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Therearethreepassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandblackenthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet。
Passage1
Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:
ThereflectivetowersofNewYorkCity,whichisontheAtlanticmigrating(迁徙的)route,canbedeadlyforbirds.“Weliveinanageofglass,”saidMs.Laurel,anarchitect。
(76)“Itcanbeaperfectmirrorincertainlights,andthelargertheglass,themoredangerousitis。
”About90,000birdsarekilledbyflyingintobuildinginthecityeachyear.Often,theystrikethelowerlevelsofglasstowersaftersearchingforfoodinnearbyparks.Suchcrashesarethesecond-leadingcauseofdeathformigratingbirds,afterhabitat(栖息地)loss,withanestimatednumberofdeathranginguptoabillionayear。
(77)Asglassofficeandapartmenttowershaveincreasedinthelastdecade,so,too,havecallstomakethemlessdeadlytobirds.SanFranciscoadoptedbird-safetystandardfornewbuildinginJuly.TheUnitedStatesGreenBuildingCouncil,anonprofitindustrygroupthatencouragesthecreationofenvironmentallyconsciousbuildings,willintroduceabird-safetycreditthisaspartofitsenvironmentalcertificationprocess。
Therearenoeasyfixes,however.Afewresearchersareexploringglassdesignsthatuseultraviolet(紫外线的)signals,buttheyarestillintheirinfancy.Covers,dotpatterns,shadesandnetarethemainoptionsavailable。
Often,onlyonesectionofabuildingneedstobechanged.“Youdon’tnecessarilyhavetotreateverywindow,”Ms.Laurelsaid.“Itwouldbetooexpensivetodothewholebuilding。
”TheJacobConventionCenter,whichhasbeenundergoingalterations,isthemostrecentbuildingtovoluntarilycorrecttheproblemofbirdcrashes.Thearchitectsusedlessreflectiveglassanddotpatterns。
1.
Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?
A.NewYorkisacityofglasstowers。
B.Glasstoweraredangerousformigratingbirds。
C.NewYorkadoptednewsafetystandardsforbuildings。
D.GlasstowersareanewtrendintheUnitedStates。
2.Whatisthenumberonecauseofdeathformigratingbirds?
A.Climatechange
B.Habitatloss
C.Lackoffood
D.Crashingintobuildings。
3.Whatdoestheword“fixes”inthethirdparagraphprobablymean?
A.Choices
B.Explanations
C.Solutions
D.Developments
4._____areusedinthealterationoftheJacobK.JavitsConventionCenter。
A.Dotpatterns
B.Shades
C.Nets
D.Covers
5.WhichofthefowlingstatementsisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?
A.Inmanycases,thewholebuildingneedstobealteredtopreventbirdcrashes。
B.TheJacobK.JavitsConventionCenteristhefirstbuildingtodealwiththeproblemofbirdcrashes。
C.About90,000birdsarekilledduetohabitatlossinNewYorkCityeachyear。
D.Unfortunately,glassdesignsthatuseultravioletsignalsarestillintheirearlystages。
Passage2
Question6to10arebasedonthefowlingpassage:
Today’sstudentshavegrownuphearingmoreaboutBillGatesthanF.D.R.,andtheyliveinaworldwhereamazinginnovations(革新)arecommon.Thecurrent18-year-olds,afterall,were8whenGooglewasfoundedbytwostudentsatStanford;
MarkZuckerbergfoundedFacebookin2004whilehewasHarvardandtheywereenteringhighschool.Havinggrownupdigital(数字的),theyareimpatienttogetonwithlife。
Theeasiestwaytofindkidsliketheseistocheckinonentrepreneurship(企业家才能)education,inwhichcollegesanduniversitiestrytopreparetheirstudentstorecognizeopportunitiesandseizethem。
AreportpublishedlastyearbytheKauffmanFoundation,whichfinancesprogramstopromoteinnovationoncampuses,notedthatmorethan50,000entrepreneurshipprogramsareofferedontwo-andfour-yearcampuses—upfromjust250coursesin1985.LesaMitchell,aKauffmanvicepresident,saysthatthefoundationisextendingthereachofitsacademicinfluence,whichusedtobefoundonlyinbusinessschools.Now,theconceptofentrepreneurshipisbloominginengineeringprogramsandmedicalschool,andevenintheliberalarts.“Ourinterestistheprograms,”shesays.“Weneedtospreadoutfromthebusinessschool。
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Eitherasclassprojectsorontheirown,studentsinavarietyofmajorsarecomingupwithideas,writingbusinessplansandseeingthemthroughtoprototypeand,often,market.Intheirsparetime,studentsinagriculturaleconomicsatPurdueinventnewusesforbean;
industrialdesignmajorsatSyracuse,inspeciallaboratory,createwearabletechnologies。
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