学士学位英语试题及答案

1、成人高等教育学士学位英语考试试卷Paper One 试卷一(90 minutes)Part I Dialogue Completion (15 points)Directions: There are 15 short imcomplete dialogues in this part, each followed by 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one to complete the dialogue and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line t

2、hrough thecenter.1. Client: Hello. May I speakto Mr. Smith?Secretary:A. Hello. Thanks for calling.B. Speaking, please.C. Hello. Who' reou, please?D. I' nsorry. He' at a meeting now.2. RoommateA: I wish you wouldn haveyour radio so loud.RoommateB:A. I' m afraid so.B. It' s none of

3、 your business.C. Sorry! Is it disturbing you? D. Really? It ' s not myult.3. Mary: We' reaving a few peopleoverfor a dinner Friday. We' love to have you.Tom:A. Oh, I ' d love to . But I ' m afaid.B. Oh, really! What time should I come?C. No. I have to prepare for the exam.D. Yes

4、. Though I haveto take the exam.4. Son: I ' terribly sorry. Mom. I' vbroken an Italian vase.Mom:A. Oh, what a shame!B. Oh, dear. How awful it is!IC. Oh, that doesn ' t matter. D. Oh, I ' m so sorry about that.5. Jane:Hello.Danny: Hi, Jane.IsJohnthere, please?A.B.C.D.No. He' not h

5、ereat the moment.No. He' away. Call back later.Sorry. I don' know where he is.Sorry. He' not here right now. Any message?6. Teacher:You' reateagain!Student: Sorry,B. but it ' s my own business.D. but I need more sleepA. I won ' t do that anymoreC. I ' m afaid I ' ve o

6、verslept7. Guest:Oh, it ' s ten o Host:Icmustbe leaving now.A. It 'OK. Pleasewalk slowly.B. Why do you want to go now?C. Yeah, it ' s really late. Do as you like.D. Won tyou stay for another cup of tea?8. Cathy: Do you mind opening the door for me?Robert:.A. Yes, I ' ll do it.B. It&#

7、39; s nothingC. That ' s all rightD. Not at all9. Katherine: Haven' seenyou for ages,Linda! How are you getting on?Linda: Quite well. And you?Katherine: Pretty good. HoW syour husband?Linda: Oh, we' veot divorced.Katherine:A. Oh, I ' m so sorry to hear that. B. What a shame!C. It 

8、9; really a problem.D. Hope you' lget better.10. Customs officer: Could I have your name,please?PassengerIt' Paine,SarahPaine.Customs officer:?PassengerIt' P-A-I-N-E.A. How do you spell your last name B. What' s your last name, pleaseHow to pronouneyour last name D. How could I speak

9、 your lastname11. Stranger:. Doyou know where thenearestbank is , please?Resident:Sure. It 'on King Street, betweenSixth and SeventhAvenue.Stranger: Thank you.A. Help meB. Forgive meC. Excuse meD. Trouble you12. Mary: Peter,would you like to go to aparty this Sunday?Peter:. What kind of party yo

10、u mean?Mary: It' a birthday party.A. Sounds good B. Looks niceC. Seems allrightD. Feels great13. Susan:That' a beautiful skirt you have on!Lily:.A. Actually, I don' like it very muchB. Oh, thank you . I just got it yesterdayC. Yes. But it isn 'soasyou saidD. No, it ' s not that b

11、eautiful . Yours is better14. John:May I use your computerthis afternoon,Susie?Susie:Sure, but I have to finish typing my term papertoday.John:.A. Do as you please B. Oh, I' m sorryC. Thank you just the same D. Never mind it15. Patient: I feel terrible today. My stomachdoesn' t feelell at al

12、l.Doctor:.A. You should take something for itB. That' s too bad for your healthC. It servesyou rightD. Remember.Don' t dcohatagainPart n Reading Comprehension (40 points)Directions: There are 4 passagesn this part. Each of the passagess followed by 5 questionsor nufinished statements. For ea

13、ch of them . there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the bestoneand mark your answer on theANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.PassageoneM ichael Phelps has already been consideredby some as the greatest all-around competitor in the history of his sport. At the 2004 U.S. Tria

