2013年11月北京地区成人英语三级考试真题及答案解析
Part I Reading Comprehension (30%)
Directions: There are three passages inthis 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 decideon 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 CostaConcordia has been lying on its side near the coast of Giglio, a smallItalian island. But on Tuesday, as part of the largest salvage（打捞）operation everconducted，the large ship was finally moved to the upright position. Thenext step is for the vessel to be removed from the area entirely.
The Costa Concordia is twicethe weight of the Titanic. The ship itself didn’t budge（稍微移动）for the firstthree hours of the operation, Sergio Girotto told reporters. He and otherengineers worked for 19 hours before Concordiawas declared completely upright.
The Costa Concordia capsized on January 13, 2012，after itscaptain, Francesco Schettino，brought the ship too closeto the shore. The ship hit coastal rocks, which caused serious damage andallowed water to pour in. (76) Most of the 4,200 people on board made it toland safely, but more than 30 people were killed in the disaster. Twopeople remain missing. The Concordia’scaptain is currently on trial for causing a shipwreck and abandoning his ship.
The operation to right the ship is called parbuckling. While parbucklingis a standard operation to right capsized ships，it has never before beenused on such a large ship.（77）Workers had beenwaiting for favorable weather conditions to undertake the operation. On Monday，authorities gavethe final go-ahead.
The process was expected to take no more than 12 hours. But problems withthe large system of steel chains caused delays. Engineers worked through thenight using cables and metal water tanks to roll the ship onto specialplatforms.
The Concordia is expected to be pulled away from Giglio in the spring of2014 and turned into scrap metal (废金属). The ship’s owner, CostaCruises, will pay for the recovery, which has already cost more than $800million.
1. Which of the following is the best titlefor the passage? A. Ship Safety Management
B. Shipwrecks: an Environmental Threat C. The CostaConcordia Disaster D. The CostaConcordia Salvage
2. The word “capsized” in the third paragraph isclosest in meaning to ______ A. turned over B. delayed C. departed D. set sail
3. According to the passage, the Concordia’scaptain 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 passage，which of the following statementsis TRUE? A. The CostaConcordia is three times the weight of the Titanic.
B. Engineers in Italy have successfully righted thewrecked Concordia after an operation that lasted around 12 hours.
C. The salvage operation went ahead despite badweather conditions. D. As a common means of righting wrecked ships,parbuckling had never been carried out on a vessel of the Concordia’ssize.
5. What will happen to the Concordia eventually? A. It will be pulled away to be broken up for scrapmetal. 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.
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1. 【答案】D
【题型&考点】主旨题
【答案解析】全文讲述的是对协和号的打捞，只有D符合题意。A船只安全管理B沉船：自然的威胁 C协和号灾难均不符合题意。
2. 【答案】A
【题型&考点】词汇题
【答案解析】文中说到协和号已经翻倒，需要作业把它扶正，所以capsized就是翻到的意思，对应A选项。
3. 【答案】C
【题型&考点】信息题
【答案解析】定位至原文第三段最后一句可知，船长由于沉船罪和弃船罪受审，所以答案选C 擅离职守，其它选项文中均未提到。
4. 【答案】D
【题型&考点】信息题
【答案解析】定位至第四段第二句话可知，D选项描述正确。根据第二段第一句可知，A错误；根据最后一段可知作业时间超过了20个小时,B错误二段倒数第二句可知，工人们一直在等好的作业天气，C错误。
5. 【答案】A
【题型&考点】信息题
【答案解析】由最后一段可知协和号会被拆解，所以A符合题意。 Passage 2
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:
(78) Would you risk your life for a country that considered you asecond-class citizen? Would you join a military that asked you to risksacrificing your life but separated you from other soldiers because of thecolor of your skin? That is precisely what the Tuskegee Airmen did. They werebrave, intelligent, African-American men and women who fought for the UnitedStates in World War II.
In 1940, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt agreed to allow AfricanAmericans to fly airplanes in the military. Before that, African Americanscould only serve in the Armed Forces as part of the ground troops. The firstAfrican American airmen reported for duty in 1941. They began their trainingoutside of Tuskegee, Alabama. (79) The soldiers were completely separated bvrace and the two races could not communicate. About 450 African Americanpilots finished the training. These men were the original Tuskegee Airmen.
The Tuskegee Airmen had an amazing record. They did not lose any of thebombers they were escorting (护航) When the war was over in1945，the TuskegeeAirmen were heroes. But when they returned to America, they were appalled to find out that they werestill treated like second-class citizens. They faced the same segregation (种族隔离）anddiscrimination (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 North，he would often forget thesegregation rules of the South. Once, Henry was on a bus alone with a white busdriver. Soon, after the two had talked for
a while，a wave of otherpassengers came on the bus. A problem arose when some white passengerswerestill standing, which was against the rules. Henry was put off the bus, eventhough he was the first person to board the bus and had paid his fare.
One thing did change, however. In 1948，President Harry S. Trumansigned an executive order prohibiting segregation in the military.Eventually,the Tuskegee Airmen were officially thanked for their amazing efforts in thewar.
6. Which of the following is the best titlefor 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 thatHenry ___________. 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. Trumanordered to end military segregation. A. 1940
2013年11月北京地区成人英语三级考试真题及答案解析
