北京地区学位英语考试

第一篇Part I Reading Comprehension (30%)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. Passage 1Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:The reflective towers of New York City, which is on the Atlantic migrating(迁徙的) route, can be deadly for birds.“We live in an age of glass,”said Ms. Laurel,an architect. (76) “It can be a perfect mirror in certain lights, and the larger the glass, the more dangerous it is.”About 90,000 birds are killed by flying into buildings in the city each year. Often, they strike the lower levels of glass towers after searching for food in nearby parks. Such crashes are the second-leading cause of death for migrating birds, after habitat (栖息地) loss, with an estimated number of death ranging up to a billion a year.(77) As glass office and apartment towers have increased in the last decade, so, too have calls to makethem less deadly to birds. San Francisco adopted bird-safety standards for new buildings in July. The United States Green Building Council, a nonprofit industry group that encourages the creation of environmentally conscious buildings, will introduce a bird-safety credit this fall as part of its environmental certification process.There are no easy fixes, however. A few researchers are exploring glass designs that use ultraviolet (紫外线的) signals, but they are still in their infancy. Covers, dot patterns, shades and nets are the main options available.Often, only one section of a building needs to be changed. "You don't necessarily have to treat every window," Ms. Laurel said. "It would be too expensive to do the whole building." The Jacob IC Javits Convention Center, which has been undergoing alterations, is the most recent building to voluntarily correct the problem of bird crashes. The architects used less reflective glass and dot patterns.1. What is the main idea of the passage? BA. New York is a city of glass towers.B. Glass towers are dangerous for migrating birds.C. New York adopted new safety standards for buildings.D. Glass towers are a new trend in the United States.2. What is the number one cause of death for migrating birds? BA. Climate change.B. Habitat loss.C. Lack of food.D. Crashing into buildings.3. What does the word“fixes”in the third paragraph probably mean? CA. Choices.B. Explanations.C. Solutions.D. Developments.4. are used in the alteration of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. AA. Dot patternsB. ShadesC. NetsD. Covers5. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? DA. In many cases, the whole building needs to be altered to prevent bird crashes.B. The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center is the first building to deal with the problem of birdcrashes.C. About 90,000 birds are killed due to habitat loss in New York City each year.D. Unfortunately, glass designs that use ultraviolet signals are still in their early stages.Passage 2Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:Today's students have grown up hearing more about Bill Gates than F. D. R., and they live in a world where amazing innovations (革新) are common. The current 18-year-olds, after all, were 8 when Google was founded by two students at Stanford; Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook in 2004 while he was at Harvard and they were entering high school. Having grown up digital (数字的), they are impatient to get on with life.The easiest way to fred kids like these is to check in on entrepreneurship (企业家才能) education, in which colleges and universities try to prepare their students to recognize opportunities and seize them.A report published last year by the Kauffman Foundation, which finances programs to promote innovation on campuses, noted that more than 5,000 entrepreneurship programs are offered on two- and four-year campuses-up fromjust 250 courses in 1985. Lesa Mitchell, a Kauffman vice president, says that the foundation is extending the reach of its academic influence, which used to be found only inbusiness schools. Now, the concept of entrepreneurship is blooming in engineering programs and medical schools, and even in the liberal arts. “Our interest is inall the programs,”she says.“We need to spread out from the business school.”Either as class projects or on their own_, students in a variety of majors are coming up with ideas, writing business plans and seeing them through to prototype and, often, market. In their spare time, students in agricultural economics at Purdue invent new uses for bean; industrial design majors at Syracuse, in a special laboratory, create wearable technologies.(78) The entrepreneurship movement has its critics' especially among those who see college asa time for extensive academic exploration. “I just don't think that entrepreneurship ranks so high in terms of national: need,”says Daniel S. Greenberg, author of Science for Sale: The Perils, Rewards and Delusions of Campus Capitalism.Leonard A. Schlesinger, Babson College's president, says that the question of whether innovation can really be taught is“an age-old argument.”6. When Google and Facebook were established, the founders were still____D______.A. in high schoolB. in the armyC. in primary schoolD. at college7. According to the passage, what is the main purpose of entrepreneurship education? BA. To prepare students for future academic life.B. To prepare students to fred oppommities and seize them.C. To prepare students for overseas career.D. To prepare students to develop interpersonal skills.8. Theword“prototype”in the fourth paragraph is most likely to mean _____A_____A. modelB. strategyC. methodD. stage9. What does Daniel S. Greenberg think of entrepreneurship education? DA. Entrepreneurship, or at least certain elements of it, can be taught.B. An entrepreneurship program can help students find what they really like and entrepreneurshipisn't all about business.C. Entrepreneurship should be spread across different fields.D. Colleges shouldn't put