311992北京地区成人学位英语考试试题.docx

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311992北京地区成人学位英语考试试题

1992年北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试

PartIReadingComprehension（40%）

Directions:

Therearethreepassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Youshoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheanswersheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

Passage1

Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

Morethan30,000driversandfrontseatpassengersarekilledorseriouslyinjuredeachyear.Ataspeedofonly30milesperhouritisthesameasfallingfromathird-floorwindow.Wearaseatbeltsaveslives;itreducesyourchanceofdeathorseriousinjurybymorethanhalf.

Thereforedriversorfrontpassengersoverinmostvehiclesmustwearaseatbelt.Ifyoudonot,youcouldbefinedupto$50.Itwillnotbeuptothedriverstomakesureyouwearyourbelt.Butitwillbethedriver’sresponsibilitytomakesurethatchildrenunder14donotrideinthefrontunlesstheyarewearingaseatbeltofsomekind.

However,youdonothavetowearaseatbeltifyouarereversing（倒开）yourvehicle;oryouaremakingalocaldeliveryorcollectionusingaspecialvehicle;orifyouhavevalid（有效的）medicalcertificatewhichexcusesyoufromwearingit.Makesurethesecircumstancesapplytoyoubeforeyoudecidenottowearyourseatbelt.Rememberyoumaybetakentocourtfornotdoingso,andyoumaybefinedifyoucannotprovetothecourtthatyouhavebeenexcusedfromwearingit.

1.Thispassageismostprobablytakenfrom（apolicereport）.

2.Wearingaseatbeltinavehicle（reducesthedeathrateintrafficaccidents）.

3.Itisthedriver’sresponsibilityto（makethefrontseatchildrenunder14wearaseatbelt）.

4.Accordingtothepassage,who,ridinginthefront,doesnothavetowearaseatbelt?

（someonewhoisbackingintoaparkingspace）

5.Forsomepeople,itmaybebetter（nottowearaseatbeltforhealthreasons）.

Passage2

Questions6to10arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

Ifyouarelikemostpeople,yourintelligencevariesfromseasontoseason.Youareprobablyalotsharperinthespringthanyouareatanyothertimeoftheyear.Anotedscientist,EllsworthHuntington（1876-1974）,concluded,fromothermen’sworkandhisownamongpeoplesindifferentclimates’thatclimateandtemperaturehaveadefiniteeffectonourmentalabilities.

Hefoundthatcoolweatherismuchmorefavorableforcreativethinkingthanissummerheat.Thisdoesnotmeanthatallpeoplearelessintelligentinthesummerthantheyareduringtherestoftheyear.Itdoesmean,however,thatthementalabilitiesoflargenumbersofpeopletendtobelowestinthesummer.

Springappearstobethebestperiodoftheyearforthinking.Onereasonmaybethatinspringman’smentalabilitiesareaffectedbythesamefactorsthatbringaboutgreatchangesinallnature.

Fallisthenext-bestseason,thenwinter.Asforsummer,itseemstobegoodtimetotakealongvacationfromthinking.

6.Accordingtothispassage,yourintelligenceprobably（changeswiththeseasons）.

7.Huntingtonbasedhisconclusionson（workwithpeoplesindifferentclimates）.

8.Itseemsthatthecoldofwinter（isbetterforthinkingthanisverywarmweather）.

9.Onepossiblereasonwhyspringisthebestreasonforthinkingisthat（allnature,includingman,isgrowingthen）.

10.Thetwobestseasonsforthinkingseemtobe（springandfall）.

Passage3

Questions11to15arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

IcametoIndiaayearagotofindavillageinwhichIcouldliveandwritebutitwasmanymonthsbeforeIsettleddownhappilyinthisHimalayancommunity.

Iwastedalotoftimelookingforthe“typical”village.Yetnosuchthingexists.Conditionsvarytoowidely.ButthevillageIstayedinhadmuchincommon-poverty,dirt,ignorance.Oftenthevillagersthemselveswerepuzzled,suspicious.WhyhadIcome?

Ihadputasidemyworkasapoliticaljournalistbecausemyideashadchanged.IhadcometobelievethatwhatwashappeningintheThirdWorldwasmoreimportantthananythingelse.Buttounderstandhowthree-quartersoftheworld’speoplelive,andhowtheirfuturemightaffectours,IfeltthatIfirsthadtotryandsharetheirwayoflife.

IntheendIchoseamountainvillagebecauseitwasalittlecoolerthanthoseintheplains.Itookthebusfromtownalongabumpyroad.Thencamearoughwalkdownasteeppathtotheriver.AfterthisIbegantheclimbintothehills.WheneverIstoppedtocatchmybreath,therewasamagnificentview.Afterseveralhours’walkthevillagecameintoview.

11.AfterthewriterhadarrivedinIndia（hetookquitealongtimefindingasuitableplacetolive）.

12.Whilelookingfora“typical”villagethewriterfound（hewassearchingfortheimpossible）.

13.BeforecomingtoIndiathewriter（hadwrittenarticlesforpublication）.

