同等学力校考英语试题及答案

同等学力校考英语试题

Part I Oral Communication (15 minutes, 20 points)

Section A

Directions: In this section, there are two incomplete dialogues and each dialogue has three blanks and three choices marked A, B and C, taken from the dialogue. Fill in each of the blanks with one of the choices to complete the dialogue. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.

Dialogue One

A. I feel like a new man

B. You look really fit

C. Have you been working out

A: 1 C ?

B: Yeah, as a matter of fact, I’ve been going to the gym for half a year now.

A: I can tell. 2B . And no more beer belly. Have you been lifting weights?

B: That and I do an hour of aerobics every other day. I tell you, it’s addicting! 3 A ! A: Well, you look like a million bucks!

B: Thanks.

Dialogue Two

A. great minds think alike

B. We could do it first thing tomorrow morning.

C. We still have to do about ten more

A: How many orders do we still need to pack, Gail? We’ve been packing all day..

B: 4C .

A: Well, I’m really tired from packing all of the stuff all day. And it’s about time to clock out.

B: I know. Maybe we can finish it tomorrow.

A: Why not! These orders are not urgent. 5B .

B: All right. Let’s call it quits and go home.

A: See, 5A .

Section B

Directions: In this section, there is one incomplete interview which has four blanks and four choices marked A, B, C and D, taken from the interview. Fill in each of the blanks with one of the choices to complete the interview. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.

A. of course, my home at Rainbow Bay

B. the first time I went surfing, I fell in love with it

C. But can you tell us something about your family

D. it’s such a refreshing place to be

Interviewer: We all know you are an excellent surfer. 7C ?

Interviewee: Sure. I was born in January, 1988 in Murwillumbah Hospital. My parents are very optimistic people. They enjoy life and tend to be satisfied with

simple situations. This has rubbed off on me and helps me to always see

the bright side of life.

Interviewer: When did you begin to love surfing?

Interviewee: Well, 8 B . Actually, I’ve always loved the ocean. Its beauty and the way it’s always changing attract me…

Interviewer: Why?

Interviewee: Because I think the best feeling in the world is riding through a glassy, barreling wave in a bikini with a group of friends. And Alas, 9A ! I

still remember following my dad and sisters around in the lineup and

standing up on my new surfing board.

Interviewer: What did you feel when you won the world title for the first time? Interviewee: When I won the world title for the first time, I felt so light and happy!

Only it happened so quickly that it was over before I knew it. Interviewer: Where are your favorite surfing locations?

Interviewee: My favorite surfing locations include a few spots in West Sumartra, Mexico and, 10D .

Interviewer: That’s about all! Thank you for the interview.

Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes, 30 points) 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 one you think is the best answer and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet. Passage One

Ideas about education are changing in the United States. Education today is not just a high school diploma of a college degree. Many adults are not interested in going to college. They are interested in other kinds of learning. For them, learning does not end with a diploma.

Continuing education gives these adults the opportunity to increase their knowledge about their own field or to learn about a new field. It also gives them a chance to improve their old skills or to learn new ones.

Continuing education classes give some adults the chance to learn new skills. There are usually many kinds of classes to choose from, foreign cooking, auto repair, or furniture repair. These are only some of the classes available.

Some adults take classes for fun or because the class will be useful for them. For example, they can choose a class in almost any language as a second language. There are classes in first aid or classes in sewing. There are also many other types of classes to choose from.

Other adults take continuing education classes to improve their own lives because they want to feel better about themselves. Overweight people can find exercise classes or classes in nutrition. Others can learn how to be good parents, or

how to get along with other people.

There are many opportunities for adults to continue their learning. Almost any community college or public school system has a continuing education program. There are classes in schools, community buildings or churches. Most classes are in the evening, so working people can attend. The classes are usually small, and they are inexpensive.

Thousands of people register for continuing education classes each year. They receive no diploma or certificate, and no grade for most of the classes they attend. For them, learning is something they do because they want to.

