2005年11月19日北京地区成人本科学位英语考试试题(A卷)PartIReadingComprehension(30%)Directions：Therearethreepassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.Passage1Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:Languagesareremarkablycomplexandwonderfullycomplicatedorgansofculture.(76)(Theycontainthequickestandthemostefficientmeansofcommunicatingwithintheirrespectiveculture.)Tolearnaforeignlanguageistolearnanotherculture.Inthewordsofapoetandphilosopher,“Asmanylanguagesasonespeaks,somanylivesonelives.”Acultureanditslanguageareasnecessaryasbrainandbody;whileoneisapartoftheother,neithercanfunctionwithouttheother.Inlearningaforeignlanguage,thebestbeginningwouldbestartingwiththenon-languageelementsofthelanguage:itsgestures,itsbodylanguage,etc.EyecontactisextremelyimportantinEnglish.Directeyecontactleadstounderstanding,or,astheEnglishsayinggoes,seeingeye-to-eye.Wecanneverseeeye-to-eyewithanativespeakerofEnglishuntilwehavelearnedtolookdirectlyintohiseyes.（本题和本中心串讲班资料11页Passage6题一模一样）1.Thebesttitleforthispassageis__________A.OrgansofCultureB.BrainandBodyC.LookingintohiseyesD.LanguageandCulture2.Accordingtothispassage,thebestwaytolearnaforeignlanguageis__________A.toreadtheworksofpoetsandphilcsophersB.tofindanativespeakerandlookdirectlyintohiseyesC.tobeginbylearningitsbodylanguageD.tovisitacountrywhereyoucanstudy3.Accordingtothispassage,gesturesare__________A.spokenwordsB.anon-languageelementC.picturesinalanguageD.writtenlanguage4."Asmanylanguagesasonespeaks,somanylives..."means__________A.ifonelearnsmanyforeignlanguages,onewillhaveabetterunderstandingofhisownlanguageB.lifeisricherandmoreinterestingifoneknowsseverallanguagesC.nomatterhowmanylanguagesoneknows,onecanneverknowmorethanone'sowncultureD.ifapersonspeaksonlyonelanguage,hewillliveaveryhappylife5.Whichofthefollowingdoesn'tsharethesamemeaningwiththeothers?A.signsB.gesturesC.efficientD.bodylanguagePassage2Questions6to10arebasedonthefollowingpassage:Treesareusefultomaninthreeveryimportantways:theyprovidehimwithwoodandotherproducts;theygivehimshade;andtheyhelptopreventdroughts(干旱)andfloods.Unfortunately,manhasnotrealizedthatthethirdoftheseservicesisthemostimportant.Twothousandyearsagoarichandpowerfulcountrycutdownitstreestobuildwarships,withwhichtogainitselfanempire(帝国).Itgainedtheempire,but,withoutitstrees,itssoilbecamehardandpoor.Whentheempirefelltopieces,thehomecountryfounditselffacedbyfloodandstarvation.(77)(Eventhoughagovernmentrealizestheimportanceofaplentifulsupplyoftrees,itisdifficultforittopersuadevillagerstoseethis.)Thevillagerswantwoodtocooktheirfoodwith;andtheycanearnmoneybysellingwood.Theyareusuallytoolazytoplantandlookafterthetrees.(78)(So,unlessthegovemmenthasagoodsystemofcontrol,orcaneducatethepeople,theforestswillslowlydisappear.)Thisdoesnotonlymeanthatthevillagers'childrenandgrandchildrenwillhavefewertrees.Theresultsareevenmoreserious,forwheretherearetreestheirrootsbreakthesoilupallowingtheraintosinkin-andalsobindthesoil,thuspreventingitsbeingwashedawayeasilybutwheretherearenotrees,therainfallsonhardgroundandflowsawayfromthesurface,causingflood.6.Whatisthemostimportantfunctionoftrees?A.Providingfuel.B.Offerin...
