中山大学网络(现代远程)教育入学考试

1、中山大学网络(现代远程)教育入学考试大学英语样题Part I. Phonetics (10 points) Directions: In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined letter combinations marked A, B, C and D. Compare the underlined parts and identify the one that is different from the others in pronunciation. Mark your answer by bl

2、ackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.1.A. switch B. hatch C. character D. match2.A. food B. cool C. moon D. cook3.A. town B. shower C. down D. sow4.A. exhaust B. exercise C. exam D. exact5.A. where B. what C. whose D. white6.A. ItalianB. nationality C. CanadianD. perhaps7.A. questio

3、n B. notion C. exception D. vocation8.A. peasant B. sweater C. break D. wear10.A. receive B. friend C. field D. piecePart II Vocabulary & Structure (20 points)Directions: There are 40 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one

4、 answer that best completes the sentence and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet11. Both of them were _ to respect the law. A. brought up B. brought forward C. brought about D. brought out12. _, he would be very tired after traveling by bus for two days. A. As

5、 strong is he B. As he is strong C. Strong as he is D. Though strong he is13. It was due to luck _ judgment _ the driver succeeded in avoiding an accident. A. instead of.whenB. rather than.that C. less than.that D. more than. when 14. His salary as a bus driver is much higher _. A. than that of a te

6、acher B. than of a teacher C. than a teacher D. than one of a teacher15. _ you are grown up, you must stop this childish behavior. A. In that B. In case C. Now that D. Although16. _ so busy, I should call on Mr. Bake. A. If Im not B. Had I not been C. Was I not D. Were I not17. Only when he started

7、to explain _ the reason for this. A. she realized B. did she realize C. she had realized D. had she realized18. I regret that a (n) _ engagement prevents me from accepting your kind invitation. A. before B. previous C. early D. precious19. When I said that some people were stupid I wasnt _ you. A. m

8、entioning B. referring to C. talking D. preferring 大学英语样题 第1页共页20. By the year 2000, Catherine had _ herself as a successful businesswoman. A. elected B. evaluated C. established D. made21. The stockings are so _ that they cant be mended any more. A. taken off B. pulled on C. worn out D. thrown away

9、22. In the United States, drivers must not _ a maximum of 55 miles an hour. A. go B. drive C. exceed D. past23. He failed to supply the facts relevant _ the case in question. A. for B. with C. to D. of24. When you have been turned down _, youll need a lot of courage to go on with your work. A. time

10、and again B. all the time C. for a long time D. most of the time25. _ I know the money is safe I shall not worry about it. A. Even though B. Unless C. As long as D. However26. She _ a clear memory of her schooldays. A. retains B. continues C. gets D. remains 27. All the _ to the Palace were guarded

11、by soldiers. A. methods B. directions C. places D. approaches28. I never try to _ my will on other people. A. strengthen B. stress C. put D. force 29. Skating is _ with all ages. A. popular B. beneficial C. fashionable D. familiar30. Ever since World War II the United States has been Japans principa

12、l trading_.A. colleague B. assistant C. companion D. partner31. English _ a tool to help us communicate with foreign people.A. serves B. serves for C. serves with D. serves as32. He slept in the _ of the trees on such a hot day.A. shade B. shelter C. shadow D. shield33. We cant get rid of war unless

13、 we get rid of the _ of war. A. causes B. motives C. reasons D. excuses34. I will carry out your instructions to the best of my _. A. capacity B. ability C. capability D. talent35. The industrial community should be close enough to the crowded centers but distant enough to reduce _ hazards危险. A. fea

14、sible B. potential C. positive D. actual36. We have only a few hours so we must _ our time. A. grasp B. take C. make the most of D. make use of37. We all _ the achievements he has made in his experiments.A. admire B. adoptC. advise D. adjust38. Its high time that you _ a few days off. A. takeB. have

15、 taken C. took D. are to take大学英语样题 第2页共页39. If I _ when the milkman comes, tell him to put the bottles on that shelf. A. am shoppingB. will be shoppingC. have been shoppingD. am going shopping 40. “What is he?” “He is _.” A. a poet and novelist B. a poet and a novelistC. poet and novelist D. the po

16、et and novelist41. The weather was partly to _ for the accident. A. chargeB. accuseC. punishD. blame42. She is very _ to be late for the appointment since she has lost the address. A. probableB. possibleC. sureD. likely43. We two eat out _ day, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays. A. each other B. this a

17、nd the other C. every other D. all other44. Bell wont drive us to the train station. He has _ to take us all.A. too small a car B. a too small carC. very small a car D. such small a car45. Ill give this dictionary to _ wants to have it.A. whomever B. whoeverC. someone D. anyone46. It is not consider