14、ls, Phelps qualified for Athens in six individual events across every possible stroke. He finally earned five titles of Olympic champion. Should Phelps match Mark Spitz ' record in Athens or Beijing in 2008, he will earn a $ 1 million bonus from his sponsor. Michael Phelps was born to June 30, 1

15、985. His father was a good athlete, and passedhis ability on to his kids.Michael' coach told Michaelc' mother that her son was a rare telent.Long-limbed with big hands and feet, he took to instruction very well, loved to work hard and never seemednervous is competition. By all accounts, his

16、frame is perfect for a swimmer. His big hands and feet are like paddles in the water. The butterfly is his signature stroke, but he' shown the ability to dominate in any event.In 1999,Michael broke a record in the 200-meter butterfly for the 20-year-old age group at th Junior Nationals.At 15, Mi

17、chael became the youngest swimmer to compete Sydney Olympics for the U.S.in 68 years. In an astonishingperformance, he medaled six times and set five world records. Michael won the 200-meter butterfly with a new world mark, and also turned in record times in the 100-meter butterfly and 200-meterindi

18、vidual medley （混合泳）doing so on the same day, which was a first in swimming history.Outside of his swimming career,Michael was a normal teenager.Hedidn 'like getting out of the bed in the morning; but refused to slow down once his day began.Michaelhas his sights set on more than Olympic glory.He

19、wants to transform his sport the way other great athletes like Michael Jordan andTiger Woods have.16 .Which of the following is the biggest achievementof Michael Phelpsso far?A. An all-around competitor in the history of swimming.B. Breaking of a record in the 200-meterbutterfly.C. Six individual ev

20、ents across every possible stroke.D. Five titles of Olympic champion.17 . From Paragraph1 it can beinferred that the passagewas written.A. right in 2005B. at a time between2004 and2005C. just beforeAthens 2004D. immediately after Athens 200418 . Michael Phelps turned to be the youngestAmerican swimm

21、er.A. in 1999, when he broke a record in the 200-meter butterflyB. in 2004,when he attendedAthens 2004C. in 2000, whenhe attendedSydney OlympicsD. in anastonishing performance at home in the U.S.19 .hatingto get out of his bed in the morning, Michael Phelps wouldn ' slow down oncehis day began.A

22、. As B. Though C. OnceD. Despite of20. The last sentence of the passagetells us that Michael Phelps is so ambitious as to.A. win many more gold medalsfor the U.S.B. remake history of his sport like M.Jordan and T.WoodsC. become the greatest world record breaker in sport historyD. be by far thegreate

23、stsportsmanwith Olympic gloryPassageTwoMost personnel managersagree that job interviews are one of the least objectiverecruiment methods.But the advantagesof testing are not going to change the attraction of the interview to employers . The appeal of the interview haseverythingto do with the human f

24、actor.Most people believe that they are a reasonablejudge of character and trust their instinctive feeling. We might use some kind of test to aid the selection process, but we usually pick a candidatewho interviews well, has good qualifications and impressive work record.But suppose the candidate li

25、es or is less than completely honest. “Thiscan be a serious problem for employers" explains Alan Conrad, Chief Executive at Optimus Recruiment. "The most difficult liars to find are those who tell half-truths rather than complete lies." Research shows that up to 75 percentof resumesar

26、e inaccurate on purpose. The moscommon practice is omission.Interviewer should therefore concentrate on areas of uncertainy such as gaps between periods of employment and job descriptions that seem strange. “Focusingpn these areas will force candidatesto tell the truth or become increasingly dishone

27、st. This is usually when people signal their anxiety by their body language. Sweat on the upper lip, false smiles and nervous hand movements allindicate discomfort. ”Conrad does not suggest an aggressive policy-style interview technique , but insists that close inspection of a resume is absolutely e

28、ssential. Only by asking the right questions can you confirm the suitability of the candidate or put pressure on those who are being less than completely honest.21. The besttitle of this passagecan be.A. How to Catch Out the DishonestCandidateB. How to Find a Jobby TricksC. Disadvantagesof Job Inter

29、viewsD. Advantagesof Job Interviews22. The liars hard to recognizeare thosewho tell.A. complete truthsB. completeliesC. partial truthsD. mainly truths23. How were the job applicants ableto lie without being detected?A. By leaving out somenecessary informationB. By providing more information thanneed

30、ed.C. By using their body language.D. By telling some unbelievable lies.24. In order to pick up a qualified and an honescandidate, Conradsuggeststhat we.A. examinethe resumescarefullyB. inspect the candidatesaggressivelyC.correctthe resumesintentionallyD. compare one' resumewith others '25.

