一般现在时 1)经常性或习惯性的动作，常与表示频度的时间状语连用。时间状语：every…, sometimes,at…, on Sunday。例如： I leave home for school at 7 every morning. 每天早上我七点离开家。 2)客观真理，客观存在，科学事实。例如： The earth moves around the sun. 地球绕太阳转动。 Shanghai lies in the east of China. 上海位于中国东部。 3)表示格言或警句。例如：Pride goes before a fall.骄者必败。 注意：此用法如果出现在宾语从句中，即使主句是过去时，从句谓语也要用一般现在时。例：Columbus proved that the earth is round. 哥伦布证实了地球是圆的。 4)现在时刻的状态、能力、性格、个性。例如： I don't want so much. 我不要那么多。https://www.doczj.com/doc/9c2327803.html, Ann writes good English but does not speak well. 安英语写得不错，讲的可不行。 二、一般过去时 1)在确定的过去时间里所发生的动作或存在的状态。例如：时间状语有：yesterday, last week, an hour ago, the other day, in 1982等。例如： Where did you go just now? 刚才你上哪儿去了? 2)表示在过去一段时间内，经常性或习惯性的动作。例如： When I was a child, I often played football in the street. Whenever the Browns went during their visit, they were given a warm welcome. 那时，布朗一家无论什么时候去，都受到热烈欢迎。 3)句型：It is time for sb. to do sth"到……时间了""该……了" 例如：It is time for you to go to bed.你该睡觉了。 It is time that sb. did sth. "时间已迟了""早该……了" 例如It is time you went to bed.你早该睡觉了。 would (had) rather sb. did sth.表示'宁愿某人做某事'。 例如：I'd rather you came tomorrow.还是明天来吧。 三、一般将来时 1)shall用于第一人称，常被will 所代替。will 在陈述句中用于各人称，在征求意见时常用于第二人称。例如： Which paragraph shall I read first? 我先读哪一段呢? Will you be at home at seven this evening? 今晚七点回家好吗? 2)be going to +不定式，表示将来。 a. 主语的意图，即将做某事。例如：What are you going to do tomorrow? b. 计划，安排要发生的事。https://www.doczj.com/doc/9c2327803.html, 例如：The play is going to be produced next month。这出戏下月开播。 c. 有迹象要发生的事。 例如：Look at the dark clouds, there is going to be a storm. 看那乌云，快要下雨了。 3)be +to表将来，按计划或正式安排将发生的事。例如： We are to discuss the report next Saturday.我们下星期六讨论这份报告。 4)be about to +动词原形，意为马上做某事。例如： He is about to leave for Beijing. 他马上要去北京。
学位英语答题技巧 一、阅读理解（每段第一句，第二句，最后一句找文章主要内容出现最多的词汇） 二、单项选择（考语法、固定搭配） 三、挑错（考语法、固定搭配） 四、英译汉（常用句型，语句通顺即可，不用每个单词都翻译） 五、完形填空（考语法、固定搭配，根据上下文找答案，句首和句尾一般不设置空） 六、汉译英（常用句型，注意谓语动词时态） 201505 1. I would rather stay at home to read books on the weekend. 周末，我宁愿待在家里看看书。 2. This country is famous for its beautiful lakes. 这个国家以其美丽的湖泊而闻名于世。 3. What do you usually do in your spare time ? 在业余时间里你通常做些什么？ 4. They have difficulty in understanding Chinese. 他们理解汉语还有些难度 5. It is cold outside and you’d better put on a jacket. 你最好穿上夹克，外面冷。 20151107 6. The students are busy preparing for the exam. 同学们都在忙着准备考试。
7.You should listen to the teacher. 你应该听老师的话。 8. Please bring an umbrella in case it rains. 请带把雨伞以防下雨。 9. Tom plays basketball every afternoon. 汤姆每天下午打篮球。 10.Football is a sport that develops the cooperation [ko,ɑp?'re??n] between children and others. 足球是一项培养孩子跟别人合作的运动。 201411 11.These people are in great need of food and water. 这些人急需食物和水。 12.I believe that you are the best in the class. 我相信你是班上最棒的。 13.As soon as Mary comes back, l will give the letter to her. 玛丽一回来我就会把信给她。 14.As is well known, smoking does harm to health.
