北京成人英语三级A卷试题及答案.docx

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北京成人英语三级A卷试题及答案

2008年11月北京成人英语三级A卷试题及答案

2008年11月北京成人英语三级A卷试题及答案

PartIReadingComprehension（30%）

Directions:

Therearethreepassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,C,andD.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandblackenthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.

Passage1

Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

ScientistsinIndiahaveinventedanewwaytoproduceelectricity.Theirinventiondoesnotgetitspowerfromoil,coalorotherfuels.Itproduceselectricitywiththepowerofanimals.Indiahasabouteightymillionbullocks.Theydoallkindsofjobs.Theyworkinthefields.Theypullvehiclesthroughthestreets.Theycarrywatercontainers.（76）Indianenergyofficialshavebeenseekingwaystouselessimportedoiltoprovideenergy.ScientistsattheNationalInstituteforIndustrialEngineeringinBombaywonderedwhetherthemillionsofbullockscouldhelp.ManyvillagesinIndialackelectricity,buttheyhavemanybullocks.Andoftentheanimalsarenotworking.Onejobdonebybullocksistopumpwateroutofthewell.Theanimalsdothisbywalkingaroundandaroundinacircle.Astheywalk,theyturnaheavystickthatmakesthepumpmove.Thissimpletechnologyiscenturiesold.Scientiststhoughtthatthesametechnologycouldbeusedtoproduceelectricity.Bullockswalkinacircleonlytwoorthreetimesaminute.Thisismuchtooslowtoproduceelectricity,butitcancreateenoughpowertoturnaseriesofgears.Alargegearsitsnexttoasmallergear.Asthelargegearturns,itcausesthesmallergeartoturn.Thatgearturnsanevensmallerone.Eachgearmovesfasterbecauseitisalittlesmaller.Thesmallestgearmayturnextremelyfast.（77）Clocksoperatewithgears.SodocarsandsodoesthedeviceinventedbytheIndianscientiststoproduceelectricity.

AccordingtotheofficialsintheUnitedNations,theideaisbeingtestedatseveralplacesinIndia.Thedeviceiseasytooperateandrepair.Anditcanbemovedeasily.Itcostsaboutthreehundredandsevendollarsnowtomakesuchadevice,butproductionoflargenumbersofthemcouldcutthecostofeachtoabouttwohundreddollars.

1.Whofirstthoughtofusingbullockstoprovideenergy?

AIndianenergyofficials

BScientistsinIndia

COfficialsintheUnitedNations

DResearchersinEurope.

2.WhichkindofjobthatthebullocksdoisNOTmentionedinthepassage?

APullingvehicles

BPlowingfields

CPumpingwateroutifwells

DCarryingfoodbaskets.

3.WhyarebullocksusedtoprovideenergyinIndia?

ABecausebullockshavelongbeenusedbyIndianpeople

BBecausebullockswalkslowlyandareeasytocontrol

CBecausetherearefewnon-workingbullocksinIndia

DBecausethereisnotenoughoilinIndia

4.Inthesentence“Thissimpletechnologyiscenturiesold”inParagraphOne,“Thissimpletechnology”refersto_____.　　Ausingbullockstoproduceenergy

Busingpumpstodrawwaterout

Chavingbullockswalkaroundtomakethepumpmove

Dconnectinggearsofdifferentsizestoproduceelectricity.

5.Whichofthefollowingistrueaboutthedevicementionedinthepassage?

AIthasalargegearandasmallergear.

BIt’seasytouse,butdifficulttomove.

CIt’squitecheap.

DIt’sstillbeingtested.

Passage2

Questions6to10arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

On-the-jobsmokingisahotissueforbothsmokersandnon-smokers,andmanymanagersnowseesmokingasaproductivityproblem.Althoughsomepeoplequestionwhethersmokingreallyaffectsone’sproductivity,ithas,infact,beenproventhatasmokercostsacompanymorethananon-smoker.AccordingtoProfessorWilliamWeis,asmokingemployeecostshisorheremployerabout$5,700moreayearthananever-smoker.Thesecostsincludemedicalcare,lostearningsandinsurance.Andabsenceduetosmokingbreaksisoneoftheproductivityproblems,yetitaccountsforagreatdealofemployercosts.

（78）Whentheissueofsmokingattheworkplaceisdiscussed,perhapsthemostimportantproblemisthehealthriskthatsmokingcausestobothsmokersandnever-smokers.Ithaslongbeenproventhatsmokingislinkedtolungcancer.Nowmanyhealthexpertswarnthatpassivesmokingcancauselungcancerandotherillnessesinhealthynever-smokers.Passivesmokingcanbedefinedasexposuretosecond-handtobaccosmokeinenclosedareas.Anyonewhohasbeenwithsmokersindeedknowsthattheirsmokecancauseeyeirritation,coughing,headachesandthroatsoreness.Whileeyeirritationmayseemasmallthingtosomesmokers,itneverthelessisaproblemthatoccurseveryworkdayinofficesandbreak-roomsandcanleadtogreaterhealthproblems.Employeeswhodonotsmokeshouldnotbesubjectedtotherisksofpassivesmokingandneedtobeabletoworkinasafeenvironment.SurgeonGeneralKoopstatesthattherightofthesmokerstopsatthepointwherehisorhersmokingincreasesthediseaseriskofthoseoccupyingthesameenvironment.

