1、成人本科英语-152 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part Dialogue Comm(总题数：15，分数：15.00)1.Do you mind if Jack rides in your car? _ . Ill be glad to take anybody else but Jack.（分数：1.00）A.No, I doB.Yes, I doC.Not at allD.Certainly not2._that makes her different from the other students?Honesty, hard work and, I sup
2、pose, a bit of imagination.（分数：1.00）A.What do you knowB.What do you think it isC.How do you believeD.How come that3.Oxford University has admitted that it will need efficient measures to keep itself among the international universities. _ Do you think it will come true?（分数：1.00）A.For what?B.Take it
3、easy.C.What on?D.So what?4.What made more than 170 thousand people die? _ the tsunami (海啸) in the Indian Ocean.（分数：1.00）A.It wasB.They wereC.There wereD.That was5.You are always staying at home watching TV. Why not come on a holiday with us on such a lovely day?（分数：1.00）A.Have a good dayB.How exciti
4、ngC.It would be nice to have some restD.Yes, if youd like me to6.Whats up?Such a noise _ that I couldnt go on with my work.（分数：1.00）A.in the room there wasB.there is in the roomC.was there in the roomD.is there in the room7.Lucy, my good friend died in an accident yesterday._.（分数：1.00）A.Thats all ri
5、ghtB.Oh, well, thats lifeC.Youre luckyD.Dont worry8.I hear David has won the first prize in the English lecture competition, Mr. Green._ , and _.（分数：1.00）A.So he has; so you haveB.So he has; so have youC.So has he; so have youD.So has he; so you have9.How long will you stay there?For _.（分数：1.00）A.on
6、e and two daysB.one and two dayC.one or two dayD.a day or two10.Is it his left kidney (肾) _ Tian Shiguo donated (捐献) to his mother? Yes. The kidney saved his mother and is expected to extend her life for 15 years.（分数：1.00）A.whichB.thatC.whatD.where11.English has a large vocabulary, hasnt it?Yes. _ m
7、ore words and expressions and you will find it easier to read and communicate.（分数：1.00）A.KnowB.KnowingC.To knowD.Known12.Do you have trouble finding the house?_.（分数：1.00）A.No, completely noneB.Yes, completely noneC.No, hardly oneD.Yes, Ive got one13.May I put my luggage on the seat beside you, sir?_
8、.（分数：1.00）A.Sure, with pleasureB.Oh, please yourselfC.Well, never mindD.Yes, help yourself14.I cant open the top of this apple juice._ it.（分数：1.00）A.Mark has to doB.Do have Mark to doC.Have Mark doD.Mark do have15.Go for hiking this Saturday, OK? _ . I like getting close to nature.（分数：1.00）A.I could
9、nt agree moreB.I believe notC.Im afraid notD.I dont think so二、Part Reading Compr(总题数：0，分数：0.00)三、Passage One(总题数：1，分数：10.00)In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some value it highly, believing that it is responsible for social progress and prosperity. Others say tha
10、t competition is bad, that it sets one person against another, and that it leads to unfriendly relationship between people.I have taught many children who held the belief that their self-worth relied (依赖) on how well they performed at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are o
11、ften life-and-death affairs. In their single-minded pursuit (追求) of success, the development of many other human qualities is sadly forgotten.However, while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed, others take an opposite attitude. In a culture which values only the winner and pays no attentio
12、n to the ordinary players, they strongly blame competition. Among the most vocal are youngsters who have suffered under competitive pressures. Teaching these young people, I often observe in them a desire to fail. They seem to seek failure by not trying to win or achieve success. By not trying, they
13、 always have an excuse: “I may have lost, but it doesnt matter because I really didnt try.“ What is not usually admitted by themselves is the belief that if they had really tried and lost, that would mean a lot. Such a loss would be a measure of their worth. Clearly, this belief is the same as that
14、of true competitors who try to prove themselves. Both are based on the mistaken belief that ones self-respect relies on how well one performs in comparison with others. Both are afraid of not being valued. Only as this basic and often troublesome fear begins to dissolve (缓解) can we discover a new me
15、aning in competition.（分数：10.00）(1).What does this passage mainly talk about?（分数：2.00）A.Self-respect competition helps to boost.B.The different opinions people have about competition.C.The harmful competition does to personal quality development.D.The necessary experience of failure in competition.(2
16、).Why do some people favor competition according to the passage?（分数：2.00）A.It pushes society forward.B.It builds up a sense of duty.C.It improves personal abilities.D.It encourages individual efforts.(3).The underlined phrase “the most vocal“ in Paragraph 3 means _.（分数：2.00）A.those who try their bes
