1、成人本科学位英语模拟试卷 27及答案与解析 一、 Dialogue Communication 1 Have you got any weather information today? Will it rain this evening? No, Ive no idea, though_. （ A） 1 think not （ B） 1 hope it doesnt （ C） I hope not （ D） I dont think that 2 You couldnt have chosen any gift better for me. （ A） Well, I thought you
2、would like it （ B） Well, dont complain about a gift （ C） Im glad you like it ever so much （ D） Thats all right. Ill give you a better one next time 3 Come in please. Make yourself at home. Im glad you like it. （ A） Thanks. You have a nice place here. （ B） Oh, this picture is so beautiful. （ C） Thank
3、s. What nice food youve prepared! （ D） OK. Let me look around your new house. 4 Did you remember to pay the telephone bill? The telephone bill?_. （ A） That isnt due yet （ B） Are you sure （ C） My telephone is out of order （ D） Please remember the amount 5 _? No, thanks. Im just looking around. Ill le
4、t you know if I want something. （ A） Have you made up your mind what you want （ B） What will you buy （ C） Can I help you （ D） Do you like it 6 Im interested in that chair. How much do you want for it? $ _. Ill give you $ No, thats not enough. （ A） The Chair is really nice （ B） Thats too much （ C） Pl
5、ease lower the price （ D） Nobody will have it except me 7 I think Im coming down with a bad cold. （ A） Oh, dont say that again （ B） Then youd better see a doctor （ C） Well, I suggest you have a rest （ D） But you should go up a bit 8 Whats going on? （ A） No, we wont go on. We need rest. （ B） The Time
6、s Theatre is on fire. （ C） Im going on telling the story. （ D） How about some ice cream? 9 Bruce was killed in a traffic accident. _ I talked with him yesterday morning. （ A） What a pity! （ B） I beg your pardon? （ C） Sorry to hear that. （ D） Is that so? 10 Oh, Mary! You should do your work instead o
7、f sitting here watching TV. （ A） Thats not a very good idea. （ B） TV produces good influence on children. （ C） What makes you say that? （ D） You said TV was educational. 11 This is English Department of Beijing University. Hi, Im a student in English Department. I need to know the foreign professor
8、Mr. Smiths email address. _. Im sorry, Mr. Smith does not have an email address in our system. （ A） Just a minute （ B） I see （ C） At your service （ D） Its you 12 Jack called to say that he would not accept the job. I had talked him into taking it up many times. _since he still refuses. （ A） Ill come
9、 to his help （ B） I cant help it （ C） Ill take it over with him （ D） Ill phone him up 13 Congratulations to you! I hear you got the first prize in the English Speech Contest. （ A） Dont mention it. I think thats only the past （ B） Thanks. But I think I could have done better （ C） Theres nothing to ch
10、eer for （ D） No, no. Its a piece of cake 14 _ ? Kate, you look pale. Oh, thank you. It doesnt matter. （ A） Whats on （ B） Whats up （ C） Are you ill （ D） Do you feel terrible 15 Id like to take a chance and run a business. Do you know about the local market?_ （ A） No problem （ B） Better play it safe （
11、 C） Do as you please （ D） Think nothing of it 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 choi
12、ce and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 15 SYDNEY: As they sat sharing sweets beside a swimming pool in 1999, Shane Gould and Jessicah Schipper were simply getting along well, chatting about sport, life and “anything else that came up. “ Yet in
13、 Sydney next month, they will meet again by the pool, and for a short time the friends will race against each other in the 50-meter butterfly(蝶泳 )in the Australian championships at Homebush Bay. Gould, now a 47-year-old mother of four, has announced she will be making a return to elite competition(顶
14、级赛事 )to swim the one event, having set a qualifying time of 30. 32 seconds in winning gold at last years United States Masters championships. Her comeback comes 32 years after she won three golds at the Munich Olympics. Schipper, now a 17-year-old from Brisbane with a bright future of going to Athen
15、s for her first Olympics, yesterday recalled her time with Gould five years ago. “I was at a national youth camp on the Gold Coast and Shane had come along to talk to us and watch us train,“ Schipper explained. “It seemed as if we had long been good friends. I dont know why. We just started talking
16、and it went from there. “ “She had a lot to share with all of us at that camp. She told us stories about what it was like at big meets like the Olympics and what it was like to be on an Australian team. It was really interesting. “ Next time, things will be more serious. “ I will still be swimming i
17、n the 50m butterfly at the nationals, so there is a chance that I could actually be competing against Shane Gould,“ said Schipper, who burst onto the scene at last years national championships with second places in the 100m and 200m butterfly. 16 What is the passage mainly about? （ A） Stories happen
