广东省成人高等教育学士学位外语水平考试模拟试题(10)

广东省成人高等教育学士学位 外语水平考试模拟试题（十）

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. Jeff: Could you pass me the album, please? Julie: ___________.

A. Not at all B. Yes, I could C. Here you are D. You’re welcome

2. Bob: Hi, Tom. Haven’t seen you for ages. How is everything with you? Tom: ___________.

A. That’s very kind of you B. Fine, thank you C. Thank you D. It’s good with me.

3. May: Thank you for the wonderful meal. It was so delicious. Mrs. Sun: _____________.

A. Don’t be too polite. B. The food was very poor C. Thanks. Glad you liked it D. Really? I’m a bad cook.

4. Stranger: Excuse me, can you tell me the way to the Blackwell’s Inn? Peter: _____________.

A. Yes, I can. I’m a native here B. I can’t tell you that C. Yes, a bus will take you there D. Sure. Take bus No.211.

5. Susan: I wonder if you could drive me to the airport. Teddy: ____________.

A. I’d be glad to B. Oh, it’s my duty C. I think so D. It’s accepted

6. Sally: Sorry I came late again. Peter: ___________

A. How can you be late again? B. I can’t bear a guy like that. C. Yes, you should be. D. That’s all right.

7. Jenny: Shall I go and tell Mr. Fairbanks about our proposal? Jackie: ______________.

A. Yes, you go B. Go at once

C. Yes, let’s D. Yes, please

8. Wife: I hope nothing terrible will happen to the kids. Husband: _____________.

A. I don’t hope B. I hope not, either C. I hope so D. I hope neither

9. Mori: It’s a pleasure to meet you here. Kaco: ____________.

A. Pleased to meet you, too B. Thank you so much

C. You’re too hospitable D. I didn’t expect to see you here

10. Billy: You look cool in that Niki jumper? Bobby: ____________ A. How can you say that? B. Yes, it is just a special sale.

C. Yes, I know. It is cool, not me. D. Thank you.

11. Tim: I hear you have been to the book fair. How is it?

Susan: ____________

A. Absolutely marvelous. B. Very much indeed. C. Very well, wasn’t it? D. No, get it yourself.

12. Anne: Shall we drop in the Mexican canteen for a bite? Coco: ____________

A. It doesn’t matter to me. B. I don’t care for it. C. Whatever you say! D. So what?

13. Nancy: Have you heard about the match? Our team won by one point.

Scott: ___________

A. Is it a real thing? B. Congratulations! B. Good luck! D. You’re kidding!

14. Jenny: May I use your camera this afternoon?

Jimmy: _____________, but Nancy came in and borrowed it just now. Jenny: Never mind.

A. Do as you please B. Yes, you may

C. I’m sorry D. As luck would have it

15. Mom: Johnny, where are the cookies? Don’t tell me you ate them all! Johnny: Yes, I did. _____________.

A. I just couldn’t bear it B. I just couldn’t help it C. They were too good to eat D. They were good to eat

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

Dorothea Dix left home at an early age of her own free will to live with her grandmother. At fourteen, Dorothea was teaching school at Worcester, Massachusetts. A short time after she had begun teaching, she established a school for young girls in her grandparents’ home. Stress was placed on moral character at Dorothea’s school, which she conducted until she was thirty-three.

She was forced to give up teaching at her grandparents’ home, however, when she became ill. A few year of inactivity followed.

In 1841 Dorothea began to teach again, accepting a Sunday school class in the East Cambridge, in a Massachusetts’ jail. Here, she first came upon insane people locked up together with criminals.

In those days insane people were treated even worse than criminals. There were only a few asylums in the entire country. Therefore jails, poor houses, and houses of correction were used to confine the insane.

Dorothea Dix made a careful investigation of the inhuman treatment of the insane. It was considered unfit for a woman to devote herself to such work at this time. But this did not stop Dorothea Dix in her efforts to provide proper medical care for the insane.

Gradually, because of her investigations, conditions were improved. More than thirty mental institutions were founded or re-established in the United States because of her efforts. Dorothea also extended her investigations to England and to other parts of Europe.

During the Civil War, Dorothea served as superintendent of women hospital nurses in the Union army. When the war was over, she returned to her work of improving conditions for insane people.

