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2试题及答案A

北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试（A）

2002.6

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PartIReadingComprehension（40%）

Directions:

Therearefourpassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

Passage1QuestionsIto5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

Inancienttimesthemostimportantexaminationswerespoken,notwritten.IntheschoolsofancientGreeceandRome,testingusuallyconsistedofsayingpoetryaloudorgivingspeeches.

IntheEuropeanuniversitiesoftheMiddleAges,studentswhowereworkingforadvanceddegreeshadtodiscussquestionsintheirfieldofstudywithpeoplewhohadmadeaspecialstudyofthesubject.Thiscustomexiststodayaspartoftheprocessoftestingcandidatesforthedoctor’sdegree.

Generally,however,modernexaminationsarewritten.Thewrittenexamination,whereallstudentsaretestedonthesamequestion,wasprobablynotknownuntilthenineteenthcentury.Perhapsitcameintoexistencewiththegreatincreaseinpopulationandthedevelopmentofmodernindustry.Aroomfullofcandidatesforastateexamination,timedexactlybyelectricclocksandcarefullywatchedoverbymanagers,resemblesagroupofworkersatanautomobilefactory.Generally,duringexaminationsteachersandstudentsareexpectedtoactlikemachines.

Onetypeoftestissometimescalledan“objective”test.Itisintendedtodealwithfacts,notpersonalopinions.Tomakeupanobjectivetesttheteacherwritesaseriesofquestions,eachofwhichhasonlyonecorrectanswer.Alongwitheachquestiontheteacherwritesthecorrectanswerandalsothreestatementsthatlooklikecorrectanswerstostudentswhohavenotlearnedthematerialproperly.

1.IntheMiddleAgesstudents（D.neverwroteexams）

2.Themainideaofparagraph3isthat（D.examinationsarenowwrittenandtimed）

3.Thekindofexamswherestudentsmustselectanswersare（C.objective）

4.Modernindustrymusthavedeveloped（B.aroundthe19thcentury）

5.Itmaybeconcludedthattesting（C.haschangedsincetheMiddleAges）

Passage2

Questions6to10arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

Themarketinvestigationisindispensabletosalespromotion.Theyareascloselyrelatedasthelipsandteeth,sotospeak.Whatyouproduceisforsaleonthemarket.Itwouldheimpossibletosucceedinsellingaproductwithoutfirstinvestigatingthemarket.

Intheinternationalmarket,goodsonsalecomingfromcountriesandsuppliersarealwaysfacingkeencompetition.Undersuchcircumstances,theywilltryeverythingpossibletofamiliarizethemselveswiththemarketconditions.Inmakinginvestigations,weoughttogetinformationaboutwhatsimilaritemsthecompetitorsareofferingonthemarket,whatpricestheyarequoting（报价）,whatfeaturestheirproductshave,whoaretheirregularcustomers,etc.Then,howcanweobtainsuchinformation?

Therearemanychannelsthatwecanmakeuseofindoingthissortofwork.Thecommercialcounselor’sofficesofourembassiesstationedabroadcanhelpusinmakingmarketinvestigations.Nowadays,ourimportandexportcorporationssendtheirtradegroupsabroadeverynowandthen.Oneoftheirpurposesistomakemarketsurveysonthespot.

Certainly,face-to-facetalkswithforeignbusinessmenarealsoimportantchannelstogetmarketinformation.TheChineseExportCommoditiesFairsandsomeotherfairsofsimilarnatureaswellasvisitsofforeignbusinessmenprovide’uswithsuchopportunities.Ofcourse,therearesomeotherwaysofmakingmarketinvestigations.

6.Inmakingmarketinvestigation,oneshould（A.getenoughinformationconcerned）.

7.Theword“indispensable”inthefirstlinemeans（B.essential）.

8.Whichofthefollowingstatementsisnottrue?

（D.Productiongoesbeforemarketinvestigation.）

9.Makingmarketinvestigationisveryimportantbecause（D.alloftheabove）.

A.inmarket,goodsonsalearenumerous

B.everyproducerisfacingkeencompetition

C.itcangreatlypromotesales

10.Allthefollowingarechannelstogetmarketinformationexcept（B.topromotethequalityofourownproducts）.

Passage3

Questions11to15arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

OnNovember19,1863,AbrahamLincolnwenttoGettysburginPennsylvaniatospeakattheNationalSoldiersCemetery.TheCivilWarwasstillgoingon.TherewasmuchcriticismofPresident,Lincolnatthetime.Hewasnotatallpopular.HehadbeeninvitedtospeakatGettysburgonlyOutofpoliteness.TheprincipalspeakerwastobeEdwardEverett,afamousstatesmanandspeakeroftheday.Everettwasahandsomemanandverypopulareverywhere.

