2010年5月8日成人本科学位英语统一考试(A)-聚题库

The multi-billion-dollar Western pop music industry is under fire. It is being blamed by the United Nations for the dramatic rise in drug abuse worldwide. “The most worrying development is a culture of drug-friendliness,”says the UN's International Narcotics Control Board in a report released last year.
The 74-page study says that pop music, as a global industry, is by far the most influential trend-setter for young people of most cultures.“Some songs encourage people to take drugs. Certain pop stars make statements and set examples as if the use of drugs for non-medicinal purposes were a normal and acceptable part of a person's lifestyle,”the study says.
Surprisingly, says the Board, the effect of drug-friendly pop music seems to survive despite the occasional shock of death by overdose (过量用药). “Such incidents tend to be seen as an occasion to mourn (哀悼) the loss of a role model, and not an opportunity to face the deadly effect of drug use,”it notes. Since the 1970s, several internationally famous singers and movie stars--including Elvis Presley, Janice Joplin, John Belushi, Jimi Hendrix, Jonathan Melvin and Andy Gibbs--have died of either drug abuse or drug related illnesses. With the globalization of popular music, messages promoting drug abuse are now reaching beyond their countries of origin. “In most countries, the names of certain POP stars have become familiar to the members of every household,”the study says.
The UN study also blames the media for its description of certain drug incidents, which encourages rather than prevents drag abuse. “Over the past years, we have seen how drug abuse is increasingly regarded as being acceptable or even attractive,”says Hamid Ghodse, president of the Board. “Powerful pressure groups run political campaigns aimed at legalizing controlled drugs,”he says. Ghodse also points out that all these developments have created an environment which is tolerant(容忍的) of or even favorable to drug abuse and spoils international drug prevention efforts currently under way.
The study focuses on demand reduction and prevention within an environment that has become tolerant of drug abuse. The Board calls on governments to do their legal and moral duties, and to act against the pro-drug (赞成吸毒) messages of the youth culture to which young people increasingly are being exposed.

1. Which of the following statements does the author tend to agree with?（）

AThe use of drags for non-medicinal purposes is an acceptable part of a person's lifestyle.

BThe spreading of pop music may cause drag abuse to go beyond country boundaries.

CNo efforts have been made to prevent the spreading of drag abuse.

DGovernments have no ability to act against the pro-drag messages of the youth culture.

2. The expression “under fire”? in the first paragraph means（）.

Ain an urgent situation

Bfacing some problems

Cbeing criticized

Din trouble

3. From the third paragraph, we learn that the youth（）.

Atend to mourn the pop stars who died of overdose as role models

Bare shocked to know even pop stars may abuse drugs

Ctry to face the deadly effect of drug use

Dmay stop abusing drugs

4. Which of the following is not mentioned as tolerant of drug abuse?（）

AThe spreading of pop music.

BThe media.

CPolitical campaigns run by powerful pressure groups.

DThe low price of some drags.

5. According to the passage, pop music（）.

Ahas a great influence on young people of most cultures

Battracts a small number of young people

Cis not a profitable industry

Dis alone responsible for drug abuse

There are many older people in the world and there will be many more. A little-known fact is that over 60 percent of the older people live in developing countries. According to the World Health Organization, by 2020 there will be 1 billion, with over 700 million living in developing countries.
It is a surprising fact that the population ageing is particularly rapid in developing countries. For example, it took France 115 years for the proportion of older people to double from 7 percent to 14 percent. It is estimated to take China a mere 27 years to achieve this same increase.
What are the implications of these increased numbers of older folk? One of the biggest worries for governments is that the longer people live. the more likelihood there is for diseases and for disability( 残疾). Attention is being paid to the need to keep people as healthy as possible, including during old age, to lessen the financial burden on the state.
Another significant problem is the need for the younger generations to understand and value the older people in their society. In some African countries, certainly in Asia, older people are respected and regarded as the ones with special knowledge. Yet traditions are fading away daily, which does not ensure the continued high regard of older people. As society changes, attitudes will change.
Much needs to be done to get rid of age discrimination (歧视) in employment. Life-long learning programs need to be provided to enable older people to be active members in a country's development.
Social security policies need to be established to provide adequate income protection for older people. Both public and private schemes are vital in order to build a suitable safety net.
To achieve equality in such matters will take considerable time and effort. One thing is sure: there is no time to be lost.

