2021成人学位英语预测模拟试题及答案精析（上）

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一、会话技能(1-15)

1.Jeff: It is said that you are writing another book. What is the title and ______

Thomson: The title of the book is Human Nature and it will be published in October, 2006.

A. what is the plot of this book?

B. why is it a secret?

C. when will it be out?

D. where will it be published?

[答案]C

【精析】(它什么时候出版?)Thomason回答的是书的名字和将要出版的日期。A项问的是书的情节，B项问为什么是个秘密，D项问的是在什么地方出版，因此这三项都不合题意。

2.Milton: There is something wrong with this pair of shoes.

Jack: ______

A. No, I don't think so.

B. Let's mend them with a needle and a thread.

C. Why don't you take them to the cobbler?

D. Let's take them to the weaver.

[答案]C

【精析】Milton说鞋子坏了，于是Jack建议他把它们拿到鞋匠那里去修补。A项是不同意别人的意见，D项的weaver是指织工，B项说自己拿针线修补，这不合情理。

3.Wang: I have to go back to the classroom again.

Li: ______

A. It's a good idea.

B. What's up?

C. You are welcome.

D. Not too bad.

[答案]B

【精析】Wang说自己得再回教室一趟，于是Li就问他出了什么事情。A项是同意别人观点，C项是回答别人感谢时的谦词(别客气)，D项是说境况不太坏。

4.Speaker A: Do you think I should accept Tom’s research proposal?

Speaker B: I don't know. ______

A. What do you think of it?

B. I don't care.

C. I'd better rely on it.

D. Yes, he is a smart guy.

[答案]A

【精析】只有"What do you think of it?"才可以和"I don't know."构成较好的搭配，其他三项和它搭配都不行。

5.Lily: Is everyone always so helpful to you in your office?

Mathew: ______

A. Yes, can I help you?

B. Yes, anything I can do for you?

C. Yes, it's a good place to work in.

D. Yes, what can I do for you?

[答案]C

【精析】Mathew认为办公室的人都乐于帮助他，所以觉得在这个地方上班很棒。其他三个回答都文不对题。

6.Emma: I can't stand living in this place any more.

Vicky: ______

A. Why don't you move then?

B. You'd probably have to go by yourself.

C. You'd better choose what you like.

D. Sorry, I have no idea about what you have said.

[答案]A

【精析】Emma说她再也不能在这个地方住下去了，于是Vicky建议："Why don't you move then?"B项的意思是“你可能得一个人去”，C项的意思是“你最好选择自己的所爱”，D项的意思是“对不起，我不懂你的话”，这三项都不合题意。

7.Tracy: ______

Walter: He's French.

A. Where are you from?

B. What nationality is he of?

C. Which country is he from?

D. Is he a Frenchman?

[答案]B

【精析】回答为："He's French."(他是一个法国人)。那么应该问他的国籍是什么?选项B符合题意。选项A中人称不对，选项C是问他来自哪个国家，与题意不符。选项D是一般疑问句，回答应用yes或no.

8.Stranger: ______ can you tell me the way to the Summer Palace?

Paul: Take Bus No. 321, and it will take you straight there.

A. May I ask you a question?

B. Excuse me,

C. Can I help you?

D. Sorry,

[答案]B

【精析】陌生人向Paul问路(can you tell me the way to the Summer Palace?)，那么应该用"Excuse me"(对不起，打扰了)，其他选项不符合题意。

9.Roger: Oh, you look so beautiful today.

Janet: ______

A. I think so.

B. No, I don't think so.

C. Thank you.

D. You too.

[答案]C

【精析】对于别人的称赞，回答应该用thank you.

10.Violet: Have a nice weekend!

Byron: ______.

A. The same to you

B. You do too

C. The same as you

D. You have it too

[答案]A

【精析】"Have a nice weekend!"(周末愉快!)的回答应该是："The same to you!"(你也一样!)选项B、C、D均不符合英语习惯。

11.George: How soon will our dinner be served?

Janet: ______

A. Ten minutes later.

B. At ten minutes.

C. In ten minutes.

D. For ten minutes.

[答案]C

【精析】"How soon will our dinner be served?"意思是：“我们的晚餐什么时候开始?”选项C用在将来时态中，表示从现在算起将来的动作。

12.Emma: Would you like ______?

Duke: Yes, please.

