学士学位英语考试卷8

成人学士学位英语考试模拟试卷 （八）

Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension (20 minutes 20%)

Section A (5%)

Directions: In this section you will hear five incomplete dialogues. They will be spoken only once. After each incomplete dialogue there will be a pause. During the pause you must read the four choices marked A,B,C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Section A (5%)

1. A. No, it is so hot today

B. No, nothing is as bad as a humid weather. C. No. this weather is really enjoyable. D. No, it is really freezing. 2. A. It is not late now.

B. I will stay here for the next five days. C. Maybe tomorrow if 1 hurry up. D. I can. Why not?

3. A. I don't get on well with Mr. Smith.

B. My essay is good according to Mrs. Smith comments.

C. I am trying my best to finish it. But you know, easy said than done. D. I'm no sure. Maybe next week.

4. A. I'd love to, but 1 will be fully occupied that afternoon. B. I can't finish the job within a half day.

C. I don't need a full day to complete the task. D. I'm afraid I can't handle it.

5. A. I'm sorry; Mr. Johnson is at a conference. B. Sorry, the line is not occupied now. C. Why do you call?

D. Sorry, the office is open. Section B (10%)

6. A. It has plenty of light. B. It's rather expensive. C. It's too small for the man. D. It doesn't have any closets. 7. A. To visit her.

B. To see a new type of boiler. C. To buy a new type of boiler.

D. To learn something about electricity. 8. A. Give him the necessary documents.

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B. Send him back to his hotel. C. Call a taxi for him to the hotel. D. Book a room for him. 9. A. In an art history class. B. In a museum.

C. In the man's dormitory. D. In the woman's dormitory. 10. A. Their neighbors.

B. Their schoolmates. C. Their children. D. Their parents.

11. A. He went for a drink with a friend.

B. He met an accident.

C. He witnessed the accident. D. He bumped into an old lady.

12. A. Teach him how to write a chemistry report.

B. Review the last exam with him. C. Walk with him from the library. D. Help him with his physics.

13. A. It'd give her a chance to make a lot of money immediately.

B. She could stay at the chain at a discount. C. It is available for her.

D. She might get a good job later.

14. A. She will be picked up at her own house.

B. She will be picked up at the station. C. She will take a train there. D. She will take a bus.

15. A. He couldn't go to the art exhibition.

B. He thought he'd better stay in bed.

C. He was told to take good care of himself. D. He had a slight temperature. Section C (5%)

16. A. They may support the employers.

B. They always encourage strikes. C. They are strikers themselves.

D. They are fairly rewarded by the employers. 17. A. The employee side would give up the job.

B. The employer side would force people to work. C. A third party would impose a settle.

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D. They would go on fighting themselves. 18. A. A black spider.

B. A poisonous spider. C. A beautiful spider. D. A very large spider. 19. A. During the day.

B. At dawn. C. At night.

D. In the evening.

20. A. The bird-eating spider is dangerous.

B. The bird-eating spider is able to climb any places.

C. The bird-eating spider spends lots of time on the ground. D. The bird-eating spider likes to live anywhere.

Part ⅡReading Comprehension (30 minutes 30%)

Directions: In this part there are four passages. 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 are required to decide on the choice that best answers the question or completes the statement.

Passage 1

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

The producers of instant coffee found their product strongly resisted in the market places despite their product's obvious advantages. Furthermore, the advertising expenditure for instant coffee was far greater than that for regular coffee. Efforts were made to find the cause of the consumers' seemingly unreasonable resistance to the product. The reason given by most people was dislike for the taste. The producer suspected that there might be deeper reasons, however. This was confirmed by one of motivation research's classic studies, one often cited in the trade.

