北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试（A） 2003.4
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:
Thousands of years ago, in the middle of an ocean, miles from the nearest island, an undersea volcano broke out. The hot liquid piled higher and higher and spread wider and wider. In this way, an island rose up in the sea.
As time went on, hot san and cool rains made the rock split and break to pieces, Sea waves dashed against the rock. In this way, soil and sand came into being.to grow taller.
Nothing lived on the naked soil. And then the wind and birds brought plant seeds, spiders and other little creatures there. Only plants could grow first. Only they, in sunlight, could produce food from the minerals of the soil, water and air. While many animals landed on the island, they could find no food. A spider spun its web in vain, because there were no insects for its web to catch. Insects couldn't stay until there were plants for them to eat. So plants had to be the pioneer life on this new island.
1. The passage centers on _______.
A how an undersea volcano broke out
B how an island rose up in the sea
C how soil was formed on a new island
D how life began on a volcano- produced island
2. According to the passage, the island got its first soil from ______.
A sea waves
B its own rock
C the sand brought by the wind
D cool rains
3 .The word “ naked" ” (in para. 3) could be replaced by which of the following?
A hidden B new C mysterious D bare
4 . The order of coming into being on the island is_______.
A soil, plants and animals
B soil, little creatures and plants
C soil, birds and plants
D soil, human beings and animals
5 .According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE ?
A Spiders were the first life that could live on the island.
B The island is far away from any piece of land.
C Insects could not live on the island without plants
D Plants were brought to the island by human beings
Passage 2
Questions 6 to 1O are based on the following passage:
People all over the world today are beginning to hear and learn more and more about the problem of pollution. Pollution is caused either by man's release of completely new and often artificial (人造)substances into the environment, or by releasing grealy increased amounts of a natural substance (物质), such as oil from oil tankers into the sea.
Whatever its underlying reasons, there is no doubt that much of the pollution caused could be controlled if only companies, individuals and governments would make more efforts. In the home there is an obvious need to control litter and waste. Food comes wrapped up there or four times in paekages that all have to be disposed of; drinks are increasingly sold in bottles or tins which cannot be reused. This not only causes a litter problem, but also is a great waste of resources, in termsof glass, metal and paper.Adverising has helped this process by persuading many of us no only to buy thing we neither want nor need, but also to throw away much of what we do buy. Pollution and waste combine to be a problem everyone can help to solve by cutting out unnecessary buying,excess use and careless disposal (处理) of the products we use in our daily lives.
6. The main cause of pollution is______.
A the release of artificial or natural substances into the environment
B the production of new industrial goods
C increased amounts of a natural substance
D our ever-increasing population
7. Much of the pollution could be controlled if only______.
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