成人学位英语模拟试题Model Test 1

广西壮族自治区成人学位英语考试

模拟试题(Model Tests)

Model Test 1

Part One: Reading Comprehension (40%)

Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four are four choices marked A, B, C and D. you should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet by blackening the letter.

Passage 1

Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:

We can make mistakes at any age. Some mistakes we make are about money. But most mistakes are about people. “Did Jerry really care when I broke up with Helen?” “When I got that great job, did Jim, as a friend, really feel good about it ? Or did he envy my luck?” “And was Paul friendly just because I had a car?” When we look back, doubts like these can make us feel bad. But when we look back, it is too late.

在任何年龄段，我们都有可能犯错误。有些错误是与金钱有的，但大部分是与人有关的。“我和海伦分手，杰瑞在意吗？”，“我得到那份好工作时，我的好朋友吉姆是高兴还是嫉妒？”“保尔仅仅是因为我拥有车才对我友好吗？”。当我们回头想一想时，诸如此类的疑问确实能让我们感觉不爽，但是往往已经太晚了。

Why do we go wrong about our friends, or our enemies? Sometimes what people say hides their real meaning. And if we don’t really listen, we miss the feeling behind the words. Suppose someone tells you, “You’re a lucky dog!” Is he really on your side? If he says, “You’re a lucky guy!”, that is being friendly. But “a lucky dog”? There is a bit of envy in those words. What he may be saying is that he doesn’t think you deserve your luck.

为什么我们会误解我们的朋友或者敌人呢？有时，人们所说的掩盖了他们真实的意思。如果我们不是用心去倾听的话，我们会误解其言外之意的。假如有人告诉你，“你是个幸运儿！”他真的是和你站在一边吗？如果他说，“你是个幸运的家伙！”，那是对你表示友好。“幸运儿？”这话中就有点嫉妒的味儿了。其实他真想说的是，他不认为你应该如此的幸运。

“Just think of all the things you have to be thankful for” is another phrase that says one thing and means another. It could mean that the speaker is trying to get you to see your problem. But this phrase contains the thought that your problem is not at all important.

“记住所有的你必须感谢的事情”是个话中有话的句子。它可能意味着说话者要你看到你存在的问题，但这句话也有另外的含义，即你的问题根本不重要。

How can you tell the real meaning behind someone’s words? One way is to take a good look at the person talking. Do his words fit the way he looks? Is what he says shown by the tone of voice? The look in his eyes? Stop and think. The minute you spend thinking about the real meaning of what people say to you may save your another mistake.

你如何才能知道某人话里的真正意思呢？一种方法就是仔细观察说话者。他的话与他的表现混合吗？他的语气反映所说的话吗？他的眼神如何？停下来，好好想一想。你花在思考别人话中有话的努力会是你不犯另外的错误。

1. When the writer recalls some of the things that happened between him and his friends, he

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A.

B.

C.

D. feels happy, thinking how nice his friends were to him feels he might not have understood his friend’s true feelings thinks it a mistake to have broken up with his girl friend is sorry that his friends let him down

2. When the writer about someone saying, “You’re a lucky dog!” he is saying that A. the speaker is just friendly

B. this sentence suggests the same as “You’re a lucky guy!”

C. the word “dog” should not be used to apply to people

D. sometimes the words show that the speaker is a bit envious

3. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage? A. Mistakes we make are either about money or about people.

B. Sometimes people indicate something in his words.

C. Sometimes we have some ways to tell the real meaning behind someone’s words.

D. After reading this passage, we know that we should be careful about people’s words.

4. This passage tries to tell you how to A. Avoid mistakes about money and friends

B. Get an idea of friendly people

C. avoid mistakes in understanding what people tell you

D. keep people friendly without without trusting them

5. The writer suggests that A.

B.

C.

D. everybody nobody all the people not all the people

Passage 2

Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:

It has been shown that children who smoke have certain characteristics. Compared with non-smokers they are more rebellious (反抗的), they are more likely to leave school early, and are more often breaking the law. Many of these features can be summarized as anticipation (预期) of adulthood.

人们发现吸烟的小孩呈现某些特点。与不吸烟的小孩相比，他们更具有叛逆性。他们更易于辍学和犯法。这些特点可归结为成年期待行为。

There are a number of factors which determine the onset of smoking, and these are largely psychological and social. They include availability of cigarettes, curiosity, rebelliousness, appearing tough, anticipation of adulthood, social confidence, the example of parents and teachers, and smoking by friends and older brothers and sisters.

几种因素决定了吸烟习惯的形成，其中大部分是与心理和社会有关的。这些因素包括香烟的供应程度、人们的好奇心和叛逆性、装酷、希望成为成年人、社会信心、父母和教师的榜样以及吸烟朋友和兄弟姐妹的影响。

It should be much easier to prevent children from starting to smoke than to persuade adults to give up the habit once established, but in fact this has proved very difficult. The example set by

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