2015 年山东省学士学位英语真题及答案
Part I Reading Comprehension(35 minutes,40 points)
Directions: There are four reading 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). After you read a passage you should decide
on the best choice and then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet
with a single line through the center.
Passage One
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage.
A fire drill is, to put it mildly, an inconvenient exercise at the best of
times. A fire drill at 2:00 in the morning in terrible weather conditions, like
the one we had on Thursday night and Friday morning last, is incomparably more
inconvenient. This is why writing this note to thank you all most sincerely for
your
the
inconvenience.
co-operation
excellent
the
spirit
with
which
and
you
endured
A fire drill is not an idle exercise. It is an extremely serious one and
can, in fact, save lives in the long run. Last week’ fire drill has already
reyealed a number of important things regarding fire precautions in the Hall.
For instance, there seem to exit a number of “deaf spots” in the Hall, namely,
the two rooms in Purser House and some rooms in the Bottom corridor. I have no
reason to doubt that residents from these areas could not hear the alarm. I
shall request an immediate examination of this problem.
I should, also, remind you that it is a requirement that fire drills should
be regularly carried out (at least two in every one year)and each resident
should be made fully aware of this and obliged to take part. All residents must
take fire precautions with the seriousness they deserve. Failure to do so can
result bin fines and expulsion(驱逐)from the Hall. Thank you again for your co-
operation.
1. The last fire drill caused much more inconvenience because.
A) it was in bad weather
B) there were “deaf spots”
C) a big fire started
D) it was at the weekend
2. The phrase “in the long run”(L.2,Part.2)means.
A)effectively
B) endlessly
C) eventually
D) efficiently
3. Some people did not make their appearance at the last drill because.
A) they were deaf
B)they could not hear the alarm
C) nobody waked them up
D) they refused to leave their rooms
4. Afire drill is extremely important according to the writer for.
A) it is a good physical exercise
B) it cultivates people’s endurance
C) it is a legal requirement
D) it can save lives in case of a fire
5. Which of the following was NOT stated by the author?
A) A fire drill is very important and useful.
B) The last fire drill received inactive co-operation from the residents.
C) Those who do not take fire precautions will be fined and driven out.
D) It has been made a rule that fire drills will be performed regularly.
Passage Two
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage
Accidents are caused; they don’ t just happen. The reason may be easy to
see: a shelf out of reach, a patch of ice on the misfortune — frustration,
tiredness or just bad temper—that show what the accident really is, a sort of
attack on oneself.
Road accidents, for example, happen frequently after a family quarrel, and
we all know people who are accident-prone, so often at odds with themselves and
the world that they seem to cause accidents for themselves and others.
By definition, an accident is something you can not predict or avoid, and
the idea which used to be current, that the majority of road accidents are
caused by a minority of criminally careless drivers, is not supported by
insurance statistics. These show that most accidents involve ordinary motorists
in a moments of carelessness or thoughtlessness.
It is not always clear, either, what sort of conditions make people more
likely to have an accident. For instance, the law requires all factories to
take safety precautions and most companies have safety committees to make sure
the regulations are observed, but still, every day in Britain, some fifty
thousand men and women are injured from work due to accidents. These accidents
are largely the result of human error or misjudgment — noise and fatigue,
boredom or worry are possible factors which contribute to this. Doctors who
work in factories have found that those who drink too much, usually people who
have a high anxiety level, run three times the normal risk of accidents at work.
6. The passage suggests that.
A)Accidents are usually caused by psychological factors.
B)Accidents mostly result from slippery roads.
C)Drinkers run three times the normal risk of accidents in factories.
D)About 50 000people lose their lives at work in Britain every day.
7.Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a factor of accidents?
A) Mood. B) Tiredness. C) Carelessness D) Weather
8. The word “accidents-prone”(L.2 Para.2)means.
A) likely to have accidentsB) injured in accidents
C) possible to die in accidents
D) responsible for road accidents
9. What can we infer about the author’ opinion of accidents?
A) Safety precautions are of little use in accidents.
B) Many accidents can and should be avoided.
C) Factory accidents , unlike road accidents, are inevitable.
D) Most road accidents are caused by just a few careless drivers.
10. The best title for the passage would be.
A) Accidents and Anxiety
B) How to Deal with Accidents on Road and in Factories
C) Human Factors in Accidents
D) How to Prevent Accidents on Road and in Factories
Passage Three
Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage.
Is language, like food, a basic human need? Judging from the result of the
violent experiment by a German King, Frederick II, in the 13th century, it may
be. Hoping to discover what language a child would speak if he heard no mother
tongue, he told the nurses to keep silent.
All the infants died before the first year. But clearly there was more than
language deprivation here. What was missing was good mothering. Without good
mothering, in the first year of life especially, the capacity to survive is
seriously affected.
Today no much violent deprivation exists as that by Frederick II.
Nevertheless, some children are still backward in speaking. Most often the
reason for this is that the mother is insensitive to the signals of the infant,
whose brain is programmed to map up language rapidly. There are critical times,
it seems, when children learn more readily. If these sensitive periods are
neglected, the ideal time for acquiring language skills passes and they might
never be learned so easily again.
