2009年4月18日成人本科学位英语统一考试(A)-聚题库

I hear many parents complain that their teenage children are rebelling. I wish it were so. At your age you ought to be growing away from your parents. You should be learning to stand on your own feet. But take a good look at the present rebellion. It seems that teenagers are all taking the same way of showing that they disagree with their parents. Instead of striking out boldly on their own, most of them are holding one another's hands for reassurance (放心).
They claim they want to dress as they please. But they all wear the same clothes. They set off in new directions in music. But they all end up listening to the same record. Their reason for thinking or acting in such a way is that the crowd is doing it. They have come out of their cocoon (茧) into a larger cocoon.
It has become harder and harder for a teenager to stand up against the popularity wave and to go his or her own way. Industry has firmly carved out a market for teenagers. These days every teenager can learn from the advertisements what a teenager should have and be. This is a great barrier for the teenager who wants to find his or her own path.
But the barrier is worth climbing over. The path is worth following. You may want to listen to classical music instead of going to a party. You may want to collect rocks when everyone else is collecting records. You may have some thoughts that you don't care to share at once with your classmates. Well, go to it. Find yourself. Be yourself. Popularity will come—with the people who respect you for who you are. That's the only kind of popularity that really counts.

1. The author's purpose in writing this passage is to tell（）.

Areaders how to be popular with people around

Bteenagers how to learn to make a decision for themselves

Cparents how to control and guide their children

Dpeople how to understand and respect each other

2. According to the author, many teenagers think they are brave enough to act on their own, but in fact most of them（）

Ahave much difficulty understanding each other

Black confidence

Cdare not cope with any problems alone

Dare very much afraid of getting lost

3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?（）

AThere is no popularity that really counts.

BMany parents think that their children are challenging their authority.

CIt is not necessarily bad for a teenager to disagree with his or her classmates.

DMost teenagers are actually doing the same.

4. The author thinks of advertisements as（）teenagers.

Ainevitable

Binfluential

Cinstructive

Dattractive

5. The main idea of the last paragraph is that a teenager should（）.

Adiffer from others in as many ways as possible

Bbecome popular with others

Cfind his real self

Drebel against his parents and the popularity wave

Much unfriendly feeling towards computers has been based on the fear of widespread unemployment resulting from their introduction. Computers are often used as part of automated (自动化) production systems requiring a least possible number of operators, causing the loss of many jobs. This has happened, for example, in many steelworks.
On the other hand, computers do create jobs. They are more skilled and better paid, though fewer in number than those they replace. Many activities could not continue in their present formwithout computers, no matter how many people are employed. Examples are the check clearing (交换) system of major banks and the weather forecasting system.
When a firm introduces computers, a few people are usually employed in key posts (such as jobs of operations managers) while other staff are re-trained as operators, programmers, and data preparation staff. After the new system has settled down, people in non-computer jobs are not always replaced when they leave, resulting in a decrease in the number of employees. This decrease is sometimes balanced by a substantial increase in the activity of the frim, resulting from the introduction of computers.
The attitudes of workers towards computers vary. There is fear of widespread unemployment and of the takeover of many jobs by computer-trained workers, making promotion for older workers not skilled in computers more difficult.
On the other hand, many workers regard the trend toward wider use of computers inevitable. They realize that computers bring about greater efficiency and productivity, which will improve the condition of the whole economy, and lead to the creation of more jobs. This view was supported by the former British Prime Minister, James Callaghan in 1979, when he made the point that new technologies hold the key to increased productivity, which will benefit the economy in the long run.

6. The unfriendly feeling towards computers is developed from________.

Athe possible widespread unemployment caused by their introduction

Btheir use as part of automated production systems

Cthe least possible number of operators

Dthe production system in steelworks

7. The underlined word“They” (Line 1, Par.2) refers to（）.

Acomputers

Bjobs

Cactivities

Dsystems

8. According to Paragraph 2， without computers________.

Ahuman activities could not continue

Bthere could not be weather forecasting systems

Cmany activities would have to change their present form

Dbanks would not be able to go on with check clearing

9. According to the passage, what results from the introduction of computers?（）

AAfter re-training, all employees in the firm get new jobs.

