2010-2015年6年全国同等学力英语真题及参考答案

2010年同等学力英语真题及参考答案

Paper One

(90 minutes)

Part I Dialogue Communication (10 minutes, 10 points, 1 for each )

Section A Dialogue Completion

Directions: In this section, you will read 5 short incomplete dialogues between two speakers, each followed by 4 choices marked A.B.C.D. Choose the answer that best suits the situation

to complete the dialogue. Then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.

1. A. Can you take over for me here for a little while? I have a friend coming to see me.

B. I’d like to, but _____________. Ask Peter, he is not so occupied at this moment.

A. How can I do it?

B. that’s alright.

C. I have my hands full. B. that’s impossible

2. A: To get an outside line, just dial 0 and the phone number. Or we can place a call for you, if you want.

B. No, thanks a lot.

A. Just put me through

B. I’ll try it my self

C. I’d rather not

D. I’ll appreciate your help

3. A: Now, it’s just work, work, work. I work hard all day, every day.

B: Oh, come on._____________ .You’re making a good salary now.

A. Don’t complain.

B. Sorry to hear about it

C. Anything I can do for you?

D. What’s your plan?

4. A: Pamela, can you come to a meeting on Friday?

B: ________________Let me check my schedule. When are you having it?

A. No bit deal.

B. I am not sure

C. Can I ?

D. Sure thing?

5. A: I am really getting fed up with the salespersons who keep calling.

B: _______________

A. I hope it is nothing serious

B. They are so stupid!

C. So am I. It is so annoying

D. You are right. Forget it.

Section B Dialogue Comprehension

Directions: In this section, you will read 5 short conversions between a man and a woman. At the end of each conversation there is a question followed by 4 choices marked A.B.C.D. Choose the best answer to the question from the 4 choices by marking the corresponding better with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.

6. Man: I have figured it all out. It looks like it will take us about 5 hours to drive from here to Chicago.

Woman: It’d be more relaxing to take the train. But I guess we should watch our expenses. Question: What does the woman imply?

A. She likes to drive when she travels

B. She doesn’t want to go to Chicago.

C. She doesn’t know the cost of the train trip.

D. It’s cheaper to got to Chicago by car

7. Man: How about the examination last week?

Woman: If I’d got more time. I could have made it.

Question: What does the woman imply?

A. She was asked to take another examination

B. She failed the examination last week

C. She did quite well in the examination

D. She didn’t take the examination last week

8. Man: Harvard or the State University, have you decided yet?

Woman: Well, I’d rather be a big fish in a small pond.

Question: Which university is the woman likely to choose?

A. The State University

B. Harvard

C. Neither

D. She hasn’t decided yet.

9. Man: I have just found a great location to open a new shop.

Woman: But you haven’t researched the market. Don’t you think this putting the cart before the horse?

Question: What does the woman mean?

A. The man shouldn’t make the decision so quickly

B. It’s risky to choose such a location

C. The man is doing things in the wrong order

D. It’s possible for him to make a better choice

10. Woman: My results are a bit flattering because I have had quite a lot of luck.

Man: Nonsense, you’re head and shoulders above the others in your group.

Question: What does the man think is the reason for the woman’s success?

A. She is really lucky

B. She is far better than the others

C. She’s got the others’ support

D. She’s been working hard

Part II V ocabulary (20 minutes, 10 points, 0.5 for each)

Section A

Directions: In this section there are 10 sentences, each with one word or phrase underlined. Choose the one from the 4 choices marked A.B.C.D that best keeps the meaning of the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.

11. Betty was offended because she felt that her friends had ignored her purposefully at the party.

A. desperately

B. definitely

C. deliberately

D. decisively

12. There has been enough playing around so let’s get down to business.

A. make a deal

B. begin our work

C. reach an agreement

D. change our plan

13. How is it possible for our human body to convert yesterday’s lunch into today’s muscle?

A. alter

B. develop

C. modify

D. turn

14. It is important for families to observe their traditions even as their children get older.

A. notice

B. watch

C. follow

D. celebrate

15. It is difficult to comprehend, but everything you have ever seen, smelt, heard or felt is merely your brain’s interpretation of incoming stimuli.

A. explanation

B. evaluation

C. re cognition

D. interruption

16. Life is more important than the pressures and stress that we place on ourselves over work and other commitments.

A. appointments

B. arrangements

C. obligations

D. devotions

17. If you continue to indulge in computer games like this, you future will be at stake.

A. in danger

B. without question

C. on guard

D. at large

18. Romantic novels, as opposed to realistic ones, tend to present idealized versions of life, often with a happy ending.

