2013年重庆成人高等教育学士学位
外语水平考试模拟试题（七）
英语试卷一
Part I Dialogue 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 the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.
1. Janet: Bye, Marco! Have a nice day!
Marco: ___________
A. I’m fine. B. Thanks, and you. See you later!
C. It’s a fine day. D. You’re welcome.
2. Airport clerk: Can I have your ticket, please?
Passenger: __________
A. Yes, of course. B. Not at all
C. Absolutely not. D. May I have this seat?
3. Tim: Is the post office far from here?
Susan: _________ , that’s all.
A. That’s not true B. You’re right
C. Don’t mention it D. No, just two minutes
4. William: Do you have a dictionary here?
Mark: _________ . It’s at home.
A. Yes, I do B. What’s the matter
C. I’m sorry I don’t D. Yes, of course
5. Flavi: What’s your job, Terry?
Terry: ___________ .
A. I’m an actor B. I work in London
C. I live in London D. I like traveling
6. David: I’d like to visit the museum. When is it open?
Charles: ____________ .
A. From $10 to $20 B. From 10 am to 5 pm every day
C. Nine hours D. A lot
7. Taxi Driver: Would you like a taxi, sir?
Gentleman: _________ .
A. Yes, I do B. Yes, I’m
C. Yes, I would D. Yes, I must
8. Cindy: John, where are the cookies? Don’t tell me you ate them all! Again!
John: _______ . I couldn’t help it. They were so good!
A. Yes, I did. B. Yes, I do
C. No, I didn’t D. No, I don’t
9. Waiter: What would you like to order?
Kate: _________ .
A. Yes, please B. Tomorrow morning
C. I’d like a stamp, please D. I’d like ham and eggs, please
10. Louise: How often do you eat out, Shelly?
Shelly: _________ . Almost five times a week.
A. Well, seldom B. Well, never
C. Well, very often D. Well, rarely
11. Rose: _________ ?
Kent: I haven’t gone to the interview yet. It’s tomorrow. I’m so nervous.
A. How was your interview B. How was your job
C. Where are you going D. What’s the matter with you
12. Burt: Why didn’t you show up for class this morning?
Kevin: __________ . You know, I live far from the school.
A. It’s a fine day B. My car broke down
C. It’s not the case D. That’s good
13. Sidney: Would you like to have some ice-cream?
Martha: Thank you, __________ because I’m on a diet to lose weight.
A. I can have some B. I like it
C. but I can’t D. It’s my favorite
14. Cathy: Can you do me a favor?
Susan: ________ . What is it?
A. You’re welcome B. Sure
C. It’s not true D. Never mind
15. Laurie: Is there anything else to discuss?
Elizabeth: __________ . I guess.
Laurie: Then, let’s call it a day.
A. Yes, just one more thing B. Oh, I’m not sure
C. Yes, still a lot D. No, that’s all
Part II Reading 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 One
Many people consider switching from homeschooling to traditional schooling as a student grows older, for reasons including more challenging content, social and athletic opportunities, and growth and independence.
For the special needs child, the reverse often occurs. It is at home that the student can be appropriately challenged and can become an independent learner. This is for a number of reasons:
First, challenges often become more troublesome, and often students are deprived of academic opportunities because they cannot take advantage of the way that learning is being offered. Second, school often simply becomes more competitive. Third, gaps between reading and writing skills and intellectual ability become much more of a problem as students are given reading and writing assignments that may be appropriate for most students - and if not, most students can survive them -- but are overwhelming to the student with dyslexia.
Many schools that provide excellent special services to students in elementary school simply don't provide them at upper levels.
Other schools don't provide the services students need at all -- but a bright student can compensate for a while. Many the student who has not been taught accurate reading skills has successfully memorized enough words and used his native intelligence and pictures and context to succeed in elementary school; then when a "reading problem" is discovered in middle school, parents are told "it's too late to remediate." It's not.
