2025年成人学位英语通关宝典全面解析与实战演练

成人高等教育学士学位英语

考试复习资料

一、考试题型

本考试包括5个部分：阅读理解、词汇和语法、完形填空、英译汉和写作。客观题目所有按次序

统一•编号。考试时间为120分钟.

第一部分阅读理解(Readingcomprehension),共4篇短文，共20题，占总分的40机

第二部分词汇和语法(Vocabu1aryandStructure),共40题，占总分的20%。

第三部分完形填空(Cloze),共20题，占总分的10乐

第四部分英译汉(TranslatIonfromEnglishintoChinese),I―2个段落，占总分的

15%0

第五部分写作(Writing),占总分的15%o

阅读埋解专题练习

Passage1

Thesecretofbeingbornluckyisasummerbirthday»withMaybabiesmostlik

elytoenjoyalifetime'sgocdfbrtune,accordingtoastudyofmorethan40.000peop

1c.ThelimeofyearatwhichyouarcbornhasanenduringinflucncconIe

veIsofoptimismandseif-reported1uck,accordingtoaresearchbyBritish

andSwedishscientists.MaywastheIuckiestmonthinwhichtobebor

n,with50pcrccntofthosebomthenconsidcring(hcmsclveslucky,whileOc

toberwastheIeastluckymonth>withjust43percentclaiminggoocitortune.

ThefindingsaddtogrowingevidencethatthephenomenonofIuckisno

talldowniochancc,butisafiectedbyaperson'sgeneraldisposition.Otherr

esearchhasshownthatwhetherpeopIethinkthemseIvesfortunatedependsless

onobjectivesuccessthanonhavinga“glasshaIf-fu11"or"half-empty"approac

htolife."Whatwcarcseeingsuggeststhatsomtthingisinlluencingho

wpeopleperceivetheirluckiness.Myhypothesisisthatpeoplecreatetheirown

luckbytraitssuchasoptimisin,thatluckisapsychalogica1phenomenonrather

thanamalicrofblindchance$aidProfe$sorRichardWiscman,who1cd

theresearch.

ThepatternoftheresuIt,withthoseborninspr;ngandinsuminerreporti

ngthemselvesluckicrthanthosebominautumnorwinler,couldhave

twopotentia1explanations.ProfessorWisemansaid.

1.Accordingtoepassage,whetherpeop1ethinkthemse1ves1uckyorno

tdependsonthefoilowingfactorsEXCEPT.

A.one'sobjectivesuecess

B.one'sgeneraIdisposition

C.one*sattitudetolife

D.one'splaceofbirth

2.Accordingtothepassage,thosewhowereborninregardthemse1

vesasthemostfortunate.

A.MarchB.AprilC.MayD.October

3,WhichofthefoliowingstatementsisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?

A.OptiiniSticpeopletendtobeluckier.

B.DevotedpcopIetendtobeluckier.

C.Objectivesuccessismoreimportantthanone'sgeneraldispositioninfeeling

Iucky.

D.Pcopledrinkingmorcwatertendtobe1uckicr.

4,Whichofthefollowingwordscanbebestrep1acetheword411rait**(Line

7.Para.2)?

A.Quality.B.Expeclation.C.Bclief.D.Idea

5.Whatisthebesttitleforthepassage?

A.LuckisSomethingBorn

B.LuckisNotAllDowntoChance

C.LuckisaMatterofBlindChanee

D.LuckandAge

Passage2

ManhasaIwayswantedtofly.Someofthegreatestmeninhistoryhadthought

abouttheprob1cm.Oneofthem,lorcxample,wasthcgrcatItalianartist.

LeonardoDaVinci.Inthe16,hcenturyhemadedesignsformachinesthatwouI

df1y,buttheywereneverbui1t.

Throughouthistory,other1cssiamousmenhadwantedIofly.Anexample

wasamaninEngland800yearsago.Hemadeapairofwingsfromchickenfeathers.T

henhefixedtheintohisbodyandjumpedintoairfromatallbuiIding.H

edidnotflyveryfar.Instcad,hefelltothcgroundandbrokecveryb

oneofhisbodyandrestedinpeace.

Thefirstrea1steptookp1aceinFrance,in1783.Twobrothers,the

MontgoIficrs,madcaveryIargc“hotairballoon'\Theyknew(hathotair

rises.Whynotfi1Iaballoonwithit?Theballoonwasmadeofclothandpaper.InSe

Pteinberofthatyear»theKingandQueenofFraneecametoseetheballoon.They

watcheditcarrytheveryfirstairpassengersintothesky.Thepassengerswe

reasheepandachicken.Wedonotknowhowtheyfe1taboutthe

trip.Butwedoknowthatthetrip1astedeightminutesandthattheanimalsIa

ndedsafely.Twomonthslaicr,twomcndidthcsamething.TheyroseaboveParisin

aballoonofthesamekind.Theirtriplastedtwenty-fiveminutesandthe

ytraveledabout.

