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2012年11月成人高等教育学士学位英语考试试题

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 center.

1. Tom: I’m sorry I’ve kept you waiting.

Bill: ______________

A. It’s my pleasure. B. That’s all right.

C. I don’t mind D. Thank you. Please do.

2. Doctor: Well, what seems to be the problem?

Patient: _____________. I couldn’t even sleep well.

A: I’ve got a bad toothache

B. Nothing serious

C. Thanks for your concern

D. The problem is really bad

3. David: We’ve got some tickets for an opera tonight. Would you like to join us?

Jill: __________. I don’t quite understand opera.

A. I am afraid not. B. No, I can’t actually.

C. I really want to go. D. No, I must refuse it.

4. Emily: Your little boy has done a good job at school.

Nancy: ____________

A. Yes, I think so. B. No, he doesn’t deserve it.

C. No, you are so polite. D. Yes, I am proud of him.

5. Peter: __________?

Benjamin: Sorry! Is it disturbing you?

A. Stop playing your music!

B. Turn off your terrible radio!

C. Do you think you could keep the noise down a bit?

D. Do you ever care about other people’s feelings?

6. Martin: Will you please pass me the saltshaker, Robert?

Robert: ________

A. Just take it. B. There you go.

C. Here give you. D. Oh, sure.

7. Alice: Hurry up! We don’t have much time left.

Ann: _________. We still have 15 minutes.

A. That’s fine. B. You are right.

C. Take it easy. D. Take your time.

8. Daniel: I’m afraid I’ve spilt some ink over your table cloth. I feel

terribly sorry for that.

Mrs. Gamble: _________

A. You should feel better.

B. Oh, it doesn’t matter.

C. I don’t want to hear it.

D. Oh, I don’t like that table cloth.

9. George: Hello, could I speak to Mr. Simpson, please?

Lisa: __________. Can I take a message?

A. Speaking, please.

B. Who are you, please?

C. I’m sorry he has run away.

D. I’m sorry he is not available.

10. Eddie: How are you getting on these days?

Freddy: ____________. I did not have a wink of sleep last night.

A. Terribly busy B. Thanks for asking

C. I just can’t say D. Oh, just not so-so

11. Maggie: Do you mind if I open the window for a while?

Molly: ___________.

A. Yes, please B. Yes, I’ll do it

C. No, please go ahead D. No, I don’t mind

12. Garry: Shall we have dinner together tomorrow noon?

Jeff: __________.

A. Yes, I hope so B. See you by then

C. Yes, we will D. Enjoy your dinner

13. Tom: (In class) I beg your pardon, sir.

Headmaster: __________

A. OK, you are pardoned. B. OK, let’s go over it again.

C. What do you mean, Tom? D. Nothing the matter, Tom.

14. Tim: Your handwriting is really smart, Joy.

Joy: ___________.

A. Yes, that is for sure

B. No, please don’t laugh at me

C. Thank you, but I need more practice

D. I know you are flattering me

15. Mr. Williams: Excuse me. I’m looking for some present for my son. I have no idea what to get him. Can you help me?

Sales girl: __________.

A. No, I can’t actually

B. Of course I can

C. You must buy him a T-shirt.

D. Yes, I think a T-shirt would be a good idea.

Part II Reading Comprehension (40 points]

Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each of the 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.

The reflective towers of New York City, which is on the Atlantic migrating（迁徙的）route , can be deadly for birds. “We live in an age of glass,” said Ms.Laurel, an architect.（76）“It can be a perfect mirror in certain lights, and the larger the glass, the more dangerous it is.” About 90,000 birds are killed by flying into building in the city each year. Often, they strike the lower levels of glass towers after searching for food in nearby parks. Such crashes are the second-leading cause of death for migrating birds, after habitat（栖息地）loss, with an estimated number of death ranging up to a billion a year.

（77）As glass office and apartment towers have increased in the last decade, so, too, have calls to make them less deadly to birds. San Francisco adopted bird-safety standard for new building in July. The United States Green Building Council, a nonprofit industry group that encourages the creation of environmentally conscious buildings, will introduce a bird-safety credit this as part of its environmental certification process.

