同等學力英語考試真題

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同等學力英語考試（真題）

　　Section A

同等學力英語考試（真題）

　　Directions:In this section there are two incomplete dialogues and each dialogue has

　　three blanks and three choices A,B and C, takenfrom the dialogue. Fill in each of the blanks with one of the choices to complete the dialogue andmark your answer on the Answer Sheet.

　　Dialogue One

　　A. They had been in there for about 5 minutes

　　B. It's theother man I'm talking about

　　C. I thought you said there were three men

　　Burney: There were two men, I think. No, three. They ran into the bank and the one

　　with thegun，the tall one, he runs up to the window, and starts shouting

　　something, I don't know, "Give me all your money" and the other one -

　　Police officer:_____1______?

　　Burney: No, there were two men and a girl. _____2_____the one carrying the suitcase,well, he goes up to the other guy -

　　Police officer: The one with the gun?

　　Burney: Yes, and he opens the suitcase and the cashier, well, she - well, all the other

　　people behind the window - they hand over piles of money and two men put it into the suitcase and they run out. It was l:35.________3______

　　Dialogue Two

　　A. Ilike a goodstory

　　B. They still make movies like that

　　C. People today don't like that

　　Speaker A: I like watching old l movies and I think they are the best.

　　Speaker B: I agree with you, eventhough they're in black and white. I think a good

　　story is more important than color.

　　Speaker A: And there was no violence in old movies.

　　Speaker B: No, there wasn't._______4_______

　　Speaker A: They like lots of action.

　　Speaker B:_____5______

　　Speaker A:I like to see actors who are like real people.

　　Speaker B:Like real people with real problems.

　　Speaker A:___6____

　　Speaker B: Yes, but they never make much money.

　　Section B

　　Directions: In this section there is one incomplete interview which hasfour blanks and

　　four choices A, B, C and D, taken from the interview. Fill in each of the

　　blanks with one of the choices to complete the interview and mark your

　　answer on the Answer Sheet.

　　A. I do a lot of research on the Internet too

　　B. I document everything

　　C. Of course they mail their friends endlessly

　　D. I do a lot of my shopping on the net now

　　Interviewer:Ms. Chen, can you tell us which pieces of technology are important to

　　you?

　　Interviewee: Three things: my Sharp laptop; myiphone5; and my Olympus digital

　　camera.____7____: the kids, art, buildings, clothes, scenes that catch myeye as I walk past.

　　Interviewer:What do you use your computer for?

　　Interviewee: Well, I send emails all the time. But I do a lot of my design work on screennow and I can send my ideas straight to directors and producers.

　　_____8______- there are some fantastic sites around now.

　　Interviewer: Who uses the computer at home?

　　Interviewee: The kids use the computer all the time at home._____9_____ - and on topof that they're always texting on their mobile phones! They play computergames when they think I or their father aren't looking! They don't likedoing homework, of course, but there are some really good revision siteson the Internet. _____10_____- 15 minutes for a whole supermarket"visit"! That feels really good.

　　Part ⅡVocabulary (10 points)

　　Directions: In this part there are ten sentences, each with one word or phrase underlined. Choose the one from the four choices marked A, B,Cand D

　　that best keeps the meaning of the sentence. Mark your answer on the

　　Answer Sheet.

　　11. Now and in the future, we will live as free people, not in fear and never at the mercy of any foreign powers.

　　A. in the interest of B. under the control of

　　C .for the sake of D. at the cost of

　　12.Public acceptance of rabbit as an economical source of protein depends how aggressivelyproducers market it .

　　A. vigorously B. effectively C. efficiently D. rigorously

　　13. Many New England communities do not permit the construction of a “modernist”

　　building, lest it alter their overall architectural integrity.

　　A. in case that B. in spite that C. for fear that D. in order that

　　14. Essentially, a theory is an abstract, symbolic representation of what is conceived to be reality .

　　A. imagination B. impression C. presentation D. expression

　　15. Television commercial have been under constant scrutiny for the last few years.

　　A. pressure B. reflection C. examination D. attack

　　16. The mayor has spent ahandsome amount of time in his last tern working to bring down the tax rate .

　　A. sufficient B. plenty C. considerable D. moderate

　　17. His poor performance maybe attributed to the lack of motivation.

　　A. caused by B. focused on C. taken for D. viewed as

　　18. The new cut in interest rate is meant to promote domestic investment.

　　A. encourage B. obtain C. publicize D. advertise

　　19. Conditions for the growth of this plant areoptimum in early summer.

　　A. most acceptable B. most expressive

　　C. most favorite D. most desirable

　　20. She often says her greatest happinessconsists in helping the disadvantaged

　　children.

　　A. is proportionate to B. is composed of

　　C. lies in D. relies on

　　Part III Reading Comprehension (25 points)

　　Section A

　　Directions: In this section, there arefourpassages followed by questions or unfinishedstatements, each with four suggested answers A, B, C and D. Choose thebest answer and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.

　　Passage One

　　Of all the lessons taught by the financial crisis, the most personal has been that

　　Americans aren’t so good at money-management. We take out home loans we can't

　　afford.We run up sky-high credit-card debt. We don't save nearly enough forretirement.

