河北省2009年学位英语题库

河北省2009年学位英语题库
本人急需学位英语的真题题库 .

Part Ⅰ Vocabulary and Structure
For each of the following blanks, four choices are given. Choose the most appropriate one.
1. Since we can't hear you at the back of the hall, you'll have to ________ your voice.
A) increase B) lift C) speak up D) raise
2. The winning team was ________ with a silver cup.
A) won B) presented C) offered D) got
3. Ocean currents affect strongly the climates of the lands near __________ they flow.
A) that B) what C) which D) where
4. In no way can cheating on exams be __________ in schools.
A) elevated B) navigated C) tolerated D) exaggerated
5. No evidence has been found __________ to support his hypothesis.
A) as far B) as yet C) as many D) as much
6. I want to buy a skirt and a pair of shoes, __________.
A) except for other things B) except other things
C) among other things D) of other things
7. Some states have an income tax ________ to that of the federal government.
A) same B) alike C) similar D) likely
8. A similar wrong idea is that fish and ice cream when _______ at the same time form a poisonous combination.
A) eating B) being eaten C) to be eaten D) eaten
9. The use of bright colors, attractive pictures, and short messages is all ________ of magazine advertisements.
A) characteristic B) different C) particular D) special
10. You ________ the door unlocked. John has a key.
A) needn't have left B) mustn't have left
C) shouldn't have left D) couldn't have left
11. They the new materials.
A. experimented B. experimented for
C. experimented to D. experimented with
12. The general complete obedience from his men.
A. wants B. hopes C. thinks D. expects
13. He finished the job at the of his health.
A. expanse B. spend C. expense D. expenses
14. The bomb at 10:15 p.m.
A. exposed B. exploded C. exploited D. exported
15. I was that no one should know anything about it.
A. dream B. developed C. determined D. decided
16. He never himself to help anyone.
A. exerts B. lets C. uses D. tries
17. The young man has many miles on his bike.
A. sent B. given C. covered D. contracted
18. At the moment my car is at the garage being made ready for a across Europe.
A. voyage B. route C. progress D. journey
19. Fortunately the damage the boat was not so serious.
A. to B. of C. in D. upon
20. My teacher me to major in physics but I like economics.
A. persuades B. dissuades C. insists D. attempts
21. You must your fear of heights.
A. avoid B. defeat C. conquer D. cover
22. Strawberries are this year.
A. scarce B. rare C. seldom D. little
23. The match had to be postponed, occasion of the bad weather.
A. by B. at C. on D. to
24. He was to go to the concert, for he didn’t like pop music.
A. ready B. pleased C. happy D. reluctant
25. They’ve her to be operated on at once.
A. arranged for B. arranged C. arrange D. arranging for
26. Both children and parents intended to visit the Grand Canyon the weather went worse.
A. if B. unless C. providing D. until
27. He is so lazy that he will never anything.
A. accompany B. accomplish C. succeed D. prefer
28. He finally in reaching the top of the mountain.
A. achieved B. enabled C. managed D. succeeded
29. She hasn’t any in dealing with children.
A. experiences B. experience C. adventure D. experienced
30. They did not mention it offending him.
A. for fear of B. for fear that C. in fear of D. feared
31. Airplanes people to travel through the air.
A. force B. enable C. let D. make
32. She had sense to say nothing about it.
A. enough B. adequate C. sufficient D. competent
33. In these years the number of schools has more than .
A. passed B. tried C. ensured D. doubled
34. How can we silent on this problem?
A. remain B. practice C. make D. decide
35. She owned a gold medal for her fine in the contest.
A. performance B. show C. fulfillment D. acting
36. When we say “Do in Rome as the Romans do”, we mean we had better behave according to the local .
A. habits B. hobbies C. practices D. customs
37. He smokes twenty cigarettes a day on an .
A. average B. normal C. ordinary D. regular
38. You should take plenty of money with you there are any emergencies.
A. in no case B. the case C. in case D. in case of
39. The work is proceeding quite satisfactorily; indeed, we are ahead of .
A. chart B. timetable C. schedule D. list
40. The dinner and speeches three hours.
A. grasped B. gave C. occupied D. fulfilled

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension
(A)
During the early years of this century, wheat was seen as the very lifeblood of Western Canada. When the crops were good, the economy was good; when the crops failed, there was depression(萧条). People on city streets watched the yields and the price of wheat with almost as much feeling as if they were growers. The marketing of wheat became an increasingly favorite topic of conversation.
(1) War set the stage for the most dramatic events in marketing the western crop. For years, farmers mistrusted speculative（投机的）grain selling as carried on through the Winnipeg Grain Exchange. Wheat prices were generally low in the autumn, but farmers could not wait for markets to improve.
(2) It happened too often that they sold their wheat soon after harvest when farm debts were coming due only to see prices rising and speculators getting rich. On various occasions, producer groups asked for firmer controls, but governments had no wish to become involved, at least not until wartime wheat prices threatened to run wild.
Anxious to check inflation and rising living costs, the federal government appointed a board of grain supervisors to handle deliveries(审议) from the crops of 1917 and 1918. Grain Exchange trading was suspended(暂停),and farmers sold at prices fixed by the board. To handle the crop of 1919, the government appointed the first Canadian Wheat Board, with full authority to buy, sell, and set prices.

