广东成人高等教育学士学位英语考试真题A卷.doc

成人高等教育本科毕业生申请学士学位外国语水平考试Part IDialogue pletion <15 Points>Directions:There are 15 short inplete dialogues in this part, each followed by 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one to plete the dialogue and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.1. Speaker A: I want to take part in the school Talent Show.Speaker B: Thats nice! _.Speaker A: Well, I like to sing.A. Im behind you 100 percent. B. What would you want to do?C. Are you sure? D. Go for it.2. Mike: Do you mind if I open the door?Susan: _. The wind will blow my papers around.A. Please dont.B. Just do it.C. No, go right ahead. D. Its up to you.3. Speaker A: I was hoping you would stay on a bit longer.Speaker B: _, but I have to get up early tomorrow.A. I think so B. I wish I could tooC. Thank youD. I really have to go.4. Speaker A: Guess what, mum? I got the scholarship!Speaker B: _. Im so pround of you.A. Well done!B. I like it.C. You are kidding!D. Good luck.5. Speaker A: Good morning, Mr.Thomas. Dou you have time now?Speaker B: _. Speaker A: I would like to discuss with you about my job.A. Let me see.B. Not now.C. Sure. What is it?D. How long will it take?6. Tim: You look unhappy, _?Linda: Im having some problems with maths.A. What do you needB. Whats newC. You know whatD. Whats up7. Speaker A: What a wonderful dinner!Speaker B: Thank you. _.A. I hope you like it. B. Im glad youre enjoying it.C. Is everything fine?D. You are wele.8. Marie: Hey, Greg. Lets go to the County Show this weekend.Greg: _ I have to do my school project, remember?A. As you like. B. Id be glad to.C. Do we have to?D. Why not?9. Dad: Do you want any breakfast?Emma: _. Im really hungry.A. Im not sureB. Well, if you insistC. I can go without itD. Yes, I do10. John: Im tired. Im having next week off.Lily: _. The break will do you good.A. What happened to you?B. Are you serious?C. Thats a good idea.D. You dont really mean it, do you?11. Mark: I dont know about you, but Im fed up with this wet weather.Linda: _. Im just looking for some sunshine.A. Me, tooB. Neither do I.C. Who knows?D. Its Ok.12. Mary: What was the match like?Lucas: _, especially when Messi scored in the closing minutes.A. It made me sleepy B. It was a jokeC. It was a dull gameD. It was really exciting13. Speaker A: Could I meet with you to dicuss the preparation?Speaker B: Good. We could meet on Tuesday or Wednesday. _?Speaker A. Tuesday would be good for me.A. How about youB. Which day would you preferC. Any other suggestionsD. Is it good for you14. Husband: You arent going out dressed like that, are you? Wife: _? I thought I looked really smart.A. Can you believe itB. Be nice, OkC. How do you think of itD. Why? Whats wrong with it15. Josh: Give me your homework so I can copy it. Ellen: _ You should do it yourself.A. Take it.B. No way!C. Ill tell you what.D. What seems to be the problem?Part II Reading prehension <40 Points>Directions:There are 4 passages in this part. Each o f the passages is followed by 5questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D.Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.Passage OneA few centuies ago, people looked at the birds and wondered what it would be like to fly like them. There were stories of heroes who glued bird feathers on their arms and flew up into the sky. About 500 years ago, some people dreamed a different dream. Instead of flying up to the sky, they dreamed of falling from the sky!In the 15th century, Italian inventors designed a cone-shaped<锥形> device that was supposed to bring a man down safely from a great height. The operator held on to a handle with a straps strapped to his waist. This was the first known design for a parachute <降落伞>.Even the great inventor Leonardo da Vinci sketched a type of parachute. His parachute design was in the shape of pyramid<金字塔>. Other inventors also sketched their own designs for a parachute. Unfortunately, these were only designs on paper and no one tested them.A Croatian inventor named Fausto Veranzio looked at Leonardo da Vincis parachute design and replaced the pyramid shape with one that looked like a sail from a ship. When Veranzio was 65years old, he fell ill. Thinking he would not live longer, he decided to try out his parachute invention. He built his parachute using wood and cloth. Straping his invention to his waist, he jumped off the tall bell tower in his city. He landed safely! He was supposedly the first man to successfully use a parachute. However, some other people thought this story was not true. If that was the case, then the first person to successfully use a parachute would go to a Frenchman named Louis-Sebastien Lenormand in 1783. 