There are no easy fixes, however. A few researchers are exploring glass designs that use ultraviolet（紫外线的）signals, but they are still in their infancy. Covers, dot

patterns, shades and net are the main options available.

Often, only one section of a building needs to be changed. “You don't necessarily have to treat every window,” Ms.Laurel said. “It would be too expensive to do the whole building.” The Jacob Convention Center, which has been undergoing alterations, is the most recent building to voluntarily correct the problem of bird crashes. The architects used less reflective glass and dot patterns.

16. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. New York is a city of glass towers.

B. Glass tower are dangerous for migrating birds.

C. New York adopted new safety standards for buildings.

D. Glass towers are a new trend in the United States.

17. What is the number one cause of death for migrating birds?

A. Climate change B. Habitat loss

C. Lack of food D. Crashing into buildings.

18. What does the word “fixes” in the third paragraph probably mean?

A. Choices B. Explanations

C. Solutions D. Developments

19. _____are used in the alteration of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.

A. Dot patterns B. Shades

C. Nets D. Covers

20. Which of the fowling statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. In many cases, the whole building needs to be altered to prevent bird crashes.

B. The Jacob K.Javits Convention Center is the first building to deal with the problem of bird crashes.

C. About 90,000 birds are killed due to habitat loss in New York City each year.

D. Unfortunately, glass designs that use ultraviolet signals are still in their early stages.

Passage 2

Question 6 to 10 are based on the fowling passage:

Today's students have grown up hearing more about Bill Gates than F.D.R., and they live in a world where amazing innovations（革新）are common. The current 18-year-olds, after all, were 8 when Google was founded by two students at Stanford; Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook in 2004 while he was Harvard and they were entering high school. Having grown up digital（数字的），they are impatient to get on with life.

The easiest way to find kids like these is to check in on entrepreneurship（企业家才能）education, in which colleges and universities try to prepare their students to recognize opportunities and seize them.

A report published last year by the Kauffman Foundation, which finances programs to promote innovation on campuses, noted that more than 50,000 entrepreneurship programs are offered on two-and four-year campuses—up from just 250 courses in 1985. Lesa Mitchell , a Kauffman vice president, says that the foundation is extending the reach of its academic influence, which used to be found only in business schools. Now, the concept of entrepreneurship is blooming in engineering programs and medical school, and even in the liberal arts. “Our interest is the programs,” she says. “We need to spread out from the business school.”

Either as class projects or on their own, students in a variety of majors are coming up with ideas, writing business plans and seeing them through to prototype and, often, market. In their spare time, students in agricultural economics at Purdue invent new uses for bean; industrial design majors at

Syracuse, in a special laboratory, create wearable technologies.

（78）The entrepreneurship movement has its critics, especially among those who see college as a time for extensive academic exploration. “I just don't think that entrepreneurship ranks so high in terms of national need,” says Daniel S.Greenberg, author of Science for sale: The perils, Rewards and Delusions of Campus Capitalism.

Leonard A.Schlesinger, Babson College's president, says that the question of whether innovation can really be taught is “an age-old argument”.

21. When Google and Facebook were established, the founders were still_____.

A. in high school B. in the army

C. in primary school D. at college

22. According to the passage, what is the main purpose of entrepreneurship education?

A. To prepare students for future academic life

B. To prepare students to find opportunities and seize them.

C. To prepare students for overseas career.

D. To prepare student to develop interpersonal skills.

23. The word “prototype” in the fourth paragraph is most likely to mean_____.

A. model B. strategy

C. method D. stage

24. What does Daniel S.Grennberg think of entrepreneurship education?

A. Entrepreneurship, or at least certain elements of it, can be taught.

B. An entrepreneurship program can help students find what they really like and entrepreneurship isn't all about business.

C. Entrepreneurship should be spread across different fields.

D. Colleges shouldn't put too much emphasis on entrepreneurship programs.

25. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Entrepreneurship courses in business schools.

