2007广东省成人学位英语真题

2007年广东省统考试题 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 with a single line through the center. 1. Clerk: Please fill out the form. Guest: All right._________ , please? Clerk: It's August, the thirteenth. A. What day is it today B. What's the number C. What's the date today D. What's the time now 2. Speaker A: Can you tell me the way to the library? Speaker B: Sure. Turn left at the next crossing. Speaker A: Is it on King Street? Speaker B:__________. A. That's alright B. Yes. You can't miss it C. It's obvious D. OK. Just do it 3. Patient: Could you arrange for me to see Doctor Smith tomorrow morning? Nurse:_______ . He won't be free until 12:00. A. You can call later B. You're unlucky C. I can't do that D. I'm afraid not 4. Lisa: You look great. Any good news? Alex: I just came back from my vacation. Lisa: Wow, ________! Maybe I should take a vacation, too. A. I didn't see it B. good for you C. I didn't find it D. hard to believe 5.Waiter: Hello, sir. _______? Customer: Could you give us a second, please? Waiter: Sure. A. Are you ready to order B. How can I help you C. Ready to take my order D. Can I do you a favor 6. Heather: Look, I've got a problem here. Will you help me? Rebecca:_______ , but I'll try. A. No, I won't B. I'm really willing to C. Yes, I'm glad D. I'm not sure if I can 7. Conductor:Good morning,________ , please? Passenger: Here you are. A. can I have your ticket B. anything to declare C. can I help you D. anything special 8. Waitress: Yes, sir, anything the matter? Customer:________ , but this soup is too salty. Waitress: I'm very sorry, sir. I'll change it for you. A. I can't stand it B. Sorry to do it C. I hate to complain D. Sorry to bother you 9. Student: Professor Lance, your lecture on cloning is very interesting! Professor: ________. Are you a student of biology? Student: No. I major in chemistry. A. I think so B. I'm glad to hear that C. It must be D. It's not so interesting 10. Clerk: Central Ballet.________? Customer: Yes, what's on tonight? Clerk: Sleeping Beauty. A. May I help you B. What do you want C. Can you speak out D. What's the matter 11. Mary: I'm sorry, but I can't seem to find that tape you lent me. I must have lost it. Susan: Oh no!________! Mary: But don't worry. I'll buy you a new one. A. Don't do that B. What a shame C. Don't say that D. How pity it is 12. Richard: _________. My name is Richard Stewart. May I take a picture of you? Mrs. Vann: By all means. I'm Mrs. Vann. Glad to meet you. A. I'm sorry B. Excuse me C. Pardon me D. Attention, please 13. Susan: Let's; go to the restaurant and have dinner right now! Marilyn: OK. Let's get in. Susan: Thanks.________. A. After you B. You go first C. I'll follow you D. Have fun 14. Alexandra: Excuse me, officer. Can you tell me how to get to Linden Street? Policeman: Sure. You should take No. l Train to Van Cortland Park. Alexandra: Thank you. Policeman: Anytime._________. A. Congratulations B. Pleasant journey C. God bless you D. Good luck 15. Richard: Oh, I've got to go._________. Robbie: It was a pleasure meeting you, too. Bye-bye. A. It was nice of you to meet me B. It was nice to have met you C. It was nice meeting you here D. It was nice for you to meet me Part II Reading Comprehension (40 points) Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each of the passages is followed by 5 questions or unfinished statements. 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 One In your car you may have a cell phone, a telephone also known as a mobile phone that you can carry around and use anywhere. On your way, you may feel coordinated and enjoy your hands-free phone talking while driving. But recent studies suggest that it isn’t the dialing or the arm waving that makes driving while talking on a cell phone dangerous. It is the yakking itself --- or more precisely, the continuous conversation with someone who isn't present --- that makes. David Strayer, a Utah psychologist, says “Your driving performance while talking on a cell phone is weakened at levels comparable to, or worse than, driving with a blood alcohol level of 0.08,” which is the legal limit in most states of America. Using a driving-training simulator, Strayer and his colleagues compared the attention levels and response time of 110 drivers in various situations. In dense traffic, cell phone users were about 20 percent slower to respond to sudden hazards than other drivers, and they were about twice as likely to drive into the back of a braking car in front of them. "Cell phone drivers are obtaining less than 50 percent of the visual information that non-cell drivers are getting," says Strayer. "Looking and seeing are not one and the same." By contrast, the researchers found that listening to the radio or conversing with passengers is not as hazardous. "When a dangerous situation arises, the driver and passengers put their conversation on pause," Strayer says. Whether talking with a passenger or someone on a cell phone, however, people are less able to recall the details of a conversation carried on while driving. "So it might not be good for your economic health to discuss investment strategies with your agent while either of you is driving." Strayer adds lastly. 