江苏省成人高等教育英语考试2006. 6 (脱产卷) A 8.doc

江苏省成人高等教育英语考试2006.6（脱产卷）A8I. Listening Comprehension 10%Directions: In this part, you will hear some sentences and short conversations. After each sentence and conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer.SENTENCES:1. A. Singing. B. Skating. C. Reading. D. Dancing.2. A. While having a meeting. B. While having supper. C. While having lunch. D. While having breakfast.3. A. An engineer. B. An expert. C. A teacher. D. A worker.4. A. The dinner. B. The meeting. C. The class. D. The interview.5. A. The University of Indiana. B. The University of India. C. A university in China. D. A university in Indonesia.CONVERSATIONS:6. A. About four months. B. About half a month. C. About a month. D. About more than a month.7. A. Teacher and student. B. Father and daughter. C. Shop assistant and customer. D. Boss and secretary.8. A. He doesnt agree with her. B. He is against her. C. He fully agrees with her. D. He partly agrees with her.9. A. The health problem. B. The English test. C. The house problem. D. The English party.10. A. In a classroom. B. In a cafe. C. In a cinema. D. In a hospital.II. Vocabulary and StructureThere are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence.11. These folk songs have been passed（ ）.A. from generation to generation B. generation by generationC. generation against generation D. generations over generations12. What are you going to do when you（ ）?A. grow up B. grow C. bring up D. develop13. Judging from their accent, they may（ ）Australia.A. come to B. come out C. come from D. come over14. Aunt Mary gave us sandwiches for our picnic and a bag of cookies（ ）.A. be added B. to additions C. in an addition D. in addition15. The lawyer believed that（ ）English law, Hubert was innocent.A. according to B. in order to C. considered of D. impressing by16. His ideas have（ ）in the minds of his followers.A. raised flower B. taken root C. given fruit D. grown grass17. Although he is great, he is still a（ ）being.A. humane B. humorous C. human D. humble18. Theyve become rich and（ ）need any financial help.A. not any longer B. not more C. no longer D. not any more19. I often listen to pop music（ ）.A. in my spare times B. in my leisure time C. in my spare time D. in my leisure times20. On the telephone, she（ ）that Tom had been ill for a long time.A. mended B. mentioned C. meant D. measured21. He always（ ）himself a common person.A. thinks aboutfor B. thinks oflike C. thinks aboutlike D. thinks ofas22. I（ ）the robbery. I was at home that night.A. had something to say B. had nothing to do with C. had to keep away D. had everything to deal with23. They all agree at the meeting that everyone is equal and the privilege（特权）must be（ ）in this club.A. done away with B. watched out C. run away with D. kicked out24. According to recent tests people have found that no one could（ ）sleep for very long.A. do without B. wake from C. leave behind D. throw away25. Do you know that WTO（ ）the World Trade Organization?A. is based on B. belongs to C. takes the place of D. stands for26. In the childrens minds, the Spring Festival is（ ）good food and clothes.A. associated with B. dreaming of C. with respect to D. famous for27. Barbara was invited to give a speech at her sons graduation（ ）in his school.A. ceremony B. certificate C. conclusion D. congratulation28. Xiao Wang has some good old friends to（ ）.A. fall back B. fall over C. fall ill D. fall back on29. He（ ）in the hospital for half a year since he broke his leg.A. lived B. lives C. has been D. has been being30. She（ ）her key the whole time, but she（ ）not（ ）it yet.A. looked for, hasfound B. has been looking for, hasfoundC. has looked for, didfind D. has been looking for, didfindIII. Reading comprehensionThe following passages have been chosen from the textbook and followed by questions or unfinished Statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage.1There are many customs and superstitions associated with weddings. Many originated many centuries ago. Some are known throughout the country and many other parts of the world. Others may be regional or even maintained within families from generation to generation. They are maintained in the belief that they will bring good luck and happiness to the couple at a time when their lives are changing hopefully for the better.CHOOSING THE DAYAlthough most weddings now take place on Saturdays, it was considered unlucky in the past. Fridays were also considered unlucky, particularly Friday the 13th. The famous old rhyme advises a wedding in the first half of the week: Monday for wealth/Tuesday for health/Wednesday the best day of all/Thursday for losses/Friday for crosses/ Saturday for no luck at all. June was considered to be a lucky month to marry in because it is named after Juno, the Roman goddess of love and marriage. The summer as a whole was considered a good time to marry and this is partly to do with the suns association with fertility.THE WEDDING DRESSIt is thought unlucky for the bride to make her own wedding dress. It is also unlucky for the groom to see the bride in her wedding dress before she arrives at the ceremony. The bride should not wear her entire outfit before the wedding day. Some brides leave a final stitch on the dress undone until it is time to leave for the ceremony when the outfit is completed. Most brides today marry in white which symbolizes maidenhood. The tradition was given a boost by Queen Victoria who chose to marry in white instead of silver which was the traditional color of Royal brides. A green dress is thought to be unlucky unless the bride is Irish. The old expression that a woman has a green gown was used to imply promiscuity, the green staining being due