湖南成人高等教育学士学位外语水平考试试题

湖南成人高等教育学士学位外语水平考试试题

Part I Dialogue Completion (15 points) Directions: There are 15 short

in complete dialogues in this part, each followed by 4 choices marked A, B,

C and D .Choose the best one to complete the dialogue and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a sin gle line through the cen ter.

1. Speaker A: That was a great dinner. You must have spe nt all day cook ing. Speaker B:

A. Yes, it was really very tiri ng. B. No, it

'really no thi ng. C. No, it '

only a casual meal. D. Than ks. But it only took two hours.

2. Speaker A: I tried to buy you those towels you wan ted on sale, but they only had these really ugly ones left. Sorry. Speaker B:Jhey are not bad. 3. Speaker A: What syour favorite food? Speaker B: Pizza. Speaker A: .I prefer chocolate ice cream. A. Not me. B. So do I. C. Same here. D. You got it. 4. Speaker A: This computer keeps giving me trouble. Speaker B: Try restarti ng it. A. See if that helps. B. I can do nothing about it. C. Who knows? D. What else? 5. Speaker A: Susa n, I can 'get my old job jacket. It Speaker B: _______

A. Can't you? It serves you right. B. I understand. You' find something else. C. Yes, I know it 'snot a good cause.D. Lost ? Maybe I can help you find it. 6. Speaker A: I had no idea the movie would end like that. Speaker B:

I was really surprised. A. Me either. B. Me alike. C. I thi nk so. D. Not that I know. 7. Speaker A: I m a little scared about the operatio n. Speaker B: ,hon ey. The doctors will be there every step of the way. A. .I haven C. You bet.

You know what. B. That' good. C.Don't worry. D. That' it.

_____ ___

' a lost cause.

8. Speaker A: Who left the refrigerator door ope n? Speaker B:

t been in the kitchen all day.

B. You ask for it. D. Don

A. Don 'look at me.

t be silly.

____

9. Speaker A: Could you get me Exte nsion 1058, please? Speaker B:

A. Yes. This is operator speak ing. B. OK. Here you are. C. No. I m busy now. D. Sorry. The line is busy.

10. Speaker A: You 've bee n the first place winner in this writi ng con test.

Con gratulati ons ! Speaker B: A. Yes. It 'quite easy for me. B. It

_______

' very ki nd of you to say so.

C. Thank you for the good n ews. D. Not at all. It 'nothing. 11. Tourist: Excuse me; I 'like to go to the British Museum. _____ Police: No, not really. It 'about a ten-mi nute walk.

A. Can I walk there? B. Where is it?

C. Is it far from here? D. Could you show me the way?

12. Speaker A: Hi, Lin da. The train leaves at 10 pm and I could pick you up at 9. Speaker B: _____ A. I thi nk so. B. I cant wait. C. Good for you. D. That 'fine with me. 13. Speaker A: Sorry, I didn t catch the last train. Speaker B: A. Don 'tbe sorry. B. Do you want me to repeat it?

C. What else, please? D. I m afraid that sit. 14. Speaker A: You must be Teddy. Thanks for coming. Speaker B: Yes, A. I m fine. Thank you. B. I am. And you are

___

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…?

C. Here I am. D. Who sspeak ing please?

15. Speaker A: I won der if you could tell me where to get map? Speaker B: ________

A. I don tknow where you want to go. B. I have n ever heard about it. C. Sure, but I really have no idea.

D. Well, maybe in the post office or bookstore.

PARTI Reading Comprehension (40 points ) Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each of the passages is followed by 5 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the cen ter. Passage one Just as Mrs. Waldma n hands out the spelli ng test, you

see Jeff pull out a small piece of paper with a lot of words on it. Jeff hides the note into his closed fist but soon takes it out aga in. While he'stak ing the test, you see him looking back and forth between the teacher and his paper. There

'no mistaki ng it---he ' cheati ng.

