)一(学位英语模拟试题及答案.广东省成人高等教育学士学位外语水平考试模拟试题(一)英语试卷一Dialogue Completion (15points)Part Iincomplete are 15 Directions: There shortdialogues in this part, each followed by 4 choicesto one Choose the best C and marked A, B, D.complete the dialogue and markyour answer onthe ANSWER SHEET with a single line throughthe center.1. Jack: Can I help with your luggage?Linda: ______________A. No, you'd better not. Thank you anyway.B. No, not necessary. Thank you anyway.C. No, thanks. I can manage it.D. No, please. I can do.2. Customer: ____________a you have Receptionist: Certainly, doreservation?is Collins, Mr. the Customer: Yes, name andMrs. Collins.A. I'd like to rest here, please.B. I'd like to check in, please. ike to rent a room, please.C. I'd lD. I'd like to stay in, please.opera tickets for an got 3. David: We've sometonight. Would you like to joinus?understand I don't quite Jill:__________.opera.B. No, I can't actually. A. I amafraid not.D. No, I must refuse it.C. I reallywant to go.4. Emily: Your little boy has donea good job atschool.Nancy: ____________he B. No, so. A. Yes, I think doesn't deserve it.D. Yes, I amC. No, you are so polite.proud of him.5. Peter: __________?Benjamin: Sorry! Is it disturbingyou?A. Stop playing your music!B. Turn off your terrible radio!C. Do you think you could keep the noise downa bit?people'sever D. Do you care about otherfeelings?the pass me Martin: 6. Will you pleasesaltshaker, Robert?Robert: ________B. There you go. A. Just takeit.D. Oh, sure.C. Here give you.time much Hurry up! We don't have7. Alice:left.Ann: _________. We still have 15 minutes.B. You are right. A. That's fine. D. Take your time.C. Take it easy.over ink I've 8. Daniel: I'mafraid spilt someyour table cloth. I feelterribly sorry for that.Mrs. Gamble: _________A. You should feel better.B. Oh, it doesn't matter.C. I don't want to hear it.D. Oh, I don't like that table cloth.9. George: Hello, could I speak to Mr. Simpson,please?Lisa: __________. Can I take a message?A. Speaking, please.B. Who are you, please?C. I'm sorry he has run away.D. I'm sorry he is not available.10. Student A: May I borrow your computer thisafternoon?Student B: I'm sorry, but I haveto finish myterm paper with it.Student A: _________nice,B. Very it. A. Never think of thanks.D. I don't care.C. Thank you allthe same.11. Virginia: Have you heard about Eva? She isgoing to get marriedwith Todd!Bertha: _________A. Congratulations!B. Areyou kidding?D. Is it real? C. Goodluck!12. Doctor: __________?sour bad cold a and caught Patient: I've athroat.A. What seems to be the problem?B. What has happened to you?C. Do you feel better now?D. Do you have something to say?you I wonder if 13. Salesman: Good morning,could spare a fewminutes of your time.selling Are you . Mrs. Davis: ______something?B. I don't know if I A. I am not free now.can.have don't D. You You C. are welcome.to wonder.diet. a needs I think Edward to go on Jim: 14.He's putting on somuch weight.Lucas: ________ I think he looks OK.B. You are right. A. I agree withyou.D. How do I know? C. Do you think so?appointment an We've Rosemary: made 15.Would in the morning. at with the students 7you come on time?Nicholas: I'm sorry _________, it is too early.I don't get it.A. I don't want it.B.C. I can't handle it.D. I can't make it.Part II Reading Comprehension (40 points)part. in this 4 Directions: There are passagesEach of the passages is followed by 5 questionsor unfinished statements. For each of them thereare 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose thethe answer on your best one and markANSWER SHEET with a single line through thecenter.Passage OneIf about nutrition? do How much you knowfood that is similar to of knowledge yourshoppers who answered three surveys for the U.youthen Administration, Drug and Food S.wide-spreadprobably share someyour Check misinformation about nutrition.answers to the following statements. Is it true orfalse?home at Statement 1: Fresh vegetables cookedor than are always more nutritious cannednutritional frozen vegetables. False. Theare more on how vegetables difference dependsare prepared than in they whether or handledfor fresh or packaged. Overcooking, boughtVegetables example, nutrients. destroys manycooked in too much water can lose a significantamount of vitamins.