自考2009、2010、2011年廣東學位英語試題及答案

1、 學位英語門戶網(wǎng)站，價格最低，課時最長，師資最強。2009年廣東省統(tǒng)考真題paper one 試卷一（90 minutes）part i dialogue completion (15 points)directions: there are 15 short incomplete dialogues in this part, each followed by 4 choices marked a, b, c and d. choose the best one to complete the dialogue and mark your answer on the answer sheet

2、 with a single line through the center.1. jenny: shall i go and tell mr. fairbanks about our proposal? jackie: _. a. yes, you gob. yes, goc. yes, letsd. yes, please 2. mori: its a pleasure to meet you here. kaco: _. a. pleased to meet you, toob. thank you so much c. i didnt expect to see you hered.

3、youre too hospitable3. williams: excuse me. im looking for a present for my son. i have no idea what to get him, can you help me? sales girl: _. a. of course i can b. no, i cant actually c. you must buy him a t-shirt d. yes, i think a t-shirt would be a good idea4. tim: i hear youve been to the book

4、 fair. how was it? susan: _. a. absolutely marvelousb. very much indeed c. not necessarilyd. quite disappointed5. ed: how do you get along with your new music teacher? maggie: ms. davis? _, but i like her a lot. a. shes humorousb. shes nice to me c. shes a bit stranged. shes good at dancing6. david:

5、 charles, could you drive me to the railway station? charles: _ a. no, thanks.b. ill be there on time. c. sure, why not?d. never mind.7. max: my son has been admitted by beijing university. walt: congratulations! he is such a smart boy. max: _. a. yes, he isb. you are right c. thank you very muchd.

6、dont mention it8. student: do you mind our performing rock n roll in the hall? teacher: _. a. no, youd better notb. of course, its allowed here c. oh, id rather you didnt actuallyd. id prefer to listen to rock a roll9. clerk: excuse me, this a non-smoking place. customer: _ a. oh, im sorry.b. how ca

7、n you say that? c. thats all right.d. thats impossible.10. waiter: how would you like your coffee? customer: _. a. its well doneb. very nice, thanks c. with sugar, pleased. only one cup11. virginia: what about going to do some shopping this afternoon? rena: _. a. go ahead, please.b. good idea! c. me

8、, too.d. help yourself.12. carlos: thank you very much, miss james. that helped me a lot. miss james: _, carlos. a. dont thank meb. dont mention it c. im fined. im sorry13. susan: im worried. my son doesnt like to talk with me. tracy: _. we were all like that at his age. a. take it easyb. change his

9、 mind c. dont quarrel with himd. dont refuse him14. nicolas: id like to donate money to help poor children at school. to whom shall i give my share? li ming: _ ill ask about that and let you know. a. very well.b. who knows? c. thank you all the same.d. it all depends.15. kelvin: were almost finished

10、 with the project now. _. teresa: actually, i prefer to keep going. a. lets hurry upb. weve too tired now c. well be on timed. lets stop for a breakpart ii reading comprehension (40 points)directions: there are 4 passages in this part. each of the passages is followed by 5 questions or unfinished st

11、atements. for each of them there are 4 choices marked a, b, c and d. choose the best one and mark your answer on the answer sheet with a single line through the center.passage onejack billabong is a stockman. one friday afternoon he was riding along the track towards the henderson farm. he was looki

12、ng for a prize bull which had escaped from the borrogee paddock. he reached the hills and saw at once that he could not go further.there had been a fire in the forest which had gone out. but the air was still full of smoke and fallen trees had blocked the track. jack was just going to turn back when

13、 he saw something moving in the smoke. he waited. it was a girl on a horse, and she was riding towards him. “theres a badly burnt man on the farm,” the girl shouted. “he saved my life. please help me to save him.”the girl was cathy henderson. she had been on horseback for two hours. she had to jump

14、over fallen trees that were still burning. her pony had fallen with her twice. she was thirsty and almost dead from want of sleep. but she rode back to the farm with jack immediately.joe brook was unconscious when they reached him. they lifted him onto jacks horse. the ride back to borrogee was terr

15、ible. cathy was so tired that jack had to tie her to her pony. the pony was tired too, but its courage was astonishing. it followed jack right to borrogee hospital. nobody saw them arrive because it was night.“ive never seen a horse like that pony,” jack said. cathy praised jack billabong, but she r

16、efused to say anything about the pony, “joe will write about her in his story,” she said.but she did say one thing: “if flame hadnt returned to the farm that afternoon, joe and i would have died.”16. jack billabong did not turn back because _. a. he hadnt found the bull yetb. he smelt a heavy smoke

