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05年学位考试真题

05年11月成人本科学位英语考试真题A卷

Part1  ReadingComprehension （30%）

Directions:

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

Passage1

Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

Languagesareremarkablycomplexandwonderfullycomplicatedorgansofculture.（76）Theycontainthequickestandthemostefficientmeansofcommunicatingwithintheirrespectiveculture.Tolearnaforeignlanguageistolearnanotherculture.Inthewordsofapoetandphilosopher,“Asmanylanguagesasonespeaks,somanylivesonelives.”Acultureanditslanguageareasnecessaryasbrainandbody:

whileoneisapartoftheotherneithercanfunctionwithouttheother.Inlearningaforeignlanguage,thebestbeginningwouldbestartingwiththenon-languageelementsofthelanguage:

itsgestures,itsbodylanguage,etc.eyecontactisextremelyimportantinEnglish.Directeyecontactleadstounderstanding,or,astheEnglishsayinggoes,seeingeye-to-eye.Wecanneverseeeye-to-eyewithanativespeakerofEnglishuntilwehavelearnedtolookdirectlyintohiseyes.

1.Thebesttitleforthispassageis____.

A. OrgansofCulture    

B.BrainandBody

C.Lookingintohiseyes 

D. LanguageandCulture

2. Accordingtothispassage,thebestwaytolearnaforeignlanguageis____.

A. toreadtheworksofpoetsandphilosophers

B. tofindanativespeakerandlookdirectlyintohiseyes

C.tobeginbylearningitsbodylanguage

D.tovisitacountrywhereyoucanstudy

3.Accordingtothispassage,gesturesare____.

A.spokenwords      B.anon-languageelement

C.picturesinalanguage    D.writtenlanguage

4. “Asmanylanguagesasonespeaks,somanylives…”means____.

A. ifonelearnsmanyforeignlanguages,onewillhaveabetterunderstandingofhisownlanguage

B. lifeisricherandmoreinterestingifoneknowsseverallanguages

C. nomatterhowmanylanguagesoneknows,onecanneverknowmorethanone’sownculture

D.ifapersonspeaksonlyonelanguage,hewillliveaveryhappylife

5. Whichofthefollowingdoesn’tsharethesamemeaningwiththeothers?

A.signs   B.gestures   C.efficient   D.bodylanguage

Passage2

Questions6to10arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

Treesareusefultomaninthreeveryimportantways:

theyprovidehimwithwoodandotherproducts;theygivehimshade;andtheyhelptopreventdroughts（干旱）andfloods.

Unfortunately,manhasnotrealizedthatthethirdoftheseservicesisthemostimportant.Twothousandyearsagoarichandpowerfulcountrycutdownitstreestobuildwarships,withwhichtogainitselfanempire,but,withoutitstrees,itssoilbecamehardandpoor.Whentheempirefelltopieces,thehomecountryfounditselffacedbyfloodandstarvation.

（77）Eventhoughagovernmentrealizestheimportanceofaplentifulsupplyoftrees,itisdifficultforittopersuadevillagerstoseethis.Thevillagerswantwoodtocooktheirfoodwith;andtheycanearnmoneybysellingwood.Theyareusuallytoolazytoplantandlookafterthetrees.（78）So,unlessthegovernmenthasagoodsystemofcontrol,orcaneducatethepeople,theforestswillslowlydisappear.

Thisdoesnotonlymeanthatthevillagers’childrenandgrandchildrenwillhavefewertrees.Theresultsareevenmoreserious,forwheretherearetreestheirrootsbreakthesoilupallowingtheraintosinkin-andalsobindthesoil,thuspreventingitsbeingwashedawayeasilybutwheretherearenotrees,therainfallsonhardgroundandflowsawayfromthesurface,causingflood.

6.  Whatisthemostimportantfunctionoftrees?

A.  Providingfuel.

B.  Offeringshade.

C.  Preventingnaturaldisaster

D. Providingwood.

7.  Whateventuallyhappenedtotheempireintheparagraph?

A.  Itspeoplediedofhunger.

B.  Itfelltopieces.

C.  Itbecameagiantempire..

D. Itbuiltmanyshipswithwood.

8.  Itisimpliedinthepassagethatthevillagers____

A.  wantaplentifulsupplyoftrees.

B.  Wantfirewoodbadly.

C.  Justwanttogetmoney.

D. Don’trealizetheimportanceoftrees.

9.  Theroleoftreesisto____

A. loosensoil   B. keepsoilinposition

C.  hardensoil  D.bothAandB

10. Whatisthepassagemainlyconcernedwith?

A.  Thebenefitsoftrees.

B.  Treesandsoilprotection

C.  Thevarioususesoftrees.

D. Differentattitudestowardtrees.

Passage3

Questions11to15arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

AdamSmithwasthefirstpersontoseetheimportanceofthedivisionofthelabor.HegaveusanexampleoftheprocessbywhichpinsweremadeinEngland.

