2021年成人学位英语考试高分突破试题及答案（二）

2021年成人学位英语考试高分突破试题及答案（二）

Part I Dialogue Completion(15 points)

Directions：There are 15 Short incomplete dialogues in this part，each followed by 4choices marked A，B，C and D.Choose the best one to complete the dialogue and.mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

第1题单选 Thomas：Shall we go to the swimming pool?

Bing：N0，I'm scared of water.

Thomas：Then where do you want to go?

Bing：If you don’t mind，__________stay at home and watch TV.

A.I'd rather

B.I'd like

C.I'm glad

D.I'm fine

参考答案：A

第2题单选 Sally：May I ask a question?

Mr.Green：__________.

A.Yes，ask please

B.Yes，you may

C.Yes，please

D.Any question please

参考答案：C

第3题单选 Mary：Let me help you，Susan.

Susan：No，Mary.I can do it by myself，but__________.

A.thank you very much

B.thank you all the same

C.thanks a lot

D.thanks

参考答案：B

第4题单选 Ann：I，ve got.a well.paid job in a multinational corporation.

Peter：__________.

A.It，s a good idea

B.Congratulations

C.I envy you

D.Are you sure

参考答案：B

第5题单选 Susan：Let’S go to the restaurant and have dinner right now!

Marilyn：OK.Let’S get in.

Susan：Thanks.__________.

A.After you

B.You go first

C.I'll follow you

D.Have fun

参考答案：A

第6题单选 Receptionist：__________?

Customer：Yes，the name is Mr.Orwell.

Receptionist：Let me see.Oh，here.A party of four.Please come this way.

A.Can i help you

B.Take a seat，please

C.Do you have reservations

D.What can I do for you

参考答案：C

第7题单选 Man：Excuse me，madam.Do you mind if I smoke here?

Woman：__________

A.Well，yes，actually this is a no smoking compartment.

B.Of course not.This iS a no smoking compartment.

C.Yes，better not.

D.All right，if you just smoke one cigarette a day.

参考答案：C

第8题单选 Susan：That’s a beautiful skirt you have.on!

Lily：__________.

A.Actually，I don’t like it very much

B.Oh，thank you.I just got it yesterday

C.Yes.But it isn’t SO as you said

D.N0，it’s not that beautiful.Yours is better

参考答案：B

第9题单选 Daughter(In the kitchen)Shall I turn on the burner?

Mother：__________.I haven’t finished peeling the potatoes.

A.N0，not yet

B.N0，not still

C.N0，not already

D.N0，not just

参考答案：A

第10题单选 Bill：Would you like to come out for a meal?That is，unless you’re too tired.

Lucy：__________.Where shall we meet?

Bill：How about King's Ann?

Lucy：OK.

A.Yes，I'd love to

B.No，I'd love to

C.That，s OK

D.It’s nothing

参考答案：B

第11题单选 Speaker A：Can you tell me the way to the library?

Speaker B：Sure.Turn left at the next crossmg.

Speaker A：Is it on King Streetg

Speaker B：__________.

A.That，s alright

B.Yes.You can’t miss it

C.It，s obvious

D.OK.Just do it

参考答案：B

第12题单选 Henry：Bill，would you tell me the time?

Bill：It’S 9：30.

Henry：Our plane will take off in an hour.__________go to the airport.

Bill：Don’t worry.We have enough time.

A.We’re going

B.We should

C.We’d better

D.We would

参考答案：C

第13题单选 Kate：Do you mind opening the door for me?

Bob：__________.

A.Yes，I'll do itl

B.It’S nothing

C.That’S all right

D.Not at all

参考答案：D

第14题单选 Green：I left my umbrella in my room.Wait while I go back to get it.

Ben： __________ ，the weather report said it would clear up by noon.

A.Don't be afraid

B.Don’t bother

C.Never mind

D.No problem

参考答案：B

第15题单选 Customer：Can I have a look at the blue jaeket over there?

