成人高考学位英语测试题.docx

1、成人高考学位英语测试题学位英语测试题5（试卷一）Part I Vocabulary and Structure.（30 points）1. The manager promised to keep me _ of how our business was going on. A. to be informed B. on informing C. informed D. informing2. I _ that Tom and Jack have finished their homework.A. worry B. show C. display D. suspect3. The resul

2、ts are as _: First was Sweden, then Germany, then Ireland. A. to follow B. follows C. follow D. followed4. Her fluency in English gives her an advantage _ other girls for the job. A. above B. over C. than D. with5. The reason I love him so much is _ he is a very humorous person. A. why B. for C. tha

3、t D. because 6. The boss _ to dismiss me if I didnt do as he ordered. A. warned B. thought C. threatened D. pretended7. The population of Shanghai is twice as large as _.A. Now York B. that of New York C. it in New York D. that of New Yorks8. I dont know which hotel _. A. to stay at B. to stay in C.

4、 staying in D. staying at9. The girl in the red hat is the _ person Ive been waiting to see. A. very B. rather C. same D. only10. He was so foolish _ his car unlocked.A. for him to leave B. that leave C. to leaving D. as to leave11. The secretary and treasurer of our company _ the meeting. A. were t

5、o attend B. are to attend C. is attend D. is to attend12. This film is _, if not better than, the one we saw last week.A. so good as B. as well as C. as good as D. as better as13. The lawyer didnt keep his remarks to the topic _ discussion.A. on B. under C. with D. for14. He applied for a _ in the o

6、ffice of the local newspapers.A. location B. profession C. career D. position15. We consider _ the instrument should be adjusted each time it is used.A. necessary that B. necessary of it thatC. it necessary that D. that it necessary16. When _, ice will be changed into water.A. heating B. heated C. t

7、o heat D. be heating17. There is no easy solution to Japans labor _.A. decline B. vacancy C. rarity D. shortage18. Liquids are like solids _ they have a definite volume.A. in that B. for that C. with that D. at that19. Its not so much the language _ the cultural background that makes the book diffic

8、ult to understand.A. but B. nor C. as D. like20. The police let him go, because they didnt find him guilty _ the murder.A. of B. in C. over D. on21. We must _ that the telegram arrives in time.A. cure B. accelerate C. ensure D. assure22. Ever since the Smiths moved to the suburbs a year ago, they _

9、better health.A. could have enjoyed B. had enjoyedC. have been enjoying D. are enjoying23. It is important that a university student _ at least one foreign language.A. learned B. learns C. must learn D. learn24. Our new house _ warm in winter and cool in summer.A. feels B. is felt C. finds D. is fou

10、nd25. _ at the railway station when it began to rain. A. Hardly had he arrived B. Hardly he had arrived C. No sooner did he arrive D. No sooner arrived he 26. There was a knock at the door. It was the second time someone _ me that evening.A. had interrupted B. would have interrupted C. to have inter

11、rupted D. to interrupted27. It was not until she had come downstairs _ remembered the keys were not with her.A. she B. when she C. that she D. and see28. The rain came on time and would certainly ease the heat _ the people of inland.A. to face B. face C. facing D. faces29. Televisions enable us to s

12、ee things happen almost at the exact moment _. A. which they are happening B. they are happening C. which they happen D. they have happened30. _ your cooperation, we could not have succeeded in our experiment.A. Because of B. Because C. But that D. But forPart II Reading comprehension.（30 points）Tex

13、t AOur surroundings are being polluted faster than nature and mans present efforts cannot prevent it. Time is bringing us more people, and more people will bring us more industry, more cars, larger cities, and the growing use of man-made materials.What can explain and solve this problem? The fact is

14、 that pollution is caused by man by his desire for a modern way of life. We make “increasing industrialization” our chief aim. So we are often ready to offer everything: clean air, pure water, good food, our health and the future of our children. There is a constant flow of people from the countrysi

15、de into the cities, eager for the benefits of our modern society. But as our technological achievements have grown in the last twenty years, pollution has become a serious problem.Isnt it time we stopped to ask ourselves where we are going and why? It makes one think of the story about the airline pilot who told his passengers over the loudspeaker: “Ive some good news and some bad news. The good news is that were making rapid progress at 530 miles per hour.