16. The first known parachute was designed by _.A. Frenchman B. ItalianC. CroatiansD. Englishmen17. Leonardo da Vincis parachute was shaped like a _.A. coneB. featherC. pyramidD. sail18. Which of the following is about Fausto Veranzio is true?A. He copied da Vincis parachute design.B. He made his parachute with feather and wood.C. He experimented with his parachute many times.D. He decided to try his parachute after he was seriously ill.19. As for the first man who successfully used a parachute, _.A. it was said to be Leonardo da VinciB. we know for sure he was VeranzioC. there were some historical recordsD. we dont know for sure yet20. The passage is mainly about _.A. the origin of the parachuteB.The dreams of flying and fallingC. the courage of dropping from the skyD. the application of parachute inventionPassage TwoOut of all the students who enroll in a massive open online course<MOOC>, only about 5 percent plete the course and receive a certificate acplishment. This statistic is often cited as evidence that MOOCs are fatally flawed<缺陷的>and offer little educational value to most students. Yet more than 80 percent of students who fill out a post-course survey say they met their primary objective. How do we look at these two facts?Were used to focusing on pletion rates in higher education, but theyre not the only-or even the most meaningful indicator of engagement in open online courses. With no cost to enroll, no punishment for dropping out, and little reward for actually earning a certificate, MOOCs are fundamentally different from traditional calssess and students use them in fundamentally different ways.Data from more than 1.8 million students erolled in 36 MOOCs offered by the University of Pennsylvania show that students treat MOOCs like a buffet <自助餐>, sampling the material according to their interests and career goals. Some are curious about the subject matter and just watch one or two video lectures; others use the discussion forums to connect with their intellectual peers around the world. Of all enrolled students, nearly 60 percent watch at least one vedio, plete at least one assignment, or post at least once in a forum.So focusing on the tiny fraction of students who plete a MOCCs is misguided.The more important number is the 60 percent engagement rate. Students may not finish a MOOC with a certificate of acplishment, but the courses nonetheless meet the educational goals of millions.21. What do we learn about MOOCs from Para.1? A. There seems to be conflicting statistics about MOOCs. B. It turns out that MOOCs have failed peoples expectations. C. Most students find it hard to judge the value of MOOcs. D. The educational value of MOOCs is well acknowledged.22. In Para.2, the author stresses _. A. the primary objective of MOOC students B. the significance of petion rates in education C. the strengths and weakness of open online courses D. the differences between MOOCc and trditional classes23. According to Para. 3, students choose MOOCs for the following reasons EXCEPT _. A. earning a certificate B. improving job-related skills C. meeting their interest in the subjects D. exchanging ideas with students worldwide24. The sentence "students treat MOOCs as a buffet" <Para.3> _. A. emphasizes the core value of MOCCs B. demonstrates the daily operation of MOOCd C. indicates students are free to choose MOOC resources D. explains what students learn from MOOC courses25. What is the authors attitude toward MOOCs? A. Critical.B. Supportive. C. Indifferent. D. Neutral.Passage ThreeWhether you are hiking through徒步 the magnificent redwoods of Northern California, sleeping under the brilliant stars of the Texas sky or watching the sun rise across the rocky cliffs of Maine, expecting the outdoor world can be inspiring, thrilling, and deeply satisfying. And one of the best ways to enjoy the abundant gifts of the natural world is simple, inexpensive, and available to almost every one. Lets go camping.When you camp, you create a "home away from home" in the fresh air. You dont need a lot of fency equipment to enjoy camping. What you need is simply a tent large enough for your family. Practice setting up the tent at home to make sure you are familiar with the process before you go camping.Once you find a good site, its time to set up tent. Your first job is to set up your tent. Remove all sticks and rocks from the area. Spread a tarp <防水帆布> over the area where your tent will sit. Set up the tent and be sure to stake it down firmly, even if the weather is mild. Otherwise, strong wind can blow your tent away.Next, youll need some firewood for a campfire. If gathering wood is illegal at your campground, you must buy it at the camp store. If gathering dead wood is permitted, go on a firewood-hunting journey and bring in a good supply of wood for your campsite, pile