Salesman：Here you are.

Customer：Oh，it'S too big.May I have a size smaller?

Salesman：__________.‘

A.Bv all means

B.By no means

C.Bv any means

D.By some means or other

参考答案：A

Part II Reading Comprehension(40 points)

Directions：There are 4 reading passages in this part.Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A，B，C and D.You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with o single line throught the center.

根据以下内容回答下面试题：

Celebrities lead very stressful lives，for no matter how fascinating or powerful they are，they have too little privacy，too much pressure，and no safety.

For one thing，celebrities don’t have the privacy an ordinary person has.The most personal details of their lives are printed on the front pages of the National Enquirer and the Globe so that bored supermarket shoppers can read about“Leonardo DiCaprio’s Awful Secret”or“The Heartbreak behind Winona Ryder's Smile”。Even a celebrity’s family is made public.A teen-age son’s arrest for using drug or a wife’s drinking problem becomes the subject of headlines.Photographers chase celebrities at their homes，in restaurants，and on the street，hoping to get a picture of Halle Berry in curlers or Jim Carrey drinking beer.When celebrities try to do the things that normal people do，like eat out or attend a football game，they run the risk of being interrupted by thoughtless photographers.

Celebrities must also cope with the constant pressure of having to look great and act fight.Their physical appearance is always under observation.Famous women，especially，suffer from public attention，inviting remarks like“She really looks old”or“Boy，has she put on weight.”Embarrassing pictures of celebrities are sold at hi|gh prices，which increases the pres-sure on celebrities to look good at all times.Famous people are also under pressure to act“calm and collected under any circumstances.Because they are constantly observed，they have no freedom to be angry or to do something just a little crazy.

Most important，celebrities must deal with the stress of being in constant danger.The friendly behaviors such as kisses of enthusiastic fans can quickly turn into uncontrolled attacks on a celebrity’s hair，clothes，and car.Most people agree that photographers brar some respon-sibility for the death of one of the leading celebrities of the 1990s--Princess Diana.Whether or not their pursuit caused the accident that took her life.it's clear she was chased by reporters like an escaped prisoner chased by police dogs.And celebrities can even fall victim to deliber-ately deadly attacks.The attempts to kill Ronald Reagan and the murder of John Lennon came about because two unbalanced people could not get these world·famous figures off their minds.

As a result，famous people must live with the fact that they are always fair game--and never out of season.

第16题单选 Leonardo DiCaprio and Winona Ryder are probably names of __________.

A.shoppers

B.celebrities

C.reporters

D.photographei's

参考答案：B

第17题单选 Celebrities have to be careful of their appearance because they__________ .

A.are alwavs under observation

B.are afraid of putting on weight

C.pay high prices for their pictures

D.think too highly of their looks

参考答案：A

第18题单选 The word“collected”in the third paragraph probably means

A.calm

B.attractive

C.leisurely

D.selected

参考答案：D

第19题单选 The writer cites examples of Princess Diana，Ronald Reagan and John Lennon show that celebrities __________.

A.have no privacy

B.have no safety

C.have to act right

D.have to look great

参考答案：A

第20题单选 The thlee kinds of stresses experienced by celebrities are arranged in the order of__________ .

A.spaee

B.time

C.logic

D.importance

参考答案：D

根据以下内容回答下面试题：

Many things about language are a mystery，and many will always remain so.But sone things we do know.

First，we know that all human beings have a language of some sort.Thero is no race of men anvwhere on earth so backward that it has no language，no set of speech souBds by whieh the people communicate with one another.Furthermore，in historical times，there has never been a race of men without a language.

Second.there is no such thing as a primitive language.There are many people whose cal-tures are undeveloped，who are，as we say，uncivilized，but the languages they speak are not Drimitive.In all known languages we can see complexities that must have been，tens of thou-sands of years in developing.

