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最新广东省成人高等教育学士学位英语考试真题

PartIDialogueCompletion（15points）

Directions:

Thereare15shortincompletedialoguesinthispart,eachfollowedby4choicesmarkedA,B,CandD.ChoosethebestonetocompletethedialogueandmarkyouranswerontheANSWERSHEETwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

1.Jenny:

ShallIgoandtellMr.Fairbanksaboutourproposal?

Jackie:

_____________

A.Yes,yougo.B.Yes,go.

C.Yes,let's.D.Yes,please.

2.Mori:

It'sapleasuremeetyouhere.

Kaco:

_______________

A.Pleasedtomeetyou,too.B.Thankyousomuch

C.Ididn'texpecttoseeyouhereD.You'retoohospitable

3.Mr·Williams:

Excuseme.I'mlookingforapresentformyson.Ihavenoideawhattogethim.Canyouhelpme?

Salesgirl:

_____

A.OfcourseIcan.

B.No,Ican'tactually.

C.YoumustbuyhimaT-shirt.

D.Yes,IthinkaT-shirtwouldbeagoodidea.

4.Tim:

Ihearyou'vebeentothebookfair.Howwasit?

Susan:

______________

A.Absolutelymarvelous.B.Verymuchindeed

C.NotnecessarilyD.Quitedisappointed

5.Ed:

Howdoyougetalongwithyournewmusicteacher?

Maggie:

MsDacis?

___________,butIlikeheralot.

A.She'shumorousB.She'snicetome

C.She'sabitstrangeD.She'sgoodatdancing

6.David:

Charles,couldyoudrivemetotherailwaystation?

Charles:

___________________

A.No,thanksB.I'llbethereontime

C.Sure,whynot?

D.Nevermind

7.Max:

MysonhasbeenadmittedbyBeijingUniversity.

Walt:

Congratulations!

Heissuchasmartboy

Max:

___________________

A.Yes,heis.B.Youareright

C.ThankyouverymuchD.Don'tmentionit.

8.Student:

Doyoumindourperformingrock'n'rollinthehall?

Teacher:

__________________

A.No,you'dbetternotB.Ofcourse,it'sallowedhere

C.Oh,I'dratheryoudidn'tactually.D.I'dprefertolistentorock'n'roll

9.Clerk:

Excuseme,thisisanon-smokingplace

Customer:

_________

A.Oh,I'msorryB.Howcanyousaythat?

C.That'sallrightD.That'simpossible

10.Waiter:

Howwouldyoulikeyourcoffee?

Customer:

________

A.It'swelldoneB.Verynice,thanks

C.Withsugar,pleaseD.Onlyonecup.

11.Virginia:

Whataboutgoingtodosomeshoppingthisafternoon?

A.Goahead,pleaseB.Goodidea!

C.Me,too.D.Helpyourself.

12.Carlos:

Thankyouverymuch,MissJames.Thathelpedmealot.

MissJames:

__________,Carlos.

A.Don'tthankmeB.Don'tmentionit

C.I'mfineD.I'msorry

13.Susan:

I'mworried.Mysondoesn'tliketotalkwithme.

Tracy:

________Wewerealllikethatathisage.

A.Takeiteasy.B.Changehismind.

C.Don’tquarrelwithhim.Don'trefusehim.

14.Nicolas:

I'dliketodonatemoneytohelppoorchildrenatschool.TowhomshallIgivemyshare?

LiMimg:

_______I'llaskaboutthatandletyouknow.

A.VerywellB.Whoknows?

C.ThankyouallthesameD.Italldepends

15.Kelvin:

We'realmostfinishedwiththeprojectnow.____

Teresa:

Actually,Iprefertokeepgoing.

A.Let'shurryupB.We'retootirednow

C.We'llbeontimeD.Let'sstopforabreak

PartIIReadingComprehension（40points）

Directions:

Thereare4passagesinthispart.Eachofthepassagesisfollowedby5questionsorunfinishedstatements.Foreachofthemthereare4choicesmarkedA,B,CandD.ChoosethebestoneandmarkyouranswerontheANSWERSHEETwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

PassageOne

JackBillabongisastockman.OneFridayafternoonhewasridingalongthetracktowardstheHendersonfarm.HewaslookingforaprizebullwhichhadescapedfromtheBorrogeepaddock.Hereachedthehillsandsawatoncethathecouldnotgofurther.

Therehadbeenafireintheforestwhichhadgoneout.Buttheairwasstillfullofsmokeandfallentreeshadblockedthetrack.Jackwasjustgoingtoturnbackwhenhesawsomethingmovinginthesmoke.Hewaited.Itwasagirlonahorse,andshewasridingtowardshim.

"There'sabadlyburntmanonthefarm,"thegirlshouted."Hesavedmylife.Pleasehelpmetosavehim."

ThegirlwasCathyHenderson,Shehadbeenonhorsebackfortwohours.Shehadtojumpoverfallentreesthatwerestillburning.Herponyhadfallenwithhertwice.Shewasthirstyandalmostdeadfromwantofsleep.ButsherodebacktothefarmwithJackimmediately.

JoeBrookwasunconsciouswhentheyreachedhim.TheyliftedhimontoJack'shorse.TheridebacktoBorrogeewasterrible.CathywassotiredthatJackhadtotiehertoherpony.Theponywastiredtoo.,butitscouragewasastonishing.ItfollowedJackrighttoBorrogeehospital.Nobodysawthemarrivebecauseitwasnight.

