成人本科学士学位英语统一考试试题及答案A.docx

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成人本科学士学位英语统一考试试题及答案A

2006年11月北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试试题及答案（A）

PartIReadingComprehension（30%）

Directions:

Therearethreepassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandblackenthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.

Passage1

Passage1

本文是关于美国语言的议论文。

介绍了美国人如何使用简短性用语，以及他们使用简短用语的原因。

第一段讲到美国人习惯用简短的语言打招呼或者回答他人的问话，但这只是出于习惯并非不礼貌；第二段讲的是美国人喜欢简单无拘束的生活，他们不喜欢太多礼节，也很少在节日中送礼物。

Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

OnestudyshowsthatAmericansprefertoanswerwithabrief“Yes”,“No”,“Sure”,ortheverypopular“Yeah”ratherthanwithalongerreply.（76）ButbriefrepliesdonotmeanAmericansareimpoliteorunfriendlytosomeextent.Veryoften,Americansareinahurryandmaygreetyouwithasingleword“Hi”,indeed;thisisagreetingyouwillhearagainandagainduringyourstayintheUnitedStates.Itisusedbyeveryone,regardlessofrank,agentoccupation.However,-thosewhoareaccustomedtolongergreetings'mayrequirealittlemoretimebeforetheyfeelcomfortablewithAmericansimpletalk.

Americanssometimesuseplaintalkwhentheyareuncomfortable.（77）Ifpeoplepraisethemorthanktheminanespeciallypoliteway,theymaybecomeuncomfortableandnotknowwhattosayinreply.Theydon'twanttobeimpoliteorrude,youcanbesurethattheylikedwhatwassaidaboutthem.Exceptforcertainholidays,suchasChristmas,Americansdon'tusuallygivegifts.Thus,youwillfindAmericansembarrassedastheyacceptgifts,especiallyiftheyhavenothingtogiveinreturn.Theyaregenerallyawarmbutinformalpeople.

1.ThefactthatAmericanslikeshorteranswerstellsus__________.

C。

细节题。

根据原文第一段内容可知，美国人使用简短用语并不是代表不礼貌。

因此可知选择C。

A.theyreplyveryquicklyinahurry

B.theychoosewordstoocarefully

C.theylikereplyingbriefly

D.theywanttobeaspoliteastheycan

2.Thosewholikeusingbeautifulorformalwords__________.

A。

细节题。

原文第一段最后一句讲到，那些不习惯简短用语的人需要花更多的时间去理解美国人的语言习惯。

A.needmoretimetogetusedtoAmericansimplegreeting

B.neednotimetogetfamiliarwithAmericangreeting

C.donotverymuchlikeAmericanwayofgreeting

D.thinkAmericansarenotpolitewhatever

3.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?

C。

细节题。

根据文章第一段SItisusedbyeveryone,regardlessofrank,agentoccupation.可知答案是A选项。

A.Americansoftenanswerwiththewordslike“sure”,“yeah”.

B.Theyarenotimpolitewithbriefreplies.

C.Americansinhighranksmustuseformalwordsingreeting:

D.Americansareawarmbutinformalpeople.

4.TheAmericanslikeothers'praisebutifinapoliteway__________.

D。

细节题。

根据文章第二段，A、B均是题目的原因。

所以选择D。

A.theydon'tknowwhattosayinreply

B.theyfeelsomewhatuneasy

C.theydon'twanttoreply

D.bothAandB

5.Thepassageindicatesthat__________.

D。

细节题。

根据文章第二段，A、B均是题目的原因。

所以选择D。

A.Americansexchangegiftsthefirsttimetheymeet.

B.Americansseldomgivegiftsexceptforsomeholidays.

C.Americansoftenbringsomegiftstotheirfriends.

D.Americansonlywanttogetgiftsfromothers.

