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成人学士学位英语考试模拟试卷 (二)
Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension (20 minutes 20%)
Section A (5%)
Directions: In this section you will hear five incomplete dialogues. They will be spoken only once. After each incomplete dialogue there will be a pause. During the pause you must read the four choices marked A,B,C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Section A (5%)
1. A. Sorry. I don't have water.
B. Sure, if you give me some water when I'm away.
C. I'm afraid I don't like it.
D. Certainly, it is out of question.
2. A. Yes, it is worth your while to do so.
B. No, it is valuable.
C. Yes, it is valueless.
D. No, it is priceless.
3. A. Oh, there is not staff here.
B. Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't notice it.
C. Oh, there is no way here.
D. Oh, there is not work for me to do here.
4. A. Yes, Mr. Johnson is expecting you at three this afternoon.
B.ﻩThanks for telling us.
C.ﻩMay I know who is calling?
D.ﻩSo when do you want to see Mr. Johnson?
5. A. Sorry, I don't want to change anything.
B.ﻩWhat do you want to change?
C. How much do you want to change?
D. You don't need to change the stamp and envelop.
Section B (10%)
Directions: In this section you will hear ten short conversations. At the end of each conversation a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause you must read the four choices marked A,B,C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
6. A. About a month.
B. About a week.
C.ﻩAbout ten days.
D. About half a week.
7. A. He is under a lot of stress.
B. He stays up very late at night.
C. He would be dead soon.
D. He can't finish his tasks on time.
8. A. Long holidays attract her.
B. It's easy to pick up.
C. Teacher's pay is high.
D. Teachers are respected.
9. A. To a bookstore.
B. To a restaurant.
C.ﻩTo the supermarket.
D. To the airport.
10. A. A cinema.
B. A book store.
C. A supermarket.
D. A drugstore.
11. A. He must talk with Professor Smith.
B. He has to finish writing a paper.
C. He has to take a math test.
D. He's going to a conference.
12. A. A couple of items.
B. Only biscuit.
C. Everything for the coming week.
D. Nothing at all.
13. A. He is tired of his work.
B. He is interested in his work.
C. He is proud of his work.
D. He is keen on his work.
14. A. Price-list.
B. Sample cutting.
C. Catalogues.
D. Trial order.
15. A. The man is considering renting it.
B. The woman wants to put an ad about it in the newspaper.
C. The woman wants the man to repair it.
D. The man is considering advertising it.
Section C (5%)
Directions: In this section you will hear one dialogue and one short passage. At the end of the dialogue and the passage, you will hear some questions. The dialogue and the passage will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the four choices marked A,B,C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Questions 16 to 17are based on the dialogue you have just heard.
16. A. He died in 1865
B. He once gave a book as a present.
C. He was a politician.
D. He was a famous writer.
17. A. A novel which costs 60 cents.
B. A nineteenth-century book.
C. The book with the signature.
D. A novel published 5 years ago.
Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
18. A. She played house with her friends.
B. She wrote plays and acted them out.
C. She planned houses and other buildings.
D. She built models of houses.
19. A. The architects were men.
B. Young people could not be trained as architects.
C. Women never used architects.
D. Young architects were trained in school.
20. A. Departmental stores.
B. Storage buildings.
C. Office buildings.
D. Business buildings.
Part ⅡReading Comprehension (30 minutes 30%)
Directions: In this part there are four passages. 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 are required to decide on the choice that best answers the question or completes the statement.
Passage 1
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.
Very high waves are destructive when they strike the land. Fortunately, this seldom happens. One reason is that out at sea, waves moving in one direction almost always run into waves moving in a different direction. The two sets of waves tend to cancel each other out. Another reason is that water is shallower near the shore. As a wave gets closer to land, the shallow bottom helps reduce its strength.
But the power of waves striking the shore can still be very great. During a winter gale, waves sometimes strike with the force of 6,000 pounds for each square foot. That means a wave, 25 feet high and 500 feet along its face, may strike the shore with a force of 75 million pounds.