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字号：大中小订阅成人英语三级串讲讲义 赵文通 一、时态和语态 1. 如何解答时态问题 例1：You’ve already missed too many classes this term. You ______ just last week. A. missed B. would miss C. had missed D. have missed 例2：Anne asked Tom ______ the key. A. when he left B. where he had left C. how he left D. why did he left 考试重点： 2. 与完成时有关的时态 ★现在完成时 (have done) since, for/ in the past few months, up to now 例1：Collecting toy cars as a hobby becomes increasingly popular during the past fifty years. A B C D 例2：English ______ in a new way at my college in the past few years. A. has been taught B. was being taught C. has been taught D. had been taught. ★过去完成时 (had done) 例3：Anne asked Tom ______ the key. A. when he left B. where he had left C. how he left D. why did he left 例4：The chemistry class_____ for five minutes when we hurried there. A. had been on B. had begun C. has been on D. would began ★将来完成时 (will have done) by 例5：We’re late I expect the film_____ by the time we get to the cinema. A. had already started B. have already C. will already have started D. have already been started. ★现在完成进行时 (have been doing) 例6：It seems oil ___________ from this pipe for some time. We'll have to take the machine apart to put it right. A. had leaked B. is leaking C. leaked D. has been leaking ★过去完成进行时 (had been doing) ★将来完成进行时(will have been doing ) 例7：By the time you arrive this evening, _______for two hours. A. I will study B. I will have been studied
2017年11月北京成人学士学位英语考试真题及答案 Part I (30%) Passage 1 In 2014, older Americans fell 29 million times, leading to 7 million injuries, according to a report published last week. About 2.8 million cases were treated in emergency department, and approximately 800,000 seniors went on to be hospitalized. More than 27,000 falls led to death. (76) And the problem is getting more and more serious. “Older adult falls are increasing and, sadly, often indicate the end of independence,” said Dr. Tom Frieden. The falls are preventable, Frieden stressed. He said individuals, families and health care providers can take steps to resist the trend. Dr. Wolf-Klein is a medical professor in New York. She said one concern is that seniors who have experienced a fall alone at home don’t tell anyone. When that happens, prevention efforts don’t begin and they’re at risk for additional falls that lead to broken bones and brain injuries. “Elderly patients tend not to report falls to their families, or even doctors. A fall is a very frightening thing that you keep quiet about. They think if they mention it, they are afraid that they will move to a nursing home or need assistants to help out in the house,” said Wolf-Klein. It’s also a status issue and may make someone feel that they’re weaker than they really are, she explained. When someone does fall and hurt themselves, they’re often never the same, Wolf-Klein said. “You can develop chronic(慢性的)problems. After a fall, a percentage of the population will never return to walking around. People used to taking the subway, now they’re in a wheelchair, or they may need help going to the bathroom. They become frailer and lose independence,” she said. 1.Which of the following is TRUE? A.In 2014, older adult falls caused 7 million injuries. B.In 2016, Americans fell 29 million times. https://www.doczj.com/doc/9c2327803.html,st year, 2.8 million Americans had emergency treatment. https://www.doczj.com/doc/9c2327803.html,st month, more than 27,000 older Americans were hospitalized. 2.From the passage we learn that older adult falls ___. A.Are decreasing B.Can’t be avoided C.Must be treated in hospitals https://www.doczj.com/doc/9c2327803.html,ually imply the end of independence 3.The word frailer in Paragraph 5 probably means ___. A.Lonelier B. weaker C. smarter D. better 4.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE? A. A fall is a very terrible thing that you keep quiet about.
