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北京地区成人本科学位英语统一考试真题及其答案
2012.11.03北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试真题及答案
PartⅠReadingComprehension(30%)
Directions:
Therearethreepassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedsome
questionsorunfinishedstatements.Foreachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarked
A,B,CandD.Youshoulddecideonthebestchoiceandblackenthecorrespondingletter
ontheAnswersheet。
Passage1
Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:
Itseemslikeeverydaythere'ssomenewresearchaboutwhetherourfavorite
drinksaregoodforus,(76)Oneday,sciencesaysaglassofredwineadaywill
helpuslive
longer
Thenext
day,maybenot
It
seemsjournalists
arepretty
interested
inwineresearchandthesamemightbesaidforcoffee.Nowthere'sbeenalotof
researchintowhethercoffee'sgoodforourhealth"theresultshavereallybeen
mixed",admitsNealfreedmanwholedthecoffeestudyandpublishedhisfindings
in
amedical
journal
recently."There's
beensomeevidence
that
coffee
might
increase
theriskofcertaindiseasesandthere's
also
beenmaybemorerecentevidencethat
coffeemayprotectagainstotherdiseasesaswell"
。
Freedmanandhiscolleaguesundertookthebiggeststudyyettolookatthe
relationship
betweencoffee
andhealth
Theyanalyzed
data
collected
frommorethan
400,000
Americans
ages50to
71participating
inthe
study
"Wefound
that
thecoffee
drinkers
hadamodestly
lower
risk
of
death
than
the
non-drinkers
"he
said
.Here's
whathemeansby"modestly":
thosewhodrankatleasttwoorthreecupsadaywere
about
10percent
or
15percent
less
likely
to
die
for
anyreason
during
the
13years
of
the
study
whenthe
researchers
lookedat
specific
causes
of
death,coffee
drinking
appeared
to
cut
the
risk
of
dying
fromheart
diseaselung
disease
injuries
accidents
andinfections
Now,Freedman
stressed
that
thestudy
doesn't
prove
coffee
canmakepeoplelive
longer.Astudylikethiscanneverproveacause-and-effectrelationship(77)All
it
can
really
do
is
to
point
researchers
in
the
right
direction
for
further
investigation
Andevenif
it
turns
out
that
coffee
is
really
goodfor
you,
scientists
havenoideawhy
1Accordingtothefirstparagraph,reporterswouldliketoknowtheresearch
findingsof___
A.teaB.beerC.alcohol
D.coffee
2Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingisTRUCE?
AFreedmanandhiscolleagueshired400,00Americanstocollectdate
。
BAboutfourhundredthousandAmericansworkedforFreedman'steamfulltime
for13years
。
CPeopleWhotookpartinFreedman'sresearchareabout50to70yearsold
。
D
PeopleWhoare50to70yearsoldseldomdrinkcoffee
3Accordingtotheauthor,scientists__________
。
Ahavealreadyprovedthatcoffeeisgoodforhumanhealth
Bhavealongwaytogobeforetheyfindawaytostudycoffee
Chaveavoidedthecause-and-effectapproachtostudycoffee
Darestillunabletofigureoutwhycoffeeisgoodforus
4Theword"mixed"inthefirstparagraphmeans"________"
。
Abothgoodandbad
B.puttogether
C.bothsharpandsoftD.confused
5.Whichofthefollowingisanappropriatetitleforthispassage?
A.CanBeerHelpYouLiveLonger?
B.CanCoffeeHelpYouLiveLonger?
C.CanWhineHelpYouLiveLonger?
D.CanTeaHelpYouLiveLonger?
Passage2
Questions6to10arebasedonthefollowingpassage:
Whenwe'relearning
aforeign
language,
makingsenseof
whatwehearis
thefirst
step
toward
fluency.It
soundsobvious,but
until
recently,
wedidn'tknowmuchabout
howlisteningworks.Newresearchdemonstratesthateffectivelisteninginvolves
morethan
simply
hearing
the
wordsthat
float
past
ourears.
Rather,it's
anactive
process
of
receiving
information
andmaking
meaning.
This
kind
of
engagedlistening
isaskillthat'sascriticalforlearningarangeofsubjectsatschoolandwork
asitisforlearningtounderstandaforeigntongue
。
(78)Studiesofskilledlanguagelearnershaveidentifiedspecificlistening
strategies
that
lead
to
superior
comprehension.
Last
year,
for
example,
University
ofOttawaresearcherLarryVandergriftpublishedhisstudyof106undergraduates
whowerelearningFrenchasasecondlanguage.Halfofthestudentsweretaughtin
aconventionalfashion,listeningtoandpracticingtextsspokenaloud.Theother
half,
possessing
the
sameinitial
(最初的)skill
level
andtaught
bythe
sameteacher,
weregive
detailed
instruction
onhowtolisten.
