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2006年6月成人高等教育本科毕业生申请学士学位外国语水平考试（广东）Paper One 试卷一 (90 minutes)Part Dialogue Completion(15 points) Directions:There are 15 short incomplete dialogues in this part, each followed by 4 choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the best one to complete the dialogue and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center. 1. Helen: Hello? Danny: Hello.Could I speak to Helen? Helen:_. Danny:Hi,Helen.This is Danny.A. I am Helen B. This is Helen C. Yes ,I am D.Yes, I am her 2. Tom: Ive decided to spend the summer holidays traveling in America. Jane:Oh,_ A. if only I could go with you. B. what good news it is! C. how happy I was to hear that. D. how exciting to hear the news! 3. Salesclerk: Can I help you, madam? Customer: No, thanks. I _. A. have just looked around B. just look around C. am just looking around D. just looked around 4. Tom: Im afraid I must be going now. Thank you for the delicious dinner. Lucy: _ A. Take care B. Its just so-so C. Im not good at it D. Im glad you enjoyed it 5. Adam: Its very kind of you to come to see me off, Betty. Betty: _ A. Thats my duty B. Not at all. Its the least I could do C. Dont be so polite D. Never mind it 6. Tom: Nice to meet you, Jim. Jim: _. A. Same here B. Same to you C. Thank you all the same D. The same again, please 7. Tom: Jane, may I come into your office and talk to you? Jane: Sure. I have some free time now. _, please. A. Come into B. Come on in C. Go ahead D. Enter 8. Jack: Thanks for your invitation. How thoughtful of you, Spencer. Shall I bring something? Spencer: Nothing. I mean weve got plenty to eat. _. A. Just take yourself B. Just come yourself C. Just bring yourself D. Just come over 9. Smith : You are leaving soon. Well be sorry to see you go . Anderson: Im sorry too. But thats life. Smith: Yes, I suppose _. A. we cant help B. it cant be avoided C. we cant do anything D. it cant be helped 10. James: George, did you tell Bob to come to this meeting? George: Im terribly sorry. I forgot all about it . James: It doesnt matter._. Lets get started without him. A. Good luck. B. Come on. C. No problem. D. Good heavens! 11. Passenger A: Do you mind my smoking here? Passenger B: Not at all. _. A. Im sorry B. Smoke as you like C. Go right ahead D. Do it , please. 12. Customer: Can I have a look ac the blue jacket over there? Salesman: Here you are. Customer: Oh, its too big. May I have a size smaller? Salesman: _ A. By all means B. By no means C. By any means D. By some means or other13. Lucinda: Can you come and have dinner with us? Jonathan: Sounds good. When shall I come? Lucinda: At eight. _. A: Well be seeing you B. We wait for you C. We wait until you come D. Well be expecting you 14. A Stranger: _. Can you tell me where the Big Hen Supermarket is?A Passer-by: Got me, boy. Im a stranger here myself. A Stranger: Well, thank you anyway. A. Im sorry B. Excuse me C. Never mind D. Glad to meet you 15. Student A: How is everything with Mary? Student B: She had an accident in her new car and shes still in hospital. Student A: _ A. Thats great! B. Thats too bad. C. That sounds nice. D. Thats OK. Part Reading Comprehension (40 points) Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each of the passages is followed by 5 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center. Passage OneTracy McGrady is a real-life superstar. He spent the summer traveling in Europe, working with Adidas on his latest basketball shoe and playing with Team U.S.A. in an Olympic qualifying game. He also spent countless hours in the gym. “I work on things every day in the off-season, ”says McGrady, 24, an All-Star guard with the National Basketball Associations Orlando Magic. Until McGrady was 17, few outside his tiny hometown knew of his skills. He was raised mostly by his grandmother in a rough part of town. Sports were his escapes. To gain more exposure for his basketball skills, McGrady transferred to play his senior season at Mount Zion Christian Academy in North Carolina. After leading the Mighty Warriors to a 26-2 record that season, McGrady was named Player of the Year by a national newspaper. At 18, McGrady was starring for Toronto by the end of his new players season. But he wanted to become one of the NBAs elite (精英), so