“Onemandrawsoutthewire,anotherstrengthensit,athirdcutsit,afourthpointsit,andafifthgivesitahead.Justtomaketheheadrequirestoworthreedifferentoperations.Theworkofmakingpinsisdividedintoabouteighteendifferentoperations,whichinsomefactoriesareallperformedbydifferentpeople,thoughinothersthesamemanwillsometimesperformtwoorthreeofthem.

Tenmen,Smithsaid,inthisway,turnedouttwelvepoundsofpinsadayorabout4800pinsaworker.（79）Butifallofthemhadworkedseparatelyandindependentlywithoutdivisionoflabor,theycertainlycouldnothavemadetwentyinsinadayandnotevenone.

Therecanbenodoubtthatdivisionoflaborisanefficientwayoforganizingwork.Fewerpeoplecanmakemorepins.AdamSmithsawthis,（80）buthealsotookitforgrantedthatdivisionoflaborisitselfresponsibleforeconomicgrowthanddevelopmentanditaccountsforthedifferencebetweenexpandingeconomiesandthosethatstandstill.Butdivisionoflaboraddsnothingnew,itonlyenablespeopletoproducemoreofwhattheyalreadyhave.

11. Accordingtothepassage,AdamSmithwasthefirstpersonto____

A.  takeadvantageofthephysicallabor

B.  introducethedivisionoflaborintoEngland

C.  understandtheeffectsofthedivisionoflabor

D. explainthebadcausesofthedivisionoflabor

12.  AdamSmithsawthatthedivisionoflabor____

A.  enabledeachworkertodesignpinsmorequickly

B.   increasedthepossibleoutputperworker

C.   increasedthenumberofpeopleemployedinfactories

D.  improvedthequalityofpinsproduced

13.  AdamSmithmentionedthenumber4800inorderto_____

A.  showtheadvantagesoftheoldlaborsystem

B.  stresshowpowerfultheindividualworkerwas

C.  showtheadvantagesofthedivisionoflabor

D.  stresstheimportanceofincreasedproduction

14.  Accordingtothewriter,AdamSmith’smistakewasinbelievingthatthedivisionoflabor____

A.  wasanefficientwayoforganizingwork

B.  wasanimportantdevelopmentinmethodsofproduction

C.  finallyledtoeconomicdevelopment

D. increasedtheproductionofexistinggoods

15.  Accordingtothewriter,whichoneofthefollowingisNOTtrue?

A.  Divisionoflaborcanenablefewerpeopletomakemorepins.

B.  Divisionoflaborhelpspeopletoproducemoreofwhattheyalreadyhave.

C.  Divisionoflaborisbynomeansresponsibleforeconomicgrowth.

D. Divisionoflaborisanefficientwayoforganizingwork.

PartII   VocabularyandStructure（30%）

Directions:

     Inthispartthereare30incompletesentences.ForeachsentencetherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.ChoosetheONEanswerthatbestcompletesthesentence.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

16.  Hespent____collectingmaterialsforhisarticle.

A.ahalfyear   B.halfyear   C.halfayear   D.halfofayear

17.  Tosucceedinascientificexperiment____

A.   oneneedsbeingpatientperson

B.  patienceistoneed

C.   oneneedstobepatient

D.  patienceiswhatneeded

18.  Englishisusedbymorepeoplethanis____languageexceptChinese.

A.any   B.anyother   C.other   D.allother

19.  Thedish____terribleIdon’tlikeitatall.

A.tastes   B.tasted   C.willtaste    D.istasted

20.  She____beillbecauseIsawherplayingtennisjustnow.

A.can’t    B.couldn’t   C.mustn’t   D.maynot

21.  Sorry,officer.I____at80milesbutIdidn’tseeanysignintheareatellingpeoplehowfasttheycandrive.

A.shouldnotdrive   B.shouldn’thavedriven   

C.mustn’tdrive    D.can’tdrive

22.  Whynot____ProfessorLiforhelp?

Heiskind-heartedandwillingtohelp.

A.ask   B.youask   C.toask   D.yourasking

23.  Itisnoteasy____theanswertothedifficultmathproblem.

A.tofigureout   B.figuringout   C.figureout   D.beingfiguredout

24.  Thetsunami（海啸）___over160,000peoplewerekilledwasaterribledisasterforhumanbeings.

A.ofthat   B.amongwhich  C.duringthat   D.inwhich

25.  Takethemedicinenow.Ibelieveitwill___yourpain.

A.release   B.relive   C.reject   D.relieve

26.  Howcanyou____heroffer?

I’mafraidshewillfeelhurt.

A.turnout   B.turnup   C.turndown  D.turnaway

27.  Sheapologizedfor____toattendthemeeting.

A.herbeingnotable   B.hertobenotable  

C.hernottobeable   D.hernotbeingableto

28.  Thisnewcoatcostme____thelastoneIboughttwoyearsago.

A.threetimes  B.threetimesasmuchas

C.threetimesasmuch   D.threetimesmuchas

29.  Eachtermourprofessorswould____alistofbooksforustoread.

A.handin   B.giveaway   C.passout   D.writeout

30.  I____mywalletwhenIwasshoppinginthestore.

A.musthavedropped   B.shouldhavedropped

C.coulddrop      D.oughttohavedropped

31.  Ibelieveyou