广东省成人学士学位英语真题

1、2006年6月成人高等教育本科毕业生申请学士学位外国语水平考试(广东)Paper One 试卷一 (90 minutes)Part I Dialogue Completion(15 points)Directions:There are 15 short incomplete 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

2、 a single line through the center.1. Helen: Hello?Danny: Hello.Could I speak to Helen?Helen:.Danny:Hi,Helen.This is Danny.A. I am HelenB. This is HelenC. Yes ,I amD.Yes, I am her2. Tom: I've decided to spend the summer holidays traveling in America.Jane:Oh,A. if only I could go with you. B. what

3、 good news it is!C. how happy I was to hear that. D. how exciting to hear the news!3. Salesclerk: Can I help you, madam?Customer: No, thanks. I.A. have just looked aroundB. just look aroundC. am just looking aroundD. just looked around4. Tom: I'm afraid I must be going now. Thank you for the del

4、icious dinner.Lucy:A. Take careB. It's just so-soC. I'm not good at itD. I'm glad you enjoyed it5. Adam: It s very kind of you to come to see me off, Betty.Betty:A. That s my dutyB. Not at all. It's the least I could doC. Dontbe so polite D. Never mind it6. Tom: Nice to meet you, Jim

5、.Jim:.A. Same hereB. Same to youC. Thank you all the sameD. The same again, please7. Tom: Jane, may I come into your office and talk to you?Jane: Sure. I have some free time now., please.A. Come intoB. Come on inC. Go aheadD. Enter8. Jack: Thanks for your invitation. How thoughtful of you, Spencer.

6、Shall I bring something?Spencer: Nothing. I mean weve got plenty to eat.A. Just take yourselfB. Just come yourselfC. Just bring yourselfD. Just come over9. Smith : You are leaving soon. Wel be sorry to see you go .Anderson: I m sorry too. But that s life. Smith: Yes, I suppose.A. we canhelpB. it can

7、't be avoidedC. we cari t do anythingD. it can't be helped10. James: George, did you tell Bob to come to this meeting?George: I m terribly sorry. I forgot all about it .James: It doesHt matter. Lets get started without him.A. Good luck. B. Come on.C. No problem.D. Good heavens!11. Passenger

8、A: Do you mind my smoking here?Passenger B: Not at all. .A. I'm sorry B. Smoke as you likeC. Go right ahead D. Do it , please.12. Customer: Can I have a look ac the blue jacket over there?Salesman: Here you are.Customer: Oh, its too big. May I have a size smaller?Salesman:A. By all meansB. By no

9、 meansC. By any meansD. By some means or other13. Lucinda: Can you come and have dinner with us?Jonathan: Sounds good. When shall I come?Lucinda: At eight.A: We 1l be seeing youB. We wait for youC. We wait until you comeD. We 'll be expecting you14. A Stranger:. Can you tell me where the Big Hen

10、 Supermarket is?A Passer-by: Got me, boy. m a stranger here myself.A Stranger: Well, thank you anyway.A. I m sorry B. Excuse meC. Never mind D. Glad to meet you15. Student A: How is everything with Mary?Student B: She had an accident in her new car and sH s still in hospital.Student A:A. That s grea

11、t!B. That's too bad.C. That sounds nice.D. That's OK.Part n Reading Comprehension (40 points)Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each of the passages is followed by 5 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one

12、 and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.Passage OneTracy McGrady is a real-life superstar. He spent the summer traveling in Europe, working with Adidas on his latest basketball shoe and playing with Team U.S.A. in an Olympic qualifying game. He also spent coun

13、tless hours in the gym.“I work on thinevery day in the off-season, “ says McGrady, 24, a-SAlr guard with the National Basketball Associations Orlando Magic.Until McGrady was 17, few outside his tiny hometown knew of his skills. He was raised mostly by his grandmother in a rough part of town. Sports

