道歉英文2019年5月北京地区学位英语真题

2021年1月20日发(作者：幼稚英文)
19
年
5
月北京地区学位英语考试


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 1

Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:

A little boy in South Carolina got to celebrate his birthday twice: After only
one friend showed up to his birthday party, the local fire department decided to
throw him another on.

The
City
of
Beaufort
Fire
Department
shared
the
story
of
a
party
the
fire
department
held for a local boy named Cooper, who was disappointed when only one of his
th
classmates showed up to his 6
birthday party. But after a community member gave
the
local
fire
department
a
call,
(76)
the
members
were
quick
to
come
to
his
rescue.


“We jumped on board and said we’ll do whatever we can make sure he has a great
birthday and that more than one chil
d shows up.” Beaufort firefighter Ross Vezin
says.
“We
made
arrangements
to
pick
him
up
from
school
along
with
his
mom
and
brother,
and we brought him to a bowling alley(
保龄球场) along with a biker group.”

The fire department was also able to bring nearly 75 other kids from school to
celebrate alongside Cooper, whose mother, Nicoala Shiflet, said he has difficulty
making friends because he suffers from autism(
自闭症
)
”They had cake and presents
and got to do some bowling,” Vezin says, ”We’re also going to
have him up
next
week.
”
Vezin
says,
“We’re
going
to
give
him
a
fire
department
T
-shirt
and
a
tour
of our fire station.”

1. Who did the most to make Cooper’s second birthday party a great success

A. Firefighters from Beaufort Fire Department.

B. Men from the biker group

C. Community members

D. Cooper’s parents

2. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage

A. About 75 kids showed up at Cooper’s second birthday party.

B. Cooper’s mother and brother were at his second birthday party.

C. Those joining the second birthday party did some bowling.

D. Cooper got a T-shirt from the fire department at his second birthday party.

3.
The
phrase

have
him
up

in
the
last
paragraph
is
closest
in
meaning
to
___________

A. invite him as a guest

B. meet him by chance

C. take care of him

D. make friends with him

4. Only one kid went to Cooper’s first birthday party because ____________

A. Cooper was not good at making friends.

B. other kids were busy with their classes then

C. Cooper liked to play with grown-ups

D.
Cooper didn’t invite his classmate

5.
we
learn
from
the
passage
that
Cooper
was
_________
the
second
birthday
party.

A. disappointed with B. satisfied with

C. frightened by D. angry about


Passage 2

Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:

On
July
20,
1969,
Neil
Armstrong
became
the
first
person
to
walk
on
the
moon.
The
spacesuit Armstrong wore on his mission has come to symbolize courage and human
achievement. In 1971, the Smithsonian’s Na
tional Air and Space Museum (NASM)
acquired
Armstrong’s
suit.
It
stood
proudly
on
display
for
visitors
to
admire
until
there
were
changes
in
the
suit’s
appearance.
“Over
time,
the
suit
started
to
show
signs of deterioration(
变坏). ” Lisa Young says. She work
s at NASM and her job is
to preserve historical and cultural treasures.

Plastics are tricky to preserve. They tend to degrade(
降解
) over time.
Neoprene is one type of plastic in Armstrong a suit. The material can turn
brittle

and break into tiny pieces. (77) This would ruin the spacesuit. NASM,
seeking ways
to preserve this historical treasure, removed it from display in 2006.

Yet history can still be saved. Sunlight, water, humidity, and dust can cause
plastics
to
degrade,
Scientists
have
found
that
storing
plastics
in
cooler
temperatures,
with
lower
humidity
levels,
can
slow
degradation.
Young
says
Armstrong’s suit is currently in storage at a temperature of 63°F and a lower
relative
humidity
of
30%.
These
conditions
will
be
maintained
when
Armstrong’s
sui
t
th
returns to a museum display case in time for this year’s 50
anniversary(
周年纪
念日
) of the moon landing.

Plastic
degradation
affects
art,
too.
Artist
Claes
Oldenburg
created
False
Food
Selection in 1906. (78) It consists of plastic food displayed in a wooden box. The
plastic of food used to look real. Now, some of it has flattened and yellowed. The
artwork’s wooden box produces an acidic gas that
eats away at the plastic, which
speeds
up
the
degradation
process.
But
Young
is
motivated
to
preserve
this
artwork
and others like it. “Plastics are a part of our history,”

she says, “it’s
important to preserve them so that future generations can understand the journey
we’ve taken.”

