成人学士学位英语考试模拟试题六.docx

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成人学士学位英语考试模拟试题六

成人高等教育学士学位

外语水平考试模拟试题（六）

英语试卷一

PartIDialogueCompletion（15points）

Directions:

Thereare15shortincompletedialoguesinthispart,eachfollowedby4choicesmarkedA,B,CandD.ChoosethebestonetocompletethedialogueandmarkyouranswerontheANSWERSHEETwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

1.Joyce:

Couldyoupassmethesugar?

Larry:

Sure.__________

A.It’sallright.B.Noproblem.

C.Hereyouare.D.Thankyou.

2.Peter:

Ihaven’tseenyouforages.__________

Tom:

Justfine.Oh,Igotmarriedlastyear.

A.Whathaveyoudone?

B.Areyouallright?

C.Howareyoudoing?

D.Haveyougotmarried?

3.Operator:

Goodmorning.FutureSoftware.HowmayIdirectyourcall?

Customer:

AfterSalesServiceDepartment,please.

Operator:

__________.I’llputyouthrough.

A.JustamomentpleaseB.Isee

C.ThankyouD.Noproblem

4.Student:

__________,I’dliketoreturnthesebooks.

Assistant:

OK.Oh,thesebooksareamonthoverdue.Sorry,youhavetopayafine.

Iknow.ButhowmuchshouldIpay?

Assistant:

Justaminute.Letmecheck.

A.HiB.HowareyouC.ExcusemeD.Hello

5.Waiter:

PrinceWalesRestaurant.Goodmorning!

CanIhelpyou?

Customer:

Yes,Iwouldliketobookatablefortwofortomorrowevening.

Waiter:

Sure,sir.__________?

Customer:

Around6:

30.

A.WhattimewouldyouliketohaveyourtableB.Whenareyoucoming

C.WhattimedoyouwantitD.Whenwouldyouliketocome

6.Lee:

Thankyouforyourdeliciousfoodlastnight.WhenIwenthome,Icouldn’tforgettheappetizingdishes.

Mrs.Lewis:

__________,andyouarewelcome,atanytime.

A.It’sverykindofyouB.I’mgladyoulikethedishes

C.NotatallD.Thankyousomuch

7.John:

Hello,I’mJohn.Ireadintheposterthatyou’relookingforastudenttoworkasalanguageassistant.

Clerk:

__________Areyouinterestedinthejob?

John:

Ithinkso.ButbeforeIapply,couldyoutellmemoreaboutthework?

A.Howareyou?

B.Yes,weare.

C.Hello.D.That’sright.

8.Lily:

I’mreallymadatMomandDad.

Ann:

Why?

Whathavetheydone？

Lily:

Iaskedthemforaleatherjacketformybirthdayandtheyjustgotmethisstupidraincoat.

Ann:

Oh,__________!

It’sabeautifulcoat.

A.don’tworryB.itdoesn’tmatter

C.don’tcomplainD.comeon

9.Jean:

Whycouldn’tyoucometothepartylastnight?

Betty:

Well,Icouldn’tgetawayfromworkearly.

Jean:

__________.

A.IfeelsorryB.Whatashame

C.Itdoesn’tmatterD.Docomenexttime

10.Frank:

AreyoudoinganythingonSaturdayevening?

Bob:

Nothingspecial,__________?

Frank:

We’dliketohaveyouandyourwifeoverfordinnerthisSaturdayevening.Wouldyoubeabletocome?

A.whatB.why

C.what’sthematterD.whatdoyoumean

11.George:

You’renotlookingverycheerful.__________?

Joe:

Oh,nothinginparticular.I’mjustabitfedup.

George:

Withyourjob?

Joe:

Yes,that’sright.

A.AreyouOKB.Areyoufeelingwell

C.HowareyouD.What’sthematterwithyou

12.Jimmy:

Hey,Iheardthatyouhavewonthechampioninthegame.Congratulations!

Paul:

__________.Itwasn’teasy,youknow.

A:

ThanksB.Nevermentionit

C.Pleasedon’tD.Yes,Iamalwaysthebest.

13.Bill:

Igotthejobyourecommendedmeforlastweek.

Jack:

That’sgreat!

__________

Bill:

Ireallydon’tknowhowIcanthankyouenough.

A.Congratulations.B.Goodnews.

C.Ifeelsohappy.D.Goodluck.

14.Tom:

Mr.White.I’mcallingtosaygoodbye.I’llbeleavingtomorrow.ButbeforeIleave,Iwanttothankyouforwhatyou’vedoneformeduringmyvisithere.

Mr.White:

__________,Tom.Wearegladtohaveyou.NowI’msureyou’reexcitedtobebackhomesoon.

Tom:

Oh,yes.

A.Don’tsaythatB.It’sverykindofyoutosaythat

C.ComeonD.That’sallright

15.Roy:

__________?

Earl:

Notreally,IthinkIhavebrokenmyknees.

Roy:

Oh,myGod,we’dbettersendforthedoctor.

A.AreyouOKB.Howdoyoudo

C.IsityouD.WhatcanIdo

PartIIReadingComprehension（40points）

Directions:

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

PassageOne

Thejourneytwodiversmadesometimeagototheverydeepestpointontheearthmakesusrealizehowmuchoftheworldstillremainstobestudied.ThetwomenwentdownsevenmilestothebottomofthePacificOceaninsideasmallsteelballtofindoutifthereareanyoceancurrentsorsignsoflife.