17、t to winB.those who value competition most highlyC.those who are against competition most stronglyD.those who rely on others most for success(4).What is the similar belief of the true competitors and those with a “desire to fail“?（分数：2.00）A.Ones worth lies in his performance compared with others.B.O
18、nes success in competition needs great efforts.C.Ones achievement is determined by his particular skills.D.Ones success is based on how hard he has trie(5).Which point of view may the author agree to?（分数：2.00）A.Every effort should be paid back.B.Competition should be encouraged.C.Winning should be a
19、 life-and-death matter.D.Fear of failure should be removed in competition.四、Passage Two(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was driving to my parents home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station (加油站) about 50 miles from Oklahoma City,
20、 where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register (收款台) I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A
21、 car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friends. We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card.I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon afterwa
22、rd, I received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful.Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that Id left the lights on all day, and the battery (
23、电池) was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealershipa shop selling carswas right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.“Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?“ I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would ac
24、cept no payment, so when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write to him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said.“Thank you“ two powerful words. Theyre easy to say and mean so much.（分数：10.00）(1).T
25、he author planned to stop at Oklahoma City _.（分数：2.00）A.to visit a friendB.to see his parentsC.to pay at the cash registerD.to have more gas for his car(2).The words “took off“ underlined in Paragraph 2 mean “_“.（分数：2.00）A.turned offB.moved offC.put upD.set up(3).What happened when the author found
26、smoke coming out of his ear?（分数：2.00）A.He had it pulled back to the gas station.B.The couple sent him a business card.C.The couple offered to help him.D.He called his friend for help.(4).The battery of the authors car was dead because _.（分数：2.00）A.something went wrong with the lightsB.the meeting la
27、sted a whole dayC.he forgot to turn off the lightsD.he drove too long a distance(5).By telling his own experiences, the author tries to show _.（分数：2.00）A.how to write a thank-you letterB.how to deal with ear problemsC.the kind-heartedness of older peopleD.the importance of expressing thanks五、Passage
28、 Three(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Susan Sontag (19332004) was one of the most noticeable figures in the world of literature. For more than 40 years she made it morally necessary to know everythingto read every book worth reading, to see every movie worth seeing. When she was still in her early 30s, publishing e
29、ssays in such important magazines as Partisan Review, she appeared as the symbol of American cultural life, trying hard to follow every new development in literature, film and art. With great effort and serious judgment, Sontag walked at the latest edges of world culture.Seriousness was one of Sonta
30、gs lifelong watchwords (格言), but at a time when the barriers between the well-educated and the poorly-educated were obvious, she argued for a true openness to the pleasures of pop culture. In “Notes on Camp“, the 1964 essay that first made her name, she explained what was then a little-known set of
31、difficult understandings, through which she could not have been more famous. “Notes on Camp“, she wrote, represents “a victory of form over content, beauty over morals“.By conviction (信念) she was a sensualist (感觉论者), but by nature she was a moralist (伦理学者), and in the works she published in the 1970
32、s and 1980s, it was the latter side of her that came forward. In Illness as Metaphorpublished in 1978, after she suffered cancershe argued against the idea that cancer was somehow a special problem of repressed personalities (被压抑的个性), a concept that effectively blamed the victims for the disease. In
33、 fact, re-examining old positions was her lifelong habit.In America, her story of a 19th century Polish actress who set up a perfect society in California, won the National Book Award in 2000. But it was with a tireless, all-purpose cultural view that she made her lasting fame. “Sometimes,“ she once
