1999年同等学力外国语水平考试真题

Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes, 15 points) （略）

Part II Vocabulary (15 minutes, 15 points)
Section A
Directions: In this section there are fifteen sentences , each with one word or phrase underlined . Choose the one from the four choices marked A, B, C and D that best keeps the meaning of the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.
I6. Courageous people think quickly and act without hesitation.

   A. complaint      B. consideration            C. delay                 D. Anxiety

17. I've only recently explored Shakespeare with profit and pleasure.

   A. followed             B. evaluated                 C. acted                D. studied

18. Hardly a week goes by without some advance in technology that would have seemed incredible 50 yeas ago.

   A. hard to invent                          B. hard to understand   

C. hard to imagine                           D. hard to believe

19. You have to pay a (n) premium for express delivery.

   A. extra charge      B. extra price                      C. extra tip            D. extra bonus

20. Arriving anywhere with these possessions, he might just as easily put up for a month or a year for a single day.

   A. arrange              B. manage                    C. last                  D. stay                                       

21. The salesman approached the house cautiously when he saw the vicious dog at the door.

   A. carefully             B. deliberately               C. nervously        D. bravely

22. A new technological process may be employed to ~ this abundant supply directly.

   A. produce          B. reserve                    C. exploit          D. search 

23. An international treaty signed several years ago bans trade in plants and animal of endangered species.

   A. forbids           B. eliminates                 C. promotes       D. protects                          

24. It is not easy to remain tranquil when events suddenly change you life.

   A. calm               B. upset               C. steady          D. severe                         

25. When faced with doubts from some advisers on the attempted invasion, Kennedy ignored them.

   A. failed to understand               B. put up with

   C. stood up for                      D. refused to consider

 

Directions: In this section, there are ten incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four

choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

26. Don't _______while I'm talking. You can ask what you want later.                                                                                                    

   A. cut out                   B. cut in                   C. cut off                  D. cut down                              

27. He misled management by giving it the idea that the older and more experienced men were not an _______ but a liability.

   A. assistance      B. advantage                C. asset             D. award                           

28. In 400 A.D. Chinese children played with a fan-like toy that span upwards and fell back to earth as ______ceased.

  A. rotation               B. suspension               C. emission           D. motivation                                  

29. As a good photographer, you must develop an awareness of the world around you and the people who ______ it.

  A. innovate           B. inhabit                    C. integrate        D. inherit                           

30. Children in the United States are exposed to many influences _______those of their families.

  A. rather than           B. better than             C. more than     D. other than                         

31. The fact that the earth's surface heats _______provides a convenient way to divide it into temperature regions.

  A. unsteadily           B. unevenly                  C. infrequently      D. irregularly  

32. You may never experience an earthquake or a volcanic eruption in your life, but you will _____changes in the land.

    A. adapt           B. adopt                       C. witness         D. define

33. It is understood that the filming of Legends is almost complete and the film is not _______ to be delayed.

    A. easy                       B. available                   C. great                D. likely

34. The first step before making any decision to

    A. interact             B. integrate                  C. intervene         D. intensify

35. The television station is supported by

    A. donations          B. advertisements         C. pensions           D. accounts

   

Part III Reading Comprehension (45minutes, 30 points)

Directions: There are six passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

 

     Lateral thinking (迂回思维), first described by Edward de Bone in 1967, is just a few years older than Edward's son. You might imagine that Caspar was raised to be an adventurous thinker, but the de Bone was so famous, Caspar's parents worried that any time he would say something bright at school, his teachers might snap, "Where do you get that idea from?"

     "We had to be careful and not overdo it."  Edward admits. Now Caspar is at Oxford-which once looked unlikely because he is also slightly dyslexic (诵读困难). In fact, when he was applying to Oxford, none of his school teachers thought he had a chance.  "So then we did several thinking sessions,"  his father says,  "using my techniques and, when he went up for the exam, he did extremely well."  Soon after, Edward de Bone decided to write his latest book, "Teach Your Child How to Think,"  in which he transforms the thinking skills he developed for brain-storming businessmen into informal exercises for parents and children to share.

     Thinking is traditionally regarded as something executed in a logical sequence, and everybody knows that children aren't very logical. So isn't it an uphill battle, trying to teach them to think? "You know," Edward de Bone says, "if you examine people's thinking, it is quite unusual to find faults of logic. But the faults of perception are huge! Often we think ineffectively because we take too limited a view."

