成人学位英语模拟试题

2016年成人学位英语模拟试题（一）选作题I：Part IDialogue Communication ( 15 % )Directions: In this section, you will read 15 short incomplete dialogues between two speakers, each followed by 4 choices marked A ,B , C and D. Choose the answer that best suits the situation to complete the dialogue by marking the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.1. Speaker A: Have you ever done any work in this field?Speaker B :_A. It doesn t mean I can t do it well without experience.B. No. But we did some practice in class.C. Maybe I can try it now.D. This is just the chance for me to practice.2. W : This book is great. I can t put it down.M:_A. What? I can t imagine your being excited by a book.B. Sorry. Books cannot attract you so much.C. I doubt you are involved in something else.D. Perhaps this book is something mysterious.3. Waiter:_Customer: Yes, I ll have a cheeseburger, with French fries(薯条).A. What do you want to eat?B. Have you decided what to have yet?C. Excuse me, are you ready to order now?D. Excuse me, but who s like to order?4. W: How did you do with your essay for Professor Black Scott?M._A. Everything is OK. But I failed to finish it.B. Professor Smith Scott didn t work successfully enough to let me believe in him.C. Nonsense. It s not your business.D. Not too bad, it took me almost 10 hours.5. Mary: Tom, would you like to go to a party this Sunday?Tom：_ What kind of party ?Mary: It s a birthday party.A. Sounds goodB. Looks niceC. Seems all rightD. Feels excellent6. M:What are you doing?W:Trying to get this wine stain(污渍) out of the carpet.M:Hang on. There s some soda here. It should take the stain right out.W :Really? Hey,_A. it is really functioning.B. it is really working.C. it is really playing.D. it is really influencing.7. Endy : Hi, Tom. How is everything?Tom._A. I don t care at all.B. No good, thanks.C. Not bad. How are you?D. Thank you for asking.8. Grandpa: Robbie, we ll go fishing soon, and we ll take your Dad with us.Grandson: Im ready, Grandpa._A. You name the day.B. Enjoy yourselves.C. You can t miss it.D. Take your time.9. Teacher: Where is Mike this morning?Student: He s got a cold.Teacher:_A. Just tell him to take it easy.B. He is absent.C. What s the matter with him ?D. What? Where is he?10. W: How was the job interview? I think you make a good journalist(记者).M:_A. Well. My application was a journalist.B. Well. I gave it up as I was a journalist.C. Well. The interview is OK. But I want to be a journalist.D. Well. The people interviewed were not very cooperative.11 Speaker A: Firstly, allow me to introduce myself. My name is John Brown, manager of the company.Speaker B：_A. You must be mistaken. I don t know you at all.B. Hello, Brown! I haven t seen you for ages.C. How do you do, Mr. Brown? Very happy to see you.D. Hi, John! Welcome to China.12 W: How long can I keep the book?M：_A. Yes. You can keep it.B. No. I m afraid you should return it now.C. Three weeks. But you can renew it if you need it for a longer time.D. You can take it at any time you want.13 Speaker A: Take a seat, Mr. Brown. Could you tell me which position you think most appeals to you?Speaker B：_A. Well, I m easy-going and have many personal interests.B. I m strong-willed and determined.C. I prefer to take the post of sales manager if you think I m qualified.D. I don t quite care whatever is offered to me.14 W: I was thinking of staying in tonight to surf the Internet, do you want to join me?M:_A. Staying in tonight to surf the Internet? It s a good idea. Enjoy yourself.B. Join you with the Internet? What about the Internet?C. What I want to do is nothing else but take a walk.D. Not really. I work on the computer all day long. I need a break from computer s screen.15 Speaker A: I wonder if Ann will come. It s 8:30 now and she was supposed to come at 8: 00.Speaker B：_A. She assured me she would start at 7: 30. Maybe she had been held up by the traffic.B. You shouldn t be wondering. I believe she won t come.C. Don t worry. Let s wait here until she comes.D. Yes. I do agree with you.Part I Reading Comprehension (30%)Directions : There are 3 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 decideon the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage 1Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:Today anyone will accept money in exchange for goods and services. People use money to buy food, furniture, books, bicycles and hundreds of others they need or want. When they work,they usually get paid in money.Most of the money today is made of metal or paper. But people used to use all kinds of things as money. One of the first kinds of money was shells.Shells were not the only things used as money. In China, cloth and knives were used. In the Philippine Islands, rice was used as money. In some parts of Africa, cattle were one of the earliest kinds of money. Other animals were used as money, too.The first metal coins were made in China. They were round and had a square hole in the center. People strung them together and carried them from place to place.Different countries have used different metals and designs for their money. The first coins in England were made of tin. Sweden and Russia used copper to make their money. Later, other countries began to make coins of gold and silver.But even gold and silver were inconvenient if you had to buy something expensive. Again the Chinese thought of a way to improve money. They began to use paper money. (80) The first paper money looked more like