Yet the waves, no matter how big or how violent, affect only the surface of the sea. During the most raging storms, the water a hundred fathoms (600 feet) beneath the surface is just as calm as on a day without a breath of wind.
21. According to the passage, destruction caused by high waves occurs _______.
A. regularly B. rarely C. always D. predictably
22. We know from this passage that out at sea, when waves going in opposite directions meet, their force __________.
A. causes great damage B. extends to the ocean floor
C. is liable to lessen D. increase rapidly
23. It is clear from the passage that coastal depth _________.
A. is the only factor influencing the strength of high waves
B. influences the power of high waves
C. has no in influence upon the strength of very high waves
D. is irrelevant to the question of the power of high waves
24. From the second paragraph of the passage we know that power of very high waves striking the shore is _________.
A. constant B. equalized C. variable D. perpetual
25. From your reading of the passage, which of the following is true?
A. At a depth of 1,200 feet the effects of a violent surface storm are frightful.
B. A submarine commander navigating his vessel at a depth of 700 feet will not be affected by a raging surface storm.
C. A typhoon 500miles out at sea can stir up the ocean floor.
D. If high waves cab strike the shore with a horizontal force of 75 million pounds, the vertical force of such waves can have an even greater effect upon the ocean floor.
Passage 2
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:
To the Editor:
Your article on plans for aiding the elderly to pay their housing costs was not quite clear in several aspects. I would like to clarify the requirements and exemptions (豁免) available for those who qualify.
In the first place, a tenant 62 years old or older must live in a rent-controlled or rent-stabilized dwelling, pay more than one-third of his or her income for rent, and have a yearly income of $8,000 or less. Such a tenant must reapply each year thereafter. Once is not enough. It is understood, however, that should the landlord make a major improvement, a new furnace for example, all tenants are not excluded from such a rent increase.
Landlords receive tax exemptions as reimbursement (赔偿) for the money they lose in not increasing rent for the elderly. In New York City the cost of these tax reductions is $ 41 million a year, a tremendous figure, but likely to be higher if more of the elderly poor learn they may apply for exemptions. The city is so slow in processing applications that some tenants have paid the full rent. They ought to have done so. They are fully protected by the law and once they have applied for exemption, they do not have to pay rent increases.
I appeal to you to clarify this issue so that the poor elderly of our city may become aware of the housing benefits for which they qualify.
Clara Torres
Office of Housing for the Elderly
26. Would an unemployed woman, 65 years old, with an income of $ 6,000 in Social Security and $ 3,000 in aid from her children qualify for exemption from rent increases?
A. Possibly, but more information is needed.
B. Definitely.
C. Maybe next year she would qualify, but not this year.
D. Never.
27. When a landlord air-conditions an apartment building ____________.
A. he can then raise the tenants' rent
B. he has improved his property and must bear the expense himself
C. he can take the cost off his income tax
D. his tenants are poor and elderly
28. Which of the following does New York City provide to the landlords who do not increase rent for the elderly?
A. A list of restrictions.
B. $ 41 million a year in cash refunds.
C. An amount equal to the rent increases in tax exemptions.
D. Higher prices for improving their buildings.
29. Elderly tenants who qualify for exemptions from rent increases have nevertheless paid rent increases because ____________.
A. they have the necessary income
B. they are old and ignorant
C. their applications are not processed quickly
D. the law does not protect them
30. The word "clarify" is related to the word “_______”.
A. classic B. clash C. classify D. clear
Passage 3
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:
Grandma Moses is among the most celebrated twentieth century painters of the United States, yet she had barely started painting before she was in her late seventies. As she once said of herself, “I would never sit back in rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me.” No one could have had a more productive old age.
She was born Anna Mary Robertson on a farm in New York State, one of five boys and five girls. At twelve she left home and was in domestic service until, at twenty-seven, she married Thomas Moses, the hired hand of one of her employers. They farmed most of their lives, first in Virginia and then in New York State, at Eagle Bridge. She had ten children, of whom five survived; her husband died in 1927.