too much emphasis on entrepreneurship programs.10. What is the main ideaof the passage? CA. Entrepreneurship courses in business schools.B. Qualities of an entrepreneur.C. Entrepreneurship education in colleges.D. Kids in the information age.Passage 3Questions 11 to 15 are based onthe following passage:Regret is as common an emotion as love or fear, and it can be nearly as powerful. So, in a new paper, two researchers set about trying to find out what the typical American regrets most. In telephone surveys, Neal Roese, a psychologist and professor of marketing at the School ofmanagement at Northwestern UniverSity, and Mike Morrison, a doctoral candidate in psychology at University of Illinois, asked 370 Americans, aged 19 to 103, to talk about their most notable regret. Participants were asked what the regret was, when it happened, whether it was a result of something they did or didn't do, and whether it was something that could still be fixed.The most commonly mentioned regrets involved romance (浪漫的事) (18%)——lost loves or unfulfilled relationships. Family regrets came in second (16%), with people still feeling badly about being unkind to their brothers or sisters in childhood. Other frequently reported regrets involved career (13%), education (12%), money (10%) and parenting (9%).Roese and Morrison's study, which is to be published in Social Psychological and Personality Science, is significant in that it surveyed a wide range of the American public, including people of all ages and socio-economic and educational backgrounds. Previous studies on regret have focused largely on college students, who predictably tend to have education-focused regrets, like wishing they had studied harder or a different major. The new survey shows that in the larger population, a person's "life circumstances accomplishments, shortcomings, situation in life- inject considerable fuel into the fires of regret," the authors write.(79) People with less education, for instance, were more likely to report education regrets. People with higher levels of education had the most career regrets. And those with no romantic parmer tended to hold regrets regarding love.Broken down (分解、细分) by sex, more women (44%) than men (19%) had regrets about love and family not surprising, since women "value social relationships more than men," the authors write. In contrast, men (34%) weremore likely than women (27%) to mention work-related regrets, wishing they'd chosen a different career path, for instance, or followed their passion. (80) Many participants also reported wishing they had worked less to spend more time with their children.There was an even split between regrets about inaction (not doing something) and action (doing something you wish you didn't). But, like previous studies, the current research found that some regrets are more likely than others to persist over time: people tend to hang on longer to the regret of inaction; meanwhile, regrets of action tend to be more recent.11. In the second paragraph, the author shows_____A_____.A. the researchers' findingsB. the importance of familyC. the importance of moneyD. the importance of career12. According to the passage, college student participants mainly had regrets abouttheir______B____.A. family and childhoodB. study and majorC. career and jobD. romance and fear13. The word "notable" in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to _____D_____.A. commonB. capableC. wonderfulD. remarkable14. Which of the following statements is TRUE? CA. The less education he or she has, the more regrets she or he would have.B. The more education he or she has, the less regrets she or he would have.C. More women than men had regrets about love and family.D. The regret of action seems to last longer than that of inaction.15. What is the main idea of this passage? BA. How regret is understood by a typical American.B. Common regrets Americans have.C. Why regret is more important than love and hate.D. How regret has shaped Americans.Part ⅡVocabulary and Structure (30%)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.16. Mr Smith is coming to visit us soon. We'd better get everything ready before he____A______.A. arrivesB. arriveC. will arriveD. arrived17. _____B_____ yesterday, you would have met Professor Jones. But now he has left for London.A. Did you comeB. Had you comeC. Should you comeD. Were you to come18. The man denied _____A_____ into the neighbor's garden and _______his cow.A. going... stealingB. going... stoleC. went... stealingD. went... stole19. Ted worked like a horse in his youth, ____D______ contributed to his great success later as abusinessman.A. thatB. whoC. whatD. which20. A few hours ago, a small suitcase with some important papers ____D_____ stolen from thegeneral manager's office.A. isB. areC. wereD. was21. _____D_____ on the New World, he felt like crying.A. LandB. LandedC. To landD. Having landed22. Visit our store. Nowhere else ___C_______ such good bargains.A. you findB. find youC. do you findD. you do find23. After ____D______ seemed an endless wait, it was his mm to go into the doctor's office.A. thisB. thatC. whichD. what24. Ever since the Smiths moved to the lake area a year ago, they ____C______ better health.A. could have enjoyedB. had enjoyedC. have been enjoyingD. are enjoying25. The boss doesn't want to talk about the accident; now he is in no _____D_____ to do so.A. feelingB. attitudeC. emotionD. mood26. I can't understand why you regard it as music. It _____C_____ me mad!A. putsB. setsC. drivesD. changes27. Yesterday Mr Blake was caught in the rain and got wet through, __A___he caught a bad cold.A. ConsequentlyB. FinallyC. LatelyD. Strangely28. William likes to eat out, but he is not ____C______ about what he eats.A. peculiarB. unusualC. particularD. special29. Their house stands at a hilltop, ____D______ the Hudson River down below.A. seeingB. viewingC. looking atD. overlooking30. I can't understand why my boss is always ____A______ fault with my work.A. findingB. seekingC. lookingD. making31. This is the same knife ______D____ I lost yesterday.A. whichB. whatC. likeD. as32. ---When will you be back?