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Part I Reading 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 corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

Passage 1

Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:

For 20 months the wrecked Costa Concordia has been lying on its side near the coast of Giglioa small Italian island. But on Tuesday, as part of the largest salvage(打捞)operation ever conductedthe large ship was finally moved to the upright position. The next step is for the vessel to be removed from the area entirely.

The Costa Concordia is twice the weight of the Titanic. The ship itself didn’t budge(稍微移动)for the first three hours of the operation, Sergio Girotto told reporters. He and other engineers worked for 19 hours before Concordia was declared completely upright.

The Costa Concordia capsized on January 13, 2012after its captain, Francesco Schettinobrought the ship too close to the shore. The ship hit coastal rocks, which caused serious damage and allowed water to pour in. (76) Most of the 4,200 people on board made it to land safely, but more than 30 people were killed in the disaster. Two people remain missing. The Concordia’s captain is currently on trial for causing a shipwreck and abandoning his ship.

The operation to right the ship is called parbuckling. While parbuckling is a standard operation to right capsized shipsit has never before been used on such a large ship.77Workers had been waiting for favorable weather conditions to undertake the operation. On Mondayauthorities gave the final go-ahead.

The process was expected to take no more than 12 hours. But problems with the large system of steel chains caused delays. Engineers worked through the night using cables and metal water tanks to roll the ship onto special platforms.

The Concordia is expected to be pulled away from Giglio in the spring of 2014 and turned into scrap metal (废金属). The ship’s owner, Costa Cruises, will pay for the recovery, which has already cost more than $800 million.

1. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

 

A. Ship Safety Management

B. Shipwrecks: an Environmental Threat

C. The Costa Concordia Disaster

D. The Costa Concordia Salvage

2. The word “capsized” in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to ______

A. turned over

B. delayed

C. departed

D. set sail

3. According to the passage, the Concordia’s captain has been charged with causing the crash and ______.

A. drug use

B. alcohol abuse

C. abandoning his post

D. setting fire

4. According to the passagewhich of the following statements is TRUE?

A. The Costa Concordia is three times the weight of the Titanic.

B. Engineers in Italy have successfully righted the wrecked Concordia after an operation that lasted around 12 hours.

C. The salvage operation went ahead despite bad weather conditions.

D. As a common means of righting wrecked ships, parbuckling had never been carried out on a vessel of the Concordia’s size.

5. What will happen to the Concordia eventually?

A. It will be pulled away to be broken up for scrap metal.

B. It will be repaired and put into use again.

C. It will be turned into a museum for tourists.

D. It will be sunk to the ocean floor.

Passage 2

Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:

(78) Would you risk your life for a country that considered you a second-class citizen? Would you join a military that asked you to risk sacrificing your life but separated you from other soldiers because of the color of your skin? That is precisely what the Tuskegee Airmen did. They were brave, intelligent, African-American men and women who fought

 

for the United States in World War II.

In 1940, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt agreed to allow African Americans to fly airplanes in the military. Before that, African Americans could only serve in the Armed Forces as part of the ground troops. The first African American airmen reported for duty in 1941. They began their training outside of Tuskegee, Alabama. (79) The soldiers were completely separated bv race and the two races could not communicate. About 450 African American pilots finished the training. These men were the original Tuskegee Airmen.

The Tuskegee Airmen had an amazing record. They did not lose any of the bombers they were escorting (护航) When the war was over in 1945the Tuskegee Airmen were heroes. But when they returned to America, they were appalled to find out that they were still treated like second-class citizens. They faced the same segregation (种族隔离)and discrimination (歧视)as they had before they began their training.

Frederick Henry, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen, lives in Detroit, Michigan. Because he was from the Northhe would often forget the segregation rules of the South. Once, Henry was on a bus alone with a white bus driver. Soon, after the two had talked for a whilea wave of other passengers came on the bus. A problem arose when some white passengers were still standing, which was against the rules. Henry was put off the bus, even though he was the first person to board the bus and had paid his fare.

One thing did change, however. In 1948President Harry S. Truman signed an executive order prohibiting segregation in the military. Eventually, the Tuskegee Airmen were officially thanked for their amazing efforts in the war.

6. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. American Soldiers in World War II

B. American Civil Rights Movement

C. The Tuskegee Airmen

D. Racial Discrimination in the U. S.

7. What docs the word “appalled” in the third paragraph probably mean?

A. Reluctant.

B. Pleased.

C. Shocked.

D. Relieved,

8. It can be inferred from the passage that Henry ___________.

A refused to give up his seat to a white passenger

B. refused to pay his bus fare

 

C. had a fight with the bus driver

D. was the last person to board the bus.

9. In __________, President Harry S. Truman ordered to end military segregation.

A. 1940

B. 1941

C. 1945

D. 1948

10. According to the passage, which of the following statements about the Tuskegee Airmen is TRUE?

A In World War IIthey never lost a bomber to enemy fire.

B. They were the first group of black soldiers ever trained by the ground troops.

C. They were not subjected to racial discrimination in the army.

D. They were already soldiers in the ground troops before their training at Tuskegee began.

Passage 3

Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:

Coffee is a powerful drink. On a personal level, it helps keep us awake and active. (80) On a much general level, it has helped shape our history and continues to shape our culture.

Coffee plants grow wild in parts of Africa and were probably used by travelling tribes (部落)for thousands of years, but it wasn’t until the 1400s that people figured out they could roast its seeds. “Then it really took off,” said historian Mark Pendergrast—author of Uncommon Grounds: the History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World. By the 1500s, the drink had spread to coffeehouses across the Arab world within another 150 years, it took Europe by storm. “It actually had a major impact on the rise of business,” Pendergrast says. Coffeehouses became a spot not just to enjoy a cup but to exchange ideas.

The insurance industry was founded hundreds of years ago in one of London’s 2,000 coffeehouses. Literature, newspapers and even the works of great composers like Bach and Beethoven were also inspired in coffeehouses.

It is often said that after the Boston Tea Party of 1773, when American colonists (殖民者)attacked British tea ships and threw large boxes of tea into the harbor, Americans everywhere switched over to drinking coffee. “There’s a lot of truth to the story, I found,” Pendergrast says. He mentions a letter John Adams wrote to his wife, Abigail, in which the

 

Founding Father declares his love of tea but says he will have to learn to accept coffee instead, because drinking tea had become unpatriotic (不爱国的).

For all the upsides coffee has brought the modem world, it also brought its fair share of downsides, too. Europeans carried coffee with them as they colonized various parts of the world, and this frequently meant they made people into slaves in order to grow it.

11. According to the passagewhich of the following has nothing to do with coffee?

A. Literature.

B. Newspapers.

C. The insurance industry.

D. The oil industry.

12. According to the passagewhich of the following is NOT TRUE?

A. The Boston Tea Party took place in 1773.

B. Europeans figured out ways to use coffee during the 1670s.

C. During the 1770s, more and more Americans began to drink coffee*

D. Coffee is a refreshing drink.

13. The author of the book believes that__________.

A. drinking coffee was unpatriotic

B. 2000 insurance companies were set up hundreds of years ago

C. Europeans were responsible for the existence of slavery

D. coffee actually influenced the rise of business

14. The phrase “took off” in the second paragraph means “_________”.

A. dropped to the ground                  B. became very successful

C. removed its coat                          D. went away suddenly

15. Which of the following is an appropriate title for this passage?

A. When Coffee Became Popular

B. Coffee Is a Powerful Drink

C. How Coffee Influenced the Course of History

D. What Impact Coffee Has on Human Behavior

Part II Vocabulary and Structure (30%)

Directions: 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 sentence. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

16. We don’t need air conditioning, ______.

 

A. nor can we afford it                                B. neither can afford it

C. nor we can afford it                                D. neither we can afford it

17. Could you find someone ______?

A. for me to play tennis with                        B. play tennis with

C. for me to play tennis                               D. play tennis

18. “You are too self-centered. It’s high time you ______ that you are not the most important person in the world,” Edgar said to his boss angrily.

A. realized            B. have realized             C. realize                      D. should realize

19. The government cannot operate effectively ______ it is free from such interference.

A. so long as        B. so that                      C. unless                      D. because

20. If I had remembered ______ the window, the thief would not have got in.

A. to close           B. closing                     C. to have closed           D. having closed

21. In Britain, the best season of the year is probably ______ spring.

A. later                B. latter                        C. last                          D. late

22. If it ______ tomorrow, the basketball match has to be canceled.

A. rain                 B. rains                        C. rained                          D. will rain

23. ______ Pacific Ocean is  very large sea to the west of North and South America, and to the east of Asia and Australia.

