河南2012年11月成人学位英语考试真题及答案(B卷)

??1.我的观点：是喜欢传统的课堂学习还是网络教育？ 

2.给出两个或以上喜欢的原因。??

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（1）Each child has his individual pattern of social, as well as physical, development. Some of it depends on his home life and his home life and his relationships with the people who love him.（2）Children in large families learn how to get along with others through normal brother-sister play and tussles（争斗）. An only child, on the other hand, may have to learn his lessons in social living through hard experiences on the playground or in the classroom.（3）Twins who always have one another to lean on may be slow in responding to others because they do not need anyone else.

（4）A child who is constantly scolded（责骂）and made to fell he does everything wrong may have a difficult time developing socially. He may be so afraid of displeasing the adults around him that he keeps to himself(where he can't get into trouble),（5）or he may take the oppositeroute（道路）and go out of his way to create trouble. Like the is olated child, he too may return to infantile pleasures, developing habits that will satisfy him, but create barriers toward social contact.

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What happened in the 1970s?

• A.The US government recommended the amount of food a restaurant gave to a customer.
• B.Health experts persuaded restaurants to serve smaller portions.
• C.The United States produced more grain then needed.
• D.The American waistline started to expand.

What does the survey indicate?

• A.Many poor Americans want large portions.
• B.Twenty percent Americans want smaller potions.
• C.Fifty seven percent Americans earn $150,000 per year.
• D.Twenty three percent Americans earn less than $25, 000 per year.

Which of the following is NOT true of working class Americans?

• A.they work long hours.
• B.they live from paycheck to paycheck
• C.they don't want to be healthy eaters.
• D.They want to save money for their children.

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Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage:

“Clean your plate!”and“Be a member of the clean-plate club!” Just about every kid in the US has heard this from a parent or grandparent. Often, it's accompanied by an appeal: Just think about those starving（饥饿）in Africa! Sure, we should be grateful for every bite of food. Unfortunately, many people in the US take too many bites. Instead of staying“clean the plate”, perhaps we should save some food for tomorrow.

• According to newsreports, US restaurants are partly to blame for the growing bellies（肚子）. A waiter puts a plate of food in front of each customer, with two to four times the amount recommended（推荐）by the government, according to a USA Today story. American
• Barbara Rolls, a nutrition professorat Pennsylvania State University, told USA Today that restaurant portion sizes began to grow in the 1970s, the same time that the American waist line began to expand.
• Health experts have tried to get many restaurants to serve smaller portions. Now, apparent1y, some customs are calling for this too. The restaurant industry trade magazine QS Rreported last month that 57 percent of more than 4,000 people surveyed believe
• It's not that working class Americans don't want to eat healthy. It's just that, after long hours at low-paying jobs, getting less on their plate hardly seem like a good dea1. They live from paycheck（薪水）to paycheck, happy to save a little mone
• A.to save food
• B.to wash the dishes
• C.not to waste food
• D.not to eat too much

Why do American restaurants serve large portions?

• A.Because Americans associate quantity with value
• B.Because Americans have big bellies
• C.Because Americans are good eaters
• D.Because Americans are greedy

Which of the following countries does worse in science?

• A.Japan.
• B.South Korea
• C.Britain.
• D.France

The fact that English pupils do well at science and badly at math while in France it is the other way around is attributable to ___.

• A.cultural values
• B.teaching methods
• C.class size
• D.money spent

All of the following are common-held beliefs about education EXCEPT___.

• A.time spent on a subject correlates with academic success
• B.educational achievements correlate with the money spent
• C.large classes contribute to poor educational achievement
• D.culture is not a deciding factor in school performance

Which of the following statements is supported by the passage?

• A.Austrian teenagers do better than New Zealands teenagers
• B.Low-spending will lead to good school performance.
• C.Students in large classes will do better than students in small class.
• D.Asian culture makes students eager to learn and easy to teach.