16. According to the passage, which of the following is not mentioned as a benefit of traditional schooling?
A. Independence B. Social opportunities
C. Safety D. Athletic opportunities
17. The special needs child most probably refers to _________ .
A. a child with high intelligence
B. a genius
C. a child with ordinary ability
D. a child who needs special help
18. ‘Dyslexia’ means _________ .
A. reading problem B. sleeping problem
C. physical problem D. problem in social interaction
19. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to this passage?
A. Not all the schools provide the services students need.
B. It is too late to remediate a reading problem when it is discovered in middle school.
C. A bright student can survive for a while without special help.
D. It is easier to succeed in elementary school.
20. According to paragraph two, _________ might be better for the special needs child.
A. homeschooling B. traditional schooling
C. more challenging tasks D. more competitive tasks
Passage Two
Every chance she gets, five-year-old Gina visits Grandma Lilly. Gina likes to talk with her grandma and watch her cook. Everything Grandma Lilly makes is delicious, but Gina especially loves the little cookies shaped like teddy bears, dolls, flowers, and hearts.
And Grandma Lilly, who enjoys this precious time with her granddaughter, uses the cookies to teach Gina certain things she will need to know as she grows up by helping her to develop the five senses and her imagination. Perhaps the most important lesson Grandma Lilly teaches Gina is that most of the foods and the cookies she prepares taste so delicious because they are made with love.
One day Gina’s mother tells her she cannot visit Grandma Lilly because she has become very sick and is in the hospital. Gina begs and cries, but her mother explains that Grandma Lilly is so ill that she is in a very deep sleep and needs her rest. Gina tries to think of something that will help her grandmother and suddenly remembers the cookies. She will bake a batch of them all by herself, and because she will make them with all the love she has in her heart, Grandma Lilly will feel better!
Touched by her daughter’s love and determination, Gina’s mother finally agrees to take her to the hospital with her cookies to visit her grandmother. There, Grandma Lilly teaches her little granddaughter another lesson about love that she will be able to pass on to her own children and grandchildren in the years to come.
21. Which of the following is not mentioned as a reason why Gina visits Grandma Lilly whenever she can?
A. She likes to talk with Grandma .
B. She likes to watch Grandma cook.
C. She loves the delicious cookies Grandma cooks
D. She loves the flowers in Grandma’s garden.
22. The delicious cookies are used by the Grandma to _________ .
A. teach Gina something about teddy bears, dolls and flowere
B. help Gina develop the five senses and imagination
C. make Gina well fed
D. teach Gina how to prepare and cook delicious food
23. One day, Gina is told that she cannot visit her Grandma Lilly because __________ .
A. Grandma is busy preparing for cooking more cookies
B. Gina cannot make Grandma fell better
C. Gina needs more sleep and rest.
D. Grandma is not very well and is in hospital.
24. Gina’s mother finally agrees to take Gina to visit the Grandma because she is moved by Gina’s __________ .
A. love B. begs C. cries D. cookies.
25. The theme of this passage is _________ .
A. the relationship with grandma and granddaughter
B. cooking delicious food
C. love
D. visiting grandma
Passage Three
China's State Council pledged Monday to further upgrade the funding system for the country's medical institutions in small townships and cities.
To ensure low income-earners can afford essential medications, the government will provide additional funding to these hospitals, while improving the funding system.
Since August 2009, more than half of China's medical clinics in rural townships and small urban communities have been offering essential medications at low prices thanks to the ongoing healthcare reform, according to a State Council executive meeting presided over by Premier Wen Jiabao.
However, some medical institutions were short of funds because of the lowered drug prices.
According to the meeting, under the new system the operational expenditure of government-run hospitals and clinics in townships or urban communities would be covered by government subsidies and medical service charges.
Also, government authorities were required to allocate enough funds so that medical institutions could purchase basic medical facilities and equipment, while also arranging subsidies for medical staff.
