1、北京成人本科英语模拟试卷 50及答案与解析 一、 Dialogue Communication 1 Im going to travel to Sydney. Would you please tell me about your experiences there? _ Lets discuss it over lunch. （ A） Go ahead （ B） It just depends （ C） Thats wonderful （ D） By all means 2 Your book, Tommy? No, Morn, its my friends. Remember to ret
2、urn it to _ name is on it. （ A） what （ B） which （ C） whose （ D） whosever 3 The thread of kite broke and it flew away. I told you it would easily break _ it was the weakest. （ A） when （ B） for （ C） since （ D） where 4 How do you think I should receive the reporter? _ you feel about him, try to be poli
3、te. （ A） How （ B） What （ C） Whatever （ D） However 5 Why do you think I am not popular among my classmates? Maybe you dont talk about topics that interest them, _ everything you say is friendly. （ A） as if （ B） as long as （ C） on condition （ D） even though 6 What was it that caused the party to be pu
4、t off? _the invitations. （ A） Tom delayed sending （ B） Tom delayed to send （ C） That Tom delayed sending （ D） Tom delaying sending 7 Did Jack come back early last night? Yes. It was not yet eight oclock _ he arrived home. （ A） before （ B） when （ C） that （ D） until 8 Do you have anything in mind _ yo
5、ud like for supper? Well, _ is okay with me. （ A） that; anything （ B） which; everything （ C） what; whatever （ D） where; something 9 Do you know _ ? Yes, he works in a hospital. （ A） where does Tom work （ B） where Tom works （ C） what does Torn do （ D） what Tom does 10 Why did you go back to the shop?
6、 I left my friend _ there. （ A） waiting （ B） to wait （ C） wait （ D） waits 11 Do you have the experience like that? Well, Ive done the work before, so I know what _ in my new job here. （ A） expected （ B） expecting （ C） to expect （ D） to be expecting 12 Why are you looking so disappointed, Ken? The ou
7、tdoor concert _ for tomorrow will be put off. （ A） planned （ B） planning （ C） to plan （ D） to be planned 13 Manager, do you have something _ at this moment? No, thanks. Ill call you if any. （ A） to be typed （ B） to type （ C） typing （ D） typed 14 I regret _ you John has been fired. I can hardly belie
8、ve my ears. Hes such a fine worker. （ A） telling （ B） having told （ C） to tell （ D） to have told 15 How do you deal with the disagreement between the company and the customers? The key _ the problem is to meet the demand _ by the customers. （ A） to solving; making （ B） to solving; made （ C） to solve
9、; making （ D） to solver make 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 are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the c
10、orresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 15 There are warm tropical regions all over the globe, but only the Indians of the South American rain forests have formed the habit of sleeping in the open air. Long before they made painful acquaintance (相识 ) with Europ
11、eans, they had invented something that was unique on earth: the hammock. Nobody really knows who first had the bright idea of making sleeping in the air the symbol of untroubled rest. The Indians see the hammock as a “gift of heaven (上天 )“, something given to them a very long time ago. In it the Ind
12、ians pass away hot noon hours, napping or chatting. Swinging it to and fro (来回摆动 ) creates a cooling breath of air and keeps away insects. They work and play in hammocks, are born and die there. Hung like a suspension bridge between heaven and earth, a hammock is dry while the soil is damp and is sa
13、fe from most wild animals. Hammocks have the advantage over beds in that they are easy to transport and take up very little space when they have been rolled up (卷起 ). Indians never go on a journey without their hammocks, not even to their plantations. 16 The word hammock in this passage means _. （ A
14、） a suspension cage which can be swung to and fro in the air （ B） a seat hanging by two ropes from the branch of a tree （ C） a suspension bridge in the South American rain forests （ D） a net hung between two supports and used as a bed 17 When was the hammock invented and by whom? （ A） The Indians ha
15、d invented the hammock long before they came to South America. （ B） The Indians had invented the hammock long before the Europeans came to South America. （ C） The Europeans invented the hammock after they made acquaintance with the Indians. （ D） The Europeans had invented the hammock before they wen
16、t to South America. 18 Indians swing the hammock to _. （ A） pray to heaven for a gift （ B） keep away flies, mosquitoes and other insects （ C） keep away wild animals （ D） all asleep quickly 19 According to the passage, hammocks _. （ A） cannot be rolled up （ B） are difficult to transport （ C） are neve
17、r brought to the plantations （ D） can be kept dry while the ground is wet 20 The passage is about _. （ A） the Indian way of living （ B） tropical regions （ C） Indians gift for the Europeans （ D） a portable bed 20 The evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families. But it seems that four out
