自学考试学士学位英语押题

1、内部题库（3）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 a single line through the center.1. w: do you ha

2、ve to play the music so loud? i really need a quiet place to study.m: i am sorry. a why didnt you let me know right away?a. 1ii turn down the volume a little bitb. 1ii turn down the music a little bitc. ili stop listening to the music .d. ill play the music more patiently 2 w: are you sure you dont

3、mind getting the concert tickets? i wouldnt be able to pay you back until friday when i get paidm: no problern im glad a .a. i can help and we11 be able to go togetherb. as long as i can help youc. iii pay it for you than thatd. i hope to see you happy3.m: would you like to see those pants in anothe

4、r color? they also come in brown and in navy.w: actually the gray is fine but i prefer sometliing in wool.m: b a. yes, i do. here you areb. ok. wait a moment. im sure i can find what you preferc. yes. but i have no timed. sorry, im afraid you cannot find anything you like4. m: the tickets for that r

5、ock concert finally go on sale next saturday at 5 0clock.w: as far as i know, anyone who wants one had better get it sooner thanthat. b .a. their performance here might be a great successb. thats their first and only performance herec. you know youre not expected to get more than one ticketd. you kn

6、ow the tickets will sell out in one or two days5. m: can i get a ride into the office with you tomorrow?w: d .you know, i have got to downtown for a meeting first in the morn- ing.a. yeah. but im afraid i cantb. sorry but i have to think it overc. im afraid you cand. another day would be fine6. m: a

7、 , do you mind if i borrow that newspaper for a little while?w: im sorry, but it doesnt belong to me. have you checked with mark?a. excuse meb. pardonc. im sorryd. im not sure6. m: would you like to see those pants in another color? they also come in brown and in navy.w: actually the gray is fine bu

8、t i prefer sometliing in wool.m: b a. yes, i do. here you areb. ok. wait a moment. im sure i can find what you preferc. yes. but i have no timed. sorry, im afraid you cannot find anything you like7. m: that sweater is so unusual, and yet it looks familiar. did ijust see you wear- ing it yesterday?w:

9、.well, not me. d , and she is in your chemistry class.a. jill must have been wearing it yesterdayb. but she must be jillc. but she wore the sweater for the first time yesterdayd. but. . . see, it belongs to my roommate jill8. m: oh, dear. b ?w: someone did call. but there was so much statics i could

10、nt make out what he was saying.a did you call meb. any messages for mec. did you forget to call med. did you take down any message for me9. m: our plane has been circling for a long time. c ?w: the airport was closed for a while this morning and things still are not back to normal.a. i wonder if the

11、 airport doesnt work properlyb. and what about a delayc. why the delayd. and what about the airports schedul10. m: id love to come to your barbecue on saturday but my cousin is arriving from california that day.w: thats no problem the more the merrier. im glad c a. i can hold such a barbecue for you

12、 .b. your cousin will be arriving from california thenc. we finally have a chance to get togetherd that youre too busy to come to my barbecue11. m: i talked to philip today and he said hed be coming to the party.w: oh, so he can come after all. you know, he always complains that b a. he has no party

13、 to attendb. he has a million things to do each day c. he has to stay up late at nightd. he has to go to all sorts of parties12. m: i lost the piece of paper laura gave me. you know, the one with her address on it.w: you might be able to find it a a. listed in the yellow pagesb. listed in the red pa

14、gesc. listed in the green pagesd. listed in the brown pages13. w: that movie was awful. i was wondering why it got such great reviews.m: it was hardly worth the price of admission. b a nobody wants to see itb. i certainly dont want to see it again .c. it was more expensive than i thought it should b

15、ed. its maker should be given a death penalty14. m: would you like to go to the movies with larry and me on friday?w: a , but im having dinner at my brothers. maybe some other time.a. i wish i couldb. i hope notc. im afraid i dont want tod. yes, i would like to go toe15. w: thats a nice-looking jack

16、et. it fits you perfectly. is it something you bought recently?m: thanks. d .ive just been waiting for the weather to cool downa. i bought it recentlyb. i didnt buy it until cooler weather arrivedc. i bought nothing recentlyd. no. ive had it a whilepart ii reading comprehension (40 points)directions

17、: 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 and mark your answer on the answer sheet zuith a single line through the center.passage onethough it is a mere

18、 one to three percent of the population, the upper class possesses at least 25 percent of the nations wealth. this class has two segments: upper-upper and lower-upper. basically, the upper-upper class is the old rich -families that have been wealthy for several generations-an aristocracy of birth an