18、ed _ to litter in public. A. respectful B. respectable C. respective D. respected 47. _ in India, the banana was brought to the Americas by the Portuguese who found it in Africa. A. Originally cultivated B. Having originally cultivated C. Originally being cultivated D. Although it originally cultiva

19、ted48. The medical record shows that it was the drug, not the disease, _ killed him two years ago. A. which B. what C. it D. that49. It is reported that a series of meetings _ held about the best way to market the new product. A. was B. has C. were D. have50. If you _ at the corner when I pass, Ill

20、give you a lift into town. A. are standing B. stand C. are going to stand D. have been standingPart III Cloze (10 points)Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE answer that best fits into the pass

21、age, and then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with your pencil. I have never learned as much math in my life as I did last year. It was because of Ms. Vacirca 51 I truly understood what I was learning. It might not seem 52 a big deal to some, but to me it is. I have never met a

22、woman so caring (有爱心的) and so determined to teach her 53 .I never really wanted to work for good 54 in math class. I never knew how to study math and never understood some of the concepts. I can remember trying to sneak out (溜出) of the classroom 55 Ms. Vacirca caught me and yelled across the 56 , “L

23、auren, are you coming to extra help during lunch?” It was a nightmare (恶梦)-she would always 57 me with one foot out of the door, it never 58 . Even then I just thought of it as a thing I HAD to do. It was funny to see how everyone would be in her room during lunch and then again after school. She wo

24、uld 59 everyone to come every day, just so we could do our homework in 60 .大学英语样题 第3页共页Many of the students thought of her as a bit of nag (爱唠叨的人), but 61 they knew that she was right and 62 for it. Many of her tests were hard at first, but as the year progressed so did I. I knew that it was because

25、 of her.Even outside class, she was 63 as ever. She always wanted to know what was going on in my (and everyone elses) life, and she was always looking out for everyones best interest.Ms. Vacirca is a sweet woman with a sense of 64 that you just have to laugh at. When regents (校董，校务委员) were approach

26、ing, she was more concerned than ever about everyone doing well. Many of her precious students 65 high, and so she 66 the same from us. Day after day there were students in the classroom 67 problems. When it was time for our big test, I knew I was ready. I walked out of that test with my head 68 . I

27、 knew that I was a 69 and Ms. Vacirca had made me that way. I appreciated all the hard work that she put into helping me and my fellow students. I knew that I would 70 her.51. A. howB. whatC. whyD. that52. A. asB. likeC. thatD. as if53. A. studentsB. childrenC. classmatesD. family54. A. gradesB. sal

28、aryC. lifeD. subjects55. A. whileB. untilC. beforeD. unless56. A. seatB. classroomC. yardD. kitchen57. A. seeB. helpC. catchD. beat58. A. succeededB. stoppedC. helpedD. failed59. A. forbidB. letC. encourageD. hope60. A. peaceB. confusionC. surpriseD. home61. A. insideB. outsideC. almostD. hardly62.

29、A. praisedB. scoldedC. blamedD. respected63. A. frightenedB. caringC. hardD. right64. A. dutyB. timeC. foolishnessD. humor65. A. jumpedB. grewC. scoredD. drank66. A. expectedB. receivedC. wishedD. hoped67. A. previewingB. reviewingC. learningD. making68 .A. highB. hangingC. lowD. down69. A. failureB

30、. studentC. successD. hero70. A. missB. hateC. forgetD. marryPart IV Reading Comprehension (40 points)Directions: There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions or unfinished statements. Each of them is given 4 possible answers marked A, B, C and D. Read each p

31、assage carefully and choose the ONE best answer. Then, mark your answers by blackening the corresponding letters on the Answer Sheet with your pencil.Questions 71-75 are based on the following passage:Passage 1Do you forget to turn off the lights and heaters (暖气设备) when you go out of a room? In 2040

32、 it will not matter. They will turn themselves off and on again when you return. You will choose the temperature for each room, the lighting and the humidity (湿度). A sensor (传感器) will detect the presence of a human (and, with luck, ignore the dog!) and turn the systems on, and when the humans leave

33、大学英语样题 第4页共页it will turn them off again. The sensors will work through the central home computer, and they will do much more than just turn the fires and lights on and off for you. They will detect faulty electrical appliances, plugs or switches, isolate them so that they cannot harm anyone, and the

34、n warn you that they need repair. They will detect fire and if you are out of the house, the computer will call the fire brigade (消防队). It will also call the police should the sensors detect an intruder. This will not be too difficult because the locks on the outside doors will be electronic. You wi

35、ll open them using your personal card-the one you use for shoppingmaybe using a number known only to you. It will be impossible to lose the key, and a housebreaker will have to tamper (拨弄) with the lock or with a window. It is not very difficult to make such tampering send a signal to the computer.

