北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试 2011年05月07日
Part I Reading Comprehension (30%)
Directions: There are three passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet。 Passage 1
Questions I to 5 are based on the following passage:
Spending 50 minutes with a cell phone close to your ear is enough to change brain cell activity in the part of the brain closest to the antenna(天线). But whether that causes any harm is not clear, scientists at the National Institute of Health said at a conference last month, adding that the study will not likely settle concerns of a link between cell phones and brain cancer. ―What we showed is glucose (葡萄糖) metabolism(代谢)(a sign of brain activity) increases in the brain in people who were exposed to a cell phone in the area closest to the antenna,‖ said Dr. Nora Volkow of the NIH, whose study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. (76) The study was meant to examine how the brain reacts to electromagnetic fields caused by wireless phone signals。 Volkow said she was surprised that the weak electromagnetic radiation(电磁辐射) from cell phones could affect brain activity, but she said the findings do not shed any light on whether cell phones cause cancer. ―This study does not in any way indicate that. What the study does is to show the human brain is sensitive to electromagnetic radiation from cell phone exposures。‖ Use of the devices has increased dramatically since they were introduced in the early 1980s, with about 5 billion cell phones now in use worldwide。
Some studies have linked cell phone exposure to an increased risk of brain cancers, but a large study bu the World Health Organization did not offer a clear answer to this. Volkow’s team studied 47 people who had their brain examined while a cell phone was turned on for 50 minutes and another while the phone was turned off. While there was no complete change in brain metabolism, they found a 7 percent increase in brain metabolism in the region closest to the cell phone antenna when the phone was on。
(77)Experts said the results were interesting, but urged that they be understood with great care. ― Although the biological significance, if any, of increased glucose metabolism from too much cell phone exposure is unknown, the results require further investigation,‖ Henry Lai of the University of Washington in the U.S. and Dr. Lennart Hardell of University Hospital in Sweden, wrote in an article in JAMA. ―Much has to be done to further investigate and understand these effects。‖ They wrote。
1. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE? D. There are about 5 billion cell phone users in the world right now。 2. Doctor Volkow was astonished because ______。
C. she found that using a cell phone for about 50 minutes could influence or change brain activity 3. According to the passage, cell phones were launched _______。 B. between 1980 and 1985
4. What does the word ―that‖ stand for in the second paragraph?
C. The fact that cell phone use may cause cancer。
5. Which of the following is an appropriate title for this passage?
Passage 2
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:
Human beings have always had an ability to attend to several things at once. (78) Nor is electronic multitasking entirely new: We’ve been driving while listening to car radios since they became popular in the 1930s. but there is no doubt that multitasking has reached a kind of warp speed in the era of Web-enabled computers, when it has become routine to conduct several IM(及时通讯)conversations, watch TV and use the computer all at once。
But what’s the impact of this media consumption? And how are these multitasking devices changing how kids learn, reason and communicate with one another ?Social scientists and educators are just beginning to deal with these questions, but the researchers already have some strong opinions。 (79)Although multitasking kids may be better prepared in some ways for today’s fast-paced work placed, Many scientists are positively alarmed by the trend。 Kids that are instant messaging while doing homework, playing games online and watching TV, aren’t going to do well in the long run。 On the positive side, multitasking students tend to be extraordinarily good at finding and using information. And probably because modern childhood centers around visual(视觉的)rather than print media, they are especially skilled at analyzing visual data and images。
Many educators and psychologists say parents need to actively ensure that their teenagers break free of uncontrollable engagement with screens and spend time in the physical company of human beings—a growing challenge not just because technology offers such a handy option but because so many
teenagers and college students say overcommitted(任务过量的)schedules drives much of their multitasking。
Just as important is for parents and educator to teach kids that it’s valuable, even essential, to occasionally slow down, unplugs and take time to enjoy life beyond the screen。 6. What is the main idea of this passage?
D. What’s the impact of multitasking on young people?
7. The expression ―warp speed‖ in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to____。
C. high speed
8. According to some teenagers and college students ,what causes their multitasking? A. Overcommitted schedules
9. According to the passage, which of the following statement is TRUE?
D. multitasking may prepare students for the reality of today’s fast-paces work environment。 10. What do educators and psychologist advise parents to do their multitasking kids? C. To encourage their kids to have some social life。 Passage 3
Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:
The nuclear power emergency at a Japanese atomic power plant last March could lead to a major re-examination in European countries that are already building such plants or are considering a shift from fossil(化石) fuels to nuclear energy to fight climate change. With the terrible accident 25 years ago in Chernobyl(切尔诺贝利) beginning to fade in European Memories, governments across Europe have grown more open to using more nuclear power. Enthusiasm for nuclear power is particularly strong in Eastern Europe, which wants to move away from dependence on Russian oil and natural gas, and on heavily polluting coal-fired power plants. Eastern governments have begun improving existing nuclear plants or
are building or planning new ones. But as Japan struggled to deal with her nuclear crises, discussion about the good and the bad of nuclear power became heated。
(80)In Germany, nuclear power has been a repeatedly argued and widely felt issue for decades。 Up to 70 percent of Germans oppose nuclear power. Recently about 40,000 people turned out to form a human chain near a nuclear plant to protest government policies on nuclear power. ―The accident in Japan could lead to a major rethink in Europe,‖ said Henrik Paulitz of the International Doctors for the Prevention of Nuclear War. ―Governments have not been quite open about the safety levels of the nuclear power plants。‖
Chancellor(总理) Angela Merkel heads a center-right unity government that supports the use of nuclear power. Her government recently made a disputed decision to extend the life of the country’s 17 nuclear power plants by an average of 12 years. She will now face more pressure the change that policy. She called an emergency meeting with her senior ministers. ―We know how safe our plants are and that we do not face a threat from such a serious earthquake or violent tidal wave,‖ Mrs. Merkel said after the meeting. ―We will learn what we can from the events in Japan。‖
11. According to the passage, which of the following about Europe is TRUE?
D. It is likely that they would rethink their nuclear power policies。
12. According to the passage, all the following statements about Eastern Europe are true EXCEPT _______ 。
B. they have totally forgotten the Chernobyl accident 25 years ago
13. In the second paragraph, the author mainly discusses_______。
C. German attitude towards nuclear power
14. The word ―heads‖ in the third paragraph can be best replaced by ______ 。
A. leads
15. Which of the following is an appropriate title for this passage? Part II Vocabulary and Structure (30%)
Directions: In this part there are 30 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet。 16. By no means ____to her parents
D. this is the first time she was lying
17. You have failed toe\\w tests. You’d better start working harder, ____you won’t pass the course。 C. or
18. His children are well-behaved, _____those of his sister’s are very naughty。 D. while
19. How can you keep fit ____you smoke so much every day? C. if
20. The news has spread all over the country ____ the spaceship succeeded in returning to the earth。
B. that
20. The news has spread al over the country ____ the spaceship succeeded in returning to the earth。 D. whether
21. I didn’t know your mobile phone number; otherwise I ____ you the moment I got to Washington。
A. have rung
22. As they are retired, Mr. and Mrs. Scott prefer a hours in the country to ____ their remaining years there。 D. spends
23. ____ by this grandparents, jimmy wasn’t used to living with his parents。
D. Being brought up
24. Please remain ____until the plane has come to a complete stop。 D. seated
25. While watching television,____。 C. we heard the doorbell ring
26. ____,the pay isn’t attractive enough, though the job itself is quite interesting。
A. Generally speaking
27. The robber had escaped and was nowhere to be found when the police ____ A. arrived
28. Professor Wilson keeps telling his students that the future ______ to the well-educated。 C. belongs
29. This company is closing up, so lots of workers will be laid ______。 C. off
30. Just take it easy and us exactly what has happened。 C. tell
31. Some developed countries are trying to the serious problems resulting from the energy crisis。
B. cope with
32. He is such a man who is always fault with other people。 D. looking for
33. After the retired from office, Rogers painting for a while, but soon lost interest。
A. took up
34. fire, all exits must be kept clear。 C. In case of
35.My parents will move back into town in a year or 。
C. so
36. Dogs have a very good of smell and are often used to search for survivors in an earthquake。 A. sense
37. The house I grew up has been taken down and replaced by an office building。 D. in which
38. Tom has already given up the of smoking for the sake of health。
B. habit
39. Stephen Bullon is the only man in the village today that has survived the war。 C. alive
40. As she entered the room she could see big bright lights hung from the 。
C. ceiling
41. Those experiments have laid a solid foundation for his research in material science。 D. further
42. The weather forecast says it is going to clear soon。 A. up
43. He will come to call on you the moment he his work。
B. finishes
44. such a good chance, how could she let it slip away? C. Having been given
45.Previous his departure, he addressed a letter to his。 A. to
Part Ⅲ Identification (10%)
Directions:Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked A, B, C and D。 Identify the one that is not correct. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet。
46D 47D 48C 49B 50C 51C 52C 53C 54C 55B
46. I like this house with a beautiful garden in front, but I don’t have enough money to buy that。 D
47. I Invited Joe and Linda as well as Tom to dinner, but neither of them came。 D
48. You can arrive in Beijing earlier for the meeting though you don’t mind taking the night train。
C
49. Why not stay at home since that the road is so slippery after the heavy snow? B
50. Look out! Don’t get too close to the house that roof is under repair。 C
51. Some children want to challenge themselves by learning a language different from which their parents speak at home。 C
52. But for the help of my English teacher, I would not win the first prize in the English Writing Competition。 C
53. Those brave army soldiers would rather die with their heads high than lived with their knees bent。
C
54. No sooner had Professor Smith begun to speak when some noise arose from the audience。 C
55. It is no good try to remember grammatical rules. You need to practice what you have learned。 B
Part IV Cloze (10%)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage, and for each blank there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D at the end of the passage. You should choose ONE answer that best fits into the passage. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet。
The mysterious tiger has been a symbol of power and strength for centuries. Its power is a 56 to hunters, 57 have tried to kill it to prove their own skill and 58 .In India 59 the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, large parties of 60 from around the world 61 go out on huge tiger hunts. Hundreds of tigers could be killed in a few weeks. As a 62 of this over-hunting, 63 with loss of habitat(栖息地)，the population of tigers in India dropped from about 40,000 64 the turn of the twentieth century to about 2,000 by 1972.
