云南成人高等教育学士学位外语水平考试模拟试题一.doc

云南成人高等教育学士学位外语水平考试模拟试题（一）英语试卷一Part IDialogue 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 theANSWER SHEETwith a single line through the center.1.Jane:It shouldnt take long to clear up after the party if we all volunteer to help.Michael:Thats right. _A. The sooner begin, the sooner done.B. Something is better than nothing.C. The more the merrier.D. Many hands make light work.2.Bob:Hi, Tom. Havent seen you for ages. How is everything with you?Tom:_.A. Thats very kind of youB. Fine, thank youC. Thank youD. Its good with me.3.May:Thank you for the wonderful meal. It was so delicious.Mrs. Sun:_.A. Dont be too politeB. The food was very poorC. Thanks. Glad you liked itD. Really? Im a bad cook4.Stranger:Excuse me, can you tell me the way to the BlackwellsInn?Peter:_.A. Yes, I can. Im a native hereB. I cant tell you thatC. Yes, a bus will take you thereD. Sure. Take bus No. 211.5.Susan：I wonder if you could drive me to the airport.Teddy:_.A. Id be glad toB. Oh, its my dutyC. I think soD. Its accepted6.Bill:Well, Tom. Im sorry I must be off now.Tom:_. I hope to hear from you soon.A. Enjoy yourselfB. Thats all rightC. Keep in touchD. Cheer up7.Mr. William:Id like to invite you to dinner this Sunday, Mr. Smith.Mr. Smith:_.A. Oh, no, lets notB. Id rather stay at homeC. Thank you, but I have other plansD. Oh, thatll be too much trouble8.Tim:How was the football match betweenItalyandEnglandlast night?Jack:_.A. It was a good dealB. It was a tie gameC. It was an afterthoughtD. Its hard to believe9.Pauline:Thank you ever so much for your help with my math.Anna:_.A. Glad to hear thatB. Not worth thinkingC. You are too politeD. Think nothing of it10.Sian:You should have thanked her before you left.Mori:_. But when I was leaving I couldnt find her anywhere.A. I meant toB. I didC. She was in a hurryD. She must be unhappy11.Jenny:May I use your camera this afternoon?Jimmy:_, butNancycame in and borrowed it just now.Jenny: Never mind.A. Do as you pleaseB. Yes, you mayC. Im sorryD. As luck would have it12.Mom:Johnny, where are the cookies? Dont tell me you ate them all!Johnny:Yes, I did. _.i.I just couldnt bear itB. I just couldnt help itC. They were too good to eatD. They were kept for too long13.Katherine: My husband was just found to have a lung disease.Susie: _You must be very upset.Katherine: I am.A. Oh, thats unfair.B. Oh, thats a shame!C. Oh, thats disgusting!D. Oh, thats a disgrace!14.Prof. Smith: Come in. What can I do for you?Monica: Prof. Smith, are you giving your advanced mathematics course again next semester?Prof. Smith: _A. Yes. Im planning to.B. Do you want to attend it?C. You are welcome to attend it.D. Yes. Do you want me to offer it?15.Steven: Phil, you look tired. Did you have a busy day?Phil: _ I could go to sleep right here in the office.A: Yes, it was.B. No, I didnt.C. Surely I was.D. I certainly did.Part IIReading 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 OneWhy dont birds get lost on their long migratory flights? Scientists have puzzled over this question for many years. Now theyre beginning to fill in the blanks.Not long ago, experiments showed that birds rely on the sun to guide them during daylight hours. But what about birds that fly mainly by night? Tests with artificial stars have proved conclusively that certain night-flying birds are able to follow the stars in their long-distance flights.One such birda warblerhad spent its lifetime in a cage and had never flown under a natural sky. Yet it showed an inborn ability to use the stars for guidance. The birds cage was placed under an artificial star-filled sky at migration time. The bird tried to fly in the same direction as that taken by his outdoor cousins. Any change in the position of the make-believe stars caused a change in the direction of his flight,Scientists think that warblers, when flying in daylight, use the sun for guidance. But the stars are apparently their chief means of direction-finding. What do they do when the stars are hidden by clouds? Apparently they find their way by such landmarks as mountain ranges, coast line, and river courses. But when its too dark to see these, the warblers circle helplessly, unable to get their directions.16. The reasons why birds dont get lost on migratory flights _.A. are known to everyoneB. will probably remain unknownC. have been discovered only recentlyD. have been known to scientists for years17.Birds that fly mainly at night follow _.A. the starsB. the moonC. artificial starsD. the natural sky18.The experiment with the warbler indicated that _.A. some birds cannot fly at nightB. birds have to be taught to find directionsC. a bird that has been caged will not migrateD. some birds can follow the stars when flying at night19. Warblers migrate _.A. only once during their lifetimeB. when they are freed from their cagesC. using what is apparently an inborn abilityD. only with the guidance ofhis outdoor cousins20. When the stars are hidden by clouds, warblers _.A. circle helplesslyB. rely on landmarksC. cant see mountain rangesD. are unable to get their directionsPassage TwoWhen Louis Braille was three years old, he became blind in both eyes as the result of an accident in his fathers shop. His father, determined that Louis should not suffer the usual fate of blind persons at that time and become a beggar, kept him in the village school until he was ten and then entered him in the Institution des Jeunes Aveugles in Paris. Louis learned to read from the three books engraved in large raised letters in the Institution library, did brilliantly well both in academic work and at the piano, and was soon helping to teach the younger children.In 1819, the same year that Louis entered the Institution, Charles Barbier, an army captain, reported to the Academy of Sciences on a system of raised dots and dashes which enabled soldiers to read messages in the dark. Later, Barbier brought his invention to the Institution. After experimenting with it, young Braille produced a writing system using only dots, from which he gradually devised 63 separate combinations representing the letters in the French alphabet. (at the request of an Englishman, he later added “w”), accents, punctuation marks, and mathematical signs. Although government prevented immediate official adoption, his system was used at the Institution as long as the director, Dr. Pignier, was in office. The new director insisted on returning to the officially approved former system, but students continued