1.LeonardoDaVinci.

A.saidthatmanwouldflyintheskyoneday

B.buiItakindofmachinewhichneverfiew

C.madedesignsforflyingmachines

D.drewmanybeautifulpicturesofbirds

2.EighlhundredyearsagoanEng1ishman.

A.madeakindofflyingmachine

B.triedtof1ywithwingsmadeofchickenfeathers

C.waniedtobui1dakindofballoon

D.triedtoflyona1argebird

3.Infact,theEnglishmanwhotriedtofly.

A.gotbadlywoundedB.succccdecinflying

C.1osthis1ifeD.f1ewonly8minutes

4.TheveryfirstairpassengersinthebaiIoonwere.

A.twoanimaIsB.theMontgolficrs

C.twoFrenchmenD.theKingandQueen

5.WhendidtwoFrenchmenriseaboveParis?

A.InDeccmber1783.B.InSeptcmber1783.

C.Inthe17,hcentury.D.InNovember|783.

Passage3

Dietingtoloseweighthasbecomeverypopularinrecentyears.Peoplehavebec

omemoreheaIthconsciousandtrytotakebcttcrcarcoftheirbodicsbycating

morenutritiously（有营养的）andcxcrcisingmorercgularIyto1oscanyunncccssa

ryfatthattheymayhave.

Noton1yarepeoplebeingmorecarefulaboutwhattheyeat,theyareaIso

conccrnedwithhowtheycatandhowtheirmea1sarcpreparcd.Peoplearc

takingmoretimeforeachmeal.Manyavoidthesocalled"p】astic"fast-foodha

mburgersandchoose（oeatasaladorasandwichofmorehealthfulingredients

（〃戈分）inaquietrcstauranlwithamore1cisurc1yatmosphcrc.Athome,ihcyal

sotrytotakeenoughtimetoeatarelaxingdinnerwithoutphoneorTVin

terruptions.

Whilcdietingmaybeviewedasbcncficial,ithasalsobccomeascriouspro

blemforAmericans,particu1arlyforyoungwornen.Dietingfbrthemhas

actuallybecomeapsychologicaladdiction（依赖）.Theyeatsolittlethattheycan

loseasmuchasfiftypcrccntofiheirlotaibodyweight,andaIthoughthey

looklikeskeletons.theystillinsistthattheyarefat.

Thecurrentwavesofexercising,dietingandtheproblemsproducedhavecau

sedmanyorganizationstobegineducatingthepublic.Manyschoo1s,hosp

ita1s.healthorganizations,newspapersandmagazines,forexample.areofferi

ngc1asses,printingb）okletartides,etc.toinformthepub1icof（he

waytoexerciseanddiet,ofthedungcrsofdietingtooraPidly,andofthep1aces

peoplecangofbrmedica1helpiftheyfindthemselvesontheroadto“diet

addiction

1.Thesedayspeoplearcdietingmorebecause.

A.（heyhavebecomefatterandfatter

B.theyhaverealizedthedangerofeating

C.theyhavebecomemorehealthconscious

D.theyhavetakenbettercareofthemselves

2.WhatchangcshavepcoplemadeintheatmosphcrcofmeaItime?

A.Theyaretakingmeretimeforeachmeal.

B.TheyareeatinginquietrestaurantswithmoreIeisurelyatmosphere.

C.AlhometheyarceatingwithoutphoneorTVinterruptions.

D.Alloftheabove.

3.“TheyIook1ikeske1etons”inthe(hirdparagraphmostprobab1y

mcans.

A.theyareverypre11y

B.theyareveryugly

C.theyaretoothin

D.theyarestarving

4.Themainideaofthelastparagraphisabout.

A.howtheorganizationstrytoheIppeoplewithdietingaddiction

B.whatkindofmediacanbeusedtoeducatethepub1ic

C.wherepeopIewithdietingaddictioncangotoaskforhe!p

D.whatcausesIhcorganizationstobegincducatingthepub1ic

5.Accordingtothepassage,wecaninferthattheatmosphereofeatinghas

somethingtodowith.