11. Some adults go to continuing education classes to ___B_____.

A. get a college education

B. learn new skills

C. get a certificate

D. earn grades

12. Attending continuing education classes ___A_____.

A. does not cost much money

B. is expensive

C. requires a loan

D. is free of charge

13. What’s the main idea of Para.6? ___C_____.

A. Adults can continue their learning.

B. Most continuing education classes are in the evening.

C. Adults have many opportunities to continue their learning.

D. Classes are held for working people.

14. Lots of people attend continuing education classes because ____D____.

A. the classes will help them feel better about themselves

B. there are many courses they can choose from

C. they can also go to church at the same time

D. learning is something they are interested in

15. We can learn from the passage that ____B____.

A. college education is not important

B. adult education is very popular

C. other kinds of learning are more important than school learning

D. continuing education classes teach the same courses that are taught in colleges. Passage Two

A report published recently brings bad news about air pollution. It suggests that it could be as damaging to our health as exposure to the radiation from the 1986 Ukraine nuclear power disaster. The report was published by the UK Royal commission on environmental Pollution. But what can city people do to reduce exposure to air pollution? Quite a lot, it turns out.

Avoid walking in busy streets. Choose side streets and parks instead. Pollution levels can fall a considerable amount just by moving a few meters away from the main pollution source—exhaust fumes (烟气). Also don’t walk behind smokers. Walk

on the windward side of the street where exposure to pollutants can be 50 percent less than on the downwind side.

Sitting on the driver’s side of a bus can increase your exposure by 10 percent, compared with sitting on the side nearest the pavement. Sitting upstairs on a double-decker can reduce the exposure. It is difficult to say whether traveling on an underground train is better or worse than taking the bus. Air pollution on underground trains tends to be less toxic than that at street level, because underground pollution is mostly made up of tiny iron particles thrown up by wheels hitting the rails. But diesel and petrol fumes have a mixture of pollutants.

When you are crossing a road, stand well back from the curb while you wait for the light to change. Every meter really does count when you are close to traffic. As the traffic begins to move, fumes can be reduced in just a few seconds. So holding your breath for just a moment can make a difference, even though it might sound silly.

There are large sudden pollution increases during rush hours. Pollution levels fall during nighttime. The time of year also makes a big difference. Pollution levels tend to be at their lowest during spring and autumn when winds are freshest. Extreme cold or hot weather has a trapping effect and tends to cause a build-up of pollutants.

16. What is the passage mainly about? ___B____.

A. How to fight air pollution in big cities.

B. How to avoid air pollution in big cities.

C. How to breathe fresh air in big cities.

D. How serious air pollution is in big cities.

17. According to the report, air pollution in big cities ___C____.

A. can be more serious than Chernobyl nuclear disaster

B. cannot be compared with the disaster in Chernobyl

C. can release as damaging radiation as the Chernobyl disaster

D. can be more serious than we used to think

18. When you walk in a busy street, you should walk on the side __B_____.

A. where the ink is coming

B. where the wind is going

C. where the wind is weaker

D. where the wind is stronger

19. It is implied in the passage that _______.

A. people should not take street level transportation

B. tiny iron particles will not cause health problems

C. air pollution on an underground train is less poisonous

D. traveling on an underground train is better than taking the bus

20. While waiting to cross a busy street, you should _______.

A. wait a few seconds until the fumes reduce.

B. stay away from the traffic as far as possible.

C. hold your breath until you get to the other side of the street.

D. count down for the light to change.

Passage Three

In the 1970s many of us thought working outside the home would be liberating for women, freeing them from financial dependence on men and allowing them roles beyond those of wife and mother.

It hasn’t worked out that way. Women’s labor has been bought on the cheap, their working hours have become longer and their family commitments have barely diminished. The reality for most working women is a near impossible feat of working ever harder. There have been new opportunities for some women: professions once closed to them, such as law, have opened up. Women managers are commonplace, though the top boardrooms remain male preserves. Professional and managerial women have done well out of neoliberalism. Their salaries allow them to hire domestic help.