With the help of India and other concerned countries, the World Wildlife Fund 65 Operation Tiger in 1972 to save the tiger 66 dying out. Since then, seventeen tiger preserves(保护区)have been 67 ,and the tiger population in India has risen to 68 4,000 and 5,000.
But when people live on the 69 of the tiger preserves, tigers sometimes kill their farm animals and attack people –about 600 people in India have been killed by tigers in the last dozen years. 70 tigers do not eat humans. But―old, wounded and homeless‖tigers can become habitual(习惯的) man-eaters. In one area in India, villagers have 71 a clever solution. They wire lifelike human dummies(假人) to
electricity 72 the tigers get a(n) 73 shock when they attack. It is hoped that in this way tigers will learn to 74 people. But the conflict between human and tiger 75 .Only if people have enough food, shelter and fuel will the tiger survive in the long run. And only if the tiger and its forest survive will people have a natural world they can return to 。
56B 57C 58A 59B 60C 61D 62A 63D 64C 65B 66B 67A 68C 69A 70B 71D 72B 73C 74C 75A Part Ⅴ Translation (20%) Section A
Directions:In this part, there are five sentences which you should translate into Chinese. These sentences are all taken from the 3 passages you have just read in the part of Reading Comprehension. You can refer back to the passages so as to identify their meanings in the context。
76.The study was means to examine how the brain reacts to electromagnetic fields caused by wireless phone signals。
76研究意图检测大脑是如何对无线电信号引起的电磁场反应的。
77.Experts said the results were interesting, but urged that they be understood with great care。
77.专家指出这一结果值得关注，但是在解释时需要特别谨慎。
78.Nor is electronic multitasking entirely new: We’ve been driving while listening to car radios since they became popular in the 1930s。
78电子操作的多任务处理也并不是全新的：自从十九世纪三十年代它们流行开始，我们就边开车边听音乐了。
79.Although multitasking kids may be better prepared in some ways for today’s fast-paced workplace, many scientists are positively alarmed by the trend。
79在如今的快节奏工作环境里，尽管能够多任务处理的孩子在某种程度上也许会准备的更好，但许多科学家的确被这种趋势震惊了。
80.In Germany, nuclear power has been a repeatedly argued and widely felt issue for decades。
80在德国数十年来核武器已经被反复争论，并且引起广泛的讨论。
Directions: In this part there are five sentences in Chinese. You should translate them into English. Be sure to write clearly。
81 Earthquakewhich recently happened in Japanhad changed the surface of earth。 最近发生在日本的地震改变了地球表面
82 Children underthe age of 13 should sit in the back sit。 13岁以下儿童应坐在后座
83 I never get upearly on Sunday。 我星期天从不早起
84 Child’scharacter greatly influenced by family environment。 孩子的性格受家庭环境影响很大
85 Since I left ina hurry, forgot to take my textbooks 由于我离开的匆忙 忘记带课本了
北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试(A)
2010.11.06
Part I Reading Comprehension (30%)
Directions: There are three passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Passage 1
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:
Archaeology, like many academic words, comes from Greek and means, more or less, “the study of old things”. So, it is really a part of the study of history. However, most historians use paper evidence, such as letters, paintings and
photographs，but archaeologists (考古学家) learn from the objects left behind by the humans of long ago. Normally, these are the hard materials that don't break down or disappear very quickly—things like human bones and objects made from stone and metal.
It is very unusual to find anything more than the hard evidence of
history--normally, the bacteria (细菌) in the air eat away at soft materials, like bodies, clothes and things made of wood. Occasionally, things are different. In 1984, two men made an amazing discovery while working in a bog called Lindow Moss, in the north of England. A bog is a very wet area of earth, with a lot of plants growing in it. It can be like a very big and very thick vegetable soup—walk in the wrong place and you can sink and disappear forever. The men were working when one of them saw something sticking out—a human foot! Naturally, the men called the police，who then found the rest of the body. Was it a case of murder? Possibly--but it was a death nearly two thousand years old. The two men had found a body from the time of the Roman invasion of Britain. Despite being so old, this body had skin, muscles, hair and internal organs—the scientists who examined him were able to look inside the man's stomach and find the food that he had eaten for his last meal! Why was this man so well preserved? (76) It was because he was in a very watery environment, safe from the bacteria that need oxygen to live. Also, the water in the bog was very acidic. The acid preserved the man's skin in the way that animal skin is preserved for leather coats and shoes.
How did he die? Understandably, archaeologists and other scientists wanted to know more about the person that they called,“Lindow Man”. (77) His hands and fingernails suggested that he hadn't done heavy manual work in his life—he could have been a rich man. They found that he hadn't died by accident. The archaeologists believe that he was sacrificed to three different gods
.
1. Which language does the word “archaeology”come from? B. Greek.
2. The word “these” in the first paragraph refers to_______. D. objects
3. Which of the following helped to preserve“Lindow Man”? D. Acid and water.
4. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?
B. Historians usually use paper evidence, while archaeologists use hard evidence. 5. Which is the best title for the passage? C. An Amazing Archaeological Discovery Passage 2
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:
The city has always been an engine of intellectual life, from the 18th-century cafes of London, where citizens gathered to discuss chemistry and politics, to the Left Bank bars of modern Paris, where Picasso talked about modem art. Without the metropolis, we might not have had the great art of Shakespeare.
And yet, city life isn't easy. Now scientists have begun to examine how the city affects the brain, and the results are depressing. Just being in an urban environment, they have found, impairs (损害) our basic mental processes. (78) After spending a few minutes on a crowded city street, the brain is less able to hold things in memory, and suffers from reduced self-control. While it's long been recognized that city life is exhausting, this new research suggests that cities actually dull our thinking, sometimes dramatically so.
One of the main forces at work is a complete lack of nature, which is surprisingly beneficial for the brain. Studies have demonstrated, for instance, that hospital patients recover more quickly when they can see trees from their windows, and that women living in public housing are better able to focus when their apartments overlook a lawn. Even these glimpses of nature improve brain performance, it seems, because they provide a mental break from the urban life.
This research arrives just as humans cross an important milestone (里程碑). For the first time in history, the majority of people live in cities. Instead of inhabiting wide-open spaces, we're crowded into concrete jungles, surrounded by traffic and millions of Strangers. In recent years, it's become clear that such unnatural surroundings have important implications for our mental and physical health, and can powerfully alter how we think.
