2015年成人高考学士学位英语押密试题(4)
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Part I Reading Comprehension (30%)
16、阅读下文，回答16-30题
On November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln went to Gettysburg in Pennsylvania to speak at the National Soldiers Cemetery. The Civil War was still going on. There was much criticism of Presi-dent Lincoln at the time. He was not at all popular. He had been invited to speak at Gettysburg on-ly out of politeness. The principal speaker was to be Edward Everett, a famous statesman and speaker of the day. Everett was a handsome man and very popular everywhere.
It is said that Lincoln prepared his speech on the train while going to Gettysburg. Late that night, alone in his hotel room and tired out, he again worked briefly on the speech. The next day Everett spoke first. He spoke for an hour and 57 minutes. His speech was a perfect example of the rich oratory of the day. Then Lincoln rose. The crowd of 15,000 people at first paid little attention to him. He spoke for only nine minutes. At the end there was little applause. Lincoln turned to a friend and remarked,"I have failed again". On the train back to Washington, he said sadly, "That speech was a fiat failure, and the people are disappointed".
Some newspapers at first criticized the speech, but little by little as people redid the speech they began to understand better. (76) They began to appreciate its simplicity and its deep mean-ing. It was a speech which only Abraham Lincoln could have made.
Today, every American school child learns Lincoln' s Gettysburg Address by heart. Now eve-ryone thinks of it as one of the greatest speeches ever given in American history.
In 1863, Abraham Lincoln was__________.
A．very critical
B．unpopular
C．very popular
D．very courteous
17、 Lincoln was invited to speak at the National Soldiers Cemetery because he was__________.
A．a famous speaker
B．a very handsome man
C．President of the country
D．a popular statesman
18、 It can be inferred from the text that__________.
A．Lincoln prepared his speech very carefully before he went to Gettysburg
B．Lincoln was very busy at the time and didn' t have much time to prepare his speech
C．Lincoln' s speech was full of rich words
D．Lincoln' s speech was very long
19、 It was a fact that Lincoln' s speech was__________.
A．an immediately success
B．warmly applauded
C．a total failure
D．not well-received at first
20、 Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A．Lincoln' s Gettysburg Address has deep meaning.
B．Lincoln' s Gettysburg Address is simple in style.
C．Lincoln' s Gettysburg Address is memorized by every American school child.
D．Lincoln' s Gettysburg Address is the greatest speech ever delivered in the United States.
21、阅读下文，回答21-35题
It was not much fun to travel on one of the old sailing ships. Life was hard for both passengers and crew. (78)17th century sailing ships were small and roiled heavily in rough seas, so most of the passengers were seasick.
There were no toilets, and the spaces below deck where passengers had to stay during gales were often not more than 5 foot high. Water was scarce and the little water they got was brown and smelt terrible.
Food was a problem, too--there was only salted meat, ship' s biscuits and cheese, but the cheese was so hard that sailors often made buttons out of it for their jackets and trousers. There were no vegetables or fruit, so the people on board often fell ill.
The sailors, however, were a bit better off than the passengers. They each had a bottle of beer a day, and they needed. The work they had to do was hard and dangerous. (79)Courage was nee-ded, for the heavy sails had to be set and taken down in all kinds of weather, and quite often sail-ors were swept overboard in a gale. Almost the worst thing about the voyages was the time they took up to 70 days for the journey across the Atlantic. Not surprisingly,, everybody was overjoyed when they at last approached land and stepped ashore. But some ships never arrived.
In the 17th century__________.
A．life on old sailing ships was enjoyable
B．people enjoyed sailing old ships in rough seas
C．most of the passengers felt comfortable when the ship was rolling
D．it was very painful for both passengers and crew during the voyage
22、 The passengers__________when the ship was heavily rolling.
A．slept well
B．could drink a lot of water
C．had to stay below deck
D．had a big room of more than 5 foot high
23、
Which of the following statements is true about food?
A．Passengers had a lot of vegetables, but no fruit.
B．The sailors had four tins of beer a day.
C．The people on the ship often fell ill because of the lack of food.
D．The food for the passengers was more and better than that for the crew.
