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成人学位英语模拟试题及答案4
模拟试卷(四)
选作题I:
PartIDialogueCommunication(15%)
Directions:
Inthissection,youwillread15shortincompletedialoguesbetweentwospeakers,eachfollowedby4choicesmarkedA,B,CandD.ChoosetheanswerthatbestsuitsthesituationtocompletethedialoguebymarkingthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.
1.Pupil:
Iapologizeforbeinglatethismorning.Myalarmclockdidn'tring.
Teacher:
A.That'sallright.Thesethingsoftenhappen.
B.Wouldyoupleaseforgiveme?
Ineveracceptanyapologiesatall.
C.Thankyou.You'rereallytookindapologizingtome.
D.Nevermind.Youdon'thavetobesopolite.
2.Mary:
Hello,John.Howareyoufeelingnow?
Somebodysaidyouhadbeensick.
John.
A.Hello,Mary.Theymusthavehadmeconfusedwithmybrother,George.Hehasbeensickallweek.Ihaveneverfeltbetterinmylife.
B.Hello,Mary.Who'ssick?
HowcanIbesick?
I'masstrongasahorse.Theymusthavegonemad.
C.Hello,Mary.Howareyou?
D.Hello,Mary.I'mquitehappy.Mywifehasfallenill.And,howaboutyou?
3.SpeakerA:
MayIhaveaninquiry(咨询),please?
SpeakerB:
A.Nevermind.Youcanaskwhateveryouwant.
B.I'dliketoknowwhatinquiryitis.
C.I'msorry.Iknowlittleaboutit.
D.Yes,ofcourse.SofarasIknow.
4.M:
That'stheworstpaintingI'veeverseen.
W:
A.Nevermind.Let'scontinuetolookatit.
B.Comeon.It'snotthatbad.
C.No,itisnottheworstpainting.
D.Yes.Itlookstheworst.
5.SpeakerA:
IheardJoesaysomethingterribletoyouyesterday.
SpeakerB.
A.But,youknow,Iwishyoucouldpardonme.
B.But,youknow,everycoinhastwosides.
C.Yes,Ihaveneverbeenangrierinmylife.
D.ButIdon'tmindthatJoesayssomethingterribletoyou.
6.Cindy:
Rose:
No,whathappened?
Cindy:
Theylethimgoasheissuspectedtobecheating.
A.DidyouknowJohn?
B.DidyoulikeJohn?
C.DidyouhateJohn?
D.DidyouhearaboutJohn?
7.SpeakerA:
Hello,MayIspeaktoMr.Smith?
SpeakerB:
A.Yes,IamMr.Smith.
B.No,heisnotintheofficerightnow.
C.Speaking!
D.Heisnothere.CanIspeakforhim?
8.SpeakerA:
I'dliketofixanappointmentwiththepersonalmanager.Willninetomorrowmorningbeallright?
SpeakerB:
A.No.It'simpossible.He'.11bebusytomorrow.
B.I'vetoldyouhe'llbebusy.Whydoyoucomeagain?
C.I'mafraidnot.He'sgotaratherfulldaytomorrow.
D.He'llbefreethewholedaytomorrow.
9.Salesman:
Customer:
Yes.WhatsizeisthatgreenT-shirt?
A.Doyouwanttobuyanything?
B.Excuseme,whatareyoudoing?
C.Areyoujustlookingaround?
D.AnythingIcandoforyou?
10.SpeakerA:
Hi,John.Nicetomeetyouagain.Howisyourprojectgoing?
SpeakerB.
A.Howdoyoudo?
Myprojecthasgonewell.
B.Nicetomeetyou,too.Myprojecthasgonewellasweexpected.
C.Hi,Mike.Myprojecthasgonewell.
D.I'mgladtomeetyou.Myprojectisreallyadifficultone.
11.SpeakerA:
SofarasIcansee,itisthefaultonthethirdparty.
SpeakerB:
.
A.Idon'tagreewiththethirdparty.
B.Yes.Ican'tagreemore.
C.Ithinkyouarenotmeetingthat.
D.Icangoalongwithyou.
12.W:
Boy,howquicklytechnologychanges!
Somanypeoplehaveacomputerintheirhomenowadays.
M:
A.Computers?
Therearesomanycomputersintheoffice.
B.Yes,Iknow.Ifeelsobehindthetime.
C.ButIknowalotofcomputers.
D.Yes,Iknow.Withoutcomputer,therewouldbenoInternet.
13.SpeakerA:
MindifIcallyouAlbert?
SpeakerB:
A.Yes,justcallmeA1.
B.Yes,youmaydothat.
C.Ofcoursenot.Butjustplain"Al"willdo.
D.OK.Everyonedoes.
14.W:
Whatisyourgeneralpricerange(范围)?
M:
A.Wearelookingforathree-bed-roomhomeontheeastsideofthetown.
B.Ithinkitwouldbehardtofindsomethinginthatrange.
C.We'rehopingtofindsomethingunder$200.
D.Therangeisabout$200orso.
15.SpeakerA:
I’dliketobookaticketfornextMondaymorningtoNewYork.
SpeakerB:
A.WhatcanIdoforyoga?
B.What'sthematter?
C.Atyourservice.
D.lustasecond,please.
PartIReadingComprehension(30%)
Directions:
Thereare3passagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.
Passage1
Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:
Alawyerfriendofminehasdevotedherselftotheserviceofhumanity.Herspecialareais
called"publicinterestlaw".
