江苏省成人学士学位英语考试历年真题和答案1.docx

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江苏省成人学士学位英语考试历年真题和答案1

20XX年江苏省成人学士学位英语考试历年真题和答案

20XX年江苏省成人学士学位英语考试历年真题和答案

FORABACHELOR’SDEGREE

（Nov.2003）

PaperOne

PartⅠListeningComprehension（15minutes15%）（共15题略）PartIIReadingComprehension:

Directions:

Therearesomereadingpassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbyfivequestions.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandwritedownthecorrespondingletterintheAnswerSheet.

RecentlyIdecidedtoholdsomepoetryreadingsforfriends,partlyforaselfishreason,likingtohearthesoundofmyownvoice,butalsobecauseIsuspectedthatthereisadimensionofpleasureandunderstandingthatwemissbyreadingpoemsonlytoourselves.

Themostbasicpreliminaryquestionofanyreadingiswhoreads.Oneanswerwouldbetoaskeveryonetoprepareoneortwopoems,andtogoaroundtheroom.Thisgiveseveryonesomethingtodo,anditexposeseveryonetoavarietyoftastesandinterpretations.

Analternativeistoletonehamruntheshow.Theabilitytoreadaloud,likeanyothertalent,isunevenlydistributed;it’sprobablybetternottohearapoematallthantohearitmangled.Readingaloudisalsoamentaland,toadegree,aphysicaleffort.（86）Ifonlyonepersondoesit,then,everyoneelsecanenjoytheunalloyedpleasureoflistening.Ifit’snotapleasure,thereaderwillhavenoguestsforhissecondreading.

Ithoughtitwasonlyfairtomylistenerstorewardthemfortheirattentionwithfoodanddrink,butonlyfairtometowithholdituntilIhadfinished.Ilimitedthereadingtoonehour.

16．Accordingtothispassage,readingpoetryaloudtootherpeople

A.Isaselfishthing

B.Givesonenopleasureorunderstanding

C.Givesoneakindofpleasuredifferentfromsilentreading

D.Isasuspiciousact.

17．Theauthorbelievesthatwhenpeoplereadapoemaloud,they

A．Showtheirownwaysofunderstanding

B．Betraytheirpoortastesinliterature

C．Takeawalkaroundtheroom

D．Arehappytohavefoundsomethingtodo

18．Whatdoestheauthorthinkisthebestformforapoetryreadingsession?

A．Askeveryonetoparticipateinthereading

B．Askonetalentedpersontodothereadingthroughout.

C．Inviteeveryonetowalkaroundtheroom.

D．Askonepersontoreadafewpoemsandthenletotherstaketheirturns.

19．Whatistheauthor’sopinionofpeople’sabilitytoreadaloudwell?

A．Suchanabilityisnotamatteroftalent.

B．Noonehasthetalenttodoso.

C．Noteveryonehasthatability.

D．Everyonehastheability

20．Accordingtothispassage,whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?

A．Theauthorgavelistenersfoodonlyafterthereadinghadfinished.

B．Theauthorwaseatingwhileotherpeoplewerereading.

C．Thelistenerswereeatingwhiletheauthorwasreading.

D．Thelistenersgavetheauthordrinksbywayofthanks.

Socialchangeismorelikelytooccurinsocietieswherethereisamixtureofdifferentkindsofpeoplethaninsocietieswherepeoplearesimilarinmanyways.Thesimplereasonforthisisthattherearemoredifferentwaysoflookingatthingspresentinthefirstkindofsociety.Therearemoreideas,moredisagreementsininterest,andmoregroupsandorganizationswithdifferentbeliefs.Inaddition,thereisusuallyagreaterworldlyinterestandgreatertoleranceinmixedsocieties.（87）Allthesefactorstendtopromotesocialchangebyopeningmoreareasoflifetodecision.Inasocietywherepeoplearequitesimilarinmanyways,therearefeweroccasionsforpeopletoseetheneedortheopportunityforchangebecauseeverythingseemstobethesame.Andalthoughconditionsmaynotbesatisfactory,theyareatleastcustomaryandundisputed.Withinasociety,socialchangeisalsolikelytooccurmorefrequentlyandmorereadilyinthematerialaspectsoftheculturethaninthenon-material,forexample,intechnologyratherthaninvalues;inwhathasbeenlearnedlaterinliferatherthanwhatwaslearnedearly;inthelessbasicandlessemotionalaspectsofsocietythanintheiropposites;inthesimpleelementsratherthaninthecomplexones;informratherthaninsubstance;andinelementsthatareacceptabletothecultureratherthaninstrangeelements.

Furthermore,socialchangeiseasierifitisgradual.Forexample,itcomesmorereadilyinhumanrelationsonacontinuousscaleratherthanonewithsharpdichotomies（一分为二）.（88）ThisisonereasonwhychangehasnotcomemorequicklytoBlackAmericansascomparedtootherAmericanminorities,becauseofthesharpdifferenceinappearancebetweenthemandtheirwhitecounterparts.

21.Thepassageismainlydiscussing__________.

A.thenecessityofsocialchange

B.certainfactorsthatdeterminetheeasewithwhichsocialchangesoccur

C.twodifferentsocieties

D.certainfactorsthatpromotesocialchange

22.______isoneofthefactorsthattendtopromotesocialchange.

