2015 年四川成人学士学位英语考试真题
Part1 Vocabulary and Structure
(20 points)
Directions: There are 40 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four
choices marked A), B), C), and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the
sentence. Then mark your answer by crossing the corresponding letter on the Answer
Sheet with a pencil.
1. It is supposed that the personnel manager will
the position of general manager.
A) run over
B) get over
C) take over
D) go over
2. The student was just about to
the question, when suddenly he found the answer.
A) give up
B) submit to
C) arrive at
D) work out
3. Leaders of the two countries are talking about peace but
preparing for war in
secret.
A) popularly
B) actually
C) naturally
D) particularly
4. Most rooms in the apartment building have been rented out, and only several rooms on the
first floor are still
.
A) capable
B) available
C) advisable
D) considerable
5. Under the
from France and Germany, Japan gave in and agreed to open its rice market
to other countries.
A) front
B) force
C) threat
D) pressure
6. A healthy life is frequently thought to be
with fresh and nutritious food.
A) bound
B) tied
C) associated
D) relation
7. Her previous experience gives her a big
over the other applicants.
A) advance
B) advice
C) advantage
D) advocate
8. In Britain, the best season of the year is probably _______ spring.
A) late
B) last
C) latter
D) later
9. The bridge was named
the hero who gave his life for the cause of the people.
A) with
B) after
C) by
D) from
10. His schoolmates felt he did not
to be given such a great honor.
A) worthy
B) get
C) achieve
D) deserve
11.The money is to be used for the
of the flood victims.
A) merit
B) effect
C) benefit
D) advantage
12. Obviously, there’s a strong
between smoking and lung cancer.
A) content
B) invo
C) connect
D) link
13. He is a top athlete and his
goal is to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games.
A) immediate
B) ultimate
C) basic
D) ordinary
14. Chris had to say goodbye to her friends when it was time to
the plane.
A) board
B)abroad
C) broadcast
D) absorb
15. It is not impossible that one day we will
disability, so we shouldn’t look down
upon the disabled.
A) put up with
B) end up with
C) catch up with
D) come up with
16. The furniture you sell looks nice indeed, but you
too much for it.
A) afford
B) offer
C) pay
D) charge
17. Dayton was ______ for Williams in the second half of the football match as scheduled.
A) substituted
B) succeeded
C) subscribed
D) submitted
18. Baker had to
the people in court that his client had been nowhere near the scene
of the murder.
A) constitute
B) consist
C) convince
D) consult
19. If you’re planning a trip to the museum, be sure to _
at least an hour and a
half.
A) put down
B) put away
C) put aside
D) put forward
20. His health is
good, but he does have a few minor problems that may come up
occasionally.
A) generally
B) increasingly
C) likely
D) instantly
21. She reminds me of the wife of the pilot who used
for you in Boston.
A) to working
B) to work
C) work
D) having worked
22. This word is used
in British English than American English.
A) frequent
B) less frequent
C) frequently
D) less frequently
23. The dog may be a good companion for the old.
, the need to take it for walks
may be a disadvantage.
A) Instead
B) Besides
C) Therefore
D) However
24. It took me a long time before I was able to fully appreciate what they
for me.
A) had done
B) did
C) would do
D) where doing
25. Hot
journey.
the night air was, we slept deeply because we were so tired after the long
A) while
B) although
C) as
D) however
26. Leave your key with your neighbor
you lock yourself out one day.
A) even though
B) in case
C) as long as
D) as if
27. By the end of this month, they surely
a satisfactory solution to the problem.
A) have found
B) will be finding
C) will have found
D) are finding
28. The mere fact
most people believe nuclear war would be madness does not mean
that it will not occur.
A) why
B) what
C) which
D) that
29.
neglecting our education, my father sent my brother and me to summer school.
A) Accused of
B) Accusing of
C) That he was accused of
D) To be accused of
30. The match was cancelled because most of the members
a match without a standard
court.
A) objected to have
B) were objected to have
C) objected to having
D) were objected to having
31. They are going to have the serviceman _______ an electric fan in the office tomorrow.
A) to install
C) to be installed
B) install
D) installed
32. If I have remembered
the window, the thief would not have got in.
A) closing
B) to close
C) to have closed
D) having closed
33. Look at the terrible situation I am in! If only I
your advice.
A) had followed
C) would follow
B) follow
D) have followed
34. The librarian told the freshmen that he
return the book immediately.
A) not able
B) mustn’t
C) wouldn’t
D) needn’t
35. Both teams were training hard.
was willing to lose the game.
