成人高等教育学士学位英语水平考试真题试卷Paper One 试卷一Part Ⅰ Dialogue Completion （10minutes 10points）Directions: In this part, there are 3 dialogues with 3 or 4 blanks, each followed by 4 choicesmarked A, B, C, and D. Fill in each blank with the choice that best suits the situation until the dialogue is complete. With Dialogue One, all the choices will have to be used. With Dialogue Two and Dialogue Three, one choice will be left unused. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEETwith a single bar through the center of the letter that indicates your choice.Dialogue OnePassenger: Good afternoon Miss. Are there plane tickets to San Francisco on the day after tomorrow?Conductor: Good afternoon Sir. I'll have a look at the time-table for you.1Passenger: Are there tickets for Saturday then?Conductor: Yes, there are. How do you want to go, first class or coach?Passenger: 2 What's the fare?Conductor: It is 260 dollars.Passenger: 3Conductor: The flight will get you there at six Sunday morning.Passenger: 4 What's the flight number?Conductor: The flight number is 301 at Cate Two.A.I'll need a coach open return.B.OK, I'll take three.C.What time will the flight put me there?D.I'm sorry but there aren't any direct flights available.Dialogue TwoAttendant: Can I help you, sir?Customer: Yes, I've been sitting here for a few minutes. 5Attendant: I'm sorry, sir. But this is the self-service pump.Customer: Self-service?Attendant: Yes. 6Customer: Are you serious?Attendant: Yes. 7Customer: Yes, I'm from Taiwan. I never heard of a gas station where you fill up your own car.Attendant: In A merica, most gas stations are like this.A.Of course.B.Are you traveling here?C.I'm waiting for someone to put gas in my car.D.You must fill up the car yourself.Dialogue ThreeSalesclerk: Good morning, madam. Can I help you?Customer: Good morning. 8Salesclerk: Our jackets are over here next to coats and accessories.Customer: I like this jacket. 9Salesclerk: Of course. 10Customer: Thanks.A.Can I try it on?B.The changing rooms are over there.C.Here you are.D.I'm looking for a new jacket.Part II Reading Comprehension （35minutes 40points）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 bar through the center of the letter.Passage OneJack Billabong is a stockman. One Friday afternoon he was riding along the track towards the Henderson farm. He was looking for a prize bull which had escaped from the Borrogee paddock. He reached the hills and saw at once that he could not go further.There had been a fire in the forest which had gone out. But the air was still full of smoke and fallen trees had blocked the track. Jack was just going to turn back when he saw something moving in the smoke. He waited. It was a girl on a horse, and she was riding towards him. “There’s a badly burnt man on the farm,”the girl shouted.“He saved my life. Please help me to save him.”The girl was Cathy Henderson. She had been on horseback for two hours. She had to jump over fallen trees that were still burning. Her pony had fallen with her twice. She was thirsty andalmost dead from want of sleep. But she rode back to the farm with Jack immediately.Joe Brook was unconscious when they reached him. They lifted him onto Jack’s horse. The ride back to Borrogee was terrible. Cathy was so tired that Jack had to tie her to her pony. The pony was tired too, but its courage was astonishing. It followed Jack right to Borrogee Hospital. Nobody saw them arrive because it was night.“I’ve never seen a horse like that pony,”Jack said. Cathy praised Jack Billabong, but she refused to say anything about the pony,“Joe will write about her in his story,”she said.But she did say one thing: “If Flame hadn’t returned to the farm that afternoon, Joe and I would have died.”11.Jack Billabong did not turn back because _________.[A]he hadn’t found the bull yet[B]he smelt a heavy smoke in the forest[C]he knew there was a burnt man there[D]he saw something moving towards him12.Why was the ride back to Borrogee terrible?[E]Because Joe was tired out.[F]Because the ride started late at night.[G]Because they didn’t have enough courage.[H]Because both Cathy and her pony were exhausted.13.Cathy refused to talk to reporters about the pony when she was in Borrogee Hospital because _________.[I]she didn’t know what to say[J]Jack asked her not to talk to them[K]she was too weak to say anything[L]Joe would write about it in his writing14.What does the word“Flame”in the last paragraph refer to?[A]Jack. [B] The pony. [C] Jack’s horse. [D] The fire.15.Which of the following is the best title of the story?[M]Rescue of Joe Brook[N]Courage of Jack Billabong[O]Love of a Young Girl[P]Heroism of a Lovely PonyPassage TwoThe faces of elderly, happily-married people sometimes resemble each other. Dr. Aiken studied a number of couples who had been married for at least twenty-five years. Each couple provided four photographs —one photo of each partner at the time of their marriage and another photo of each partner twenty-five or more years later. All background was cut from the photos to remove any clues. The photos were then displayed in groups: a random grouping of the persons at the time of their marriage and another random grouping of the same persons who took photographs later. Some testees were asked to pick out the partners. They failed totally with the first group. Their judgments were no better than chance. But with the photos taken twenty-five or more years after the marriage, the testees were quite successful with the most happily-married couples.Dr. Aiken believes there are several reasons why couples grow alike. One reason has something to do with imitation. One person tends to copy or do the same as someone else without knowing it. He says human begins to imitate the expressions of the faces of their loved ones. “Another possible reason,”he says,“is the common experience of the couples.”There is a tendency for people who have the same life experience to change their faces in similar ways. For example, if a couple have suffered from a lot of sad experiences, their faces are likely to change in a similar way.16.Dr. Aiken cut the background from the photos for the purpose of _________.