man saw me ___ lost and asked ___ he could help me. “Yes,” I said, “I want to give my

friend a ring.” “Well, that’s ___ “ he exclaimed. “Are you getting___? But aren’t you

a bit ___?” “Who is talking about marriage?” I replied. “I ___ want to give a ring to

tell he I’ve arrived. Can you tell me where there’s a phone box?” “Oh!” he said, “

There’s a phone downstairs.”
   When at last we ___ meet up, Danny ___ the misunderstandings to me. “ Don’t worry,”

she said to me . “I had so many ___ at first. There are lots of words words which the

Americans ___ differently in meaning from ___. You’ll soon get used to ___ things they say.

Most of the time British and American people understand each other!”
56. A. out      B. aboard      C. away         D. abroad
57. A. gone      B. been          C. got       D. come
58. A. to speak     B. for speaking   C. to speaking    D. to speaking of
59. A. English   B. French       C. Russian     D. Latin
60. A. having     B. buying     C. giving      D. receiving
61. A. time    B. human       C. money   D. language
62. A. perfect   B. popular    C. public      D. pleasant
63. A. ring        B. letter       C. word       D. message
64. A. to look      B. looking like      C. looking     D. feeling like
65. A. that         B. if    C. where    D. when
66. A. well         B. strange      C. nice          D. funny
67. A. to marry     B. marrying        C. to be married         D. married
68. A. small       B. smart        C. little       D. young
69. A. very        B. just           C. so          D. just now
70. A. did         B. could         C. do       D. can
71. A. described    B. explained     C. talked     D. expressed
72. A. trouble      B. difficulties       C. fun     D. things
73. A. write        B. speak         C. use        D. read
74. A. us British    B. British us         C. us Britain         D. we British
75. A. such         B. these         C. some       D. all the
 
 
Part V Translation  (20%)
Section A
Directions: In this part there are five sentences which you should translate into Chinese.

These sentences are all taken from the 3 passages you have just read in the part of Reading

Comprehension. You can refer back to the passages so as to identify their meanings in the

context.
 
76. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there’s a big difference

between “being a writer” and writing.
 
77. I would keep putting my dream to the test even though it meant living with uncertainty

and fear of fai8lure.
 
78. In the modern technological world the sea offers many resources to help mankind survive.
 
79. By the year 2050, experts believe that the problems to explore the food, minerals and

energy resources of the sea will have been largely solved.
 
80. There are slightly more smokers among women with higher family incomes and higher

education than among the lower income and lower educational groups.
 
 
Section B
Directions: In this part there are five sentences in Chinese. You should translate them into

English. Be sure to write clearly.
 
81．事实上，水污染的危害远不止这点。
 
82． 这个问题不像我们最初想象的那么复杂。
 
83． 如果你那时没有及时离开，我无法想象会发生什么情况。
 
84．他们发现在下午6点前不可能完成这项工作。
 
85．由于我没有读过这本书，所以我无法对此作出评论。
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试答案(A)
         2007.4.21
              
1~5,ADBCC
6~10,DAABD
11~15,CDDBB
16~20,ADCCA
21~25,ABDAB
26~30,CBCCB
31~35,BCBBC
36~40,ACBCA
41~45,CBDCA
46~50,CADDC
51~55,DCBDB
56~75,DACAA,DCABB,BDDBA,BBCAA
 
76，我总是鼓励这些人，但是我也会向他们解释“当作家”和“写作”是有很大不同的。
77，尽管这意味着要生活在不确定和失败的恐惧中，但是我依然坚持我的梦想，愿意接受考验。
78，在当今科技时代，海洋提供了很多资源帮助人类生存。
79，到2050年，专家相信开发海洋食品、矿产和能源的问题将会在很大程度上得到解决。
80，和收入较低、文化程度不高的女性比起来，家庭收入更高、教育程度更高的女性有更多一些的人抽烟

。
81，In fact, the dangers of water pollution are far beyond this.
82, This issue is not so complicated as I imagined at first.
83, If you had not left in time then, I could not imagine what would have happened.
84, They found out that it was impossible to finish this job before 6 pm.
85, Because I have not read the book, I can not make comment on it.