about three hundred miles across. But for a small country it has a surprising
30、 range of climate. People who have never visited England, or who have visited only one part of it, often make the mistake of thinking that it is a cold and wet country, Except for the summer months of June to September, this is probably true of the north of England and the Midlands.In the south, how
31、ever, the climate is much more pleasant.One result is that when people retire from a job in the north they often prefer to move down to the milder south. Perhaps the warmest part of the country is the southwest, which consists of the counties of Devon and Cornwall.The warm Gulf Stream flows across t
32、he North Atlantic Ocean from the Gulf of Mexico and makes the coastal regions of the southwest quite warm. Palm trees, bamboo (竹) and many semi-tropical(亚热带的) plants grow well in the southwest of England.Flowers and vegetables ripen(成熟) as much as a month earlier than those elsewhere.Farmers in the
33、area obtain a higher price for their vegetables and flowers because they are read earlier. In winter there may be several feet of snow in other parts of England but there will probably be no snow at all in the southwest. This may be one of the reasons why the southwest is one of Englands most popula
34、r holiday areas. （分数：10.00）(1).The distance from the center of England to the south coast is about ( ). （分数：2.00）A.one hundred milesB.three hundred milesC.one hundred and fifty milesD.six hundred miles(2).England is a country ( ). （分数：2.00）A.with a cold and wet climateB.with a surprising climateC.wi
35、th a pleasant climateD.with a variety of climates(3).According to the passage, ( ). （分数：2.00）A.flowers and vegetables fromDevon are on the market one month earlierB.farmers in the southwest grow as many vegetables and flowers as farmers elsewhereC.people in the southwest have to pay a higher price f
36、or vegetables and flowersD.vegetables inCornwall ripen as much as a month earlier than flowers(4).In the north of England and the Midlands, ( ). （分数：2.00）A.it is cold and wet all the year roundB.the climate is pleasant as a wholeC.it is warm most of the time in a yearD.only the summer is not cold or
37、 wet(5).In winter, people in Devon and Cornwall ( ). （分数：2.00）A.seldom see snowB.never see any snowC.may have several feet of snowD.often see snowPassage 4 Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage: All the useful energy at the surface of the earth comes from the activity of the sun.The
38、sun heats and feeds creatures and mankind.Each year it provides men with two hundred million tons of grain and nearly ten million tons of wood, coal, oil, natural gas, and all other fuels are stored energy from the sun. Some was collected by this seasons plants as carbon compounds.Some was stored by
39、 plants and trees ages ago. Even waterpower derives from the sun. Water turned into vapor by the sun fails as rain. It courses down the mountains and is converted to electric power. Light transmits only the energy that comes from the suns outer layer, and much of this energy that is directed towards
40、 the earth never arrives.About nine tenths of it is absorbed by the atmosphere of the earth. In fact, the earth itself gets only one half millionth of the suns entire output of radiant energy. （分数：10.00）(1).The sun is the source of all of the following EXCEPT ( ). （分数：2.00）A.gasolineB.natural gasC.a
41、tomic powerD.animal fat(2).Radiant energy is stored as carbon compounds by ( ). （分数：2.00）A.plantsB.waterC.rockD.creatures(3).The suns energy provides us with all EXCEPT ( ). （分数：2.00）A.rainB.tealC.waterD.light(4).The largest part of the light energy directed towards the earth is ( ). （分数：2.00）A.stor
42、ed up by the plantsB.absorbed by the earths atmosphereC.stored up by the animals in the form of body fatD.used for electric power(5).Of the suns total output of radiant energy, the earth receives ( ). （分数：2.00）A.one tenthB.one millionthC.all that comes from the surface of the sunD.a verysmall portio
43、n三、Part llI Cloze ( 10 (总题数：1，分数：10.00)Once upon a time a poor farmer taking a sack of wheat to the mill did not know 41 to do when it slipped from his horse and fell onto the road.The sack was 42 heavy for him to lift, and his only hope was that 43 some one would come riding by and lend a hand. It
44、was not long 44 a rider appeared, but the farmers heart sank when he recognized him, for it was the great man who lived in a castle nearby.The farmer 45 have dared to ask another farmer to help, or any poor man who might have come 46 the road, but he eould not beg a favor of so great a man. 47 , as
45、soon as the great man came up he got off his horse, saying “I see youve had bad luck, friend.How good it is 48 Im here just at the right time.“ Then he took one 49 of the sack, the farmer the other, and between them they lifted it on the horse. “Sir,“ asked the farmer, “how can I pay you?“ “Easily e
46、nough,“ the great man replied. “ Whenever you see 50 else in trouble, do the same for him.“ （分数：10.00）A.howB.whatC.whichD.whetherA.soB.veryC.quiteD.tooA.presentlyB.immediatelyC.generallyD.quicklyA.beforeB.untilC.afterD.sinceA.oughtB.shouldC.wouldD.couldA.acrossB.alongC.throughD.aloneA.NeverthelessB.
47、HoweverC.MoreoverD.AlhoughA.whenB.whichC.thenD.thatA.pieceB.endC.partD.edgeA.someoneB.everyoneC.anyoneD.one四、Part IV Translation (总题数：1，分数：20.00)During the middle of the 19th century, 51. Germany, along with other European nations, suffered from workplace deaths and accidents as a result of growing
48、industrialization. 52. Driven in part by Christian love for the helpless as well as a practical political impulse to undercut the support of the socialist labor movement, Chancellor Bismarck created the worlds first workers compensation law in 1884. By 1908, the United States was the only industrial
49、 nation in the world that lacked workerscompensation insurance. Americas injured workers could sue for damages in a court of law, but they still faced a number of legal barriers. 53. For example, employees had to prove that their injuries directly resulted from employer negligence and that they themselves were ignorant about potential dangers in the workplace. The first state workers compensation law in this country passed in 1911, and the program soon spread throughout the nation. After World War II , benefit payments to American worke
