1992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:

       More than 30,000 drivers and front seat passengers are killed or seriously injured each year. At a speed of only 30 miles per hour it is the same as falling from a third-floor window. Wear a seat belt saves lives; it reduces your chance of death or serious injury by more than half.

       Therefore drivers or front passengers over in most vehicles must wear a seat belt. If you do not, you could be fined up to$50. It will not be up to the drivers to make sure you wear your belt. But it will be the driver’s responsibility to make sure that children under 14 do not ride in the front unless they are wearing a seat belt of some kind.

       However, you do not have to wear a seat belt if you are reversing (倒开) your vehicle; or you are making a local delivery or collection using a special vehicle; or if you have valid (有效的) medical certificate which excuses you from wearing it. Make sure these circumstances apply to you before you decide not to wear your seat belt. Remember you may be taken to court for not doing so, and you may be fined if you cannot prove to the court that you have been excused from wearing it.

       1. This passage is most probably taken from      .

              A. a medical magazine

              B. a legal document

              C. the Federal Laws

              D. a police report

2. Wearing a seat belt in a vehicle      .

              A. reduces road accidents by more than half

              B. saves lives while during at a speed up to 30 miles per hour

              C. reduces the death rate in traffic accidents

              D. saves more than 15,000 lives each year

3. It is the driver’s responsibility to      .

              A. make the front seat passenger wear a seat belt

              B. make the front seat children under 14 wear a seat belt

              C. stop children riding in the front seat

              D. wear a seat belt each time he drives

4. According to the passage, who, riding in the front, does not have to wear a seat belt?

              A. someone who is backing into a parking space

              B. someone who is picking up the children from the local school

              C. someone who is delivering invitation letters

              D. someone who is under 14

5. For some people, it may be better      .

              A. to wear a seat belt for health reasons

              B. not to wear a seat belt for health reasons

              C. to get a valid medical certificate before wearing a seat belt

              D. to pay a fine rather than wear a seat belt

Passage 2

Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:

       If you are like most people, your intelligence varies from season to season. You are probably a lot sharper in the spring than you are at any other time of the year. A noted scientist, Ellsworth Huntington (1876-1974), concluded, from other men’s work and his own among peoples in different climates’ that climate and temperature have a definite effect on our mental abilities.

       He found that cool weather is much more favorable for creative thinking than is summer heat. This does not mean that all people are less intelligent in the summer than they are during the rest of the year. It does mean, however, that the mental abilities of large numbers of people tend to be lowest in the summer.

       Spring appears to be the best period of the year for thinking. One reason may be that in spring man’s mental abilities are affected by the same factors that bring about great changes in all nature.

       Fall is the next-best season, then winter. As for summer, it seems to be good time to take a long vacation from thinking.

6. According to this passage, your intelligence probably      .

              A. stays the same throughout the year

              B. varies from day to day

              C. changes with the seasons

              D. changes from year to year

7. Huntington based his conclusions on      .

              A. records of changes in his own intelligence

              B. work with peoples in different climates

              C. records of temperature changes

              D. all of the above

8. It seems that the cold of winter      .

              A. increases the ability to think

              B. is the best time for thinking

              C. is better for thinking than is very warm weather

              D. decreases the ability to think

9. One possible reason why spring is the best reason for thinking is that      .

              A. all nature, including man, is growing then

              B. it lasts longer than the other seasons

              C. it is not too warm and not too cold

              D. both B and C

10. The two best seasons for thinking seem to be      .

              A. spring and fall

              B. winter and summer

              C. summer and spring

              D. fall and winter

Passage 3

Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:

       I came to India a year ago to find a village in which I could live and write but it was many months before I settled down happily in this Himalayan community.

