2012年11月03日成人本科学位英语统一考试-聚题库

It seems like every day there’s some new research about whether our favorite drinks are good for us. One day, science says a glass of red wine a day will help us live longer. The next day, maybe not. It seems journalists are pretty interested in wine research and the same might be said for coffee. Now，there’s been a lot of research into whether coffee’s good for our health.“The results have really been mixed，” admits Neal Freedman who led the coffee study and published his findings in a medical journal recently. “There’s been some evidence that coffee might increase the risk of certain diseases and there’s also been maybe more recent evidence that coffee may protect against other diseases as well.”
Freedman and his colleagues undertook the biggest study yet to look at the relationship between coffee and health. They analyzed data collected from more than 400,000 Americans ages 50 to 71 participating in the study. “We found that the coffee drinkers had a modestly lower risk of death than the non-drinkers，”he said. Here’s what he means by“modestly”：those who drank at least two or three cups a day were about 10 percent or 15 percent less likely to die for any reason during the 13 years of the study. When the researchers looked at specific causes of death, coffee drinking appeared to cut the risk of dying from heart disease, lung disease, injuries, accidents and infections.
Now, Freedman stressed that the study doesn’t prove coffee can make people live longer. A study like this can never prove a cause-and-effect relationship. All it can really do is to point researchers in the right direction for further investigation. And even if it turns out that coffee is really good for you, scientists have no idea why.

1. According to the first paragraph, reporters would like to know the research findings of（） .

Atea

Bbeer

Calcohol

Dcoffee

2. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?（）

AFreedman and his colleagues hired 400,000 Americans to collect data.

BAbout four hundred thousand Americans worked for Freedman’s team full time for 13 years.

CPeople who took part in Freedman’s research are about 50 to 70 years old.

DPeople who are 50 to 70 years old seldom drink coffee.

3. According to the author, scientists（）.

Ahave already proved that coffee is good for human health

Bhave a long way to go before they find a way to study coffee

Chave avoided the cause-and-effect approach to study coffee

Dare still unable to figure out why coffee is good for us

4. The word “mixed”in the first paragraph means “（） ”.

Aboth good and bad

Bput together

Cboth sharp and soft

Dconfused

5. Which of the following is an appropriate title for this passage?（）

ACan Beer Help You Live Longer?

BCan Coffee Help You Live Longer?

CCan Wine Help You Live Longer?

DCan Tea Help You Live Longer?

When we’re learning a foreign language, making sense of what we hear is the first step toward fluency. It sounds obvious, but until recently, we didn’t know much about how listening works. New research demonstrates that effective listening involves more than simply hearing the words that float past our ears. Rather, it’s an active process of receiving information and making meaning. This kind of engaged listening is a skill that’s as critical for learning a range of subjects at school and work as it is for learning to understand a foreign tongue.
Studies of skilled language learners have identified specific listening strategies that lead to superior comprehension. Last year, for example, University of Ottawa researcher Larry Vandergrift published his study of 106 undergraduates who were learning French as a second language. Half of the students were taught in a conventional fashion, listening to and practicing texts spoken aloud. The other half, possessing the same initial (最初的) skill level and taught by the same teacher, were given detailed instruction on how to listen. It mined out that the second group “significantly outperformed”(胜过) the first one on a test of comprehension.
So what are these listening strategies? Skilled learners go into a listening class with a sense of what they want to get out of it.They set a goal for their listening and they generate predictions about what the speaker will say. Before the talking begins, they mentally review what they already know about the subject, and form an intention to “listen out for” what’s important or relevant. Once they begin listening, these learners maintain their focus; if their attention wanders, they bring it back to the words being spoken. They don’t allow themselves to be thrown off by confusing or unfamiliar details. Instead, they take note of what they don’t understand and make inferences about what those things might mean, based on other clues available to them: their previous knowledge of the subject, the context (语境) of the talk,, the identity of the speaker, and so on.

6. What is the main idea of this passage?（）

AEffective listening means hearing the words that float past our ears.

BDeveloping your listening skills is the first step toward developing fluency.

CSkilled listeners use specific strategies to get the most out of what they hear.

