1、湖北省成人高等教育学士学位英语水平考试真题 2013年及答案解析(总分：120.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、第卷 选择题(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Part Vocabulary an(总题数：20，分数：20.00)1.By no means _ our mistakes.（分数：1.00）A.we ought ignoreB.we ought to ignoreC.ought we ignoreD.ought we to ignore2.This new instrument is far superior _ the old one we bought three years
2、ago.（分数：1.00）A.thanB.toC.overD.of3.No sooner had they got off the train _ it started moving.（分数：1.00）A.whenB.thanC.thenD.after4.You should be able to _ right from wrong.（分数：1.00）A.perceiveB.distinguishC.sightD.observe5.Any student who _ his homework is unlikely to pass the examination.（分数：1.00）A.red
3、ucesB.offendsC.practicesD.neglects6.The investigation, _ will soon be published, was made by John.（分数：1.00）A.at which the resultsB.the results on whichC.whose resultsD.at whose results7._ you return those books to the library immediately, you will have to pay a fine.（分数：1.00）A.UntilB.UnlessC.IfD.Pro
4、vided8.I _ writing the article by the time you get back.（分数：1.00）A.shall finishB.must have finishedC.have finishedD.shall have finished9._ anything about the accident, he went to work as well.（分数：1.00）A.Not knowB.Know notC.Knowing notD.Not knowing10.Having finished the letter, he _ it carefully and
5、sealed the envelop with a kiss.（分数：1.00）A.foldedB.bentC.turnedD.equipped11.The police were given an order that the stolen documents must be recovered at all _.（分数：1.00）A.accountsB.conditionsC.paymentsD.costs12.I promised to look _ the matter as soon as I got there.（分数：1.00）A.forB.inC.intoD.after13.Y
6、our sister has made an _ for you to see the dentist at 3 o“clock this afternoon.（分数：1.00）A.appointmentB.interviewC.opportunityD.assignment14.I wish you _ to me before you went and bought that car.（分数：1.00）A.spokeB.will speakC.was going to speakD.had spoken15.Before her marriage, she spent a consider
7、able time in that very part of Shanghai, _ she belonged.（分数：1.00）A.whichB.to whereC.to whichD.at which16.Nowhere else in the world _ more attractive scenery than in Switzerland.（分数：1.00）A.you can findB.is foundC.can you findD.has been found17.An old friend from abroad, _ I was expecting to stay with
8、, telephoned me from the airport.（分数：1.00）A.thatB.whomC.whoD.which18.A great celebration is going to be held _ the distinguished writer.（分数：1.00）A.in spite ofB.in honor ofC.in favor ofD.in the name of19.All the members in the jury agreed that man was _ of theft.（分数：1.00）A.criminalB.chargedC.guiltyD.
9、faulty20.The committee is expected to _ a decision this evening.（分数：1.00）A.reachB.arriveC.bringD.take三、Part Reading Compr(总题数：0，分数：0.00)四、Passage One(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Television has opened windows in everybody“s life. Young men will never again go to war as they did in 1914. Millions of people now hav
10、e seen the effects of a battle. And the result has been a general dislike of war, and perhaps more interest in helping those who suffer from all the terrible things that have been shown on the screen. Television has also changed politics. The most distant areas can now follow state affairs, see and
11、hear the politicians before an election. Better informed, people are more likely to vote, and so to make their opinion count. Unfortunately, television“s influence has been extremely harmful to the young. Children do not have enough experience to realize that TV shows present an unreal world; that T
12、V advertisements lie to sell products that are sometimes bad or useless. They believe that the violence they see is normal and acceptable. All educators agree that the “television generations“ are more violent than their parents and grandparents. Also, the young are less patient. Used to TV shows, w
13、here everything is quick and interesting, they do not have the patience to read an article without pictures; to read a book that requires thinking; to listen to a teacher who doesn“t do funny things like the people on children“s programs. And they expect all problems to be solved happily in ten, fif
14、teen, or thirty minutes. That“s the time it takes on the screen.（分数：10.00）(1).In the past, many young people _.（分数：2.00）A.knew the effects of warB.went in for politicsC.liked to save the wounded in warsD.were willing to be soldiers(2).Now with TV people can _.（分数：2.00）A.discuss politics at an inform
15、ation centerB.show more interest in politicsC.make their own decisions on political affairsD.express their opinions freely(3).The author thinks that TV advertisements _.（分数：2.00）A.are not reliable on the wholeB.are useless to peopleC.are a good guide to adultsD.are very harmful to the young(4).Which
16、 is NOT true according to the passage?（分数：2.00）A.People have become used to crimes now.B.With a TV set some problems can be solved quickly.C.People now like to read books with picture.D.The adults are less violent than the young.(5).From the passage, we can conclude that _.（分数：2.00）A.children should
