1、北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试2018.11.05PartReading Comprehension (30%)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 blacken the correspo
2、nding letter on the Answer Sheet。Passage 1Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage: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 mirr
3、or in certain lights, and the larger the glass, the more 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-leading cause of death f
4、or migrating birds, after habitat(栖息地)loss, with an estimated 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
5、 in July. The United States Green Building Council, a nonprofit industry group that encourages the creation of environmentally conscious buildings, will introduce a bird-safety credit this as part of its environmental certification process。There are no easy fixes, however. A few researchers are expl
6、oring glass designs that use ultraviolet(紫外线的)signals, but 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 dont necessarily have to treat every window,” Ms.Laurel said. “It would be t
7、oo expensive to do the whole building 。 ” The JacobConvention 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。16 / 161. What is the main idea of the passage?A. Ne
8、w York is a city of glass towers。B. Glass tower are dangerous for migrating birds。C. New York adopted new safety standards for buildings。D. Glass towers are a new trend in the United States。2. What is the number one cause of death for migrating birds?A. Climate changeB. Habitat lossC. Lack of foodD.
9、 Crashing into buildings 。3. What does the word “fixes” in the third paragraph probably mean?A. ChoicesB. ExplanationsC. SolutionsD. Developments4. are used in the alteration of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center。A. Dot patternsB. ShadesC. NetsD. Covers5. Which of the fowling statements is TRUE a
10、ccording to the passage?A. In many cases, the whole building needs to be altered to prevent birdcrashes。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. Unfortunat
11、ely, glass designs that use ultraviolet signals are still in their early stages。答案 1-5 C B C A DPassage 2Question 6 to 10 are based on the fowling passage:Todays 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 cu
12、rrent 18-year-olds, after all, were 8 when Google was founded by two students at Stanford 。 Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook 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 thes
13、e is to check in on entrepreneurship(企业家才能)education, in which colleges and universities try to prepare their students to 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
14、,000 entrepreneurship programs are offered on two-and four-year campusesup from just 250 courses in 1985. Lesa Mitchell , a 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 entrepr
15、eneurship is blooming in engineering programs and medical school, and even in the liberal arts. “Our interest is the programs,” 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 busin
16、ess plans and seeing them through to prototype and, often, market. In their spare time, students in agricultural economics at Purdue invent new uses for bean 。 industrial design majors at Syracuse, in special laboratory, create wearable technologies。(78) The entrepreneurship movement has its critics
17、, especially among those who see college as a time for extensive academic exploration. “I just dont think that entrepreneurship ranks so high in terms of national need,” says Daniel S.Greenberg, author of Science for sale: The perils, Rewards and Delusions of Campus Capitalism。Leonard A.Schlesinger,
18、 BabsonColleges president, says that the question of whether innovation can really be taught is “an age-old argument”6. When Google and Facebook were established, the founders were still 。A. in high schoolB. in the armyC. in primary schoolD. at college7. According to the passage, what is the main pu
19、rpose of entrepreneurship education?A. To prepare students for future academic lifeB. To prepare students to find opportunities and seize them。C. To prepare students for overseas career。D. To prepare student to develop interpersonal skills。8. The word “prototype” in the fourth paragraph is most like
20、ly to mean 。A. modelB. strategyC. methodD. stage9. What does Daniel S.Grennberg think of entrepreneurship education?A. Entrepreneurship, or at least certain elements of it, can be taught。B. An entrepreneurship program can help students find what they really like and entrepreneurship isnt all about b
21、usiness。C. Entrepreneurship should be spread across different fields。D. Colleges shouldnt put too much emphasis on entrepreneurship programs。10. What is the main idea of the passage?A. Entrepreneurship courses in business schools。B. Qualities of an entrepreneur。C. Entrepreneurship education in colle
22、ges。D. Kids in the information age。答案 6-10 A B A D CPassage 3Question 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:Regret is as common an emotion as love or fear, and it can be nearly as powerful. So, in a new paper, two researchers set about trying to find out what the typical American regrets most.
