北京地区下半年成人本科学位英语统一考试Word下载.docx

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Therearethreepassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandblackenthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet。

　　Passage1

　　Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

　　ThereflectivetowersofNewYorkCity,whichisontheAtlanticmigrating（迁徙的）route,canbedeadlyforbirds.“Weliveinanageofglass,”saidMs.Laurel,anarchitect。

（76）“Itcanbeaperfectmirrorincertainlights,andthelargertheglass,themoredangerousitis。

”About90,000birdsarekilledbyflyingintobuildinginthecityeachyear.Often,theystrikethelowerlevelsofglasstowersaftersearchingforfoodinnearbyparks.Suchcrashesarethesecond-leadingcauseofdeathformigratingbirds,afterhabitat（栖息地）loss,withanestimatednumberofdeathranginguptoabillionayear。

　　（77）Asglassofficeandapartmenttowershaveincreasedinthelastdecade,so,too,havecallstomakethemlessdeadlytobirds.SanFranciscoadoptedbird-safetystandardfornewbuildinginJuly.TheUnitedStatesGreenBuildingCouncil,anonprofitindustrygroupthatencouragesthecreationofenvironmentallyconsciousbuildings,willintroduceabird-safetycreditthisaspartofitsenvironmentalcertificationprocess。

　　Therearenoeasyfixes,however.Afewresearchersareexploringglassdesignsthatuseultraviolet（紫外线的）signals,buttheyarestillintheirinfancy.Covers,dotpatterns,shadesandnetarethemainoptionsavailable。

　　Often,onlyonesectionofabuildingneedstobechanged.“Youdon’tnecessarilyhavetotreateverywindow,”Ms.Laurelsaid.“Itwouldbetooexpensivetodothewholebuilding。

”TheJacobConventionCenter,whichhasbeenundergoingalterations,isthemostrecentbuildingtovoluntarilycorrecttheproblemofbirdcrashes.Thearchitectsusedlessreflectiveglassanddotpatterns。

　　1. 

Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?

　　A.NewYorkisacityofglasstowers。

　　B.Glasstoweraredangerousformigratingbirds。

　　C.NewYorkadoptednewsafetystandardsforbuildings。

　　D.GlasstowersareanewtrendintheUnitedStates。

　　2.Whatisthenumberonecauseofdeathformigratingbirds?

　　A.Climatechange 

B.Habitatloss

　　C.Lackoffood 

D.Crashingintobuildings。

　　3.Whatdoestheword“fixes”inthethirdparagraphprobablymean?

　　A.Choices 

B.Explanations

　　C.Solutions 

D.Developments

　　4._____areusedinthealterationoftheJacobK.JavitsConventionCenter。

　　A.Dotpatterns 

B.Shades 

　　C.Nets 

D.Covers

　　5.WhichofthefowlingstatementsisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?

　　A.Inmanycases,thewholebuildingneedstobealteredtopreventbirdcrashes。

　　B.TheJacobK.JavitsConventionCenteristhefirstbuildingtodealwiththeproblemofbirdcrashes。

　　C.About90,000birdsarekilledduetohabitatlossinNewYorkCityeachyear。

　　D.Unfortunately,glassdesignsthatuseultravioletsignalsarestillintheirearlystages。

　　Passage2

　　Question6to10arebasedonthefowlingpassage:

　　Today’sstudentshavegrownuphearingmoreaboutBillGatesthanF.D.R.,andtheyliveinaworldwhereamazinginnovations（革新）arecommon.Thecurrent18-year-olds,afterall,were8whenGooglewasfoundedbytwostudentsatStanford;

MarkZuckerbergfoundedFacebookin2004whilehewasHarvardandtheywereenteringhighschool.Havinggrownupdigital（数字的），theyareimpatienttogetonwithlife。

　　Theeasiestwaytofindkidsliketheseistocheckinonentrepreneurship（企业家才能）education,inwhichcollegesanduniversitiestrytopreparetheirstudentstorecognizeopportunitiesandseizethem。

　　AreportpublishedlastyearbytheKauffmanFoundation,whichfinancesprogramstopromoteinnovationoncampuses,notedthatmorethan50,000entrepreneurshipprogramsareofferedontwo-andfour-yearcampuses—upfromjust250coursesin1985.LesaMitchell,aKauffmanvicepresident,saysthatthefoundationisextendingthereachofitsacademicinfluence,whichusedtobefoundonlyinbusinessschools.Now,theconceptofentrepreneurshipisbloominginengineeringprogramsandmedicalschool,andevenintheliberalarts.“Ourinterestistheprograms,”shesays.“Weneedtospreadoutfromthebusinessschool。

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　　Eitherasclassprojectsorontheirown,studentsinavarietyofmajorsarecomingupwithideas,writingbusinessplansandseeingthemthroughtoprototypeand,often,market.Intheirsparetime,studentsinagriculturaleconomicsatPurdueinventnewusesforbean;

industrialdesignmajorsatSyracuse,inspeciallaboratory,createwearabletechnologies。

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