       I wasted a lot of time looking for the “typical” village. Yet no such thing exists. Conditions vary too widely. But the village I stayed in had much in common-poverty, dirt, ignorance. Often the villagers themselves were puzzled, suspicious. Why had I come? I had put aside my work as a political journalist because my ideas had changed. I had come to believe that what was happening in the Third World was more important than anything else. But to understand how three-quarters of the world’s people live, and how their future might affect ours, I felt that I first had to try and share their way of life.

       In the end I chose a mountain village because it was a little cooler than those in the plains. I took the bus from town along a bumpy road. Then came a rough walk down a steep path to the river. After this I began the climb into the hills. Whenever I stopped to catch my breath, there was a magnificent view. After several hours’ walk the village came into view.

       11. After the writer had arrived in India      .

              A. he spent a year writing about the place he lived in

              B. he took quite a long time finding a suitable place to live

              C. he spend years looking for a certain village

              D. he lived in a Himalayan community for many months

12. While looking for a “typical” village the writer found      .

              A. he was searching for the impossible

              B. all the villages were exactly the same

              C. the villagers made him feel confused

              D. the villagers asked him a lot of questions

13. Before coming to India the writer      .

              A. had been a successful politician

              B. had made a decision to do no more work

              C. had been dismissed from his job

              D. had written articles for publication

14. The writer decided to change his way of life because      .

              A. he no longer found his work interesting

              B. he wanted to live a peaceful life in the countryside

              C. he wanted to find out more about the Third World

              D. he thought living in a small community would be rewarding

15. The village the writer finally chose to live in      .

              A. was situated at the end of a bumpy road

              B. had a better climate than those in the plains

              C. was a short walk from the river

              D. had a magnificent view of the river

Passage 4

Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage:

       Large companies need a way to reach the saving of the public at large. The same problem, on the smaller scale, faces practically every company trying to develop new products and create new jobs. There can be little prospect of raising the sort of sums needed from friends and people we know, and while banks may agree to provide short-term finance, they are generally unwilling to provide money on a permanent basis for long-term projects. So companies turn to the public, inviting people to lend them money, or take a share in the business through The Stock Exchange. By doing so they can put into circulation the savings of individuals and institutions, both at home and overseas.

      When the saver needs his money back, he does not have to go to the company with whom he originally placed it. Instead, he sells his shares through a stockbroker to some other saver who is seeking to invest his money.

       Many of the services needed both by industry and by each of us are provided by the Government or by local authorities. Without hospitals, roads, electricity, telephones, railways, this country could not function. All these require continuous spending on new equipment and new development if they are to serve us properly, requiring more money than is raised through taxes alone. The Government, local authorities, and nationalized industries therefore frequently need to borrow money to finance major capital spending, and they, too, come to The Stock Exchange.

       There is hardly, a man or woman in this country whose job or whose standard of living does not depend on the ability of his or her employers to raise money to finance new development. In one way or another this new money must come from the saving of the country. The Stock Exchange exists to provide a channel through which these savings can reach those who need finance.

       16. Almost all companies involved in new production and development must      .

              A. rely on their own financial resources

              B. persuade the banks to provide long-term finance

              C. borrow large sums of money from friends and people they know

              D. depend on the population as a whole for finance

17. The money which enables these companies to go ahead with their projects is      .

              A. repaid to its original owners as soon as possible

              B. raised by the selling of shares in the companies

              C. exchange for part ownership in The Stock Exchange

              D. invested in different companies on The Stock Exchange

18. When the savers want their money back they      .

              A. ask other company to obtain their money for them

              B. look for other people to borrow money from

              C. put their shares in the company back on the market

              D. transfer their money to a more successful company

19. All the essential services on which we depend are      .

              A. run by the Government or our local authorities

              B. financed wholly by rates and taxes

              C. unable to provide for the needs of population

              D. in constant need of financial support

20.         20. The Stock Exchange makes it possible for the Government, local authorities, and nationalized industries      .

              A. to borrow as much as they wish

              B. to make certain everybody saves money

              C. to raise money to finance new development

              D. to make certain everybody lends money to them

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. The problem has ____ simply because you didn’t follow my instruction.

