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西安交通大学2019年 成人高等学历学位考试试卷

Part I. Vocabulary and Structure (10 points; 15 minutes)

Directions: Each of the following sentences is provided with four

choices. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then

blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

1. In no circumstances a lie.

A. you should tell B. shouldn't you tell

C. you shouldn't tell D. should you tell

2. they managed to take from the tombs, there seemed to be

no end to the valuable.

A. What B. Which C. How much D. However much

3. The ten-page report may one simple point: it’s impractical

to establish a chemical plant in that region with so many difficulties

and oppositions.

A. get down to B. come down to

C. settle down D. take down

4. Don’t do that again! You not only endangered yourself, but

also put your friend .

A. as a result B. at length

C. at risk D. by mistake

5. “Perhaps you should go home now.” “No, I on staying

here for a while longer.”

A. persist B. stick

C. sit D. insist

6. a major disaster will get us to realize that we can’t go on

destroying the rain forests of the world.

A. Anything but B. Nothing but

C. But that D. Everything hut

7. We went very often to Hyde Park speakers addressed the

passing crowds on different subjects.

A. which B. where

C. that D. for

8. The matter you were arguing about last night had been

settled.

A. as B. that

C. for which D. what

9. The Chinese Red Cross a generous sum to the relief of the

physically disabled.

A. assigned B. contributed

C. furnished D. administered

10. The motorway we drive to work is always crowded.

A. that B. on which

C. which D. on that

11. If he promotion, he would be an important man today.

A. gained B. had gained

C. gains D. was to gain

12. Will the AIDS patients benefit the new drug

A. out of B. through

C. upon D. from

13. Fond of singing as she is, she is a good singer by profession.

A. everything but B. anything but

C. nothing but D. something but

14. Could you tell me to fly from Chicago to New York

A. it costs how much B. how much does it cost

C. how much costs it D. how much it costs

15. I was very tired. Otherwise, I to the theatre with you.

A. had gone B. would go

C. went D. would have gone

16. He couldn’t even a cow from a horse.

A. tell B. contrast

C. compare D. recognize

17. Are you sure Mr. Johnson will show you the new computer

A. to use B. using

C. how to use D. what to use

18. Quite a lot of people watch TV only to time.

A. waste B. spend

C. kill D. pass

19. The soldiers were put in prison because they to obey orders..

A. refused B. rejected

C. denied D. objected

20. I missed the train and was late for school.

A. finally B. eventually

C. subsequently D. consequently

Part II. Cloze Test (10 points；20 minutes)

Directions: Read the passage through. Then, go back and

choose one suitable word or phrase

marked A, B, C, or D for each blank in the passage. Blacken the

corresponding

letter of the word or phrase you have chosen on the Answer

Sheet.

Geography is the study of the relationship between people and

the land .Geographers（地理学家）compare and

contrast 21 places on the earth. But they also 22 beyond the

individual places and consider the earth as a 23 . The world

geography 24 from two Greek words, ge, the Greek word for

“earth” and graphein, 25 means “to write”. The English word

geography means, “to describe the earth”. 26 Geography

books focus on a small area 27 a town or city. Others deal with a

state, a region, a nation, or an 28

continent. Many geography books deal with the whole earth.

Another 29 to divide the study of 30 is to distinguish between

physical geography and cultural geography. The former focuses on

the natural world; the 31 starts with human beings and 32 how

human beings and their subject, 33 branch can neglect the other.

But when geography is considered as a single subject, 34 branch

can neglect the other.

A geographer might be described 35 one who observes

records and explains the __36_

between places. If places 37 alike, there would be little need

for geographers.

We know, however, 38 no two places are exactly the same.

Geography, 39 is a point of view, a special way of 40 at places.

