1、成人本科学位英语模拟试卷 10及答案与解析 一、 Dialogue Communication 1 Pupil: I apologize for being late this morning. My alarm clock didnt ring. Teacher: _ （ A） Thats all right. These things often happen. （ B） Would you please forgive me? I never accept any apologies at all. （ C） Thank you. Youre really too kind apolog
2、izing to me. （ D） Never mind. You dont have to be so polite. 2 Mary: Hello, John. How are you feeling now? Somebody said you had been sick. John: _ （ A） Hello, Mary. They must have had me confused with my brother, George. He has been sick all week. I have never felt better in my life. （ B） Hello, Ma
3、ry. Whos sick? How can I be sick? Im as strong as a horse. They must have gone mad. （ C） Hello, Mary. How are you? （ D） Hello, Mary. Im quite happy. My wife has fallen ill. And, how about you? 3 Speaker A: May I have an inquiry ( 咨询 ), please? Speaker B: _ （ A） Never mind. You can ask whatever you w
4、ant. （ B） Id like to know what inquiry it is. （ C） I m sorry. I know little about it. （ D） Yes, of course. So far as I know. 4 M: Thats the worst painting Ive ever seen. W: _ （ A） Never mind. Lets continue to look at it. （ B） Come on. Its not that bad. （ C） No, it is not the worst painting. （ D） Yes
5、. It looks the worst. 5 Speaker A: I heard Joe say something terrible to you yesterday. Speaker B: _ （ A） But, you know, I wish you could pardon me. （ B） But, you know, every coin has two sides. （ C） Yes, I have never been angrier in my life. （ D） But I dont mind that Joe says something terrible to
6、you. 6 Cindy: _Rose: No, what happened? Cindy: They let him go as he is suspected to be cheating. （ A） Did you know John? （ B） Did you like John? （ C） Did you hate John? （ D） Did you hear about John? 7 Speaker A: Hello, May I speak to Mr. Smith? Speaker B: _ （ A） Yes, I am Mr. Smith. （ B） No, he is
7、not in the office right now. （ C） Speaking! （ D） He is not here. Can I speak for him? 8 Speaker A: Id like to fix an appointment with the personal manager. Will nine tomorrow morning be all right? Speaker B: _ （ A） No. Its impossible. Hell be busy tomorrow. （ B） Ive told you hell be busy. Why do you
8、 come again? （ C） Im afraid not. Hes got a rather full day tomorrow. （ D） Hell be free the whole day tomorrow. 9 Salesman: _Customer: Yes. What size is that green T-shirt? （ A） Do you want to buy anything? （ B） Excuse me, what are you doing? （ C） Are you just looking around? （ D） Anything I can do f
9、or you? 10 Speaker A: Hi, John. Nice to meet you again. How is your project going? Speaker B: _ （ A） How do you do? My project has gone well. （ B） Nice to meet you, too. My project has gone well as we expected. （ C） Hi, Mike. My project has gone well. （ D） Im glad to meet you. My project is really a
10、 difficult one. 11 Speaker A: So far as I can see, it is the fault on the third party. Speaker B: _ （ A） I dont agree with the third party. （ B） Yes. I cant agree more. （ C） I think you are not meeting that. （ D） I can go along with you. 12 W: Boy, how quickly technology changes! So many people have
11、 a computer in their home nowadays. M: _ （ A） Computers? There are so many computers in the office. （ B） Yes, I know. I feel so behind the time. （ C） But I know a lot of computers. （ D） Yes, I know. Without computer, there would be no Internet. 13 Speaker A: Mind if I call you Albert? Speaker B: _ （
12、 A） Yes, just call me Al. （ B） Yes, you may do that. （ C） Of course not. But just plain “Al“ will do. （ D） OK. Everyone does. 14 W: What is your general price range (范围 ) ? M: _ （ A） We are looking for a three-bed-room home on the east side of the town. （ B） I think it would be hard to find somethin
13、g in that range. （ C） Were hoping to find something under $200. （ D） The range is about $200 or so. 15 Speaker A: Id like to book a ticket for next Monday morning to New York. Speaker B: （ A） What can I do for you? （ B） Whats the matter? （ C） At your service. （ D） Just a second, please. 二、 Part I Re
14、ading 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 corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet w
15、ith a single line through the center. 15 There was one thought that air pollution affected only the area immediately around large cities with factories and heavy automobile traffic At present, we realize that although these are the areas with the worst air pollution, the problem is literally worldwi
16、de. (76) On several occasions over the past decade, a heavy cloud of air pollution has covered the east of the United States and brought health warnings in rural areas away from any major concentration of manufacturing and automobile traffic In fact, the very climate of the entire earth may be infec
