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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