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天津师范大学成人高等学历教育考试试卷（ A 卷） 2011-2012 学年度第 二 学期考试科目： 英语 班级： 姓 名： 学号： 题号一二三四五六七八总分分数得分评卷人一、Each of the following sentences has four parts underlined and marked A, B, C and D. You are identify the one that needs correction. (10%)1. The typewriter, which it is one of the worlds great inventions, has been replaced by the word A B C Dprocessor. 2. The book was so bored that I returned it to the library without finishing it. A B C D3. It is not impossible to overcome the difficulties of learning a new language if one will have the A B C Dright attitude. 4. Hardly he had entered the shop when he realized that he had fergotten his wallet. A B C D 5. Wealth depends to a great extent in a countrys natural resources, such as coal, gold, A B Cother minerals, and so on. D 6. He cant hardly remember the accident because he was only a four-year-old boy when A B Cit occurred.D 7. Before design the building, the architect studied the plans of other buildings built A B C Dnear the site. 8. The strange sound that came through the thick walls separating the two building A B Cseemed to be as close than next door. D 9. After going to my room to get the magazine, I returned and sat down contentedly, A Bsometimes reading and sometimes not doing nothing. C D 10. Paul suggested that they meet in the front of the school gate at one oclock Friday A B C Dafternoon.得分评卷人二、For each of the following blanks, four choices are given. Choose the most appropriate one. (15%) 1. He writes _ he had never used a pencil.A. even if B. whenC. though D. as if2. “Youre a liar!” she _.A. wept B. cried outC. sighed D. insisted3. The professor paused as if _ his students to ask questions on the point he had just made.A. expecting B. to expectC. expected D. to have expected4. _ you keep trying, youll certainly succeed. A. As B. Because C. No matter how D. As long as5. _, you must show your ticket to go into the cinema.A. No matter whoever you are B. Whoever you areC. Whomever you are D. No matter who are you6. _, there was no quality control whatsoever.A. First of all B. In the endC. Most important of all D. Most curious of all7. As we had not much money, we could not _ a new car.A. offend B. affordC. acquire D. pay8. I couldnt understand why he pretended _ in the bookstore.A. to see me not B. not to see meC. not see me D. to see not me9. The classroom was almost empty _ a desk or two.A. besides B. except forC. except D. in addition to10. The school bus was _ by a thick fog.A. held up B. broken offC. kept up D. put off11. The girl in the snapshot was smiling sweetly, _.A. her long hair flowed in the breezeB. her long hair was flowing in the breezeC. her long hair flow in the breezeD. her long hair flowing in the breeze12. Only guests of the hotel enjoy the _ of using the private beach.A. privilege B. possibilityC. favour D. advantage13. “Well do what we can to get the goods _ on time,” said the manager of the company.A. reached B. deliveredC. returned D. come14. I received a _ parcel yesterday and I am still wondering who may have sent it.A. sincere B. dullC. complicated D. mysterious15. He felt rather _ as he was the only person who wore sportswear at thedinner party.A. in place B. in the wayC. by the way D. out of place得分评卷人三、 Complete each of the following sentences with the correct form of the words given in the blanks. (15%) 1. He was disappointed so often that he became _ (hope).2. Id like to go with you, but with so much work to do this afternoon Im _ (able) to.3. His legs shook _ (nervous) when he walked to the platform to speak before the huge crowd.4. The _ (find) of the research group proved once again that Einstein was right.5. Most of his books are based on _ (history) events. 6. Many people consider Francis Chichester to be one of the greatest _ (sail) of the 20th century. 7. Every year children look forward to Childrens Day with great _ (eager).8. As neither _ (manage) nor labor would give in, the union organized a strike.9. _ (kind) is one of the qualities we would look for in a friend. 10. They were busy _ (assemble) a tractor when the accident happened. 11. I was _ (surprise) to hear that Tom had failed his exam. 12. He spent a lot of time _ (correct) my pronunciation.13. He is _ (die) serious about the matter.14. Do you have any _ (evident) that Charles stole the jewels? 15. His _ (suspect) turned out to be all wrong.得分评卷人四、Fill in the blanks with the words or expressions given below. Change the form where necessary. (10%)on a basis be responsible for to ones taste in a row decrease stun put to good use take the place of compared to take back1. They are making further efforts to _ the cost of production2. We have a great variety of pictures for you to choose from. You can select the one which is most _.3. The soldiers stood _ for the officers inspection.4. Who do you think _ the failure of the experiment?5. If you dont know how to _ your books _, give them to others.6. Professor Smith has come to our department to give lectures _ short term _.7. _ most women of her time, she was indeed very fortunate. 8. Vingo was really lucky that his wife was willing to _ him _.9. She was _ by the news of her sons death.10. Electric trains have _ steam locomotives in Britain.