电大学位英语试题真题版.docx

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电大学位英语试题真题版

2011.11.05

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北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试

2011.11.05

PartⅠReadingComprehension（30%）

Directions：

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

Passage1

Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage：

ThereflectivetowersofNewYorkCity，whichisontheAtlanticmigrating（迁徙的）route，canbedeadlyforbirds.“Weliveinanageofglass，”saidMs.Laurel，anarchitect.（76）“Itcanbeaperfectmirrorincertainlights，andthelargertheglass，themoredangerousitis.”About90，000birdsarekilledbyflyingintobuildinginthecityeachyear.Often，theystrikethelowerlevelsofglasstowersaftersearchingforfoodinnearbyparks.Suchcrashesarethesecond-leadingcauseofdeathformigratingbirds，afterhabitat（栖息地）loss，withanestimatednumberofdeathranginguptoabillionayear.

（77）Asglassofficeandapartmenttowershaveincreasedinthelastdecade，so，too，havecallstomakethemlessdeadlytobirds.SanFranciscoadoptedbird-safetystandardfornewbuildinginJuly.TheUnitedStatesGreenBuildingCouncil，anonprofitindustrygroupthatencouragesthecreationofenvironmentallyconsciousbuildings，willintroduceabird-safetycreditthisaspartofitsenvironmentalcertificationprocess.

Therearenoeasyfixes，however.Afewresearchersareexploringglassdesignsthatuseultraviolet（紫外线的）signals，buttheyarestillintheirinfancy.Covers，dotpatterns，shadesandnetarethemainoptionsavailable.

Often，onlyonesectionofabuildingneedstobechanged.“Youdon‘tnecessarilyhavetotreateverywindow，”Ms.Laurelsaid.“Itwouldbetooexpensivetodothewholebuilding.”TheJacobConventionCenter，whichhasbeenundergoingalterations，isthemostrecentbuildingtovoluntarilycorrecttheproblemofbirdcrashes.Thearchitectsusedlessreflectiveglassanddotpatterns.

1.Whatisthemainideaofthepassage？

A.NewYorkisacityofglasstowers.

B.Glasstoweraredangerousformigratingbirds.

C.NewYorkadoptednewsafetystandardsforbuildings.

D.GlasstowersareanewtrendintheUnitedStates.

2.Whatisthenumberonecauseofdeathformigratingbirds？

A.ClimatechangeB.Habitatloss

C.LackoffoodD.Crashingintobuildings.

3.Whatdoestheword“fixes”inthethirdparagraphprobablymean？

A.ChoicesB.Explanations

C.SolutionsD.Developments

4._____areusedinthealterationoftheJacobK.JavitsConventionCenter.

A.DotpatternsB.Shades

C.NetsD.Covers

5.WhichofthefowlingstatementsisTRUEaccordingtothepassage？

A.Inmanycases，thewholebuildingneedstobealteredtopreventbirdcrashes.

B.TheJacobK.JavitsConventionCenteristhefirstbuildingtodealwiththeproblemofbirdcrashes.

C.About90，000birdsarekilledduetohabitatlossinNewYorkCityeachyear.

D.Unfortunately，glassdesignsthatuseultravioletsignalsarestillintheirearlystages.

Passage2

Question6to10arebasedonthefowlingpassage：

Today‘sstudentshavegrownuphearingmoreaboutBillGatesthanF.D.R.，andtheyliveinaworldwhereamazinginnovations（革新）arecommon.Thecurrent18-year-olds，afterall，were8whenGooglewasfoundedbytwostudentsatStanford；MarkZuckerbergfoundedFacebookin2004whilehewasHarvardandtheywereenteringhighschool.Havinggrownupdigital（数字的），theyareimpatienttogetonwithlife.

Theeasiestwaytofindkidsliketheseistocheckinonentrepreneurship（企业家才能）education，inwhichcollegesanduniversitiestrytopreparetheirstudentstorecognizeopportunitiesandseizethem.

AreportpublishedlastyearbytheKauffmanFoundation，whichfinancesprogramstopromoteinnovationoncampuses，notedthatmorethan50，000entrepreneurshipprogramsareofferedontwo-andfour-yearcampuses—upfromjust250coursesin1985.LesaMitchell，aKauffmanvicepresident，saysthatthefoundationisextendingthereachofitsacademicinfluence，whichusedtobefoundonlyinbusinessschools.Now，theconceptofentrepreneurshipisbloominginengineeringprogramsandmedicalschool，andevenintheliberalarts.“Ourinterestistheprograms，”shesays.“Weneedtospreadoutfromthebusinessschool.”

Eitherasclassprojectsorontheirown，studentsinavarietyofmajorsarecomingupwithideas，writingbusinessplansandseeingthemthroughtoprototypeand，often，market.Intheirsparetime，studentsinagriculturaleconomicsatPurdueinventnewusesforbean；industrialdesignmajorsatSyracuse，inspeciallaboratory，createwearabletechnologies.

