英语学位考试试题及答案

1、英语学位考试2014年成人本科学士学位英语模拟试题一Part I Reading Comprehension (35 minutes,40 points)Directions: There are four reading 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). After you read a passage you sho

2、uld decide on the best choice and then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage OneQuestions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage. A fire drill is, to put it mildly, an inconvenient exercise at the best of times. A fire drill at 2:00 in the

3、 morning in terrible weather conditions, like the one we had on Thursday night and Friday morning last, is incomparably more inconvenient. This is why writing this note to thank you all most sincerely for your excellent co-operation and the spirit with which you endured the inconvenience.A fire dril

4、l is not an idle exercise. It is an extremely serious one and can, in fact, save lives in the long run. Last week fire drill has already revealed a number of important things regarding fire precautions in the Hall. For instance, there seem to exit a number of “deaf spots” in the Hall, namely, the tw

5、o rooms in Purser House and some rooms in the Bottom corridor. I have no reason to doubt that residents from these areas could not hear the alarm. I shall request an immediate examination of this problem.I should, also, remind you that it is a requirement that fire drills should be regularly carried

6、 out (at least two in every one year)and each resident should be made fully aware of this and obliged to take part. All residents must take fire precautions with the seriousness they deserve. Failure to do so can result bin fines and expulsion(驱逐)from the Hall. Thank you again for your co-operation.

7、1. The last fire drill caused much more inconvenience because_. A) it was in bad weather B) there were “deaf spots” C) a big fire started D) it was at the weekend2. The phrase “in the long run”(L.2,Part.2)means_. A)effectively B) endlessly C) eventually D) efficiently3. Some people did not make thei

8、r appearance at the last drill because_. A) they were deaf B)they could not hear the alarm C) nobody waked them up D) they refused to leave their rooms4. Afire drill is extremely important according to the writer for_. A) it is a good physical exercise B) it cultivates peoples enduranceC) it is a le

9、gal requirement D) it can save lives in case of a fire5. Which of the following was NOT stated by the author? A) A fire drill is very important and useful. B) The last fire drill received inactive co-operation from the residents. C) Those who do not take fire precautions will be fined and driven out

10、.D) It has been made a rule that fire drills will be performed regularly.Passage TwoQuestions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage Accidents are caused; they dont just happen. The reason may be easy to see: a shelf out of reach, a patch of ice on the misfortunefrustration, tiredness or just ba

11、d temperthat show what the accident really is, a sort of attack on oneself.Road accidents, for example, happen frequently after a family quarrel, and we all know people who are accident-prone, so often at odds with themselves and the world that they seem to cause accidents for themselves and others.

12、By definition, an accident is something you can not predict or avoid, and the idea which used to be current, that the majority of road accidents are caused by a minority of criminally careless drivers, is not supported by insurance statistics. These show that most accidents involve ordinary motorist

13、s in a moments of carelessness or thoughtlessness.It is not always clear, either, what sort of conditions make people more likely to have an accident. For instance, the law requires all factories to take safety precautions and most companies have safety committees to make sure the regulations are ob

14、served, but still, every day in Britain, some fifty thousand men and women are injured from work due to accidents. These accidents are largely the result of human error or misjudgmentnoise and fatigue, boredom or worry are possible factors which contribute to this. Doctors who work in factories have

15、 found that those who drink too much, usually people who have a high anxiety level, run three times the normal risk of accidents at work.6. The passage suggests that_.A)Accidents are usually caused by psychological factors.B)Accidents mostly result from slippery roads.C)Drinkers run three times the

16、normal risk of accidents in factories.D)About 50 000people lose their lives at work in Britain every day.7. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a factor of accidents?A) Mood. B) Tiredness. C) Carelessness D) Weather8. The word “accidents-prone”(L.2 Para.2)means_.A) likely to have accidentsB)

17、injured in accidentsC) possible to die in accidents D) responsible for road accidents9. What can we infer about the author opinion of accidents?A) Safety precautions are of little use in accidents.B) Many accidents can and should be avoided.C) Factory accidents , unlike road accidents, are inevitabl

18、e.D) Most road accidents are caused by just a few careless drivers.10. The best title for the passage would be _.A) Accidents and AnxietyB) How to Deal with Accidents on Road and in FactoriesC) Human Factors in AccidentsD) How to Prevent Accidents on Road and in FactoriesPassage ThreeQuestions 11 to

19、 15 are based on the following passage.Is language, like food, a basic human need? Judging from the result of the violent experiment by a German King, Frederick II, in the 13th century, it may be. Hoping to discover what language a child would speak if he heard no mother tongue, he told the nurses t