Mason Haire, a professor of the University of California, constructed two shopping lists that were identical except for one item. There were six items common to both lists: hamburger, carrots, bread, baking powder, canned peaches, and potatoes, with the brands or amounts specified. The seventh item, in fifth place on both lists, read \on one list and Nescafe Instant Coffee'' on the other. One list was given to each one in a group of fifty women, and the other list to those in the other group of the same size. The women were asked to study their list and then to describe, as far as they could, the kind of woman (\had received the list including instant coffee described a housewife who was lazy and a poor planner. On the other hand, only one woman in the other group described the housewife, who had included regular coffee on her list, as lazy; only six of that group suggested that she was probably not a good wife. No one in the other group drew such a conclusion about the housewife

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who intended to buy regular coffee.

21. In the opinion of instant coffee producers, _____________. A. people should buy regular coffee

B. regular coffee is superior to instant coffee

C. instant coffee should have a good market because of its obvious advantages D. the advertising expenditure for regular coffee is very great

22. In this instance, the purpose of motivation study was to discover ____________. A. why there were deeper reasons

B. why instant coffee did not taste good C. why regular coffee was successful

D. the reason why people resisted instant coffee

23. The list on which \consisting of ____________.

A. seven people B. seven women C. fourteen people D. fifty women

24. On the result of this test, the producers of instant coffee probably would advertise on TV to show a _________________.

A. lazy wife drinking instant coffee B. stupid wife using instant coffee

C. hard-working woman drinking instant coffee D. good wife using regular coffee

25. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage? A. It is reasonable for people to resist instant coffee.

B. Advertising does not always assure favorable sales results. C. People pay little attention to advertising.

D. Regular coffee has better taste than instant coffee.

Passage 2

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:

There are places in the world where people are alleged to live much longer and remain more vigorous in old age than in most modern societies. I have visited the best known of these regions, all relatively remote and mountainous.

A striking feature common to all three cultures is the high social status of the aged. Each of the very elderly persons I saw lived with family and close relatives-often an extensive household-and occupied a central and privileged position within this group. The sense of family continuity is strong.

There is also a sense of usefulness. Even those well over 100 for the most part continue to perform essential duties and contribute to the economy of the community. These duties included weeding in the fields, feeding the poultry, tending flocks, picking tea, washing the laundry, cleaning house, or caring for grandchildren, all on a regular daily basis.

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In addition, the aged are esteemed for the wisdom that is thought to derive from long experience, and their word in the family group is generally law.

In none of the three communities is there any forced retirement age, and the elderly are not shelved, as occurs in most of our industrialized society. Khfaf Lasuria, the former tea picker, had retired only two years before I met her. When I asked Seliac Butba, age 121, if he was helping in the construction of a new house springing up next to his own, he responded, “Of course, they can't do without me. ”

Many of the centenarians emphasized the importance of being independent and free to do the things they enjoyed and wanted to do, and of maintaining a placid state of mind free from worry or emotional strain. “Now everywhere people don't live so long because they don't live a free life,” commented Sonia Kvedzenia of Atara, age 109. “They worry more and don't do what they want.” Fabriel Chapnian, 117, of Gulripshi expressed a similar thought when told that few Americans attain his age. His response is: “Hmm--- too literate.”

Expectation of longevity may also be important. In America the traditional life-span is three score and ten years. But when we asked the young people of Abkhazia how long they expected to live , they generally said, \the public has the notion that the normal life-span of man is 100 years. For exaggeration, when proposing toasts, they say 300 years, but everyone expects to be 100.

26. What does the word \ A. Person who has 100 family members. B. Person who is 100 or more years old. C. Person who is the central figure. D. Leader of a unit of 100 soldiers.

27. From the interviews with some local aged, it can be inferred that people in industrialized society ___________. A. don't have personal freedom B. are illiterate

C. don't have a placid state of mind D. are poorer and less healthy

28. According to the passage, all the following are the reasons for the longer life span of the aged the author saw EXCEPT ______________.

