Part I Dialogue Completion (15 points) Directions: There are 15 short incomplete dialogues in this part, each followed by 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one to complete the dialogue and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center. 1. Jack: Can I help with your luggage Linda: ______________
A. No, you’d better not. Thank you anyway. B. No, not necessary. Thank you anyway. C. No, thanks. I can manage it. D. No, please. I can do. 2. Customer: ____________
Receptionist: Certainly, do you have a reservation
Customer: Yes, the name is Collins, Mr. and Mrs. Collins. A. I’d like to rest here, please. B. I’d like to check in, please. C. I’d like to rent a room, please. D. I’d like to stay in, please.
3. David: We’ve got some tickets for an opera tonight. Would you like to join us Jill: __________. I don’t quite understand opera. A. I am afraid not.
B. No, I can’t actually. C. I really want to go. D. No, I must refuse it.
4. Emily: Your little boy has done a good job at school. Nancy: ____________ A. Yes, I think so.
B. No, he doesn’t deserve it. C. No, you are so polite. D. Yes, I am proud of him. 5. Peter: __________
Benjamin: Sorry! Is it disturbing you A. Stop playing your music!
B. Turn off your terrible radio!
C. Do you think you could keep the noise down a bit D. Do you ever care about other people’s feelings
6. Martin: Will you please pass me the saltshaker, Robert Robert: ________ A. Just take it. B. There you go. C. Here give you. D. Oh, sure.
7. Alice: Hurry up! We don’t have much time left. Ann: _________. We still have 15 minutes. A. That’s fine.
B. You are right. C. Take it easy. D. Take your time.
8. Daniel: I’m afraid I’ve spilt some ink over your table cloth. I feel terribly sorry for that. Mrs. Gamble: _________ A. You should feel better. B. Oh, it doesn’t matter. C. I don’t want to hear it.
D. Oh, I don’t like that table cloth.
9. George: Hello, could I speak to Mr. Simpson, please Lisa: __________. Can I take a message A. Speaking, please. B. Who are you, please
C. I’m sorry he has run away. D. I’m sorry he is not available.
10. Student A: May I borrow your computer this afternoon
Student B: I’m sorry, but I have to finish my term paper with it. Student A: _________ A. Never think of it. B. Very nice, thanks.
C. Thank you all the same. D. I don’t care.
11. Virginia: Have you heard about Eva She is going to get married with Todd!
Bertha: _________ A. Congratulations! B. Are you kidding C. Good luck! D. Is it real
12. Doctor: __________
Patient: I’ve caught a bad cold and a sour throat. A. What seems to be the problem B. What has happened to you C. Do you feel better now
D. Do you have something to say
13. Salesman: Good morning, I wonder if you could spare a few minutes of your time.
Mrs. Davis: ______ . Are you selling something A. I am not free now.
B. I don’t know if I can. C. You are welcome.
D. You don’t have to wonder.
14. Jim: I think Edward needs to go on a diet. He’s putting on so
much weight.
Lucas: ________ I think he looks OK. A. I agree with you. B. You are right. C. Do you think so D. How do I know
15. Rosemary: We’ve made an appointment with the students at 7 in the morning. Would you come on time
Nicholas: I’m sorry _________, it is too early. A. I don’t want it. B. I don’t get it. C. I can’t handle it. D. I can’t make it.
Part II Reading Comprehension (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 center. Passage One
How much do you know about nutrition If your knowledge is similar to that of food shoppers who answered three surveys for the U. S. Food and Drug Administration, then you probably share some wide-spread misinformation about nutrition. Check your answers to the following statements. Is it true or false
Statement 1: Fresh vegetables cooked at home are always more nutritious than canned or frozen . The nutritional difference depends more on how vegetables are handled or prepared than in whether they are bought fresh or packaged. Overcooking, for example, destroys many nutrients. Vegetables cooked in too much water can lose a significant amount of vitamins.
Statement 2: When dieting, avoid starchy(淀粉类) foods, such as bread or potatoes. False. If you cut out starchy foods, such as peas, potatoes, bread, and rice, you cut out very good sources of several B vitamins, Vitamin C, and other nutrients. Moreover, ounce for ounce, bread and potatoes have fewer calories than sirloin steak and roast beef.
Statement 3: Taking extra vitamins beyond the recommended daily allowances won’t give you more energy. True. It’s widely believed that extra vitamins provide more energy. But taking more than the body needs doesn’t make it function better, just as overfilling your gas tank doesn’t make your car run faster.
