優(yōu)質(zhì)同等學(xué)力考試英語樣卷一及參考答案

1、2013年同等學(xué)力考試英語樣卷一Part I  Oral Communication (15 minutes，10 points) Section ADirections：In this section there are two incomplete dialogues and each dialogue has three blanks and three choices A，B and C，taken from the dialogueFill in each of the blanks with one of the choices to complete the

2、dialogue and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet  Dialogue One    Awhen it comes to the exam    Byou need to go over it yourself    Cthen I can go through it again next timeStudent：I mean I want to do some of these problemsTeacher：YeahStudent：But it

3、s taking time to do themTeacher：When we cover something in the lesson，(1)        Work out the exercises in itErm，when you get a little bit stuck，sort it out yourself，and then thinkStudent：YeahTeacher：I know I see how you do itAnd maybe if youre totally stuck，(2)

4、60;        Student：YeahTeacher：Its really the more you do，Mm，on your ownBecause(3)           ，youre gonna be on your ownKeep working on it and youll be okayDialogue Two    AIts been paining me all nig

5、ht    BLets have a look and see what theyve done to you    CDo I take these Sofradex is theyre prescribed here，Doctor?  Doctor：Well，what can we do for you today?  Patient：Oh，Ive an infection in my gum，Doctor  Doctor：In your gum?  Patient：Up hereIve s

6、ome tablets and，er，I dont know  Doctor：(4)         Aye，the Sofradex is not doing very much for that，is it?  Patient：Ive never taken themIve just，I stopped taking them  Doctor：Aye，I dont think theyre doing very much to you  Patient：(5) 

7、          Doctor Doctor：Aye Patient：I'm just wondering if its my teeth or that its just my blood thats doing it Doctor：I think it might be the teethItd be worth getting the dentist to have a look at your plate  Patient：(6)    

8、        Doctor：Yes，yesKeep on with those just now  Patient：YesAye，two four，one or two four times a day  Doctor：Yes，one four times a day  Patient：Fine，yeah  Section B  Directions：In this section there is one incomplete interview which h

9、as four blanks and four choices A，B，C and D，taken from the interviewFill in each of the blanks with one of the choices to complete the interview and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet     AWell，about costumes    BBut you know me with fashion    CI

10、kind of feel that its more about music itself    DSo you have to change just enoughInterviewer：Does the show have a concept?Interviewee：Well，its going to be much more (7)        Not that we didnt do that beforeIts putting more emphasis on big or ches

11、tra，music，musicians，singers，songsWe want to do music at the purest as possible，like the old days I guessSo if its a conceptInterviewer：HOW about costumeInterviewee：I think it isInterviewer：How about costume costume changes?Interviewee：(8)           -

12、yes，I think people like to see artists change in different outfitsAgain，its ayou have to be careful with thatPeople want you to changeThey want to see outfitsAnd if you change too much，they say its too muchAnd if you change too little，they say its not enough    (9)   &#

13、160;    You cant please everybodyBut I have a wonderful stylist，Annie Horth，that I'm going to be working with again and who will make sure that we can please as many people as possible(10)         I enjoy that very，very muchSo I will try to

14、change，not too little and not too muchPart II Vocabulary(10 minutes，10 points)  Directions：In this part there are ten sentences，each with one word or phrase underlinedChoose the one from the four choices marked A，B，C and D that best keeps the meaning of the sentenceMark your answer on the

15、Answer Sheet(11) Im in a position to think about my future and plan it a little more rather than just waiting for what happens    Aused to        Bunwilling to     Cable to        Dglad to(12) The Can

16、adian landscape painters style featured brilliant colors and free brushstrokes    Afurthered      Bshowed     Creplaced       Dexcluded(13) Milton Hershey was a successful entrepreneur whose openhearted generosity c

17、ontinues to touch the lives of thousands    Ageneration    Bkindness    Cfaculty       Dreadiness    (14) Green plants take in carbon dioxide and give off oxygen in a food-making process called photosynthe

18、sis    Adonate          Bcheck     Cwithhold        Drelease(15) The discovery of gold fields has long attracted large numbers of prospectors and other people because of the traditionally hi

19、gh value of gold    Asearchers       Binspectors    Cprotectors       Dinstructors(16) Even our Mitsubishi four-wheel-drive truck gets altitude sickness once in a while，so we like to give her a rest whenever we

20、 can    Asometimes       Busually    Coften           Dseldom(17)Sculptors from Pergamum developed a distinct style，which they employed in creating a magnificent altar dedicated to Zeus，king

21、 of the Greek gods    Aset up            Bcarved up    Cdevoted to        D1ed to(18)Working where there is no running water causes a lot of sufferingFortunately we have a cold spr

22、ing a short distance from our house    AForgivably        BSteadily    CConstantly        DLuckily(19)The research shows that nearly 130 species of birds are vulnerable to the predicted effects of cli

23、mate change    Aeasily attacked by         Bskillfully adapted to    Ccomfortably inclined to     Dclosely involved in(20)On the grounds of Wimbledon，a year-round museum is devoted to the joys and history of th

24、e sportand one of their current exhibits showcases Ted Tinling，the popular and controversial designer of tennis dresses    Aconflicting        Bwell-known    Cdebatable        DinnovativePart III 

25、; Reading Comprehension(45 minutes，25 points)Section ADirections：In this section，there are four passages followed by questions Or unfinished statements，each with four suggested answers A，B，C and DChoose the best answer and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet     Passage One 

26、;   Researchers analysed the diet of 1 6, 000 people in 52 countries and identified three global eating patternsThe typical Western diet, high in fat, salt and meat, accounted for about 30of heart attack risk in any populationA “prudent diet high in fruit and vegetables lowered heart risk

27、by a thirdAn Oriental diet，high in tofu, soy and other sauces, made no difference to heart attack riskPeople who ate a Western diet had a 35greater risk of having a heart attack than those who ate little or no friedThe typical Western diet has been widely linked to heart diseaseHigh salt in the diet

28、 can raise blood pressure and the wrong type of fat can clog(阻塞)blood vesselsEllen Mason, a cardiac nurse for the British Heart Foundation, said: “This study shows that it doesnt matter whether you live in Bolton or Bombay, or whether you like to eat British, African Caribbean or Asian foodsThe vita

29、l thing is to reduce your intake of salty, fried, fatty food to a minimum but increase the amount of fruit and vegetables you eat.  (21) Which of the following was NOT one of the three global eating patterns?    AA Western diet    BA “prudent" diet CAn Or

30、iental diet   DA popular diet (22) In what way does the typical Western diet do harm to our health?    AIt makes people eat little or no foods and meat    BIt is high in salt without fried foods and meat    CIt can block blood vessels with

31、the wrong type of fat    DIt leads to the connection between foods and heart attack(23) What is the most important message the writer intends to get across in terms of keeping a healthy diet?    ATry to eat more British foods and vegetables    BEat less f

32、ruit and fewer vegetables    CTry to eat more African Caribbean foods    DEat less salt and fat but more fruit and vegetablesPassage Two      Before Moko the dolphin turned up，the beached whales were in clear distressBut when Moko arrived at Mah

33、ia beach on the east coast of New ZealandS North Island，their mood changed and they followed him to safety    The ability of some animals to communicate is well known. Whats less well documented，however，is the communication between speciesJustin Gregg, vice president of the Dolphin Co

34、mmunication Project，said it is possible that a dolphin and a whale could communicate in some way“But it wouldnt be instructions like Hey，buddy，the open ocean is over hereFollow me, "he says    Dolphins use three forms of signaling to other dolphinswhistles，clicking and posturesA

35、whale might have signals in common with a dolphin，just as different species of dolphins are known to share signals which might theoretically allow a form of basic inter species communicationBut just as its possible that Moko the dolphin and the stranded whales shared a signal，it is also possible tha

36、t the whales just saw a vaguely similar creature and followed itThere are many reasons why different species communicate，says Vincent Janik，lecturer at the Sea Mammal Research Unit at St Andrews University“The animals exploit the systems of others for their own benefitsSometimes the benefits are the

37、 same for each，therefore they share informationSometimes they are trying to take advantage of the otherGetting food may not be to the advantage of the one giving up the food”(24) What happened after Moko the dolphin appeared at Mahia beach?    AThe beached whales still felt distressfu

38、l    BMoko 1ed the whales back to the sea    CThe whales were still stuck on the beach    DMoko and the whales swam together ashore(25) Scientists engaged in animal studies have collected            

39、Aenough data on how animals speak human languages    Bnone of the data on animals ability to communicate    C1ess data on how animals communicate between species    Dsome data on animals tendency to talk to humans(26) Dolphins communicate with one another

40、, using all the following types of signaling EXCEPT           Agestures       Bwhistles  Cclicking       Dpostures(27) The whales stranded on the beach followed the dolphin to safety probabl

41、y because             Athey understood the dolphins instruction “Follow me    Bthey had signals in common with one another    Cthey recognized some other animals not far away    Dthey shared those int

42、er-species signals with the dolphin(28) Why do animals of different species communicate with one another?    ABecause they like to set up their own communication systems    BBecause they want to take advantage of the other species    CBecause they tend to

43、 keep more food to themselves    DBecause they benefit from using the information from other speciesPassage Three    Competition breeds excellenceAsk anyone who pays attention to the car industry and they will tell you that the family-sedan segment is just brutal，with m

44、anufacturers fighting tooth and nail over every saleIn fact，that market has become more competitive in recent yearsIt used to just be the Camry and the Accord fighting for supremacy，but now you have new(Hyundai)and old(Ford)competitors，among others，joining the fight with interesting，well-made，compel

45、ling productsIts a great time to be shopping for a new family sedan    Compare that with the state of the tablet market todayHewlett-Packard is in retreatResearch in Motion is in a holding patternMotorola has been sold and its tablet is now an afterthoughtSamsung fights the good fight

46、，but it trails Apples market share by 50 percentage points    Apple is not just ahead of the pack，it almost is the packNow，some would say that this is also a simple result of economic laws at work：Apple makes a superior product，therefore it gets most of the salesBut what would be real

