2015 同等学力考试英语真题及答案
Paper One (100minutes)
Part I Oral Communication (15 minutes,10 points)
Section A
Directions:In this section there are two incomplete dialogues and each dialogue
has three blanks and three choices A,B and C,taken from the dialogue. Fill in each
of the blanks with one of the choices to complete the dialogue and mark your answer
on the Answer Sheet.
Dialogue One
A. Do you know what a handicapped space is?
B. The signs always tell you how long you can park there and on what days.
C. Then you also need to be aware of the time limits on the street signs.
Student: Can you tell me where I can park?
Clerk: Are you driving a motorcycle or an automobile?
Student: I drive an automobile.
Clerk: Fine. You can either park in the student lot or on the street. 1
Student: Yes, I have seen those spots.
Clerk: Well, when you see the blue spots with the handicapped sign, do not park
there unless you have a special permit. Are you going to be parking in the daytime
or evening?
Student: I park in the evenings.
Clerk: 2 Have you seen those signs?
Student: Yes, I have seen those signs.
Clerk: 3 .
参考答案:ACB
Dialogue Two
A. The hours and limitations are printed on the card and this handout.
B. May I have your driver’s license, please?
C. Are you familiar with our rules and fines?
Student: Excuse me. I am interested in getting a library card.
Librarian: Sure, let me give you an application. You can fill it out right here
at the counter.
Student: Thank you. I’ll do it right now.
Librarian: Let me take a look at this for you. 4
Student: Here it is.
Librarian: You seem to have filled the form out all right.__5__
Student: Yes. I know what to do.
Librarian: ____6____
Student: OK. I see.
Librarian: Thank you for joining the library; We look forward to serving you.
参考答案 BCA
Section B
Directions: In this section there is one incomplete which has four blanks and
four choices A, B, C and D, taken from the interview. Fill in each of the blanks
with one of the choices to complete the interview and mark your answer on the Answer
Sheet.
A. And fooled the boys for a while.
B. And I don’t think the boys have minded.
C. Well, it’s because my British publisher.
D. All this time I thought you were ‘J.K’.
Winfrey: So, this is the first time we’ve met.
Rowling: Yes,it is .
Winfrey: And my producers tell me that your real name is J.O.____7____
Rowling: (laughing) Yeah.
Winfrey: J.K is …
Rowling: ____8_____. When the first book came out, they thought ‘this is a book
that will appeal to boys ’, but they didn’t want the boys to know a woman had written
it. So they said to me ‘could we use your initials ’and I said ‘fine’. I only
have one initial. I don’t have a middle name. So I took my favorite grandmother’s
name, Kathleen.
Winfrey: ____9_____
Rowling: Yeah, but not for too long, because I started getting my picture in
the press and no one could pretend I was a man anymore.
Winfrey: ___10____
Rowling: NO —it hasn’t held me back, has it?
参考答案:DCAB
Part II Vocabulary(10 points)
Directions: In this part there are ten sentences, each with one word or phrase
underlined. Choose the one from the four choices marked A, B, C and D that best keeps
the meaning of the sentence. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.
11. There are several different options for getting Internet access.
A. choices B. definitions C. channels D. reasons
12. Earth has an atmosphere, which protects the surface from harmful rays.
A. minerals B. substances C. gases D. beams
13. The manager gave one of the salesgirls an accusing look for her hostile
attitude toward customers.
A. unfriendly B. optimistic C. impatient D. positive
14. Since it is late to change my mind now, I am resolved to carry out the plan.
A. revise B. implement C. review D. improve
15. Security guards dispersed the crowd that had gathered around the Capitol.
A. arrested B. stopped C. scattered D. watched
16. To start the program, insert the disk and follow the instructions.
A. take out B. turn over C. track down D. put in
17. The patient’s condition has deteriorated since last night.
A. improved B. returned C. worsened D. changed
18. I couldn’t afford to fly home, and a train ticket was likewise beyond my
means.
A. also B. nonetheless C. furthermore D. otherwise
19. Despite years of searching, scientists have detected no signs of life beyond
our own solar system.
A. within B. besides C. outside D. except
20. I prefer chicken to fish because I am worried about accidentally swallowing
a small bone.
A. intentionally B. unexpectedly C. anxiously D. hurriedly
参考答案:11-15 A D A B C 16-20 D C A C B
Part III Reading Comprehension (25 points)
Section A
Directions: In this section, there are four passages followed by questions or
unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers A, B, C and D. Choose the
best answer and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.
Passage One
Sometimes a race is not enough. Sometimes a runner just wants to go further.
That’s what happened to Dennis Martin and Brooke Curran.
Martin, 68, a retired detective form New York City, took up running after his
first wife died. Curran, 46, a philanthropist(慈善家 )from Alexandria, started
running to get out of the house and collect her thoughts. Both she and Martin got
good at running but felt the desire to do more. “The more I trained, the better
I got,” Curran said,” but I would cross the finish line with no sense of
accomplishment.”
