2012年湖北成人学位英语考试真题及答案（文字版）
16. Nowadays, a graduate with a master's degree __________ fail to find a high-paying job, which discourages a lot of college students.
A. need
B. can
C. will
D. must
17. Jim __________ yet, otherwise he would have telephoned me.
A. mustn't have arrived
B. shouldn't have arrived
C. can't have arrived
D. need not have arrived
18. Had he __________ his promise, he would have made it to Harford University.
A. kept up with
B. come up with
C. looked up to
D. lived up to
19. China has hundreds of islands, __________ the largest is Taiwan.
A. in which
B. to which
C. from which
D. of which
20. The growth of a child is influenced by a number of factors, __________ are beyond our control.
A. most of them
B. most of which
C. most of what
D. most of that
Part H Reading Comprehension ( 40 points)
Directions: in this part There are 4 passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one you think is the best answer, then mark the corresponding letter in the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Passage 1
Love really is blind when it comes to physical flaws, it would seem.
A research conducted by Social Studies Center in University of Hawaii at Manoa suggests that when we love someone, we tend to overlook their crooked noses, big tummies or other attributes that might put others off. As a result, husbands and wives think their other halves are more attractive than they really are. No wonder Chinese has the saying that" Beauty lies in the beholder's eyes". This phenomenon could also help explain some physically mis-matched couples such as the glamorous Beyonce and Jay-Z, the striking Lara Stone and David Walliams.
The so-called "positive illusion" theory comes from an experiment in which researchers asked 70 couples to rate their other halves for attractiveness. Questions included how attractive their husband,wife, boyfriend or girlfriend was to the opposite sex, and how they rated compared with others of the same age. The answers were kept secret to prevent any partners being upset and distressed. Some of those taking parts also rated photos of their partners. In addition, members of the public judged the looks of all 140 men and women taking part.
The results revealed that couples view their other halves as being better looking than they really are.
Even asking them to rate pictures of their partners did not give them a reality check, the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships reports.
With previous studies finding that we view our loved ones as being kinder and more intelligent than they actually are, it does seem that love is blind in all sorts of ways. Those studied were young and had been together on average for just two and a half years. The researchers said that more work is needed to see if those in long marriages are still blind to their partner's physical flaws.
21. Which of the following is the correct interpretation of the first paragraph?
A. When people are in love, they are unable to see things that are obvious to others.
B. People in love tend to be unaware of physical weakness of their partners.
C. To those who are physically weak, they do not notice love.
D. When speaking of physical flaws, love is not reasonable.
22. The phrase"put.--off" in the second paragraph means__________.
A. postpone
B. lose one's interest
C. get off
D. disturb or distract
23. Which of the following might NOT be the question of the experiment mentioned in paragraph three?
A. How attractive is the one you love?
B. How do you rate the photo of the one you love?
C. How attractive is the one you love to the opposite sex?
D. How attractive is your husband, wife, boyfriend or girlfriend is to the opposite sex?
24. What does the sentence" Even asking them to rate pictures of their partners did not give them a reality check..." in paragraph four imply?
A. Rating the photos of their other halves did not help people to face the reality.
B. When asked to rate the photos of their partners, people did not check the reality.
C. When asked to do the photo-rating for their partners, people did not have an opportunity to see the reality.
D. Love clouds people's judgment that they were still unable to rate their partners' photos in a reasonable and objective way.
25. What is the best title for this passage?
A. Love and Physical Flaw
B. How People View Their Partners
C. Love is Blind
D. Researches on Love