47、ly great is that，Apple，Google，Microsoft，and HP，locked in an epic battle for tablet supremacy，are each releasing new and better products at a furious pace，and each dropping prices substantially at a steady clip    Apple is driving innovation and creativity with each upgrade of the iPad

48、 it releasesBut this isnt about whether you prefer Apple or Android for your tabletThis isnt about picking sidesAs a consumer，I want there to be robust competition across the boardI want Coke and Pepsi，Target and Wal-Mart，Engadget and GizmodoIf youre a fan of Apple，you want there to be a worthy riva

49、l to push it，to keep its feet to the fireIf you dont like Apple，you want someone else in the game so that Apple doesnt suck all the air out of the roomAnd you want Apple to do the same pushing and foot scorching to its competitor that another company would do to it(29) The phrase “fighting tooth and

50、 nail”(Para1)means that car makers are           Acompeting fiercely with one another    Bbeating one another with their tooth and nail    Cextremely careful about the family-sedan segment    Dpaying more atten

51、tion to their tooth and nail(30) Why is it a great time to be shopping for a new family sedan?    ABecause competition is more interesting and compelling    BBecause Hyundai and Ford are joining the competition    CBecause customers have enough quality ca

52、rs to choose from    DBecause the Camry and the Accord are competing for supremacy(31) What are the tablet makers strategically doing，facing the brutal competition?    ADeveloping new products and reducing prices    BAnalyzing the results of the economic

53、laws CAdapting to the furious pace of development    DProviding best possible services for their products(32) The author brings in the pairs of Coke and PepsiTarget and Wal-Mart，Engadget and Gizmodo(Para4)to make            Aa com

54、parison      Ba contrast    Can abstraction     Dan exemplification(33) What does the phrase “to keep its feet to the fire” in the last paragraph mean?    ATo place Apples feet close to the fire    BTo pressure

55、 Apple into intensifying its competition    CTo force Apple to dance hard on the fire    DTo advise Apple to strategically drop its side products(34) Why does the author start with the car industry before he focuses on tablet market?    ABecause he treats

56、 the car industry as the key point for his writing    BBecause the car industry is more important than tablet market    CBecause he uses the car analogy for a more effective argumentation    DBecause the model of the car is far more popular in the market&

57、#160;Passage Four    So what are books good for ? My best answer is that books produce knowledge by encasing itBooks take ideas and set them down，transforming them through the limitations of space into thinking usable by othersIn 1959，CPSnow threw down the challenge of “two cultures t

58、he scientific and the humanistic，pursuing their separate，unconnected lives within developed societiesIn the new-media ecology of the 21st century，we may not have closed that gap，but the two cultures of the contemporary world are the culture of data and the culture of narrativeNarrative is rarely col

59、lectiveIt isnt infinitely expandableNarrative has a shape and a temporality，and it ends，just as our lives doBooks tell storiesScholarly books tell scholarly stories    Storytelling is central to the work of the narrative-driven disciplinesthe humanities and the nonquantitative social

60、sciencesand it is central to the communicative pleasures of readingEven argument is a form of narrativeDifferent kinds of books are，of course，good for different thingsSome should be created only for download and occasional access，as in the case of most reference projects，which these days are born di

61、gital or at least given dual passportsBut scholarly writing requires narrative fortitude，on the part of writer and readerThere is onthing wiki about the last set of Cambridge University Press monographs(專著)I purchased，and in each I encounter an individual speaking subject    Each sing

62、le-author book is immensely particular，a story told as only one storyteller could recount itScholarship is a collagist(拼貼畫家)，building the next road map of what we know book by bookStories end，and that，I think，is a very good thingA single authorial voice is a kind of performance，with an audience of o

63、ne at a time，and no performance should outstay its welcomeBecause a book must end，it must have a shape，the arc of thought that demonstrates not only the writers command of her or his subject but also that writers respect for the readerA book is its own set of bookends    Even if a boo

64、k is published in digital form，freed from its materiality，that shaping case of the codex(古書的抄本)is the ghost in the knowledge-machineWe are the case for booksOur bodies hold the capacity to generate thousands of ideas，perhaps even a couple of full-length monographs，and maybe a trade book or twoIf we

65、can get them right，books are luminous versions of our ideas，bound by narrative structure so that others can encounter those better，smarter versions of us on the page or screenBooks make the case for us，for the identity of the individual as an embodiment of thinking in the worldThe heart of what even

66、 scholars do is the endless task of making that world visible again and again by telling stories，complicated and subtle stories that reshape us daily so that new forms of know1edge can shine out  (35)According to the author，the narrative culture is       

67、      Aconnectable    Binfinitely expandable    Ccollective      Dnonquantitative(36) Storytelling can be regarded as the essence of all the following EXCEPT            Athe h

68、umanities       Bthe reference books    Cthe social sciences    Dthe pleasures of reading(37) What does the phrase “nothing wiki about(Para2)mean according to the passage?    ANothing casual about BNothing stimulating about    CNothing