1、北京成人本科英语模拟试卷 54及答案与解析 一、 Dialogue Communication 1 Do you mind my smoking here? _. （ A） No, thanks （ B） No. Good idea （ C） Yes, please （ D） Yes. Better not 2 I was wondering if we could go skiing on the weekend. _ good. （ A） Sound （ B） Sounded （ C） Sounding （ D） Sounds 3 I wonder if I could possibly
2、use your car for tonight? _ . Im not using it anyhow. （ A） Sure, go ahead （ B） I dont know （ C） Yes, indeed （ D） I dont care 4 Im dead tired. I cant walk any farther, Jenny. _ , Tommy. You can do it! （ A） No problem （ B） No hurry （ C） Come on （ D） Thats OK 5 If you like I can do some shopping for yo
3、u. Thats a very kind _. （ A） offer （ B） service （ C） point （ D） suggestion 6 How did you find your visit to Qingdao, Joanna? _. （ A） Oh, wonderful indeed （ B） I went there alone （ C） First by train and then by ship （ D） A guide showed me the way 7 How are you getting on with your cleaning? Do you ne
4、ed my help? _ , but I think Im all right. （ A） No, thanks （ B） Thats OK （ C） You are helpful （ D） Thats very kind of you 8 Andrew wont like it, you know. _? I dont care what Andrew thinks! （ A） So what （ B） So where （ C） So why （ D） So how 9 Let me help you prepare dinner, Morn. _ , but your homewor
5、k hasnt been done, youd better finish it first. （ A） Thats all right （ B） Youre welcome （ C） Thats very kind of you （ D） Id love to 10 I dont have any change with me. Will you pay the fare for me? _. （ A） Never mind （ B） No problem （ C） Thats fine （ D） Nothing serious 11 Excuse me, mother, but I wan
6、t to join my friends for an outing. OK._! （ A） Congratulations （ B） Good luck （ C） My pleasure （ D） Have fun 12 Would you please _ the form for me? _. （ A） fill; Its a pleasure （ B） fill in; With pleasure （ C） fill in; My pleasure （ D） fill in; Ill be happy to 13 How about the two of chatting online
7、? _ . Its much cheaper than talking on the phone. （ A） No way （ B） Why not? （ C） All right （ D） No matter 14 Wow, Ive really gained a lot of weight, I should start exercising. _ . Thats why I finally decided to join a health club. （ A） You are right （ B） Me too （ C） Dont let it be （ D） I agree with
8、you 15 _ , Jack? You look pale. I fell off my bike and hurt my legs. （ A） Whats going on （ B） Whats up （ C） What did you do （ D） What have you done 二、 Part I Reading Comprehension (30%) Directions: There are three passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statem
9、ents. 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. 15 In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some value it highly, believ
10、ing that it is responsible for social progress and prosperity. Others say that competition is bad, that it sets one person against another, and that it leads to unfriendly relationship between people. I have taught many children who held the belief that their self-worth relied (依赖 ) on how well they
11、 performed at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are often life-and-death affairs. In their single-minded pursuit (追求 ) of success, the development of many other human qualities is sadly forgotten. However, while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed, others take an
12、opposite attitude. In a culture which values only the winner and pays no attention to the ordinary players, they strongly blame competition. Among the most vocal are youngsters who have suffered under competitive pressures. Teaching these young people, I often observe in them a desire to fail. They
13、seem to seek failure by not trying to win or achieve success. By not trying, they always have an excuse: “I may have lost, but it doesnt matter because I really didnt try.“ What is not usually admitted by themselves is the belief that if they had really tried and lost, that would mean a lot. Such a
14、loss would be a measure of their worth. Clearly, this belief is the same as that of true competitors who try to prove themselves. Both are based on the mistaken belief that ones self-respect relies on how well one performs in comparison with others. Both are afraid of not being valued. Only as this
15、basic and often troublesome fear begins to dissolve (缓解 ) can we discover a new meaning in competition. 16 What does this passage mainly talk about? （ A） Self-respect competition helps to boost. （ B） The different opinions people have about competition. （ C） The harmful competition does to personal
16、quality development. （ D） The necessary experience of failure in competition. 17 Why do some people favor competition according to the passage? （ A） It pushes society forward. （ B） It builds up a sense of duty. （ C） It improves personal abilities. （ D） It encourages individual efforts. 18 The underl
