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1、同等学力英语试题2010同等学力试题Paper One(90 minutes)Part I Dialogue Communication (10 minutes, 10 points, 1 for each)Section A Dialogue CompletionDirections: in this section, you will read 5 short incomplete dialogues between two speakers, each followed by 4 choices marked A, B,C, D. Choose the answer that best

2、suits the situation to complete the dialogue. Then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET. 1. A: Can you take over for me here for a little while? I have a friend coming to see me. B: Id like to, but _. Ask Peter, he is not so

3、occupied at this moment. A. How can I do it? B. thats alrightC. I have my hands full. D. thats impossible2. A: to get an outside line, just dial 0 and the phone number. Or we can place a call for you, if you want. B: No, thanks a lot. A. Just put me through B. Ill try it myself C. Id rather not D. I

4、ll appreciate your help3. A: Now, its just work, work, work. I work hard all day, every day. B: Oh, come one _. Youre making a good salary now. A. Dont complain B. Sorry to hear about it C. Anything I can do for you? D. Whats your plan?4. A: Pamela, can you come to a meeting on Friday? B: _. Let me

5、check my schedule. When are you having it? A. No bit deal. B. I an not sure C. Can I? D. Sure thing?5. A: I am really getting fed up with the salespersons who keep calling. B: _. A. I hope it is nothing serious B. They are so stupid! C. So am I. it is so annoying D. You are right. Forget it. Section

6、 B Dialogue ComprehensionDirections: In this section, you will read 5 short conversions between a man and a woman. At the end of each conversation there is a question followed by 4 choices marked A, B,C, D. Choose the best answer to the question from the 4 choices by marking the corresponding letter

7、 with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.6. Man: I have figured it al out. It looks like it will take us about 5 hours to drive from here to Chicago. Woman: Itd be more relaxing to take the train. But I guess we should watch our expenses.Question: What does

8、the woman imply?A. She likes to drive when she travels.B. She doesnt want to go to Chicago.C. She doesnt know the cost of the train trip.D. Its cheaper to go to Chicago by car7. Man: How about the examination last week?Woman: If Id got more time. I could have made it.Question: What does the woman im

9、ply?A. She was asked to take another examination.B. She failed the examination last week.C. She did quite well in the examination.D. She didnt take the examination last week.8. Man: Harvard or the State University, have you decided yet?Woman: Well, Id rather be a big fish in a small pond.Question: W

10、hich university is the woman likely to choose?A. The State UniversityB. HarvardC. NeitherD. She hasnt decided yet.9. Man: I have just found a great location to open a new shop.Woman: But you havent researched the market. Dont you think this putting the cart before the horse?Question: What does the w

11、oman mean?A. The man shouldnt make the decision so quickly.B. Its risky to choose such a location.C. The man is doing things in the wrong orderD. Its possible for him to make a better choice.10. Woman: My results are a bit flattering because I have had quite a lot of luck.Man: Nonsense, youre head a

12、nd shoulders above the others in your group.Question: What does the man think is the reason for the womans success?A. She is really luckyB. She is far better than the others.C. Shes got the others support. D. Shes been working hard.Part II Vocabulary (20 minutes, 10 points, 0.5 for each)Section A Di

13、rections: In this section there are 10 sentences, each with one word or phrase underlined. Choose the one from the 4 choices marked A.B.C.D that best keeps the meaning of the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEE

14、T.11. Betty was offended because she felt that her friends had ignored her purposefully at the party. A. Desperately B. definitely C. deliberately D. decisively12. There has been enough playing around so lets get down to business. A. make a deal B. begin our work C. reach an agreement D. change our

15、plan13. How is it possible for our human body to convert yesterdays lunch into todays muscle? A. alter B. develop C. modify D. turn14. It is important for families to observe their traditions even as their children get older. A. notice B. watch C. follow D. celebrate15. It is difficult to comprehend

16、, but everything you have ever seen, smelt, heard or felt is merely your brains interpretation of incoming stimuli. A. explanation B. evaluation C. recognition D. interruption16. Life is more important than the pressures and stress that we place on ourselves over work and other commitments. A. appoi

17、ntments B. arrangements C. obligations D. devotions17. If you continue to indulge in computer games like this, you future will be at stake. A. in danger B. without question C. on guard D. at large18. Romantic novels, as opposed to realistic ones, tend to present idealized versions of life, often wit

18、h a happy ending. A. in contrast to B. in regard to C. in terms of D. in light of19. Most people would agree that, although our age far surpasses all previous ages in knowledge, there has been no correlative increase in wisdom. A. improves B. precedes C. imposes D. exceeds20. Many students today dis

19、play a disturbing willingness to choose institutions and careers on the basis of earning potential. A. offensive B. depressive C. troublesome D. tiresomeSection BDirections: In this section, there are 10 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A.B.C.D. Choose the one that

20、best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.21. My oldest son had just finished an _ holiday stay prior to moving to a new State, a new job, and the next chapter in his life. A. enlarged B. expanded

21、 C. extended D. increased22. Blacks and American Indians _ less than 10% of students in the top 30 business schools, while they are about 28% of the US population. A. make up B. take up C. reach out D. turn out23. With demand continuing to rise in _ economies such as China and India, energy traders

22、believe that oil futures are a good bet. A. employing B. emerging C. embracing D. emitting24. Laws and regulations in each country have to be made _ the constitution of the country. A. in honor of B. in memory of C. in return for D. in line with25. The jurys _ was that the accused was guilty. A. ver

23、dict B. sentence C. trial D. debate26. In English learning, a _ cycle occurs when as student makes more errors after being scolded. A. vertical B. vicious C. vivid D. vigorous27. Isnt it _ when you learn something youve never known before? A. cool B. crazy C. cold D. cute28. There are several factor

24、s _ the rapid growth of sales promotion, particularly in consumer markets. A. resorting to B. appealing to C. applying to D. contributing to29. The Internet has been developing at a speed _ peoples expectations in the past two decades. A. over B. of C. under D. beyond30. It is obvious that the sport

25、s games are no longer amateur affairs; they have become professionally _. A. laid off B. laid out C. put off D. put outPart III Reading Comprehension (45 minutes, 20 points)Directions: There are 5 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by 6 questions or unfinished statements. For each sente

26、nce there are 4 choices marked A.B.C.D. Choose the one that best one and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.Passage One Loneliness has been linked to depression and other health problems. Now, a study says it can also sprea

27、d. A friend of a lonely person was 52% more likely to develop feelings of loneliness. And a friend of that friend was 25% more likely to do the same. Earlier findings showed that happiness, fatness and the ability to stop smoking can also grow like infections within social groups. The findings all c

28、ome from a major health study in the American town of Framingham, Massachusetts. The study began in 1948 to investigate the causes of heart disease. Since then, more tests have been added, including measures of loneliness and depression.The new findings involved more than 5,000 people in the second

29、generation of the Framingham Heart Study. The researchers examined friendship histories and reports of loneliness. The results established a pattern that spread as people reported fewer close friends.For example, loneliness can affect relationships between next-door neighbors. The loneliness spreads

30、 as neighbors who were close friends now spend less time together. The study also found that loneliness spreads more easily among women than men. Researchers from the University of Chicago, Harvard and the University of California, San Diego, did the study. The findings appeared last month in the Jo

31、urnal of Personality and Social Psychology.The average person is said to experience feelings of loneliness about 48 days a year. The study found that having a lonely friend can add about 17 days. But every additional friend can decrease loneliness by about 5%, or two and a half days. Lonely people become less and less trusting of others. This makes it more and more difficult for them to make friends-and more likely that society will reject them.John Cacioppo at the University of Chi