41. The author uses the term “lifeblood”(in the first sentence of the passage) to indicate that wheat was
A. difficult to produce on large quantities
B. susceptible to many parasites
C. expensive to gather and transport
D. essential to the health of the country
42. According to the passage, most farmers’ debts had to be paid
A. because wheat prices were high
B. when the autumn harvest had just been completed
C. as soon as the Winnipeg Grain Exchange demanded payment
D. when crop failure caused depression
43. According to the passage, wheat prices became unmanageable because of conditions caused by
A. farmers B. supervisors C. war D. weather
44. In the first sentence of Par. 3, the word “check” could best be replaced by which of the following?
A. investigate B. control C. finance D. reinforce
45. According to the passage, a preliminary step in the creation of the Canadian Wheat Board was the appointment of
A. a board of supervisors B . the Winnipeg Grain Exchange
C. several producer groups D. a new government

(B)
Young people should have the right to control and direct their own learning, that is , to decide what they want to learn, and when, where, how, how much, how fast, and with what help they want to learn it. To be still more specific, I want them to have the right to decide if, when, how much, and by whom they want to be taught and the right to decide whether they want to learn in a school and if so which one and for how much of the time.
No human right, except the right to life itself, is more fundamental than this. A person’s freedom of learning is part of his freedom of thought, even more basic than his freedom of speech. If we take from someone his right to decide what he will be curious about, we destroy his freedom of thought. (3) We say, in effect, you must think not about what interests and concerns you, but about what interests and concerns us.
We might call this the right of curiosity, the right to ask whatever questions is most important to us. As adults, we assume that we have the right to decide what does or does not interest us, what we will look into and what we will leave alone. We take this right for granted, cannot imagine that it might be taken away from us. Indeed, as far as I know, it has never been written into any body of law. Even the writers of our Constitution did not mention it. They thought it was enough to guarantee(保证) citizens the freedom of speech and the freedom to spread their ideas as widely as they wished and could. It did not occur to them that even the most tyrannical government would try to control people’s minds, what they thought and knew.

46. To young people the right to control their learning is
A. more fundamental than other human rights
B. less fundamental than other human rights
C. not more fundamental than other human rights
D. not any more than other human rights
47. According to the passage, if we take from someone his right of curiosity, it means that
A. we use his freedom of thought
B. we gain his freedom of thought
C. we restore his freedom of thought
D. we destroy his freedom of thought
48. The author of this passage states that the right of curiosity is .
A. the right to ask whatever questions are most important to you
B. the right to ask whatever questions are most important to us
C. the right to ask whatever you like
D. the right to ask whatever you are interested in
49. Which of the following is true according to the author?
A. The right to ask questions is not interesting.
B. The right to ask questions is taken for granted.
C. Freedom of speech is guaranteed.
D. Freedom to spread one’s ideas is guaranteed.
50. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Education For Young People B. The Right To Learn
C. The Freedom of Thought D. The Right To Control One’s Learning

(C)
One of the best-known proverbs must be “early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” (4) The promises of health, wealth, and wisdom to those who join the ranks of the early retires and risers must be particularly appealing to many people in our contemporary society. There is no doubt that one of the greatest concerns of modern man is his health. It is estimated that in the United States 200 billion dollars are spent on health care each year. The medical field has grown into such a big business that it employs 4.8 million people and it appears that in many places, more staff is needed to meet the demands of the people who are concerned about their physical well-being.
Much more interest has been shown in preventive medicine in recent years. This is probably due in part to the increasing costs of medical treatment, but the writings of such people as Dr. Kenneth Cooper have also played an important role. In his book Aerobics, Dr. Cooper communicated his message of the benefits of exercise so effectively that many other authors have followed in his trail, and literally millions of readers have put on their sports shoes and taken to the highways and byways of America. A recent survey showed that over 1 million people are jogging. Many of these are so serious they have trained themselves to run 26 miles and 385 yards of the hard and tiring marathons that are sponsored all over the country. The last time I was in Honolulu, I was amazed to see hundreds of people, young and old, running for their lives, and I discovered many of them have run in the Hawaiian Marathon.
Exercise has also become a major part of conversation. At a dinner party recently, the president of a bank asked me, “You look like a runner; how far do you run each day?” A few days later when I appeared on a national television show, the host suddenly asked me if I was a regular runner. On both occasions the conversation turned to the subject of exercise and I found, as I have found whenever I have traveled recently, that this is a subject on many people’s minds. Of course, there are still many people who are less enthusiastic about exercise. They appreciate the philosophy of Robert M. Hutchins who said, “whenever the thought of exercise occurs to me ,I lie down till it passes.”