23、 In telephone surveys, Neal Rose, a psychologist and professor of marketing at the School of Management at Northwestern Universtiy, and Mike Morrison, a doctoral candidate in psychology at University of Illinois, asked 370 Americans, aged 19 to 103,to talk about their most notable regret .Participan
24、ts 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 involved romance (浪漫的事)(18%)lostloves or unfulfilled relationships. Family regrets came in second
25、(16%)，whit 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 parenting(9%)。Rose and Morrisons study, which is to be published in social psychological and personality science,
26、 is significant in that it surveyed a wide range of the American public, including people of all ages and socio- economic and educational backgrounds. Previous studies on regret have focused largely on college students, who predictably tend to have education-focused regrets, like wishing they had st
27、udied harder or a different major. The new survey shows that in the larger population, a persons major. The new survey shows that in the larger population, a persons “life circumstances accomplishments, shortcomings ,situation in lifeinject considerable fuel into the fires of regret,”the authors wri
28、te。(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 women(44%) than men (19%) had reg
29、rets 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 theyd chosen a different career path, for instance ,or followed their passion。(80)Ma
30、ny 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 found that some regrets are mo
31、re likely than others to persistover time: people tend to hang on longer to the regret of inaction。meanwhile, regrets of action tend to be more recent。11. In the second paragraph, the author shows 。A. the researchers findingsB. the importance of familyC. the importance of moneyD. the importance of c
32、areer12. According to the passage , college student participants mainly had regrets about their 。A. family and childhoodB. study and majorC. career and jobD. romance and fear13. The word “notable” in the first paragraph is closestin meaning to 。A. commonB. capableC. wonderfulD. remarkable14. Which o
33、f the following statements is TRUE?A. The less education he or she has, the more regrets she or he wouldhave。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 i
34、naction。15. What is the main idea of this passage?A. How regret is understood by a typical American。B .Common regrets is more important than love and hate。C. Why regret is more important than love and hate。D. How regret has shaped Americans。答案 11-15 A B D C BPartVocabulary and Structure(30%)Directio
35、ns: In this part there are 30 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentences. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet。16. Mr Smith is coming to visit us soon. Wed betterget everything read
36、y before he 。A. arrivesB. arriveC. will arriveD. arrived17. yesterday, you would have met Professor Jones. But now he has left for London。A. Did you comeB. Had you comeC. Should you comeD. Were you to come18. The man denied into the neighbors garden and his cow。A. going.stealingB. goingstoleC. wents
37、tealingD. wentstole19. Ted worked like a horse in his youth, contributed to his great success later as a businessman。A. thatB. whoC. whatD. which20. A few hours ago, a small suitcase with some important papers stolen from the general managers office。A.isB.areC.wereD. was21. on the New World,he felt
38、like crying。A.landB.LandedC.TolandD.Havinglanded22. Visit our store.Nowhere elsesuch good bargains。A.you findB.find youC.do you findD.you do find23. Afterseemed an endless wait,ir was his turn to go into the doctors office。A,thisB.thatC.which D.what24. Ever since the Simiths moved to the lake area a
39、 year ago,they better health。A.could have enjoyedB.had enjoyedC.have been enjoyingD.are enjoying25. The boss doesnt want to talk about the accident。now he is in no to do so。A.feelingB.attitudeC.emotion D.Mood26.I cant understand why you regard it as music.It me mad!A.putsB.setsC.driversD.changes 27.
40、Yesterday Mr Blake was caught in the rain and got wet through. hecaught a bad cold。A.ConsequentlyB.FinallyC.LatelyD.Strangely 28.William likes to eat out,but he is not about what he eats。A.pecrliarB.unusualC.particularD.special29. Their house stands at a hilltop, the Hudson River down below。A.seeing
41、B.viewingC.looking atD.overlooking30. I cant understand why my boss is always fault with my work。A.findingB.seekingC.lookingD.making31. This is the same knife I lost yesterday。A.whichB.whatC.likeD. as32. - When will you be back?- Ill be back a couple of days。A.afterB.forC.aboutD.in33. We hear that t
42、hey will a new school here。A.set downB.set upC.set offD.set out34. He will never forget the days he spent in Japan.A.whenB.afterC.thatD.how35. Interestingly enough, the two brothers have noting in 。A. ordinaryB.CommonC.GeneralD.particular36. The scientists are trying to find out the facts to their t
43、heory。A. supportB.carryC.designD.raise37. The performance of the English team was . They played much worse than expected。A. disappointB. disappointingC. disappointedD. to disappoint38. You are welcome to order the goods now. But payment should be made 。A. for advanceB. from advanceC. in advanceD. to
44、 advance39. Speak louder so that you can make yourself 。A. heardB.to hearC.hearingD.have been heard40. Now it wont be long before we meet again, ?A.will itB.do weC.wont weD.does it41. Americans eat vegetables per person today as they did in the 1960s。A. more than twiceB. as twice manyC. twice as man
45、yD. more than twice asmany42. I was so familiar with her that I recognized her voice I picked up the phone。A. the momentB. sinceC. beforeD. while43. The education of young is always hot and serious topic。A. /, /B. the, aC. /, theD. the, the44. Dad wondered where Id been, and I a story about being at
46、 GrandmasA. made outB. made upC. looked outD. looked up45. Your sister doesnt study as as you do。A.hardB.hardlyC.harderD.hardest答案 16-20 A B A D D21-25 D C B C D26-30 C A A D A31-35 D D B A B 36-40 A C C A A41-45 C D C A APart Identification (10%)Directions: Each of the following sentences has four
47、underlined parts marked A, B, C and D. Identify the one that is not correct. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet。46. No sooner had they entered the room when the telephone rang。ABC D47. As a graduate from high school, Tom is faced with three choices:attending college, finding aABCjob or
