1、123 / 11北京地區(qū)成人本科學(xué)士學(xué)位英語統(tǒng)一考試(A)20XX.11.21Part I Reading Comprehension (30%)Directions: There are three passagesin this part. Each passage is followed by somequestions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Youshould decide on the best choice and blacken

2、 the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.矚慫潤厲釤瘞睞櫪廡賴。Passage 1Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:聞創(chuàng)溝燴鐺險(xiǎn)愛氌譴凈。According to a recent surv, ey, employees in many companies today work longer hours than employeesdid in 1979. They also take shorter vacations than employees in 1979. It

3、seems that Americans areworking harder today than ever before. Or are they? A management consultant, Bill Meyer, decided tofind out. For three days, he observed an investment banker hard at work. Meyer wrote down everythingthe banker did during his long workday. At the end of the three-day period, M

4、eyer reviewed the bankersactivities with him. What did they find out? They discovered that the man spent 80 percent of his timedoing unnecessary work. For example, he attended unnecessary meetings, made redundant (多余的) telephone calls, and spent time packing andunpacking his two big briefcases.殘騖樓諍錈

5、瀨濟(jì)溆塹籟。(76) Apparently many people believe that the more time a person spends at work, the more he or sheaccomplishes. When employers evaluate employees, they often consider the amount of time on the job inaddition to job performance. Employees know this. Although many working people can do their job

6、effectively during a regular 40-hour work week, they feel they have to spend more time on the job afternormal working hours so that the people who can promote them see them.釅錒極額閉鎮(zhèn)檜豬訣錐。A group of headhunters (獵頭) were asked their opinion about a situation. They had a choice of twocandidates for an ex

7、ecutive position with an important company. The candidates had similarqualifications for the job. For example, they were both reliable. One could do the job well in a 40-hourwork week. The other would do the same job in an 80-hour work week just as well. According to aheadhunting expert, the 80-hour

8、-a-week candidate would get the job. The time this candidate spends onthe job may encourage other employees to spend more time at work, too. Employers believe that if theemployees stay at work later, they may actually do more work.彈貿(mào)攝爾霽斃攬磚鹵廡。However, the connection between time and productivity (生產(chǎn)率

9、) is not alwayspositive. (77) In fact. many studies indicate that after a certain point, anyones productivity and creativitybegin to decrease. Someemployees are not willing to spend so much extra, unproductive time at theoffice. Once they finish their worksatisfactorily, they want to relax and enjoy

10、 themselves. For these people, thesolution is to find a company that encourages people to do both.1. What is the main idea of this passage?A. Many people work long hours but do not always do a lot of work.價(jià)騷。B. Most people can get more work done by working longer hours.謀蕎摶篋飆鐸懟類蔣薔。廈礴懇蹣駢時(shí)盡繼煢楨廣鰳鯡選塊網(wǎng)羈淚1

11、24 / 11businesses. Wehave no obligation to save themsimply because .they exist. But many thriving institutions that deserve to continueare threatened. They are doing a fine job educationally, but they are caught in a financial difficulty, with noway to reduce rising costs or increase revenues （收入） s

12、ignificantly. Raising fees doesnt bring in more revenue, for each time fees go up, the, enrollment（注冊人數(shù)） goes down, or the mount that must be given away in student aid goes up. （78） SchoolsC. Most Americans work 80 hours a week, and some work evenlonger.鵝婭盡損鵪慘歷蘢鴛賴。D. People can make more money by wo

13、rking longer hours.籟叢媽羥為贍僨蟶練淨(jìng)。2. The management consultant wanted to fmd outA. how hard the investment banker worked during his work hours預(yù)頌圣鉉儐歲齦訝驊糴。B. when people spent time doing unnecessary work in their office滲釤嗆儼勻諤鱉調(diào)硯錦。C. if people needed vacation after working hard for a certainperiod of time鐃

14、誅臥瀉噦圣騁貺頂廡。D. whether Americans were really working harder than they haddone before擁締鳳襪備訊顎輪爛薔。3. Which of the following statements is TRUE?A. The more time a person spends at work, the more he or sheaccomplishes.贓熱俁閫歲匱閶鄴鎵騷。B.Employers do not judge their employees job performanceaccording to the壇摶鄉(xiāng)囂懺蔞

15、鍥鈴氈淚。amount of working time.C. Some people work more than 40 hours a week in the hope ofgetting promotion.蠟變黲癟報(bào)倀鉉錨鈰贅。D. Allemployees are willing to spend extra time at work.買鯛鴯譖曇膚遙閆擷凄。4. The 80-hour-a-week candidate would get the job becauseemployers believe_綾鏑鯛駕櫬鶘蹤韋轔糴。A. that he is more reliableB.

