2008年11月22日成人本科学位英语统一考试-聚题库

Not all memories are sweet. Some people spend all their lives trying to forget bad experiences. Violence and traffic accidents can leave people with terrible physical and emotional scars. Often they relive these experiences in nightmares(噩梦).
Now American researchers think they are close to developing a pill, which will help people forget bad memories. The pill is designed to be taken immediately after a frightening experience. They hope it might reduce, or possibly erase(抹去), the effect of painful memories.
In November, experts tested a drug on people in the US and France. The drug stops the body releasing chemicals that fix memories in the brain. So far the research has suggested that only the emotional effects of memories may be reduced, not that the memories are erased.
The research has caused a great deal of argument. Some think it is a bad idea, while others support it.
Supporters say it could lead to pills that prevent or treat soldiers’ troubling memories after war. They say that there are many people who suffer from terrible memories.
“Some memories can ruin people’s lives. They come back to you when you don’t want to have them in a daydream or nightmare. They usually come with very painful emotions.” said Roger Pitman, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. “This could relieve a lot of that suffering.”
But those who are against the research say that it is very dangerous to change memories because memories give us our identity. They also help us all avoid the mistakes of the past.
“All of us can think of bad events in our lived that were horrible at the time but make us who we are. I’m not sure we want to wipe those memories out,” said Rebecca Dresser, a medical ethicist.

1. The passage is mainly about （）.

Aa new medical invention

Ba new research on memories

Ca way of erasing painful memories

Dan argument about the research on the pill

2. The drug tested on people can （）.

Acause the brain to fix memories

Bstop people remembering their experiences

Cprevent body producing certain chemicals

Dwipe out the emotional effects of memories

3. We can infer from the passage that（）.

Apeople doubt the effects of the pills

Bthe pill will stop people’s bad experiences

Ctaking the pill will do harm to people’s health

Dthe pill has probably been produced in America

4. Which of the following does Rebecca Dresser agree with?（）

ASome memories can ruin people’s lives.

BPeople want to get rid of bad memories.

CExperiencing bad events makes us different from others.

DThe pill will reduce people’s sufferings from bad memories.

5. The word “scars” in Paragraph One is close in meaning to （）.

Agood stories

Bpains

Cexperiences

Dmemories

On-the-job smoking is a hot issue for both smokers and non-smokers, and many managers now see smoking as a productivity problem. Although some people question whether smoking really affects one’s productivity, it has, in fact, been proven that a smoker costs a company more than a non-smoker. According to Professor William Weis, a smoking employee costs his or her employer about $ 5,700 more a year than a never-smoker. These costs include medical care, lost earnings and insurance. And absence due to smoking breaks is one of the productivity problems, yet it accounts for a great deal of employer costs.
When the issue of smoking at the workplace is discussed, perhaps the most important problem is the health risk that smoking causes to both smokers and never-smokers. It has long been proven that smoking is linked to lung cancer. Now many health experts warn that passive smoking can cause lung cancer and other illnesses in healthy never-smokers. Passive smoking can be defined as exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke in enclosed areas. Anyone who has been with smokers indeed knows that their smoke can cause eye irritation, coughing, headaches and throat soreness. While eye irritation may seem a small thing to some smokers, it nevertheless is a problem that occurs every workday in offices and break-rooms and can lead to greater health problems. Employees who do not smoke should not be subjected to the risks of passive smoking and need to be able to work in a safe environment. Surgeon General Koop states that the right of the smoker stops at the point where his or her smoking increases the disease risk of those occupying the same environment.

