1、成人本科英语-161 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part Dialogue Comp(总题数：15，分数：15.00)1.Jack: Are you working on your next book? If so, what is the title and _?Mary: Its called “Popped“. Its set at the hot air balloon festival in Albuquerque, and will be published in September of 2005.A. when will it be out B.
2、 how is it goingC. what will it reveal D. why is it a secret（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.2.Speaker A: Can I borrow a pen, please? Mine has run out of ink.Speaker B: _.A. Sure, take it B. Here you areC. Of course, take it away D. Thanks anyway（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.3.Tom: Hey, Ellen. Look at this! We can stay in a big
3、 hotel or we can stay in a little cabin by the beach.Ellen: You know, I really dont like those big hotels.Tom: _. Lets stay in a cabin. Itll be much nicer right beside the ocean.A. Me, too B. Neither do I C. Nor am I D. Im not, either（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.4.Speaker A: Would you mind my borrowing your eco
4、nomics textbook for a while?Speaker B: _ Mike just returned it to me.A. Not in the least.B. I dont mind if you can borrow it.C. How can I mind your borrowing?D. I dont mind it if you return it to me sooner or later.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.5.Speaker A: Excuse me. Is this a travel agency?Speaker B: It certai
5、nly is, madam. Speaker A: Do you have any interesting travel program for the two-day weekend?Speaker B: Oh, yes. We have lots of interesting programs for the weekend. You certainly dont seem to like a long trip, _?A. do you B. dont you C. are you D. arent you（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.6.Speaker A: _?Speaker B
6、: Im a student.Speaker A: What are you studying?Speaker B: Medicine.A. Are you a student B. What are you doingC. How do you do D. What do you do（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.7.Speaker A: My radio doesnt work.Speaker B: _?A. Why not have it fixed B. Why not fixed itC. Why not have fixed it D. Why not had it fixed
7、（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.8.Speaker A: _?Speaker B: Im from Paris.Speaker A: Really? Its a beautiful city.A. Where are you from B. Where are you coming fromC. Are you French D. Are you from Paris（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.9.Speaker A: Morning! Five airmail stamps, please. They are going to Los Angeles.Speaker B: _.Spe
8、aker A: Thanks.A. Here it is B. Here is it C. Here you are D. Here are you（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.10.Speaker A: I just called the travel agency. Its all set. On June first, Im heading for the mountains for an entire week.Speaker B: _? Because our classes arent over till the seventh.A. Oh, it is so early, i
9、snt itB. Are you heading for the mountainsC. But have you checked the academic calendarD. But what about an entire week（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.11.Speaker A: That movie was awful. I was wondering why it got such great reviews.Speaker B: It was hardly worth the price of admission. _.A. Nobody wants to see it
10、B. I certainly dont want to see it againC. It was more expensive than I thought it should beD. Its maker should be given a death penalty（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.12.Speaker A: Good morning. New Stars Booking Office.Speaker B: _.A. Id like to be able to have two for 7 tonightB. Id like to book 2 tickets for t
11、he Friday night showC. I wonder when I have to return the booksD. I want to make a reservation for a single room, please（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.13.Kenji: Hi, a bunch of us are going to Bangkok for dinner tomorrow night. How about coming with us?Debbie: _.A. Great. Talk to you then B. No big dealC. Yes, ple
12、ase D. Sure. Id love to（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.14.Speaker A: Mary wont be coming to work tomorrow. Shes finally going to the photography exhibit.Speaker B: Oh, then she managed to get tickets after all.Speaker A: _.A. Im sure she didB. After all, she has been trying to get themC. I think shell try to get t
13、ickets after workD. She mustnt have any difficulty getting tickets（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.15.Speaker A: Hmm. Lets see. Oh yes, I like this! Have they got a yellow one, I wonder?Speaker B: Can I help you at all? Madam. Lovely skirts, arent they? They just came in our shop this week. _?A. Would you like to h
14、ave one on B. Would you like to take oneC. Would you like to try one D. Would you like to try one on（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.二、Part Reading Compr(总题数：0，分数：0.00)三、Passage One(总题数：1，分数：10.00)In the earlier days of computer history, there was a quite widespread concern that computers would take over the world
15、from man one day. Already today, less than forty years later, as computers are relieving us of more and more of the routine tasks in business and in our personal lives, we are faced with a less dramatic but also less foreseen problem. People tend to be over- trusting of the functions of computers an
16、d are reluctant to challenge their authority. Indeed, they behave as if they were hardly aware that wrong buttons might be pushed, or that a computer might silmply fail to work properly.Obviously, there would be no point in investing in a computer if you had to check all its answers, but people shou
17、ld also rely on their own internal computers and check the machine when they have the feeling that something had gone wrong. Questioning and routine double checks must continue to be as much a part of good business as they were in pre-computer days. Maybe each computer should come with the following
18、 warning: For all the help this computer may provide, it should not be seen as a device that can take the place of fundamental thinking and reasoning skills.（分数：10.00）(1).The main purpose of this passage is _.A. to look back to the early days of computersB. to explain what technical problems may occ
