1、安徽 2017 年成人學(xué)位英語考試預(yù)測題及答案一一、會話技巧題1. Tommy: Mommy, when will we have dinner? I 'm starvin9.Mother:.We have to wait for Daddy.A. Soon, honeyB.Quickly, honeyC.OK, honeyD.All right, honey答案 : A2. narta: I like the red shirt than the black one.Allen: Really?Malta:The red one islongerand a littleloosers

2、o itwillbe more comfortable.A.How comeB.Why notC.How muchD.So what答案 : A3. Jiang: Which do you, wine or spirits?Green: I 'd like to have a little wine first.A. like B.enjoy C.prefer D.taste答案 : C4. Visitor: How do I get to the bank?I have no knowledge of this area.Policeman: Cross the road and t

3、urn left at the other side. for about 100 meters and the bank is to your left.A. Continue you walking B.Keep going straight C.Go along D.Go on walking答案 : B5. Student: Excuse me.Could I borrow the dictionary?LibraHan: No,.You can 't take it out. Student: Could I borrow these books?Librarian:Oh,

4、no.I'm afraidyou can onlyborrowfivecopiesatone time.A.excuse me B.I 'm sorry C.Never D.I don t答案 : B6. Manager: Could youa secretary for me?Assistant: I think Susan is a suitable person. Manager: Why do you think so?Assistant: She iS skilled at using a computer. A.chooseB.selectC.recommendD.

5、assign答案 : C7. Son: I 'm terribly sorry.Mom.I ve broken an Italian vase.Mom: A. Oh, what a pity！ B.Oh, dear, how awful.it is！ C.Oh, that doesn 't matter. D.Oh, Im so sorry about that. 答案 : C8. Susan: HOW do you do, Mrs.Miller.Miller: How do you do, Susan.I 'm glad you can join us. A.Take

6、 it easy B.Please feel naturalC.Make yourself at home D.Feel all right here答案 : C9. Stranger: Could you tell me the entrance to the subway?Resident:.A. Sure, my pleasure B.Don 't ask meC.I don 't know D.Not my business答案 : A10. Customs Officer: Well, please open your suitcases.Mr.Smith: OK.T

7、hese items are for personal use. Customs Officer:?Mr.Smith: N0, I don, t think S0.I 've only bought some gifts for my friends. A.Anything else to show me B.Do you have anything to declareC.Will you report anything D.Do you want to buy more gifts答案 : B二、閱讀理解題TracyMcGrady isa reallifesuperstar.Hes

8、pentthe summer travelinginEurope, working with Adidas on his latest basketball shoe and playing with Team U.S.A.inan Olympic qualif-ying game.He also spent countless hours in the gym."l work onthings every day in the off-season.” says McGrady, 24, an All.Star guard with the National Basketball

9、Association 's Orlando Magic.Until McGrady was 17, few outside his tiny hometown knew of his skills.He wasraised mostly by his grandmother in a rough part of town.Sports were his escapes.To gain more expo-sure for his basketball skills, McGrady transferred to play his senior season at Mount Zion

10、 Christian Academy in North Carolina.After leading the MightyWarriors to a 26 2 record that season, McGrady was named Player of the Year by anational newspaper.At 18.McGrady was starringforTorontoby the end ofhisnew players'season.But he wanted to become one ofthe NBA s elite（精英） , so he hireda

11、trainerand began intense workouts.It 's not uncommon for McGrady, who signed with orlando in 2002,to shoot 200 jumpers after practice, grab a healthy bite to eat and go to work out with the Los Angeles Lakers Shaquille o 'Neal, who owns a home in orlando."He 'sstayedata highlevel.”

12、orlandocoach Doc Riverssays ofMcGrady."A lot of young players can play a good 20.minutes, or have a great month.Tracy does itall season on both ends.”To be that good takes a lot of work.To be better takes even more.McGrady is ready for the challenge, because he knows what he wants."I don &

13、#39;t want to be one of those players that s known for being a great player that never won a championship.” McGrady says."l want a title.”第 11 題 Which of the following teams has McGrady NOT so far played for? A.Team U.S.A. B.Los Angeles Lakers.C.The Mighty Warriors. D.Orlando Magic.答案 : D第 12 題

14、 The sentence"1 work on things every day in the off-season”（ Line 3, Paragraph l） implies that.A. McGrady practices other things more often than he does with basketballB. McGrady keeps on hisskillstrainingparticularlyhard in the off-seasondaysC. McGrady keeps on training with other exercises th

15、an with basketballD. McGrady practices his skills every day including the off-season time答案 : D第 13 題 McGrady is different from other players mainly in. A.his particular shooting skills in playing basketballB. his trying to save every minute to work out with o 'NealC. his persistence in constant

16、 hard trainingD. his stronger desire for a title than other players答案 : D第 14 題 Mc Grady was honored Player of the Year by a national newspaper because.A. he has stayed at a high level of trainingB. he has created a record among the best players that seasonC. he was well ready for the coming challen