6. All the following cases are on-the-job smoking except that（）.

Aan employer smokes while working in the office

Ba taxi driver smokes while driving the car

Ca worker smokes while working in the workshop

Da worker smokes while reading in the train

7. According to the passage, on-the-job smoking affects an employee’s performance in the office in that（）.

Ahe can concentrate on what he is doing while smoking

Bhe often goes away from his desk to smoke in the break-room

Che often asks for sick leave as a result of too much smoking

Dhe takes a rest from time to time because of eye irritation

8. Many managers do not seem to be in favor of on-the-job smoking mainly because it （）.

Areduces productivity of the company to a certain degree

Bdoes harm to the health of never-smokers of the company

Caffects the relationship between smokers and non-smokers

Dmakes the break-rooms more crowded and more polluted

9. Passive smoking means（）

Anever-smokers take up the habit of smoking unwillingly

Bnever-smokers have to put up with the active smokers

Cnever-smokers take in smoke released by a lit cigarette

Dnever-smokers share an enclosed area with smokers

10. In the second part of the passage, the author suggests banning on-the-job smoking so as to（）.

Acut down costs of medical care and insurance

Bcreate a healthy and safe working environment

Cprevent eye irritation from becoming a big health problem

Dimprove the smoking employees’ work efficiency

Scientists in India have invented a new way to produce electricity. Their invention does not get its power from oil, coal or other fuels. It produces electricity with the power of animals. India has about eighty million bullocks. They do all kinds of jobs. They work in the fields. They pull vehicles through the streets. They carry water containers. Indian energy officials have been seeking ways to use less imported oil to provide energy. Scientists at the National Institute for Industrial Engineering in Bombay wondered whether the millions of bullocks could help. Many villages in India lack electricity, but they have many bullocks. And often the animals are not working. One job done by bullocks is to pump water out of the well. The animals do this by walking around and around in a circle. As they walk, they turn a heavy stick that makes the pump move. This simple technology is centuries old. Scientists thought that the same technology could be used to produce electricity. Bullocks walk in a circle only two or three times a minute. This is much too slow to produce electricity, but it can create enough power to turn a series of gears. A large gear sits next to a smaller gear. As the large gear turns, it causes the smaller gear to turn. That gear turns an even smaller one. Each gear moves faster because it is a little smaller. The smallest gear may turn extremely fast. Clocks operate with gears. So do cars and so does the device invented by the Indian scientists to produce electricity.
According to the officials in the United Nations, the idea is being tested at several places in India. The device is easy to operate and repair. And it can be moved easily. It costs about three hundred and seven dollars now to make such a device, but production of large numbers of them could cut the cost of each to about two hundred dollars.

11. Who first thought of using bullocks to provide energy?（）

AIndian energy officials

BScientists in India

COfficials in the United Nations

DResearchers in Europe.

12. Which kind of job that the bullocks do is NOT mentioned in the passage?（）

APulling vehicles

BPlowing fields

CPumping water out if wells

DCarrying food baskets.

13. Why are bullocks used to provide energy in India?（）

ABecause bullocks have long been used by Indian people

BBecause bullocks walk slowly and are easy to control

CBecause there are few non-working bullocks in India

DBecause there is not enough oil in India

14. In the sentence “This simple technology is centuries old” in Paragraph One, “This simple technology” refers to （）.

Ausing bullocks to produce energy

Busing pumps to draw water out

Chaving bullocks walk around to make the pump move

Dconnecting gears of different sizes to produce electricity.

15. Which of the following is true about the device mentioned in the passage?（）

AIt has a large gear and a smaller gear.

BIt’s easy to use, but difficult to move.

CIt’s quite cheap.

DIt’s still being tested.

1. The fact came up （） specific speech sounds are recognized by babies as young as 6 months old.

Awhat

Bwhich

Cthat

Dwhose

2. It is generally believed that teaching is （）it is a science.

Aan art much as

Bmuch an art as

Cas an art much as

Das much an art as

3. （）, I have to put it away and focus my attention on study this week.