18、 of five young people now get on with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly-held image (形象 ) of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels. An important new study into teenage attitudes surprisingly shows that their family life is more harmonious than it has
19、 ever been in the past. “We were surprised by just how positive todays young people seem to be about their families,“ said one member of the researchteam. “Theyre expected to be rebellious (叛逆的 ) and selfish, but actually they have other things on their minds: they want a car and material goods, and
20、 they worry about whether school is serving them well. Theres more negotiation (商议 ) and discussion between parents and children, and children expect to take part in the family decision-making process. They dont want to rock the boat.“ So it seems that this generation of parents is much more likely
21、than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends. “My parents are happy to discuss things with me and willing to listen to me,“ says 17-year-old Daniel Lazall. “I always tell them when Im goingout clubbing. As long as they know what Im doing, theyre fine with it.“ Susan Crome, who is
22、now 21, agrees. “Looking back on the last 10 years, there was a lot of what you could call negotiation. For example, as long as Id done all my homework, I could go out on a Saturday night. But I think my grandparents were a lot stricter with my parents than that.“ Maybe this positive view of family
23、life should not be unexpected. It is possible that the idea of teenage rebellion is not rooted in real facts. A researcher comments, “Our surprise that teenagers say they get along well with their parents comes because of a brief period in our social history when teenagers were regarded as different
24、 beings. But that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their parents really only happened during that one time in the 1960s when everyone rebelled. The normal situation throughout history has been a smooth change from helping out with the family business to taking it over. “ 21 What is the popul
25、ar image of teenagers today? （ A） They worry about school. （ B） They dislike living with their parents. （ C） They have to be locked in to avoid troubles. （ D） They quarrel a lot with other family members. 22 The study shows that teenagers dont want to _. （ A） share family responsibility （ B） cause t
26、rouble in their families （ C） go boating with their family （ D） make family decisions 23 Compared with parents of 30 years ago, todays parents _. （ A） go to clubs more often with their children （ B） are much stricter with their children （ C） care less about their childrens life （ D） give their child
27、ren more freedom 24 According to the author, teenage rebellion _. （ A） may be a false belief （ B） is common nowadays （ C） existed only in the 1960s （ D） resulted from changes in families 25 What is the passage mainly about? （ A） Negotiation in family. （ B） Education in family. （ C） Harmony in family
28、. （ D） Teenage trouble in family. 25 Imagine youre at a party full of strangers. Youre nervous. Who are these people? How do you start a conversation? Fortunately, youve got a thing that sends out energy at tiny chips in everyones name tag (标签 ). The chips send back name, job, hobbies, and the time
29、available for meeting whatever. Making new friends becomes simple. This hasnt quite happened in real life. But the world is already experiencing a revolution using RFID technology. An RFID tag with a tiny chip can be fixed in a product, under your pets skin, even under your own skin. Passive RFID ta
30、gs have no energy source-batteries because they do not need it. The energy comes from the reader, a scanning device (装置 ), that sends out energy (for example, radio waves) that starts up the tag immediately. Such a tag carries information specific to that object, and the data can be updated. Already
31、, RFID technology is used for recognizing each car or truck on the road and it might appear in your passport. Doctors can put a tiny chip under the skin that will help locate and obtain a patients medical records. At a nightclub in Paris or in New York the same chip gets you into the VIP (very impor
32、tant person) section and pays for the bill with the wave of an arm. Take a step back: 10 or 12 years ago, you would have heard about the coming age of computing. One example always seemed to surface: Your refrigerator would know when you needed to buy more milk. The concept was that computer chips c
33、ould be put everywhere and send information in a smart network that would make ordinary life simpler. RFID tags are a small part of this phenomenon. “The world is going to be a loosely coupled set of individual small devices, connected wirelessly,“ predicts Dr. J. Reich. Human right supporters are n