17、 keep away from TVB.TV programs should be improvedC.children“s books should have picturesD.TV has a deep influence on the young五、Passage Two(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Harriet Beecher Stowe had poured her heart into her anti-slavery book Uncle Tom“s Cabin . But neither she nor her first publisher thought it wou
18、ld be a big success. The publisher was so doubtful that he wanted her to split the publishing costs with him, and all she hoped was that it would make enough money for her to buy a new silk dress. But when the first 5,000 copies were printed in 1852, they sold out in two days. In a year the book had
19、 sold 300,000 copies in the United States and 150,000 in England. For a while it outsold (销得比多) every book in the world, except the Bible . Within six months of its release, a play was made from the book which ran 350 performances in New York and remained America“s most popular play for 80 years. It
20、 might appear that Uncle Tom“s Cabin was universally popular, but this was certainly not true. Many people during those pre-Civil War daysparticularly defenders of the slavery systemcondemned it as false propaganda and poorly written melodrama (传奇剧作品). Harriet did have strong religious views against
21、 slavery (When asked how she came to write the book, she replied, “God wrote it.“), and she tried to convince people slavery was wrong, so perhaps the book could be considered propaganda. But if so, it was true propaganda, because it accurately described the evils of slavery. Though she was born in
22、Connecticut, 1832, as a young woman she moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, when her father accepted the presidency of newly founded Lane Theological Seminary (神学院). Ohio was a free state, but just across the Ohio River in Kentucky, Harriet saw slavery in action. She lived 18 years in Cincinnati, marrying Ca
23、lvin Stowe, professor of a college. In 1851, Harriet Beecher Stowe began her book. Its vast influence strengthened the anti-slavery movement and angered defenders of the slave system. Today some historians (历史学家) think that it helped bring on the American Civil War. In fact, when Abraham Lincoln met
24、 Harriet at the White House during the Civil War, he said, “So, this is the little lady who started this big war.“（分数：10.00）(1).Before the publication of the book Uncle Tom“s Cabin _.（分数：2.00）A.Harriet knew that it would be a great successB.the publisher wanted Harriet to publish it at her own expen
25、seC.nobody knew that it would become a very popular bookD.no publisher wanted to publish this anti-slavery book(2).Some people did not like Uncle Tom“s Cabin chiefly because _.（分数：2.00）A.the author was merely an unknown little ladyB.they thought it was mere propagandaC.the book was poorly printedD.t
26、he book might lead to a terrible war(3).Harriet Beecher Stowe was able to describe the evils of slavery because _.（分数：2.00）A.she had lived for 18 years in a state where slavery was legalB.she had suffered quite a lot under the slavery systemC.she had witnessed what happened under the slavery systemD
27、.she had read a lot about the slavery system(4).When Abraham Lincoln called Harriet “the little lady who started this big war“, he _.（分数：2.00）A.thought that she was almost a war criminalB.was talking about the great influence her book had producedC.was blaming her for the miseries the people had suf
28、fered during the warD.was praising her for the contributions she had made during the war(5).The writer wrote the passage in order to _.（分数：2.00）A.expose the evils of the slavery systemB.condemn all kinds of warC.describe people“s life in Harriet“s timeD.tell us how Harriet wrote her famous book六、Pas
29、sage Three(总题数：1，分数：10.00)England is not a big country: from north to south and from east to west it is only about three hundred miles across. But for a small country it has a surprising range of climate. People who have never visited England, or who have visited only one part of it, often make the
30、mistake of thinking that it is a cold and wet country. Except for the summer months of June to September, this is probably true of the north of England and the Midlands. In the south, however, the climate is much more pleasant. One result is that when people retire from a job in the north they often
31、 prefer to move down to the milder south. Perhaps the warmest part of the country is the southwest, which consists of the counties of Devon and Cornwall. The warm Gulf Stream flows across the North Atlantic Ocean from the Gulf of Mexico and makes the coastal regions of the southwest quite warm. Palm
32、 trees, bamboo (竹) and many semi-tropical (亚热带的) plants grow well in the southwest of England. Flowers and vegetables ripen (成熟) as much as a month earlier than those elsewhere. Farmers in the area obtain a higher price for their vegetables and flowers because they are read earlier. In winter there
33、may be several feet of snow in other parts of England, but there will probably be no snow at all in the southwest. This may be one of the reasons why the southwest is one of England“s most popular holiday areas.（分数：10.00）(1).The distance from the center of England to the south coast is about _.（分数：2