A. They enjoy high privilege in their families B. They live in an extensive household

C. their food are not as polluted as those in industrialized society D. they working and make themselves useful as possible as they can

29. In the three communities ____________. A. the aged must retire at a certain age B. the aged worked till death

C. there is no retirement age the aged must observe

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D. the aged needn't work if they don't like to

30. Which of the following is NOT the important factor for longevity? A. Suitable living areas.

B. Independence and freedom to do things.

C. A placid state of mind and expectation of longevity. D. A large extended family.

Passage 3

Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:

The idea of a fish being able to generate electricity story enough to light lamp bulbs-or even to run a small electric motor-is almost unbelievable, but several kinds of fish are able to do this. Even more strangely, this curious power has been acquired in different ways by fish belonging to very different families.

Perhaps the best known are the electric rays, or torpedoes (电鱼), of which several kinds live in warm seas. They possess on such side of the head, behind the eyes, a large organ consisting of a number of hexagonal shaped cells rather like a honeycomb. The cells are filled with a jelly-like substance, and contain a series of flat electric plates. One side, the negative side, of each plate, is supplied with very fine nerves, connected with a main nerve coming from a special pan of the brain. Current passes from the upper, positive side of the organ downwards to the negative, lower side. Generally it is necessary to touch the fish in two places, completing the circuit, in order to receive a shock.

The strength of this shock depends on the size of the fish , but newly born ones only about 5 centimeters across can be made to light the bulb of a pocket flashlight for a few moments, while a fully grown torpedo gives a shock capable of knocking a man down, and, if suitable wires are connected, will operate a small electric motor for several minutes.

Another famous example is the electric eel. This fish gives an even more powerful shock. The system is different from that of the torpedo in that the electric plates run longitudinally (纵向) and are supplied with nerves from the spinal (脊骨) cord. Consequently, the current passes along the fish from head to tail. The electric organs of these fish are really altered muscles and like all muscles apt (likely) to tire, so they are not able to produce electricity for very long.

The power of producing electricity may serve these fish both for defense and attack. 31. It can be seen from the passage that _________.

A. the capacity to generate electricity is the distinctive characteristic of the fish

B. the current travels in an upward direction from the positive side to negative side in torpedo’s electric cells

C. some fish can produce enough electricity to drive a number of electric motors D. the torpedo’s electric cells have a shape with six sides

32. Usually you will not get a shock by touching the electric ray in one place only because __________.

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A. the current in one place is not strong enough to give a shock B. the fish’s electric cells are filled with jelly-like substance

C. to complete the circuit, you have to touch the fish in two places D. a torpedo’s electric cells contain more than one electric plates 33. The main idea of the third paragraph is that _____________.

A. a mature torpedo is capable of producing enough electricity to knock down a man B. the mass of the fish decides the intensity of electric power it generates

C. the strength of shock given by a young electric ray can only light the bulb of a pocket flashlight

D. to make full use of the energy produced by electric fish, suitable wires should be available

34. The reason why the electric eel is able to give more powerful shock is that

________________.

A .the working system of the electric plates in the eel is the most effective

B. the working system of the electric plates in the eel is far inferior to those in the torpedo

C. compared with those in the torpedo, the working system of electric plates in the eel is more direct and efficient

D. compared with other electric fish, the eel possesses much more electric plates 35. The ideal title for this passage is _____________.

A. The Eel B. Torpedo C. Electric Fish D. Electric Power

Passage 4

Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:

Computers may one day turn night into day—with good old, natural sunlight.

Colossal computer-controlled mirrors, thousands of feet across, may one day orbit the earth, reflecting sunlight onto a darkened United States.

Some scientists say that 16 of these mirrors, each about half a mile across, could aim their reflected light at one area on the earth that was about 200 miles by 300 miles. That much light would equal about 56 moons.

The mirrors would be so high that they could catch the sun's light as it was shining on the other side of the earth. The mirrors could orbit-thousands of miles high—at the same speed as the earth turns on its axis (轴). That way, the mirror could always be over the same spot.