17、geD. he is regarded as an All-Star guard with the NBA答案 : B第 15 題 The sentence"Sports were his escapes”（ Line 2, Paragraph 2） can best mean that.A. sporting activities were the means for him to get fullest happiness byB. physical exercises were the only way to relieve him of his painsC. he didn

18、 't want to do more things than sportive activitiesD. sports enabled him to Fun away from his hometown答案 : AIn the mid 1940 's,the young ambitiousduo（藝人） Ruth and ElliotHandler,owned a Companythatmade wooden picturesframes.Itwas in l945thatRuth and ElliotHandlerjoinedwiththeirclosefriendHaro

19、ldMattsonto form a company thatwould be known for the most fa-mous and successful doll（洋娃娃） ever created.This company wouldbe named Mattel, Matt for Mattson, and EL for Elliot.In the mid 1950 's,whilevisitingSwitzerland,Ruth Handlerpurchaseda German Lilli doll.Lilli was a shapely, pretty fashion

20、 doll first made in l955.She wasoriginally fashioned after a famous cartoon character in the West German Newsletter-Build.Lilli is the doll that would inspire Ruth Handler to design the Barbie doll（芭比娃娃） .Withthe helpofhertechniciansand engineersatMattel,Barbiewas born.Ruth then hired Charlotte John

21、son, a fashion designer, to create Barbie 'Swardrobe.It was in l958 that the patent for Barbie was obtained.This would be a fashion doll unlike any of her time.She would be long 1imbed, shapely, beautiful, and only 11.5 inches tall.Ruth and Elliot would name their new fashion doll after their ow

22、n daughter, Barbie.In 1959,theBarbiedollwould make her way tothe New York Toy Show and receive a cool reception from the toy buyers.Barbie has undergone a lot of changes over the years and has managed to keep up with current trends in hairstyles, make-up and clothin9.She is a reflection ofthe histor

23、y of fashion since her introduction to the tov market.Barbiehas a universalappealand collectorsboth young and oldenjoytimespent and memories made with their dolls.第 16 題 When Ruth and ElliotHandlerwas young,theyhad a strongdesire.A.togo to school.B.totakephotos.C.tomake frames.D.to be highlysuccessf

24、ul.答案 : D第 17 題 Who owned Mattel?A.Mattson. B.Elliot. C.Harold Mattson and Elliot Handler. D.Harold Mattson, Ruth and Elliot Handler.答案 : D第 18 題 It can be inferred from the second paragraph that Lilli was fashionedafterA.Build B.a German doll C.a pretty girl D.a shapely woman答案 : A第 19 題 Where didR

25、uth Handler'sinspirationforthe designof theBarbiedoll come from?A. Barbie. B.Lilli. C.Charlotte Johnson. D.A fashion designer.答案 : B第 20 題 Which of the following statements is NOT true of the Barbie doll? A.She does not attract young men.B. She has undergone many changes over the years.C. She is

26、 ll.5 inches tall.D. She has managed to keep up with fashion.答案 : AThe greatest recent social changes have been in the lives of women.During thetwentiethcenturytherehas been a remarkableshorteningof the proportionof a woman 'slifespent in caringforthe children.Awomanmarryingat the end of the nin

27、eteenth centurywould probablyhave been inher middletwenties,and would be likelyto haveseven or eightchildren,ofwhomfouror fivelivedtiUtheywere fiveyearsold.By the time the youngest was fifteen, the mother would have been in her early fiftiesand would expect.to live a further twenty years, during whi

28、ch custom, opportunityand health made it unusual for her to get paid work.Today women marry younger and have fewer children.Usually a woman 's youngest child will be fifteen when she isforty-fiveyearsoldand islikelytotakepaidwork untilretirementatsixty.Evenwhile she has the care of children, her

29、 work is lightened by household appliances and convenience foods.This important change in woman 's life-pattern has only recendy begun to haveits full effect on womens economic position.Even a few years ago most girls leftschoolatthe firstopportunity,and most of them tooka fulltimejob.However,wh

30、en they married,they usuallyleftwork at once and never returnedto it.Todaythe school leaving age is sixteen, many girls stay at school after that age, and though womentend to marryyounger,more marriedwomenstayat work at leastuntilshortlybefore their first child is born.Very many more afterwards retu

31、m to full or part-timework.Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage, with the husbandaccepting agreater share of theduties and satisfactions of family life, aid withboth husband andwifesharing more equally inproviding themoney, and runningthe home, according to the abilities and inter

32、ests of each of them.第 21 題 According to the passage, it is now quite usual for women to. A.stay at home after leaving school B.marry men younger than themselves C.start work until retirement at 60 D.marry while still at school答案 : C第 22 題 We are told that in an average family about 1900. A.many chi

33、ldren died before they were five years oldB. seven or eight children lived to be more than five years oldC. the youngest child would be fifteen years oldD. four or five children died when they were five years old答案 : D第 23 題 Many g ！ rls, the passage claims, are now likely to. A.give up their jobs f

34、or good after they are marriedB. leave school as soon as they canC. marry so that they can get a jobD. continue working until they are going to have a baby答案 : D第 24 題 One reason why the woman of today takes a job is that she. A.is younger when her children are old enough to look after themselvesB.

