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2012年北京联合大学高职升本科专业基础课考试

考试科目英语综合（A卷）

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I.ReadingComprehension（本大题共20个小题，每空2分，共40分）

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Directions:

Therearefourpassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbyfivequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.

Passage1

Intheearly18thcentury,childrendidnotchoosewhattheywantedtobewhentheygrewup.Mostgirlsdidnothaveprofessions,butrathergrewuptobecomewivesandmothers.Boys,particularlythesonsoftradesmen,hadtheirfuturesdecidedforthembytheirfathers.

JosiahFranklinintendedforhistenthor"tithe"son,Benjamin,todevotehislifetothe"ServiceoftheChurch."ButasJosiahcouldaffordtosendBenjamintoschoolforonlyoneyear,acareerintheclergywasimpossible.Instead,theladbeganworkingforhisfatherinthefamilysoapbusiness.

AsyoungBenjaminhadalwaysbeenabookishlad,hisfatherdeterminedthatatradeinprintingwouldproveasuitablematch.Moreover,asBen'solderbrotherJameswasalreadyintheprintingtrade,itwasdeterminedthattheyoungerbrotherwouldbeaprintingapprenticetotheelderbrother.Franklintohisdelighthadaccesstoawiderangeofbooks.Healsoborrowedbooksfromclients.Hereadeagerlyandevenbeganskippingmealsandusingthemoneyhesavedtobuybooks.

DuringthistimeFranklinstruckupafriendshipwithanotherbookishBostonboynamedJohnCollins.AtonepointCollinsandFranklinhadawrittendebateonthe"ProprietyofeducatingtheFemaleSexinLearning,andtheirAbilitiesforStudy."Collinsfeltthatitwasimpropertoteachgirls,whileFranklinarguedthatfemalesshouldbeeducated.JosiahFranklinreadthedebatelettersandjudgedthathissonneededtobemoreattentivetohisstyleofwriting,vocabulary,eleganceofexpressionand"methodofperspicuity（明晰）."

Franklinundertookteachinghimselftowritethroughreadingthenewspapersoftheeraandbyanexerciseinwhichhewouldtakepoemsandtranslatethemintostoriesandbyturningstoriesintoverse.Inthisway,Franklinfelthebecamea"tolerableEnglishWriter."

1.Whydidboysfailtochoosewhattheywantedtobewhentheygrewupintheearly18thcentury?

A.Becausetheirfuturesweredecidedbytheirwives.

B.Becausetheirfuturesweredecidedbytheirfathers.

C.Becausetheirfuturesweredecidedbytheirmothers.

D.Becausetheirfuturesweredecidedbytheirchildren.

2.Todevelophiscareerinthe"ServiceoftheChurch.",likeanyoneelseatthattimeBenjaminwassupposedto…before?

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A.workforhisfatherinthefamilybusiness

B..haveoneyeareducationinschool

C.getsupportfromhisrichfather

D.getgoodeducations

3.Whatdoesthephrase“skippingmeals”（Line5,para.3）mean________?

A.eatingquicklyoverreading

B.havingmealsquickly

C.runningformeals

D.missingmeals

4.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?

A.Collinsjudgedthathissondidn’tneedtobemoreattentivetohisstyleofwriting.

B.FranklinbrokeupwithanotherbookishBostonboynamedJohnCollins.

C.Franklinarguedthatfemalesshouldbeeducated.

D.Collinsarguedthatitwaspropertoteachgirls.

5.Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?

A.HowBenjaminFranklingrewuptobeagoodwriter.

B.Howtradesmendeterminedtheirsons’future.

C.HowJohnCollinshelpedhisfriend.

D.HowJosiahFranklintreatedhisson.

Passage2

Therearesome7,000languagesspokenintheworld,andhalfofthemcouldbegoneby2100.Torescuetheselanguages,twolinguistsdecidedtouseacombinationofdigitalrecordingtechnologyandtheInternet.K.DavidHarrisonandGregoryAndersonarecompilingwhattheycall"talkingdictionaries."Someofthelanguagestheyrecordedhaveneverbeendocumentedbefore.In2010,theymadethefirstrecordingsofKoro,forexample,alanguagespokenbyonlyafewhundredpeopleinnortheasternIndia.

Thedictionariessofarcontainmorethan32,000wordentriesineightendangeredlanguages,withover24,000audiorecordingsofnativespeakerspronouncingwordsandsentences.Someoftheworkisavailableonline.Inonecase,acommunityinPapuaNewGuineathatspeaksalanguagecalledMatukarPanau,withonly600speakers,askedthatthelanguagebeputontheInterneteventhoughitwasonlyinthelasttwoyearsthattheirvillagereceivedelectricity.