B. Qualities of an entrepreneur.

C. Entrepreneurship education in colleges.

D. Kids in the information age.

Passage 3

Question 11 to 15 are based on the following passage：

Regret is as common an emotion as love or fear, and it can be nearly as powerful. So, in a new paper, two researchers set about trying to find out what the typical American regrets most. In telephone surveys, Neal Rose, a psychologist and professor of marketing at the School of Management at Northwestern University, and Mike Morrison, a doctoral candidate in psychology at University of Illinois, asked 370 Americans, aged 19 to 103,to talk about their most notable regret .Participants were asked what the regret was, when it happened, whether it was a result of something they did or didn't do, and whether it was something that could still be fixed.

The most commonly mentioned regret involved romance （浪漫的事）（18%）——lost loves or unfulfilled relationships. Family regrets came in second （16%），whit people still feeling badly about being unkind to their brothers or sisters in childhood. Other frequently reported regrets involved career (13%),education (12%)，money（10%）and parenting（9^%）.

Rose and Morrison's study, which is to be published in Social Psychological and Personality Science, is significant in that it surveyed a wide range of the American public, including people of all ages and socio-economic

and educational backgrounds. Previous studies on regret have focused largely on college students, who predictably tend to have education-focused regrets, like wishing they had studied harder or a different major. The new survey shows that in the larger population, a person's “life circumstances—accomplishments, shortcomings, situation in life—inject considerable fuel into the fires of regret,” the authors write.

（79）People with less education, for instance were more likely to report education regret. People with higher levels of education had the most career regrets. And those with no romantic partner tended to hold regrets regarding love.

Broken down（分解、细分）by sex, more women（44%） than men （19%） had regrets about love and family—not surprising, since women “value social relationships more than men,” the authors write. In contrast ,men （34%） were more likely than women （27%） to mention work-related regrets, wishing they'd chosen a different career path, for instance ,or followed their passion.（80）Many participants also reported wishing they had worked less to spend more time with their children.

There was an even split between regrets about inaction （not doing something） and action （do something you wish you didn't）. But, like previous studies, the current research found that some regrets are more likely than others to persist over time: people tend to hang on longer to the regret of inaction; meanwhile, regrets of action tend to be more recent.

26. In the second paragraph, the author shows ______.

A. the researchers' findings B. the importance of family

C. the importance of money D. the importance of career

27. According to the passage, college student participants mainly had regrets about their ______.

A. family and childhood B. study and major

C. career and job D. romance and fear

28.The word “notable” in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to ______.

A. common B. capable

C. wonderful D. remarkable

29. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. The less education he or she has, the more regrets she or he would have.

B. The more education he or she has, the less regrets she or he would have.

C. More women than men had regrets about love and family.

D. The regret of action seems to last longer than that of inaction.

30. What is the main idea of this passage?

A. How regret is understood by a typical American.

B .Common regrets is more important than love and hate.

C. Why regret is more important than love and hate.

D. How regret has shaped Americans.

Passage four

There are two methods of fighting, the one by law, the other by force; the first method is that of men, the second of beasts; but as the first method is often insufficient, one must have recourse to the second. It is, therefore, necessary for a prince to know how to use both the beast and the man. This was covertly taught to the rulers by ancient writers, who related how Achilles and many other ancient princes were given Chiron the centaur to be brought up and educated under his discipline. The parable of this semi-animal, semi-human teacher is meant to indicate that a prince must know how to use both natures and that without one the other is not durable.

A prince, being thus obliged to know well how to act as a beast, must imitate the fox, and the lion, for the lion cannot protect himself from traps and the fox

cannot defend himself from wolves. Those that wish to be only lions do not understand this. Therefore, a prudent ruler ought not to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interest, and the reasons which bind himself no longer exist. If men were all good, this precept would not be a good one; but as they are bad, and would not observe their faith with you, so you are not bound to keep faith with them. Nor have legitimate grounds ever failed a prince who wishes to show colorable excuse for the nonfulfilment of his promise. Of this one could furnish an infinite number of examples, and show how many times peace has been broken, and how many promises rendered worthless, by the faithlessness of princes, and those that have best been able to imitate the fox have succeeded best. But it is necessary to be able to disguise this character well, and to be a great feigner and dissembler, and men are so simple and so ready to obey present necessities, that the one who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.

