2016年成人学位英语考试模拟题及答案.docx

1、2016年成人学位英语考试模拟题及答案选作题I：Part IDialogue Communication ( 15 % )Directions: In this section, you will read 15 short incomplete dialogues between two speakers, each followed by 4 choices marked A ,B , C and D. Choose the answer that best suits the situation to complete the dialogue by marking the corres

2、ponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.1. Speaker A: Firstly, allow me to introduce myself. My name is John Brown, manager of the company.Speaker B：_A. You must be mistaken. I don' t know you at all.B. Hello, Brown! I haven' t seen you for ages.C. How do you

3、 do, Mr. Brown? Very happy to see you.D. Hi, John! Welcome to China.2. W: How long can I keep the book?M：_A. Yes. You can keep it.B. No. I' m afraid you should return it now.C. Three weeks. But you can renew it if you need it for a longer time.D. You can take it at any time you want.3. Speaker A

4、: Take a seat, Mr. Brown. Could you tell me which position you think most appeals to you?Speaker B：_A. Well, I' m easy-going and have many personal interests.B. I' m strong-willed and determined.C. I prefer to take the post of sales manager if you think I' m qualified.D. I don' t qui

5、te care whatever is offered to me.4. W: I was thinking of staying in tonight to surf the Internet, do you want to join me?M:_A. Staying in tonight to surf the Internet? It' s a good idea. Enjoy yourself.B. Join you with the Internet? What about the Internet?C. What I want to do is nothing else b

6、ut take a walk.D. Not really. I work on the computer all day long. I need a break from computer' s screen.5. Speaker A: I wonder if Ann will come. It' s 8:30 now and she was supposed to come at 8: 00.Speaker B：_A. She assured me she would start at 7: 30. Maybe she had been held up by the tra

7、ffic.B. You shouldn' t be wondering. I believe she won' t come.C. Don' t worry. Let' s wait here until she comes.D. Yes. I do agree with you.6. M:What are you doing?W:Trying to get this wine stain(污渍) out of the carpet.M:Hang on. There' s some soda here. It should take the stain

8、right out.W :Really? Hey,_A. it is really functioning.B. it is really working.C. it is really playing.D. it is really influencing.7. Endy : Hi, Tom. How is everything?Tom._A. I don' t care at all.B. No good, thanks.C. Not bad. How are you?D. Thank you for asking.8. Grandpa: Robbie, we' ll go

9、 fishing soon, and we' ll take your Dad with us.Grandson: I'm ready, Grandpa._A. You name the day.B. Enjoy yourselves.C. You can' t miss it.D. Take your time.9. Teacher: Where is Mike this morning?Student: He' s got a cold.Teacher:_A. Just tell him to take it easy.B. He is absent.C.

10、What' s the matter with him ?D. What? Where is he?10. W: How was the job interview? I think you make a good journalist(记者).M:_A. Well. My application was a journalist.B. Well. I gave it up as I was a journalist.C. Well. The interview is OK. But I want to be a journalist.D. Well. The people inter

11、viewed were not very cooperative.11. Speaker A: Have you ever done any work in this field?Speaker B :_A. It doesn' t mean I can' t do it well without experience.B. No. But we did some practice in class.C. Maybe I can try it now.D. This is just the chance for me to practice.12. W : This book

12、is great. I can' t put it down.M:_A. What? I can' t imagine your being excited by a book.B. Sorry. Books cannot attract you so much.C. I doubt you are involved in something else.D. Perhaps this book is something mysterious.13. Waiter:_Customer: Yes, I' ll have a cheeseburger, with French

13、 fries(薯条).A. What do you want to eat?B. Have you decided what to have yet?C. Excuse me, are you ready to order now?D. Excuse me, but who' s like to order?14. W: How did you do with your essay for Professor Black Scott?M._A. Everything is OK. But I failed to finish it.B. Professor Smith Scott di

14、dn' t work successfully enough to let me believe in him.C. Nonsense. It' s not your business.D. Not too bad, it took me almost 10 hours.15. Mary: Tom, would you like to go to a party this Sunday?Tom：_ What kind of party ?Mary: It' s a birthday party.A. Sounds goodB. Looks niceC. Seems al

15、l rightD. Feels excellentPart I Reading Comprehension (30%)Directions : There are 3 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A ,B , C and D. You should decideon the best choice and mark the correspondin

16、g letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage 1Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:Some psychologists(心理学家) maintain that mental acts such as thinking are not performed in the brain alone, but that one' s muscles also participate. (76) It may be

17、said that we think with our muscles in somewhat the same way that we listen to music with our bodies.You surely are not surprised to be told that you usually listen to music not only with your ears but with your whole body. Few people can listen to music without moving their body or, more specifical

