2003年4月北京成人本科学位英语考试题B卷
PartIReadingComprehensionPassagelQuestionslto5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:
Whatwillmanbelikeinthefuture-in5000oreven50000yearsfromnowWecanonlymakeaguess,ofcourse,butwecanbesurethathewillbedifferentfromwhatheistoday.Formanisslowlychangingallthetime.
Letustakeanobviousexample.Man,evenfivehundredyearsago,wasshorterthanheistoday.Now,onaverage,menareaboutthreeinchestaller.Fivehundredyearsisarelativelyshortperiodoftime,sowemayassumethatmanwillcontinuetogrowtaller.
Again,inthemodemworldweuseourbrainsagreatdeal.Evenso,westillmakeuseofonlyabout20%ofthebrain'scapacity.Astimegoeson,however,weshallhavetouseourbrainsmoreandmore,andeventuallyweshallneedlargerones.Thisislikelytobringaboutaphysicalchangetoolthehead,inparticulartheforehead,willgrowlarger.
Nowadaysoureyesareinconstantuse.Infact,weusethemsomuchthatveryoftentheybecomeweakerandwehavetowearglasses.Butoververylongperiodoftimeitislikelythatman'seyeswillgrowstronger.
Ontheotherhand,wetendtomakelessuseofourarmsandlegs.These,asaresult,arelikelytogrowweaker.Atthesametime,however,ourfingerswillgrowmoresensitivebecausetheyareusedagreatdealinmodernlife.
ButwhatabouthairItwillprobablydisappearfromthebodyaltogetherincourseoftimebecauseitdoesnotserveausefulpurposeanylonger.Inthefuture,then,bothsexesarelikelytobebald.
Perhapsallthisgivestheimpressionthatfuturemanwillnotbeaveryattractivecreaturetolookat.Thismaywellbetrue.Allthesame,inspiteofallthesechanges,futuremanwillstillhavealotincommonwithus.Hewillstillbeahumanbeing,withthoughtsandemotionssimilartoourown..
5000甚至50，000年之后人类会是什么样子？当然，我们只能作一个预测，但是可以肯定的是他们一定会和今天有所不同，因为人类无时无刻不在变化。
现在人类的眼睛处在不断的使用之中（inconstantuse）。事实上，由于频繁的使用使人类的视力越变越弱，并最终不得不佩戴眼睛。但是。从长远来看，人类的眼睛是越变越好。
另外，人类使用他们的四肢的频率降低，这使得四肢越来越虚弱。但是，人类的手机会越来越灵巧，因为它们在现代化的生活中使用频繁。
头发会发生什么样的变化呢？它可能从人类的身体上消失（disappear），因为它不在有用，将来的人类是男性还是女性都可能会是秃头（bald）。
可能这些推测会让人觉得未来的人类是非常丑陋的动物（creature），这可能是正确的。但是不管未来的人类怎样变化，他们和我们还是有很多相似（havealotcommon）的地方的。他们仍然是人类，有着和我们一样的思想（thought）和感情（emotion）。
5.Thereasonforbelievingthatfuturemanwillbedifferentisthathe_______.
Passage2Questions6to1Oarebasedonthefollowingpassage:
Peopleallovertheworldtodayarebeginningtohearandlearnmoreandmoreabouttheproblemofpollution.Pollutioniscausedeitherbyman'sreleaseofcompletelynewandoftenartificial(人造)substancesintotheenvironment,orbyreleasinggreatlyincreasedamountsofanaturalsubstance(物质),suchasoilfromoiltankersintothesea.
Whateveritsunderlyingreasons,thereisnodoubtthatmuchofthepollutioncausedcouldbecontrolledifonlycompanies,individualsandgovernmentswouldmakemoreefforts.Inthehomethereisanobviousneedtocontrollitterandwaste.Foodcomeswrappedupthereorfourtimesinpackagesthatallhavetobedisposedof;drinksareincreasinglysoldinbottlesortinswhichcannotbereused.Thisnotonlycausesalitterproblem,butalsoisagreatwasteofresources,intermsofglass,metalandpaper.Advertisinghashelpedthisprocessbypersuadingmanyofusnoonlytobuythingweneitherwantnorneed,butalsotothrowawaymuchofwhatwedobuy.Pollutionandwastecombinetobeaproblemeveryonecanhelptosolvebycuttingoutunnecessarybuying,excessuseandcarelessdisposal(处理)oftheproductsweuseinourdailylives.