18、ing in swimming competitions. （ B） Two women swimmers winning Olympic golds. （ C） Lessons learned from international swimming championships. （ D） Friendship and competition between two swimmers. 17 Gould and Schipper are going to_. （ A） talk about sport and life （ B） go back to elite competition （ C
19、） set a qualifying time and win gold （ D） take part in the same sports event 18 Gould won her three Olympic golds when she was_. （ A） 15 （ B） 17 （ C） 22 （ D） 30 19 The underlined word “it“ in the fifth paragraph probably refers to_. （ A） the Olympics （ B） the youth camp （ C） the friendship （ D） the
20、Australian team 20 What Schipper said showed that she_. （ A） was no longer Goulds friend （ B） had learned a lot from Gould （ C） was not interested in Goulds stories （ D） would not like to compete against Gould 20 That cold January night, I was growing sick of my life in San Francisco. There I was, w
21、alking home at one in the morning after a tiring practice at the theatre. With the opening night only a week from now on, I was still learning my lines. I was having trouble dealing with my part-time job at the bank and my acting at night at the same time. As I walked, I thought seriously about givi
22、ng up both acting and San Francisco. City life had become too much for me. As I walked down empty streets under tall buildings, I felt very small and cold. I began running, both to keep warm and to keep away from any possible robbers. Very few people were still out except a few sad-looking homeless
23、people under blankets. About a block from my apartment, I heard a sound behind me. I turned quickly, half expecting to see someone with a knife or a gun. The street was empty. All I saw was a shining streetlight. Still, the noise had made me nervous, so I started to run faster. Not until I reached m
24、y apartment building and unlocked the door did I realize what the noise had been. It had been my wallet falling to the sidewalk. Suddenly I wasnt cold or tired anymore. I ran out of the door and back to where Id heard the noise. Although I searched the sidewalk anxiously for fifteen minutes, my wall
25、et was nowhere to be found. Just as I was about to give up the search, I heard the garbage truck(垃圾车 )pull up to the sidewalk next to me. When a voice called from the inside, “Alisa Camacho?“ I thought I was dreaming. How could this man know my name? the door opened, and out jumped a small red-haire
26、d man with an amused look in his eye. “Is this what youre looking for?“ he asked, holding up a small square shape. It was nearly 3 am by the time I got into bed. I wouldnt get much sleep that night, but I had gotten my wallet back. I also had gotten back some enjoyment of city life. I realized that
27、the city couldnt be a bad place as long as people were willing to help each other. 21 How did the writer feel when she was walking home after work? （ A） Cold and sick. （ B） Fortunate and helpful. （ C） Satisfied and cheerful. （ D） Disappointed and helpless. 22 From the first paragraph, we learn that
28、the writer was busy_. （ A） solving her problem at the bank （ B） taking part in various city activities （ C） learning acting in an evening school （ D） preparing for the first night show 23 On her way home the writer_. （ A） lost her wallet unknowingly （ B） was stopped by a garbage truck driver （ C） wa
29、s robbed of her wallet by an armed man （ D） found some homeless people following her 24 In the fifth paragraph, why did the writer say she was dreaming? （ A） Someone offered to take her back home. （ B） A red-haired man came to see her. （ C） She heard someone call her name. （ D） Her wallet was found
30、in a garbage truck. 25 From the text, we can infer that the writer_. （ A） would stop working at night （ B） would stay on in San Francisco （ C） would make friends with cleaners （ D） would give up her job at the bank 25 Parents should stop blaming themselves because theres not a lot they can do about
31、it. I mean the teenager(十几岁的孩子 )problem. Whatever you do or however you choose to deal with it, at certain times a wonderful, reasonable and helpful child will turn into a terrible animal. Ive seen friends deal with it in all kinds of different ways. One strict mother insisted that her son should st
32、and up whenever anyone entered the room, open doors and shake hands like a gentleman. I saw him last week when I called round. Sprawling himself(懒散地躺 )on the sofa in full length, he made no attempt to turn off the loud TV he was watching as I walked in, and his greeting was no more than a quick glan