AnotherexampleisChamacoco,spokeninParaguaybyonly1,200people.IntheUnitedStates,theteamisworkingwiththeConfederatedTribesofSiletzIndiansinOregononrevivingtheirlanguage.Evenlanguagesthathavewrittenformscanbeendangered:

oneofthegroupsHarrisonandAndersonworkwithspeaksHo,whichisspokenbyamillionpeopleintheIndianstateofJharkhand.Thepeoplewhospeakithavebeenunderpressuretoassimilatewiththelargertonguesthatsurroundit.

Harrison,associateprofessoroflinguisticsatSwarthmoreCollege,andAnderson,presidentoftheLivingTonguesInstituteforEndangeredLanguages,arepresentingtheirworktodayattheannualmeetingoftheAmericanAssociationfortheAdvancementofScience（AAAS）inVancouver,BritishColumbia.Preservinglanguagecanbecomeanimportantpartofpreservingtheculturesofsmallerandmarginalizedgroups.Livinglanguagesalsotellscientistsalotaboutthepastevolutionoflanguageitself.

6.WhatK.DavidHarrisonandGregoryAndersonarecompilingiscalled"talkingdictionaries."（Line4,para.1）,forthe"talkingdictionariesareusedto____________?

A.usesome7,000languagesintheworld.

B.speakKoro,alanguageinnortheasternIndia.

C.recordthelanguageswithauseofdigitalrecordingtechnologyandtheInternet.

D.compile7,000languagesspokenintheworld.

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7.Howmanyrecordingsarecontainedinthe"talkingdictionaries"?

A.morethan32,000

B.over24,000

C.only600

D.about8

8.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?

A.Thelanguage,Ho,isspokeninParaguaybyamillionpeople.

B.Thelanguage,Ho,isspokeninParaguaybyonly1,200people.

C.Thelanguage,Chamacoco,isspokeninParaguaybyonly1,200people.

D.Thelanguage,Chamacoco,isspokeninParaguaybyamillionpeople.

9.Whatdoestheword“tongue”（Line6,para.3）mean________?

A.language

B.organ

C.influence

D.culture

10.Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?

A.Howtorescuethelanguages.

B.Howtomake“talkingdictionaries”.

C.Howtocompiledictionaries.

D.Howtorevivethelanguages.

Passage3

Marriagesarehappierwhenwivesarethinnerthantheirhusbands,accordingtoanewstudy.ResearchersattheUniversityofTennesseestudiedtheBMI（bodymassindex,acommonmeasureofobesity）ofnearly170newlywedcouples,alongwiththeirmaritalsatisfactionovertime.AndreaMeltzer,theleadauthorandadoctoralcandidateatUT,toldDiscoveryNewsthat"Wefoundthiseffectinitiallyonhusbands'satisfactionatthebeginningofmarriage...husbandsweremoresatisfiedatthetimeofmarriagetotheextentthattheirwiveshadalowerBMIthanthemselves."Thefactthatmentendtobehappierwithathinnerwifemaynotbesurprising,butMeltzerandhercolleaguesalsofoundthatwomenwhohadalowerBMIthantheirhusbandsweresignificantlymoresatisfiedwiththeirmarriageovertime.Thinnerwivesmakebothspouseshappier.

"Wivesarehappiertotheextentthattheirhusbandsarehappy,"Meltzerexplained."Ifwewerelookingatanotherqualitythatwasmoreimportanttowomenthanmen--say,economicresources--wemightseeoppositeeffects.Womenmightbemoresatisfiedtotheextentthattheirpartnersaremakingmoremoneythantheyare.""Thisstudyisimportantbecauseitdemonstratesthatwomanofanysizecanbehappyintheirrelationshipswiththerightpartner.It'snotnecessarilystrivingforthinnessperse,butstrivingtobethinnerthantheirpartner,"Meltzersaid.

Thusoverweightorobesewomen（which,statistically,isthemajorityofwomeninAmerica）seekingahappymarriagemightchooseaheavierhusband,orelsechooseanaverage-weightpartnerandloseenoughweightthattheyarethinnerbycomparison.Bodysizeisonlyoneofmanyfactorsthatcontributetooverallmarriagesatisfaction,thoughitdoesseemtobeimportanttobothmenandwomen.

Thepreferenceforthinnerpartnersgoesbothways,ofcourse.It'snotjustguyslookingforathingirlfriendorwife:

Studiesshowthatbothmenandwomenacrosstheboardexpressastrongpreferenceforthinnerpartners.Anotherpossiblefactorbehindthefindings（besidesattractiveness）isthatmaritalsatisfactionisalsocorrelatedwithpartnerhealth."Couplesaremoresatisfiedtothe

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