广东省学士学位英语历年真题附答案

1、2009年广东学士学位英语历年真题考试附答案 Paper One试卷一 90minutes Part I Dialogue Completion (15 points)Directions: There are 15 short incomplete dialogues in this part, each followedby 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one to complete the dialogueand mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single lin

2、e through the center.1. Jenny: Shall I go and tell Mr. Fairbanks about our proposal?Jackie:.A. Yes, you go B. Yes, go C. Yes, let ' s D. Yes, please2. Mori: It ' s a plea sure to meet you here.Kaco:.A. Pleased to meet you, too B. Thank you so muchC. I didn ' t expect to see you here D. Y

3、ou ' re too hospitable3. Williams: Excuse me. I ' m looking for a present for my son. I have no idea whatto get him, Can you help me?Sales girl:.A. Of course I canB. No, I can t actuallyC. You must buy him a T-shirtD. Yes, I think a T-shirt would be a good idea4. Tim: I hear you ve been to t

4、he book fair. How was it?Susan: .A. Absolutely marvelous B. Very much indeedC. Not necessarily D. Quite disappointed5. Ed: How do you get along with your new music teacher?Maggie: Ms. Davis? , but I like her a lot.A. She s humorous B. She s nice to meC. She s a bit strange D. She s good at dancing6.

5、 David: Charles, could you drive me to the railway station?Charles: A. No, thanks. B. I ll be there on time.C. Sure, why not? D. Never mind.7. Max: My son has been admitted by Beijing University.Walt: Congratulations! He is such a smart boy.Max: . A. Yes, he is B. You are rightC. Thank you very much

6、 D. Don t mention it8. Student: Do you mind our performing rock n roll in the hall?Teacher: .A. No, you d better not B. Of course, it s allowed hereC. Oh, I d rather you didn t actually D. I d prefer to listen to rock a roll9. Clerk: Excuse me, this a non-smoking place.Customer: A. Oh, I m sorry. B.

7、 How can you say that?C. That s all right. D. That s impossible.10. Waiter: How would you like your coffee?Customer: .A. It s well done B. Very nice, thanksC. With sugar, please D. Only one cup11. Virginia: What about going to do some shopping this afternoon?Rena: .A. Go ahead, please. B. Good idea!

8、C. Me, too. D. Help yourself.12. Carlos: Thank you very much, Miss James. That helped me a lot.Miss James: , Carlos.A. Don t thank me B. Don t mention itC. I m fine D. I m sorry13. Susan: I m worried. My son doesn t like to talk with me.Tracy: . We were all like that at his age.A. Take it easy B. Ch

9、ange his mindC. Don t quarrel with him D. Don t refuse him14. Nicolas: I d like to donate money to help poor children at school. To whom shallI give my share?Li Ming: I ll ask about that and let you know.A. Very well. B. Who knows?C. Thank you all the same. D. It all depends.15. Kelvin: We re almost

10、 finished with the project now. Teresa: Actually, I prefer to keep going.A. Let s hurry up B. We ve too tired nowC. Well be on time D. Let s stop for a breakPart II Reading Comprehension (40 points)Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each of the passages is followed by5 questions or unfin

11、ished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices markedA, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET witha single line through the center.Passage OneJack Billabong is a stockman. One Friday afternoon he was riding along the tracktowards the Henderson farm. He was

12、looking for a prize bull which had escaped fromthe Borrogee paddock. He reached the hills and saw at once that he could not go further.There had been a fire in the forest which had gone out. But the air was still fullof smoke and fallen trees had blocked the track. Jack was just going to turn backwh

13、en he saw something moving in the smoke. He waited. It was a girl on a horse, andshe was riding towards him.“ There s a badly burnt man on the farm,the girlshouted. “ He saved my life. Please help me to save him. ”The girl was Cathy Henderson. She had been on horseback for two hours. She had tojump

14、over fallen trees that were still burning. Her pony had fallen with her twice.She was thirsty and almost dead from want of sleep. But she rode back to the farmwith Jack immediately.Joe Brook was unconscious when they reached him. They lifted him onto Jack s horse.The ride back to Borrogee was terrib

15、le. Cathy was so tired that Jack had to tie herto her pony. The pony was tired too, but its courage was astonishing. It followedJack right to Borrogee Hospital. Nobody saw them arrive because it was night.“ I ve never seen a horse like that pony, ” Jack said. Cathy praised Jack Billabong,but she ref

16、used to say anything about the pony,“ Joe will write abouther in hisstory, ” she said.But she did say one thing:“If flame hadn t returned to the farm thatafternoon,Joe and I would have died.16. Jack Billabong did not turn back because .A. he hadn t found the bull yet B. he smelt a heavy smoke in the

17、 forestC. he knew there was a burnt man there D. he saw something moving towards him17. Why was the ride back to Borrogee terrible?A. Because Joe was tired out.B. Because the ride started late at night.C. Because they didn t have enough courage.D. Because both Cathy and her pony were exhausted.18. C

18、athy refused to talk to reporters about the pony when she was in BorrogeeHospital because .A. she didn t know what to say B. Jack asked her not to talk to themC. she was too weak to say anything D. Joe would write about it in his writing19. What does the word “flame ” in the last paragraph refer to?