现在全世界的人们开始听到关于污染问题（pollution）的讨论，对它的了解也越来越多。污染主要是由于人类向自然界排放人造（artificial）物质（substance）和自然物质所引起的，油轮（tanker）的石油对大海的污染。
Passage3Questions11-15arebasedonthefollowingpassage:
Thousandsofyearsago,inthemiddleofanocean,milesfromthenearestisland,anunderseavolcanobrokeout.Thehotliquidpiledhigherandhigherandspreadwiderandwider.Inthisway,anislandroseupinthesea.
Astimewenton,hotsanandcoolrainsmadetherocksplitandbreaktopieces,Seawavesdashedagainsttherock.Inthisway,soilandsandcameintobeing.
Nothinglivedonthenakedsoil.Andthenthewindandbirdsbroughtplantseeds,spidersandotherlittlecreaturesthere.Onlyplantscouldgrowfirst.Onlythey,insunlight,couldproducefoodfromthemineralsofthesoil,waterandair.Whilemanyanimalslandedontheisland,theycouldfindnofood.Aspiderspunitswebinvain,becausetherewerenoinsectsforitswebtocatch.Insectscouldn'tstayuntiltherewereplantsforthemtoeat.Soplantshadtobethepioneerlifeonthisnewisland.
数千年之前，在海洋（ocean）的中央，离海岛只有数米远的地方一个海底火山（volcano）爆发（brokeout）了，熔岩越堆越高并不断向外扩散，最终导致海面上火山岛的出现。
土壤上一片荒凉（naked）。然后风和鸟带来了植物种子、蜘蛛（spider）和别的小动物（creature）。首先生长的是植物，因为只有它们可以依靠土地中的矿物质（minerals）、水、空气和阳光成长。虽然火山岛上有很多动物，但是他们没有食物可吃。蜘蛛网也没有任何意义，因为根本就没有昆虫可捕捉。直到有可吃的植物时，昆虫才可以生存。所以，植物一定是这个新岛上最早的生命。
Passage4Questions16to20arebasedonthefollowingpassage:
Sportsandgamesmakeourbodiesstrong,preventusfromgettingtoofat,andkeepushealthy.Butthesearenottheironlyuse.Theygiveusvaluablepracticeinmakingeyes,brainandmusclesworktogether.Intennis,oureyesseetheballcoming,judgeitsspeedanddirectionandpassthisinformationontothebrain.Thebrainthenarms,legs,andsoon,sothattheballismetandhitbackwhereitoughttogo.Allthismusthappenwithverygreatspeed,andonlythosewhohavehadalotofpracticeattenniscancarryoutthiscomplicatedchainofeventssuccessfully.Forthosewhoworkwiththeirbrainsmostoftheday,thepracticeofsuchskillsisespeciallyuseful.
Sportsandgamesarealsoveryusefulforcharacter-training.Intheirlessonsatschool,boysandgirlsmaylearnaboutsuchvirtuesasunselfishness,courage,disciplineandloveofone'scountry;butwhatislearnedinbookscannothavethesamedeepeffectonachild'scharacteraswhatislearnedbyexperience.Theordinaryday-schoolcannotgivemuchpracticaltraininginliving,becausemostofthepupils'timeisspentinclasses,studyinglessons.Soitiswhatthepupilsdointheirsparetimethatreallypreparesthemtotaketheirplaceinsocietyascitizenswhentheygrowup.IfeachofthemlearnstoworkforhisteamendnotforhimselfOnthefootballfield,hewilllaterfinditnaturaltoworkforthegoodofhiscountryinsteadofonlyforhisownbenefit.