A.dictingBmannersC.hcalthD.exercisin

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Passage4

DoyouknowwhoBenjaminBannekerwasandwhathedid?BenjaminBa

nnekerwasaseIf—edueatedscientistatatimewhenmostAfricanAmericans

wereslavcs.BornafreeblackmaninthcBritishCo1onyofMarylandin1731,

hereceivedsomeformaleducation,buthemost1yborrowedbooksandtaught

hitnselfscienceandmatherratics.At22,heborrowedapocketwatch.and

withoutanytraining,figuredouIhowiocarvcaworkingwoodenclockthat

chimedeachhour.Becauseofthisclock,hebecamewe11knownandpeoplew

ouldvisithimjusttoseehiscreation.

Bannckcrranhisfami1yfarmfrommanyyears,butwhenhewasinhis1

ate5Os.aneighbor'ssonlenthimatelescope.Hebecameinterestedinastronomy,

thesludyofthepIanetsandstars,andagaintaughthimselfanewsci

cncc.Hemadecalculationsoftides,sunriscsandsunsets,andevenpredicledan

eclipse.Forseveralyearshepub1ishedanalmanacofthesecalculations.Today,he

isbestknownforpub)ishingsixaImanacs.calIed"BenjaminBanneker's

Almanac''between1792and1797.

Inthe1790s,Bannekeralsohelpedsurveyandlayoutthelandfor

Washington,D.C..whichbecamethenation'scapital.ForalookatBanneker's

amazinglife,visittheBenjaminBannekerHistorica1Park&MuseuminEllicottCit

y.Maryland.

1.WhaiwasthestatusofmostAfrican-AmericansatBanneker'stime?

A.Most?\frican-AmericanscouIdhaveforma1education.

B.MostAfrican-Ainericanscouldbeself—educated.

C.MostAfrican-Americanshadfrcedom.

D.MostAfrican-Americansweres1aves.

2.WhatsubjectsdidBenjaminteachhimself?

A.Scicnccandmathematics.

B.Science,mathematicsandastronomy.

C.Astronomyonly.

D.SixAlmanac.

3,HebecamefamousatIheageof22beeauseof.

A.awatchB.atelescopeC.abookD.aclock

4.Theword“almanac”(Linc5,Para.2)probab1ymeans.

A.abookB.anobjectC.asurveyD.a

diary

5.WhichofMr.Bannckcr'sworksisbeslknown?

A.Eelipseprediction.

B.Helpingsurveyingthecapital.

C.BenjaminBannckcr'sAlmanac.

D.Awoodenclock.

Passage5

Thec1ockstruckelevenatnight.ThewhoIehcusewasquiet.Everyone

wasinbedexceptme.Underthestronglight,IIookedsad1ybeforemeatah

ugcpilcofthattroublcsomestufftheyca11**books”.

Iwasgoingtohavemyexaminationthenextday.44WhencanIgotobed?"

Iaskedmyself,【didn'tanswer.Infact,Idarenot.

Thec1ockstrucktwelvc.*kOh.dear!”Icried."Tenmorebookstoreadb

efbreIcangotobed!”WepupilsarethemostwreIchedcreaturesintheworld.

Daddoesno(agreewithmeonthis.Hedidnothavetoworksohardwhenhe

wasaboy.

Theclockstrokeone.Iwasquitedesperatenow.IforgotaIIIhad1eamed.Iw

astootiredtogoon.IdidtheonlythingIcould.Iprayed,“Oh,God,

pleaseheIpmepasstheexamtomorrow.Idopromisctoworkhardafterwards,

Amen.”

MyeyesweresoheavythatIcouIdhardlyopenthem.Afewminuteslater,

withmyheadonthedesk,Ifellasleep.

1.Whentheauthorwasgoingoverhislessons,alltheothersinthehousewe

re.

A.(1uiet1ylaughingalhimB.outside

C.workinginbedD.asleep

2.Theunderlinedword“wretched*'inPara.3probab1ymeans.

A.veryhappyB.veryunhappy

C.disappoinledD.hopefu1.

3.Reviewinghislessonsdidn'thelphimbecause.

A.hehadn'tstudiedhardbeforetheexamination

B.hewasverytired

C.hiseycs1idwercsoheavythathecou1dn'tkeepthcmopen

D.itwastoolateatnight

4.Whatdoyousupposehappedtotheauthor?

A.Hewenttochurchtoprayagain.

B.Hefailedintheexam.

C.Hepassedtheexambysheerhick.

D.Hewaspunishedbyhistcachcr.

5.Thebesttitleforthepassagewouldbe.

A.ASIowStudent

B.WorkingFarintotheNighI

C.TheNightbefbretheExamination

D.GoingoverMyLessons

Passage6

lbdayanyonewillacceptmoneyinexchangeforgoodsandservices.Peopl

eusemoneytobuyfood,furnilurc,books,bicycIesandhundredsofot

herstheyneedorwant.V/hentheywork,theyusua1Iygetpaidinmoney.

