贵州省成人学士学位英语课程考试指南

2013年贵州省成人学士学位英语课程考试指南

（非英语专业） A卷 英语样题

Part I Reading Comprension (40 Points) Directions: There are four passages in this part.Each passage is followed by five questions or unfinisbed statements.For each of them there 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 with a single line through the center.(划线部分为第四部分的翻译题。) Passage 1

Questions l to 5 are based on the following passage:

In the 1920s,scientists found a collection of bones near beijing,China.

They believed that the bones were human and that they were about 500,000 years old.

They also believed the bones were important because they were from alittle-known stage in the evolution of human beings.

The bones were in Beijing until 1941.

Then,because the Japanese army was advancing towards the city,the scientists decided to send the bones to the United States for safety.Since then nobody heard anything about them at all.

Dr.Harry L.Shapiro,Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University,has been searching for them ever since.He beoieves that they were stolen by the American army whose job was to take them to the U.S.A.

He could be right.After the war,a Chicago businessman offered $5,000 to anybody with information about the bones.A woman phoned him and told him she knew where the bones were.

He arranged to meet her on the 102nd floor of the Empire State Building in New York.They met and she told him that her husband had come home from Chind with fossils of a prehistoric man.She showed him a photograph of them.Then she walked away and was never heard from again.

A few years later,however,a Sydney businessman reported that he had the bones and that he had buried them in a forest in Tasmania.He offered to say where for a large sum of money.Then he,too,was never heard from again.

Someone,somewhere,has these bones,but nobody seems to know who or where. 1、How old were the bones thought to be ? A.Five thousand years old. B.Fifty thousand years old.

C.About half a million years old. D.A million years old.

2、Why were the bones sent to the U.S.A.?

A.Because Americans liked collecting old things.

B.Because the bones might fall into the hands of Japanese invaders. C.Becaise they could be sold for a olt of money. D.Because the Chinese didn‘t need them.

3、What happened to the woman aner she made contact with the Chicago businessman? A．She made friendS W―h him． B．Shegot a large samof money from C．She was involved in an accident． D．She completely disappeared． What happened a few years later?

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A．ASydney businessman Offered a large amount lof money to buy the bones． B．Nobody heard anythingmoreabout the bones．

C．ASydney businessman found the bones in a forest in Tasmania D．AnAustraHanSaid the boneswere buried in Tasmania． Wecan infer from thepassage that . A．the woman was sure to know Where the bones were B．the bones have not been returnedto China

C．the bones musthave been in theAustraUanhandS D．the Sydney businessman must have to1d a lie Passage2

Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage：

Large animals that inhabit the desert have evolved a number of adaptations for reducing the effects of extreme heat.One adaptation is to be light in color,and to reflect rather than absorb the sun‘s ray. Desert mammals also adapt from the normal mammalian practice of maintaining a comstant body temperature.Instead of trying to keep down the body temperature deep inside the body,which would involve the expenditure of water and enetgy,desert mammals allow their temperature to rise to what would normally be fever height,and temperature to rise to what would normally be fever height,and temperature as high as 46 degrees Celsius has been measured in Grant‘s gazelles.The overheated body then cools down during the cold desert night,indeed the temperature may fall unusually low by dawn, as low as 34 degrees Celsius in the camel.This is an advantage since the heat of the first hours of daylight is absorbed in warming up the body,and an excessive buildup of heat does not begin until well into the day.

Another strategy of large desert animals is to tolerate the olss of body water to a point that would be fatal for non-adapted animals.The camel can lose up to 30 percent of its body weight as water without harm to itself,whereas human beings die after olsing only 12 to 13 percent of their body weight.An equally important adaptatiom is the ability to replenish （补充）this water loss at one drink.Desert animals can drink prodigious (庞大的)volumes in a short time,and camels have been known to imbibe over 100liters in a few minutes.A very dehydrated(脱水的)person,on the other hand,can‘t drink enough water to dehydrate at one drink,because the human stomach is not sufficiently big and because a too rapid dilution of the body fluids causes death from water intoxication.The tolerance of water loss is of obvious advantage in the desert,as animals do not have to remain near a water hole but can obain food from pastures far away to feed when extremely dehydrated. 6、which is the main topic of this passage?

A.Weather variation in desert. B.Adaptations of desert animals. C.Disease of desert animals. D.Human use of desert animals.

7、According to the passage,why is light coloring an advantage to large desert animals?

A.It helps them hide from predators.

B.It does not absorb sunlight as much as dark colors. C.It helps them see their young at night. D.It keeps them cool at night.

8、The author uses Grant‘s gazelle as an example of .