34、.00）A.one hundred milesB.three hundred milesC.one hundred and fifty milesD.six hundred miles(2).England is a country _.（分数：2.00）A.with a cold and wet climateB.with a surprising climateC.with a pleasant climateD.with a variety of climates(3).According to the passage, _.（分数：2.00）A.flowers and vegetabl
35、es from Devon are on the market one month earlierB.farmers in the southwest grow as many vegetables and flowers as farmers elsewhereC.people in the southwest have to pay a higher price for vegetables and flowersD.vegetables in Cornwall ripen as much as a month earlier than flowers(4).In the north of
36、 England and the Midlands, _.（分数：2.00）A.it is cold and wet all the year roundB.the climate is pleasant as a wholeC.it is warm most of the time in a yearD.only the summer is not cold or wet(5).In winter, people in Devon and Cornwall _.（分数：2.00）A.seldom see snowB.never see any snowC.may have several f
37、eet of snowD.often see snow七、Passage Four(总题数：1，分数：10.00)All the useful energy at the surface of the earth comes from the activity of the sun. The sun heats and feeds creatures and mankind. Each year it provides men with two hundred million tons of grain and nearly ten million tons of wood, coal, oi
38、l, natural gas, and all other fuels are stored energy from the sun. Some was collected by this season“s plants as carbon compounds. Some was stored by plants and trees ages ago. Even waterpower derives from the sun. Water turned into vapor by the sun fails as rain. It courses down the mountains and
39、is converted to electric power. Light transmits only the energy that comes from the sun“s outer layer, and much of this energy that is directed towards the earth never arrives. About nine tenths of it is absorbed by the atmosphere of the earth. In fact, the earth itself gets only one half millionth
40、of the sun“s entire output of radiant energy.（分数：10.00）(1).The sun is the source of all of the following EXCEPT _.（分数：2.00）A.gasolineB.natural gasC.atomic powerD.animal fat(2).Radiant energy is stored as carbon compounds by _.（分数：2.00）A.plantsB.waterC.rockD.creatures(3).The sun“s energy provides us
41、with all EXCEPT _.（分数：2.00）A.rainB.tealC.waterD.light(4).The largest part of the light energy directed towards the earth is _.（分数：2.00）A.stored up by the plantsB.absorbed by the earth“s atmosphereC.stored up by the animals in the form of body fatD.used for electric power(5).Of the sun“s total output
42、 of radiant energy, the earth receives _.（分数：2.00）A.one tenthB.one millionthC.all that comes from the surface of the sunD.a very small portion八、Part Cloze(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Once upon a time a poor farmer taking a sack of wheat to the mill did not know 1 to do when it slipped from his horse and fell ont
43、o the road. The sack was 2 heavy for him to lift, and his only hope was that 3 some one would come riding by and lend a hand. It was not long 4 a rider appeared, but the farmer“s heart sank when he recognized him, for it was the great man who lived in a castle nearby. The farmer 5 have dared to ask
44、another farmer to help, or any poor man who might have come 6 the road, but he could not beg a favor of so great a man. 7 , as soon as the great man came up he got off his horse, saying “I see you“ve had bad luck, friend. How good it is 8 I“m here just at the right time“. Then he took one 9 of the s
45、ack, the farmer the other, and between them they lifted it on the horse. “Sir,“ asked the farmer, “how can I pay you?“ “Easily enough,“ the great man replied. “Whenever you see 10 else in trouble, do the same for him.“（分数：10.00）A.howB.whatC.whichD.whetherA.soB.veryC.quiteD.tooA.presentlyB.immediatel
46、yC.generallyD.quicklyA.beforeB.untilC.afterD.sinceA.oughtB.shouldC.wouldD.couldA.acrossB.alongC.throughD.aloneA.NeverthelessB.HoweverC.MoreoverD.AlthoughA.whenB.whichC.thenD.thatA.pieceB.endC.partD.edgeA.someoneB.everyoneC.anyoneD.one九、第卷 非选择题(总题数：0，分数：0.00)十、Part Translation f(总题数：1，分数：20.00)During
47、 the middle of the 19th century, 1 Germany, along with other European nations, suffered from workplace deaths and accidents as a result of growing industrialization. 2 Driven in part by Christian love for the helpless as well as a practical political impulse to undercut the support of the socialist
48、labor movement, Chancellor Bismarck created the world“s first workers“ compensation law in 1884. By 1908, the United States was the only industrial nation in the world that lacked workers“ compensation insurance. America“s injured workers could sue for damages in a court of law, but they still faced
49、 a number of legal barriers. 3 For example, employees had to prove that their injuries directly resulted from employer negligence and that they themselves were ignorant about potential dangers in the workplace. The first state workers“ compensation law in this country passed in 1911, and the program soon spread throughout the nation. After World War , benefit payments to American workers
