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试题及答案A
2021年4月试题及答案(A)
北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试(A)
2007.4.21
PartIReadingComprehension(30%)
Directions:
Therearefourpassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.Passage1
Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:
Manyayoungpersontellsmehewantstobeawriter.(76)Ialwaysencouragesuchpeople,butIalsoexplainthatthere’sabigdifferencebetween“beingawriter’andwriting.Inmostcasestheseindividualsaredreamingofwealthandfame,notthelonghouraloneatatypewriter.“You’vegottowanttowrite,”Isaytothem,“notwanttobeawriter”.
Therealityisthatwritingisalonely,privateandpoor-payingaffair.Foreverywriterkissedbyfortunetherearethousandsmorewhoselongingisneverrewarded.WhenIlefta20-yearcareerintheU.S.CoastGuardtobecomeafreelance(自由栏目)writer,Ihadnoprospectsatall.WhatIdidhavewasafriendwhofoundmemyroominaNewYorkapartmentbuilding.Itdidn’tevenmatterthatitwascoldandhadnobathroom.Iimmediatelyboughtausedmanualtypewriterandfeltlikeagenuinewriter.
Afterayearorso,however,Istillhadn’tgottenabreakandbegantodoubtmyself.ItwassohardtosellastorythatIbarelymadeenoughtoeat.ButIknewIwantedtowrite,Ihaddreamedaboutitforyears.Iwasn’tgoingtobeoneofthosepeoplewhodiewondering:
Whatif?
(77)Iwouldkeepputtingmydreamtothetesteventhoughitmeantlivingwithuncertaintyandfearoffailure.Thisistheshadowlandofhope,andanyonewithadreammustlearntolivethere.
1.Thepassageismeantto______.
A.warnyoungpeopleofthehardshipsthatasuccessfulwriterhastoexperien
ce
B.adviseyoungpeopletogiveuptheirideaofbecomingaprofessionalwriter
C.showyoungpeopleit’sunrealisticforawritertopursuewealthandfame
D.encourageyoungpeopletopursueawritingcareer
2.Whatcanbeconcludedfromthepassage?
A.Genuinewritersoftenfindtheirworkinterestingandrewarding.
B.Awriter’ssuccessdependsonluckratherthanonefforts.
C.Famouswritersusuallyliveinpovertyandisolation.
D.Thechancesforwritertobecomesuccessfularesmall
3.Whydidtheauthorbegintodoubthimselfafterthefirstyearofhiswritingca
reer?
A.Hewasn’tabletoproduceasinglebook.
B.Hehadn’tseenachingforthebetter.
C.Hewasn’tabletohavearestforawholeyear.
D.Hethoughthathelackedimagination.
4.“…peoplewhodiewondering:
Whatif?
”(Lin4-5,Para-3)refersto“those___
__”.
A.whothinktoomuchofthedarksideoflife
B.whoregretgivinguptheircareerhalfway
C.whothinkalotwithoutmakingadecision
D.whoarefullofimaginationevenupondeath
5.“Shadowland””inthelastsentencerefersto_____.
A.thewonderlandonoftendreamsabout
B.thebrightfuturethatoneislookingforwardto
C.thestateofuncertaintybeforeone’sfinalgoalisreached
D.aworldthatexistsonlyinone’simagination
Passage2
Questions6to10arebasedonthefollowingpassage:
Manisalandanimal,butheisalsocloselytiedtothesea.Throughouthistorytheseahasservedtheneedsofman.Theseahasprovidedmanwithfoodandaconvenientwaytotraveltomanypartsoftheworld.Toady,expertsbelievethatnearlytwo-thirdsoftheworld’spopulationlivewithineightykilometersoftheseacoast.
(78)Inthemoderntechnologicalworldtheseaoffersmanyresourcestohelpmankindsurvive.Resourcesonlandarebeginningtogrowless.Thesea,however,stilloffershopetosupplymanyofman’sneedsinthefuture.
Therichesoftheseayettobedevelopedbyman’stechnologyareimpressive.Oilandgasexplorationshaveexistedfornearlythirtyyears.Valuableamountsofmineralssuchasiron,copperandsoonexistontheoceanfloor.
Besidesoilandgas,theseamayoffernewsourcesofenergy.Forexample,warmtemperatureoftheoceancanbeusedasthesteaminasteamship.Seamayalsoofferasourceofenergyaselectricityformankind.
Technologyisenablingmantoexploreevendeeperunderthesea.Itisobviousthatthetechnologytoharvesttheseacontinuestoimprove.(79)Bythe2050,expertsbelievethattheproblemstoexplorethefood,mineralsandenergyresourcesoftheseawillhavebeenlargel7ysolved.
6.Whatisthebeattitleforthepassage?
A.NeedsofMan.
B.SeaHarvestandFood
C.SeaandSourcesofEnergy
D.SeaExploringTechnology.
7.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat______.
A.manhasn’tcompletelymadeuseoftherichesofthesea
B.technologyforexploringtheseahasbeensolv
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