6. The proportion of older people（）.

Ais bigger in developed countries than in developing countries

Bis one-seventh of the population developing countries

Cwill increase much faster in China than in France

Dwill be sixty percent in developing countries by 2020

7. According to the passage, which of the following are governments most worried about?（）

AThe diseases and disability of older people.

BThe longer life and good health of people.

CThe loss of taxes on older people.

DThe increasing respect for older people.

8. It is stated directly in the passage that older people should（）.

Abe treated differently in different cultures

Benjoy a similar lifestyle

Cbe ignored as society changes

Dbe valued by the younger generations

9. Which of the following measures is NOT mentioned to solve the population ageing problem?（）

AGetting rid of age discrimination in employment.

BEnsuring adequate income protection for older people.

CProviding free health care for sick older people.

DSupplying life-long learning programs to older people.

10. The author concludes in the last paragraph that（）.

Agovernments have spent lots of time in solving the ageing problem

Bpopulation ageing is a hard problem, but it needs to be solved urgently

Cpeople are too busy to solve the population ageing problem

Dmuch time and effort will be lost in solving the ageing problem

Extensive new studies suggest that the world has made extraordinary progress in reducing poverty in recent decades. The research suggests that the pace of economic progress has been rapid and continued for decades, built on the foundations of relative political stability, rising trade, and economic liberalization (自由化) after two world wars. One new study, published recently by the Institute for International Economics in Washington, finds that the proportion of the 6.1 billion people in the world who live on $1 a day or less shrank from 63 percent in 1950 to 35 percent in 1980 and 12 percent in 1999. By some other measures, the progress has been more modest. Still, economists agree that poverty has plunged in key nations such as India and especially China, thanks to slowing population growth as well as economic freedom. “This is a huge success for the world as a whole,”says Harvard University economist Richard Cooper. “We are doing something right.”
The news comes as the World Bank is about to open its annual meeting in Washington-an event that has been troubled in recent years by protests that the Bank and its sister institution, the International Monetary Fund (IMF国际货币基金组织), have done too little for the world's poor. (80) The new economic research will not put an end to that dispute. Vast populations remain poor, and many still question the wisdom of World Bank policies. Nonetheless, the research findings are helpful to understand what policies should be followed by those institutions and hundreds of other development groups working very hard to hasten the pace of world economic progress. If dramatic gains are under way, the present policies-- calling for open markets, free business activities, and tight monetary control--are working and correct..
But critics of IMF and World Bank policies maintain that such economic success stories as Japan, China, South Korea and Singapore are rooted in more than just “free” markets. These nations have managed to grow rapidly, and thereby reduce poverty, by limiting imports when their domestic industries were young, pushing exports to rich nations, and putting controls on purely international financial flows. They have been open to foreign-owned factories but have often insisted that those investors share the knowledge and skill on modem technologies,

11. The word “plunged” in the first paragraph means（）.

Adecreased

Bclimbed

Cincreased

Ddropped into water

12. From the passage, we learn that（）

AWorld Bank has done nothing to help the poor in the world

BIMF only helps the rich in the world

CWorld Bank controls all the banks in the world

Dthere are some demonstrations against World Bank in recent years

13. According to this passage, in（）, the world had the largest number of poor people.

A1999

B1980

C1950

D1990

14. According to the author, the economy of East Asian countries grew very fast because of the following measures EXCEPT（）

Aencouraging export

Bopening up to foreign investments

Climiting international financial flows

Dcontrolling import

15. The best title for this passage might be（）.

AChina's Contribution to the Reduction of Poverty in the World

BWorld Bank's Extraordinary Progress in Recent Decades

CIndia's Leading Role in Reducing Global Poverty

DGlobal Progress in Reducing Poverty

1. It was hard for him to learn English in a family, in which（）of the parents spoke the language.

Anone

Bneither

Cboth

Deach

2. You'd better go there by train.The train ticket is （） the plane ticket.

Aas cheap three times as

Bas three times cheap as

Cthree times as cheap as

Dcheaper three times than

3. This new machine is technically far（） to the previous type.

ASuperior

Bjunior

Csenior

Dequal

4. There is a great deal of evidence（）that music activities engage different parts of the brain.

Aindicate

Bindicating

Cindicated

Dto be indicating

5. She became the first woman to enter the school but withdrew after a few days（）stress.

Abecause of

Bin spite of

Cinstead of

Din honor of

6. （）is known to us all is that the 2012 Olympic Games will be held in London.

