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全国自学考试英语阅读一真题

全国2009年7月高等教育自学考试

英语阅读

（一）试题

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00595

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I.CarefulReading.（40points,2pointsforeach）

Directions:

Readthefollowingpassagescarefully.DecideonthebestanswersandthenwritethecorrespondinglettersonyourAnswerSheet.

PassageOne

Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

By1970,accordingtoaWorldWildlifeFundreport,onlyabout4,500tigerssurvivedthroughouttheworld—halfoftheminIndia.Mr.Foresters,whofollowedandcountedtigerfootprints,estimatedthatinMay1972onlyabout1,800tigersexistedinIndia.ProjectTigersupportedbyW.W.F.wasimmediatelylaunched.Ninetigerreserveswerecreated,witharmedguardsprotectingthem.

TheprojectprovidedopportunitiesforresearchersfromIndiaandabroadtostudytigersinthereservesandgatherpreviouslyunavailableinformationabouttheirhabits.Studiesshowthatamaletigermaycontrolahuntingterritoryofbetween10and20sq.kilometers,dependingonitsage,sizeandstrength.Theterritoryofamaleincludesthesmallerterritoriesofthreeorfourtigresses.Atigermarkstheboundariesofitsterritorybysprayingurineandotherbodilyliquidsonbushes.Butittriestoavoidterritorialfights,beingguidedbythedistinctivebodysmellofothertigers.Tigersfighttodeathonlywhenatigressisdefendingheryoungbaby,orwhenatigerisguardingatigressfromtheattentionofothermales.

Thepopularimageofthetigeristhatofamercilessandunconquerablehunter.Butstudiesshowthatitcatchesonlyoneof20victimsittriestoattack.

FearshaverecentlydevelopedthatProjectTigerhasbeentoosuccessful.Ithasenabledthetigerpopulationtodouble（bymid-80s）butIndia'shumanpopulationhasalsogrownoutofcontrol.Currentlyitis750millionandlikelytobe900millionbytheendofthecentury.Landproblemisbecomingseriousandmanyruralpeoplefeelbitteraboutthefactthatsomerichforestsarereservedfortigers.Agrowingnumberofattacksbytigersonmanhaveaddedtothehostility.

1.TheultimateaimofProjectTigeristo______.

A.protecttigersfrombeingkilled

B.studythegrowthrateoftigers

C.promotethebreedingofyoungtigers

D.analyzethebehavioralpatternsoftigers

2.Studieshaveshownthat______.

A.atigressneverattacksuntilattacked

B.thetigressisnotasfierceasthetiger

C.thetigerisnotanefficienthunterasiscommonlydescribed

D.atigerusuallyfightsanothertigertodefenditsownterritory

3.Accordingtothepassage,atiger'sterritory______.

A.remainsunchangedB.isoftendefendedbytigresses

C.isthecauseofmostfightsD.expandsasthetigergrowsup

4.SomepeopleareafraidthatProjectTiger______.

A.hasfailedtoachieveitsgoalB.hasnotreceivedenoughattention

C.hasbeencarriedtoofarD.isnotworththemoneyspentonit

5.Theauthorseemsto______.

A.haveamatter-of-factattitudetowardsProjectTiger

B.beenthusiasticaboutProjectTiger

C.haveahostileattitudetowardsProjectTiger

D.besatisfiedwithProjectTiger

PassageTwo

Questions6to10arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

CentralPark,emergingfromaperiodofabuseandneglect,remainsoneofthemostpopularattractionsinNewYorkCity,withhalfamillionout-of-townersamongthemorethan3millionpeoplewhovisittheparkyearly.About15millionindividualvisitsaremadeeachyear.

Summeristheseasonforsoftball,concertsandShakespeare;fallissunning;winteriswonderfulforsledding,skatingandskiing;andspringtimeistheloveliestofall.Itwasallplannedthatway.

About130yearsagoFredericOlmstedandhiscollaboratorCalvertVauxsubmittedtheirlandscapingplanforarectangularparceltwomilesnorthofthetown'scenter.Thebarrenswampwasreportedas“aspotwheremiasmic（瘴气的）odorspolluteeverybreathofair."Ittook16yearsforworkerswithpickaxeandshovelstomove5millioncubicfeetofearthandrock,andtoplanthalfamilliontreesandshrubs,makingatributetonature—aromantic19th-centuryperceptionofnature.

WhatexiststodayisessentiallyOlmstedandVaux'splan,withmoretrees,buildingsandroads.LandscapearchitectsstillspeakreverentlyofOlmsted'sgeniusandforesight,andthesensitivevisitorcanseetheeffectshesought.

6.Thepassageismainlyconcernedwith______.

A.thelivesofOlmstedandVaux

B.NewYorkCity'stouristindustry

C.examplesofnineteenth-centuryartinNewYorkCity

D.thedevelopmentofCentralPark

7.Accordingtothepassage,______istheprettiesttimeofayearinCentralPark.

A.winterB.spring

C.summerD.fall

8.Itcanbeinferredthatthe“rectangularparcel"mentionedinthethirdparagraphis______.

A.thesiteofCentralPark

B.agiftpresentedtoNewYork

C.askyscraperin