江苏省成人学士学位英语考试历年真题和答案.docx

1、江苏省成人学士学位英语考试历年真题和答案2005年江苏省成人学士学位英语考试历年真题和答案2005年江苏省成人学士学位英语考试历年真题和答案Part Listening Comprehension(15minutes 15%)(共15题 略)Part II Reading Comprehension:Directions: There are some reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each of them there are four choices marked

2、A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and write down the corresponding letter in the Answer Sheet.A library is more than just a place where books are stored. A library is a source of information. That information may come from books (fiction, nonfiction, or reference books), from perio

3、dicals (newspapers, magazines, and journals), from audio-visual material (records, cassettes microfilm, video tapes, etc. ), or even from a computer terminal. Students go to libraries to study and to write research papers. The periodicals room of a university library is where foreign students often

4、find newspapers and magazines from their countries. In the reference room, they can find catalogs from many universities in the U.S. and other countries. If you are buying a used car, the reference librarian can show you the Blue Book, which lists the prices of new and used cars. People who need inf

5、ormation in a hurry can telephone the reference librarian at many libraries. （86）There are as many different library services as there are types of people who use them. Childrens libraries provide materials for young readers. They sometimes have story tellers who read stories to groups of children,

6、and a few have computers for the children to play with. Music lovers can listen to recordings of their favorite musicians in music libraries. Some libraries offer special services for blind people, such as books in Braille, talking books, and Kurzweil Reading Machines. Libraries provide entertainmen

7、t as well as information. Novels and short stories from a librarys fiction collection are a good source of enjoyable reading practice. Public libraries often sponsor lectures on topics of interest to members of the community, and a few even offer concerts and films. No matter what your interests are

8、, you will find that a library can be a great place to enjoy yourself while you learn.16 In libraries readers can get information from .A. computer terminal, books, periodicals, or nonfictionB. books, periodicals, audio-visual materials or video apes C. periodicals, books, audio-visual materials or

9、a computer terminalD. materials, reference books , periodicals, audio-visual or journals 17.In the reference room of the library you can find _. A. materials for young readers B. university catalogs C. newspapers and magazines D. the fiction collection 18. Foreign students often go to to read newspa

10、pers and magazines from their countries.A. periodical rooms B. reference rooms C. music roomsD. computer centers19. The last sentence in the last paragraph implies that readers can .A. find entertainment and information in a libraryB. read both novels and short stories in a bookstoreC. enjoy concert

11、s and films in a theaterD. attend many lectures at colleges20.What is the main idea of the passage is that_ A. There are many kinds of libraries. B. A library is a place where books are stored. C. Libraries provide entertainment. D. Libraries offer many different services. Very old people do raise m

12、oral problem for almost everyone who comes into touch with them. Their valuesthis cant be repeated too oftenare not necessarily our values. Physical comfort, cleanness and order are not necessarily the most important for them. The social services from time to time find themselves faced with a flat w

13、ith going-bad food covered with dust on the table, and an old person lying alone on bed, taking no notice of anything. Is it doing harm to personal freedom to insist that they go to live with some of their relatives so that they might be taken better care of? Some social workers are the ones who cle

14、an up the dust, thinking we are in danger of carrying this idea of personal freedom to the point where serious risks are being taken with the health and safety of the old. Indeed, the old can be easily hurt or harmed. The body is like a car: it needs more care as it gets older. You can carry this co

15、mparison right through to the provision of spare parts. (87) But never forget that such operations are painful experiences, however good the results. And at what point should you stop treating the old body? Is it right to try to push off death by using drugs to excite the forgetful old mind and to a

16、ctivate the old body, knowing that there is little hope? You cannot ask doctors or scientists to decide, because so long as they can see the technical opportunities, they will feel sure to have a try on the belief that while theres life, threes hope. When you talk to the old people, however, you are