31、What is the author" attitude towardsjob interviews?A. Most objectiveB. Too subjective.C. SuspiciousD. Credulous.PassageThreeOur world is wonderful with birds that are absolutely amazing and unbelievable.Onekindof such birds is the coot a clumsy bird so unloved that its name implies something of

32、 an old fool. ” Thebird has a remarkable ability to recognize amd count its eggs, ” says behavioral ecologist Bruce Lyon of the University of California at Santa Cruz. Coots need to be tricky becauseof the nunsual way the animals. Compete: One coot will put its eggs secretly into anothers nest to tr

33、ick the host into raising the invader seggs. But nest owners use their wits to fight back, Lyon finds.Over four summers, Lyon monitored 400 coot nests near Williams Lake in central British Columbia, tagging the eggs with a marker. Of these , 160 coot nests received eggs from unrelated coots. The hos

34、ts generally were not fooled, however,. About half the time, coot parents rejected the strange eggcsompletely, usually by burying them deep in the nest. “ Foreign eggs were not disappearing by chance -and that can only mean the birds were recognizing them, ” Lyonsays. Apparently , the coots were ale

35、rted by the unfamiliar colors and patterns on the foreign eggs. In other cases, the parents pushed the foreign eggs to anunfavorable position at the borderarea of thenest, where there is lessheat for hatching.Even if a mother coot didn t remove the foreign eggs from her nest, shecontinued to lay a n

36、ormal hatch number of her own eggs, despite the apparent extra foreign eggs. Lyon thinks that meansthe coots somehow kept a count of both their own eggs and the suspicious ones. “ That coots can distinguish their own eggs from the foreign ones is a rare but very convincing exampleof counting wild an

37、imal world,” theecologistconcluded.26. The meaningof the bird s name “ coo” t probablyis .A. wonderful and amazingB. unusual and remarkableC. secretand unbelievableD. old andsilly27. In the passage,“ foreigneggs” refers to .A. the eggsof the nestownersB. the eggsof the invadersC.theeggsfrom foreign

38、countries D. the eggsunableto be hatched 28. Which of the following is the particular way coots often compete?A. To steal someeggs from othernests.B. To put their own eggs intoothers nests.C. To hatchother coots eggs.D. To protect their own eggs.29. Which would thenestowners dowith the foreign eggsa

39、ccordingto the passage?I . Burying them deep in thenests.n . Pushing them aside toan unfavorablearea.m . Hatching them as theirown.A. I .onlyB. H .onlyC. I .land n . D. I ., n .and m .30. Which of the following is the particular ability the ecologistbelievesthatthecoot has?A. To trick other coots.B.

40、 To fight back the tricks.C. To bealert to the foreign eggs.D. To recognizeand count its own eggs.Passage FourNational Aviation and Space Administration (NASA) and its partners in the Inter-nationalSpace Station haveagreed in principle to let a 28-year-old South African become the second paying tour

41、ist on the orbiting outpost, the U.S. spaceagencysaid on Tuesday.Internet magnateMark Shuttleworth signed a contract on Dec.4 with the Russian Aviation and SpaceAgency(RASA) to fly aboard a Soyuz space taxi to the station in April 2002, almost exactly a year after U.S.millionaire Dennis Tito becamet

42、he first to experiencespaceas apaying guest.NASA spokeswoman Kristen Larson said by telephone:” We veagreed in principle to the flight of Mr. Shuttleworth. However, there are some final details that need to be taken of .” Larsonwould not say what details needed resolving , but said the stations inte

43、rnational partners-including the spaceagenciesof Russia, Europe, Japan andCanada-had drafted a set of requirements for space travelers covering “ physicalability, psychological ability, languageability” and“ lengthand appropriatenessof training. ”Outgoing commander Frank Culbertson of the space stat

44、ion said the new crew replacing his was going to be extremely busy. “ Thestation is for workers, and it puts an additional burden on the crew to have people up here that are not doingscienceor conductingexperimentsthat are productive. This is a workplace, a laboratory, a researchfacility, ” he said.