"Regular channels and ways of funding and subsidizing grassroots medical organizations should be established to ensure their smooth operation and development and the successful implementation of essential medical systems," a statement issued after the meeting said.
The statement called for government authorities to offer more subsidies for rural medical practitioners and village-based clinics. Local authorities were also encouraged to support village clinics in terms of construction, equipment purchasing and personnel training
Appropriate subsidies would also be provided to non-government run grassroots clinics for medical services that are open to the public. The medical insurance scheme would cover those qualified clinics
26. ‘Pledge’ means __________ .
A. refuse B. promise
C. decline D. declare
27. The government will provide additional funding to the hospitals to make essential medications available to ___________ .
A. people in big cities B. foreigners
C. people with low income D. all the citizens
28. The State Council executive meeting was _________by Premier Wen Jiabao.
A. chaired B. prepared
C. offered D. funded
29. Accoding to the passage, _________ is the major means to guanantee the success of the healthcare reform.
A. purchasing basic medical facilities
B. building more hospitals
C. personnel training
D. government subsidy
30. In this passage, the author is ________ to the ongoing healthcare reform.
A. subjective B. objective
C. sarcastic D. cynical
Passage Four
With the possible exception of equal rights, perhaps the most controversial issue across the United States today is the death penalty. Many argue that it is an effective way to stop murder, while others maintain that there is no convincing evidence that death penalty reduces the number of murders.
The main argument by those opposed to the death penalty, basically, is that it is a cruel and inhuamn punishment that is the mark of a brutal society, and finally it is questionable whether it is effective to reduce crime anyway.
The value of the death penalty as a way to reduce crime may be open to debate. But the overwhelming majority of citizens believe that the death penalty protects them. Their belief is reinforced by evidence which shows that death penalty reduces murder. For example, from 1954 to 1963, when the death penalty was consistently imposed in California, the murder rate remained between three and four murders for each 100,000 population. Since 1964 the death lenalty has been imposed only once, and the murder rate has risen to 10.4 murders for each 100,000 population. This sharp increase in the state’s murder rate, which began when executions stopped, is no coincidence. It is convincing evidence that the death penalty does stop many murderers. If the bill reestablishing the death penalty is vetoed, innocent people will be murdered—some whose lives may have been saved if the death penalty were in effect. This is literally a life or death matter. The lives of thousands of innocent people must be protected.
31. ‘Penalty’ means _________ .
A. reward B. punishment
C. management D. control
32. Which of the following is NOT an argument by those opposed to death penalty?
A. Death penalty is a cruel punishment.
B. Death penalty is an inhuman punishment
C. Death penalty is an effective way to reduce crime.
D. Death penalty is a mark of a brutal society.
33. The majority of citizens believe that the death penalty is ______ .
A. inhuman to all the people B. cruel to murderers
C. a brutal way of punishment D. effective to stop murder
34. The murder rates from 1954 to 1963 and since 1964 in California are used to show that death penalty _________ .
A. is effective to reduce murder
B. is inffective to reduce murder
C. does not influence murder rate
D. fails to protect innocent people
35. The author of this passage is ________ to the reestablishing of death penalty.
A. negative B. neutral
C. positive D. suspicious
Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 points)
Directions: There are 40 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.
36. It is the interaction between people, rather than the events that _________ in their lives that is the main focus of social psychology.
A. occur B. refer
C. infer D. imply
37. Should John resign and Henry ________ him, we would have a more powerful leadership.
A. conquer B. control
C. manage D. succeed
38. People of ________ backgrounds now fly to distant places for pleasure, business or education.
A. distant B. diverse
C. further D. separate
39. ________ swept through the swimmers as they caught sight of a huge shark approaching them.
A. Picnic B. Clinic
C. Panic D. Specific
40. If you are a member of a club, you must ________ to the rules of that club.
A. access B. apply
C. confirm D. conform
41. _________ answering the question, the manager shrugged his shoulders as if it were not important.
