2008年江苏成人学士学位英语考试真题

2008 年江苏成人学士学位英语考试真题 Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes 20%) Section A (5%) Directions: In this section you will hear five incomplete dialogues. They will be spoken only once. After each incomplete dialogue there will be a pause. During the pause you must read the four choices marked A. B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark (he corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 1. A. It’s up to you. B. Beer is OK. C. I don’t have a taste. D. Let me try. 2. A. We don’t have a post. B. One dollar and fifty cents. C. We don’t go to Paris. D. You can send it by yourself. 3. A. Sorry, I don’t have water. B. Sure, if you give me some water when I’m away. C. I’m afraid I don’t like it. D. Certainly, it is out of questions. 4. A. I’d love to, but I will be fully occupied that afternoon. B. I can’t finish the job within a half day. C. I don’t need a full day to complete the task. D. I’m afraid I can’t handle it. 5. A. That’s fine. B. I’m sorry for being late. C. I’m afraid I can’t. D. Don’t say like this. Section B (10%) Directions: In this section you will hear ten short conversations. At the end of each conversation a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause you must read the four choices marked A. B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 6. A. Bad. B. Good. C. No impression yet. D. Just so so. 7. A. She is studying typing. B. She is studying Spanish. C. She is studying cooking. D. She is studying sewing. 8. A. About a month. B. About a week. C. About ten days. D. About half a week. 9. A. In an art history class. B. In a museum. C. In the man’s dormitory. D. In the woman’s dormitory. 10.A.Get a new television set. B. Sell the TV to someone else. C. Find another repairman. D. Ask Mr. Smith to check it again. 11. A. 4.8 dollars. B. 6 dollars. C. 3.6 dollars. D. 4.32 dollars. 12. A. At a hotel. B. At a restaurant. C. At a police station. D. At a department store. 13. A. Start this work right now. B. Wait here for Mr. Smith. C. Go down to have something to drink. D. Make a telephone to Mr. Smith. 14. A. Two hours. B. Four hours. C. Six hours. D. Eight hours. 15. A. To a dance. B. To a party. C. To a play. D. To a concert. Section C (5%) Directions: In this section you will hear one dialogue and one short passage. At the end of the dialogue and the passage you will hear some questions. The dialogue and the passage will be spoken only once. After you hear a question you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B. C and D. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Question 16 to 17 are based on the dialogue you have just heard. 16. A. Coffee is his favorite drink. B. Coffee will help him relax. C. lie is thirsty. D. He is sleepy. 17. A. They will go to the airport by bus. B. The hotel will arrange a taxi for them. C. They will call a taxi themselves. D. Their friend will take them to the airport. Questions 18 to 20 are based on the dialogue you have just heard. 18. A. To inform university people of important schedule changes. B. To announce the new movies on weekends. C. To remind students to use the new library services. D. To tell campus personnel of their identification cards. 19. A. It will only be open on weekends. B. It will be open both weekends and weekdays. C. It will shorten its hours on weekdays. D. It is not mentioned. 20. A. Food. B. Transportation. C. Clinic. D. Accommodation. Part II Reading Comprehension (30 minutes 30%) Directions: In this part there are four passages. 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 are required to decide on the choice that best answers the question or completes the statement. Passage One Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage. One reason is that out at sea, waves moving in one direction almost always run into waves moving in a different direction. The two sets of waves tend to cancel each other out. Another reason is that water is shallower near the shore. As a wave gets closer to land, the shallow bottom helps reduce its strength. But the power of waves striking the shore can still be very great. During a winter gale, waves sometimes strike the shore with the force of 6,000 pounds for each square foot. That means a wave. 25 feet high and 500 feet along its face, may strike the shore with a force of 75 million pounds. (91) Yet the waves, no matter how big or how violent, affect only the surface of the sea. During the most raging storms, the water a hundred fathoms (600 feet) beneath the surface is just as calm as on a day without a breath of wind. 21. According to the passage, destruction caused by high waves occurs ______ A. regularly B. rarely C. always D. predictably 22. It is implied that Out at sea, when waves going in opposite directions meet. their force _______ A. causes great damage B. extends to the ocean floor C. is liable to lessen D. increases rapidly 23. Coastal depth _______ A. is the only factor influencing the strength of high waves B. has enormous influence on the force of high waves C. has no influence on the strength of very high waves D. is irrelevant to the power of high waves 24. It can be inferred from Para. 2 that the power of high waves striking the shore is _______ A. constant B. equalized C. variable D. perpetual 25. It is impossible for the high waves ______ A. to bring about most raging storms B. to have an effect on the sea bottom C. to affect the surface of the sea D. to cause damage to the land Passage Two Questions 26 to 30 are based on he following passage. The public school system, however, has no such choice, for the job must be carried on at the same time. Because we depend so heavily upon science and technology for our progress, we must produce specialists in many fields. (92) Because we live in a democratic nation, whose citizens make policies for the nation, large numbers of us must be educated to understand, to support, and when necessary, to judge the work of experts. The public school must educate both producers and users of scientific services. In education, there should be a good balance among the branches of knowledge that contribute to effective thinking and wise judgment. Such balance is defeated by too much emphasis on any one field. The question of balance involves not only the relation of the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the arts but also relative emphases among the natural sciences themselves. Similarly, we must have a balance between current and classical knowledge. The attention of the public is continually drawn to new possibilities in scientific fields and the discovery of new knowledge; these should not be allowed to turn our attention away from the sound, established materials that form the basis of courses for beginners. 26. It is indicated in Para.1 that the task of education is fairly complicated because_______ A. the current public school system is too complicated to be understood B. the public school system has no choice of what to teach C. it is difficult to decide whether elementary science should be taught in public school D. The educators have to take care of both ordinary and gifted students 27. The word “defeated” (Para.2) most probably means _______ A. broken B. beaten C. lost D. smashed 28. Which of the following statements is NOT included in the passage? A. One of the major tasks of education is to discover the most promising students. B. In order to teach effectively, educators are requested to lay emphasis on one particular field. C. Some subjects have been over-emphasized in public schools. D. The progress of the society cannot merely rely on inventors. 29. It can be inferred from the passage that _______ A. students should learn more up-to-date knowledge B. lack of scientific knowledge will lead to poor relations between producers and users of scientific services C. students are getting to know the importance of a good balance among the branches of knowledge D. Sufficient attention should be given to basic knowledge 30. The best title for this passage might be _______ A. Balance in Education B. Educational System in Public School C. Current Situation in Education D. Importance of Teaching Science and Technology Passage Three Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage. (93) It was believed that a person was sick because he had been attacked by evil spirits. The witch doctor’s job was to drive off these spirits. His technique involved a combination of three methods, the first of which was religious. He chanted magic words and used good luck charms which he thought had power over the evil spirits that supposedly had entered the victim’s body. Secondly, he deliberately fed the patient mixtures, which were often filthy and disgusting, to make the evil spirits so uncomfortable that would gladly run away and so enable the patient to get well. (94) The third method was to give the patient medicines prepared from certain plants and herbs that were similar in shape or texture to the various organs of the body. From our point of view, this was the only method that had any value. Modern scientific study has shown that some of these remedies