24、
The working condition of the sailors was very hard.__________.
A．They often had to set the sails in bad weather.
B．So they had less courage.
C．They were happy to be swept overboard in a strong wind.
D．A 70-day-journey across the Atlantic was their happiest thing.
25、
When the people saw the land,__________.
A．only passengers were glad
B．the sailors had to swim ashore
C．they were surprised at the news that some ships never arrived
D．all of them were excited
26、阅读下文，回答26-40题
A lawyer friend of mine has devoted herself to the service of humanity. Her special area is called "public interest law".
Many other lawyers represent only clients who can pay high fees. (76) All lawyers have had expensive and highly specialized training, and they work long, difficult hours for the money they earn. But what happens to people who need legal help and cannot afford to pay these lawyers' fees?
Public interest lawyers fill this need. Lisa, like other public interest lawyers, earns a salary much below what some lawyers can earn. Because she is willing to take less money, her clients need the help, even if they can pay nothing at all.
Some clients need legal help because stores have cheated them with faulty merchandise. Others are in unsafe apartments, or are threatened with eviction (驱逐，赶出 ) and have no place to go to.
Their cases are called "civil" cases. Still others are accused of criminal acts, and seeking those public interest lawyers who handle "criminal" cases. (77)These are just a few of the many situa-tions in which men and women who are public interest lawyers serve to extend justice throughout our society.
A person who needs and uses legal help is called a__________.
A．lawyer
B．client
C．tenant
D．case worker
27、 Public interest lawyers serve__________.
A．only stores and landlords
B．criminals only
C．people who can pay high fees
D．people who can pay little or nothing
28、 If only the rich could be helped by lawyers, the justice system would be__________.
A．undemocratic
B．fair and reasonable
C．modern
D．in need of no changes
29、 Public interest law includes__________.
A．civil cases only
B．criminal cases only
C．criminal and civil cases
D．wealthy clients' cases
30、 Which of the following is not a matter for civil case?
A．A tenant is faced with eviction.
B．A landlord refuses to fix a dangerous staircase.
C．A burglar is arrested.
D．A store sells a faulty radio.
16、阅读下文，回答16-30题
On November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln went to Gettysburg in Pennsylvania to speak at the National Soldiers Cemetery. The Civil War was still going on. There was much criticism of Presi-dent Lincoln at the time. He was not at all popular. He had been invited to speak at Gettysburg on-ly out of politeness. The principal speaker was to be Edward Everett, a famous statesman and speaker of the day. Everett was a handsome man and very popular everywhere.
It is said that Lincoln prepared his speech on the train while going to Gettysburg. Late that night, alone in his hotel room and tired out, he again worked briefly on the speech. The next day Everett spoke first. He spoke for an hour and 57 minutes. His speech was a perfect example of the rich oratory of the day. Then Lincoln rose. The crowd of 15,000 people at first paid little attention to him. He spoke for only nine minutes. At the end there was little applause. Lincoln turned to a friend and remarked,"I have failed again". On the train back to Washington, he said sadly, "That speech was a fiat failure, and the people are disappointed".
Some newspapers at first criticized the speech, but little by little as people redid the speech they began to understand better. (76) They began to appreciate its simplicity and its deep mean-ing. It was a speech which only Abraham Lincoln could have made.
Today, every American school child learns Lincoln' s Gettysburg Address by heart. Now eve-ryone thinks of it as one of the greatest speeches ever given in American history.
In 1863, Abraham Lincoln was__________.
A．very critical
B．unpopular
C．very popular
D．very courteous
17、 Lincoln was invited to speak at the National Soldiers Cemetery because he was__________.
A．a famous speaker
B．a very handsome man
C．President of the country
D．a popular statesman
18、 It can be inferred from the text that__________.
A．Lincoln prepared his speech very carefully before he went to Gettysburg
B．Lincoln was very busy at the time and didn' t have much time to prepare his speech
C．Lincoln' s speech was full of rich words
D．Lincoln' s speech was very long
19、 It was a fact that Lincoln' s speech was__________.
