1、成人本科英语-187 及答案解析(总分：103.50，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)The U.S. Department of Labor statistics indicate that there is an oversupply of college-trained workers and that this oversupply is increasing. Already there is an overabundance of teachers, engineers
2、, physicists and other specialists. Yet colleges and graduate schools continue every year to turn out highly trained people to compete for jobs that arent there. The result is that graduates cannot enter the professions for which they were trained and must take temporary jobs which do not require a
3、college degree. These “temporary“ jobs have a habit of becoming permanent.On the other hand, there is a tremendous need for skilled workers of all sorts: carpenters, electricians, mechanics, and TV repairmen. These people have more work than they can handle and their annual incomes are often higher
4、than those of college graduates. The old distinction that white-collar workers make a better living than blue-collar workers no longer holds true.The reason for this situation is the traditional myth that a college degree is a passport to a prosperous future. Parents begin telling their children thi
5、s myth before they are out of grade school. Under this pressure the kids fall in line. Whether they want to go to college or not doesnt matter. Everybody should go to college.One result of this emphasis on a college education is that many people go to college who do not belong there. Of the sixty pe
6、rcent of high school graduates who enter college, half of them do not graduate with their class. Many of them drop out within the first year. Some struggle on for two or three years and then give up.（分数：10.00）(1).What does the U.S. Department of Labor Statistics show?A. There is an oversupply of lab
7、or force and this oversupply is increasing.B. Many college graduates find it difficult to get jobs for which they were trained.C. There is a short supply of teachers, engineers and other professions.D. There are more temporary jobs than permanent ones in U.S. companies.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What does
8、 the author mean by saying “these temporary jobs have a habit of becoming permanent“ ?A. Once college graduates take a temporary job, they soon become used to it.B. College graduates have developed the habit of taking temporary jobs.C. Many college graduates might never find jobs for which they were
9、 trained.D. More and more college graduates are unwilling to change their jobs.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What is implied but not stated in the passage is that in the past _.A. blue-collar workers made a better living than white-collar workersB. college and graduate schools trained more skilled workersC.
10、there were more white-collar workers than blue-collar workersD. there were less white-collar workers than blue-collar workers（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).By “many people go to college who do not belongthere,“ the author means that _.A. many people who are not fit for college education go to collegeB. many p
11、eople who dont have adequate financial support go to collegeC. many people who go to college drop out within one or two yearsD. many people who go to college find the courses are not interesting（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).We can conclude that the author believes _.A. every young man and woman should go to
12、collegeB. more young people should be trained for skilled jobsC. people with higher education should receive higher payD. the government should offer more opportunities for college graduates（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.三、Passage 2(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Nonverbal (非语言的) communication has to do with gestures, movements
13、and closeness of two people when they are talking. (78) The scientists say that those gestures, movements and so on have meaning which words do not carry.For example, the body distance between two speakers can be important. North Americans often complain that South Americans are unfriendly because t
14、hey tend to stand close to the North American when speaking, while the South American often considers the North American to be “cold“ or “distant“ because he keeps a greater distance between himself and the person he is speaking to. The “eye contact“ provides another example of what we are calling n
15、onverbal communication. Scientists have observed that there is more eye contact between people who like each other than there is between people who dont like each other. (79) The length of time that the person whom you are speaking to looks at your eyes indicates the amount of interest he has in the
16、 things you are talking about.On the other hand, too long a gaze can make people uncomfortable. The eyes apparently play a great part in nonverbal communication. Genuine warmth or interest, shyness or confidence can often be seen in the eyes. We do not always consider a smile to be a sign of friendl
17、iness. Someone who is always smiling,and with little apparent reasons, often makes us uneasy.（分数：10.00）(1).According to the passage, nonverbal communication _.A. is a method often used by people who cannot speakB. can tell something that words cannotC. can be used to talk with people who cannot hear
18、D. is less used than words（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The South American _.A. tends to keep a distance between himself and the person he is speaking toB. usually stands close to the person he is talking toC. is often unfriendly when spoken toD. is often cold and distant when speaking（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Wh
19、ich of the following is NOT true?A. Less eye contact suggests distance in relation.B. The longer one looks at the more interest he has in you.C. There is more eye contact between people who like each other.D. Shorter eye contact shows more interest in what one is talking about.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).T
20、oo long a gaze _.A. may upset people being looked atB. shows ones great confidenceC. indicates ones interest in the talkD. tells you how friendly one is（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Constant smiling without apparent reason _.A. is a sign of ones friendlinessB. is a sign of ones unfriendlinessC. makes people
21、feel happyD. makes people feel uncomfortable（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.四、Passage 3(总题数：1，分数：10.00)(79) In the last 500 years, nothing about people-not their clothes, ideas, or languages-has changed as much as what they eat. The original chocolate drink was made from the seeds of the cocoa tree by South Americ
22、an Indians. The Spanish introduced it to the rest of the world during the 1500s. And although it was very expensive, it quickly became fashionable. In London shops where chocolate drinks were served became important meeting places. Some still exist today.The potato is also from the New World. Around
23、 1600, the Spanish brought it from Peru to Europe, where it soon was widely grown. (80) Ireland became so dependent on it that thousands of Irish people starved when the crop failed during the “Potato Famine“ of 1845-1846, and thousands more were forced to emigrate to America.There are many other fo
24、ods that have traveled from South America to the Old World. But some others went in the opposite direction. Brazil is now the Worlds largest grower of coffee, and coffee is an important crop in Colombia and other South American countries. But it is native to Ethiopia. It was first made into a drink
25、by Arabs during the 1400s.According to an Arabic legend, coffee was discovered when a goatherd name Kaldi noticed that his goats were attracted to the red berries on a coffee bush. He tried one and experienced the “wide-awake“ feeling that one-third of the worlds population now starts the day with.（
26、分数：10.00）(1).According to the passage, which of the following has changed the most in the last 500 years?A. Food. B. Chocolate. C. Potato. D. Coffee.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).“Some“ in “Some still exist today“ means _.A. some cocoa trees B. some chocolate drinksC. some shops D. some South American Indian
27、s（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Thousands of Irish people starved during the “Potato Famine“ because _.A. they were so dependent on the potato that they refused to eat anything elseB. they were forced to emigrate to AmericaC. the weather conditions in Ireland were not suitable for growing the potatoD. the pot
28、ato harvest was bad（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Coffee originally came from _.A. Brazil B. Colombia C. Ethiopia D. Arabia（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).The Arabic legend is used to prove that _.A. coffee was first discovered by KaldiB. coffee was first discovered by Kaldis goatsC. coffee was first discovered in south
29、 American countriesD. coffee drinks were first made by Arabs（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.五、Part Vocabulary an(总题数：30，分数：30.00)1.I was so tired then that I fell _ in class.Aasleep Bsleep Csleeping Dslept（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.2.The writer was always looking for suitable _ to use in his next story.A. contents B. articl
30、esC. pages D. ideas（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.3.Mother insisted that _A. they are to be back before nine in the eveningB. they ought to be back before nine in the eveningC. they be back before nine in the eveningD. they had to be back before nine in the evening（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.4.The girl appeared _ with the s
31、mall world her parents had constructed for her.A. sensitive B. satisfactoryC. content D. curious（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.5.Something is wrong with your truck. Youd better have it _.A. repairing B. repair C. repaired D. to be repaired（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.6.Speaker A: Oh, I am sorry. I just realized that I forgot
32、 to bring the tape recorder you lent me. I left it in the dorm.Speaker B: Thats all right. I wont need it until tonight. _.A. It would be OK till thenB. So long as Ill have it thenC. As long as I have it by thenD. And I dont think you wont give it to me then（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.7.The police were given a
33、n order that the stolen documents must be recovered at all _.A. accounts B. conditionsC. payments D. costs（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.8.“How is your mother now?“ “She had her temperature _ in the hospital.“A. to be taken B. to take C. taken D. take（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.9.We met the old man _ times on the way home.A
34、. dozen of B. dozenC. dozens D. dozens of（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.10.We use plastics _ wood and metal now.A. to take place B. to take ofC. take the place of D. in place of（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.11.He said that there was nothing to be _.A. ashamed B. ashamed inC. ashamed of D. ashamed at（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.12.The two