It
turned
out
that
the
second
group
“significantlyoutperformed
”(胜过)thefirstoneonatestofcomprehension
。
Sowhat
arethese
listening
strategies?
Skilled
learners
gointo
alistening
class
with
asenseof
whatthey
wantto
getof
it.(79)
Theysetagoal
for
their
listening,
andtheygeneratepredictionsaboutwhatthespeakerwillsay.Beforethetalking
beginstheymentallyreviewwhattheyalreadyknowaboutthesubject,andforman
intentionto
“listenoutfor
”what’simportantorrelevant.Oncetheybegin
listening,theselearnersmaintaintheirfocus;iftheirattentionwanders,they
bringitbacktothewordsbeingspoken.They
don’tallowthemselvestobethrown
off
byconfusing
or
unfamiliar
details.
Instead,they
take
note
of
whattheydon’t
understandandmakeinferencesaboutwhatthosethingmightmean,basedonother
cluesavailabletothem;theirpreviousknowledgeofthesubject,thecontext(
语
境)ofthetalk,theidentityofthespeaker,andsoon
。
6.Whatisthemainideaofthispassage?
A.Effectivelisteningmeanshearingthewordsthatfloatpastourears
。
B.Developing
your
listening
skills
is
the
first
step
toward
developing
fluency
。
C.Skilledlistenersusespecificstrategiestogetthemostoutofwhatthey
hear。
D.Listeningisoneofthemostpowerfultoolswehavetogaininformation
。
7.WhatdoesVandergrift
’sresearchshow?
A.Learnerswhoadoptspecificlisteningstrategiesbecomebetterlisteners
。
B.Learnerstaughtinthetraditionalwayarebetteratreinforcingwhatthey
learn
。
C.Learnersaremoreconfidentiftheymakefewermistakes
。
D.Learnerswholistenonaregularbasisimprovefaster
。
8.WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutVandergrift
’sresearchisTRUE?
A.TheparticipantswerepostgraduateslearningFrenchasasecondlanguage
。
B.Alltheparticipants
weretaught
using
the
conventional
method,with
the
focus
onlisteningstrategies
。
C.Thetwogroupsweretaughtbydifferentteacher
。
D.Theparticipantswereatthesameinitialskilllevel
。
9.Theexpression“thrownoff”inthethirdparagraphisclosestinmeaningto“_____”。
A.infected
B.confused
C.ruinedD.informed
10.Accordingto
thepassage,whichofthe
followingstrategies
isNOTused
by
skilledlearners?
A.Reviewtheirpriorknowledgeofthesubject
。
B.Concentrateonthespeaker
’swords。
C.Translateintotheirnativelanguage
。
D.Predictwhatthespeakerwillway
。
Passage3
Questions11to15arebasedonthefollowingpassage:
(80)Asthe
Titanic
wassinking
andwomenandchildren
climbed
into
lifeboats,
themusiciansfromtheship
’sbandstoodandplayed.Theydiedwhenthesh
ipwent
down.Menstoodonthedeckandsmokedcigarettes.Theydied,too.Thisbehavior
ispuzzling
to
economists,
wholike
tobelieve
that
people
tend
to
act
in
their
own
selfinterest.
“There
wasnopushing,”says
David
Savage,
an
economist
at
Queensland
University
in
Australia
whohas
studiedwitness
reports
from
the
survivors.Itwas
“very,veryorderlybehavior
。
”
SavagehascomparedthebehaviorofthepassengersontheTitanicwiththose
ontheLusitania,anothershipthatalsosankataboutthesametime.Butwhenthe
Lusitania
wentdown,the
passengers
panicked(恐慌).
Therewerealot
of
similarities
betweenthesetwoevents.Thesetwoshipswereboth
luxury
ones,
they
hadasimilar
numberofpassengersandasimilarnumberofsurvivors
。
Thebiggest
difference,
Savageconcludes,
wastime.
TheLusitania
sankinless
than20minutes.
Butfor
the
Titanic,
it
wastwo-and-a-
half
hours.“Ifyou’vegot
aneventthat
lasts
two-and-a-half
hours,
social
order
will
take
over
andeverybody
willbehaveinasoc
ialmanner,
”Savagesays.
“Ifyou
’regoingdowninunder17
minutes,basicallyit
’sinstinctual
。
”OntheTitanic,socialorderruled,and
itwaswomen
andchildrenfirst.OntheLusitania,instinct
wonout.Thesurvivors
werelargelythepeoplewhocouldswimandgetintothelifeboats
。
Yes,we’reself
-interested,Savage
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