This research is also leading some scientists to dabble (涉足) in urban design, as they look for ways to make the city less damaging to the brain. (79) The good
news is that even slight alterations, such as planting more trees in the inner city or creating urban parks with a greater variety of plants, can significantly reduce the negative side effects of city life. The mind needs nature, and even a little bit can be a big help.
6. Which of the following is the main idea of this passage? B. The city hurts your brain.
7. The word “metropolis” in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to_______. C. city
8. People have just come to realize that_______.
D. an urban environment is damaging to the brain
9. What is the factor mentioned in the third paragraph that helps the hospital patients recover more quickly? A. Nature.
10. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?
C. For the first time in history, the earth's population is more urban than rural. Passage 3
Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:
Breastfeeding (母乳喂养) for a month or longer appears to reduce a woman's risk of getting diabetes (糖病) later in life, according to a new study. The breastfeeding and diabetes link has been reported in other studies, according to researcher Eleanor Schwarz. Yet, her study makes the link easier to believe. Her study is published in a journal of medicine in America. Schwarz and her colleagues looked at data about breastfeeding practices. They evaluated data on 2,233 women from California. Of those, 405 were not mothers, 1,125 were mothers who breastfed for at least a month, and 703 were mothers who had never breastfed. They were 40 to 78 years old. According to Schwarz's study, the risk of getting a diagnosis (诊断) of Type 2 diabetes for women who breastfed all their children for a month or longer was similar to that of women who had not given birth. But mothers who had never breastfed were nearly twice as likely to develop diabetes as women who had never given birth. Mothers who never breastfed were about 1.4 times as likely to develop diabetes as women who breastfed for one to three months, Schwarz found.
While one month of breastfeeding appears to make a difference, Schwarz says, even longer is better. (80) “Previous studies have shown the longer the mom breastfeeds, the more benefit for her body.” Many experts recommend breastfeeding for six months and continuing for a year, she says.
The diabetes-breastfeeding link is probably explained by belly fat. Mothers, who don't breastfeed, as they get older, may have more belly fat, as breastfeeding helps new mothers take off weight. “Belly fat increases the risk of diabetes as you get older,” she says.
The finding isn't surprising at all, says Kimberly Gregory. She often gives advice to women who get diabetes (occurring during pregnancy (怀孕)) that they are at risk for later getting Type 2 diabetes and suggests they breastfeed. The new findings will probably inspire Gregory to add to the-advice she gives moms-to-be about the benefits of breastfeeding. She often focuses on the benefits to the baby. 11. According to the first paragraph, which of the following statements is TRUE?
D. Eleanor Schwarz's results seem more reliable.
12. According to Schwarz's findings, who are more likely to get diabetes later in life?
A. Those mothers who had never breastfed.
13. Which of the following statements would Schwarz agree with?
C. Breastfeeding for a month is highly recommended: the longer, the better.
14. What does the author mean by “moms-to-be” in the last paragraph? A. Women who are pregnant, especially for the first time.
15. Which of the following is an appropriate title for this passage? B. Breastfeeding May Lower Moms' Diabetes Risk
Part Ⅱ Vocabulary and Structure (30%)
Directions: In this part there are 30 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then blacken the Corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
16. You should carefully think over_____ the manager said at the meeting. C. what
17. Last week I wrote to the hotel to book a room, but they _____ yet. D. haven't answered
18. Diana felt very much upset at _____ to the party as she had longed to go for a long time.
B. not having been invited
19. On no account _____ held responsible for the car accident, so he should not be put into prison.
B. can the driver be
20. All the kids are crying now. What _____ makes them so unhappy? D. is it that
21. Unfortunately, the package I was expecting was _____ to the wrong address. D. delivered
22. _____by a large audience, he felt very nervous and didn't know what to say. C. Watched D
23. I'm very grateful for your help and hope to do something for you _____ in the future.
A C. in return
24. I can ____you that the animals are well cared for in our zoo, so you needn't worry about them. C. assure
25. The drowning boy made a _____ attempt to catch the rope thrown to him. D. desperate
26. If we _____ early tomorrow morning, we will reach the coast before dark. B. set off
27. A lot of people mistake John for Bill because they _____ each other in appearance too much! D. resemble
28. When there are cordial relations between the two countries, we mean there exists a_____ relationship between them. A. friendly B
29. The patient's recovery was very encouraging as he could _____ get out of bed without help. B. almost
30. At the job interview, Mr. Brown gave a good _____ of himself and finally got a job as a salesman. D. account
31. As is well known, eating too much fat can _____ heart disease and cause high blood pressure. C. contribute to
32. A club is a place to make frequent _____ with friends. D. contacts
33. _____the obvious differences in size and population, the states of America have many things_____ common. n
C. Despite; in
34. Scientists say it may be five or six years _____this medicine is tested on human beings. B. before
35. With larger numbers of graduates than ever before, just having a degree will no longer be enough to make you _____in the crowd. D. stand out
36. The doctor tried to do an experiment to find out the _____ of the medicine on the mice. D. effect
37. This is only one of the laundries in the district modem equipment. C. that has
38. Skating can be good for you _____ correctly. C. if done
39. By the end of last week 611 people from 49 countries to attend the meeting, with nearly half coming from the United States, Germany and Britain. A. had registered B.
40. It was suggested that ____ big event like the Year of Russia in China should certainly benefit _____ relationship between the two countries. A. a; the
41. Although he knew little about the large amount of work done in the field, he succeeded_____ other more well-informed experimenters failed. D. where
42. Having been praised by the teacher, the little girl ran back home, _____.
C. happy and satisfied
43．—How are their talks going on? Have they reached any agreement? —They only seemed to have agreed to set another date for __ talks. C. further
44. _____ ten minutes earlier, you wouldn't have missed the train. But you were late.
A. Had you come
45. Having been told that her son died in the accident, the old woman appeared very calm, as if nothing _____. D. had happened
Part III Identification (10%)
Directions: Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked A, B, C and D. Identify the one that is not correct. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
46. I don't think a warm winter always has a negative influence on our life, hasn't D it?
47. We have been told that under no circumstances we may use the telephone in the C office for personal affairs.
48. A warm thought suddenly came to me which I might use the pocket money to buy B some flowers for my mother's birthday.
49. To wait in the queue for half an hour, the old man suddenly realized that he A had left the wallet in the car.
50. The Great Wall is so a well-known tourist attraction that millions of people B pour in every year.
51. Equipped with modem facilities, today's hospitals are quite different from that of the past.
D
52. We solved the problem by using a computer rather than to do it all by hand. C
53. Who has eyes can see what great achievements we have made since 1978. A
54. Surely, there are lots of problems solving in our research so we need to get B well prepared in advance.
55. The harder he tried, the most failures he suffered in his early days as a writer B Part IV Cloze (10%)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage, and for each blank there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D at the end of the passage. You should choose ONE answer that best fits into the passage. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
We have quite a bit of information about ancient Egyptian medicine. Doctors' instructions have been found to tell us 56 they did for the sick and the injured. 57 many of the treatments included magic, ancient Egyptians used plant leaves and other methods to treat many 58 .
Religion, magic and medicine were 59 related in ancient Egypt. Some priests (牧师) were specially 60 as doctors to 61 the sick and the injured. Doctors were held to a high moral standard. Patients was treated with 62 and
their 63 information was highly secret. The highest-ranking doctors were priests of the goddess Sekhmet, 64 controlled illnesses. Doctors spent a part of each year 65 the goddess. Doctors were thought to be 66 to the gods and able to ask them for healing.
Temples were centers for healing. 67 a person was ill, he or she would come to the temple or 68 a doctor for a diagnosis (诊断). A(n) 69 problem was treated with medicine, prayer and magic. If a clear cause was not 70 , the diagnosis would be that the illness was caused by an evil spirit or curse. The doctor would use magic spells to 71 a cure. 72 , a diagnosis could not be reached. 73 this case, a patient would be told to rest for a period of time 74 another examination could be 75.