36、The computer will be more than a fireman-policeman-servant. it will be an entertainer, and most of your entertainment (娱乐) will come right into your home. It does now, of course but by 2040 “entertainment” will mean much more. For one thing, you will be able to take part actively, rather than just w

37、atching.71. The author intends to tell us that .A. in 2040 we will live without the lights and heatersB. in 2040 we will use much more lights and heatersC. in 2040 there will be no switches of lights and heatersD. in 2040 lights and heaters will be on and off automatically72. Which of the following

38、statements is NOT true?A. The sensor is multi-functional.B. Without a computer, the sensor can not do much.C. The sensor will detect fire and make an emergency call.D. You can be taken for an intruder if you tamper with the lock or with a window.73. According to the author, in 2040, new technology .

39、A. will free us from the keys we use todayB. will turn everything into sensorsC. will make the locks out of dateD. will eliminate all crimes74. Thanks to computers, in 2040 people .A. will have no entertainment outsideB. will replace TV with computersC. will be controlled by computersD. will have mo

40、re fun at home75. The best title for the passage might be .A. Sensors and ComputersB. Life at Home in the Year 2040C. The Development of Science and TechnologyD. Lights and Heaters in the Year 2040Questions 76-80 are based on the following passage:Passage 2At the University of Kansas art museum, sci

41、entists tested the effect of different colored walls on two groups of visitors to an exhibit of paintings. For the first group the room was painted white; for the second, dark brown. Movement of each group was followed by an electrical equipment under the carpet. The experiment showed that those who

42、 entered the dark brown walked more quickly, covered more area, and spent less time in the room than people in the white one. Dark brown made people more active, but the activity ended sooner. Not only the choice of colors but also the general appearance of a room affects those inside. Another exper

43、iment presented people with 大学英语样题 第5页共页photographs of faces whose energy was to be commented. Three groups of people were used; each was shown the same photos, but each group was in an ordinary rooma nice office. The third was in a tastefully designed living room with carpeting. Results showed that

44、 the people in the beautiful room tend to give higher marks to the faces than those in the ugly room did. Other studies that students do better on tests taken in comfortable room than in ordinary-looking or ugly rooms.76. Which of the following is the best expression of the main idea of this passage

45、?A. People in beautiful rooms tend to give higher marks to photos of faces than people in ugly roomsB. The color and general appearance of a room have a deeper effect on the behavior of the people in itC. The University of Kansas has studied the effects of the color of room on peoples behaviorD. Bea

46、utifully furnished, light-coloured rooms make people more comfortable than ugly, dark rooms77. According to the passage, we may conclude that the whiter a room is _. A. the longer people like to stay in itB. the sooner people in it will leave C. the more active people in it will becomeD. the more ex

47、cited people78.What is referred to as the “general appearance” in this passage is _.A. how many broad windows a room has, through which sunlight might come inB. the size of a roomC. whether there are beautiful walls in a roomD. what the room looks like79. This passage provides us with _. A. a piece

48、of scientific informationB. a normal lesson C. an interesting testD. a piece of news80. At least how many tests were carried out by the scientists referred to in this passage?A. ThreeB. TwoC. Only oneD. No one knowsQuestions 81-85 are based on the following passage:Passage 3 Early last season, I wro

49、te a column about a random act of kindness I had seen Jordan do to a disabled child outside the Stadium after a game. The day after the column ran, I got a call from a man in the western suburbs. He said: “I read what you wrote about Jordan, and I thought I should tell you what I saw.” Here it comes

50、, I thought. It always does. Write something nice about a person, and people call you up to say that the person is not so nice. What the caller said, though, was this: He and his wife had been to a Bulls game, and their car had broken down. Theyd had to wait about 45 minutes after the end of the gam

51、e to get a cab ride to the suburbs. “We were four blocks from the Stadium in a bad area, and at one corner under a streetlight was Jordans car,” the man said, “He was standing outside the car, talking with some boys from the neighborhood. It was late at night, and they were just talking. I thought i

52、t was nice of him, but I wonder why he stopped.” A few weeks later Jordan and I were talking about something else before a game, and I brought up what the man had said. Was the man right? Had Jordan really been talking to those two boys in that grim neighborhood? “Not two boys,” Jordan said. “But fo

53、ur. I see them every night.” Every night? Why? 大学英语样题 第6页共页 He smiled. “If I dont stop, Ill go home knowing theyre waiting for me anyway,” he said. “If you knew my four guys youd know that theyre going to be out there whether its raining or snowingtheyre there.”81. What is the usual response of people to the positive report of a person?A. They will show no interest. B. They will want to know more.C. They will tell something similar.D. They will