DListening is one of the most powerful tools we have to gain information.

7. What does Vandergrift’s research show?（）

ALearners who adopt specific listening strategies become better listeners.

BLearners taught in the traditional way are better at reinforcing what they learn.

CLearners are more confident if they make fewer mistakes.

DLearners who listen on a regular basis improve faster.

8. Which of the following statements about Vandergrift’s research is TRUE?（）

AThe participants were postgraduates learning French as a second language.

BAll the participants were taught using the conventional method, with the focus on listening strategies.

CThe two groups were taught by different teachers.

DThe participants were at the same initial skill level.

9. The expression“thrown off” in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to“ （）”.

Ainfected

Bconfused

Cruined

Dinformed

10. According to the passage, which of the following strategies is NOT used by skilled learners?（）

AReview their prior knowledge of the subject.

BConcentrate on the speaker’s words.

CTranslate into their native language.

DPredict what the speaker will say.

As the Titanic was sinking and women and children climbed into lifeboats, the musicians from the ship’s band stood and played. They died when the ship went down. Men stood on the deck and smoked cigarettes. They died, too. This behavior is puzzling to economists, who like to believe that people tend to act in their own self interest. “There was no pushing,” says David Savage, an economist at Queensland University in Australia who has studied witness reports from the survivors. It was “very, very orderly behavior.”
Savage has compared the behavior of the passengers on the Titanic with those on the Lusitania, another ship that also sank at about the same time. But when the Lusitania went down, the passengers panicked(恐慌). There were a lot of similarities between these two events. These two ships were both luxury ones, they had a similar number of passengers and a similar number of survivors.
The biggest difference, Savage concludes, was time. The Lusitania sank in less than 20 minutes. But for the Titanic, it was two-and-a-half hours. “If you’ve got an event that lasts two-and-a-half hours, social order will take over and everybody will behave in a social manner,” Savage says.“If you’re going down in under 17 minutes, basically it’s instinctual.” On the Titanic, social order ruled, and it was women and children first. On the Lusitania, instinct won out. The survivors were largely the people who could swim and get into the lifeboats.
Yes, we’re self-interested, Savage says. But we’re also part of a society. Given time, social norms (规范) can beat our natural self-interest. A hundred years ago, women and children always went first. Men were stoic (坚忍的). On the Titanic, there was enough time for these norms to become forceful.

11. According to the author, economists were confused because（）.

Apeople’s behavior was disorderly on the Titanic

Bpeople did not act in their own interest on the Titanic

Cmost men did not act in their own interest on the Lusitania

Dwomen and children could not climb into the lifeboats

12. The expression “won out” in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to“（）”.

Atook the upper hand

Bwent out of control

Cran wild

Dshut down

13. According to David Savage,（）was a critical factor in determining people’s behavior in the sinking of these two ships.

Asocial order

Bplace

Cinstinct

Dtime

14. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT TRUE?（）

ABoth ships were expensive ones.

BA similar number of women and children from both ships survived.

CAbout the same number of people from each ship died.

DBoth ships had a similar number of passengers.

15. Which of the following is an appropriate title for this passage?（）

AWhy Didn’t Musicians Play on the Lusitania?

BWhy Did Musicians Play on the Titanic?

CWhy Didn’t Passengers Panic on the Titanic?

DWhy Did Men Smoke on the Titanic?

1. Have you ever visited the Summer Palace，（）there are many beautiful halls, ridges and a huge lake?

Awhich

Bthat

Cwhere

Dwhen

2. Mr.Obama will give a speech on the current situation at the meeting（） next week in Beijing.

Ato hold

Bheld

Cholding

Dto be held

3. It was in a small village in the south（）he spent his childhood and met his life-long friend—the local schoolmaster.

Awhere

Bwhen

Cwhich

Dthat

4. First of all, a teacher should show love for his students on top of his academic knowledge.（）, he is not qualified for his position.