逻辑关系方正图 反对关系：不同真可同假 下反对关系：可同真不同假 差等关系：上真下真，下假上假，其余不定 矛盾关系：一真一假 相容选言推理有两条规则： 规则1：否定一部分选言支，就要肯定另一部分选言支。 规则2：肯定一部分选言支，不能否定另一部分选言支。 根据规则，相容选言推理只有一个正确的形式，即否定肯定式：p或者q 非p ___________ 所以，q 或者 p或者q 非q ___________ 所以，p 例如： 不相容选言推理有两条规则： 规则1：否定一部分选言支，就要肯定另一部分选言支。
规则2：肯定一部分选言支，就要否定另一部分选言支。 根据规则，不相容选言推理有两个正确的形式： （1）否定肯定式 要么p，要么q 非p ___________ 所以，q （2）肯定否定式 要么p，要么q p ___________ 所以，非q 充分条件假言推理有两条规则： 规则1：肯定前件，就要肯定后件；否定前件，不能否定后件。 规则2：否定后件，就要否定前件；肯定后件，不能肯定前件。根据规则，充分条件假言推理有两个正确的形式： （1）肯定前件式 如果p，那么q p ___________ 所以，q （2）否定后件式 如果p，那么q 非q ___________ 所以，非p 例如： 必要条件假言推理有两条规则： 规则1：否定前件，就要否定后件；肯定前件，不能肯定后件。 规则2：肯定后件，就要肯定前件；否定后件，不能否定前件。根据规则，必要条件假言推理有两个正确的形式： （1）否定前件式 只有p，才q 非p ___________ 所以，非q （2）肯定后件式
学位英语考试作文范文精选 The place of Science and Technology in Modern Life. Human life can not continue without science and technology. For many years, human society has developed with the advance of science and technology while the development of science and technology has in turn brought the process to mankind. So the life we are living now is more civilized than that of our fore fathers. The development of science and technology have brought about many changes in people's life. for example, the invention of television and space rocket have opened a new era for mankind. Through the use of TV people can hear the sound and learn the events happening thousands of miles away. Owing to the invention of spaceship and rocket, the dream of man's landing on the moon has now come true. Science and technology also play an important role in our socialist construction. We may say, our socialist construction is just like a skyscraper, while science and technology are its base. Without the base, the skyscraper can't be built. Therefore, we should try our best to contribute to the development of science and technology so as to provide a more solid base to build our country. Importance of Education China, as a developing country, is determined to catch up with and even surpass the developed ones. I think that one of the best possible ways to do so is to give first priority(优先）to the development of culture, science and especially education. In modern times, when science and technology are making great progress, the education of the work force is of primary importance. Moreover, many of the success in advanced countries have demonstrated that a nation 's prosperity mainly depends on the quality of its labour force, namely those who have been well educated. In a developing country such as China, our investment in culture, education and science, and especially elementary education, must enjoy top priority. This is crucial(决定性的）for China to catch up with the developed nations in today's surging(汹涌的) waves of technological revolution. Otherwise, the gap between China and advanced countries will be widened rather than bridged. Air Pollution Air pollution is one of the major problems of the modern world. A great deal of energy is needed to run the factories of modern industrial nations. Automobile, trains, planes and busses need energy, too. Nearly all of this energy is produced by burning fuels. The burning produces wastes, some of which remain in the air, causing air pollution. Scientists are finding ways to stop air pollution especially in big industrial areas and densely-populated cities. They are studying new ways of generating electricity that may be less damaging to the environment. In the