国家开放大学2021年春季学期
非英语专业学士学位英语考试 试题(真题)
一、交际用语(10分,每题1分)
根据情景补全对话,从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个能填入空白处的最佳选项。
1.—Excuse me, would you please show me the way to the hospital?—___________.
A. Go forward, please.
B. Just go on and on.
C. Where shall we go?
D. I know it.
2.—Sir, how do you like your steak cooked? —___________.
A. Wonderful.
B. Medium, please.
C. It’s delicious.
D. Three please.
3.—Er, can you show me the schedule? —___________.
A. Sure, I’ll give you a hand.
B. Yes, a tight schedule as usual.
C. Don’t mention it.
D. Hum, not too bad.
二、词语用法与语法结构(30分,每题1分)
阅读下面的句子,从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个能填入空白处的最佳选项。
11.James Watt _______ the steam engine in 1796.
A. was inventing
B. invented
C. had invented
D. has invented
12. _______ important it is for kids to imagine freely!
A. What
B. How
C. So
D. Much
三、阅读理解(30分,每题2分)阅读下面的三篇短文,根据文章内容从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
Passage 1
If there’s one word that captures the essence of what is occurring in the world today, it’s “change”. Even the most conservative institutions are undergoing significant changes just to survive. The following are tips for dealing with change in the workplace.
Make yourself aware that change happens: it happens in personal life; it happens in your professional life. (66) You cannot live in the past, so denying that change could occur only makes things more complicated for you.
41.The first paragraph aims to ____________.
A. express the truth of the change
B. remind people of changes occurring occasionally
C. lead to the following suggestions and measures
D. explain the difficulties of changes for institutions
42.The word transparent in Paragraph 4 can be probably replaced by ____________.
A. clear
B. diverse
C. integrated
D. exclusive
43.According to the passage, how should people deal with change?
A. They should learn something step by step.
B. They should be fearless about the unknown things.
C. They should be aware of and use their advantages.
D. They should explore their unfamiliar areas.
Passage 2
A class with hundreds or even thousands of students might sound like a teacher’s worst nightmare. But a big idea in higher education these days is Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs.
46.According to the passage, what does a traditional class with hundreds of students mean to teachers?
A. An easy job.
B. Special experience.
C. Routine work
D. Heavy burden.
47.Which of the following offer(s) free MOOCs?
A. A few universities in the world.
B. All the universities in ChinA.
C. Massive Open Online Courses.
D. Only the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Passage 3
Team building skills are critical for your effectiveness as a manager or entrepreneur. And even if you are not in a management or leadership role yet, better understanding of team work can make you a more effective employee and give you an extra edge in your corporate office.
Team building success is when your team can accomplish something much bigger and work more effectively than a group of the same individuals working on their own. There are two critical factors in building a high performance team.
51.What does the phrase an extra edge mean in the first paragraph?
A. A strong, often exciting quality.
B. An additional slight advantage over somebody.
C. Something extremely important.
D. The point at which something may begin to happen.
52.According to the passage, _________ is one of the critical factors in building an effective team.
A. the authority of the team
B. the similarity of education background
C. the same clear team goals
D. the variety of personalities
四、完型填空(10分,每题1分)
阅读下面的短文,从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
You jump into a car, tell it where you want to go, then sit back and let a computer take control. It seems like a dream 56 . It isn’t.
In many ways such driverless cars are already with us. There is partial automation in many cars, such as intelligent braking, lane departure warning and automatic parking. The systems are there 57 cars can pretty much drive themselves. No one noticed the introduction of cruise control. We’ve got collision avoidance, and we’ll soon have automatic lane change.
56.
A. so that
B. as
C. in order that
D. as long as
57.
A. Inventing
C. Importing
B. Improving
D. Investing
五、翻译(20分,每题2分)
(一)把下列句子译成汉语。
66.You cannot live in the past, so denying that change could occur only makes things more complicated for you.(Passage 1)
67.Some universities offer free, non-credit MOOCs available to anyone in the world.(Passage 2)
68.We can certainly deliver high-quality education to many students at a much lower cost(Passage 2)
(二)把下列句子译成英语。
71.这是关于一名成功商人的管理经验,不是吗?
72.我们公司对大众健康负有责任,应该重视这个问题。
73.我一到那里,就打电话给你。