BA considerable proportion of people are employed in key posts.

CThe finn keeps all of its original staff members.

DThe decrease in staff members may be balanced by the increase of finn activities.

10. James Callaghan's attitude towards computers can be best described as（）.

Adoubtful

Bregretful

Cunfriendly

Dsupportive

The vitamins necessary for a healthy body are normally supplied by a good mixed diet (饮食) , including a variety of fruits and green vegetables. It is only when people try to live on a very restricted diet that it is necessary to make special provision to supply the missing vitamins.
An example of the dangers of a restricted diet may be seen in the disease known as“beri-beri”. It used to distress large numbers of Eastern peoples who lived mainly on rice. In the early years of this century, a scientist named Eijkman was trying to discover the cause of “beri-beri”. At first he thought it was caused by a germ. He was working in a Japanese hospital, where the patients were fed on polished rice which had the outer husk (外壳) removed from the grain. It was thought this would be easier for weak and sick people to digest.
Eijkman thought his germ theory was confmned when he noticed the chickens in the hospital yard, which were fed on leftovers
(剩饭) from the patients' plates, were also showing signs of the disease. He then tried to isolate the germ, but his experiments were interrupted by a hospital official, who declared that the polished rice, even though left over by the patients, was too good for chickens. It should be recooked for the patients, and the chickens should be fed on cheap rice with the outer layer still on the grain.
Eijkman noticed that the chickens began to recover on the new diet. He began to consider the possibility that eating unpolished rice somehow prevented or cured "beri-beri" -- even that a lack,of some element in the husk might be the cause of the disease. Indeed thiswas the case. The element needed to prevent “beri-beri” was shortly afterwards isolated from Ace husks and is now known as vitamin B. Nowadays, this terrible disease is much less common thanks to our knowledge of vitamins.

11. A good mixed diet（）.

Anormally contains enough vitamins

Bstill needs special provision of vitamins

Cis suitable for losing weight

Dis composed of fruits and vegetables

12. The disease “beri-beri”（）.

Akills large numbers of Eastern peoples

Bis a vitamin deficiency (缺乏) disease

Cis caused by diseased rice

Dcan be caught from diseased chickens

13. The chickens Eijkman noticed in the hospital yard（）.

Acouldn't digest the polished rice

Bproved “beri-beri” is caused by germs

Cwere later cooked for the patients' food

Dwere suffering from“beA-ben”

14. According to Eijkman, polished rice（）.

Awas cheaper than unpolished rice

Bwas less nourishing (有营养的) than unpolished Ace

Cwas more nourishing than unpolished rice

Dcured “beri-beri”

15. The chemical substance missing from polished rice（）.

Awas vitamin B

Bdid not affect the chickens

Cwas named the Eijkman vitamin

Dhas never been accurately identified

1. By no means （）to move to a new place far away from her workplace, because it isn't convenient for her family and herself.