19、d wealth. their names are in the social register, a listing of acceptable members of high society. a few are known across the nation, such as the rockefellers, roosevelts, and vanderbilts. most are not visible to the general public. they have no relation to the rest of the community, drawing their i

20、n- come from the investment of their inherited wealth by contrast, the lower-upper class is the new rich. although they may be wealthier than some of the old rich, the new rich have been greedy to make their money like everybody else beneath their class. thus their prestige【声望） is generally lower th

21、an that of the old rich, who have not found it neces- sary to lift a finger to make their money, and who tend to look down upon the new rich.however its wealth is acquired, the upper class is very, very rich. they have enough money and leisure time to cultivate an interest in the arts and to collect

22、 rare books, paint- ings, and sculptures. they generally live in exclusive areas belong to exclusive social clubs, communicate with each other, and marry their own kind-all of y,rhich keeps them so distant from the masses that they have been called the out-of-sight class. more than any other class,

23、they tend to be conscious of being members of a class. they also command an enormous amount of power and influence here and abroad, as they hold many top govern- mentpositions, run the council on foreign relations, and control multinational corpora- tions. their actions affect the lives of millions.

24、16. we can learn from the passage that a a. the upper class is powerful and influentialb. the upper class collects rare books to make moneyc. the upper class holds all top government positionsd. the old rich make much more money than the new rich17. the reason why the old rich look down upon the new

25、 rich is that b .a. the former are wealthier than the latterb. the latter thirst for moneyc. the new rich have no interest in artsd. the old rich are conscious of being members of the upper class18. the old rich get richer c .a. through the social registerb. through their reputationc. by investing t

26、heir inherited wealthd. by collecting paintings and sculptures19. the upper class is also called the out-of-sight class because they a .a. keep away from the general publicb. spend most of their time abroadc. move frequently fiom place to placed. dont communicate with any other people20. all the fol

27、lowing statements are true except that c .a. the upper-upper class is of aristocratic originb. the old rich enjoy higher prestige than the new richc. the old rich isolate themselves and lead a lonely lifed. the upper class owns at least a quarter of the countrys wealthpassage twothe annual campaign

28、to make singapores three million people more polite endedyesterday and was immediately followed by another drive to get them to be punctual.tardiness is not yet a criminal offence in the island republic, and the national punctuality working committee can only use gentle persuasion. being on time mea

29、ns be- ing considerate, said committee chairman toh weng cheng. previous drives made little headway in changing a deeply rooted habit that seems oddly out of place in this otherwise efficient city-state. tardiness at dinner parties is usually attributed to chinese tradition, a belief that older and

30、more important guests were expected to make an entrance after the others.meanwhile, officials will assess the results of the 15th annual courtesy (礼貌) cam- paign, a hk $ 2. 4 million drive to persuade singaporeans to mind their manners. earlier courtesy campaigns used posters, films, advertisements

31、in newspapers and magazines to portray considerate behavior. the publicity this year stressed courtesy through examples of discourtesy. few countries use elaborate public campaigns to change behavior and raise civic consciousness. it has been a way of life in singapore for more than 30 years. some,

32、like the courtesy drive, deal with basic habits and culture. october was first declared speak mandarin month in 1978, an effort to wipe out regional chinese dialects in favor of the official tongue.others focus on problems of the day. the police launched a drive in 1989 to stop abuse of the emergenc

33、y phone number 999, because one call in five was of the nuisance or non- emergency variety. some campaigns have been so successful that they have been reversecl family planners urged parents to stop at two in 1978. birth rates dropped from 3. 5 per- cent in 1960 t0 1. 2 percent in 1980, and families

34、 who can afford it are now encouraged to have three or more. by the early 1980s, the growth of campaigns inspired one exhaus- ted newspaper columnist to suggest a take your campaigns seriously campaign.21. which of the following is not tr.ue?_a_a. singapore has always been a highly efficient country

35、 in every way.b. the campaigns are not always very effective in singapore.c. singapore does its best to make its people more polite.d. not all the campaigns are launched every year.22. when did the campaign to standardize spoken language begin? _b_a. in 1960. b. in 1978. c. in 1980. d. in 1989.23. i

36、n the passage, the word tardiness (line l, paragraph 2) most probably means d a. punctuality b. impoliteness c. dishonesty d. lateness24. which of the following statements is not directly said but implied in the passage?_b_a. all the campaigns are to improve peoples behavior.b. there are too many ca

