湖北学位英语考试试题2.docx

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湖北学位英语考试试题2

PartIReadingComprehension（30%）

　　Directions:

Therearethreepassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

　　Passage1

　　Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

　　Whatexactlyisalie?

Isitanythingwesaywhichweknowisuntrue?

Orisitsomethingmorethanthat?

Forexample,supposeafriendwantstoborrowsomemoneyfromyou.Yousay“IwishIcouldhelpyoubutI’mshortofmoneymyself.”Infact,youarenotshortofmoneybutyourfriendisinthehabitofnotpayinghisdebtandyoudon’twanttohurthisfeelingsbyremindinghimofthis.Isthisrallyalie?

　　ProfessorJeraldJellisonoftheUniversityofSouthernCaliforniahasmadeascientificstudyoflying.（76）Accordingtohim,womenarebetterliarsthanmen,particularlywhentellinga“whitelie”,suchaswhenawomanatapartytellsanotherwomanthatshelikesherdresswhenshereallythinksitlooksawful.However,thisisonlyonesideofthestory.Otherresearcherssaythatmenaremorelikelytotellmoreseriouslies,suchasmakingapromisewhichtheyhavenointensionoffulfilling.Thisisthekindofliepoliticiansandbusinessmenaresupposedtobeparticularlyskilledat:

theliefromwhichtheliarhopestoprofitorgaininsomeway.

　　Researchhasalsobeendoneintothewaypeople’sbehaviorchangesinanumberofsmall,apparentlyunimportantwayswhentheylie.Ithasbeenfoundthatiftheyaresittingdownatthetime,theytendtomoveaboutintheirchairsmorethanusual.Tothetrainedobservertheyaresaying“IwishIweresomewhereelsenow.”Theyalsotendtotouchcertainpartsofthefacemoreoften,inparticularthenose.Oneexplanationofthismaybethatlyingcausesaslightincreaseinbloodpressure.Thetipofthenoseisverysensitivetosuchchangesandtheincreasedpressuresmakeititch.

　　AnothergesturewhichgivesliarsawayiswhatthewriterDesmondMorrisinhisbookManwatchingcalls“themouthcover”.（77）Hesaysthereareseveraltypicalformsofthis,suchascoveringpartofthemouthwiththefingers,touchingtheupper-liporputtingafingerofthehandatonesideofthemouth.Suchagesturecanbeunderstoodasanunconsciousattemptonthepartoftheliartostophimselforherselffromlying.

　　Ofcourse,suchgesturesasrubbingthenoseorcoveringthemouth,ormovingaboutinachaircannotbetakenasproofthatthespeakerislying.Theysimplytendtooccurmorefrequentlyinthissituation.Itisnotonegesturealonethatgivestheliarawaybutawholenumberofthings,andinparticularthecontextinwhichthelieistold.

　　1.Accordingtothepassage,a“whitelie”seemstobealie

　　A.thatotherpeoplebelieve

　　B.thatotherpeopledon’tbelieve

　　C.toldinordertoavoidoffendingsomeone

　　D.toldinordertotakeadvantageofsomeone

　　2.Researchsuggeststhatwomen

　　A.arebetterattellinglessseriousliesthanmenare

　　B.generallyliefarmorethanmendo

　　C.lieatpartiesmoreoftenthanmendo

　　D.oftenmakepromisestheyintendtobreak

　　3.Researchersfindthatwhenapersontellslies

　　A.hisbloodpressureincreasesmeasurably

　　B.helooksveryserious

　　C.hetendstomakesomesmallchangesinhisbehavior

　　D.heuseshisunconsciousmind

　　4.Onereasonpeoplesometimesrubtheirnoseswhentheylieisthat

　　A.theywishtheyweresomewhereelse

　　B.thenoseissensitivetophysicalchangescausedbylying

　　C.theywanttocovertheirmouths

　　D.theyaretryingtostopthemselvesfromtellinglies

　　5.Thetoneofthispassagetellsusthatthewriter

　　A.hatestolie

　　B.enjoyslying

　　C.oftentellsalie

　　D.triestoanalyzelying

　　Passage2

　　Question6to10arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

　　（78）Letchildrenlearntojudgetheirownwork.Achildlearningtotalkdoesnotlearnbybeingcorrectedallthetime:

ifcorrectedtoomuch,hewillstoptalking.Henoticesathousandtimesadaythedifferencebetweenthelanguageheusesandthelanguagethosearoundhimuse.Bitbybit,hemakesthenecessarychangestomakehislanguagelikeotherpeople’s.Inthesameway,childrenlearningtodoalltheotherthingstheylearntodowithoutbeingtaught—towalk,run,climb,whistle,rideabicycle—comparetheirownperformanceswiththoseofmoreskilledpeople,andslowlymaketheneededchanges.Butinschoolwenevergiveachildachancetofindouthismistakesandcorrectthemforhimself.Wedoitallforhim.Weactasifwethoughtthathewouldnevernoticeamistakeunlessitwaspointedouttohim,orcorrectitunlesshewasmadeto.Lethimworkout,withthehelpofotherchildrenifhewantsit,whathiswordsays,whattheansweristothatproblem,whetherthisisagoodwayofsayingordoingthisornot.

