1995年 北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试
Part I Reading Comprehension (40%)
Directions: There are three passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the center.
Passage 1
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:
The market is a concept. If you are growing tomatoes in your backyard for sale you are producing for the market. You might sell some to your neighbor and some to the manager of the local supermarket. If people stop buying tomatoes, you will stop producing them.
If you bake care of a sick person to earn money, you are producing for the market. If your father is a steelworker or a truck driver or a doctor or a grocer, he is producing goods or service for the market.
When you spend your income, you are buying things from the market. You may spend money in stores, supermarkets, gas stations, and restaurants. Still you are buying from the market. When the local grocer hires you to drive the delivery truck, he is buying your labor in the labor market.
The market may seem to be something abstract. But for each person or businessman who is making and selling something, it’s very real. If nobody buys your tomatoes, it won’t be long before you get the message. The market is telling you something. It’s telling you that you are using energies and resources in doing something the market doesn’t want you to do.
1. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Selling and Buying
B. What Is the Market?
C. Everything you Do is Producing for the Market
D. What Can the Market Do for You?
2. All of the following acts are producing for the market EXCEPT ____.
A. working in a bank
B. printing a book
C. attending a night school
D. growing beans for sale
3. You are buying form the market when you ____.
A. borrow a book from the library
B. look after your children
C. drive to the seaside for a holiday
D. dine at a restaurant
4. The word “real” in the last paragraph may most probably mean ____.
A. serious B. important C. true D. concrete
5. In what way is the market very real for each person or businessman who is making and selling something?
A. It tells you what to produce.
B. It tells you how to grow tomatoes.
C. It provides you with everything you need.
D. It helps you save money.
Passage 2
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:
England is not a big country; from north to south and from east to west it is only about three hundred miles across. But for a small country it has a surprising range of climate. People who have never visited England, or who have visited only one part of it, often make the mistake of thinking that it is a cold and wet country. Except for the summer months of June to September, this is probably true of the north of England and the Midlands. In the south, however, the climate is much more pleasant. One result is that when people retire from a job in the north they often prefer to move down to the milder south.
Perhaps the warmest part of the country is the southwest, which consists of the counties of Devon and Cornwall. The warm Gulf Stream flows across the North Atlantic Ocean from the Gulf of Mexico and makes the coastal regions of the southwest quite warm. Palm trees, bamboo(竹) and many semitropical (亚热带的) plants grow well in the southwest of England. Flowers and vegetables ripen (成熟) as much as month earlier than those elsewhere. Farmers in the area obtain a higher price for their vegetables and flowers because they are ready earlier. In winter there may be several feet of snow in other parts of England but there will probably be no snow at all in the southwest. This may be one of the reasons why the southwest is one of England’s most popular holiday areas.
6. The distance from the center of England to the south coast is about ____.
A. one hundred miles
B. threes hundred miles
C. one hundred and fifty miles
D. six hundred miles
7. England is a country ____.
A. with a cold and wet climate
B. with a surprising climates
C. with a pleasant climate
D. with a variety of climates
8. According to the passage, _____.
A. flowers and vegetables from Devon are on the market one month earlier
B. farmers in the southwest grow as many vegetables and flowers as farmers elsewhere
C. people in the southwest have to pay a higher price for vegetables and flowers
D. vegetables in Cornwall ripen as much as a month earlier than flowers
9. In the north of England and the Midlands, ____.
A. it is cold and wet all the year round
B. the climate is pleasant as a whole
C. it is warm most of the time in a year
D. only the summer is not cold and wet
10. In winter, people in Devon and Cornwall ____.
A. seldom see snow
B. never see any snow
C. may have several feet of snow
D. often see snow
Passage 3
Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:
Are you worried by the rising crime rate? If you are then you probably know that your house, possessions and person are increasingly in danger of suffering from the tremendous rise in the cases of burglary (盗窃) and assault (袭击) .
Figures indicate an ever-increasing crime rate, but it is only too easy to imagine “ It will never happen to me”. Unfortunately, statistics show that it really can happen to you and, if you live in a large city, you run twice the risk of being a victim.
Fortunately, there is something definite which you can do. Protect Alarms can help to protect your house with a burglar alarm system which is effective, simple to operate and easily affordable.
You must remember that possessing a burglar alarm is no indication that your house is packed with valuable possessions. It quite simple indicates to unwelcome visitors that yours is one house they will not break into easily, so they carry on to an unprotected house where their job is made a lot easier.
Send now for our free leaflet (小册子) telling you how we can Protect Alarm your house quickly, easily and cheaply. Complete and tear off the slip below and post it to us. Postage is free. Alternatively, telephone us at 3276721 where we have around-the-clock answering service. It costs nothing to find out about Protect Alarms.