AJane will agree

Bwill Jane agree

CJane will disagree

Dwill Jane disagree

2. You can, （） the sky is clear, see as far as the old temple on top of the mountain, but not today.

Awhen

Bwhere

Cthough

Dbecause

3. With everything she needed （）, she went out of the shop, with her hands full of shopping bags.

Abought

Bto buy

Cbuying

Dbuy

4. Having taken our seats, （）.

Athe professor began the lecture

Bthe lecture began in no time

Cwe were attracted by the lecturer immediately

Dthe bell announced the beginning of the lecture

5. In recent years many football clubs （） as business to make a profit.

Ahave run

Bhave been run

Chad been run

Dwill run

6. After 15 years in the United States, he has finally decided to（） American citizenship.

Aconcentrate on

Bapply for

Clook out for

Dappeal on

7. It is well known that teaching is a job （） enough patience.

Acalling on

Bcalling off

Ccalling for

Dcalling in

8. Surely it doesn't matter where the clubs get their money; what（） is what they do with it.

Acounts

Bapplies

Cstresses

Dfunctions

9. I didn't expect to receive a postcard from you! It's really （）my wildest imagination.

Abehind

Bbeyond

Cexcept

Dthrough

10. It doesn't make（） to buy that expensive coat when these cheaper ones are just as good.

Asense

Bopinion

Cuse

Dprogram

11. The task is too much for me, so I can't carry on （） any longer.I must get some help.

Asingly

Bsimply

Calone

Dlonely

12. Americans eat （）vegetables per person today as they did in 1910.

Amore than twice

Bas twice as many

Ctwice as many

Dmore than twice as many

13. The two girls are getting on very well and share （）with each other.

Alittle

Bmuch

Csome

Dnone

14. The taxi driver was put in（）prison because his car had knocked down a child.His wife went to（）prison to see him twice a month.

A/; /

Bthe; the

C/; the

Dthe; /

15. Without my glasses I can hardly（） what has been written in the letter.

Amake for

Bmake up

Cmake out

Dmake over

16. Her heart （）faster when she entered the exam hall.

Ajumped

Bsank

Cbeat

Dhit

17. Would you mind keeping a(n) （） on the house for us while we are away?

Aeye

Blook

Chand

Dview

18. I am afraid that his phone number has slipped my （）for the moment.

Ahead

Bbrain

Cmind

Dsense

19. It was the wealth of the（）pioneer landowner John Harvard that made Harvard University possible.

Aprecious

Bcurious

Canxious

Dprosperous

20. I am not sure whether we can give the right advice （）emergency.

Aon account of

Bin case of

Cat the risk of

Din spite of

21. Vingo was released from prison（）the successful efforts of his friends to prove his innocence.

Aaccording to

Bas a result of

Cfor reasons of

Dwith the help of

22. Some of the meat came from Canada.How about（）?

Aanother

Bthe other

Cothers

Dthe rest

23. The man has a special talent for art and is（）of a musician.

Aanybody

Banything

Csomebody

Dsomething

24. I know Jonathan quite well and never doubt（） he can do a good job of it.

Awhether

Bthat

Cwhen

Dwhat

25. How many more decades will have to pass（）scientists succeed in providing a cure for cancer?

Awhen

Bbefore

Csince

Duntil

26. The engineer is not happy with the project, and（）is her boss.

Aneither

Bso

Ceither

Das

27. （） for a long time, but he tried his best to catch up with his classmates.

AHaving been ill

BBeing ill

CThough he was ill

DHe was ill

28. How close parents are to their children（）a strong influence on the development of the children's character.

Ahave

Bhas

Chaving

Dhad

29. He changed his name, （） that nobody would find out what he had done before.

Ahaving thought

Bto think

Cthinks

Dthinking

30. There is so much work （）today Would you be kind enough to lend me a hand?

Ahaving done

Bto be done

Cbeing done

Dwill be done

1. 请选出句中不正确的一项：A container weighs more after air is put in, it proves that air has weight.

AA

Bweighs

Cis put in

Dit

2. 请选出句中不正确的一项：The young man, to make several attempts to beat the world record in high jumping, decided to have another try.

Ato make

Bto beat

Cdecided to

Danother try

3. 请选出句中不正确的一项：Of the two coats, I'd choose the cheapest one to spare some money for a book.

AOf

BI'd choose

Cthe cheapest

Dfor

4. 请选出句中不正确的一项：The protection of our environment is not nothing to be left to thegovernment.Everyone should be concerned.

Aof

Bis

Cnothing

Dbe concerned

5. 请选出句中不正确的一项：There are moments in life where you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them up from dreams and hug them for real.

AThere are

Bwhere

Cthat

Dwant to

6. 请选出句中不正确的一项：None of us had the final say in this matter, and therefore it was recommended that we waited for the authorities.

ANone of us

Bthe final say

Ctherefore

Dwaited

7. 请选出句中不正确的一项：After her two-week vacation was over, Dorothy regretted to spend so much money for so little pleasure.

AAfter

Bover

Cto spend

Dso little pleasure

8. 请选出句中不正确的一项：Don't make Helen's remarks too seriously.She is so upset that I don't think she really knows what she is saying.