a note from one person to another than paper money used today.Money has had an interesting history from the days of shell money until today.1. Which of the following can be cited as an example of the use of money in exchange for services?A. To sell a bicycle for $20.B. To get some money for old books at a garage sale.C. To buy things you need or want.D. To get paid for your work.2. Where were shells used as money in history?A. In the Philippines.B. In China.C. In Africa.D. We don t know.3. Why, according to the passage, did ancient Chinese coins have a square hole in the center?A. Because it would be easier to put them together and carry them around.B. Because it would be lighter for people to carry them from place to place.C. Because people wanted to make it look nicer.D. Because people wanted to save the expensive metal they were made from.4. Why does the author say that even gold and silver were inconvenient if you had to buy something expensive?A. Because they are easy to steal.B. Because they are difficult for people to obtain.C. Because they are not easy to carry around.D. Because they themselves are expensive, too.5. Which do you choose as the best title for this passage?A. Money and Its UsesB. Different Things Used as MoneyC. Different Countries, Different MoneyD. The History of MoneyPassage 2Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:It is difficult to imagine what life would be like without memory. (78) The meanings of. thousands of everyday perceptions , the bases for the decisions we make, and the roots of our habits and skills are to be found in our past experiences, which are brought into the present by memory.Memory can be defined as the capacity to keep information available for later use. It includes not only remembering things like arithmetic or historical facts, but also involving any change in the way an animal typically behaves. (79)Memory is involved when a rat gives up eating grain because he has sniffed something suspicious in the grain pile. Memory is also involved when a six-year-old child learns to swing a baseball bat.Memory exists not only in humans and animals but also in some physical objects and machines. Computers, for example, contain devices for storing data for later use. It is interesting to compare the memory-storage capacity of a computer with that of a human being. The instant-access memory of a large computer may hold up to 100,000 words -ready for instant use. An average U.S. teenager probably recognizes the meaning of about 100,000 words of English. However, this is but a fraction of the total amount of information which the teenager has stored. Consider, for example, the number of faces and places that the teenager can recognize on sight.The use of words is the basis of the advanced problem-solving intelligence of human beings.A large part of a person s memory is in terms of words and combinations of words.6. According to the passage, memory is considered to beA. the basis for decision making and problem solvingB. an ability to store experiences for future useC. an intelligence typically possessed by human beingsD. the data mainly consisting of words and combinations of words7. The comparison made between the memory capacity of a large computer and that of a human being shows thatA. the computer s memory has a little bigger capacity than a teenager sB. the computer s memory capacity is much smaller that an adult human being sC. the computer s memory capacity is much smaller even than a teenager sD. both A and B8. The whole passage implies thatA. only human beings have problem-solving intelligenceB. a person s memory is different from a computer s in every respectC. animals are able to solve only very simple problemsD. animals solve problems by instincts rather than intelligence9. The phrase in terms of in the last sentence can best be replaced byA. in connection withB. expressed byC. consistingD. by means of10. The topic of the passage is:A. What would life be like without memory ?B. Memory is of vital importance to life.C. How is a person s memory different from an animal s or a computer s?D. What is contained in memory ?Passage 3Questions11 to 15 are based on the following passage:Some psychologists(心理学家) maintain that mental acts such as thinking are not performed in the brain alone, but that one s muscles also participate. (76) It may be said that we think with our muscles in somewhat the same way that we listen to music with our bodies.You surely are not surprised to be told that you usually listen to music not only with your ears but with your whole body. Few people can listen to music without moving their body or, more specifically, some part of their body. Often when one listens to a symphonic concert on the radio, he is attracted to direct the orchestra (乐队) even though he knows there is a good conductor on the job.Strange as this behavior may be, there is a very good reason for it. One cannot derive all possible enjoyment from music unless he participates, so to speak, in its performance. The listener feels himself into the music with more or less noticeable motions of his body.