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北京理工大学远程教育学院
2018-2019
学年第一学期
《综合英语》期末试卷（模拟试卷
3
）
校外学习中心
学号
姓名
成绩
考试方式：闭卷
答题要求：
一、第一至第四部分的正
确答案一律按要求用
2B
铅笔涂在答题卡上（从方框的左端穿过
字母中间划向方框右端，不要超出方框两
端，浓度盖过字母底色）
.
第五、六部分的翻译和写作写在末尾页，并在相应处填写考生信息
.
考试结束时只交答题卡和试卷答题纸
.
二、
机读卡填写方法：
远程学生直接用签字笔或圆
珠笔把
15
位准考证号填入答题卡学生代号下的方框内，
再用
2B
铅笔填涂下面相
应的数字方框
.
函授学生第一位先填
，然后填写
14
位学号
.
非
2B
铅笔标准填涂或信
息有误者，答题卡将无法读出而显示
0
分
.
请仔细填涂个人信息并核对！
Part I
：
Reading
Comprehension
（
2*15=
30
）
Directions:
There are 3 passages in this part. Each passage is
followed by 5 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
The
phrase
almost
completes
itself:
midlife
crisis.
It
’
s
the
stage
in
the
middle
of
the
journey
when
people
feel
youth
vanishing,
their
prospects narrowing and death
approaching.
There
’
s only one
problem with the cliche
(
套话
).It
isn
’
t true.
“
In fact, there is almost no
hard evidence for midlife crisis other than a few
small pilot studies conducted decades
ago,
”
Barbara
Hagerty
writes in her new book, Life
Reimagined. The vast bulk of the research shows
that there may be a pause, or a shifting of gears
in the 40s or
50s, but this shift
“
can be exciting, rather
than terrifying
”
.
Barbara Hagerty looks at some of the
features of people who turn midlife into a
rebirth. They break routines, because
“
autopilot is
death
”
.
They
choose purpose over
happiness
一
having a clear
sense of purpose even reduces the risk of
Alzheimer
’
s disease. They
give priority to
relationships, as
careers often recede(
逐渐淡化
).
Life Reimagined paints a picture of
middle age that is far from gloomy. Midlife seems
like the second big phase of decision-making. Your
identity
has
been
formed;
you
’
ve
built
up
your
resources;
and
now
you
have
the
chance
to
take
the
big
risks
precisely
because
your
foundation is already secure.
Karl Barth described midlife precisely
this way. At middle age, he wrote,
“
the sowing is behind; now
is the time to reap. The run has been
taken; now is the time to leap.
Preparation has been made; now is the time for the
venture of the work itself.
”
The middle-aged person, Barth
continued, can see death in the distance, but
moves with a
“
measured
haste
”
to get big
new things done
while there is still
time.
What Barth wrote decades ago is
even truer today. People are healthy and energetic
longer. We have presidential candidates running
for their
first term in office at age
68, 69 and 74. A longer lifespan is changing the
narrative structure of life itself. What could
have been considered
the beginning of a
descent is now a potential turning
point
—
the turning point you
are most equipped to take full advantage of.
does the author think of
the phrase
“
midlife
crisis
”？
A) It has led to a lot of debate.
B) It is widely
acknowledged.
C) It is no longer fashionable.
D)
It misrepresents real life.
does Barbara Hagerty view midlife?
A) It may be the beginning of a crisis.
B) It can be a new phase of
one
’
s life.
C) It
can be terrifying for the unprepared.
D)It may see old-age diseases
approaching.
is midlife
pictured in the book Life Reimagined?
A) It can be quite rose.
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B) It can be burdensome.
C) It undergoes radical transformation.
D) It makes for the best part of
one
’
s life.
ing to Karl Barth, midlife is the
time_______.
A) to relax
B)
to mature
C) to harvest
does the author say about midlife
today?
A) It is more meaningful than
other stages of life.
B) It is likely
to change the narrative of
one
’
s life,
C) It
is more important to those with a longer lifespan.
D)It is likely to be a critical turning
point in one
’
s life.
Passage 2
In
spring, chickens start laying again, bringing a
welcome source of protein at
winter
’
s end. So
it
’
s no surprise that
cultures around the
world celebrate
spring by honoring the egg.
Some
traditions are simple, like the red eggs that get
baked into Greek Easter breads. Others elevate the
egg into a fancy art, like the heavily
jewel-covered
“
eggs
”
that were favored by the Russians
starting in the 19th century.
One
ancient
form
of
egg
art
comes
to
us
from
Ukraine.
For
centuries,
Ukrainians
have
been
drawing
complicated
patterns
on
eggs.
Contemporary artists have followed this
tradition to create eggs that speak to the
anxieties of our age: Life is precious, and
delicate. Eggs are,
too.
“
There
’
s something
about their delicate nature that appeals to
me,
”
says New
Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast. Several years ago,
she became
interested in eggs and
learned the traditional Ukrainian technique to
draw her very modem characters.
“
I
’
ve
broken eggs at every stage of
the
process
—
from the very
beginning to the very, very
end.
”
But
there
’
s an appeal in that
vulnerability.
“
There
’
s part of this sickening horror of
knowing you
’
re walking on
the edge with this, that I
kind of
like, knowing that it could all fall apart at any
second.
”
Chast
’
s designs,
such as a worried man alone in a tiny rowboat,
reflect that
delicateness.
Traditional Ukrainian decorated eggs
also spoke to those fears. The elaborate patterns
were believed to offer protection against evil.
“
There
’
s
an
ancient
legend
that
as
long
as
these
eggs
are
made,
evil
will
not
prevail
in
the
world,
”
says
Joan
Brander,
a
Canadian
egg-painter who has
been painting eggs for over 60 years, having
learned the art from her Ukrainian relatives.
The tradition, dating back to 300 B.C.,
was later incorporated into the Christian church.
The old symbols, however, still endure. A
decorated
egg with a bird on it, given
to a young married couple, is a wish for children.
A decorated egg thrown into the field would be a
wish for a
good harvest.
do
people in many cultures prize the egg?
A) It is a welcome sign of the coming
of spring.
B) It is their major source
of protein in winter.
C) It can easily
be made into a work of art.
D) It can
bring wealth and honor to them.
do we learn about the decorated
“
eggs
”
in Russia?
A) They are
shaped like jewel cases.
B) They are
cherished by the rich.
C) They are
heavily painted in red.
D) They are
favored as a form of art.
have contemporary artists continued the egg art
tradition?
A) Eggs serve as an enduring
symbol of new life.
B) Eggs have an
oval shape appealing to artists.
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D) to reflect