1、2016年湖北省成人本科学位英语真题试卷及答案解析(总分：164.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：5，分数：50.00)1.Part I Reading Comprehension (30%)Directions: There are three 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
2、D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.（分数：10.00）_We have heard a lot about the health benefits of tea, especially green tea. It is high in polyphenols, compounds with strong antioxidant activity that in tes
3、t-tube and animal models show anticancer and heart-protective effects. Good clinical studies are few, however, and although physicians tell their patients to drink green tea, there hasnt been any definite proof of the value of that advice. A team of Japanese researchers was able to link green tea co
4、nsumption with decreased mortality from many causes-including heart disease. The researchers tracked 40,530 healthy adults ages 40 to 79 in a region of northeastern Japan where most people drink green tea, following them for up to 11 years. Those who drank five or more cups of green tea a day had si
5、gnificantly lower mortality rates than those who drank less than one cup a day. There were also fewer deaths from cardiovascular disease. But no such association was seen with deaths from cancer. Nor was consumption of oolong or black tea connected with any decrease in mortality. Those teas are easi
6、er to be combined with oxygen in processing, which not only darkens the color of the leaves and changes their flavor but also reduces their polyphenol content. Coffee is more complicated. It has received both gold stars and black marks in medical literature. It, too, contains antioxidants, although
7、they are less well studied than tea polyphenols. Evidence for the health benefits of coffee is growing, however. A group of investigators from Finland, Italy and the Netherlands reports that coffee seems to protect against age-related decline in mental capacity. The scientists studied 676 healthy me
8、n born from 1900 to 1920 and followed them for 10 years, using standardized measures of brain function. Their conclusion: the men who consumed coffee had significantly less decline in mental capacity than those who didnt. Three cups a day seemed to provide the most protection. Population studies lik
9、e those help us form assumptions about relationships between dietary habits and long-term health. We still have to test our suppositions in controlled conditions, and measure the effects of coffee and tea on various systems of the body.（分数：10.00）(1).Physicians often tell their patients to drink gree
10、n tea because( ).（分数：2.00）A.its medical value has been provedB.it is believed to be good for ones healthC.it has long since been used clinicallyD.its effectiveness has been shown in animals(2).The Japanese study seems to have confirmed the positive effect of green tea on( ).（分数：2.00）A.young adultsB.
11、Asian peopleC.patients with cancerD.patients with heart disease(3).The text indicates that black tea differs from green tea in that( ).（分数：2.00）A.it can retain the color of its leavesB.it can reduce cancer-related deathsC.it contains less polyphenol contentD.it is stronger in flavor than the latter(
12、4).Coffee is beneficial to ones health because( ).（分数：2.00）A.it has more antioxidants than green teaB.it slows down the rate of brain agingC.it lowers the rate of natural mortalityD.it keeps systems of the body active(5).The text indicates that the relationships between dietary habits and long-term
13、health( ).（分数：2.00）A.are a falsely perceived suppositionB.are a conflicting issue among peopleC.deserve further scientific researchD.deserve to be tested on a larger populationSometime in the middle of the 15th century, a well-to-do merchant from London buried more than 6, 700 gold and silver coins
14、on a sloping hillside in Surrey. He was fleeing the War of the Roses and planned to return during better times. But he never did. The coins lay undisturbed until one September evening in 1990,when local resident Roger Mintey chanced upon them with a metal detector, a device used to determine the pre
15、sence of metals. Minteys findmuch of which now sits in the British Museumearned him roughly $ 350,000, enough to quit his job with a small manufacturer and spend more time pursuing lost treasure. But digging up the past is controversial in Britain. In many European countries, metal detectorists, or
16、people using metal detectors, face tough regulations. In the U. K., however, officials introduced a scheme in 1997 encouraging hobbyists to report their discoveries(except for those falling under the definition of treasure, like Minteys find, which they are required to report)but allowing them to ke
17、ep what they find, or receive a reward. Last year, a hidden store was uncovered in a field outside Birmingham. It consists of more than 1,500 gold and silver objects from the seventh century and was valued at more than $ 4.5 million. While local museums hurry to raise enough money to keep the find o
18、ff the open market, it sits in limbo, owned by the Crown but facing claims by the landowner and the metal detectorist who found it. The find marks the latest battleground in the increasingly heated conflict between the countrys 10, 000-20,000 metal detectorists and the museum workers determined to p
19、rotect its precious old objects. Supporters say the scheme stems the loss of valuable information about precious old objects, while opponents argue that metal detectorists dont report everything. The debate centers on the larger question of who owns the past. “Theres been a slow move over the centur
20、ies that precious old things belong to us all,“ says Professor Christopher Chippindale of Cambridge University. But in Britain at least, the temptation of buried treasure could change all that.（分数：10.00）(1).According to the first paragraph, the coins in Surrey were( ).（分数：2.00）A.worth roughly $ 350,
21、000B.possessed by a local residentC.unearthed about 500 years agoD.left by a merchant during a war(2).What do we know about Roger Mintey?（分数：2.00）A.He produces metal detectors.B.He owns a manufacturing firm.C.He works for the British Museum.D.He seeks buried treasure as a hobby.(3).In the U. K., met
22、al detectorists( ).（分数：2.00）A.are rewarded for whatever they findB.are forced to obey tough regulationsC.may keep what they have discoveredD.should report whatever they discover(4).As for the find outside Birmingham, it is still unclear( ).（分数：2.00）A.how much it is worthB.how it was discoveredC.who
23、is entitled to itD.what it is made up of(5).According to Professor Christopher Chippindale, buried treasure( ).（分数：2.00）A.is owned by the publicB.is debated in a heated wayC.remains a big temptationD.turns precious over timeEvery year for more than a decade Ive gone with some good male friends to th
24、e music festival. Women are not invited, but they do prepare a picnic for our trip. The better the food, the more likely we are to continue our annual tradition and give them peace at least one week out of the year. When were not eating, we sit around in circles and talk about manly stuff; women, mo
25、stly. After years of this special journey I have figured out women are different from us, especially when it comes to how we communicate. Women dont need to manufacture reasons to chat, but guys need excuses like outings or organized events. And Ive noticed that when women are in groups there can be
26、 several conversations going on at once. When men are in a group, one man talks, and everybody else listens. Its like bluegrass jamming in a way;one musician plays the lead, and the rest try to follow. Ive had more heartfelt conversations with other men at the festival than Ive had at any other time
27、 in my life, partly because there are no women there, and partly because were all a little drunk. It was males bonding over whatever parts we still had left. The festival is also the only place Ive ever cried in front of other men. As the years have slipped by, some in our group have lost parents an
28、d grandparents, some have divorced, and others have changed careers, not always on purpose. It seems that every year something distressing has happened to at least one member of our crew, and the rest of us are there to listen and offer support. I hope that this column can offer some comfort to wome
29、n: if your man heads out on a bowling or poker night with the guys, be happy. Chances are good hes not fleeing you and the kids, but hes running toward the conversations he can only have with other men, and hell come home the better for it.（分数：10.00）(1).It is implied in the first paragraph that( ).（
30、分数：2.00）A.the trip is a relief for both men and womenB.the trip will continue in spite of everythingC.the quality of the picnic needs improvementD.the women can rarely get peace themselves(2).Men and women differ in the way they talk in that( ).（分数：2.00）A.men like to play the lead in conversationsB.
31、women can strike up a talk for any reasonC.men can be engaged in several talks at onceD.women are good listeners in conversations(3).That the author cried in front of other men reveals( ).（分数：2.00）A.the effect of bluegrass music upon menB.the effect of alcohol on mens behaviorsC.mens need to release
32、 their deep emotionsD.mens need to cultivate intimate friendship(4).What is the idea that the author wants to convey in paragraph 5?（分数：2.00）A.Life is doomed to be full of distresses.B.Changes are the constant theme of life.C.Friendship stays despite changes in life.D.Life consists of sweating and h
33、arvesting.(5).In the last paragraph, the author advises women to( ).（分数：2.00）A.encourage their husbands to improve their life styleB.encourage their husbands to go bowling or play pokerC.give their husbands chances to flee from houseworkD.give their husbands chances for male communicationGiven the c
34、hoice, younger professionals are most interested in working at tech companies like Apple and government agencies like the State Department, but they are comparatively disinterested in working in the financial industry, according to a survey conducted by Universum, a research firm. What attracts coll
35、ege graduates to big tech companies like Apple is mainly the cool factor surrounding these companies and their products, as the survey found young professionals were most influenced by the strength of the corporations brand when picking their most desired companies. “ Companies that have appealing c
36、onsumer brands generally also succeed in being perceived as attractive employers. People nowadays love to work for companies that produce their favorite products and services,“said Kortney Kutsop, employer branding specialist for Universum. “Also, market success is an important factor: The company n
37、eeds to be generally seen as innovative and best-in-class in whatever they do-thats the recipe for success. By contrast, financial institutions like Citigroup, whose brands have been spoiled in recent years by the collapse of the financial industry, ranked in the lower half of the list of 99 compani
38、es desired by young professionals. Beyond the power of a companys brand, college graduates were also heavily influenced by the perceived financial stability of each company, which may explain why major corporations like Apple would rank at the top, since they are constantly expanding and hiring new
39、employees. On the other hand, government agencies, which fared slightly worse than the tech companies, may have been hurt by perceived weaknesses in recent years, given that the public sector as a whole has been forced to freeze wages and lay off employees. Universum, which surveyed more than 10,000
40、 young professionals who graduated from college in the last eight years, also found that many of them are looking to switch jobs in the near future. In fact, half of those surveyed claimed to have applied to other jobs in the past year and a quarter plan to switch jobs within six months, suggesting
41、that the organizations at the top of this list may be flooded with new applications in the coming months.（分数：10.00）(1).The Universum survey found that college graduates( ).（分数：2.00）A.are sponsored by government agenciesB.refuse to work in the financial industryC.are given better choices in employmen
42、tD.prefer to work at major tech companies(2).According to Kortney Kutsop, young professionals nowadays( ).（分数：2.00）A.are brand-oriented in job huntingB.are brand-conscious in consumptionC.are eager to be innovative employeesD.are eager to get the recipe for success(3).Citigroup has become less appea
43、ling to young job seekers due to( ).（分数：2.00）A.its inadequate serviceB.its ruined reputationC.its lack of creativityD.its heavy workload(4).Compared with those at tech companies, jobs at government agencies in recent years( ).（分数：2.00）A.are better paidB.are better ratedC.are less secureD.are less de
44、manding(5).In the survey, a majority of young professionals who graduated from college in the last eight years( ).（分数：2.00）A.are influenced by financial instabilityB.are employed by big tech companiesC.have decided to change their careersD.have found jobs in the public sector二、Vocabulary and Struc(总
45、题数：21，分数：42.00)2.Part II Vocabulary and Structure (30%)Directions: In this part, there are 30 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a sin
46、gle line through the center.（分数：2.00）_3.The young man speaks Japanese fluently as if he( )a Japanese.（分数：2.00）A.wereB.would beC.isD.had been4.Since it is already midnight, we( )now.（分数：2.00）A.had better leavingB.had better leaveC.had better to leaveD.had better have left5.Before the war broke out, m
47、any people( )in safe places possessions they could not take with them.（分数：2.00）A.threw awayB.put awayC.gave awayD.carried away6.Lord Jim( )a private school five years ago with the money he earned through hard work.（分数：2.00）A.findsB.foundC.foundsD.founded7.You will see to( )the engine does not get ou
48、t of order.（分数：2.00）A.it thatB.thatC.whichD.whether8.Rabbits are quiet animals,( )they are able to make 20 different sounds.（分数：2.00）A.howB.in spite ofC.because ofD.even though9.Have you ever seen a( )bag on the table?（分数：2.00）A.plastic small blackB.black small plasticC.plastic black smallD.small bl
49、ack plastic10.When Bob and his friends came, we( )our supper then.（分数：2.00）A.hadB.were havingC.haveD.are having11.Every field of chemistry( )different chemical reactions.（分数：2.00）A.holdsB.consistsC.composesD.involves12.It is not the tools a scientist uses but how he uses them that( )him a scientist.（分数：2.00）A.makeB.makesC.madeD.will make13.It is necessary for students to take tests at mont