A. in contrast to

B. in regard to

C. in terms of

D. in light of

19. Most people would agree that, although our age far surpasses all previous ages in knowledge, there has been no correlative increase in wisdom.

A. improves

B. precedes

C. imposes

D. exceeds

20. Many students today display a disturbing willingness to choose institutions and careers on the basis of earning potential.

A. offensive

B. depressive

C. troublesome

D. tiresome

Section B

Directions: In this section, there are 10 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A.B.C.D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSERS SHEET.

21. My oldest son had just finished an _________ holiday stay prior to moving to a new State, a new job, and the next chapter in his life.

A. enlarged

B. expanded

C. extended

D. increased

22. Blacks and American Indians __________ less than 10% of students in the top 30 business schools, while they are about 28% of the U.S. population.

A. make up

B. take up

C. reach out

D. turn out

23. With demand continuing to rise in _____ economies such as China and India, energy traders believe that oil futures are a good bet.

A. employing

B. emerging

C. embracing

D. emitting

24. Laws and regulations in each country have to be made ___________ the constitution of the country.

A. in honor of

B. in memory of

C. in return for

D. in line with

25. The jury’s ________ was that the accused was guilty

A. verdict

B. sentence

C. trial

D. debate

26. In English learning, a __________ cycle occurs when a student makes more errors after being scolded.

A. vertical

B. vicious

C. vivid

D. vigorous

27. Isn’t it ___________ when you learn something you’ve never known before?

A. cool

B. crazy

C. cold

D. cute

28. There are several factors ___________ the rapid growth of sales promotion, particularly in consumer markets.

A. resorting to

B. appealing to

C. applying to

D. contributing to

29. The Internet has been developing at a speed ___________ people’s expectations in the past two decades.

A. over

B. of

C. under

D. beyond

30. It is obvious that the sports games are no longer amateur affairs; they have become professionally __________________.

A. laid off

B. laid out

C. put off

D. put out

PartⅢ Reading Comprehension (45minutes, 30point)

Directions: There are 5 passages in this part. Each passage 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 the corresponding letter with a single bar across the

square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.

Passage One

Loneliness has been linked to depression and other health problems. Now, a study says it can also spread. A friend of a lonely person was 52% more likely to develop feelings of loneliness. And a friend of that friend was 25% more likely to do the same.

Earlier findings showed that happiness, fatness and the ability to stop smoking can also grow

like infections within social groups. The findings all come from a major health study in the American town of Framingham, Massachusetts.

The study began in 1948 to investigate the causes of heart disease. Since then, more tests have been added, including measures of loneliness and depression.

The new findings involved more than 5,000 people in the second generation of the Framingham Heart Study. The researchers examined friendship histories and reports of loneliness. The results established a pattern that spread as people reported fewer close friends.

For example, loneliness can affect relationships between next-door neighbors. The loneliness spreads as neighbors who were close friends now spend less time together. The study also found that loneliness spreads more easily among women than men.

Researchers from the University of Chicago, Harvard and the University of California, San Diego, did the study .The findings appeared last month in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

The average person is said to experience feelings of loneliness about 48 days a year. The

study found that having a lonely friend can add about 17 days .But every additional friend can decrease loneliness by about 5%,or two and a half days.

Lonely people become less and less trusting of others .This makes it more and more difficult

for them to make friends-and more likely that society will reject them.

John Cacioppo at the University of Chicago led the study .He says it is important to

recognize and deal with loneliness. He says people who have been pushed to the edges of society should receive help to repair their social networks.

The aim should be to aggressively create what he calls a “protective barrier” against loneliness. This barrier, he says, can keep the whole network from coming apart.

31. Besides loneliness, which of the following can also spread among people?

A. Friendship

B. Happiness

C. Depression

D. Smoking

32. The Framingham Heart Study starting from 1948 ________________

A. expanded its research topics

B. involved 5,000 patients of depression

C. identified loneliness as one key factor for heart disease

D. examined the relationship between loneliness and depression

33. Which of the following is true about the spread of loneliness?

A. It leads to a gradual loss of friends

B. It is a common phenomenon among women

C. it is often found in the neighborhood

D. it ruins the relationships between close friends

34. Having a lonely friend, you are more likely to_________________

A. strengthen your friendship

B. develop new friendship

C. increase the sense of loneliness

D. reduce the sense of loneliness

35. According to John Cacioppo at the University of Chicago, loneliness can _____________

A. result in aggressiveness

B. cause people to be overprotective

C. infect social networks

D. push people to the verge of poverty

36. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Loneliness can spread

B. Loneliness is linked to depression

C. Lonely people tend to grow fat

D. Lonely people need more friends

Passage Two

California has a new program called the Digital Textbook Initiative. “Starting this fall with

high school math and science .we will be the first state in the nation to provide schools with a state –approved list of digital textbooks.” That was Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in June, talking about his effort to get schools to use materials available free online .He listed reasons why he thinks digital textbooks make sense.