淀粉dieting, avoid starchy(When Statement 2:If False. or foods, 类) such as bread potatoes.you cut out starchy foods, such as peas, potatoes,bread, and rice, you cut out very good sources ofother and Vitamin several B vitamins, C,nutrients. Moreover, ounce for ounce, bread andsteak sirloin have potatoes fewercalories thanand roast beef.thebeyond vitamins extra Taking 3: Statementyou give recommended daily allowances won'tthat wimore energy. True. It's dely believedextra vitamins provide more energy. But takingit doesn't more than the body needs makefunction better, just as overfilling your gas tankdoesn't make your car run faster. you correctly, If you answered these questionswell time for the being consider yourself cantoday's about food and nutrition by informeda is that nutrition remember standards. Buttoday's and that growing complex and scienceinformation new be beliefs may changed asbecomes available.many first 16. The paragraph implies thatpeople __________.A. are well informed about nutritionB. don't care about nutritionC. have much knowledge of nutritionD. have incorrect ideas about nutritionNOT is 2, to 17. Accordingparagraph whichtrue about nutrition?A. Overcooking destroys many nutrients.prepare how you difference B. It makes novegetables.are vegetables packaged C. Bothfresh andnutritious.during be Vitamins D. in vegetable could lostcooking.18. Which is a correct attitude towards starchyfood?A. Starchy foods are unnecessary in a balanceddiet.of same and B. Bread steak have the amountcalories per ounce.C. Valuable nutrients could be found in starchyfoods.potatoes, only D. Starchy foods include peas,bread and rice.gas your “overfillingdescription 19. The oftank” shows why __________.A. one should take as much vitamins as possibleB. more than enough vitamins is unnecessaryC. vitamins cost as much as gasD. doctors recommend allowance of vitaminswould article title 20. A good for thisbe__________.A. Tips of Losing Weight EffectivelyB. Test Your Nutrition IQC. Nutrition: A Complex Branch of ScienceD. Misleading Nutrition Concepts Passage Twoand Ghana--the women in educated Mostand the young rural, illiterate, the urban andto in addition an old--work to earn incomeand housewives roles maintaining their aseconomic reputation for mothers. Theiris work self-reliance, independence, and hardwell known and well deserved.are working Ghana's women Most offarmers and traders. Only one woman in five, orsimply classified as can even fewer, beearn often these housewives. Even womencookingand baking by or sewing by moneyvegetable They also maintain sell. things togardens and chicken farms. Indeed, the womanfor upon her husband who depends entirelysupport is looked upon withdisfavor.Traditionally the tasks of motherhood have beensisters, grandmothers and shared. Mothers andto and children helped nieces all to raise thecarry out daily tasks. As the family grew, olderthe care sisters brothers and also helped to foryounger ones and helped in the home. Now withmore children going to school, with more peoplenot traditional moving away from their homes,heronlymustthemothercontinuetake income-producing she but must activities,on all the heavy, time-consuming housework.Ghana today is looking for new ways to meet theas families, their such and of needs womenproviding more day care centers, so women cancontinue to play their multiple roles in the homeand in the economy.21. What is the role of most women in Ghana?A. Handling various housework at home.B. Taking care of children indoors.C. Farming and trading out of house.D. Working as well as maintaining families.as be explained -22. “selfreliance” could“__________”.A. making great wealthB. depending on oneselfC. caring for one's ownD. being a reliable personGhana in do What 23. kind of women peopleprefer?A. Beautiful and charming.B. Skillful at sewing or baking.C. Depending totally on husbands.D. Working hard to earn incomes.Paragraph 3describes__________.24.A. how traditional extended families operatehave more burdens women in Ghana B. whynowworkingthe help life in changes how C. womenD. the new life style of Ghana's peopleagrees author 25. The of this article probablythat women inGhana should__________.A. stay at home and focus on family lifeB. become as active as men in businessC. try to maintain their original rolesD. make a choice and stick to one rolePassage ThreeRiver born was on the Mississippi The bluesDelta in the early 1900s. After the Civil War, theslaves were free but life was still not easy. Theyhad to find new work. In the South, work campscamps these from formed. Black people werethe up and on building worked on farmsthe the week During Mississippi River banks.lived often and hard. people worked long Theyalone, without their families, far from home. Onat together the workers got weekends, theblackTravelling places. drinking or picnicsThe entertained them. musicians with guitarsof life difficult musicians sang songs about thethe workers. These songs were called the blues.If you have the blues it means you feel very sad.no have because you can have the blues Youblue But or no lover, no