2017年成人学位英语考前冲刺试题及答案（10）_第4页

　　Part IV Reading Comprehension (30 points)

　　Directions: There are 3 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

　　Passage 1

　　Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage:

　　If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause a big problem. According to several leading educational psychologists, this is one of the biggest mistakes which ambitious parents make. Generally, the child will be only too aware of what the parent expects, and will fail. Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to children.

　　However, if parents are not too unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are ambitious in a reasonable way, the child may succeed in doing very well—especially if the parents are very supportive of their child.

　　Michael Lee Chao Tin is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 50 kilometers a week for violin lessons. Although Michael’s mother knows very little about music, Michael’s father is a good trumpet player. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling.

　　Michael’s friend, Winston Chiu Fang Weng, however, is not so lucky. Although both his parents are successful musicians, they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him for every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. “When I was your age, I used to win every competition I entered,” Winston’s father tells him. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy.

　　61. Which of the following mistakes are parents likely to make according to the passage?

　　A) To neglect their child’s education.

　　B) To expect too much of their child.

　　C) To make their child become a musician.

　　D) To help their child to be a genius.

　　62. What should parents do in order to help their children succeed?

　　A) They should push the children into achieving a lot.

　　B) They should understand and help their children in difficult times.

　　C) They should try to have their own successful careers.

　　D) They should arrange private lessons for their children.

　　63. Which of the following statements about Michael Lee’s parents is true?

　　A) His father is a very poor player of trumpet.

　　B) His parents are quite rich and have a car.

　　C) His mother knows much about music.

　　D) His parents help him in a proper way.

　　64. Winston’s parents push their son so much that __________.

　　A) he is unhappy because he is not self-confident

　　B) he has succeeded in a lot of competitions

　　C) he feels he cannot learn anything about music from them

　　D) he has already become a better musician than his father

　　65. The two examples illustrate the principle that __________.

　　A) it is important to let children develop in the way they want

　　B) successful parents often have unsuccessful children

　　C) parents who want their child to be musical should also be good musicians

　　D) the more money spent on a child’s education, the better the child will do

　　Passage 2

　　Questions 66 to 70 are based on the following passage:

　　Although machines have been around for a long time and people have adapted easily to living with most of them, they haven’t yet learned how to live in harmony with the newest of these: the personal computer. This is so because the widespread use of the personal computer is a relatively new phenomenon.

　　There was the widely publicized case of a family man who became so absorbed in his computer that he spent long hours with it. Of course, if he was spending long hours with his computer, he was spending less time with his family. And if his wife needed to see him, he was unavailable. She became so upset by this state of affairs that she delivered an ultimatum (最后通牒), declaring that unless he spent fewer hours with the machine and more with her and the family, she was going to divorce him. This issue became so serious that the couple had to go to a doctor to resolve it. The fortunate result was that the husband reduced the time he spent with the computer, and the marriage was saved.

　　Personal computers may cause people to become isolated from one another since work can be done at home alone. In this case, there may be no need for offices, or for that matter, for any other central gathering place. Universities, or even cities, could be abandoned. Moreover, if that which is now recorded on paper is recorded in the computer instead, people will have no reason to use any paper whatsoever: no money, receipts, letters, newspapers, magazines, books, and so on. If this happens, there will be no need to go to the bank, the bookstore, or the library. Will people then be isolated in their separate homes—alone with their computers and their families, apart from fellow workers, readers, or students?

　　66. We can learn from the passage that the personal computer __________.

　　A) has been around for a long time

　　B) has been accepted by all people

　　C) is not widely used yet

　　D) is not welcome to everyone

　　67. The man’s wife was upset because __________.

　　A) he loved another woman

　　B) he was neglecting her and the family

　　C) he wanted to divorce her

　　D) she didn’t have her own computer

　　68. The man’s wife threatened to divorce him if __________.

　　A) he continued to spend long hours with the computer

　　B) he did not quit his job with the computer company

　　C) he did not spend time with her parents

　　D) he did not go to see the doctor with her

　　69. The marriage was saved __________.

　　A) with the help of a fortune teller

　　B) after the wife took over the computer

　　C) with the help of a doctor

　　D) after the husband sold the computer

　　70. What seems to be worrying the author as far as the computer is concerned?

　　A) People may become isolated from one another.

　　B) Offices may no longer be necessary.

　　C) People will no longer read books or magazines.

　　D) Factory workers will lose their jobs.

　　Passage 3

　　Questions 71 to 75 are based on the following passage:

　　It is an inescapable fact that to most people there comes a time when failing powers of mind or body made it impossible for them to manage their daily lives without some sort of help, and despite the weakened sense of family solidarity, this help comes in many cases from children, other relatives, or occasionally friends. When an old person or old couple gives up an independent home and becomes part of another household it does not mean that all the problems of old age are automatically solved; the problems are different, not so pressing perhaps, and their solution lies more with the younger relatives than with the older people themselves.

　　Caring for the aged requires skill as well as goodwill. Much advice is now available for those caring for young children and babies, and there are numerous books to help mothers in bringing up their families, but as far as I know little has been written about the day-to-day care of old people. Fortunately the first essentials, sympathy and affection, are very often to be found, and will carry relatives, friends and old people a long way, but not the whole way; without these two virtues the work of caring for the old can be onerous (繁重的) and unrewarding.

　　Probably the first thing for anyone to learn who has old people to care for is the need to allow them the freedom of action, to realize that their personality is still individual and that social significance is essential to happiness. It is all too easy to take the attitude that the old are past doing anything and to encourage resting and doing nothing. This is mistaken kindness, though it may be an easy way of satisfying the conscience compared with the more exacting way of continual encouragement to be active, to go out, to find worthwhile occupation. The latter course, however, is much more likely to promote happiness.

　　71. To solve the problems of the old, __________.

　　A) younger relatives should play a key role

　　B) old people should live with younger relatives

　　C) old people should live in an independent home

　　D) younger relatives should visit the old occasionally

　　72. Advice about bringing up families is mentioned in the second paragraph to show that __________.

　　A) it is the first essential to care for the old

　　B) it is easier to care for the young than the old

　　C) goodwill and skill are required in caring for the old

　　D) there are not enough suggestions about caring for the old

　　73. Which of the following statements will the author probably agree with?

　　A) It is mistaken kindness to encourage the old to look for a job.

　　B) Young people are more concerned with social significance than the old.

　　C) With failing powers of mind or body, the old should be encouraged to rest.

　　D) Younger relatives often, but not always feel sympathy and affection for the old.

　　74. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word "pressing" (Para.1)?

　　A) independent C) automatic

　　B) urgent D) essential

　　75. What is the best title for the passage?

　　A) Personalities of the Old

　　B) Problems of the Old

　　C) Housing of the Old

　　D) Caring for the Old