51. The “retires” mentioned(line 3,Para. 1) are .
A. people who give up their work
B. People who live in quiet places
C. People who have a lot of free time
D. People who go to bed
52. The first paragraph indicates that medical workers .
A. make a lot of money
B. are in great demand
C. are concerned with their own health
D. like sports more than ordinary people
53. In the United States, medical treatment is .
A. very effective B. insufficient C. expensive D. cheap
54. Many people take part in marathons because they .
A. find the marathons very exciting
B. want to keep fit
C. love traveling all over the country
D. want to be good sportsmen
55. The examples of conversation in the last paragraph are used .
A. to prove that people are tired of old conversation topics
B. to show people’s interest in exercise
C. to prove that the writer was a good runner
D. to show the writer’s love for travel

(D)
Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important discovery giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You need not worry------if you lack money. This is how I experimented with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of neighborhood store flashes to me ,I step in and make the suggestion to the storekeeper. If an incident occurs, the story of which I think the local Catholic priest could see, I call him up and tell him about it, though I am not a Catholic myself.
(5)One discovery I made about giving away is that it is almost impossible to give away anything in this world without getting something back, though the return often comes in an unexpected form. One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important special delivery letter to my home, though it was addressed to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of appreciation. More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was starting. I was told that there were no boxes left and that my name would have to go on a long waiting list. As I was about to leave, the postmaster appeared in the doorway. He had overheard our conversation. “Wasn’t it that you wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a speech delivery to your home?” I said it was. “Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office if we have to make one for you. You don’t know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get nothing but complaints.”

56. We understand that .
A. he liked most people who were brought up that way
B. the author was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting in the same way as most people
C. most people were brought up that way, and the author was, too
D. he liked most people as they looked upon life in the same way
57. At first the author looked upon life as a process of getting. He formed this view of life probably because .
A. of most people
B. he was similar to most people in looks
C. he was brought up to like most people
D. of his early education
58. When the author needed a post-office box, .
A. his name was put on a waiting list
B. he wrote the postmaster a note of appreciation
C. many had applied for post-office boxes before him
D. he asked the postmaster to make one for him
59. The author makes the suggestion to the store-keeper
A. in writing B. in person
C. in the window display C. about the neighborhood
60. In reply to the postmaster’s question, the author said .
A. it was the special delivery
B. it was the post-office box
C. it was he
D. it was the note of appreciation he wrote

Part Ⅲ
Cloze
In the course of the first half of the twentieth century, the United States made the shift from coal to oil. In 1900 the energy 61 from burning petroleum in the United States was only 4 percent of 62 obtained from burning coal. By the time World War Ⅱ was 63 , we Americans were getting more of our 64 from oil and natural gas than from coal, 65 the balance shifting farther in 66 of oil and gas each year. Oil, 67 liquid, is much more convenient to mine, transport, and use, than coal is : 68 more. The switch to oil in the United States meant that energy was much more easily 69 . Electricity poured out of the nation’s generators in an endlessly increasing stream 70 we began to live in a world 71 which all the controls were at our fingertips, 72 to speak. And why not? The real 73 of the pools of oil 74 under the Middle East only became known after World War Ⅱand we all received the impression of a hitherto-unknown ocean of oil 75 for the taking. 76 a few heady years we used all we 77 ,more and more and more, and it seemed to us that the supply was so great that we could 78 thoughts of a possible end 79 some indefinite future. Let our grandchildren 80 and suffer.

61. a. derived b. recovered c. transferred d. mined
62. a. which b. it c. that d. what
63. a. through b. over c. off d. out
64. a. resource b. supply c. energy d. full
65. a. for b. despite c. with d. of
66. a. search b. favor c. charge d. place
67. a. is b. a c. as d. being
68. a. and b. yet c. still d. much
69. a. accessible b. adoptable c. available d. usable
70. a. and b. for c. that d. though
71. a. on b. by c. in d. of
72. a. and b. or c. as d. so
73. a. size b. amount c. measure d. quantity
74. a. laying b. lying c. lay d. lain
75. a. already b. well c. ready d. just
76. a. In b. From c. For d. With
77. a. had b. seized c. brought d. wanted
78. a. retard b. delay c. give d. postpone
79. a. in b. by c. to d. for
80. a. search b. freeze c. starve d. worry


2002年河北省成人高等教育
本科毕业生授予学士学位
英语统一考试
(试卷二)
ENGLISH QUALIFICATION TEST
FOR BACHELOR-DEGREE APPLICANTS

PAPER TWO (45 MINUTES)

Part Ⅳ English-Chinese Translation ( 15 minutes,15 points )
Part Ⅴ Writing ( 30 minutes,15 points )