34、 said, “I feel that, in the end, all I am really defending. is the idea of seriousness, of true seriousness.“ And in the end, she made us take it seriously too.（分数：10.00）(1).The underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 means Sontag _.（分数：2.00）A.was a symbol of American cultural lifeB.developed world liter
35、ature, film and artC.published many essays about world cultureD.kept pace with the newest development of world culture(2).She first won her name through _.（分数：2.00）A.her story of a Polish actressB.her book Illness as MetaphorC.publishing essays in magazines like Partisan ReviewD.her explanation of a
36、 set of difficult understandings(3).According to the passage, Susan Sontag _.（分数：2.00）A.was a sensualist as well as a moralistB.looked down upon the pop cultureC.thought content was more important than formD.blamed the victims of cancer for being repressed(4).As for Susan Sontags lifelong habit, she
37、 _.（分数：2.00）A.misunderstood the idea of seriousnessB.re-examined old positionsC.argued for an openness to pop cultureD.preferred morals to beauty(5).Susan Sontags lasting fame was made upon _.（分数：2.00）A.a tireless, all-purpose cultural viewB.her lifelong watchword: seriousnessC.publishing books on m
38、oralsD.enjoying books worth reading and movies worth seeing六、Passage Four(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Short and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. “Football, tennis, ricketanything with a round ball, I was useless,“ he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the objec
39、t of jokes in school gym classes in Englands rural Devonshire.It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first the teen went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to cycle along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set his mind to build up his body, i
40、ncrease his speed, strength and endurance. At age 18, he ran his first marathon.The following year, he met John Ridgway, who became famous in the 1960s for rowing an open boat across the Atlantic Ocean. Saunders was hired as an instructor at Ridgways School of Adventure in Scotland, where he learned
41、 about the older mans coldwater exploits (成就). Intrigued, Saunders read all he could about Arctic explorers and North Pole expeditions, then decided that this would be his future.Journeys to the Pole arent the usual holidays for British country boys, and many people dismissed his dream as fantasy. “
42、John Ridgway was one of the few who didnt say, You are completely crazy,“ Saunders says.In 2001, after becoming a skilled skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition toward the North Pole. He suffered frostbite, had a close encounter with a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit.
43、Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and hes skied more of the Arctic by himself than any other Briton. His old playmates would not believe the transformation.This October, Saunders, 27, heads south to explore from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole an
44、d back, an 1800-mile journey that has never been completed on skis.（分数：10.00）(1).The turning point in Saunders life came when _（分数：2.00）A.he started to play ball gamesB.be got a mountain bike at age 15C.he ran his first marathon at age 18D.he started to receive Ridgways training(2).We can learn from
45、 the text that Ridgway _.（分数：2.00）A.dismissed Saunders dream as fantasyB.built up his body together with SaundersC.hired Saunders for his cold-water experienceD.won his fame for his voyage across the Atlantic(3).What do we know about Saunders?（分数：2.00）A.He once worked at a school in Scotland.B.He fo
46、llowed Ridgway to explore the North Pole.C.He was chosen for the school sports team as a kid.D.He was the first Briton to ski alone to the North Pol(4).The underlined word “Intrigued“ in the third paragraph probably means _.（分数：2.00）A.ExcitedB.ConvincedC.DelightedD.Fascinated(5).It can be inferred t
47、hat Saunders journey to the North Pole _.（分数：2.00）A.was accompanied by his old playmatesB.set a record in the North Pole expeditionC.was supported by other Arctic explorersD.made him well-known in the 1960s七、Part Vocabulary an(总题数：40，分数：20.00)16.Doing homework _ most of the childrens spare time, so
48、they have little time to play.（分数：0.50）A.gives upB.takes upC.puts upD.brings up17.Road conditions in this area had gone from bad to worse. Accidents had taken place _ before the strict measures were taken.（分数：0.50）A.by the wayB.in a rowC.in the wayD.in a line18.He has been fired and will have to _ o
49、ver charge of his office tomorrow.（分数：0.50）A.takeB.handC.getD.go19.Among the 15-year-old children, some _ be studying in university while others are still learning to read and write.（分数：0.50）A.shouldB.wouldC.canD.must20.He is supposed to _ to the meeting, but he didnt.（分数：0.50）A.comeB.have comeC.be comingD.coming21.The wild flowers lo