　　In response, supporters of financial-literacy education are moving with renewed

　　enthusiasm. School districts in states such as New Jersey and Illinois are adding

　　money-management courses to their curriculums . The Treasury and Education

　　departments are sending lesson plans to high schools and encouraging students to

　　compete in the National Financial Capability Challenge that begins in March.

　　Students with top scores on that exam will receive certificates –but chances for

　　long-term benefits are slim. As it turns out, there is little evidence that traditional effortsto boost financial know-how help students make better decisions outside the classroom.Even as the financial-literacy movement has gained steam over the past decade, scores have been falling on tests that measure how well students learn about things such asbudgeting, credit cards, insurance and investments. A recent survey of college studentsconducted for the JumpStart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy found thatstudents who'd had a personal-finance or money-management course in high schoolscored no better than those who hadn't.

　　"We need to figure out how to do this the right way,"says Lewis Mandell, a

　　professor at the University of Washington who after 15 years of studyingfinancial-literacy programs has come to the conclusion that current methods don't work.A growing number of researchers and educators agree that a more radical approach isneeded. They advocate starting financial education a lot earlier than high school, puttingreal money and spending decisions into kids' hands and talking openly about theemotions and social influences tied to how we spend .

　　Other initiatives are tacking such real-world issues as the commercial andsocial

　　pressures that affect purchasing decisions.Why exactly do you want those expensive

　　brand-name shoes so badly? "It takes confidence to take a stand and to thinkdifferently," saysJerooBillimoria ,founder of Aflatoun,a nonprofit whose curriculum,

　　used in more than 30 countries ,aims to help kids get a leg up in their financial lives .”

　　“This goes beyond money and savings .”

　　21. The financial-literacy education is intended to________.

　　A. help Americans to overcome the financial crisis

　　B. enable Americans to manage money wisely

　　C. increase Americans' awareness of the financial crisis

　　D. renew Americans' enthusiasm about money-management

　　22. According to the author, the National Financial Capability Challenge will be_______.

　　A. well-receivedB. costly

　　C. rewardingD. ineffective

　　23.Bysaying that "the financial-literacy movement has gained steam"(Para .3) ,theauthor means that the movement______.

　　A.has gone through financial difficulties

　　B. has received much criticism

　　C. has been regarded as imaginative

　　D. has been more and more popular

　　24. Lewis Mandell suggests that we should figure out how to ________.

　　A.help students scorebetter in money-management courses

　　B. improve the social awareness of financial education

　　C. carry out financial-literacy education properly

　　D. manage money in a more efficient way

　　25. Jeroo Billimoria is most likely to agree thatcommercial and social pressures makeone's purchasing decisions________.

　　A. difficultB.feasible

　　C. unwiseD. acceptable

　　Passage Two

　　Cheating is nothing new,But today,educators and administrators are finding that

　　instances of academic dishonesty on the part of students have become more frequent –and are less likely to be punished – than in the past . Cheating appears to have gainedacceptance among good and poor students alike .

　　Why is student cheating on the rise? No one really knows .Some blame the trend on a general loosening of moral values among today's youth. Others have attributedincreased cheating to the fact that today's youth are far more pragmatic(實用主義的)than their more idealistic predecessors.Whereas in the late sixties and early seventies，students were filled with visions about changing the world，today’s students feel greatpressure to conform and succeed. In interviews with students at high schools andcolleges around the country, both young men and women said that cheating had becomeeasy. Some suggested they did it out of spite for teachers they did not respect. Others looked at it as a game. Only if they were caught, some said, would they feel guilty."People are competitive," said a second-yearcollege student named Anna, fromChicago. There's an underlying fear. If you don't do well, your life is going to be ruined.The pressure is not only form parents and friends but from oneself .To achieve .To succeed .It’s almost as though we have to outdo other people to achieve our own goals,

　　Edward Wynne , a magazine editor ,blames the rise in academic dishonesty on the schools. He claims that administrators and teachers have been too hesitant to take action .Dwight Huber ,chairman of the English department at Amarillo .sees the matterdifferently, blaming the rise in cheating on the way students are evaluated. "I wouldcheat if I felt I was being cheated," Mr. Huber said. He feels that as long as teachers gives short-answer testsrather than essay questions and rate students by the number of facts they can memorize rather than by how well they can put information together,students will try to beat the system. "The concept of cheating is based on the false assumption that the system is legitimate and there is something wrong withthe individual who are doing it," he said. "That's too easy an answer. We've got to start looking at the system."

　　26. Educators are finding that students who cheat_______.

　　A. are not only those academically weak

　　B. tend to be dishonest in later years

　　C.are more likely to be punished than before

　　D. have poor academic records

　　27. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

　　A. Reform in the testing system will eliminate cheating.

　　B. Punishment is an effective method to stop cheating . .

　　C. Students' cheating has deep social roots.

　　D. Students do not cheat on essay tests.

　　28. Which of the following points of view would Mr. Huberagree with ?

　　A. Cheating would be reduced through an educational reform.