14、were his escapes. To gain more exposure for his basketball skills, McGrady transferred to play his senior season at Mount Zion Christian Academy in North Carolina. After leading the Mighty Warriors to a 26-2 record that season, McGrady was named Player of the Year by a national newspaper.At 18, McGr

15、ady was starring for Toronto by the end of his new players season.But he wanted to become one of the NBAs elite （精英），so he hired a trainer and beban intense workouts. Its not uncommon for McGrady, who signed with Orlando in 2002, to shoot 200 jumpers after practice, grab a healthy bite to eat and go

16、 to work out with the Los Angeles Lakers Shaquille ONeal, who owns a home in Orlando.“ He' s stayed at a high level," Orlando coach Doc Rivers says of McGrady.of young players can play a good 20 minutes, or have a great month. Tracy does it all season on both ends. ”To be that good takes a

17、lot of work. To be better takes even more. McGrady is ready for the challenge, because he knows what he wants. t want to be done o f those players that s known for being a great player that never won a championship, " McGrady says. “I want a title. ”16. Whnich of the following teams has McGrady

18、 NOT so far played for?A. Team U.S.A.B. Los Angeles Lakers.C. The Mighty Warriors. D. Orlando Magic.17. The sentence “I work on things every day in t-seaSfon” (Line 3,Paragraph 1)implies that.A. McGrady practices other things more often than he does with basketballB. McGrady keeps on his skills trai

19、ning particularly hard in the off-season daysC. McGrady keeps on training with other exercises than with basketballD. McGrady practices his skills every day including the off-season time18. McGrady is different from other players mainly in.A. his particular shooting skills in playing basketballB. hi

20、s trying to save every minute to work out with O'NealC. his persistence in constant hard trainingD. his stronger desire for a title than other players19. McGrady was honored Player of the Year by a national newspaper becauseA. he has stayed at a high level of trainingB. he has created a record a

21、mong the best players that seasonC. he was well ready for the coming challengeD. he is regarded as an All-Star guard with the NBA20. The sentence “Sportwere his escapes" (Lin2, Paragraph 2) can best mean thatA. sporting activities were the means for him to get fullest happiness byB. physical ex

22、ercises were the only way to relieve him of his painsC. he didnt want to do more things than sportive activitiesD. sports enabled him to run away from his hometownPassage TwoLast Decembers earthquakes in the Iranian city of Bam took a huge death toll-r oughly 40,000 people-largely because of the col

23、lapse of thousands of mud-brick buil dings, If a group of researchers in India are successful, the earthquake might not be a s destructive. British and Indian engineers are developing earthquake-proof housing using a cheap, universal material:bamboo.They designed a model house built around waterproo

24、f bamboo-sheet roofing a nd bamboo-reinforced concrete walls. To test the structure , the engineers , sponsor ed by the U.K. Department of International Development, took it to the Earthquake E ngineering and Vibration Research Centre in Bangalore, which has a state-of-the-art earthquake simulator（模

25、拟装置 ）。The researchers shook the house with five housewith five successive 30-second pulses, being equal to 7.8 on the Richter（氏）scale. The simulation was more than 10 times as violent as the Bam earthquake , yet the house emerged undamaged. “Wdidn't even crack the paint, says engineer Paul Folle

26、tt, of Britain's Timber Research and Development Association.By some estimates, more than a billion people already live in bamboo structure s. The innovation lies in developing ways to exploit bamboos spring. Easily pre-built, fire resistant, and far lighter than steel, bamboo-based structures c

27、ould be assemble d in three weeks and last 50 years. At five dollars a square foot, they would last roug hly half as much as brick-and-block constructions. Follett says the project will follow an “opersource “ model:" Whvete is developed is freely available for the common good. ”21. Thousands o

28、f people died in the Bam earthquake mainly because.A. the earthquake occurred in the cold DecemberB. many mud-brick house collapsedC. the earthquake reached 7.8 on the Richter scaleD. bamboo houses hadnt been built yet22. The phrase “ universal material 'Line 5, Paragraph 1 ）refers to a material