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??Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:

• Apopularly-held view has it that “opportunity to learn” is the key to educational success -i.e.the more time children spend on a subject, the better they do at it. According to the recent study there seems little correlation between time spent on a subjec
• Another article of faith among the teaching profession that children are bound to do better in small classes is also being undermined by educational research. The study found that France, America and Britain, where children are usually taught in classes o
• A.establishing a relationship between culture and education
• B.exposing educational myths
• C.introduction educational philosophies
• D.comparing education philosophies

We may conclude from the passage that___.

• A.better solutions to the poverty problem are not yet found
• B.welfare will enable people to be rich
• C.poor people are bound to go out of the poverty line of they have chances to do business
• D.Employment is the best solution to the poverty problem

Most of the American poor people are not qualified for employment because___.

• A.they do not have any motivation to work
• B.they are not very self-confident
• C.they are too young or too old to work
• D.they have physical and family problems

Which of the following is NOT true?

• A.Ten percent of the Americans live a poor life.
• B.Poor people are those who live below the poverty line.
• C.The poverty line rises as the general standard of living rises.
• D.The poverty line tends to be at the same level.

More than 40 percent of the poor people are children.This is mainly because ___.

• A.they do not have enough motivation
• B.they are so young that they are deprived of chances to work
• C.they fail to get enough education
• D.they are very poor in experience

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Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:

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The poverty line is the minimum income that people need for an acceptable standard of living. People with incomes below the poverty line are considered poor. Economists study the causes of poverty in order to find solutions to the problem.

• As the general standard of living in the country rises, the poverty line does, too. Therefore, even with today's relatively high standard of living, about tenpercent of the people in the United States are below the poverty line. However, if these peop
• For one thing, more than half of the poor people in the United States are not qualified to work. Over 40 percent of the poor people are children. By law, children less than 16 years old cannot work in many industries. A large number of poor people ar
• At the present time, the government thinks it can reduce poverty in the country in the following ways. First, if the national economy grows, businesses and industries will hire more workers. Some of the poor who are qualified to look for jobs may fund emp
• Finally, if the government distributes society's income differently, it will raise some poor people above the poverty line. The government collects taxes from the non-poor and gives money to the poor. These payments to the poor are called welfare. In
• A.to define what the poverty line is
• B.to explain why some people live below the poverty line
• C.to find solutions to the problem of poverty
• D.to show sympathy for those poor people

What is the most obvious difference between men and women shoppers?

• A.The fact that men do not try clothes on in a shop.
• B.Women bargain for their clothes, but men do not.
• C.Women stand up to shop, but men sit down.
• D.The time they took over buying clothes.

What does the passage tell us about women shoppers?

• A.They welcome suggestions from anyone.
• B.Women rarely consider buying cheap clothes.
• C.Women often buy things without giving the matter proper thought
• D.They listen to advice but never take it.

In commerce a good salesman is one who___.

• A.treats his customers kindly.
• B.always has in stock just what customers want
• C.does not waste his time on difficult customers
• D.sells something a customer does not particularly want

What does a man do when he cannot get exactly what wants?

• A.He buys similar things of the color he wants.
• B.He usually does not buy anything.
• C.He tries on some other things, but never buys anything.
• D.So long as the size is right, he buys the thing.

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Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman. A man goes shopping because he needs something, his purpose is settled and decided in advance. He knows what he wants and his objective is to find it and buy it; the price is a secondary consideration.

