北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试模拟试题5.docx

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北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试模拟试题5

北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试模拟试题（5）

I.ReadingComprehension

Directions:

Thereare3passagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.Foreachofthemthereare4choicesmarkedA,B,CandD.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

Passage1

Educationisnotanend,butameanstoanend.Inotherwords,wedonoteducatedchildrenonlyfortheaimofeducatingthem.Ourpurposeistofitthemforlife.Lifeisvaried;soiseducation.

Insomecountrieswithadvancedindustries,theyhavefreeeducationforall.Underthissystem,people,nomatterrichorpoor,cleverorfoolish,haveachancetobeeducatedatuniversitiesorcolleges.Byfreeeducationforalltheyareexpectedtobeabletosolvealltheproblemsofasocietyandbuildaperfectnation.Butwecanalreadyseethatfreeeducationforallisnotenough.Wefindinsuchcountriesafarlargernumberofpeoplewithuniversitydegreethantherearejobsforthemtofill.Asaresult,theyrefusetodowhattheythinkis“low”work.Infact,toworkwithone’shandsisthoughttobedirtyandshamefulinsuchcountries.

But,istheworkofacompletelyuneducatedfarmerasimportantasthatofaprofessor?

Wecanlivewithouteducation,butweshoulddieifnoneofusgrewcrops.Ontheotherhand,ifallthefarmerswerecompletelyuneducated,theirproductionwouldremainlow.Asthepopulationgrowslargerandlargerinthemodernworld,wewoulddieifwedidnothaveenoughfood.

1.Whatdoestheauthormeantotellusinthisarticle?

A.Theimportanceoffreeeducationforallinoursociety.

B.Everyoneshouldbeeducatedsoastodovariousjobs.

C.Theadvantagesanddisadvantagesoffreeeducation.

D.Educationshouldfitpeopletovariedlife.

2.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?

A.Noteveryoneneedstobeeducatedtodohisjobwell.

B.Freeeducationforallhasmoredisadvantagesthanadvantagesforthepeopleandsociety.

C.Apropereducationsystemismoreimportantthaneducationitself.

D.Educationissoimportantthatpeoplecan’tlivewithoutit.

3.WhichisNOTtheresultoffreeeducation?

A.Themoredegreespeopleget,thefewerjobstheycanfind.

B.Peoplewithdegreesoftenconsiderthemselvessuperiortoothersdoingmanualwork.

C.Peoplewithbettereducationoftenrefusetodophysicalwork.

D.Somepeoplewithdegreescan’tfindjobstheywant.

4.Whatdoestheexpression“lowwork”meaninthepassage?

A.workwithlowpayB.workthatislessattractive

C.workthatneedsmanuallaborD.workwithlessimportance

5.Whatcanbeinferredfromthepassage?

A.Thepurposeofeducationistomakepeopleintelligentcitizens.

B.Thosewhochooseajobaccordingtohisabilitycancontributetothesociety.

C.Thesystemoffreeeducationforalldoesn’tworkinadvancedcountries.

D.Uneducatedfarmerareasimportantasprofessorsinmodernsociety.

Passage2

Thescienceofmeteorology（气象学）isconcernedwiththestudyofthestructure,state,andbehavioroftheatmosphere.Thesubjectmaybeapproachedfromanyvantage（优势）point.Differentviewsmustbecombinedtogiveperspectivetothewholepicture.

Onemayconsidertheconditionoftheatmosphereatagivenmomentandattempttopredictchangesfromthatconditionoveraperiodofafewhourstoafewdaysahead.Thisapproachiscoveredbythebranchofthesciencecalledsynoptic（概要的）meteorology.

Synopticmeteorologyisthescientificbasisofthetechniqueofweatherforecastingbymeansofthepreparationandanalysisofweathermapsandmeteorologicaldiagrams.Inservingtheneedsofshipping,aviation（航空）,agriculture,industry,andprofessionalforecastadvice,greatbenefitsareobtainedintheformofthesavingofhumanlivesandpropertyandineconomicadvantagesofvariouskinds.Oneimportantpurposeofthescienceofmeteorologyisconstantlytomakegreatefforts,throughstudyandresearch,toincreaseourknowledgeoftheatmospherewiththeaimofimprovingtheaccuracyofweatherforecasts.

Thetoolsneededtoadvanceourknowledgeinthiswayaredisciplinesofmathematicsandphysicsappliedtosolvemeteorologicalproblems.Theuseofthesetoolsformsthatbranchofthesciencecalleddynamic（动力的）meteorology.

6.Whichofthefollowingcouldbethebesttitleforthepassage?

A.LimitationofMeteorologicalForecasting

B.NewAdvancesinSynopticMeteorology

C.ApproachestotheScienceofMeteorology

D.TheBasicofDynamicMeteorology

7.Thepredictionsofsynopticmeteorologistsaredirectlybasedonthe_______.

A.applicationofthephysicalscience

B.preparationandstudyofweathermaps

C.anticipatedneedsofindustry

D.observationsofcommercialairlinepilots

8.Theauthorimpliesthatincreasedaccuracyinweatherforecastingwillleadto_______.

