Passage Two
In the kitchen of my mother’s houses there has always been a wooden stand（木架）with a small notepad（记事本）and a hole for a pencil.
I’m looking for paper on which to note down the name of a book I am recommending to my mother. Over forty years since my earliest memories of the kitchen pad and pencil, five houses later, the current paper and pencil look the same as they always did. Surely it can’t be the same pencil? The pad is more modern, but the wooden stand is definitely the original one. “I’m just amazed you still have the same stand for holding the pad and pencil after all these year. ” I say to her, walking back into the living-room with a sheet of paper and the pencil. “You still use a pencil. Can’t you afford a pen?”
My mother replies a little sharply. “It works perfectly well. I’ve always kept the stand in the kitchen. I never knew when I might want to note down an idea, and I was always in the kitchen in these days. ” Immediately I can picture her, hair wild, blue housecoat covered in flour, a wooden spoon in one hand, the pencil in the other, her mouth moving silently. My mother smiles and says, “One day I was cooking and watching baby Pauline, and I had a brilliant thought, but the stand was empty. One of the children must have taken the paper. So I just picked up the breadboard and wrote it all down on the back. It turned out to be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem I was working on. ” This story—which happened before I was born—reminds me how extraordinary my mother was, and is also a gifted mathematician. I feel embarrassed that I complain about not having enough child-free time to work. Later, when my mother is in the bathroom, I go into her kitchen and turn over the breadboards. Sure enough, on the back of the smallest one, are some penciled marks I recognize as mathematics. Those symbols have traveled unaffected through fifty years, rooted in the soil of a cheap wooden breadboard, invisible（看不到的）exhibits at every meal. 16．Why has the author’s mother always kept the notepad and pencil in the kitchen? A．To leave messages. B．To list her everyday tasks. C．To note down maths problems. D．To write down a flash of inspiration. 17. What is the author’s original opinion about the wooden stand? A. It has great value for the family. B. It needs to be replaced by a better one. C. It brings her back to her lonely childhood. D . It should be passed on to the next generation. 18. The author feels embarrassed for . A. blaming her mother wrongly. B. giving her mother a lot of trouble.
C. not making good use of time as her mother did. D. not making any breakthrough in her field. 19. What can be inferred from the last paragraph? A . The mother is successful in her career. B. The family members like traveling.
C. The author had little time to play when young. D. The marks on the breadboard have disappeared. 20. In the author’s mind, her mother is . A. strange in behavior. B. keen on her research. C. fond of collecting old things. D. careless about her appearance. Passage Three Mary Katherine Goddard and Declaration of Independence If you look closely at some of the early copies of the Declaration of Independence, beyond the flourished signature of John Hancock and the other 55 men who signed it, you will also find the name of one woman, Mary Katherine Goddard. It was she, a Baltimore printer, who published the first official copies of the Declaration, the first copies that included the names of its signers and therefore heralded(宣布，预示)the support of all thirteen colonies. Mary Goddard first got into printing at the age of twenty-four when her brother opened a printing shop in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1762. When her proceeded to get into trouble with his partners and creditors, it was Mary Goddard and her mother who were left to run the shop. In 1765 they began publishing The Providence Gazette, a weekly newspaper. Similar problems seemed to follow her brother as he opened businesses in Philadelphia and again in Baltimore. Each time Ms. Goddard was brought in to run the newspapers. After starting Baltimore’s first newspaper, The Maryland Journal, in 1773, her brother went broke trying to organize a colonial postal service. While he was in debtor’s prison, Mary Katherine Goddard’s name appeared in the newspaper’s masthead (报头) for the first time. When the Continental Congress fled there from Philadelphia in 1776, it commissioned Ms. Goddard to print the first official version of the Declaration of Independence in January 1777. After printing the documents, she herself paid the post riders to deliver the Declaration throughout the colonies.
During the American Revolution, Mary Goddard continued to publish Baltimore’s only newspaper, which one historian claimed was “second to none among the colonies.” She was also the city’s postmaster from 1775 to 1789 --- appointed by Benjamin Franklin –and is considered to be the first woman to hold a federal position. 21. With which of the following subjects is the passage mainly concerned?
A. The accomplishment of a female publisher. B. The weaknesses of the newspaper industry. C. The rights of a female publisher.
D. The publishing system in colonial America.
22. Mary Goddard’s name appears on the Declaration of Independence because____.
A. She helped write the original document B. She published the document
C. She paid to have the document printed
D. Her brother was in prison
23. According to the passage, Mary Goddard first became involved in publishing when she ____.
A. was appointed by Benjamin Franklin B. signed the Declaration of Independence C. took over her brother’s printing shop D. moved to Baltimore
