1、 北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试2011.11.05 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
2、corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Passage 1 Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:The reflective towers of New York City, which is on the Atlantic migrating(迁徙的) route, can be deadly for birds.“We live in an age of glass,”said Ms. Laurel,an architect. (76) “It can be a perfect
3、mirror in certain lights, and the larger the glass, the more dangerous it is.”About 90,000 birds are killed by flying into buildings in the city each year. Often, they strike the lower levels of glass towers after searching for food in nearby parks. Such crashes are the second-leading cause of death
4、 for migrating birds, after habitat (栖息地) loss, with an estimated number of death ranging up to a billion a year.(77) As glass office and apartment towers have increased in the last decade, so, too have calls to makethem less deadly to birds. San Francisco adopted bird-safety standards for new build
5、ings in July. The United States Green Building Council, a nonprofit industry group that encourages the creation of environmentally conscious buildings, will introduce a bird-safety credit this fall as part of its environmental certification process.There are no easy fixes, however. A few researchers
6、 are exploring glass designs that use ultraviolet (紫外线的) signals, but they are still in their infancy. Covers, dot patterns, shades and nets are the main options available.Often, only one section of a building needs to be changed. “You dont necessarily have to treat every window,“ Ms. Laurel said. “
7、It would be too expensive to do the whole building.“ The Jacob IC Javits Convention Center, which has been undergoing alterations, is the most recent building to voluntarily correct the problem of bird crashes. The architects used less reflective glass and dot patterns.1. What is the main idea of th
8、e passage?A. New York is a city of glass towers.B. Glass towers are dangerous for migrating birds.C. New York adopted new safety standards for buildings.D. Glass towers are a new trend in the United States.2. What is the number one cause of death for migrating birds?A. Climate change. B. Habitat los
9、s.C. Lack of food. D. Crashing into buildings.3. What does the word“fixes”in the third paragraph probably mean?A. Choices. B. Explanations.C. Solutions. D. Developments.4. are used in the alteration of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.A. Dot patterns B. ShadesC. Nets D. Covers5. Which of the fo
10、llowing statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. In many cases, the whole building needs to be altered to prevent bird crashes.B. The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center is the first building to deal with the problem of bird crashes.C. About 90,000 birds are killed due to habitat loss in New Yor
11、k City each year.D. Unfortunately, glass designs that use ultraviolet signals are still in their early stages.Passage 2 Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:Todays students have grown up hearing more about Bill Gates than F. D. R., and they live in a world where amazing innovations (
12、革新) are common. The current 18-year-olds, after all, were 8 when Google was founded by two students at Stanford; Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook in 2004 while he was at Harvard and they were entering high school. Having grown up digital (数字的), they are impatient to get on with life.The easiest way
13、to fred kids like these is to check in on entrepreneurship (企业家才能 ) education, in which colleges and universities try to prepare their students to recognize opportunities and seize them.A report published last year by the Kauffman Foundation, which finances programs to promote innovation on campuses
14、, noted that more than 5,000 entrepreneurship programs are offered on two- and four-year campuses-up fromjust 250 courses in 1985. Lesa Mitchell, a Kauffman vice president, says that the foundation is extending the reach of its academic influence, which used to be found only inbusiness schools. Now,
15、 the concept of entrepreneurship is blooming in engineering programs and medical schools, and even in the liberal arts. “Our interest is inall the programs,” she says.“We need to spread out from the business school.”Either as class projects or on their own_, students in a variety of majors are comin
16、g up with ideas, writing business plans and seeing them through to prototype and, often, market. In their spare time, students in agricultural economics at Purdue invent new uses for bean; industrial design majors at Syracuse, in a special laboratory, create wearable technologies.(78) The entreprene
17、urship movement has its critics especially among those who see college as a time for extensive academic exploration. “I just dont think that entrepreneurship ranks so high in terms of national: need,”says Daniel S. Greenberg, author of Science for Sale: The Perils, Rewards and Delusions of Campus Ca
18、pitalism.Leonard A. Schlesinger, Babson Colleges president, says that the question of whether innovation can really be taught is“an age-old argument.”6. When Google and Facebook were established, the founders were still_.A. in high school B. in the armyC. in primary school D. at college7. According
19、to the passage, what is the main purpose of entrepreneurship education?A. To prepare students for future academic life.B. To prepare students to fred oppommities and seize them.C. To prepare students for overseas career.D. To prepare students to develop interpersonal skills.8. Theword“prototype” in
20、the fourth paragraph is most likely to mean _A. model B. strategy C. method D. stage9. What does Daniel S. Greenberg think of entrepreneurship education?A. Entrepreneurship, or at least certain elements of it, can be taught.B. An entrepreneurship program can help students find what they really like
21、and entrepreneurship isnt all about business.C. Entrepreneurship should be spread across different fields.D. Colleges shouldnt put too much emphasis on entrepreneurship programs.10. What is the main ideaof the passage?A. Entrepreneurship courses in business schools.B. Qualities of an entrepreneur.C.