31. The writer does not believe that ___________.

A. the truth makes men free B. people can protect themselves

C. princes are human D. leaders have to be consistent

32. \"A prince\" in the passage designates ____________.

A. anyone in power B. an elected official

C. an aristocrat D. a son of a king

33. The lion represents those who are ____________.

A. too trusting B. dependent on force

C. greedy and powerful D. lacking in intelligence

34. The fox, in the passage, is ____________.

A. admired for his trickery B. no match for the lion

C. pitied for his cunning D. considered worthless

35. The writer suggests that a successful leader must _____________.

A. be prudent and faithful B. cheat and lie

C. have principle to guide himself D. follow the truth

Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 points)

Directions: There are 40 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

36. An ability usually considered _______ to business success is for the manager to integrate individual members into a team.

A. obvious B. essential

C. liable D. potential

37. This very interesting novel has only one fault. I mention it without fear of offending the author, for obviously no one is ________.

A. ignorant B. discouraged

C. perfect D. excellent

38. Although a speech or a piece of writing may mainly ________ people’s emotion, it should be based on logic.

A. appeal to B. attend to

C. come up to D. attribute to

39. Eloquence is often used emotively, to express one’s emotions and evoke the sympathy of the audience on solemn occasions or issues of great _________.

A. significance B. value

C. weight D. power

40. There is no ________ for tastes, which explains why people have different likes and dislikes.

A. good B. use

C. way D. accounting

41. With the quickening ________ of life, people turn farther and farther away from conventional social etiquettes and values.

A. ratio B. rate

C. pace D. temper

42. Applicants for that position ________ in their education backgrounds and working experiences.

A. vary B. alter

C. reverse D. change

43. Water, when boiled, always _______ steam.

A. gives in B. gives up

C. gives off D. gives away

44. Take some cookies with you ________ you might feel hungry on the way.

A. unless B. provided

C. once D. in case

45. I’d like to rent a flat, which should be comfortable, well-furnished and ________ in a secure surrounding.

A. before all B. first of all

C. after all D. above all

46. It isn’t quite ________ yet that he will be allowed to appear in court.

A. certain B. sure

C. exact D. right

47. _________ for your timely help, we’d never have been able to get clear of the trouble.

A. Had it not B. Had it not been

C. If it were D. If we had not been

48. Some people either _________ avoid questions of right and wrong or remain neutral about them.

A. voluntarily B. sincerely

C. deliberately D. earnestly

49. Hot meals are available there. Let’s drop in for a ________.

A. bite B. bit

C. byte D. sip

50. Although Linda was on a diet, she found home-made sundae quite ________.

A. influential B. irresistible

C. impressive D. inescapable

51. It is ________ to travel worldwide to be well-acquainted with different cultures.

A. worth B. worthy

C. worthwhile D. wealthy

52. Ernest’s crave for knowledge seemed infinite, as though he intended to _______ all the lost time in his prime years.

A. make up for B. make up

C. make up with D. make for

53. In times of financial need, it is not unusual for American nuclear families to make loans from a bank ________ from relatives.

A. less than B. such as

C. rather than D. more than

54. He built a fire with a magnifying glass by ________ sun rays _________ the dry twigs.

A. applying, to B. exerting, on

C. focusing, on D. reflecting, on

55. I'm afraid he's going to _______ something hopeless, with all his time and energy spent on electronic games.

A. turn off B. turn away

C. turn over D. turn out

56. With his record untarnished by scandals and rumours, he frequently appeared on the front page as a(n) _________ statesman.

A. inevitable B. promising

C. intolerable D. prosperous

57. Despite their good service, most inns are less costly than hotels of _________ standards.

A. equal B. uniform

C. alike D. likely

58. Unemployment insurance has _________ into a federal-state system composed of fifty separate programs.

A. evolved B. revolved

C. revealed D. ventured

59. He does not feel he is _________ for his job although he has a diploma from

a prestigious university.