( 77 ) The muscles of the body actually participate in the mental process of thinking in the same way, but this participation is less obvious because it is less noticeable.11. Some psychologists think that thinking isA. not a mental processB. more of a physical process than a mental actionC. a process that involves our entire bodiesD. a process that involves the muscles as well as the brain12. The process of thinking and that of listening to music are similar in thatA. both are mental actsB. muscles participate in both processesC. both processes are performed by the entire bodyD. we derive equal enjoyment from them13. Few people are able to listen to familiar music withoutA. moving some part of their bodyB. stopping what they are doing to listenC. directing the orchestra playing itD. wishing that they could conduct music properly14. The listeners way of feeling the music isA. the unnoticed motion of his musclesB. participating in the performanceC. bending an ear to the musicD. being the conductor of the orchestra15. According to the passage, muscle participation in the process of thinking isA. deliberateB. ApparentC. indistinctD. impressivePart II Vocabulary and Structure (30 % )Directions: In this part there are 30 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 corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.16. Darkness doesn t trouble cats, for they can see_A. in darkB. in the darkC. in a darknessD. in darkness17. The earthquake happened in_A. late 1960sB. the late of 1960sC. late of 1960sD. late of the 1960s18. If you want to become a doctor, you ought to study_A. medicineB. the medicineC. literatureD. the literature19. I ve got_ today.A. the bad toothacheB. a bad toothacheC. bad toothachesD. the bad toothaches20. What s in your hand?It is a_ bill. A. two-thousand dollarB. two thousand dollarsC. two-thousand-dollarD. two-thousand-dollars21. By the time the war _, most of the people had already left.A. broke outB. broke upC. intervenedD. happen22. My father was asked to _the New York office.A, take part inB. take placeC. take overD. take in23. _work has been done to improve people s living standard.A. ManyB. A great manyC. A large number ofD. A great deal of24. Lincoln thought it was wrong to keep Negroes _slaves.A. inB. asC. forD. at25. The search was_ when the fog got thicker.A. called offB. called onC. called inD. called for26. After being tested in many ways, this newly-designed machine will _in the near future.A. take placeB. put into useC. come into useD. take action27. If you associate with such people, I m afraid you_ serious trouble.A. are heading forB. are makingC. are avoidingD. are creating28. From then on, a sound system of Party Committee meetings was_ in all leading bodies.A. constructedB. institutedC. confirmedD. given up29. The train will_ from Platform 2 at 3:45 on Tuesday morning.A. departB. arriveC. stopD. derail30. A judge must be_ when weighing evidence.A. interestedB. disinterestedC. separatedD. disconnected31. At present time, people have a trend to live in the_A. suburbB. suburbsC. garbD. outskirts32. This kind of work is _me.A. unfamiliar withB. unfamiliar byC. unfamiliar toD. not unfamiliar of33. You must_ the facts and should not run away from the truth.A. lookB. SightC. frontD. face34. It s no use ringing me up at the office this week because I mA. by my leaveB. at leaveC. in holidaysD. on holiday35. There is no mason why you should tell them_ that you are going.A. for advanceB. in advanceC. on advanceD. of advancing36. She _and fell from the top of the stairs to the bottom.A. slippedB. slopedC. splitD. spilt37. He has arrived late_A. as usualB. as usuallyC. like usualD. like usually38. Have you any other reasons _the ones you just mentioned above?A. in addition to B. besideC. off D. at addition with39. I didn t know what to do but then an idea suddenly _me.A. happened toB. enteredC. occurred toD. took place40. The dog frightened the little girl_ crying.A. intoB. toC. withD. for41. Have you ever had_ in your country?A. a women s boxerB. a woman s boxerC. a women boxerD. a woman boxer42. May I have _that is on the top shelf?A. a breadB. some breadC. loaf of breadD. the loaf of bread43. In some countries _are getting richer and richer.A. rich B. the richC. riches. D. the riches44. Play is usually more enjoyable than_A. a jobB. JobC. a workD. work45. The mini-skirt is_A. in fashionsB. in a fashionC. in fashionD. in the fashionPart Identification ( 10 % )Directions: Each of the following sentences has four underlined pans marked A, B, C and D. Identify the one that is not correct. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Part IV Cloze(10%)Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage, and for each blank there are 4 choicesmarked A, B, C and D at the end of the passage. You should choose ONE answer that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Even a child knows that nodding head means Yes. But some people would probably(56)when they first came to India. When they talked to(57)Indian, he would often shake his head. They(58)think that the India did not like(59)they said, but on the contrary, he was expressing(60)The Indians(61)a habit of shaking their(62 )slightly when they talk to(63 ) It doesn t mean No, but (64 ). If a person doesn t(65 ), it might cause misunderstandings.At one time, a foreign diplomat (外交官)(66 )told his driver who was an Indian(67 )him to his office. The driver(68 )his head. The young diplomat repeated his(69 )and the river shook his(70 )again. At last, the(71 )shouted angrily, Drive me(72 )my office at once!(73 )driver also in a quite loud(74 ), Yes, sir. smiling and(75 )his head at the same time.56. A. puzzledB. be puzzledC. puzzleD. be puzzling57. A. aB. anC. oneD. another58. A. mightB. mayC. canD. must59. A. thatB. whichC. howD. what60. A. agree