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1、大学英语考试复习资料北京成人本科学士学位分类模拟题20大学英语考试复习资料北京成人本科学士学位分类模拟题20北京成人本科学士学位分类模拟题20Part Reading ComprehensionPassage 1 Languages are remarkably complex and wonderfully complicated organs of culture. They contain the quickest and the most efficient means of communicating within their respective culture. To learn

2、 a foreign language is to learn another culture. In the words of a poet and philosopher, As many languages as one speaks, so many lives one lives. A culture and its language are as necessary as brain and body: while one is a part of the other, neither can function without the other. In learning a fo

3、reign language, the best beginning would be starting with the non-language elements of the language: its gestures, its body language, etc. Eye contact is extremely important in English. Direct eye contact leads to understanding, or, as the English saying goes, seeing eye-to-eye. We can never see eye

4、-to-eye with a native speaker of English until we have learned to look directly into his eyes. 1. The best title for this passage is _.A.Organs of CultureB.Brain and BodyC.Looking into His EyesD.Language and Culture答案:D2. According to this passage, the best way to learn a foreign language is _.A.to

5、read the works of poets and philosophersB.to find a native speaker and look directly into his eyesC.to begin by learning its body languageD.to visit a country where you can study答案:C3. According to this passage, gestures are _.A.spoken wordsB.a non-language elementC.pictures in a languageD.written l

6、anguage答案:B4. As many languages as one speaks, so many lives . means _.A.if one learns many foreign languages, one will have a better understanding of his own languageB.life is richer and more interesting if one knows several languagesC.no matter how many languages one knows, one can never know more

7、 than ones own cultureD.if a person speaks only one language, he will live a very happy life答案:B5. Which of the following doesnt share the same meaning with the others?A.signsB.gesturesC.efficientD.body language答案:CPassage 2 Trees are useful to man in three very important ways: they provide him with

8、 wood and other products; they give him shade; and they help to prevent droughts (干旱) and floods. Unfortunately, man has not realized that the third of these services is the most important. Two thousand years ago a rich and powerful country cut down its trees to build warships, with which to gain it

9、self an empire. It gained the empire, but, without its trees, its soil became hard and poor. When the empire fell to pieces, the home country found itself faced by flood and starvation. Even though a government realizes the importance of a plentiful supply of trees, it is difficult for it to persuad

10、e villagers to see this. The villagers want wood to cook their food with; and they can earn money by selling wood. They are usually too lazy to plant and look after the trees. So, unless the government has a good system of control, or can educate the people, the forests will slowly disappear. This d

11、oes not only mean that the villagers children and grandchildren will have fewer trees. The results are even more serious, for where there are trees their roots break the soil up allowing the rain to sink in-and also bind the soil, thus preventing its being washed away easily but where there are no t

12、rees, the rain falls on hard ground and flows away from the surface, causing flood. 1. What is the most important function of trees?A.Providing fuel.B.Offering shade.C.Preventing natural disasterD.Providing wood.答案:C2. What eventually happened to the empire in the second paragraph?A.Its people died

13、of hunger.B.It fell to pieces.C.It became a giant empire.D.It built many ships with wood.答案:B3. It is implied in the passage that the villagers _.A.want a plentiful supply of trees.B.want firewood badly.C.just want to get money.D.dont realize the importance of trees.答案:D4. The role of trees is to _.

14、A.loosen soilB.keep soil in positionC.harden soilD.both A and B答案:D5. What is the passage mainly concerned with?A.The benefits of trees.B.Trees and soil protectionC.The various uses of trees.D.Different attitudes toward trees.答案:APassage 3 Adam Smith was the first person to see the importance of the

15、 division of the labor. He gave us an example of the process by which pins were made in England. One man draws out the wire, another strengthens it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, and a fifth gives it a head. Just to make the head requires two or three different operations. The work of making

16、pins is divided into about eighteen different operations, which in some factories are ail performed by different people, though in others the same man will sometimes perform two or three of them. Ten men, Smith said, in this way, turned out twelve pounds of pins a day or about 4,800 pins a worker. B

17、ut if all of them had worked separately and independently without division of labor, they certainly could not have made twenty pins in a day and not even one. There can be no doubt that division of labor is an efficient way of organizing work. Fewer people can make more pins. Adam Smith saw this, bu

18、t he also took it for granted that division of labor is itself responsible for economic growth and development and it accounts for the difference between expanding economies and those that stand still. But division of labor adds nothing new, it only enables people to produce more of what they alread

19、y have. 1. According to the passage, Adam Smith was the first person to _.A.take advantage of the physical laborB.introduce the division of labor into EnglandC.understand the effects of the division of laborD.explain the bad causes of the division of labor答案:C2. A dam Smith saw that the division of

20、labor _.A.enabled each worker to design pins more quicklyB.increased the possible output per workerC.increased the number of people employed in factoriesD.improved the quality of pins produced答案:B3. A dam Smith mentioned the number 4,800 in order to _.A.show the advantages of the old labor systemB.s

21、tress how powerful the individual worker wasC.show the advantages of the division of laborD.stress the importance of increased production答案:C4. According to the writer, Adam Smiths mistake was in believing that the division of labor _.A.was an efficient way of organizing workB.was an important devel

22、opment in methods of productionC.finally led to economic developmentD.increased the production of existing goods答案:C5. According to the writer, which one of the following is NOT true?A.Division of labor can enable fewer people to make more pins.B.Division of labor helps people to produce more of wha