56. A. what B. why C. that D. which 57. A. When B. Since C. Although D. After
58. A. damages B. diseases C. disasters D. destructions 59. A. hardly B. closely C. mainly D. shortly 60. A. trained B. designed C. planned D. studied 61. A. look to B. come to C. care for D. search for 62. A. reputation B. inspection C. fame D. respect 63. A. ill B. own C. hidden D. personal 64. A. that B. which C. who D. what 65. A. serving B. reading C. learning D. following 66. A. careful B. generous C. mean D. close 67. A. Before B. When C. Until D. Since 68. A. think over B. apply to C. call for D. make up 69. A. serious B. internal C. odd D. obvious 70. A. treated B. discovered C. cured D. aroused 71. A. bring about B. set out C. insist on D. make up 72. A. Subsequently B. Consequently C. Occasionally D. Hopefully 73. A. With B. In C. For D. On 74. A. until B. when C. although D. because 75. A. decided B. performed C. carried D. discussed
ACBBA CDDCA DBBDB ACBAB Directions: In this part there are five sentences which you should translate into Chinese. These sentences are all taken from the 3 passages you have just read in Reading Comprehension. You can refer back to the passages to identify their meanings in the context.
76. It was because he was in a very watery environment, safe from the bacteria that need oxygen to live.
76 这是因为他处在一个非常潮湿多水的环境中，免受了需要氧气才能存活的细菌的侵扰。
77. His hands and fingernails suggested that he hadn't done heavy manual work in his life—he could have been a rich man.
77 他的手和手指甲表明他在生活中没有干过重体力活——他生前可能是一个富人。
78. After spending a few minutes on a crowded city street, the brain is less able to hold things in memory, and suffers from reduced self-control.
78 在一条拥挤的城市街道上待上几分钟后，大脑记忆能力不如从前，自我控制能力也减弱了。
79. The good news is that even slight alterations, such as planting more trees in the inner city or creating urban parks with a greater variety of plants, can significantly reduce the negative side effects of city life.
79 好消息是即使是细微的改变，例如在市中心种更多的树或者多建一些植物种类更丰富的市区公园，都能显著减少城市生活消极的影响。
80. Previous studies have shown the longer the mom breastfeeds, the more benefit for her body.
80 先前的研究表明母亲用母乳喂养的时间越长，她身体获得的益处会越多。 汉译英 Section B
Directions：In this part there are five sentences in Chinese．You should translate them into English．Be sure to write clearly．
81．在房子前面的大树下放着一张桌子
81 There is a table under the big tree in front of the house。 82．他二十七岁时开始学英语。
82 He started to learn English when he was 27
83．全球化也正在改变人们的生活方式。
83 Globalization is also changing the way people live。
84．这部电影我已经看过好几遍了。
84 I have seen this film for several times。
85．这就是他五年前住过的房子。
85 This is the house where he lived five years ago。
北 京 地 区
成人本科学士学位英语统一考试
2010.05.08（A卷）
Part I Reading Comprehension (30%)
Directions: There are three passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Passage 1
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:
The multi-billion-dollar Western pop music industry is under fire. It is being blamed by the United Nations for the dramatic rise in drug abuse worldwide, “The most worrying development is a culture of drug-friendliness,| says the UN’s International Narcotics Control Board in a report released last year. The 74-page study says the pop music, as a global industry, is by far the most influential trend-setter for young people of most cultures. “Some songs encourage people to take drugs. (78)Certain pop stars make statements and set examples as if the use of drugs for non-medicinal purposes were a normal and acceptable part of a person’s lifestyle,” the study says.
Surprisingly, says the Board, the effect of drug-friendly pop music seems to survive despite the occasional shock of death by overdose(过量用药). “Such incidents end to be seen as an occasion to mourn (哀悼) the loss of a role model, and not an opportunity to face the deadly effect of drug use,: it notes. Since the 1970s, several internationally famous singer and movie stars—including Elvis Presley, Janice Jophlin, John Belushi, Jimi Hendrix, Jonathan Melvin and Andy Gibbs—have died of either drug abuse or drug related illnesses. With the globalization of popular music, messages promoting drug abuse are now
reaching beyond their countries of origin. “In most countries, the names of certain pop stars have become familiar to the members of every household,” the study says.
The UN study also blames the media for its description of certain drug incidents, which encourages rather than prevents drug abuse. “Over the past years, we have seen how drug abuse is increasingly regarded as being acceptable or even attractive,” says Hamid Ghodse, president of the Board. “Powerful pressure groups run political campains aimed at legalizing controlled drugs,” he says. Ghodse also points out that all these developments have created an environment which is tolerant (容忍的) of or even favorable to drug abuse and spoils international drug prevention efforts currently under way.
The study focuses on demand reduction and prevention within an environment that has become tolerant of drug abuse. The Board calls on governments to do their legal and moral duties, and to act against the pro-drug（赞成吸毒）messages of the youth culture to which young people increasingly are being exposed.
6. Which of the following statements does the author tend to agree with?
B. The spreading of pop music may cause drug abuse to beyond country boundaries.
7. The expression “under fire” in the first paragraph means ________. C. being criticized
8. From the third paragraph, we learn that the youth ________. A. tend to mourn the pop stars who died of overdose as role modes
9. Which of the following is not mentioned as tolerant of drug abuse? D. The low price of some drugs.
10. According to the passage, pop music ________ A. has a great influence on young people of most cultures
Passage 2
Questions I to 5 are based on the following passage:
There are many older people in the world and there will be many more. A little-known fact is that over 60 percent of the older people live in developing countries. According to the World Health Organization, by 2020 there will be 1 billion, with over 700 million living in developing countries.
It is a surprising fact that the population ageing is particularly rapid in developing countries. For example, it took France 115 years for the proportion of older people to double from 7 percent to 14 percent. It is estimated to take China a mere 27 years to achieve this same increase.
What are the implications of these increased numbers of older folk? (76) One of the biggest worries for governments is that the longer people live, the more likelihood there is for diseases and for disability(残疾). Attention is being paid to the need to keep people as healthy as possible, including during old age, to lessen the financial burden on the state.
(77)Another significant problem is the need for the younger generations to understand and value the older people in their society. In some African countries, certainly in Asia, older people are respected and regarded as the ones with special knowledge. Yet traditions are fading away daily, which does not ensure the continued high regard of older people. As society changes, attitudes will change.
Much needs to be done to get rid of age discrimination(歧视)in employment. Life-long learning programs need to be provided to enable older people to be active members in a country’s development.
Social security policies need to be established to provide adequate income protection for older people. Both public and private schemes are vital in order to build a suitable safety net.
1. The proportion of older people________. C. will increase much faster in China than in France
2. According to passage, which of the following are governments most worried about? A. The diseases and disability of older people.
3. It is stated directly in the passage that older people should ________. D. the valued by the yo7nger generations
4. Which of the following measure is NOT mentioned to solve the population ageing problem? C Providing free health care for sick older people.
5. The author concludes in the last paragraph that ________.
A. governments have spent lots of time in solving the ageing problem
Passage 3
Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:
(79)Extensive new studies suggest that the world has made extraordinary progress in reducing poverty in recent decades. The research suggests that the pace of economic progress has been rapid and continued for decades, built on the foundations of relative political stability, rising trade, and economic liberalization(自由化)after two world wars. One new study, published recently by the Institute for International Economics in Washington, find that the proportion of the 6.1 billion people in the world who live on $1 a day or less shrank from 63 percent in 1950 to 35 percent in 1980 and 12 percent in 1999. by some other measures, the progress has been more modest. Still, economists agree that poverty has plunged in key nations such as India and especially China, thanks to slowing population growth as well as economic freedom. “This is a huge success for the world as a whole,” says Harvard University economist Richard Cooper. “We are doing something right.”
The news comes as the World Bank is about to open its annual meeting in Washington- an event that has been troubled in recent years by protests that the Bank and its sister Institution, the International Monetary Fund(IMF国际货币组织)， have done too little for the world’s poor. (80)The new economic research will not put an end to that dispute. Vast populations remain poor, and many still question the wisdom of World Bank policies. Nonetheless, the research findings are helpful to understand what policies should be followed by those institutions and hundreds of other development groups working very hard to hasten the pace of world economic progress. If dramatic gains are under way, the present policies-calling for open markets, free business activities, and tight monetary control-are working and correct.
