1、成人本科学位英语模拟试卷 84及答案与解析 一、 Dialogue Communication 1 Shop assistant: Good morning. Can I help you? Customer:_. Im just looking around. （ A） No, you cant （ B） Not at the moment, thanks （ C） Yes, please （ D） Yes, thank you 2 W: Whats up with Donald? Ive never seen him so happy. M:_ （ A） The weather is fi
2、ne. Maybe hes suffering from cold. （ B） His supervisor gave performance evaluation this morning. （ C） Perhaps he was reading some novels. （ D） Thats beyond me. I cant guess what was happening with Donald. 3 Speaker A: Could we have the honor of your presence at the party7Speaker B:_ （ A） I fully app
3、reciate your invitation. （ B） Sorry, I cant take it. （ C） I think it wont be necessary. （ D） Id love to, but I have a prior appointment. 4 W: May I see your driving license(驾照 ) and vehicle registration card(登记证 ), please? M:_ （ A） OK. But I was driving at 60 miles per hour. （ B） Sorry, please dont
4、write me a ticket. （ C） Sure. Did I do anything wrong? （ D） Yes. But I dont think Im a bad driver. 5 W: Look at this pink watch. It looks great, doesnt it? And its only $ M:_ （ A） Its only twenty dollars. God knows it. （ B） I dont want to look at it. After all, its a watch. （ C） The price is good Bu
5、t I want to buy a more expensive watch. （ D） How is it possible that a watch only cost us 20? 6 Customer:_Waiter: Im sorry. Didnt you order fried shrimp (虾子 ) ? Customer: I ordered fried chicken. Waiter: Oh, all I heard was fried shrimp. Let me have kitchen redo this for you. （ A） Sorry, this isnt m
6、y dish. （ B） Excuse me, this isnt what I paid for. （ C） Sorry, this isnt my order. （ D） Excuse me, this isnt what I ordered. 7 W: Have you decided what to give your son for Christmas yet? M:_ （ A） I dont know Christmas is coming to us. （ B） Oh, sorry, havent yet. Its a hard decision to make. （ C） Yo
7、u know, she has to decide it herself. （ D） You know, not every Chinese considers Christmas as a serious holiday. 8 Tom: This is my schoolmate, Mary, and this is my gift friend, Susan. Susan: How do you do!Mary:_ （ A） How are you? （ B） How do you do! （ C） Fine, thank you. （ D） Everything is fine. 9 B
8、ob: Do you mind ff I play some music? Lily:_. Im writing my assignment. （ A） Not at all （ B） Of course I would （ C） Of Course not （ D） Certainly 10 Speaker A: Im really grateful(感谢的 ) to you. Speaker B:_ （ A） Not at all. （ B） Think nothing of it. （ C） Sure thing. （ D） Its been a pleasure. 11 Shall I
9、 use your dictionary? _ （ A） Of course, you can. （ B） Certain, you may. （ C） Surely, you cant. （ D） No, please get out. 12 W: Has the latest Time Magazine arrived yet? Todays already Tuesday. M:_ （ A） Todays already Monday. But it hasnt arrived yet. （ B） Sorry, its late. Probably not till the day af
10、ter tomorrow. （ C） It may arrive on Wednesday. （ D） Time Magazine, so far as I know, is the most popular for us New Yorkers. 13 Phone caller: Hello. Could I speak to Helen? Helen:_ （ A） Speaking. （ B） I am Helen. （ C） Its me. （ D） This is me. 14 Speaker A; How is everything going with you? Speaker B
11、:_ （ A） The same to you. （ B） All the pleasure is mine. （ C） OK, I guess. （ D） Im fine. Thank you. 15 John: Dear Tom, why dont you come on holiday with us? Tom:_ （ A） Thats very kind of you. Id love to. （ B） How dare you invite me? I wont go. （ C） Yeah, thanks anyway. （ D） Whether Ill go or not is n
12、ot your business, OK? 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 choice and mark the correspo
13、nding letter on the Answer Sheet with 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
14、, the problem is literally worldwide. 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
15、the entire earth may be infected 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 avera
16、ge temperature. If this view 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. Another view, less widely held, is that increasing particular matter in the atmosphere is
17、 blocking sunlight and lowering 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
18、 of these conditions will 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. 1
19、6 As pointed out at the 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 gr
20、eenhouse effect, the author _ （ 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
21、） set up （ D） catch up with 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 ha
22、ve occurred over the past 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
23、Stowe had poured her heart into her anti-slavery book, “Uncle Toms Cab- in“. But neither she nor her first publisher thought it would be a big success. 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 h
24、er to buy a new silk 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 rele
25、ase, a play was made from the book which ran 350 performances in New York and remained Americas most popular play for 80 years. It might appear that“ Uncle Toms Cabin was universally popular, but this was certainly not true. Many people during those pre-Civil War days particularly defenders of the s
26、lavery sys tem condemned 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
27、 considered propaganda 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
28、 a free state, but 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
29、the slave system. 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
30、Cabin“ _. （ A） Harriet 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
31、 because_. （ A） 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 w
32、here slavery was 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
33、she was almost a 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） expo
34、se the evils of 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 righ
35、t for women to be 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
36、wives go out to work, they say, the home and children are given no attention to. 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
37、limited place 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
38、women （ B） 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）
39、mens duties 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 tha
40、t _. （ A） women 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 s
41、ome women want to give up _. （ A） their present position in society （ B） their marriage （ C） their right to equal pay （ D） their home life 30 We all know that DNA has the ability to identify individuals but, because it is inherited, there are also regions of the DNA strand which can relate an indivi
42、dual to his or her family (immediate and extended) , tribal group and even an entire population. Molecular Genealogy (宗谱学 ) can use this unique identification provided by the genetic markers to link people together into family trees. Pedigrees(家谱 ) based on such genetic markers can mean a breakthrou
43、gh for family trees where information is incomplete or missing due to adoption, illegitimacy or lack of records. There are many communities and populations which have lost precious records due to tragic events such as the fire in the Irish courts during Civil War in 1921 or American slaves for whom
44、many records were never kept in the first place. The main objective of the Molecular Genealogy Research Group is to build a database containing over 100,000 DNA samples from individuals all over the world. These individuals will have provided a pedigree chart of at least four generations and a small
45、 blood sample. Once the database has enough samples to represent the world genetic make-up, it will eventually help in solving many issues regarding genealogies that could not be done by relying only on traditional written records. Theoretically, any individual will someday be able to trace his or h
46、er family origins through this database. In the meantime, as the database is being created, molecular genealogy can already verify possible or suspected relationships between individuals. “ For example, if two men sharing the same last name believe that they are related, but no written record proves
47、 this relationship, we can verify this possibility by collecting a sample of DNA from both and looking for common markers (in this case we can look primarily at the Y chromosome (染色体 ),“ explains Ugo Perego, a member of the BYU Molecular Genealogy research team. 31 People in a large area may possess
48、 the same DNA thread because_. （ A） DNA is characteristic of a region （ B） they are beyond doubt of common ancestry （ C） DNA strand has the ability to identify individuals （ D） their unique identification can be provided via DNA 32 The possible research of family trees is based on the fact that_. （ A） genetics has achieved a breakthrough （ B） genetic information contained in DNA can be revealed now （ C） each individual carries a unique record of who he is and how he is related to others （ D） we can use DNA to prove how distant an individual is to a family, a group or
