2009年广东学士学位英语历年真题考试附答案 Paper One 试卷一90 minutes Part I Dialogue Completion (15 points)Directions: There are 15 short incomplete dialogues in this part, each followedby 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one to complete the dialogueand mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.1. Jenny: Shall I go and tell Mr. Fairbanks about our proposal? Jackie: ___________.A. Yes, you goB. Yes, goC. Yes, let’sD. Yes, please2. Mori: It’s a plea sure to meet you here.Kaco: __________.A. Pleased to meet you, tooB. Thank you so muchC. I didn’t expect to see you hereD. You’re too hospitable3. Williams: Excuse me. I’m looking for a present for my son. I have no idea whatto get him, Can you help me?Sales girl: ____________.A. Of course I canB. No, I can’t actuallyC. You must buy him a T-shirtD. Yes, I think a T-shirt would be a good idea4. Tim: I hear you’ve been to the book fair. How was it? Susan: _____________.A. Absolutely marvelousB. Very much indeedC. Not necessarilyD. Quite disappointed5. Ed: How do you get along with your new music teacher? Maggie: Ms. Davis? __________, but I like her a lot.A. She’s humorousB. She’s nice to meC. She’s a bit strangeD. She’s good at dancing6. David: Charles, could you drive me to the railway station? Charles: ____________A. No, thanks.B. I’ll be there on time.C. Sure, why not?D. Never mind.7. Max: My son has been admitted by Beijing University. Walt: Congratulations! He is such a smart boy.Max: ___________. A. Yes, he is B. You are rightC. Thank you very muchD. Don’t mention it8. Student: Do you mind our performing rock ‘n’ roll in the hall? Teacher: _________.A. No, you’d better notB. Of course, it’s allowed hereC. Oh, I’d rather you didn’t actuallyD. I’d prefer to listen to rock ‘a’ roll9. Clerk: Excuse me, this a non-smoking place.Customer: __________A. Oh, I’m sorry.B. How can you say that?C. That’s all right.D. That’s impossible.10. Waiter: How would you like your coffee?Customer: ____________.A. It’s well doneB. Very nice, thanksC. With sugar, pleaseD. Only one cup11. Virginia: What about going to do some shopping this afternoon? Rena: ____________.A. Go ahead, please.B. Good idea!C. Me, too.D. Help yourself.12. Carlos: Thank you very much, Miss James. That helped me a lot.Miss James: ___________, Carlos.A. Don’t thank meB. Don’t mention itC. I’m fineD. I’m sorry13. Susan: I’m worried. My son doesn’t like to talk with me.Tracy: ___________. We were all like that at his age.A. Take it easyB. Change his mindC. Don’t quarrel with himD. Don’t refuse him14. Nicolas: I’d like to donate money to help poor children at school. To whom shallI give my share?Li Ming: ____________ I’ll ask about that and let you know.A. Very well.B. Who knows?C. Thank you all the same.D. It all depends.15. Kelvin: We’re almost finished with the project now. _____________.Teresa: Actually, I prefer to keep going.A. Let’s hurry upB. We’ve too tired nowC. Well be on timeD. Let’s stop for a breakPart II Reading Comprehension (40 points)Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each of the passages is followed by5 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices markedA, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET witha single line through the center.Passage OneJack Billabong is a stockman. One Friday afternoon he was riding along the tracktowards the Henderson farm. He was looking for a prize bull which had escaped fromthe 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 fullof smoke and fallen trees had blocked the track. Jack was just going to turn backwhen he saw something moving in the smoke. He waited. It was a girl on a horse, andshe was riding towards him. “There’s a badly burnt man on the farm,” the girls houted. “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 tojump over fallen trees that were still burning. Her pony had fallen with her twice.She was thirsty and almost dead from want of sleep. But she rode back to the farmwith 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 herto her pony. The pony was tired too, but its courage was astonishing. It followedJack 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 hisstory,” she said.But she did say one thing: “If flame hadn’t returned to the farm that afternoon,Joe and I would have died.”16. Jack Billabong did not turn back because _____________.A. he hadn’t found the bull yetB. he smelt a heavy smoke in the forestC. he knew there was a burnt man thereD. he saw something moving towards him17. Why was the ride back to Borrogee terrible?A. Because Joe was tired out.B. Because the ride started late at night.C. Because