"I'veneverseenahorselikethatpony,"Jacksaid,CathypraisedJackBillabong,butsherefusedtosayanythingaboutthepony."Joewillwriteaboutherinmystory,"shesaid.

Butshedidsayonething:

"IfFlamehadn'treturnedtothefarmthatafternoon,JoeandIwoudlhavedied."

16.JackBillabongdidnotturnbackbecause_______

A.hehadn'tfoundthebullyet.

B.Hesmeltaheavysmokeintheforest

C.Heknewtherewasaburntmanthere

D.Hesawsomethingmovingtowardshim.

17.WhywastheridebacktoBorrogeeterrible?

A.BecauseJoewastiredout.

B.Becausetheridestartedlateatnight

C.Becausetheydidn'thaveenoughcourage

D.BecausebothCathyandherponywereexhausted

18.CathyrefusedtoreportersabouttheponywhenshewasinBorrogeeHospitalbecause____________

A.Shedidn'tknowwhattosay

B.Jackaskedhernottotalktothem

C.Shewastooweaktosayanything

D.Joewouldwriteaboutitinhiswriting

19.WhatdoesthewordFlameinthelastparagraphreferto?

A.JackB.Thepony

C.Jack'shorseD.Thefire

20.Whichofthefollowingisthebesttitleofthestory?

A.RescueofJoeBrookB.CourageofJackBillabong

C.LoveofaYoungGirlD.HeroismofaLovelyPony

PassageTwo

Thefacesofelderly,happily-marriedpeoplesometimesresembleeachother.Dr.Aikenstudiedanumberofcoupleswhohadbeenmarriedforatleasttwenty-fiveyearsEachcoupleprovidedfourphotographs--onephotoofeachpartneratthetimeoftheirmarriageandanotherphotoofeachpartnertwenty-fiveormoreyearslater.Allbackgroundwascutfromthephotostoremoveanyclues.Thephotoswerethendisplayedingroups:

arandomgroupingofthepersonsatthetimeoftheirmarriageandanotherrandomgroupingofthesamepersonswhotookphotographslater.Sometesteeswereaskedtopickoutthepartners.Theyfailedtotallywiththefirstgroup.Theirjudgmentswereonbetterthanchance.Butwiththephotostakentwenty-fiveormoreyearsafterthemarriage,thetesteeswerequitesuccessfulindecidingwhowasmarriedtowhom.Theywereparticularlysuccessfulwiththemosthappily-marriedcouples.

Dr.Aikenbelievesthereareseveralreasonswhycouplesgrowalike.Onereasonhassomethingtodowithimitation.Onepersontendstocopyordothesameassomeoneelsewithoutknowingit.Hesayshumanbeginstoimitatetheexpressionsofthefacesoftheirlovedones.Anotherpossiblereason,hesays,isthecommonexperienceofthecouples.Thereisatendencyforpeoplewhohavethesamelifeexperiencetochangetheirfacesinsimilarways.Forexample,ifacouplehavesufferedfromalotofsadexperiences,theirfacesarelikelytochangeinasimilarway.

21.Dr.Aikencutthebackgroundfromthephotosforthepurposeof____________

A.imitatingthecoupleslife

B.Groupingthecouplesagain

C.Leavingnotraceforthetestees

D.Givingthetesteesmorechances

22.TheunderlinedsentenceTheirjudgmentswerenobetterthanchanceimpliesthatthetestees______

A.didagoodjobinmakingtheirchoices

B.Haddifficultyinpickingoutthepartners

C.Hadnochancetomaketherightjudgments

D.Didbetterwiththefirstgroupthanwiththesecond

23.theunderliedwordimitate（inpara.2）hasasimilarmeaningto"___________

A.copyB.changeC.knowD.suffer

24.Fromthepassagewecandrawtheconclusionthat_______

A.coupleswholookalikecanlivelinger

B.Mostpartnershavebeenprovedtogrowalike

C.Theinfluencebetweenpartnerscanbequitestrong

D.Happily-marriedcouplesareoftenricherthanothers

25.Themainpurposeofthepassageisto_______

A.explainwhycouplesgrowalike

B.Tellhowcoupleslikeeachother

G..Discussthefunctionofmarriage

D.Describethelifeofhappily-marriedcouples

PassageThree

ThethreebiggestliesinAmericaare:

（1）"Thecheckisinthemail",

（2）"OfcourseI'llrespectyouinthemorning",and（3）"Itwasacomputererror."

Ofthesethreelittlewhitelies,theworstisthethird.It'stheonlyonethatcanneverbetrue.Today,ifabankstatementcheatsyououtof$900thatway,youknowwhattheclerkissuretosay:

"Itwasacomputeerror."Nonsense.Thecomputerisreportingnothingmorethanwhattheclerktypedintoit.

Themostannoyingcaseofalliswhenthecomputerizedcashierinthegrocerystoreshowsthatanitemcostsmorethanitactuallydoes.Iftheinnocentbuyerpointsoutthemistake,thechecker,bagger,andmanagerallcometogetherandofferthefamiliarexplanation:

"Itwasacomputererror."

Itwasn't,ofcourse.Thatcomputerizedcashierisreallynothingmorethananelectriceye.TheeyereadstheUniversalProductCode--thatbarofblackandwhitelinesinacornerofthepackage--andthenchecksthecodeagainstapriceliststoredinmemory.Ifthepricelistisright,you'llbechargedaccurately.

Grocerystoresupdatethepricelisteachday----thatis,somebodysitsatakeyboardandtypesintheprices.Ifthepricetheytypeinistoohigh,thereareonlytwoexplanations:

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