AHowever the story is amusing

BNo matter amusing the story is

CHowever amusing the story is

DNo matter how the story is amusing

4. There at the door stood a girl about the same height （）.

Aas me

Bas mine

Cwith mine

Dwith me

5. Don’t be too （） about things you are not supposed to know.

Astrange

Bamusing

Ccurious

Dconscious

6. He’s got himself into a dangerous situation （） he is likely to lose control over the plane.

Awhere

Bwhich

Cwhile

Dwhy

7. In order to change attitudes （） employing women, the government is bringing in new laws.

Aabout

Bof

Ctowards

Don

8. You have stayed at home for two days. It’s time you （） for a walk.

Ago out

Bwent out

Cwill go out

Dwould go out

9. Can you （）the three mistakes in this paragraph?

Aturn out

Bbring out

Ccall out

Dpick out

10. This is much （） to the one I bought last week.

Aworse

Blower

Cinferior

Dequal

11. （）their country has plenty of oil, ours has none.

AWhile

BWhere

CWhen

DUnless

12. “To put off something” means “to （）”.

Alook for it

Bput it in place

Cpostpone it

Dcancel it

13. （）, he’ll make a first-class tennis player,

AGiving time

BTo give time

CGiven time

DBeing given time

14. ---Did you see her off the day before yesterday?---No, but I wish I （）.

Awere

Bdid

Chad

Dwould

15. Some drivers always drive carelessly. There is some （） danger while they are driving.

Apainful

Bpotential

Cprobable

Dprimary

16. Fujian Province lies （） the east of China and Taiwan is （） the east of Fujian.

Ain; in

Bto; in

Cto; to

Din; to

17. For John this was the beginning of a new life, （）he thought he would never see,

Awhat

Bthat

Cone

Dit

18. We stayed for the night at the foot of the mountain and （） to climb it the next morning.

Aset about

Bset off

Cset up

Dset out

19. We should do as much ad we can （） our country better and more beautiful.

Amake

Bto make

Cmakes

Dmaking

20. Suddenly, a tall man driving a golden carriage （） the girl and took her away, （） into the woods.

Aseizing; disappeared

Bseized; disappeared

Cseizing; disappearing

Dseized; disappearing

21. It suddenly （）me how we could improve the situation.

Aoccurred

Bfeared

Cshook

Dstruck

22. Was it because he was ill （） he asked for leave?

Aso

Bwhen

Cwhy

Dthat

23. John likes Chinese food, but he （） eating with chopsticks.

Ais used to

Bused to

Cisn’t used to

Ddidn’t used to

24. Having a trip abroad is certainly good for the old couple, but it remains （） whether they will enjoy it.

Ato see

Bto be seen

Cseeing

Dseen

25. ---You seem to show interest in cooking.---What? （）, I’m getting tired of it.

AOn the contrary

BTo the contrary

COn the other hand

DTo the other hand

26. These wild flowers are so special that I would do （） I can to save them.

Awhatever

Bthat

Cwhich

Dwhichever

27. Time will（） whether I made the right choice or not.

Asee

Bsay

Ctell

Dknow

28. For the sake of her daughter’s health, she decided to move to a warm（）.

Aweather

Btemperature

Cseason

Dclimate

29. Be careful when you cross this very busy street. If not, you may get （） by a car.

Arun out

Brun over

Crun away

Drun after

30. （）, some famous scientists have the qualities of being both careful and careless.

AStrangely enough

BEnough strangely

CStrange enough

DEnough strange

Scientists say that something very serious is happening to the earth. It will begin to get （56）in the following years. There will be major changes in （57）in the new century. Coastal waters will have a （58）temperature. This will have a （59）effect on agriculture. In northern areas, the （60）season will be ten days longer by the year 2010. However, in warmer areas, it will be too dry. The （61）of water could （62）by eighty percent. This would （63）a large decrease in agriculture production.
World temperature could （64）two degrees centigrade by the year 2040. However, the increase could be three times as great in the Artic and Antarctic area. This could cause the （65）sheets to melt and raise the （66）of the oceans （67）one to two meters. Many coastal cities would be （68）water.
Why is this happening? There is too （69）carbon dioxide in the air. （70）oil, gas and coal burn, they create large amounts of carbon dioxide. This carbon dioxide lets （71）enter the earth’s atmosphere and （72）the earth. However, it doesn’t let as much heat （73）the atmosphere and enter space. It’s like a blanket. The heat （74）the sun can pass through the blanket to warm the earth. The heat （75）there and can’t escape through the blanket again.
Scientists call this the green-house effect.