meantime, many power plants are being modernized to give off less polluted material. Also, engineers try to design and locate new power plants to do minimum damage to the environment. However, it may be that we still have a long way to go before we have a "clean" world. Nearly all of the countries are trying hard to prevent and control air pollution. There indeed seems to be no end to tasks that environmentalists will be required to do. People will continually find new ways to control pollution. Environmental Protection Today the quality of our natural environment has become an important issue. The world population is rising so quickly that the world has become too crowded. We are using up our natural resources and at the same time polluting our environment with dangerous chemicals. If we continue to do this, life on earth cannot survive. Concerned people have made some progress in environmental protection. Governments of many countries have established laws to protect the air, forests and sea resources and to stop environmental pollution. Still more measures should be taken to solve environmental problems. People should be further educated to recognize the importance of the problems, to use modern methods of birth control, to conserve(保存）our natural resources and recycle（再循环）our products. We are sure that we can have a better and cleaner place in the future. Automobiles Automobiles, as a product of modern civilization, have been playing a vital part in the daily activities of human society. Industry needs automobiles for farming as well as transportation. Every day, automobiles drive people to and from work. On weekends automobiles take families for joyful outings. And during holiday seasons, automobiles fill the highways everywhere, even in remote areas. It could be said that the wheels of automobiles move society forward. But automobiles have also given rise to a series of problems. For example, cities are overcrowded with automobiles. They create a lot of noise and traffic accidents which disable（伤残）or kill many people each year. Worst of all perhaps is the air pollution caused by the exhaust gases produced by automobiles. Some of the gases are highly toxic(有毒的）and a serious health hazard. 学位英语考试重点语法串讲-被动语态 考试重点：感官动词和使役动词的被动语态；动词短语的被动语态；情态动词的被动语态；用主动表示被动的含义。 一、感官动词及使役动词（如：see，feel，hear，watch，make，bid）在主动语态中用无to不定式做宾补，改为被动语态时要加to。 1、The middle-aged man was seen _____ out of the house on the afternoon of the murder. A. came B. come
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1991 年北京市开始实施北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试，为使这一考试更加 规范，也使广大考生能够熟悉英语三级考试的内容、题型、难度及记分办法，制定本大纲。
北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一导师的目的是为了检测本地区成人教育系列中非 外语专业的英语教学水平，保证成人本科毕业学士学位的授予质量。
成人英语教学的目的是培养学生具有较强的阅读能力，一定的英汉互译能力和初步的听 力能力，使他们能以英语为工具，获取专业所需要的信息，并为进一步提高英语水平打下较 好的基础。为此，本考试主要考核学生运用语言的能力，重点是考核学生的阅读能力以及对 语法结构和词语用法的熟练程度。 本考试是一种标准化考试。由于尚不具备口试条件，目前暂只进行笔试。考试范围主要参照 全日制文理科本科英语教学大纲所规定的一至三级除说的技能以外的大部分内容。在题型设 计上，除英汉互译部分是主观试题外，其余试题均采用客观性的多项选择题形式。待将来条 件成熟时，再酌情增加听力及短文写作的内容。
本考试每年举行两次，分别在 4 月和 11 月，每次考试时间为两小时，即上午 9：00~11： 00。本考试由北京市教委高教处负责，考务工作由北京教育综合服务中心具体实施。
考试内容
本考试内容包括五个部分：分别是阅读理解、词语用法与语法结构、挑错、完形填空和 英汉互译。全部题目顺序统一编号，共 85 题。
第一部分：阅读理解（Part I Reading Comprehension）, 共 15 题，考试时间 40 分钟。 要求考生阅读三篇短文，总阅读量不超过 900 个词。每篇文章后有五个问题，考生应根据 文章内容从每题四个选择项中选出一个最佳答案。短文选材的原则是：
1 题材广泛。包括人物传记、社会、文化、日常知识、热门话题及科普常识等。但所涉 及的背景知识应能为学生所理解。