6. Which of the following is the best title for the passage

A. Landing on the Moon B. Preserving Plastics

C. Neil Armstrong’s spacesuit D. Application of Plastics

7. The word
brittle
in Paragraph 2 probably means _________.

A. well established B. heavily loaded C. easily upset D. easily
broken

8. In 2006, NA
SM removed Armstrong’s spacesuit from display to ____________.

A. put it on sale B. return it to Armstrong

C. give it to another museum D. look for ways to preserve it

9.
In
Claes
Oldenburg’s
False
Food
Selectio
n,
the
wooden
box
_________
the
plastic
degradation.

A. slow down B. leads to C. accelerates
D. doesn’t play any
role in

10. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE

A. Sunlight, water and dust contribute to plastic degradation.


B. Armstrong’s spacesuit is currently on public display at NASM.


C. NASM acquired Armstrong’s spacesuit in 1971.

D. Claes Oldenburg is an artist.

Passage 3

Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:

There
was
once
a
tree
in
South
Africa
so
wide
that
it
could
fit
60
people
inside
its
hollow
trunk.
The
tree
reached
62
feet
into
the
sky.
It
was
more
than
1,100
years
old. But recently, that tree and others like it have died. (79) Scientists are
wondering why.

The
tree
was
a
baobab.
A
baobab
looks
like
a
giant
oak(
橡树
)
turned
upside
down.
It’s branches resemble roots reaching toward the sky. It grows in Africa and is
called the Tree of Life. Baobabs have been used as a shop, a prison, a house, and
a bus shelter.

In
2005,
scientists
began
a
survey
to
determine
the
age
of
more
than
60
baobabs.
(80) During the process, they noticed that several of the trees had died. Their
results,
recently
published
in
Nature
Plants,
show
that
nine
of
the
13
oldest
baobab
trees and five out of six of the largest died in the 12-year study period.

Stephan Woodborne conducted the baobab study with six other scientists. They
say
more
research
is
needed
to
know
why
the
trees
died.
But
they
think
climate
change
may
be
to
blame.
That’s
because
the
t
rees
showed
no
evidence
of
disease.
Plus,
many
were in national parks, so they would have been protected from human harm. Also,
Woodborne says, the most affected baobabs are on the outer edge of their ideal
habitat(
栖息地
).
Increasing
heat
and
shifting
rainy
seasons
have
made
it
harder
for
baobabs in these areas to thrive.

Smaller
and
younger
baobabs
are
dying
too.
“
The
big
ones
and
the
old
ones
caught
attention
of
the
media.”
Woodborne
says,
“But
it’s
not
just
those
,
it’s
unprecedented(
空前的
)
that
they
should
be
dying
across
the
age
spectrum
.
We’
ve
got
to do a reality check on our own footprints in terms of the way we live our lives.
If we all changed what we did a little bit, it would start to make a difference.”

11. Which of the following is the best title for the passage

A. Die-
off of Africa’s Baobabs B. National Parks in Africa

C. African Rainy Seasons D. Strange-looking Baobabs

12. The baobab study lasted ____________.

A. 6 years B. 9 years C. 12 years D. 13 years

13. According to Stephan Woodborne, the baobab trees died mainly because of
_________.

A. human damage B. disease C. climate change D. the attack of
insects

14.
The
word
spectrum

in
the
last
paragraph
is
closest
in
meaning
to
_____________.

A. point B. range C. edge D. team.

15.
According
to
Stephan
Woodborne,
which
of
the
following
statements
is
NOT
TURE

A. Further research is needed to know why the Baobabs died.

B. Baobab trees can live a long time.

C. The researchers found that only old baobab trees died.

D. The baobab study involved more than 60 baobabs.


Part
Ⅱ
Vocabulary 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
．
Becoming __________ American citizen takes a lot of work.

A. / B. an C. a D. the

17. She was the only member of her family ________ spoke English.

A. that B. whom C. what D. which

18. _________ he walked, he looked carefully at the ice in front of him.

A. If B. As C. Since D. Whether

19. At about t
welve o’clock, the man decided ______ to eat his lunch.

A. being stopped B. stopping C. to be stopped D. to stop

20. He threw stones at the birds but could not hit ____________.

A. him B. her C. it D. them

21. Peter is going to a lake ________ he can fish with his friends.

A. which B. here C. where D. there

22. They ________ into the dormitory already.

A. have moved B. moving C. move D. having moved

23. Everyone is getting old, but you look _______ than ever.

A. younger B. youngest C. the youngest D. young

24. ----- Do you enjoy your present job

---- ___________. I just do it for a living.

A.

Of course B. Not really C. Not likely D. Not a little

25. They ________ have arrived at lunchtime but their flight was delayed.

A. will B. can C. must D. should

26. After dinner the minister made a short ________ to the guests.

A. delivery B. speech C. pronunciation D. conversation

27. Jean is one of those modern girls who always _________ the latest fashions.

A. put up with B. come up with C. keep up with D. get along with

28. The room was so quiet that she could hear the _______ of her heart.

A. hitting B. beating C. tapping D. knocking

29. This watch is _______ to all of the other watches in the store.

A. superior B. advantages C. super D. beneficial

30. The _______ of the valley was very wet.

A. head B. basis C. top D. bottom

31. The sun ________ in the east.

A. rises B. raises C. increases D. goes