北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试（A）2001.6. 9

注意事项

一、将答题卡(纸)上的姓名及学生代号用中文和阿拉伯数字填好。

二、仔细阅读题目的说明。

三、在120分钟内答完全部试题。

四、答案一定写在答题卡上，凡是写在试题册上的答案一律作废。

五、用铅笔这样划答案：[A] [B] [C] [D]，用其他符号答题者不记分。

六、如要改动答案，必须先用橡皮擦去原来选定的答案，然后再按上面的规定重新答题。

Part I Reading Comprehension (40%)

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 based on the following passage:

In order to learn a foreign language well, it is necessary to overcome the fear of making mistakes. If the primary goal of language use is communication, then mistakes are secondary considerations that may be dealt with gradually as awareness of those mistakes increases. On the other hand, students should not ignore their mistakes. The language learner may observe how native speakers express themselves, and how native expressions differ from the way the learner might say them. For example, a Spanish speaker who has been saying “I do it” to express willingness to do something in the immediate future, could, by communicating with native speakers of English, observe that native speakers actually say “I’ ll do it”. This difference can serve as a basis for the student to change his way of using the present tense in English. But a student who is unwilling to communicate in the first place would lose this Opportunity to learn by trial and error.

1. According to the passage, the present tense in English is ________

A. not used to express a desire to do something in the immediate future

B. used with some verbs but not with others to express future intention

C. basically the same in English as it is in Spanish

D. not the most difficult problem for foreign students

2. According to the passage, language learners can reduce the number of their mistakes by ________

A. asking native speakers for explanations

B. reading good books in the foreign language

C. comparing their speech with that of native speakers

D. speaking without regard to native speakers

3. According to the passage, foreign language students who do no t communicate with native speakers will NOT ________

A. learn very much about the foreign society

B. learn about the history of the foreign language

C. have to worry about making mistakes

D. take advantage of available language

4. According to the passage, foreign language students should not worry too much about making mistakes because ________

A. native speakers like foreign students who try to learn their language

B. communication is the primary goal of language learning

C. native speakers will ignore their mistakes

D. everyone makes mistakes when trying to communicate in a strange language

5. The author’s major conclusion about the function of mistakes in forei gn language learning is that _________

A. mistakes are not important in the process of learning a language

B. learners are often very afraid of making mistakes

C. making mistakes can help the learner discover the rules of the langu a g e

D. native speakers often do not tell foreign language learners about the i r mistake

Passage 2

Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:

The Chinese have used a method called acupuncture (针灸) to perform operations for about 4, 000 years without putting the patient to sleep, a involves placing flexible needles into certain parts of the body. The needles are available in a number of stores in China and anyone may buy them.

To learn how to use the needles takes about one month of training. But be skillful requires greater time. The person who performs the acupuncture knows how to put in the needles so the needles themselves are painful. This person also knows where to place the needles so the patient feels no pain in the area where the operation is to be performed. A particular operation might require 25 or more needles placed in various parts of the body. But now this operation requires only 3 or 4 needles.

Today, the Chinese doctors are trying to learn more about acupuncture. They are trying to develop a convincing theory to explain how the needles work in preventing pain, or why a needle in the wrist, for example, would prevent the pain in the area of the mouth.