成人学位英语模拟试题Model Test 1(2)

广西壮族自治区成人学位英语考试

A.

B.

C.

D. feels happy, thinking how nice his friends were to him feels he might not have understood his friend’s true feelings thinks it a mistake to have broken up with his girl friend is sorry that his friends let him down

2. When the writer about someone saying, “You’re a lucky dog!” he is saying that A. the speaker is just friendly

B. this sentence suggests the same as “You’re a lucky guy!”

C. the word “dog” should not be used to apply to people

D. sometimes the words show that the speaker is a bit envious

3. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage? A. Mistakes we make are either about money or about people.

B. Sometimes people indicate something in his words.

C. Sometimes we have some ways to tell the real meaning behind someone’s words.

D. After reading this passage, we know that we should be careful about people’s words.

4. This passage tries to tell you how to A. Avoid mistakes about money and friends

B. Get an idea of friendly people

C. avoid mistakes in understanding what people tell you

D. keep people friendly without without trusting them

5. The writer suggests that A.

B.

C.

D. everybody nobody all the people not all the people

Passage 2

Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:

It has been shown that children who smoke have certain characteristics. Compared with non-smokers they are more rebellious (反抗的), they are more likely to leave school early, and are more often breaking the law. Many of these features can be summarized as anticipation (预期) of adulthood.

人们发现吸烟的小孩呈现某些特点。与不吸烟的小孩相比，他们更具有叛逆性。他们更易于辍学和犯法。这些特点可归结为成年期待行为。

There are a number of factors which determine the onset of smoking, and these are largely psychological and social. They include availability of cigarettes, curiosity, rebelliousness, appearing tough, anticipation of adulthood, social confidence, the example of parents and teachers, and smoking by friends and older brothers and sisters.

几种因素决定了吸烟习惯的形成，其中大部分是与心理和社会有关的。这些因素包括香烟的供应程度、人们的好奇心和叛逆性、装酷、希望成为成年人、社会信心、父母和教师的榜样以及吸烟朋友和兄弟姐妹的影响。

It should be much easier to prevent children from starting to smoke than to persuade adults to give up the habit once established, but in fact this has proved very difficult. The example set by