2023年河北成人学位英语考试模拟卷及答案.docx

河北成人学位英语考试考前预测卷02Paper One (65minutes, 70points)Part I Dialogue Completion (10minutes, 10 points)Directions: In this part, there are 3 dialogues with 3 or 4 blanks, each followed by 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the choice that best suits the situation until the dialogue is complete. With Dialogue One, all the choices will have to be used. With Dialogue Two and Dialogue Three, one choice will be left unused. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single bar through the centre of the letter that indicates your choice.Dialogue OneSpeaker A: Here are our tickets and passports. Were flying to Amsterdam today.Speaker B: Welcome to Youth. Lets see.yes, your passports are still valid and your tickets are in order. _1_Speaker A: Just these two.Speaker B: Please put them on the scales. Any carry-on baggage?Speaker A: Yes, two pieces. Oh, and this camera.Speaker B: Its better to put these identification tags on them. _2_Speaker A: Non-smoking, please. And could we have one window seat, please?Speaker B: Let me see. Oh, _3_ All right. Youre all set. Ive stapled your two baggage claim stubs to your return tickets.Speaker A: These two?Speaker B: Yes. And here are your boarding passes. You have seats 20A and 20B. Your flight is on time, and its leaving from Gate 12. Dont forget to pay the airport tax before you board. _4_Speaker A: Thanks a lot.A. Do you want smoking or non-smoking seats?B. Have a pleasant flight.C. How many pieces do you want to check in?D. here are two left.Dialogue TwoSpeaker A: Do you know Beijing opera?Speaker B: Of course. _5_Speaker A: Can you introduce Beijing opera to me? I want to know something about it.Speaker B: Well, the plot of a Beijing opera is not so complicated. And there are four main types of Character: the lead, the female lead, the painted face and the clown.Speaker A: _6_Whats that?Speaker B: Yes, the characters are differentiated by their faces. Faces are painted in different pat-terns with different colors to reveal their insistent characters.Speaker A: Oh, that may be very interesting.Speaker B: Sure, the make-up in Beijing opera is almost an art in itself.Speaker A: Its wonderful. I want to go and see.Speaker B: _7_Speaker A: What a good idea!A. I heard the face of Beijing opera is very famous.B. Why not go with me just tonight?C. I was born in Beijing.D. I am interested in Beijing opera.Dialogue ThreeSpeaker A: Hello, I want to buy some clothes for my girlfriend for her birthday present.Speaker B: No problem, sir. _8_Speaker A: Not really. But shes around 165 centimeters and weights about 56 kilograms. Could you recommend some?Speaker B: Sure. These tops just came in last week. Look, how about this black lace top? Its one of the latest items for this season.Speaker A: Urn, its nice. But _9_Speaker B : She can pair it with vintage jeans. Itll look very classic.Speaker A: Uh, huh. Look beautiful. Well, _10_Speaker B: This style will be next springs hit. And its chiffon. With this kind of material, you can dress up with a skirt or down with low-cut jeans.Speaker A: Really? All right, then I11 take both of them.A. how about this white blouse?B. Do you know what size she wears?C. what kind of clothes go with it?D. what color does she like?Part II Reading Comprehension (35minutes, 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 centre.Passage OneWe all know that it is possible for ordinary people to make their homes on the equator (赤道), although often they may feel uncomfortably hot there. Millions do it. But as for the North Pole (北极) we know that it is not only a dangerously cold place, but that people like you and I would find it quite impossible to live there. At the present time only the scientists and explorers can do so, and they use special equipment. Men have been travelling across and around the equator on wheels, on their feet or in ships for thousands of years; but only a few men, with great difficulty and in very recent time, have ever crossed the ice to the North Pole. So it may surprise you to learn that, when traveling by air, it is really safer to fly over the North Pole than over the equator.Of course, it is not true about landings in the polar region, but the weather, if we are flying at a height of 5,000 meters above the Pole is a delight. At 4,000 meters and move above the earth you can always be sure that you will not see a cloud in the sky as far as your eyes can reach. In the tropics (热带), on the other hand, you are not certain to keep clear of bad weather even at such heights as 18,000 or 20,000 meters.Aeroplanes cant climb as high or as quickly in cold air as in warm. Nor can clouds. In practice, this is an advantage to the aeroplane, which is already ata good height when it reaches the polar region and so does not to climb, while at the same time cold air keeps the clouds down low.11. Millions do it. in this sentence do it refers to_.A. feeling uncomfortably hot on the equatorB. flying over the North PoleC. flying over the equatorD. making homes on the equator12. The polar region is_A. a good place to land at by aeroplaneB. a good place to fly overC. a good place to fly pastD. a good place to live in13. It is a delight to fly at the Pole because there_A. planes fly higher than at the equatorB. the eyes can reach about 4,000 metersC. planes are clear of bad weatherD. planes fly more quickly than at the equator14. Aeroplanes can climb quickly_A. in warm airB. in cold airC. when it reaches the polar regionD. only when the clouds are down low15. Aeroplanes usually do not need to climb quickly or fly high in the polar region because_A. they do not land thereB. there are no clouds at allC. they can cross the ice with special equipmentD. it is very coldPassage TwoTrees are useful to man in three important ways: they provide him with wood and other products; they give him shade; and they help to prevent droughts and floods.Unfortunately, in many parts of the world, man has not realized that the third of these services is the most important. In his eagerness to-make money from trees, he has cut them down in large numbers, only to find that without them he has lost the best friends he had. And besides, he is usually too careless to plant and look after new trees. So the forests slowly disappear.This does not only mean that man will have fewer trees. The results are even more serious: for where there are trees, their roots break up soil allowing the rain to sink in and also bind the soil, thus preventing it from being washed away easily; but where there are no trees, the rain falls on hard ground and flows away, causing floods and carrying away the rich top-soil. When all the top-soil is gone, nothing remains but worthless desert.Two thousand, years ago a rich and powerful country cut down its trees to build warships, with which to gain