home. no money, job,were them always sad. Some of not songs werehappy and many of them were funny.contests. had song the blues singers Sometimesof a new style or singer Each sang new wordsthe blues song. They made up the music as theyplayed. In this way they created new music. Thisimprovisation is called improvisation. Later,became a very important part of jazz music.As in Blues began in the country the South.the the blacks moved into big cities to work,about went blues with them. There, they sangband C. Handy, a black W. life in the cities.popular made the blues from leader Memphismost the he over all America. In 1914 wrotefamous blues song of all, “The St. Louis Blues”.peopleBlack the War, Civil the After 26._________.A. were mostly slavesB. still led a hard lifeC. enjoyed their new life with familiesD. worked on their own farmswere beginning, 27. At the very the blues_________.A. not performed on formal occasionsB. traditional songs of the Black peopleC. about the life of travelling musiciansD. very popular throughout the nation28. What kind of emotion does the blues express?A. SadnessB. HappinessC. JokingD. All of the above29. How did “improvisation” come into being?have to The A. blues singers gatheredcontests.B. New words were added into old songs.C. New styles were played withguitars.while music singers D. The blues createdplaying.true NOT the of following is 30. Whichaccording to the passage?the the country in were A. The blues born inSouth.B. The blues soon disappeared in big cities.C. W. C. Handy is the first blues singer in US.St. “The is well-D. The most known blues songLouis Blues”.Passage FourNo matter who you are or where you come from,you are acquainted with the one thing is certain:wishprobably )--although mosquito(蚊子youThey are you weren't. Mosquitoes everywhere.can be found all over the world, and they comein more than 2,500 species. Somewhere, at sometime, you have surely met at least one.unfortunately But one No loves the mosquito.the mosquito may decide that she loves you. Yes,notIt's bites. mosquito female the Only She.to she's unfriendly: she needs blood becauseselective, Female mosquito is quite reproduce.and she chooses her victims carefully. First, shethese find to her victim. With uses sensorsbody tests your body moisture, sensors, shewarmth, and chemical substances in your sweat.If she likes what she finds, she bites. But if youdon't appeal to her, she'll rejectyou for someonemore appetizing. The next time a mosquito biteschosen. you, just remember that you wereYou're special.your likes If the mosquito you, she settles ontoflesh very gently, and she breaks your skin withit mouth her proboscis tip. It's a kind of andShe the sticks out just below mosquito's eyes.once, tip stabs the proboscis into your skin atfull a blood vessel, she'll get a if and she hitsthe a minute. that, After in dinner aboutshe your blood, with mosquito is tired. Heavyher lay or picks a spot---on a leave a stone---toproduce will of one eggs. Just drop bloodhundreds of eggs.31. By the sentence “you are acquainted with theyou you mosquito--although probably wishpeople author means that weren't”, the_________.A. don't like mosquito but it is always thereB. know mosquito and wish them wellC. wish all the mosquito disappearedD. want to be friendly to mosquito but failat last32. Why is it only female mosquito that bites?A. She is more unfriendly than male.B. She is greater in number.C. Blood is her favorite food.D. Blood enables her to lay eggs.mosquito's select 33. To whom to bite, thesensors may NOT test_________.A. the temperature of the bodyB. the color of the skinC. the chemical elements in sweatD. the wetness of the bodytheparagraph, last the to According 34.function of proboscis tip is to_______.A. find where to biteB. to stick into the flesh and suck bloodC. to remove the skin and collect bloodD. decide whom to rejectbe the passage could main 35. Theidea of_______.A. why and how mosquito bites peopleB. why people dislike mosquitoC. what kind of mosquito bites peopleD. how to identify female mosquitoVocabulary and Structure (20 points)Part IIIDirections: There are 40 incomplete sentences inthis part. For each sentence there are 4 choicesmarked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that beston answer sentence. Mark your the completesthe ANSWER SHEET with a single line throughthe center.36. We had decided to sell our house, but after awhile we began to have second________.A. ideasB. thoughtsD. plans C. minds37. _________ are that stock price will go up inthe coming months.B. Opportunities A.ChancesD. Conditions C.Possibilitiesby arranged Books in the libraryare 38.different__________.B. categories A. classes。