Mo5tofthemOncytodayismadcofmetalprpapcr.Butpcop1cusedto

useallkindsofthingsasironey.Oneofthefirstkindsofmoneywasshe1Is.

Shellswerenottheonlythingsusedasmoney.InChina,c1othandkniveswere

used.InthePhilippineIsiands,ricewasusedasmoney.InpartsofAf

rica,cattlewcrconeoftheearlicsImoncy.Otheranimalswereusedas

moneytoo.

Thefirstmeta1coinswereinadeinChina.Theywereroundandhadasquareh

oIeinthecentcr.Peoplestrungthemtogcthcrandcarriedthcmfromplacctoplace.

Differentcountrieshaveuseddifferentmetalsanddesignsfortheirmoney.The

firstcoinsinEnglandweremadeoftin.SwedenandRussiausedcoppertomaket

hcirmoney.Latcr,othcrcouniricsbcgantomakccoinsofgoldandsiIvcr.

Butevengo1dandsilverwereinconvenientifyouhadIobuysomethingexpensi

ve.AgaintheChineseihoughtofawaytoimprovemoney.Theybegantou

scpapcrmoney.Thefirstpapermoncylookcdmorelikeanotefromonepersontoan

otherthanpapermoneyusedtoday.

MoneyhashadaninterestinghistoryfromthedaysofsheIImoneyuntiltoday.

I.WhichofthefoilowingcanbecitedasanexampIeoftheuseofmoneyin

exchangeforservices?

A.TosellabicycleforS20.

B.Togetsomemoneyforoldbooksatagaragesale.

C.Tobuythingsyouneedorwant.

D.Togetpaidforyourwork.

2.Wherewereshcl1susedasmoneyinhistory?

A.InthePhilippines.B.InChina.

C.InAfrica.D.Wedon'tknow.

3.WhydidancientChinesecoinshaveasquareholeinthecenter?

A.Becauseitwouldbeeasiertoputthemtogetherandcarrythem

around.

B.BecauseitwouldbelighterforpeopIetocarryfronip1acetoplace.

C.Becausepeop1ewantedtomakei(looknicer.

D.Becausepcoplcwantedtosavethecxpensivemclaltheyweremadef

rom.

4.Whydoestheauthorsaythatevengoldandsilverwereinconvenientif

youhadtobuysomethingexpensivc?

A.Becausetheyaredifficu1tforpeop1etoobtain.

B.Becausetheythemselvesareexpensive,too.

C.Bccausetheyarcnoteasytocarryaround.

D.Becausetheyareeasytosteal.

5.Whichdoyouchooseasthebesttitleforthispassage?

A.MoneyandIisUse

B.DifferentThingsUsedasMoney

C.DifferentCountries,DifferentMoney

D.TheHistoryofMoney

Passage7

InDenmark,parentsar2allowedtosetupanewschooliftheyarcdissalisfied

withtheschoo1intheareawheretheyare1iving.Althoughtheseschoolshaveto

fol1owthenationalcourse,theyareallowedalotofchoicesindecidingwhattot

each.

SomeofthesenewschooIsarecalled“sma11schools"becauseusua11y

thenumberofpupilsin(hemisonlysixty,butaschoolhastohavea11easttwenty-s

evenpupils.Coo1ccnbridgcSchoo1inIre1and,isasma11schoo1similarto

theonesinDenmark,itwassetupbyparentswhocamefromFIo1Iand»

Germany.Czechoslovakia.EnglandandotherpartsofIreland.Theycamebeea

usetheywantedtolivcinthecountrysideandtogrowthcirownfood.InJunc

1986,theydecidedtostartaschooI.Theymanagedtogetanold,disusedpr

imaryschooIbuildingandstartedwith(wenty-fburchildrenagedfroinfourtot

wclvc.

Theteacherssay,“Theimportantthinginschoolisdoing,notsit(ing."A

ndsothecoursesincIudeyoga,cooking,knitting,kite-inaking.music,fishing,dra

maandenvironmenta1riverstudies,aswellasrcading,writing»mathsandsci

enee.

1.Whatare【heru1esforsettingupanewschooIinDenmark?

A.Parentsarea1lowcdtosetuptheirownschool.

B.Theschoo1hastofollowthenationaIcourses.

C.TheschoolhastohaveatIeast27students.

D.Al1oftheabove.

2.Thewritertel1sabouttheCooleenbridgeSchoo1intheIrelandbecaus

A.itwassetupbyparentswhoarenotpeopieofDenmark

B.itwastakenasanexampleofthiskindof“smallschool',

C.thereareonlytwenty-fourchiIdren

D.thepupi1stherewereagedfrom4to12

3.WhatmakesthiskindofschooIspecia1?

