2015年成人学位英语考前冲刺试题及答案（第四套）
(考试时间120分钟)
选作题I：
Part IDialogue Communication (15 % )
Directions : In this section, you will read 15 short incomplete dialogues between two speaers, each fol-lowed by 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the answer that best suits the situation to complete the dialogue by marking the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
1. Pupil : I apologize for being late this morning. My alarm clock didn' t ring. Teacher:__________
A. That' s all right. These things often happen.
B. Would you please forgive me? I never accept any apologies at all. C. Thank you. You' re really too kind apologizing to me. D. Never mind. You don' t have to be so polite.
2. Mary: Hello, John. How are you feeling now? Somebody said you had been sick. John:__________
A. Hello, Mary. They must have had me confused with my brother, George. He has been sick all
week. I have never felt better in my life.
B. Hello, Mary. Who' s sick? How can I be sick? I' m as strong as a horse. They must have gone mad.
C. Hello, Mary. How are you?
D. Hello, Mary. I' m quite happy. My wife has fallen ill. And, how about you? 3. Speaker A: May I have an inquiry (咨询), please? Speaker B :__________
A. Never mind. You can ask whatever you want. B. I' d like to know what inquiry it is. C. I' m sorry. I know little about it. D. Yes, of course. So far as I know.
4. M: That' s the worst painting I' ve ever seen. W:__________
A. Never mind. Let' s continue to look at it. B. Come on. It' s not that bad.
C. No, it is not the worst painting. D. Yes. It looks the worst.
5. Speaker A: I heard Joe say something terrible to you yesterday. Speaker B :__________
A. But, you know, I wish you could pardon me. B. But, you know, every coin has two sides. C. Yes, I have never been angrier in my life.
D. But I don' t mind that Joe says something terrible to you. 6. Cindy :__________
Rose: No, what happened?
Cindy: They let him go as he is suspected to be cheating. A. Did you know John? B. Did you like John? C. Did you hate John?
D. Did you hear about John?
7. Speaker A: Hello, May I speak to Mr. Smith? Speaker B.__________ A. Yes, I am Mr. Smith.
B. No, he is not in the office right now. C. Speaking !
D. He is not here. Can I speak for him?
8. Speaker A: I' d like to fix an appointment with the personal manager. Will nine tomorrow morn-ing be all right? Speaker B :__________
A. No. It' s impossible. He'.ll be busy tomorrow.
B. I' ve told you he' 11 be busy. Why do you come again? C. I' m afraid not. He' s got a rather full day tomorrow, D. He' 11 be free the whole day tomorrow. 9. Salesman:__________
Customer: Yes. What size is that green T-shirt? A. Do you want to buy anything? B. Excuse me, what are you doing? C. Are you just looking around? D. Anything I can do for you?
10. Speaker A: Hi, John. Nice to meet you again. How is your project going? Speaker B :__________
A. How do you do ?My project has gone well.
B. Nice to meet you, too. My project has gone well as we expected. C. Hi, Mike. My project has gone well.
D. I' m glad to meet you. My project is really a difficult one.
11. Speaker A: So far as I can see, it is the fault on the third party. Speaker B :__________
A. I don' t agree with the third party. B. Yes. I can' t agree more.
C. I think you are not meeting that. D. I can go along with you.
12. W: Boy, how quickly technology changes! So many people have a computer in their home nowadays. M:__________
A. Computers? There are so many computers in the office. B. Yes, I know. I feel so behind the time.
C. But I know a lot of computers.
D. Yes, I know. Without computer, there would be no Internet. 13. Speaker A: Mind if I call you Albert? Speaker B :__________ A. Yes, just call me A1. B. Yes, you may do that.
C. Of course not. But just plain\ D. OK. Everyone does.
14. W : What is your general price range ( 范围) ? M:__________
A. We are looking for a three-bed-room home on the east side of the town. B. I think it would be hard to find something in that range. C. We' re hoping to find something under $200. D. The range is about ＄200 or so.