he hired a trainer and beban intense workouts. Its not uncommon for McGrady, who signed with Orlando in 2002, to shoot 200 jumpers after practice, grab a healthy bite to eat and go to work out with the Los Angeles Lakers Shaquille ONeal, who owns a home in Orlando. “Hes stayed at a high level, ”Orlando coach Doc Rivers says of McGrady. “A lot of young players can play a good 20 minutes, or have a great month. Tracy does it all season on both ends.” To be that good takes a lot of work. To be better takes even more. McGrady is ready for the challenge, because he knows what he wants. “I dont want to be one of those players thats known for being a great player that never won a championship, ”McGrady says. “I want a title.” 16. Whnich of the following teams has McGrady NOT so far played for? A. Team U.S.A. B. Los Angeles Lakers. C. The Mighty Warriors. D. Orlando Magic. 17. The sentence “I work on things every day in the off-season”(Line 3,Paragraph 1)implies that _. A. McGrady practices other things more often than he does with basketball B. McGrady keeps on his skills training particularly hard in the off-season days C. McGrady keeps on training with other exercises than with basketball D. McGrady practices his skills every day including the off-season time 18. McGrady is different from other players mainly in_. A. his particular shooting skills in playing basketball B. his trying to save every minute to work out with ONeal C. his persistence in constant hard training D. his stronger desire for a title than other players 19. McGrady was honored Player of the Year by a national newspaper because _. A. he has stayed at a high level of training B. he has created a record among the best players that season C. he was well ready for the coming challenge D. he is regarded as an All-Star guard with the NBA 20.Thesentence“Sportswerehisescapes”(Line2,Paragraph2)canbestmeanthat_.a.sportingactivitieswerethemeansforhimtogetfullesthappinessbyB.physicalexercisesweretheonlywaytorelievehimofhispainsC.hedidntwanttodomorethingsthansportiveactivitiesD.sportsenabledhimtorunawayfromhishometownPassageTwoLastDecembersearthquakesintheIraniancityofBamtookahugedeathtoll-roughly40,000people-largelybecauseofthecollapseofthousandsofmud-brickbuildings,IfagroupofresearchersinIndiaaresuccessful,theearthquakemightnotbeasdestructive.BritishandIndianengineersaredevelopingearthquake-proofhousingusingacheap,universalmaterial:bamboo.Theydesignedamodelhousebuiltaroundwaterproofbamboo-sheetroofingandbamboo-reinforcedconcretewalls.Totestthestructure,theengineers,sponsoredbytheU.K.DepartmentofInternationalDevelopment,tookittotheEarthquakeEngineeringandVibrationResearchCentreinBangalore,whichhasastate-of-the-artearthquakesimulator(模拟装置)。Theresearchersshookthehousewithfivehousewithfivesuccessive30-secondpulses,beingequalto7.8ontheRichter(里氏)scale.Thesimulationwasmorethan10timesasviolentastheBamearthquake,yetthehouseemergedundamaged.“Wedidntevencrackthepaint,”saysengineerPaulFollett,ofBritainsTimberResearchandDevelopmentAssociation.Bysomeestimates,morethanabillionpeoplealreadyliveinbamboostructures.Theinnovationliesindevelopingwaystoexploitbamboosspring.Easilypre-built,fireresistant,andfarlighterthansteel,bamboo-basedstructurescouldbeassembledinthreeweeksandlast50years.Atfivedollarsasquarefoot,theywouldlastroughlyhalfasmuchasbrick-and-blockconstructions.Follettsaystheprojectwillfollowan“opensource”model:”Whateverisdevelopedisfreelyavailableforthecommongood.”21.ThousandsofpeoplediedintheBamearthquakemainlybecause_.A.theearthquakeoccurredinthecoldDecemberB.manymud-brickhousecollapsedC.theearthquakereached7.8ontheRichterscaleD.bamboohouseshadntbeenbuiltyet22.Thephrase“auniversalmaterial”(Line5,Paragraph1)referstoamaterialthatcanbefound_.A.everywhereinIndiaB.intheuniverseC.inauniversityD.inauniqueplace23.Whatwastheresultofthetest?A.Theshakelasted150seconds.B.Thesimulationwasover10timesasviolent.C.Thepaintwascracked.D.Themodelremainedundamaged.24.Theresearchershavebeenworkinghardto_.A.reducethedamagebyearthquakesB.explorethefunctionsofbambooC.buildbamboohousesforabillionpeopleD.designbamboohousemodels25.Whichofthefollowingaretheadvantagesofbamboosinbuildinghouses?.Cheaptoget. .Lighttocarry. .Easytobuild.A. and. B. and.C. ,.And. D.and.PassageThreeAstheyenteredthe21stcentury,peoplecouldnothelplookingbacktothepast20yearswhentheymanagedtocopewithanewthreatthecomputer.Bytheyearof1980,computershadbecomeafactoflife.Theywere,themagazineDISCOVERnotedthatCecember,“incars,offices,schoolsandhomes,toysandwatches.Insomeairplanes,pilotsneednothandlethecontrols;theyareflightmanagerswhowatchthecomputermanagetheflightandlanding.Onthewayarevoice-driventypewriters,robotsthatcansee,andhand-heldcomputersthatcanoverthecontentsoftheLibraryofCongress.”Butatthesametime,observedthewriterJohnLeo,alargenumberofAmericanswere“computerphobes”(电脑恐惧者)and“techno-peasants”,whofearedthatcomputerswere“designedtodestroyprivacy,eliminatejobs,carrytheTVgenerationevenfurtherawayfromliteracy,readfewwordsonfoodboxessothatthegrocercancheathiscustomersmoreeasily,andallowWorldWartobelaunchedentirelybytechnicalerror.”Someexecutivesespeciallyhatedcomputers,Leoreported.Theyworriedthattheywouldlosestatus-andtheirassistants-iftheywereseenatkeyboard.Publishersandjournalists,hecontinued,werefrightenedthattheprintedword would be eliminated. “True, the newspaper travels well-you can not put a computer under your arm while rushing for a train, ” he wrote, “Not now , but a more advanced and complicated portable version, about the size of a handheld electronic game , may not be far off.” Today those same executives and journalists who feared computers wouldnt be found without having their portable computers on their laps. The widespread fear of computers seems a thing of the past-a shift that Leo correctly predicted.”Every one will accept computers , ” he wrote, “because there is no alternative.” 26. The magazine listed the uses of computers in the following fields EXCEPT _. A. education B. transportation C. publication D. medicine 27. Some executivex did not like computers in that _. A. they might lose their importance and respect B. they had to learn how to use computers C. they had to hire more assistants D. they had to buy expensive portable computers 28. Which of the following is NOT what the computerphobes are expecting? A. More privacy. B. More jobs. C. More literacy. D. More world wars. 29. Today the same executives and journalists can be found to _. A. dislike computers B. fear using computers C. use computers frequently D. use computers rarely 30. When the author says:”there is no alternative ” in the last sentence of the passage, he means that _. A. computers provide no choice B. computers are to be accepted C. computers offer no help to pilots D. more complicated computers have to be made in factories Passage Four As contrasts go , there are few other pairs of culture as distinct from each other as the Japanese and the Americans. Japans many centuries of history and especially its Buddhist heritage (佛教文化) have given the Japanese an attitude of repose (从容) the best course is to let it be : When the time is ripe , things will work out by themselves. America, on the other hand , is just a few centuries old and displays an almost volcanic liveliness and restlessness. For the Japanese , social harmony has a prior claim in every circumstance; for the Americans, harmony is the result of the rational interaction of free and fair-minded people. One does not lightly move from traditions in Japan, many of which are centuries old; in the United States, the habits and attitudes of even ones parents generation are suspect. Every culture , through its legal and institutional arrangements, mirrors the societys resolution of some basic human problems. These can provide a useful frame work for the analysis of cultural differences. Organizations also face the same problems and usually take their cue from the prevailing culture in designing solutions to these problems. This suggests that the perspective provided by viewing culture through the framework of this problem will be useful for organizational analysis as well. The following sections present a discussion of such a framework in the context of the contrast between Japan and the United Stares. Before this is presented, however, we must alert the reader that the differences are stated here as being sharper than they may be in reality. On each of the aspects discussed later, there is naturally considerable variation within each culture, because examples demonstrating the cultural reality opposite to the one described in this