ATherefore

BOtherwise

CHowever

DBecause

5. For many overseas Chinese, China is their real（）, because they were born and grew up there.

Ahome

Bfamily

Chouse

Dhousehold

6. With all your brains you （）the math test, but you failed.You were too careless.

Ashould pass

Bshould have passed

Cmust pass

Dmust have passed

7. When he entered the room he found a cat（）quietly under the desk.

Alie

Blies

Cto lie

Dlying

8. Today Mrs Smith（）herself in white like a nurse at the garden party.

Awore

Bput

Csent

Ddressed

9. In road rules the red light is a （） for traffic to stop.

Asign

Bsight

Csite

Dsize

10. I can （）you for your rude manners but you must apologize in public.

Aforbid

Bforget

Cforecast

Dforgive

11. General Blair had been in the army（）for 35 years when he retired from the navy.

Aservice

Bwork

Cjob

Dhomework

12. Linda is quite different（） her sister in character：she likes friends and goes out a lot while her sister always stays alone at home.

Ato

Bfrom

Cat

Don

13. Jim was absent from school for the whole week（） a bad cold.

Abecause of

Bin addition to

Caccording to

Din front of

14. Some people like to （）a small sum of money in case of urgent need.

Adeal with

Buse up

Cset aside

Dtake off

15. Mr.Smith feels greatly（）with his son’s performance in school as he is always the top ofhis class.

Adisturbed

Bworried

Cdistressed

Dsatisfied

16. Skating is such a（）sport in the northeast of China that almost everybody there knows how to skate.

Alikely

Bfamous

Cpopular

Dlong

17. The teacher suggested thatthey （） in the exercise at once.

Ahad handed

Bshould have handed

Chanded

Dhand

18. He did not go to school yesterday because he（）his father who was ill.

Amust have looked after

Bwould have to look after

Chad to look after

Dshould have looked after

19. After walking for half an hour, she realized that she（） in the wrong direction.

Ahad been walking

Bhas been walking

Cwalked

Dwould have walked

20. Don’t smoke in the classroom,（） ?

Ado you

Bwill you

Ccan you

Dcould you

21. There is not much time left, so I shall tell you about it（）.

Ain detail

Bin brief

Cfor short

Din all

22. （）the room than the telephone rang once more.

AHardly when he entered

BHardly he entered

CNo sooner he had entered

DNo sooner had he entered

23. My bike is old, （）it is in good condition.

Atherefore

Bso

Cnevertheless

Dmoreover

24. There is（） that he has tried his best in the examination.

Anot to deny

Bnot denying

Cno denying

Dwithout denying

25. Would you（）to come to the meeting this weekend?

Abe so kind

Bbe kind as

Cbe so kind as

Dbe kind

26. He will write to me as soon as he （）home.

Awill have returned

Breturns

Creturned

Dwill return

27. （）is generally believed, there is no water on the moon.

AAs

BWhat

CThat

DIt

28. He devoted his whole life to （）care of the disabled children.

Atakes

Btaking

Ctook

Dtake

29. The student continued his university study （）his family ,vas poor.

Aeven though

Bas though

Cnow that

Dsince

30. His father was put into（）prison，and he had to go to （）prison to visit him once in a while.

Aa; the

Bthe; a

Ca;/

D/;the

1. 请选出句中不正确的一项：Putting the bottles, boxes and books back where they belong, please.Don’t leave them on the desk.

APutting

Bwhere

Cbelong

DDon’t leave

2. 请选出句中不正确的一项：Though Jack is only 7 years old but he is clever enough to work out that puzzle difficult even for a grown-up.

A7 years old

Bbut

Cenough to

Ddifficult even for

3. 请选出句中不正确的一项：I opened the letter and it contained an important information that told us to stay where we were.

Ait

Ban important information

Cthat

Dwhere we were

4. 请选出句中不正确的一项：Unlike Jim, I go to work by foot instead of by car every morning.

AUnlike Jim

Bto work

Cby foot

Dby car

5. 请选出句中不正确的一项：If heating, ice will change into water or steam.

Aheating

Bwill

Cchange into

Dor

6. 请选出句中不正确的一项：Weather permit, we’ll have the match tomorrow.

