2016年11月北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一
考试
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 0,7 the best choice and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Passage 1
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:
As the National Park Service celebrates its 100th anniversary （周年纪念）, President Barack Obama has announced the establishment of one new national monument, and the expansion (扩大) of another. In Maine, more than 87,500 acres of forest will become government-protected parkland for the first time. In Hawaii, a national monument created by President George W. Bush in 2006 will expand to about 582,578 square miles, four times its current size.
Obama has now created or enlarged 26 national monuments during his presidency. As a result, his administration says, Obama has protected more of the nation's land than any other president has. But some residents and officials, in both Maine and Hawaii, object to the plans. (76) They say their local economies depend on the use of these areas.
In establishing this monument, Obama took the side of conservationists (自然资源保护者) who want laws to protect wild lands. Creating a national park usually requires the approval of Congress. But a 1906 federal law allows the president to establish national monuments on his own.
The land's new status as a monument means that mining and drilling operations are forbidden there. (77) It may also severely limit activities such as logging, road-building, and hunting. Some of Maine's politicians who want to protect the state's logging industries say Obama should not have acted alone. They say Washington should not tell the states how to use their land, especially when people's jobs are at stake. Maine politician Susan Collins said the president should have listened to Maine lawmakers and residents, as well as to the U.S. Congress, before making his decision.
However, those who support the president's decision say the establishment of the new monument will lead to new jobs through tourism.
1. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
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A. Creating New Jobs B. Protecting Wild Animals C. Stimulating Local Economies D. Creating New National Monuments
2. Obama has established or enlarged________national monuments during his two terms . A. 19 B. 20 C. 26 D. 30
3. In national monuments,____________is forbidden. A. logging B. hunting C. mining D. road-building
4. The phrase at stake in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to__________________. A. in return B. in danger C. at present D. by chance
5. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE? A. The national monument in Hawaii was created by President Bush. B. There is no objection to President Obama's decision. C. President Obama made this decision on his own.
D. The establishment of the new monument will lead to new jobs. Passage 2
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:
Toronto's third City Hall, now known as Old City Hall, was designed by Edward James Lennox and declared open on Sept. 18, 1899.
Created to provide more space for city officials, it turned out to be the largest building in the city and the largest city building in North America at the time.
Lennox took three years to design the City Hall and it took 11 years to build it. Contemporaries
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believe that the odd carvings (雕刻) above the Queen Street entrance were actually caricatures (漫画) of councilors at the time.
Lennox even included himself in the caricatures, on the west side of the central arch (拱门), and left a strange signature in the stonework of the link portions of the building.
The third City Hall was originally used as councilors' offices and legal offices, but it is used only as a courthouse today.
When the fourth City Hall (the one we know today) was declared open in 1965, Old City Hall was threatened to be pulled down. It was saved by a group of people called the \
The clock tower stands parallel with the middle of Bay Street, rather than with the center of the building. The bells in the tower were not installed until the building opened. Old City Hall was declared a historical site in 1989.
(78) The entire structure cost more than $2.5 million to build at the time. This is equal to $53 million today.
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Toronto's third City Hall came into use in___________. A. the 18th century B. the 19th century C. the 20th century D. the 21st century
7. Old City Hall was constructed in ________________ years. A. 3 B. 7 C. 9 D. 11 8.
The third City Hall is now used as a_______________. A. middle school B. hospital C. cinema D. courthouse
9. From the passage we learn that______________.
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2016年11月北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试及答案