ItissaidthatLincolnpreparedhisspeechonthetrainwhilegoingtoGettysburg.Latethatnight,aloneinhishotelroomandtiredout,heagainworkedbrieflyonthespeech.ThenextdayEverettspokefirst.Hespokeforanhourand57minutes.Hisspeechwasaperfectexampleoftherichoratoryoftheday.ThenLincolnrose.Thecrowdof15,000peopleatfirstpaidlittleattentiontohim.Hespokeforonlynineminutes.Attheendtherewaslittleapplause.Lincolnturnedtoafriendandremarked,“Ihavefailedagain.”OnthetrainbacktoWashington,hesaidsadly,”Thatspeechwasaflatfailure,andthepeoplearedisappointed.

Somenewspapersatfirstcriticizedthespeech.Butlittlebylittlepeoplereadthespeechtheybegantounderstandbetter.Theybeganappreciateitssimplicityanditsdeepmeaning.ItwasaspeechwhichonlyAbrahamLincolncouldhavemade.

Today,everyAmericanschoolchildlearnsLincoln’sGettysburgAddressbyheart.NoweveryonethinksofitasoneofthegreatestspeechesevergiveninAmericanhistory.

11.In1863,AbrahamLincolnwas（B.unpopular）

12.LincolnwasinvitedtospeakattheNationalSoldiersCemeterybecausehewas（C.Presidentofthecountry）

13.Itcanbeinferredfromthetextthat（B.Lincolnwasverybusyatthetimeanddidn’thavemuchtimetopreparehisspeech）.

14.ItwasafactthatLincoln’sspeechwas（D.notwell-receivedatfirst）.

15.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?

（D.Lincoln’sGettysburgAddressisthegreatestspeecheverdeliveredintheUnitedStates.）

Passage4

Questions16to20arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

Animalsseemtohavethesensetoeatwhentheyarehungryandtheydonoteatmorethantheirbodiesneed.Ithasbeendemonstratedthatratswill,whengivenachoiceoveraperiodoftime,preferwaterwithvitaminstowaterwithoutvitaminseventhoughthereisnodifferenceintasteorsmellbetweenthetwowaterbottles.Whenafragrantflavorwasaddedtothevitamin-enrichedfluid,theratsdidseemtodevelopatasteforitandkeptdrinkingit,evenafterthevitaminswereswitchedtotheclearwater.Intime,however,theybrokethehabitandwentbacktowherethenecessaryvitaminswere.

Inaclassicexperiment,babiesof6to12monthsoldwereplacedinacafeteriafeedingarrangement,withawideselectionofbabyfoodbeforethem.Theyweregivenwhateverfoodtheypointedtoorappearedinterestedin.Wearetoldthatatfirsttheyshowedsomeunusualeatingpatterns,butthatoveraperiodoftimetheymanagedtoselectwell-balanceddiet.

So,inselectingfood,ratsandbabiesdoseemtoknowandactonwhat’sbestforthem.Apparently,thereisakindof“bodywisdom,”whichhumanssoonlose.Mostofusdonoteataswiselyaswecould.Manyofourfoodpreferencesareculturallydeterminedandinfluencedbylong-establishedhabits.Somepeopleeatfox,dogandblackbirds,whileweeatcowsandpigs.Sowhatpeopleeatandhowmuchtheyeatseemstobegreatlyinfluencedbywhatisgoingonaroundthem.

16.Intheexperimentonrats,afragrantflavorwasaddedtotherat’sdrinkingwaterto（C.testwhetherratsknowwhichdrinkisgoodforthem）

17.Theexpression“thehabit”（para.1,sentence4）referstodrinkingwaterwhich（D.isflavored）

18.Accordingtothepassage,adultseatinghabitsdifferfromthoseofbabiesbecause（C.adults’eatinghabitsarecloselyrelatedtothesocialandculturalcustoms）

19.Theauthorimpliedinthepassagethatmostofus（C.havethehabitsinfluencedbythesurroundings）

20.Asfarastheireatinghabitsareconcerned,babiesandratsaresimilarinthat（A.bothhavethewisdomtochooseabalanceddiet）

Part

VocabularyandStructure（40%）

Directions:

Inthispartthereare40incompletesentences.ForeachsentencetherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.ChoosetheONEanswerthatbestcompletesthesentence.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

21.Youshouldbeableto（B.distinguish）rightfromwrong.

22.Anystudentwho（D.neglects）hishomeworkisunlikelytopasstheexamination.

23.Ipromisedtolook（C.into）thematterassoonasIgotthere.

24.Yoursisterhasmadean（A.appointment）foryoutoseethedentistat3thisafternoon.

25.Thecommitteeisexpectedto（A.reach）adecisionthisevening.

26.HespokesoquicklythatIdidn’t（D.makeout）whathesaid.

27.Iwroteitdown（A.incase）Ishouldforgetit.

28.ItisnotthatIdonotlikeplays.ThereasonwhyIdidnotgotothetheaterlastnightwasthatIcouldnot（C.afford）thetime.

29.Thechemicalfactorywasdemolished（D.inthenameof）protectingtheenvironment.

30.Afterathree-hourheateddiscussion,allthemembersinthejuryreachedtheconclusion