　　Ifitisamatterofrightanswers,asitmaybeinmathematicsorscience,givehimtheanswerbook.Lethimcorrecthisownpapers.Whyshouldweteacherswastetimeonsuchroutinework?

Ourjobshouldbetohelpthechildwhenhetellsthathecan’tfindthewaytogettherightanswer.Letthechildrenlearnwhatalleducatedpersonsmustsomedaylearn,howtomeasuretheirownunderstanding,howtoknowwhattheyknowordonotknow.

　　6.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingisthebestwayforchildrentolearnthings?

　　A.Listeningtoskilledpeople’sadvice.

　　B.Askingolderpeoplemanyquestions.

　　C.Makingmistakesandhavingthemcorrected.

　　D.Doingwhatotherpeopledo.

　　7.ThewriterthinkteachersshouldNOT.

　　A.givechildrencorrectanswersB.allowchildrentomakemistakes

　　C.pointoutchildren’smistakestothemD.letchildrenmarktheirownwork

　　8.Accordingtothewriter,teachersinschoolshould.

　　A.allowchildrentolearnfromeachother

　　B.pointoutchildren’smistakeswheneverfound

　　C.correctchildren’smistakesassoonaspossible

　　D.givechildrenmorebookknowledge

　　9.Accordingtothepassage,learningtospeakandlearningtorideabicycleare.

　　A.differentfromlearningotherskillsB.thesameaslearningotherskills

　　C.moreimportantthanotherskillsD.notreallyimportantskills

　　10.Thetitleofthispassagecouldprobablybe.

　　A.LetUsTeachersStopWork

　　B.LetUsMakeChildrenLearn

　　C.LetChildrenCorrectTheirExercises

　　D.LetChildrenLearnByThemselves

　　Passage3

　　Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

　　（79）Johnhadboughtapacketofcigarettesjustbeforewecaughtthetrainandheofferedmeoneaswesettledourselvesinourcompartment.Wewereonourwaybackfromacampingholiday；wehadlivedroughforoverafortnightandevenacigarettewasaluxuryatthatmoment.

　　Ifeltinmypocketforaboxofmatches,butcouldnotfindany.

　　“Ihaven’tgotanyeither,”saidJohn.

　　Sittingoppositetouswasamanwhosefacewashiddenbyanewspaper.

　　“Excuseme,sir,”saidJohn,leaningacross.“Couldyougivemealight,please?

”

　　Thenewspaperwasloweredtorevealaratherelderlymanwithasternface.

　　“Thisisanosmokingcompartment,”themansaid.Heindicatedthenoticenearthewindow.Weapologizedandputawayourunlitcigarettes.

　　（80）Themanwenton,inarathermorekindlyway,towarnusagainstthedangersofsmoking.

　　“Ispeakasadoctor,”heconcluded,andafterthathewentbacktoreadinghisnewspaper.

　　Whenhegotoutafewstationslater,helefthisnewspaperbehindhim.Wepickeditup,eagertofindoutwhathadhappenedwhilewewereonholiday.

　　“Justlookatthis,”remarkedJohn,pointingtoaphotograph.“it’sthemanwhowassittingoppositeus.”Underneaththephotographwasanaccountofalunatic（精神病者）whohadrecentlyescaped.Itappearedthathelikedtopretendtobeadoctor.

　　11.Thefriendshadspenttheirholiday______.

　　A.onaboatB.inatentC.onafarmD.withanaunt

　　12.Theirholidayhadlasted______.

　　A.morethantwoweeksB.justtwoweeks

　　C.lessthantwoweeksD.aweekortwo

　　13.Theman______.

　　A.threwhisnewspaperaway

　　B.offeredthemhisnewspaper

　　C.droppedhisnewspaper

　　D.didnottakehisnewspaperwithhim

　　14.Thetwofriendsreadthenewspaper______.

　　A.inahurryB.withgreatinterest

　　C.topassthetimeD.tolookatthepictures

　　15.Theman’sphotographwasinthenewspaperbecausehewas______.

　　A.adoctorB.aspacemanC.amadmanD.anactor

　　PartⅡVocabularyandStructure（30%）

　　Directions:

Inthispart,thereare30incompletesentences.ForeachsentencetherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.ChoosetheONEanswerthatbestcompletesthesentence.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.

　　16.______thefactthattheareahadbeenhitbytheseverestdroughtintwentyyears,afairlygoodharvestwasgatheredin.

　　A.InspiteB.Despite

　　C.InspitethatD.Despiteof

　　17.Iobjected______themeetingwithouthim.

　　A.tohaveB.tohavingC.havingD.have

　　18.Therewasnosense______himtocomeearlysinceeverythingwasready.

　　A.toaskB.tohaveasked

　　C.inaskingD.beingasking

　　19.______herinexperience,shehasdonequiteagoodjob.

　　A.ProvidedB.GivenC.SeenD.Suppose

　　20.Themoviestar______withyoursister,didn’the?

　　A.wasusedtodanceB.usedtodancing

　　C.usedtodanceD.wasusedtodancing

　　21.Everymeans______sincethen.

　　A.hasbeentryingB.havebeentrying

　　C.havebeentriedD.hasbeentried

　　22.“I’dliketobuyanexpensivecamera.”

　　“Well,wehavesevera