18、ly, some part of their body. Often when one listens to a symphonic concert on the radio, he is attracted to direct the orchestra (乐队) even though he knows there is a good conductor on the job.Strange as this behavior may be, there is a very good reason for it. One cannot derive all possible enjoymen

19、t from music unless he participates, so to speak, in its performance. The listener "feels" himself into the music with more or less noticeable motions of his body.( 77 ) The muscles of the body actually participate in the mental process of thinking in the same way, but this participat

20、ion is less obvious because it is less noticeable.1. Some psychologists think that thinking isA. not a mental processB. more of a physical process than a mental actionC. a process that involves our entire bodiesD. a process that involves the muscles as well as the brain2. The process of thinking and

21、 that of listening to music are similar in thatA. both are mental actsB. muscles participate in both processesC. both processes are performed by the entire bodyD. we derive equal enjoyment from them3. Few people are able to listen to familiar music withoutA. moving some part of their bodyB. stopping

22、 what they are doing to listenC. directing the orchestra playing itD. wishing that they could conduct music properly4. The listener's way of "feeling" the music isA. the unnoticed motion of his musclesB. "participating" in the performanceC. bending an ear to the musicD. being

23、 the conductor of the orchestra5. According to the passage, muscle participation in the process of thinking isA. deliberateB. ApparentC. indistinctD. impressivePassage 2Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:It is difficult to imagine what life would be like without memory. (78) T

24、he meanings of. thousands of everyday perceptions , the bases for the decisions we make, and the roots of our habits and skills are to be found in our past experiences, which are brought into the present by memory.Memory can be defined as the capacity to keep information available for later use. It

25、includes not only "remembering" things like arithmetic or historical facts, but also involving any change in the way an animal typically behaves. (79)Memory is involved when a rat gives up eating grain because he has sniffed something suspicious in the grain pile. Memory is also involved w

26、hen a six-year-old child learns to swing a baseball bat.Memory exists not only in humans and animals but also in some physical objects and machines. Computers, for example, contain devices for storing data for later use. It is interesting to compare the memory-storage capacity of a computer with tha

27、t of a human being. The instant-access memory of a large computer may hold up to 100,000 " words" -ready for instant use. An average U.S. teenager probably recognizes the meaning of about 100,000 words of English. However, this is but a fraction of the total amount of information which the

28、 teenager has stored. Consider, for example, the number of faces and places that the teenager can recognize on sight.The use of words is the basis of the advanced problem-solving intelligence of human beings.A large part of a person' s memory is in terms of words and combinations of words.6. Acc

29、ording to the passage, memory is considered to beA. the basis for decision making and problem solvingB. an ability to store experiences for future useC. an intelligence typically possessed by human beingsD. the data mainly consisting of words and combinations of words7. The comparison made between t

30、he memory capacity of a large computer and that of a human being shows thatA. the computer' s memory has a little bigger capacity than a teenager' sB. the computer' s memory capacity is much smaller that an adult human being' sC. the computer' s memory capacity is much smaller ev

31、en than a teenager' sD. both A and B8. The whole passage implies thatA. only human beings have problem-solving intelligenceB. a person' s memory is different from a computer' s in every respectC. animals are able to solve only very simple problemsD. animals solve problems by instincts ra

32、ther than intelligence9. The phrase "in terms of" in the last sentence can best be replaced byA. "in connection with"B. "expressed by"C. "consisting"D. "by means of"10. The topic of the passage is:A. What would life be like without memory ?B. Memory

33、is of vital importance to life.C. How is a person' s memory different from an animal' s or a computer' s?D. What is contained in memory ?Passage 3Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:Today anyone will accept money in exchange for goods and services. People use money to b

34、uy food, furniture, books, bicycles and hundreds of others they need or want. When they work,they usually get paid in money.Most of the money today is made of metal or paper. But people used to use all kinds of things as money. One of the first kinds of money was shells.Shells were not the only thin

35、gs used as money. In China, cloth and knives were used. In the Philippine Islands, rice was used as money. In some parts of Africa, cattle were one of the earliest kinds of money. Other animals were used as money, too.The first metal coins were made in China. They were round and had a square hole in

36、 the center. People strung them together and carried them from place to place.Different countries have used different metals and designs for their money. The first coins in England were made of tin. Sweden and Russia used copper to make their money. Later, other countries began to make coins of gold

37、 and silver.But even gold and silver were inconvenient if you had to buy something expensive. Again the Chinese thought of a way to improve money. They began to use paper money. (80) The first paper money looked more like a note from one person to another than paper money used today.Money has h

38、ad an interesting history from the days of shell money until today.11. Which of the following can be cited as an example of the use of money in exchange for services?A. To sell a bicycle for $20.B. To get some money for old books at a garage sale.C. To buy things you need or want.D. To get paid for

