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北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试模拟试题(5)
I.ReadingComprehension
Directions:
Thereare3passagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.Foreachofthemthereare4choicesmarkedA,B,CandD.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.
Passage1
Educationisnotanend,butameanstoanend.Inotherwords,wedonoteducatedchildrenonlyfortheaimofeducatingthem.Ourpurposeistofitthemforlife.Lifeisvaried;soiseducation.
Insomecountrieswithadvancedindustries,theyhavefreeeducationforall.Underthissystem,people,nomatterrichorpoor,cleverorfoolish,haveachancetobeeducatedatuniversitiesorcolleges.Byfreeeducationforalltheyareexpectedtobeabletosolvealltheproblemsofasocietyandbuildaperfectnation.Butwecanalreadyseethatfreeeducationforallisnotenough.Wefindinsuchcountriesafarlargernumberofpeoplewithuniversitydegreethantherearejobsforthemtofill.Asaresult,theyrefusetodowhattheythinkis“low”work.Infact,toworkwithone’shandsisthoughttobedirtyandshamefulinsuchcountries.
But,istheworkofacompletelyuneducatedfarmerasimportantasthatofaprofessor?
Wecanlivewithouteducation,butweshoulddieifnoneofusgrewcrops.Ontheotherhand,ifallthefarmerswerecompletelyuneducated,theirproductionwouldremainlow.Asthepopulationgrowslargerandlargerinthemodernworld,wewoulddieifwedidnothaveenoughfood.
1.Whatdoestheauthormeantotellusinthisarticle?
A.Theimportanceoffreeeducationforallinoursociety.
B.Everyoneshouldbeeducatedsoastodovariousjobs.
C.Theadvantagesanddisadvantagesoffreeeducation.
D.Educationshouldfitpeopletovariedlife.
2.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?
A.Noteveryoneneedstobeeducatedtodohisjobwell.
B.Freeeducationforallhasmoredisadvantagesthanadvantagesforthepeopleandsociety.
C.Apropereducationsystemismoreimportantthaneducationitself.
D.Educationissoimportantthatpeoplecan’tlivewithoutit.
3.WhichisNOTtheresultoffreeeducation?
A.Themoredegreespeopleget,thefewerjobstheycanfind.
B.Peoplewithdegreesoftenconsiderthemselvessuperiortoothersdoingmanualwork.
C.Peoplewithbettereducationoftenrefusetodophysicalwork.
D.Somepeoplewithdegreescan’tfindjobstheywant.
4.Whatdoestheexpression“lowwork”meaninthepassage?
A.workwithlowpay B.workthatislessattractive
C.workthatneedsmanuallabor D.workwithlessimportance
5.Whatcanbeinferredfromthepassage?
A.Thepurposeofeducationistomakepeopleintelligentcitizens.
B.Thosewhochooseajobaccordingtohisabilitycancontributetothesociety.
C.Thesystemoffreeeducationforalldoesn’tworkinadvancedcountries.
D.Uneducatedfarmerareasimportantasprofessorsinmodernsociety.
Passage2
Thescienceofmeteorology(气象学)isconcernedwiththestudyofthestructure,state,andbehavioroftheatmosphere.Thesubjectmaybeapproachedfromanyvantage(优势)point.Differentviewsmustbecombinedtogiveperspectivetothewholepicture.
Onemayconsidertheconditionoftheatmosphereatagivenmomentandattempttopredictchangesfromthatconditionoveraperiodofafewhourstoafewdaysahead.Thisapproachiscoveredbythebranchofthesciencecalledsynoptic(概要的)meteorology.
Synopticmeteorologyisthescientificbasisofthetechniqueofweatherforecastingbymeansofthepreparationandanalysisofweathermapsandmeteorologicaldiagrams.Inservingtheneedsofshipping,aviation(航空),agriculture,industry,andprofessionalforecastadvice,greatbenefitsareobtainedintheformofthesavingofhumanlivesandpropertyandineconomicadvantagesofvariouskinds.Oneimportantpurposeofthescienceofmeteorologyisconstantlytomakegreatefforts,throughstudyandresearch,toincreaseourknowledgeoftheatmospherewiththeaimofimprovingtheaccuracyofweatherforecasts.
Thetoolsneededtoadvanceourknowledgeinthiswayaredisciplinesofmathematicsandphysicsappliedtosolvemeteorologicalproblems.Theuseofthesetoolsformsthatbranchofthesciencecalleddynamic(动力的)meteorology.
6.Whichofthefollowingcouldbethebesttitleforthepassage?
A.LimitationofMeteorologicalForecasting
B.NewAdvancesinSynopticMeteorology
C.ApproachestotheScienceofMeteorology
D.TheBasicofDynamicMeteorology
7.Thepredictionsofsynopticmeteorologistsaredirectlybasedonthe_______.
A.applicationofthephysicalscience
B.preparationandstudyofweathermaps
C.anticipatedneedsofindustry
D.observationsofcommercialairlinepilots
8.Theauthorimpliesthatincreasedaccurac