20、o keep silent.All the infants died before the first year. But clearly there was more than language deprivation here. What was missing was good mothering. Without good mothering, in the first year of life especially, the capacity to survive is seriously affected.Today no much violent deprivation exis

21、ts as that by Frederick II. Nevertheless, some children are still backward in speaking. Most often the reason for this is that the mother is insensitive to the signals of the infant, whose brain is programmed to map up language rapidly. There are critical times, it seems, when children learn more re

22、adily. If these sensitive periods are neglected, the ideal time for acquiring language skills passes and they might never be learned so easily again.Linguists(语言学家)suggest that speech stages are reached in a fixed sequence and at a constant age, but there are cases where speech has started late in a

23、 child who eventually turns out to be of high IQ.Recent evidence suggests that an infant is born with the capacity to speak. What is special about Mans brain compared with that of the monkey, is the complex system which enables a child to connect the sight and feel of , say, a teddy-bear(玩具熊)with th

24、e sound pattern “teddy-bear”. But speech has to be stimulated, and this depends on interaction between the mother and the child, where the mother recognizes the signals in the childs babbling(牙牙学语), grasping, crying, smiling, and responds to them. Insensitivity of the mother to these signals dulls t

25、he interaction because the child gets discouraged and sends out only the obvious signals. Sensitivity to the childs non-verbal signals is essential to the growth and development language.11. Frederick IIs experiment was violent because_. A) he wanted to prove children are born with ability to speak

26、B) he ignored the importance of mothering to the infant C) he was unkind to the nurse D) he wanted his nurses to say no mother tongue12. The reason some children are backward in speaking today that_. A) their mothers do not respond to their attempts to speak B) their mothers are not intelligent enou

27、gh to help them C) they do not listen carefully to their mothers D) their brains have to absorb too much language at once.13. By “critical times” in Paragraph 3 the author means_. A) difficult periods in the childs life B) moments when the child becomes critical to its mother C) important stages in

28、the childs development D) times when mothers often neglect their children14. Which of the following in NOT implied in the passage? A) Ability to learn to speak a language is inborn in man B) Children do not need to be encouraged to learn to speak C) Early language starters are not necessarily highly

29、 intelligent D) Most children learn their language in definite stages15. If the mother does not respond to her childs signals_. A) the child will never be able to speak properly B) the child will stop giving out signals C) the child will invent a language of his own D) the child will make little eff

30、ort to speakPassage FourQuestions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage.Americans who remember “the good old days” are not alone in complaining about the educational system in this country. Immigrants(移民) complain ,too. Lately a German friend was filled with anger when he learned that the math

31、ematics test given to his son on his first day as a college freshman included multiplication and division. Japanese businessmen in Los Angeles send their children to private schools staffed by teachers imported from Japan to learn mathematics at Japanese levels, generally considered at least a year

32、more advanced than the level here.But I wonder: If American education is so poor, why is it that this is still the country of innovation(创新)?When I was 12 in Indonesia, I had to memorize the name of all the worlds major cities, from Kabul to Karachi. At the same age, my son, who was brought up by a

33、Californian, thought that Buenos Aires was Spanish for good food. However, unlike children of his age in Asia and Europe, my son had studied creative geography. When he was only 6, he drew a map of the route that he traveled to get to school, including the streets, the traffic signs and the houses t

34、hat he passed.Dissatisfied American parents forget that in this country their children are able to experiment freely with ideas; without this they will not really be able to think or to believe in themselves.Critics of American education cannot grasp one thing: freedom. America, I think, is the only

35、 country that extends even to children the license to freely speak, write and be creative. Our public education certainly is not perfect, but it is a great deal better than any other. I think I have found the answer to my question.16. From the text we learn that_. A) both Americans and immigrants ar

36、e dissatisfied with the quality of American education B) the author shares the general idea that American education is worse than education in many other countries C) Japanese schools in America require their American teachers to teach mathematics at Japanese levels D) the authors German friend was

37、a little displeased because the mathematics test for his son was too easy.17. Which of the following is NOT true? A) The author most probably was an immigrant from Asia and received some school education there. B) Buenos Aires must be the name of a city, as are Kabul and Karachi. C) Children in othe

38、r countries are not likely to learn creative geography. D) The knowledge of geography of the authors son shows that American education is poor.18. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage? A) If children are not allowed to experiment freely with ideas they wont grow up independent and

39、 creative. B) Most Americans think the present American educational system is not as good as it used to be. C) Private schools run by Japanese businessmen maintain a higher level than American public schools. D) Americans are more innovative than other people in the world.19. In the last paragraph t

