1、北京地区成人学士学位英语统一考试真题及答案北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试2011.11Part I Reading Comprehension Directions: There are three passages in this part.Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and blac
2、ken the corresponding letter on the Answer sheet.The reflective towers of New York City, which is on the Atlantic migrating (迁徙的)route, can be deadly for birds.We live in an age of glass, said Ms.Laurel, an architect.(76) It can be a perfect mirror in certain lights, and the larger the glass, the mo
3、re dangerous it is. About 90,000 birds are killed by flying into building in the city each year.often, they strike the lower levels of glass towers after searching for food in nearby parks.Such crashes are the second-leadingcause of death for migrating birds, after habitat(栖息地) loss, with an estimat
4、ed number of death ranging up to a billion a year.(77) As glass office and apartment towers have increased in the last decade, So, too, have calls to make them less deadly to birds.San Francisco adopted bird-safety standard for new building in July.The United States Green Building Council, a nonprof
5、it industry group that encourages the creation of environmentally conscious buildings, will introduce a bird-safety credit this fall as part of its environmental certification process.There are no easy fixes, however.A few researchers are exploring glass designs that use ultraviolet(紫外线的)signals, bu
6、t they are still in their infancy.Covers, dot patterns, shades and net are the main options available.Often, only one section of a building needs to be changed.You don t necessarily have to treat every window, Ms.Laurel said.It would be too expensive to do the whole building. The Jacob K.Javits Conv
7、ention Center, which has been undergoing alterations, is the most recent building to voluntarily correct the problem of bird crashes.The architects used less reflective glass and dot patterns.第1题 What is the main idea of the passage?A.New York is a city of glass towers.B.Glass tower are dangerous fo
8、r migrating birds.C.New York adopted new safety standards for buildings.D.Glass towers are a new trend in the United States.答案:B第2题 What is the number one cause of death for migrating birds?A.Climate change. B.Habitat loss. C.Lack of food. D.Crashing into buildings.答案:B第3题 What does the word fixes i
9、n the third paragraph probably mean?A.Choices. B.Explanations. C.Solutions. D.Developments.答案:C第4题 are used in the alteration of the Jacob K.Javits Convention Center.A.Dot patterns B.Shades C.Nets D.Covers答案:A第5题 Which of the fowling statements is TRUE according to the passage?A.In many cases, the w
10、hole building needs to be altered to prevent bird crashes.B.The Jacob K.Javits Convention Center is the first building to deal with the problem of bird crashes.C.About 90,000 birds are killed due to habitat loss in New York City each year.D.Unfortunately, glass designs that use ultraviolet signals a
11、re still in their early stages.答案:DToday s students have grown up hearing more about Bill Gates than F.D.R., and they live in a world where amazing innovations(革新) are common.The current 18-year-olds, after all, were 8 when Google was founded by two students at Stanford; Mark Zuckerberg founded Face
12、book in 2004 while he Was Harvard and they were entering high school.Having grown up digital (数字的), they are impatient to get on with life.The easiest way to find kids like these is to check in on entrepreneurship(企业家才能) education, in which colleges and universities try to prepare their students to
13、recognize opportunities and seize them.A report published last year by the Kauffman Foundation, which finances programs to promote innovation on campuses, noted that more than 50,000 entrepreneurship programs are offered on two-and four-year campuses-up from just 250 courses in 1985.Lesa Mitchell, a
14、 Kauffman vice president, says that the foundation is extending the reach of its academic influence, which used to be found only in business schools.Now, the concept of entrepreneurship is blooming in engineering programs and medical school, and even in the liberal arts.Our interest is the programs,
15、 she says.We need to spread out from the business school.Either as class projects or on their own, students in a variety of majors are coming up with ideas, writing business plans and seeing them through to prototype and, often, market.In their spare time, students in agricultural economics at Purdu
16、e invent new uses for bean; industrial design majors at Syracuse, in special laboratory, create wearable technologies.(78) The entrepreneurship movement has its critics, especially among those who see college as a time for extensive academic exploration.I just don t think that entrepreneurship ranks
