成人本科学士学位英语统一真题考试1411.docx

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成人本科学士学位英语统一真题考试1411

北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试

2014年11月1日

上午9:

00——11:

00

2014年11月北京地区成人英语三级真题试卷

PartIReadingComprehension（30%）Directions:

Therearethreepassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandblackenthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.

PartIIVocabularyandStructure（30%）Directions:

Inthispartthereare30incompletesentences.ForeachsentencetherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.ChoosetheONEanswerthatbestcompletesthesentence.ThenblackentheCorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.

PartIIIIdentification（10%）Directions:

EachofthefollowingsentenceshasfourunderlinedpartsmarkedA,B,CandD.Identifytheonethatisnotcorrect.ThenblackenthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.

PartIVCloze（10%）Directions:

Thereare20blanksinthefollowingpassage,andforeachblankthereare4choicesmarkedA,B,CandDattheendofthepassage.YoushouldchooseONEanswerthatbestfitsintothepassage.ThenblackenthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.

PartVTranslation（20%）

SectionADirections:

InthisparttherearefivesentenceswhichyoushouldtranslateintoChinese.Thesesentencesarealltakenfromthe3passagesyouhavejustreadinReadingComprehension.Youcanreferbacktothepassagestoidentifytheirmeaningsinthecontext.

SectionBDirections:

InthisparttherearefivesentencesinChinese.YoushouldtranslatethemintoEnglish.Besuretowriteclearly.

PartIReadingComprehension（30%）

Directions:

Therearethreepassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandblackenthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.

Passage1

Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

JardenZinc（锌）Products,alargezincplantafewmilesoutsideGreeneville,Tennessee,hasaspecialclaim.Since1982,ithasbeentheonlysupplierofpennyblanksfortheU.S.Mint（铸币厂）.It'sagoodbusinessforJarden-since2000,thecompanyhasearnedmorethan$800million.ButitmaynotbeagooddealfortheU.S.

（76）Thevalueofthepennyhasbeendroppingforyears.In2006,itbegantocostmorethanapennytomakeapenny.Itnowcosts2Ctoproducea1Ccoin.Manycountrieshavestoppedusingpennies.IsittimefortheU.S.todothesame?

Jardenandthezincindustryarefightingtokeepthepenny.Since2006,Jardenhasgiven$1.2milliontoAmericansforCommonCents（ACC）.Thegroup'smissionistokeepthepennyinuse.MarkWellerisACC'sexecutivedirector.Hearguesthattherearethreemainreasonsforkeepingthepenny:

Withoutit,wewouldbecomemorereliantonthefive-centcoin,whichalsohasproblems;charities（慈善机构）thatdependonpennydriveswouldnotbeabletoraiseasmuchmoney;anda2012surveyshowsthat67%ofAmericanswanttokeepthepenny.（77）Manypeoplesurveyedsaidtheyfearedtheywouldenduppayingmoreforproducts.

ManyexpertsdisagreewithACC.Theypointtothedozensofcountriesthathavegottenridoftheirlowest-valuecoinswithoutraisingpricesforconsumers.Andcharitiesdon'tseemtooconcernedeither.

PresidentBarackObamasaysthemintcouldexploreusingcheapermetalstomakepennies.Steelislessexpensivethanzinc.Penniesare97.5%zincand2.5%copper.Butnomatterwhatitismadeof,thepenny'sdaysmaybenumbered.Mostin-storepurchasesarenowmadewithcreditcards,notcash.Isittimeforachange?

1.whatisthemainideaofthepassage?

本文的主旨是什么？

A.Manycountriesaretryingtoreducethecostofmakingcoins.

许多国家正在试图减少制造硬币的成本。

B.Thesedaysapennymadeisapennywasted.

现在造一分钱就是浪费一分钱

C.ThereisdisagreementoverwhethertheU.S.shouldstopusingpennies.

人们对美国是否应该停止使用硬币未达成一致。

D.Manycountrieshavestoppedusingpennies.

许多国家已经停止使用硬币了。

2.ThemissionofACCisto______.

ACC的使命是为了

A.conductonlinesurveys做一些在线调查

B.lowertheproductioncostsofthepenny降低一分硬币的生产成本

C.raisemoneyforcharities募集资金用于慈善

D.keepthepennyinuse保持使用一分硬币

3.Thepennycoinismainlymadeof_____.

一美分的硬币主要是由。

。

。

做的。

A.copper铜B.steel钢铁C.iron铁D.zinc锌

4.Whatdoesthesentence"thepenny'sdaysmaybenumbered时日无多的"inthelastparagraphprobablymean?

最后一段的句子“thepenny'sdaysmaybenumbered”可能是什么意思？

A.Thepennymaybeoutofuseverysoon.很快一分钱可能会停止使用

B.Thevalueofthepennymayrise.一分钱硬币的价值可能会上涨。

C.ThepennyhasaspecialplaceinAmericanhistory.在美国历史上一分硬币有一个特别的地方。

D.ThepennyispartofAmericanculture.一分硬币是美国文化的一部分。

5.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTTRUE?

根据本文的说法，下面哪个说法不是真的？

A.JardenisthesolesupplierofthezinctheU.S.Mintusestomakethepenny.

Jarden是美国铸币厂用于做一分硬币唯一的锌提供商

B.ThemajorityofAmericanpeopleareinfavorofkeepingthepenny.