19、ur with computersC. to warn against a mentally lazy attitude towards computersD. to discourage unnecessary investment in computers（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The present problem with computers is that _.A. computers will one day take over the world from manB. computers are putting more and more pressure on
20、 peoples lifeC. people are too dependent on computersD. people always make mistakes in using computers（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).The author advises those dealing with computers to _.A. use them for business purpose only B. be reasonably skeptical about themC. check all their answers D. give up basic think
21、ing（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).By “internal computers“ the author means _.A. a persons store of knowledge and the ability to use itB. computers used by a company for its own business dealingsC. the most up-to-date computers a company can buyD. computers which are very reliable（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).It can be
22、 inferred from the passage that the author would NOT approve of _.A. computer science courses in high schoolsB. businessmen and women who use pocket calculationsC. maintenance checks on computersD. companies which depend exclusively on computers for decision-making（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.四、Passage Two(总题数：
23、1，分数：10.00)Today the official language of the United States and most of Canada is English. However, French almost became the official language because of a war.The French and Indian War was fought between 1754 and 1763. The name of this war is not accurate because the war was actually between Englan
24、d and France. The Indians fought on the side of the French.France and England were trying to gain control of North America. France held Canada, and England held part of what is now the United States. However, France tried to expand its land by moving southward into New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and
25、Virginia. When the French built a fort on the Ohio River, the residents in Virginia sent George Washington to attack the fort in 1754. However, the French defeated Washington.The French, aided by the Indians, outsmarted the English and won many early battles. Later, the British began to do well agai
26、nst the French. In the final battle in Quebec, Canada, General Wolfe of England faced General Montcalm from France. Both generals died in this battle, but the English outlasted the French and won the battle. Thus, most of North America today has the English culture and language.（分数：10.00）(1).The wor
27、d “gain“ in Para. 3 means _.A. get B. buy C. lose D. sell（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).General Wolfe died in _.A. England B. France C. Canada D. Virginia（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Washington lost his battle at the fort on the Ohio River _.A. at the beginning of the war B. in the middle of the warC. at the end of t
28、he war D. two years after the war（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage?A. France tried in vain to control what is now the United States.B. French was once the official language of the United States.C. The French and Indian War was actually fought
29、 between England and France.D. The Indians helped the French during the French and Indian War.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).A good title for this selection is _.A. The French and Indian War B. The English LanguageC. Washingtons Army D. The French and British War（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.五、Passage Three(总题数：1，分数：10.00
30、)Every country tends to accept its own way of life as being the normal one and to praise or criticize others as they are similar to or different from it. And unfortunately, our picture of the people and the way of life of other countries is often a distorted one.Here is a great argument in favor of
31、foreign travel and learning foreign languages. It is only by traveling in, or living in a country and getting to know its inhabitants and their language that one can find out what a country and its people are really like. And how different the knowledge one gains this way frequently turns out to be
32、from the second-hand information gathered from other sources! How often we find that the foreigners whom we thought to be such different people from ourselves are not very different after all!Differences between peoples do, of course, exist and, one hopes, will always continue to do so. The world wi
33、ll be a dull place indeed when all the different nationalities behave exactly alike, and some people might say that we are rapidly approaching this state of affairs. With the much greater rapidity and ease of travel, there might seem to be some truth in this at least as far as Europe is concerned. H
34、owever this may be. At least the greater ease of travel today has revealed to more people than ever before that the Englishman or Frenchman or German is not some different kind of animal from themselves.（分数：10.00）(1).Every country criticizes ways of life in other countries because they are _.A. dist
35、orted B. normalC. similar to each other D. different from its own（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).One who travels in a foreign country and learns its language will _.A. find out what its people are likeB. argue in favor of this country and the languageC. know the country and its people betterD. like its inhabit
36、ants and their language（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).The knowledge one gains by traveling in a foreign country is often _.A. from second-hand informationB. gathered from other sources than from its inhabitantsC. gained from the arguments about the countryD. different from what one had before the travel（分数：2.
