成人学位英语模拟试题ModelTest3.doc

Model Test 3 Part One: Reading Comprehension (40%) Directions: There are 4 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 by blackening the letter. Passage 1 Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage: A 1987 survey was given to 5,000 high school seniors. It showed that they did not know geography. Students in Boston were questioned. One-third of them could not name six New England states. Students in Baltimore were questioned. Half could not shade in the United States on a map. Here is what another survey showed. Students did not know history. Most did not know the dates of the American Civil War. Many did not know World War Ⅱ leaders. 一份1987年对五千名高中毕业班学生的调查表明：他们不懂地理。来自波士顿的同学接受了提问；三分之一的人说不上六个新英格兰州的名字。接受提问的巴尔的摩市的同学当中，半数在地图上描不出美国的轮廓。另一份调查表明学生不懂历史。大多数人不知道美国内战爆发的日期；许多人也不懂第二次世界大战的领导人。 Someone else asked this question. What did students think of social studies? Their answer: Social studies were not important. They said it was the least important to their studies. 有人问起，学生们怎样看待社会学课程？回答是这课程不重要，这是他们学业中最不重要的一门课程。 What are social studies? It is the study of individuals. It is the study of groups. It is the study of societies. Social studies cover many fields. You have read about history and geography. These are part of social studies. It covers many other areas as well. Let’s say you study the way people live together in groups. This is an area of social studies. So is learning about very early people. So is studying government. 什么是社会学？这是一门研究个人、群体和社会的学说，所涉及的领域很多。你读过的历史和地理都是社会学的组成部分。该学说也包含了许多其他的领域。例如，研究人们群体生活的方式，就是社会学的一个领域。了解早期的人类，政府研究也是社会学的领域。 Are social studies important? Early Americans thought so. Students then learned history and civics. This was to make them good citizens. A report from 1916 set a new goal. It said, “The social studies should cultivate a sense of member