AIt

BWhat

CAs

DWhich

7. The discovery of these tombs is（）for scholars' studying Chinese history.

Aof very important

Bgreat significant

Cof great significance

Dgreatly importance

8. Sean's strong love for his country is（）in his recently published poems.

Arelieved

Breflected

Cresponded

Drecovered

9. Would you please keep silent? The weather report（）and I want to listen.

Ais broadcast

Bis being broadcast

Chas been broadcast

Dhad been broadcast

10. The teacher stressed again that the students should not（）any important details while retelling the story.

Abring out

Blet out

Cleave out

Dmake out

11. The man moved（）forward and looked over the edge, shrinking his shoulders.

Aaccurately

Bcautiously

Cbrilliantly

Ddisappointedly

12. The police are trying to find out the（）of the woman killed in the traffic accident.

Aevidence

Brecognition

Cidentity

Dstatus

13. By no means（）to her parents.

Athis is the first time has she lied

Bthis is the first time does she tell a lie

Cis this the first time she has lied

Dis this the first time she was lying

14. Climate change will greatly（）wheat and rice production if nations don't take steps now.

Afall

Bleak

Clack

Dreduce

15. She always buys（） my birthday.

Asomething awful to

Banything awful to

Csomething nice for

Danything nice for

16. He failed to live Up to （）had been expected of him.

Awhat

Bwhich

Cthat

Dall

17. It is very （） of you to arrange an early meeting between your boss and our team.

Aconsiderate

Bconsiderable

Cconsidering

Dconsidered

18. I would have told him about the change of time for the class, （）to class last 'tune.

Adid he come

Bhe came

Chad he come

Dhe had come

19. The wind was so strong last night that it tore the（）of the ship into two or three pieces.

Amask

Bmine

Csail

Dsatellite

20. （）all the money people here spend eating out, restaurants’ profit is still below five percent.

ADespite

BThanks to

CSince

DLike

21. Many a man（）life is meaningless without a purpose.

Athinks

Bthinking

Chave thought

Dthink

22. John left home twenty minutes ago.It is usually half an hour's drive from his home to the office here.So he（）soon.

Ashould have arrived

Bneed arrive

Cmust have arrived

Dmay arrive

23. （）Hongkong is often regarded as（）international centre for business, finance and tourism.

A/; an

BAn; /

CThe; /

D/; the

24. They went（）the schedule for the conference again and again until they felt satisfied with every detail of it.

Aout

Bup

Cover

Dby

25. Schools should teach our kids various subjects, and moreover teach them how to （）right from wrong.

Arun

Btake

Ctell

Dput

26. By the time you finish your homework, all of us（） ours at hand, I'm sure.

Awill finish

Bwill have finished

Chave finished

Dhave been finishing

27. In time of trouble Charlie could always（）a solution.

Aput aside

Blook down upon

Cbreak out

Dcome up with

28. Before building a house, you will have to（）the government's permission.

Aget from

Bfollow

Creceive

Dask for

29. The director had her assistant（）some hot dogs for the staff members.

Apicked up

Bpicks up

Cpick up

Dpicking up

30. （）their hats into the air, the fans of the winning team let out loud shouts of victory.

ATo throw

BThrown

CThrowing

DBeing thrown

1. 请选出句中不正确的一项：When you've finished with that book， don't forget to put it back on the shelf，Won't you?（）

Afinished

Bdon't

Cto put it back

DWon't you

2. 请选出句中不正确的一项：The workers in the factory demanded that their pay would be raised by 20 percent.（）

AThe workers

Bdemanded

Cwould be

Dby

3. 请选出句中不正确的一项：It remains to see whether Jim will be fit enough to play in the finals.（）

Aremains

Bsee

Cwill be

Dto play

4. 请选出句中不正确的一项：I invited Joe and Linda as well as Tom to dinner, but neither of them came.（）

Ainvited

Bas well as

Cto dinner

Dneither of

5. 请选出句中不正确的一项：Over the past 20 years，the Internet bas helped change ourworld in either Way or another for the better.（）