24. The word “there” in paragraph 3 refers to____.
A. the colonies B. the print shop C. Baltimore D. Providence
25. It can be inferred from the passage that Mary Goddard was ____.
A. an accomplished businesswoman B. extremely wealthy C. a member of the Continental Congress D. a famous writer Passage Four Global warming is causing more than 300,000 deaths and about $125 billion in economic losses each year, according to a report by the Global Humanitarian Forum, an organization led by Annan, the former United Nations secretary general. The report, to be released Friday, analyzed data and existing studies of health, disaster, population and economic trends. It found that human-influenced climate change was raising the global death rates from illnesses including malnutrition (营养不良) and heat-related health problems. But even before its release, the report drew criticism from some experts on climate and risk, who questioned its methods and conclusions. with the deaths, the report said that the lives of 325 million people, primarily in poor countries, were being seriously affected by climate change. It projected that the number would double by 2030. Roger Pielke Jr., a political scientist at the University of Colorado, Boulder, who studies disaster trends, said the Forum's report was \related to human-driven global warming amid the much larger losses resulting from the growth in populations and economic development in vulnerable (易受伤害的) regions. Dr. Pielke said that “climate change is an important problem requiring our utmost attention.” But the report, he said, \ climate change and disasters because it is so deeply flawed (有瑕疵的).\However, Soren Andreessen, a social scientist at Walberg Global Development Partners who supervised the writing of the report, defended it, saying that it was clear that the numbers were rough estimates. He said the report was aimed at world leaders, who will meet in Copenhagen in December to negotiate a new international climate treaty. In a press release describing the report, Mr. Annan stressed the need for the negotiations to focus on increasing the flow of money from rich to poor regions to help reduce their vulnerability to climate hazards while still curbing the emissions of the heat-trapping gases. More than 90% of the human and economic losses from climate change are occurring in poor countries, according to the report. 26. What is the finding of the Global Humanitarian Forum? A) Global temperatures affect the rate of economic development. B) Rates of death from illnesses have risen due to global warming. C) Malnutrition has caused serious health problems in poor countries. D) Economic trends have to do with population and natural disasters. 27. What do we learn about the Forum's report from the passage? A) It was challenged by some climate and risk experts. B) It aroused a lot of interest in the scientific circles. C) It was warmly received by environmentalists. D) It caused a big stir in developing countries. 28. What does Dr. Pielke say about the Forum's report? A) Its statistics look embarrassing. B) It is invalid in terms of methodology. C) It deserves our closest attention. D) Its conclusion is purposely exaggerated. 29. What is Soren Andreasen's view of the report? A) Its conclusions are based on carefully collected data. B) It is vulnerable to criticism if the statistics are closely examined. C) It will give rise to heated discussions at the Copenhagen conference. D) Its rough estimates are meant to draw the attention of world leaders. 30. What does Kofi Annan say should be the focus of the Copenhagen conference? A) How rich and poor regions can share responsibility in curbing global warming. B) How human and economic losses from climate change can be reduced. C) How emissions of heat-trapping gases can be reduced on a global scale. D) How rich countries can better help poor regions reduce climate hazards. Part Ⅲ Vocabulary and Structure (10 minutes, 10 points) Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this section .For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single bar through the centre of the letter that indicates your choice. 31. --Have you ever seen Peter recently? --Yes. He__________ me to ask you how you___________ along with your new job these days. A. has asked; have been getting B. asked; were getting C. often asks; are getting D. asked; are getting 32. The managers discussed the plan that they would like to see___________ the next year A. carry out B. carrying out C. carried out D. to carry out 33. --I'll help you whenever you need me,--I would love____________. A. you helping B. that you'll help C. you to help D. that you help 34. I hope____________ the job she's applied for（申请）. A. she's going to get B. she'll get C. she is to get D. she decides to get
35. Mrs. Green wants to buy that kind of cloth because she___________ that the cloth__________ very well. A. has been told; washes B. is told; is washed C. has been told; is washed D. is told; is washed 36. Let us not waste____________ time we have left.
A. the little B. little C. a little D. a little more 37. I think the doctor is able to cure of
A. all B. what C. whatever D. anything 38. __________ , we'll come to see you again.
A. If time will permit B. Time permits C. Time permitting D. Time permited 39. --Nancy is not coming tonight. --But she ___________ !
A. promises B. promised C. will promise D. had promised 40.__________ some medals came to live in the sea is not
A. Which B. Since C. Although D. How 41. --Paul, I'd like to have a talk with you at tea break. -- __________ Have what with me?
A. Yes, please. B. Sorry? C. Thanks. D. You're welcome.
42. If you ____________ stop smoking, you can only expect to have a bad cough. A. won’t B. would not C. do not D. can not
43. He's unlucky, and he's always suffering____________ luck one after another. A. a sick B. an ill C. sick D. ill
44. The news about the terrible flood there greatly discouraged __________ there for sightseeing. A. us from going B. us to go C. our going D. our to go 45. If I had__________ , I’d visit Europe, stopping at all the small interesting places. A. a long enough holiday B an enough long holiday C. a holiday enough long D. a long holiday enough 46. Nobody noticed the thief slip into the house because the lights happened to__________. A. put up B. give in C. be turned on D. go out 47. Besides Tom, ________ Crossett’s have two other sons, __________ of whom are all interested in making model planes.
A. 不填; two B. 不填; the two C. the, three D. the, the three 48. Mr. Zhang gave all textbooks to all the pupils, except___________ who had already taken tem. A. these B. dunes C. the ones D. the others 49. ____________professional violinist practices for several hours a day, but____________ violinist has his own way of playing the Beethoven concert. A. Each, every B. Every, each C. One, a D. All, each 50.—who has taken my pen away? —__________. He was here a moment ago. A. It must be Li Ping B. It is Li Ping take C. Li Ping is D. Li Ping must take
Part IV Cloze (10 minutes, 10 points) Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each numbered blank , there are 4 choices marked A, B , C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single bar through the centre of the letter that indicates your choice .
When I first entered university, my aunt, who is an English professor, gave me a new English dictionary. I was surprised to see that it was an English English dictionary, also known as a monolingual dictionary._51___it was a dictionary intended for non—native learners, none of my classmates had one but , to be honest, I found it extremely 52_ to use at first. I would look up words in the dictionary and still not fully understand the meaning. I was used to the __53__ bilingual dictionaries, in which the words are explained both in English and Chinese. I really wondered why my aunt 54 to make things so difficult for me. Now, after studying English at university for three years, I understand that monolingual dictionaries are __55_ in learning a foreign language
As I found out, there is in fact often no perfect equivalence(对应)between two _56___ in two language. My aunt even goes so far as to declare that a Chinese “equivalent” can never give you the _57__ meaning of a word in English! Therefore , she insisted that I read
成人高等教育本科生学士学位英语水平考试模拟卷
