2015年湖南成人高等教育学士学位 英语模拟试题和答案解析（三）
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选作题I：
Part IDialogue Communication ( 15 % )
Directions: In this section, you will read 15 short incomplete dialogues between two speakers, each followed by 4 choices marked A ,B , C and D. Choose the answer that best suits the situation to complete the dialogue by marking the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
1. Speaker A: Firstly, allow me to introduce myself. My name is John Brown, manager of the company.
Speaker B：
A. You must be mistaken. I don' t know you at all. B. Hello, Brown! I haven' t seen you for ages.
C. How do you do, Mr. Brown? Very happy to see you. D. Hi, John! Welcome to China.
2. W: How long can I keep the book? M： A. Yes. You can keep it.
B. No. I' m afraid you should return it now.
C. Three weeks. But you can renew it if you need it for a longer time. D. You can take it at any time you want.
3. Speaker A: Take a seat, Mr. Brown. Could you tell me which position you think most appeals to you? Speaker B：
A. Well, I' m easy-going and have many personal interests. B. I' m strong-willed and determined.
C. I prefer to take the post of sales manager if you think I' m qualified. D. I don' t quite care whatever is offered to me.
4. W: I was thinking of staying in tonight to surf the Internet, do you want to join me?
M:
A. Staying in tonight to surf the Internet? It' s a good idea. Enjoy yourself. B. Join you with the Internet? What about the Internet? C. What I want to do is nothing else but take a walk.
D. Not really. I work on the computer all day long. I need a break from computer' s screen.
5. Speaker A: I wonder if Ann will come. It' s 8:30 now and she was supposed to come at 8: 00.
Speaker B：
A. She assured me she would start at 7: 30. Maybe she had been held up by the traffic.
B. You shouldn' t be wondering. I believe she won' t come. C. Don' t worry. Let' s wait here until she comes. D. Yes. I do agree with you.
6. M:What are you doing?
W:Trying to get this wine stain(污渍) out of the carpet.
M:Hang on. There' s some soda here. It should take the stain right out. W :Really? Hey, A. it is really functioning. B. it is really working. C. it is really playing. D. it is really influencing.
7. Endy : Hi, Tom. How is everything? Tom. A. I don' t care at all. B. No good, thanks.
C. Not bad. How are you? D. Thank you for asking.
8. Grandpa: Robbie, we' ll go fishing soon, and we' ll take your Dad with us. Grandson: I'm ready, Grandpa. A. You name the day. B. Enjoy yourselves. C. You can' t miss it. D. Take your time.
9. Teacher: Where is Mike this morning? Student: He' s got a cold. Teacher: A. Just tell him to take it easy. B. He is absent.
C. What' s the matter with him ？ D. What? Where is he?
10. W: How was the job interview? I think you make a good journalist(记者). M:
A. Well. My application was a journalist. B. Well. I gave it up as I was a journalist.
C. Well. The interview is OK. But I want to be a journalist. D. Well. The people interviewed were not very cooperative.
11. Speaker A: Have you ever done any work in this field? Speaker B : A. It doesn' t mean I can' t do it well without experience. B. No. But we did some practice in class. C. Maybe I can try it now.
D. This is just the chance for me to practice.
12. W : This book is great. I can' t put it down. M:
A. What? I can' t imagine your being excited by a book. B. Sorry. Books cannot attract you so much. C. I doubt you are involved in something else. D. Perhaps this book is something mysterious.
13. Waiter: Customer: Yes, I' ll have a cheeseburger, with French fries(薯条). A. What do you want to eat?
B. Have you decided what to have yet? C. Excuse me, are you ready to order now? D. Excuse me, but who' s like to order?
14. W: How did you do with your essay for Professor Black Scott? M.
A. Everything is OK. But I failed to finish it.
B. Professor Smith Scott didn' t work successfully enough to let me believe in him. C. Nonsense. It' s not your business.
D. Not too bad, it took me almost 10 hours.
15. Mary: Tom, would you like to go to a party this Sunday? Tom： What kind of party ? Mary: It' s a birthday party. A. Sounds good B. Looks nice C. Seems all right
D. Feels excellent
Part I Reading Comprehension (30%)
Directions : There are 3 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 decideon 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:
Some psychologists(心理学家) maintain that mental acts such as thinking are not performed
in the brain alone, but that one' s muscles also participate. (76) It may be said that we think with our muscles in somewhat the same way that we listen to music with our bodies. You surely are not surprised to be told that you usually listen to music not only with your ears
but with your whole body. Few people can listen to music without moving their body or, more specifically, some part of their body. Often when one listens to a symphonic concert on the radio, he is attracted to direct the orchestra (乐队) even though he knows there is a good conductor on the job.
Strange as this behavior may be, there is a very good reason for it. One cannot derive all possible enjoyment from music unless he participates, so to speak, in its performance. The listener \motions of his body.
( 77 ) The muscles of the body actually participate in the mental process of thinking in the same way, but this participation is less obvious because it is less noticeable.
1. Some psychologists think that thinking is A. not a mental process
B. more of a physical process than a mental action C. a process that involves our entire bodies
D. a process that involves the muscles as well as the brain
2. The process of thinking and that of listening to music are similar in that A. both are mental acts
B. muscles participate in both processes
C. both processes are performed by the entire body D. we derive equal enjoyment from them
3. Few people are able to listen to familiar music without
A. moving some part of their body
B. stopping what they are doing to listen C. directing the orchestra playing it
D. wishing that they could conduct music properly
4. The listener's way of \ A. the unnoticed motion of his muscles B. \C. bending an ear to the music
D. being the conductor of the orchestra
5. According to the passage, muscle participation in the process of thinking is A. deliberate B. Apparent C. indistinct D. impressive
Passage 2
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:
It is difficult to imagine what life would be like without memory. (78) The meanings of. thousands of everyday perceptions , the bases for the decisions we make, and the roots of our habits and skills are to be found in our past experiences, which are brought into the present by memory. Memory can be defined as the capacity to keep information available for later use. It includes
not only \things like arithmetic or historical facts, but also involving any change in
the way an animal typically behaves. (79)Memory is involved when a rat gives up eating grain be- cause he has sniffed something suspicious in the grain pile. Memory is also involved when a six-
year-old child learns to swing a baseball bat.
Memory exists not only in humans and animals but also in some physical objects and machines. Computers, for example, contain devices for storing data for later use. It is interesting to
compare the memory-storage capacity of a computer with that of a human being. The instant-access memory of a large computer may hold up to 100,000 \words\--ready for instant use. An average U.S. teenager probably recognizes the meaning of about 100,000 words of English. However, this is but a fraction of the total amount of information which the teenager has stored. Consider, for example, the number of faces and places that the teenager can recognize on sight.
The use of words is the basis of the advanced problem-solving intelligence of human