Linguists( 语 言 学 家 )suggest that speech stages are reached in a fixed
sequence and at a constant age, but there are cases where speech has started
late in a child who eventually turns out to be of high IQ.
Recent evidence suggests that an infant is born with the capacity to speak.
What is special about Man ’ s brain compared with that of the monkey, is the
complex system which enables a child to connect the sight and feel of , say, a
teddy-bear(玩具熊)with the sound pattern “teddy-bear”.
But speech has to be stimulated, and this depends on interaction between
the mother and the child, where the mother recognizes the signals in the
child’s babbling(牙牙学语), grasping, crying, smiling, and responds to them.
Insensitivity of the mother to these signals dulls the interaction because the
child gets discouraged and sends out only the obvious signals. Sensitivity to
the child ’ s non-verbal signals is essential to the growth and development
language.
11. Frederick II’s experiment was violent because.
A) he wanted to prove children are born with ability to speak
B) he ignored the importance of mothering to the infant
C) he was unkind to the nurse
D) he wanted his nurses to say no mother tongue
12. The reason some children are backward in speaking today that.
A) their mothers do not respond to their attempts to speak
B) their mothers are not intelligent enough to help them
C) they do not listen carefully to their mothers
D) their brains have to absorb too much language at once.
13. By “critical times” in Paragraph 3 the author means.
A) difficult periods in the child’s life
B) moments when the child becomes critical to its mother
C) important stages in the child’s development
D) times when mothers often neglect their children
14. Which of the following in NOT implied in the passage?
A) Ability to learn to speak a language is inborn in man
B) Children do not need to be encouraged to learn to speak
C) Early language starters are not necessarily highly intelligent
D) Most children learn their language in definite stages
15. If the mother does not respond to her child’s signals.
A) the child will never be able to speak properly
B) the child will stop giving out signals
C) the child will invent a language of his own
D) the child will make little effort to speak
Passage Four
Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage.
Americans who remember “the good old days” are not alone in complaining
about the educational system in this country. Immigrants(移民) complain ,too.
Lately a German friend was filled with anger when he learned that the
mathematics test given to his son on his first day as a college freshman
included
Los
send their children to private schools staffed by teachers imported
Angeles
to learn mathematics at Japanese levels, generally considered at
from
least a year more advanced than the level here.
But I wonder: If American
education is so poor, why is it that this is still the country of innovation(创
新)?
multiplication
businessmen
division.
Japan
and
Japanese
in
to
Indonesia, I had to memorize the name of all the world’s
When I was 12 in
Karachi. At the same age, my son, who was
Kabul
major cities, from
was Spanish for good
brought up by a Californian, thought that
Buenos Aires
food. However, unlike children of his age in Asia and
Europe, my son had
studied creative geography. When he was only 6, he drew a map of the route that
he traveled to get to school, including the streets, the traffic signs and the
houses that he passed.
Dissatisfied American parents forget that in this
country their children are able to experiment freely with ideas; without this
they will not really be able to think or to believe in themselves.
Critics of American education cannot grasp one thing: freedom.
America, I
think, is the only country that extends even to children the license to freely
speak, write and be creative. Our public education certainly is not perfect,
but it is a great deal better than any other. I think I have found the answer
to my question.
16. From the text we learn that.
A) both Americans and immigrants are dissatisfied with the quality of
American education
B) the author shares the general idea that American education is worse than
education in many other countries
C) Japanese schools in
America
require their American teachers to teach
mathematics at Japanese levels
D) the author ’ s German friend was a little displeased because the
mathematics test for his son was too easy.
17. Which of the following is NOT true?
A) The author most probably was an immigrant from
school education there.
Asia
and received some
Buenos Aires
B)
Karachi.
C) Children in other countries are not likely to learn creative geography.
D) The knowledge of geography of the author ’ s son shows that American
must be the name of a city, as are
Kabul
and
education is poor.
18. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A) If children are not allowed to experiment freely with ideas they won’t
grow up independent and creative.
B) Most Americans think the present American educational system is not as
good as it used to be.
C) Private schools run by Japanese businessmen maintain a higher level than
American public schools.
D) Americans are more innovative than other people in the world.
19. In the last paragraph the author says, “I have found the answer to my
question.” What is the question?
A) Is Japanese education better than American education?
B) Why do Japanese businessmen send their children to Japanese-staffed
schools?
C) Why was my son not taught enough geographic knowledge?
D) Is American education really worse than education in other countries?
20. What would be the best title for this passage?
A) American Education and Education in Foreign countries
B) Improvement Needed for American Education
C) Freedom to Think— Characteristic of American Education
D) Education and Innovation in American
Part II Vocabulary and Structure (30 minutes, 20points)
Directions: There are 40 incomplete sentences in this part. For each
sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C), D). Choose the one answer
that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the
Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
21. Don’t leave your bicycle out in the rain. It’ll get.
A) rusty
B) crude
C) rough
D) tough
22. Ito him for the error.
A) excused
B) apologized
C) pardoned
D) congratulated
23. It’sto ask Mr. Blake for help.
A) out question
B) beyond question
C) out of question
D) in question
24. Hardlyhome when the telephone rang.
A) I got
B) did I get
C) I had got
D) had I got
25.his not arriving ,the meeting will be put off to next week.