40、he author says, “I have found the answer to my question.” What is the question? A) Is Japanese education better than American education? B) Why do Japanese businessmen send their children to Japanese-staffed schools? C) Why was my son not taught enough geographic knowledge? D) Is American education

41、really worse than education in other countries?20. What would be the best title for this passage? A) American Education and Education in Foreign countries B) Improvement Needed for American Education C) Freedom to Think Characteristic of American Education D) Education and Innovation in AmericanPart

42、 II Vocabulary and Structure (30 minutes, 20points)Directions: There are 40 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C), D). Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single

43、line through the center.21. Dont leave your bicycle out in the rain. Itll get_. A) rusty B) crude C) rough D) tough 22. I_ to him for the error. A) excused B) apologized C) pardoned D) congratulated23. Its _ to ask Mr. Blake for help. A) out question B) beyond question C) out of question D) in quest

44、ion24. Hardly _ home when the telephone rang. A) I got B) did I getC) I had got D) had I got 25. _his not arriving, the meeting will be put off to next week. A) At the event ofB) For the event with C) In the event of D) To the event of 26. Its getting rather late. Its time we_. A) are going B) wentC

45、) goD) must go27. I_ you everythings going to be all right. A) insureB) assureC) ensureD) sure28. Auctioned(拍卖的)goods are sold for the highest price_. A) madeB) takenC) offeredD) ordered29. The colors of that coat and hat dont _. A) suitB) mixC) matchD) imitate30. Our whole class went to attend the

46、conference yesterday, so_ what happened on the campus. A) all of us dont knowB) none of us know C) all we don not knowD) we all dont know31. Although _ happened in that developed country sounds like science fiction, it could occur elsewhere in the world. A) thisB) howC) what D) it32. I sympathize wi

47、th Womens Liberation Movement only _ a certain extent. A) at B) withC) toD) in33. The officer gave an order that everyone _ back before dark. A) get B) would getC) had to getD) must get34. This year summer time came into _ on the 12th of April. A) effect B) efficiency C) useD) practice35. Mr. White

48、was told again and again to _ smoking, but he just wouldnt listen. A) cut throughB) cut down onC) cut offD) cut away36. The Greyhound_ outside of New York Bus Station at 6 p.m. and started for Washington D.C. at 6:20 p.m. A) pulled upB) pulled outC) pulled downD) pulled on 37. Can you give me anothe

49、r hint without _ the answer? A) giving offB) giving upC) giving awayD) giving in38. Columbus was _ his times in his belief that the earth was round. A) in front of B) beforeC) in advance ofD) ahead of39. After all, all living creatures live by feeding on something else, whether it _ plant or animal,

50、 dead or alive. A) beB) would beC) wasD) to go40. The pilot felt something _ wrong with the engine just before the plane took off. A) toB) was goingC) goesD) to go41. You were brave enough to raise objections at the meeting. Well, now I regret _ that. A) having doneB) to be doing C) to have doneD) t

51、o do42. _ that theyre young and inexperienced, theyve done quite a good job. A) BeingB) GivenC) ProvidedD) Now43. _ is announced in the papers, a nation-wide sports meeting will be held in the city next month. A) BecauseB) ForC) AsD) So44. Being much too fat, Maria was advised to reduce her food for

52、 each meal, yet, she would _ that. A) have none of B) accept C) take care forD) listen to45. In my opinion, hes _ imaginative of all the contemporary(同时代的)poets. A) quite the mostB) by far the most C) very the mostD) rather the most46. Never before _ so highly successful in his attempts to modify th

53、e weather on a very small scale. A) man has been B) man isC) has man been D) will be man47. With flowers and trees _ everywhere, the city took on a new look. A) to be planted B) being planted C) plantingD) planted48. John wants to see you today. I would rather he _ tomorrow than today. A) comes B) c

54、ameC) should comeD) has come49. It was suggested that this problem _ at the next meeting. A) was discussedB) will be discussed C) would be discussedD) be discussed50. Walter offered us a lift when he was leaving the office, but our work _, so we didnt accept the offer.A) not being finishedB) had not

55、 been finishedC) not having finishedD) was not finished51. What you said reminds me _ something I read a few days ago.A) forB) byC) fromD) of52. Another worry is that telecommunication systems may isolate people _each other.A) fromB) forC) withD) to53. The smog is due _ invisible gases, mostly from automobile exhaust.A) fromB) to C) forD) with54. _ is accepted as true is relatively, and not absolutely, true.A) ItB) ThatC) WhatD) That it55. There are many children and adolescents _ behavior is generally unacceptable .A) t