11. Anyone who takes an interest in the crime rate will, according to the text, be aware that ____.
A. more burglars are being caught than ever before
B. people have more possessions to worry about nowadays
C. burglars are more at risk than they used to
D. homes are more likely to be broken into than before
12. I seems that people who live in cities are ____.
A. more likely to fall victim to burglary than those living in the country
B. of the opinion that statistics on robbery is wrong
C. twice as well-off as people living in the country
D. convinced that burglars only rob unprotected houses
13. The writer of this text wants to give the impression that the Protect Alarms system is ____.
A. elementary B. everlasting C. experimental D. economical
14. The article claims that possessing an alarm system will ____.
A. show burglars that you have nothing worth stealing
B. warn burglars not to break into your house
C. make the burglars’ undertaking more complicated
D. persuade burglars to try coming another time
15. The purpose of the article is ____.
A. to warn people against the danger of the rising crime rate
B. to help people to protect their houses
C. to persuade people to buy something
D. to discourage the burglars
Passage 4
Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage:
In what now seems like the prehistoric times of computer history, the early post-war era (战后时期), there was a quite widespread concern that computers would take over the world from man one day. Already today, less than forty years later, as computers are relieving us of more and more of the routine tasks in business and in our personal lives, we are faced with a less dramatic but also less foreseen problem. People tend to be over-trusting (过分信任) of computers and are reluctant to challenge their authority. Indeed, they behave as if they were hardly aware that wrong buttons may be pushed, or that a computer may simply malfunction (失灵).
Obviously, there would be no point in investing (投入) in a computer if you had to check all its answers, but people should also rely on their own internal computers and check the machine when they have the feeling that something has gone wrong. Questioning and routine double checks must continue to be as much a part of good business as they were in pre-computer days. May be each computer should come with the following warning: for all the help this computer may provide, it should not be seen as a substitute for fundamental thinking and reasoning skills.
16. What is the main purpose of this passage?
A. To look back to the early days of computers.
B. To explain what technical problems may occur with computer.
C. To discourage unnecessary investment in computer.
D. To warn against the blindness to the probable shortcomings of computer.
17. The passage recommends those dealing with computers to ____.
A. be reasonably doubtful about them
B. check all their answers
C. substitute them for basic thinking
D. use them for business purpose only
18. An “internal computer” (para.2) is ____ .
A. a computer used exclusively by one company for its own problems.
B. a person’s store of knowledge and the ability to process it
C. the most up-to date in-home computer a company can buy
D. a computer from the post-war era which is very reliable
19. The passage suggests that the present-day problem with regard to computers is ____.
A. challenging B. psychological C. dramatic D. over-trusting
20. It can be inferred from the passage that the author would disapprove of ____.
A. computer-science courses in high schools
B. businessmen and women who use pocket calculators
C. maintenance (继续不断) checks on computers
D. companies which depend entirely on computers for decision-making
Part II Vocabulary and Structure (40%)
Directions: In this part, there are 40 incomplete sentences. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentences. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the center.
21. Let’s go to the cinema tonight. I ____ for you at the gate.
A. wait B. shall wait C. am waiting D. shall have waited
22. Mr. and Mrs. Smith didn’t expect the house ____ so well.
A. to be decorated B. to decorate C. be decorated D. decorating
23. The United States is composed of fifty states, two of ____ are separated from the other by land or water.
A. them B. that C. which D. those
24. The chemistry class ___ for five minutes when we hurried there.
A. had been on B. was on C. has been on D. would be on
25. By the time Juan gets home, his aunt ____.
A. will leave B. leaves C. will have left D. is leaving
26. The disease ____ his mind so that he lost his memory.
A. effected B. impressed C. affected D. hurt
27. The new English dictionary I bought yesterday ____ me almost twenty yuan.
A. spent B. paid C. cost D. took
28. In fact he had done ____ he could to help the poor.
A. what B. which C. as D. all which
29. They discussed the problem three of four times, but could come to no ____.
A. end B. conclusion C. result D. judgment
30. She is very careful. She ____ very few mistakes in her work.
A. does B. takes C. makes D. gets
31. When he was set free after twenty years in prison, he was amazed ____ the changes he found.
A. at B. in C. on D. to
32. At the beginning of this term, our history professor ____ a list of books for us to read.
A. passed on B. fished out C. handed in D. made out
33. Don’t ___ the camera ____ unless you are sure you can put it together.
A. take … off B. work … out C. set … off D. take … apart
34. At first I thought that math problem would be rather difficult, but it ____ to be fairly easy.
A. turned out B. turned up C. turned on D. turned over
35. ____ makes men different from the other animals is that they can think and speak.