A.The; a              B. A; the                       C. The; the                   D. A; a

24. Neither his fellow workers nor Tod himself ______ to the solution put forward by the employer

A. agree               B. agrees                      C. agreeing                   D. to agree

25. If only I ______ hard in the past few months! But I didn't work hard enough and failed the maths examination.

A. work               B. worked                    C. have worked             D. had worked

26. None of us knew how the change had come ______.

A. across             B. about                       C. over                         D. down

27. The price of fish is ______ during the Spring Festival

A. expensive        B. high                         C. valuable                    D. dear

28. He offered to ______ her a hand as the bag was too heavy for her to carry.

A. lend                B. help                         C. show                       D. borrow

29. Do you mind if I ______ the mistakes in your report?

A. pick up            B. put up                      C. call out                     D. point out

30- They told me it would be cheap but       it cost me nearly $ 500.

 

A. in general         B. in a word                  C. in detail                    D. in fact

31. Having been found guilty, the man was given a severe   by the judge.

A. service            B. sentence                   C. crime                       D. crisis

32. Frankfurt, Germany, is one of the most populated regions in Western Europe,

A. densely            B. vastly                       C. enormously              D. largely

33. Jean did not have time to go to the concert last night because she was busy ______ for her history examination.

A. to prepare        B. preparing                C. to be prepared           D. being prepared

34. By the end of this month, we surely ______ a satisfactory solution to the problem.

A. have found      B. will be finding           C. will have found         D. are finding

35. Helen was much kinder to her youngest child than she was to the others, ______, of course, made the others jealous.

A. whom             B. that                          C. what                        D. which

36. Linda, ______ has lived next door to me about 10 years, will move to another city soon.

A. who                B. which                      C. that                          D. what

37. The visitors felt greatly surprised at ______ they saw in the museum.

A. who                B. whose                      C. how                         D. what

38. On no account ______ held responsible for the accident.

A. the driver can be                                 B. can the driver be

C. the driver docs be                                D. does the driver be

39. ______ by his friend for his mistake, Jim felt very unhappy.

A. Criticizing                                              B. To criticize

C. Criticized                                               D. Having criticized

40. Our sports meet is planned to take place ______ Saturday morning.

A. in                    B. at                             C. on                           D. of

41. You can’t afford to let the situation get worse. You must take ______ to put it right.

A. decisions         B. directions                 C. sides                        D. steps

42. How these big stones were moved to the mountain tops remains a ______, that is, nobody knows how.

A. mystery           B. possibility                 C responsibility             D. faith

43. Michael Jackson traveled and sang all around the world, ______ his audience with music, dance and fashion.

A. entertaining      B. awarding                  C. giving                      D. proving

 

44. To improve efficiency the factory ______ most of its workers with robots.

A. operated          B. replaced                   C. contributed               D. accomplished

45. —Fred: Hi, Paul, do you live near here?
—Paul: ______ I moved out to the suburbs.

A. Hi, Fredhow do you do?

B. Hi, Fred, I’m very well, thanks.

C. Yes, I do.

D. NoI don’t

Part III Identification (10%)

Directions: Each of the following sentences has four 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. Sheforwardto the garden.

47. reason he absent from school yesterday is he was ill.

48.Beijing and

49. In China, most university students their parents.

50. Shanghai by population the .

51. Now young people the village, unlike parents, choose in cities.

52. I don’t feel like for a swim the wind is .

53. was her cruelty we all her.

54. There three students part .

55. , tourist companies in selling us the idea thatwe go, our holiday will be .

Part IV Cloze (10%)

Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage, and for each blank there are 4

 

choices marked A, B, C and D at the end of the passage. You should choose ONE answer that best fits into the passage. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

The mind-success connection is strongand many obstacles to our success are also mental. Some people rely more on facts, _56_ others rely more on feelings. There is no “right way” to be, but we all have the natural ability to “feel” our way successfully _57_ an unlighted path.

I learned this _58_ I was standing on a curb (路边)in a city in Vietnam (越南). My objective, a restaurant where my husband Tom was _59_ for mestood on the _60_ side of the street, I was _61_ and could smell the food. But it seemed as if the restaurant were miles away. The street was _62_ with motor cycles, bicycles, cars, trucks and buses. Rather than _63_ the traffic into two lanesthe yellow lane markers apparently served only to _64_ that you were on a paved (铺设的)road. People passed, stopped, turned around and crossed center lines.