But more women, such as the supermarket or call center workers; the cooks, cleaners and hairdressers, all find themselves in low-wage, low-status jobs with no possibility of paying to have their houses cleaned by someone else. Even those in professions once-regarded as reasonably high-status, such as teaching, nursing or office work, have seen that status pushed down with longer hours, more regulation and lower pay.

Women’s right to work should not mean a family life where partners rarely see each other or their children. Yet a quarter of all families with dependent children have one parent working nights or evenings, many of them because of childcare problems.

The legislative changes of the 1960s and 1970s helped establish women’s legal and financial independence, but we have long come up against the limits of the law. A more radical social transformation would mean using the coun try’s wealth--much of it now produced by women--to create a decent family life. A 35-hour week and a national childcare service would be a start. But it is hard to imagine the major employers conceding such demands. Every gain that women have made at work has had to be fought for.

Women’s lives have undergone a revolution over the past few decades that has seen married women, and mothers in particular, go from a private family role to a much more social role at work. But they haven’t left the family role be hind: now they are expected to work even harder to do both.

21. The author suggests that the benefits of women’s working C .

A. mean that women are able to realize their dreams

B. have been exaggerated in the past few decades

C. are shared only by a limited number of women

D. will be better seen in the years to come

22. According to the passage, women’s working D .

A. has resulted in a closer family tie

B. has helped their family financially

C. has caused more problems than before

D. has adversely affected their family life

23. According to the author, a 35-hour week and a national childcare service D .

A. will be put into practice in the near future

B. can only be made possible with government support

C. have been turned down by most employers

D. r epresent a progress, but won’t be achieved easily

24. The passage is mainly written to C .

A. call on more women to work outside the home

B. stress the necessity for women to work harder

C. point out the problems faced by working women

D. analyze the roles played by professional women

25. The author’s tone in w riting the passage is B .

A. ironic

B. sympathetic

C. relieving

D. angry Passage Four

Before Moko the dolphin turned up，the beached whales were in clear distress．But when Moko arrived at Mahia beach on the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island，their mood changed and they followed him to safety．

The ability of some animals to communicate is well known. What’s less well documented, however, is the communication between species. Justin Gregg, vice president of the Dolphin Communication Project, said it is possible that a dolphin and a whale could communicate in some way. “But it wouldn’t be instructions like ‘Hey, buddy, the open ocean is over here. Follow me,’” he says．

Dolphins use three forms of signaling to other dolphins—whistles, clicking and postures. A whale might have signals in common with a dolphin, just as different species of dolphins are known to share signals which might theoretically allow a form of basic inter-species communication．But just as it’s possible that Moko the dolphin and the stranded whales shared a signal, it is also possible that the whales just saw a vaguely similar creature and followed it．

There are many reasons why different species communicate, says Vincent Janik, lecturer at the Sea Mammal Research Unit at St Andrew’s University．“The animals exploit the systems of others for their own benefits. Sometimes the benefits are the same for each, therefore they share information．Sometimes they are trying to take advantage of the other. Getting food may not be to the advantage of the one giving up the food.”

26. What happened after Moko the dolphin appeared at Mahia beach? B . A．The beached whales still felt distressful．

B．Moko 1ed the whales back to the sea．

C．The whales were still stuck on the beach．

D．Moko and the whales swam together ashore．

27. Scientists engaged in animal studies have collected C .

A．enough data on how animals speak human languages

B．none of the data on animals’ ability to communicate

C．1ess data on how animals communicate between species

D．some data on animals’ tendency to talk to humans

28. Dolphins communicate with one another, using all the following types of

signaling EXCEPT A .

A．gestures B．whistles C．clicking D．postures

29. The whales stranded on the beach followed the dolphin to safety probably because

D .