A.morefundsgiventometeorologicalresearch

B.greaterprotectionofhumanlife

C.ahighernumberofprofessionalforecasters

D.less-specializedformsofsynopticmeteorology

9.Whichofthefollowingstatementsbestdescribestheorganizationofthethirdparagraphofthepassage?

A.Ascientifictheoryisexplained.

B.Twocontrastingviewsofaproblemarepresented.

C.Recentscientificadvancementsareoutlinedinorderofimportance.

D.Aproblemisexaminedandpossiblesolutionsaregiven.

10.Inthelastsentenceofthepassagethephrase“thetool”referto________.

A.weatherforecastB.meteorologicalproblems

C.mathematicsandphysicsD.economicadvantages

Passage3

Imagineonedayreadingthatyouhadbeenasubjectinariskyscienceexperimentwithoutknowingit.Atschool,youhadbeenfedcereal（谷类食物）lacedwithradioactivechemicalssoscientistscouldlearnmoreaboutthedigestivesystem.Becausethefoodwasradioactive,scientistscouldeasilytraceitspaththroughthebody.

Scientistsnowknowthatexposuretolargeamountofradiationcancausecancer,agroupofdiseasesinwhichbodilycellsgrowwildlyoutofcontrol.Somepeoplewhowerepartoftheradiationstudieslaterdevelopedcancerandblamedtheradiationforcausingthecancer.Othersareworriedtheradiationwillsomedaymakethemsick.

Somedoctorssaythat,inmanycases,suchfearsareunjustifiedbecausetheradiationdoses（剂量）usedintheexperimentsweretoosmalltocauseharm.Theyalsosaythatsincedangersofradiationwerelesswellunderstoodthenthantheyarenow,evenresearcherswhousedhighdosesofradiationdidn’tdoanythingwrong.

Somecriticsclaimthatnoexcuseisacceptablefornotinformingsubjectsaboutthenatureofanexperimentandgivingthemachancetorefusetoparticipate.Today,governmentrulesrequiresuchinformedagreementwheneverastudyusespeople.

11.Thepassageismainlyabout______.

A.whatkindofexperimentcannotbedoneonpeople

B.whetheritismoraltoexperimentonpeoplewithoutthemknow

C.howradiationstudiesareconducted

D.whatresultcanbeproducedinaradioactiveexperiment

12.Theword“laced”inparagraph1mostlikelymeans_____.

A.confusedB.surrounded

C.mixedD.covered

13.Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtothepassage?

A.Radioactivechemicalscancausebodilycellstogrowwildlyoutofcontrol.

B.Whenthedangerofradiationhadnotbeenproved,highdosesofradiationwereacceptable.

C.Mostcancersarecausedbyradiation.

D.Radioactivechemicalswereonceusedtocurediseaseswiththedigestivesystem.

14.Today,governmentrules_____.

A.demandtostopallexperimentsharmfultopeople

B.prohibitalltestsrelatedtohumanbeings

C.disapproveofexperimentswithuncertainresults

D.requiretoprotectpeople’srightnottobetestedwithoutpermission

15.Theauthor’sattitudetowardsthegovernmentdecisionmaybedescribedas_____.

A.indifferentB.favorable

C.criticalD.dubious（半信半疑的）

II.VocabularyandStructure

Directions:

Inthispartthereare30incompletesentences.Foreachsentencethereare4choicesmarkedA,B,CandD.ChoosetheONEanswerthatbestcompletethesentence.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

16.Idon’tlikegirlswhofuss_____smallmattersorcomplainalot.

A.overB.onC.ofD.at

17.Itsuddenly______methatIforgottoturnoffthecomputerwhenIlefttheoffice.

A.happenedtoB.occurredtoC.contributedtoD.owedto

18.Iftheicesheetever______andmelted,thesealevelwouldgoup7meters.

A.brokedownB.brokeupC.brokeoffD.brokeout

19.Oneofthebenefitsofthenewmodelisthatitiseasier______thantheoldone.

A.operatingB.tobeoperatedC.tooperateD.operated

20.Itisfrighteningtohearthatthetechniqueofcloninghasbeen______tohumans.

A.attemptedB.appliedC.adoptedD.affected

21.Everyyearwhenthefluis______I’mboundtogetsick.

A.gettingaroundB.comingaround

C.hangingaroundD.goingaround

22.Thegrass______manyanimalsliveisabundanthere.

A.bywhichB.withwhichC.onwhichD.ofwhich

23.____mostlyinsmalltown,I’donlyrecentlyfalleninlovewithcities.

A.GrownupB.Beinggrownup

C.GrowingupD.Havinggrownup

24.It____measanuphillbattle,simplybecauseitisanawkwardandtime-consumingprocess.

A.appearsB.occursC.strikesD.hits

25.Wouldthenews_____hefailedtopasstheexambotheryou?

A.whichB.thatC.ofwhichD.onwhich

26.Heabandonedacareerthat____tohisbecomingoneofthemostinfluentialpeopleintheworld.

A.couldhaveledB.wouldlead

C