37、mpaigns in singapore.c. the more campaigns, the more efficient they are.d. almost all campaigns in singapore dont amount to anything.25. the courtesy drive was launched in singapore to c a. develop appropriate personal habitsb. stress the importance of punctualityc. make the people more polited. urg

38、e the officials to be on timepassage threecohesiveness (园结) will be high if members are committed to their group. one factor that increases individual commitment is the requirement of personal sacrifice. if a person is willing to pay money, endure hardship, or undergo humiliation to belong to a grou

39、p, he or she is likely to stick with it. for example, college students who undergo embarrassing ini- tiation rites （入会仪式） to join associations tend to develop a devotion to the group that last well beyond their college years.another factor that strengthens group commitment is participation* when peo

40、ple ac- tively participate in group decisions and share the rewards of the groups accomplishments, their feeling of membership increases-they feel that they have helped make the group what it is. for example, social psychologists have compared groups of workers who participate in decisions that affe

41、ct their jobs with other workers who elect representatives to decision- making committees or workers who are simply told what to do. those who participate have higher confidence and accept change more readily than the other workers.the processes that hold a group together must work both ways. the in

42、dividual must be responsive to the norms of the group, support its ideology (思想), and be prepared to make sacrifices in order to be a part of it. but the group must also respond to the needs of its members. it cannot achieve cohesiveness if its norms are unenforceable, if its ideology is inconsisten

43、t with the beliefs of its members, or if the rewards it offers do not outweigh the sacrifices it requires.26. the word inconsistent (line 5, paragraph 3) most probably means b .a. controversialr contradictoryc. uniqued. unilateral27. according to the writer, group commitment will increase c a. when

44、the group ignores the requirements of its membersb unless a member undergoes. h u. miliationc. when its members constructively participate in group decision-makingd. if its members devotion lasts long enough28. in the first paragraph, the writer tells us that individual commitment can b a. help a pe

45、rson make friends with othersb. promote the cohesiveness of a groupc. help a person share rewards with othersd. strengthen the discipline of group members29. which group of workers have the strongest feeling of membership according to the passage?_a_a. the workers who are actively involved in policy

46、-makingb. the workers who are willing to obey group normsc. the workers who are well-organized and disciplinedd. the workers who have strong confidence in the group30. by the processes that hold a group together must work both ways, the writer means d .a. the interests of the members can not be over

47、-emphasizedb. the group has the absolute control of powerc. the members must observe the regulations laid down by the groupd. the mutual understanding between the group and the individual is indispens- ablepassage fourjules verne was a frenchman who was born in 1828. he was not an inventor and he wa

48、s not a scientist, but he read a great many scientific books. he had a very strong imagi- nation and he loved adventure although he did not have many great adventures himself. he wrote a number of exciting books about the things which he thought that scientists and in- ventors would one day be able

49、to do. at the t/me, his stories seemed like fairy stories!many of jules vernes attempts to look into the future, however, were surprisingly accurate for example, one book was cahed fram th. e earth to the moon. in this book, three men and a dog made a journey around the moon. they returned to earth

50、and splashed down into the sea not far from where the first real moon travelers landed in july 1969, about a hundred years laterljules vernes most famous book is twenty thousand leagues under the sea.in those days submarines had not been invented but he describes an underwater ship very like a moder

51、n submarine. the captain of the submarine in this book is called captain nemo and he and his crew have many strange adventures and find many strange things at the bottom of the ocean.in all his books jules verne used his scientific knowledge as well as his imagination in describing future inventions

52、. sometimes he was wrong, . of course, but often the accuracy of his descriptions is very.surprising.31 the development of modern science has shown that jules vernes descriptions about future inventions a a. are often correct b. are always accuratec. are entirely wrong d. are merely fairy stories d.

53、 jules vernes descriptions of the future were surprisingly accurate32. in his book from the earth to the moon , there is no description of b .a. men traveling into the space .b. men landing on the moonc. a spaceship launched into the spaced. a spaceship splashing down into the sea33. the author cite

54、s two of jules vernes books in the passage to show that d a. jules verne had a very strong imaginationb. jules verne loved to take adventuresc. jules verne wrote many fairy stories about the future34. jules vernes stories about the future inventions were based on d .a. his knowledge of science b. his strong imaginationc. his own experiences in adventures d. both a and b35. jules verne was d .a. an inventor as well as a scientistb. a scientist rather than an inventorc. not a scientist rather than an inventord. neither a scientist nor an inventor part iii vocabulary and structu