广东省成人学位英语真题.docx

1、广东省成人学位英语真题2007年广东学位英语统考试题Part I Dialogue Completion (15 points)Directions: There are 15 short incomplete dialogues in this part, each followed by 4 choices marked A, B. C and D. Choose the best one to complete the dialogue and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the cent

2、er.1. Clerk: Please fill out the form.Guest: All right._ , please?Clerk: Its August, the thirteenth.A. What day is it today B. Whats the numberC. Whats the date today D. Whats the time now2. Speaker A: Can you tell me the way to the library?Speaker B: Sure. Turn left at the next crossing.Speaker A:

3、Is it on King Street?Speaker B:_.A. Thats alright B. Yes. You cant miss itC. Its obvious D. OK. Just do it3. Patient: Could you arrange for me to see Doctor Smith tomorrow morning?Nurse:_ . He wont be free until 12:00.A. You can call later B. Youre unlucky C. I cant do that D. Im afraid not4. Lisa:

4、You look great. Any good news?Alex: I just came back from my vacation.Lisa: Wow, _! Maybe I should take a vacation, too.A. I didnt see it B. good for youC. I didnt find it D. hard to believe5.Waiter: Hello, sir. _?Customer: Could you give us a second, please?Waiter: Sure.A. Are you ready to order B.

5、 How can I help youC. Ready to take my order D. Can I do you a favor6. Heather: Look, Ive got a problem here. Will you help me?Rebecca:_ , but Ill try.A. No, I wont B. Im really willing toC. Yes, Im glad D. Im not sure if I can7. Conductor:Good morning,_ , please?Passenger: Here you are. A. can I ha

6、ve your ticket B. anything to declareC. can I help you D. anything special8. Waitress: Yes, sir, anything the matter?Customer:_ , but this soup is too salty.Waitress: Im very sorry, sir. Ill change it for you.A. I cant stand it B. Sorry to do itC. I hate to complain D. Sorry to bother you9. Student:

7、 Professor Lance, your lecture on cloning is very interesting!Professor: _. Are you a student of biology?Student: No. I major in chemistry.A. I think so B. Im glad to hear thatC. It must be D. Its not so interesting10. Clerk: Central Ballet._?Customer: Yes, whats on tonight?Clerk: Sleeping Beauty.A.

8、 May I help you B. What do you wantC. Can you speak out D. Whats the matter11. Mary: Im sorry, but I cant seem to find that tape you lent me. I must have lost it.Susan: Oh no!_!Mary: But dont worry. Ill buy you a new one.A. Dont do that B. What a shameC. Dont say that D. How pity it is12. Richard: _

9、. My name is Richard Stewart. May I take a picture of you?Mrs. Vann: By all means. Im Mrs. Vann. Glad to meet you.A. Im sorry B. Excuse meC. Pardon me D. Attention, please13. Susan: Lets; go to the restaurant and have dinner right now!Marilyn: OK. Lets get in.Susan: Thanks._.A. After you B. You go f

10、irst C. Ill follow you D. Have fun14. Alexandra: Excuse me, officer. Can you tell me how to get to Linden Street?Policeman: Sure. You should take No. l Train to Van Cortland Park.Alexandra: Thank you.Policeman: Anytime._.A. Congratulations B. Pleasant journeyC. God bless you D. Good luck15. Richard:

11、 Oh, Ive got to go._.Robbie: It was a pleasure meeting you, too. Bye-bye.A. It was nice of you to meet me B. It was nice to have met you C. It was nice meeting you here D. It was nice for you to meet mePart II Reading Comprehension (40 points)Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each of th

12、e passages is followed by 5 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.Passage OneIn your car you may have a cell phone, a telephone also known as a

13、mobile phone that you can carry around and use anywhere. On your way, you may feel coordinated and enjoy your hands-free phone talking while driving. But recent studies suggest that it isnt the dialing or the arm waving that makes driving while talking on a cell phone dangerous. It is the yakking it

14、self - or more precisely, the continuous conversation with someone who isnt present - that makes. David Strayer, a Utah psychologist, says “Your driving performance while talking on a cell phone is weakened at levels comparable to, or worse than, driving with a blood alcohol level of 0.08,” which is