19、A. Jack. B. The pony. C. Jack s hors e. D. The fire. 20. Which of the following is the best title of the story?A. Rescue of Joe Brook. B. Courage of Jack Billabong.C. Love of a Young Girl. D. Heroism of a Lovely Pony.Passage TwoThe faces of elderly, happily-married people sometimes resemble each oth

20、er. Dr. Aiken studied anumber of couples who had been married for at least twenty-five years.Each couple provided fourphotographs one photo of each partner at the time of their marriage and another photo of eachpartner twenty-five or more years later. All background was cut from the photos to remove

21、 anyclues. The photos were then displayed in groups: a random grouping of the persons at the time oftheir marriage and another random grouping of the same persons who took photographs later.Some testees were asked to pick out the partners. They failed totallywith the first group. Theirjudgements wer

22、e no better than chance. But with the photos taken twenty- five or more years afterthe marriage, the testees were quite successful with the most happily- married couples.Dr. Aiken believes there are several reasons why couples grow alike. One reason has something todo with imitation. One person tend

23、s to copy or do the same as someone else without knowing it.He says human begins to imitate the expressions of the faces of their loved ones. “Anotherpossible reason, ” he says, “ is the common experience of the couples. There is a tendency forpeople who have the same life experience to change their

24、 faces insimilar ways. For example, if acouple have suffered from a lot of sad experiences, their faces are likely to change in a similar way.21. Dr. Aiken cut the background from the photos for the purpose of .A. imitating the couples life B. grouping the couples againC. leaving no trace for the te

25、stees D. giving the testees more chances22. The underlined sentence “Their judgements were no better than chance” implies that thetestees .A. did a good job in making their choices.B. had difficulty in picking out the partnersC. had no chance to make the right judgementsD. did better with the first

26、group than with the second23. The underlined word“ imitate ” (in Para. 2) has a similar m eaningto .A. copy B. change C. know D. suffer24. From the passage we can draw the conclusion that .A. couples who look alike can live longerB. most partners have been proved to grow alikeC. the influence betwee

27、n partners can be quite strongD. happily-married couples are often richer than others25. The main purpose of the passage is to .A. explain why couples grow alike B. tell how couples like each otherC. discuss the function of marriage D. describe the life of happily married couplesPassage Three The th

28、ree biggest lies in America are: (1)“ The check isin the mail ” , (2)“ Of course I ll respectyou in the morning” , and (3)“It was a computer error.”Of these three little white lies, the worst is the third. It s the onlyone that can never be true. Today,if a bank statement cheats you out of $ 900 tha

29、t way, you know what theclerk is sure to say, ” Itwas a computer error. ” Nonsense. The comp uter is reporting nothing more than what the clerktyped into it.The most annoying case of all is when the computerized cashier in thegrocery store shows that anitem costs more than it actually does. If the i

30、nnocent buyer points outthe mistake, the checker,bagger, and manager all come together and offer the familiar explanation:“It was a computeerror. ”It wasn t, of course that computerized cashier is really nothing more than an electric event. Theeye reads the Universal Product Code chat bar of black a

31、nd white lines in a corner of thepackage and then checks the code against a price list stored in memory.If the price list is right,you ll be charged accurately.Grocery stores update the price list each day that is, somebody sits ata keyboard and types in theprices. If the price they type in is too h

32、igh, there are only twoexplanations: carelessness ordishonesty. But somehow “a computer error ” is supposed to excuse everything.One reason we let people hide behind a computer is the common misperception that huge, moderncomputers are electric brain with“ artificial intelligence. ” At somepoint the

33、re might be a machinewith intelligence but none exists today. The smartest computer on Earthright now is no moreintelligent than your average pen. At this point in the development ofcomputers, the only thingany machine can do is what a human has instructed it to do.26. Of the three lies, the one abo

34、ut computer is the worst because the computer itself .A. says nonsense B. cheats customersC. cannot make the error D. does not admit its error27. According to the author, a computerized cashier is really justA. a machine to count money B. a machine to receive moneyC. an instrument to print codes D.

35、an instrument to read codes28. Grocery store price lists are updated by .A. a computer B. a keyboard C. an employee D. an electric brain29. The last paragraph of the passage implies that computers .A. are very clever B. never make mistakesC. have a good memory D. are controlled by men30. Which of th

36、e following describes the main idea of the passage?A. Computers are stupid and inefficient.B. Computer errors are due to its dishonesty.C. Computers help stores update the price list.D. Computer errors are actually human errors.Passage FourI came across an old country guidebook the other day. It lis

37、ted all the tradesmen in each village,and it was impressive to see the past variety of services which were available on one s own doorstep in the late Victorian countryside. Nowadays a traveler in rural England might conclude that the only village tradesmen stillflourishing were either selling froze

