山东2014年成人学士学位英语考试样题及答案

6. The passage suggests that________.

A) Accidents are usually caused by psychological(心理的,心理学的) factors.

B) Accidents mostly result(是由….造成的) from slippery(滑的,使人滑跤的) roads.

C) Drinkers run three times the normal risk of accidents in factories.

D) About 50 000people lose their lives at work in Britain every day.

2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned(提到,说起) as a factor of accidents?

A) Mood. (心情,情绪,语气) B) Tiredness.(疲劳的,累的)

C) Carelessness (粗心) D) Weather

8. The word “accidents-prone”(L.2 Para.2)means________.

A) likely to have accidents B) injured in accidents

C) possible to die in accidents D) responsible(有责任的,负责的) for road accidents

9. What can we infer(推论,推断,猜想) about the author’ opinion (意见,看法)of accidents?

A) Safety precautions(预防,警惕) are of little use in accidents.

B) Many accidents can and should be avoided.(避免)

C) Factory accidents , unlike (不像,和….不同)road accidents, are inevitable(不可避免的).

D) Most road accidents are caused by just a few careless(粗心的) drivers.

10. The best title for the passage would be __________.

A) Accidents and Anxiety(焦虑,忧虑,渴望)

B) How to Deal with Accidents on Road and in Factories

C) Human Factors in Accidents

D) How to Prevent(防止,阻止) Accidents on Road and in Factories

Passage Three

Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage.

Is language, like food, a basic human need? Judging from the result of the violent experiment by a German King, Frederick II, in the 13th century, it may be. Hoping to discover what language a child would speak if he heard no mother tongue, he told the nurses to keep silent.

All the infants(婴儿) died before the first year. But clearly there was more than language deprivation(剥夺,丧失) here. What was missing was good mothering. Without good mothering, in the first year of life especially, the capacity(能力,容量) to survive(幸免于,活下来) is seriously affected.

Today no much violent deprivation exists as that by Frederick II. Nevertheless(然而,仍然), some children are still backward(向后的,向后) in speaking. Most often the reason for this is that the mother is insensitive (不敏感的)to the signals(信号) of the infant, whose brain(脑力,智能) is programmed to map up language rapidly. There are critical(紧要的,关键性的) times, it seems, when children learn more readily. If these sensitive(敏感的,灵敏的) periods are neglected(忽略,忽视), the ideal time for acquiring(取得,获得,学到) language skills passes and they might never be learned so easily again.

Linguists(语言学家)suggest that speech stages(阶段) are reached in a fixed sequence(连续,继续) and at a constant(经常的) age, but there are cases where speech has started late in a child who eventually(终于,最后) turns out to be of high IQ.

Recent evidence(根据) suggests that an infant is born with the capacity(能力) to speak. What is special about Man’s brain(脑力,智能) compared(比较,对照) with that of the monkey, is the complex (复杂的)system which enables(使能够,使可能) a child to connect the sight and feel of , say, a teddy-bear(玩具熊)with the sound pattern (式样)“teddy-bear”.

But speech has to be stimulated(刺激,激发), and this depends on interaction (相互作用,干扰)between the mother and the child, where the mother recognizes the signals(信号) in the child’s babbling(牙牙学语), grasping(贪心的,贪婪的), crying, smiling, and responds(响应) to them. Insensitivity of the mother to these signals dulls(枯燥的,不鲜明的) the interaction because the child gets discouraged (泄气的)and sends out only the obvious signals. Sensitivity(敏感) to the child’s non-verbal signals is essential(必要的) to the growth and development language.

11. Frederick II’s experiment was violent because_________.

A) he wanted to prove children are born with ability to speak

B)he ignored the importance of mothering to the infant

C) he was unkind to the nurse

D) he wanted his nurses to say no mother tongue

12. The reason some children are backward in speaking today that_________.

A) their mothers do not respond to their attempts to speak

B) their mothers are not intelligent(聪明的,理智的) enough to help them

C) they do not listen carefully to their mothers

D) their brains have to absorb(吸收) too much language at once.

13. By “critical(紧要的,关键性的) times” in Paragraph 3 the author means__________.

A) difficult periods in the child’s life

B) moments when the child becomes critical to its mother

C) important stages(阶段) in the child’s development

D) times when mothers often neglect(忽视,忽略,疏忽) their children

14. Which of the following in NOT implied in the passage?

A) Ability to learn to speak a language is inborn(天生的,天赋的) in man

B) Children do not need to be encouraged to learn to speak

C) Early language starters are not necessarily highly intelligent

D) Most children learn their language in definite(明确的,肯定的) stages

15. If the mother does not respond to her child’s signals_________.

A) the child will never be able to speak properly(适当地,彻底地)

B) the child will stop giving out signals

C) the child will invent a language of his own

D) the child will make little effort(努力) to speak

Passage Four

Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage.

Americans who remember “the good old days” are not alone in complaining (抱怨)about the educational system in this country. Immigrants(移民) complain ,too. Lately a German friend was filled (装满)with anger when he learned that the mathematics(数学) test given to his son on his first day as a college freshman included multiplication and division. Japanese businessmen in Los Angeles send their children to private schools staffed by teachers imported from Japan to learn mathematics at Japanese levels, generally considered at least a year more advanced than the level here.

But I wonder: If American education is so poor, why is it that this is still the country of innovation(创新)?

When I was 12 in Indonesia, I had to memorize the name of all the world’s major cities, from Kabul to Karachi. At the same age, my son, who was brought up by a Californian, thought that Buenos Aires was Spanish for good food. However, unlike children of his age in Asia and Europe, my son had studied creative geography. When he was only 6, he drew a map of the route that he traveled to get to school, including the streets, the traffic signs and the houses that he passed.

Dissatisfied American parents forget that in this country their children are able to experiment freely with ideas; without this they will not really be able to think or to believe in themselves.

Critics of American education cannot grasp one thing: freedom. America, I think, is the only country that extends even to children the license to freely speak, write and be creative. Our public education certainly is not perfect, but it is a great deal better than any other. I think I have found the answer to my question.

16. From the text we learn that_________.

A) both Americans and immigrants are dissatisfied with the quality of American education

B) the author shares the general idea that American education is worse than education in many other countries

C) Japanese schools in America require their American teachers to teach mathematics at Japanese levels

D) the author’s German friend was a little displeased because the mathematics test for his son was too easy.

17. Which of the following is NOT true?

A) The author most probably was an immigrant from Asia and received some school education there.

B) Buenos Aires must be the name of a city, as are Kabul and Karachi.

C) Children in other countries are not likely to learn creative geography.

D) The knowledge of geography of the author’s son shows that American education is poor.

18. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

A) If children are not allowed to experiment freely with ideas they won’t grow up independent and creative.

B) Most Americans think the present American educational system is not as good as it used to be.

C) Private schools run by Japanese businessmen maintain a higher level than American public schools.

D) Americans are more innovative than other people in the world.

19. In the last paragraph the author says, “I have found the answer to my question.” What is the question?

A) Is Japanese education better than American education?

B) Why do Japanese businessmen send their children to Japanese-staffed schools?

C) Why was my son not taught enough geographic knowledge?

D) Is American education really worse than education in other countries?

20. What would be the best title for this passage?

A) American Education and Education in Foreign countries

B) Improvement Needed for American Education

C) Freedom to Think— Characteristic of American Education

D) Education and Innovation in American

1. A 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. B 6. A 7. D 8. A 9. B 10. C

11. B 12. A 13. C 14. B 15. D 16. A 17. D 18. A 19. D 20. C