This has not always been well understood;indeed，the direct contrary has often been stated.Popular ideas of the language of the American Indians will illustrate.Many people have supposed that the Indians communicated in a very primitive system of noises-Study has proved this to be nonsense.There are，or were，hundreds of American Indian languages，and all of them tum out to be very complicated and very old.They are certainly different from.the lanlguages that most of us are familiar with，but they are no more primitive than English and Greek.A third thing we know about language is that all languages are perfectly adequate.That is，each one is a perfect means of expressing the culture of the people who speak the language.

Finallv，we know that language changes.It is natural and normal for language to change;the only languages which do not change are the dead ones.This is easy to understand if we look backward in time.Change goes on in all aspects of language.Grammatical features change as do speech sounds.and changes in vocabulary are sometimes very extensive.and may occur Very rapidly.Vocabulary is the least stable part of any languages.

第21题单选 In the second paragraph the author thinks that__________.

A.some backward race doesn’t have a language of its own

B.some race in history didn’t possess a language of its own

C.any human race，whether backward or not，has a language

D.some races on earth can communicate without language

参考答案：C

第22题单选 According to the author，people of undeveloped cultures can have__________ languages.

A.complicated

B.uncivilized

C.primitive

D.well.known

参考答案：A

第23题单选 The author has used American Indian languages as an example to show that they are__________.

A.just as old as some well-known languages

B.just as sophisticated as some well-known languages

C.more developed than some well-known languages

D.more complex than some well-known languages

参考答案：B

第24题单选 Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?

A.A language is a means of expressing a particular culture.

B.All languages can well express their respective cultures.

C.American Indian languages are as sophisticated as English.

D.Some languages are better than other languages.

参考答案：D

第25题单选 According to the author，language changes are most likely to occur in__________ .

A.grammar

B.pronunciation

C.vocabulary

D.intonation

参考答案：C

根据以下内容回答下面试题：

“Too many people view their jobs as a five-day prison from which they are paroled every Friday，”says Joel Gook man，founder of The Humor Project，a humor-consulting group in Saratoga Springs，N.Y.Humor unlocks the’office prison because it lets adults bring some of their childlike spirit to the job.

According to Howard Polli0，professor of psychology at the University of Tennesse，Knox-ville，an office with humor breaks is an office with satisfied and productive employees.Pollio conducted a study that proved humor can help workers excel at routine production task.Employees perform better when they have fun.

In large corporations with a hierarchy of power，there is often no outlet for stress，“Every company needs underground ways of、poking fun at the organization，”says Lynn Mark，a speak-er on workplace humor for St.Mary’S Health Center in St.Louis.

Kodak’S Rochester，New York branch discovered a way for its 20 000employees to uncork their bottomed-up resentments.Their 1 000.square.foot“Humor Room”features a“toy store.”Among the room's many stress-reducing gadgets，the main attraction is a boss doll with Velcro antis and legs.Employees can dismantle the boss，as long as they put its arms and legs back in place.

Every April Fool’S day，Sun Micro systems of mountain View，Calif.，concocts(虚构)an intricate hoax(恶作剧)aimed at one of its employees.One year，CEO Scott McNealy’S office was decorated as a one-hole，par—four miniature golf course.The annual gag does so much for encouraging teamwork and boosting morale that the company has set aside an April Fool’s hoax budget.

Sandy Cohen，owner of a graphic print-production business，created“The Quote Board” to document the amusing phrases people say when under strict deadlines.“When you’re under stress，you say stupid things，”says Cohen.“Now we just look at each other and say，That’S one for the Quote Board!”

第26题单选 An office is compared to a five-day prison because__________ .

A.the door of an office is always locked

B.the office workers have no freedom

C.there iS no work break in the office

D.the atmosphere in the office is boring

参考答案：D

第27题单选 The humor ifi the office can mainly__________ .

A.reduce the working hour

B.make the employees relaxed

C.improve the relationship between the boss and the workers

D.improve the relationship among the employees

参考答案：B

第28题单选 The example of the boss doll implies that the employees__________ .