38、n food to the villagers or selling antiques to visitors.Nevertheless, this would really be a false impression. On the surface, there has been a decline ofvillage commerce, but its power is still remarkable.Our local grocer s shop, for example, is actually expanding in spite of the competition fromsu

39、permarkets in the nearest town. Women sensibly prefer to go there and exchange the local newswhile doing their shopping, instead of queuing up at a supermarket. And the grocer knows wellthat personal service has a considerable cash value.His prices may be a bit higher than those in the town, but he

40、will deliver anything at any time. Hisassistants think nothing of bicycling down the village street in their lunch hour to take a piece ofcheese to an old retired woman who sent her order by word of mouth with a friend who happenedto be passing. The richer customers telephone their shopping lists an

41、d the goods are on theirdoorsteps within an hour. They have only to hint at a fancy for some commodity outside the usualstock and the grocer, a red faced-figure, instantly obtains it for them.31. Nowadays the commercial services in the village are A. still very active B. quickly decliningC. unable t

42、o flourish D. personal to visitors32. The local grocer s shop is expanding because .A. the competition there is weak B. it is a place for women to chatC. it provides good personal service D. the goods there are more valuable33. Which of the following is true about the supermarkets?A. Prices there ar

43、e much higher B. Customers often have to queue up.C. Customers can order by telephone. D. Their personal services are satisfactory.34. How do the village grocer s assistants feel about giving extra service?A. They don t think it a trouble. B. They don t think it worthwhile.C. They don t consider it

44、a good deal. D. They don t consider it a pleasant experience.35. One special feature of the village shop is that .A. there is a very wide range of goods availableB. customers can order goods by word of mouthC. customer have to order goods one hour earlierD. there is a list of goods to be delivered t

45、o doorstepsPart III Vocabulary and Structure (20 points)Directions: There are 40 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are 4 choicesmarked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence, mark your answer on theANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.36

46、. During the heavy storm last week, we had to take under aflyover.A. shade B. shelter C. shadow D. shield37. The three men were assigned jobs according to their abilities.A. respectful B. respectable C. respective D. respecting38. Scientists have discovered that many animals seem to be highlyto vari

47、ous signalsassociated with earthquakes. A. sensible B. sensual C. sentimental D. sensitive39. The lost car of the Johnsons was found in the woods ofthe expressway.A. vanished B. scattered C. rejected D. abandoned40. Our guests will be guided to safety fire.A. as a result of B. in case of C. in the s

48、ense of D. for the sake of41. If you want to ring her, you ll have to her number in thetelephone book.A. look at B. look to C. look through D. look up42. Under the financial crisis, more social problems in the world are certain to .A. raise B. arise C. be raised D. be arisen43. After his retirement,

49、 he lives partly on his and partly onthe interest on his postoffice savings account.A. wages B. salary C. earnings D. pension44. During the , the audience strolled and chatted in thelobby.A. interval B. pause C. interruption D. gap45. Membership in the United Nations is open to all peace-loving stat

50、es which accept theof the Charter.A. debt B. obligation C. credit D. reliance46. Table tennis used to be the most popular in China. Butnow basketball seems tobe more attractive.A. game B. match C. play D. race47. As her husband is on a business trip and her son is at school, she feels rather .A. lon

51、ely B. alone C. singular D. single48. We need to our camping things before we go away.A. choose from B. tell from C. sort out D. set out49. He very quickly from his illness.A. recovered B. discovered C. uncovered D. covered50. If the police had acted with more , the disaster couldhave been prevented

52、.A. solution B. determination C. decision D. hesitation51. He does not as a teacher of English, for his pronunciationis far from perfect.A. qualify B. equal C. match D. deserve52. His reply to the question showed that he had understoodit very well.A. proud B. important C. tense D. quick53. When he t

53、ried to make a , he found that the hotel wasfully booked.A. reservation B. demand C. claim D. policy54. I expect that she will be able to our particular needs.A. supply B. reach C. provide D. meet55. During July and August there was no rain for weeks .A. on end B. in the end C. at last D. at length5

54、6. for their support, he would have gone penniless.A. If it is not B. If it is C. Were it D. Were it not57. There in his room.A. are too many furnitures B. is too much furnitureC. are too much furniture D. is too many furnitures58. I miss the hillside we found a lot of wild flowers. A.on which B. by

55、 which C. in which D. for which59. No sooner had we reached the top of the hill we all satdown to rest.A. when B. then C. than D. until60. By the time Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin walked on the moon in 1969, there many space explorations.A. will have been B. had been C. have been D. must be61. I

56、regret hard at school, or I would have passed the exam.A. to have not worked B. having not workedC. not to have worked D. not having worked62. When the man with glasses came into the hotel, I noticed a look come over themanager s face.A. surprised B. surprising C. surprise D. surprisingly63. get a b

57、etter score, he has been making great efforts inhis lessons.A. So as to B. In order to C. So that D In order that64. As far as I know, the production of this factory has doubled this year, and the quality of itsproducts has been improved .A. since then B. by then C. until now D. as well65. All is an English-Chinese dictionary.A. that you need B. what you need C. which you need D. things y