学位英语

第3部分：概括大意与完成句子(第1~8题，每题1分，共8分)

阅读下面这篇短文，短文后有2项测试　任务：(1)第1-4题要求从所给的6个选项中为第2-5段每段选择1个正确的小标题;(2)第5-8题要求从所给的6个选项中选择4个正确选项，分别完成每个句子。

English and English Community

1 There is no doubt that English is a useful language.The people who speak English today make up the largest speech community in the world with the exception of speakers of Chinese.

2 A speech community is similar to other kinds of communities.The people who make up the community share a common language.Often they live side by side, as they do in a neighborhood (街坊)，a village，or a city.More often they form a whole country.National boundaries，however，are not always the same as the boundaries of a speech community.A speech community is any group of people who speak the same language no matter where they happen to live.

3 We may say that anyone who speaks English belongs to the English speech community.For convenience(方便)，we may divide the speakers into two groups: one in which the speakers use English as their native language, the other in which the speakers 1earn English as a second language for the purpose of education，commerce，and so on.

4 Learning a second language extends one's vision and expands the mind.The history and literature of a second language record the real and fictional(虚构的)lives of people and their culture;a knowledge of them adds to our ability to understand and to feel as they feel.Learning English as a second language provides another means of communication through which the window of the entire English speech community becomes a part of our heritage.

23 Paragraph 1___________ .

24 Paragraph 2___________ .

25 Paragraph 3___________ .

26 Paragraph 4___________ .

A Threat Posed by English

B Definition of a Speech Community

C Benefits of Learning a Second Language

D Advantages of Learning Chinese

E Two Groups of the English Speech Community

F A Widely Used Language

27 Overall there are more speakers of Chinese than of ___________

28 The boundaries of a speech community may be different from ___________ .

29 People who live in different places may belong to ___________ .

30 Many people learn English as ___________ .

A a second language

B the same language

C the same speech community

D any other language

E national boundaries

F a part of one's heritage

答案：　F B E C D E C A

第4部分 阅读理解

阅读下面短文，短文后有5道题。请根据短文内容，为每题确定1个最佳选项。

Heat and Health

Extremely hot weather is common in many parts of the world.Although hot weather just makes most people hot,it can cause medical problems-and death.

Health experts say that since the year 1900,extremely hot weather has killed more people in the United States than any other natural event.One year-the unusually hot summer of 1980-heat caused about 1,700 deaths in the United States.In 1995,more than 600 people died in a similar heat wave in one city-Chicago.

To measure extreme heat,govemment weather experts have developed the Mean Heat Index.It measures the average of how hot it is felt all day on an extremely hot day.Experts say it is the total heat of a hot day or several hot days that can affect health.Several hot days are considered a heat wave.Experts say heat waves often become deadly when the nighttime temperature does not drop much from the highest daytime temperature.

The most common medical problem caused by hot weather is heat stress.Usually,it also is the least severe.For most peoople,the only result of heat stress is muscle pain.The pain is a warning that the body is becoming too hot.Doctors say drinking water will help the pain disappear after the body again has the right amounts of water and salt.For some people,however,the result is much more serious.

For example,doctors say some people face a greatly increased danger from heat stress.These people have a weak or damaged heart,high blood pressure,or other problems of the blood system.Severe heat can help cause a heart attack or stroke.Health experts say this is the most common cause of death linked to hot weather.

1.How many people died from heat in Chicago in 1995?

A.About 1700.

B.Nearly 1900.

C.Around 1100.

D.Over 600.

2.What can people learn from the Mean Heat Index?

A.The average temperature of an extremely hot day.

B.The highest temperature of an extremely hot day.

C.The lowest temperature of an extremely hot day.

D.The nighttime temperature of an extremely hot day.

3.A heat wave is a period of time during which

A.the weather is much better than usual.

B.the nights are much longer than usual.

C.the weather is much hotter than usual.

D.the days are much longer than usual.

4.Muscle pain in hot weather means that your body needs

A.more exercise.

B.more water.

C.less oxygen.

D.less sugar.

5.For people who are in extremely poor health,heat can be

A.deadly.

B.painful.

C.helpful.

D.stressful.

答案：D A C B A

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