同等学力校考英语试题
Part I Oral Communication (15 minutes, 20 points)
Section A
Directions: In this ction, there are two incomplete dialogues and each dialogue has three blanks and three choices marked A, B and C, taken from the dialogue. Fill in each of the blanks with one of the choices to complete the dialogue. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.
Dialogue One
A. I feel like a new man
B. You look really fit
C. Have you been working out
A: 1 C ?
B: Yeah, as a matter of fact, I’ve been going to the gym for half a year now.
A: I can tell. 2B . And no more beer belly. Have you been lifting weights?
B: That and I do an hour of aerobics every other day. I tell you, it’s addicting! 3 A ! A: Well, you look like a million bucks!
B: Thanks.
Dialogue Two
A. great minds think alike
B. We could do it first thing tomorrow morning.
C. We still have to do about ten more
A: How many orders do we still need to pack, Gail? We’ve been packing all day.. B: 4C .
A: Well, I’m really tired from packing all of the stuff all day. And it’s about time to clock out.
B: I know. Maybe we can finish it tomorrow.
A: Why not! The orders are not urgent. 5B .
B: All right. Let’s call it quits and go home.
A: See, 5A .
Section B
Directions: In this ction, there is one incomplete interview which has four blanks and four choices marked A, B, C and D, taken from the interview. Fill in each of the blanks with one of the choices to complete the interview. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.
A. of cour, my home at Rainbow Bay
B. the first time I went surfing, I fell in love with it
C. But can you tell us something about your family
D. it’s such a refreshing place to be
Interviewer: We all know you are an excellent surfer. 7C ?
Interviewee: Sure. I was born in January, 1988 in Murwillumbah Hospital. My parents are very optimi
stic people. They enjoy life and tend to be satisfied with
simple situations. This has rubbed off on me and helps me to always e
the bright side of life.
Interviewer: When did you begin to love surfing?
Interviewee: Well, 8 B . Actually, I’ve always loved the ocean. Its beauty and the way it’s always changing attract me…
Interviewer: Why?
Interviewee: Becau I think the best feeling in the world is riding through a glassy, barreling wave in a bikini with a group of friends. And Alas, 9A ! I
still remember following my dad and sisters around in the lineup and
standing up on my new surfing board.
Interviewer: What did you feel when you won the world title for the first time? Interviewee: When I wo
n the world title for the first time, I felt so light and happy!
Only it happened so quickly that it was over before I knew it. Interviewer: Where are your favorite surfing locations?
Interviewee: My favorite surfing locations include a few spots in West Sumartra, Mexico and, 10D .
Interviewer: That’s about all! Thank you for the interview.
Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes, 30 points) Directions: In this ction, there are four passages f ollowed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers A, B, C and D. Choo the one you think is the best answer and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet. Passage One
Ideas about education are changing in the United States. Education today is not just a high school diploma of a college degree. Many adults are not interested in going to college. They are interested in other kinds of learning. For them, learning does not end with a diploma.
Continuing education gives the adults the opportunity to increa their knowledge about their own field or to learn about a new field. It also gives them a chance to improve their old skills or to learn ne
w ones.
Continuing education class g ive some adults the chance to learn new skills. There are usually many kinds of class to choo from, foreign cooking, auto repair, or furniture repair. The are only some of the class available.
Some adults take class for fun or becau the class will be uful for them. For example, they can choo a class in almost any language as a cond language. There are class in first aid or class in wing. There are also many other types of class to choo from.
Other adults take continuing education class to improve their own lives becau they want to feel better about themlves. Overweight people can find exerci class or class in nutrition. Others can learn how to be good parents, or
how to get along with other people.
There are many opportunities for adults to continue their learning. Almost any community college or public school system has a continuing education program. There are class in schools, community buildings or churches. Most class are in the evening, so working people can attend. The class a re usually small, and they are inexpensive.
Thousands o f people register for continuing education class e ach year. They receive no diploma or certificate, and no grade for most of the class they attend. For them, learning is something they do becau they want to.
11. Some adults go to continuing education class to ___B_____.
A. get a college education
B. learn new skills
C. get a certificate
D. earn grades
12. Attending continuing education class ___A_____.
A. does not cost much money
B. is expensive
C. requires a loan
D. is free of charge
13. What’s the main idea of Para.6? ___C_____.
A. Adults can continue their learning.
B. Most continuing education class are in the evening.
C. Adults have many opportunities to continue their learning.
D. Class are held for working people.
14. Lots of people attend continuing education class becau ____D____.
A. the class will help them feel better about themlves
B. there are many cours they can choo from
C. they can also go to church at the same time
D. learning is something they are interested in
15. We can learn from the passage that ____B____.
A. college education is not important
B. adult education is very popular
C. other kinds of learning are more important than school learning
D. continuing education class teach the same cours that are taught in colleges.
Passage Two
A report published recently brings bad news about air pollution. It suggests that
it could be as damaging to our health as exposure to the radiation from the 1986 Ukraine nuclear power disaster. The report was published by the UK Royal commission on environmental Pollution. But what can city people do to reduce exposure to air pollution? Quite a lot, it turns out.
