1、成人本科学位英语模拟试卷 31及答案与解析 一、 Dialogue Communication 1 Oxford University has admitted that it will need efficient measures to keep itself among the international universities. _Do you think it will come true? （ A） For what? （ B） Take it easy. （ C） What on? （ D） So what? 2 May I put my luggage on the seat
2、 beside you, sir? （ A） Sure, with pleasure （ B） Oh, please yourself （ C） Well, nevermind （ D） Yes, help yourself 3 Lucy, my good friend died in an accident yesterday. （ A） Thats all right （ B） Oh, well, thats life （ C） Youre lucky （ D） Dont worry 4 Go for hiking this Saturday, OK? _ . I like getting
3、 close to nature. （ A） I couldnt agree more （ B） I believe not （ C） Im afraid not （ D） I dont think so 5 Do you have trouble finding the house? （ A） No, completely none （ B） Yes, completely none （ C） No, hardly one （ D） Yes, Ive got one 6 You are always staying at home watching TV. Why not come on a
4、 holiday with us on such a lovely day? （ A） Have a good day （ B） How exciting （ C） It would be nice to have some rest （ D） Yes, if youd like me to 7 Do you mind if Jack rides in your car? _. Ill be glad to take anybody else but Jack. （ A） No, I do （ B） Yes, I do （ C） Not at all （ D） Certainly not 8
5、How long will you stay there? For_. （ A） one and two days （ B） one and two day （ C） one or two day （ D） a day or two 9 English has a large vocabulary, hasnt it? Yes. _more words and expressions and you will find it easier to read and communicate. （ A） Know （ B） Knowing （ C） To know （ D） Known 10 Wha
6、t made more than 170 thousand people die? _the tsunami(海啸 )in the Indian Ocean. （ A） It was （ B） They were （ C） There were （ D） That was 11 I hear David has won the first prize in the English lecture competition, Mr. Green. _, and_ . （ A） So he has; so you have （ B） So he has; so have you （ C） So ha
7、s he; so have you （ D） So has he; so you have 12 Whats up? Such a noise_ that I couldnt go on with my work. （ A） in the room there was （ B） there is in the room （ C） was there in the room （ D） is there in the room 13 I cant open the top of this apple juice. _it. （ A） Mark has to do （ B） Do have Mark
8、 to do （ C） Have Mark do （ D） Mark do have 14 Is it his left kidney(肾 )_Tian Shiguo donated(捐献 )to his mother? Yes. The kidney saved his mother and is expected to extend her life for 15 years. （ A） which （ B） that （ C） what （ D） where 15 _that makes her different from the other students? Honesty, ha
9、rd work and, I suppose, a bit of imagination. （ A） What do you know （ B） What do you think it is （ C） How do you believe （ D） How come that 二、 Part I Reading Comprehension (30%) Directions: There are three passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. Fo
10、r 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 There are warm tropical regions all over the globe, but only the Indians of the South American rain forests
11、 have formed the habit of sleeping in the open air. Long before they made painful acquaintance(相识 )with Europeans, 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 Ind
12、ians see the hammock as a “gift of heaven(上天 )“, something given to them a very long time ago. In it the Indians 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.
13、 Hung like a suspension bridge between heaven and earth, a hammock is dry while the soil is damp and is safe 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 journe
14、y without their hammocks, not even to their plantations. 16 The word hammock in this passage means_. （ A） 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
15、between two supports and used as a bed 17 When was the hammock invented and by whom? （ A） The Indians had 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 af
16、ter they made acquaintance with the Indians. （ D） The Europeans had invented the hammock before they went 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 Accor
17、ding to the passage, hammocks_. （ A） cannot be rolled up （ B） are difficult to transport （ C） are never 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 por
18、table bed 20 The evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families. But it seems that four out 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 st
19、udy into teenage attitudes surprisingly shows that their family life is more harmonious than it has 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 sel
20、fish, but actually they have other things on their minds: they want a car and material goods, and they worry aboutwhether 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
21、 dont want to rock the boat. “ So it seems that this generation of parents is much more likely 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 go
22、ingout clubbing. As long as they know what Im doing, theyre fine with it. “ Susan Crome, who is 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
23、grandparents were a lot stricter with my parents than that. “ Maybe this positive view of family 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 parent
24、s comes because of a brief period in our social history when teenagers were regarded as different 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
25、smooth change from helping out with the family business to taking it over. “ 21 What is the popular 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
26、. 22 The study shows that teenagers dont want to_. （ A） share family responsibility （ B） cause trouble 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 mu
27、ch stricter with their children （ C） care less about their childrens life （ D） give their children 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 pass
28、age mainly about? （ A） Negotiation in family. （ B） Education in family. （ C） Harmony in family. （ 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
29、 tiny chips in everyones name tag(标签 ). The chips send back name, job, hobbies, and the time 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 ch
30、ip can be fixed in a product, under your pets skin, even under your own skin. Passive RFID tags 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. Su
31、ch a tag carries information specific to that object, and the data can be updated. Already, 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 recor
32、ds. At a nightclub in Paris or in New York the same chip gets you into the VIP(very important 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 refrige
33、rator would know when you needed to buy more milk. The concept was that computer chips could 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 s
34、mall devices, connected wirelessly,“ predicts Dr. J. Reich. Human right supporters are nervous 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 a
35、lso when you drank it. And how many beers. Accompanied by how many biscuits. When Marconi 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. 2
36、6 The article is intended to_. （ A） warn people of the possible risks in adopting RFID technology （ 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
37、help of RFID tags, people_. （ A） will have no trouble getting data about others （ B） will 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） batterie
38、s （ D） chips 29 Why are some people worried about RFID technology? （ A） Because children 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 Th
39、e last paragraph implies that RFID technology_. （ A） will not be used for such matters 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 infla
40、tion(通货膨胀 )? Left in a bank it will hardly keep its value, however high the interest 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
41、 the past. Here I am going to offer some advice on collecting antique clocks, which I 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
42、sits or stands in a room and makes a strange ticking sound. It has a face with twelve 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 Ea
43、rth and men are its slaves. “ Whether or not we are slaves of time today depends on our 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.
44、They were made to stand in a fixed place and every hour or so would shout the time. So 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
45、, used sand in hour-glasses, and invented water-clocks. Indeed, any serious student of 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
46、collecting clocks is that it is still possible to find quite cheap ones for your own home. 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
47、your savings （ B） will cost much of your savings （ C） may increase your wealth （ D） needs 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
48、 readers what clocks look like （ D） compare clocks to human beings 33 Which of the 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 an
49、d night. 34 The underlined phrase “stately homes“ in Paragraph 4 means_. （ A） state-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
