广东省成人高等教育学士学位英语试卷及答案

广东省成人高等教育学士学位广东省成人高等教育学士学位 外语水平考试模拟试题 五 外语水平考试模拟试题 五 英语试卷一英语试卷一 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 Customer Could you find these books for me Seller Sure Let me have a look at your list Customer A It s all right B No problem C Here you are D Thank you 2 Neighbor Hi You said that you might need some help with preparing dinner What would you like me to do Hostess I really appreciate it First could you peel the vegetables I ve put them all in the sink and there s a peeler A Thanks for coming B Sit down please C Oh it s you D I have no idea 3 Jack John you look terrible John My girlfriend broke up with me A Are you all rightB What goes wrong with you C Are you feeling wellD Do you need help 4 Jane I failed the test again Three times in a row Helen It s no big deal You still have another chance A Cheers B Don t worry C Come onD Forget it 5 July Hello Mr Green Mr Green You re leaving so soon When are you off July Early tomorrow morning A I m leavingB I ve come to say goodbye C I want to tell you that I am leavingD Goodbye 6 Operator Hello International Trade Corporation Customer Hello May I talk to Mr George Adam please Operator please A WaitB Hold onC connectingD Yes 7 Peter Would you lend me your typewriter Jane I m sorry it is out of order It could not be used right now Peter I ll ask Jim if he has one A ReallyB It doesn t matterC ThanksD Sorry 8 Manager Applicant I have come at your invitation for an interview Manager Nice to meet you Please sit down A What s the matter B What can I do for you C How are you D Excuse me 9 Stewardess Good morning This way please Passenger Thank you Stewardess can you direct me to my seat Stewardess Certainly May I see your boarding pass please Passenger Sure here it is A How are you B Nice to meet you C You are welcome to our plane D Welcome aboard 10 Jiang Hello can I speak to the head of the household Chen Jiang This is Jiang Ping with Children s Publishing Company May I have your name sir Chen My name is Chen A May I ask who s calling B Hello C What s your name D Would you tell me your name 11 Customer I want to mail this parcel to Beijing Clerk Customer Register is enough I really don t want insurance Clerk Please put the box on this scale A Would you like to register it B Do you want to register and insure it C Do you want to register or insure it D Would you register and insure it 12 Mary Excuse me for being late Peter I was held up by the traffic Peter Mary Come in and take a seat A That s quite all rightB No problem C Don t mention itD Welcome 13 Mrs Weller Welcome Mr Zhao We re very pleased to have you with us Zhao Kai Thank you Mrs Weller I m more than happy to have this chance to join in a real Thanksgiving celebration Mrs Weller I ll join you in a while A You are welcome B Please make yourself at home C Don t wait for me D Please start to eat 14 Janet Linda I was shocked to hear about your husband s illness I m so sorry Linda I appreciate your sympathy Janet I hope he ll be all right but this is his second heart attack in five years A It doesn t matter B Thank you C Me tooD Don t mention it 15 Mrs Fox what you have done to my son doctor Doctor That s all right Mrs Fox That s my job I m very glad he recovered so soon Mrs Fox I know he has brought great trouble to you A million thanks A I m very grateful forB I feel very happy with C I really like D I ve got to know Part II Reading Comprehension 40 points Directions 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 with a single line through the center Passage One Are some people born clever and others born stupid Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experience Strangely enough the answer to these questions is yes To some extent our intelligence is given us at birth and no amount of special education can make a genius out of a child born with intelligence On the other hand a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and varied surroundings Thus the limits of a person s intelligence are fixed at birth whether or not he reached those limits will depend on his environment This view now held by most experts can be supported in a number of ways It is easy to show that intelligence is to some extent something we are born with The closer the blood relationship between two people the closer they are likely to be in intelligence Thus if we take two unrelated people at random from the population it is likely that their degree of intelligence will be completely different If on the other hand we take two identical twins they will very likely be as intelligent as each other Relations like brothers and sisters parents and children usually have similar intelligence and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth Imagine now that we take two identical twins and put them in different environments We might send one for example to a university and the other to a factory where the work is boring We would soon find differences in intelligence developing and this indicates that environment as well as birth plays a part This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close contact with each other but who are not related at all are likely to have similar degree of intelligence 16 The writer is in favor of the view that man s intelligence is given to him A at birth B through education C both at birth and through education D more at birth than through education 17 If a child is born with low intelligence he can A never become a genius B still become a genius if he should be given special education C exceed his intelligence limits in rich surroundings D not exceed his intelligence limits even in rich surroundings 18 In the second paragraph if we take two unrelated people at random from the population means if we A pick any two persons B take out two different