A) At the event of
B) For the event with
C) In the event of
D) To the event of
26. It’s getting rather late. It’s time we.
A) are going
B) went
C) go
D) must go
27. Iyou everything’s going to be all right.
A) insure
B) assure
C) ensure
D) sure
28. Auctioned(拍卖的)goods are sold for the highest price.
A) made
B) taken
C) offered
D) ordered
29. The colors of that coat and hat don’t.
A) suit
B) mix
C) match
D) imitate
30. Our whole class went to attend the conference yesterday, sowhat
happened on the campus.
A) all of us don’t know
B) none of us know
C) all we don not know
D) we all don’t know
31. Althoughhappened in that developed country sounds like science fiction,
it could occur elsewhere in the world.
A) this
B) how
C) what
D) it
32. I sympathize with Women’s Liberation Movement onlya certain extent.
A) at
B)with
C) to
D) in
33. The officer gave an order that everyoneback before dark.
A) get
B) would get
C) had to get
D) must get
34. This year summer time came intoon the 12th of April.
A) effect
B) efficiency
C) use
D) practice
35. Mr. White was told again and again tosmoking, but he just wouldn ’ t
listen.
A) cut through
B) cut down on
C) cut off
D) cut away
36. The Greyhoundoutside of New York Bus Station at 6 p.m. and started
for
D.C.
at 6:20 p.m.
Washington
A) pulled up
B) pulled out
C) pulled down
D) pulled on
37. Can you give me another hint withoutthe answer?
Columbus
A) giving off
B) giving up
C) giving away
D) giving in
38.
A) in front of
B) before
C) in advance of
D) ahead of
39. After all, all living creatures live by feeding on something else,
washis times in his belief that the earth was round.
whether itplant or animal, dead or alive.
A) be
B) would be
C) was
D) to go
40. The pilot felt somethingwrong with the engine just before the plane
took off.
A) to
B) was going
C) goes
D) to go
41. — You were brave enough to raise objections at the meeting.
— Well, now I regretthat.
A) having done
B) to be doing
C) to have done
D) to do
42.that they’re young and inexperienced, they’ve done quite a good job.
A) Being
B) Given
C) Provided
D) Now
43.is announced in the papers, a nation-wide sports meeting will be held in
the city next month.
A) Because
B) For
C) As
D) So
44. Being much too fat, Maria was advised to reduce her food for each meal,
yet, she wouldthat.
A) have none of
B) accept
C) take care for
D) listen to
45. In my opinion, he’simaginative of all the contemporary(同时代的)poets.
A) quite the most
B) by far the most
C) very the most
D) rather the most
46. Never beforeso highly successful in his attempts to modify the weather
on a very small scale.
A) man has been
B) man is
C) has man been
D) will be man
47. With flowers and treeseverywhere, the city took on a new look.
A) to be planted B) being planted C) plantingD) planted
48. — John wants to see you today.
— I would rather hetomorrow than today.
A) comes B) cameC) should comeD) has come
49. It was suggested that this problemat the next meeting.
A) was discussedB) will be discussed
C) would be discussedD) be discussed
50. Walter offered us a lift when he was leaving the office, but our work,
so we didn’t accept the offer.
A) not being finishedB) had not been finished
C) not having finishedD) was not finished
51. What you said reminds mesomething I read a few days ago.
A) forB) byC) fromD) of
52. Another worry is that telecommunication systems may isolate peopleeach
other.
A) fromB) forC) withD) to
53. The smog is dueinvisible gases, mostly from automobile exhaust.
A) fromB) to C) forD) with
54.is accepted as true is relatively, and not absolutely, true.
A) ItB) ThatC) WhatD) That it
55.
There
are
many
children
and
adolescentsbehavior
is
generally
unacceptable .
A) theirB) whoC) whomD) whose
56.
Edison
failedtimes before he succeeded in producing the first
electric lamp.
A) thousandB) thousandsC) a thousand ofD) thousands of
57. Waterthe digestive juices flow more freely and helps to digest the food.
A) makesB) causesC) pushesD) turns
58. The panic attacks mayfor only a few minutes; some, however, continue
for several hours.
A) happenB) beginC) lastD) end
59. Let us see how dictionaries are made and how the editorsdefinitions.
A) head to B) arrive at C) reach forD) approach to
60. The nurse tookof my blood to test.
A) an exampleB) an instanceC) a caseD) a sample
Part III Cloze (10 minutes, 10 points)
Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each blank
there are four choices marked A), B), C), and D) beneath the passage. You
should choose the one that best fits into the passage. Then mark the
corresponding letter on the Answer sheet with a single line through the center.
is a small country with few natural resources. 61 this, Japanese
productivity, the rate at which goods are produced, 62 more than eleven times
in the past thirty years . Many people in the West wonder how the Japanese do
it. The key 63
Japan ’ s success can be discovered by looking at some basic
differences between Japanese and Western attitudes towards works.
People in
the west generally view work 64 a necessary evil — one must give up part of
Japan