A.don’t have enough after-work activities

B.are angry with their boss

C.are childlike

D.are people with humor

参考答案：B

第29题单选 Which of the following even has special fund for amusement?

A.St.Mary’s Health Center

B.Kodak’s Rochester

C.Sandy Cohen’s Company

D.Sun Microsystem

参考答案：D

第30题单选 he word“amusing”in the last paragraph most probably means__________ .

A.funny

B.strange

C.elegant

D.casual

参考答案：A

根据以下内容回答下面试题：

No one knows for sure why birds migrate.One theory of migration says that ancient birds of the northern part of the earth were forced southward during the Ice Age，when ice covered large parts of Europe，Asia and North America.As the ice melted，the birds came back to their homelands，spent the summer，and then went south again in winter.Gradually，these comings and goings became habits，and birds now migrate though much of the ice has gone.

Another theory proposes that the ancient home of all modern birds was the tropic areas.There lived so well that the region became overcrowded.Many species had to move northward.During the summer，these birds found plenty of room and food.In winter，however，food be-came scarce and they had to return to the south.

A newer theory is that increasing daylight stimulates certain glands(腺)in the bird’s body and prepares it for migration.One scientist is able to make birds migrate in midwinter by expo-sing them for two months to artificial daylight.Recoveries of marked birds indicate that they fly north as soon as they are set free.The conclusion is that the urge to migrate is determined by changes in the bird’s body which take place under seasonal changes in the length of daylight.

This theory would account for the fact that not all birds migrate at the same time.Each sDecies seems to have its own schedule.The theory would also account for the regular time and rou‘tes of migration.Birds arrive at a given place year after year.Unfavorable weather delays them only a few days.Total hours of daylight，rather than weather，start them on the way.

How birds find their way to the same place year after year and why they follow their own Darticular route are still mysteries.They evidently do not follow known landmarks，for many young birds migrate alone without the help of experienced adults.

第31题单选 We can conclude from the first paragraph that__________ .

A.during the Ice Age，the whole Europe was covered with ice

B.the south used to be the homelands of all birds

C.scientists can confidently explain why birds migrate now

D.migration of birds can be explained by the change of ice on earth

参考答案：D

第32题单选 The birds mentioned in the third paragraph fly north in midwinter because__________ .

A.they are specially trained by a scientist

B.they are affected by seasorfal changes

C.there is a change in their body temperature

D.they are exposed to extra daylight

参考答案：D

第33题单选 The phrase“account for”(1ine 2，Para.4)most probably means__________ .

A.indicate

B.explain

C.prove

D.provide

参考答案：B

第34题单选 Which of the following can NOT be inferred from the passa.ge?

A.Birds do not migrate at the same time.

B.Birds usually follow regular routes of migration.

C.Each species has a special reason for migration.

D.Birds migrate to their own particular places every year.

参考答案：C

第35题单选 The best title for the passage is__________ .

A.Different Accounts of Migration

B.Migration and Weather

C.New Discovery of Bird Migration

D.Routes of Bird Migration

参考答案：A

Part Ⅲ Vocabulary and Structure(20 points)。

Directions：There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part.For each sentence there are four choices marked A,B,CandD.Choose the answer that best completes the sentence.Then mark the correspondingletter on the Answer Sheet with a single through the center.

第36题单选 I regret__________ you that the materials you ordered are out of stock.

A.informing

B.having informed

C.to inform

D.to have informed

参考答案：C

第37题单选 Urban crowdedness would be greatly relieved if only the__________ charged on public transport were more reasonable.

A.fees

B.fares

C.payments

D.costs

参考答案：B

第38题单选 They received me with complete lack of__________.

A.enthusiasm

B.passion

C.emotion

D.feeling

参考答案：A

第39题单选 I remember__________ for the job，but I forget the exact amount.

A.to be paid

B.that I receive pay

C.get paid

D.being paid

参考答案：D

第40题单选 He was accused__________ stealing from the shop.