45、Space Adventures chief Eric Anderson said he could not disclose what Shuttleworth was paying for the trip, but added that a Russian official had been quoted as saying the price was no worse than Tito s farweh, ich was widely reported to be 20 million.31. Who wasthe first space touristaccordingto the

46、 passage?A. Kristen Larson.B. Eric Anderson.C. Mark Shuttleworth.D. Dennis Tito.32. Which of the following is NOT included in the requirementsfor spacetravelers?A. Sufficient experience inconducting laboratory work.B. Enoughlong and proper training for flight.C. Mentally and physicallyhealthyenough.

47、D. Communicative skills in language.33. Why is the space station reluctant to receive more paying tourists according to Frank Culbertson?A. Becausethe spacestation isnt big enoughfor the paying tourists.B. Becauseas a place fordoing research,the staton shouldbe highly efficient.C. Becausea paying to

48、urist may be ignorantof the spaceresearchwork.D. Becausethe paying tourists haveto pay too much to gain space experience.34. “ Anoutgoing commander” canprobably beonewho.A. is extremely capableB. is going to beoutof dutyC. is asupervisoroverthe space stationworkD. has hisown crew members35. To be th

49、e secondpaying spacetourist ,one has to primarily.A. receivenecessarytraining voluntarilyB. paya sumof money no lessthanTito s fareC. paya sumof money lessthan Titos fareD. do more mentaland physical exercisesPart m Vocabulary and Structure (20 points)Directions: There are 40 incomplete sentencesin

50、this part.For each sentencethere are 4 choices marked A,B,C and D.Choose the one that bestcompletesthe sentence.Markyour answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through thecenter.36. If workers had been paiddecentwages,profits sogreat.A. would be B. were not to be C. wouldn' t havD.beenild

51、 have been1. .If students can ' focus on the spoken word of the teacher, they not only lose to learn;they actually lose ability to learn.A. need B. wishC. desire D. power38. There is nothing about a nativeEnglish-speaking teacher except that he speaks Englisheasily and well.A. particular B. spec

52、ialC. specific D. especial39. I that mostpeoplewho wanted to buy our newspaperwere either moving or gettingmarried.A. worked out B. figured out C. spoke out D. broke out40. The Eiffel Tower, symbol of innovative technique at the end of the 1gh century, has itsuniversal image.A. maintained B. preserv

53、ed C. stored D. continued41. Amazon is thelargest remaining rainforest arealeft on our planet.A. so far B. by far C. thus farD. as far as42. The bestthing happened tome wasfinding my best friend, Katrina.A. whatB. asC. thatD. which43. Life presents many barriers, and all too often those who work har

54、dest may not receive great.A. rewardsB. grants C. allowance D. praise44. Now almost all the parents want their children to leam the piano or the violin,their children are willing or not.A. no matter whetherB. no matter ifC. howeverD. whatever45. Homework in American schools is often minimal the chil

55、dren have plenty of timeto watchtelevision.A. such thatB. so thatC. thatD. because46. It is largely thanks to the variable climate in England the English pay so much attentionto the work on their homesand gardens.A. whereB. thatC. in which D. for which47. Life on Earthis varied and complex.A. amazin

56、gly B. amusedly C. amazedly D. amusingly48. In terms of education systems, one cannot say that one system in one country is better than.A. that of another B. another C. one of another D. one another49. When I startedapplying to colleges, I definitely had no ideawhat I wanted to in.A. studyB. majorC.

57、 stayD. gear50. The new immigrants found it hard to themselvesto the climate of the country.A. adoptB. adapt C. regulateD. coordinate51. One day while looking for a job, I the Chicano Youth Center, which offered me anafter-school job.A. dropped by. B. dropped outC. dropped down D. dropped off52. The

58、 newly promoted assistant manager. expresseda wish to be to the Londonbranch.A. exchanged B. transmitted C. transferredD. moved53. The relationship betweenChina and India has beenstudiedrecently.A. originally B. extremely C.violentlyD. intensively54. Over a third of the population in that African country was estimated to have no to thehealth service.A. excessB. success C. processD. access55. When he arrived at thevillage, he found the agedand the sick at home.A. non