• All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they went. If the shop has it in stock, the salesman promptly producesit, and the business of trying it on proceeds at once. All being we1l, the deal can beand of ten is completed in less than
• For a man, slight problems may begin when the shop does not have what he wants, or does not have exactly what he wants. In that case the salesman, as the name implies, tries to sell the customer something else. He offers the nearest he can to the article
• Few men have patience with this treatment, and the usual responseis:    “This is the right color and may be the right size, but I should be wasting my time and yours by trying it on.”    Now how does a woman go abou
• Contrary to a lot of jokes, most women have an excellent sense of value when they buy clothes. They are always on the look out for the unexpected bargain. Faced with a roomful of dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour going from one rail to another, to
• A.he buys cheap things, regardless of quality
• B.he chooses things that others recommend
• C.he does not mind how much he has to pay for the right things
• D.he buys good quality things, so long as they are not too expensive

Pubs can be found in every town, city or village in Britain. Social life for many people has(1)on the pub for many years. Opening and closing times are(2)by law and, ten minutes before closing time, the barman or barmaid rings a bell or (3) ，“Last orders!”When you go into a pub you have to go to the bar, pay for your drink and carry it to your seat.

It is(4)in Britain to “go for a drink” with friends. People often(5)at a pub before going on to another place. On Friday and Saturday evening pubs in some city centers can be very(6). Some people do a tour of all pars in one(7)and have a drink in each one: this is called a“pub crawl”.

It used to be(8)to get a cup of coffee in a pub, and children were not allowed inside. Though it is still against the law to serve alcohol to anyone under eighteen, pubs are now trying to(9)family. Pubs with gardens or chairs arid table sout side are often crowded in the summer.Pubs are still a central part of British (10) .

• A.centered
• B.depended
• C.based
• D.acted

Color-b1ind people often find it difficult to ___ between blue and green.

• A.separate
• B.distinguish
• C.compare
• D.contrast

It suddenly ___ him that he should solve the problem with a computer.

• A.occurred to
• B.struck at
• C.hit on
• D.dawned in

The policeman stopped him when he was driving home and ___ him of speeding.

• A.charged
• B.accused
• C.blamed
• D.implied

After the party, the children were allowed to finish off the ___sandwiches and cakes.

• A.remained
• B.leaving
• C.left
• D.remaining

The quiz ___ of fifty multiple-choice items and five passages for reading.

• A.constitutes
• B.composes
• C.comprises
• D.consists

The problem has ___simple because you didn't follow the instructions in the handbook.

• A.assembled
• B.arisen
• C.appeared
• D.resulted

Though badly damaged by fire, the palace was eventually ___to its original splendor.

• A.recovered
• B.restored
• C.renewed
• D.replaced

As it is a very popular play, it would be wise to ___ seats in advance.

• A.buy
• B.preserve
• C.book
• D.occupy

In this factory, suggestions often have to wait for months before they are fully ___. 

• A.admitted
• B.acknowledged
• C.absorbed
• D.considered

They have developed techniques which are ___ to those used in most factories.

• A.simpler
• B.better
• C.superior
• D.greater

??You ___ your homework lately and your class work isn't up to standard either.??

• A.did not
• B.were not doing
• C.have not been doing
• D.won not be doing

Henry looked very much ___ when he was caught cheating in the exam.

• A.exciting
• B.excited
• C.embarrassing
• D.embarrassed

Had Paul received six more votes in the last election, he ___our chairman, now.

• A.must have been
• B.would have been
• C.were
• D.would been

Tom's education gave him an advantage ___boys who had not been to a college.

• A.over
• B.up
• C.to
• D.above

___ difficulties we may come across, we will help one another to get over them.

• A.Whichever
• B.Whatever
• C.However
• D.What

Evidence comes up ___ specific speech sounds are recognized by babies as young as six months old.

• A.what
• B.that
• C.whose
• D.which

Gravity is sure to play an important part, ___ the ball ___ into the air won’t go up.

• A.as, thrown
• B.for, thrown
• C.since, throwing
• D.as, throwing

Research into the dynamics of storms is directed toward improving the ability to predict these events ___ to minimize damage and avoid loss of life.

• A.and thus
• B.so
• C.however
• D.because

Long before children are able to speak a language, ___communicate through facial expressions and by making noises.

• A.however
• B.they
• C.furthermore
• D.who

An investigation was made into the accident, ___ five people were killed.

• A.where
• B.for that
• C.when
• D.in which