California approves traditional textbooks in six-year cycles. Digital one can offer the latest information. They lighten the load of school bags. They save paper and trees, and make learning more fun and interactive .And above all, he said, they help schools with their finances.

The state has had to make severe cuts in school spending because of deep financial problems. More than six million students attend California public schools.

Earlier this year, California invited content developers to offer digital math and science materials for high schools. These had to meet at least 90%of the state’s learning requirements. Specially trained teachers examined 16 textbooks and approved ten of them.

Six of the ten were published by the CK12 Foundation, a nonprofit group that had been developing digital science and math books for about two years. The foundation paid teachers and other education professionals to write and edit them. The money came from a group financed by the Khosla Family.

California cannot require schools to use the digital textbooks. Individual school districts will have to decide for themselves.

Susan Martimo, a California Department of Education official, says she does not expect widespread use right away. Her best guess is that some schools with a lot of technology will be the first to use them, but only in addition to their traditional books.

School administrators point out that the texts may be free online, but students need a way to access them. Not everyone has a computer or electronic reader. Schools could print out copies, but that would not help the environment. Also, there is the cost to train teachers to use digital textbooks effectively.

37. The Digital Textbook Initiative _______________

A. will probably take effect in six years

B. covers all the high school subjects

C. has been approved by all states

D. is advocated by California state governor

38. The main reason for promoting digital textbooks is to ______________

A. help save money

B. benefit the environment

C. provide interesting materials

D. reduce students’ heavy burden

39. The digital textbooks were approved by ___________________

A. trained teachers

B. content developers

C. Khosla Family

D. CK12 Foundation

40. What is true of CK12 Foundation?

A. It produced 16 digital textbooks

B. It paid teachers to write digital textbooks.

C. It is financed by California state government.

D. It makes money through developing digital textbooks.

41. According to Susan Martimo, digital textbooks __________________

A. are not likely to have a widespread use

B. will soon replace traditional ones

C, will first be adopted by well-equipped schools

D.are certain to be approved by school districts

2011年同等学力英语考试历年真题及参考答案

Part One (90 minutes)

Part 1 Dialogue communication (10 minutes, 10 points, 1 for each)

Section A Dialogue completion

1. A: David said he bought a new BMW for $5,000!

B: _____. Sounds pretty cheap to me!

A: Well, that’s what he said.

A.Are you sure?

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C.Do you think so?

D.Is he crazy?

2. A: We just came back from Phoenix. And we had the best vacation in years. B: ____. I’m glad to hear it.

A.Oh, my goodness!

B.How was it?

C.Oh, there you go again.

D.Good for you.

3. A: I just can’t stand this class anymore?

B: ____. It’s required, and you have to sit in it in order to graduate.

A.Well, why not just drop out of it?

B.Why, you can say that again!

C.Well, you might as well get used to it.

D.Why, I couldn’t agree more!

4. A: I don’t know about you, but I thought that film was terrific.

B: ____. The action was great, and so was the music.

A.Just the same.

B.I’m with you there.

C.More or less.

D.I sure do.

5. A: Dan gave me a free ride home, but I paid for the gas.

B: You know what they say, ____.

A.there’s no free lunch

B.don’t bite off more than you can chew

C.one good turn deserves another

D.it’s who you know that counts

Section B Dialogue Comprehension

6. Woman: I’d rather not talk about it. Just don’t ask.

Man: Come on. I think you need to let off some steam.

Question: What does the man advise the woman to do?

A.To talk to him about the problem.

B.To keep the secret.

C.To reduce the workload.

D.To have a good rest.

7. Woman: Julie’s dress looks funny. That style went out last year.

Man: Oh, come on, as long as it looks good on her.

Question: What does the man try to emphasize?

A.Julie’s dress is not outdated.

B.Julie’s dress does not suit her.

C.Julie should follow the fashion.

D.Julie looks fine in that dress.