A. some egg soup

B. egg soup

C. drink any egg soup

D. enjoying some soup

[答案]A

【精析】Emma说：“想要喝点蛋汤吗?”some用在疑问句中时问话者期待对方给出肯定的答复，因而选项A符合题意。

13.Jeremy: Do you know our town at all?

Max: No, this is the first time I ______ here.

A. was

B. have been

C. came

D. am going

[答案]B

【精析】这里用完成时态表示我已经来到这里这件事已经发生，对现在有影响。

14.Polly: ______

Lulu: Wonderful.

A. What's the film about?

B. How did you like the film?

C. What do you think of the film?

D. How about seeing a film?

[答案]C

【精析】选项A的意思是“这场电影是关于什么?”;选项B时态有错;选项D的意思是“看电影去怎么样?”;选项C“你认为这场电影怎么样?”符合题意。

15.Bill: I used to want to be a professor.

Sam: But I always dreamed ______ a mayor.

A. to become

B. that I will become

C. of becoming

D. in becoming

[答案]C

【精析】dream of是固定搭配“梦想，梦见”。其他选项不符合惯用法。

二、阅读理解(16-35)

A good modern newspaper is an extraordinary piece of reading. It is remarkable first for what it contains: the range of news from local crime to international politics, from sports to business to fashion to science, and the range of comment and special features(特写)as well, from editorial page to feature article and interviews to criticism of books, art, theater, and music. A newspaper is even more remarkable for the way one reads it: never completely, never straight through, but always by jumping from here to there, in and out, glancing at one piece, reading another article all the way through, reading just a few paragraphs of the next. A good modern newspaper offers a variety to attract many different readers, but far more than any one reader is interested in. What bring this variety together in one place is its topicality(时事性), its immediate relation to what is happening in your world and your locality now. But immediacy and the speed of production that goes with it mean also that much of what appears in a newspaper has no more than transient(短暂的)value. For all these reasons, no two people really read the same paper: what each person does is to put together out of the pages of that day’s paper, his own selection and sequence, his own newspaper. For all these reasons, reading newspapers efficiently, which means getting what you want from them without missing things you need but without wasting time, demands skill and self-awareness as you modify and apply the techniques of reading.

16. A modern paper is remarkable for all the following expect its ______.

A. wide coverage B. uniform style C. speed in reporting news D. popularity

[答案]B

【精析】文中第一段第二句话“It is remarkable first for what it contains: the range of news from local crime to international politics, from sports to business to fashion to science, and the range of comment and special features(特写)as well, from editorial page to feature article and interviews to criticism of books, art, theater, and music.提到的是A项的内容，即wide coverage;第四句话A good modern newspaper offers a variety to attract many different readers…吻合了popularity的特点;第五句……its topicality揭示了其speed in…(C项)的特点，只有B项文中未体现。”故选择B.

17. According to the passage, the reasons why no two people really read the "same" newspaper is that ______.

A. people scan for the news they are interested in

B. different people prefer different newspaper

C. people are rarely interested in the same thing of news

D. people have different views about what a good newspaper is

[答案]A

【精析】根据文中倒数第二句"For all these reasons, no two people really read the same paper"

18. It can be concluded from the passage that newspaper readers ______.

A. apply reading techniques skillfully

B. jump from one newspaper to another

C. appreciate the variety of a newspaper

D. usually read a newspaper selectively

[答案]D

【精析】根据文中第三句"never completely, never straight through, but always by jumping from here to there, in and out, glancing at one piece, reading another article all the way through, reading just a few paragraphs of the next"，可知读者读报纸时都是很有选择性的。故选D.

19. A good newspaper offers “a variety” to readers because ______.

A. it tries to serve different readers

B. it has to cover things that happen in a certain locality

C. readers are difficult to please

D. readers like to read different newspapers

[答案]A

【精析】根据文中"A good modern newspaper offers a variety to attract many different readers, but far more than any one reader is interested in"，故选A.

20. The best title for this passage would be ______.

A. The Importance of Newspaper Topicality

B. The Characteristics of a good Newspaper

C. The Variety of a Good Newspaper

D. Some Suggestion on How to Read a Newspaper

[答案]B

【精析】根据文章中心句，即开头第一句A good modern newspaper is an extraordinary piece of reading可得出B是正确答案。

The way people hold to the belief that a fun filled, pain free life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever attaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness then pain must be equal to unhappiness. But in fact, the opposite is true: more often than not things that lead to happiness involve some pain.

