2023年河南成人学位英语考试全真试题及答案解析.docx

2023年河南学位英语考试全真试题

Part I Vocabulary and Structure (20 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 best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
1. You don’t object ________ you by your first name, do you?
A. for me to call B. me to call C. to my calling D. my calling
2. My new glasses cost me _______ the last pair that I bought.
A. three times B. three times as much as
C. three times as much D. three times much as
3. One of the guards _______ when the general came in, which made him very angry.
A. has slept B. were sleeping C. slept D. was sleeping
4. Helen apologized for _______ to attend the party.
A. her not being able B. her being not able
C. her to be not able D. her not to be able
5. It _______ me of the village where we spent our holidays last summer.
A. remembers B. reminds C. recalls D. relies
6. A _______ man is happy with what he has.
A. conceited B. competent C. confident D. contented
7. He _______ his son by giving him too much money.
A. damaged B. hurt C. spoiled D. harmed
8. Before signing the contract, Mr. White looked it over _______.
A. primarily B. evenly C. formally D. cautiously
9. The doctor soon made the worried patient feel _______ ease.
A. with B. at C. on D. off
10. We were delighted to find the trees planted a year before _______ very tall.
A. growing B. being grown
C. having been growing D. grown
11. _______ the importance of wearing seat belts while driving.
A. Little they realize B. They little do realize
C. Little realize do they D. Little do they realize
12. They will go home for winter vacation as soon as they ______ their exams.
A. have finished B. finish C. will finish D. will have finished
13. Without your help, we _______ so much.
A. didn’t achieve B. would not have achieved
C. will not achieve D. don’t achieve
14. They sent us their statement, ________ to get our support.
A hoped B. to hope C. hoping D. having hoped
15. The time will come _______ man can fly to outer space freely.
A. that B. when C. in that D. which
16. My wallet is nowhere to be found. I _______ when I was on the bus.
A. must have dropped it B. must drop it
C. should have dropped it D. ought to have dropped it
17. Arriving at the bus stop, _______ waiting there.
A. he found a lot of people B. a lot people were
C. he found a lot of people’s D. people were found
18. “She must be in the dormitory now.” “No, she _______ be there. I saw her in the classroom a minute ago.”
A. mustn’t B. couldn’t C. can’t D. wouldn’t
19. _______ you were busy, I wouldn’t have bothered you with my questions.
A. If I realized B. Had I realized
C. Did I have realized that D. As I realized
20. Tom said that he wouldn’t mind _______.
A. to wait for us B. waiting for us
C. wait for us D. for waiting us
Part II Reading Comprehension (40 points)
Directions: There are four passages in this part. 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 should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Passage 1
A little girl was given so many picture books on her seventh birthday that her father thought his daughter should give one or two of her new books to a little neighbor boy named Robert.
Now, taking books, or anything else, from a little girl is like taking candy from a baby, but the father of the little girl had his way and Robert got two of her books. “After all, that leaves you with nine,” said the father, who thought he was a philosopher and a child psychologist and couldn’t shut his big stupid mouth on the subject.
A few weeks later, the father went to his library to look up “father” in the Oxford English Dictionary to feast his eyes on the praise of fatherhood through the centuries, but he couldn’t find volume F-G and then he discovered that three others were missing, too. A-B, L-M, V-Z. He began to search his household and learned what had happened to the four missing volumes.
“A man came to the door this morning,” said his little daughter, “and he didn’t know how to get from here to Torrington, or from Torrington to Winsted, and he was a nice man, much nicer than Robert, and so I gave him four of your books. After all, there are thirteen volumes in the Oxford English Dictionary, and that leaves you with nine.”
21. How does the writer feel about taking picture books from a little girl?
A. This sort of thing is quite common. B. It makes no difference to a child.
C. It’s nothing to be surprised at . D. It may hurt the girl’s feelings.
22. In the second paragraph “the father…had his way” means ________.
A. the father went out to work B. the father made his own decision
C. the father left his daughter alone D. the father did what he wanted
23. Which of the following sentences may best reflect the girl’s attitude toward her father?
A. “A man came to the door this morning.” B. “He was a nice man, much nicer than Robert.”
C. “After all, that leaves you with nine.” D. “I gave him four of your books.”
24. What does the writer think of the father?
A. He was very strict with his daughter.
B. He was too proud to listen to his daughter.
C. As a child psychologist, he didn’t understand his daughter’s psychology very well.
D. As a father, he showed little care for his daughter.
25. This short story tells us that ________.
A. failure is the mother of success
B. what you do not wish done to yourself, do not do to others
C. we should put others first and ourselves last
D. everything is hard in the beginning
Passage 2
What is exactly a lie? Is it anything we say which we know is untrue? Or is it something more than that? For example, suppose a friend wants to borrow some money from you, you say: I wish I could help you but I’m short of money myself. In fact, you are not short of money, but your friend is in the habit of not paying his debts and you don’t want to hurt his feelings by reminding him of this. Is this really a lie?
A scientific study of lying shows women are better liars than men, particularly when telling a “white lie” such as when a woman at a party tells another woman that she likes her dress when she really thinks it looks terrible. However, this is only one side of the story. Other researches show that men are more likely to tell more serious lies, such as making a promise which they have no intention of fulfilling. This is the kind of lie politicians and businessmen are supposed to be particularly skilled at: the lie from which the liar hopes to profit or gain in some way.
Research has also been done into the way people’s behavior changes in a number of small, apparently unimportant ways when they lie. It has been found that if they are sitting down at the same time, they tend to move about in their chairs more than usual. To the trained observer they are saying I wish I were somewhere else now.
26. This passage tells us that ________.
A. telling lies is often necessary in order to avoid being defeated
B. telling lies is often bad because people ought not to be dishonest
C. telling lies is sometimes necessary in order not to hurt someone else’s feelings
D. telling lies is not bad at all in most cases
27. In Paragraph 2, the sentence “Women are better liars than men do.” probably means ________.
A. women are better at telling lies than men
B. women liars are better accepted than men
C. women have a better intention when telling lies
D. women tell fewer lies than men do
28. A “white lie” means ________.
A a lie that is completely unbelievable B. a lie that is told with a good will
C. a lie that is always believable D. a lie that often has an evil purpose
29. Politicians and businessmen are supposed to be skilled at telling the kind of lies ________.
A. from which they may gain some advantages
B that seems to be believable
C. that women are most likely to believe
D. with which they can have better relationship with others
30. It can be concluded from the passage that ________.
A. there is a simple way of finding out if someone is lying
B. from some ways people behave we can know they are lying
C. certain emotions are proof of lying
D. in some situations women are most likely to think businessmen are dishonest
Passage 3
Life really should be one long journey of joy for children born with a world of wealth at their feet.
Internationally famous child doctor Robert Coles is the world’s top expert on the influence of money on children. He has written a well-known book on the subject, “The Privileged Ones”, and his research shows that too much money in the family can cause as many problems as too little. “Obviously there are certain advantages to being rich,” says the 33-year-old doctor, “such as better health, education and future work prospects. But the most important is the quality of family life. Money can’t buy love.”
It can buy a lot of other things, however, and that’s where the trouble starts. Rich kids have so much to choose from that they often become confused. Over-indulgence by their parents can make them spoilt. They tend to travel more than other children, from home to home and country to country, which causes feelings of restlessness.
“But privileged children do have a better sense of their positions in the world,” adds Mr. Coles, “and they are more self-assured.” The rich children inherit the property from their parents and enjoy a high income. So money will never be one of their problems. “However they will have a sense of isolation”, warns Dr Coles, “and they could suffer from the hardship of not being able to deal with the everyday world because they will never really be given the chance. Everything they have achieved is because of an accident of birth. There can be no tremendous inner satisfaction about that.”
Today’s wealthy parents perhaps realize their riches can be more of a heavy load than a happiness to their children. So the first thing for them to consider is to ensure that their families are as rich in love as they are in money.
31. In his book “The Privileged Ones,” Dr Coles implies that _______.
A. there are fewer problems in the rich family than the poor family
B. rich children live a life of separation from the world
C. rich children usually enjoy more love than poor children
D. the quality of rich children’s family life may not be high
32. In the doctor’s view, _______.
A. there are both advantages and disadvantages to being rich
B. traveling a lot will be beneficial to children
C. rich children usually have little confidence in themselves
D. rich kids are often short of money because of their life of luxury
33. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Rich children usually lead a life of happiness.
B. Rich children have earned what they have.
C. Rich children tend to feel isolated.
D. Rich children are hardly given too many material things.
34. According to the author of the passage, _______.
A. life is really a long journey of joy for rich children
B. the rich children feel greatly satisfied with the property they inherit from their parents
C. it is most important for wealth parents to make sure that their families are rich in love as well as in money
D. today all the wealthy parents are sure of the problems their money can bring
35. It seems that the author of the passage _______ what Dr. Coles says in the book “The Privileged Ones”.
A. knows little about B. is doubtful about
C. is opposed to D. agrees with
Passage 4
Very old people do raise moral problems for almost everyone who comes into contact with them. Their values — this can’t be repeated too often — are not necessarily our values. Physical comfort, cleanness and order are not necessarily the most important things. The social services from time to time find themselves faced with a flat with decaying(腐烂) food covered by small worms, and an old person lying alone on bed, taking no notice of the worms. But is it interfering with personal freedom to insist that they go to live with some of their relatives so that they might be taken better care of? Some social workers, the ones who clear up the worms, think we are in danger of carrying this concept of personal freedom to the point where serious risks are being taken with the health and safety of the old.

