A. will have little time playing? B. has to be successful in finding a job
C. can still ask for help in time of trouble D. should be able to take care of himself
23. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage
A. People are often satisfied with their life. B. Life is less interesting for old people.
C. Adults are freer to do what they want to do. D. Adults should no longer rely on others.
24. The main idea of the passage is that ______. A. life is not enjoyable since each age has some pains B. young men can have the greatest happiness if they work hard C. childhood is the most enjoyable time in one’s life D. one is the happiest if he can make good use of each age in his life
25. The paragraph following the passage will most probably discuss ______.
A. examples of successful young men B. how to build up one’s position in society
C. joys and pains of old people D. what to do when one has problems in life
Passage 2
Every country tends to accept its own way of life as being the normal one and to praise or criticize others as they are similar to or different from it. And unfortunately, our picture of the people and the way of life of other countries is often a distorted (曲解) one.
Here is a great argument in favor of foreign travel and learning foreign languages. It is only by traveling in, or living in a county and getting to know its inhabitants and their language that one can find out what a country and its people are really like. And how different the knowledge one gains this way frequently turns out to be true from the second-hand information gathered from other sources! How often we find that the foreigners whom we thought to be such different people from ourselves are not very different after all!
Differences between peoples do of course, exist and, one hopes, will always continue to do so. The world will be a dull place indeed when all the different nationalities behave exactly alike, and some people might say that we are rapidly approaching this state of affairs. With the much greater rapidity and ease of travel, there might seem to be some truth in this at least as far as Europe is concerned. However this
may be, at least the greater ease of travel today has revealed to more people than ever before that the Englishman or Frenchman or German is not some different kind of animal from themselves. 26. Every country criticizes ways of life in other countries because they are _______.
A. distorted B. normal C. similar to each other D. different from its own
27. One who travels in a foreign country and learns its language will ______.
A. find out what its people are like B. argue in favor of this country and the language
C. know the country and its people better D. like its inhabitants and their language
28. The knowledge one gains by traveling in a foreign county is often _______.
A. from second-hand information B. gathered from other sources than from its inhabitants
C. gained from the arguments about the countryD. different from what one had before the travel 29. Differences between peoples ________.
A. will gradually disappear because of ease of travel B. do exist even though different nationalities behave
exactly alike
C. will always continue to exist and the world will be a dull place
D. will not exist as one hopes
30. The underlined word “However” most probably means _________.
A. somewhat B. by whatever means C. anyhow D. no matter what Passage 3
We arranged that Kissinger would fly to Vietnam for talks early in July and then stop in Pakistan on the way back. There he would develop a stomachache that would require him to stay in bed and not be seen by the press. Then, with President Yahya’s cooperation he would be taken to an airport where a Pakistan plane would fly him over the mountains to China. Kissinger’s trip was given the code(密码) name Polo after Marco Polo, another Western traveler who made history by journeying to China. Everything went without a hitch. His slight illness in Islamabad received only minor attention from reporters covering him. They accepted the story that he would be confined to bed for at least a couple of days and began making arrangements for their own entertainment.
Because of the need for complete secrecy and the lack of any direct communication facilities between Beijing and Washington, I knew that we would have no word from Kissinger while he was in China. Even after he had returned to Pakistan it would still be important to maintain secrecy. So before Kissinger left, we agreed on a single code word — Eureka － which he would use if his mission were successful.
On July 11, Al Haig, who knew our code word, phoned me to say that a cable from Kissinger had arrived. “What’s the message” I asked. “Eureka,” he replied.
31. Kissinger stopped in Pakistan because ______.
A. he happened to have a stomachache B. he needed a rest after a long journey
C. he had a secret mission to perform there D. he did not want to be seen by the press
32. The reporters in Islamabad believed that ______. A. Kissinger was not feeling well B. Kissinger had just come back from Vietnam
C. Kissinger had put off leaving for China D. Kissinger was preparing to entertain them
33. The statement “everything went without a hitch” (Para.2)
成人本科学士学位英语模拟试题及答案