1. 56（）

Awarmer

Bcolder

Cbetter

Dworse

2. 57（）

Aland

Bagriculture

Cclimate

Dweather

3. 58（）

Alower

Bhigher

Cnormal

Dproper

4. 59（）

Agood

Bgeneral

Cserious

Duseful

5. 60（）

Agetting

Bplaying

Ctaking

Dgrowing

6. 61（）

Amuch

Bmany

Camount

Dnumber

7. 62（）

Afall

Bdecrease

Crefuse

Drise

8. 63（）

Alead

Bkeep

Cmake

Dcause

9. 64（）

Aincrease

Bdrop

Clift

Drealize

10. 65（）

Awater

Brain

Cstone

Dice

11. 66（）

Adegree

Blevel

Ccoast

Darea

12. 67（）

Aby

Bto

Cof

Dwith

13. 68（）

Aabove

Bunder

Cbelow

Dover

14. 69（）

Alittle

Bmany

Cfew

Dmuch

15. 70（）

AIf

BBecause

CWhen

DWhy

16. 71（）

Asunlight

Bair

Crain

Dgas

17. 72（）

Acold

Bprotect

Churt

Dheat

18. 73（）

Aenter

Bget

Cleave

Dreach

19. 74（）

Athrough

Bby

Cfrom

Don

20. 75（）

Astores

Barrives

Cstands

Dstays

1. 请选出句中不正确的一项：With the sun setting, we stopped working, putting away our tools and were going to go home.

Asetting

Bworking

Cputting

Dgoing

2. 请选出句中不正确的一项：Polite manners in China demand that a person stands up when anyone enters a room or when anyone hands him something.

APolite manners

Bstands up

Centers

Dhands

3. 请选出句中不正确的一项：Lesson Three is the most difficult lesson, but it isn’t the most difficult lesson in Book Four.

Athe

Bbut

Cthe

Din

4. 请选出句中不正确的一项：The reporter was very pleased when the chairman allowed him to ask few questions.

Avery

Bwhen

Callowed

Dfew questions

5. 请选出句中不正确的一项：He tried to learn Greek but soon got tired of it and gave up it.

Atried to

Bsoon

Ctired of it

Dgave up it

6. 请选出句中不正确的一项：This is the sportsman whom everyone says will win the gold medal at the Winter Olympic Games.

AThis

Bwhom

Csays

Dat

7. 请选出句中不正确的一项：I heard that you really had a wonderful time at John’s birthday party, hadn’t you?

Aheard

Bhad

Cat

Dhadn’t

8. 请选出句中不正确的一项：E-mail as well as mobile telephones are becoming more and more popular in daily communication.

Aas well as

Bare

Cmore and more

Din

9. 请选出句中不正确的一项：They are going to have the servicemen installed an electric fan in the office tomorrow.

Aare going to

Bhave

Cinstalled

Din

10. 请选出句中不正确的一项：Two woman teachers and four girl students were praised at the meeting yesterday.

Awoman

Bgirl

Cwere

Dat

1. Now American researchers think they are close to developing a pill, which will help people forget bad memories.

2. So far the research has suggested that only the emotional effects of memories may be reduced, not that the memories are erased.

3. When the issue of smoking at the workplace is discussed, perhaps the most important problem is the health risk that smoking causes to both smokers and never-smokers.

4. Indian energy officials have been seeking ways to use less imported oil to provide energy.

5. Clocks operate with gears. So do cars and so does the device invented by the Indian scientists to produce electricity.

6. 在我看来，他们很难掩盖事实真相。

7. 直到会议结束那位经理一直保持沉默不语。

8. 我想说的是，在奥运会上做志愿者（volunteer）对于年轻人是有意义的事。

9. 简而言之，每个人都应该为自己的行为负责。

10. 我下决心一个月内在功课上要赶上同学们。

2008年11月22日成人本科学位英语统一考试

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