17、in the forest c. he knew there was a burnt man thered. he saw something moving towards him17. why was the ride back to borrogee terrible? a. because joe was tired out. b. because the ride started late at night. c. because they didnt have enough courage. d. because both cathy and her pony were exhaus

18、ted.18. cathy refused to talk to reporters about the pony when she was in borrogee hospital because _. a. she didnt know what to sayb. jack asked her not to talk to them c. she was too weak to say anythingd. joe would write about it in his writing19. what does the word “flame” in the last paragraph

19、refer to? a. jack.b. the pony.c. jacks horse.d. the fire.20. which of the following is the best title of the story? a. rescue of joe brook. b. courage of jack billabong. c. love of a young gir d. heroism of a lovely pony.passage two the faces of elderly, happily-married people sometimes resemble eac

20、h other. dr. aiken studied a number of couples who had been married for at least twenty-five years. each couple provided four photographsone photo of each partner at the time of their marriage and another photo of each partner twenty-five or more years later. all background was cut from the photos t

21、o remove any clues. the photos were then displayed in groups: a random grouping of the persons at the time of their marriage and another random grouping of the same persons who took photographs later. some testees were asked to pick out the partners. they failed totally with the first group. their j

22、udgements were no better than chance. but with the photos taken twenty-five or more years after the marriage, the testees were quite successful with the most happily-married couples.dr. aiken believes there are several reasons why couples grow alike. one reason has something to do with imitation. on

23、e person tends to copy or do the same as someone else without knowing it. he says human begins to imitate the expressions of the faces of their loved ones. “another possible reason,” he says, “is the common experience of the couples.” there is a tendency for people who have the same life experience

24、to change their faces in similar ways. for example, if a couple have suffered from a lot of sad experiences, their faces are likely to change in a similar way.21. dr. aiken cut the background from the photos for the purpose of _. a. imitating the couples lifeb. grouping the couples again c. leaving

25、no trace for the testeesd. giving the testees more chances22. the underlined sentence “their judgements were no better than chance” implies that the testees _. a. did a good job in making their choices. b. had difficulty in picking out the partners c. had no chance to make the right judgements d. di

26、d better with the first group than with the second23. the underlined word “imitate” (in para. 2) has a similar meaning to _. a. copyb. changec. knowd. suffer24. from the passage we can draw the conclusion that _. a. couples who look alike can live longer b. most partners have been proved to grow ali

27、ke c. the influence between partners can be quite strong d. happily-married couples are often richer than others25. the main purpose of the passage is to _. a. explain why couples grow alikeb. tell how couples like each other c. discuss the function of marriaged. describe the life of happily married

28、 couplespassage threethe three biggest lies in america are: (1) “the check is in the mail”, (2) “of course ill respect you in the morning”, and (3) “it was a computer error.”of these three little white lies, the worst is the third. its the only one that can never be true. today, if a bank statement

29、cheats you out of $ 900 that way, you know what the clerk is sure to say,” it was a computer error.” nonsense. the computer is reporting nothing more than what the clerk typed into it.the most annoying case of all is when the computerized cashier in the grocery store shows that an item costs more th

30、an it actually does. if the innocent buyer points out the mistake, the checker, bagger, and manager all come together and offer the familiar explanation: “it was a compute error.”it wasnt, of course that computerized cashier is really nothing more than an electric event. the eye reads the universal

31、product codechat bar of black and white lines in a corner of the packageand then checks the code against a price list stored in memory. if the price list is right, youll be charged accurately.grocery stores update the price list each daythat is, somebody sits at a keyboard and types in the prices. i

32、f the price they type in is too high, there are only two explanations: carelessness or dishonesty. but somehow “a computer error” is supposed to excuse everything.one reason we let people hide behind a computer is the common misperception that huge, modern computers are electric brain with “artifici

33、al intelligence.” at some point there might be a machine with intelligence but none exists today. the smartest computer on earth right now is no more intelligent than your average pen. at this point in the development of computers, the only thing any machine can do is what a human has instructed it

34、to do.26. of the three lies, the one about computer is the worst because the computer itself _. a. says nonsenseb. cheats customers c. cannot make the errord. does not admit its error27. according to the author, a computerized cashier is really just _. a. a machine to count moneyb. a machine to rece

35、ive money c. an instrument to print codesd. an instrument to read codes28. grocery store price lists are updated by _. a. a computerb. a keyboardc. an employeed. an electric brain29. the last paragraph of the passage implies that computers _. a. are very cleverb. never make mistakes c. have a good m

36、emoryd. are controlled by men30. which of the following describes the main idea of the passage? a. computers are stupid and inefficient. b. computer errors are due to its dishonesty. c. computers help stores update the price list. d. computer errors are actually human errors.passage fouri came acros