Passage2

Passage2

本文介绍了人口数量大的利弊问题。

第一段说经济学家存在两种相反的观点，一种认为人口大不利于经济发展，另一种认为有利。

第二段寻找了这一不同看法的根源，即是国家工业化的程度。

讲到了发展中国家和发达国家的区别

Questions6to10arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

（78）Theadvantagesanddisadvantagesofalargepopulationhavelongbeenasubjectofdiscussionamongeconomists（经济学家）.Ithasbeenarguedthatthesupplyofgoodlandislimited.Tofeedalargepopulation,:

inferiorlandmustbecultivatedandthegoodlandworkedintensively,Thus,eachpersonproduceslessandthismeansaloweraverageincomethancouldbeobtainedwithasmallerpopulation.Othereconomistshavearguedthatalargepopulationgivesmorescopeforspecializationandthedevelopmentoffacilitiessuchasports,roadsandrailways,whicharenotlikelytobebuiltunlessthereisabigdemandtojustifythem.

Oneofthedifficultiesincarryingoutaworld-widebirthcontrolprogramliesinthefactthatofficialattitudestopopulationgrowthvaryfromcountrytocountrydependingonthelevelofindustrialdevelopmentandtheavailabilityoffoodandrawmaterials.Inthedevelopingcountrywhereavastlyexpandedpopulationispressingharduponthelimitsoffood,spaceandnaturalresources,itwillbethefirstconcernofgovernmenttoplacealimitonthebirthrate,whatevertheconsequencesmaybe.Inthehighlyindustrializedsocietytheproblemmaybemorecomplex.Adecreasingbirthratemayleadtounemploymentbecauseitresultsinadecliningmarketformanufacturedgoods.（79）Whenthepressureofpopulationonhousingdeclines,pricesalsodeclineandthebuildingindustryisweakened.Facedwithconsiderationssuchasthese,thegovernmentofadevelopedcountrymaywellprefertoseeaslowlyincreasingpopulation,ratherthanonewhichisstableorisdecline.

6.Asmallerpopulationmaymean__________.

D。

根据文章第一段，大的人口会有更低的生产率和更小的人均收入，反之，小的人口就会有更高的生产率和更大的人均收入。

因此本题选D。

A.higherproductivity,butaloweraverageincome

B.lowerproductivity,butahigheraverageincome

C.lowerproductivity,andaloweraverageincome

D.higherproductivity,andahigheraverageincome

7.Accordingtothepassage,alargepopulationwillprovideachancefordeveloping__________.

B。

根据原文，Othereconomistshavearguedthatalargepopulationgivesmorescopeforspecializationandthedevelopmentoffacilitiessuchasports,roadsandrailways.可知，人口大在运输行业是有利的，故选B。

A.agricultureB.transportsystem

C.industryD.nationaleconomy

8.Inadevelopedcountry,peoplewillperhapsgooutofworkifthebirthrate__________.

B。

根据文章第二段Adecreasingbirthratemayleadtounemploymentbecauseitresultsinadecliningmarketformanufacturedgoods.可知，不断减少的出生率会导致失业。

因此选择B。

A.goesupB.isdecreasing

C.remainsstable,D.isoutofcontrol

9.Accordingtothepassageslowlyrisingbirthrateperhapsisgoodfor__________.

A。

解释同上，因为减少的出生率导致失业，因此缓慢增长的出生率有利于发达国家的发展。

A.adevelopednation

B.adevelopingnation.

C.everynationwithabigpopulation

D.everynationwithasmallpopulation

10.Itisnoeasyjobtocarryoutageneralplanforbirthcontrolthroughouttheworldbecause__________.

C。

根据文章第二段第一句话可知，由于不同国家条件不同，人口数量的影响就不同，故选C。

A.therearetoomanyunderdevelopedcountriesintheworld

B.underdevelopedcountrieshavelowlevelofindustrialdevelopment.