35、does not like children herselfC. need not worry about food for her childrenD. can retire from family responsibilities答案 : A第 25 題 Nowadays, a husband tends to. A.play a greater part in looking after the childrenB. help his wife by doing most of the houseworkC. feel dissatisfied with role in the fami

36、lyD. take a part.time job so that he can help in the home答案 : ALast December 's earthquakes in the Iranian city of Bam took a huge death tollroughly 40, 000 people largely because of the collapse of thousands of mudbrick buildings.If a group of researchers in India are successful, the nextearthq

37、uakemightnot be as destructive.Britishand Indianengineersare developing earthquake proof housing using a cheap, universal material: bamboo.Thev designed a model house built around waterproof bamboo-sheet roofing and bamboo-reinforced concrete walls.To test the structure, the engineers, sponsoredby t

38、he U.K.Depart-ment of qnternational Development, took it to the EarthquakeEngineering and Vibration Re-search Centre in Bangalore, which has astate.of-the-art earthquake simulator （ 模 擬 裝 置 ） . The researchers shook the house with five successive 30-second pulses, being equal to 7.8 on the Richter（里

39、氏） scale.The simulation was more than 10 times as violent as the Bam earth-quake.yetthe house emerged undamaged."We didn 't even crack the paint, ” says engineer Paul Follett.of Britain s Timber Research and Development Association.By some estimates, more than a binion people already live i

40、n bamboostructures.Theinnovationliesin developingways to exploitbamboo 'S spring.Easily pre-built,fireresistant,and farlighterthan steel,bamboo.based structurescould be assembled in three weeks and last 50 vears.At five dollars a square foot, theywould last roughly half as much as brick-and-bloc

41、k constructions.Follett says theprojectwillfollowan"open source ”model:"Whatever isdevelopedisfreelyavailable for the common good.”第 26 題 Thousands of people died in the Bam earthquake mainly because. A.the earthquake occurred in the cold DecemberB. many mud.brick houses collapsedC. the ea

42、rthquake reached 7.8 0n the Richter scaleD. bamboo houses hadn 't been built yet答案 : B第 27 題 The phrase"a universal material”（ Line 5, Paragraph l） refers to a material that can be found.A.everywhere in Indial B.in the universeC.in a university D.in a unique place答案 : A第 28 題 What was the r

43、esult of the test? A.The shake lasted 1 50 seconds.B. The simulation was over 10 times as violent.C. The paint was cracked.D. The model remained undamaged.答案 : D第 29 題 The researchers have been working hard to A.reduce the damage by earthquakesB. explore the functions of bambooC. build bamboo houses

44、 for a billion peopleD. design bamboo house models答案 : D第 30 題 Which of the followingare the advantagesofbamboos in buildinghouses?、 Cheap to get. Light to carry. Easy to build.A. and B. and C. , and D. and 答案 : D三、詞匯和語法題第 31 題 Jane changed her major froni French to business,. A.with hopes to be abl

45、e easier to locate employmentB. hoping she can be easier to get a jobC. with the hope for being able to find better a jobD. hoping to find a job more easily答案 : D第 32 題 In terms of education systems.one cannot say that one system in one country is better than.A.that of another B.another C.one of ano

46、ther D.one another 答案 : A第 33 題 Tigerswouldifmen were allowedtoshootas many as theywished.A.die down B.die out C.die away D.die off答案 : B第 34 題 You will soon the weather here.and 'tllen the changes in temperature will not trouble you much.A.get used to B.get over C.get to D.get on with答案 : A第 35

47、 題student with a little common sense should be able to answer the question.A.Each B.Either C.Any D.One答案 : C第 36 題 Most of hiswere never carried out for lack of money.A.sketehes B.aim C.schemes D.destination答案 : C第 37 題 Correct the important errors in your paper, but do not bother with theones.A.lig

48、ht B.minor C.latter D.former答案 : B第 38 題 Apartfrom caringforher children,she has totakeon such heavy housework as carrying water and firewood.A.time-consumed B.timely-consumed C.time-consuming D.timely-consuming答案 : C第 39 題 Aftera three.hourheated discussion,allthe members in the juryreached the con

49、clu-sions that the man wasof murder.A.criminal B.charged C.gtlilty D.faulty答案 : C第 40 題 I didn 't know the word, I had toa dictionary.A.look out B.make out C.refer to D.go over答案 : C第 41 題 The differencebetween thecostand sellingpriceisusuallythe. A.advantage B.benefit C.privilege D.profit答案 : D

50、第 42 題 It is high time that such practices.A.are ended B.be ended C.were ended D.must be ended答案 : C第 43 題 Theybuilding the irrigation canal very soon.A.are finishing B.are going to finish C.finish D.finished答案 : B第 44 題 In a time of fast social reforms, we should try to keepwith the rapid changes of society.A.step B.pace C.touch D.progress答案 : B第 45 題 AachieVement of electronics is the electronic computer. A.widely knowing B.be