16.Whenweplaytenniswehaveto_____.[A]use,first,oureyes,thenthebrainandfinallythemuscles[B]makeoureyes,brainandmusclesworkalmostatthesametime[C]usemainlythearmsandlegstohit[D]usemainlythemusclessothattheballismetandhitback答案：B细节题。打网球的时侯我们必须？B，让我们的眼睛、大脑、肌肉几乎同时工作。本文第一段，Theygiveusvaluablepracticeinmakingeyes,brainandmusclesworktogether。
20.Whatisofthegreatestimportancetoafootballteamis_____.[A]itsmembers[B]itsteamwork[C]thefootballfield[D]theclimate答案：B推理题。下列哪一项对足球队最重要？B,合作。最后一句话，IfeachofthemlearnstoworkforhisteamendnotforhimselfOnthefootballfield,hewilllaterfinditnaturaltoworkforthegoodofhiscountryinsteadofonlyforhisownbenefit.
PartIIVocabularyandStructure(30%)21.Notuntilthen,hadIheard_____ofwhathappened.[A]something[B]anything[C]nothing[D]everything答案：B不定代词。题干的结构是倒装句，并且是Not位于句首，所以A和D都不能用，它们只能用在肯定句中。C项自身是否定，用上就是双重否定，等于还是肯定。所以正确答案应该选B
22.Historyisthestoryof_____happenedtothepeoplebeforetoday.[A]whichever[B]whomever[C]whatever[D]wherever答案：C代词的用法。题干前面有一个be动词，后面又有一个happened，两个谓语动词在一个句子中是不合英语语法的，所以后面那个应该是一个从句，需要找一个连词，同时介词of后面缺少宾语，所以应该选C。
23.Theteacheraskedhisstudentstoleaveenough_____onthepageforcorrection.[A]room[B]margin[C]place[D]paper答案：B词义辨析。margin空白边缘，页边空白。选B。
24.Afterstoppingforafewminutes,thebusmoved_____toitsnextstop.[A]forward[B]off[C]with[D]on答案：D短语辨析。Moveon继续进行，根据句意应选D。
25.I'll_____thatI'maqualifiedengineer.[A]haveyouknow[B]haveknownyou[C]haveyouknowing[D]haveyouknown答案：A使役动词。如果是主动的时侯，使役动词后面跟动词原形，havesb.dosth.
26.Ofthose_____hadappliedforthejobs,onlytwowereaccepted.[A]persons[B]that[C]who[D]which答案：C定语从句。前面的先行词those表示人，所以应该选C。
27.Shecouldhavedonejustaswellasyou,_____thechance.[A]given[B]togive[C]giving[D]give答案：A分词做状语。句中的分号提醒我们用分词。
28.Butfortherain,we_____aniceholiday.[A]shouldhave[B]wouldhavehad[C]wouldhave[D]wellenough答案：B虚拟语气。Butfor要不是，假如没有。表示与过去事实相反，属条件状语从句。
29.______Iadmitthatthereareproblems,Idon'tagreethattheycannotbesolved.[A]When[B]As[C]While[D]Since答案：C状语从句。从题干来看这是一个让步状语从句。
30.Whatmayhappentoyou,ifyou_____inyourschoolwork[A]falldown[B]fallapart[C]falloff[D]fallbehind答案：D短语辨析。fallbehind据句意D项最适合。
31.Shewas_____thetopprizeinthecompetition.[A]awarded[B]rewarded[C]received[D]accepted答案：A词义辨析。Award授予，给予。据句意A项最适合。
32.Theyhave_____manyhorriblecrimesagainstthepeople.[A]done[B]made[C]committed[D]had答案：C固定搭配。Commitcrimes犯罪，其他的动词无此搭配。
33.Wehavedecidedtocall_____Mr.Blacksometimenextweekathishome.[A]on[B]at[C]up[D]for答案：D短语辨析。Callfor要求，提倡。据句意D项最适合。
34.Hisfailuretopaythedebts_______thesuspicionthathewasnottobetrusted.[A]concerns[B]confesses[C]confuses[D]confirms答案：D词义辨析。Confirms证实，确定。据句意D项最适合。
35.HavingheardsomuchaboutMr.Smith,theywere_______tomeetandhaveachatwithhim.[A]eager[B]desperate[C]urgent[D]earnest答案：A词义辨析。Eagertodosth.渴望做某事。
36.Weweredeeplyimpressedbyherimportant_______tothesuccessoftheproject.[A]work[B]determination[C]improvement[D]contribution答案：D词义辨析。Contribution贡献。据句意D项最适合。
37.I'dliketotake________ofthisopportunitytothankyouforyourco-operation.[A]advantage[B]occasion[C]benefit[D]profit答案：A固定搭配。Takeadvantageofsth.todosth.