A. That B. The thing C. All D. What
36. We’ve tested three hundred types of boot, ____ completely waterproof.
A. no of which B. none of which C. some of that D. neither of which
37. She was sitting in an armchair ____ a book.
A. reading B. to read C. to be reading D. to have read
38. I would ask George to lend us the money if I ____ him.
A. had known B. have known C. new D. to have read
39. I’m feeling sick. I ____ so much chocolate.
A. needn’t have eaten B. couldn’t have eaten
C. mustn’t have eaten D. shouldn’t have eaten
40. While he was climbing the high mountain, he had his leg ____.
A. broke B. break C. broken D. breaking
41. He was last seen in public on the ____ of his daughter’s wedding.
A. chance B. occasion C. event D. affair
42. Please keep an eye on my luggage, and I’ll be back ____.
A. in time B. in no time C. at one time D. at a time
43. Such a skilled tennis player knows how to take ____ of his opponent’s (对手) chief weakness.
A. use B. advantage C. utility D. chance
44. It is impossible to live in society and be independent ____ society.
A. on B. from C. in D. of
45. She scarcely cares for anything, ____ ?
A. doesn’t she B. does she C. is she D. isn’t she
46. There is an old saying which goes, “Never ____ until tomorrow what you can do today.”
A. put aside B. put up C. put off D. put away
47. His car broke down when he was only ____ home.
A. a half way B. halfway C. half a way D. halfway to
48. The patient’s progress was very encouraging as he could ____ get out of bed without help.
A. nearly B. only C. merely D. barely
49. He has ____ the army for ten years and is now an officer.
A. gone into B. joined in C. been in D. come into
50. He has made another wonderful discovery, ____ of great importance to science.
A. which I think it is B. of which I think it is
C. I think which is D. which I think is
51. That field ____ a good crop of potatoes last year.
A. planted B. grew C. raised D. yielded
52. I am ____ of the same old breakfast every morning.
A. worn out B. tired C. ill D. exhausted
53. John suggested ____ anything about it until they found out more facts.
A. not to say B. saying not C. to say not D. not saying
54. You’ve already missed too many classes this term. You ____ two classes just last week.
A. missed B. would miss C. had missed D. have missed
55. Mr. Smith promised me a good position and ____.
A. to pay me a fair salary B. a fair salary
C. paying me a fair salary D. pay the a fair salary
56. How far was he ____ for what had happened?
A. reliable B. respective C. responsible D. provided
57. Not until Columbus discovered America ____ to Europe.
A. bananas were brought B. bananas brought
C. are bananas brought D. were bananas brought
58. He said he was quite satisfied ____ my progress.
A. with B. to C. on D. at
59. Do you think there would be less conflict in the world if all people ____ the same language?
A. spoke B. speak C. had spoken D. will speak
60. Your comments ____ my work have proved to be helpful.
A. in B. for C on D against
Part III Identification (10%)
Directions: Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked A, B, C and D. Identify the one that is not correct. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the center.
61. In his latest article, the reporter criticized the way which the racial problem was being handled.
A B C D
62.If you read the book a second time, and you will probably have quite a different understanding of
A B C
the events described in it.
D
63. If the experiment succeeds or fails, it will provide us with valuable experience, which is essential to
A B C
improving our future work.
D
64. It was through his uncle’s influence which Philip obtained his position with the biggest oil company
A B C D
in the country.
65. It was during the 1990’s that the friendship between Edward and Jeremy reached their highest
A B C D
point.
66. George and his brother have a little in common except that they share the same interest in playing
A B C D
football.
67. You’ve to hurry up if you want to buy something because there’s hardly something left.
A B C D
68. I came here three and a half months ago. I think I have made a good progress in English.
A B C D
69. When we walked past the theater, there were a lot of people waited in a long line outside the box
A B C D
office.
70. Our football team feels proud of that it has won every match this year.
A B C D
Part IV Cloze (10%)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage, and for each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D at the end of the passage. You should choose the ONE answer that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the center.
Let me tell you a story about Bert and Mildred Bumbridge, who used to be very ____ .for example, Mildred would forget to cook dinner, of Bert would ___ up for work on Sunday ___ it was Monday. One summer they ___ to take a long plane trip. What do ___ suppose happened? Well, they got ___ the airport with only ten minutes to ___. So time was short. In that situation anyone would ___ the plane right away. But not Mr. and Mrs. Bumbridge. They just had to buy some flight insurance ___. All in all, who knows what will happen ___ a plane flight? They quickly put some coins into a machine and ___ came their insurance policy. “ Who ___ get the money if we ___ , I wonder?” asked Mildred. “My mother, of course,” her husband ___. “We’ll mail the policy to her. Now quickly give me a stamp, ___ you?” he said. “The plane’s going to ___ off in another minute.” Bert put the stamp on the envelope, ___ it in the mailbox, and ___ began to cry. What happened, ___ you suppose? He had mailed their ___ to his mother!
71. A. careless B. forgetful C. indifferent D. loose
72. A. step B. stand C. show D. set
73. A. thinking B. neglecting C. ignoring D. overlooking
74. A. occurred B. appeared C. were D. supposed
75. A. they B. it C. I D. you
76. A. into B. on C. to D. at
77. A. spare B. exist C. keep D. remain
78. A. abroad B. broad C. aboard D. board
79. A. primarily B. first C. earliest D. firstly
80. A. in B. on C. at D. with
81. A. on B. off C. down D. out
82. A. must B. would C. may D. should
83. A. crash B. crack C. crush D. creep
84. A. relied B. related C. replied D. responded
85. A. do B. will C. should D. won’t
86. A. put B. take C. dive D. rise
87. A. dropped B. drop C. dropping D. drops
88. A. immediately B. quickly C. suddenly D. sooner
89. A. may B. will C. did D. do
90. A. stamp B. tickets C. passports D. envelope
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