大多数美国人赞同保持一分硬币

C.ManyAmericansfearthatgettingridofthepennywouldcausepricestorise.

许多美国人担心排除一分硬币可能导致价格上涨。

D.TheU.S.Mintnowspends2.4centstomakeapenny.

美国铸币厂现在制造一分的硬币要花2.4美分。

Passage2

Questions6to10arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

CharlesDickenswasbornin1812inPortsmouth,England.Hewasthesecondofeightchildren.Hisfatheralwayshadproblemswithmoney.WhenCharleswas12yearsold,hisfatherwenttoprisonbecausehewasindebt.Charleshadtoleaveschooltohelphisfamily.Hegotajobinadirty,oldfactory.CharlesDickensneverforgothisdifficultchildhood.Manyofhisstoriesandbookswereaboutpoorpeopleandtheirproblems.

（78）Later,Charleswentbacktoschoolfortwomoreyears.Heleftschoolwhenhewas15yearsoldtobecomeanewspaperreporter.In1836,hebegantowriteThePickwickPapers.Itwaspublishedasaseriesandwasahugesuccess.Byage24,DickenswasaprominentwriterinbothGreatBritainandtheUnitedStates.

Manypeopleboughthisbooks,buttheyalsopaidtohearhimreadhisstoriesaloud.Becausetherewasnoradioortelevision,peoplelikedtohearfamouswritersreadinpublic.Dickensreadhisworkslikehewasactinginaplay.Hewentonverysuccessfulreadingtoursandearnedalotofmoney.

Dickenswasmeticulous（过分注意琐事的）.Everythinghadtobejustright.Whenheworkedathome,everythinghadtobeinitsplace.Heworkedatadeskbyawindowthatalwayshadavase（花瓶）offlowersandthesameornaments（装饰物）onit.（79）Hewrote2,000wordsadayandherequiredcompletequietwhilehewrote.Hedividedhispageintothreeparts,andoneachsidehehadnotesindifficultcolors.Themainwritingwasinmiddle,thestorynoteswereintherightmargin,andthechapternoteswereintheleftmargin.

Healsocaredalotabouthisappearance.

6.CharlesDickens'fatherwasputintoprisonbecausehe.

A.stolemoneyfromotherpeopleB.refusedtopaytax

C.didn'tpayforhischildren'seducationD.owedmoneytootherpeople

7.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingisTRUE?

A.Dickenslovedtotravel

B.Dickens'storiesweremostlyabouthisownchildhood

C.Dickensmadealotofmoneyonhisreadingtours

D.DickensleftschooltowriteThePickwickPapers

8.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingaboutDickensisTRUE?

A.HewasapeacefulpersonB.Hewasaquietwriter

C.HeworkedveryhardatschoolD.Hecaredalotaboutthingsaroundhim

9.Theword"prominent"inthesecondparagraphmeans________.

A.FamousB.ThoughtfulC.CarefulD.difficult

10.Afterthelastparagraph,theauthorwillmostprobablydiscussDickens'.

A.SuccessB.AppearanceC.WorksD.childhood

Passage3Questions11to15arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

Computertechnologyisadvancingsofastthatoldhardwarequicklybecomescompletelyobsolete.Theelectronicwaster（e-waste）fromthisconstantlygrowingfieldispollutingtheenvironment,bothhereandabroad.

Computerscontaintoxic（有毒的）materialssuchaslead.Despitethedangerofthrowingthesehazardousmaterialsinalandfill（垃圾填埋场）,that'sexactlywheretonsofcomputersendup.Americansreuseorrecycleonlyabout10percentofthe50millioncomputerstheyreplaceeachyear,accordingtoABCNews.Eightypercentisbeingstockpiled（囤积）,whichcouldcreateevenbiggerproblemsinthefuture,andtheremaining10percentislandfilled.Throwinge-wasteinlandfillscreatesapotentialforlandfillsaretougherintheUnitedStatesthaninmanyothercountries,e-wasteisoftenexported,especiallytosomedevelopingcountries.

（80）Somecountriesarecreatingpoliciestodealwiththegrowinge-wasteproblem.IntheNetherlands,youcanbringyouroldcomputertothesellerwhenbuyinganewone,andthesellermustbylawacceptitfreeofcharge.Japanpassedalawin2001requiringproducerstorecyclecertainparts.

Intheunitedstates,amovementcalledtheComputerTakeBackCampaignisdemandingthatproducerstakemoreresponsibilityfordisposingof（处理）oldcomputers,CaliforniaandMassachusettsrecentlyprohibitedcertaincomputerpartsinlandfills,whileAppleandIBMtakebackcomputersforabouta$30fee.Gatewayisonestepahead:

Theywillpayyou$50forrecyclingyouroldcomputerwhenyoubuyanewonefromthem.Lastly,manynonprofitprogramsacceptusedequipment,andserviceshavepoppedupthatdistributeoldcomputerstoschoolsandotherorganizations.

11.Whichofthefollowingisthebesttitleforthepassage?

以下哪项说法是通过最佳标题？

A.TheMainExportsofAmerica

美国的主要出口

B.TheComputerTakeBackCampaign计算机收回运动

C.TheHarmofE-wasteTreatment电子废物处理的危害

D.ElectronicWaste-aGlobalProblem电子废物---一个全球性问题

12.Whatdoestheword"obsolete"int