河北成人学位英语考试考前预测卷01
Paper One (65minutes, 70points)
Part I Dialogue Completion (10minutes, 10 points)
Directions: In this part, there are 3 dialogues with 3 or 4 blanks, each .followed by 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the choice that best suits the situation until the dialogue is complete. With Dialogue One, all the choices will have to be used. With Dialogue Two and Dialogue Three, one choice will be left unused. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single bar through the centre of the letter that indicates your choice.
Dialogue One
Speaker A: Good evening, sir and madam. Speaker B: Good evening. _____1_____ Speaker A: Let me check the list. Yes, we do have a reservation under Mr. Stephen. Speaker B: _____2_____There are six of us. Four of my friends are coming soon. Speaker A: It doesn't matter. Follow me, please. What do you think of the table in the centre of the dining room? Speaker B: But _____3_____
Speaker A: I’m sorry, but you see, all the tables by the window are small, with up to four seats.
Speaker B: Oh, I see. We'll have to make up with the centre one. Speaker A: Thank you for your understanding, Mr. Stephen. Speaker B: If a Mr. Sun comes to look for me, _____4_____
Speaker A: Yes, I will. A. it's a window table that we've booked. B. just usher him here.
C. We’ve a reservation for a table for two under the name of Stephen.
D. But there is a change in the number of people. Dialogue Two
Speaker A: Good morning, sir. Can I help you?
Speaker B: Yes, I’m leaving today. Can I have my bill settled? Speaker A: Of course, sir. May I have your name?
Speaker B: My name is Peter Brown and my room number is 556.
Speaker A: Just a second, please. Mr. Brown, _____5_____ Please cbeek.
Speaker B: I’m sorry. I suppose there is a mistake indeed. I only stayed here for three nights, not four.
Speaker A: Just a second, please. I'll check it...I am sorry, Mr. Brown, _____6 _____So the fee in total should be $155.
Speaker B: Now you are right. Could I pay with credit card?
Speaker A: What kind of card do you have? Speaker B: Visa. Speaker A: _____7_____...OK, here is your bill and receipt. Thank you, sir. Hope you have enjoyed your stay at our hotel. Speaker B: Certainly I have. Thank you.
Speaker A: You're welcome. Goodbye.
A. That's acceptable. B, here is your bill.
C. this is a miscalculation.
D. How do you pay for the bill? Dialogue Three
Speaker A: Hello. Can I be of service to you? Speaker B: I’m just window shopping.
Speaker A: You are always welcome. _____8_____
Speaker B: They look very interesting, especially the yellow gowns.
Speaker A: They are imperial gowns. Ancient Chinese Emperors wear them. Yellow is a noble color to Chinese people. The imperial laws forbade the ordinary people to wear yellow.
Speaker B: Did they? But _____9_____
Speaker A: Cultures differ from country to country. Why not try them on? Speaker B: How much should I pay you for trying it on? Speaker A: Free of charge.
Speaker B: That's fine. Is this yellow too bright for me?
Speaker A: It's a very bright yellow, but it looks terrific on you. Speaker B: Does it? What size is it? Speaker A: It's size 8.
Speaker B: But I wear size 10.
Speaker A: Here is another gown. It's size 10. Try it on. _____10_____. Why not take one as a souvenir? It's cheap. Only 100 Yuan.
Speaker B: That's a good idea. I’11 take it.
A. You look so smart in the imperial gown. B. Do you want to try any other size again?
C. We sell all kinds of things used in ancient Chinese Imperial Palaces.
D. in my country purple is associated with being noble.
Part II Reading Comprehension (35minutes, 40 points)
Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each of the passages is followed by 5 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them 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 line through the centre.
Passage One
Concerning money or anything else, conflicts between husband and wife usually reflect a power struggle. Conflicts between parent and child often centre around the same issue. As children enter adolescence, they begin to demand greater freedom to go where they please, do what they please, and make decisions without parental interference. Many American parents do not know how to deal with their teenagers and seek advice from books, lectures, and parent training courses. Parents want to maintain a friendly relationship with their teenagers and also want to guide them so that their behavior will be whatever the parents consider proper and constructive. But in a society of rapidly changing social and moral values, parents and children often disagree about what is important and what is right.
Arguments may concern such unimportant matters as styles of dress or hairdos. But quarrels may also concern school work, after school jobs, decisions, use of the family car, dating, and sex behavior. Some families have serious problems with teenagers who drop out of school, run away from home, or use illegal drugs. Because so much publicity is given to the problem teenager, one gets the impression that all teenagers are troublemakers. Actually, relatively few adolescents do anything wrong, and nearly all grow up into \parents’ expectations. In fact, recent studies show that the \narrowing. The vast majority of teenagers share most of their parents’ values and ideas. Many parents feel that they get along with their adolescents quite well.
