2016年湖北成人学位英语考试冲刺试题及答案二
Passage 2
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:
What do we mean by a satisfactory standard of living? Obviously, it must include the basic necessities of life such as food, clothing and shelter. To get these necessities on regular basis, a person must have a reliable income. But we have other needs which would probably also be included as basic,such as health and education facilities.
We may think of all of these as our needs.Yet most of us would be far from satisfiedif we had nothing more than these which are supplied for us. We all enjoy extra income to spend on things like books,sports or hobbies. Sometimes we save some of this extra income to pay for future expense of this type on holidays.So we must add our wants to our basic needs.Our standard of living is the degree, to which these needs and wants are satisfied.
But as time goes on, what we think of as our basic needs changes. Twenty years ago a television would have been a luxury, and still is in manycountries now, Even now we cannot say it is a need in the same sense as food, clothing and shelter.Yet if most of the people of a country have one, it comes to be accepted as a need. It is possible therefore to have food, clothing and shelter and still be poor by the standards of our own society.
26.What we need in life is divided into ( )according to this article.
A.the basic necessities and luxury
B.many kinds of need such as food, clothing and houses
C.four groups the basic necessities, luxury, reliable income and future expense
D.the basic necessities and reliable income
27.A person who gets the basic necessities must ( )according to the writer.
A.have a reliable income
B.learn how to please his manager
C.finish his work ahead the time
D.get a good education
28.We all enjoy ( ).
A.having only reliable income
B.having reliable income and extra income
C.having nothing more than food and clothing
D.having nothing more than reliable income
29.With time going on, ( ).
A.a luxury may change into a need which most people want to get
B.the basic needs are getting smaller and smaller
C.a luxury and the basic needs can be exchanged
D.the basic needs can be changed into a luxury
30.If most of the people of a country have a television, we ( ).
A.can say the television is a need in the same sense as food and clothing and shelter
B.can say the television must be in the basic necessities
C.cannot say the television is in the basic necessities
D.can say every family must have one
Passage 3
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:
To swim across the English Channel takes at least nine hours.It's a hard work and it makes you short of breath.To fly over the Channel takes only twenty minutes( as long as you're not held up at the airport) ,but it's an expensive way to travel.You can travel by hovercraft if you don't mind the noise, and that takes forty minutes. Otherwise you can go by boat, if you forget your sea-sickness ills. All these means of transport have their problems and the weary(不耐烦的) traveler often dreams of being able to drive to France in his own car." Not possible", you say, Well, wait a minute.People are once again considering the idea of a Channel tunnel or bridge.
This time, the Greater London Council is looking into the possibility of building a Channel link straight to London. A bridge would cost far more than a tunnel, but you would be able to go by rail or by car on a bridge, whereas a tunnel would provide ar all link only.
Why is this idea being discussed again? Is Britain becoming more conscious of the need for links with Europe as a result of joining the EEC(欧供体) ? Well, perhaps.The main reason, though, is that a tunnel or bridge would reach the twenty square kilometers of London's disused dockland(船坞地) .A link from London to the continent would stimulate trade and re-vitalize (使…重新有活力 ) the port, and would make London a main trading center in Europe. With alink over the Channel, you could buy your fish and chips in England, and be able to eat them in France while they were still warm!
31.Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A.Swimming across the Channel takes tess than four hours
B.The idea of a Channel tunnel or bridge is a very new one
C.It is considered to be more difficult to swim across the channel than any other means
D.A tunnel or bridge would only reach as far as the coast
32.A tunnel would be ( ).
A.less expensive to be built than a bridge
B.more expensive to be built than a bridge
C.less expensive to be built than a rail
D.more expensive to be built than a rail
33.If they built a Channel tunnel, you would ( ).
A.neither take a train nor go by ear
B.only take a train
C.either take a train or go by car
D.only take a bus
34.It can be concluded that many of London's dockyards are ( ).
A.not used
B.seriously blocked
C.fully used
D.opened again
35.Channel link would ( ).
A.allow us to buy fish and chips inFrance
B.make the journey from Europe to England dangerous but easier and faster
C.decrease more trade forLondon's dockyards D.makeLondon more prosperous again