A. proper B. effective

C. fit D. efficient

60. To avoid various mistakes _________ by mankind, we used to resort to some superhuman genius, who might also turn out not so reliable.

A. conducted B. contributed

C. committed D. completed

61. The United States is so large that it ________ five time zones.

A. consumes B. involves

C. covers D. extends

62. The test has not adequately proven what it had ________for its applicability.

A. predicted B. proceeded

C. provided D. processed

63. When water freezes in the cracks of rocks, it _________, causing rocks to

break apart.

A. enlarges B. extends

C. explodes D. expands

64. No social campaign aroused Elizabeth Williams’ enthusiasm more than the extension of educational ________ to immigrants in the United States.

A. instruments B. apparatus

C. equipment D. facilities

65. Susanna Moodie’s literary sketches of early Canada were written to be read in private retirement, that is, __________.

A. objectively B. selfishly

C. individually D. securely

66. The number of plants that bear flowers far ________ the number of those that do not, for the purpose of multiplication.

A. exceeds B. outlasts

C. resembles D. complements

67. John Adams, one of the most devoted patriots in American Revolution, successfully defended the British soldiers _______ with murder after the Boston Massacre.

A. charged B. accused

C. puzzled D. provoked

68. According to the Western culture, one _________ ask his acquaintance such personal questions as his age, income or marital status.

A. needn’t B. don’t have to

C. mustn’t D. haven’t got to

69. It is a pity you failed the interview. You ________ have learned more about the position you applied for.

A. might B. must

C. should D. shall

70. She wasn’t feeling well. __________, she wouldn’t have left the meeting so early.

A. However B. Therefore

C. Instead D. Otherwise

71. Advertising is different from other forms of communication _________ the advertiser pays for the message delivered.

A. in that B. but that

C. except that D. with that

72. Scarcely had they settled themselves in the seat ________ the curtain went up.

A. then B. when

C. than D. where

73. It is no use _______ here any longer. He may come by any train and he is no stranger here.

A. to wait B. to have waited

C. waiting D. having waited

74. Tim cannot but ________ his supervisor to help him solve the difficulty he has in doing his project.

A. ask B. to ask

C. asking D. asked

75. When there is a tie in the last vote, the chairman’s decision is __________.

A. right B. definite

C. fixed D. final

Part IV Cloze Test (10 points)

Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each numbered blank, 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.

Insects are also interesting. First, they are very 76 animals. Three hundred and twenty million years ago, when no men or other 77 lived in the world, there were insects. Today, in every square mile of land there are millions of them flying and crawling 78 . Second, insects are so 79 to their habitat, to their food and to the weather that now there are about a million different species in the world.

However, 80 do people use insecticides (杀虫剂)? In many cases we do not see the insects and we do not think much about them. The 81 is that insects eat so much of man’s food. We must use insecticides to 82 them.

An insecticide is simply a special chemical 83 with some poisonous elements in it. Farmers 84 their crops very often and the insects die quickly. Of course some poisonous chemicals may stay on the crops or in the soil, 85 is also dangerous.

76. A. old B. small C. weak D. young

77. A. beasts B. birds C. mammals D. plants

78. A. about B. above C. over D. up

79. A. suitable B. agreeable C. adaptable D. variable

80. A. How B. When C. Where D. Why

81. A. condition B. reason C. method D. difference

82. A. get hold of care of

B. get rid of C. put an end to D. take

83. A. component medicine

B. container C. compound D.

84. A. cover B. disinfect C. splash D. spray

85. A. this B. which C. so D. it

英语试卷二

Part V Writing (15 points)

Directions: You are to write in 100-120 words about the title “On Choosing Careers”. You should base your composition on the outline given in Chinese below:

1. 有些人认为家长应该为孩子谋划未来的职业；

2. 孩子认为应该由自己决定将来的工作；

3. 谈谈你的看法。