A. In case of B. In the place of
C. Instead of D. In front of
42. The young man asked his parents not to worry because he was full of ________ about his career.
A. pessimism B. optimism
C. desperation D. frustration
43. On hearing of the case, Conan Doyle was _________ that the man was innocent and immediately went to work to ascertain the truth.
A. convinced B. conceived
C. relieved D. dismayed
44. The century-old ________ between the two tribes eventually terminated through the persistent efforts of the local government.
A. feasibilities B. possibilities
C. hospitalities D. hostilities
45. The leaders of the two countries are planning their ________ meeting with a pledge to maintain and develop good ties.
A. summit B. high
C. top D. superior
46. Mike’s success is _________ his hard work and his ability to formulate plans which will get work done efficiently.
A. owe to B. as to
C. due to D. according to
47. Scientist now have some surprising answers about whether brain power ________ as we get older.
A. deduces B. descends
C. collapses D. declines
48. Who is going to ________ the job of Dr. Johnson has not been decided yet.
A. take over B. drive on
C. sort out D. keep up
49. This project can _______ the region so that crops there may suffer no more drought.
A. irritate B. irrigate
C. isolate D. illuminate
50. The police stopped me the other day as I was driving home, because I was exceeding the speed _________ .
A. limit B. limitation
C. minimum D. maximum
51. There were some ________ flowers on the table, which were made of silk.
A. fresh B. false
C. artificial D. natural
52. Citizens in this country are now enjoying better dental health, as shown by the declining incidence of tooth __________ .
A. care B. decay
C. growth D. reflection
53. People who are _________ to wool shouldn’t wear woolen clothing.
A. sensitive B. initiative
C. integrative D. repetitive
54. In order to help the listeners get a better understanding of the new conception, the lecturer _________ it with many examples.
A. practiced B. dominated
C. estimated D. explained
55. The labor leaders realize they will have to make some concessions in their demands in order to ________ an agreement.
A. meet B. invite
C. reach D. move
56. The passenger must have had an accident; _________ he would have arrived by that time.
A. therefore B. otherwise
C. so D. nevertheless
57. My neighbors have painted their houses, ________ , of course, makes my house looks much shabbier than it really is.
A. that B. what
C. which D. who
58. My sister’s nose quivered a little at the tip, ________ when she is excited over anything.
A. as always as it does B. as it always is
C. always as it does D. as it always does
59. In 1984, President Ronald Reagan proposed that the United States _________ a launch laboratory for a new era of space exploration.
A. construct B. constructs
C. constructed D. will construct
60. Traditional Chinese medicine is famous for using herbs ________ healing properties.
A. in B. on
C. with D. between
61. Animals are quite different from human beings _________ animals have no aptitude for language learning.
A. in which B. in what
C. in that D. in how
62. You _________ yesterday if you were really serious about this project.
A. ought to come B. ought to be coming
C. ought to have been coming D. ought to have come
63. The chairman of the department, together with some other teachers, _________ a conference for the purpose of laying down certain regulations.
A. is planning B. are planning
C. plan D. have planned
64. Traffic police have to make decisions __________ .
A. on the spot B. on business
C. on purpose D. on the watch
65. Medicine should not be kept __________ it is approachable to children.
A. when B. where
C. which D. that
66. _________ poisoning, immediately give large quantities of salty water in order to induce vomiting.
A. In case of B. Except for
C. In spite of D. Apart from
67. You needn’t have interrupted the class to tell me that; you ______ to me afterwards.
A. come B. could be coming
C. could have come D. had come
68. One study found that job applicants _________ make more eye contact are more alert, dependable, confident and responsible.
A. that B. who
C. which D. when
69. Those changes have affected children _________ parents.
A. as long as B. as good as
C. as far as D. as well as
70. Not too many years my mother jogged in the alley behind our house because she was embassassed ________ jogging in public.
A. to be seeing B. to be seen
C. to see D. to have seen
71. The president devoted his energies to ________ the curricula, making the education offered at Washington College as meaningful as possible.