   A. raised   B. risen   C. arisen   D. aroused

22. I hope there is _____ for the doctor in your car.

   A. seat     B. room     C. place    D. corner

23. As I am sure Jenny is very honest, I _____ she stole the money.

   A. guess    B. believe    C. suspect    D. doubt

24. He spoke so quickly that I didn’t _____ that what he said.

   A. receive    B. accept     C. listen    D. catch

25. You ____ read that article if you don’t want to .

   A. haven’t     B. can’t    C. mustn’t     D. needn’t

26. Do what you think is right ___ they say.

   A. however    B. whatever    C. whichever    D. if only

27. The size of the audience, ___ we had expected was well over one thousand.

   A. whom   B. who   C. as   D. that

28. I recognized John ___ he entered the room.

   A. hardly   B. the minute   C. no sooner   D. at once

29. Constant showers are characteristic ___ the summer here.

   A. for   B. to   C. of   D. with

30. There is no ___ in applying for that job as you are not properly qualified.

   A. reason   B. result   C. point   D. chance

31. A new Minister for Agriculture has been ___.

   A. determined     B. appointed    C. admitted    D. assumed

32. In some parks visitors are requested to keep ___ the grass.

   A. aside    B. away    C. out   D. off

33. I don’t think you’ve heard of him before, ___?

   A. don’t I    B. do I    C. have you    D. haven’t you

34. “How ___ will you finish your homework?” “ In half an hour.”

   A. soon    B. long   C. often   D. fast

35. There are many kinds of metals, ___.

A.      each having its special properties       B. having its special properties

C.      one has its special properties           D. each has its special properties

36. Our society has changed and ___ in it.

A.      so the people have         B. the people have so  

C.  so have the people        D. have the people so

37. We’re late, I expect the film ___ by the time we get to the cinema.

   A. had already started            B. have already started  

   C. will already have started       D. have already been started

38. The man said he would hit me ___ I told him where the money was.

   A. until    B. unless    C. soon after    D. as

39. I took some one else’s umbrella ___ mistake.

   A. in     B. for    C. with    D. by

40. We don’t like it , but we have to ____ up with it .

   A. stand    B. put    C. take    D. pick

41. He remembered ____ to the zoo by his father when he was little.

A. being taken    B. taking   C. have been taken   D. to have taken

42. The team really looks good tonight because the coach had them ___ every night this week.

   A. practice     B. to practice    C. practiced      D. practicing

43. That’s the reason ____ Ann could not do her part of the job.

   A. that    B. of     C. because    D. why

44. The snow fell ____ fast that our footsteps were covered up in a few minutes.

   A. so        B. much     C. little        D. very

45. I always take it for granted that I am ____ than she is.

   A. very      B. too       C. far more     D. far better

46. No sooner ____ got to the station than it began to rain heavily.

   A. had I     B. have I      C. I had       D. I have

47. They overcame all the difficulties and fulfilled the plan ten days ahead of schedule, ____ was something we had not expected.

   A. that      B. this    C. it    D. which

48. Plastics is a kind of ____ which is widely used in industry.

   A. mass    B. substance    C. matter    D. material

49. The sudden change of weather made the temperature ____ a lot.

A. fall   B. sink    C. drop    D. lower

50. The food industry in our country is developing ____.

   A. quickly    B. fast    C. swiftly    D. rapidly

51. In order to look at sea life closely , people have ____ some kinds of special equipment.

   A. to work in     B. to work over    C. to work out   D. to work off

52. It ____ that the jewels had been stolen by a traveler.

   A. turned out    B. turned up    C. turned on    D. turned over

53. When she does something, Mrs. Brown feels that her little child is always ____.

   A. under way    B. in the way    C. on the way   D. by the way

54. ____ umbrella with you in case it rains.