If you answered these questions correctly, you can for the time being consider yourself well informed about food and nutrition by today’s standards. But remember that nutrition is a complex and growing science and that today’s beliefs may be changed as new information becomes available. 16. The first paragraph implies that many people __________. A. are well informed about nutrition B. don’t care about nutrition
C. have much knowledge of nutrition D. have incorrect ideas about nutrition
17. According to paragraph 2, which is NOT true about nutrition A. Overcooking destroys many nutrients.
B. It makes no difference how you prepare vegetables. C. Both fresh and packaged vegetables are nutritious. D. Vitamins in vegetable could be lost during cooking. 18. Which is a correct attitude towards starchy food A. Starchy foods are unnecessary in a balanced diet.
B. Bread and steak have the same amount of calories per ounce. C. Valuable nutrients could be found in starchy foods.
D. Starchy foods include only peas, potatoes, bread and rice.
19. The description of “overfilling your gas tank” shows why __________. A. one should take as much vitamins as possible B. more than enough vitamins is unnecessary C. vitamins cost as much as gas
D. doctors recommend allowance of vitamins
20. A good title for this article would be__________. A. Tips of Losing Weight Effectively B. Test Your Nutrition IQ
C. Nutrition: A Complex Branch of Science D. Misleading Nutrition Concepts Passage Two
Most women in Ghana--the educated and illiterate, the urban and rural, the young and old--work to earn an income in addition to maintaining their roles as housewives and mothers. Their reputation for economic independence, self-reliance, and hard work is well known and well deserved. Most of Ghana’s working women are farmers and traders. Only one woman in five, or even fewer, can be classified as simply housewives. Even these women often earn money by sewing or by baking and cooking things to sell. They also maintain vegetable gardens and chicken farms. Indeed, the woman who depends entirely upon her husband for support is looked upon with disfavor.
Traditionally the tasks of motherhood have been shared. Mothers and sisters, grandmothers and nieces all helped to raise the children and to carry out daily tasks. As the family grew, older brothers and sisters also helped to care for the younger ones and helped in the home. Now with more children going to school, with more people moving away from their traditional homes, not only must the mother continue her income-producing activities, but she must take on all the heavy, time-consuming housework. Ghana today is looking for new ways to meet the needs of women and their families, such as providing more day care centers, so women can continue to play their multiple roles in the home and in the economy.
21. What is the role of most women in Ghana A. Handling various housework at home. B. Taking care of children indoors. C. Farming and trading out of house.
D. Working as well as maintaining families.
22. “self-reliance” could be explained as “__________”. A. making great wealth B. depending on oneself C. caring for one’s own
D. being a reliable person
23. What kind of women do people in Ghana prefer A. Beautiful and charming.
B. Skillful at sewing or baking. C. Depending totally on husbands. D. Working hard to earn incomes. 24. Paragraph 3 describes__________.
A. how traditional extended families operate B. why women in Ghana have more burdens now C. how changes in life help the working women D. the new life style of Ghana’s people
25. The author of this article probably agrees that women in Ghana should__________.
A. stay at home and focus on family life B. become as active as men in business C. try to maintain their original roles D. make a choice and stick to one role Passage Three
The blues was born on the Mississippi River Delta in the early 1900s. After the Civil War, the slaves were free but life was still not easy. They had to find new work. In the South, work camps were formed. Black people from these camps worked on farms and on building up the Mississippi River banks. During the week the people worked long and hard. They often lived alone, without their families, far from home. On the weekends, the workers got together at picnics or drinking places. Travelling black musicians with guitars entertained them. The musicians sang songs about the difficult life of the workers. These songs were called the blues.
If you have the blues it means you feel very sad. You can have the blues because you have no money, no job, no lover, or no home. But blue songs were not always sad. Some of them were happy and many of them were funny.
Sometimes the blues singers had song contests. Each singer sang new words or a new style of the blues song. They made up the music as they played. In this way they created new music. This is called improvisation. Later, improvisation became a very important part of jazz music.
Blues began in the country in the South. As blacks moved into the big cities to work, the blues went with them. There, they sang about life in the cities. W. C. Handy, a black band leader from Memphis made the blues popular all over America. In 1914 he wrote the most famous blues song of all, “The St. Louis Blues”.
26. After the Civil War, the Black people _________. A. were mostly slaves B. still led a hard life
C. enjoyed their new life with families D. worked on their own farms
27. At the very beginning, the blues were _________. A. not performed on formal occasions B. traditional songs of the Black people C. about the life of travelling musicians
成人学位英语冲刺试题及答案一