A．they understood the do lphin’s instruction “Follow me”

B．they had signals in common with one another

C．they recognized some other animals not far away

D．they shared those inter-species signals with the dolphin

30. Why do animals of different species communicate with one another? D . A．Because they like to set up their own communication systems．B．Because they want to take advantage of the other species．

C．Because they tend to keep more food to themselves．

D．Because they benefit from using the information from other species．

Part III Text Completion (20 minutes, 20 points)

Directions: In this part there are three short texts. For each text, you should first fill in the blank in the choices A, B, C (and D) with the best answer provided in the rectangle. Then, complete the text itself by filling in each of the blanks with the completed A, or B, or C, (or D). Write your answer on the Answer Sheet.

Text One

A. doing the more 31 letter-writing

B. than 32 with nothing to do

C. when we help 33

Recent research suggests that time feels like it is expanding 34 . According to a new research, people who fill their time by helping others feel that they have more time 35 .

A research team carried out several experiments. In one of them, 218 university students were told to spend five minutes either writing an encouraging letter to a sick child, or counting the “e’s” in a Latin text. Those doing the mechanical task of counting “e’ s” felt they were more time tied up than those 36 .

Test Two

A. never to (37) smoking to begin with

B. which is a (38) sign

C. (39) the person begins to smoke

Quitting smoking is more of a matter of willpower than of individual choice, for smoking is widely recognized as a hard habit that takes great determination and effort to get rid of once picked up. Despite the chance that a smoker can quit permanently through medication or doctors’counseling, the best way to avoid the trouble is (40) .

The hard-to-stop effects of cigarette smoking vary in intensity and are related both to the amount and length of exposure and the age (41) . Cigarette smoking is presently blamed for one-third of all cancer deaths in the United States. The sad fact is that more people take up smoking than give it up and that the demonstration of the potential risks caused by smoking can fail, particularly among the young and in face of the vigorous marketing of cigarette manufacturers. Smoking is banned in public places in some big cities, (42) that the awareness of the harm of cigarette smoking has been strengthened.

Text Three

A. where too large masses of people are 43

B. by the artificial mode of existence 44

C. based on the conception of maximum productivity 45

D. for those who used to live here 46

Since the start of the Industrial Revolution, the influence of the factory on the physical and mental state of the workers has received no attention at all. Modern industry is 47 so as to make it possible for an individual or a group of individuals to earn as much as possible. It has expanded without any idea of the true nature of the human beings who run the machines, and without any consideration to the impacts produced on the individuals or on their children 48 . Great cities have been built with no regard 49 . The lack of space has given rise to the construction of enormous apartment buildings 50 . While civilized men enjoy such a way of living, they do not realize that they have had some of their necessities of life taken away, including peace, ease and health.

Part IV Translation (20 minutes, 15 points)

Directions: Translate the following into Chinese. Write your translation on the Answer Sheet.

The Microsoft’s rise to prominence set off an explosion in demand for all things digital and sparked the Internet boom, because every investor looked at the Internet and conclude that if everything was going to be digitized—data, inventories, commerce, books and entertainment—and transported and sold on the Internet, the demand for Internet-based products and services would be infinite. This led to the dot-com stock bubble and a massive overinvestment in the fiber-optic cable needed to carry all the new digital information. As a result, some companies became bankrupt and some were struggling to stay in business. Keep in mind that cyberspace promises both opportunities and high risks.

微软公司的崛起诱发了对数字化设备需求的爆炸（巨大需求）并造就了互联网的辉煌（使互联网走向兴旺），其原因是每一个投资商都把目光对准互联网，得出的结论是：如果一切都数字化–数据、库存、商业、图书和娱乐–并在互联网上运输销售，那么对于基于互联网的产品和服务的需求将是无限的。这种局面导致了计算机股票市场的泡沫，也导致了对传送数字化信息所需的光纤电缆的投资过剩。

Part V Writing (30 minutes, 15 points)

Directions: Read the following passage and write a paper of 150 to 200 words to express your opinion on the phenomenon described in it.

Nowadays there are many very old people begging in the stream of busy cars on the street. What do you think of the phenomenon? Will you give them money? Why or why not? Explain yourself.