22、 Entrepreneurship education in colleges.D. Kids in the information age.Passage 3 Questions 11 to 15 are based onthe following passage:Regret is as common an emotion as love or fear, and it can be nearly as powerful. So, in a new paper, two researchers set about trying to find out what the typical Am
23、erican regrets most. In telephone surveys, Neal Roese, a psychologist and professor of marketing at the School ofmanagement at Northwestern UniverSity, and Mike Morrison, a doctoral candidate in psychology at University of Illinois, asked 370 Americans, aged 19 to 103, to talk about their most notab
24、le regret. Participants were asked what the regret was, when it happened, whether it was a result of something they did or didnt do, and whether it was something that could still be fixed.The most commonly mentioned regrets involved romance (浪漫的事 ) (18%)lost loves or unfulfilled relationships. Famil
25、y regrets came in second (16%), with people still feeling badly about being unkind to their brothers or sisters in childhood. Other frequently reported regrets involved career (13%), education (12%), money (10%) and parenting (9%).Roese and Morrisons study, which is to be published in Social Psychol
26、ogical and Personality Science, is significant in that it surveyed a wide range of the American public, including people of all ages and socio-economic and educational backgrounds. Previous studies on regret have focused largely on college students, who predictably tend to have education-focused reg
27、rets, like wishing they had studied harder or a different major. The new survey shows that in the larger population, a persons “life circumstances accomplishments, shortcomings, situation in life- inject considerable fuel into the fires of regret,“ the authors write.(79) People with less education,
28、for instance, were more likely to report education regrets. People with higher levels of education had the most career regrets. And those with no romantic parmer tended to hold regrets regarding love.Broken down (分解、细分) by sex, more women (44%) than men (19%) had regrets about love and family not su
29、rprising, since women “value social relationships more than men,“ the authors write. In contrast, men (34%) weremore likely than women (27%) to mention work-related regrets, wishing theyd chosen a different career path, for instance, or followed their passion. (80) Many participants also reported wi
30、shing they had worked less to spend more time with their children.There was an even split between regrets about inaction (not doing something) and action (doing something you wish you didnt). But, like previous studies, the current research found that some regrets are more likely than others to pers
31、ist over time: people tend to hang on longer to the regret of inaction; meanwhile, regrets of action tend to be more recent.11. In the second paragraph, the author shows_.A. the researchers findings B. the importance of familyC. the importance of money D. the importance of career12. According to the
32、 passage, college student participants mainly had regrets about their_.A. family and childhood B. study and majorC. career and job D. romance and fear13. The word “notable“ in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to _.A. common B. capableC. wonderful D. remarkable14. Which of the following stat
33、ements is TRUE?A. The less education he or she has, the more regrets she or he would have.B. The more education he or she has, the less regrets she or he would have.C. More women than men had regrets about love and family.D. The regret of action seems to last longer than that of inaction.15. What is
34、 the main idea of this passage?A. How regret is understood by a typical American.B. Common regrets Americans have.C. Why regret is more important than love and hate.D. How regret has shaped Americans.Part Vocabulary and Structure (30%) Directions: In this part there are 30 incomplete sentences. For