17、ted by air pollution. Some scientists consider that the increasing concentration of carbon dioxide in the air resulting from the burning of fossil fuels (coal and oil) is creating a “greenhouse effect“-conserving heat reflected from the earth and raising the worlds average temperature. If this view
18、is correct and the worlds temperature is raised only a few degrees, much of the polar ice cap will melt and cities such as New York, Boston, Miami, and New Orleans will be in water. (77) Another view, less widely held, is that increasing particular matter in the atmosphere is blocking sunlight and l
19、owering the earths temperature-a result that would be equally disastrous. A drop of just a few degrees could create something close to a new ice age, and would make agriculture difficult or impossible in many of our top fanning areas. Today we do not know for sure that either of these conditions wil
20、l happen (though one recent government report drafted by exports in the field concluded that the greenhouse effect is very possible). Perhaps, if we are lucky enough, the two tendencies will offset each other and the worlds temperature will stay about the same as it is now. 16 As pointed out at the
21、beginning of the passage, people used to think that air pollution _ （ A） caused widespread damage in the countryside （ B） affected the entire eastern half of the United States （ C） had damaging effect on health （ D） existed merely in urban and industries areas 17 As to the greenhouse effect, the aut
22、hor _ （ A） shares the same view with the scientists （ B） is uncertain of its occurrence （ C） rejects it as being ungrounded （ D） thinks that it will destroy the world soon 18 The word “offset“ in the second paragraph could be replaced by _. （ A） slip into （ B） make up for （ C） set up （ D） catch up w
23、ith 19 It can be concluded that _. （ A） raising the worlds temperature only a few degrees would not do much harm to life on earth （ B） lowering the worlds temperature merely a few degrees would lead many major farming areas to disaster （ C） almost no temperature variations have occurred over the pas
24、t decade （ D） the worlds temperature will remain constant in the years to come 20 This passage is primarily about _. （ A） the greenhouse effect （ B） the burning of fossil fuels （ C） the potential effect of air pollution （ D） the likelihood of a new ice age 20 Harriet Beecher Stowe had poured her hea
25、rt into her anti-slavery book, “Uncle Toms Cab- in“. But neither she nor her first publisher thought it would be a big success. (78) 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 buy a new sil
26、k dress. But when the first 5,000 copies 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 mad
27、e from the book which ran 350 performances in New York and remained Americas most popular play for 80 years. (79) It might appear that“ Uncle Toms Cabin was universally popular, but this was certainly not true. Many people during those pre-Civil War daysparticularly defenders of the slavery sys temc
28、ondemned it as false propaganda and poorly written 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. “ ), and she tried to convince people slavery was wrong, so per haps the book could be considered prop
29、aganda But if so, it was true propaganda, because 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, b
30、ut just across the Ohio River in Kentucky, Harriet saw slavery in action. She lived 18 years in Cincinnati, marrying Calvin Stowe, professor of a college. In 1851, Harriet Beeper Stowe began her book. Its vast influence strengthened the anti-slavery movement and angered defenders of the slave system
31、. Today some historians(历史学家 ) think that it helped 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. “ 21 Before the publication of the book “Uncle Toms Cabin“ _. （ A） H
32、arriet knew that it would be a great success （ B） the publisher wanted Harriet to publish it at her own expense （ C） nobody knew that it would become a very popular book （ D） no publisher wanted to publish this anti-slavery book 22 Some people did not like “Uncle Ton1s Cabin“ chiefly because_. （ A）
33、the author was merely an unknown little lady （ B） they thought it was mere propaganda （ C） the book was poorly written （ D） the book might lead to a terrible war 23 Harriet Beecher Stowe was able to describe the evils of slavery because _. （ A） she had lived for 18 years in a state where slavery was