Grandma Moses painted a little as a child and made embroidery pictures as a hobby, but only switched to oils in old age because her hands had become too stiff to sew and she wanted to keep busy and pass the time. Her pictures were first sold at the local drugstore and at a fair, and were soon spotted by a dealer who bought everything she painted. Three of the pictures were exhibited in the Museum of Modem Art, and in 1940 she had her first exhibition in New York. Between 1930s and her death she produced some 2,000 pictures: detailed and lively portrayals of the rural life she had known for so long, with a marvelous sense of color and form. “I think real hard till I think of something real pretty, and then I paint it.” she said.
31. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Grandma Moses: A Biographical Sketch.
B. The Children of Grandma Moses.
C. Grandma Moses: Her Best Exhibition.
D. Grandma Moses and Other Older Artists.
32. According to the passage. Grandma Moses began to paint because she wanted to __________.
A. decorate her home B. keep active
C. improve her salary D. gain an international reputation
33. It can be inferred from the passage thatﻩ_________.
A. Her husband's death had so great impact on Grandma Moses that she turned to painting for relief.
B. Grandma Moses knew nothing about painting before she was in her seventies.
C. Most of her pictures are concerned about rural life.
D. Her pictures were attractive once appearing in the market.
34. Grandma Moses spent most of her life________.
A. nursingﻩ B. painting C. embroidering D. farming
35. The word “spotted” (Para. 3) could best be replaced byﻩ_________.
A. speckledﻩ B. featuredﻩ C. noticedﻩ D. damaged
Passage 4
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:
By 1970, according to a World Wildlife Fund report, only about 4,500 tigers survived throughout the world—half of them in India. Mr. Foresters, who followed and counted tiger footprints, estimated that in May 1972 only about 1,800 tigers existed in India. Project Tiger supported by W. W. F. was immediately launched. Nine tiger reserves were created, with armed guards protecting them.
The project provided opportunities for researchers from India and abroad to study tigers in the reserves and gather previously unavailable information about their habits. Studies show that a male tiger may control a hunting territory of between 10 and 20 sq. kms. depending on its age, size and strength. The territory of male includes the smaller territories of three or four tigresses. A tiger marks the boundaries of its territories by spraying urine (尿) and other bodily liquids on bushes. But it tries to avoid territorial fights, being guided by the distinctive body smell of other tigers. Tigers fight to death only when a tigress is defending her young, or when a tiger is guarding a tigress from the attentions of other males.
The popular image of the tiger is that of a merciless and unconquerable hunter. But studies show that it catches only one of 20 victims (牺牲品) it tries to attack.
Fears have recently developed that Project Tiger has been too successful. It has enabled the tiger population to double (by mid-80s), but India's human population has also grown out of control. Currently it is 750 million and likely to be 900 million by the end of the century. Land problem is becoming serious and many rural people feel bitter about the fact that some rich forests are reserved for tigers. A growing number of attacks by tigers on man has added to the hostility (敌意).
36. The ultimate aim of Project Tiger is to_________.
A. study the growth rate of tigers
B. protect tigers from being killed
C. promote the breeding of young tigers
D. analyze the behavioral patterns of tigers
37. Studies have shown that________.
A. a tigress never attacks until attacked
B. the tigress is not as fierce as the tigers
C. a tiger usually fights another tiger to defend its own territory
D. the tiger is not an efficient hunter as is commonly described
38 According to the passage, a tiger's territory_________.
A. remains unchangedﻩ B. is often defended by tigresses
C. expands as the tiger grows up D. is the cause of most fights
39. Some people are afraid that Project Tiger_________.
A. has been carried too farﻩ B. has not received enough attention
C. has failed to achieve its goal D. is not worth the money spent on it
40. The author seems___________.
A. to be enthusiastic about Project Tiger
B. to have a matter-of-fact attitude towards Project Tiger
C. to have a hostile attitude towards Project Tiger
D. to be satisfied with Project Tiger
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