Questions11to15arebasedonthefollowingpassage

Notallmemoriesaresweet.Somepeoplespendalltheirlivestryingtoforgetbadexperiences.Violenceandtrafficaccidentscanleavepeoplewithterriblephysicalandemotionalscars.Oftentheyrelivetheseexperiencesinnightmares（噩梦）.

（79）NowAmericanresearchersthinktheyareclosetodevelopingapill,whichwillhelppeopleforgetbadmemories.Thepillisdesignedtobetakenimmediatelyafterafrighteningexperience.Theyhopeitmightreduce,orpossiblyerase（抹去）,theeffectofpainfulmemories.

InNovember,expertstestedadrugonpeopleintheUSandFrance.Thedrugstopsthebodyreleasingchemicalsthatfixmemoriesinthebrain.（80）Sofartheresearchhassuggestedthatonlytheemotionaleffectsofmemoriesmaybereduced,notthatthememoriesareerased.

Theresearchhascausedagreatdealofargument.Somethinkitisabadidea,whileotherssupportit.

Supporterssayitcouldleadtopillsthatpreventortreatsoldiers’troublingmemoriesafterwar.Theysaythattherearemanypeoplewhosufferfromterriblememories.

“Somememoriescanruinpeople’slives.Theycomebacktoyouwhenyoudon’twanttohavetheminadaydreamornightmare.Theyusuallycomewithverypainfulemotions.”saidRogerPitman,aprofessorofpsychiatryatHarvardMedicalSchool.“Thiscouldrelievealotofthatsuffering.”

Butthosewhoareagainsttheresearchsaythatitisverydangeroustochangememoriesbecausememoriesgiveusouridentity.Theyalsohelpusallavoidthemistakesofthepast.

“Allofuscanthinkofbadeventsinourlivedthatwerehorribleatthetimebutmakeuswhoweare.I’mnotsurewewanttowipethosememoriesout,”saidRebeccaDresser,amedicalethicist.

11.Thepassageismainlyabout_____.

Aanewmedicalinvention

Banewresearchonmemories

Cawayoferasingpainfulmemories

Danargumentabouttheresearchonthepill

12.Thedrugtestedonpeoplecan____.

Acausethebraintofixmemories

Bstoppeoplerememberingtheirexperiences

Cpreventbodyproducingcertainchemicals

Dwipeouttheemotionaleffectsofmemories

13.Wecaninferfromthepassagethat_____.

Apeopledoubttheeffectsofthepills

Bthepillwillstoppeople’sbadexperiences

Ctakingthepillwilldoharmtopeople’shealth

DthepillhasprobablybeenproducedinAmerica

14.WhichofthefollowingdoesRebeccaDresseragreewith?

ASomememoriescanruinpeople’slives.

BPeoplewanttogetridofbadmemories.

CExperiencingbadeventsmakesusdifferentfromothers.

DThepillwillreducepeople’ssufferingsfrombadmemories.

15.Theword“scars”inParagraphOneiscloseinmeaningto____.

Agoodstories

Bpains

Cexperiences

Dmemories

PartIIVocabularyandStructure（30%）

Directions:

Inthispartthereare30incompletesentences.ForeachsentencetherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.ChoosetheONEanswerthatbestcompletesthesentence.ThenblackenthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.

16.Don’tbetoo___aboutthingsyouarenotsupposedtoknow.

Astrange

Bamusing

Ccurious

Dconscious

17.He’sgothimselfintoadangeroussituation____heislikelytolosecontrolovertheplane.

Awhere

Bwhich

Cwhile

Dwhy

18.Inordertochangeattitudes___employingwomen,thegovernmentisbringinginnewlaws.

Aabout

Bof

Ctowards

Don

19.Thefactcameup____specificspeechsoundsarerecognizedbybabiesasyoungas6monthsold.

Awhat

Bwhich

Cthat

Dwhose

20.Itisgenerallybelievedthatteachingis____itisascience.

Aanartmuchas

Bmuchanartas

Casanartmuchas

Dasmuchanartas

21._____,Ihavetoputitawayandfocusmyattentiononstudythisweek.

AHoweverthestoryisamusing

BNomatteramusingthestoryis

CHoweveramusingthestoryis

DNomatterhowthestoryisamusing

22.Forthesakeofherdaughter’shealth,shedecidedtomovetoawarm____.

Aweather

Btemperature

Cseason

Dclimate

23.Becarefulwhenyoucrossthisverybusystreet.Ifnot,youmayget____byacar.

Arunout

Brunover

Crunaway

Drunafter

24.___,somefamousscientistshavethequalitiesofbeingbothcarefulandcareless.

AStrangelyenough

BEnoughstrangely

CStrangeenough

DEnoughstrange

25.Havingatripabroadiscertainlygoodfortheoldcouple,butitremains____whethertheywillenjoyit.

Atosee

Btobeseen

Cseeing

Dseen

26.----Youseemtoshowinterestincooking.

-----What?

____,I’mgettingtiredofit.

AOnthecontrary

BTothecontrary

COntheotherhand

DTotheotherhand

27.ThesewildflowersaresospecialthatIwoulddo____Icantosavethem.

Awhatever

Bthat

Cwhich

Dwhichever