北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试（A）
2004.4
睡美人阅读答案Part I Reading Comprehension (30%)
Directions: There are four 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 mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Passage 1 Questions I to 5 are bad on the following passage:
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英语写作A youngster’s social development has a profound effect on his academic progress. Kids who have trouble getting along with their classmates can end up behind academically as well and have a higher chance of dropping out (退学). In the early grades especially, experts say, youngsters should be encouraged to work in groups rather than individually so that teachers can spot children who may be having problems making friends. “When childre
n work on a project”, says Lillian Kate, an educational professor at the Illinois University, “they learn to work together, to disagree, to think, to take turns and lighten tensions. The skills can’t be learned through lecture. We all know people who have wonderful technical skills but don’t have any social skills. Relationships should be the first R”.
At a certain age, children are also learning to judge themlves in relation to others. For most children, school marks the first time that their goals are not t by an internal clock but by the outside world. Just as the 1-year-old struggling to walk, the 6-year-old is struggling to meet adult expectations. Young kids don’t know how to distinguish early-childhood education for the state of New Jery, “(76) if they try hard to do something and fail, they may conclude that they will never be able to accomplish a particular task”. “The effects are rious”, says Hills, “a child who has had his confidence really damaged needs a rescue operation”.
避孕套英文1. The author ems to think that a kid’s poor relationship with his classmates would .
A. have negative effects on his study
B. develop his individualism but limit his intelligence
C. eventually lead to his leaving school
D. have nothing to do with his achievements in a cour
2. In the first paragraph, the word spot means .
结汇英语A. teach B. help C. find D. treat
写作能力3. For most children, school makes them understand .
A. that it is society rather than individual that decides one’s future
B. that they can meet the social needs
C. that one’s effort and one’s ability can be two quite different matters
D. that social needs and individual needs have nothing in common
4. Which of the following is most unlikely for the author to do?
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A. To talk to the students who have mental problems.
B. To help students develop a feeling of lf-respect.
geronC. To keep a student from playing alone.
D. To announce a student’s scores in public.
5. Which of the following is the major concern of the passage about a student’s needs?
A. Individualism and cooperation.
B. Academic success and independent thinking.
C. Socialization and feeling of competence.
D. Intelligence and respect.
accompanimentPassage 2 Questions 6 to 10 are bad on the following passage:
If the Europeans thought a drought—a long period of dry weather—was something that happened only in Africa, they know better now. After four years of below-normal rainfall (in some cas only 10 percent of annual average), vast areas of France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Britain and Ireland are dry and barren (贫瘠).(77) Water is so low in the canals of northern France that waterway traffic is forbidden except on weekends. Oyster (牡蛎)grows in Brittany report a 30 percent drop in production becau of the loss of fresh water in local rivers necessary for oyster breeding. In southeastern England, the rolling green hills of Kent have turned so brown that officials have been weighing plans to pipe in water from Wales. In Portugal, farmers in the southern Alentejo region have held prayer meeting for rain. So far, in vain.
(78) vehicle读音Governments in drought-spread countries are taking vere measures. Authorities in hard-hit areas of France have banned washing cars and watering lawns. In Britain, water will soon be metered, like gas and electricity. “The English have always taken water for granted,” says Graham Warren, a spokesman of Britain’s National Rivers Authority. “Now they’re putting a price on it.” Even a sudden end to the drought would not end the miry i
n some areas. It will take veral years of unusually heavy winter rain, the experts say, just to bring existing water rerves up to their normal levels.
6. What does the author mean by saying “they know better now?”
A. They know more about the caus of the drought.
B. They have a better understanding of the drought in Africa.
C. They have realized that the drought in Europe is the most rious one.