17、ined phrase “the most vocal“ in Paragraph 3 means _. （ A） those who try their best to win （ B） those who value competition most highly （ C） those who are against competition most strongly （ D） those who rely on others most for success 19 What is the similar belief of the true competitors and those w
18、ith a “desire to fail“? （ A） Ones worth lies in his performance compared with others. （ B） Ones success in competition needs great efforts. （ C） Ones achievement is determined by his particular skills. （ D） Ones success is based on how hard he has tried. 20 Which point of view may the author agree t
19、o? （ A） Every effort should be paid back. （ B） Competition should be encouraged. （ C） Winning should be a life-and-death matter. （ D） Fear of failure should be removed in competition. 20 Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was driving to my parents home in Missour
20、i for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station (加油站 ) about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register (收款台 ) I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas. I took off, but had gone only a few miles when
21、 black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friends. We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me h
22、is business card. I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon afterward, I received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful. Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late after
23、noon I returned to my car and found that Id left the lights on all day, and the battery (电池 ) was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership a shop selling cars was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom. “Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?“ I asked and ex
24、plained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment, so when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write to him and say thank you, and it meant a lot
25、, he said. “Thank you“ two powerful words. Theyre easy to say and mean so much. 21 The author planned to stop at Oklahoma City _. （ A） to visit a friend （ B） to see his parents （ C） to pay at the cash register （ D） to have more gas for his car 22 The words “took off“ underlined in Paragraph 2 mean “
26、_“. （ A） turned off （ B） moved off （ C） put up （ D） set up 23 What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his ear? （ A） He had it pulled back to the gas station. （ B） The couple sent him a business card. （ C） The couple offered to help him. （ D） He called his friend for help. 24 The batt
27、ery of the authors car was dead because _. （ A） something went wrong with the lights （ B） the meeting lasted a whole day （ C） he forgot to turn off the lights （ D） he drove too long a distance 25 By telling his own experiences, the author tries to show _. （ A） how to write a thank-you letter （ B） ho
28、w to deal with ear problems （ C） the kind-heartedness of older people （ D） the importance of expressing thanks 25 Susan Sontag (1933 2004) was one of the most noticeable figures in the world of literature. For more than 40 years she made it morally necessary to know everything to read every book wor
29、th reading, to see every movie worth seeing. When she was still in her early 30s, publishing essays in such important magazines as Partisan Review, she appeared as the symbol of American cultural life, trying hard to follow every new development in literature, film and art. With great effort and ser
30、ious judgment, Sontag walked at the latest edges of world culture. Seriousness was one of Sontags lifelong watchwords (格言 ), but at a time when the barriers between the well-educated and the poorly-educated were obvious, she argued for a true openness to the pleasures of pop culture. In “Notes on Ca
31、mp“, the 1964 essay that first made her name, she explained what was then a little-known set of difficult understandings, through which she could not have been more famous. “Notes on Camp“, she wrote, represents “a victory of form over content, beauty over morals“. By conviction (信念 ) she was a sens
32、ualist (感觉论者 ), but by nature she was a moralist (伦理学者 ), and in the works she published in the 1970s and 1980s, it was the latter side of her that came forward. In Illness as Metaphor published in 1978, after she suffered cancer she argued against the idea that cancer was somehow a special problem
33、of repressed personalities (被压抑的个性 ), a concept that effectively blamed the victims for the disease. In fact, re-examining old positions was her lifelong habit. In America, her story of a 19th century Polish actress who set up a perfect society in California, won the National Book Award in 2000. But