But critics of IMF and World Bank policies maintain that such economic success stories as Japan, China, South Korea and Singapore are rooted in more than just “free” markets. These nations have managed to grow rapidly, and thereby reduce poverty, by limiting imports when their domestic industries were young, pushing exports to rich nations, and putting controls on purely international financial flows. The have been open to foreign-owned factories but have often insisted that those investors share the knowledge and skill on modern technologies.
11.The word “plunged” in the first paragraph means ________. A. decreased
12. From the passage, we learn that ______.
D. There are some demonstrations against World Bank in recent years
13. According to this passage, in _____, the world had the largest number of poor people. C. 1950 D. 1990
14. According to the author, the economy of East Asian countries grew very fast because of the following measures EXCEPT ______. B. opening up to foreign investments
15. The best title for this passage might be ______. D. Global Progress in Reducing Poverty
Part II Vocabulary and Structure (30%)
Directions: In this part there are 30 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
16. It was hard for him to learn English in a family, in which ________ of the parents spoke the language. B. neither
17. You’d better go there by train. The train ticket is _______ the plane ticket.
C. three times as cheap as
18. This new machine is technically far ________ to the previous type. A. superior
19. There is a great deal of evidence ________ that music activities engage different parts of the brain. B. indicating
20. She became the first woman to enter the school but withdrew after a few days ________ stress. A. because of
21. ________ is known to us all is that the 2012 Olympic Games will be held in London. B. What
22. The discovery of these tombs is ________ for scholars’ studying Chinese history. C. of great significance
23. Sean’s strong love for his country is ________ in his recently published poems. B. reflected
24. Would you please keep silent? The weather report ________ and I want to listen. B. is being broadcast
25. The teacher stressed again that the students should not ________ any important details while retelling the story. C. leave out
26. The man moved ________ forward and looked over the edge, shrinking his shoulders. B. cautiously
27. The police are trying to find out the ________ of the woman killed in the traffic accident. C. identity
28. By no means ________ to her parents.
C. is this the first time she has lied
29. Climate change will greatly _______ wheat and rice production if nations don’t take steps now. D. reduce
30. She always buys ________ my birthday.
C. something nice for
31. He failed to live up to _______ had been expected of him. A. what
32. It is very ________ of you to arrange an early meeting between your boss and our team. A. considerate
33. I would have told him about the change of time for the class, _______ to class last time. C. had he come
34. The wind was so strong last night that is tore the ______ of the ship into two or three pieces. C. sail
35. ________ all the money people here spend eating out, restaurants’ profit is still below five percent. A. Despite
36. Many a man ________ life is meaningless without a purpose. A. thinks
37. John left home twenty minutes ago. It is usually half an hour’s drive from his home to the office here. So he ________ soon. D. may arrive
38. ________ Hongkong is often regarded as ________ international centre for business, finance and tourism. A. / ; an
39. They went ________ the schedule for the conference again and again until they felt satisfied with every detail of it. C. over
40. Schools should teach our kids various subjects, and moreover teach them how to ________ right from wrong. C. tell
41. By the time you finish your homework, all of us ________ ours at hand, I’m sure. B. will have finished
42. In time of trouble Charlie could always ________ a solution. D. come up with
43. Before building a house, you will have to ________ the government’s permission. D. ask for
44. The director had her assistant ________ some hot dogs for the staff members. C. pick up
45. ________ their hats into the air, the fans of the winning team let out loud shouts of victory. C. Throwing
Part Ⅲ Identification (10%)
Directions: Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked A, B, C and D. Identify the one that is not correct. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
46. When you’ve finished with that book, don’t forget to put is back on the shelf, won’t you? D
47. The workers in the factory demanded that their pay would be raised by 20 percent. C
48. It remains to see whether Jim will be fit enough to play in the finals. B
49. I invited Joe and Linda as well as Tom to dinner, but neither of them came. D
50. Over the past 20years , the internet has helped change our world in either way or another C for the better.
51. How and why this language has survived for more than a thousand years, while spoke by very C few, is hard to explain.
52. Nearly half of Americans aged 25 and old take part in some form of continuing education. C
53. Many parents feel they need to keep a closer eye to their children because of concerns about B crime and school violence.
54. For married mothers, the time spend on child care increased to an average of 12.9 hours a B week in 2009.
55. There is an increasingly amount of evidence that more and more young people are taking an A active interest in politics.
Part IV Cloze (10%)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage, and for each blank there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D at the end of the passage. You should choose ONE answer that best fits into the passage. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Of all the websites, one that has attracted attention recently is myspace.com. Most of this attention has come from the media and tells every reason _ _56___ the website should be _ _57___. The threat of Internet predators(窃掠者) is indeed a tough reality, _ _58___ shutting down the site is not the answer. If myspace.com _ _59___ shut down, another site would quickly __60___ its place. Therefore, the right way is to teach teens how to use the site safely and educate them _ _61___ who may be predators and how to __ 62___ them.
The key to _ _63___ safe on the Internet is to make sure that your profile(个人资料) is secure. The ___64_ _ way is to change the privacy setting on your profile to “private”, which protects your information ___65_ _ only the people on your friend list can view it. Although this is _ _66___, it is not perfect. Predators can find ways to view your profile if they really want to, _ _67___ through backing in (黑客入侵) or figuring out their way onto your friend list. Thus, you should never post too much personal _ _68___. Some people actually post their home and school addresses, date to birth, and so on, often __ 69___ predators know exactly where they will by and _ _70___. The most information that is safe is your first name and province. Anything more is basically __ 71___ a predator into your life.
Another big problem is photos. I suggest __ 72___ skipping photos and never posting a photo of a friend online without his or her __ 73___.
Most important, never, _ _74___ any circumstances, agree to a real-life meeting with anyone you meet online, _ _75___ how well you think you know this person. There are no guarantees that they have told the truth.
C. why
57. A. shut down 58. A. but D. were
C. take B. about 62. A. avoid 63. D. staying
64 B. simplest 65. C. so that 66 C. effective 67. B. whether 68. A. information
69 D. letting
70 C. when
71 B. inviting 72. D. completely
73. D. permission
74 B. under
75. A. no matter
Part Ⅴ Translation (20%) Section A
Directions: In this part, there are five sentences which you should translate into Chinese. These sentences are all taken from the 3 passages you have just read in the part of Reading Comprehension. You can refer back to the passages so as to identify their meanings in the context.
76. …Certain pop stars make statements and set examples as if the use of drugs for non-medicinal purposes were a normal and acceptable part of a person’s lifestyle…
【答案】某些流行明星发表声明或把自己树立为榜样，仿佛把药物用于非医疗目的是一个人的生活方式
当中正常而可以接受的一部分。
77．One of the biggest worries for governments is that the longer people live, the more likelihood there is for diseases and for disability(残疾).
77.
【答案】政府最大的忧虑之一就是人活得越长，遭受疾病和残疾的可能性就越大。
78．Another significant problem is the need for the younger generations to understand and value the older people in their society.
78.
79.Extensive new studies suggest that the world has made extraordinary progress in reducing poverty in recent decades.
【答案】另一个重大问题是有必要让年轻后辈理解并看重社会中的年长者。
79. 【答案】广泛的新研究表明，世界近几十年在减少贫困方面取得了非常大的进展。
80. The new economic research will not put an end to that dispute.
80.
Section B
Directions: In this part there are five sentences in Chinese. You should translate them into English. Be sure to write clearly.
81今天早上他起床晚了，所以没有赶上火车。
81. 【答案】He
【答案】这项经济领域的新研究不会终止这一争论。
overslept and got up too late this morning and that was why he missed the tr
ain.
82.你们昨天的会议得出什么结论了吗？
82.【答案】What conclusions did you reach yesterday’s meeting? 或 What was the outcome of your meeting yesterday?
83.我在回家的路上，买了一本英汉词典。
83.【答案】I bought an English-Chinese dictionary on my way home.
84.一直到12月下旬，他们才让我加入他们小组。
84.【答案】They
didn’t let me join their group until late December.
85．我父亲在找工作，我母亲在医院照看外祖母。
85【答案】My father is looking for a job and my mother is looking after grandmother in the hospital.