29、 that can be found.A. everywhere in India B. in the universe C. in a universityD. in a unique place23. What was the result of the test?A. The shake lasted 150 seconds.B. The simulation was over 10 times as violent.C. The paint was cracked.D. The model remained undamaged.24. The researchers have been

30、 working hard to.A. reduce the damage by earthquakesB. explore the functions of bambooC. build bamboo houses for a billion peopleD. design bamboo house models25. Which of the following are the advantages of bamboos in building houses?I . Cheap to get. n . Light to carry. m . Easy to build.A. I and H

31、 .B. H and 田.C. I ,n . And m . D. I and m .Passage ThreeAs they entered the 21st century, people could not help looking back to the pas t 20 years when they managed to cope with a new threatthe computer. By the yea r of 1980, computers had become a fact of life. They were, the magazine DISCOVER note

32、d that Cecember, " incars, offices, schools and homes, toys and watches. In some airplanes, pilots need not handle the controls; they are flight managers' who watch t he computer manage the flight and landing. On the way are voice-driven typewriters ,robots that can ,see : and hand-held com

33、puters that can over the contents of the Li brary of Congress. ”But at the same time, observed the writer John Leo, a large number of America ns were “ computerphobes 电脑恐惧者）and “ techr-peasants who feared that computers were “ designeto destroy pr ivacy, eliminate jobs, carry the TV generation even

34、further away from literacy, read f ew words on food boxes so that the grocer can cheat his customers more easily, and allow World War m to be launched entirely by technical error. ”Some executives especially hated computers, Leo reported. They worried that t hey would lose status -and their assistan

35、ts -if they were seen at keyboard. Publishers and journalists, he continued, were frightened that the printed word would be eliminated. "True, the newspapee ltr well-you can not put a computer under your arm while rushing for a train,”“Nhet woowe, but a more advanced andcomplicated portable ver

36、sion, about the size of a handheld electronic game , may not be far off. ”Today those same executives and journalists who feared computers wouldnt be found without having their portable computers on their laps. The widespread fear of computers seems a thing of the past-a shift that Leo correctly pre

37、dicted." Every one will accept computers ," he wrote, “ because there is no alternative.26. The magazine listed the uses of computers in the following fields EXCEPT .A. educationB. transportation C. publication D. medicine27. Some executivex did not like computers in that.A. they might los

38、e their importance and respectB. they had to learn how to use computersC. they had to hire more assistantsD. they had to buy expensive portable computers28. Which of the following is NOT what the computerphobes are expecting?A. More privacy.B. More jobs.C. More literacy.D. More world wars.29. Today

39、the same executives and journalists can be found to.A. dislike computersB. fear using computersC. use computers frequently D. use computers rarely30. When the author says:" there is no alternative last sentence of thepassage, he means that.A. computers provide no choiceB. computers are to be ac

40、ceptedC. computers offer no help to pilotsD. more complicated computers have to be made in factoriesPassage FourAs contrasts go , there are few other pairs of culture as distinct from each other as the Japanese and the Americans. Japan many centuries of history and especially its Buddhist heritage （

41、佛教文化）have given the Japanese an attitude of repose 从 容）the best course is to let it be : When the time is ripe , things will work out by themselves. America, on the other hand , is just a few centuries old and displays an almost volcanic liveliness and restlessness. For the Japanese , social harmony

42、 has a prior claim in every circumstance; for the Americans, harmony is the result of the rational interaction of free and fair-minded people. One does not lightly move from traditions in Japan, many of which are centuries old; in the United States, the habits and attitudes of even one s parent s ge

43、neration are suspect.Every culture , through its legal and institutional arrangements, mirrors the society s resolution of some basic human problems. These can provide a useful frame work for the analysis of cultural differences. Organizations also face the same problems and usually take their cue f

