2006年成人高考英語試題及答案下(高起點(diǎn))

1、2006 年成人高考英語試題及答案下（高起點(diǎn) ）12、Vocabulary and Structure。points,1 point each從1. The traffic was held up for more than thirty minutes,caused me toarrive late.A. itB. thatC. whatD. which答案：D2. he has many friend，s he is often feeling lonely.A. AsB. WhenC. WhileD. Since答案： C3. Poor speaker of English though

2、 he was at the tim，e he still managed to makehimself.A.understandB.understoodC.understandingD.to understand答案： B4. There are many sales this seaso，nduring which stores will lower theirprices.A.normalB.generalC.ordinaryD.usual答案：A5. As for family education， parents are encouraged to rely onrather tha

3、npunishment.A. criticismB. intimidationC. persuasionD. scolding答案：C6. Scientists doubt whether it?sto regulate one?s biological clock bydrinking.A.feasibleB.incredibleC.fashionableD.valuable答案： A7. You?d better leave thingsif you don?t know how to deal withhtem.A.lonelyB.onlyC.loneD.alone答案： D8. The

4、 room was quiet，the occasional coughing from my throat.A.in caseB.except forC.by farD.instead of答案： B9. So far scientists have only acquiredunderstanding of the physicalprocesses that cause earthquakes.A.a partialB.a changeableC.an originalD.an individual答案：A10. The profit-sharing plan is designed t

5、othe staff to work hard.A.calculateB.demonstrateC.speculateD.motivate答案： D二、Cloze Test(1O points,1 point each下列短文中有十個(gè)空白，每個(gè)空白有四個(gè)選 項(xiàng)。根據(jù)上下文要求選出最佳答案，并在答題紙上將相應(yīng)的字母涂黑。1. Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman.A man goes shopping1he needs something.His purpose is sett

6、led and decided2.He knows what he wants and his objective is to find it and3it;the price is a secondary4.Most men5walk into a shop and ask the salesman6what they want.If the shop has it in stock,the salesman promptly7it,and the business of trying it on proceeds8.All being well,the9can be and often i

7、s completed in less than five minutes,with hardly any bargain and to their satisfaction.For a ma，n slight problems may begin when the shop does not have what he wan，ts10 does not have exactly what he wants.In that case the salesma，nas the name implies， tries to sell the customer something else.(1).(

8、A).(B).(C).(D). 答案：Dalthough before unless because(2).(A).(B).(C).(D). 答案： Ain advance in addition in contrast in return(3).(A).(B).(C).(D). 答案： Cbook order buy take(4).(A).(B).(C).(D). 答案： Btransaction consideration regulation possession(5).(A).(B).simply necessarily(C). reluctantly(D). inevitably答

9、案：A(6) .(A) . of(B) . with(C). for(D). at 答案： C(7) .(A) . leaves(B) . makes(C). prevents(D). produces 答案： D(8) .(A) . at once(B) . at first(C). at best(D). at least答案： A(9) .(A) . sale(B) . deal(C). payment(D). request答案： B(10) .(A) . and(B) . or(C). but(D). as 答案： B三、Reading Comprehension(30 points

10、,2 points eac從下列每篇短文的問題后所給 的四個(gè)選擇項(xiàng)中選出一個(gè)最佳答案，并在答題紙上將相應(yīng)的字母涂黑。1. My husband Christopher was once a financial planner.Even though he couldn?t balance our budge，t his clients trusted him completely and he made them feel secure.In exchange they paid him very well.We had a nice life then.At that tim，e my yo

11、ga studio瑜伽館)was just starting to make a profi, and I had recently decorated it.At last， I was in control of my working life and poured my heart and soul into making it succeed.When we first met， I fell hard for Christopher right away,although I wouldn?t call it love.I?d never been with a man who wa

12、s prettier than I was,but after a while I got used to this， and it didn?t bother me so much.I was recovering from a broken heart and needed something to help me move on.If it wasn?t love,it was good enough， and when he asked me to marry him I jumped at the chanc，eknowing that it might be my last.Thi

13、ngs started out so well.I was working steadily and Christopher was patiently climbing up the ladder in his department.Then， without any warning， one gray winter afternoon in year five， he just upped and left his desk at the ban，k handed in his resignation， and came home and told me he wanted to star

14、t an interior design business.He has always loved mixing and matching， and has a real eye for color,textur，e and shape， but the idea of turning a hobby into a business wasn?t something we had ever discussed.I thought the stress of his job was becoming too much and perhaps he would take a few months

15、off over the spring and summer to relax and get the idea out of his system.I didn?t believe he could be serious.But once he had a few clien， tshe began to draw up plan，s ordering catalogues and turning our empty workshop into a kind of makeshift studio with all of his sketches pinned to the wall.Aft

16、er spending a lot of time and money on all of this preparation， and really doing quite a nice job of it， he called each client in turn and apologize，d saying he wouldn?tbe able to design their living spaces after all.(1).As a financial planner,Christopher.(A).paid his clients very well(B).was truste