to use Brailles method secretly. Eventually, its superiority was established and it was adopted throughout France.21.Louis Braille first learned to read with the aid of _.A. his fatherB. the village schoolteacherC. special books at the InstitutionD. Captain Barbiers system of dots and dashes22. Louis Braille did all of the following EXCEPT _.A. teaching young children at the InstitutionB. learning to play musical instruments wellC. developing a reading system for the blindD. encouraging students to use his method secretly23. Charles Barbier originally devised his writing system for _.A. blind childrenB. military personnelC. the French governmentD. theAcademyofSciences24. Louis Braille devised his writing system _.A. from combinations of dotsB. at an Englishmans requestC. to help Charles Barbier in his workD. to enable soldiers to read in the dark25. The Institution was not able to adopt Brailles method officially for some time because _.A. the students preferred the former methodB. the students used Brailles method secretlyC. The new director insisted on the official methodD. the superiority of Brailles method had not yet been establishedPassage ThreeMoney spent on advertising is money spent as well as any I know of. It serves directly to assist distribution of goods at reasonable prices, thereby establishing a firm home market and so making it possible to provide for export at competitive prices. By drawing attention to new ideas, it helps enormously to raise standards of living. By helping to increase demand, it ensures an increased need for labor, and is therefore an effective way to fight unemployment. It lowers the cost of many services: without ads your daily newspaper would cost four times as much, the price of your TV license would need to be doubled, and travel by bus or tube would cost fifty percent more.And perhaps most important of all, ads provides a guarantee of reasonable value in the products and services you buy. Apart from the fact that twenty-seven Acts of Parliament govern the terms of advertising, no regular advertiser dare promote products that fail to live up to the promise of his ads. He might fool some people for a little while through misleading ads. He will not do so for long, for mercifully the public has the good sense not to buy the inferior article more than once. If you see an article consistently advertised, it is the surest proof I know that the article does what is claimed for it, and that it represents good value.Advertising does more for the material benefit of the community than any other force I can think of.There is one more point I feel I ought to touch upon. Recently I heard a well-known TV personality declare that he was against advertising because it persuades rather than informs. He was drawing excessively fine distinctions. Of course advertising seeks to persuade.If its message were confined merely to information-and that in itself would be difficult if not impossible to achieve, for even a detail such as the choice of color of a shirt is subtly persuasive-advertising would be so boring that no one would pay any attention. But perhaps that is what the well-known TV personality wants.26. By the first sentence of the passage, the author means that _.A. he is quite familiar with the cost of advertisingB. everyone knows advertising is costlyC. advertising costs money like everything elseD. it is worthwhile to spend money on advertising27. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT mentioned as the advantage of advertising?A. Securing greater fameB. Providing more jobsC. Enhancing living standardsD. Reducing media cost28. The author thinks that the well-known TV personality is _.A. very precise in his comment on adsB. reasonable in making the commentC. partial in his view of advertisingD. funny in misleading the audience29. In the authors opinion, _.A. advertising benefits people by providing informationB. advertising seldom misleads people with informationC. there is nothing wrong with ads in persuading buyersD. advertising with only information is a waste of money30. The authors attitude to advertising is _.A. negativeB. positiveC. ridiculousD. not clearPassage FourIn spite ofIraqs decision to stop oil deliveries, the 11-nationOrganizationof Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will not increase production to make up the shortfall, ministers decided Tuesday inVienna.The 11 oil ministers decided to meet again on July 3 to discuss theIraqtemporary stop. The organizations president, Charkid Khelil of Algeria, said after the meeting that stocks were high and prices were stable, so quota (配额) increases were not necessary.The E.U. Commission has expressed concern aboutIraqs output stop. A speaker said OPEC had to take all possible measures to keep or lower the oil price.Saudi Arabias Minister Ali-Nuaimi had earlier said there would not be any shortfall of oil in the market. The organization had already taken steps to fill the gap, he said. OPEC Secretary General Ali Rodriguez added that the period of theIraqstop to export was not known, so other exporters were not going to lift quotas yet. If the market was destabilized (不稳定), a suitable response would be made.Iraq on Monday stopped shipments of crude oil to protest against the U.N. Security Councils decision to extend the oil-for-food programme by only a month, instead of the normal six-month renewal (延期).Just before theViennameeting, oil prices had gone up, with a barrel of OPEC crude oil selling for 27.05 dollars last Friday.North seaoil was at 29.26 dollars Monday evening.OPEC wanted the oil price to stay within a margin of 22 to 28 dollars and achieved that with cuts in January and March that reduced 2.5 million barrels per day off quotas.31. “The organization” in Paragraph 2 refers to.A. OPECB. the E.U.C. APECD. WTO32. The 11 oil ministers decided to meet on July 3 so that.A. they can persuadeIraqto continue oil productionB. they can discuss the effects ofIraqs temporary stopC. they can have a talk with the U.N. Security CouncilD. they can make up their minds to increase oil production33. About Iraqs output stop the E.U. Commission was.A. activeB. concernedC. coldD. surprised34.Iraqdecided to stop oil deliveries because.A. the U.N. has decided to shorten the time for the oil-for-food programmeB. oil price is too low in the international marketC. many oil wells were destroyed during the Iraqi warD. it couldnt get enough money to develop its economy35. OPEC wanted the oil price to_ imm