15. Speaker A:d like to book a ticket for next Monday morning to New York. Speaker B :__________ A. What can I do for you? B. What' s the matter? C. At your service.
D. Just a second, please.
Part IReading Comprehension (30 % )
Directions : There are 3 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfin- ished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A,B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Passage 1
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:
A lawyer friend of mine has devoted herself to the service of humanity. Her special area is called \
Many other lawyers represent only clients who can pay high fees. (76) All lawyers have had expensive and highly specialized training, and they work long, difficult hours for the money they earn. But what happens to people who need legal help and cannot afford to pay these lawyers' fees?
Public interest lawyers fill this need. Lisa, like other public interest lawyers, earns a salary much below what some lawyers can earn. Because she is willing to take less money, her clients need the help, even if they can pay nothing at all. Some clients need legal help because stores have cheated them with faulty merchandise. Others are in unsafe apartments, or are threatened with eviction (驱逐，赶出 ) and have no place to go to.
Their cases are called \and seeking those public interest lawyers who handle \are just a few of the many situa-tions in which men and women who are public interest
lawyers serve to extend justice throughout our society.
1. A person who needs and uses legal help is called a__________. A. lawyer B. client C. tenant D. case worker
2. Public interest lawyers serve__________. A. only stores and landlords B. criminals only
C. people who can pay high fees
D. people who can pay little or nothing 3. If only the rich could be helped by lawyers, the justice system would be__________. A. undemocratic
B. fair and reasonable C. modern
D. in need of no changes
4. Public interest law includes__________. A. civil cases only B. criminal cases only
C. criminal and civil cases D. wealthy clients' cases
5. Which of the following is not a matter for civil case? A. A tenant is faced with eviction.
B. A landlord refuses to fix a dangerous staircase. C. A burglar is arrested.
D. A store sells a faulty radio. Passage 2
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:
No one knows how man learned to make words. Perhaps he began by making sounds like those made by animals. Perhaps he grunted like a pig when he lifted something heavy. (78)Per-haps he made sounds like those he heard all round him--water splashing, bees humming, a stone falling to the ground. Somehow he learned to make words. As the centuries went by, he made more and more new words. This is what we mean by language. People living in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fif-teen hundred different languages in the world. Each contains many thousands of words. A very large English dictionary, for example, contains four or five hundred thousand words. But we do not need all these. Only a few thousand words are used in everyday life. The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary big-ger. Read as many books as you can. There are plenty of books written in easy English for you toread. You will enjoy them. When you meet a new word, find it in your dictionary. Your dictiona-ry is your most useful book.
6. From this passage, we know that__________. A. man never made sounds B. man made animal sounds
C. man used to be like animals to make sounds D. man learned from the animals to make sounds
7. The number of different languages spoken is about__________. A. 150 B. 1,500 C. 5,000 D. 4,000
8. People from different countries__________. A. made same words
B. made different kinds of words C. had a same language D. used some sounds
9. Man__________ to make sounds. A. used words
B. followed many things in nature C. lifted heavy things D. grunted like a pig
10. You can enlarge your vocabulary by__________. A．reading more books
B．finding new words in dictionaries C．writing more
D．using the words in everyday life Passage 3
Questions ll t0 15 are based on the following passage： “High tech’’and“state of the art”are two expressions that describe the modem technology．
High tech is just a shorter way of saying high technology．And high technology describes any in—vention，system of device that uses the newest ideas or discoveries of science and engineering．
What is high tech?A computer is high tech．So is a communications satellite．(79)A modem manufacturing(生产)system is surely high tech．High tech became a popular eXpression in me U-nited States during the early 1980's．Because of improvements in technology，people could buy many new kinds of products in American stores，such as home computers，microwave ovens，etc．
“State of the art”is something that is as modem as possible．It is a product that is based on the very latest methods and technology．Something that is“state of the art”is the newest possible design or product of a business or industry．A state of the art television set，for example，uses the modemest electronic design and parts．It is the best that one can buy．
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