A) The other
B) Either
C) One other
D) Neither
36. Mr. Cooper doesn’t think his daughter is able to design the watch,
?
A) doesn’t he
B) does he
C) is she
D) isn’t she
37. To everybody’s surprise,
continue the argument that had lasted 4 hours already,
he said nothing and walked away.
A) rather than
B) anything than
C) other than
D) more than
38. If I had known your bicycle had got broken when you came to me yesterday, I _______ you
my own then.
A) would lend
B) had lent
C) would have lent
D) lent
39. A survey was carried out on college students’ learning techniques,
was very
upsetting.
A) as a result of which
B) the result of which
C) its result
D) which result
40. The station is said to
3 months ago; obviously it is not under construction now.
A) be completing
C) be completed
B) have completed
D) have been completed
Part II Reading Comprehension (40 points)
Directions: There are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions
or unfinished statements, For each of them there are four choices marked A).B).C)
and D). You should decide on the best answer and mark it by crossing the
corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a pencil.
Passage one
Today we visited the Field Museum to see the
new dinosaur (恐龙) exhibit.At first I
wasn't
interested in seeing an old pile of bones. Why would anyone want
to learn
about
something that's not around anymore?
First we walked
into
a big room.I was staring at the bones of a giant beast! It almost
filled the room. Two huge, dark holes in its boney head stared back at me. It was Dinosaur
Sue.
Our guide told us that when Sue was living, she weighed more than 150 fourth graders
put together!
He asked us to look at her teeth which were long and sharp. The guide said
Sue’s teeth show that she was a meat eater.I’m glad I wasn’t around when the dinosaurs
were alive. I might have been lunch for her!
As I looked at it,I imagined what the dinosaur had looked
like when it was
alive.Suddenly I realized that these bones had once belonged to a living creature here on
Earth. It made me wonder about other creatures that had once lived here. Now
I
understand
why people want to learn about these creatures.Perhaps I will hunt for
dinosaur bones someday. It would be very exciting to find a dinosaur skeleton(骨架).
41. When the author first got to the museum, she
.
A) was eager to see the giant beast
B) didn’t want to know about dinosaurs
C) didn’t want to see the boney head
D) was sad to look at the dead dinosaurs
42. We can learn from Paragraph 2 that the author was
.
A) worried the dinosaur might be alive
B) afraid of being lunch for the dinosaur
C) glad that Dinosaur Sue was a meat eater
D) surprised by the size of the skeleton
43. After visiting the Museum, the author
.
A) becomes interested in dinosaurs
B) believes dinosaurs are still alive
C) doesn’t think dinosaurs are creatures
D) doesn’t want to touch dinosaurs
44. Which of the following did Dinosaur Sue have for food?
A) Humans.
C) Grass.
B) Animals.
D) Trees.
45. This passage mainly talks about _________?
A) the weights and sizes of dinosaurs
B) the description of the author’s interests in dinosaurs
C) the change of the author’s attitude toward dinosaurs
D) the experience of hunting for dinosaur bones
Passage Two
Is organic food better? Most of the parents say it is, at least in part: “In organic
food, there is less pesticide residues (农药残留) ”, say some parents. Early childhood
exposure to lead and other poisonous substances at very low levels is now known to be harmful,
so parents think caution should be in order.
“Clearly if you eat organic product, you have fewer poisonous substances in your body, ”
Joel Forman, an associate professor says. That’s particularly important for young children,
he says, because they are especially easy to be hurt by chemical exposure while their brains
are developing.
That puts parents in a difficult situation, because they also want children to eat more
fresh fruits and vegetables, not less. But organic food still cost more in most cases, and
many parents can’t afford to buy it only.
Suggestions are made that parents should think about buying organic fruits and
vegetables that are more likely to contain more pesticide residue, and going conventional
for those that tend to have less.
Another similar case is about milk, conventionally – raised cows are often fed
antibiotics(抗生素) to stimulate growth, and parents are worried that this may do harm to
children. “Growth hormone(激素) in cows doesn’t work in people,” Forman says. “There’
s very little in the milk. And even if there was, it wouldn’t be absorbed. ”
46. Parents are worried about
.
A) chemical exposure to milk
B) high cost of organic vegetables
C) poisonous substances in food
D) growth hormone in fruits
47. According to this passage, Joel Forman’s remarks
.
A) caused parents to buy less fruits
B) made parents feel easy
C) solved
patents’ problems
D) confirmed parents’ worries
48. Parents are in a difficult situation because
.
A) there is still pesticide residue in organic fruits and vegetables
B) organic food costs so much that no parents can afford it
C) they can hardly afford enough organic food for their children
D) children will be exposed to more poisonous substances in organic food
49. A possible solution is to buy organic vegetables and fruits that are likely to
contain
.
