2009年江苏成人学士学位英语考试真题

2009 年江苏成人学士学位英语考试真题 Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes 20%) Section A (5%) Directions: In this section you will hear five incomplete dialogues. They will be spoken only once. After each incomplete dialogue there will be a pause. During the pause you must read the four choices marked A. B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark (he corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 1. A. Grand Hotel is very far. B. This bus doesn’t go to Grand Hotel. C. You can take bus No. 1. D. It’s convenient to take a bus. 2. A. Why not? B. Surely no. C. Of course not, here you are. D. Sounds good. 3. A. That’s so bad. B. Really? Peter is a lucky guy. C. That’s terrific. D. Why did this thing happen? 4. A. I feel so hot today. B. Yes, it’s quite cool today. C. I am so happy today. D. I don’t like the weather here. 5. A. Yes, please do. B. No, please don’t. C. Yes, it’s so hot here. D. No, please do. Section B (10%) Directions: In this section you will hear ten short conversations. At the end of each conversation a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause you must read the four choices marked A. B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 6. A. It’ll be collected by himself. B. He will pay by check. C. He’ll pay by credit card. D. It’ll be delivered to him. 7. A. Sell refreshments. B. Play with friends. C. Work at the food factory. D. Buy food to eat. 8. A. To a bookstore. B. To a restaurant. C. To the supermarket. D. To the airport. 9. A. About 3:30. B. About 4:30. C. About 3:25. D. About 2:00. 10. A. Fix the computer. B. Have computer fixed. C. Ask the man to help. D. Make lots of telephone calls. 11. A. In New York. B. In Boston. C. In Michigan. D. In Washington. 12. A. Spanish. B. Arabic. C. Japanese. I). Chinese. 13. A. For the woman. B. An hour late. C. Fifty minutes. D. By drinking coffee. 14. A. Remove the pieces he needs to repair. B. Replace the pieces he has removed. C. Repair the broken items. D. Start the car again. 15. A. Daughter and father. B. Niece and nephew. C. Mother and son. D. Wife and husband. Section C (5%) Directions: In this section you will hear one dialogue and one short passage. At the end of the dialogue and the passage you will hear some questions. The dialogue and the passage will be spoken only once. After you hear a question you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B. C and D. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Question 16 to 17 are based on the dialogue you have just heard. 16. A.The food. B.The hotel. C. The wine. D. The traffic. 17. A. All Italians know English quite well. B. Many Italians speak good English. C. He can write Italian in place of speaking it. D. He is good at communicating by gestures . Questions 18 to 20 are based on the dialogue you have just heard. 18. A. A black spider. B. A poisonous spider. C. A beautiful spider. D. A very large spider. 19. A. During the day. B. At dawn. C. At night. D. In the evening. 20. A. The bird-eating spider is dangerous. B. The bird-eating spider is able to climb any places. C. The bird-eating spider spends lots of time on the ground. D. The bird-eating spider likes to live anywhere. Part II Reading Comprehension (30 minutes 30%) Directions: In this part there are four passages. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B. C and D. You are required to decide on the choice that best answers the question or completes the statement. Passage One Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage. Grandma Moses is among the most celebrated twentieth-century painters of the United States, yet she had barely started painting before she was in her late seventies. As she once said of herself: ' I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me.' No one could have had a more Productive old age. She was born Anna Mary Robertson on a farm in New York State, one of five boys and five girls ('We came in bunches, like radishes.') At twelve she left home and was in domestic service until, at twenty-seven, she married Thomas Noses, the hired hand of one of her employers. They farmed most of their lives, first in Virginia and then in New York State, at Eagle Bridge. She had ten children, of whom five survived; her husband died in l927. (91)Grandma Moses painted a little as a child and made embroidery pictures as a hobby, but only switched to oils in old age because her hands had become too stiff to sew and she wanted to keep busy and pass the time. Her pictures were first sold at the local drugstore and at a fair, and were soon spotted by a dealer who bought everything she painted. Three of the pictures were exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art, and in 1940 she had her first exhibition in New York. Between the 1930's and her death she produced some 2,000 pictures: detailed and lively portrayals of the rural life she had known for so long, with a marvelous sense of color and form. "I think real hard till I think of something real Pretty and then I paint it." she said. 21.which of the following would be the best title for the passage? A. Grandma Moses: A biographical Sketch B. The children of Grandma Moses C. Grandma Moses: Her Best Exhibition D. Grandma Moses and Other Older Artists 22.According to the passage, Grandma Moses began to paint because she wanted to ______. A. decorate her home B. keep active C. improve her salary D. gain an international reputation 23.It can be inferred from the passage that ______. A. Her husband’s death had so great impact on Grandma Moses that she turned to painting for relief. B. Grandma Moses knew nothing about painting before she was in her seventies. C. Most of her pictures are concerned about rural life. D. Her picture were attractive once appearing in the marked. 24.Grandma Moses spent most of her life ______. A. nursing B. painting C. embroidering D. farming 25.The word “spotted” could best replaced by _____. A. speckled B. featured C. noticed D. damaged Passage Two Questions 26 to 30 are based on he following passage. Cars of 2050 will travel the nation's highways in never-before-dreamedof safety, comfort, and convenience. These cars will float along never touching the ground, and therefore will have no need for wheels.