得分评卷人五、Reading Comprehension (30%) Passage 1Cancer is among the top killer diseases in our society today and scientists have found out that stress helps to bring it on. It is worthwhile to consider, therefore, what are the causes of stress in our life, and whether we can do anything about them.Are we under-employed, or overburdened with too many responsibilities? Do we have a right balance of work and leisure in our lives? Are our relationships with family, friends or fellow workers all they should be?All these things can be a cause of stress, and it is best to face them honestly, and to bring our frustrations into the open. People who have a good row and then forget it are doing their health more good than those who bottle up their feelings.If our self-examination has brought any causes of stress to light, let us consider what we can do about them. It is possible to change jobs. We can make more leisure and fill it more happily, if we will accept a different living standard. We can improve our personal relationships by a different attitude. It is we who allow other people to make ourselves unhappy. Often the little things that disturb us are not worth an hours anger. The teaching in the Bible Let not the sun go down upon your wrath is good advice from the health point of view as well as the religious. 1. Which of the following statements is true?A. Freedom from responsibilities helps relieve stress.B. Stress is the direct cause of cancer.C. The causes of stress are worthy of serious study.D. Cancer is the number one killer in our society today. 2. According to the passage, which of the following types of people is more likely to suffer from stress?A. People who have cancer.B. People who like to quarrel with others.C. People whose living standard is low.D. People who have more responsibilities than they can handle.3. Judging from the context, the word row in the third paragraph most probably meansA. a noisy quarrel.B. a very loud noise.C. a neat line of things side by side.D. a journey in a boat.4. Which of the following is not mentioned as a way to reduce our stress?A. Changing our jobs.B. Changing our attitude about little things that make us unhappy.C. Speaking out about our frustrations.D. Reading the Bible.5. “Let not the sun go down upon your wrath” probably meansA. Dont let your anger last long.B. Dont get angry while the sun is going down.C. Dont get angry easily about little things.D. Dont watch the sun set while you are angry.Passage 2The word horsepower was first used two hundred years ago. James Watt had made the worlds first widely used steam engine. He had no way of telling people exactly how powerful it was, for at that time there were no units for measuring power.Watt decided to find out how much work one strong horse could do in one minute. He called that unit one horsepower. With this unit he could measure the work his steam engine could do.He discovered that a horse could lift a 3300-ponud weight 10 feet into the air in one minute. His engine could lift a 3300-pound weight 100 feet in one minute.Because his engine did ten times as much work as the horse, Watt called it a ten horsepower engine.1. The selection says that Watt made the first A. engine B. steam engine C. widely used steam engine D. useful engine2. Watt wanted to find a way to A. measure the work his engine could do B. tell people how powerful his engine was C. lift a 3300-pound weight D. both A and B.3. He made up a unit of measurement based on the strength of A. a man B. ten horses C. his engine D. a horse4. One horsepower would equal the A. work a horse could do in a minute B. weight a horse could lift C. work a horse could do in ten minutes D. weight of one horse5. The best title for this selection is A. Watts Engine B. The Origin of the Term Horsepower C. Units of Measurement D. It Happened 200 Years Ago. Passage 3How often one hears children wishing they were grown up, and old people wishing they were young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets.Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities. If a child has good parents, he is well fed, looked after and loved. It is unlikely that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. In addition, life is always presenting new things to the child-things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too well known. A child finds pleasure in playing in the rain, or in the snow. His first visit to the seaside is a marvelous adventureBut a child has his pains：he is not so free to do as he wishes as he thinks older people are; he is continually being told what to do and what not to doTherefore, a child is not happy as he wishes to be.When the young man starts to earn his own living, he becomes free from the discipline of school and parents; but at the same time he is forced to accept responsibilities. With no one to pay for his food, his clothes, or his room, he has to work if he wants to live comfortably. If he spends most of his time playing about in the way that he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may get himself into trouble. If, however, he works hard, goes by the law and has good health, he may feel satisfied in seeing himself make steady progress in his job and in building up for himself his own position in society.Old age has always been thought of as the worst age to be; but it is not necessary for the old to be unhappy. With old age come wisdom and the ability to help others with advice wisely given. The old can have the joy of seeing their children making progress in life; they can watch their grandchildren growing up around them; and, perhaps best of all, they can, if their life has been a useful one, feel the happiness of having come through the battle of life safely and of having reached a time when they can lie back and rest, leaving everything to others.1. The happiest people should be those who _.A. face up to difficulties in lifeB. hope to be young againC. enjoy life in different agesD. wish to be grown up2. The word “they” in Line 5，Para. 2 ref