Manyotherlawyersrepresentonlyclientswhocanpayhighfees.(76)Alllawyershavehad
expensiveandhighlyspecializedtraining,andtheyworklong,difficulthoursforthemoneythey
earn.Butwhathappenstopeoplewhoneedlegalhelpandcannotaffordtopaytheselawyers'
fees?
Publicinterestlawyersfillthisneed.Lisa,likeotherpublicinterestlawyers,earnsasalary
muchbelowwhatsomelawyerscanearn.Becausesheiswillingtotakelessmoney,herclients
needthehelp,eveniftheycanpaynothingatall.
Someclientsneedlegalhelpbecausestoreshavecheatedthemwithfaultymerchandise.Othersareinunsafeapartments,orarethreatenedwitheviction(驱逐,赶出)andhavenoplacetogoto.
Theircasesarecalled"civil"cases.Stillothersareaccusedofcriminalacts,andseekingthose
publicinterestlawyerswhohandle"criminal"cases.(77)Thesearejustafewofthemanysitua-
tionsinwhichmenandwomenwhoarepublicinterestlawyersservetoextendjusticethroughoutoursociety.
1.Apersonwhoneedsanduseslegalhelpiscalleda
A.lawyer
B.client
C.tenant
D.caseworker
2.Publicinterestlawyersserve
A.onlystoresandlandlords
B.criminalsonly
C.peoplewhocanpayhighfees
D.peoplewhocanpaylittleornothing
3.Ifonlytherichcouldbehelpedbylawyers,thejusticesystemwouldbe
A.undemocratic
B.fairandreasonable
C.modern
D.inneedofnochanges
4.Publicinterestlawincludes
A.civilcasesonly
B.criminalcasesonly
C.criminalandcivilcases
D.wealthyclients'cases
5.Whichofthefollowingisnotamatterforcivilcase?
A.Atenantisfacedwitheviction.
B.Alandlordrefusestofixadangerousstaircase.
C.Aburglarisarrested.
D.Astoresellsafaultyradio.
Passage2
Questions6to10arebasedonthefollowingpassage:
Nooneknowshowmanlearnedtomakewords.Perhapshebeganbymakingsoundslike
thosemadebyanimals.Perhapshegruntedlikeapigwhenheliftedsomethingheavy.(78)Per-
hapshemadesoundslikethoseheheardallroundhim--watersplashing,beeshumming,astonefallingtotheground.Somehowhelearnedtomakewords.Asthecenturieswentby,hemademoreandmorenewwords.Thisiswhatwemeanbylanguage.
Peoplelivingindifferentcountriesmadedifferentkindsofwords.Todaythereareaboutfifteenhundreddifferentlanguagesintheworld.Eachcontainsmanythousandsofwords.Avery
largeEnglishdictionary,forexample,containsfourorfivehundredthousandwords.Butwedo
notneedallthese.Onlyafewthousandwordsareusedineverydaylife.
Thewordsyouknowarecalledyourvocabulary.Youshouldtrytomakeyourvocabularybigger.Readasmanybooksasyoucan.ThereareplentyofbookswrittenineasyEnglishforyoutoread.Youwillenjoythem.Whenyoumeetanewword,finditinyourdictionary.Yourdictionaryisyourmostusefulbook.
6.Fromthispassage,weknowthat
A.mannevermadesounds
B.manmadeanimalsounds
C.manusedtobelikeanimalstomakesounds
D.manlearnedfromtheanimalstomakesounds
7.Thenumberofdifferentlanguagesspokenisabout
A.150
B.1,500
C.5,000
D.4,000
8.Peoplefromdifferentcountries
A.madesamewords
B.madedifferentkindsofwords
C.hadasamelanguage
D.usedsomesounds
9.Mantomakesounds.
A.usedwords
B.followedmanythingsinnature
C.liftedheavythings
D.gruntedlikeapig
10.Youcanenlargeyourvocabularyby
A.readingmorebooks
B.findingnewwordsindictionaries
C.writingmore
D.usingthewordsineverydaylife
Passage3
Questions11to15arebasedonthefollowingpassage:
"Hightech"and"stateoftheart"aretwoexpressionsthatdescribethemodemtechnology.Hightechisjustashorterwayofsayinghightechnology.Andhightechnologydescribesanyinvention,systemofdevicethatusesthenewestideasordiscoveriesofscienceandengineering.Whatishightech?
Acomputerishightech.Soisacommunicationssatellite.(79)Amodernmanufacturing(生产)systemissurelyhightech.HightechbecameapopularexpressionintheU-nitedStatesduringthe.early1980's.Becauseofimprovementsintechnology,peoplecouldbuymanynewkindsofproductsinAmericanstores,suchashomecomputers,microwaveovens,etc.
"Stateoftheart"issomethingthatisasmodemaspossible.Itisaproductthatisbasedontheverylatestmethodsandtechnology.Somethingthatis"stateoftheart"isthenewestpossibledesignorproductofabusinessorindustry,Astateofthearttelevisionset,forexample,usesthemodemestelectronicdesignandparts.Itisthebestthatonecanbuy.
"Stateoftheart"isnotanewexpression.Engineershaveuseditforyears,todescribethe
bestandmostmodemwayofdoingsomething.MillionsofAmericansbegantousetheexpressioninthelate1970's.Thereasonwasthecomputerrevolution.Everycomputercompanyclaimedthatitscomputerswe