2020年成人學位英語考試練習及答案十六

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2020年成人學位英語考試練習及答案十六

Passage 1:

In America Mother’s Day is celebrated on the second Sunday in May. On that day we send our mothers a special Mother’s Day card, and perhaps some flowers or candy, to show our love and appreciation for all they have done for us. Although Mother’s Day is a relatively new holiday in America, more and more other countries are also setting aside a day to honor their mothers.

I want to tell you today how the idea of having a special day for mothers began. It all started over a hundred years ago with a woman named Anna May Jarvis.

Anna was born on May 1, 1864, just before the end of the Civil War and the assassination of President Lincoln. She was the daughter of a “minister”, which in American English means a church leader. She was a quiet girl who liked to study in school, but she liked everyone and was liked by everyone as well.

After she became an adult, Anna worked for a life insurance company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-a city about halfway between New York City and Washington, D.C. then, in 1906, just two weeks after Anna’s 42nd birthday, her mother died. It was the second Sunday in May.

In the months that followed, Anna began to change. No longer was she so gentle, so relaxed and easy-going. Instead she now had just one goal for her life-to have her mother and all other mothers honored throughout the whole world on the second Sunday of May.

After more than a year of careful planning, Anna arranged the first Mother’s Day church service, on May 10, 1908, in Grafton, West Virginia. The next year Anna was able to get the city of Philadelphia, where she lived and worked, to proclaim the second Sunday of May as an official Mother’s Day-the first city to do so. After three more years, the state of West Virginia, where Anna’s mother had lived, made Mother’s Day a statewide observance – not a holiday in the normal sense, but still a day to remember what mothers have done for their children and society.

1. Which answer is right about Mother’s Day?

A) In America, Mother’s Day is a holiday with a very long history.

B) More and more countries are put aside their tradition of celebrating Mother’s Day.

C) In America, Mother’s Day is on the second Sunday in May.

D) Throughout the world, Mother’s Day is celebrated on the same day.

2. Choose the right explanation of the word “observance” in the last paragraph

A) remark made by people

B) action in accordance with custom

C) performance of certain tradition

D) notice paid widely

3. How long in all had Anna spent to establish Mother’s Day in West Virginia?

A) from May 10, 1908 to May 10, 1911

B) for more than four years

C) for more than three years

D) for about three years

4. Choose the right understanding of this passage.

A) Anna was born just before the assassination of President Lincoln which ended the Civil War.

B) Anna was a daughter of a minister which in English means a church worker.

C) Anna’s mother’s death had done a little damage to him easy life.

D) The Mother’s Day celebrated in West Virginia is not a normal holiday, but a day with special meaning.

5. According to the passage, what most probably happened in the paragraph following?

A) The United States Congress proclaimed the Second in May as Mother’s Day forever in the United States.

B) Mother’s Day gradually became a conventional celebration.

C) Anna retired from her job with a fortune of over a hundred thousand dollars.

D) People stopped buying candy to their mothers.

Passage2:

Many of us believe that a person’s mind becomes less active as he grows older. But this is not true, according to Dr Jarvik, professor of psychiatry at the University of California. She has studied the mental functioning of aging persons for several years. For example, one of her studies concerns 136 pairs of identical twins, who were first examined when they were already 60 years old. As Dr Jarvik continued the study of the twins into their 70s and 80s, their minds did not generally decline as was expected.

However, there was some decline in their psycho-motor speed. This means that it took them longer to accomplish mental tasks than it used to. But when speed was not a factor, they lost very little intellectual ability over the years. In general, Dr Jarvik’s studies have shown that there is no decline in knowledge or reasoning ability. This is true not only with those in their 30s and 40s, but with those in their 60s and 70s as well.

It is true that older people themselves often complain that their memory is not as good as it once was. However, much of what we call “loss of memory” is not that at all. There usually was incomplete learning in the first place. For example, the older person perhaps had trouble hearing, or poor vision, or inattention, or was trying to learn the new thing at too fast a pace. In the cases where the older person’s mind really seems to decay, it is not necessarily a sign of decay due to old age. Often it is simply a sign of a depressed emotional state.

6.This passage is mainly about ____.

A) how Dr Jarvik studied mental functioning of the twins.

B) what caused mental decay.

C) the results evidenced by Dr Jarvik’s studies.

D) the difference between middle – aged and older persons

7. The word “psychiatry” in paragraph 1 most probably means ____.

A) the study of human behavior.

B) the study of disease of the mind.

C) the study of problems with aging persons.

D) the study of twins growth.

8. A long – term study of 136 pairs of twins showed that ____.

A) they lost a little ability to reason over the years.

B) the only factor which declined over the years was their speed with which to perform mental tasks.

C) their memory was not as good as it had once been.

D) their minds became is not considered as they grew older.

9. Which of the following is not considered as an instanced of “incomplete learning”?

A) Poor hearing.

B) Bad eyesight.

C) Lack of attention.

D) The attempt to learn too many new things at the same time

10. What we call mental decay is usually a sign of ____.

A) a low – spirited state.

B) a worsening state of health.

C) old age.

D) nervous tension

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參考答案：

1.答案： D　解析： 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段的內(nèi)容可以知道A、B、C是正確的，C錯在the same day和文章的意思不一樣，僅僅是說其它的國家抽出一天但是沒有說是在同一天。

2.答案： C 解析： C的含義是傳統(tǒng)的履行，實際上是過節(jié)日。根據(jù)上下文的含義應該是慶祝母親節(jié)選擇C較合適。

3.答案： B 解析： 細節(jié)題。這題有一定的推算性，on May 10, 1908然后After three more years可以知道應該至少是四年。B是正確的答案。

4.答案： D 解析： 細節(jié)題.最后一段的Mother's Day a statewide observance – not a holiday in the normal sense, but still a day to remember what mothers have done for their children and society.可以知道答案。

5.答案： B 解析： 文義推論題。本文的作者主要是說母親節(jié)的來歷，到文章的最后只是說明了這個節(jié)日的歷史，但尚沒有說出在以后的時間里漸漸成為一個conventional(慣常的、慣例的)節(jié)日。

6.答案： C 解析： 大意題。本文主要向讀者傳達了人的記憶和分析能力不是隨著年齡的增大而消退，主要是通過.Dr Jarvik的研究成果來顯示的。其它選項不是文章的主旨意思。

7.答案： B　解析： 大意題。同上題的解釋。主要的是disease of the mind和年齡的區(qū)別。

8.答案： B 解析：　細節(jié)和推論.文章的第一段最后一句和第2段的前兩句都是說明這樣的一個實驗說明研究結(jié)果.即，僅僅和速度有關(guān)系，課文的下面部分也相應作了解釋.

9.答案： D 解析：最后一句的中間部分For example, the older person perhaps had trouble hearing, or poor vision, or inattention, or was trying to learn the new thing at too fast a pace沒有提到D項的內(nèi)容.D項僅僅說的是心理原因造成的結(jié)果.

10.答案： D　解析：最后一句的中間部分For example, the older person perhaps had trouble hearing, or poor vision, or inattention, or was trying to learn the new thing at too fast a pace沒有提到D項的內(nèi)容.D項僅僅說的是心理原因造成的結(jié)果.

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