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2012.11.03 北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试真题及答案
Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (30%)
Directions: There are three passages in this is followed some
part.
are four
Each passage choices
questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there marked A,B,C and D. You should decide on the best choice the corresponding letter on the Answer sheet 。
Passage 1
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage :
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It seems like every day there's some new research about whether our favorite drinks are good for us ,(76)One day ,science says a glass of red wine a day will help us Iseems are interestelive longer The next day ,maybe not t journalists pretty d in wine research and the same might be said for coffee .Now there's been a lot of research into whether coffee's good for our health \really been mixed\his findings a journrecently.\been some coffeincreasin medical al e's evidence that e might e the risk of certain diseases and alsthere's o been maybe more recent evidence that coffee may protect against other diseases as well\ 。 Freedman and his colleagues undertook the biggest study yet to look at the relationshiand They from more p between coffee health analyzed data collected than
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ages 50 participatinin the
400,000 Americans to g the study \coffee
had a deatnon-sai.Here'
drinkers modestly lower risk of h than the drinkers ,\d s what he means by \a day were
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about percent or percent s y to die for reason during the years
when looked specifideath ,coffdrinkin
of the study the researchers at c causes of ee g
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thrisodisease
appeared to cut e k f dying from heart lung and
infections
injurie,accident
disease s s
stressedoesn'can make people
Now ,Freedman d that the study t prove coffee live longer. A study like this can never prove a cause-and-effect relationship (77)All
researcherrighdirectifurthe
it can really do is to point s in the t on for r investigatiithareallscientiston And even if t turns out t coffee is y good for you, s have no idea why 1 According to the first paragraph, reporters would like to know the research
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findings of ___
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A . tea B. beer C. alcohol D. coffee
2According to the passage, which of the following is TRUCE?
A Freedman and his colleagues hired 400,00 Americans to collect date
B About four hundred thousand Americans worked for Freedman's team full time for 13 years 。
C People Who took part in Freedman's research are about 50 to 70
years old D
People Who are 50 to 70 years old seldom drink coffee
3 According to the author, scientists__________
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A have already proved that coffee is good for human health
B have a long way to go before they find a way to study coffee
C have avoided the cause -and -effect approach to study coffee
D are still unable to figure out why coffee is good for us
4 The word \means\A both good and bad
B. put together
C. both sharp and soft D. confused
5.Which of the following is an appropriate title for this passage? A. Can Beer Help You Live Longer? B. Can Coffee Help You Live Longer? C. Can Whine Help You Live Longer? D. Can Tea Help You Live Longer? Passage 2
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:
Whenwe're a making sense what we hear learning foreign language, of is the first
fluency. sounds obvious, untiwe didn't know much
step toward It but l recently, about how listening works. New research demonstrates that effective listening involves
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simplhearinthwords floRather,
more than y g e that at past our ears. it's an active
oprocess f receiving information and making meaning. This kind of engaged listening is a skill that's as critical for learning a range of subjects at school and work as it is for learning to understand a foreign tongue 。
(78)Studies of skilled language learners have identified specific listening strategieleacomprehensionyearUniversits that d to superior . Last , for example, y of Ottawa researcher Larry Vandergrift published his study of 106 undergraduates who were learning French as a second language. Half of the students were taught in a conventional fashion, listening to and practicing texts spoken aloud. The other halpossessinthsame leveand same ( 最初的 ) f, g e initial l taught by the teacher, skill
detaileinstruction how to Ioutha
were give d on listen. t turned t t the second group “significantly ”( 胜过 )the first one on a test of
outperformed comprehension 。
strategiesSkille
So what are these listening ? d learners go into a listening class witwhat get it. They set a fothelisteningh a sense of they want to of (79) goal r ir , and they generate predictions about what the speaker will say. Before the talking begins they mentally review what they already know about the subject, and form an intention “listen out ” what ’s important or relevant. Once they to for begin listening, these learners maintain their focus; if their attention wanders, they bring it back to the words being don’t allow themselves to be spoken. They thrown
by unfamilidetailsInstead, notowhat they
off confusing or ar . they take e f don’t understand and make inferences about what those thing might mean, based on other clues available to them; their previous knowledge of the subject, the context( 语 境) of the talk, the identity of the
speaker, and so on 。
6. What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Effective listening means hearing the words that float past our
ears
B. youlistenskilithfirstetowardevelopinDeveloping r ing ls s e st p d g
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fluency
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C. Skilled listeners use specific strategies to get the most out of what they hear 。
D. Listening is one of the most powerful tools we have to gain information
’s research show? 7. What does
Vandergrift
A. Learners who adopt specific listening strategies become better listeners
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B. Learners taught in the traditional way are better at reinforcing what they lear。n
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北京地区成人本科学位英语统一考试真题及其答案