A) more pesticide residue
B) less pesticide residue
C) less growth hormone
D) more growth hormone
50. Joel Forman says in the last paragraph that growth hormone in milk _________.
A) does little harm
B) is very harmful
C) stimulates children’s growth
D) is completely absorbed by cows
Passage Three
Diana Jacobs thought her family had a workable plan to pay for college for her 21-year-old
twin sons: a combination of savings, income, scholarships, and a modest amount of borrowing.
Then her husband lost his job, and the plan fell apart(失败,破裂).
The Jacobs family worked out a solution: They asked and received more aid from the schools,
and each son increased his borrowing to the maximum amount through the government loan program.
The twin sons will be able to finish school.
With unemployment rising, financial aid administrators expect to hear more families like
the Jacobs. More students are applying for aid, and more families expect to need student
loans. College administrators are concerned that they will not have enough aid money to go
around.
At the same time, tuition(学费)continues to rise and student borrowing has more than
doubled in the last decade.
It is reported that most middle class families have been financing college education
through debt. They will send kids to college whatever it takes, even if that means a huge
amount of debt.
Financial aid administrators have been having a hard time as many companies decide that
student loans are not profitable enough and have stopped making them. The good news, however,
is that federal loans account for about three quarters of student borrowing, and the
government says that money will flow uninterrupted.
51. According to the first paragraph, why did the plan of the Jacobs family fail?
A) The family fell apart.
B) The tuition was raised.
C) Their savings ran out.
D) The father was out of work.
52. How did the Jacobs manage to solve their problem?
A) They got help from the schools and the government.
B) They borrowed a large sum of money from the schools.
C) They encouraged their twin sons to do part-time jobs.
D) They told their children to drop out of school.
53. Financial aid administrators believe that
.
A) college tuition fees will double in the next decade
B) the government will receive more letters of complaint
C) more families will face the same problem as the Jacobs
D) they will have enough money to support poor students.
54. What can we learn about the middle class families from the passage?
A) They blame the government for the college tuition increase.
B) They earn enough to support their kids’ college education.
C) They will try their best to send their kids to college.
D) Their debts will be paid off within a decade.
55. According to the past paragraph, the government will
.
A) provide most students with scholarships
B) cut down financial aid to college students
C) stop the companies from providing student loans
D) go on providing financial support for college students
Passage Four
Blind imitation (模仿) is self-destruction. But in the early stages of skill or
character development, imitation is helpful. When I first learned to cook,
I used recipes
(菜谱) and turned out some tasty dishes.
In daily life, imitation can hurt us if we subconsciously (下意识地) hold poor role
models. If, as a child,
you observed people whose lives were bad, you may have accepted
their fear and pain as normal and gone
on to follow what they did. If you do not make strong
choices for yourself, you will get the results of the
weak choices of others.
If you are going to follow someone, focus on their talent, not their bad character
or unacceptable behaviors.
Blessed(幸福的) is the person willing to act on their sudden desire to create
something unique. Think of the movies, books, teachers, and friends that have affected you
most deeply. They touched you because their creations
were motivated by inspiration, not
desperation. The world is changed not by those who do what has been done before them, but
by those who do what has been done inside them. Creative people have an endless resource
of ideas. The problem a creator faces is not running out of material; it is what to do with
the material knocking at the door of imagination.
Study your role models, accept the gifts they have given, and leave behind what
does not serve you.
56. Imitation proves useful when you _____.
A) have the skill to imitate
B) begin to develop your character
C) turn out to be a person of good taste
D) follow others subconsciously
57. Imitation can be harmful if you
.
A) focus on someone’s talent
B) make strong choices for yourself
C) follow your role models blindly
D) are fearful of making choices
58. According to the author, the world moves on because of those who are
.
A) willing to accept others’ ideas
B) desperate to influence others with their knowledge
C) eager to do what has been done before
D) ready to turn their original ideas into reality
59. The trouble a creator faces is _____.
A) the imaginative use of material
B) the continuous absence of material
C) the severe shortage of material
D) the strong motivation by material
60. What is the author's purpose in writing this passage?
A) To criticize the characters of role models.
B) To highlight the importance of creatively.
C) To compare imitation with creation.
D) To explain the meaning of success.
Part III Cloze
(10 points)
Direction: Thereare10blanksinthefollowingpassage.Foreachblanktherearefourchoices
marked A),B),C), and D). You should choose ONE that best fits into the passage.
ThenmarktheanswerbycrossingthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwith