1、成人本科英语-119 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part Reading Compr(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Passage 1(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Almost every family buys at least one copy of a newspaper every day. Some people subscribe(订阅) to as many as two or three newspapers. But why do people read newspapers?Five hundred years ago, news of
2、important happenings - battles lost and won, kings or rulers overthrown(推翻)or killed took months and even years to travel from one country to another. The news passed by word of mouth and was never accurate. Today we can read in our newspapers of important events that occur in far away countries on
3、the some day they happen.Apart from supplying news from all over the world, newspapers give us a lot of other useful information. There are weather reports, radio, television and film guides, book reviews, stories and, of course, advertisements. (76) The bigger ones are put in by large companies to
4、bring attention to their products. They pay the newspapers thousands of dollars for the advertising space, but it is worth the money, for news of their products goes into almost every home in the country.For those who produce newspapers, advertisements are also very important. Money earned from adve
5、rtisements makes it possible for them to sell their newspapers at a low price and still make a profit.(77) Newspapers often have information on gardening, cooking and fashion, as well as a small but very popular section on jokes and cartoons(漫画). （分数：10.00）(1).The habit of reading newspapers is _.（分
6、数：2.00）A.uncommon in the worldB.not popular in U.S.A.C.widespread in the worldD.founded among a few families(2).A few hundred years ago news did not _.（分数：2.00）A.receive attentionB.travel fastC.travel slowlyD.spread to other countries(3).In the past, news was _.（分数：2.00）A.sent by e - mailB.passed fr
7、om one person to anotherC.sent by letterD.sent by telephone(4).The money people spend on advertisements is _.（分数：2.00）A.wastedB.not muchC.worthwhileD.no use(5).In the last paragraph, the author tells us the section on jokes and cartoons is _.（分数：2.00）A.read only by childrenB.of no valueC.not helpful
8、D.read by many三、Passage 2(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Believe it or not, optical illusion(错觉)can cut highway crashes.(78) Japan is a case in point. (79) It has reduced automobile crashes on some roads by nearly 75 percent using a simple optical illusion. Bent stripes, called chevrons(人字形), painted on the roads m
9、ake drivers think that they are driving faster than they really are, and thus drivers slow down.Now the American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety in Washington D.C. is planning to repeat Japans success. Starting next year, the foundation will paint chevrons and other patterns of
10、stripes on selected roads around the country to test how well the patterns reduce highway crashes.(80) Excessive speed plays a major role in as much as one fifth of all fatal traffic accidents, according to the foundation. To help reduce those accidents, the foundation will conduct its tests in area
11、s where speed - related hazards are the greatest-curves, exit slopes, traffic circles, and bridges.Some studies suggest that straight, horizontal bars painted across roads can initially cut the average speed of drivers in half. However, traffic often returns to full speed within months as drivers be
12、come used to seeing the painted bars.Chevrons, scientists say, not only give drivers the impression that they are driving faster than they really are but also make a lane appear to be narrower. The result is a longer lasting reduction in highway speed and the number of traffic accidents.（分数：10.00）(1
13、).The main point of the passage is _.A. a new way of highway speed controlC. a new approach to training driversB. a new pattern for painting highwaysD. a new type of optical illusion（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).On roads painted with chevrons, drivers tend to feel that _.（分数：2.00）A.they axe driving in the wr
14、ong laneB.they should avoid speed- related hazardsC.they should slow down their speedD.they are approaching the speed limit(3).The advantage of chevrons over straight horizontal bars is that the former _.（分数：2.00）A.can keep drivers awakeB.can cut road accidents completelyC.will have a longer effect
15、on driversD.will look more attractive(4).The American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety plans to _.（分数：2.00）A.try out the Japanese method in certain areasB.sign the chevrons across the countryC.replace straight horizontal bars with chevronsD.repeat the Japanese road patterns(5).Wh
16、at does the author say about straight, horizontal bars painted across roads?（分数：2.00）A.They are falling out of use in the United States.B.They tend to be ignored by drivers in a short period of time.C.They are applicable only on broad roads.D.They cannot be applied successfully to traffic circles.四、
17、Passage 3(总题数：1，分数：10.00)The atmosphere is all the air surrounding the earth. Without it, we would be forced to seek shelter from the sun, as there would be no atmosphere to protect us from the suns deadly rays.Large and powerful, the atmosphere consists of an ocean of gases hundreds of miles high.
18、It presses down on our bodies with a force of more than fourteen pounds per square inch. The narrow column of air which rests upon our shoulders weighs almost 2000 pounds. But our bodies are built in such a way that this weight does not crush(压碎)us.In this huge ocean of air there is more energy than
19、 in all the coal, oil, and gas we have on earth. Electrical energy is collected in the atmosphere as water is collected and stored in a dam. The existence of electricity in the air has been known for centuries. But a thorough study of electricity in the atmosphere was not possible until the developm
20、ent of radio and radar.One scientist, Dr. Sydney Chapman, has tried to explain the electric field which surrounds the earth. He believes that great storms on the sun create large mounts of electric energy. This energy is contained in a very light gas called hydrogen. The earth pulls the gas toward i
21、t, and a ring is formed around the earth several thousand feet above its surface. The great space ring is a powerful current of electrical energy. Sometimes the ring comes down and curves into the lower atmosphere, causing strange electrical effects.His idea explains many things. It has long been kn
22、own that there is an electric field inside the earth. It moves in much the same manner as the electric energy contained in the atmosphere. Scientists now believe that the electric energy in the atmosphere causes the electric energy inside the earth to flow.If we can learn to control the energy in th
23、e atmosphere, we will have an unending supply of energy. Many scientists are trying to learn how to control it. In the meantime, even those of us who are not scientists have begun to pay attention to air. We realize that air does not contain the same elements that it contained years age. Automobiles
24、, airplanes, factories, and atomic explosions have added dust and waste gases to the atmosphere, It is time to learn how to protect our atmosphere, the roof over the world of man.（分数：10.00）(1).We know the atmosphere as _.（分数：2.00）A.the total amount of oxygen over the earthB.mixture of gases surround
25、ing the earthC.a source of stormsD.the diffusion of waste gas(2).All of the following are true Except _.（分数：2.00）A.the atmosphere is important to none.B.a great deal of damage from the suns deadly rays would be done to us, if there were no atmosphere.C.the atmosphere, as the author described, is the
26、 roof under which man can live safely on Earth.D.electricity in the atmosphere is being studied from every aspect.(3).Quantity of energy contained in the atmosphere is _.（分数：2.00）A.smaller than that in coal aloneB.smaller than that either in oil or in gas that we have on EarthC.greater than that in
27、coal, oil and gas on Earth combinedD.greater than that in coal, oil and gas on Earth, respectively(4).According to scientists, if the energy in the atmosphere were put under our control, what would happen?（分数：2.00）A.We have an inexhaustible supply of energy from it.B.This could bring the world to an
28、 energy crisis.C.The sources of energy on Earth would become unreliable.D.We find ourselves in difficult position with environmental pollution.(5).The main topic of the passage is _.（分数：2.00）A.composition of the atmosphereB.pressure from the atmosphereC.air pollution in the atmosphereD.the relations
29、hip between the atmosphere and men五、Part Vocabulary an(总题数：30，分数：30.00)1.I enjoyed the concert last night; they played _ beautiful music.（分数：1.00）A.suchB.such aC.soD.so a2.Difficulties and hardships have _ the best qualities of the young geologist.（分数：1.00）A.brought upB.brought outC.brought aboutD.b
30、rought forth3.“Do you _ a drink?“ asked the man of the woman.（分数：1.00）A.feel likeB.felt likeC.feel like toD.feel liked4.The Panama Canal was constructed in 1915 _ three hundred fifty million dollars.（分数：1.00）A.at half cost toB.at a cost ofC.at any costD.at all costs5.We are interested in the weather
31、 because it. _ us so directly what we wear, what we do, and even how we feel.（分数：1.00）A.affectsB.effectsC.guidesD.directs6.Our teacher asked us to do a _ writing after class.（分数：1.00）A.three- hundred- wordB.three- hundred - wordsC.three- hundreds- wordD.three 2. hundreds- words7.The man in the comer
32、 confessed to _ a lie to the manager of the company.（分数：1.00）A.have toldB.having been toldC.being toldD.having told8.He will come to call on you the moment he _ his work.（分数：1.00）A.will finishB.finishesC.finishD.shall finish9.What you are doing _ very important in your work.（分数：1.00）A.seemedB.seemsC
33、.seemD.is to seem10.No sooner had he left _ the police arrived.（分数：1.00）A.thanB.thatC.whenD.then11.Somebody has disclosed the secret, _ ?（分数：1.00）A.has heB.hasnt theyC.hasnt oneD.havent they12.When you go to a foreign country, you must _ yourself to new manners and customs.（分数：1.00）A.adoptB.admitC.a
34、daptD.adhere13.Robert was very stubborn and nobody could convince him _ his mistakes.（分数：1.00）A.atB.ofC.withD.by14.You must accustom yourself to be more at your _ when you are with people.（分数：1.00）A.comfortB.freedomC.easeD.peace15.“Have you got some red eggs?“ “No, but Ive got _ .“（分数：1.00）A.any whi
35、te onesB.some white onesC.some white oneD.any white one16.So little _ about mathematics that the lecture was completely beyond me.（分数：1.00）A.I knewB.do I knowC.did I knowD.have I known17.The most important environmental influence on fish is water temperature, for fish tend to _ the temperature of th
36、eir surroundings.（分数：1.00）A.avoidB.exceedC.assumeD.regulate18.From the way you are talking I can only _ the conclusion that you are not the slightest bit interested in the project.（分数：1.00）A.drawB.arriveC.comeD.take19.The engine is _ at 6,000 revolutions per minute.（分数：1.00）A.turning inB.turning off
37、C.turning overD.turning to20.My father is good at solving this kind of problem. If only he _ here!（分数：1.00）A.wereB.will beC.wasD.is21.She took good care of public property and _ a good example to all of us.（分数：1.00）A.copyB.setC.takeD.make22.The two men spoke in whispers lest they _.（分数：1.00）A.should
38、 be heardB.would be heardC.were heardD.hear23.His colour is not relevant _ whether he is a good lawyer.（分数：1.00）A.ofB.forC.toD.with24.My wife would rather we _ each other any more.（分数：1.00）A.do not seeB.did not seeC.will not seeD.had not seen25.She will never forget the day _ she joined the party.（分
39、数：1.00）A.whenB.whichC.thatD.where26.How about _ some money?（分数：1.00）A.to give meB.give to meC.giving meD.given to me27.It was years _ I bad visited my home town and I was determined to enjoy my stay.（分数：1.00）A.asB.thatC.sinceD.when28.Your advice would be _ valuable to him, who is at present at his w
40、its end.（分数：1.00）A.exceedinglyB.extremelyC.extensivelyD.exclusively29.The new regulation does not go into _ until the first of July.（分数：1.00）A.effortB.effectC.affectD.influence30.There is a hole at the _ of the pot.（分数：1.00）A.baseB.bottomC.groundD.basis六、Part Identificatio(总题数：10，分数：10.00)31.The (at
41、hlete), together (with) (his coach) and several relatives, (are) traveling to the Olympic Games.（分数：1.00）A.athleteB.withC.his coachD.are32.(Writing) in a terse, lucid style, the book (describes) the (authors) childhood experiences in Louisiana (just before) the outbreak of the Civil War.（分数：1.00）A.W
42、ritingB.describesC.authorsD.just before33.(Looker - one) can get (a) better view (of) the game than the (participants).（分数：1.00）A.Looker-oneB.aC.ofD.participants34.A bone marrow test, (what) (involves) extracting fluid from the marrow, (maybe) necessary (for diagnosing) leukemi（分数：1.00）A.A. whatB. i
43、nvolvesC. maybeD. for diagnosing35.The harder he (tried), the (worst) he (danced) before the (large) audience.（分数：1.00）A.triedB.worstC.dancedD.large36.I wish I (have) (someone) to (talk over) this problem (with).（分数：1.00）A.haveB.someoneC.talk overD.with37.Cathy (had) better (to change) her study hab
44、its if she (hopes to) be admitted (to a good university).（分数：1.00）A.hadB.to changeC.hopes toD.to a good university38.The poor man, (having been) brutally (beated) by the police, (cried) out (in) pains.（分数：1.00）A.having beenB.beatedC.criedD.in39.It was (him) who did all the work (on) the invention, b
45、ut somebody (else) got (all the credit).（分数：1.00）A.himB.onC.elseD.all the credit40.I do not know where (could he have) (gone) (so early) (in the) morning.（分数：1.00）A.could he haveB.goneC.so earlyD.in the七、Part Cloze(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Its interesting how little most of US know about our ancestors or abou
46、t the history of our family. If you (56) to be nobility(贵族), the history of your family is (57) well (58) . But few of us have any such (59) .I first became (60) in my own family history four or five years ago when my mother (61) me some photographs which I had never seen before- (62) photos of uncl
47、es and aunts, great - uncles and great - aunts and grandparents, all (63) when they were young.I immediately wanted to try to (64) my family (65) back as (66) as I could, and decided to start (67) the photos. First of all I had to rely completely on my mothers memory for names, the ages of people in
48、 the photos, the year the photos (68) have been taken, and so on. Then after that, I wanted her to fill in for me details of (69) members of the family who werent in the photos. Again, she was able to (70) quite a lot of information.The (71) step was to go and consult (查阅)public records of births, m
49、arriages and deaths. (72) , reading such information in old record books might be pretty boring - unless you re a historian, but its a very different matter when you re looking (73) something about your own ancestors. Its fascinating to discover that one of your grandfathers-the one that you thought had (74) his whole life on a farm in the south of Engla