persons C choose two persons who are relative D choose two persons with different intelligence 19 The example of the twins going to a university and to a factory separately shows A the importance of their intelligence B the role of environment on intelligence C the importance of their position D the part that birth places 20 The best title of this passage can be A Surroundings B Intelligence C Dependence on Environment D Effect of Education Passage Two Before the grass has thickened on the roadside verges and leaves have started growing on the trees it is a perfect time to look around and see just how dirty Britain has become The pavements are stained with chewing gum that has been spat out and the gutters are full of discarded fast food cartons Years ago I remember travelling abroad and being saddened by the plastic bags discarded bottles and soiled nappies at the edge of every road Nowadays Britain seems to look at least as bad What has gone wrong The problem is that the rubbish created by our increasingly mobile lives lasts a lot longer than before If it is not cleared up and properly thrown away it stays in the undergrowth for years a semi permanent reminder of what a tatty little country we have now Firstly it is estimated that 10 billion plastic bags have been given to shoppers These will take anything from 100 to 1 000 years to rot However it is not as if there is no solution to this A few years ago the Irish government introduced a tax on non recyclable carrier bags and in three months reduced their use by 90 When he was a minister Michael Meacher attempted to introduce a similar arrangement in Britain The plastics industry protested of course However they need not have bothered the idea was killed before it could draw breath leaving supermarkets free to give away plastic bags What is clearly necessary right now is some sort of combined effort both individual and collective before it is too late The alternative is to continue sliding downhill until we have a country that looks like a vast municipal rubbish tip We may well be at the tipping point Yet we know that people respond to their environment If things around them are clean and tidy people behave cleanly and tidily If they are surrounded by squalor they behave squalidly Now much of Britain looks pretty squalid What will it look like in five years 21 The writer says that it is a good time to see Britain before the trees have leaves because A Britain looks perfect B you can see Britain at its dirtiest C you can see how dirty Britain is now D the grass has thickened on the verges 22 According to the writer things used to be A worse abroad B the same abroad C better abroad D worse but now things are better abroad 23 To solve the problem of plastic bags Michael Meacher A followed the Irish example with a tax on plastic bags B tried to follow the Irish example with a tax on plastic bags C made no attempt to follow the Irish example with a tax on plastic bags D had problems with the plastics industry who weren t bothered about the tax 24 As to what can be done the writer thinks A it is too late to do anything B we are at the tipping point C there is more than one way to solve the problem D we need to work together to solve the problem 25 The writer thinks that A people are squalid B people behave according to what they see around them C people are clean and tidy D people are like a vast municipal rubbish tip Passage Three The men who planned and constructed the first American railroads were men of great vision They predicted that their iron horses would open vast expanses of land to farming and industry They knew that towns would spring up along the new railroads Yet few of these pioneers could have guessed that American railroads would establish the system of time used throughout most of the world today Until the 1880s all time in the United States was sun time Farmers set their clocks to noon when the sun appeared to be overhead In towns people set their clocks by a courthouse clock or factory whistles One town s time was often different from the time in a neighboring town As the new railroads expanded large numbers of people began to travel But the railroads were unable to print accurate timetables when most towns along their tracks have their clocks set differently There was need for a change and the railroads led in planning it In 1883 railroads in the United States and Canada adopted standard time a system which divided the continent into four time zones Within each zone all railroad clocks were set to an identical time When it was noon in the Eastern Zone it was nine o clock in the Pacific Zone Railroad time signals were sent out by the newly invented telegraph Standard time quickly spread Traveling businessmen set their watches to correspond to the railroad clocks Factories and schools followed the railroad s lead Soon nearly everyone in the United States and Canada was using the four zone time system standard time Today nearly all the world keeps standard time according to an international system of twenty four time zones 26 Implied but not directly stated A Farmers set their clocks according to the factory whistles B The correct time was not too important before the 1800s C Only people who traveled on trains ever knew time D A standard system was set up by the pioneers 27 On the whole the article tells about A pioneers who rode on iron horses B large numbers of people who traveled C the establishment of standard time D the accurate timetable in the United States 28 Which statement does this article lead you to believe A Accurate timetelling is important in many industries B Accurate time is important only in the United States C Accurate time is owned by the men who built railroads D Accurate time is owned by pioneers 29 Why weren t railroads able