16. Which of the following is the best title for the passage? A. The Treatment of Mental Illness. B. The Life of a Young English Woman C. An American Humanitarian

D. Social Problems of the Nineteenth Century

17. The word “stress” in Line 3 of Paragraph 2 could best be replaced by ________? A. emphasis B. strain C. relative loudness D. physical pressure

18. Dorothea Dix first become aware of the mistreatment of insane people when she __________. A. taught Sunday school in a jail

B. worked in an insane asylum as a nurse. C. had her grandmother treated mentally. D. was asked to investigate the problem.

19. Which of the following statements about Dorothea Dix is true according to the passage? A. She spent time studying criminal law.

B. People believed she shouldn’t help the insane. C. She considered most criminals mentally unstable. D. Her grandmother was a teacher.

20. The author implies that Dorothea Dix’s work with the insane was interrupted by _________. A. an illness B. her trip to England C. the Civil War D. her grandmother’s death

Passage Two

The faces of elderly, happily-married people sometimes resemble each other. Dr. Aiken studied a number of couples who had been married for at least twenty-five years. Each couple provided four photographs---one photo of each partner at the time of their marriage and another photo of each partner twenty-five or more years later. All background was cut from the photos to remove any clues. The photos were then displayed in groups: a random grouping of the persons at the time of their marriage and another random grouping of the same persons who took photographs later. Some testees were asked to pick out the partners. They failed totally with the first group. Their judgments were no better than chance. But with the photos taken twenty-five or more years after the marriage, the testees were quite successful in deciding who was married to whom. They were particularly successful with the most happily-married couples.

Dr. Aiken believes there are several reasons why couples grow alike. One reason has something to do with imitation. One person tends to copy or do the same as someone else without knowing it. He says human begins to imitate the expressions of the faces of their loved ones. Another possible reason, he says, is the common experience of the couples. There is a tendency for people who have the same life experience to change their faces in similar ways. For example, if a couple suffered from a lot of sad experiences, their faces are likely to change in a similar way.

21. The main purpose of the passage is to _____. A. tell how couples like each other

B. show the life experience of husband and wife C. explain why couples grow alike

D. describe the study on a number of married people

22. In the testing, Dr. Aiken cut the background from those photos for the purpose of _________. A. grouping those couples again B. leaving no trace for the testees C. imitating those couples’ life D. leaving the testees more chances

23. The testees failed to _____.

A. tell couples by looking at their photos taken when they got married B. distinguish happily-married couples from sadly-married couples C. discover the difference of each partner D. understand Dr. Aiken's study thoroughly

24. It can be inferred from the study that ________. A. life experiences tend to change one’s expression B. shared experiences may leave good impressions

C. couples may learn from each other in sharing experiences D. couples tend to love and hate the same thing in life

25. From the passage we can draw a conclusion that __________. A. happily-married couples are often richer than other couples B. couples who look alike can live longer

C. the influence between couples can be quite strong D. all couples have been proved to grow alike

Passage Three

Public goods are those commodities whose enjoyment nobody can be effectively excluded. Everybody is free to enjoy the benefits of these commodities and one person’s use does not reduce the possibilities of anybody else’s enjoying the same good.

Examples of public goods are not as rare as one might expect. A flood control dam is a public good. Once the dam is built, all persons living in the area will benefit---regardless of their own contribution to the construction cost of the dam. The same holds true for highway signs or aids in navigation. Once a lighthouse is built, no ship of any nationality can be effectively excluded from use of the lighthouse for navigational purposes. National defence is another example. Even a person who voted against military costs or did not pay any taxes will benefit from the protection afforded.

It is no easy task to determine the social costs and social benefits associated with a public good. There is no practicable way of charging drivers for looking at highway signs, sailors for watching a lighthouse and citizens for the security provided to them through national defence. Because the market does not provide the necessary signals, economic study is to be replaced by the impersonal judgment of the marketplace. 26. What does the passage mainly discuss? A. A specific group of commodities.

B. The economic structure of the marketplace. C. Mechanism for safer navigation. D. The advantage of lowering taxes.

27. Which of the following is NOT an example of a public good as described in the passage? A. A stoplight. B. A bridge. C. A fire truck. D. A taxicab.

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