34、ervous about the possibilities of such technology. It goes too far tracking school kids through RFID tags, they say. We imagine a world in which a beer company could find out not only when you bought a beer but also when you drank it. And how many beers. Accompanied by how many biscuits. When Marcon
35、i invented radio, he thought it would be used for ship-to-shore communication. Not for pop music. Who knows how RFID and related technologies will be used in the future. Heres a wild guess Not for buying milk. 26 The article is intended to _. （ A） warn people of the possible risks in adopting RFID t
36、echnology （ B） explain the benefits brought about by RFID technology （ C） convince people of the uses of RFID technology （ D） predict the applications of RFID technology 27 We know from the passage that with the help of RFID tags, people _. （ A） will have no trouble getting data about others （ B） wi
37、ll have more energy for conversation （ C） will have more time to make friends （ D） wont feel shy at parties any longer 28 Passive RFID tags chiefly consist of _ （ A） scanning devices （ B） radio waves （ C） batteries （ D） chips 29 Why are some people worried about RFID technology? （ A） Because childre
38、n will be tracked by strangers. （ B） Because market competition will become more fierce. （ C） Because their private lives will be greatly affected. （ D） Because customers will be forced to buy more products. 30 The last paragraph implies that RFID technology _ （ A） will not be used for such matters
39、as buying milk （ B） will be widely used, including for buying milk （ C） will be limited to communication uses （ D） will probably be used for pop music 30 How should one invest a sum of money in these days of inflation (通货膨胀 ) ? Left in a bank it will hardly keep its value, however high the interest
40、rate. Only a brave man, or a very rich one, dares to buy and sell on the Stock Market. Today it seems that one of the best ways to protect your savings, and even increase your wealth is to buy beautiful objects from the past. Here I am going to offer some advice on collecting antique clocks, which I
41、 personally consider are among the most interesting of antiques. I sometimes wonder what a being from another planet might report back about our way of life. “The planet Earth is ruled by a mysterious creature that sits or stands in a room and makes a strange ticking sound. It has a face with twelve
42、 black marks and two hands. Men can do nothing without its permission, and it fastens round its young peoples wrists so that everywhere men go they are still under its control This creature is the real master of Earth and men are its slaves. “ Whether or not we are slaves of time today depends on ou
43、r culture and personality, but it is believed that many years ago kings kept special slaves to tell the time. Certain men were very clever at measuring the time of day according to the beating of their own hearts. They were made to stand in a fixed place and every hour or so would shout the time. So
44、 it seems that the first clocks were human beings. However, men quickly found more convenient and reliable ways of telling the time. They learned to use the shadows cast by the sun. They marked the hours on candles, used sand in hour-glasses, and invented water-clocks. Indeed, any serious student of
45、 antique should spend as much time as possible visiting palaces, stately homes and museums to see some of the finest examples of clocks from the past. Antique clocks could be very expensive, but one of the joys of collecting clocks is that it is still possible to find quite cheap ones for your own h
46、ome. After all, if you are going to be ruled by time, why not invest in an antique clock and perhaps make a future profit? 31 According to the passage, collecting antique clocks _. （ A） can hardly keep the value of your savings （ B） will cost much of your savings （ C） may increase your wealth （ D） n
47、eeds your bravery 32 By quoting (引用 ) the remark of a being from another planet, the author intends to _. （ A） suggest human beings are controlled by a clock （ B） describe why clocks can rule the planet Earth （ C） tell readers what clocks look like （ D） compare clocks to human beings 33 Which of the
48、 following is NOT mentioned as a way to measure the time? （ A） Counting the beating of ones own heart. （ B） Making use of candles, sand and water. （ C） Observing shadows cast by the sun. （ D） Keeping slaves busy day and night. 34 The underlined phrase “stately homes“ in Paragraph 4 means _? （ A） sta
49、te-owned houses （ B） houses in very good condition （ C） grand houses open to the public （ D） houses where statesmen meet regularly 35 The purpose of the passage is _. （ A） to introduce the culture of antique clocks （ B） to offer some advice on collecting antique clocks （ C） to compare different ways to make a future profit （ D） to exp