8. Man: What kind of snacks do you prefer?

Woman: Oh, I’ve got a sweet tooth, you know.

Question: What does the woman probably like?

A.Sandwich.

B.Hot dogs.

C.Ice cream.

D.Potato chips.

9. Woman: I’m tired of driving all the way to work and back every day. If only cars could drive themselves!

Man: Well, some car manufactures are working on them. I guess you’ll soon buy one if you can afford it.

Question: What does the man imply?

A.The woman will be able to buy an intelligent car.

B.Cars that drive themselves may be very expensive.

C.He is working with a car producer on intelligent cars.

D.Driving to work is really a headache.

10. Man: Annie, how does it not even cross your mind that you might want a future with someone?

Woman: It’s simple. I don’t mind being married to my career.

Question: What’s Annie’s attitude towards her future?

A.She will stay with someone unmarried.

B.She will live a simple life.

C.She will quit her job to get married.

D.She will fully focus on her job.

Part II Vocabulary (20 minutes, 10 points, 0.5 for each)

Section A

11. The news reports completely overlooked the more profound political implications of the events.

A.neglected

B.foresaw

C.explored

D.assessed

12. Teachers and nurses who deal with children are obliged to report cases of suspected child abuse to authorities.

A.reminded

B.expected

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D.requested

13. Y our grade will be based in large part on the originality of your ideas.

A.creativity

B.popularity

C.feasibility

D.flexibility

14. We suspect there is a quire deliberate attempt to sabotage the elections and undermine the electoral commission.

A.conscious

B.desperate

C.clumsy

D.intentional

15. So strange were the circumstances of my story that I can scarcely believe myself to have been a party to them.

A.just

B.hardly

C.almost

D.definitely

16. Smoke particles and other air pollutants are often trapped in the atmosphere, thus forming dirty fog.

A.constrained

B.caught

C.concealed

D.concentrated

17. Employees in chemical factories are entitled to receive extra pay for doing hazardous work.

A.poisonous

B.difficult

C.dangerous

D.harmful

18. Curt Carlson, the wealthiest man in Minnesota, owned a hotel and travel company with sales reaching in the neighborhood of $9 billion.

A.precisely

B.merely

C.substantially

D.approximately

19. The tendency of the human body to reject foreign matter is the main obstacle to successful organ transplantation.

A.factor

B.constituent

C.barrier

D.break

20. Whenever you need Tom, he is always there whether it be an ear or a helping hand, so you can always lean on him.

A.count on

B.benefit from

C.stand for

D.stick to

Section B

21. It ____ without saying that consumers would be happier if prices were lower.

A.takes

B.appears

C.makes

D.goes

22. The world economic recession put an ____ end to the steel market upturn that began in 2002.

A.irregular

B.illegal

C.abrupt

D.absurd

23. I’m ____ about how you discovered my website, and am very glad if you enjoy it.

A.mysterious

B.furious

C.serious

D.curious

24. The Labor Party’s electoral strategy, based on an ____ with other smaller parties, has proved successful.

A.acquaintance

B.integration

C.alliance

D.intimacy

25. The new aircraft will be ____ to a test of temperatures of -65℃ and 120℃.

A.suspended

B.suppressed

C.summoned

D.subjected

26. The money I got from teaching on the side was a useful ____ to my ordinary income.

A.profit

B.supplement

C.subsidy

D.replacement

27. Chinese people are now enjoying better dental health, as shown by the declining ____ of tooth decay.

A.treatment

B.incidence

C.consequence

D.misfortune

28. Many countries have conversation programs to prevent certain ____ of fish from becoming extinct.

A.species

B.sources

C.numbers

D.members

29. Susan never took any cookery courses; she learned cooking by ____ useful tips from TV cookery programs.

A.picking up

B.bringing up

C.putting up

D.pulling up

30. The President _____ his deputy to act for him while he was abroad.

A.promoted

B.substituted

C.authorized

D.displaced

Part III Reading Comprehension (45 minutes, 30 points, 1 for each)

Passage One

Until last spring, Nia Parker and the other kids in her neighborhood commuted to school on Bus 59. But as fuel prices rose, the school district needed to find a way to cut its transportation costs. So the school’s busing company redrew its route map, eliminating Nia’s bus altogether. Now Nia and her neighbors travel the half mile to school via a “walking school bus”—a group of kids, supervised by an adult or two, who make the walk together.

