261997北京地区成人学位英语考试试题.docx

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261997北京地区成人学位英语考试试题

北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试

1997年

PartIReadingComprehension（40%）

Directions:

Therearethreepassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Youshoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheanswersheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

Passage1

Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

Howoftenonehearschildrenwishingtheyweregrownup,andoldpeoplewishingtheywereyoungagain.Eachagehasitspleasuresanditspains,andthehappiestpersonistheonewhoenjoyswhateachagegiveshimwithoutwastinghistimeinuselessregrets.

Childhoodisatimewhentherearefewresponsibilitiestomakelifedifficult.Ifachildhasgoodparents,heisfed,lookedafterandloved,whateverhemaydo.Itisimpossiblethathewilleveragaininhislifebegivensomuchwithouthavingtodoanythinginreturn.inaddition,lifeisalwayspresentingnewthingstothechild-thingsthathavelosttheirinterestforolderpeoplebecausetheyaretoowell-known.Butachildhashispains:

heisnotsofreetodowhathewishestodo;heiscontinuallybeingtoldnottodothings,orbeingpunishedforwhathehasdonewrong.

Whentheyoungmanstartstoearnhisownliving,hecannolongerexpectotherstopayforhisfood,hisclothes,andhisroom,buthastoworkifhewantstolivecomfortably.Ifhespendsmostofhistimeplayingaboutinthewaythatheusedtoasachild,hewillgohungry.Andifhebreaksthelawsofsocietyasheusedtobreakthelawsofhisparents,hemaygotoprison.Ifhowever,heworkshard,keepsoutoftroubleandhasgoodhealth,hecanhavethegreathappinessofbuildingupforhimselfhisownpositioninsociety.

1.AccordingtoParagraph2,thewriterthinksthat（lifeforachildiscomparativelyeasy）.

2.Afterachildgrowsup,he（shouldbeabletotakecareofhimself）.

3.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?

（Peopleareoftensatisfiedwiththeirlife.）

4.Themainideaofthepassageisthat（oneisthehappiestifhecanmakegooduseofeachageinhislife）.

5.Theparagraphfollowingthepassagewillmostprobablydiscuss（joysandpainsofoldpeople）.

Passage2

Questions6to10arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

Everycountrytendstoacceptitsownwayoflifeasbeingthenormaloneandtopraiseorcriticizeothersastheyaresimilartoordifferentfromit.Andunfortunately,ourpictureofthepeopleandthewayoflifeofothercountriesisoftenadistorted（曲折）one.

Hereisagreatargumentinfavorofforeigntravelandlearningforeignlanguage.Itisonlybytravelingin,orlivinginacountryandgettingtoknowitsinhabitantsandtheirlanguagethatonecanfindoutwhatacountryanditspeoplearereallylike.Andhowdifferenttheknowledgeonegainsthiswayfrequentlyturnsouttobefromthesecond-handinformationgatheredfromothersources!

Howoftenwefindthattheforeignerswhomwethoughttobesuchdifferentpeoplefromourselvesarenotverydifferentafterall!

Differencesbetweenpeoplesdo,ofcourse,existand,onehopes,willalwayscontinuetodoso.Theworldwillbeadullplaceindeedwhenallthedifferentnationalitiesbehaveexactlyalike,andsomepeoplemightsaythatwearerapidlyapproachingthisstateofaffairs.Withthemuchgreaterrapidityandeaseoftravel,theremightseemtobesometruthinthisatleastasfarasEuropeisconcerned.Howeverthismaybe,atleastthegreatereaseoftraveltodayhasrevealedtomorepeoplethaneverbeforethattheEnglishmanorFrenchmanorGermanisnotsomedifferentkindofanimalfromthemselves.

6.Everycountrycriticizeswaysoflifeinothercountriesbecausetheyare（differentfromitsown）.

7.Onewhotravelsinaforeigncountryandlearnsitslanguagewill（knowthecountryanditspeoplebetter）.

8.Theknowledgeonegainsbytravelinginaforeigncountryisoften（differentfromwhatonehadbeforethetravel）.

9.Differencesbetweenpeoples（willgraduallydisappearbecauseofeaseoftravel）.

10.“However”（Line6,Para3）mostprobablymeant（Nomatterwhat）.

Passage3

Questions11to15arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

WearrangedthatKissingerwouldflytoVietnamfortalksearlyinJulyandthenstopinPakistanonthewayback.Therehewoulddevelopastomachachethatwouldrequirehimtostayinbedandnotbeseenbythepress.Then,withPresidentYahya’scooperationhewouldbetakentoanairportwhereaPakistaniplaneandwouldflyhimoverthemountainstoChina.

Kissinger’stripwasgiventhecode（密码）namePoloafterMarcoPolo,anotherWesterntravelerwhomadehistorybyjourneyingtoChina.Everythingwentwithoutahitch.HisslightillnessinIslamabadreceivedonlyminorattentionfromreporterscoveringhim.Theyacceptedthestorythathewouldbeconfinedtobedforatleastacoupleofdaysandbeganmakingarrangementsfortheirownentertainment.

