广东省成人高等教育学士学位英语试卷及答案1

C. special books at the Institution

D. Captain Barbier’s system of dots and dashes

22. Louis Braille did all of the following EXCEPT ______. A. teaching young children at the Institution B. learning to play musical instruments well C. developing a reading system for the blind

D. encouraging students to use his method secretly

23. Charles Barbier originally devised his writing system for ______. A. blind children B. military personnel C. the French government D. the Academy of Sciences

24. Louis Braille devised his writing system _______. A. from combinations of dots B. at an Englishman’s request

C. to help Charles Barbier in his work D. to enable soldiers to read in the dark

25. The Institution was not able to adopt Braille’s method officially for some time because ________.

A. the students preferred the former method B. the students used Braille’s method secretly C. The new director insisted on the official method

D. the superiority of Braille’s method had not yet been established

Passage Three

Money spent on advertising is money spent as well as any I know of. It serves directly to assist distribution of goods at reasonable prices, thereby establishing a firm home market and so making it possible to provide for export at competitive prices. By drawing attention to new ideas, it helps enormously to raise standards of living. By helping to increase demand, it ensures an increased need for labor, and is therefore an effective way to fight unemployment. It lowers the cost of many services: without ads your daily newspaper would cost four times as much, the price of your TV license would need to be doubled, and travel by bus or tube would cost fifty percent more.

And perhaps most important of all, ads provides a guarantee of reasonable value in the products and services you buy. Apart from the fact that twenty-seven Acts of Parliament govern the terms of advertising, no regular advertiser dare promote products that fail to live up to the promise of his ads. He might fool some people for a little while through misleading ads. He will not do so for long, for mercifully the public has the good sense not to buy the inferior article more than once. If you see an article consistently advertised, it is the surest proof I know that the article does what is claimed for it, and that it represents good value.

Advertising does more for the material benefit of the community than any other force I can think of.

There is one more point I feel I ought to touch upon. Recently I heard a well-known TV personality declare that he was against advertising because it persuades rather than informs. He was drawing excessively fine distinctions. Of course advertising seeks to persuade.

If its message were confined merely to information---and that in itself would be difficult if not impossible to achieve, for even a detail such as the choice of color of a shirt is subtly persuasive---advertising would be so boring that no one would pay any attention. But perhaps that is what the well-known TV personality wants.

26. By the first sentence of the passage, the author means that __________. A. he is quite familiar with the cost of advertising B. everyone knows advertising is costly

C. advertising costs money like everything else D. it is worthwhile to spend money on advertising

27. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT mentioned as the advantage of advertising?

A. Securing greater fame B. Providing more jobs

C. Enhancing living standards D. Reducing media cost

28. The author thinks that the well-known TV personality is _________. A. very precise in his comment on ads B. reasonable in making the comment C. partial in his view of advertising D. funny in misleading the audience

29. In the author’s opinion, __________.

A. advertising benefits people by providing information B. advertising seldom misleads people with information C. there is nothing wrong with ads in persuading buyers D. advertising with only information is a waste of money

30. The author’s attitude to advertising is _________.

A. negative B. positive C. ridiculous D. not clear

Passage Four

In spite of Iraq’s decision to stop oil deliveries, the 11-nation Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will not increase production to make up the shortfall, ministers decided Tuesday in Vienna.

The 11 oil ministers decided to meet again on July 3 to discuss the Iraq temporary stop. The

organization’s president, Charkid Khelil of Algeria, said after the meeting that stocks were high and prices were stable, so quota (配额) increases were not necessary.

The E.U. Commission has expressed concern about Iraq’s output stop. A speaker said OPEC had to take all possible measures to keep or lower the oil price.

Saudi Arabia’s Minister Ali-Nuaimi had earlier said there would not be any shortfall of oil in the market. The organization had already taken steps to fill the gap, he said. OPEC Secretary General Ali Rodriguez added that the period of the Iraq stop to export was not known, so other exporters were not going to lift quotas yet. If the market was destabilized (不稳定), a suitable response would be made.

Iraq on Monday stopped shipments of crude oil to protest against the U.N. Security Council’s decision to extend the oil-for-food programme by only a month, instead of the normal six-month renewal (延期).

Just before the Vienna meeting, oil prices had gone up, with a barrel of OPEC crude oil selling for 27.05 dollars last Friday. North sea oil was at 29.26 dollars Monday evening.

OPEC wanted the oil price to stay within a margin of 22 to 28 dollars and achieved that with cuts in January and March that reduced 2.5 million barrels per day off quotas.

31. ―The organization‖ in Paragraph 2 refers to . A. OPEC B. the E.U. C. APEC D. WTO

32. The 11 oil ministers decided to meet on July 3 so that . A. they can persuade Iraq to continue oil production B. they can discuss the effects of Iraq’s temporary stop C. they can have a talk with the U.N. Security Council D. they can make up their minds to increase oil production

33. About Iraq’s output stop the E.U. Commission was . A. active B. concerned C. cold D. surprised

34. Iraq decided to stop oil deliveries because . A. the U.N. has decided to shorten the time for the oil-for-food programme B. oil price is too low in the international market

C. many oil wells were destroyed during the Iraqi war D. it couldn’t get enough money to develop its economy

35. OPEC wanted the oil price to__________ immediately after Iraq’s crude oil output stop. A. rise above 29 dollars B. fall near 22 dollars C. stay rather stable D. fluctuate dramatically

Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 points)

Directions: There are 40 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are 4 choices

marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

36. This is clearly a promising ___________ to a serious national problem A. means B. approach C. method D. way

37. The Waste Land, Eliot’s most important single poem, has been _________ as a landmark of the 20th-century English poetry. A. shouted B. condemned C. despised D. hailed

38. There is no ________ for tastes, which explains why people have different likes and dislikes.

A. good B. use

C. way D. accounting

39. The _____________ of scientific discoveries to industrial production methods has impelled the rapid development of the world’s economy. A. usage B. employment C. application D. utilization

40. The United States won most of the track and field events. ________, in swimming, the top

three places went to Americans. A. Contrarily B. Similarly C. Unexpectedly D. Hopefully

41. Last year we bought the house, but we did not move in because we haven’t finished decorating

the _________ of the house. A. inner B. inward C. interior D. internal

42. The manager of the company will offer $5.000 _________ to whoever can solve the problem

of water pollution. A. price B. prize C. award D. reward

43. you should listen carefully and be patient when________. A. spoken to B. speak C. speaking to D. you are speaking to

44. With the quickening ________ of life, people turn farther and farther away from conventional social etiquettes and values. A. ratio B. rate C. pace D. temper

45. Applicants for that position ________ in their education backgrounds and working experiences.