2021年成人學位英語考試模擬題沖刺卷(8)

2021年成人學位英語考試模擬題沖刺卷(8)

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"It hurts me more than you," and "This is for your own good." These are the statements my mother used to make years ago when I had to learn Latin, lean my room, stay home and do homework.

That was before we entered the permissive period in education in which we decided it was all right not to push our children to achieve their best in school. The schools and the educators made it easy on us. They taught that it was all right to be parents who take a let-alone policy. We stopped making our children do homework. We gave them calculators turned on the television, left the teaching to the teachers and went on vacation.

Now teachers, faced with children who have been developing at their own pace for the past 15 years, are realizing we've made a terrible mistake. One such teacher is Sharon Klompus who says of her students-"so passive"-and wonders what happened. Nothing was demanded of them, she believes. Television, says Kiompus, contributes to children's passivity. "We're not training kids to work any more," says Klompus, "We're talking about a generation kids who have never been hurt or hungry. They have learned somebody will always do it for them. Instead of saying‘go look it up', you tell them the answer. It takes greater energy to say 'no' to a kid."

Yes, it does. It takes energy and it takes work. It's time for parents to end their vacation and come back to work. It's time to take the car away, to turn the TV off, to tell them it hurts you more than them but it's for their own good. It's time to start telling them "no" again.

21. Children are becoming more inactive in study because ________.

A. they watch TV too often

B. they have done too much homework

C. they have to fulfil too many duties

D. teachers are too strict with them

答案： A

詳解：答案A.見第三段第四句Kompus說，電視助長了孩子們學習的消極性。這與A項的內容一致。contribute to在文中意指“促成、助長”。

22.To such children as described in the passage______.

A. it is easier to say "no" than to say "yes"

B. neither is easy-to say "no" or to say "yes"

C. it is easier to say "yes" than to say "no"

D. neither is difficult-to say "yes" or to say "no"

答案： C

詳解：答案C.第三段最后一句講的是：孩子們說不要花更大的力氣。言外之意是說“好”可以少費些力氣，這正是C項所表達的意思。

23.We learn from the passage that the author's mother used to lay emphasis on _______.

A. learning Latin

B. natural development

C. discipline

D. education at school

答案： C

詳解：答案C.作者在文章開頭告訴我們：幾年前，我不得不學拉丁語、打掃房間，呆在家里做家庭作業(yè)時，我母親就常對我說：“這與其說使你難受，倒不如說使我難受，這是為你好”。根據(jù)經(jīng)驗我們知道這是母親在要求自己的孩子好好學習時常說的話。這表明作者的母親管教是十分嚴格的。故C項為正確答案。

24. By "permissive period, in education" (S1, Para.2) the author means a time ________

A. when children are allowed to do what they wish to

B. when everything can be taught at school

C. when every child can be educated

D. when children are permitted to receive education

答案： A

詳解：答案A.第二段具體描述了詳permissive period in education(教育的自然發(fā)展階段)的情形：無人要求孩子在學校取得好成績，無人責怪父母對孩子放任自流。孩子可以使用計算器，可以看電視，父母則驅車去度假?？傊改笇⒆硬还芙?，也就是說，孩子可以隨心所欲。這與A項的意思一致。

25.The main idea of the passage is that _______

A. parents should leave their children alone

B. kids should have more activities at school

C. it's time to be more strict with our kids

D. parents should always set a good example to their kids

答案： C

詳解：答案C.綜觀全文，第一段講作者小時候母親對他要求嚴格;第二段講以后一個時期學校和家長對孩子采取了任其自然發(fā)展的態(tài)度;第三段講現(xiàn)在老師發(fā)現(xiàn)這個時期成長起來的孩子十分缺乏積極主動的精神，認識到聽任孩子自然發(fā)展的態(tài)度十分錯誤;第四段指出現(xiàn)在必須改變這種狀況，即像以前那樣嚴格要求孩子。由此可見，本文主題思想是C項。

To a large degree, the measure of our peace of mind is determined by how much we are able to live in the present moment. Irrespective of what happened yesterday or last year, and what may or may not happend tomorrow, the present moment is where you are-always!