35、each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then blacken the Corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.16. Mr Smith is coming to visit us soon. Wed better get everything ready before he_.A. arrives B. arrive C. will arrive D. arri
36、ved17. _ yesterday, you would have met Professor Jones. But now he has left for London.A. Did you come B. Had you comeC. Should you come D. Were you to come18. The man denied _ into the neighbors garden and _his cow.A. going. stealing B. going. stoleC. went. stealing D. went. stole19. Ted worked lik
37、e a horse in his youth, _ contributed to his great success later as a businessman.A. that B. who C. what D. which20. A few hours ago, a small suitcase with some important papers _ stolen from the general managers office.A. is B. are C. were D. was21. _ on the New World, he felt like crying.A. Land B
38、. Landed C. To land D. Having landed22. Visit our store. Nowhere else _ such good bargains.A. you find B. find you C. do you find D. you do find23. After _ seemed an endless wait, it was his mm to go into the doctors office.A. this B. that C. which D. what24. Ever since the Smiths moved to the lake
39、area a year ago, they _ better health.A. could have enjoyed B. had enjoyedC. have been enjoying D. are enjoying25. The boss doesnt want to talk about the accident; now he is in no _ to do so.A. feeling B. attitude C. emotion D. mood26. I cant understand why you regard it as music. It _ me mad!A. put
40、s B. sets C. drives D. changes27. Yesterday Mr Blake was caught in the rain and got wet through, _he caught a bad cold.A. Consequently B. Finally C. Lately D. Strangely28. William likes to eat out, but he is not _ about what he eats.A. peculiar B. unusual C. particular D. special29. Their house stan
41、ds at a hilltop, _ the Hudson River down below.A. seeing B. viewing C. looking at D. overlooking30. I cant understand why my boss is always _ fault with my work.A. finding B. seeking C. looking D. making31. This is the same knife _ I lost yesterday.A. which B. what C. like D. as32. -When will you be
42、 back?-I11 be back _ a couple of days.A. after B. for C. about D. in33. We hear that they will _ a new school here.A. set down B. set up C. set off D. set out34. He will never forget the days _ he spent in Japan.A. when B. after C. that D. how35. Interestingly enough, the two brothers have nothing i
43、n_.A. ordinary B. common C. general D. particular36. The scientists are trying to fred out the facts to _ their theory.A. support B. carry C. design D. raise37. The performance of the English team was _ They played much worse than expected.A. disappoint B. disappointing C. disappointed D. to disappo
44、int38. You are welcome to order the goods now. But payment should be made_.A. for advance B. from advance C. in advance D. to advance39. Speak louder so that you can make yourself_.A. heard B. to hear C. hearing D. have been heard40. Now it wont be long before we meet again, _?A. will it B. do we C.
45、 wont we D. does it41. Americans eat _ vegetables per person today as they did in the 1960s.A. more than twice B. as twice manyC. twice as many D. more than twice as many42. I was so familiar with her that I recognized her voice _ I picked up the phone.A. the moment B. since C. before D. while43. Th
46、e education of _ young is always _ hot and serious topic.A./, / B. the, a C./, the D. the, the44. Dad wondered where Id been, and I _ a story about being at Grandmas.A. made out B. made up C. looked out D. looked up45. Your sister doesnt study as _ as you do.A. hard B. hardly C. harder D. hardestPar
47、t III Identification (10%) Directions: Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked A, B, C and D. Identify the one that is not correct. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. 46. No sooner had they entered the room when the telephone rang.A B C D47, As a graduate from high school, Tom is faced with three choices: attending college,A B Cfinding a job or the army.D48. Those freshmen hope to offer some part-time jobs to support themselves financially.A B C D49. It was his nervousness in the interview what probably caused him to lose the job.A
