北京城市学院学位考试模拟试卷

课程名称：英语 使用班级：08级非英语专业本科 考试时间：90分钟

考试形式：闭卷

Part II Part III Part IV Part V 题 Part I 总分 阅卷人 (15) 号 （15） （20） （40） （10） （100） 签字 得 分 答题要求：

请将所有客观题答案按照题目序号用2B铅笔在答题卡相应选项上涂黑。将所有主观题（Part I 和 Part V）的答案按照题目序号用圆珠笔、钢笔或者签字笔写在答题纸的相应位置上。如果答案只填写在试卷上，该试卷将被视作无效试卷处理。 得 分 共 9 页，共 5 道大题 答题卡 1 张

Part I Writing（共15分）

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: My View on The Expansion of Enrollment. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese:

1．近年来，大学扩招的现象较为普遍，原因是…… 2．大量扩招带来的问题。 3．谈谈你的看法。

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡背面作答。 得 分 Part II Vocabulary and Structure（每小题1分，共20分）

Directions: Each of the following sentences is incomplete and followed by four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on the Answer Sheet.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡上作答。

1. , they dared to take up the difficult task.

A. However young as they were B. Though young as they were C. Young as they were D. They were as young 2. Neither could theory do without practice, without theory.

A. nor could practice do B. nor practice do

C. or could practice do D. practice could nor do

3. “You call me uncle because I am about the same age as your father,” said the visitor to the boy. A. more or less B. may just as well C. sort of D. off and on

4. I have searched all the book stores in this town. The book you asked for is not . A. tedious B. vivid C. available D. sufficient

5. I’m so Michael Jackson’s pop songs that I bought for myself all his albums. A. fond in B. crazy to C. keen on D. disgusted about 6. The lecture hall was already full and many of the students were .

A. turned down B. turned up C. turned out D. turned away 7. On my way to school, I saw people advertisements and sample products.

A. conveying B. creating C. discarding D. distributing 8. All in this company are entitled to medical insurance.

A. personal B. personals C. personnel D. personnels

9. a solution to the problem of water shortage, we have to put all our efforts together.

A. To work out B. Working out C. Work out D. Being worked out 10. The Spring Festival, like Christmas in western countries, is a holiday for

family . A. amusement B. reunion C. entertainment D. congratulation 11. Lying in hospital, the patient the outside world by watching news programs on TV every night.

A. kept in touch with B. faced up to C. turned the clock back D. slowed down 12. Though she failed in the previous job interview, she prepare herself better

for achieving the success in the following ones.

A. is determined to B. was determined to C. determines to D. determined to 13. The local government promises to the problem of unemployment in real earnest. A. solve B. answer C. postpone D. anticipate

14. Nothing could our determination to modernize our country in the shortest possible time. A. weaken B. strengthen C. broaden D. deepen

15. I haven’t booked a ticket. I’m taking a chance the theater not being full.

A. at B. in C. on D. from

16. The game on TV completely held my attention I didn’t hear Martin come in. A. so that B. such that C. so as to D. so as 17. If you hadn’t come to help us, we .

A. will have succeeded B. didn’t succeed C. don’t succeed D. wouldn’t have succeeded

18. Because my car ______ I could not attend the meeting in time.

A. broke up B. broke off C. broke down D. broke out

19. The magician picked several persons _____ from the audience and asked them to help him with the performance. A. by accident B. at random C. on occasion D. on average

20. A man escaped from the prison last night. It was a long time _____ the guards discovered what had happened. A. before B. until C. since D. when 得 分 Part III Reading Comprehension（共40分）

Section A（每小题2分，共30分）

Directions: There are 3 reading passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer to each question. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on the Answer Sheet.

Passage 1

The family in the western world has changed greatly during the last two centuries. Social scientists say this is one of the important changes from a traditional society to a modern society. Before the nineteenth century, families usually arranged marriages for their children. Young people did not decide whom they wanted to marry. After they got married, they usually had a lot of children. This family was an important part of the large family of aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, and other relatives.

By the nineteenth century, most young people could choose whom they wanted to marry. Marriages joined two people and not two families. The reason why two people got married was because they loved each other.

At the same time, parents began to realize that they had to take very good care of their children. They had to take care of their health and try to give them an education. Before this, most people did not go to school. But now education was necessary for a good life.

The parents decided they should have fewer children as they could give each one a good life. They thought it was important for the mother to spend as much time as possible with her children. Before, the family all worked together at home. After 1800s more fathers worked outside the home for money. Mothers stayed home and had greater control of the home and children. Family life is changing even faster in the United States today. There is almost one divorce for every two marriages. Over 10 percent of families have a mother and children but no father. At least half of all children will live part of the time with only one parent. 50 percent of all mothers work outside the home.

In Canada people are getting divorced and remarried more often. They are having fewer children. This is having a powerful effect on a country where change has usually