AWeather

Bpermit

Chave

Dtomorrow

7. 请选出句中不正确的一项：Don’t you think it’s the most worst film we have seen since we came here ten years ago?

ADon’t you

Bthe most worst film

Chave seen

Dsince

8. 请选出句中不正确的一项：She is as gifted as she is more intelligent.

Ais

Bgifted

Cmore

Dintelligent

9. 请选出句中不正确的一项：The teacher, as well as his students, were present at the meeting.

Ateacher

Bwere

Cat

Dmeeting

10. 请选出句中不正确的一项：Walking alone in the desert, the traveler is boring.

AWalking

Bin

Ctraveler

Dboring

Visitors to the zoo usually pity the animals owing to their particular emotional associations (联想). Which animals should be indeed pitied?
The first type are those clever and （56） developed animals （57） lively intelligence and desire for activity can （58） no outlet behind the bars of the cage. Those animals living in a free state before （59） in the zoo have a strong desire for moving about （60） , but have to mm around repeatedly in their quarters. Owing to this disappointment, foxes and wolves （61） in places which are far too small, are among the most （62） of all zoo animals.
Another sad scene, seldom （63） by ordinary zoo visitors, is the （64） flying trials of swans (天鹅) at migration (迁徙) time. These creatures, like most other water birds, are generally made unable to fly by the （65） of cutting off a tip of the wing bone. （66） such swans in the zoo generally seem happy under （67） care and they raise their young without any trouble, at migration time things become （68） . The birds never really （69） that they can no longer fly, and repeatedly swim to the （70） of the pond so that they can have the whole extent of its surface when trying to （71） against the wind. Meanwhile, their loud flying calls can be heard as they try to （72） , and again and again the grand preparations end in （73） .
I do not like seeing those （74） water birds in the zoo. The missing tip of one wing and the still sadder picture that the bird makes when it （75） its wings hurt me badly. What a truly sorry picture it is!

1. 56（）

Ahigh

Bhighly

Cdeep

Ddeeply

2. 57（）

Awhose

Bwhom

Cthat

Dwhich

3. 58（）

Afind

Blose

Cdeclare

Dtransform

4. 59（）

Ato be put

Bbeing put

Cto put

Dputting

5. 60（）

Apartly

Bhighly

Cdeeply

Dfreely

6. 61（）

Akept

Bkeeping

Crose

Drising

7. 62（）

Avictorious

Bthoughtful

Cmiserable

Dfortunate

8. 63（）

Ascattered

Bwritten

Cnoticed

Dwakened

9. 64（）

Asimilar

Bsuitable

Capparent

Dconstant

10. 65（）

Aexperiment

Boperation

Ctreatment

Dmovement

11. 66（）

AAlthough

BWhen

CSince

DBecause

12. 67（）

Aoriginal

Bproper

Cparallel

Dprecious

13. 68（）

Aprivate

Bpublic

Cdifferent

Dsimilar

14. 69（）

Asuggest

Bassure

Cunderline

Drealize

15. 70（）

Alimit

Bside

Cmiddle

Dcenter

16. 71（）

Atake off

Bstand up

Ctake up

Dstand by

17. 72（）

Aspring

Braise

Cswell

Drise

18. 73（）

Apassage

Bsupport

Cfailure

Dsuccess

19. 74（）

Aupright

Bpowerful

Cvaluable

Dunlucky

20. 75（）

Aspreads

Bstrengthens

Cenlarges

Dinspects

1. One day, science says a glass of red wine a day will help us live longer.

2. All it can really do is to point researchers in the right direction for further investigation.

3. Studies of skilled language learners have identified specific listening strategies that lead to superior comprehension.

4. They set a goal for their listening, and they generate predictions about what the speaker will say.

5. As the Titanic was sinking and women and children climbed into lifeboats, the musicians from the ship’s band stood and played.

6. 他是第一个在月球上行走的人。

7. 随着人们年龄的增长，他们变得更加感恩于他们所拥有的一切。

8. 这家公司成立于1970年。

9. 能把你昨天讨论的那本书借给我吗?

10. 她使我想起她的姐姐。

2012年11月03日成人本科学位英语统一考试

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