Without question, many of us have mastered the neurotic art of spending much of our lives worrying about a variety of things-all at once. We allow past problems and future concerns to dominate our present moments, so much that we end up anxious, frustrated, depressed, and hopeless. On the flip side, we also postpone our gratification, ourstated priorities, and our happiness, often convincing ourselves that "someday" will be better than today. Unfortunately, the same mental dynamics that tell us to look toward the future will only repeat themselves so that "someday" never actually arrives. John Lennon once said, "life is what's happening while we're busy making other plans." When we're busy making "other plans", our children are busy growing up, the people we love are moving away and dying, our bodies are getting out of shape, and our dreams are slipping away. In short, we miss out on life.

Many people live as if life were a dress rehearsal for some later date. It isn't. In fact, no one has a guarantee that he or she will be here tomorrow. Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over. When our attention is in the present moment, we push fear from our minds. Fear is the concern over events that might happen in the future-we won't have enough money, our children will get into trouble, we will get old and die, whatever.

To combat fear, the best strategy is to learn to bring your attention back to the present. Mark Twain said, "I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened." I don't think I can say it any better. Practice keeping your attention on the here and now. Your efforts will pay great dividends.

26.The purpose of this passage is to tell readers ________.

A. people who are busy making plans are living actively

B. how to help others overcome fear

C. we ought to learn to live in the present moment

D. someone who only enjoys the present time usually wastes his time blindly

答案： C

詳解：答案C.從文章的大意分析中可知，文章的中心思想在于告訴我們應該學會把握現(xiàn)在，生活在現(xiàn)在。C項的說法與此一致。D項說法與文章意思悖離，不對。A項和B項文章未提到，故也不對。

27. It implies that ________.

A. many people know how to combat fear

B. it isn't necessary to fear for future

C. you can gain more happiness by postponing your gratification

D. some people make plans for their children in order to improve their own lives when they are elder some day

答案： B

詳解：答案B。文章第三段第三句指出，事實上，沒有人能保證他或她明天將活著。作者在這一段的主要論題是告訴人們不必為未來擔心，所以這句話暗示我們?yōu)槲磥頁目謶质菦]必要的。B項說法正確。文章最后一段雖然指出了戰(zhàn)勝恐懼的最佳策略，但并非說許多人知道怎樣戰(zhàn)勝恐懼，故A項不對。從文章第二段第三句可知，我們未感恩地生活，指望日后會更好，但我們并沒獲得更好的幸福，故C項不對。D項說法與文章意思不符，也不對。

28."Many people live as if life were a dress rehearsal" suggests that _________.

A. they always wish to be an actor or an actress

B. they believe that their present life is prepared for their future life

C. they are always busy making plan for future rather than keep their attention on the here and now

D. they all have a guarantee that they will be alive tomorrow

答案： C

詳解：答案C。這句話出現(xiàn)在第三段第一句，意思是很多人的生活好像在為將來的“正式”生活做準備。作者在這里是承接上一段的內容。上一段作者指出很多人總是忙著為將來的生活做計劃，而未把握現(xiàn)在，結果錯過了生活可見，C項符合此意，作者暗示的是很多人的生活好像在為將來的生活做準備，并不是說這些人相信這一點，故B項不對。A項誤解該句話的含義，故不對。

29."Dividends" in the last paragraph means ________.

A. division of your happier and misery life

B. benefits in return for your efforts

C. money

D. difference between your current state of mind and what you were

答案： B

詳解：答案B。dividends本意是“投入股份得到的回報”，這里指“努力得到的結果”B項符合此意。

30.Why are some people depressed and anxious day and night?

A. Because they fear they cannot pass their tests.

B. Because past problems and future concerns dominate their present moment.

C. Because the people they love want to leave them alone.

D. Because they make some mistakes in the past.

答案： B

詳解：答案B。從文章第二段可知，因為過去的麻煩和未來的擔心控制了他們現(xiàn)在的生活，所以他們變得憂慮。B項正確。A項、C項和D項文章均未提到。