A.with

B.in

C.of

D.at

参考答案：C

第41题单选 Petrol is refined from the__________ 0il we take out of the ground.

A.fresh

B.original

C.rude

D.crude

参考答案：D

第42题单选 Jack，s university education gave him__________ over boys who had not been to college.

A.a benefit

B.a profit

C.a view

D.an advantage

参考答案：C

第43题单选 These children are so full of__________ that they cannot keep still.

A.power

B.energy

C.force

D.strength

参考答案：B

第44题单选 The shop assistant was dismissed as she was__________ of cheating customers.

A.accused

B.charged

C.scolded

D.cursed

参考答案：A

第45题单选 If the whole operation __________ beforehand，a great deal of time and money would have been lost.

A.was not planned

B.has not been planned

C.had not been planned

D.were not planned

参考答案：C

第46题单选 The price of beerfrom 52 cents to$4 per liter during the summer season.

A.altered

B.ranged

C.separated

D.differed

参考答案：B

第47题单选 When I caught him__________ me I stopped buying things there and started dealing with another shop.

A.cheating

B.cheat

C.to cheat

D.to be cheating

参考答案：A

第48题单选 Many of the men have gone off to cities in search of higher pay，__________ women to carry on with the work.

A.only to leave

B.leaving

C.left

D.having left

参考答案：B

第49题单选 He looked through the pages of advertisements to find jobs__________ to college students during the summer holidays.

A.obtainable

B.available

C.convenient

D.symbols

参考答案：B

第50题单选 All the reference books should be made__________ to the teachers and students in our university.

A.concerned

B.available

C.related

D.flexible

参考答案：B

第51题单选 It is necessary that he__________ here tomorrow.

A.is

B.will be

C.be

D.would be

参考答案：C

第52题单选 The teacher__________the examination papers to the class.

A.scattered

B.contributed

C.spread

D.distributed

参考答案：D

第53题单选 No sooner had they got off the train__________ it started moving.

A.when

B.than

C.then

D.after

参考答案：B

第54题单选 The teacher spoke so fast that it was hard for the students to__________ what he was saying.

A.take in

B.take out

C.take up

D.take over

参考答案：A

第55题单选 This is not an economical way to get more water;__________ ，it is very expensive.

A.on the other hand

B.on the contrary

C.in short

D.or else

参考答案：B

第56题单选 Purchasing the new production line will be a__________ deal for the company.

A.profitable

B.tremendous

C.forceful

D.favorite

参考答案：A

第57题单选 __________the rain，we would have had a nice holiday.

A.But that

B.But for

C.Despite

D.In spite of

参考答案：B

第58题单选 __________you live，the policemen can find you.

A.Where

B.Whoever

C.The place

D.Wherever

参考答案：D

第59题单选 Olympic athletes must be strong both physicaly and__________ .

A.ideally

B.emotionally

C.culturally

D.mentally

参考答案：D

第60题单选 I promised to look__________ the matter as soon as I got there.

A.for

B.in

C.into

D.after

参考答案：C

第61题单选 Some teachers insist__________ us extensive reading in grade one.

A.to teach

B.teaching

C.on teaching

D.teach

参考答案：C

第62题单选 When building space on the ground becomes__________，we must make use of the space in the air.

A.short

B.scarce

C.rare

D.unexpected

参考答案：B

第63题单选 It is so hot.You should put the food into the refrigerator now.Otherwise，it will Soon.

A.harm

B.hurt

C.spoil

D.damage

参考答案：C

第64题单选 Did you__________ me of cheating in the test?

A.fine

B.charge

C.accuse

D.punish

参考答案：C

第65题单选 Amazon is__________the largest remaining rainforest area left on our planet.

A.so far

B.by far

C.thus far

D.as far as

参考答案：B

第66题单选 The police were given an order that the stolen documents must be recovered at all__________ .

A.accounts

B.conditions

C.payments

D.costs

参考答案：D

第67题单选 British laws__________with any international laws.