16、his example would lead other employees to work longer hoursC. he has better qualificationsD. he could encourage other employees to do a better job驅(qū)躓髏彥浹綏譎飴憂錦貓蠆驢繪燈鮒誅髏貺廡。鍬籟饗逕瑣筆襖鷗婭薔。A. tofinishtheirworksatisfactorilyandrelaxandenjoythemselves薺齦話騖。構(gòu)氽頑黌碩飩B. to pay attention to both performance and product

17、ivityC. to work long hours and have short vacationsD. to relax and enjoy themselves quite frequently Passage2Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:Many private institutions of higher education輒嶧陽檉籪癤網(wǎng)儂號(hào)澩。堯側(cè)閆繭絳闕絢勵(lì)蜆贅。around the country are in danger.Not ail willbe saved, and perhaps not

18、alldeserve to be saved. There are low-quaiityschools just as there are low-quality125 / 11are bad businesses, whether rmblic or orivate, not usually because of bad management but because ofthe nature of the business. Theylose money on every customer, and they can go bankrupt either from too few stud

19、ents or too manystudents. Even a very good college is a very bad business.識(shí)饒鎂錕縊灩筧嚌儼淒。It is such colleges, thriving but threatened, that I worry about. Low enrollment is not their chief problem.Even with full enrollments, they may go under. Efforts to save them, and preferably to keep them private,ar

20、e a national necessity. (79) There is no basis. for arguing that private schools are bound to be betterthan public schools. There are plentiful examples to the contrary. Anyone can name state universities andcolleges that rank as the finest in the nation and the world. It is now inevitable that publ

21、ic institutions willbe dominant, and therefore diversity (多樣性) is a national necessity. Diversity in the way we supportschools tends to give us a healthy diversity in the forms of education. In ah imperfect society such as ours,uniformity of education throughout the nation could be dangerous, ha an

22、imperfect society, diversity is apositive good. Eager supporters of public higher education know the importance of keeping private highereducation healthy.凍鈹鋨勞臘鍇癇婦脛糴。6. In the passage, the author asks the public to support_ .恥諤銪滅縈歡煬鞏鶩錦。A. private higher education in generalB. public higher education

23、 in generalC. high-quality private universities and collegesD. high-quality state universities and colleges7. According to the passage, schools are bad businesses becauseof_.鯊腎鑰詘褳鉀溈懼統(tǒng)庫。A. the nature of schoolB. poor teachersC) bad managementD. too few students.8. The phrase“go under”in the second pa

24、ragraph is closest inmeaning to _ .碩癘鄴頏謅攆檸攜驤蘞。A. have low fees B. get into difficulties閿擻輳嬪諫遷擇楨秘騖。C. do a bad ob educationally D. have low teaching standards氬嚕躑竄貿(mào)懇彈瀘頷澩。9.Which of the following statements is TRUE?A. There are many cases indicating that private schools aresuperior to public schools.釷鵒

25、資贏車贖孫滅獅贅。B.The author thinks diversity of education is preferable touniformity of education.慫闡譜鯪逕導(dǎo)嘯畫長涼。C. A high-quality university is always a good business.諺辭調(diào)擔(dān)鈧諂動(dòng)禪瀉類。D. Each time fees are raised, the enrollment goes up.嘰覲詿縲鐋囁偽純鉿錈。10.In the authors opinion, the way that can save private schools li

