湖北省成人高等教育本科生申请学士学位外国语统一考试(2)

26. Which of the three paragraphs represents primarily a guess about the future?

A. Only the second. B. Only the third.

C. The first and the second. D. The second and the third.

27. Women seem more likely to use plastic shoes than men because women ＿.

A. are more interested in style B. don’t want shoes that wear well

C. can’t afford to pay as much for shoes D. focus more on what the shoes are made of

28. Women who ＿ will continue to wear leather shoes according to the author.

A. are interested in fashion B. want new shoes frequently

C. search for a bargain D. are wealthy

29. The author’s purpose in this passage is primarily to have us ＿.

A. become aware of differences between men and women

B. know about modern techniques in shoe making

C. enjoy an interesting story about shoes

D. think about future changes in shoes

30. What is the author’s attitude about making shoes of plastic?

A. He does not express his own attitude.

B. He favors them for both men and women .

C. He favors them for women but not for men.

D. He is against them for both men and women.

Passage Three

It is difficult to imagine what life would be like without memory. The meanings of thousands of perceptions， the bases for the decisions we make， and the roots of our habits and skills are to be found in our past experiences，which are brought into the present by memory.

Memory can be defined as the capacity to keep information available for later use. It includes not only “remembering” things like arithmetic or historical facts，but also involves any change in the way an animal

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typically behaves. Memory is involved when a rat gives up eating grain because he has sniffed（闻到）something suspicious in the grain pile. Memory exists not only in humans and animals but also in some physical objects and machines. Computers， for example， contain devices for storing data for later use. It is interesting to compare the memory-storage capacity of a computer with that of a human being. The instant-access memory of a large computer may hold up to 100，000“words”— ready for instant use. An average U.S. teenager probably recognizes the meaning of about 100，000 word of English.

However， this is but a fraction of the total amount of information which the teenager has stored. Consider， for example， the number of faces and places that the teenager can recognize on sight.

The use of words is the basis of the advanced problem-solving intelligence of human beings. A large part of a person’s memory is in terms of words and combinations of words.

31. According to the passage，memory is considered to be ＿.

A. an intelligence typically possessed by human beings

B. the basis for decision-making and problem-solving

C. an ability to store experiences for future use

D. the data mainly consisting of words

32. The comparison made between the memory capacity of a large computer and that of a human being shows that the computer’s memory capacity is ＿.

A. much smaller than an adult human beings

B. much smaller even than a teenager’s

C. much bigger than a normal adult

D. the same as a teenager’s

33. The whole passage implies that ＿.

A. animals are able to solve only very simple problems

B. only human beings have problem-solving intelligence

C. animals solve problems by instinct rather than intelligence

D. a person’s memory is different from a computer’s in every respect

34. The phrase“in terms of” in the last sentences can best be replaced by ＿.

A. “in connection with” B. “expressed by”

C. “existing in” D. “in contrast with”

35. The topic of the passage is “＿”

A. The computer can replace human for storing data in the future.

B. Memory is of vital importance to life.

C. How is a person’s memory so different from an animal’s?

D. What is contained in memory?

Passage Four

Most Americans would agree，one of the United States’ most pressing

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social problems is the breakdown of the two-parent family. Today， millions of American children grow up without fathers， often in poverty. Too often，these children lack the love and guidance they desperately need—and which they would ordinarily receive from two responsible parents. Traditionally，American parents have placed the needs of their children above their own，often delaying their own gratification(享受)or sacrificing material comforts in the interests of their children’s future. At present， however， nearly one half of all new marriages end in divorce，with often troubling consequences for the children involved. Worse， every year， thousands of teenage，unmarried Americans become mothers outside the context of wedlock(婚姻)altogether， with generally disastrous results for the mothers and children alike and for American society more generally. In refreshing contrast， Chinese continue to value intact marriages. This is not to say that Chinese marriages are all perfect –they certainly are not，judging from increasing rates of divorce and extramarital(婚外) affairs—but the willingness of Chinese to set aside their own needs and stay together for the sake of the children is admirable and worthy of study.

36. The passage is mainly concerned with ＿.

A. the influence of divorce over children

B. the breakdown of the two-parent family in the US

C. the Chinese marriage is a good example for Americans

D. the necessity for parents to place children’s needs above their own

37.Which of the following best summarizes the author’s attitude towards Chinese marriage?

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