38.Shetoldmeitwasthemost______giftherdaughterhadreceived.[A]delighting[B]delighted[C]delights[D]delight答案：A分词。选A项，现在分词表主动。
39.Nuclearscienceshouldbedevelopedtobenefitthepeople______harmthem.[A]fewerthan[B]otherthan[C]ratherthan[D]betterthan答案：C短语辨析。ratherthan而不是，宁可不，而不。据句意C项最适合。
40.Billdoesn't______whatpeoplesayabouthim.[A]concern[B]matter[C]care[D]disturb答案：A词义辨析。Concern使担心，挂念，使忧虑。据句意A项最适合。
41.Mr.Wilsonsaidthathedidnotwantto______anyfurtherresponsibilities.[A]takeon[B]geton[C]putup[D]lookup答案：A词义辨析。takeon承担，开始雇用。据句意A项最适合。
42.Iwouldhavetoldhimtheanswerhaditbeenpossible,butI_____sobusythen.[A]am[B]were[C]was[D]wouldbe答案：C时态。前半部分是虚拟语气，而后面的but引导的真实状语从句，而动作是发生在过去。所以用过去时。
43.Itisveryimportantforthestrongmantoknowthat_______strongheis,hecannotbethestrongest.[A]whatever[B]whenever[C]whichever[D]however答案：D连词。题干中后半部分开头是形容词strong，所以用however。
44.Thefact_______hedoessoinsoshortperiodoftimechallengesexplanation.[A]why[B]that[C]what[D]which答案：B同位语从句。引导词常用B项that，据句意B项最适合。
45.It'surgentthatameeting_______beforethefinaldecisionismade.[A]willbearranged[B]mustbearranged[C]bearranged[D]wouldbearranged答案：C虚拟语气。虚拟语气是一种动词形式，表示说话人的一种愿望，假设，怀疑，猜测等。That后面的从句中的谓语动词用：should+动词原形。
46.TheUnitedStatesiscomposedoffiftystates,twoof______areseparatedfromtheothersbylandorwater.[A]them[B]that[C]which[D]those答案：C定语从句。非限定性定语从句，应该选C。
47.ThenewEnglishdictionaryIboughtyesterday________mealmosttwentyyuan.[A]spent[B]paid[C]cost[D]took答案：C词义辨析。C项cost的主语是物，sth.costsb.somemoney。题干中句子的主语是物所以选C。
48.Infacthehaddone_______hecoulddotohelpthepoor.[A]what[B]which[C]as[D]allwhich答案：A宾语从句。what，which都可以引导宾语从句，但有区别，前者有双重作用，既做关联词又在句中做句子成份，所以应选A。
49.Theydiscussedtheproblemthreeorfourtimes,butcouldcometono_______.[A]end[B]conclusion[C]result[D]judgment答案：B固定搭配。cometoconclusion作出结论。
50.Sheisverycareful.She______veryfewmistakesinherwork.[A]does[B]takes[C]makes[D]gets答案：C固定搭配。Makemistake犯错误。
51.Whenhewassetfreeaftertwentyyearsinprison,hewasamazed_______thechangedworldhefound.[A]at[B]of[C]on[D]to答案：A介词。Beamazedat对什么感到吃惊。
52.I'dliketo_______aspecialtableforthecomingValentine'sDay.[A]preserve[B]deserve[C]conserve[D]reserve答案：D词义辨析。Reserve保留，预定，预约。
53.Oneofthebenefitsofthenewmodelisthatitiseasier_____thantheoldone.[A]operating[B]tobeoperated[C]tooperate[D]operated答案：C动词不定式。这句话实际省略了forpeople，完整的句子是thenewmodelisthatitiseasierforpeopletooperatethantheoldone.People和operate之间是主动的。