Athe past

Bhelped change

Ceither

Dfor the better

6. 请选出句中不正确的一项：How and why this language has survived for more than a thousand years，while spoke by very few，is hard to explain.（）

AHow and why

Bhas

Cspoke

Dexplain

7. 请选出句中不正确的一项：Nearly half of Americans aged 25 and old take part in some form of continuing education.（）

ANearly

Baged 25

Cold

Dform

8. 请选出句中不正确的一项：Many parents feel they need to keep a closer eye to their children because of concerns about crime and school violence.（）

Aneed to

Bto

Cbecause of

Dabout

9. 请选出句中不正确的一项：For married mothers, the time spend on child care increased to an average of 12.9 hoursa week in 2009.（）

AFor

Bspend

Cincreased

Dan average

10. 请选出句中不正确的一项：There is an increasingly amount of evidence that more and more young people are taking an active interest in politics.（）

Aincreasingly

Bthat

Care taking

Din

Of all the websites, one that has attracted attention recently is myspace.com. Most of this attention has come from the media and tells every reason （56） the website should be （57）. The threat of Internet predators (窃掠者) is indeed a tough reality, （58） shutting down the site is not the answer. If myspace.com （59） shut down, another site would quickly （60） its place. Therefore, the right way is to teach teens how to use the site safely and educate them （61） who may be predators and how to （62） them.
The key to （63） safe on the Internet is to make sure that your profile (个人资料)is secure. The （64） way is to change the privacy setting on your profile to “private”, which protects your information （65） only the people on your friend list can view it. Although this is （66） , it is not perfect. Predators can find ways to view your profile if they really want to，（67） through hacking in (黑客入侵) or figuring out their way onto your friend list. Thus, you should never post too much personal （68）. Some people actually post their home and school addresses, date of birth, and so on, often （69） predators know exactly where they will be and （70） .
The most information that is safe is your first name and province. Anything more is basically （71） a predator into your life.
Another big problem is photos. I suggest （72） skipping photos and never posting a photo of a friend online without his or her （73）.
Most important, never, （74） any circumstances, agree to a real-life meeting with anyone you meet online, （75） how well you think you know this person. There are no guarantees that they have told the truth.

1. 56（）

Awhat

Bhow

Cwhy

Dwhich

2. 57()

Ashut down

Bopen up

Cget into

Dturn on

3. 58（）

Abut

Beven

Cdespite

Dsince

4. 59（）

Ais

Bare

Cwas

Dwere

5. 60（）

Aget

Bmake

Ctake

Dpush

6. 61（）

Aas

Babout

Cfor

Din

7. 62（）

Aavoid

Bget

Cbenefit

Dhide

8. 63（）

Astay

Bbe staying

Cstayed

Dstaying

9. 64（）

Adifficult

Bsimplest

Csimple

Dmost difficult

10. 65（）

Aas to

Bno matter

Cso that

Dbecause

11. 66（）

Aefficient

Binteresting

Ceffective

Dimpressive

12. 67（）

Aif

Bwhether

Chowever

Dwhatever

13. 68（）

Ainformation

Bdocuments

Cfiles

Dmessages

14. 69（）

Alet

Bmake

Callow

Dletting

15. 70（）

Awhat

Bwhy

Cwhen

Dhow

16. 71（）

Aintroducing

Binviting

Cinvesting

Dinterrupting

17. 72（）

Apartly

Bmostly

Clastly

Dcompletely

18. 73（）

Afavor

Brule

Cinformation

Dpermission

19. 74（）

Aabove

Bunder

Cbelow

Dat

20. 75（）

Ano matter

Beven if

Cunless

Dalso

1. Certain pop stars make statements and set examples as if the use of drags for non-medicinal purposes were a normal and acceptable part of a person's lifestyle...

2. One of the biggest worries for governments is that the longer people live, the more likelihood there is for diseases and for disability (残疾).

3. Another significant problem is the need for the younger generations to understand and value the older people in their society.

4. Extensive new studies suggest that the world has made extraordinary progress in reducing poverty in recent decades.

5. The new economic research will not put an end to that dispute.

6. 今天早上他起床晚了，所以没有赶上火车。

7. 你们昨天的会议得出什么结论了吗?

8. 我在回家的路上，买了一本英汉词典。

9. 一直到12月下旬，他们才让我加入他们小组。

10. 我父亲在找工作，我母亲在医院照看外祖母。

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