34、 it was with a tireless, all-purpose cultural view that she made her lasting fame. “Sometimes,“ she once said, “I feel that, in the end, all I am really defending. is the idea of seriousness, of true seriousness.“ And in the end, she made us take it seriously too. 26 The underlined sentence in Parag
35、raph 1 means Sontag _. （ A） was a symbol of American cultural life （ B） developed world literature, film and art （ C） published many essays about world culture （ D） kept pace with the newest development of world culture 27 She first won her name through _. （ A） her story of a Polish actress （ B） her
36、 book Illness as Metaphor （ C） publishing essays in magazines like Partisan Review （ D） her explanation of a set of difficult understandings 28 According to the passage, Susan Sontag _. （ A） was a sensualist as well as a moralist （ B） looked down upon the pop culture （ C） thought content was more im
37、portant than form （ D） blamed the victims of cancer for being repressed 29 As for Susan Sontags lifelong habit, she _. （ A） misunderstood the idea of seriousness （ B） re-examined old positions （ C） argued for an openness to pop culture （ D） preferred morals to beauty 30 Susan Sontags lasting fame wa
38、s made upon _. （ A） a tireless, all-purpose cultural view （ B） her lifelong watchword: seriousness （ C） publishing books on morals （ D） enjoying books worth reading and movies worth seeing 30 Short and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. “Football, tennis, ric
39、ket anything with a round ball, I was useless,“ he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the object of jokes in school gym classes in Englands rural Devonshire. It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first the teen went biking alone in a nearby forest. Th
40、en he began to cycle along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set his mind to build up his body, increase his speed, strength and endurance. At age 18, he ran his first marathon. The following year, he met John Ridgway, who became famous in the 1960s for rowing an open boat across the Atlanti
41、c Ocean. Saunders was hired as an instructor at Ridgways School of Adventure in Scotland, where he learned about the older mans coldwater exploits (成就 ). Intrigued, Saunders read all he could about Arctic explorers and North Pole expeditions, then decided that this would be his future. Journeys to t
42、he Pole arent the usual holidays for British country boys, and many people dismissed his dream as fantasy. “John Ridgway was one of the few who didnt say, You are completely crazy,“ Saunders says. In 2001, after becoming a skilled skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition toward the
43、 North Pole. He suffered frostbite, had a close encounter with a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit. Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and hes skied more of the Arctic by himself than any other Briton. His old playmates would not believe the trans
44、formation. This October, Saunders, 27, heads south to explore from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, an 1800-mile journey that has never been completed on skis. 31 The turning point in Saunders life came when _ （ A） he started to play ball games （ B） be got a mountain bike at age 1
45、5 （ C） he ran his first marathon at age 18 （ D） he started to receive Ridgways training 32 We can learn from the text that Ridgway _. （ A） dismissed Saunders dream as fantasy （ B） built up his body together with Saunders （ C） hired Saunders for his cold-water experience （ D） won his fame for his voy
46、age across the Atlantic 33 What do we know about Saunders? （ A） He once worked at a school in Scotland. （ B） He followed Ridgway to explore the North Pole. （ C） He was chosen for the school sports team as a kid. （ D） He was the first Briton to ski alone to the North Pole. 34 The underlined word “Int
47、rigued“ in the third paragraph probably means _. （ A） Excited （ B） Convinced （ C） Delighted （ D） Fascinated 35 It can be inferred that Saunders journey to the North Pole _. （ A） was accompanied by his old playmates （ B） set a record in the North Pole expedition （ C） was supported by other Arctic exp
48、lorers （ D） made him well-known in the 1960s 三、 Part II Vocabulary and Structure (30%) Directions: In this part, there are 30 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 36 There is no light in the dormitory. They must have gone to the lecture, _ ? （ A） didnt they （ B） dont they （ C） mustnt they （ D） havent they 37 I have worked with him for some time and have found that he is _ than John. （ A） more