C.differentgovernmentshavedifferentviewsabouttheproblem

D.evendevelopedcountriesmayhavecomplexproblems

Passage3

Passage3

本文介绍了伞的用途发展史。

伞最开始作为防晒的工具出现，之后在一些国家作为权威的象征。

本文介绍了不同时期伞的不同意义。

Questions11to15arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

Tousitseemssonaturaltoputupanumbrellatokeepthewateroffwhenitrains.Butactuallytheumbrellawasnotinventedasprotectionagainstrain.Itwasfirstusedasashadeagainstthesun.

Nobodyknowswhofirstinventedit,buttheumbrellawasusedinveryancienttimes.ProbablythefirsttouseitweretheChinese,waybackintheeleventhcenturyB.C.

WeknowthattheumbrellawasalsousedinancientEgyptandBabylonasasunshade.Andtherewasastrangethingconnectedwithitsuse;itbecameasymbolofhonorandauthority.IntheFarEastinancienttimes,theumbrellawasallowedtobeusedonlybyroyalpeopleorbythoseinhighoffice.

InEurope,theGreekswerethefirsttousetheumbrellaasasunshade.AndtheumbrellawasincommonuseinancientGreece.ButitisbelievedthatthefirstpersonsinEuropetousetheumbrellasasprotectionagainsttherainweretheancientRomans.

DuringtheMiddleAges,theuseoftheumbrellapracticallydisappeared.ThenitappearedagaininItalyinthe16thcentury.Andagainitbecameasymbolofpowerandauthority.

Umbrellashavenotchangedmuchinstyleduringallthistime,thoughtheyhavebecomemuchlighterinweight.（80）Itwasn'tuntilthetwentiethcenturythatwomen'sumbrellasbegantobemadeinavarietyofcolors.

11.Thefirstuseofumbrellaswasas__________.

【答案】B。

根据文章第一段Itwasfirstusedasashadeagainstthesun.

可知，伞最初是作为防晒的工具使用的

A.protectionagainstrainB.ashadeagainstthesun

C.asymbolofpowerD.asymbolofhonor

12.__________wereregardedasthepeoplewhofirstusedumbrellas.

【答案】C。

根据文章第二段，ProbablythefirsttouseitweretheChinese,waybackintheeleventhcenturyB.C.可知，伞最初是中国人开始使用的。

A.RomansB.Greeks

C.ChineseD.Europeans

13.Theumbrellawasusedonlybyroyalpeopleorthoseinhighoffice__________.

C。

文章第三段，IntheFarEastinancienttimes,theumbrellawasallowedtobeusedonlybyroyalpeopleorbythoseinhighoffice.

A.inEuropeintheeighteenthcentury

B.inancientEgyptandBabylon

C.intheFarEastinancienttimes

D.duringtheMiddleAges

14.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?

D。

根据文章内容，并没有提到伞很便宜

A.Womenenjoyusingumbrellaswithvariouskindsofcolors.

B.Theinventoroftheumbrellaisunknown.

C.Onceordinarypeoplehadnorighttouseumbrellas.

D.Umbrellaswerepopularandcheapintheancienttimes.

15.Whichofthefollowingmaybethebesttitleforthepassage?

B。

主旨题。

根据文章内容可知，文章主要介绍伞的用途发展过程，因此B更贴近内容。

A.WhenWastheUmbrellaInvented

B.TheRoleofUmbrellasinHistory

C.TheColorsandShapesofUmbrella

D.WhoNeededUmbrellasFirst

PartIIVocabularyandStructure（30%）

Directions:

Inthispartthereare30incompletesentences.ForeachsentencetherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.ChoosetheONEanswerthatbestcompletesthesentence.ThenblackenthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.

16.Thenewsquicklyspreadthroughthevillage__________thewarhadended.

C这考察的是同位语从句，标志词为news，后多用that引导同位语从句

A.whichB.what

C.thatD.where

17.Wehurriedtothestation__________findourselvesthreehoursearlierforthetrain.

【答案】A

这考察的是介词词组辨析，only