21. A. similar B. various C. distant D. famous

22. A. pass B. reach C. go D. set

23. A. whole B. unit C. part D. total

24. A. falls B. removes C. results D. comes

25. A. what B. that C. which D. it

26. A. Some B. Many C. Most D. Few

27. A. outside B. except C. like D. as

28. A. extensive B. enormous C. overall D. entire

29. A. way B. means C. habits D. technique

30. A. world B. earth C. globe D. geography

31. A. second B. latter C. next D. later

32. A. learns B. realizes C. studies D. believes

33. A. upon B. for C. as D. to

34. A. either B. neither C. one D. each

35. A. for B. to C. by D. as

36. A. exception B. differences C. sameness D.

divisions

37. A being B. are C. were D. be

38. A. although B. whether C. since D. that

39. A. then B. nevertheless C .still D. moreover

40. A. working B. getting C. arriving D. looking

Part III. Reading Comprehension (40 points; 55 minutes)

Section 1

Directions: Each of the following three passages is followed by

some questions. For each question there are four choices. Choose

the best answer to each question. Then blacken the corresponding

letter on the Answer Sheet.

Passage One

Questions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage.

Banks are ordinarily prepared to pay out all accounts; they rely

on depositors not to demand payment all at the same time. If

depositors should come to fear that a bank is not sound, that it

cannot pay off its depositors, then that fear might cause all the

depositors to appear on the same day. If they did, the bank could

not pay all the accounts. However, if they did not all appear at once,

then there would always be funds to pay those who wanted their

money when they wanted it. Mrs. Elsie Vaught has told us of a

terrifying bank run that she experienced. One day in December of

1925 several banks failed to open in a city where Mrs. Vaught lived.

The other banks anticipated a run the next day, and so the officers

of the bank in which Mrs. Vaught worked as a teller had enough

funds in hand to pay off as many depositors as might apply. The

officers simply instructed the tellers to pay on demand. Next

morning a crowd gathered in the bank and on the sidewalk outside.

The length of the line convinced many that the bank could not

possibly pay off everyone. People began to push and then to fight

for places near the tellers’ windows. Clothing was torn and limbs

were broken, but the jam continued for hours. The power of the

panic atmosphere is evident in the fact that two tellers, though they

knew that the bank was sound and could pay out all depositors,

nevertheless withdrew the funds in their own accounts. Mrs. Vaught

says that she had difficulty restraining herself from doing the same.

41. A bank run occurs when .

A. a bank is closed for one or more days

B. too many depositors attempt to draw out their money at one

time

C. there is not enough money to pay all of its depositors at one

time

D. employees of a bank take their own funds out of the bank

42. The tellers in Mrs. Vaught’s bank were told to .

A. explain why they could not pay out all deposits

B. pay out deposits as requested

C. assure customers that the bank was sound

D. pay out money as slowly as possible

43. The essential cause of a run on a bank is .

A. loss of confidence B. lack of sufficient funds

C. crowds of people D. inefficient tellers

44. Which of the following did Mrs. Vaught say？

A. She knew that the bank was not sound.

B. She feared that too many withdrawals would close the bank.

C. She was not able to draw out her money.

D. She was tempted to draw out her money.

45. According to the passage, the actions of the customers of

Mrs. Vaught’s bank were influenced chiefly by the .

A. ease with which they could obtain their money

B. confidence demonstrated by other customers of the bank

C. confidence that Mrs. Vaught demonstrated

D. failure of several other banks to open

Passage Two

Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.

Gravity holds us so dose to the Earth's surface that nobody can

jump more than a few feet into the air without the force of gravity

pulling him down. It takes a powerful engine to keep an airplane up

in the air. If you throw a ball upwards as hard as you can, you will

notice that it travels in a curved path before it comes back to the

ground. If the Earth had no gravity, the ball, instead of traveling in a

curve, would move away in a straight line; in fact, it would never

come back to the ground. If the Earth were to lose its pull of gravity,

we should all fly off it as it spins round in space. The Earth has a

strong pull, but modem rockets going out into space are able to

escape from the gravity, because they travel so quickly. With the ball

thrown into the air, the height reached by the ball depends upon

how hard it is thrown. The greater the starting-speed, the higher the

ball will go. If it could be thrown so that it traveled fast enough, the

ball would escape into space and never come back. Nobody can

throw a ball as fast at this, but powerful rocket engines can send

spaceships away from the Earth at such a speed that the Earth's

gravity is not able to pull them back. This is how we can now send

rockets to the Moon.

46. Gravity holds us dose the Earth's surface, and as a result, .

A. we can lift ourselves no more than a few feet above the Earth

B. nobody can jump a few feet into the air

C. no one will be pulled down

D. any one of us can Jump as high as expected

47. What would happen to a ball thrown upwards if there were

no gravity？