241999年北京成人本科学士学位英语考试试题及答案.docx

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241999年北京成人本科学士学位英语考试试题及答案

1999年6月北京成人本科学士学位英语考试试题及答案

　　PartIReadingComprehension

　　Passage1

　　Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

　　“Hightech”and“stateoftheart”aretwoexpressionsthatdescribeverymoderntechnology.Hightechisjustashorterwayofsayinghightechnology.Andhightechnologydescribesanyinvention,systemofdevicethatusesthenewestideasordiscoveriesofscienceandengineering.Whatishightech?

Acomputerishightech.Soisacommunicationssatellite.Amodernmanufacturing（生产）systemissurelyhightech.HightechbecameapopularexpressionintheUnitedStatesduringtheearlyl980’s.Becauseofimprovementsintechnology,peoplecouldbuymanynewkindsofproductsinAmericanstores,suchashomecomputers,microwave（微波）ovens,etc.

　　“Stateoftheart”issomethingthatisasmodernaspossible.Itisaproductthatisbasedontheverylatestmethodsandtechnology.Somethingthatis“stateoftheart”isthenewestpossibledesignorproductofabusinessorindustry.Astateofthearttelevisionset,forexample,usesthemostmodernelectronicdesignandparts.Itisthebestthatonecanbuy.

　　“Stateoftheart”isnotanewexpression.Engineershaveuseditforyears,todescribethebestandmostmodernwayofdoingsomething.MillionsofAmericansbegantousetheexpressioninthelate1970’s.Thereasonwasthecomputerrevolution.Everycomputercompanyclaimedthatitscomputerswere“stateoftheart”.

　　Computertechnologychangedsofastthatastateoftheartcomputertodaymightbeoldtomorrow.Theexpression“stateoftheart”becamecommonandpopularascomputersthemselves.Nowallkindsofproductsaresaidtobe“stateoftheart”.

　　1.Whatisthepurposeofthepassage?

（C.Totellwhat“hightech”and“stateofthe”are.）

　　2.Whatcanweinferfromthepassage?

（A.Americanstorescouldprovidenewkindsofproductstothepeople.）

　　3.Allthefollowingexamplesarehightechexcept（C.ahandpump）

　　4.Whichofthefollowingstatementsisnottrue?

（D.Allkindsofproductsare“stateoftheart”nowadays.）

　　5.Thebesttitleforthepassageis（B.HighTechandStateoftheArt）

　　Passage2

　　Questions6to10arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

　　Cheating:

Theincometaxdeadline（最后期限）approachesandsometaxpayer’sthoughtsturntoit.Testtimeapproachesandsomestudents’thoughtsturntoit.

　　“Youwantsomethingyoucan’tgetbybehavingwithintherules,andyouwantitbadlyenoughyou’lldoitregardlessofanyguiltordeepregret~andyou’rewillingtoruntheriskofbeingcaught.”That’showLaddWheeler,psychologyprofessorattheUniversityofRochesterinNewYork,definescheating.

　　Manyexpertsbelievecheatingisontherise.“We’resufferingamoralbreakdown.”Pinkardsays,“we’reseeingmoreofthekindofpersonwhoregardstheworldasaseriesofthingstobedealtwith.Whethertocheatdependsonwhetherit’stheperson’sinterest“.Hedoes,however,seelesscheatingamongtheyoungeststudents.

　　RichardDienabier,Psychology（心理学）professorattheUniversityofNebraskainLincoln,believesthatsociety’sattitudesaccountformuchoftheincreaseincheating.

　　“Twentyyearsage,ifapersoncheatedincollege,societysaid:

Thatisextremelyserious,youwillbedroppedforatermifnotkickedoutpermanently,”hesays,“nowadays,attheUniversityofNebraska,forexample,itisthestatedpolicyofthecollegeofArtsandSciencesthatifastudentcheatsonanexam,thestudentmustreceivean“F’onwhathecheatedon.That’snothing.Ifyou’regoingtoflunkanyway,whynotcheat?

”

　　“Cheatingismostlikelyinsituationswherethevitalinterestsarehighandthechancesofgettingcaughtarelow~”sayssocialpsychologist.LynnKahleoftheUniversityofOregoninEugene.

　　6.Thepassagecenterson（B.discussingthereasonsforcheating）

　　7.Cheatingtendstooccurwhen（C.itisnotverylikelytoberevealed.）

　　8.Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtothe~passage?

（D.Cheatersdonotfeelguiltyandregretful.）

　　9.Whatcanbeinferredfromthepassage?

（A.Cheatingiswidespreadbecausesocietyistootolerant.）

　　10.Theword“flunk”inparagraph5couldbestbereplacedbywhichofthefollowing?

（B.Fail）

　　Passage3

　　Questions11to15arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

　　Theyoungpeoplewhotalkofthevillageasbeing“dead”aretalkingnothingbutnonsense,asintheirheartstheymustsurelyknow.

　　No,thevillageisnotdead.Thereismorelifeinitnowthanthereeverwas.Butitseemsthat“Villagelife”isdead.Goneforever.Itbegantodecline（衰落）aboutahundredyearsago,whenmanygirlslefthometogointoserviceintownmanymilesaway,andmenalsolefthomeinincreasingnumberinsearchofawork,andhomewaswhereworkwas.Therearestillanumberofpeoplealivetodaywhocanremember.What“villagelife”meanttheearlyyearsofthepresentcentury?