the wood safely away from the campfire ring and where no one will trip over the wood or hurt his or her legs on sharp branches.Being a responsible camper requires that you follow the rules of the campground. Do not burn food or plastic in your campfire. Make sure that you leave your campsite in good condition for the next campers. Just before leaving the site, make a final check to be certain that your campfire is pletely out. Pour water on the ashes just to be safe!26. As is suggested by the aurhor, you should practice setting up your tent _.A. before the weather turns badB. before your first camping upC. after having selected your campsiteD. once you have decided where to go27. What is the first thing you should do after choosing a campsite?A. Gather firewood.B. Spread a tarp on the ground.C. Set up the tent.D. Remove sticks and rocks from the tent area.28. You can gather firewood only _.A. after you are sure that it is permittedB. after you are certain that no one will get hurtC. if there is no camp store nearbyD. if firewood is out of stock in a camp store29. The last thing you should do before leaving your campsite is _.A. burn all the trashB. clean the campsite C. pour water on the ashesD. collect all the rubbish30. The passage is mainly about _.A. safety measures a camper should takeB. problems you may face as a camperC. what you need to know about campingD. what you need to bring along for campingPassage FourEvery country has secret services to help protect it against serious threats from terrorists, major criminals or even from other countries. People who threaten to harm a country always plot in secret, so the intelligence agencies have to work in secret to find out what is being planned before it happens, so that it can be prevented. They do that in many different ways by secretly listening to their targets talking on the phone, by planting microphongs to overhear meetings, by watching the targets as they move from place to place and by recruiting some of the targets to act as double agents to report on what is going on.For most of my career I worked in one of the UKs three intelligence services, MIS, the domestic security service. I first joined in the 1970s, in the middle of the Gold War, when the war was divided into two armed camps, the Soviet Union<前苏联> and its allies on the one side and Western Europe, America and their allies on the other. The Gold War never became a fighting war. It was an intelligence war, with intelligence officers from both sides trying to find out what the other side was doing, what kind of weapons they had, when and if they might start a war and what their plans were. Both sides were secretly working in each others countries.Nowadays one of the biggest threats to the world, es from terrorists. Intelligence officers from many differenct countries are working together to find out who they are., where they are and what they are planning. Todays MIS officers get their intelligence in much the same way as we did during the Gold War, but their task is even more difficult and urgent because most terrorists want to kill people. Many terrorist attacks that are planned and prepared never happen, and we never know anything about them because the intelligence services find them out and prevent them.31. What is the first paragraph mainly about?A. The tasks of intelligence agencies.B. The contributions of intelligence agencies.C. The equipment used by intelligence agents.D. The recruitment of intelligence agents.32. The biggest security threats for Britain in the 1970s were from _.A. international terrorists B. the Soviet Union and its alliesC. major criminals within the countryD. agents working for both camps33. What is true about the Gold War?A. Both camps were planning to start a war.B. It was a war fought with advanced weapons.C. No fierce clash broke out during the period.D. It is not regarded as an intelligence war.34. MIS officers task is more urgent today in that _.A. terrorists are more difficult to find than spiesB. most terrorist attacks are aimed at killing peopleC. terrorist attacks happen more frequently than beforeD. it takes only a little time to prepare a terrorist attack35. The best title for the passage might be " _ ".A. Ways of Gathering IntelligenceB. National Defense Against All ThreatsC. Which Is More Threatening: Terrorists Or Spies?D. What We Do As Intelligence OfficersPart IIIVocabulary and Structure <20 points>Directions: There are 40 inplete sentences in this sectionFor each sentence there are 4 choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the one that best pletes the sentence. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.36. I didnt believe in this treatment before, but after I tried I found that it really