A.an animal with a low temperature

B.an animal that is mot as well adapted as the camel C.a desert animal that can withstand body temperature

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D.a desert animal with a constant body temperature

9、When is the internal temperature of a large desert animal lowest? A.Just before sunrise. B.In the middle of the day. C.Just after sunset. D.Just after drinking. 10、What causes water intoxication? A.Drinking polluted water. B.Bacteria in water. C.lack of water.

D.Drinking too much water very quickly. Passage3

Questions ll to 15 are based on the following passage:

Today I‘ll be talking about the invention of the camera and photography.The camera is often thought to be a modern invention,but as early as 1727,a German physicisy discovered that light darkens silver salt.Used as a camera,a big box was set up, and a small hole was cot in one side to let the light in;he made temporary pictures on the salt. Silver salt is still the base of the photographic fim today.Then a French scientist made the first permanent picture by using a special piece of metal which was covered with silver salt.A photograph he made in 1829 still exists.

The painter De Gear improved the process by covering the metal also with placing the common salt which we can eat.This was in 1839,the oficial date of beginning of photographs. But the problem was the official date of beginning of photographs.But the problem was the printing of the photographs.And it wasn‘t until other scientists developed the kind of photographic paper we now use that good prints were possible and photography became truly truly modern.Inthe 1870‘s,Matthew Bradey was able to take his famous pictures in American Civil.In the 20‘s of the twentieth century,Georges Mann of the United States simplified film developing,and Dr.Edward lane invented the so-called―Instant Camera‖which uses self-developing film.If we say photography came into existence，in 1839,it follows that it took more than 100 years for the camera to reach its present condition of tehnical refinement. 11、What discovery was the basis of photography?

A.Light darkens silver salt. B.Light darkens natural salt. C.Light darkens silver.

D.Light darkens self-developing film.

12、How was the first permanent picture made?

A.By making use of special paper.

B.By adding common salt to silver salt. C.By giving a slight colour to the silver salt. D.By using a special piece of metal.

13、What does the speaker regard as the official date of beginning of photography?

A.1727. B.1826. C.1839. D.1870.

14、According to the speaker why is Matthew Bradey remembered today?

A.He was a soldier. B.He took war photographs. C.He painted portraits. D.He designed portable camera. 15、What did Doctor Edward Lane invent?

A.A cheap process of developing film at home. B.A new kind of film. C.An automatic printer.

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D.An ―instant camera‖that develops its own film. Passage4

Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage:

Driving a car at high speed along a highway seems to be fun. You need only to follow the bright traffic signs the highways and it will take you to where you wish.

But to a london taxi driver,driving is not an easy job.A taxi drivre has to have not only good driving shills but also a good knowledge of the city of london, from the smallest lane to the most popular bar around .He has to be at the service of all kinds of passengers at all times. A certain London taxi driver told of hes job as follows.

During the night it is quite usual for him to stop two or three times for some refreshments .He said.―I never drink when I‘m working-I would lose my license.‖

He normally goes home between 2 and 3 o‘clock in the night.There are times he has to stay longer and try to make more runs.He said,―That‘s the worst thing about working for yourself.If you don‘t make the money,no one is going to give it to you.‖

London taxi drivers not only ―take‖but also ―give‖.Every summer hundreds of children from london will go for a day at the sea-by taxi! Their rides are paid by the taxi drivers,and these fares all go to the ―London Taxi Fund for Underprivileged Children‖.At the sea, they are met by the mayor,and a lunch party is also held in honour of the taxi drivers and the children.After a happy day running around the sea beaches and vusiting the market, the children go home again-by taxi,and free of charge,of course! 16、To be a London driver is not easy because .

A.he hae to follow the bright traffic signs

B.he hae to have good driving skills and know all the places in the city C.he has to serve all kinds of passengers at alltimes D.both B and C

17、The London taxi drivers . A.work hard because no one would give them money for doing nothing B.never stop driving in the city

C.only work between 2 and 3 o‘clock in the night D.are very rich

18、The author of the passage says that .

A.the taxi driver works longer than is necssary

B.the more runs the taxi driver makes,the more HE gets C.the taxi driver doesn‘t like to work for others

D. the taxi drivers in the city not only take money but also give money 19、London taxi drivers ususlly . A.take money because they have to pay for the children‘s ride B.go to the sea for a day in the summer

C.pay the fares for the children to the sea for a day once every year D.raise money for the ―London Taxi Fund for Underprivileged Children‖ 20、The italicized words Underprivileged Children mean children .

A.from low income families B.who like to ravel by taxi

C.who wish to go to sea but have no money D.from London

Part II Vocabulary and Structure (20 points)

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