As a result, many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment, self-improvement.

Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If he is honest he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment. For commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure, excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.

Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole night's sleep or a three day vacation. I don't know any parent who would choose the fun to describe raising children. But couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild.

Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.

21.According to the author, a bachelor resists marriage chiefly because ______.

A. he is reluctant to take on family responsibilities

B. he believes that life will be more cheerful if he remains single

C. he finds more fun in dating than in marriage

D. he fears it will put an end to all his fun adventure and excitement

[答案]A

【精析】根据文中第三段第二句If he is honest he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment. For commitment is in fact quite painful.可知单身汉不愿意结婚的主要原因是他不愿承担婚姻的责任，故A正确。

22.Raising children, in the author's opinion, is ______.

A. a moral duty B. a thankless job C. a rewarding task D. a source of inevitable pain

[答案]C

【精析】根据文中第四段But couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild.可推测出作者对抚养孩子这件事是持赞赏的态度的，

23.From the last paragraph, we learn that envy sometimes stems from ______.

A. hatred B. misunderstanding C. prejudice D. ignorance

[答案]B

【精析】根据文中最后一段And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.可知整天很开心的人不一定幸福，我们认为他们幸福只是我们自己的误解，所以我们会忌妒，就是源于误解。故选B。

24.To understand what true happiness is one must ______.

A. have as much fun as possible during one's lifetime

B. make every effort to liberate oneself from pain

C. put up with pain under all circumstances

D. be able to distinguish happiness from fun

[答案]D

【精析】根据文中最后一段Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations.可知理解和接受真正的幸福与开心无关，明白了这一点是最具有解放意识的，所以区别开幸福与开心才能理解什么是真正的幸福，故选D。

25.What is the author trying to tell us?

A. Happiness often goes hand in hand with pain.

B. One must know how to attain happiness.

C. It is important to make commitments.

D. It is pain that leads to happiness.

[答案]A

【精析】根据文中第一段more often than not things that lead to happiness involve some pain。可知幸福总是与痛苦相伴的，故选A。

Chokwe Selassie is on a mission to help drivers avoid potholes(路面坑洼).The eighth-grader was inspired to kick off his mission on a recent morning, when his mother was driving him to school. Their car was damaged as it went over a huge pothole in the middle of the street in their hometown of Jackson, Mississippi. "I decided I was going to do something about the pothole problem in my city," Chokwe says. His solution: an app that warns drivers when there is a pothole ahead.

Chokwe developed the app with his friends Rodriguez Ratliff and Emmanuel Brooks. "When the app detects a pothole, it is highlighted(突出显示)in red," Chokwe says. "And if you get close to the pothole, your phone will warn you." Drivers can also use the app to report any potholes they encounter, and to look for other routes they can take to avoid roads that have them.

The app relies on current available information about the streets of Jackson. "It works by using the city's 311 call system, soit uses information already stored in a database," Chokwe says.Throughthe call system, citizens dial 3-1-1 to report non-emergency problems—which include potholes. Chokwe and his friends determined that focusing on the 10 busiest streets in Jackson would give them a large enough sample size to test the prototype(原型).

Although the app isn't yet available for sale,Chokwe is already looking for ways to improve it. The prototype remains limited to 10 streets in Jackson, but he hopes to add more, so that it includes every street in the city. And then he wants to go even farther. “I want to keep working on the app until it's nationwide,” Chokwe says.

26. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. A Solution to Traffic Jams

B. An App to Detect Potholes

C. Pothole Problems in Big Cities

D. Poor Road Conditions

[答案]B

27. The phrase kick off inParagraph 1 is closest in meaning to___.

A. leave B. invent C. begin D. shift

[答案]C

28. People use the 311 call system to report____.

A. emergencies B. terrorist attacks C. non-emergencies D. child abuse

[答案]C

29. The prototype focuses on____streets in Jackson.

A. 10 B. 15 C. 20 D. 25

[答案] A

30. According to the passage,which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Chokwe developed the app all by himself.

B. People can buy this app from the online store.

C. His mother's car was once damaged over a pothole.

D. The app works by using thecity's 911 call system.

[答案] C