北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试(A)
2009.11.21
Part I Reading Comprehension (30%)
Directions: There are three passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Passage 1
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:
According to a recent surv, ey, employees in many companies today work longer hours than employees did in 1979. They also take shorter vacations than employees in 1979. It seems that Americans are working harder today than ever before. Or are they? A management consultant, Bill Meyer, decided to find out. For three days, he observed an investment banker hard at work. Meyer wrote down everything the banker did during his long workday. At the end of the three-day period, Meyer reviewed the banker's activities with him. What did they find out? They discovered that the man spent 80 percent of his time doing unnecessary work. For example, he attended unnecessary meetings, made redundant (多余的) telephone calls, and spent time packing and unpacking his two big briefcases.
(76) Apparently many people believe that the more time a person spends at work, the more he or she accomplishes. When employers evaluate employees, they often consider the amount of time on the job in addition to job performance. Employees know this. Although many working people can do their job effectively during a regular 40-hour work week, they feel they have to spend more time on the job after normal working hours so that the people who can promote them see them.
A group of headhunters (猎头) were asked their opinion about a situation. They had a choice of two candidates for an executive position with an important company. The candidates had similar qualifications for the job. For example, they were both reliable. One could do the job well in a 40-hour work week. The other would do the same job in an
80-hour work week just as well. According to a headhunting expert, the 80-hour-a-week candidate would get the job. The time this candidate spends on the job may encourage other employees to spend more time at work, too. Employers believe that if the employees stay at work later, they may actually do more work.
However, the connection between time and productivity (生产率) is not always positive. (77) In fact. many studies indicate that after a certain point, anyone's productivity and creativity begin to decrease. Some employees are not willing to spend so much extra, unproductive time at the office. Once they finish their work satisfactorily, they want to relax and enjoy themselves. For these people, the solution is to find a company that encourages people to do both.
ADCBA
1. What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Many people work long hours but do not always do a lot of work.
2. The management consultant wanted to fmd out
D. whether Americans were really working harder than they had done before 3. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
amount of working time.
C. Some people work more than 40 hours a week in the hope of getting promotion. 4. The 80-hour-a-week candidate would get the job because employers believe_____.
B. his example would lead other employees to work longer hours 5. The expression “to do both” in the last paragraph is_____. A. to finish their work satisfactorily and relax and enjoy themselves [NextPage] Passage 2
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:
Many private institutions of higher education around the country are in danger. Not ail will be saved, and perhaps not all deserve to be saved. There are low-quaiity schools just as there are low-quality businesses. We have no obligation to save them simply
because .they exist. But many thriving institutions that deserve to continue are threatened. They are doing a fine job educationally, but they are caught in a financial difficulty, with no way to reduce rising costs or increase revenues (收入) significantly. Raising fees doesn't bring in more revenue, for each time fees go up, the, enrollment (注册人数) goes down, or the mount that must be given away in student aid goes up. (78) Schools are bad businesses, whether rmblic or orivate, not usually because of bad management but because of the nature of the business. They lose money on every customer, and they can go bankrupt either from too few students or too many students. Even a very good college is a very bad business.
It is such colleges, thriving but threatened, that I worry about. Low enrollment is not their chief problem. Even with full enrollments, they may go under. Efforts to save them, and preferably to keep them private, are a national necessity. (79) There is no basis. for arguing that private schools are bound to be better than public schools. There are plentiful examples to the contrary. Anyone can name state universities and colleges that rank as the finest in the nation and the world. It is now inevitable that public institutions will be dominant, and therefore diversity (多样性) is a national necessity. Diversity in the way we support schools tends to give us a healthy diversity in the forms of education. In ah imperfect society such as ours, uniformity of education throughout the nation could be dangerous, ha an imperfect society, diversity is a positive good. Eager supporters of public higher education know the importance of keeping private higher education healthy. 6. In the passage, the author asks the public to support_____ .
C. high-quality private universities and colleges
7. According to the passage, schools are bad businesses because of_____. A. the nature of school
8. The phrase “go under” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to _____.
B. get into difficulties D. have low teaching standards
9.Which of the following statements is TRUE?
B. The author thinks diversity of education is preferable to uniformity of education. 10.In the author's opinion, the way that can save private schools lies in_____.
D. national support Passage 3
Questions 11 to 15 are based onthe following passage:
The fourth-graders atChicago's McCormick Elementary School don't know Chinese is supposed to be hard to learn. For most, who speak Spanish at home, it's becoming their third language. They've been heating and using Chinese words since nursery, and it's natural to give a “ni hao”when strangers enter the classroom.“It's really fun!” says Miranda Lucas, taking a break from a lesson that includes a Chinese interview with Jackie Chan. “I'm teaching my mom to speak Chinese.”
The classroom scene at McCormick is unusual, but it may soon be a common phenomenon in American schools, where Chinese is rapidly becoming the hot new language. Government officials have long wanted more focus on useful languages like Chinese, and pressure from them -- as well as from business leaders, politicians, and parents -- has produced a quick growth in the number of programs.
Chicago city officials make their best effort to include Chinese in their public schools. Their program has grown to include 3,000 students in 20 schools, with more schools on a waiting list. Programs have also spread to places like Los Angeles, New York City, and North Carolina. Supporters see knowledge of the Chinese language and culture as an advantagein a global economy where China is growing in importance. “This is an
interesting way to begin to engage with the world's next superpower,” says Michael Levine, director of education at the Asia Society, which has started five new public high schools that offer Chinese. “Globalization has already changed the arrangements in terms of how children today are going to think about their careers, The question is when, not whether, the schools are going to adjust.”
(80) The number of students leaming Chinese is tiny compared with how many study Spanish or French. But one report shows that before-college enrollment (报名人数) nearly quadrupled between 1992 and 2002, from 6,000 to 24,000. Despite the demand, though, developing programs isn't easy. And the No. one difficulty, everyone agrees, is having enough teachers. Finding teacher “is the challenge,” says Scott McGinnis, an academic adviser for a language institute and a Chinese teacher for 15 years at the college level. “Materials are easy comparison. Or getting schools funded.” 11. The best title for this passage might be_____. A. Next Hot Language to Study: Chinese
12. The most difficult thing to do is finding _____.
C. enough teachers for the Chinese programs 13. We learn from the passage that_____.
A. Scott McGinnis has been a Chinese teacher for 15 years
14. According to the passage, all the following statements are true EXCEPT_____. C. g0vernment officials don't like the pressure from business leaders and parents to start Chinese programs
15 The word \"quadrupled\" in the last paragraph is close in meaning to“multiplied by_____”. B. four times [NextPage]
Part Ⅱ Vocabulary and Structure (30%)
Directions: In this part there are 30 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then blacken the Corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. 16. The driver was at______loss when______word came that he was forbidden to drive for speeding. B. a; the
17. My uncle's house in the downtown area is much smaller than ours, but it is twice______expensive. A. as
18. This magazine is very ______with young people, who like its content and style. B. popular
19. The art show was ______ being a failure; it was a great success. A. far from
20. Health problems are closely connected with bad eating habits and a______of exercise. B. lack
21. In our daily life, everyone fails every now and then. It is how you
react that makes a_____. B. difference
22. The hotel was awful!___, our room was far too small. Then we found that the shower didn't work. A. To begin with
23. Don't worry if you can't understand everything. The teacher will _____ the main points at the end. B. review
24. It is reported that the police will soon look______the case of the two missing children. C. into
25. One of the best ways for people to keep fit is to______healthy eating habits: B. develop
26. The company is starting a new advertising campaign to new customers to its stores.
B. attract 27. Over the past decades, sea ice in the Arctic(北极) as a result of global warming.
C. has been decreasing
28. ____ twice, the postman refused to deliver our letters unless we chained our dog. B. Bitten
29. He_____ have completed his work; otherwise, he wouldn't be enjoying himself by the seaside. B. must
30. Many children,_______parents are away working in big cities, are taken good care of in the village. B. whose
31. If it_____tomorrow, we will stay indoors to have our training
class.