The aluminum-coated (涂铝的), plastic mirrors could be folded up and packed into a spaceship, according to the scientists. Once released a few hundred miles in space, the mirrors, powered by a solar-powered engine, could make the rest of the trip into space on their own.

The scientists say the computer-controlled mirrors could also be made to tilt (倾斜) slowly, so the reflected sunlight would sweep slowly along the surface of the earth. For example, as night fell, the mirrors could be tilt to light up Boston. Later on, as darkness spread slowly

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westward. Chicago, for example, then San Francisco could be lit up. The reflected sunlight would allow these cities to save up electricity. And in emergencies, such as power-failures, the mirrors could light up the affected area.

What no one knows yet is what effect this artificial daytime would have on plants, animals, and humans. Would it confuse some animals and harm some plants that are used to the day-night circles? The scientists recommend that studies be done to find out what the effects there might be.

36. The word \

A. nuclear-powered B. orbiting C. giant D. spinning 37. Which of the following is NOT TRUE of the mirrors?

A. They would be made of plastic and coated with aluminum. B. They could be launched into space directly.

C. They would stay in the same position over the earth.

D. They could reflect the sunlight to a large area on the earth.

38. The reflected sunlight could sweep slowly over the surface of the earth because the mirrors __________________.

A. would be operated be solar-powered engine

B. would orbit thousands of miles high to catch the sun light

C. could move around the earth at the same speed as the earth turns on its axis D. could be made to adjust their angles

39. The purpose for turning night into day is to_________. A. confuse animals and plants B. light up more cities

C. save energy and deal with emergencies D. enable people to work longer hours 40. The writer of this passage________.

A. gives an objective account of the mirrors

B. seems to be much worried about the effects of the mirrors C. is in favor of wide use of the mirrors

D. suggests that the artificial daylight is harmful to living being

Part Ⅲ Cloze (15 minutes 10%)

Directions: In this part there is a passage with 20 blanks in it. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You are required to choose the one that best fills into the passage and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Friends play an important part in our lives, but we often don't clearly understand how we make friends. ____41____ we get on well with a number of people, we are usually friends with only a very few. In all the cases of ____42____ relationships, two people like one another and

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enjoy being together, but beyond that, the degree of ____43____ between them and the reasons for their shared interests vary ____44____. As we get to know people we ____45____ things like age, race, economic condition, social position, and ____46____. Although these factors are not of ____47____ importance, it is more ____48____ to get on with people when there is a marked difference in age and background.

It is usual for close friends to have ____49____ ideas and beliefs, to have attitudes and interests in common. And the more intimately ____50____ people become, the more they

____51____ one another. People want to do friends ____52____ and hate to ____53____. Friends have to learn to put up with ____54____ habits and to ____55____ differences of opinion.

____56____ marriages, there are no friendship ____57____ to strengthen the ____58____ between two people. But the supporting and understanding of each other that ____59____ shared experiences and emotions does seem to create a powerful bond, which can overcome differences in background, and break down ____60____ of age, class or race. 41. A. When B. Until C. While D. As

42. A. cooperative B. friendly C. competitive D. harmonious 43. A. compassion B. sympathy C. sentiment D. intimacy 44. A. scarcely B. indifferently C. enormously D. spaciously 45. A. take to B. take into account C. take over D. take on 46. A. intelligence B. inquisition C. instinct D. intuition 47. A. precedent B. primitive C. prime D. previous 48. A. difficult B. significant C. rewarding D. beneficial 49. A. like B. indifferent C. same D. similar 50. A. resolved B. involved C. revolved D. evolved 51. A. turn on B. hold on C. concentrate on D. rely on 52. A. assistance B. help C. benefits D. favors