Avoid walking in busy streets. Choo side streets and parks instead. Pollution levels can fall a considerable amount just by moving a few meters away from the main pollution source—exhaust fumes (烟气). Also don’t walk behind smokers. Walk
on the windward side of the street where exposure to pollutants can be 50 percent less than on the downwind side.
Sitting on the driver’s side of a bus can increa your exposure by 10 percent, compared with sitting on the side nearest the pavement. Sitting upstairs on a double-decker can reduce the exposure. It is difficult to say whether traveling on an underground train is better or wor than taking the bus. Air pollution on underground trains tends to be less toxic than that at street level, becau underground pollution is mostly made up of tiny iron particles thrown up by wheels hitting the rails. But diel and petrol fumes have a mixture of pollutants.
When you are crossing a road, stand well back from the curb while you wait for the light to change. Every meter really does count when you are clo to traffic. As
the traffic begins to move, fumes can be reduced in just a few conds. So holding your breath for just a moment can make a difference, even though it might sound silly.
There are large sudden pollution increas during rush hours. Pollution levels fall during nighttime. The time of year also makes a big difference. Pollution levels tend
to be at their lowest during spring and autumn when winds are freshest. Extreme cold or hot weather has a trapping effect and tends to cau a build-up of pollutants.
16. What is the passage mainly about? ___B____.
A. How to fight air pollution in big cities.
B. How to avoid air pollution in big cities.
C. How to breathe fresh air in big cities.
D. How rious air pollution is in big cities.
17. According to the report, air pollution in big cities ___C____.
A. can be more rious than Chernobyl nuclear disaster
B. cannot be compared with the disaster in Chernobyl
C. can relea as damaging radiation as the Chernobyl disaster
D. can be more rious than we ud to think
18. When you walk in a busy street, you should walk on the side __B_____.
A. where the ink is coming
B. where the wind is going
C. where the wind is weaker
D. where the wind is stronger
19. It is implied in the passage that _______.
A. people should not take street level transportation
B. tiny iron particles will not cau health problems
C. air pollution on an underground train is less poisonous
D. traveling on an underground train is better than taking the bus
20. While waiting to cross a busy street, you should _______.
A. wait a few conds until the fumes reduce.
B. stay away from the traffic as far as possible.
C. hold your breath until you get to the other side of the street.
D. count down for the light to change.
Passage Three
In the 1970s many of us thought working outside the home would be liberating
for women, freeing them from financial dependence on men and allowing them roles
beyond tho of wife and mother.
It hasn’t worked out that way. Women’s labor has been bought on the cheap, their working hours have become longer and their family commitments have barely
diminished. The reality for most working women is a near impossible feat of working
ever harder. There have been new opportunities for some women: professions once
clod to them, such as law, have opened up. Women managers are commonplace,
though the top boardrooms remain male prerves. Professional and managerial
women have done well out of neoliberalism. Their salaries allow them to hire
domestic help.
But more women, such as the supermarket or call center workers; the cooks,
cleaners and hairdresrs, all find themlves in low-wage, low-status jobs with no
possibility of paying to have their hous cleaned by someone el. Even tho in
professions once-regarded as reasonably high-status, such as teaching, nursing or
office work, have en that status pushed down with longer hours, more regulation
and lower pay.
Women’s right to work should not mean a family life where partners rarely e
each other or their children. Yet a quarter of all families with dependent children have
one parent working nights or evenings, many of them becau of childcare problems.
The legislative changes of the 1960s and 1970s helped establish women’s legal and financial independence, but we have long come up against the limits of the law. A
--much of it
more radical social transformation would mean using the coun t ry’s wealth
now produced by women--to create a decent family life. A 35-hour week and a
national childcare rvice would be a start. But it is hard to imagine the major
employers conceding such demands. Every gain that women have made at work has
had to be fought for.
Women’s lives have undergone a revolution over the past few decades that has
en married women, and mothers in particular, go from a private family role to a
hind: now they
much more social role at work. But they haven’t left the family role be
are expected to work even harder to do both.
C .
21. The author suggests that the benefits of women’s working
A. mean that women are able to realize their dreams
B. have been exaggerated in the past few decades
C. are shared only by a limited number of women
D. will be better en in the years to come
D .
22. According to the passage, women’s working
A. has resulted in a clor family tie
B. has helped their family financially
C. has caud more problems than before
D. has adverly affected their family life
23. According to the author, a 35-hour week and a national childcare rvice D .
A. will be put into practice in the near future
B. can only be made possible with government support
