2013年11月北京成人学士学位英语考试真题及答案

北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试 2013.11 Part I Reading Comprehension 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 on the best choice and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer sheet. For 20 monks the wrecked Costa Concordia has been lying on its side near the coast ofGigli0，a small Italian island.But on Tuesday，as part of the largest salvage(打捞)operation everconducted，the large ship was finally moved to the upfight position.The next step is for the vesselto be removed from the area entirely. The Cojta Concordia is twice the weight of the Titanic.The ship itself didn’t budge(稍微移动)for the first three hours of the operation，Sergio Girotto told reporters.He and other engineers worked for 19 hours before Concordia Was declared completely upright. The Costa Concordia capsized on January 13，2012，after its captain，Francesco Schettino， brought the ship too close to the shore.The ship hit coastal rocks，which caused serious damageand allowed water to pour in.(76)Most of the 4,200 people on board made it to land safely,butmofe than 30 people were killed in the disaster.Two people remain missin9.The Concordia’scaptain is currently on trial for causing a shipwreck and abandoning his ship. The operation to right the ship is called parbucklin9.While pal'buckling is a smndard operationto right capsized ships，it has never before been used on such a large ship.(77)Workers had beenwaiting for favorable weather conditions to undertake the operation.0n Monday，authoritim gave the final 90ahead. The process was expected to take no more than l2 hours.But problems with the large system of steel chains caused delays.Engineers worked through the night using cables and metal watertanks to roll the ship onto special platforms. The Concordia is expected to be pulled away from Giglio in the spring of 2014 and turned into scrap metal(废金属).The ship’s owner，Costa Cruises，will pay for the recovery，which has al ready cost more than$800 million. 第 1 题单选 Which of the following is the best title for the passage? A.Ship Safety Management B.Shipwrecks：an Environmental Threat C.The Costa Concordia Disaster D.The Costa Concordia Salvage 答案：D 第 2 题 The word“capsized”in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to_________. A.turned over B.delayed C.departed D.set sail 答案：A 第 3 题 According to the passage，the Concordia’S captain has been charged with causing the crash and__________ A.drug use B.alcohol abuse C.abandoning his post D.setting fire 答案：C 第 4 题 According to the passage，which of the following statements is TRUE? A.The Costa Concordia iS three times the weight of the Titanic. B.Engineers in Italy have successfully righted the wrecked Concordia after an operation that lasted around l2 hours. C.The salvage operation went ahead despite bad weather conditions. D.Aa a common means of righting wrecked ships.parbuckling had never been carried out on avessel of the Concordia’S size. 答案：D 第 5 题 What will happen to the Concordia eventually? A.It will be pulled away to be broken up for scrap metal. B.It will be repaired and put into use again. C.It will be turned into a museum for tourists. D.It Wi11 be sunk tn the Ocean flnnr 答案：A (78)Would you risk your life for a country that considered you a second class citizen?Would you join a military that asked you to risk sacrificing your life but separated you from other soldiers because of the color of your skin? That is precisely what the Tuskegee Airmen did.They were brave，intelligent，African American men and women who fought for the United States in World Warll. In l940，President Franklin Dclano Roosevelt agreed to allow African Americans to nv airplanes in the military.Before that，African Americans could only serve in the Armed Forces as part of me ground troops.The first African American airnlen reported for duty in l941.They began their training outside of Tnskegee，Alabama.(79)The soldiers were completely separated by race and the two races could not communicate. About 450 African American pilots finished the training. These men werg the original Tuskegee AirHlen. The Tuskegee Airmen had an amazing record.They did not lose any of the bombers thev were escorting(护航).When the War was over in l945，the Tuskegee Airmen were heroes.But when they returned to America，they were appalled to fmd out that they were still treated like second class citizens.They faced the sallle segregation(种族隔离)and discrimination(歧视)as they had before they began their trainin9. Frederick Henry，one of the original Tuskegee Airmen，lives in Detroit,Michigan. Because he was from the North，he would often forget the segregation rules of the South.Once,Henry was on a bus alone with a white bus driver.Soon，after the two had talked for a while.a wave of othepaSsengefS came on the bus·A problem arose when some white passengers were still staIldin9.which was agamst the rules·Henry was put off the bus，even though he was the first perSon“board the bus and had paid his fare. One thing did change，however.In l948，President Harry S.Truman signed an executive order prohibiting segregation in the military.Eventually，the Tuskegee Airmen were officially thanked for their amazing efforts in the war. 