北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试（A）2004.4

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 ( 3 0%)

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:

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 especiall y, 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 children 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 . These 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 themselves in relation to others. For most children, school marks the first time that their goals are not set 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 Jersey, “(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 serious”, says Hills, “a child who has had his confidence really damaged needs a rescue operation”.

1. The author seems 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 course

2. In the first paragraph, the word spot means .

A. teach B. help C. find D. treat

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?

A. To talk to the students who have mental problems.

B. To help students develop a feeling of self-respect.

C. 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.

Passage 2 Questions 6 to 10 are based 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 cases 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 because of the l oss 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. S o far, in vain.

(78) Governments in drought-spread countries are taking severe 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 misery in some areas. It will take several years of unusually heavy winter rain, the experts say, just to bring existing water reserves up to their normal levels.