2023年广东省学位英语考试试题及答案
Paper One 试卷一(90 minutes)Part I Dialogue Completion (15 points)
Directions: There are 15 short incomplete dialogues in this part, each followed by 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one to complete the dialogue and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a si ngle line through the center.
1. Jenny: Shall I go and tell Mr. Fairbanks about our proposal? Jackie: ___________.
A. Yes, you go
B. Yes, go
C. Yes, let’s
D. Yes, please
2. Mori: It’s a pleasure to meet you here.Kaco: __________.
A. Pleased to meet you, too
B. Thank you so much
C. I didn’t expect to see you here
D. You’re too hospitable
3. Williams: Excuse me. I’m looking for a present for my son. I have no idea what to get him, Can you help  me? Sales girl: ____________.
A. Of course I can
B. No, I can’t actually
C. You must buy him a T-shirt
D. Yes, I think a T-shirt would be a good idea
4. Tim: I hear you’ve been to the book fair. How was it?Susan: _____________.
A. Absolutely marvelous
B. Very much indeed
C. Not necessarily
D. Quite disappointed
5. Ed: How do you get along with your new music teacher? Maggie: Ms. Davis? __________, but I like h er a lot.
A. She’s humorous
B. She’s nice to me
C. She’s a bit strange
D. She’s good at dancing
6. David: Charles, could you drive me to the railway station? Charles: ____________
A. No, thanks.
B. I’ll be there on time.
C. Sure, why not?
D. Never mind.
7. Max: My son has been admitted by Beijing University. Walt: Congratulations! He is such a smart boy.
Max: ___________.
A. Yes, he is
B. You are right
C. Thank you very much
D. Don’t mention it
8. Student: Do you mind our performing rock ‘n’ roll in the hall?Teacher: _________.
A. No, you’d better not
B. Of course, it’s allowed here
C. Oh, I’d rather you didn’t actually
D. I’d prefer to listen to rock ‘a’ roll
9. Clerk: Excuse me, this a non-smoking place. Customer: __________
A. Oh, I’m sorry.
广东学位英语成绩查询B. How can you say that?
C. That’s all right.
D. That’s impossible.
10. Waiter: How would you like your coffee? Customer: ____________.
A. It’s well done
B. Very nice, thanks
C. With sugar, please
D. Only one cup
11. Virginia: What about going to do some shopping this afternoon? Rena: ____________.
A. Go ahead, please.
B. Good idea!
C. Me, too.
D. Help yourself.
12. Carlos: Thank you very much, Miss James. That helped me a lot. Miss James: ___________, Carlos.
A. Don’t thank me
B. Don’t mention it
C. I’m fine
D. I’m sorry
13. Susan: I’m worried. My son doesn’t like to talk with me.Tracy: ___________. We were all like tha t at his age.
A. Take it easy
B. Change his mind
C. Don’t quarrel with him
D. Don’t refuse him14. Nicol as: I’d like to donate money to help poor children at school. To whom shall I give my share? Li Ming: ______ ______ I’ll ask about that and let you know.
A. Very well.
B. Who knows?
C. Thank you all the same.
D. It all depends.
15. Kelvin: We’re almost finished with the project now. _____________.Teresa: Actually, I prefer to kee
p going.
A. Let’s hurry up
B. We’ve too tired now
C. Wellbe on time
D. Let’s stop for a break
Part II Reading Comprehension (40 points)
Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each of the passages is followed by 5 questions or unfinishe d statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.
Passage One
Jack Billabong is a stockman. One Friday afternoon he was riding along the track towards the Henderson f arm. He was looking for a prize bull which had escaped from the Borrogee paddock. He reached the hills and s aw at once that he could not go further.
There had been a fire in the forest which had gone out. But the air was still full of smoke and fallen trees had blocked the track. Jack was just going to turn back when he saw something moving in the smoke. He wait
ed. It was a girl on a horse, and she was riding towards him. “There’s a badly burnt man on the farm,” the girl shouted. “He saved my life. Please help me to save him.”
The girl was Cathy Henderson. She had been on horseback for two hours. She had to jump over fallen tre es that were still burning. Her pony had fallen with her twice. She was thirsty and almost dead from want of sl eep. But she rode back to the farm with Jack immediately.
Joe Brook was unconscious when they reached him. They lifted him onto Jack’s horse. The ride back to B orrogee was terrible. Cathy was so tired that Jack had to tie her to her pony. The pony was tired too, but its co urage was astonishing. It followed Jack right to Borrogee Hospital. Nobody saw them arrive because it was nig ht.
“I’ve never seen a horse like that pony,” Jack said. Cathy praised Jack Billabong, but she refused to say an ything about the pony, “Joe will write about her in his story,” she said.
But she did say one thing: “If flame hadn’t returned to the farm that afternoon, Joe and I would have die
d.”
16. Jack Billabong did not turn back because _____________.
A. he hadn’t found the bull yet
B. he smelt a heavy smoke in the forest
C. he knew there was a burnt man there
D. he saw something moving towards him
17. Why was the ride back to Borrogee terrible?
A. Because Joe was tired out.
B. Because the ride started late at night.
C. Because they didn’t have enough courage.
D. Because both Cathy and her pony were exhausted.
18. Cathy refused to talk to reporters about the pony when she was in Borrogee Hospital because ______ ______.
A. she didn’t know what to say
B. Jack asked her not to talk to them
C. she was too weak to say anything
D. Joe would write about it in his writing
19. What does the word “flame” in the last paragraph refer to?
A. Jack.
B. The pony.
C. Jack’s horse.
D. The fire.
20. Which of the following is the best title of the story?
A. Rescue of Joe Brook.
B. Courage of Jack Billabong.
C. Love of a Young Girl.
D. Heroism of a Lovely Pony.
Passage Two
The faces of elderly, happily-married people sometimes resemble each other. Dr. Aiken studied a number  of couples who had been married for at least twenty-five years. Each couple provided four photographs—one  photo of each partner at the time of their marriage and another photo of each partner twenty-five or more y ears later. All background was cut from the photos to remove any clues. The photos were then displayed in gr oups: a random grouping of the persons at the time of their marriage and another random grouping of the sa me persons who took photographs later. Some testees were asked to pick out the partners. They failed totally  with the first group. Their judgements were no better than chance. But with the photos taken twenty-five or more years after the marriage, th
e testees were quite successful with the most happily-married couples.
Dr. Aiken believes there are several reasons why couples grow alike. One reason has something to do wit h imitation. One person tends to copy or do the same as someone else without knowing it. He says human be