A.JointinterestB.Differentpointsofview

C.LessemotionalpeopleD.Advancedtechnology

23.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?

A.Socialchangetendstomeetwithmoredifficultyinbasicandemotionalaspectsofsociety.

B.Disagreementwithandargumentaboutconditionstendtoslowdownsocialchange.

C.Socialchangeismorelikelytooccurinthematerialaspectofsociety.

D.Socialchangeislesslikelytooccurinwhatpeoplelearnedwhentheywereyoung.

24.Theexpression"greatertolerance"（paragraph1）refersto_____.

A.“greaterwillingnesstoacceptsocialchange”

B.quickeradaptationtochangingcircumstances"

D."morerespectfordifferentbeliefsandbehavior"

D.greaterreadinesstoagreetodifferentopinionsandideas"

25.Socialchangeislesslikelytooccurinasocietywherepeoplearequitesimilarinmanywaysbecause________.

A.peopletherehavegotsoaccustomedtotheirconditionsthatthey

seldomthinkitnecessarytochange

B.peopletherehaveidenticalneedsthatcanbesatisfiedwithoutmuchdifficulty

C.peoplethereareeasytoplease

D.peopletherearelessdisputed

MoreonyourPlate

Foryearsithasbeenpossibletosetupcamerastotakepicturesofcarsastheyspeedalonghighways,jumplightsordrivetoofastdownthestreet.However，evenifthepicturesaretakenautomatically,someonestillhastodoallthepaperworkofsendingoutfines.ButnowaBritishcompanycalledEEVhascomeupwithacomputerizedvideosystemthatcandoitallautomatically.

Theysuggestthatallnumberplateshaveabarcode（条形码）aswellastheusualnumber.Thebarcodesarejuststripesoflineslikethoseyouseeonfoodpacketsbutbigger.EEVshighspeedvideocamerasystemcanreadabar-codednumberplateevenifthecarisdoingover100milesperhour.Thecomputercontrollingthesystemcouldthenusetheinformationfromthebarcodetofindoutthenameandaddressofthedriver（fromthecarrecords），printoutthefineandsenditoffautomatically.Theinventorsalsosuggestthatthesystemshouldwatchtraffictohelpcatchstolencars.

Thenewelectronicsystemcouldbewatchingeveryonethatpassesthecameras！

（89）Many

peoplefindtheideathat“bigbrotheriswatchingyou”ismoreofaworrythanafewmotoristsgettingawaywithdrivingtoofast.Besides,somepeoplewillbeveryunhappytorealizethatwiththenewsystemthepolicecouldfindoutwhereaparticularcarhasbeen.

26.Analternative“summary”titleforthearticlecouldbe.

A.PeopleWhoDriveTooFast

B.StopPeoplefromDrivingTooFast

C.EEVandthePoliceSystem

D.ImplicationsofComputerizedSystemforMotoringOffenses

27.Atraditionalfunctionofthecameraasusedbythetrafficpolicesystemisto.

A.takesnapshotsofcarsonhighways

B.catchcarsviolatingtrafficrulesC.sendfinestofastmotoristsD.makethetrafficsystemfullyautomatic28.Thenewly-inventedsystemfunctionsmoreefficientlywiththeaidof________.

A.carnumber

B.vehiclespeedingrecords

C.barcodednumbersonnumberplates

D.print-outfines

29.AllofthefollowingnamescanbeusedtodescribeEEV’sdevice

except

A.acomputerizedvideosystem

B.“BigBrother”

C.anelectronicsystem

D.anautomaticfineprinter

30.Anadditionalfunctionofthenewsystemisthatitcould.

A.addcodenumbers

B.helpcatchstolencar

C.watcheveryonethatdrivestoofast

D.printoutbarcodesautomatically

（90）Sincethebeginningofhistory,manhasbeenattractedbytheideaoflivingforever,ofwiningthefightagainstdeathanddisease．Sofar,thishasonlyremainedadream,thoughaverypowerfulone．Manypeoplehavewonderedwhetheritwouldbepossibletofindawaytopreservehumanbodies,andwhatwouldbethebestwaytopreservehumanbodies．

Ithaslongbeenknownthatmeatoffruitcanbekeptfreshforlongperiodsbyfreezing;inancientChina,forexample,foodwasstoredwithicetokeepitfresh．Thismethodcouldalsobeusefulforpreservinghumans,andinfactmanypeoplehaveexploredthispossibility．

However,mostlivingbeingsthatexistunderwarmconditionsdiewhenfrozen．Thisisbecauseoftheharmfuleffectsoffreezingicecrystals（晶体）,whicharenotonlylargerthanthevolumeof

thewateroriginallyinthecells,butalsoformsharpcuttingshapesthatharmsthecells．

Inthe1940sDrB．J．LuyetandagroupofscientistsinEnglandwereworkingontheproblemoffreezingcellswithoutdamagingthem．Sincetheharmcausedbyicecrystalswasthemaincauseofthedamage,Luyetsuggestedremovingsomeorallofthewaterfromthecellsbeforefreezingthem．

Usinglivingcellsfromchicken,Luyetandhisassistantsdiscoveredthattheycouldpartlydrythechickencells,usingamixtureofthewhitepartofaneggandglycerin（丙三醇）,aclear,t