54.Everyyearwhenthefluis_____I'mboundtogetsick.[A]gettingaround[B]comingaround[C]hangingaround[D]goingaround答案：B短语辨析。comingaround恢复知觉，回来。据句意B项最适合。
55.Thegrass______manyanimalsliveisabundanthere.[A]bywhich[B]withwhich[C]onwhich[D]ofwhich答案：C固定搭配。liveonsth.靠…为生
56.____mostlyinsmalltown,I'donlyrecentlyfalleninlovewithcities.[A.]Grownup[B]Beinggrownup[C]Growingup[D]Havinggrownup答案：D分词。本句分词作状语，应用现在分词的完成时，所以正确答案是D。
57.It______measanuphillbattle,simplybecauseitisanawkwardandtime-consumingprocess.[A]appears[B]occurs[C]strikes[D]hits答案：C词义辨析。Strike有某人留下……印象的意思。
58.Wouldthenews_____hefailedtopasstheexambotheryou[A]which[B]that[C]ofwhich[D]onwhich答案：B同位语从句。只有that可以引导定语从句。
59.Heabandonedacareerthat______tohisbecomingoneofthemostinfluentialpeopleintheworld.[A]couldhaveled[B]willlead[C]shouldhaveled[D]mustlead答案：A情态动词的推测。couldhavebeen本可能。据句意A项最适合。
60.Ibelieveyouhave______someimportantpointsinthereport.[A]leftalone[B]leftbehind[C]leftoff[D]leftout答案：D短语辨析。leaveout省去，遗漏，不考虑。据句意D项最适合。
PartⅢldentification
61.Astudentis[allowed]to[enterinto]thisroom[only]ifateacher[hasgiven]ABCDpermission.答案：B动词。Enter是及物动词，直接跟宾语，所以去掉into。
62.He[jumped][over]thefence,ran[across]thefield,and[disappearing]intotheABCDwoods.答案：D并列结构。And前后结构应该一致，disappearing应改为disappeared。
63.[Findanswers][to]thesequestions[is]something[like]adetectivestory.ABCD答案：A动名词。动词不能作主语，应是动名词或动词不定式，根据题意应用动名词，把findanswers改为findinganswers。
65.[Anumberof]foreignvisitors[weretaken]totheindustrialexhibition[which]ABCthey[saw]manynewproducts.D答案：C关联词。Which引导的是一个定语从句，但先行词exhibition在句中是做地点状语，所以在which前应加一个on。
66.Itis[driving][ontheleft][what]causesvisitorstoBritainthe[most]ABCDtrouble.答案：C强调句。itis…that是强调句的固定结构，应把C改为that。
67.Whenshe[came]backfromHollywood,shewanted[totell]everybodyAB[about]allthestarsandexcitingpeople[who]shehadseen.CD答案：D关联词。Who引导的是一个定语从句，但先行词在句中做的是宾语，所以应把who改为whom。
68.[Many]ofthesociety'swealthis[controlled]bylarge[corporations]andABCgovernment[agencies].D答案：A名词的单复数。Wealth是不可数名词，而many是修饰可数名词，所以应该把many改为much。
69.[Thesimplest]kindofplant,[alike]thesimplestkindofanimal,AB[consistsof][onlyone]cell.CD答案：B词义辨析。alike常作表语同样的，相似的。而表示列举的时侯用like，意思像，和…一样。所以把alike改为like。
70.[Despite]theyare[small],thehorsesare[strong]and[have]greatenergy.ABCD答案：A连词。Despite是尽管，引导让步状语从句，而本句表条件，所以应把A项改为Although。
PartIVCtoze
InChinaitisrelativelyusualtoaskpeopletheirage,butinthewestthisquestionisgenerallyregardedasimpolite.Thisisparticularlytrue71women,andevenmore72iftheinquirer(问候者)isaman.
