1成人高等教育学士学位英语考试复习资料一、考试题型本考试包括5个部分：阅读理解、词汇和语法、完形填空、英译汉和写作。客观题目全部按顺序统一编号。考试时间为120分钟。第一部分阅读理解(ReadingComprehension)，共4篇短文，共20题，占总分的40%。第二部分词汇和语法(VocabularyandStructure)，共40题，占总分的20%。第三部分完形填空(Cloze)，共20题，占总分的10%。第四部分英译汉(TranslationfromEnglishintoChinese)，1一2个段落，占总分的15%。第五部分写作(Writing)，占总分的15%。阅读理解专项练习Passage1Thesecretofbeingbornluckyisasummerbirthday,withMaybabiesmostlikelytoenjoyalifetime’sgoodfortune,accordingtoastudyofmorethan40,000people.Thetimeofyearatwhichyouarebornhasanenduringinfluenceonlevelsofoptimismandself-reportedluck,accordingtoaresearchbyBritishandSwedishscientists.Maywastheluckiestmonthinwhichtobeborn,with50percentofthosebornthenconsideringthemselveslucky,whileOctoberwastheleastluckymonth,withjust43percentclaiminggoodfortune.Thefindingsaddtogrowingevidencethatthephenomenonofluckisnotalldowntochance,butisaffectedbyaperson’sgeneraldisposition.Otherresearchhasshownthatwhetherpeoplethinkthemselvesfortunatedependslessonobjectivesuccessthanonhavinga“glasshalf-full”or“half-empty”approachtolife.“Whatweareseeingsuggeststhatsomethingisinfluencinghowpeopleperceivetheirluckiness.Myhypothesisisthatpeoplecreatetheirownluckbytraitssuchasoptimism,thatluckisapsychologicalphenomenonratherthanamatterofblindchance,”saidProfessorRichardWiseman,wholedtheresearch.Thepatternoftheresult,withthoseborninspringandinsummerreportingthemselvesluckierthanthoseborninautumnorwinter,couldhavetwopotentialexplanations,ProfessorWisemansaid.1.Accordingtothepassage,whetherpeoplethinkthemselvesluckyornotdependsonthefollowingfactorsEXCEPT_______.A.one’sobjectivesuccessB.one’sgeneraldispositionC.one’sattitudetolifeD.one’splaceofbirth212.Accordingtothepassage,thosewhowerebornin________regardthemselvesasthemostfortunate.A.MarchB.AprilC.MayD.October3.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?A.Optimisticpeopletendtobeluckier.B.Devotedpeopletendtobeluckier.C.Objectivesuccessismoreimportantthanone’sgeneraldispositioninfeelinglucky.D.Peopledrinkingmorewatertendtobeluckier.4.Whichofthefollowingwordscanbebestreplacetheword“trait”(Line7,Para.2)?A.Quality.B.Expectation.C.Belief.D.Idea5.Whatisthebesttitleforthepassage?A.LuckisSomethingBornB.LuckisNotAllDowntoChanceC.LuckisaMatterofBlindChanceD.LuckandAgePassage2Manhasalwayswantedtofly.Someofthegreatestmeninhistoryhadthoughtabouttheproblem.Oneofthem,forexample,wasthegreatItalianartist,LeonardoDaVinci.Inthe16thcenturyhemadedesignsformachinesthatwouldfly,buttheywereneverbuilt.Throughouthistory,otherlessfamousmenhadwantedtofly.AnexamplewasamaninEngland800yearsago.Hemadeapairofwingsfromchickenfeathers.Thenhefixedthemtohisbodyandjumpedintoairfromatallbuilding.Hedidnotflyveryfar.Instead,hefelltothegroundandbrokeeveryboneofhisbodyandrestedinpeace.ThefirstrealsteptookplaceinFrance,in1783.Twobrothers,theMontgolfiers,madeaverylarge“hotairballoon”.Theyknewthathotairrises.Whynotfillaballoonwithit?Theballoonwasmadeofclothandpaper.InSeptemberofthatyear,theKingandQueenofFrancecametoseetheballoon.Theywatcheditcarrytheveryfirstairpassengersintothesky.Thepassengerswereasheepandachicken.Wedonotknowhowtheyfeltaboutthetrip.Butwedoknowthatthetriplastedeightminutesandthattheanimalsl...
