1999年北京地区普通成人教育本科学生英语统考试题
College English Test
Part I Reading Comprehension （40%）
Di recti ons There are four 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 a single line through the center. Passage 1
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage?
“High tech\that describe very modern technology. High tech is just a shorter way of sayi ng high tech no logy ? And high tech no logy describes any in vention, system of device that uses the newest ideas or discoveries of science and engineering. What is high tech? A computer is high tech? So is a communications satellite? A modern manufacturing（生产）system is surely high tech. High tech became a popular expression in the United States during the early 1980’ s. Because of improveme nts in tech no logy, people could buy many new kinds of products in America n stores, such as home computers, microwave（微波）ovens, etc.
“State of the art” is something that is as modern as possible. It is a product that is based on the very latest methods and technology. Something that is Mstate of the art” is the newest possible design or product of a business or industry. A state of the art television set, for example, uses the most modern electronic design and parts. It is the best that one can buy.
“State of the art” is not a new expression. Engineers have used it for years, to describe the best and most modern way of doing something? Millions of Americans began to use the expression in the late 1970's? The reason was the computer revolution. Every computer company claimed that its computers were “state of the art”. Computer tech no logy cha nged so fast that a state of the art computer today might be old tomorr ow? The expression ustate of the artn became common and popular as computers themselves. Now all kinds of products are said to be \ate of the art”.
1 ? What is the purpose of the passage?
A. To tell how %ustate of the art\? B. To give examples of “high tech：
C. To tell what uhigh tech” and “state of the” are. D. To describe very modern technology? 2. What can we infer from the passage?
A. American stores could provide new kinds of products to the people? B. High tech describes a technology that is not traditional. C. “State of the artn is not as popular as “high tech： D. A modern plough pulled by oxen is '“state of the art
3. All the following examples are high tech except __________ A. a microwave over B. a home computer C. a hand pump D. a satellite
4. Which of the following statements is not true?
A. since the computer revolution, the expression \B. uState of the art\
C. With the rapid developme nt of computer tech no logy, a state of the tart computer may easily become out of date.
D. All kinds of products are “state of the artn nowadays? 5. The best title for the passage is ___________ A. Computer Tech no logy
B. High Tech and State of the Art
D. Two New Expressions
C. Mast Advaneed Technology Passage 2
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:
Cheating: The income tax deadline （最后期限）approaches and some taxpayer' s thoughts turn to it. Test time approaches and some students' thoughts turn to it.
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You want something you carft get by behaving within the rules, and you want it badly enough youll do it
regardless of any guilt or deep regret^ and yoiTre willing to run the risk of being caught.” Thafs how Ladd Wheeler, psychology professor at the University of Rochester in New York, defines cheating?
Many experts believe cheating is on the rise?'“WeYe suffering a moral breakdown.M Pinkard says, Kwe5re seeing more of the kind of person who regards the world as a series of things to be dealt with. Whether to cheat depends on whether it's the person's interest u. He does, however, see less cheating among the youngest students?
Richard Dienabier, Psychology（心理学）professor at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, believes that society' s attitudes account for much of the increase in cheating.
\a term if not kicked out permanently,n he says, 'Sowadays, at the University of Nebraska, for example, it is the stated policy of the college of Arts and Sciences that if a student cheats on an exam, the stude nt must receive an “F on what he cheated on. Thafs nothing. If you5re going to flunk any way, why not cheat?\
“Cheating is most likely in situations where the vital interests are high and the chances of getting caught are low~” says social psychologist. Lynn Kahle of the University of Oregon in Eugene? 6. The passage centers on _________ A. convincing the reader that cheating is immoral B. discussing the reasons for cheating C? describing how students cheat on exam D? discussing how to control cheating 7. Cheating tends to occur when _________ A. one wants something badly
B. one can't get something in a right way.
C. it is not very likely to be revealed? D. a series of things has to be dealt with
8. Which of the following is true according to the~ passage? A. It is forgivable to cheat unless money is involved? B. There has been a quick increase in cheating. C. Most cheaters are college students.
D. Cheaters do not feel guilty and regretful. 9. What can be inferred from the passage?
A. Cheating is widespread because society is too tolerant. B. cheati ng is the result of in tense pressure ?
C. Cheating is cheating, whether on a test or on any other occassions. D. Cheating comes together with civilization.
10. The word uflunkM in paragraph 5 could best be replaced by which of the following? A. Fear B? Fail C? Be pleased D. Succeed Passage 3
Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:
The young people who talk of the village as being udeadn are talking nothing but nonsense, as in their hearts they must surely know.
No, the village is not dead. There is more life in it now than there ever was. But it seems that \dead? Gone for ever. It began to decline （衰］客）about a hundred years ago, when many girls left home to go into service in town many miles away, and men also left home in increasing number in search of a work, and home was where work was. There are still a number of people alive today who can remember. What uvillage life” meant the early years of the present century? It meant knowing and being known by everybody else in the village. It meant fin ding your entertai nment in the village of within walking distance of it. It meant housewives tied to the home all day and every day? It meant going to bed early to save lamp —— oil and coal.
Then came the First World War and the Second World War. After each war, new ideas, new attitudes, new trades and occupati ons were revealed to villagers ? The long — established order of society was no Ion ger taken for granted. Electricity and the motorcar were steadily operating to make %utown life” almost alike. Now with the highly developed science and technology and high — level social welfare for all, there is no point whatever in talki ng any Ion ger about \? “It is just life, and that a be 社 er life.
Finally, if we have any doubts about the future, or about the many changes, which we have seen in our lives, we have only to look in at the school playground any mid — morning; or see the children as they walk homeward in little groups. Obviously these children are better fed, better clothed, better educated, healthier, prettier and happier than any generation of children that ever before walked the village street.
11. By saying that village is not dead, but “village lifen is dead, the writer suggests that ____________ A. those young people who talk of the village as being udeadn are wrong B the two statements are against each other C. \r uninteresting
D. \n today is no longer like what is used to be.
12? It was ________ that ^village life\
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