34、 legal （ B） she had suffered quite a lot under the slavery system （ C） she had witnessed what happened under the slavery system （ D） she had read a lot about the slavery system 24 When Abraham Lincoln called Harriet “the little lady who started this big war“, he _. （ A） thought that she was almost a
35、 war criminal （ B） was talking about the great influence her book had produced （ C） was blaming her for the miseries the people had suffered during the war （ D） was praising her for the contributions she had made during the war 25 The writer wrote the passage in order to _. （ A） expose the evils of
36、the slavery system （ B） condemn all kinds of war （ C） describe peoples life in Harriets time （ D） tell us how Harriet wrote her famous book 25 “Equal pay for equal work“ is a phrase used by the American women who feel that they are unfairly treated by society. They say it is not right for women to b
37、e paid less than men for the same work. Some people say men have more duties than women. A married man is thought to earn money to support his family and to make the important decision, so it is right for them to be paid more. Some are even against married women working at all. When wives go out to
38、work, they say, the home and children are given no attention to. (80) If women are encouraged by equal pay to take full-time jobs, they will be unable to do the things they are best at doing: making a nice home and bringing up children. Women who disagree say they want to escape from the limited pla
39、ce which society wishes them to fill and to have freedom to choose between work and home life, or a mixture of the two. Women have the right not only to equal pay but also to equal chances. 26 The women use the phrase “equal pay for equal work“ to ask society to _. （ A） pay men less than women （ B）
40、give Women harder work （ C） pay men and women the same amount of money for the same work （ D） pay people more who do harder work 27 Some people believe that _. （ A） women cant do what men can （ B） men have to work much harder than women （ C） men can earn money more easily than women （ D） mens duties
41、 are different from womens 28 Some people holding even stronger opinions say that _. （ A） women should be kind to their husbands （ B） women are too weak to take full-time jobs （ C） home is the best pace for women （ D） women should only take part-time jobs 29 The women who disagree say that _. （ A） w
42、omen need chances to go out of the home more often （ B） women want more freedom in deciding what kind of life they want （ C） women are no longer interested in taking care of their homes （ D） if women are given equal pay, they can do everything instead of men 30 According to this passage some women w
43、ant to give up _. （ A） their present position in society （ B） their marriage （ C） their right to equal pay （ D） their home life 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
44、 the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 31 You cant hear what Im saying _ you stop talking. （ A） only if （ B） unless （ C） lest （ D） except that 32 He _ working till he was seventy years old. （ A）
45、kept up （ B） kept on （ C） kept to （ D） kept out 33 The novel ended happily, and the young couple was married _ （ A） in the final （ B） in the end （ C） to the last （ D） in conclusion 34 One warning was _ to stop her doing it. （ A） suffered （ B） sufficed （ C） suggested （ D） provided 35 It is estimated
46、that the disease _ by polluted water will kill 1 out of every 100 children. （ A） causing （ B） caused （ C） to cause （ D） will cause 36 He didnt know I was in his office. He was too busy to _ me. （ A） pay attention to （ B） notice （ C） know （ D） realize 37 Will you show me the girl _ name is Jane? （ A）
47、 her （ B） whos （ C） whose （ D） which 38 The old gentleman never fails to help _ is in need of his help. （ A） who （ B） whoever （ C） one （ D） whomever 39 Mr. Holmes called at many schools _ he lived to ask them to accept his son, but he was refused everywhere for being a black. （ A） that （ B） around w
48、here （ C） near which （ D） which 40 My wallet is nowhere to be found. I _ when I was on the bus. （ A） must drop it （ B） should have dropped it （ C） must have dropped it （ D） had dropped it 41 I could have done it better if I _ more time. （ A） have had （ B） had （ C） had had （ D） will have had 42 _ ,we should be glad. （ A） They arrive tomorrow （ B） Were they arriving tomorrow （ C） They were to arrive tomorrow （ D） Were they to arrive tomorrow 43 I knew I could not finish my homework _ （ A） by he had come （ B） until he came （ C） when he comes （ D） before he comes 44 It is not