（78）Theentrepreneurshipmovementhasitscritics，especiallyamongthosewhoseecollegeasatimeforextensiveacademicexploration.“Ijustdon‘tthinkthatentrepreneurshiprankssohighintermsofnationalneed，”saysDanielS.Greenberg，authorofScienceforsale：

Theperils，RewardsandDelusionsofCampusCapitalism.

LeonardA.Schlesinger，BabsonCollege‘spresident，saysthatthequestionofwhetherinnovationcanreallybetaughtis“anage-oldargument”

6.WhenGoogleandFacebookwereestablished，thefounderswerestill_____.

A.inhighschoolB.inthearmy

C.inprimaryschoolD.atcollege

7.Accordingtothepassage，whatisthemainpurposeofentrepreneurshipeducation？

A.Topreparestudentsforfutureacademiclife

B.Topreparestudentstofindopportunitiesandseizethem.

C.Topreparestudentsforoverseascareer.

D.Topreparestudenttodevelopinterpersonalskills.

8.Theword“prototype”inthefourthparagraphismostlikelytomean_____.

A.modelB.strategy

C.methodD.stage

9.WhatdoesDanielS.Grennbergthinkofentrepreneurshipeducation？

A.Entrepreneurship，oratleastcertainelementsofit，canbetaught.

B.Anentrepreneurshipprogramcanhelpstudentsfindwhattheyreallylikeandentrepreneurshipisn‘tallaboutbusiness.

C.Entrepreneurshipshouldbespreadacrossdifferentfields.

D.Collegesshouldn‘tputtoomuchemphasisonentrepreneurshipprograms.

10.Whatisthemainideaofthepassage？

A.Entrepreneurshipcoursesinbusinessschools.

B.Qualitiesofanentrepreneur.

C.Entrepreneurshipeducationincolleges.

D.Kidsintheinformationage.

Passage3

Question11to15arebasedonthefollowingpassage：

Regretisascommonanemotionasloveorfear，anditcanbenearlyaspowerful.So，inanewpaper，tworesearcherssetabouttryingtofindoutwhatthetypicalAmericanregretsmost.Intelephonesurveys，NealRose，apsychologistandprofessorofmarketingattheSchoolofManagementatNorthwesternUniverstiy，andMikeMorrison，adoctoralcandidateinpsychologyatUniversityofIllinois，asked370Americans，aged19to103，totalkabouttheirmostnotableregret.Participantswereaskedwhattheregretwas，whenithappened，whetheritwasaresultofsomethingtheydidordidn‘tdo，andwhetheritwassomethingthatcouldstillbefixed.

Themostcommonlymentionedregretinvolvedromance（浪漫的事）（18%）——lostlovesorunfulfilledrelationships.Familyregretscameinsecond（16%），whitpeoplestillfeelingbadlyaboutbeingunkindtotheirbrothersorsistersinchildhood.Otherfrequentlyreportedregretsinvolvedcareer（13%），education（12%），money（10%）andparenting（9^%）。

RoseandMorrison‘sstudy，whichistobepublishedinsocialpsychologicalandpersonalityscience，issignificantinthatitsurveyedawiderangeoftheAmericanpublic，includingpeopleofallagesandsocio-economicandeducationalbackgrounds.Previousstudiesonregrethavefocusedlargelyoncollegestudents，whopredictablytendtohaveeducation-focusedregrets，likewishingtheyhadstudiedharderoradifferentmajor.Thenewsurveyshowsthatinthelargerpopulation，aperson’smajor.Thenewsurveyshowsthatinthelargerpopulation，aperson‘s“lifecircumstances—accomplishments，shortcomings，situationinlife—injectconsiderablefuelintothefiresofregret，”theauthorswrite.

（79）Peoplewithlesseducation，forinstanceweremorelikelytoreporteducationregret.Peoplewithhigherlevelsofeducationhadthemostcareerregrets.Andthosewithnoromanticpartnertendedtoholdregretsregardinglove.Brokendown（分解、细分）bysex，morewomen（44%）thanmen（19%）hadregretsaboutloveandfamily——notsurprising，sincewomen“valuesocialrelationshipsmorethanmen，”theauthorswrite.Incontrast，men（34%）weremorelikelythanwomen（27%）tomentionwork-relatedregrets，wishingthey‘dchosenadifferentcareerpath，forinstance，orfollowedtheirpassion.（80）Manyparticipantsalsoreportedwishingtheyhadworkedlesstospendmoretimewiththeirchildren.

Therewasanevensplitbetweenregretsaboutinaction（notdoingsomething）andaction（dosomethingyouwishyoudidn‘t）.But，likepreviousstudies，thecurrentresearchfoundthatsomeregretsaremorelikelythanotherstopersistovertime：

peopletendtohangonlongertotheregretofinaction；meanwhile，regretsofactiontendtobemorerecent.

11.Inthesecondparagraph，theauthorshows______.

A.theresearchers‘findingsB.theimportanceoffamily

C.theimportanceofmoneyD.theimportanceofcareer

12.Accordingtothepassage，collegestudentparticipantsmainlyhadregretsabouttheir______.

A.familyandchildhoodB.studyandmajor

C.careerandjobD.romanceandf