安徽成人学士学位模拟试卷2.doc

安徽成人学士学位模拟试卷2
paper one 试卷一
(90 minutes)
Part one Dialogue Completion(15 points)
Directions: There are 15 short incomplete dialogues in this part, each of them followed by 4 choices followed by 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 throw the center.
1. Woman: Would you do me a favor?
Man : ____________
A. I would B．I don’t know if I can
C. With pleasure D．What is the favor?
2. A: May I speak to Mr. Albert please?
B:. ___________ May I take a message?
A: Thanks. Please tell him to meet Mr. Brown at the airport at 3:00 p.m. today.
A. Of course you can B. Sorry, he is not in at the moment
C. Would you please call him later? D. I’m busy now.
3. Guest: I’ d like a room with an ocean view, please.
Clerk: I’m sorry. ___
A. Those rooms are all ordered B. Those rooms are all possessed
C. Those rooms are all owned D. Those rooms are all held
4. Alex: It is late. I have to say goodbye.
Bob: _____________
A. Why do you want to go now?
B. I’d like to say goodbye too.
C. Hope you have a good time. See you tomorrow.
D. That’s all right.
5. Kart: Can I do anything for you?
Sesame: __________
A. No, it’s all right. I can manage myself
B. No. you can’t do anything for me
C. Never mind..
D. It’s my pleasure
6. A: How annoying! I can’t figure out a solution to this problem. Can you help me?
B: ____________
A. Why don’t you do it yourself
B. Well, I’m afraid I can’t at the moment
C. OK. Though it is beyond me, let me try.
D. You shouldn’t feel annoyed. After all this is your own problem.
7. A: Is there anything I can do for you?
B: I want to send a parcel.
A: ______________
B: I want to have it sent by express mail.
A. What’s the postage? B. How much is the postage?
C. How do you want to have it sent? D. What brand do you want?
8. A: What can I do for you?
B: I want to with draw some money.
A: ________
B: 2000 yuan(RMB), please.
A. How much do you want to withdraw? B. How much does it cost?
C. What dishes do you prefer? D. What’s the exchange rate?
9. A: Are you feeling better now?
B: ______________.
A. Well, not too better yet, thank you.
B. Well, not too good yet. Better than I was though.
C. Well, it doesn’t matter
D. I’m all right now
10. A: There seems to be something wrong with the air-conditioner in our flat.
B: __________
A. Be patient. I’ll go to your room when I am free.
B. It’s not my fault. I feel sorry for it.
C. I do beg your pardon for the inconvenience
D. I’m awfully sorry for that. I’ll see to it right now.
11. Milton: That’s a beautiful dress you have on.
Keats: __________
A. No, it is not that beautiful. Yours is better.
B. Just take it if you really like it.
C. Oh, thank you I just got it yesterday.
D. Actually, I don’t like it very much.
12. Frank: I have to go back to the classroom again.
Helen: __________
A. It’s a good idea. B. What’s up?
C. You are welcome. D. Not too bad.
13. A:--- Could we have the honor for your presence at the party?
B: ---- ________ __.
A. I am fully appreciate your invitation
B. Sorry, I can’t take it
C. I’d love to, but I have a prior appointment
D. I think it won’t be necessary.
14. A: May I have a inquiry, please?
B: __________.
A. Never mind. You can ask whatever you want
B. I’d like to know what inquiry it is
C. I’m sorry. I know little about it.
D. Yes, of course. So far as I know.
15. Katherine: Haven’t seen you for ages. How are you?
Linda: Fine. And you?
Katherine: Pretty good. How’s Frank?
Linda: Oh, don’t you know? We got divorced two years ago.
Katherine:____________
A．Oh, I am sorry B．What a pity
C．Good, so did I D．Hope you will be better
Part two Reading and 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 and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line throw the center.
Passage one
On November 19, 1953, Abraham Lincoln went to Gettysburg in Pennsylvania to speak at the National Soldiers Cemetery. The Civil War was still going on. There was much criticism of President Lincoln at the time. He was not at all popular. He had been invited to speak at Gettysburg only out of politeness. The principal was to be Edward Everett, a famous statesman and speaker of the day. Everett was a handsome man and very popular everywhere.
It is said that Lincoln prepared his speech on the train while going to Gettysburg. Late that night, alone in his hotel room and tired out, he again worked briefly on the speech. The next day, Everett spoke first. He spoke for an hour and 57 minutes. His speech was a perfect example of the rich oratory of the day. Then Lincoln rose. The crowd of 15,000 people at first paid little attention to him. He spoke for only 9 minutes. At the end there was little applause. Lincoln turned to a friend and remarked, “I have failed again.” On the way back to Washington, he said sadly, “the speech was a flat failure, and the people are disappointed.”
Some newspapers at first criticized the speech. But little by little as people read the speech they began to understand better. They began to appreciate its simplicity and its deep meaning. It was a speech which only Abraham Lincoln could have made.
Today, every American school child learn Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address by heart. Now everyone thinks of it as one of the greatest speeches ever given in American history.
16. In 1863, Abraham Lincoln was _______.
A. very critical B. unpopular C. very popular D. very courteous
17. Lincoln was invited to speak because he was _____.
A. a famous speaker B. a very handsome man
C. President of the country D. a popular statesman
18. It can be inferred from the text that _______.