35、 girls are getting on very well and share _ with each other.Alittle Bmuch Csome Dnone（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.13.The picture reminds me _ the time we spent together in New York.A. of B. in C. for D. to（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.14._ you object to a man, everything he does is wrong.A. Unless B. Provided C. Once D. In
36、case（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.15.Speaker A: Excuse me. Is this a travel agency?Speaker B: It certainly 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,
37、 do you?Speaker A: No, we don t. We feel tried _.A. after work for a week B. after a work weekC. after a week work D. after a weeks work（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.16.Youd better go there by train. The train ticket is _ the plane ticket.A. as cheap three times as B. as three times cheap asC. three times as che
38、ap as D. cheaper three times than（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.17.From here people can see the bridge _ construction.A. below B. byC. under D. essential（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.18.Id _ you didnt touch that, if you dont mind.A. rather B. betterC. happier D. further（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.19.As they are retired, Mr. and Mrs. Sco
39、tt prefer a house in the country to _ their remaining years there.A. spend B. spending C. spent D. spends（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.20.I enjoyed the concert last night; they played _ beautiful music.A. such B. such a C. so D. so a（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.21.The house _ I grew up has been taken down and replaced by an
40、 office building.A. in it B. in what C. in that D. in which（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.22._ in this way , the situation doesnt seem so disappoint ing.A. To look at B. Looking atC. Looked at D. To be looked at（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.23.That contract, about _ we had a disagreement last month, had now gone through.A. wh
41、om B. which C. what D. that（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.24.-Do you like to ride on the old bus to school?-Yes, I prefer it _.A. to walk B. to walkingC. walking D. having walked（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.25.She doesnt talk much, but what she says makes_.A. sense B. idea C. meaning D. significance（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.26._ is w
42、ell known, the key to success lies in hard work.A. As B. That C. Which D. What（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.27.Allen Smith is a dancer, choreographer, and _ .A. dance that she teachers B. her teaching of dance C. dance teacher D. to teach dance（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.28.He knows little of English to say _ of English cu
43、lture.A. something B. everythingC. nothing D. anything（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.29.Lincoln proclaimed that the problem of setting free the black slaves should _ immediate solution.A. call off B. call for C. call on D. call in（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.30.How can you _ her offer? Im afraid she will feel hurt.A. turn ou
44、t B. turn up C. turn down D. turn away（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.六、Part Identificatio(总题数：10，分数：7.50)31.She has been working in this factory _.A. in 1980 B. after 1980 C. since 1980 D. until 1980（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.32.Under no circumstances we shall stop the research weve begun.A. Under B. we shall C. the D. wev
45、e（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.33.Mr. Smith drove slowly on the way home until he reached the highway, _ the speed limit was 60 miles an hour.A. where B. though C. when D. because（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.34.(During) the holidays, (every) train and (steamboat) (were) crowded.A. During B. every C. steamboat D. were（分数：1.0
46、0）A.B.C.D.35.That family is always quarrelling _ themselves.A. within B. between C. with D. among（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.36.If one does not have respect for himself, _ can not expect others to respect him.A. one B. you C. they D. we（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.37.When we finally managed (to get home) after the (tiring
47、) long journey, we could (not hardly) move a step (further).A. to get home B. tiring C. not hardly D. further（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.38.The Joneses (have visited) Hawaii and Alaska, and they (assure me) that (they) like Alaska (the best).A. have visited B. assure meC. they D. the best（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.39.Yo
48、u (have heard) (from) him (since) last month, (have) you?A. have heard B. from C. since D. have（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.40._ you keep on practicing, you will certainly play it well.A. Whereas B. Although C. As long as D. For（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.七、Part Cloze(总题数：1，分数：10.00)A young woman was driving through the (
49、56) countryside. It was dark and raining. Suddenly she saw an old woman (57) the side of the road, (58) her hand out as if she wanted (59) “I cant (60) her out in this weather,” the woman said to herself, so she stopped the car and opened the door.“Do you want a lift?” she asked. The old woman (61) and climbed i