A. rains 32. The college sports meet was __ till next week because of the heavy rain. C. put off
33. Lord Jim_____a private school five years ago with the money he earned through hard work. A. f D. founded
34. When Bob and his friends came, we____our supper then. B. were having
35. That big dictionary_____Tom two hundred dollars. C. cost
36. It was in 2005 _____we began to introduce this new technique into our company. D. that
37. He____the maths examination if he had worked hard enough, but he didn't.
C. would have passed
38. Since it is already midnight, we______now. B. had better leave
39. Rabbits are quiet animals,_______they are able to make 20 different sounds. A. how
40. There are two rooms in the house, ____serves as a kitchen. A. the smaller of which
41. I was so fired then that I fell______in class. A. asleep
42. I can only stay here for a while, but I'll come again in _____ days.
A. a few 43. Given the choice between work and play, Tom would surely prefer the ____. C. latter
44. He began to work for a big company _____ an early age. B. at
45. James doesn't like pop music, ____does his sister. D. Neither [NextPage]
Part III Identification (10%)
Directions: Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked A, B, C and D. Identify the one that is not correct. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
46. How an interesting role she played in the film! No wonder she has won an Oscar. A
47. The famous scientist, in his honor a dinner party will be held tonight, is to arrive soon. B
48. The old man was so angry and spoke so fast that none of his children understood that D
he meant.
49. The young man, to make several attempts to beat the world record in high jumping, A
decided to have another try.
50. In the town was found many old people who badly needed money and care. C
51. As early as the 12th century boys in England enjoyed to play football. D
52. So absorbed she was in her work that she didn't realize it was time that she picked up her B
daughter.
53. In big cities there is an increasingly need for cheap apartments for the lower middle class. c
54. The price of meat was much more higher than expected. c
55. Joe's father has died ten years ago, so he has lived with his mother since then. A [NextPage]
Part IV Cloze (10%)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage, and for each blank there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D at the end of the passage. You should choose ONE answer that best fits into the passage. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
There 56 a king who had twelve beautiful daughters. They 57 in twelve beds all in one room and when they went to bed, the 58 were shut and locked up. 59 , every morning 60 shoes were found to be quite worn through as if they had been danced in all night. Nobody could 61 how it happened, or 62 the princesses had been.
So the king made it 63 to all that if any person could discover the 64 and find out where it was that the princesses danced in the 65, he would have the 66 he liked best to take as his wife, and would be king 67 his death. But whoever tried and did not succeed, after three days and nights, would be 68 to death.
A prince from a nearby country soon came. He was well entertained, and in the evening was taken to the chamber (大房间) next 69 the one where the princesses lay in their twelve 70 . There he was to sit and 71 where they went to dance; and, in order 72 nothing could happen without him hearing it, the door of his 73 was left open. But the prince soon went to sleep; and when, he 74 in the morning he found that the princesses had all been dancing, 75 the soles of their shoes were full of holes. 56-60 ABCDA 61-65 ADDBA 66-70 ABCBD 71-75 CACBA
56. A. was 57 B. slept 58. C. doors 59. n D. However 60. A. their
61. A. make out 62. D. where 63. D. known 64. B. secret 65. A. night 66. A. one 67. B. after 68. C. put 69. B. to 70. D. beds 71. C. watch 72. A. that 73. C. chamber 74. B. awoke 75. A. for [NextPage]
Part V Translation (20%) Section A
Directions: In this part there are five sentences which you should translate into Chinese. These sentences are all taken from the 3 passages you have just read in Reading Comprehension. You can refer back to the passages to identify their meanings in the context.
76. Apparently, many people believe that the more time a person spends at work, the more he or she accomplishes.
76. 很明显，许多人相信一个人工作的时间越长，他取得的成就越大。
77. In fact, many studies indicate that after a certain point, anyone's productivity and creativity begin to decrease.
77. 事实上，许多研究都表明过了某一特定的点，人的生产效率和创造性就开始下降。
78. Schools are bad businesses, whether public or private, not usually becauseof. bad management but because of the nature of the business.
78. 学校是糟糕的产业，无论是公立还是私立，通常这都不是因为糟糕的管理，而是由于这一行业本身的性质使然。
79. There is no basis for arguing that private schools are bound to be better than public schools.
79. 私立学校就一定好于公立学校，这一辩解是毫无根据的。。
80. The number of students learning Chinese is tiny compared withn how many study Spanish or French..
80. 相对于学习西班牙语或法语的学生来说，学习汉语的人数很少 SectionB
Directions：In this part there are five sentences in Chinese.You should translate them into English.Be sure to write clearly.
81.我们期待和你一起工作。
81. We are looking forward to working with you.
82.他一到上海就给我打了一个长途电话。
82. As soon as he got Shanghai, he made a long distance call to me （he called me.)
83.你知道会议开始的确切时间吗?
83. Do you know the exact time when the meeting will be held? 8
84.她将成功归因于努力工作。
4. She believes that hard work leads to her success. 或者 She attributed her success to hard work.
85.村里的每个人都喜欢他，因为他对人很友好。
85. Everyone in the village likes him because he is very friendly.
I hear many parents complain that their teenage children are rebelling. I wish it were so. At your age you ought to be growing away from your parents. You should be learning to stand on your own feet. But take a good look at the present rebellion. It seems that teenagers are all taking the same way of showing that they disagree with their parents. Instead of striking out boldly on their own， most of them are holding one another's hands for reassurance （放心）。
They claim they want to dress as they please. But they all wear the same clothes. They set off in new directions in music. But they all end up listening to the same record. Their reason for thinking or acting in such a way is that the crowd is doing it. They have come out of their cocoon （茧） into a larger cocoon.
（76） It has become harder and harder for a teenager to stand up against the popularity wave and to go his or her own way. Industry has firmly carved out a market for teenagers. These days every teenager can learn from the advertisements what a teenager should have and be. This is a great barrier for the teenager who wants to find his or her own path.
But the barrier is worth climbing over. The path is worth following. You may want to listen to classical music instead of going to a party. You may want to collect rocks when everyone else is collecting records. You may have some thoughts that you don't care to share at once with your classmates. Well， go to it. Find yourself. Be yourself. Popularity will come—with the people who respect you for who you are. That's the only kind of popularity that really counts.
1. The author's purpose in writing this passage is to tell______. B. teenagers how to learn to make a decision for themselves
2. According to the author， many teenagers think they are brave enough to act on their own， but in fact most of them______. B. lack confidence
3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage？ A. There is no popularity that really counts.
4. The author thinks of advertisements as______to teenagers. C. instructive
5. The main idea of the last paragraph is that a teenager should______.
B. become popular with others Passage 2
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage：
（77） Much unfriendly feeling towards computers has been based on the fear of widespread unemployment resulting from their introduction. Computers are often used as part of automated （自动化） production systems requiring a least possible number of operators， causing the loss of many jobs. This has happened， for example， in many steelworks.
On the other hand， computers do create jobs. They are more skilled and better paid， though fewer in number than those they replace. Many activities could not continue in their present formwithout computers， no matter how many people are employed. Examples are the check clearing （交换） system of major banks and the weather forecasting system.
When a firm introduces computers， a few people are usually employed in key posts （such as jobs of operations managers） while other staff are re-trained as
operators， programmers， and data preparation staff. （78） After the new system has settled down， people in non-computer jobs are not always replaced when they leave， resulting in a decrease in the number of employees. This decrease is sometimes balanced by a substantial increase in the activity of the frim， resulting from the introduction of computers.
The attitudes of workers towards computers vary. There is fear of widespread unemployment and of the takeover of many jobs by computer-trained workers， making promotion for older workers not skilled in computers more difficult.
On the other hand， many workers regard the trend toward wider use of computers inevitable. They realize that computers bring about greater efficiency and
productivity， which will improve the condition of the whole economy， and lead to the creation of more jobs. This view was supported by the former British Prime Minister， James Callaghan in 1979， when he made the point that new technologies
hold the key to increased productivity， which will benefit the economy in the long run.
6. The unfriendly feeling towards computers is developed from______. A. the possible widespread unemployment caused by their introduction 7. The underlined word“They” （Line 1， Par. 2） refers to______. A. computers
8. According to Paragraph 2， without computers______. C. many activities would have to change their present form
9. According to the passage， what results from the introduction of computers？ D. The decrease in staff members may be balanced by the increase of finn activities.
10. James Callaghan's attitude towards computers can be best described as______. D. supportive Passage 3
Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage：
The vitamins necessary for a healthy body are normally supplied by a good mixed diet （饮食） ， including a variety of fruits and green vegetables. （79） It is only when people try to live on a very restricted diet that it is necessary to make special provision to supply the missing vitamins.
An example of the dangers of a restricted diet may be seen in the disease known as“beri-beri”。 （80） It used to distress large numbers of Eastern peoples who lived mainly on rice. In the early years of this century， a scientist named Eijkman was trying to discover the cause of “beri-beri”。 At first he thought it was caused by a germ. He was working in a Japanese hospital， where the patients were fed on polished rice which had the outer husk （外壳） removed from the grain. It was thought this would be easier for weak and sick people to digest.