to print accurate timetables A Towns along the tracks set their clocks differently B No one was able to read timetables that were accurate C Farmers preferred to read the sun instead of timetables D Railroad workers had no watches 30 What does the word identical mean A different B difficult C similar D understandable Passage Four Until recently women in advertisements were one of three things an apron a glamorous dress or a frown Although that is now changing many women still feel angry enough to deface offending advertisements with stickers protesting This ad degrades women Why does this sort of advertising exist How can advertisers and ad agencies produce sometimes after months of research advertisements that offend the consumer The advertising Standards Authority the body which deals with complaint about print media is carrying out research into how women feel about the way they are portrayed in advertisements Its conclusions are likely to be what the advertising industry already knows although women are often irritated by the way they are seen in ads few feel strongly enough to complain Women are not only the victims of poor and boring stereotypes in many TV commercials men are seen neither as useless childish oafs who are unable to perform the simplest household tasks or as in considerate boors permanently on the lookout for an escape to the pub But it is women who seem to bear the impact of the industry s apparent inability to put people into an authentic present day context Yet according to Emma Bennett executive creative director of a London advertising agency women are not infuriated by stereotypes and sexist advertising It tends to wash over them They are not militant or angry they just find it annoying or tiresome They reluctantly accept outdated stereotypes but heave a sigh of relief when an advertisement really gets it right She says that it is not advertising s use of the housewife role that bothers women but the way in which it s handled Researchers have often asked the wrong questions The most important thing is the advertisement s tone of voice Women hate being patronized flattered or given desperately down to earth commonsense advice In the end the responsibility for good advertising must be shared between the advertiser the advertising agency and the consumer Advertising does not set trends but it reflects them It is up to the consumers to tell advertisers where they fail and until people on the receiving end take the business seriously and make their feelings known the process of change will remain laboriously slow 31 Despite recent changes in attitudes some advertisements still fail to A change women s opinions of themselves B show any understanding of people s feelings C persuade the public to buy certain products D meet the needs of the advertising products 32 According to the writer the commonest fault of present day advertising is to A condemn the role of the housewife B ignore protests about advertisement C present a misleading image of women D meet the needs of the advertising industry 33 Research suggests that the reaction of women towards misrepresentation by advertisements is A indifference B hostility C consent D unbelief 34 Emma Bennett suggests that advertisement ought to A give further emphasis on practice B use male images instead of female ones C change their style rather than their content D pay more compliments to women than before 35 Ultimately the advertising industry should A take its job more earnestly B do more pioneering work C take notice of the public opinion D concentrate on the products advertised Part III Vocabulary and Structure 20 points Directions There are 40 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 Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center 36 Access the paper is restricted to senior management A toB withC forD in 37 Employees can buy books a discount A forB of C atD in 38 I was looking forward to working her expert guidance A inB onC underD at 39 Canceling the conference will a very bad impression A getB doC makeD give 40 He looked shocked then burst laughter A toB inC uponD into 41 What him most was that he had received no apology A worriedB annoyedC challengedD troubled 42 I don t of cosmetic surgery A contendB improveC approveD consent 43 The firm will workers for their loss of earnings A payB compensateC comfortD charge 44 A security officer at the factory who to give his name said he had seen two men leave the building A preparedB triedC declinedD pleased 45 Medical supplies have been among families affected by the epidemic A distributedB givenC contributedD delivered 46 Several children were bread to the ducks A showingB puttingC feedingD making 47 I really need to speak to you now Oh all right if you A tryB needC insistD hold 48 They welcomed the opportunity to participate fully the life of the village A inB toC intoD of 49 Ladies and gentlemen I regret that a number of statements made by the department were incorrect A sayingB to sayC sayD of saying 50 The recipe says you can yoghurt for the sour cream A replaceB substituteC exchangeD place 51 I suggest you before you go round there A phonedB phoneC phoningD to phone 52 It was a really bad accident they re lucky to be A livingB aliveC liveD lived 53 The results are with earlier research A insistentB consistentC concernedD connected 54 The law requires equal treatment for all of race religion or sex A regardB regardlessC in regardD disregard 55 I m extremely about what I read in the press A criticalB skepticalC frightenedD convinced 56 If people don t learn from this then his suffering and death were A in vainB on vainC for vainD to vain 57 Thanks ever so much for your help I really it A appreciateB thankC likeD enjoy 58 you are blind you will not miss the astonishing chan