However,itisvery73toaskchildrentheirage,andsomeadultsmaynotmindbeingasked74.Infact,someelderlypeoplearequitehappyto75theage,especiallyiftheyfeeltheylookyoung76theirage.Nevertheless,itisnotverywisetoaska77questionlike"Howoldareyou".Ifelderlypeoplewanttotalkabouttheirage,andperhapsreceiveacompliment(恭维话)onhowyoungtheylook,theymayeasilybring78thetopicthemselvesandasktheotherto79howoldthey
are.80suchasituation,itisquiteacceptabletodiscussage81Theynormallyexpecttobecomplimentedontheiryouthfulness,ratherthan82thattheylookveryold.
83Westernersdonotusuallyaskpeopledirectlyhowoldtheyare,thisdoesnot84thattheyarenotinterestedtoknowhowoldotherpeopleate.Theymayask85fortheinformation,86theymaytryto87thetopicindirectly,sometimesdiscussionsabouteducational88andthenumberofyearsofworkingexperiencemayprovidesome89,butthisisnotalwaysthe90.Ofcourse,individualsalsovaryinwhattheyareinterestedorwillingtotalkabout.
71.[A]with[B]for[C]of[D]to答案：B固定搭配。Betrueof符合于……,对…使用,其他介词都无此用法。
72.[A]that[B]than[C]such[D]so答案:D代替。避免重复，代替上文出现的事物或现象时用so，所以选D。
73.[A]average[B]normal[C]expected[D]unusual答案：B词义辨析。本句表达的是问小孩的年龄是正常的。B，normal为正确答案。
74.[A]too[B]also[C]neither[D]either答案：D固定用法。在对否定句的肯定用either，也……
76.[A]to[B]with[C]for[D]at答案：C介词的习惯用法。相对于…而言，应改用for。
77.[A]open[B]strange[C]impolite[D]direct
答案：D词义辨析。据前面的冠词a就可排除A和C项，B和D为奇怪的，直接的，根据句意，应选D。
78.[A]about[B]up[C]along[D]to答案：B短语辨析。Bringup提出，教育，培养。
79.[A]guess[B]know[C]learn[D]predict答案：A词义辨析。Guess猜测。Know知道。Learn学习，了解。Predict预测。据上下文的意思应选A。
80.[A]For[B]With[C]In[D]On答案：C固定搭配。inthis/suchasituation，在某种情况下。
81.[A]free[B]withfreedom[C]freely[D]inafreeway答案：C副词。这句话要选副词，表示一种方式，所以选C。
82.[A]beingtold[B]told[C]totell[D]tobetold答案：D并列结构。ratherthan前后的句子结构要一致，前面是expecttobecomplimented后面也要这一结构，所以应选D。
83.[A]Even[B]Thougheven[C]Eventhat[D]Eventhough答案：D连词。本句是一个让步状语从句，所以应选D。
84.[A]include[B]intend[C]mean[D]conclude答案：C词义辨析。Include包括。Intend试图。Mean意味着。Conclude结束。根据句意选C。
85.[A]nooneelse[B]anyoneelse[C]someoneelse[D]everyoneelse
答案：C人称代词。据句意是别的其他人，正确的表达是someoneelse。
86.[A]stillelse[B]orelse[C]soelse[D]rathelse答案：B连词。本句可以看出是并列结构，只能用连词or。
87.[A]approach[B]solve[C]address[D]discuss答案：D词义辨析。Approach接近。Solve解决。Address向…致辞，演说。Discuss讨论。根据句意应选D。
88.[A]background[B]level[C]knowledge[D]systems答案：A固定搭配。教育背景是educationbackground。
89.[A]topics[B]clues[C]evidences[D]suggestions答案：B词义辨析。前面讲到间接的通过问对方的教育背景获得关于年龄的信息，所以应是得到一些线索或提示，应选B。
90.[A]case[B]truth[C]reality[D]fact答案：A固定用法。有些时侯并非是这种情况，它习惯的表达是itisnotthecase，应选A。
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