17、d by his clients(C).was making his yoga studio profitable(D).could make his family?s budget balanced答案： B(2) . The woman in the passage.(A) .fell in love with Christopher at first sight(B) .managed a yoga studio with her husband(C) .felt really uncomfortable with a smart man(D) .married Christopher

18、because of a broken heart答案：A(3).His wife thought Christopher suddenly quit his job because he.(A).couldn?t wait to get promoted(B).had experience in interior design(C).wanted to do something he enjoyed(D).couldn?t bear the pressure from his job答案： D(4).The womanher husband?s decision.(A).was suppor

19、tive of(B).was indifferent to(C).was satisfied with(D).was negative about答案： D(5). It can be inferred from the last paragraph that Christopher.(A) . was more likely to change his mind(B) . would return to his office in the bank(C) . made a big success in interior design(D) . was not wellprepared for

20、 his business答案：A2. In a quiet， darkened lecture room， you begin a frustrating fight against fatigue.The overhead projector hum，s and you cannot concentrate on the slides.You stop absorbing information and become absentminded.The professor lost you a long time ago.You are bored.Virtually everyone ge

21、ts bored once in a while.Most of us chalk it up to a dull environment. “ The most common way to define boredom in Western culture is ,having nothing to do， ?” says psyclhoogist Stephen Vodanovich of the University of West Florida.And indeed， early research into the effects of boredom focused on peop

22、le forced to perform dull tasks， such as working a factory assembly line.But boredom is not merely an natural property of the circumstances,researchers say.Rather this perception is subjective and rooted in aspects of consciousness.Levels of boredom vary among peop：le some individuals are far less l

23、iable to boredom than other and some such as extroverts性格外向者),are more likely to have this feeling.Thus，a new generation of scientists is coping with the psychological interpretations of this most tedious of human emotions and they have found that it is more complicated than is commonly known.Resear

24、chers say that boredom is not a unified concept but rather comes in several flavors.Level of attention,an aspect of conscious awareness plays an important role in boredom， such that improving a person?s ability to focus may therefore decrease boredom.Emotional factors can also contribute to boredom.

25、People who are poor in understanding their own feelings and those who become sucked in and distracted by their moods are more easily bo，redfor example.Staying away from tedium is not easy.People who are liable to boredom are more likely to suffer from ills such as depression and drug addiction； they

26、 also tend to be socially awkward and poor performers at school or work.(1) . The purpose of the first paragraph is to.(A) . illustrate why people are less able to focus(B) . show how boring a lecture in a dark room is(C) . tell people how fatigue affects concentration(D) . describe a situation wher

27、e people can get bored答案：D(2) . It can be concluded from Para.2 that.(A) . doing nothing leads people to get bored easily(B) . western people pay little attention to boredom(C) . boredom only affects the assembly line worker(D) . people are liable to get bored in a dull situation答案： D(3) . Researche

28、rs hold that boredom results from.(A) .natural surroundings(B) .various kinds of factors(C) .sensitive personalities(D) .subjective perceptions答案： B(4) . Improvement of people?s ability to focus may.(A) . affect their moods(B) .distract their minds(C) .reduce their boredom(D) . increase their depres

29、sion答案： C(5) . The passage mainly involves.(A) . effects of boredom on people?s life and work(B) . various ways to conquer the feeling of boredom(C) . studies of possible reasons why people get bored(D) . the importance of scientific research into boredom答案： C3. Storytelling is one of the few human

30、features that are truly universal across culture and through all of known history.Anthropologists find evidence of folktales everywhere in ancient cultures， written in Sanskrit， Latin,Greek,Chinese， Egyptian and Sumerian.People in societies of all types weave stori，esfrom oral storytellers in hunter

31、gatherer tribes to the millions of writers bringing out books， television shows and movies.And when a characteristic behavior shows up in so many different societies，researchers pay attention： its roots may tell us something about our evolutionary past.To study storytelling， scientists must first de

32、fine what constitutes a story,and that can prove tricky.Because there are so many diverse forms,scholars often define story structure，known as narrative， by explaining what it is not.Exposition contrasts with narrative by being a simple， straightforward explanation,such as a list of facts or an ency

33、clopedia entry.Another standard approach defines narrative as a series of causally linked events that unfold over time.A third definition draws on the typical narrative?s subject matte：r the interactions of intentional agentscharacters with minds who possess various motivations.However narrative is

34、defined，people know it when they feel it.Whether fiction or nonfiction，a narrative engages its audience through psychological realism recognizable emotions and believable interactions among characters.“ Everyone has a natural detector for psychological realis，m” says Raymond A.Mar,assistant professo

35、r of psychology at York University in Toronto. an tell “ We c when something rings false.” But the besttshtoosreiersetold through generationsand translated into other languages do more than simply present a believable picture.These tales attract their audienc，e whose emotions can be closely tied to

36、those of the story?s characters.Such immersio沉浸)is a state psychologistscall “narrative transport ”.Researchers have only begun figuring out the relations among the variables that can initiate narrative transport.(1) .The passage indicates that storytelling.(A) .is becoming less and less popular in

37、modern societies(B) .attracts researchers?attention all through human history(C) .is the best way to show the evolutionary past of human beings(D) .is a common cultural phenomenon all through the known history答案：D(2) .The phrase “a characteristic behavior”in Para.1 refers to.(A).telling stories(B).w

38、riting books(C).studying folktales(D).producing movies答案： A(3) . Exposition is characterized by.(A).believable pictures(B).diverse subject matters(C).a simple and direct explanation(D).a number of causally linked events答案：C(4) .How many approaches are mentioned to define a narrative?(A).One.(B).Two.

39、(C).Three(D).Four.答案： C(5).The best stories attract their audience because they(A).present a believable picture(B).express the audience?s emotions(C).are translated into other languages(D).are retold from generation to generation答案： B四、Word Spelling(10 points,1 point for two words) 將下列漢語單詞譯成英語。每 個(gè)單詞

40、的詞類、首字母及字母數(shù)目均已給出。請(qǐng)將完整的單詞寫在答題紙上。1. 能力，能耐 n.a答案： ability2. 吹噓，自夸 v.b_ _ _ _ 答案： boast3. 取消，刪除 v.c答案： cancel4. 危險(xiǎn)的，不安全的 a.d答案： dangerous5. 過多的，過分的 a.e答案： excessive6. 設(shè)備；便利 n.f答案： facility7. 喂草，放牧 v.g_ _ _ _ 答案： graze8. 幾乎不，幾乎沒有 ad.h答案： hardly9. 包括，包含 v.i答案： include10. 律師 n.l答案： lawyer11. 較大的，主要的 a.m_ _

41、 _ _答案： major12. 國家的，民族的 a.n答案： national13. 操作，經(jīng)營 n.o答案： operation14. 透入，滲入 v.p答案： penetrate15. 拒絕，謝絕 v.r答案： refuse16. 幸存，存活 n.s答案： survival17. 技術(shù)員n.t答案： technician18. 在樓上，往樓上 ad.u答案： upstairs19. 老兵，老手 n.v答案： veteran20. 獲勝者，優(yōu)勝者 n.w答案： winner 【評(píng)分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)】多寫、少寫或錯(cuò)寫一個(gè)字母均為錯(cuò)。五、Word Form(10 points,1 point each將括

42、號(hào)中的各詞變?yōu)檫m當(dāng)?shù)男问教钊肟瞻住?答案寫在答題紙上。1. It was_(care)of her to leave her purse lying on the desk. 答案： careless2. The_(frighten)child gripped his mother?s hands tightly. 答案： frightened3. It might be possible to convert_(explode)energy into heat. 答案： explosive4. Tom shouted at his wife， “ You_(find)fault with m

43、e.”答案： are finding5. Jack has exerted all his_(strong)to attain his goal. 答案： strength6. The surface of the earth_(cover)by masses of land and larger areas of water. 答案： is covered7. Tom was the only one of the lookers-on who_(be)willing to help. 答案： was8. Unless there?s a storm,we shall set off on

44、our journey tomorrow as_ (plan). 答案： planned9. The young man was so tired that he fell_(sleep)the moment his head touched the pillow.答案： asleep10. I would rather he_(paint)the wall white next time. 答案： painted【評(píng)分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)】語法錯(cuò)誤或拼寫錯(cuò)誤均不給分。六、Translation from Chinese into English(15 points,3 points each將下列各句 譯成

45、英語并將答案寫在答題紙上。1. 電腦能幫助解決科學(xué)研究中的許多問題。 答案： Computers can help solve a lot of problems in scientific researches.2. 好書的產(chǎn)生是努力工作的結(jié)果。 答案： Good books come about as the result of hard work. Good books are the result of hard work.3. 問題在于她是否能自己克服這些困難。答案： The question is whether she herself can overcome these dif

46、ficulties. The question is whether she can overcome these difficulties on her own.4. 每個(gè)聽到那條消息的人都興奮得跳了起來。答案： Everybody who had heard the news jumped for joy/with excitement.5. 你只要不灰心，一定會(huì)成功的。答案： As long as you dont lose heart,you will succeed.【評(píng)分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)】(1) 主要語法錯(cuò)誤(如動(dòng)詞時(shí)態(tài)、語態(tài)、虛擬語氣、主謂一致、否定、疑問以及其他句型錯(cuò)誤 )或影響基本句意的重要用詞錯(cuò)誤扣 1分。(2) 非基本語法錯(cuò)誤 (如介詞、代詞、冠詞、大小寫、標(biāo)點(diǎn)等錯(cuò)誤 )以及不影響基本句意的用詞錯(cuò) 誤每兩處扣 1分。(3) 拼寫錯(cuò)誤每兩處扣 1分。拼寫錯(cuò)誤本大題總扣分不超過 3分。(4) 如所用句型與答案不一致，只要語言和意義正確，均應(yīng)給分。七、Translation from English into Chinese(15 points將下列短文譯成漢語并將答 案寫在答題紙上。1. Everyone agrees that childre