14.Thewriterdecidedtochangehiswayoflifebecause（hewantedtofindoutmoreabouttheThirdWorld）.

15.Thevillagethewriterfinallychosetolivein（hadabetterclimatethanthoseintheplains）.

Passage4

Questions16to20arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

Largecompaniesneedawaytoreachthesavingofthepublicatlarge.Thesameproblem,onthesmallerscale,facespracticallyeverycompanytryingtodevelopnewproductsandcreatenewjobs.Therecanbelittleprospectofraisingthesortofsumsneededfromfriendsandpeopleweknow,andwhilebanksmayagreetoprovideshort-termfinance,theyaregenerallyunwillingtoprovidemoneyonapermanentbasisforlong-termprojects.Socompaniesturntothepublic,invitingpeopletolendthemmoney,ortakeashareinthebusinessthroughTheStockExchange.Bydoingsotheycanputintocirculationthesavingsofindividualsandinstitutions,bothathomeandoverseas.

Whenthesaverneedshismoneyback,hedoesnothavetogotothecompanywithwhomheoriginallyplacedit.Instead,hesellshissharesthroughastockbrokertosomeothersaverwhoisseekingtoinvesthismoney.

ManyoftheservicesneededbothbyindustryandbyeachofusareprovidedbytheGovernmentorbylocalauthorities.Withouthospitals,roads,electricity,telephones,railways,thiscountrycouldnotfunction.Alltheserequirecontinuousspendingonnewequipmentandnewdevelopmentiftheyaretoserveusproperly,requiringmoremoneythanisraisedthroughtaxesalone.TheGovernment,localauthorities,andnationalizedindustriesthereforefrequentlyneedtoborrowmoneytofinancemajorcapitalspending,andthey,too,cometoTheStockExchange.

Thereishardly,amanorwomaninthiscountrywhosejoborwhosestandardoflivingdoesnotdependontheabilityofhisorheremployerstoraisemoneytofinancenewdevelopment.Inonewayoranotherthisnewmoneymustcomefromthesavingofthecountry.TheStockExchangeexiststoprovideachannelthroughwhichthesesavingscanreachthosewhoneedfinance.

16.Almostallcompaniesinvolvedinnewproductionanddevelopmentmust（dependonthepopulationasawholeforfinance）.

17.Themoneywhichenablesthesecompaniestogoaheadwiththeirprojectsis（raisedbythesellingofsharesinthecompanies）.

18.Whenthesaverswanttheirmoneybackthey（puttheirsharesinthecompanybackonthemarket）.

19.Alltheessentialservicesonwhichwedependare（inconstantneedoffinancialsupport）.

20.TheStockExchangemakesitpossiblefortheGovernment,localauthorities,andnationalizedindustries（toraisemoneytofinancenewdevelopment）.

PartIIVocabularyandStructure（40%）

Directions:

Inthispart,thereare40incompletesentences.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.ChoosetheONEanswerthatbestcompletesthesentences.Thenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheanswersheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

21.Theproblemhas（arisen）simplybecauseyoudidn’tfollowmyinstruction.

22.Ihopethereis（room）forthedoctorinyourcar.

23.AsIamsureJennyisveryhonest,I（doubt）shestolethemoney.

24.HespokesoquicklythatIdidn’t（catch）thatwhathesaid.

25.You（needn’t）readthatarticleifyoudon’twantto.

26.Dowhatyouthinkisright（whatever）theysay.

27.Thesizeoftheaudience,（as）wehadexpectedwaswelloveronethousand.

28.IrecognizedJohn（theminute）heenteredtheroom.

29.Constantshowersarecharacteristic（of）thesummerhere.

30.Thereisno（point）inapplyingforthatjobasyouarenotproperlyqualified.

31.AnewMinisterforAgriculturehasbeen（assumed）.

32.Insomeparksvisitorsarerequestedtokeep（away）thegrass.

33.Idon’tthinkyou’veheardofhimbefore,（haveyou）?

34.“How（soon）willyoufinishyourhomework?

”“Inhalfanhour.”

35.Therearemanykindsofmetals,（eachhavingitsspecialproperties）.

36.Oursocietyhaschangedand（sohavethepeople）init.

37.We’relate,Iexpectthefilm（willalreadyhavestarted）bythetimewegettothecinema.

38.Themansaidhewouldhitme（unless）Itoldhimwherethemoneywas.

39.Itooksomeoneelse’sumbrella（by）mistake.

A.inB.forC.withD.

40.Wedon’tlikeit,butwehaveto（put）upwithit.

41.Heremembered（beingtaken）tothezoobyhisfatherwhenhewaslittle.

42.Theteamreallylooksgoodtonightbecausethecoachhadthem（practice）everynightthisweek.

43.That’sthereason（why）Anncouldnotdoherpartofthejob.

44.Thesnowfell（so）fastthatourfootstepswerecoveredupinafewminutes.

45.IalwaystakeitforgrantedthatIam（farbetter）thansheis.

46.Nosooner（hadI）gottothestationthanitbegantorainheavily.

47.Theyoverc