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学习-----好资料更多精品文档2003年江苏省成人学士学位英语考试试卷ENGLISHQUALIFICATIONTESTFORABACHELOR’SDEGREE(Nov.2003)PaperOnePartⅠListeningComprehension(15minutes15%)(共15题略)PartIIReadingComprehension:Directions:Therearesomereadingpassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbyfivequestions.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandwritedownthecorrespondingletterintheAnswerSheet.RecentlyIdecidedtoholdsomepoetryreadingsforfriends,partlyforaselfishreason,likingtohearthesoundofmyownvoice,butalsobecauseIsuspectedthatthereisadimensionofpleasureandunderstandingthatwemissbyreadingpoemsonlytoourselves.Themostbasicpreliminaryquestionofanyreadingiswhoreads.Oneanswerwouldbetoaskeveryonetoprepareoneortwopoems,andtogoaroundtheroom.Thisgiveseveryonesomethingtodo,anditexposeseveryonetoavarietyoftastesandinterpretations.Analternativeistoletonehamruntheshow.Theabilitytoreadaloud,likeanyothertalent,isunevenlydistributed;it’sprobablybetternottohearapoematallthantohearitmangled.Readingaloudisalsoamentaland,toadegree,aphysicaleffort.（86）Ifonlyonepersondoesit,then,everyoneelsecanenjoytheunalloyedpleasureoflistening.Ifit’snotapleasure,thereaderwillhavenoguestsforhissecondreading.Ithoughtitwasonlyfairtomylistenerstorewardthemfortheirattentionwithfoodanddrink,butonlyfairtometowithholdituntilIhadfinished.Ilimitedthereadingtoonehour.16．Accordingtothispassage,readingpoetryaloudtootherpeopleA.IsaselfishthingB.GivesonenopleasureorunderstandingC.GivesoneakindofpleasuredifferentfromsilentreadingD.Isasuspiciousact.17．Theauthorbelievesthatwhenpeoplereadapoemaloud,theyA．ShowtheirownwaysofunderstandingB．BetraytheirpoortastesinliteratureC．TakeawalkaroundtheroomD．Arehappytohavefoundsomethingtodo18．Whatdoestheauthorthinkisthebestformforapoetryreadingsession?A．AskeveryonetoparticipateinthereadingB．Askonetalentedpersontodothereadingthroughout.C．Inviteeveryonetowalkaroundtheroom.D．Askonepersontoreadafewpoemsandthenletotherstaketheirturns.19．Whatistheauthor’sopinionofpeople’sabilitytoreadaloudwell?A．Suchanabilityisnotamatteroftalent.B．Noonehasthetalenttodoso.C．Noteveryonehasthatability.D．Everyonehastheability20．Accordingtothispassage,whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?A．Theauthorgavelistenersfoodonlyafterthereadinghadfinished.B．Theauthorwaseatingwhileotherpeoplewerereading.C．Thelistenerswereeatingwhiletheauthorwasreading.D．Thelistenersgavetheauthordrinksbywayofthanks.学习-----好资料更多精品文档Socialchangeismorelikelytooccurinsocietieswherethereisamixtureofdifferentkindsofpeoplethaninsocietieswherepeoplearesimilarinmanyways.Thesimplereasonforthisisthattherearemoredifferentwaysoflookingatthingspresentinthefirstkindofsociety.Therearemoreideas,moredisagreementsininterest,andmoregroupsandorganizationswithdifferentbeliefs.Inaddition,thereisusuallyagreaterworldlyinterestandgreatertoleranceinmixedsocieties.（87）Allthesefactorstendtopromotesocialchangebyopeningmoreareasoflifetodecision.Inasocietywherepeoplearequitesimilarinmanyways,therearefeweroccasionsforpeopletoseetheneedortheopportunityforchangebecauseeverythingseemstobethesame.Andalthoughconditionsmaynotbesatisfactory,theyareatleastcustomaryandundisputed.Withinasociety,socialchangeisalsolikelytooccurmorefrequentlyandmorereadilyinthematerialaspectsoftheculturethaninthenon-material,forexample,intechnologyratherthaninvalues;inwhathasbeenlearnedlaterinliferatherthanwhatwaslearnedearly;inthelessbasicandlessemotionalaspectsofsocietythanintheiropposites;inthesimpleelementsratherthaninthecomplexones;informratherthaninsubstance;andinelementsthatareacceptabletothecultureratherthaninstrangeelements.Furthermore,socialchangeiseasierifitisgradual.Forexample,itcomesmorereadilyinhumanrelationsonacontinuousscaleratherthanonewithsharpdichotomies（一分为二）.（88）ThisisonereasonwhychangehasnotcomemorequicklytoBlackAmericansascomparedtootherAmericanminorities,becauseofthesharpdifferenceinappearancebetweenthemandtheirwhitecounterparts.21.Thepassageismainlydiscussing__________.A.thenecessityofsocialchangeB.certainfactorsthatdeterminetheeasewithwhichsocialchangesoccurC.twodifferentsocietiesD.certainfactorsthatpromotesocialchange22.______isoneofthefactorsthattendtopromotesocialchange.A.JointinterestB.DifferentpointsofviewC.LessemotionalpeopleD.Advancedtechnology23.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?A.Socialchangetendstomeetwithmoredifficultyinbasicandemotionalaspectsofsociety.B.Disagreementwithandargumentaboutconditionstendtoslowdownsocialchange.C.Socialchangeismorelikelytooccurinthematerialaspectofsociety.D.Socialchangeislesslikelytooccurinwhatpeoplelearnedwhentheywereyoung.24.Theexpressiongreatertolerance(paragraph1)refersto_____.A.“greaterwillingnesstoacceptsocialchange”B.quickeradaptationtochangingcircumstancesC.morerespectfordifferentbeliefsandbehaviorD.greaterreadinesstoagreetodifferentopinionsandideas25.Socialchangeislesslikelytooccurinasocietywherepeoplearequitesimilarinmanywaysbecause________.A.peopletherehavegotsoaccustomedtotheirconditionsthattheyseldomthinkitnecessarytochangeB.peopletherehaveidenticalneedsthat