年北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试A卷.doc
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06年11月北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试(A)卷
PartIReadingComprehension(30%)
Directions:
Therearethreepassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsor
Unfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Your
ShoulddecideonthebestchoiceandblackenthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.
Passage1
Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:
OnestudyshowsthatAmericansprefertoanswerwithabrief“Yes”,“No”,“Sure”,ortheverypopular“Yeah”ratherthanwithalongerreply.(76)ButbriefrepliesdonotmeanAmericansareimpoliteorunfriendlytosomeextent.Veryoften,Americansareinahurryandmaygreetyouwithasingleword“Hi”,indeed;thisisagreetingyouwillhearagainandagainduringyourstayintheUnitedStates.Itisusedbyeveryone,regardlessofrank,ageoroccupation.However,thosewhoareaccustomedtolongergreetingsmayrequirealittlemoretimebeforetheyfeelcomfortablewithAmericansimpletalk.
Americanssometimesuseplaintalkwhentheyareuncomfortable.(77)Ifpeoplepraisethemorthanktheminanespeciallypoliteway,theymaybecomeuncomfortableandnotknowwhattosayinreply.Theydon’twanttobeimpoliteorrude,youcanbesurethattheylikedwhatwassaidaboutthem.Exceptforcertainholidays,suchasChristmas,Americansdon’tusuallygivegifts.Thus,youwillfindAmericansembarrassedastheyacceptgifts,especiallyiftheyhavenothingtogiveinreturn.Theyaregenerallyawarmbutinformalpeople.
1. ThefactthatAmericanslikeshorteranswerstellsus______.
A. theyreplyveryquicklyinahurry
B. theychoosewordstoocarefully
C. theylikereplyingbriefly
D. theywanttobeaspoliteastheycan
2. Thosewholikeusingbeautifulorformalwords_____.
A. needmoretimetogetusedtoAmericansimplegreeting
B. neednotimetogetfamiliarwithAmericangreeting
C. donotverymuchlikeAmericanwayofgreeting
D. thinkAmericansarenotpolitewhatever
3. WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?
A. Americansoftenanswerwiththewordslike“sure”,“yeah.”
B. Theyarenotimpolitewithbriefreplies.
C. Americansinhighranksmustuseformalwordsingreeting.
D. Americansareawarmbutinformalpeople.
4. TheAmericanslikeothers’praisebutifinapoliteway________.
A. theydon’tknowwhattowayinreply
B. theyfeelsomewhatuneasy
C. theydon’twanttoreply
D. bothAandB
5. Thepassageindicatesthat_______.
A. Americansexchangegiftsthefirsttimetheymeet.
B. Americansseldomgivegiftsexceptforsomeholidays.
C. Americansoftenbringsomegiftstotheirfriends.
D. Americansonlywanttogetgiftsfromothers.
1~5CACDB
Passage2
Questions6to10arebasedonthefollowingpassage:
(78)Theadvantagesanddisadvantagesofalargepopulationhavelongbeenasubjectofdiscussionamongeconomists(经济学家).Ithasbeenarguedthatthesupplyofgoodlandislimited.Tofeedalargepopulation,inferiorlandmustbecultivatedandthegoodlandworkedintensively.Thus,eachpersonproduceslessandthismeansaloweraverageincomethancouldbeobtainedwithasmallerpopulation.Othereconomistshavearguedthatalargepopulationgivesmorescopeforspecializationandthedevelopmentoffacilitiessuchasports,roadsandrailways,whicharenotlikelytobebuiltunlessthereisabigdemandtojustifythem.
Oneofthedifficultiesincarryingoutaworld-widebirthcontrolprogramliesinthefactthatofficialattitudestopopulationgrowthvaryfromcountrytocountrydependingonthelevelofindustrialdevelopmentandtheavailabilityoffoodandrawmaterials.Inthedevelopingcountrywhereavastlyexpandedpopulationispressingharduponthelimitsoffood,spaceandnaturalresources,itwillbethefirstconcernofgovernmenttoplacealimitonthebirthrate,whatevertheconsequencesmaybe.Inthehighlyindustrializedsocietytheproblemmaybemorecomplex.Adecreasingbirthratemayleadtounemploymentbecauseitresultsinadecliningmarketformanufacturedgoods.(79)Whenthepressureofpopulationonhousingdeclines,pricesalsodeclineandthebuildingindustryisweakened.Facedwithconsiderationssuchasthese,thegovernmentofadevelopedcountrymaywellprefertoseeaslowlyincreasingpopulation,ratherthanonewhichisstableorindecline.
6. Asmallerpopulationmaymean_______.
A. higherproductivity,butaloweraverageincome
B. lowerproductivity,butahigheraverageincome
C. lowerproductivity,andaloweraverageincome
D. higherproductivity,andahigheraverageincome
7. Accordingtothepassage,alargepopulationwillprovideachancefordeveloping_______.
A.agricultureB.transportsystemC.industryD.nationaleconomy
8. Inadevelopedcountry,peoplewillperhaps
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