itself an empire. It set up the empire but, without its trees, its soil became poor and it grew weak. When the empire fell to pieces, the home country found itself faced with floods and starvation.16. What is the most important service of trees to man according to the passage?A. They help him make money.B. They give him wood and other products.C. They help him prevent droughts and floods.D. They give him shade.17. Why do forests in many parts of the world slowly disappear?A. New trees are not looked after properly.B. Many trees have been cut down by man.C. Man has not paid enough attention to planting trees.D. All of the above.18. Why did the country mentioned in the passage suffer from floods and starvation?A. Because an empire was set up.B. Because the empire fell to pieces.C. Because it lost its trees.D. Because too much had been spent on wars.19. Why does land become desert after all trees are cut down?A. Because nothing remains on land except floods.B. Because there are no longer trees to keep the rain and protect the top-soil.C. Because too much rain sinks in and washes away the top-soil.D. Because roots of the trees break up the soil.20. What does the author tell us in this passage?A. How trees help prevent droughts and floods.B. The relationship between trees and man.C. How an empire fell to pieces in ancient times.D. A story of trees.Passage ThreeNot all memories are sweet. Some people spend all their lives trying to forget bad experiences. Violence and traffic accidents can leave people with terrible physical and emotional scars.Often they relive these experiences in nightmares(恶梦).Now American researchers think they are close to developing a pill, which will help people forget bad memories. The pill is designed to be taken immediately after a frightening experience.They hope it might reduce, or possibly erase(抹去), the effect of painful memories.In November, experts tested a drug on people in the US and France. The drug stops the body releasing chemicals that fix memories in the brain. So far the research has suggested that only the emotional effects of memories may be reduced, not that the memories are erased.The research has caused a great deal of argument. Some think it is a bad idea, while others support it.Supporters say it could lead to pills that prevent or treat soldiers troubling memories after war. They say that there are many people who suffer from terrible memories.Some memories can ruin peoples lives. They come back to you when you dont want to have them in a daydream or nightmare. They usually come with very painful emotions. ” said Roger Pitman, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. This could relieve a lot of that suffering.But those who are against the research say that it is very dangerous to change memories because memories give us our identity(物质). They also help us all avoid the mistakes of the past.All of us can think of bad events in our lives that were horrible at the time but make us who we are. Im not sure we want to wipe those memories out, said Rebecca Dresser, a medical ethicist.21. The passage is mainly about_.A. a new medical inventionB. a new research on memoriesC. a way of erasing painful memoriesD. an argument about the research on the pill22. The drug tested on people can_.A. cause the brain to fix memoriesB. stop people remembering their experiencesC. prevent body producing certain chemicalsD. wipe out the emotional effects of memories23. We can infer from the passage that_.A. people doubt the effects of the pillsB. the pill will stop peoples bad experiencesC. taking the pill will do harm to peoples healthD. the pill has probably been produced in America24. Which of the following does Rebecca Dresser agree with?A. Some memories can ruin peoples lives.B. People want to get rid of bad memories.C. Experiencing bad events makes us different from Others.D. The pill will reduce peoples sufferings from bad memories.25. The word scars in Paragraph One is close in meaning to_.A. good storiesB. painsC. experiencesD. memoriesPassage FourIf there is one thing Im sure about, it is that in a hundred years from now we will still be reading newspapers. It is not that newspapers are a necessity. Even now some people get most of their news from television or radio. Many buy a paper only on Saturday or Sunday. But for most people reading newspaper has become a habit passed down from generation to generation.The nature of what is news may change. What basically makes news is what news is what affects our lives the big political stories, the coverage of the wars, earthquakes and other disasters, will continue much the same. I think there will be more coverage of scientific research, though.Its already happening in areas that may directly affect our lives, like genetic engineering. In the future, I think there will be more coverage of scientific explanations of why we feel as we do as we develop a better understanding of how the brain operates and what our feeling really are.Its quite possible that in the next century newspapers will be transmitted(传送)electronically from Fleet Street and printed out in our own home. In fact, Im pretty sure that how it will happen in the future. You will probably be able to choose from a menu, making up your own newspaper by picking out the things you want to read-sports and international news, etc.I think people have got it wrong when they talk about competition between the different media. They actually freed off each other. Some people once foresaw that television would kill off newspapers, but that hasnt happened. What is read on the printed page lasts longer than pictures on a screen or sound lost in the air. And as for the Internet, its never really pleasant to read something just on a screen.26. What is the best title for the passage?A. The Best Way to Get NewsB. The Changes of MediaC. Make Your Own NewspaperD. The Future of Newspaper27. In the writers opinion, in the future,_.A. more big political affairs, wars and disasters will make newsB. newspapers will not be printed in publishing houses any longerC. newspapers will cover more scientific researchD. more and more people will watch TV28. What will probably be in the newspaper made by yourself?A. Sports and international news.B. A menu of important news.C. The most important news.D. What you are interested in.29. From the passage, we can infer_.A. newspapers will win the competition among the different mediaB. newspapers will stay with us together with other mediaC. television will take the place of newspaperD. the writer believe some media will die out30. The underlined phrase feed off in the last paragraph means_.A. depend onB. compete withC. fight withD. kill offPart III Vocabulary and Structure (10minutes, 10 points)Directions: In this part there are 20 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 li