to rolling in grassy fields.THE VEILTraditionally, brides have been thought to be particularly vulnerable to evil spirits. It was thought that the veil would disguise the bride and therefore outwit evil spirits. The veil became popular in Britain in the eighteen hundreds. In this country it is associated with modesty and chastity.FLOWERSFlowers have always been used for decoration at weddings. Some people choose the flowers at the wedding on the basis of their symbolic meanings. For example, orange blossom has always been associated with weddings because it signifies purity and chastity. A combination of red and white flowers is avoided by the superstitious because they stand for blood and bandages.THE WEDDING CAKECutting the wedding cake is now part of the celebrations at the reception. The couple make the first cut together to symbolize their shared future. One old English custom was to place a ring in the wedding cake. The guest who found the ring in his or her piece of cake would be ensured happiness for the next year. It is said that unmarried guests who place a piece of wedding cake under their pillow before sleeping will increase their prospects of finding a partner and bridesmaids who do likewise will dream of their future husbands. The top tier of the cake is often kept by the couple for the christening of their first child.31. Which of the following statements about the main idea of the passage is TRUE?A. There are many customs and superstitions associated with weddings. Most of them are not used today.B. There were many customs and superstitions associated with weddings. Most of them were only used many centuries ago.C. Many wedding customs and superstitions are maintained because they are believed to bring good luck and happiness.D. Many wedding customs and superstitions were passed within families from generation to generation.32. Which one explains the meaning of rhyme（Para.2）?A. Song. B. Verse. C. Story. D. Sentence.33. June is considered a lucky month to marry because（ ）.A. People are always lucky during this monthB. it is associated with Juno, the Roman goddess of love and marriageC. the weather is niceD. people believe that the couples that marry in June may have more than 2 children34. Why do most brides dress in white on their wedding day?A. Because white symbolizes happiness. B. Because the Royal brides used to choose to marry in white.C. Because white symbolizes maidenhood.D. Because other colors are thought to be unlucky.35. How do people choose flowers for decoration at weddings?A. On the basis of their colors.B. On the basis of their symbolic meanings.C. Choose orange blossom only.D. Choose the combination of red and white flowers.2Which came first, the chicken or the egg? This age-old question touches, in another form, on the theory of evolution. Which came first, the plants or the insects, in particular the bees? If the plants came first, they would have had to be plants that could survive without pollination. If, however, they had no need for bees, there was no need for bees to evolve. Further, if plants were able to survive without bees, there was no need for plants to have a particular color or smell to attract bees, there being no bees to attract.A bee cannot exist by itself. It needs to be part of a unit, sixty thousand strong. Did one bee originally evolve on his own? Evolution believes that before the bees there were bee-like creatures going through various changes, evolving into what finally and suddenly became a fully developed nest with workers, drones and one queen. If this is so, the question that puzzles anti-evolutionists is how the stages took place and how the creatures survived meanwhile, and was there a stage at which the creatures were half bees and half something else.But the question here With regard to bees is the question of food. If the bees came first, what did they feed on? Perhaps on some other life form or, cannibalistically, on one another. There seems to be no record of this but, in this age, there has been a great deal of which there was no previous record, that has suddenly come to light. If bees come before the plants, it is clear that they managed to survive until the appearance of plants, and that whatever their first or original food, they eventually transferred their needs to plants. Equally, if the plants came first they must have had some way of survival that did not require the help of bees. If the evolutionists are right, it may also be that the plants underwent changes and that part of their evolution is concerned with passing from a form that could do without bees to a form that needed them.Anti-evolutionists will argue that neither needed to come first, that the two could have come into existence side-by-side and interdependently at the same time. But how, your evolutionist will say, could bees just have come into existence? There must have been some bee-like insect there before. And if this is so, what did it feed on? At which point we are back to the beginning again with the age-old question: Which came first, the plants or the insects, the chicken or the egg?36. This passage mainly tells us about（ ）.A. plant evolution B. insect evolution C. the ideas of the anti-evolutionists D. the theory of evolution37. From the passage we can learn that（ ）.A. bees cant exist unless there is a unit of sixty thousand strong.B. bees can survive by eating their companionsC. bees can only live on some kinds of plantsD. bees can mostly live on a bee keeper38. The phrase come to light（Para.3）possibly suggests that（ ）.A. something looks very bright B. something is becoming lightC. people become very clever D. people get to know the truth of something39. According to the passage