26、esin_.熒紿譏鉦鏌觶鷹緇機(jī)庫。A. full enrollment B. raising feesC. reducing student aidD. national supportPassage 3Questions 11 to 15 are based onthe following passage:鶼漬螻偉閱劍鯫腎邏蘞。The fourth-graders atChicagos McCormickElementary School dont know Chinese is supposed to behard to learn. For most, who speak Spanish

27、 at home, its becoming theirthird language. Theyve been heating and using Chinese words since nursery, and its natural to give a126 / 11“ni hao”when strangers enter the classroom.“Its really fun!”says Miranda Lucas, taking a breakfrom a lesson that includes a Chinese interview with Jackie Chan.“Im t

28、eaching my mom to speakChinese.”紂憂蔣氳頑薟驅(qū)藥憫騖。The classroom scene at McCormick is unusual, but it may soon be a common phenomenon inAmerican schools, where Chinese is rapidly becoming the hot new language. Government officials havelong wanted more focus on useful languages like Chinese, and pressure fr

29、om them - as well as frombusiness leaders, politicians, and parents - has produced a quick growth in the number of programs.穎芻莖蛺餑億頓裊賠瀧。Chicago city officials make their best effort to include Chinese in their public schools. Their program hasgrown to include 3,000 students in 20 schools, with more s

30、chools on a waiting list. Programs have alsospread to places like Los Angeles, New York City, and North Carolina. Supporters see knowledge of theChinese language and culture as an advantagein a global economy where China is growing inimportance.“This is an interesting way to begin to engage with the

31、 worlds next superpower,”saysMichael Levine, director of education at the Asia Society, which has started five new public high schoolsthat offer Chinese.“Globalization has alreadychanged thearrangements in terms of how children today are going to think about their careers, The question is when,not w

32、hether, the schools are going to adjust.”濫驂膽閉驟羥闈詔寢賻。(80) The number of students leaming Chinese is tiny compared with how many study Spanish orFrench. But one report shows that before-college enrollment (報(bào)名人數(shù))nearly quadrupled between 1992 and 20XX, from 6,000 to 24,000. Despite the demand, though,d

33、eveloping programs isnt easy. And the No. one difficulty, everyone agrees, is having enough teachers.Finding teacher“is the challenge,”says Scott McGinnis, an academic adviser for a language instituteand a Chinese teacher for 15 years at the college level.“Materials are easy comparison. Or getting s

34、chools funded.”銚銻縵嚌鰻鴻鋟謎諏涼。11. The best title for this passage might be_ .A.Next Hot Language to Study: ChineseB. Next Hot Language to Study: SpanishC. Next Hot Language to Study: FrenchD. Chicago Is the Place to Learn Chinese12. The most difficult thing to do is finding_ .擠貼綬電麥結(jié)鈺贖嘵類。A. enough textbo

35、oks for the Chinese programsB. enough money for the Chinese programsC. enough teachers for the Chinese programsD. enough students for the Chinese programs13. We learn from the passage that_ .A. Scott McGinnis has been a Chinese teacher for 15 years賠荊紳諮侖驟遼輩襪錈。B. Jackie Chan is a Chinese teacher at Mc

36、CormickElementarySchool塤礙籟饈決穩(wěn)賽釙冊庫。C. Chicago officials ire required to learn ChineseD. Scott McGinnis is good at giving his opinions on everything裊樣祕廬廂顫諺鍘羋藺。127 / 1114. According to the passage, all the following statements are trueEXCEPT_倉嫗盤紲囑瓏詁鍬齊驁。A. the number of students learning Chinese is smal

37、l綻萬璉轆娛閬蟶鬮綰瀧。B. Chinese programs have found their way in several major Citiesin the U.S.驍顧燁鶚巰瀆蕪領(lǐng)鱺賻。C. g0vernment officials dont like the pressure from businessleaders and parents to start Chinese programsD. China is becoming more and more influential in the world15 The word quadrupled in the last paragraph is close in meaningto by”.櫛緶歐鋤棗鈕種鵑瑤錟。A. three times B. four timesPartnVocabulary and Structure (30%)forbidden to drive for speeding.A. a; / B. a; the C. the; the D./; / 17. My uncles house in the downtownarea is much smaller thanours, b