Eijkman thought his germ theory was confmned when he noticed the chickens in the hospital yard， which were fed on leftovers
（剩饭） from the patients' plates， were also showing signs of the disease. He then tried to isolate the germ， but his experiments were interrupted by a hospital official， who declared that the polished rice， even though left over by the
patients， was too good for chickens. It should be recooked for the patients， and the chickens should be fed on cheap rice with the outer layer still on the grain. Eijkman noticed that the chickens began to recover on the new diet. He began to consider the possibility that eating unpolished rice somehow prevented or cured \"beri-beri\" —— even that a lack，of some element in the husk might be the cause of the disease. Indeed thiswas the case. The element needed to prevent “beri-beri” was shortly afterwards isolated from Ace husks and is now known as vitamin B. Nowadays， this terrible disease is much less common thanks to our knowledge of vitamins.
11. A good mixed diet______.
D. is composed of fruits and vegetables 12. The disease “beri-beri”______.
B. is a vitamin deficiency （缺乏） disease
13. The chickens Eijkman noticed in the hospital yard______. D. were suffering from“beA-ben”
14. According to Eijkman， polished rice______.
B. was less nourishing （有营养的） than unpolished Ace
15. The chemical substance missing from polished rice______. A. was vitamin B
Vocabulary and Structure（30%）
Directions： In this part there are 30 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A， B， C， and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
16. By no means _____to move to a new place far away from her workplace， because it isn't convenient for her family and herself. B. will Jane agree
17. You can， _____ the sky is clear， see as far as the old temple on top of the mountain， but not today.
A. when
18. With everything she needed _____， she went out of the shop， with her hands full of shopping bags. A. bought
19. Having taken our seats， _____.
C. we were attracted by the lecturer immediately
20. In recent years many football clubs _____ as business to make a profit. B. have been run
21. After 15 years in the United States， he has finally decided to_____ American citizenship. B. apply for
22. It is well known that teaching is a job _____ enough patience. C. calling for
23. Surely it doesn't matter where the clubs get their money； what_____ is what they do with it.
A. counts
24. I didn't expect to receive a postcard from you！ It's really _____my wildest imagination. B. beyond
25. It doesn't make____ to buy that expensive coat when these cheaper ones are just as good.
A. sense
26. The task is too much for me， so I can't carry on _____ any longer.I must get some help. C. alone
27. Americans eat _____vegetables per person today as they did in 1910.
C. twice as many
28. The two girls are getting on very well and share _______ with each other. B. much
29. The taxi driver was put in_____prison because his car had knocked down a child. His wife went to_____ prison to see him twice a month. C./； the
30.Without my glasses I can hardly_____ what has been written in the letter. C. make out
31.Her heart _____faster when she entered the exam hall. . beat
32. Would you mind keeping a（n） _____ on the house for us while we are away？
A. eye
33. I am afraid that his phone number has slipped my _____for the moment. C. mind
34. It was the wealth of the_____pioneer landowner John Harvard that made Harvard University possible. D. prosperous
35. I am not sure whether we can give the right advice _____emergency. B. in case of
36. Vingo was released from prison_____the successful efforts of his friends to prove his innocence. B. as a result of
37. Some of the meat came from Canada. How about_____？ D. the rest
38. The man has a special talent for art and is_____of a musician. D. something
39. I know Jonathan quite well and never doubt_____ he can do a good job of it. B. that
40. How many more decades will have to pass_____scientists succeed in providing a cure for cancer？ B. before
41. The engineer is not happy with the project， and_____is her boss.
A. neither
42. _____ for a long time， but he tried his best to catch up with his classmates. D. He was ill
43. How close parents are to their children_____a strong influence on the development of the children's character. B. has
44. He changed his name， _____ that nobody would find out what he had done before. D. thinking
45. There is so much work _____today Would you be kind enough to lend me a hand？ B. to be done
Part Ⅲ ldentification （10%）
Directions： Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked A， B， C， and D. Identify the one that is not correct. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
46. A (A)container weighs (B) more after air is put in (C), it (D) proves that air has weight.
d
47. The young man, to make (A)several attempts to beat (B) the world record in high jumping, decided (C) to have another try.(D)
a
48. Of (A)the two coats, I'd choose (B) the cheapest (C) one to spare some money for (D) a book.
c
49. The protection of (A)our environment is (B) not nothing (C) to be left to the government. Everyone should be concerned (D).
c
50. There are (A) moments in life where(B) you miss someone so much that (C) you just want to (D) pick them up from dreams and hug them for real.
b
51. None of (A) us had the final say (B) in this matter, and therefore (C) it was recommended that we waited (D)for the authorities.
d
52. After（A） her two-week vacation was over (B), Dorothy regretted to spend (C) so much money for so little pleasure
c
53. Don't make (A)Helen's remarks too seriously (B). She is so upset (C) that I don't think she really knows what she is saying (D).
a
54. Workers newly arrive (A) from the south or (B)rural areas perform their job differently (C) from those from other sections (D) of the city.
a
55. While (A) remembered(B) mainly for the invention (C) of the telephone,Alexander Graham Bell devoted his life to help (D) the deaf.
d
Part IV Cloze (10%)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage, and for each blank there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D at the end of the passage. You should choose ONE answer that best fits into the passage. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
There 56 a king who had twelve beautiful daughters. They 57 in twelve beds all in one room and when they went to bed, the 58 were shut and locked up. 59 , every morning 60 shoes were found to be quite worn through as if they had been danced in all night. Nobody could 61 how it happened, or 62 the princesses had been.
So the king made it 63 to all that if any person could discover the 64 and find out where it was that the princesses danced in the 65, he would have the 66 he liked best to take as his wife, and would be king 67 his death. But whoever tried and did not succeed, after three days and nights, would be 68 to death. A prince from a nearby country soon came. He was well entertained, and in the evening was taken to the chamber (大房间) next 69 the one where the princesses lay in their twelve 70 . There he was to sit and 71 where they went to dance; and, in
order 72 nothing could happen without him hearing it, the door of his 73 was left open. But the prince soon went to sleep; and when, he 74 in the morning he found that the princesses had all been dancing, 75 the soles of their shoes were full of holes. 56. D. are 57. A. did 58. D. roofs 59. D. However 60. D. her 61. B. take out 62. B. what 63. C. knows 64. A. story
65. C. afternoon
66. A. one B. it C. some D. that 67. A. before 68. C. put 69. B. to 70. C. sofas 71. B. keep 72. A. that
73. B. classroom C 74. C. slept 75. C. but Part V Translation (20%) Section A
Directions: In this part there are five sentences which you should translate into Chinese. These sentences are all taken from the 3 passages you have just read in Reading Comprehension. You can refer back to the passages to identify their meanings in the context.
76. Apparently, many people believe that the more time a person spends at work, the more he or she accomplishes.
对青少年来说，地址流行趋势走自己的路边的越来越难
77. In fact, many studies indicate that after a certain point, anyone's productivity and creativity begin to decrease.
人们对计算机的敌视态度是由于人们担心因为使用计算机而导致的大规模失业
78. Schools are bad businesses, whether public or private, not usually becauseof. bad management but because of the nature of the business.
当新系统稳当下来之后与计算器五官岗位上的工人离开之后公司不再招收新员工，这导致了雇用人数的减少
79. There is no basis for arguing that private schools are bound to be better than public schools.
只有在人们的饮食结构受限的时候，人们才需要补充确实的维生素
80. The number of students learning Chinese is tiny compared withn how many study Spanish or French..
这种疾病困扰着大多数以为米饭为主食的东方人
SectionB
Directions：In this part there are five sentences in Chinese．You should translate them into English．Be sure to write clearly． 81．我们期待和你一起工作。
They moved away five years ago but we still keep in touch 82．他一到上海就给我打了一个长途电话。
It seems that this letter is writeen in a hurry 83．你知道会议开始的确切时间吗?
Before getting more details I thought I should talking with him 84．她将成功归因于努力工作。
Every time hearing this song I will think of you 85．村里的每个人都喜欢他，因为他对人很友好。
Many students being absent we had to put off the conference
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