Like the rest of us, school districts are feeling pinched by rising fuel costs—and finding new way to adapt. The price of diesel fuel has gone up 34 percent in the past two years. For the typical American school district, bus bills total 5 percent of the budget. As administrators look to trim, busing is an inviting target, since it doesn’t affect classroom instruction (or test scores). More than one third of American school administrators have eliminated bus stops or routes in order to stay within budget.

Many parents are delighted to see their kids walking to school, partly because many did so themselves: according to a 1969 survey, nearly half of school kids walked or biked to school, compared with only 16 percent in 2001. Modern parents have been unwilling to let kids walk to school for fear of traffic, crime or simple bullying, but with organized adult supervision, those concerns have diminished.

Schools and busing companies are finding other ways to save. In rural areas where busing is a must, some schools have even chosen four-day school weeks. Busing companies instruct drivers to eliminate extra stops from routes and to turn off the engine while idling. They are also using computer software to determine the most fuel-efficient routes, which aren’t always the shortest ones.

There could be downsides, however, to the busing cutbacks. If every formerly bused student begins walking to school, it’s an environmental win—but if too many of their parents decide to drive then instead, the overall carbon footprint can grow. Replacing buses with many more parent-driven cars can also increase safety risks: A 2002 report concluded students are 13 times safer on a school bus than in a passenger car, since buses have fewer accidents and withstand them better due to their size. And some students complain about the long morning hikes, particularly when the route contains a really big hill.

31. The “walking school bus” _____.

A． does not consume fuel

B． aims to keep children fit

C． seldom causes traffic jams

D． is popular with school kids

32. In America the responsibility for busing kids to school lies with ____.

A． individual schools

B． school districts

C． teacher

D． parents

33. As regards walking to school, modern parents seem much concerned with the _____.

A． time spent on the way

B． changes in the route

C． kid’s physical strength

D． safety of their children

34. To save money, some schools choose to _____.

A． take the shortest routes

B． shorten the school week

C． give drives better training

D． use fuel efficient buses

35. Busing cutbacks may eventually lead to _____.

A． fierce competition among bus companies

B． more students taking public transportation

C． an increase in carbon dioxide emissions

D． a decrease in the safety of school buses

36. Which of the following best describes the author’s attitude towards busing cutbacks?

A． Favorable

B． Critical

C． Objective

D． Indifferent

Passage Two

People are living longer than ever, but for some reason, women are living longer than men. A baby boy born in the United States in 2003 can expects to live to be about 73, a baby girl, about 79. This is indeed a wide gap, and no one really knows why it exists. The greater longevity （长寿）of women, however, has been known for centuries. It was, for example, described in the seventeenth century. However, the difference was smaller then –the gap is growing.

A number of reasons have been proposed to accounts for the differences. The gap is greatest in industrialized societies, so it has been suggested that women are less susceptible to work strains that may raise the risk of heart disease and alcoholism. Sociologists also tell us that women are encouraged to be less adventurous than men (and this may be why they are more careful drivers, involved in fewer accidents).

Even smoking has been implicated in the age discrepancy. It was once suggested that working women are more likely to smoke and as more women entered the work force, the age gap would begin to close, because smoking is related to earlier deaths. Now, however, we see more women smoking and they still tend to live longer although their lung cancer rate is climbing sharply.

One puzzling aspect of the problem is that women do not appear to be as healthy as men. That is, they report far more illnesses. But when a man reports an illness, it is more likely to be serious.

Some researchers have suggested that men may die early because their health is more strongly related to their emotions. For example, men tend to die sooner after losing a spouse than women do. Men even seem to be more weakened by loss of a job. (Both of these are linked with a marked decrease in the effectiveness of the immune system.) Among men, death follows retirement with an alarming promptness.

Perhaps we are searching for the answers too close to the surface of the problem. Perhaps the answers lie deeper in our biological heritage. After all, the phenomenon is not isolated to humans. Females have the edge among virtually all mammalian (哺乳动物的) species, in that they generally live longer. Furthermore, in many of these species the differences begin at the moment of conception; there are more male miscarriages（流产）. In human, after birth, more baby boys than baby girls die.

37. What can we learn from the first two paragraphs?

A． Men’s lifespan remains almost unchanged.

B． Researchers have found the cause of the age gap

C． The more advanced a society, the greater the age gap.

D． The age gap was noticed only recently.

38. As is suggested in Paragraph 2, the two factors relevant to women’s longer lifespan are ____.

A． diseases and road accidents

B． industrialization and work strains

C． their immunity to heart disease and refusal of alcohol