2021年成人高等教育学士学位英语考试真题及答案

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Traditionally, universities have carried out two main activities: research and teaching. Many experts would argue that both these activities play a critical role in serving the community. The fundamental question, however, is how does the community want or need to be served?
  In recent years universities have been coming under increasing pressure from both the governments and the public to ensure that they do not remain “ivory towers”(象牙塔) of study separated from the realities of everyday life. University teachers have been encouraged, and in some cases constrained(强逼), to provide more courses which produce graduates with the technical skills required for the commercial use. If Aristotle wanted to work in a university in the UK today, he would have a good chance of teaching computer science but would not be so readily employable as a philosopher.
  A post-industrial society requires large numbers of computer programmers, engineers, managers and technicians to maintain and develop its economic growth but “man”, as the Bible says, “does not live by bread alone.” Apart from requiring medical and social services, which do not directly contribute to economic growth, the society should also value and enjoy literature, music and the arts. In these cost-conscious times, it has even been pointed out in justification for the funding of the arts that they can be useful money earners. A successful musical play, for instance, can contribute as much to the Gross National Product through tourist dollars as any other things.
1、The main idea of the first paragraph is that _____.
A．traditional universities do a good job serving the society
B．universities must meet the needs of the society
C．research and teaching are of great importance in universities
D．universities play an important role in our society
【答案】B
【达聪解析】主旨题。第一段最后一句“The fundamental question, however, is how does the community want or need to be served?”暗示了答案。其中的信号词“however”表示转折。

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2、We can infer from the second paragraph that _____.
A．the society is not satisfied with the present college education
B．the governments interfere too much with college education
C．the teachers are forced to do what they don’t like to do
D．teachers dislike teaching commercially useful courses
【答案】A
【达聪解析】推理题。根据第二段第一句“In recent years universities have been coming under increasing pressure from both the governments and the public to ensure that they do not remain ‘ivory towers’ of study separated from the realities of everyday life”。这里说大学现在面临来自政府和公众的压力，要求大学不能再保持其脱离现实生活的象牙塔的地位了，由此可见，社会对大学是不满的。
3、The example of Aristotle is used to make the point that _____.
A．universities in the UK have produced too many good-for-nothing graduates
B．such abstract subjects as philosophy is no longer useful
C．education should serve the social needs
D．it is advisable for today’s philosophers to know computer science
【答案】B
【达聪解析】推理题。亚里士多德的例子是为了论证上一句“to provide more courses which produce graduates with the technical skills required for the commercial use”。现在大学开的课程主要是为经济服务的，而哲学这样的抽象课程是没有用的。
4、According to the passage, literature, music and the arts _____.
A．do not contribute to economic growth at all
B．are less useful to the society because they do not make direct contribution to economy
C．are similar to medical and social services in their way of promoting economic growth
D．should develop only when they are good for economic growth
【答案】C
【达聪解析】信息题。“Apart from requiring medical and social services, which do not directly contribute to economic growth, the society should also value and enjoy literature, music and the arts.”文学、艺术、音乐和医疗、社会服务一样，都不能直接推动经济的发展。
5、The author believes that _____.
A．art is useful only when it is made into a money earner
B．the promotion of economic growth is the only goal of today’s society
C．universities should not provide literature or art courses
D．the society needs both technical skills and arts
【答案】D
【达聪解析】推理题。由“it has even been pointed out in justification for the funding of the arts that they can be useful money earners.”可知，艺术同样可以挣钱。
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