15、 the legal limit in most states of America.Using a driving-training simulator, Strayer and his colleagues compared the attention levels and response time of 110 drivers in various situations. In dense traffic, cell phone users were about 20 percent slower to respond to sudden hazards than other driv

16、ers, and they were about twice as likely to drive into the back of a braking car in front of them. Cell phone drivers are obtaining less than 50 percent of the visual information that non-cell drivers are getting, says Strayer. Looking and seeing are not one and the same. By contrast, the researcher

17、s found that listening to the radio or conversing with passengers is not as hazardous. When a dangerous situation arises, the driver and passengers put their conversation on pause, Strayer says.Whether talking with a passenger or someone on a cell phone, however, people are less able to recall the d

18、etails of a conversation carried on while driving. So it might not be good for your economic health to discuss investment strategies with your agent while either of you is driving. Strayer adds lastly.16. According to the recent studies, which of the following makes driving dangerous?A. A cell phone

19、 dialing by the driver.B. The drivers endless arm waving.C. The drivers continuous cell phone talking.D. The absence of another phone speaker.17. Which of the following does Strayer want to stress most?A. The driving performance may be weakened by a cell phone talking.B. The driving performance may

20、be affected by a high blood alcohol level.C. Drivers are not to drive over the cell phone or after drinking.D. A cell phone talking is no less hazardous than alcohol in driving.18. The experiment shows all the following EXCEPT that_.A. the cell phone drivers get less than half of the visual informat

21、ionB. the cell phone drivers are twice as likely to hit the front carsC. the cell phone drivers response to sudden dangers is slowerD. the 110 drivers were reluctant to take part in the experiments 19. Strayer discourages drivers from talking, about business on cell phones while driving because_.A.

22、they tend to forget the details of a conversation B. both the driver and his agent happen to be drivingC. it might not be good for the drivers memoryD. the other passengers would overhear the conversation20. It can be inferred that the authors attitude toward cell phone yakking is_.A. approving B. d

23、isapproving C. encouraging D. indifferentPassage TwoIts no great surprise that Bill Gates has decided to walk away from his day-to-day involvement with Microsoft, and use his full attention to oversee how the Bill Gates Foundation spends its $ 16 billion on philanthropy, or charity. But Gates is not

24、 the first one to follow the path. Ever since the industrial revolution, wealthy self-made businessmen and businesswomen have felt a calling to create a legacy that goes beyond a profit and loss sheet. The saying He who dies rich, dies disgraced runs deeply through the business community.But out of

25、all the great philanthropists, Mr. Gates career path appears to be closest to the oil millionaire John Rockefeller. Both were self-made men and both became the richest men on the planet. Rockefeller was in his late fifties when he turned his attention full time to philanthropy- creating vast charita

26、ble foundations to promote health and education. Now Gates says he will do the same in his early fifties. With great wealth comes great responsibility, he adds.Like Gates, many philanthropists do not want to pass on too much wealth to their children. They want them to be comfortable, with a nice hou

27、se and some money in trust for their grandchildren. But they dont want to leave them millions and millions because they know how important it is for them to make their own way. In Britain, for instance, the newspaper rich lists are increasingly dominated by self-made millionaires, rather than inheri

28、ted wealth. New money is less likely to be tied up in assets, making it ripe for philanthropy The appearance of the welfare state also had a great impact on attitudes to philanthropy. The state was saying it would take over much of the role of what was once regarded as the responsibility of private

29、philanthropists.21. Bill Gates has done all the following EXCEPT_.A. abandoning his career with Microsofts daily businessB. devoting the rest of his life to philanthropic causesC. leaving his children enough money for a comfortable lifeD. defying John Rockefeller in creating charitable foundations22

30、. The saying He who dies rich, dies disgraced properly means that_.A. the wealthy people should give away their fortunes after deathB. the wealthy people should feel ashamed for-their assetsC. the wealthy people should abandon their careers for charitiesD. it is shameful for the wealthy people to ke

31、ep their wealth till death23. Gates and Rockefeller are similar in that_.A. both of them inherited their wealthB. their career paths are exactly the sameC. both decided to devote to charity in their fiftiesD. both made their fortunes in the same way24. Many wealthy people dont want to leave too much behind mainly because_.A. it is not easy for them to make their fortunesB. they want their children to make their own wayC. they just wish their children to have a comforta