23、t they already have.C.Division of labor is by no means responsible for economic growth.D.Division of labor is an efficient way of organizing work.答案:CPassage 4 Human needs seem endless. When a hungry man gets a meal, he begins to think about an overcoat; when a manager gets a new sports car, a big h

24、ouse and pleasure boats dance into view. The many needs of mankind might be regarded as making up several levels. When there is money enough to satisfy one level of needs, another level appears. The first and most basic level of needs involves food. Once this level is satisfied, the second level of

25、needs, clothing and some sort of shelter, appears. By the end of World War II, these needs were satisfied for a great majority of Americans. Then a third level appeared. It included such items as automobiles and new houses. By 1957 or 1958, this third level of needs was fairly well satisfied. Then,

26、in the late 1950s, a fourth level of needs appeared-the life-enriching level. While the other levels involve physical satisfaction, that is, the feeding, comfort, safety, and transportation, this level stresses mental needs for recognition, achievement, and happiness. It includes a variety of goods

27、and services, many of which could be called luxury items. Among them are vacation trips, the best medical and dental care, and recreation. Also included here are fancy goods and the latest styles in clothing. On the fourth level, a lot of money is spent on services, while on the first three levels m

28、ore is spent on goods. Will consumers raise their sights to a fifth level of needs as their income increases, or will they continue to demand luxuries and personal services on the fourth level? A fifth level would probably involve needs that can be achieved best by community action. Consumers may be

29、 spending more on taxes to pay for government action against disease, ignorance, crime, and prejudice. After filling our stomachs, our clothes closets, our garages, our teeth, and our minds, we now may seek to ensure the health, safety, and leisure to enjoy more fully the good things on the first fo

30、ur levels. 1. According to the passage, people will begin to think about such needs as housing and clothing only when _.A.they have saved up enough moneyB.they have grown dissatisfied with his simple shelterC.they have satisfied his hungerD.they have learned to build houses答案:C2. It can be inferred

31、from the passage that by the end of World War II, most Americans _.A.were very richB.lived in povertyC.had the good things on the first three levelsD.did not own automobiles答案:D3. Which of the following is NOT related to physical satisfaction?A.A successful careerB.A comfortable homeC.A good mealD.A

32、 family car答案:A4. What is the main concern of man on the fourth level?A.The more goods the better.B.The more mental satisfaction the better.C.The more luxury items the better.D.The more earnings the better.答案:B5. The author tends to think that the fifth level _.A.would be little better than the four

33、th levelB.may be a lot more desirable than the first fourC.can be the last and most satisfying levelD.will become attainable before the government takes actions答案:BPassage 5 When we talk about intelligence, we do not mean the ability to get good scores on certain kinds of tests or even the ability t

34、o do well in school. By intelligence, we mean a way of living and behaving, especially in a new or upsetting situation. If we want to test intelligence, we need to find out how a person acts instead of how much he knows what to do. For instance, when in a new situation, an intelligent person thinks

35、about the situation, not about himself or what might happen to him. He tries to find out all he can, and then he acts immediately and tries to do something about it. He probably isnt sure how it will all work out, but at least he tries. And, if he cant make things work out right, he doesnt feel asha

36、med that he failed; he just tries to learn from his mistakes. An intelligent person, even if he is very young, has a special outlook on life, a special feeling about life, and knows how he fits into it. If you look at children, youll see a great difference between what we call bright children and no

37、t-bright children. They are actually two different kinds of people, not just the same kind with different amount of intelligence. For example, the bright child really wants to find out about life-he tries to get in touch with everything around him. But, the unintelligent child keeps more to himself

38、and his own dream-world; he seems to have a wall between him and life in general. 1. According to this passage, intelligence is _.A.the ability to study wellB.the ability to do well in schoolC.the ability to deal with lifeD.the ability to get high scores on some tests答案:C2. In a new situation, an in

39、telligent person _.A.knows more about what might happen to himB.is sure of the result he will getC.concentrates on what to do about the situationD.cares more about himself答案:C3. If an intelligent person failed, he would _.A.try not to feel ashamedB.learn form his experiencesC.try to regret as much a

40、s possibleD.make sure what result he would get答案:B4. Bright children and not-bright children _.A.are two different types of childrenB.are different mainly in their degree of clevernessC.have difference only in their way of thinkingD.have different knowledge about the world答案:A5. The author of this p

41、assage will probably continue to talk about _.A.how to determine what intelligence isB.how education should be foundC.how to solve practical problemsD.how an unintelligent person should be taught答案:DPassage 6 We use both words and gestures to express our feelings, but the problem is that these words

42、 and gestures can be understood in different ways. It is true that a smile means the same thing in any language. So does laughter or crying. There are also a number of striking similarities in the way different animals show the same feelings. Dogs, tigers and humans, for example, often show their te

43、eth when they are angry. This is probably because they are born with those behavior patterns. Fear is another emotion that is shown in much the same way all over the world. In Chinese and in English literature, a phrase like he went pale and began to tremble suggests that the man is either very afra

44、id or he has just got a very big shock. However, he opened his eyes wide is used to suggest anger in Chinese whereas in English it means surprise. In Chinese surprise can be described in a phrase like they stretched out their tongues! Sticking out your tongue in English is an insulting gesture or expresses strong dislike. Even in the same culture, people differ in ability to understand and exp