---I'11 be back ____D______ a couple of days.A. afterB. forC. aboutD. in33. We hear that they will _____B____ a new school here.A. set downB. set upC. set offD. set out34. He will never forget the days _____C_____ he spent in Japan.A. whenB. afterC. thatD. how35. Interestingly enough, the two brothers have nothing in_____B_____.A. ordinaryB. commonC. generalD. particular36. The scientists are trying to fred out the facts to ____A_____ their theory.A. supportB. carryC. designD. raise37. The performance of the English team was ____B____ They played much worse than expected.A. disappointB. disappointingC. disappointedD. to disappoint38. You are welcome to order the goods now. But payment should be made_____C_____.A. for advanceB. from advanceC. in advanceD. to advance39. Speak louder so that you can make yourself____A______.A. heardB. to hearC. hearingD. have been heard40. Now it won't be long before we meet again, ____C______?A. will itB. do weC. won't weD. does it41. Americans eat ____C______ vegetables per person today as they did in the 1960s.A. more than twiceB. as twice manyC. twice as manyD. more than twice as many42. I was so familiar with her that I recognized her voice ___A_______ I picked up the phone.A. the momentB. sinceC. beforeD. while43. The education of ___B_____ young is always ________ hot and serious topic.A./, /B. the, aC./, theD. the, the44. Dad wondered where I'd been, and I ____B______ a story about being at Grandma's.A. made outB. made upC. looked outD. looked up45. Your sister doesn't study as ____A______ as you do.A. hardB. hardlyC. harderD. hardestPart III Identification (10%)Directions: Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked A, B, C and D. Identify the one that is not correct. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.C 46. No sooner had they entered the room when the telephone rang.A B C DD 47, As a graduate from high school, Tom is faced with three choices: attending college,A B Cfinding a job or the army.DB 48. Those freshmen hope to offer some part-time jobs to support themselves financially.A B C DC 49. It was his nervousness in the interview what probably caused him to lose the job.A B C DB 50. Lucy's parents give her everything she asks; what else does she need?A B C DC 51. I must work hard, however I'll fail in the exam.A B C DB 52. I am used to read the paper after lunch. That's one of the things I really enjoy.A B C DD 53. He told us that John, as well as his brother, were coming to the party.A B C DB 54. Ted has sat at the table and drank more beer than is good for his health.A B C DB 55. With no one to turn over for help in such a frightening situation, she was in despair.A B C DPart IV Cloze (10%)Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage, and for each blank there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D at the end of the passage. You should choose ONE answer that best fits into the passage. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.Experts suggest using a different password for every website you visit, and changing the password every few months. It takes trouble to keep them in mind, but it's well worth the 56 , Be 57 with your passwords and make it difficult for someone to enter your 58 . The more 59 you make your password, the more difficult it is for someone else to figure it 60 .Use privacy settings (设置) on social websites to 61 entry into your personal information and limit the 62 of private information you share. Even seemingly innocent information you expose about yourself could be used 63 you. I once read about a burglary (入室盗窃). It 64 that the thieves selected that particular home 65 they discovered the owner was out of town by 66 a Facebook message.According to personal safety experts, it isn't a(n) 67 experience. The information you post on websites can 68 criminal activity. You may not think 69 about posting the concert you are going to or your weekend away, but it could be a(n) 70 for trouble.Information on the Internet has made it easier for thieves to steal any information about you. Never 71 your full birth date. Never respondto E'mails 72 personal or financial information. Do not freely offer personal information to anyone 73 you are certain who you are dealing with.74 the necessary precautions (预防措施) is the best way to 75 you and your personal information stay protected.B 56. A. effect B. effort C. labor D. matter D 57. A. proud B. true C. honest D. creativeA 58. A. accounts B. records C. directions D. collections A 59. A. complex B. careful C. diligent D. elasticC 60. A. away B. on C. out D. inC 61. A. respond B. resign C. restrict D, resembleB 62. A. number B. amount C. pile D. pieceD 63. A. with B. for C. about D. againstA 64. A. turned out B. turned in C. picked out D. picked up,, C 65. A. which B. while C: because D. althoughB 66. A. knowing B. reading C. inspecting D. realizingD 67. A. impacted B. collected C. repaired D. isolatedA 68. A. lead to B. result from C. see off D. make upD 69. A. out B. aloud C. once D. twiceC 70. A. resistance B. statement C. invitation D. struggleA 71. A. reveal B. revise C. resemble D. requireB 72. A. threatening B. requesting C. worshipping D. delivering D 73. A. since B. as C. when D. untilC 74. A. Replacing B. Liberating C. Taking D. Depending A 75. A. ensure B. separate C. spread D. switchPart V Translation (20%)Section ADirections: In this part there are five sentences which you should translate into Chinese. These sentences are all taken from the 3 passages you have just read in Reading Comprehension. Y ou can refer back to the passages to identify their meanings in the context.76. It can be a perfect mirror in certain lights, and the larger the glass, the more dangerous it is.在一些光照下，它成为了完美的镜子。