37、s an old country guidebook the other day. it listed all the tradesmen in each village, and it was impressive to see the past variety of services which were available on ones own doorstep in the late victorian countryside.nowadays a traveler in rural england might conclude that the only village trade

38、smen still flourishing were either selling frozen food to the villagers or selling antiques to visitors. nevertheless, this would really be a false impression. on the surface, there has been a decline of village commerce, but its power is still remarkable.our local grocers shop, for example, is actu

39、ally expanding in spite of the competition from supermarkets in the nearest town. women sensibly prefer to go there and exchange the local news while doing their shopping, instead of queuing up at a supermarket. and the grocer knows well that personal service has a considerable cash value.his prices

40、 may be a bit higher than those in the town, but he will deliver anything at any time. his assistants think nothing of bicycling down the village street in their lunch hour to take a piece of cheese to an old retired woman who sent her order by word of mouth with a friend who happened to be passing.

41、 the richer customers telephone their shopping lists and the goods are on their doorsteps within an hour. they have only to hint at a fancy for some commodity outside the usual stock and the grocer, a red faced-figure, instantly obtains it for them.31. nowadays the commercial services in the village

42、 are _. a. still very activeb. quickly declining c. unable to flourishd. personal to visitors32. the local grocers shop is expanding because _. a. the competition there is weakb. it is a place for women to chat c. it provides good personal serviced. the goods there are more valuable33. which of the

43、following is true about the supermarkets? a. prices there are much higherb. customers often have to queue up. c. customers can order by telephone.d. their personal services are satisfactory.34. how do the village grocers assistants feel about giving extra service? a. they dont think it a trouble.b.

44、they dont think it worthwhile. c. they dont consider it a good deal.d. they dont consider it a pleasant experience.35. one special feature of the village shop is that _. a. there is a very wide range of goods available b. customers can order goods by word of mouth c. customer have to order goods one

45、 hour earlier d. there is a list of goods to be delivered to doorstepspart 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

46、 on the answer sheet with a single line through the center.36. during the heavy storm last week, we had to take _ under a flyover. a. shadeb. shelterc. shadowd. shield37. the three men were assigned jobs according to their _ abilities. a. respectfulb. respectablec. respectived. respecting38. scienti

47、sts have discovered that many animals seem to be highly _ to various signals associated with earthquakes. a. sensibleb. sensualc. sentimentald. sensitive39. the lost car of the johnsons was found _ in the woods of the expressway. a. vanishedb. scatteredc. rejectedd. abandoned40. our guests will be g

48、uided to safety _ fire. a. as a result ofb. in case ofc. in the sense ofd. for the sake of41. if you want to ring her, youll have to _ her number in the telephone book. a. look atb. look toc. look throughd. look up42. under the financial crisis, more social problems in the world are certain to _. a.

49、 raiseb. arisec. be raisedd. be arisen43. after his retirement, he lives partly on his _ and partly on the interest on his post office savings account. a. wagesb. salaryc. earningsd. pension44. during the _, the audience strolled and chatted in the lobby. a. intervalb. pausec. interruptiond. gap45.

50、membership in the united nations is open to all peace-loving states which accept the _ of the charter. a. debtb. obligationc. creditd. reliance46. table tennis used to be the most popular _ in china. but now basketball seems to be more attractive. a. gameb. matchc. play d. race47. as her husband is

51、on a business trip and her son is at school, she feels rather _. a. lonelyb. alonec. singulard. single48. we need to _ our camping things before we go away. a. choose fromb. tell fromc. sort outd. set out49. he _ very quickly from his illness. a. recoveredb. discoveredc. uncoveredd. covered50. if th

52、e police had acted with more _, the disaster could have been prevented. a. solutionb. determinationc. decisiond. hesitation51. he does not _ as a teacher of english, for his pronunciation is far from perfect. a. qualifyb. equalc. matchd. deserve52. his _ reply to the question showed that he had unde

53、rstood it very well. a. proudb. importantc. tensed. quick53. when he tried to make a _, he found that the hotel was fully booked. a. reservationb. demandc. claimd. policy54. i expect that she will be able to _ our particular needs. a. supplyb. reachc. provided. meet55. during july and august there w

54、as no rain for weeks _. a. on endb. in the endc. at lastd. at length56. _ for their support, he would have gone penniless. a. if it is notb. if it isc. were itd. were it not57. there _ in his room. a. are too many furnituresb. is too much furniture c. are too much furnitured. is too many furnitures5

55、8. i miss the hillside _ we found a lot of wild flowers. a. on whichb. by whichc. in whichd. for which59. no sooner had we reached the top of the hill _ we all sat down to rest. a. whenb. thenc. thand. until60. by the time neil armstrong and edwin aldrin walked on the moon in 1969, there _ many space explorations. a. will have beenb. had beenc. have been