16. According to the recent studies, which of the following makes driving dangerous? A. A cell phone dialing by the driver. B. The driver's endless arm waving. C. The driver's continuous cell phone talking. D. The absence of another phone speaker. 17. Which of the following does Strayer want to stress most? A. The driving performance may be weakened by a cell phone talking. B. The driving performance may be affected by a high blood alcohol level. C. Drivers are not to drive over the cell phone or after drinking. D. A cell phone talking is no less hazardous than alcohol in driving. 18. The experiment shows all the following EXCEPT that_________. A. the cell phone drivers get less than half of the visual information B. the cell phone drivers are twice as likely to hit the front cars C. the cell phone drivers' response to sudden dangers is slower D. the 110 drivers were reluctant to take part in the experiments 19. Strayer discourages drivers from talking, about business on cell phones while driving because____________. A. they tend to forget the details of a conversation B. both the driver and his agent happen to be driving C. it might not be good for the driver's memory D. the other passengers would overhear the conversation 20. It can be inferred that the author's attitude toward cell phone yakking is_________. A. approving B. disapproving C. encouraging D. indifferent Passage Two It's no great surprise that Bill Gates has decided to walk away from his day-to-day involvement with Microsoft, and use his full attention to oversee how the Bill Gates Foundation spends its $ 16 billion on philanthropy, or charity. But Gates is not the first one to follow the path. Ever since the industrial revolution, wealthy self-made businessmen and businesswomen have felt a calling to create a legacy that goes beyond a profit and loss sheet. The saying "He who dies rich, dies disgraced" runs deeply through the business community. But out of all the great philanthropists, Mr. Gate’s career path appears to be closest to the oil millionaire John Rockefeller. Both were self-made men and both became the richest men on the planet. Rockefeller was in his late fifties when he turned his attention full time to philanthropy--- creating vast charitable foundations to promote health and education. Now Gates says he will do the same in his early fifties. "With great wealth comes great responsibility," he adds. Like Gates, many philanthropists do not want to pass on too much wealth to their children. They want them to be comfortable, with a nice house and some money in trust for their grandchildren. But they don't want to leave them millions and millions because they know how important it is for them to make their own way. In Britain, for instance, the newspaper rich lists are increasingly dominated by self-made millionaires, rather than inherited wealth. New money is less likely to be tied up in assets, making it ripe for philanthropy The appearance of the welfare state also had a great impact on attitudes to philanthropy. The state was saying it would take over much of the role of what was once regarded as the responsibility of private philanthropists. 21. Bill Gates has done all the following EXCEPT_________. A. abandoning his career with Microsoft's daily business B. devoting the rest of his life to philanthropic causes C. leaving his children enough money for a comfortable life D. defying John Rockefeller in creating charitable foundations 22. The saying "He who dies rich, dies disgraced" properly means that________. A. the wealthy people should give away their fortunes after death B. the wealthy people should feel ashamed for-their assets C. the wealthy people should abandon their careers for charities D. it is shameful for the wealthy people to keep their wealth till death 23. Gates and Rockefeller are similar in that_____________. A. both of them inherited their wealth B. their career paths are exactly the same C. both decided to devote to charity in their fifties D. both made their fortunes in the same way 24. Many wealthy people don't want to leave too much behind mainly because___________. A. it is not easy for them to make their fortunes B. they want their children to make their own way C. they just wish their children to have a comfortable life D. they hope to gain reputation by donating their wealth 25. The chief reason why philanthropy has come into a good stage is that____________. A. the new money is less likely to be regarded as one's private wealth B. Gates will devote his full attention to philanthropy C. the welfare state would take over all the charity responsibilities D. many new millionaires are self-made rather than inherited Passage Three In 1991, when announced to be HIV positive, "Magic" Johnson became the face of a disease that the public still had a lot to learn about. The basketball star established the Magic Johnson Foundation that year and took a leading role on the public relations and fund-raising fronts in the fight against H