the anti-evolutionists are those who（ ）.A. are supporters of evolution B. insist on the egg coming before chickenC. are against the theory on evolution D. doubt all the living things40. Which of the following CANNOT be derived from the passage ?A. Without the bees pollination the plants cant live on.B. In a fully developed nest there must be some queens, together with some other drones and workers.C. Evolution believes that beelike creatures which went through various changes, once existed before bees.D. The question which came first, the chicken or the egg still remains unknown.3In the spring of 1974, Chinese archaeologists made a great find in Xian, Shanxi Province, when they unearthed the pottery statues of imperial guards buried in the Tomb of the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty dating back over 2000 years. The pit consists of more than seven thousand pottery warriors, horses and wooden chariots in life size. The arms they hold are altogether real, some excavated swords being still sharp as anything. The news of these epoch-making archaeological findings spread far and wide. In the past decades it attracted tens of thousands of visitors including foreigners, overseas Chinese and compatriots from all over the world to Xian, which boasts of having been the capital of several dynasties by the name of Changan since ancient times.The pottery, army is well worth a visit for its unparalleled historical relics and rare treasures of exquisite works of art.All the pottery warriors and horses are so vivid and lifelike that you could almost-el them breathing. Obviously the means of artistic moulding adopted by unknown skilled craftsmen in the Qin Dynasty was ingenious. Their artistic attainments had reached the highest level. People who see them with their own eyes all acclaim the statues as the acme of perfection. Many a foreign visitor admires and praises them as a wonderful achievement. The former French Premier spoke highly of them. There have been seven wonders of the world, now the Pottery Army in the Qin Tomb is to be added, he said, Not to see the pyramids is not to see Egypt at all, while not to see the Pottery Army is not to see China at all. His words admirably sum up the impressions of all who have witnessed this wonder of China and of the entire world.41. How many pottery warriors, horses and wooden chariots are there in the pit?A.7,000. B. 70,000. C. More than 7,000. D. More than 70,000.42. How far did the news of these epoch-making archaeological findings in Xian spread?A. Far and wide. B. All over the Western countries. C. Far and high D. All over the country.43. By what name had Xian been the capital of several dynasties?A. Xian. B. Xi Du. C. Xi Jing. D. Changan.44. What does the word unparalleled mean in Paragraph Two?A. Not in the same direction B. Having different qualitiesC. Having an unequal meaning D. Having unmatched qualities45. Why did the former French premier say not to see the Pottery Army is not see China at all?A. Because the Pottery Army is something he knew very well.B. Because he hadnt seen the Pottery Army before.C. Because the Pottery Army is the wonder of China.D. Because he had seen the pyramids in Egypt.4Valentines Day is of course traditionally associated with expressions of romantic love, but the American Academy of Pediatrics（美国儿科研究院）have said that Valentines Day is a good opportunity for parents to tell their children they love them.In the stressful（紧张）and complex modem world, it is important to take advantage of every opportunity to reflect（反思）and make sure that fundamental things are not ignored（忽视）every day.To help parents, the Academy issued a list of 10 ways mom and dad can show their love for their children, in relevant ways.The list is really a reminder of what parents should be doing all year around.Like many good ideas, the suggestions are fairly obvious.The list includes the following suggestions:Start to care for your child before he or she is born by avoiding drugs, alcohol, and tobacco.Set aside a regular time for reading, to help a childs brain development.Even young babies enjoy the attention and the sound of a parents voice, and children of all ages will benefit from a love of reading.Keep your childs health records up-to-date.Check your home for potential hazards（可能的危险）, for example, make sure that medicines and cleaning supplies are stored safely.Check your car to ensure that child safety seats are correctly installed（安装）.Talk to your childs caregivers to be certain your child is receiving healthy and developmentally appropriate care.Use plenty of positive, encouraging words when speaking to your child, to nurture self-esteem.Set a good example at home and in public, taking care to use good manners.Monitor（控制）your childs a activities by limiting the kinds and amounts of television he or she watches and enforcing（强制执行）bedtime and homework rules.Remember to give lots of hugs and other gestures of affection（关爱的表示）.Showing your child love means protecting them, providing emotional security, and being a good role model. It is profoundly important to their future well-being（健康）.46. Though Valentines Day is traditionally associated with expressions of romantic love, the day is a good opportunity for parents（ ）.A. to send cards to their childrens teachers B. to send gifts to their friendsC. to tell their children that they love them D. to help the handicapped47. The writer asks the parents to check the home for potential hazards, so as to（ ）.A. monitor（控制）childs activities B. enjoy reading the storiesC. keep children safe D. help a childs brain development48. To nurture a childs self-esteem, the most important point is（ ）when they speak to a child.A. to correct