Indeed the old can be easily hurt or harmed. The body is like a car. It needs more mechanical maintenance as it gets older. You can carry this comparison right through to the provision of spare parts. But never forget that such operations are painful experiences, however good the results. And at what point should you cease to treat the old body? Is it morally right to try to push off death by continuing the development of drugs to excite the forgetful old mind and to make the old body active, knowing that it is designed to die? You cannot ask doctors or scientists to decide, because so long as they can see the technical opportunities, they will feel bound to give them a try, on the principle that while there’s life, there’s hope.
When you talk to the old people, however, you are forced to the conclusion that whether age is happy or unpleasant depends less on money or on health than it does on your ability to have fun.
36. It is implied in Paragraph 1 that ______.
A. very old people enjoy living with their relatives
B. social services have nothing to do with very old people
C. very old people would like to live alone so that they can have more personal freedom
D. very old people are able to keep their rooms very clean
37. Some social workers think that _______.
A. health and safety are more important than personal freedom
B. personal freedom is more important than health and safety
C. old people should keep their rooms clean
D. one should not take risks dealing with old people
38. In the author’s opinion, ______.
A. the human body can’t be compared to a car
B. the older a person is, the more care he needs
C. too much emphasis has been put on old people’s values
D. it is easy to provide spare parts for old people
39. The word “it” in the last paragraph refers to _______.
A. the conclusion you have come to
B. whether age is happy or unpleasant
C. your talk to the old people
D. one’s money or one’s health
40. The author thinks that _______.
A. medical decisions for old people should be left to the doctors
B. old people can enjoy a happy life only if they are very rich
C. the opinion that we should try every means possible to save old people is doubtful
D. it is always morally right to treat old people and push off death
Part III Cloze (10 points)
Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each blanks there are four