11. According to the writer, conflicts between husband and wife usually reflect__________.
A. feeling of hatred B. power straggle
C. that they don't care for each other D. that they may appeal to divorce
12. As children enter adolescents, they begin to do the following EXCEPT__________. A. demanding greater freedom to go wherever they please B. making decisions without parental interference C. getting married whenever they please D. doing what they please
13. \ A. the adolescents now become timid
B. parents come to get along with their children
C. the vast majority of teenagers share most of their parents’values and ideas D. parents and teenager don’t like to quarrel
14. Parents and children often disagree about what is important or right because__________.
A. they have different styles of life B. they hate each other
C. parents think that their children are troublemakers
D. they are in a society of rapidly changing social and moral values
15. When many American parents don’t know how to deal with their children they seek advice from the following EXCEPT__________. A. neighbors
B. parent-training courses C. books
D. lectures
Passage Two
Another thing an astronaut has to learn about is eating in space. Food is weightless, just as men are.
Food for space has to be packed in special ways. Some of it goes into tubes that a man can squeeze into his mouth. Bite-sized cookies are packed in plastic. . There is a good reason for covering each bite. The plastic keeps pieces of food from travelling in the spaceship. On the earth very small pieces of food would simply fall to the floor. But gravity doesn't pull them to the floor when they are out of the plastic in a spaceship. They move here and there and can get into a man's eyes or into the spaceship’s instruments. If any of the instruments is blocked, the astronauts may have trouble getting safely home.
As astronauts travel on longer space trips, he must take time to sleep. An astronaut can fit himself to his seat with a kind of seat belt. Or, if he wants to, he can sleep in a sleeping bag which is fixed in place under his seat. But be careful he must put his hands under the belt when he goes to .sleep. This is because he is really afraid that he might touch one of controls that isn't supposed to be touched until later.
16. Why would astronauts cover each bite of food in space?
A. Because small pieces of food would fall down to the floor. B. Because weightless pieces of food might make trouble when they travel around. C. Because they haven't enough food for longer trips. D. Because astronauts don't want to waste food. 17. In a spaceship, astronauts can__________. A. walk just as they do on the earth
B. not eat anything because it's dangerous
C. control the spaceship when they are sleeping D. not litter small things or it will make trouble 18. In what way is food for space packed?
A. Very small pieces of food are put on the floor. B. Some of it is put into tubes.
C. Small-sized cookies are packed in plastic. D. Both B and C.
19. Why does an astronaut put his hand under his belt when he sleeps? A. Because he thinks it is comfortable to sleep in that way in space. B. Because he doesn’t want to touch any controls when he sleeps. C. Because the instruments of the spaceship are easily broken.
D. Because he is afraid that the seat will move. 20. The best title of this article is__________. A. Eating and Sleeping in Space B. How Astronauts Eat in Space C. Food for Space
D. How Astronauts Sleep in Space
Passage Three
The Chinese have used a method called acupuncture (针灸) to perform operations for about4,000 years without putting the patient to sleep. This involves placing flexible needles into certain parts of the body. The needles are available in a number of stores in China and anyone may buy them.
To learn how to use the needles takes about one month of training. But to be skillful requires greater time. The person who performs the acupuncture knows how to put in the needles so the needles themselves are not painful. This person also knows where to place the needles so the patient feels no pain in the area where the operation is to be performed. A particular operation might require 25 or more needles placed in various parts of the body. But now this operation requires only 3 or 4 needles.
Today, the Chinese doctors are trying to learn more about acupuncture. They are trying to develop a convincing theory to explain how the needles work in preventing pain, or why a needle in the wrist, for example, would prevent the pain in the area of the mouth, A patient who needs an operation is given a choice between having acupuncture or having one of the chemicals used for putting him to sleep. It has been estimated that over half of the patients choose acupuncture because there is no sickness after the operation but the chemical may make the patient sick for a few hours or a day.
21. Acupuncture is__________. A. a medical operation B. a medical needle C. a medical technique D. a medical machine
22. Which statement is NOT true of the performer of acupuncture? A. He knows where to place the needles without pain. B. He knows where the operation is to be performed.
C. He knows how to perform the operation to cure the patient. D. He knows how to use the needles in an operation.
23. To learn how to use the needles, it takes a person__________. A. several months B. a couple of weeks C. a little time D. almost one month
24. It can be learned from the passage that__________.
河北成人学位英语考试模拟卷及答案