53. A. break in B. break a promise C. break up D. break down 54. A. annoying B. diverse C. enduring D. arbitrary 55. A. hesitate B. accumulate C. tolerate D. manipulate 56. A. Compared to B. In contrast with C. In accordance with D. In case of 57. A. ceremonies B. demonstrations C. certifications D. qualifications 58. A. combination B. association C. negotiation D. foundation 59. A. leads to B. ends up with C. results from D. yields to 60. A. bars B. barrels C. barriers D. barns

Part Ⅳ Vocabulary and Structure (15 minutes 15%)

Section A (10%)

Directions: In this section there are 20 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You are required to choose the one that best completes the

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sentence and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

61. Disabled people should not be ________ the chances to study in university. A. forbidden B. prevented C. withheld D. denied 62. He has the ________ of saying the right thing at the right time.

A. capability B. advantage C. intelligence D. personality 63. The doctor was ________ of the way we were doing the work.

A. good B. diligent C. critical D. skillful

64. Whether he can pass the examination is thought to be ________ for his going abroad. A. personal B. crucial C. conventional D. special 65. The doctor told Penny that too much ________ is bad for the health.

A. care B. extension C. exhibition D. consideration 66. People coming and going were ________ strict investigation.

A. related to B. included in C. submitted to D. subjected to 67. Solar cells have been developed primarily to provide ________ power for spacecraft. A. elective B. electric C. electronic D. elastic 68. The car ________ when the light turned red.

A. pulled in B. pulled out C. pulled up D. pulled over

69. The managing director took the ________ for the accident, although it was not really his fault.

A. guilt B. blame C. charge D. accusation

70. The neighbors do not consider him quite ________ as most evenings he awakes them with his drunken singing.

A. respectful B. respected C. respectable D. respective

71. Her humorous remarks seemed ________, but were in fact carefully prepared beforehand. A. precise B. blank C. spontaneous D. bold

72. All the people on the ship were saved except the captain, who voluntarily ________ to safeguard the ship.

A. stayed behind B. fell behind C. lagged behind D. got behind

73. Multiple-choice questions cannot examine the real condition of the student. ________, task-based items have been used more and more in the exams.

A. Accordingly B. Because C. However D. Moreover

74. His fame as a poet was not ________ until he published his second selection of poems. A. established B. founded C. set up D. built 75. Helen and Ruth are always at _______ about some little thing.

A. odd B. loss C. odds D. order

76. Even with his remarkable achievement, Myra’s husband still holds a ________ position in the local government.

A. treacherous B. normal C. minor D. radical

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77. He ________ the key on the table.

A. left B. forgot C. lost D. missed 78. He ________ the ship carefully between the rocks.

A. drove B. steered C. made D. rode 79. This exercise is certainly not so difficult as it ________.

A. shows B. appears C. expects D. happens 80. The river’s name ________ from an Indian chief.

A. deprives B. originates C. descends D. orients

Section B (5%)

Directions: Complete the following sentences with appropriate words or expressions or with the proper forms of the given words in the brackets. Write your answer on the Answer sheet. 81. The snow had covered the countryside during the night. We must go skiing on the ________ hills. (snow)

82. The children are behaving very well. They are well-________. (behave)

83. When the final grades were posted, Max ________ that he had passed the physics exam. (find)

84. Don’t have anything before you go to bed, ________ you?

85. Silver is the best conductor of electricity, copper ______ it closely. (follow) 86. With the ________ money found, all the quarrels came to an end. (lose) 87. Nothing could make me give it up, ________ it?

88. ________ they will come or not won’t make much difference. 89. This is ________ he has asked for.

90. Let’s spend weeks touring ________ the world.

Part Ⅴ Translation (15 minutes 10%)

Directions: In this part there are five sentences which you should translate into Chinese. These sentences are all taken from the reading passages you have just read in PartⅡ. You can refer back to the passages so as to identify their meanings in the context. You should write your answer on the Answer sheet.

91. The producers of instant coffee found their product strongly resisted in the market places despite their product's obvious advantages.