they didn’t have enough courage.D. Because both Cathy and her pony were exhausted.18. Cathy refused to talk to reporters about the pony when she was in BorrogeeHospital because ____________.A. she didn’t know what to sayB. Jack asked her not to talk to themC. she was too weak to say anythingD. Joe would write about it in his writing19. What does the word “flame” in the last paragraph refer to?A. Jack.B. The pony.C. Jack’s hors e.D. The fire. 20. Which of the following is the best title of the story?A. Rescue of Joe Brook.B. Courage of Jack Billabong.C. Love of a Young Girl.D. Heroism of a Lovely Pony.Passage TwoThe faces of elderly, happily-married people sometimes resemble each other. Dr. Aiken studied anumber of couples who had been married for at least twenty-five years. Each couple provided fourphotographs—one photo of each partner at the time of their marriage and another photo of eachpartner twenty-five or more years later. All background was cut from the photos to remove anyclues. The photos were then displayed in groups: a random grouping of the persons at the time oftheir 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. Theirjudgements were no better than chance. But with the photos taken twenty-five or more years afterthe 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 todo 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. “Anotherpossible reason,” he says, “is the common experience of the couples.” There is a tendency forpeople who have the same life experience to change their faces in similar ways. For example, if acouple have suffered from a lot of sad experiences, their faces are likely to change in a similar way.21. Dr. Aiken cut the background from the photos for the purpose of__________.A. imitating the couples’ lifeB. grouping the couples againC. leaving no trace for the testeesD. giving the testees more chances22. The underlined sentence “Their judgements were no better than chance” implies that thetestees __________.A. did a good job in making their choices.B. had difficulty in picking out the partnersC. had no chance to make the right judgementsD. did better with the first group than with the second23. The underlined word “imitate” (in Para. 2) has a similar m eaning to __________.A. copyB. changeC. knowD. suffer24. From the passage we can draw the conclusion that ___________.A. couples who look alike can live longerB. most partners have been proved to grow alikeC. the influence between partners can be quite strongD. happily-married couples are often richer than others25. The main purpose of the passage is to ___________.A. explain why couples grow alikeB. tell how couples like each otherC. discuss the function of marriageD. describe the life of happily married couplesPassage Three The three biggest lies in America are: (1) “The check is in the mail”, (2) “Of course I’ll respectyou 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,” Itwas a computer error.” Nonsense. The comp uter is reporting nothing more than what the clerktyped into it.The most annoying case of all is when the computerized cashier in the grocery store shows that anitem 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 computeerror.”It wasn’t, of course that computerized cashier is really nothing more than an electric event. Theeye reads the Universal Product Code—chat bar of black and white lines in a corner of thepackage—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 theprices. If the price they type in is too high, there are only two explanations: carelessness ordishonesty. 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, moderncomputers are electric brain with “artificial intelligence.” At some point there might be a machinewith intelligence but none exists today. The smartest computer on Earth right now is no moreintelligent than your average pen. At this point in the development of computers, the only thingany machine can do is what a human has instructed it to do.26. Of the three lies, the one about computer is the worst because the computer itself __________.A. says nonsenseB. cheats customersC. cannot make the errorD. does not admit its error27. According to the author, a computerized cashier is really just___________.A. a machine to count moneyB. a machine to receive moneyC. an instrument to print codesD. an instrument to read codes28. Grocery store price lists are updated by ____________.A. a computerB. a keyboardC. an employeeD. an electric brain29. The last paragraph of the passage implies that computers____________.A. are very cleverB. never make mistakesC. have a good memoryD. are controlled by men30. 