1、成人本科学位英语模拟试卷 30及答案与解析 一、 Dialogue Communication 1 Thats a great dinner. _. Thanks, but it really only took an hour. （ A） I had never had it before! （ B） I enjoyed it very much. （ C） You must have spent all day cooking. （ D） Who cooked it? 2 Guess what! I came across an old friend at the party last n
2、ight. _ . Im sure you had a wonderful time. （ A） Sounds good （ B） Very well （ C） How nice （ D） All right 3 Why not have a new machine designed? _. Ill have someone do it soon. （ A） I dont think so （ B） Im not sure （ C） Its up to you （ D） Sounds like a good idea 4 Id like to take a weeks holiday. _,
3、were too busy. （ A） Dont worry （ B） Dont mention it （ C） Forget it （ D） Pardon me 5 I hate dressing up. In my opinion, if you dress up, youre only one thing. A fool. （ A） Why? （ B） How come? （ C） And whats that? （ D） What about? 6 There has been no rain for months. Will it rain soon? _. The crops ar
4、e in great need of water. （ A） Of course （ B） I hope so （ C） I think so （ D） Im afraid not 7 Mum. Ive cut my finger. Its bleeding! （ A） Let me see （ B） Dont worry （ C） Be careful （ D） Let me have a look 8 Could I use your dictionary, please? （ A） Of course you could. （ B） Yes, you could. Go ahead. （
5、 C） Im sorry, but I was using it myself. （ D） Sure. Help yourself. 9 How did your interview go? _. No questions puzzled me much. （ A） I didnt think it went smoothly （ B） I wonder if I could pass it （ C） I couldnt feel better about it （ D） I found it a little puzzling 10 Have a nice weekend! （ A） The
6、 same as you （ B） You do too （ C） The same to you （ D） You have it too 11 Thank you so much for the lovely evening, Dennis. Youe quite welcome, Julie. _. Wed been looking forward to seeing you. （ A） Were glad to meet you （ B） Im afraid you didnt have a good time （ C） Thank you for your coming （ D） J
7、ust stay a little longer, please 12 Could I make it May 6th? （ A） You can manage it （ B） Thats fine with me （ C） Not a bit of it （ D） Go ahead with it 13 Are you close to your uncle and aunt? （ A） Yes, mostly on holiday （ B） No, they are not all right （ C） In fact, their house is some distance away
8、（ D） Not particularly 14 Well, the party is going very nicely, isnt it? Have one of these cheese sandwiches. They taste good. （ A） Yes, I appreciate it （ B） No, thanks （ C） Very happy to have been here （ D） So glad you enjoyed it 15 Do you mind if I open the window? _I feel a bit cold. （ A） Of cours
9、e not. （ B） Id rather you didnt. （ C） Go ahead. （ D） Why not? 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
10、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, believing that it is responsible for social progress and prosperity. Others say that competi
11、tion 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 performed at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are often life
12、-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 opposite attitude. In a culture which values only the winner and pays no attention to the
13、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 seem to seek failure by not trying to win or achieve success. By not trying, they always h
14、ave 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 loss would be a measure of their worth. Clearly, this belief is the same as that of true
15、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 basic and often troublesome fear begins to dissolve(缓解 )can we discover a new meaning in
16、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 quality development. （ D） The necessary experience of failure in competition. 17 Why do som
17、e 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 underlined phrase “the most vocal“ in Paragraph 3 means_. （ A） those who try their best to win （
18、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 with a “desire to fail“? （ A） Ones worth lies in his performance compared with others. （ B） O
19、nes 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 to? （ A） Every effort should be paid back. （ B） Competition should be encouraged. （ C） Winnin
20、g 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 Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station(加油站 )about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I
21、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 black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pull
22、ed 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 his business card. I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon afterward, I re
23、ceived 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 afternoon I returned to my car and found that Id left the lights on all day, and the battery(电池 )was
24、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 explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accep
25、t 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, he said. “Thank you“ two powerful words. Theyre easy to say and mean so much. 21 The author pl
26、anned 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 “ _ “. （ A） turned off （ B） moved off （ C） put up （ D） set up 23 What happened when the author fo
27、und smoke coming out of his car? （ 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 battery of the authors car was dead because_. （ A） something went wrong with the lights （ B） the m
28、eeting 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） how to deal with car problems （ C） the kind-heartedness of older people （ D） the importance of ex
29、pressing 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 worth reading, to see every movie worth seeing. When she was still in her early 30s, publishing essa
30、ys 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 serious judgment, Sontag walked at the latest edges of world culture. Seriousness was one of Sontags
31、 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 Camp“, the 1964 essay that first made her name, she explained what was then a little-known set of di
32、fficult 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 sensualist(感觉论者 ), but by nature she was a moralist(伦理学者 ), and in the works she published in the 1970s
33、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 of repressed personalities(被压抑的个性 ), a concept that effectively blamed the victims for the disease. In
34、 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 it was with a tireless, all-purpose cultural view that she made her lasting fame. “Sometimes,“ she onc
35、e 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 Paragraph 1 means Sontag_. （ A） was a symbol of American cultural life （ B） developed world literature, fi
36、lm 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 book Illness as Metaphor （ C） publishing essays in magazines like Partisan Review （ D） her explanatio
37、n 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 important than form （ D） blamed the victims of cancer for being repressed 29 As for Susan Sontags lifelon
38、g 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 was made upon_. （ A） a tireless, all-purpose cultural view （ B） her lifelong watchword: seriousness （ C） p
39、ublishing 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, ricket anything with a round ball, I was useless,“ he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the object
40、 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. Then he began to cycle along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set his mind to build up his body, i
41、ncrease 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 Atlantic Ocean. Saunders was hired as an instructor at Ridgways School of Adventure in Scotland, where he learne
42、d about the older mans cold-water 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 the Pole arent the usual holidays for British country boys, and many people dismissed his dream as fantasy
43、. “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 North Pole. He suffered frostbite, had a close encounter with a polar bear and pushed his body to the li
44、mit. 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 transformation. This October, Saunders, 27, heads south to explore from the coast of Antarctica to the South P
45、ole 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） he got a mountain bike at age 15 （ C） he ran his first marathon at age 18 （ D） he started to receive Ridgways training 32 We can learn f
46、rom 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 voyage across the Atlantic 33 What do we know about Saunders? （ A） He once worked at a school in Scotland. （
47、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 “Intrigued“ in the third paragraph probably means_. （ A） Excited （ B） Convinced （ C） Delighted （ D） Fascinated
48、 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 explorers （ D） made him well-known in the 1960s 三、 Part II Vocabulary and Structure (30%) Directions: In this p
49、art, 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 I didnt drink_this afternoon. I am not feeling quite myself now. （ A） a bit （ B） a little （ C）