37、00）A.B.C.D.(4).Differences between peoples _.A. will gradually disappear because of ease of travelB. do exist even though different nationalities behave exactly alikeC. will always continue to exist and the world will be a bull placeD. will not exist as one hopes（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).“However“ (in Pa
38、ra. 3) most probably means _.A. somewhat B. by whatever meansC. anyhow D. no matter what（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.六、Passage Four(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Newspapers are not nearly as popular today as they were in the past. There are not very many people who seriously read a newspaper every day. Most people read only t
39、he sports pages, the advice or gossip columns, the comics, and perhaps the classified advertisements. Most people don t take the time to read the real news. Newspaper editors say that their readers are lazy. They say they have to trick people into reading the news. They attempt to catch the readers
40、interest with pictures and exciting headlines. These techniques are used on the front page because it is the first thing you see when you pick up the paper. The first page attracts attention and encourages the reader to look through the rest of the paper. This is why editors always look for a good f
41、irst page story and headlines that make you stop and look. If the headline is horrible enough or frightening enough or wild enough, perhaps you will go on to read the rest of the story. Just the same, there are a lot of people who do not even read the front page anymore. They may read the headlines,
42、 but that is all. Then they turn to the sports page, or comics, or advertisements. It seems that people do not want the news from a newspaper any more. They say they get the news on the television now.More people watch television news because it is easier and more interesting than reading a newspape
43、r. What about you? Do you read news from a newspaper? Do you watch the news on television? Do you think it easier to get the news from television? Do you listen to the radio? Or do you even care about news at all? Would you mind if there were no news?（分数：10.00）(1).According to the writer, newspapers
44、 are _.A. more popular today B. less popular todayC. as popular as before D. getting more and more popular（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Editors think the important part of the paper is _.A. the headlines B. the sports pageC. the front page D. the classified advertisements（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).According to the
45、 article, most people read all of the following except _.A. the real news B. the sports page C. comics D. advertisements（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Today more people get news from _.A. newspapers B. radio C. television D. both A and B（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).A lot of newspaper readers do not even read the fron
46、t page anymore because _.A. they dont have timeB. they are lazyC. the front page is not attractive enoughD. the headlines are too horrible and frightening（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.七、Part Vocabulary an(总题数：40，分数：20.00)16.He behaves in a strange manner, and nobody can _ this.A. account for B. care for C. allow
47、 for D. call for（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.17.If we had known that she had planned to go abroad today, we _ at the airport.A. will see her off B. would see her offC. would have seen her off D. must have seen her off（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.18.It is the girls laziness that _ her failure in the exams.A. resulted in B.
48、resulted from C. brought in D. led into（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.19.I appreciate _ to your home.A. to be invited B. to have invited C. having invited D. being invited（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.20.It _ last night. But I am not sure.A. may rain B. might rained C. must rain D. may have rained（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.21._ be the
49、first to employ nuclear weapons.A. Never China will B. China never willC. At no time will China D. At any rate will China not（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.22.It isnt cold enough for there _ a frost tonight, so I can leave my car outside safely.A. would be B. being C. was D. to be（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.23.An ambulance must have priority as it usually has to deal with s