A.conflict

B.confess

C.deny

D.fight

参考答案：A

第68题单选 The advertisement says this material doesn’t __________in the wash，but it has.

A.contract

B.shrink

C.slim

D.dissolve

参考答案：B

第69题单选 Pm very sorry to have__________ you with 80 many question on such an occasion.

A.transferred

B.offended

C.impressed

D.bothered

参考答案：D

第70题单选 Mv father seemed to be in no__________to look at my school report.

A.mood

B.emotion

C.attitude

D.feeling

参考答案：A

第71题单选 He stressed that it is precisely the people wh0__________history.

A.invented

B.discovered

C.produced

D.created

参考答案：D

第72题单选 Nowhere else in China__________ more beautiful scenery than in Kunming.

A.you can find

B.you have found

C.can you find

D.have you found

参考答案：C

第73题单选 I think l will do it myself__________ asking him for help.

A.rather than

B.other than

C.instead of

D.in place of

参考答案：C

第74题单选 Our manager is__________ an important customer now and he will be back this after-noon.

A.calling on

B.calling in

C.calling up

D.calling for

参考答案：A

第75题单选 If these new methods don’t work，we’11 have to__________our old system.

A.fall through

B.fall behind

C.fall back on

D.fall in with

参考答案：C

Part IV Cloze Test(10 points)

Directions：There are 10 blanks in the following passage.For each blank there are four choices marked A，B，C and D.You should choose the one answer that best fits into the passage.Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

根据以下内容回答下面试题：

Are some people born clever and others born stupid?Or is intelligence developed by our.environment and our experience?Strangely enough，the (76)to both these questions is YES.To some extent，our intelligence is given us(77)birth，and no amount of special education can(78)a genius out of a child born with low intelligence.On the other hand，a child who lives in a(n)(79)environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and varied surroundings.Thus the limits of a person’s intelligence are fixed at birth，(80)whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment.This view，now (81)most extems，can be supported in a number of ways.

It is easv to show that intelligence is to some extent something we are born with.The closer the blood relationship between people，the closer they are (82)to be in intelligence-Thus if we take two unrelated people(83)from the population，it is likely that their degrees of inteUigence will be completely different.If on the other hand we take two identical twins，they will venr likelv be as.intelligent as(84)。Relations like brothers and sisters，parents and children，usuallv have similar intelligence，and this clearly(85)that intelligence depends on birth.

第76题单选 请回答(76)题

A.answer

B.reply

C.response

D.inquiry

参考答案：A

第77题单选 请回答(77)题

A.from

B.on

C.at

D.over

参考答案：C

第78题单选 请回答(3)题

A.make

B.regulate

C.mind

D.expand

参考答案：A

第79题单选 请回答(79)题

A.identical

B.boring

C.happy

D.exciting

参考答案：B

第80题单选 请回答(80)题

A.for

B.still

C.but

D.that.

参考答案：C

第81题单选 请回答(81)题

A.is holdby

B.is held by

C.hold by

D.held by

参考答案：D

第82题单选 请回答(82)题

A.likely

B.possible

C.probable

D.unlikely

参考答案：A

第83题单选 请回答(83)题

A.at random

B.in brief

C.on purpose

D.so far

参考答案：A

第84题单选 请回答(86)题

A.another

B.one another

C.each other

D.every other

参考答案：C

第85题单选 请回答(85)题

A.claims

B.proposes

C.advises

D.suggests

参考答案：D

Part V Writing(15 points)

Directions：For this part.You are to write 100～120 words.

You have to write your composition based on the outline given below in Chinese below

第86题简答 请以“大学生课外兼职与社会实践”为话题作文

参考答案： 赞同：

①A part.time job offers a student a chance to demonstrate his ability and apply what he has learned at school.

②help a student become financially independent.

③The experience got is beneficial to a student’S future career.

反对：

①lose time for study，rest and recreation.

②Working too m.uch may affect study.

③Students may care too much about money.

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