92. Many of the centenarians emphasized the importance of being independent and free to do the things they enjoyed and wanted to do, and of maintaining a placid state of mind free from worry or emotional strain.

93. The idea of a fish being able to generate electricity story enough to light lamp bulbs-or even to run a small electric motor-is almost unbelievable, but several kinds of fish are able to do this.

94. Some scientists say that 16 of these mirrors, each about half a mile across, could aim their

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reflected light at one area on the earth that was about 200 miles by 300 miles.

95. What no one knows yet is what effect this artificial daytime would have on plants, animals, and humans.

Part Ⅵ Writing (25 minutes 15%)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 25 minutes to write a short passage following the guidelines given below: 以《健康的生活方式》（A Healthy Lifestyle）为题，参考以下提示，在25分钟内写作一篇不少于100词的信。请以Linda为寄信人，James为收信人。 1）感谢James写信给你倾诉他的压力。

2）就如何合理安排时间，缓解压力提出建议。

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成人学士学位英语考试模拟试卷 （八）

Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension (20 minutes 20%) Part ⅡReading Comprehension (30 minutes 30%) Part Ⅲ Cloze (15 minutes 10%) Part Ⅳ Vocabulary and Structure (15 minutes 15%) 81._________82.___________83.___________84.___________85.__________86._________ 87.__________88.___________89.___________90. ___________

Part Ⅴ Translation (15 minutes 10%)

91. 92. 93. 94. 95.

Part Ⅵ Writing (25 minutes 15%)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 25 minutes to write a short passage following the guidelines given below: 以《健康的生活方式》（A Healthy Lifestyle）为题，参考以下提示，在25分钟内写作一篇不少于100词的信。请以Linda为寄信人，James为收信人。 1）感谢James写信给你倾诉他的压力。

2）就如何合理安排时间，缓解压力提出建议。

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成人学士学位英语考试模拟试卷 （八）

答 案

Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension (20 minutes 20%)

1-5 DCCAA 6-10 ABCDB 11-15 ADDBD 16-20 ACDCB

Part ⅡReading Comprehension (30 minutes 30%)

21-25 CDDCB 26-30 BCCCD 31-35 DCBCC 36-40 CBDCA

Part Ⅲ Cloze (15 minutes 10%)

41-45 CBDCB 46-50 ACADB 51-55 DDBAC 56-60 BABCC

Part Ⅳ Vocabulary and Structure (15 minutes 15%)

61-65 DACBA 66-70 DBCBC 71-75 CAAAC 76-80 CABBB 81 snowy 82 behaved 83 found 84 will 85 following 86 lost 87 could 88 that 89 what 90 around

Part Ⅴ Translation (15 minutes 10%)

91. 尽管产品本身具备显而易见的优势，速溶咖啡的生产者发现他们的产品在市场上严重受阻。

92. 许多百岁老人强调独立自由地做自己想做的事情，远离烦恼和情感压力，保持平静的心态很重要。

93. 鱼产生的电流能点亮电灯——或者甚至能带动小型马达——是多么不可思议，我是一个理想主义者和傻瓜。

94. 一些科学家认为可用16面直径为半英里的镜子将反射光照射到地球面积约为60，000平方英里的区域。

95. 目前，人们还不知道的是这种人造白天对植物、动物和人会有什么影响。

A Healthy Lifestyle

Dear James,

I am glad to get your letter. Do you still feel stressful? As far as I know, a lot of people live in a way that is wearing themselves out. In fact, life doesn’t have to be like that. It is wise to bear an important principle in your mind---managing time. To make it simple, decide what you want in your life, and put that first. Whatever makes you feel good about yourself and your life, just do it! Take a nap, or a walk. Take time to play the piano. Stop bringing your briefcase home from the office. Fill more of your time with what-to-dos instead of have-to-dos.

Each of us has to make choices and accept trade-offs. Anyhow, we should do something for ourselves. I hope you can manage your life! Stay cool!

Yours sincerely, Linda

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