     "Teach Your Child How to Think" offers lessons in perception improvement, of clearly seeing the implications of something you are saying and exploring the alternatives.

                                                                    

36. What is TRUE about Caspar?

    A. He first described lateral thinking.

    B. He is often scolded by his teacher.

    C. He is Edward's son.

    D. He is an adventurous thinker.

37. Caspar succeeded in applying to Oxford because ________.

    A. he used in the exam the techniques provided by his father

    B. he read the book "Teach Your Child How to think" before the exam

    C. he was careful and often overworked

    D. all of his school teachers thought he had a chance

38. It can be inferred from Paragraph 2 that Edward _________.

    A. was prompted to study lateral thinking because his son was slightly dyslexic

    B. once taught businessmen how to think before he wrote for parents and children

    C. was likely to improve children's logic with his book

    D. gave a description of lateral thinking several years after his son was born

39. According to Paragraph 3, which of the following statements expresses Edward de Bone's view?

    A. We often think ineffectively because we take too limited a view.

    B. Thinking is traditionally regarded as something executed in a logical sequence.

    C. Everybody knows that children aren't very logical.

    D. h is an uphill battle trying to teach children to think.

40. Lateral thinking refers to the following EXCEPT _______.

    A. seeing the implications of what you are saying

    B. exploring the alternatives for what you are saying

    C. improving one's logic in thinking

D. improving one's perception in thinking

 

      For millions of years before die appearance of die electric light, shift work, all-night cable TV and die Internet, earth's creatures evolved on a planet with predictable and reassuring 24-hour rhythms. Our biological clocks are set for this daily cycle. Simply, our bodies want to sleep at night and be awake during the day. Most women and men need between eight and eight and a half hours of sleep a night to function properly throughout their lives. (Contrary to popular belief, humans don’t need less sleep as they age.)

      But on average, Americans sleep only about seven and a half hour per night, a marked drop from the nine hours they averaged in 1910. What's worse, nearly one third of all Americans get less than six hours of sleep on a typical work night. For most people, that's not nearly enough.

      Finding ways to get more and better sleep can be a challenge. Scientists have identified more than 80 different sleep disorders. Some sleeping disorders are genetic. But many problems are caused by staying up late and by traveling frequently between time zone or by working nights. Dr. James F. Jones at National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver says that sleep disorders are often diagnosed as other discomforts. About one third of the patients referred to him with possible chronic fatigue syndrome actually have treatable sleep disorders. “Before we do anything else, we look at their sleep,”  Jones says.

     Sleep experts say that most people would benefit from a good look at their sleep patterns. My motto (座右铭) is  'Sleep defensively',"  says Mary Carskadon of Brown University. She says people need to carve out sufficient time to sleep, even if it means giving up other things. Sleep routines -- l/ire going to bed and getting up at the same time every day -- are important. Pre-bedtime activities also make a difference. As with Eisner, who used to suffer from sleeplessness, a few life style changes—avoiding stimulants and late meals, exercising hours before bedtime, relaxing with a hot bath—yield better sleep.

 

41. What is TRUE of human sleep?

   A. On average, people in the U. S. today sleep less per night than they used to.

   B. For most people, less than six hoers of sleep on a typical work night is enough,

   C. Most people need less sleep when they grow older.

   D. Most people need seven and a half hems of sleep every night

42. For our bodies to function properly, we should _______.

   A. adjust our activities to the new inventions

   B. be able to predict the rhythms of our biological clocks

   C. sleep for at least eight hours per night

   D. believe that we need less sleep as we age

43. According to the author, many sleeping disorders are caused by _______.

   A. improper sleep patterns

   B. chronic fatigue syndrome

   C. other diseases

   D. pre-bedtime exercises

44. Which of the following measures can help you sleep better?

   A. Having late meals.

   B. Traveling between time zones

   C. Staying up late.

   D. Taking a hot bath.

45.  "Sleep defensively"  means that ~-

   A. people should sacrifice other things to getting enough sleep if necessary

B. people should give up going to bed and getting up at the same time every day.

   C. people should go to a doctor and have their problems diagnosed

   D. people should exercise immediately before going to bed every night