2 体裁多样。包括叙述文、说明文、议论文等。 3 文章的语言为中等难度。无法猜测而又影响理解的关键词，如超出全日制文理科教学 大纲中词汇表一至三级的范围，则用汉语注明词义。 阅读理解部分主要测试考生的下述能力： 1 掌握所读材料的主旨和大意； 2 了解说明主旨和大意的事实和细节； 3 既理解字面的意思，又能根据所读材料进行一定的判断和推论； 4 既理解个别句子的意义，又能在一定程度上理解上下文的逻辑关系。 阅读理解部分主要考核学生通过阅读获取信息的能力，既要求准确，也要求有一定的速 度。 第二部分：词语用法和语法结构（Part II Vocabulary and Structure）,共 30 题，考试 时间 25 分钟。题目中 50%为词和短语的用法，50%为语法结构。要求考生从每题四个选项 中选出一个最佳答案。
逻辑常识（逻辑学习总体把握） 一、逻辑推理 是指由一个或几个已知的判断推导出另外一个新的判断的思维形式。一切推理都必须由前提和结论两部分组成。一般来说，作为推理依据的已知判断称为前提，所推导出的新的判断则称为结论。推理大体分为直接推理和间接推理。 （一）直接推理 只有一个前提的推理叫直接推理。 例如：有的高三学生是共产党员，所以有的共产党员是高三学生。 （二）间接推理 一般有两个或两个以上前提的推理就是间接推理。 例如：贪赃枉法的人必会受到惩罚，你们一贯贪赃枉法，所以今天你们终于受到法律的制裁和人民的惩罚。 一般说，间接推理又可以分为演绎推理、归纳推理和类比推理等三种形式。 （1）演绎推理 所谓演绎推理，是指从一般性的前提得出了特殊性的结论的推理。 例如：贪赃枉法的人是必定会受到惩罚的，你们一贯贪赃枉法，所以，你们今天是必定要受到法律的制裁、人民的惩罚的。 这里，“贪赃枉法的人是必定会受到惩罚的”是一般性前提，“你们一贯贪赃枉法”是特殊 性前提。根据这两个前提推出”你们今天是必定要受到法律的制裁和人民的惩罚的”这个 特殊性的结论。 演绎推理可分为三段论、假言推理和选言推理。 a三段论 b假言推理 c选言推理 （2）归纳推理 归纳推理是从个别到一般，即从特殊性的前提推出普遍的一般的结论的一种推理。 一般情况下，归纳推理可分为完全归纳推理、简单枚举归纳推理。 a完全归纳推理 也叫完全归纳法，是指根据某一类事物中的每一个别事物都具有某种性质，推出该类事物普遍具有这种性质的结论。 正确运用完全归纳推理，要求所列举的前提必须完全，不然推导出的结论会产生错误。 例如：在奴隶社会里文学艺术有阶级性；在封建社会里文学艺术有阶级性；在资本主义社会里文学艺术有阶级性；在社会主义社会里文学艺术有阶级性；所以，在阶级社会里，文学艺术是有阶级性的。（注：奴隶社会、封建社会、资本主义社会、社会主义社会这四种社会形态构成了整个阶级社会。） b简单枚举归纳推理 是根据同一类事物中部分事物都具有某种性质，从而推出该类事物普遍具有这种性质的结论。这是一种不完全归纳推理。但是，这种推理通常仅考察了某类事物中部分对象的性质就得出了结论，所以结论可
2017年5月北京成人学士学位英语考试真题及答案 Part I Reading Comprehension (30%) Directions: There are three 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 blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Passage 1 Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage: People say that money cannot buy happiness. This was true for Howard Hughes. (76) He was one of the richest and most powerful men of his time. He had everything: good look success, power, and a lot of money. But he didn’t have love or friendship because he couldn’t buy them. All his life he used his money to control everything and everyone around him. In the end, he lost control of everything, even himself. Howard Hughes was born in 1905 in Houston, Texas. His father started the Hughes Tool Company. He was a workaholic（工作狂）and made a lot of money. He bought everything he wanted. He even gave money to schools so Howard could get into them. From his father, Howard learned to be a successful but merciless businessman. Hughes’s mother, Allene also had a big influence on his life. Howard was her only child. She protected him and gave him everything. Unfortunately Allene had mental problems. (77)She was afraid of germs and diseases. She was obsessed with Howard's health，and he became obsessed with it too. Allene died when Howard was 16 years old. Two years later his father died. Hughes inherited the Hughes Tool Company. Then he married Ella Rice. He and Ella moved to Los Angeles, California. It was there that Howard Hughes began to become a legend （传奇人物）. Hughes began to invest his money in movies. He became an important producer soon after he moved to California. He worked hard, but he also played hard. He became obsessed with power and control. When he couldn’t get something legally, he gave money politicians and businessmen so they would help him. He owned a lot of businesses, including airplane companies, a movie studio（制片厂）, Las Vegas hotels, gold and silver mines, and radio and television stations. Once he bought a television studio so he could watch movies all night He also bought a hotel because he wanted to stay in his favorite room for one weekend.