   A.. Bring    B. Get    C. Carry     D. Take

55. ___ in the air, fuels give off heat.

   A. To burn    B. Burned    C. To be burned    D. Being burned

56. Mary ____ in the garden when it began to rain.

   A. was walking     B. walked    C. walking    D. had walked

57. It is necessary that we ____ have a good command of English at college.

   A. must    B. have to   C. should   D. ought to

58. If a better material ____, the strength of the part would have been increased.

   A. had been used    B. had been using    C. being used    D. using

59. When the mixture ____, it will give off a powerful force.

   A. will heat    B. will be heated    C. is heated    D. has heated

60. English ____ in a new way at my college in the past few years.

   A. has been teaching    B. was being taught

   C. has been taught      D. had been taught

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. I didn’t mind their coming late to the lecture, but I objected their making so much noise.

         A                  B                  C                   D

62. Students who take the examination will receive their score reports in six week

                 A  B                         C               D

63. On her way to the supermarket yesterday morning, Mary met an old friend

 A                                                                                B

and stopped talking with him for quite a while.

              C                                             D

64. It is extremely important for an engineer to know to use a computer.

A    B             C                D

65. Sarah said she hear someone in the classroom, but when we looked we didn’t find someone.

           A      B                                        C      D

66. Paula doesn’t want to attend the meeting and Sheila doesn’t too.

        A         B             C              D

67. If you will buy one box at the regular price, you would receive after one at no extra cost.

A       B                                            C     D

68. I didn’t enjoy him singing so softly, though I generally enjoy quite songs.

           A        B         C      D

69. Yellow Stone National Park is one of the older parks in the V.S. It was established by Congress in 1872.

                          A       B                     C             D

70. The examiner didn’t know whether to report the student for cheating or warning him first.

                                                 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.

       Smoking is considered dangerous to the health. Our tobacco-seller, Mr. Johnson, therefore, always asked his customers, if they are very young, whom the cigarettes are bought 71.

       One day, a little girl whom he had never seen before walked 72 into his shop and demanded twenty cigarettes. She had the 73 amount of money in her hand and seemed very 74 of herself. Mr. Johnson was so 75 by her confident manner that he 76 to ask this usual question. 77, he asked her what kind of cigarettes she wanted. The girl replied 78 and handed him the money. While he was giving her the 79, Mr. Johnson said laughingly that 80 she was so young she should 81 the packet in her pocket in 82 a policeman saw it. 83, the little girl did not seem to find this very funny. Without 84 smiling she took the 85 and walked towards the door. Suddenly she stopped, turned 86, and looked steadily at Mr. Johnson. 87 was a moment of silence and the tobacco-seller 88 what she was going to say. All at once, in a clear, 89 voice, the girl declared, “ 90 dad is a policeman, ” and with that she walked quickly out of the shop.

       71. A. with              B. to              C. for                  D. by

72. A. nervously       B. heavily       C. hesitatingly  D. by

73. A. exact              B. some       C. large           D. enough

74. A. ashamed  B. sure        C. fond        D. glad

75. A. worried   B. annoyed  C. surprised D. pleased

76. A. forgot            B. came   C. feared            D. remembered

77. A. Therefore       B. Instead       C. Anyway            D. Somehow

78. A. readily     B. patiently  C. angrily            D. rudely

79. A. change    B. warning   C. cheque           D. cigarettes

80. A. as         B. for           C. while         D. though

81. A. cover             B. hide           C. dip                 D. take

82. A. time              B. case        C. fear            D. consequence

83. A. Nevertheless B. Moreover  C. Therefore  D. Then

84. A. ever              B. little C. some        D. even

85. A. packet     B. money     C. advice            D. bill

86. A. away              B. over        C. round             D. aside

87. A. It         B. There       C. She              D. Here

88. A. wondered       B. considered C. doubted   D. expected

89. A. weak              B. firm        C. joking             D. humble

90. A. The              B. For         C. My             D. As