[A]imitating the couples’ life[B]grouping the couples again[C]leaving no trace for the testees[D]giving the testees more chances17.The underlined sentence “Their judgments were no better than chance.”implies that the testees _________.[A]did a good job in making their choices[B]had difficulty in picking out the partners[C]had no chance to make the right judgments[D]did better with the first group than with the second18.The underlined word“imitate”(in Para. 2) has a similar meaning to _________.[A]copy [B] change [C] know [D] suffer19.From the passage we can draw the conclusion that _________.[A]couples who look alike can live longer[B]most partners have been proved to grow alike[C]the influence between partners can be quite strong[D]happily-married couples are often richer than others20.The main purpose of the passage is to _________.[A]explain why couples grow alike[B]tell how couples like each other[C]discuss the function of marriage[D]describe the life of happily married couplesPassage ThreeThe three biggest lies in America are: (1)“The check is in the mail”,(2)“Of course I’ll respect you in the morning”,and (3)“It was a computer error”.Of these three little white lies, the worst is the third. It’s the only one that can never be true. Today, if a bank statement cheats you out of $ 900 that way, you know what the clerk is sure to say,”It was a computer error.”Nonsense. The computer is reporting nothing more than what the clerk typed into it.The most annoying case of all is when the computerized cashier in the grocery store shows that an item costs more than it actually does. If the innocent buyer points out the mistake, the checker, bagger, and manager all come together and offer the familiar explanation:“It was a compute error.”It wasn’t, of course that computerized cashier is really nothing more than an electric event. The eye reads the Universal Product Code —chat bar of black and white lines in a corner of the package —and then checks the code against a price list stored in memory. If the price list is right, you’ll be charged accurately.Grocery stores update the price list each day —that is, somebody sits at a keyboard and types in the prices. If the price they type in is too high, there are only two explanations: carelessness or dishonesty. But somehow“a computer error”is supposed to excuse everything.One reason we let people hide behind a computer is the common misperception that huge,modern computers are electric brain with“artificial intelligence”.At some point there might be a machine with intelligence but none exists today. The smartest computer on Earth right now is no more intelligent than your average pen. At this point in the development of computers, the only thing any machine can do is what a human has instructed it to do.21.Of the three lies, the one about computer is the worst because the computer itself_________.[A]says nonsense[B]cheats customers[C]cannot make the error[D]does not admit its error22.According to the author, a computerized cashier is really just _________.[A]a machine to count money[B]a machine to receive money[C]an instrument to print codes[D]an instrument to read codes23.Grocery store price lists are updated by _________.[A]a computer[B]a keyboard[C]an employee[D]an electric brain24.The last paragraph of the passage implies that computers _________.[A]are very clever[B]never make mistakes[C]have a good memory[D]are controlled by men25.Which of the following describes the main idea of the passage?[A]Computers are stupid and inefficient.[B]Computer errors are due to its dishonesty.[C]Computers help stores update the price list.[D]Computer errors are actually human errors.Passage FourI came across an old country guidebook the other day. It listed all the tradesmen in each village, and it was impressive to see the past variety of services which were available on one’s own doorstep in the late Victorian countryside.Nowadays a traveler in rural England might conclude that the only village tradesmen still flourishing were either selling frozen food to the villagers or selling antiques to visitors. Nevertheless, this would really be a false impression. On the surface, there has been a decline of village commerce, but its power is still remarkable.Our local grocer’s shop, for example, is actually expanding in spite of the competition from supermarkets in the nearest town. Women sensibly prefer to go there and exchange the local news while doing their shopping, instead of queuing up at a supermarket. And the grocer knows well that personal service has a considerable cash value.His prices may be a bit higher than those in the town, but he will deliver anything at any time.His assistants think nothing of bicycling down the village street in their lunch hour to take a piece of cheese to an old retired woman who sent her order by word of mouth with a friend who happened to be passing. The richer customers telephone their shopping lists and the goods are on their doorsteps within an hour. They have only to hint at a fancy for some commodity outside the usual stock and the grocer, a red faced-figure, instantly obtains it for them.26.Nowadays the commercial services in the village are _________.