A．an immediately success
B．warmly applauded
C．a total failure
D．not well-received at first
20、 Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A．Lincoln' s Gettysburg Address has deep meaning.
B．Lincoln' s Gettysburg Address is simple in style.
C．Lincoln' s Gettysburg Address is memorized by every American school child.
D．Lincoln' s Gettysburg Address is the greatest speech ever delivered in the United States.
21、阅读下文，回答21-35题
It was not much fun to travel on one of the old sailing ships. Life was hard for both passengers and crew. (78)17th century sailing ships were small and roiled heavily in rough seas, so most of the passengers were seasick.
There were no toilets, and the spaces below deck where passengers had to stay during gales were often not more than 5 foot high. Water was scarce and the little water they got was brown and smelt terrible.
Food was a problem, too--there was only salted meat, ship' s biscuits and cheese, but the cheese was so hard that sailors often made buttons out of it for their jackets and trousers. There were no vegetables or fruit, so the people on board often fell ill.
The sailors, however, were a bit better off than the passengers. They each had a bottle of beer a day, and they needed. The work they had to do was hard and dangerous. (79)Courage was nee-ded, for the heavy sails had to be set and taken down in all kinds of weather, and quite often sail-ors were swept overboard in a gale. Almost the worst thing about the voyages was the time they took up to 70 days for the journey across the Atlantic. Not surprisingly,, everybody was overjoyed when they at last approached land and stepped ashore. But some ships never arrived.
In the 17th century__________.
A．life on old sailing ships was enjoyable
B．people enjoyed sailing old ships in rough seas
C．most of the passengers felt comfortable when the ship was rolling
D．it was very painful for both passengers and crew during the voyage
22、 The passengers__________when the ship was heavily rolling.
A．slept well
B．could drink a lot of water
C．had to stay below deck
D．had a big room of more than 5 foot high
23、
Which of the following statements is true about food?
A．Passengers had a lot of vegetables, but no fruit.
B．The sailors had four tins of beer a day.
C．The people on the ship often fell ill because of the lack of food.
D．The food for the passengers was more and better than that for the crew.
24、
The working condition of the sailors was very hard.__________.
A．They often had to set the sails in bad weather.
B．So they had less courage.
C．They were happy to be swept overboard in a strong wind.
D．A 70-day-journey across the Atlantic was their happiest thing.
25、
When the people saw the land,__________.
A．only passengers were glad
B．the sailors had to swim ashore
C．they were surprised at the news that some ships never arrived
D．all of them were excited
26、阅读下文，回答26-40题
A lawyer friend of mine has devoted herself to the service of humanity. Her special area is called "public interest law".
Many other lawyers represent only clients who can pay high fees. (76) All lawyers have had expensive and highly specialized training, and they work long, difficult hours for the money they earn. But what happens to people who need legal help and cannot afford to pay these lawyers' fees?
Public interest lawyers fill this need. Lisa, like other public interest lawyers, earns a salary much below what some lawyers can earn. Because she is willing to take less money, her clients need the help, even if they can pay nothing at all.
Some clients need legal help because stores have cheated them with faulty merchandise. Others are in unsafe apartments, or are threatened with eviction (驱逐，赶出 ) and have no place to go to.
Their cases are called "civil" cases. Still others are accused of criminal acts, and seeking those public interest lawyers who handle "criminal" cases. (77)These are just a few of the many situa-tions in which men and women who are public interest lawyers serve to extend justice throughout our society.
A person who needs and uses legal help is called a__________.
A．lawyer
B．client
C．tenant
D．case worker
27、 Public interest lawyers serve__________.
A．only stores and landlords
B．criminals only
C．people who can pay high fees
D．people who can pay little or nothing
28、 If only the rich could be helped by lawyers, the justice system would be__________.
A．undemocratic
B．fair and reasonable
C．modern
D．in need of no changes
29、 Public interest law includes__________.
A．civil cases only
B．criminal cases only
C．criminal and civil cases
D．wealthy clients' cases
30、 Which of the following is not a matter for civil case?
A．A tenant is faced with eviction.
B．A landlord refuses to fix a dangerous staircase.
C．A burglar is arrested.
D．A store sells a faulty radio.
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