17、 forced to the conclusion that whether age is happy or unpleasant depends less on money or on health than it does on your ability to have fun. 21. From Paragraph 1, we can infer that _. A. very old people enjoy living with their relatives B. social services could have nothing to do with very old peo

18、ple C. very old people prefer to live alone so that they can have more personal freedom D. very old people are able to keep their rooms clean 22. According to the passage, some social workers think that _. A. health and safety are more important than personal freedom B. personal freedom is more impo

19、rtant than health and safety C. old people should have the idea of cleaning their rooms D. one should not take risks of dealing with old people23In the authors opinion, . A. the human body cant be compared to a car B. the older a person ,the more care he needs C. too much emphasis has been put on ol

20、d peoples valuesD. physical comfort, cleanness and order are necessary to the old 24.The italicized word“it”in the last paragraph refers to _. A. whether age is happy or unpleasant B. the conclusion you have come to C. ones money or ones health D. your talk to the old people 25.The author thinks tha

21、t _. A. medical decisions for the old people should be left to the doctors B. old people can enjoy a happy life only if they are very rich C. the opinion that we should try every means possible to save old people is doubtful D. it is always right to treat old people and push off death Without proper

22、 planning, tourism can cause problems. For example, too many tourists can crowd pubic places that are also enjoyed by the inhabitants of a country. If tourists create too much traffic, the inhabitants become annoyed and unhappy. They begin to dislike tourists and to treat them impolitely. They forge

23、t how much tourism can help the countrys economy. It is important to think about the people of a destination country and how tourism affects them. Tourism should help a country keep the customs and beauty that attract tourists. Tourism should also advance the well-being of local inhabitants. Too muc

24、h tourism can be a problem. (88)If tourism grows too quickly, people must leave other jobs to work in the tourism industry. This means that other parts of the countrys economy can suffer.On the other hand, if there is not enough tourism, people can lose jobs. Businesses can also lose money. It costs

25、 a great deal of money to build large hotels, airports, air terminals, first-class roads, and other support facilities needed by tourist attractions. For example, a major international-class tourism hotel can cost as much as 50 thousand dollars per room to build. If this room is not used most of the

26、 time, the owners of the hotel will lose money. Building a hotel is just a beginning. There must be many support facilities as well, including roads to get to hotel, electricity, sewers to handle waste, and water. All of these support facilities cost money. If they are not used because there are not

27、 enough tourists, jobs and money are lost. 26.The world “ inhabitants” in the first paragraph means . A. tourists B. passengers C. citizens D. population 27. Too much tourism can cause all these problems EXCEPT_ A. a bad effect on other industries B. a change of tourists customs C. over-crowdedness

28、of places of interest D. pressure on traffic28.It can be inferred from the text that . A. the author doesnt like tourism developing so fastB. local people will benefit from tourist attraction C. other parts of a countrys economy wont benefit from touristD. we cant build too many support facilities 2

29、9.The author thinks it is good for local people to know that tourism will .A. waste a lot of money B. weaken their economy C. help establish their customs D. help improve their life30. The main idea of the passage is . A. tourism burdens the local people with many problems B. tourism needs a proper

30、planningC. tourism must be supported by building and hotelsD. tourism can provide people more jobs The universities have trained the intellectual pioneers of our civilizationthe priests, the lawyers, the statesmen, the doctors, the men of science, and the men of letters。 The conduct of business now

31、requires intellectual imagination of the same type as that which in former times has mainly passed into those other occupations。 There is one great difficulty which hampers all the higher types of human endeavor。 In modern times this difficulty has even increased in its possibilities for evil。 In an

32、y large organization the younger men, who are novices, must be set to jobs which consist in carrying out fixed duties in obedience to orders。 No president of a large corporation meets his youngest employee at his office door with the offer of the most responsible job which the work of that corporation includes。 The young men are set to work at a fixed routine, and only occasionally even see the president as he passes in and out of the building。 Such work is a great discipline。 It imparts knowledge, and it produces rel