17、 So high in terms of national need, says Daniel S.Greenberg, author of Science for sale: the perils, Re-wards and Delusions of Campus Capitalism.Leonard A.Schlesinger, BabSon College s president, says that the question of whether innovation can really be taught is an age-old argument.第6题 When Google
18、 and Facebook were established, the founders were still_.A.in high school B.in the army C.in primary school D.at college答案:D第7题 According to the passage, what is the main purpose of entrepreneurship education?A.To prepare students for future academic life.B.To prepare students to find opportunities
19、and seize them.C.To prepare students for overseas career.D.To prepare student to develop interpersonal skills.答案:B第8题 The word prototype in the fourth paragraph is most likely to mean_.A.model B.strategy C.method D.stage答案:A第9题 What does Daniel S.Greenberg think of entrepreneurship education?A.Entre
20、preneurship, or at least certain elements of it, can be taught.B.An entrepreneurship program can help students find what they really like and entrepreneurshipisnt all about business.C.Entrepreneurship should be spread across different fields.D.Colleges shouldn t put too much emphasis on entrepreneur
21、ship programs.答案:D第10题 What is the main idea of the passage?A.Entrepreneurship courses in business schools. B.Qualities of an entrepreneur.C.Entrepreneurship education in colleges. D.Kids in the information age.答案:CRegret is as common an emotion as love or fear, and it can be nearly as powerful.So,
22、in a new paper, two researchers set about trying to find out what the typical American regrets most.In telephone surveys, Neal Rose, a psychologist and professor of marketing at the School of Management at Northwestern University, and Mike Morrison, a doctoral candidate in psychology at University o
23、f Illinois, asked 370 Americans, aged 19 to 103, to talk about their most notable regret.Participants were asked what the regret was, when it happened, whether it was a result of Something they did or didnt do, and whether it was Something that could still be fixed.The most commonly mentioned regret
24、 involved romance (浪漫的事) ( 18% )-lost loves or unfulfilled relationships.Family regrets came in second (16%), with people still feeling badly about being unkind to their brothers or sisters in childhood.Other frequently reported regrets involved career (13%), education (12%), money( 10% ) and parent
25、ing(9% ).Rose and MorriSons study, which is to be published in Social Psychological and PerSonality Science, is significant in that it surveyed a wide range of the American public, including people ofall ages and socio-economic and educational backgrounds.Previous studies on regret have focusedlarge
26、ly on college students, who predictably tend to have education-focused regrets, like wishing they had studied harder or a different major.The new survey shows that in the larger population, a person s life circumstances-accomplishments, shortcomings, situation in life-inject considerable fuel into t
27、he fires of regret, the authors write.(79) People with less education, for instance were more likely to report education regret.People with higher levels of education had the most career regrets.And those with no romantic partner tended to hold regrets regarding love.Broken down(分解、细分) by sex, more
28、women(44% ) than men (19%) had regrets about love and family-not surprising, since women value Social relationships more than men, the authors write.In contrast, men (34%) were more likely than women (27%) to mention work-related regrets, wishing they d chosen a different career path, for instance,
29、or followed their passion.(80)Many participants alSo reported wishing they had worked less to spend more time with their children.There was an even split between regrets about inaction (not doing Something) and action (do Something you wish you didnt).But, like previous studies, the current research
30、 found that Some regrets are more likely than others to persist over time: people tend to hang on longer to the regretof inaction; meanwhile, regrets of action tend to be more recent.第11题 In the second paragraph, the author shows_.A.the researchers findings B.the importance of familyC.the importance
31、 of money D.the importance of career答案:A第12题 According to the passage, college student participants mainly had regrets about their_.A.family and childhood B.study and major C.career and job D.romance and fear答案:B第13题 The word notable in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to_.A.common B.capabl
32、e C.wonderful D.remarkable答案:D第14题 Which of the following statements is TRUE?A.The less education he or she has, the more regrets she or he would have.B.The more education he or she has, the less regrets she or he would have.C.More women than men had regrets about love and family.D.The regret of action seems to last longer than that of inaction.答案:C第15题 What is the main idea of this passage?A.How regret is understood by a typical American.B.Common regre
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