Traffic flowed both ways in the same lane, and more traffic turned onto the street from side ones. Even when the signal tight turned red, traffic _65_ to flow as drivers entirely _66_ the signal, rushing to me from front, back, sides and all angles.

I was ready to abandon lunch with Tom when a local gentleman _67_ my arm. In English, he kindly said, “Crossing the street is not a problem, _68_ a dance.” With that we stepped _69_ the curb and into the chaos (混乱). My heart _70_ faster as we walked slowly across. _71_ greeting us with sharp horns and angry shouts, drivers saw and adjusted to us. As long as we made no sudden _72_, we were fine. I felt as if we were gracefully swimming _73_ a school of fish. The traffic flowed smoothly around usin all directions. _74_ I knew it, we were across.

Learning to dance through the chaos of traffic is just _75_ your feelings. It’s a combination of intention, timing and trust.

56. A. as                                                          B while

C. where                                                    D. when

57. A. along                                                     B. with

C. beside                                                    D. under

58. A. where                                                    B. what

C. when                                                     D. which

59. A. waiting                                                  B. looking

C. expecting                                               D. seeing

60. A. opposed                                                 B. nearby

 

C. different                                                 D. opposite

61. A. earnest                                                   B. hungry

C splendid                                                  D. worried

62. A. grouped                                                 B. pressed

C. crowded                                                D. provided

63. A. dividing                                                  B. combining

C. cutting                                                   D. joining

64. A. strengthen                                              B. conclude

C indicate                                                   D. express

65. A. responded                                              B. transformed

C. recovered                                               D. continued

66. A. respected                                               B. ignored

C. remembered                                           D. misunderstood

67. A. hit                                                         B. led

C. took                                                      D. struck

68. A. besides                                                  B. but

C. rather                                                    D. except

69. A. off                                                        B. on

C. with                                                      D. for

70. A. beat                                                       B. moved

C. leapt                                                      D. jumped

71. A. Regardless of                                         B. In spite of

C. For lack of                                             D. Instead of

72. A. recognitions                                           B. suspicions

C. movements                                            D. enjoyments

73. A. under                                                     B. through

C. above                                                    D. between

74. A. Although                                                B. After

C. Where                                                   D. Before

75. A. following                                               B. considering

C. astonishing                                             D. appreciating

Part V Translation (20%)

Section A

Directions: In this part, there are five sentences which you should translate into Chinese. These sentences are all taken from the 3 passages you have just read in Reading Comprehension. You can refer back to the passages to identify their meanings in the context

76. Most of the 4,200 people on board made it to land safely, but more than 30 people were killed in the disaster.

77. Workers had been waiting for favorable weather conditions to undertake the operation.

78. Would you risk your life for a country that considered you a second-class citizen?

79. The soldiers were completely separated by race and the two races could not communicate.

80. On a much general level, it has helped shape our history and continues to shape our culture.

Section B

Directions: In this part, there are five sentences in Chinese. You should translate them into English. Be sure to write clearly.

81. 像往常一样,他们又迟到了。

82. 他们不知道如何应对压力。

83. 在暑假期间,孩子们参观了一个农场。

84. 我昨天看的那部电影是一个真实的故事。

85. 我们正急忙赶往机场去接

 

北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试参考答案

2013.11.2

Part I Reading Comprehension

1-5 DACDA

6-10 CCADA

11-15 DBDBC

Part II Vocabulary and Structure

16-20 AAACA

21-25 DBABD

26-30 BBADD

31-35 BABCD

36-40 ADBCC

41-45 DAABD

Part III Identification

46-50 CBBBB

51-55 CAABD

Part IV Cloze

56-60 BACAD

61-65 BCACD

66-70 BCBAA

71-75 DCBDC

Part V Translation

Section A

76. 船上4200名乘客中的大多数人都安全着陆了,但仍有30多人死于灾难。

77. 工人们一直在等待适宜的天气状况,以进行扶正操作。

78. 你会为一个视你为二等公民的国家出生入死么?

79. 士兵们被种族完全隔离,两个种族不交流,不沟通。

80. 从更广泛的意义来说,它塑造了我们的历史,并将继续塑造我们的文化。

Section B

81. They are late again as usual.

82. They don’t know how to deal with pressure.

83. The kids visited a farm during the summer vacation.

84. The film that I saw yesterday was adapted from a real story.

85. We are hurrying to the airport to pick up Mr. Smith.

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