Itmeantknowingandbeingknownbyeverybodyelseinthevillage.Itmeantfindingyourentertainmentinthevillageofwithinwalkingdistanceofit.Itmeanthousewivestiedtothehomealldayandeveryday.Itmeantgoingtobedearlytosavelamp—oilandcoal.

　　ThencametheFirstWorldWarandtheSecondWorldWar.Aftereachwar,newideas,newattitudes,newtradesandoccupationswererevealedtovillagers.Thelong—establishedorderofsocietywasnolongertakenforgranted.Electricityandthemotorcarweresteadilyoperatingtomake“villagelife”and“townlife”almostalike.Nowwiththehighlydevelopedscienceandtechnologyandhigh—levelsocialwelfareforall,thereisnopointwhateverintalkinganylongerabout“villagelife.“Itisjustlife,andthatabetterlife.

　　Finally,ifwehaveanydoubtsaboutthefuture,oraboutthemanychanges,whichwehaveseeninourlives,wehaveonlytolookinattheschoolplaygroundanymid—morning;orseethechildrenastheywalkhomewardinlittlegroups.Obviouslythesechildrenarebetterfed,betterclothed,bettereducated,healthier,prettierandhappierthananygenerationofchildrenthateverbeforewalkedthevillagestreet.

　　11.Bysayingthatvillageisnotdead,but“villagelife”isdead,thewritersuggeststhat（D.“villagelife”todayisnolongerlikewhatisusedtobe.）

　　12.Itwas（C.withelectricityandmotorcarsintroducedintothevillage）that“villagelife”begantotakeasharpturn.

　　13.Asissuggestedinparagraph2,villagersinthepast（A.livedasimplerlifethanvillagerstoday）

　　14.Theexpression“....”Thereisnopointwhateverintalkingaboutinparagraph3meansthat（D.thereisnoreasonfortalkingabout）

　　15.Fromthepassagewecanseethatthewriter’sattitudetoward“villagelife”is（A.positive）

Passage4

　　Questions16to20arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

　　Weallknowthatitispossibleforordinarypeopletomaketheirontheequator（赤道）,althoughoftentheymayfeeluncomfortablyhotthere.Millionsdoit.butasfortheNorthPole（北极）——wethatitisnotonlyadangerouslycoldplace,butthatpeoplelikeyouandmewouldfinditquiteimpossibletolivethere.Atthepresenttimeonlythescientistsandexplorerscandoso,andtheyusespecialequipment.Menhadbeentravelingacrossandaroundtheequatoronwheels,ontheirfeetorinshipsforthousandsofyears;butonlyafewmen,withgreatdifficultyandinveryrecenttime,haveevercrossedtheicetotheNorthPole.Soitmaysurpriseyoutolearnthat,whentravelingbyair,itisreallysafertoflyovertheNorthPolethanovertheequator.Ofcourse,thisisnottrueaboutlandingsinthepolarregion（whichpassengeraeroplanesdonotmake）,buttheweather,ifweareflyingataheightof5,000metersabovethePole,isadelight.At4000metersandmoreabovetheearthyoucanalwaysbethatyouwillnotseeacloudintheskyasfarastheeyecanreach.Inthetropics（热带）,ontheotherhand,youarenotcertaintokeepclearofbadweatherevenatsuchheightsas18,000or20,000meters.

　　Aeroplanescan’tclimbashighorasquicklyincoldairasinwarm.Norcanclouds.Inpractice,thisisanadvantagetotheaeroplane,whichisalreadyatagoodheightwhenitreachesthepolarregionandsodoesnotneedtoclimb,whileatthesametimecoldairkeepsthecloudsdownlow.

　　16.“Millionsdoit.”Inthissentence“doit”refersto（D.makinghomesontheequator）

　　17.Thepolarregionis（B.agoodplacetoflyover）

　　18.ItisadelighttoflyatthePolebecausethere（C.planesareclearofbadweather）

　　19.Aeroplanescanclimbquickly（A.inwarmair）

　　20.Aeroplanesusuallydonotneedtoclimbquicklyorflyhighinthepolarregionbecause（B.therearenocloudsatall）

　　PartⅡVocabularyandStructure

　　21.HeknowslittleofEnglishtosay（C.nothing）ofEnglishculture.

　　22.Beingignorantofthelawisno（B.excuse）ofbreakingthelaw.

　　23.Thenewlaw,itissaid,willbe（A.putintoeffect）

　　24.Lifeisoftencompared（D.to）astagebymanywriters.

　　25.Televisionmakesusbetter（C.informed）thaneverbefore.

　　26.Youcouldhavedonemuchbetteryesterday.Why（A.didn’tyou）?

　　27.Air,or（D.what）iscalledatmosphere,surroundsthewholeearth.

　　28.IfIdosomethinginvain,Idoit（B.withoutsuccess）.

　　29.Theoldmanwalkedslowly,stoppingfrequently（D.torest）.

　　30.Thepainwillgoaway（A.byanby）

　　31.Don’tyouthinkitistimeyou（B.gaveup）smoking?

　　32.（D.As）waspointedabove,thissubstancecanbeusedasasubstitute.

　　33.Icouldn’tfindpeter,（C.nor）didIknowwherehehadgone.

　　34.IfIsayIdon’tthinkmuchofthisbook,thismeansthat（D.Ihaveapooropinionofit）

　　35.Whenyou（B.talked）thisoverw