[A]still very active[B]quickly declining[C]unable to flourish[D]personal to visitors27.The local grocer’s shop is expanding because _________.[A]the competition there is weak[B]it is a place for women to chat[C]it provides good personal service[D]the goods there are more valuable28.Which of the following is true about the supermarkets?[A]Prices there are much higher.[B]Customers often have to queue up.[C]Customers can order by telephone.[D]Their personal services are satisfactory.29.How do the village grocer’s assistants feel about giving extra service?[A]They don’t think it a trouble.[B]They don’t think it worthwhile.[C]They don’t consider it a good deal.[D]They don’t consider it a pleasant experience.30.One special feature of the village shop is that _________.[A]there is a very wide range of goods available[B]customers can order goods by word of mouth[C]customers have to order goods one hour earlier[D]there is a list of goods to be delivered to doorstepsPart Ⅲ Vocabulary and Structure （20minutes 20points）Directions：There are 20 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 bar through the center of the letter.31.During the heavy storm last week, we had to take _________ under a flyover.[A]shade [B] shelter [C] shadow [D] shield32.The three men were assigned jobs according to their _________ abilities.[A]respectful [B] respectable [C] respective [D] respecting33.Scientists have discovered that many animals seem to be highly _________ to various signals associated with earthquakes.[A]sensible [B] sensual [C]. sentimental [D] sensitive34.The lost car of the Johnsons’ was found _________ in the woods of the expressway.[A]vanished [B] scattered [C] rejected [D] abandoned35.Our guests will be guided to safety _________ fire.[A]as a result of [B] in case of[C] in the sense of [D] for the sake of36.If you want to ring her, you’ll have to _________ her number in the telephone book.[A]look at [B] look to [C] look through [D] look up37.Under the financial crisis, more social problems in the world are certain to _________.[A]raise [B] arise [C] be raised [D] be arisen38.After his retirement, he lives partly on his _________ and partly on the interest on his post office savings account.[A]wages [B] salary [C] earnings [D] pension39.During the _________, the audience strolled and chatted in the lobby.[A]interval [B] pause [C] interruption [D] gap40.Membership in the United Nations is open to all peace-loving states which accept the_________ of the Charter.[A]debt [B] obligation [C] credit [D] reliance41._________ for their support, he would have gone penniless.[A]If it is not [B] If it is [C] Were it [D] Were it not42.There _________ in his room.[A]are too many furnitures [B] is too much furniture[C] are too much furniture [D] is too many furnitures43.I miss the hillside _________ we found a lot of wild flowers.[A]on which [B] by which [C] in which [D] for which44.No sooner had we reached the top of the hill _________ we all sat down to rest.[A]when [B] then [C] than [D] until45.By the time Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin walked on the moon in 1969, there _________ many space explorations.[A]will have been [B] had been[C] have been [D] must be46.I regret _________ hard at school, or I would have passed the exam.[A]to have not worked [B] having not worked[C] not to have worked [D] not having worked47.All _________ is an English-Chinese dictionary.[A]That you need [B] what you need[C] which you need [D] things you need48.He looks sleepy. He must _________ to bed very late last night.[A]be gone [B] be going [C] go [D] have gone49.Mrs. White became a teacher in 1990. She _________ for twenty years by next summer.[A]will teach [B] would have taught[C] has been teaching [D] will have taught50.Few people knew his reason for quitting his job was _________ he wanted to go abroad.[A]whether [B] where [C] why [D] that试卷二Part Ⅳ Translation （25minutes 15points）Directions: translate the following passage into Chinese and put your translation on the ANSWER SHEET.I have always wondered at the passion many people have to meet the celebrated. The “advantage”you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous men proves only that you are yourself of small account. The celebrated develop a technique to deal with the persons they come across. They show the world a mask, often an impressive one, but take care to conceal their real selves. They play the part that is expected from them, and with practice ream to play it very well, but you are stupid if you think that this public performance of theirs corresponds with the man within.Part V Writing （30minutes 15points）Directions: You are to write in no less than 120 words on the topic of “Health and Happiness”. You should base your composition on the outline given in Chinese below. Write your essay on the Answer Sheet.1.习惯是逐渐养成的。