第 6 题 Which of the following is the best title for the passage7 A.American Soldiers in World War ll B.American Civil Rights MOVement C.The Tuskegee milTllell D.Racial Discrimination in the U.S. 答案：C 第 7 题 What does the word“appalled”in the third paragraph probably meall? A.Reluctant B.Pleased. C.Shocked. D.Relieved. 答案：C 第 8 题 It can be inferred from the passage that Henry__________. 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 答案：A 第 9 题 In_______，President Harry Truman ordered to end military segregation. A.1940 B.1941 C.1945 D.1948 答案：D 第 10 题 According to be the passage，which of the following statements about the Tuskegee Airmen isTRUE? A.In World War ll，they never lost a bomber to enemy fire. B.They were the first group of black soldiers ever trained by the ground troops. C.They were not subjected to racial discrimination in the army. D.my were already soldiers in the ground troops before their waining at Tuskegee begall. 答案：A Coffee is a powerful drink.On a personal level，it helps keep us awake and active.(80)0n a much general level,it has helped shape our history and continues to shape our history and continues to shape our culture. coffee plants grow wild in parts of Africa and were probably used by 仃 avelling tribes(部落) for tllousands of years，but it wasn’t until the l400s that people figWed out they could roast its seeds·“Then it really took off，"said historian Mark Pendergrast--author of Uncommon Grounds： the History 0f Coffee and How It Transformed Our World.By the 1500s，the drink had spread to coneehouses across the Arab world.Within another 150 years，it took Europe by storm.“It actual— ly had a maJ0¨mpact on the rise of business，”Pendergrast says.Coffeehouses became a spot not just to enjoy a cup but to exchange ideas. The msurance industry was founded hundreds of years ago in one of London’s 2,000 coffee. nouSes·Llterature，newspapers and even the works of great composers like Bach and Beethoven were also inspired in coffeehouses. It i8 0ften said that after the Boston Tea Party of 1773，when American colonists(殖民者)at tacked British tea ships and threw large boxes of tea into the harbor，Americans everywhere switched over to drinking coffee.“There’S a lot of truth to the story，I found，”Pendergrast says. He mentions a letter John Adams wrote to his wife，Abigail，in which the Founding Father declares his love of tea but says he will have to learn to accept coffee instead，because drinking tea had be— come unpatriotic(不爱国的). For all the upsides coffee has brought the modem world，it also brought its fair share of down— sides，t00.Europeans carried coffee with them as they colonized various parts of the world，and this frequently meant they made people into slaves in order to grow it. 第 11 题 According to the passage，which of the following has nothing to do with coffee? A.Literature. B.Newspapers. C.The insurance industry. D.The oil industry. 答案：D 第 12 题 According to the passage，which of the following is NOT TRUE? A.The Boston Tea Party took place in 1773. B.Europeans figured out ways to use coffee during the 1670s. C.During the 1770s，more and more Americans began to drink coffee. D.Coffee is a refreshing drink. 答案：B 第 13 题 The author of the book believes that__________. A.drinking coffee was unpatriotic B.2000 insurance companies were set up hundreds of years ago C.Europeans were responsible for the existence of slavery D.coffee actually influenced the rise of business 答案：D 第 14 题 The phrase“took off”in the second paragraph means“__________”. A.dropped to the ground B.became very successful C.removed its coat D.went away suddenly 答案：B 第 15 题 Which of the following is an appropriate title for this passage? A.When Coffee Became Popular B.Coffee Is a Powerful Drink C.How Coffee Influenced the Course of History D.What Impact Coffee Has on Human Behavior 答案：C Part Ⅱ Vocabulary and Structure Directions: In this part there are 30 incomplete sentences.For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D.Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence.Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. 第 16 题 We don’t need air conditioning，__________. A.’nor Can we afford it B.neither can afford it C.nor we can afford it D.neither we can afford it 答案：A 第 17 题 Could you find someone__________? A.for me to play tennis with B.play tennis with C.for me to play tennis D.play tennis 答案：A