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 owndoorstep in the late Victorian countryside. Nowadays a traveler in rural England might conclude that the only village tradesmen stillflourishing 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 ofvillage commerce, but its power is still remarkable.Our local grocer’s shop, for example, is actually expanding in spite of the competition fromsupermarkets in the nearest town. Women sensibly prefer to go there and exchange the local newswhile doing their shopping, instead of queuing up at a supermarket. And the grocer knows wellthat personal service has a considerable cash value.His prices may be a bit higher than those in the town, but he willdeliver anything at any time. Hisassistants think nothing of bicycling down the village street in their lunch hour to take a piece ofcheese to an old retired woman who sent her order by word of mouth witha friend who happenedto be passing. The richer customers telephone their shopping lists and the goods are on theirdoorsteps within an hour. They have only to hint at a fancy for some commodity outside the usualstock and the grocer, a red faced-figure, instantly obtains it for them.31. Nowadays the commercial services in the village are ____________.A. still very activeB. quickly decliningC. unable to flourishD. personal to visitors32. The local grocer’s shop is expanding because _____________.A. the competition there is weakB. it is a place for women to chatC. it provides good personal serviceD. the goods there are more valuable33. Which of the following is true about the supermarkets?A. Prices there are much higherB. Customers often have to queue up.C. Customers can order by telephone.D. Their personal services are satisfactory.34. 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.35. One special feature of the village shop is that ___________.A. there is a very wide range of goods availableB. customers can order goods by word of mouthC. customer have to order goods one hour earlierD. there is a list of goods to be delivered to doorstepsPart III Vocabulary and Structure (20 points)Directions: There are 40 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are 4 choicesmarked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence, mark your answer on theANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.36. During the heavy storm last week, we had to take __________ under a flyover.A. shadeB. shelterC. shadowD. shield37. The three men were assigned jobs according to their _________ abilities.A. respectfulB. respectableC. respectiveD. respecting38. Scientists have discovered that many animals seem to be highly_________ to various signalsassociated with earthquakes. A. sensible B. sensual C. sentimental D. sensitive39. The lost car of the Johnsons’ was found __________ in the woods of the expressway.A. vanishedB. scatteredC. rejectedD. abandoned40. Our guests will be guided to safety _________ fire.A. as a result ofB. in case ofC. in the sense ofD. for the sake of41. If you want to ring her, you’ll have to _________ her num ber in the telephone book.A. look atB. look toC. look throughD. look up42. Under the financial crisis, more social problems in the world are certain to __________.A. raiseB. ariseC. be raisedD. be arisen43. After his retirement, he lives partly on his _________ and partly on the interest on his postoffice savings account.A. wagesB. salaryC. earningsD. pension44. During the ___________, the audience strolled and chatted in the lobby.A. intervalB. pauseC. interruptionD. gap45. Membership in the United Nations is open to all peace-loving states which accept the________ of the Charter.A. debtB. obligationC. creditD. reliance46. Table tennis used to be the most popular __________ in China. But now basketball seems tobe more attractive.A. gameB. matchC. playD. race47. As her husband is on a business trip and her son is at school, she feels rather ___________.A. lonelyB. aloneC. singularD. single48. We need to __________ our camping things before we go away.A. choose fromB. tell fromC. sort outD. set out49. He __________ very quickly from his illness.A. recoveredB. discoveredC. uncoveredD. covered50. If the police had acted with more ____________, the disaster could have been prevented.A. solutionB. determinationC. decisionD. hesitation51. He does not ________ as a teacher of English, for his pronunciation is far from perfect.A. qualifyB. equalC. matchD. deserve52. His __________ reply to the question showed that he had understood it very well.A. proudB. importantC. tenseD. quick53. When he tried to make a __________, he found that the hotel was fully booked.A. reservationB. demandC. claimD. policy54. I expect that she will be able to _________ our particular needs.A. supplyB. reachC. provideD. meet55. During July and August there was no rain for weeks __________.A. on endB. in the endC. at lastD. at length56. ____________ for their support, he would have gone penniless.A. If it is notB. If it isC. Were itD. Were it not57. There __________ in his room.A. are too many furnituresB. is too much furnitureC. are too much furnitureD. is too many furnitures58. I miss the hillside ___________ we found a lot of wild flowers. A. on which B. by which C. in which D. for which59. No sooner had we reached the top of the hill __________ we all sat down to rest.A. whenB. thenC. thanD. until60. By the time Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin walked on the moon in 1969, there ________many space explorations.A. will have beenB. had beenC. have beenD. must be61. I regret __________ hard at school, or I would have passed the exam.A. to have not workedB. having not workedC. not to have workedD. not having worked62. When the man with glasses came into the hotel, I noticed a__________ look come over themanager’s face.A. surprisedB. surprisingC. surpriseD. surprisingly63. __________ get a better score, he has been making great efforts in his lessons.A. So as toB. In order toC. So that D In order that64. As far as I know, the production of this factory has doubled this year, and the quality of itsproducts has been improved __________.A. since thenB. by thenC. until nowD. as well65 All __________ is an English-Chinese dictionary.A. that you needB. what you needC. which you needD. things you need66. _________ its good performance, the machine is too expensive.A. BesidesB. Except forC. In spite ofD. Apart from67. He looks sleepy. He must _________ to bed very late last night.A. be goneB. be goingC. goD. have gone68. Mrs. White became a teacher in 1990. She _________ for twenty yearsby next summer.A. will teachB. would have taughtC. has been teachingD. will have taught69. She is __________ a driver as any one else.A. as good asB. as a goodC. so good aD. so a good70. You may write an e-mail to me or just phone me. __________ will do.A. EachB. EitherC. NeitherD. None71. Few people knew his reason for quitting his job was _________ he wanted to go abroad.A. whetherB. whereC. whyD. that72. The teacher asked me __________ us to finish writing the composition.A. how long would it takeB. how long it would takeC. how soon would it takeD. how soon it would take73. It was the third time the villagers _________ interviewed by theradio station.A. have beenB. had beenC. wereD. are74. She came into the room quietly __________ wake her friends.A. so as not toB. so as to notC. not so as toD. so she does not75. I arrived late; I __________ the traffic to be so heavy this morning.A. wasn’t expectingB. wouldn’t expectC. haven’t expectedD. hadn’t expectedPart 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 thebest one and mark your answer on the ANSWERSHEET with a single line through the center.A headache is one of man’s most common enemies. Most people get headaches from time to time.Probably more than 90% percent of all headaches are 76 by worry or tension. Modern living 77tensions for everybody, at work, at school and 78 at home. Then, whatcan we do about tensionand worry in our life? 79 , find out what is causing the tension. It may result from feelings oremotions. Do you 80 too much over what people think of you, over your clothes, or about 81 youdid? Second, find a way of 82 tension. Gardening, walking, running swimming or any 83 suitablefor your age will help. Then, look at your way of life. Ask yourself, where am I going? And why?Learn the 84 of relaxation. Lie down in a dark quiet room and relax 85 much as possible by takingseveral slow breaths. Let all your muscles relax.76. A. encouraged B. aroused C. caused D. presented77. A. contains B. suffers C. relaxes D. owns78. A. especially B. even C. somehow D. generally79. A. Thus B. However C. First D. Besides80. A. consider B. worry C. care D. imagine81. A. what B. how C. when D. where82. A. improving B. activating C. suffering D. reducing83. A. solution B. activity C. practice D. deed84. A. secret B. mystery C. usefulness D. function85. A. so B. very C. for D. asPaper Two 试卷二30 minutesPart V Writing (15 points)Directions: You are to write in 100—120 words on the topic “Choosing Careers”. You should baseyour composition on the outline given in Chinese below:1. 有些人认为家长应该为孩子安排未来的职业2. 孩子认为应该由自己决定将来的工作3. 谈谈你的看法。