Amake

Bseriously

Cupset

Dwhat she is saying

9. 请选出句中不正确的一项：Workers newly arrive from the south or rural areas perform their jobdifferently from those from other sections of the city.

Aarrive

Bor

Cdifferently

Dother sections

10. 请选出句中不正确的一项：While remembered mainly for the invention of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell devoted his life to help the deaf.

AWhile

Bremembered

Cfor the invention

Dhelp

Conversation begins almost the moment we come into contact with another and continues throughout the day （56） the aid of cell phones and computers. However, we are so often absorbed inconversation that we（ 57）sight of its tree purpose and value.
One important （58） of a good conversation is that the words are （59） used to express thoughts and feelings. We are （ 60） deep thoughts and strong emotions, yet our vocabularies are not （61） for this expression, and many （62） little effort to expand that. Perhaps you see a movie that （ 63） you deeply, yet you have the following conversation: “So, what did you think of the film?” “Oh, my God, it was so sad, I swear. I went through （64） a box of tissues(面巾纸). I was in tears.”This dialogue is （65） an effective way of expressing feelings. It gives no （66） of how or why the movie truly （67） you. Such commonly-used phrases are certainly not enough to describe a deeply moving experience. However, not only （68） try to avoid overused words, you must （69） be careful in your selection. The purpose of expanding vocabulary is not to use the （70） or most impressive words, but to find those best suited.
What is lacking in many conversations is the ability to talk to another rather than just talking with that person. A （71） person will find that even in the most ordinary conversations. There are a thousand questions （72） to be asked if you have courage and a desire for exchange. Good conversations should not be （73） nonsense, but of a meeting of two （74） the human condition. It should bring a better understanding of others and offer a release of emotions more than drive away （75） thoughts or kill time.

1. 56（）

Afor

Bat

Cunder

Dwith

2. 57（）

Alose

Bhave

Cwin

Dmiss

3. 58（）

Aissue

Bproblem

Caspect

Dquestion

4. 59（）

Afunny

Bcareful

Conly

Dproperly

5. 60（）

Alack of

Bshort of

Cfond of

Dfull of

6. 61（）

Ashort

Benough

Cmuch

Dbad

7. 62（）

Atake

Bmake

Cget

Dtry

8. 63（）

Ateaches

Bpushes

Ctouches

Ddirects

9. 64（）

Ausing up

Bto use

Cused up

Dusing off

10. 65（）

Apartly

Bactually

Chardly

Dtruly

11. 66（）

Asign

Bmodel

Cpattern

Dfact

12. 67（）

Ainfected

Binfects

Caffects

Daffected

13. 68（）

Ayou will

Bmust you

Cyou must

Dwill you

14. 69（）

Atoo

Bnever

Calso

Dyet

15. 70（）

Abigger

Bbiggest

Cbig

Dimportant

16. 71（）

Acareless

Befficient

Cthoughtful

Dable

17. 72（）

Awaiting

Bwait

Cwaited

Dwaits

18. 73（）

Amake up for

Bmade up of

Cmake up of

Dmade up for

19. 74（）

Aare sharing

Bshared

Csharing

Dshares

20. 75（）

Aclever

Bpleasant

Cunpleasant

Dhappy

1. It has become harder and harder for a teenager to stand up against the popularity wave and to go his or her own way.

2. Much unfriendly feeling towards computers has been based on the fear of widespread unemployment resulting from their introduction.

3. After the new system has settled down, people in non-computer jobs are not always replaced when they leave, resulting in a decrease in the number of employees.

4. It is only when people try to live on a very restricted diet that it isnecessary to make special provision to supply the missing vitamins.

5. It used to distress large numbers of Eastern peoples who lived mainly on rice.

6. 他们5年前搬走了，但我们还保持联系。

7. 看起来这封信是在匆忙中写成的。

8. 在得到更多细节之前，我想避免跟他说话。

9. 每当听到这首歌时，我就会想起你。

10. 由于很多学生缺席，我们不得不将会议延期。

2009年4月18日成人本科学位英语统一考试(A)

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