BecauseoftheneedforcompletesecrecyandthelackofanydirectcommunicationfacilitiesbetweenBeijingandWashington,IknewthatwewouldhavenowordfromKissingerwhilehewasinChina.EvenafterhehadreturnedtoPakistanitwouldstillbeimportanttomaintainsecrecy.SobeforeKissingerleft,weagreedonasinglecodeword–Eureka–whichhewoulduseifhismissionweresuccessful.

OnJuly11,AlHaig,whoknewourcodeword,phonedmetosaythatacablefromKissingerhadarrived.

“What’smessage?

”Iasked.

“Eureda,”hereplied.

11.KissingerstoppedinPakistanbecause（hehadasecretmissiontoperformthere）.

12.ThereportersinIslamabadbelievedthat（Kissingerwasnotfeelingwell）.

13.Thestatement“everythingwentwithoutahitch:

（Para.2）mostprobablymeansthat（thingswentsmoothly）

14.TherewasnonewsfromKissingerwhilehewasinBeijing,chieflybecause（histriphadtobekeptsecret）.

15.ThepassageimpliesthatKissinger’smessage“Eureka”wassent（whenthenegotiationwascompletedinBeijing）.

Passage4

Questions16to20arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

NocountryintheworldhasmoredailynewspapersthantheUSA.Therearealmost2,000ofthem,ascomparedwith180inJapan,164inArgentinaand111inBritain.ThequalityofsomeAmericanpapersisextremelyhighandtheirviewsarequotedallovertheworld.DistinguisheddailiesliketheWashingtonPostortheNewYorkTimeshaveapowerfulinfluencealloverthecountry.HowevertheTimesarenotnationalnewspapersinthesensethatTheTimesisinBritainorLeMondeisinFrance,sinceeachAmericancityhasitsowndailynewspaper.Thebestofthesepresentdetailedaccountsofnationalandinternationalnews,butmanytendtolimitthemselvestostateorcitynew.

Likethepressinmostothercountries,Americannewspapersrangefromthe“sensational”,whichfeaturecrime,sexandrumor,totheserious,whichfocusonfactualnewsandtheanalysisofworldevents.ButwithfewexceptionsAmericannewspaperstrytoentertainaswellasgiveinformation,fortheyhavetocompetewithtelevision.

JustasAmericannewspapersgivewaytoalltastes,sodotheyalsotryandapplytoreadersforallpoliticalpersuasions.Afewnewspaperssupportextremis（过激分子）groupsonthefarrightandonthefarleft,butmostdailynewspapersattempttoattractmiddle-of–the-roadAmericanswhoareessentiallymoderate.Manyofthesepapersprintcolumnsbywell-knownjournalistsofdifferentpoliticalandsocialviews,inordertopresentabalancedpicture.

AsinotherdemocraticcountriesAmericannewspaperscanbeeitherresponsibleorirresponsible,butitisgenerallyacceptedthattheAmericanpressservesitscountrywellandthatithasmorethanoncebravelyuncoveredpoliticalscandals（丑闻）orcrimes,forinstance,theWatergateAffair.ThenewspapersdrewtheattentionofthepublictothefearsoftheVietnamWar.

16.Therearefewernationnewspapersin（BritainthanintheUSA）.

17.MostAmericannewspaperstrytoentertaintheirreadersbecause（theyhavetocompetewithtelevision）.

18.ManyAmericannewspapersattractreadersofdifferentpoliticaltendencyby（printingarticlesrepresentingdifferentpoliticalviewpoints）.

19.Inthispassage,theword“press”（Pare.2）means（newspapers）.

20.Thepassageismainlyabout（thecharacteristicsofAmericannewspapers）.

PartIIVocabularyandStructure（40%）

Directions:

Inthispart,thereare40incompletesentences.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.ChoosetheONEanswerthatbestcompletesthesentences.Thenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheanswersheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

21.Itisreportedthata（n）（series）ofaccidentshasoccurredatthatcrossroads.

22.IfsomeoneisintheUnitedStatesforgood,itmeansheisthere（permanently）.

23.Pleaseletushavemoretime,（willyou）.

24.Thereisnohurry.Youcantakeyourtime（doing）thoseexercises.

25.HespokeEnglishsowellthatItookit（forgranted）thathewasanAmerican.

26.（Justas）weneedairandwater,soweneedcriticismandself-criticism.

27.Childrenarealwayscurious（about）everythingtheysee.

28.Anyone,richorpoor,oldoryoung,sickor（well）canfollowafavoritehobby.

29.It’sdesiredthatshe（come）toteachusatleasttwiceaweek.

30.（Shouldtheycometous）,Ishouldaskthemsomequestions.

31.In1990hecaughtaseriousillnessfrom（whose）effectshestillsuffer.

32.Hefound（itnecessarytolet）everybodyknowwhathadhappened.

33.Theinterviewershouldtakedownnotesatthemomenttheperson（beinginterviewed）answersthequestions.

34.“Car17wontherace.”

“Yes,