44、rom the prevailing culture in designing solutions to these problems. This suggests that the perspective provided by viewing culture through the framework of this problem will be useful for organizational analysis as well. The following sections present a discussion of such a framework in the context

45、 of the contrast between Japan and the United Stares.Before this is presented, however, we must alert the reader that the differences are stated here as being sharper than they may be in reality. On each of the aspects discussed later, there is naturally considerable variation within each culture, b

46、ecause examples demonstrating the cultural reality opposite to the one described in this book can be found easily. Thus, the following discussion should be viewed in the way it is presented,as generalizations and tendencies rather than as absolutes.31. Cultural differences between the Japanese and t

47、he Americans are the. A. most obviousB. slightest C. sameD. less suitable32. Those who are likely to doubt their parents' values and ways of doing things are probably.A. the JapaneseB. the AmericansC. both the Japanese and the Americans D. neither the Japanese nor the Americans 33. How many type

48、s of cultural differences are mentioned in the first paragraph?A. Six.B. Five. C. Four.D. Two.34. The phrase “alert the reader ” (Line 1, Paragraph 3) means _A. remind the readerB. teach the reader C. trust the readerD. deceive the reader35. The passage is probably the. A. main part of a research pr

49、oposal B. opening remark of a lecture C. conclusion of a thesis D. introduction to a bookPart m Vocabulary and Structure(20 points)Directions: There are 40 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best complete the sentence. M

50、ark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.36. Success in life is not you make.A. what moneyB. how many moneyC. how much money D. what amount of money37. The newly-wed couple left for Europe their honeymoon immediatelyafter the wedding ceremony was held in South Africa

51、.A. inB. duringC. overD. on38. The vast majority of children from 5 to 16 in Britain state schools.A. attend B. visitC. present D. join39. One of the most way of improving listening comprehension is by watchingtelevision.A. specific B. proficient C. efficientD. special40. Actually, both men and wome

52、n , nine out of ten, are firmly convinced thesuperior excellence of their own side.A. as B. aboutC. throughD. of41. It is that all students will need to complete a University Registrationform.A. sure B. certainC. correctD. necessary42. In European universities, students are not to attend calsses.A.

53、requested B. persuaded C. needed D. required 43.Adventure travel has now become a hot in the tourist industry.A. inclination B. trendC. direction D. hint44. Dolphins are interesting because they almost human behavior at times.A. playB. replayC. backplayD. display45. It was that helped clean the teac

54、hing building 30 meters high.A. the football team and IB. the football team and meC. I and the football teamD. me and the football team46. Powerful computers translating documents from one language intoanother have recently been developed in Japan.A. able to B. available to C. capable of D. liable t

55、o47. Dr. Elizabeth Lee is the medical director communicable diseaese in thecounty where she lives.A. in the charge ofB. in chargeC. in charge ofD. in charge with48. The new discoveries by the investigation suggested that the citys reform plans acceptable.A. be B. should beC. wasD. were49. Networking

56、 requires cultivation that takes time and effort for the process toA. pay in B. pay off C. pay upD. pay for50. Practically, university students have a lot more to learn the textbookand class.D. insides ofA. except forB. aside fromC. away from51. The University of Copenhagen has a long tradition of i

57、nternationalstudents.A. meetingB. welcoming C. submitting D. greeting52. Every society should and respect its entire population , both its youngand its old.A. criticizeB. praiseC. ignoreD. honor53. It is more difficult people who are naturally shy becomeeffective public speakers.A. to to B. of to C.

58、 for to D. with to54. My boss liked my idea a branch office in Los Angeles and gave me thegreen light to go ahead.A. opening B. to open C. to have opened D. open55. The first universities in England were at Oxford in 1185 and at Cambridgein 1209.A. established B. suggested C. made D. created56. my degree of Doctor for Sciences in June of 2000, I spent a year in the lab oratory of Robert Burns at Harvard University.A. Obtaining B. Bein