A. updating B. update
C. be updated D. have updated
72. Failure to advertise could result in either reduced sales and less profit _________ legal actions.
A. nor B. neither
C. or D. and
73. ________ by the storm, they were forced to go without food for several days.
A. Have cut off B. Cut off
C. Be cut off D. Cutting off
74. You will almost always find Caroline playing a video game because she enjoys __________ .
A. challenged B. to be challenged
C. be challenged D. being challenged
75. Some of the suggestions have been adopted _________ others turned down as they are quite impracticable.
A.and B. so
C. but D. since
Part IV Cloze Test (10 points)
Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each numbered blank, 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.
Do you forget to turn off the lights and heaters when you go out of a room? In 2040 it will not ___76___. They will turn themselves off and ___77___ again when you return. You will choose the temperature ___78___ each room, the lighting and the humidity. A sensor will detect the ___79___ of a human (and, with luck, ignore the dog!) and turn the systems on, and when the humans ___80___ it will turn them off again.
The sensors will work ___81___ the central home computer, and they will do ___82___ more than just turn the fires and lights on and off for you. They will detect faulty electrical appliances, plugs or switches, isolate them ___83___ they cannot harm anyone, and then warn you that they need repair. They will detect fire and ___84___ you are out of the house, the computer will call the fire brigade. It will also call the police should the sensors detect an intruder. This will not be too difficult ___85___ the locks on the outside doors will be electronic. You will open them using your personal card—the one you use for shopping—maybe using a number known only to you.
76. A. forget B. get C. matter D. turn
77. A. on B. off C. by D. at
78. A. with B. at C. in D. for
79. A. absence B. presence C. merit D. feature
80. A. ask B. remember C. arrive D. leave
81. A. through B. for C. in D. at
82. A. such B. very C. much D. as
83. A. in which B. such that C. such as D. so that
84. A. since B. if C. for D. though
85. A. so B. because C. why D. how
英语试卷二
Part V Writing (15 points)
Directions: You are to write in 100-120 words on the topic “Computer Games”. You should base your composition on the outline given in Chinese below:
1. 有人认为网络游戏给青少年的成长带来许多负面影响；
2. 也有人认为网络游戏有许多正面作用，有助于发展想象力；
3. 谈谈你的看法。
2013年重庆省成人高等教育学士学位
外语水平考试模拟试题（七）
英语试卷一
Part I Dialogue Completion (15 points)
1. B 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. A 6. B 7. C 8. A 9. D 10. C
11. A 12. B 13. C 14. B 15. D
Part II Reading Comprehension (40 points)
16. C 17. D 18. A 19. B 20. A 21. D 22. B 23. D 24. A 25. C
26. B 27. C 28. A 29. D 30. B 31. B 32. C 33. D 34. A 35. C
Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 points)
36. A 37. D 38. B 39. C 40. D 41. C 42. B 43. A 44. D 45. A
46. C 47. D 48. A 49. B 50. A 51. C 52. B 53. A 54. D 55. C
56. B 57. C 58. D 59. A 60. C 61.C 62. D 63. A 64. A 65.B 66. A 67. C 68. B 69. D 70. B 71. A 72. C 73. B 74. D 75. C
Part IV Cloze Test (10 points)
76. C 77. A 78. D 79. B 80. D 81. A 82. C 83. D 84. B 85. B
英语试卷二
Part V Writing (15 points)
参考作文
For some people, computer games have brought many negative effects on young people, for example, they are so deeply involved in the games that their school work is neglected.
On the other hand, there is some different voice. Many young people believe that computer games have many advantages. The fanciful and colorful world in the games helps the player to develop creativity and imagination.
I could not deny the positive side of computer games, but the question is whether young players could really benefit from these advantages, or are they more easily influenced by the false images shown in the games. If young people are lack of enough self-control, computer games will surely lead them to the wrong direction. (119 words)