Eventually , they worked up to running marathons(马拉松)(and longer races) in
other countries, on other countries. Now both have achieved a notable -and
increasingly less rate- milestone; running the 26.2-mile race on all seven
continents.
They are part of a phenomenon that has grown out of the running culture in the
past two decades, at the intersection of athleticism and leisure: “runcations,”
which combine distance running with travel to exotic places. There trips, as
expensive as they are physically challenging ,are a growing and competitive market
in the travel industry.
“In the beginning, running was enough,”said Steen Albrechtsen, a press manager.
The classic marathon was the ultimate goal, then came the super marathons, like
London and New York. But when 90,000 people a year can take that challenge, it is
no longer exciting and adventurous .Hence, the search for new adventures began.”
“No one could ever have imagined that running would become the lifestyle activity
that it is today,”said Thom Gilligan, founder and president of Boston-based Marathon
Tours and Travel. Gilligan, who has been in business since 1979, is partly
responsible for the seven-continent phenomenon.
It started with a casual talk to an interviewer about his company offering trips
to every continent except Antarctica. And then in 1995, Marathon fours hosted its
first Antarctica Marathon on King George Island. Off the tip of the Antarctic
Peninsula; 160 runners got to the starting line of a dirt-and ice-trail route via
a Russian icebreaker through the Drake Passage.
21. At the beginning, Martin took up running just to .
A. meet requirements of his job
B. win a running race
C. join in a philanthropic activity
D. get away from his sadness
22. Martin and Curran are mentioned as good examples of .
A. winners in the 26.2-mile race on all seven continents
B. people who enjoy long running as a lifestyle activity
C. running racers satisfied with their own performance
D. old people who live an active life after retirement
23. A new trend in the travel industry is the development of .
A. challenging runcations
B. professional races
C. Antarctica travel market
D. expensive tours
24. The classic marathon no longer satisfies some people because .
A. it does not provide enough challenge
B. it may be tough and dangerous
C. it involves too fierce a competition
D. it has attracted too many people
25. The first Antarctica Marathon on King George Island indicates that .
A. international cooperation is a must to such an event
B. runcations are expensive and physically challenging
C. Marathon Tours is a leader of the travel industry
D. adventurous running has become increasingly popular
Passage Two
Before the 1970s, college students were treated as children. So many colleges
ran in loco parentis system. “In loco parentis”is a Latin term meaning “in the
place of a parent.” It describes when someone else accepts responsibility to act
in the interests of a child.
This idea developed long ago in British common law to define the responsibility
of teachers toward their students. For years, American courts upheld in loco parentis
in cases such as Gott versus Berea College in 1913.
Gott owned a restaurant off campus. Berea threatened to expel students who ate
at places not owned by the school. The Kentucky high court decided that in loco
parentis justified that rule.
In loco parentis meant that male and female college students usually had to live
in separate buildings. Women had to be back at their dorms by ten or eleven on school
nights.
But in the 1960s, students began to protest rules and restrictions like these.
At the same time, courts began to support students who were being punished for
political and social dissent.
In 1960, Alabama State College expelled six students who took part in a civil
rights demonstration. They sued the school and won. After that it became harder and
harder to defend in loco parentis.
At that time, students were not considered adults until 21. Then, in 1971, the
24th amendment to the Constitution set the voting age at eighteen. So in loco parentis
no longer really applied.
Slowly, colleges began to treat students not as children, but as adults. Students
came to be seen as consumers of educational services.
Gary Dickstein, an assistant vice president at Wright State University in Dayton,
Ohio, says in loco parentis is not really gone. It just looks different. Today’
s parents, he says, are often heavily involved in students’lives. They are known
as “helicopter parents.”They always seem to hover over their children. Gary
Dickstein says these parents are likely to question decisions, especially about
safety issues and grades. They want to make sure their financial investment is not
being wasted.
26. Before the 1970s, many colleges ran in loco parentis system because .
A. they could take the place of the students’parents
B. parents asked them to do it for the interests of their children
C. this was a tradition established by British colleges
D. college students were regarded as too young to be treated as adults
27. Who won the case of Gott versus Berea College in 1913?
A. Berea College. B. Gott.
C. It was a win-win case. D. The students.
28. The word “dissent”(Para.5) probably means “ ”.
A. extreme behaviors B. violation of laws
C. strong disagreement D. Wrong doings
29. In 1960,the court ruled that Alabama State College
A. had no right to expel the students
B. was justified to have expelled the students
C. shouldn’t interfere with students’ daily life
D. should support civil rights demonstrations
30. According to Gary Dickstein, today’s “helicopter parents_____
A. don’t set their hearts at rest with college administrators
B. keep a watchful eye on their children’s life and study
C. care less about their children’s education than before
D. have different opinions on their children’s education
Passage Three
We tend to think of plants as the furniture of the natural word. They don’t
move they don’t make sounds, they don’t seem to respond to anything –at least