33、ce at me. His motherwas ashamed. “I dont know what to do with him these days,“ she said. “Hes forgotten all the manners we taught him. “ He hasnt forgotten them. Hes just decided that hes not going to use them. She confessed(坦白 )that she would like to come up behind him and throw him down from the s
34、ofa onto the floor. Another good friend of mine let her two daughters climb all over the furniture, reach across the table, stare at me and say, “I dont like your dress; its ugly. “ One of the daughters has recently been driven out of school. The other has left home. “Where did we go wrong?“ her par
35、ents are now very sad. Probably nowhere much. At least, no more than the rest of that unfortunate parents. 26 This text is most probably written by_. （ A） a specialist in teenager studies （ B） a headmaster of a middle school （ C） a parent with teenage children （ D） a doctor for mental health problem
36、s 27 The underlined word “it“ in the second paragraph refers to_ . （ A） the change from good to bad thats seen in a child （ B） the way that parents often blame themselves （ C） the opinion that a child has of his parents （ D） the advice that parents want their children to follow 28 The boy on the sof
37、a would most probably be described as_. （ A） lazy （ B） quiet （ C） unusual （ D） rude 29 From the second example we can infer that the parents of the two daughters_. （ A） pay no attention to them （ B） are too busy to look after them （ C） have come to hate them （ D） feel helpless to do much about them
38、30 What is the authors opinion about the sudden change in teenage children? （ A） Parents have no choice but to try to accept it. （ B） Parents should pay still more attention to the change. （ C） Parents should work more closely with school teachers. （ D） Parents are at fault for the change in their c
39、hildren. 30 How could we possibly think that keeping animals in cages in unnatural environments mostly for entertainment purposes is fair and respectful? Zoo officials say they are concerned about animals. However, most zoos remain “collections“ of interesting “things“ rather than protective habitat
40、s. Zoos teach people that it is acceptable to keep animals bored, lonely, and far from their natural zones. Zoos claim to educate people and save endangered species, but visitors leave zoos without having learned anything meaningful about the animals natural behavior, intelligence, or beauty. Zoos k
41、eep animals in small spaces or cages, and most signs only mention the species names, diets, and natural ranges. The animals normal behavior is seldom noticed because zoos don t usually take care of the animals natural needs. The animals are kept together in small spaces, with no privacy and little o
42、pportunity for mental and physical exercise. This results in unusual and self-destructive behavior called zoochosis. A worldwide study of zoos found that zoochosis is common among animals kept in small spaces or cages. Another study showed that elephants spend 22 percent of their time making repeate
43、d head movements or biting cage bars, and bears spend 30 percent of their time walking back and forth, a sign of unhappiness and pain. Furthermore, most animals in zoos are not endangered. Captive breeding of endangered big cats, Asian elephants, and other species has not resulted in their being sen
44、t back to the wild. Zoos talk a lot about their captive breeding programs because they do not want people to worry about a species dying out. In fact, baby animals also attract a lot of paying customers. Havent we seen enough competitions to name baby animals? Actually, we will save endangered speci
45、es only if we save their habitats and put an end to the reasons people kill them. Instead of supporting zoos, we should support groups that work to protect animals natural habitats. 31 How would the author describe the animals life in zoos? （ A） Dangerous. （ B） Unhappy. （ C） Natural. （ D） Easy. 32 I
46、n the state of zoochosis, animals_. （ A） remain in cages （ B） behave strangely （ C） attack other animals （ D） enjoy moving around 33 What does the author try to argue in the passage? （ A） Zoos are not worth the public support. （ B） Zoos fail in their attempt to save animals. （ C） Zoos should treat a
47、nimals as human beings. （ D） Zoos use animals as a means of entertainment. 34 The author tries to persuade readers to accept his argument mainly by_. （ A） pointing out the faults in what zoos do （ B） using evidence he has collected at zoos （ C） questioning the way animals are protected （ D） discussi
48、ng the advantages of natural habitats 35 Although he argues against zoos, the author would still agree that_. （ A） zoos have to keep animals in small cages （ B） most animals in zoos are endangered species （ C） some endangered animals are reproduced in zoos （ D） its acceptable to keep animals away fr
49、om their habitats 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 The buildi