Itwasnecessarytosetoutearly,sothattheballwouldcometothesurfaceindaylight,andsobeeasilyfoundbythemothershipwhichwouldbewaitingforit.Thediversbeganpreparationsearlyinthemorningandsoonafterwards,whenallwasready,thesteelballdisappearedunderthesurfaceofthewater.

Thediversfeltasiftheyweregoingdownstepsastheypassedthroughwarmandcoldlayersofwater.Intime,thetemperaturedroppedtofreezingpoint.Theykeptintouchwiththemothershipbytelephonetellinghowtheyfelt.Then,atadepthof3,000feet,thetelephonestoppedworkingandtheywerequitecutofffromtheoutsideworld.Allwentwelluntilsomefourhourslaterat30,000feet,themenwerefrightenedbyaloud,crackingnoise:

eventhesmallestholeintheballwouldhavemeantinstantdeath.Luckily,though,itwasonlyoneoftheouterwindowsthathadbroken.Soonafterwards,theballtouchedthesoftoceanfloorraisingabigcloudof“dust”madeupofsmalldeadsea-creatures.Here,powerfullightslitupthedarkwaterandthemenweresurprisedtoseefishswimmingjustabovethemquiteuntroubledbythegreatwater-pressure.Buttheydidnotdaretoleavethelightsonforlong,astheheatfromthemmadethewaterboil.Quiteunexpectedly,thetelephonebeganworkingagainandthefaintbutclearvoicesofthediverswereheardonthemothershipsevenmilesaway.Afterastayofthirtyminutesthemenbegantheirjourneyuparrivingthreehourslater,coldandwetthrough,butnonetheworsefortheirexperience.

16.Thepurposeofthedivers’journeytothedeepestpointontheearthwastofind__________.

A.iftherearewatercurrentsandlifeinthegreatdepths

B.ifpeoplecanstandtheseverecoldinthegreatdepths

C.iftherearestepsinthegreatdepths

D.ifthetelephoneworkswellinthegreatdepths

17.Thediverssetoutearlyinthemorningsothat__________.

A.theycouldreturntothesurfaceduringtheday

B.theycouldseeatthebottomoftheocean

C.theycouldavoidthecoldatnight

D.theycouldstaylongatthebottom

18.Whichofthestatementsistrue?

A.Theoceanwatertemperaturedecreasessteadilywiththedepth.

B.TherearestepsonthewaytothebottomofthePacificOcean.

C.Therearestepsbetweenthewaterlayersofdifferenttemperatures.

D.Thewaterlayersofdifferenttemperaturesmadethediversfeelasiftheyweregoingdownsteps.

19.Asthediverswentdowntotheoceanfloor,thetelephone__________.

A.keptworkingallthetime

B.stoppedworkingatadepthof3,000feetandbeganworkingagainaftertheyreachedthebottom

C.stoppedworkingatadepthof3,000feetandbeganworkingagainat30,000feet

D.stoppedworkingatadepthof3,000feetandbeganworkingagainwhentheyreturnedtthesamedepth

20.Ontheoceanfloor,thediversfoundthat__________.

A.therewasnolifebutsomesmalldeadsea-creatures

B.fishwereswimmingasfreelyastheydonearthesurface

C.fishwerenotswimmingfreelyinthedarkwater

D.fishwerenotswimmingfreelyunderthehighwater-pressure

PassageTwo

Therearetwokindsofmemory:

short-termandlong-term.Informationinlong-termmemorycanberecalledatalatertimewhenitisneeded.Theinformationmaybekeptfordaysorweeks.Incontrast,informationinshort-termmemoryiskeptforonlyafewseconds,usuallybyrepeatingtheinformationoverandover.Thefollowingexperimentshowshowshort-termmemoryhasbeenstudied.

HenningstudiedhowstudentswhoareleaningEnglishasasecondlanguageremembervocabulary.Thesubjectsinhisexperimentwere75collegestudents.TheyrepresentedalllevelsofabilityinEnglish:

beginning,intermediate,advanced,andnative-speakingstudents.

Tobegin,thesubjectslistenedtoarecordingofanativespeakerreadingaparagraphinEnglish.Followingtherecording,thesubjectstooka15-questiontesttoseewhichwordstheyremembered.Eachquestionhadfourchoices.Thesubjectshadtocirclethewordtheyhadheardintherecording.Someofthequestionshadfourchoicesthatsoundalike.Forexample,weather,whether,wither,andwetterarefourwordsthatsoundalike.Someofthequestionshadfourchoicesthathavethesamemeaning.Method,way,manner,andsystemwouldbefourwordswiththesamemeaning.Finallythesubjectstookalanguageproficiencytest.

HenningfoundthatstudentswithalowerproficiencyinEnglishmademoreoftheirmistakesonwordsthatsoundalike;studentswithahigherproficiencymademoreoftheirmistakesonwordsthathavethesamemeaning.Henning’sresultssuggestthatbeginningstudentsholdthesoundofwordsintheirshort-termmemory,andadvancedstudentsholdthemeaningofwordsintheirshort-termmemory.

21.Henningmadetheexperimentinordertostudy__________.

A.howstudentsrememberEnglishvocabularybyshort-termmemory

B.howstudentslearnEnglishvocabulary

C.howtodevelopstudents’abilityinEnglish

D.howlonginformationinshort-termmemoryiskept

22.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistru