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2009年黑龍江省成人本科畢業(yè)生申請學士學位英語考試試卷（150 minutes）Paper One(90 minutes)Part I Vocabulary and Structure (10 points; 15 minutes)Directions: Each of the following sentences is provided with four choices. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then, mark your answer by blackening the letter of your choice on the Answer Sheet.1. When you come back from London, would you please buy me _of a small radio?A. ten dollars worthB. worth ten dollarsC. ten dollars of worthD. ten dollars worth 2. Although she _law for only a little over eight years, Florence Allen became in 1992 the first woman to sit on a state supreme court.A. would practiceB. practicesC. had practicedD. has practiced 3. It was necessary that he _his mother, otherwise she would have known this from someone else, and been very angry with him.A. told.B. had toldC. tellD. would tell 4. The school was named _the hero who gave his life for the cause of the revolution.A. afterB. for C. withD. about 5. The news media _radio, television and newspapers.A. compose ofB. are consisted ofC. are composed ofD. consist 6. They turned a deaf ear to our demands, _enraged all of us. A. thatB. whichC. asD. this7. He is so sick today that he does not _having anything to eat. A. turn outB. tend to C. make forD. feel like8. Age is not important. Its brains and knowledge that_. A. judgeB. impressC. countD. survive9. We havent the _idea of what you meant. A. smallestB. dimmestC. weakestD. slightest10. Many things _impossible in the past are common today. A. to considerB. considered C. consideringD. being considered11.When asked _they needed most, the kids said they wanted to feel important and loved. A. whatB. whyC. whomD. which 12. _the project as planned, well have to work two more hours a day. A. CompletingB. Complete C. To completeD. Completed 13. _hungry I am, I never seem to be able to finish off this loaf of bread. A. WhateverB. Whenever C. WhereverD. However14. How can the problem be solved? Well, we must _it to the presidents own judgment. A. dependB. leave C. suggestD. realize15. He is very popular among his students as he always tries to make them _in his lectures. A. interestedB. interesting C. interest D. to interest 16. The present situation is very complex, so I think it will take me some time to _its reality. A. make up B. figure out C. look through D. put off 17. In those days, our _concern was to provide people who were stopped by the snow storm with food and health care. A. normal B. constant C. permanent D. primary 18. As he works in a remote area, he visits his parents only_. A. occasionally B. anxiously C. practically D. urgently 19. Nowadays the Chinese are becoming more familiar with different cultures and other ways of doing things, _is often the case in other countries. A. what B. as C. who D. that20. We have been told that under no circumstances _the telephone in the office for personal affairs. A. may we use B. we may use C. we use D. do we use Part II Cloze Test (10 points, 20 minutes)Directions: Read the passage through. Then, go back and choose one suitable word or phrase marked A, B, C, or D for each blank in the passage. Blacken the corresponding letter of the word or phrase you have chosen on the Answer Sheet.Cars are an important 21 of life in the United States. 22 most people feel that they are poor. And 23 if a person is poor he doesnt feel really poor 24 he has a car. There are three main reasons the car became so 25 in the United States. 26 of all, the country is a huge one and Americans like to move 27 in it. The car provides the most comfortable and 28 form of transportation. 29 a car people can go any place without spending a lot of money. The second reason cars are popular is the fact 30 the United States never developed 31 and inexpensive form of public 32 . Long-distance trains have never been 33 common in the United States as they are in other parts of the world. Nowadays there is a good system of air-service 34 planes. But it is 35 expensive to be used frequently. The third reason is the most important one, though. The American spirit of independence is 36 really made cars popular. Americans dont like to wait 37 a bus, or a train or even a plane. They dont like to have to 38 an exact schedule. A car gives them the freedom to schedule 39 time. And this is the freedom that Americans want 40 to have.21. A. role B. partC. effectD. basis 22. A. Without a car B. Not with a carC. Without no carD. With not a car 23. A. everB. stillC. evenD. quite 24. A. althoughB. whenC. whetherD. but 25. A. qualifiedB. increasingC. developingD. popular 26. A. FirstB. FirstlyC. At firstD. The first 27. A. aroundB. onC. alongD. forth 28. A. cheapB. most cheapC. cheapestD. cheaper 29. A. ThroughB. ByC. WithD. As 30. A. whichB. thatC. whereD. what 31. A. an interestedB. an affectedC. an efficientD. a satisfied 32. A. movementB. carriageC. shippingD. transportation 33. A. quiteB. veryC. tooD. as 34. A. providingB. to provideC. providedD. provides 35. A. veryB. soC. tooD. as 36. A. thatB. whatC. howD. which 37. A. forB. onC. besideD. about 38. A. runB. furtherC. chaseD. follow 39. A. their ownB. their selfC. theirs ownD. theirs self 40. A. bestB. mostC. worstD. least Part III Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)(40 points; 55 minutes)Section 1Directions: Each of the following passages is followed with five questions. For each question there are four choices. Choose the best answer to each question. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.Questions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage:All the housewives who went to the new supermarket had one great ambition: to be the lucky customer who did not have to pay for her shopping. For this was what the notice just inside the entrance promised. It said: “Remember, once a week, one of our customers gets free goods. This May Be Your Lucky Day!”For several weeks Mrs. Edwards hoped, like many of her friends, to be the lucky customer. Unlike her friends, she never gave up hoping. The cupboards in kitchen were full of things which she did not need. Her husband tried to advise her against buying things but failed. She dreamed of the day when the manager of the supermarket would approach her and say: “Madam, this is Your Lucky Day. Everything in your basket is free.” One Friday morning, after she had finished her shopping and had taken it to her car, she found that she had forgotten to buy any tea. She went back to the supermarket, got the tea and went towards the cash-desk. As she did so, she saw the manager of the supermarket approach her. “Madam,” he said, holding out his hand, “I want to congratulate you! You are our lucky customer and everything you have in your basket is free!” 41.Thehousewiveslearntaboutthefreegoods_. A.onTVB.fromthemanager C.atthesupermarketD.fromthenewspaper 42.Mrs.Edwards_. A.wasalwaysveryluckyB.hadnofriends C.hopedtogetfreeshoppingD.gotdisappointedeasily 43.Mrs.Edwardsshusbandtriedto_. A.makeherunhappyB.cheerherup C.buythingswithherD.keep her frombuyingthings 44.Mrs.Edwardswentbacktothesupermarketquicklybecauseshehadto_. A.buyanotherthingB.talktothemanager C.payforhershoppingD.findhershopping 45.Mrs.Edwardsmusthavebeen_. A.pleasedB.delightedC.proudD.disappointed Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage:A third of British people are overweight, states a report published in January by the Royal College of Physicians, the result of an 18-month-long study. About 5of children weigh too much, and are likely to stay that way for life; in the mid-twenties age group the proportion of fat people rises to a third, and of the middle-age population half are overweight. Fat people risk severe health problems, says the report, including high blood pressure, breathlessness, and various forms of heart disease. Smoking is particularly risky for overweight people. The safest way to lose weight is to eat cereals, bread, fruit and vegetables, and cut down on fatty meats, butter and sweet foods. Current diets do far more harm than good; slimming machines that vibrate muscles have not been proved useful; saunas (蒸氣浴) merely remove a little body water, and health farms, says the report, serve as expensive holidays. The report emphasizes that exercise is most important to health. Though it doesnt necessarily reduce weight, it maintains the correct proportion of body fat to body muscle. And it isnt only for the young. From middle age a minimum of 20 minutes of gentle physical jerks should be practiced three times a week.The report advocates several public health measures to combat the high prevalence of overweight in this country. They include an increase of tax on alcohol to reduce its increasing, and dangerously fattening consumption; and the provision of more sports facilities by local authorities. Britains doctors, the report concludes, must learn to be more sympathetic and specific in their advice to the overweight, encouraging a change in eating habits on a long-term basis, and taking into account the manyoften complexreasons why fat people are fat.46. The passage is mainly about_.A. why many British people are overweightB. how to avoid getting overweightC. British people s overweight problem D. the relations between overweight and health47. According to the report，a person is most likely to stay fat for the whole of his life if he_.A. gets fat in middle ageB. gets fat in his twentiesC. gets fat when he is a childD. is born fat48. The report thinks that exercise_.A. is a way to reduce weightC. can convert fat to muscleB. is a sure way to keep one healthyD. sometimes increases weight49. The report points out that drinking too much alcohol_.A. will also cause a person to get overweightB. will cause a person to do less sportsC. will make a person forget the fact that he is fatD. will lead a person to bad eating habits50. The report suggests that when treating the overweight, doctors should_. A. encourage a long-term diet for everyone B. first consider why so many people are overweight C. know that there are complex reasons why a person gets overweight D. be more considerate and give detailed adviceQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage:A scientist who does research in economic psychology and who wants to predict the way in which consumers will spend their money must study consumer behavior. He must obtain data both on the resources of consumers and on the motives that tend to encourage or discourage money spending. If an economist were asked which of the three groups borrow mostpeople with rising incomes, stable incomes or declining incomeshe would probably answer those with declining incomes. Actually, in the years 1947-1950, the answer was: people with rising incomes. People with declining incomes were next and people with stable incomes borrowed the least. This shows us that traditional assumptions about earning and spending are not always reliable. Another traditional assumption is that if people who have money expect prices to go up, they will hasten to buy. If they expect prices to go down, they will postpone buying. But research surveys have shown that this is not always true. The expectations of price increases may not stimulate buying. The investigations mentioned above were carried out in America. Investigations conducted at the same time in Great Britain, however, yielded results that were more in agreement with traditional assumptions about saving and spending patterns. The condition most favorable to spending appears to be price stability. If prices have been stable and people consider that they are reasonable, they are likely to buy. Thus, it appears that common business policy of maintaining stable prices is based on correct understanding of consumer psychology. 51. According to the passage, if one wants to predict the way consumers will spend their money, he should _.A. try to encourage or discourage consumers to spend moneyB. carry out investigations on consumer behaviorC. do researches in consumer psychology in a laboratoryD. rely on traditional assumptions about earning and spending52. According to paragraph 2, one traditional assumption is that people with_ incomes borrow most.A. averageB. stableC. decliningD. rising53. The results of the investigations on consumer psychology carried out in America were _ those of the investigations made at the same time in Great Britain.A. not as good asB. much better thanC. exactly the same asD. somewhat different from54. Which of the following statements is always TRUE according to surveys mentioned in the passage_?A. Consumers will put off buying things if they expect prices to decrease.B. Consumers will spend their money quickly if they expect prices to increase.C. The price condition has an influence on consumer behavior.D. Traditional assumptions about earning and spending are reliable.55. From the results of the surveys, the writer of this article _.A. concludes that the saving and spending patterns in Great Britain are better than those in AmericaB. concludes that consumers always expect prices to remain stableC. does not draw any conclusionD. concludes that maintaining stable prices is correct business policy Section 2Directions: Read the following passage, and then decide whether the statements are true(A) or false (B) (判斷對錯，對的在答題卡上畫A， 錯的在答題卡上畫B。)Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage:Joe Bloggs worked in a large and famous company. The president of the company believed in keeping his employees (雇員) happy. One year，he offered them a pension (養(yǎng)老金) fund. The idea was that the workers would pay five percent of their wages into a pension fund. The company would also pay a sum equal to five percent. When an employee retired from the company，he could take with him all the money that he and the company had put into his pension fund. “I will open the pension fund, ”the president of the company said, “as soon as you all agree to join. Unless you all join, I wont open the fund. Youve got a week to make up your minds.The idea was a very good one and everyone except Joe Bloggs agreed to join. “I dont understand it,” Bloggs said. His co-workers tried to explain it to him, but he just kept saying, “I still dont understand it.” Time passed and when there was only an hour left before the week was up, the president sent for Joe Bloggs to come to his office on the 20th floor. “Mr. Bloggs,” he said, “all the employees agree with what I am going to say to you. So listen carefully.” “It had better be good.”Bloggs said. “Oh, it is,” the president said. “If you dont agree to join the pension fund before I finish counting to ten, the security guards will throw you out of the window. Joe Bloggs immediately signed the form which said he would agree to join the plan. “Now that you have explained it clearly”, he said, “of course Ill join.”( )56.The company would put more money into an employees pension fund.( )57.The employees could not take the money from his pension fund until their retirement. ( )58.The president gave his employees one week to decide whether to join the pension fund or not. ( )59.Joe Bloggs was called to the presidents office two days before the end of the week. ( )60.Joe agreed to join the pension fund after realizing its importance.APaper Two（60minutes）卷二總分核分人復核人Part IV. Reading Comprehension (Short Answer Questions) (10 points; 15 minutes)得 分閱卷人復查人Directions: This passage is followed by five questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. Write your answers on Paper Two. Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage. Imagine a classroom missing the one thing that has long been considered a necessary part to reading and writing: paper. No notebooks, no textbooks, no test paper. And there are no pencils or pens, which, after all, always seem to run out of ink at the critical moment. A “paperless classroom” is what more and more schools are trying to achieve. Students dont do any handwriting in this class. Instead, th