39、your work.12. Where were shells used as money in history?A. In the Philippines.B. In China.C. In Africa.D. We don' t know.13. Why, according to the passage, did ancient Chinese coins have a square hole in the center?A. Because it would be easier to put them together and carry them around.B. Beca

40、use it would be lighter for people to carry them from place to place.C. Because people wanted to make it look nicer.D. Because people wanted to save the expensive metal they were made from.14. Why does the author say that even gold and silver were inconvenient if you had to buy something expensive?A

41、. Because they are easy to steal.B. Because they are difficult for people to obtain.C. Because they are not easy to carry around.D. Because they themselves are expensive, too.15. Which do you choose as the best title for this passage?A. Money and Its UsesB. Different Things Used as MoneyC. Different

42、 Countries, Different MoneyD. The History of MoneyPart II Vocabulary and Structure (30 % )Directions: In this part there are 30 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A,B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding lett

43、er on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.16. Darkness doesn' t trouble cats, for they can see_A. in darkB. in the darkC. in a darknessD. in darkness17. The earthquake happened in_A. late 1960sB. the late of 1960sC. late of 1960sD. late of the 1960s18. If you want to become a

44、doctor, you ought to study_A. medicineB. the medicineC. literatureD. the literature19. I' ve got_ today.A. the bad toothacheB. a bad toothacheC. bad toothachesD. the bad toothaches20. "What' s in your hand?""It is a_ bill. "A. two-thousand dollarB. two thousand dollarsC.

45、two-thousand-dollarD. two-thousand-dollars21. By the time the war _, most of the people had already left.A. broke outB. broke upC. intervenedD. happen22. My father was asked to _the New York office.A, take part inB. take placeC. take overD. take in23. _work has been done to improve people' s liv

46、ing standard.A. ManyB. A great manyC. A large number ofD. A great deal of24. Lincoln thought it was wrong to keep Negroes _slaves.A. inB. asC. forD. at25. The search was_ when the fog got thicker.A. called offB. called onC. called inD. called for26. After being tested in many ways, this newly-design

47、ed machine will _in the near future.A. take placeB. put into useC. come into useD. take action27. If you associate with such people, I' m afraid you_ serious trouble.A. are heading forB. are makingC. are avoidingD. are creating28. From then on, a sound system of Party Committee meetings was_ in

48、all leading bodies.A. constructedB. institutedC. confirmedD. given up29. The train will_ from Platform 2 at 3:45 on Tuesday morning.A. departB. arriveC. stopD. derail30. A judge must be_ when weighing evidence.A. interestedB. disinterestedC. separatedD. disconnected31. At present time, people have a

49、 trend to live in the_A. suburbB. suburbsC. garbD. outskirts32. This kind of work is _me.A. unfamiliar withB. unfamiliar byC. unfamiliar toD. not unfamiliar of33. You must_ the facts and should not run away from the truth.A. lookB. SightC. frontD. face34. It' s no use ringing me up at the office

50、 this week because I' mA. by my leaveB. at leaveC. in holidaysD. on holiday35. There is no mason why you should tell them_ that you are going.A. for advanceB. in advanceC. on advanceD. of advancing36. She _and fell from the top of the stairs to the bottom.A. slippedB. slopedC. splitD. spilt37. H

51、e has arrived late_A. as usualB. as usuallyC. like usualD. like usually38. Have you any other reasons _the ones you just mentioned above?A. in addition to B. besideC. off D. at addition with39. I didn' t know what to do but then an idea suddenly _me.A. happened toB. enteredC. occurred toD. took

52、place40. The dog frightened the little girl_ crying.A. intoB. toC. withD. for41. Have you ever had_ in your country?A. a women' s boxerB. a woman' s boxerC. a women boxerD. a woman boxer42. May I have _that is on the top shelf?A. a breadB. some breadC. loaf of breadD. the loaf of bread43. In

53、 some countries _are getting richer and richer.A. rich B. the richC. riches. D. the riches44. Play is usually more enjoyable than_A. a jobB. JobC. a workD. work45. The mini-skirt is_A. in fashionsB. in a fashionC. in fashionD. in the fashionPart Identification ( 10 % )Directions: Each of the followi

54、ng sentences has four underlined pans marked A, B, C and D. Identify the one that is not correct. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Part IV Cloze(10%)Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage, and for each blank there are 4 ch

55、oicesmarked A, B, C and D at the end of the passage. You should choose ONE answer that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Even a child knows that nodding head means "Yes". But some people would probably(5

56、6)when they first came to India. When they talked to(57)Indian, he would often shake his head. They(58)think that the India did not like(59)they said, but on the contrary, he was expressing(60)The Indians(61)a habit of shaking their(62   )slightly when they talk to(63   ) It doesn' t mean "No", b