Cheati ng is whe n a pers on

misleads, deceives, or acts disho nestly on purpose. For kids, cheat ing may happe n at school, at home, or while play ing a sport. If a baseball team is for kids who are 8 or younger, it 'cheating for a 9-year-old to play on the team. At school, i n additi on to cheati ng on a test, a kid might cheat by steali ng some one else 'idea for a scie nee project or by copy ing a book report off the internet and turning it in as if it ' his or her original work. One is inclined to cheat because it makes difficult things seem easy, like gett ing all the right an swers on the test. But it does n

'solve the problem

of not knowing the material and it won 'help on the n ext test---uni ess the pers on cheats aga in. Sometimes it may seem like cheaters have it all figured out. They can watch TV in stead of study ing for the spelli ng test. But other people lose respect for cheaters and thi nk less of them. The

cheaters themselves mayfeel bad because they know they are not really earning that good grade. And, if they get caught cheating, they will be in trouble at school, and maybe at home, too. Some kids cheat because they 're busy or lazy and they want to get good grades without spending the time studying. Other kids might feel like they can 't pass the test without cheating. Even when there seems to be a “good reason ”for cheating, cheating isn 'ta good idea.

16. Whydid Jeff look at the teacher from time to time while taking the test? A. He was afraid that the teacher might find out what he was doing. B. He had a question for the teacher but was afraid to ask. C. He wanted to get the teacher 's attention.

D. He wanted to hand in his paper as he was done with it. 17. According to the author, cheating A. occurs mainly in test-related settings

B. can take on various forms and happen anywhere C. usually happens when one is doing a science project D. happens when we don 't know the answer to a question 18. What can 't cheating help to do?

A. To pass examinations. B. To get a satisfactory score.

C. To make difficult things easy. D. To really get the knowledge.

19. Which of the following statements is closest in meaning to “cheaters have it all figured out

”(Para.5)?

A. Cheaters know they won't be caught. B. Cheaters makea plan in advance. C. Cheaters can reach a balance between work and play. D. Cheaters clearly know the consequences of cheating. 20. The main purpose of the passage is to A. inform readers why people cheat

B. predict possible consequences of cheating C. persuade students to quit cheating

D. discuss different occasions when people cheat

Passage Two Experts say over half of the world 's seven thousand languages are in danger of disappearing. Every two weeks one language disappears. Sometimes a language disappears immediately when the last person speaking it dies. Or, a local language might disappear more slowly. This happens when an official language is used more often and children stop learning the local language of their parents. Official

languages often represent a form of control over a group of people. Throughout history, the language spoken by a powerful group spreads across a civilization. The more powerful culture rarely respects the language and culture of smaller groups. Smaller cultures

lose their local language as the language of the culture in power has a stronger influence. Experts say protecting languages is very important for many reasons. Languages contain the histories, ideas and knowledge of a culture. Languages also contain valuable information about local medicines, plants and animals. Many

endangered languages are spoken by native cultures in close contact with the natural world. Their ancient languages contain a great deal of information about environmental systems and species of plants and animals that are unknownto scientists. As the last speakers of a language

die off, the valuable information carried within a language also disappears. Language is, in manyways, a window to the mind and the world. Any hope for protecting languages can be found in children and their willingness to learn. It is these young people who can keep this form of culture alive for future generations. 21. Which of the following is true?

A. No one can prevent languages from disappearing. B. There will not be any local languages left some day. C. There have existed 7,000 languages in history.

D. Half of the world 's languages will possibly disappear. 22. An official language is a language that A. is highly advanced B. has a stronger influence C. competes with a local language D. has a longer history

23. Language is a window to the mind and the world because A. it contains information about both culture and nature.

B. it represents the working of the human minds

C. local languages are more closely related to culture D. ancient languages can reveal ancient people 's thoughts

24. According to the passage, a language will be better protected when A. it is linked to a powerful culture B. people are forced to speak it C. it keeps pace with the times D. children are interested in learning it 25. The passage mainly discusses A. language and culture B. the power of language C. language protection D. local languages

Passage Three There 'sa professor at the University of Toronto in Canada who has come up with a term to describe the way a lot of us North Americans interact these years. And now a big research study confirms it. Barry Wellman 's term is “networked individualism. ”It 's not the easiest concept to grasp. In fact, the words seem to contradict each other. How can we be individualistic and networked at the sametime? You need other people for networks. Here 's what he means. Until the Internet and e-mail came along, our social networks involved flesh-and-blood relatives, friends,

neighbors, and colleagues at work. Someof the interaction was by phone, but it was still voice to voice, person to person, in real time. But the latest study by the PewInternet