A. Lincoln prepared his speech very carefully before he went to Gettysburg
B. Lincoln was very busy then and didn’t have much time to prepared his speech
C. Lincoln’s speech was full of rich words
D. Lincoln’s speech was very long
19. It was a fact that Lincoln’s speech was ______.
A. an immediate success B. warmly applauded
C. a total failure D. not well-received at first
20. Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage?
A. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address has deep meaning
B. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is simple in style
C Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is memorized by every American school child
D. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is the greatest speech ever delivered in the United States
Passage two
We all know that it is possible for ordinary people to make their homes on the equator, although often they may feel uncomfortably hot there. Millions do it. But as for the North Pole—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 present time only the scientists and explores can do so, and they use special instrument. Men have been traveling across and around the equators 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 your eyes can reach. In the tropics, on the other hand, you are not certain to keep clear of bad weather even at such height such as 18,000 or 20,000 meters.
Aero planes can’t climb as high or as quickly in cold air as in warm. Nor can clouds. In practice, this is an advantage to the aero plane, which is already at a 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.
21. In the sentence “Millions do it”, “do it ” means ______.
A. feeling uncomfortably hot on the equator
B. flying over the North Pole
C. flying over the equator
D. making homes on the equator
22. The polar region is ______ according to the passage.
A. a good place to land by aero plane
B. a good place to fly over
C. a good place to fly first
D. a good place to live in
23. It is delight to fly at the Pole because _______ .
A. planes fly higher than at the equator
B. the eyes can reach about 4,000 meters
C. planes are clear of bad weather
D. planes fly more quickly than at the equator
24. Aero planes can climb quickly ______.
A. in warm weather B. in cold weather
C. when it reaches the polar region D. only when the clouds are down low
25. Aero planes usually don’t need to climb quickly or fly high in the polar region because ______.
A. they do not land there
B. there are no clouds at all
C. they can cross the ice with special instrument
D. it is very cold there
Passage three
The market investigation is indispensable to sales promotion. They are closely related as the lips and teeth, so to speak. What you produce is for the sale on the market. It would be impossible to succeed in selling a product without first investigating the market.
In the international market, goods on sale coming from different countries and supplies are always facing keen competition. Under such circumstance, they will try everything possible to familiarize themselves with the market conditions. In making investigations, we ought to get information about what similar items the competitors are offering on the market, what prices they are quoting, what features their products have, who are their regular customers, etc. Then, how can we obtain such information? There are many channels that we can make use of in doing this sort of work. The commercials counselors offices of our embassies stationed abroad can help us in making market investigations. Nowadays, our import and export corporations send their trade groups abroad every now and then. One of their purpose is to make market survey on the spot.
Certainly, face-to-face talks with foreign businessman are also important channels to get market information. The Chinese Export Commodities Fairs and some other fairs of similar nature as well as visits of foreign businessmen provide us with such opportunities. Of course, there are some other ways of making market investigations.
26. In making market investigation, one should _______.
A. get enough information concerned B. advertise his products
C. produce high quality goods D. none of the above
27. The word “indispensable” in the 1st line means ________.
A. impossible B. essential
C. advisable D. available
28. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. The relationship between market investigation and sales promotion is just as that of the lips and teeth.
B. It is impossible to succeed in selling a product without market investigation.
C. There are various ways of making market investigation.
D. Production goes before market investigation.
29. Making market investigation is very important because ______.
A. in market, goods on sale are numerous
B. every producer is facing keen competition
C. it can greatly promote sales
D. all of the above
30. All the following are channels to get market information except ______.
A. to have commercial counselor’s offices of our embassies stationed abroad
B. to promote the quality of our own products
C. to send trade groups abroad every now and then
D. to have face-to-face talks with foreign businessmen
Passage four

In some ways, the U.S. has made great progress in fire prevention. It has been four decades since more than 100 Americans died in a fire.

But even with such success, the U.S. still has one of the worst fire death rates in the world. Safety experts say the problem is neither money nor technology, but the indifference of country that just will not take fires seriously enough.

American fire department are some of the world’s fasted and best-equipped. They have to be because the US has twice Japan’s population, and 40 times as many fires. It spends far less on preventing fires than on fighting them. And American fire-safety lessons are aimed almost entirely at children, who die in disproportionately large numbers in fires but who, contrary to popular myth, start very few of them.

Experts say that the fatal error is an attitude that fires are not really anyone’s fault. That is not so in other countries, where both public education and the law treat fires as either a personal failing or a crime. Japan has many wood houses; of the estimated 48 fires in the world history, that burned more than 10,000 buildings, Japan has had 27. Penalties for causing a severe fire by negligence can be as high as life imprisonment.

In the U.S., most education dollars are spent in primary schools. But the lessons are aimed at a too limited audience; just 9% of all fire death are caused by children playing with fire.

The U.S. continues to rely more on technology than laws or social pressure. There smoke detectors in 85 % of all homes. Some local building code now requires home sprinklers洒水器. New heater and irons shut themselves off if they are overturned.

31. The reason that so many Americans die in a fire is that ______.

A. they took no interest in new technology

B. they did not attach great importance to preventing fires

C. they showed indifference to fighting fires

D. they did not spend enough money on fire facilities

32. Although the fire death rate has declined, the United States _____.

A. still has the worst death rate in the world

B. is still alert to the fire problem

C. is still training a large number of safety experts

D. is still confronted with the serious fire problem

33. It can be inferred from the passage that _______.

A. fire safety lessons should be aimed at American adults

B. American children have not received enough education of fire safety lesson

C. Japan is better equipped with fire facilities than the United States

D. America’s large population accounts for high fire frequency

34. In what aspects should the United States learn from Japan?

A. Architecture an