A.Itissetupbyparcntsnotbygovcrnment.

B.Itisfreetodecidewhattoteach.

C.Thenumberofpupilsinitisonlysixty.

D.Ithastohavcatleast27pupiIs.

4,“Theimportantthinginschoo1isdoing,notsittingWh.atthe(eacherssayactuaI

1ymeans.

A.whatweshou1ddoistcachinginIheclassroom,notsi11ingintheof

fice

B.chi1drenshoulddomorehomeworkathome.notjustsitinclasstoIistentot

hetcachcrs

C.childrenshouIdlearnbythemselvesnotrelyonteachers

D.chiIdrenshouldlearn(hroughpracticenotjustfrombooks

5.Thecoursesinclude.

A.yoga,cooking»knitting,kite-making,music,fishing,dramaandenvironme

ntairivcrstudics.exccptwriting.mathsandscicncc

B.eitheryoga,cooking,knitting,kitc-making,music»fishing,dramaandcn

vironmenta1riverstudies,orreading.writing,mathsardscience

C.notonlyreading.writing,inathsandscience,butalsoyoga,cooking,k

nitting,kite-making,music,fishing,dramaundcnvironmentalriverstudies

D.mainlyyoga,cooking.knitting,kite-making,music,fishing,drama

andenvironmentalriverstudies,andsupplementa1(补充的)writing,mathsand

scicncc

Passage8

IntheUnitcdSiatcs,30percentoftheaduItpopu1ationhasaweightp

roblem.Tomanypeople,thecauseisobvious:theyeattoomuch.Butsci

entificevidencedoesIittletosupporttheidea.

GoingbacklotheAmcricaofthe19I0s,wcfindthatpcoplcwcrcthinncr

thantoday,yettheyatemorefbod.InthosedayspeopleworkedharderphysicaII

y,walkedmore,usedniachinesmuchIessanddidn'twatchtelevision.

Severalmodernstudics,moreovcr,haveshownthatfattcrpeoplcdonot

eatmoreonaveragethanthinnerpeopIe.Infact,someinvestigations,suchast

he1979studyof3,545Londonofficeworkers.report(hat,onba1ance,fat

peoplecatlessthansiimmcrpcoplc.

Sludiesshowthatslimpeoplearemoreactivethanfatpeop1e.Astudybyare

searchgroupatStanfordUniversitySchooIofMedicinefoundthefoilowing

interestinglacts:Themorethemenrun,themorebodyfatthey1ost.Themoret

heyran,thegreateramountoffoodtheyate.Thus,thosewhorunthemost

atethemost,yetlostthegreatestamountofbodyfat.

1.Thephysicalproblemthatmanyadu1tAmericanshaveisthat

A.theyaretooslim

B.theyworktoohard

C.theyaretoofat

D.theylosetoomuchb<xlyfat

2.Accordingtothearticle.given500adu1tAmericans,willhaveawei

ghtprobIem.

A.30B.50C.100D.150

3.Isthereanyscientificevidencetosupportthateatingtoomuchisthe

causeofaweightproblem?

A.Yes,thereispIcntyofevidcncc.

B.Ofcourse,thereissomeevidencetoshowthisistrue.

C.ThereishardIyanyscientificevidencetosupportthat.

D.Wedon'tknowbecausetheinfonnalionisnotgiven.

4,IncomparisonwiththeadultAmericanpopu1ationtoday,theAmericansof

the1910s.

A.atemorefoodandhadmorephysica1activitics.

B.atelessfoodbuthadmoreactivities

C.ateIcssfoodandhadIessphysica1excrcisc

D.hadmoreweightprob1ems

5.Modernscientificresearchershavereportedtousthat.

A.fatpeopIeeatlessfoodandare1essactive

B.fatpcoplccatmorefo(xlthanslimpcoplcandarcmoreaclivc

C.fatpeopleeatmorefoodthansiimpeopIebutarelessactive

D.thinpeoplerunless,buthavegreaterincreaseinfoodintake

Passage9

Massinedia,thetoolsofcommunication.canbedividedintotwogroups：

printmediaandc1cctronicmcdia.Byprintmcdia,wemeanbooks,ncwspapcrsa

ndmagazines.Electronicmediaincludete1evision,computer,radioandmo

vie.MassmediaaIIowustorecordandpassinformationrapidIytoaIarge»

scaltcredaudicncc.Theycxlendourabilityto(alktocachotherbyhelping

usovereomebarrierscausebytimeandspace.

Massmediainakedailyl