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北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试真题和答案

北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试

2014年11月

PartIReadingComprehension（30%）

Directions:

Therearethreepassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinished

statements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Youshoulddecideonthebest

choiceandblackenthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.

Passage1

Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

JardenZinc（锌）Products,alargezincplantafewmilesoutsideGreeneville,Tennessee，hasaspecialclaim.

Since1982,ithasbeentheonlysupplierofpennyblanksforthe.Mint（铸币厂）.It’sagoodbusinessfor

Jarden-since2000，thecompanyhasearnedmorethan﹩800million.Butitmaynotbeagooddealforthe.

（76）Thevalueofthepennyhasbeendroppingforyears.In2006,itbegantocostmorethanapennyto

makeapenny.Itnowcosts2￠toproducea1￠coin.Manycountrieshavestoppedusingpennies.Isittimefor

the.todothesame?

Jardenandthezincindustryarefightingtokeepthepenny.Since2006,Jardenhasgiven﹩millionto

AmericansforCommonCents（ACC）.Thegroup’smissionistokeepthepennyinuse.MarkWellerisACC’s

executivedirector.Hearguesthattherearethreemainreasonsforkeepingthepenny:

Withoutit,wewould

becomemorereliantonthefive-centcoin,whichalsohasproblems;charities（慈善机构）thatdependonpenny

driveswouldnotbeabletoraiseasmuchmoney;anda2012surveyshowsthat67%ofAmericanswantto

keepthepenny.（77）Manypeoplesurveyedsaidtheyfearedtheywouldenduppayingmoreforproducts.

ManyexpertsdisagreewithACC,Theypointtothedozensofcountriesthathavegottenridoftheir

lowest-valuecoinswithoutraisingpricesforconsumers.Andcharitiesdon’tseemtooconcernedeither.

PresidentBarackObamasaysthemintcouldexploreusingcheapermetalstomakepennies.Steelisless

expensivethanzinc.Penniesare%zincand%copper.Butnomatterwhatitismadeof,thepenny’s

daysmaybenumbered.Mostin-storepurchasesarenowmadewithcreditcards,notcash.Isittimefora

change?

1、whatisthemainideaofthepassage?

A.Manycountriesaretryingtoreducethecostofmakingcoins.

B.Thesedaysapennymadeisapennywasted.

C.Thereisdisagreementoverwhetherthe.shouldstopusingpennies.

D.Manycountrieshavestoppedusingpennies.

2、ThemissionofACCisto_______.

A.conductonlinesurveys

B.lowertheproductioncostsofthepenny

C.raisemoneyforcharities

D.keepthepennyinuse

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3、Thepennycoinismainlymadeof＿＿＿＿

A.copper

B.steel

C.iron

D.zinc

4、Whatdoesthesentence“thepenny’sdaysmaybenumbered”inthelastparagraphprobablymean?

A．Thepennymaybeoutofuseverysoon.

B．Thevalueofthepennymayrise.

C．ThepennyhasaspecialplaceinAmericanhistory.

D．ThepennyispartofAmericanculture.

5、Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTTRUE?

A．Jardenisthesolesupplierofthezincthe.Mintusestomakethepenny.

B．ThemajorityofAmericanpeopleareinfavorofkeepingthepenny.

C．ManyAmericansfearthatgettingridofthepennywouldcausepricestorise.

D.The.Mintnowspendscentstomakeapenny.

Passage2

Questions6to10arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

CharlesDickenswasbornin1812inPortsmouth，England.Hewasthesecondofeightchildren.Hisfather

alwayshadproblemswithmoney.WhenCharleswas12yearsold,hisfatherwenttoprisonbecausehewasin

debt.Charleshadtoleaveschooltohelphisfamily.Hegotajobinadirty,oldfactory.CharlesDickensnever

forgothisdifficultchildhood.Manyofhisstoriesandbookswereaboutpoorpeopleandtheirproblems.

（78）Later,Charleswentbacktoschoolfortwomoreyears.Heleftschoolwhenhewas15yearsoldto

becomeanewspaperreporter.In1836,hebegantowriteThePickwickPapers.Itwaspublishedasaseriesand

wasahugesuccess.Byage24,DickenswasaprominentwriterinbothGreatBritainandtheUnitedStates.

Manypeopleboughthisbooks,buttheyalsopaidtohearhimreadhisstoriesaloud.Becausetherewasno

radioortelevision,peoplelikedtohearfamouswritersreadinpublic.Dickensreadhisworkslikehewas

actinginaplay.Hewentonverysuccessfulreadingtoursandearnedalotofmoney.

Dickenswasmeticulous（过分注意琐事的）.Everythinghadtobejustright.Whenheworkedathome,

everythinghadtobeinitsplace.Heworkedatadeskbyawindowthatalwayshadavase（花瓶）offlowers

andthesameornaments（装饰物）onit.（79）Hewrote2,000wordsadayandherequiredcompletequietwhile

hewrote.Hedividedhispageintothreeparts,andoneachsidehehadnotesindifficultcolors.Themain

writingwasinmiddle,thestorynoteswereintherightmargin,andthechapternoteswereintheleftmargin.

Healsocaredalotabouthisappearance.

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