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1、. . . . .北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试（B） 20081122 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 ma
2、rk the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Passage 1 Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage: Not all memories are sweet. Some people spend all their lives trying to forget bad experiences. Violence and traffic accidents can leave people with t
3、errible physical and emotional scars. Often they relive these experiences in nightmares(恶梦)（76）Now Americal researchers think they are close to developing a pill, which will help people forget bad memories. The pill is designed to be taken immediately after a frightening experience. They hope it mig
4、ht reduce, or possibly erase(抹去) the effect of painful memories. In November, experts tested a drug on people in the US and France. The drug stops the body releasing chemicals that fix memories in the brain. (77)So far the research has suggested that only the emotional effects of memories may be red
5、uced, not that the memories are erased.The research has caused a great deal of argument. Some think it is a bad idea, while others support in.Supporters say it could lead to pills that prevent or treat soldiers troubling memories after war. They say that there are many people who suffer from terribl
6、e memories.“Some memories can ruin peoples lives. They come back to you when you dont want to have them in a daydream or nightmare they usually come with very painful emotions,” said Roger Pitman, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. “this could relieve a lot of that suffering.”But t
7、hose who are against the research say that it is very dangerous to change memories because memories give us our identity(特质). They also help us all avoid the mistakes of the past.“All of us can think of bad events in our lives that were horrible at the time but make us who we are, Im not sure we wan
8、t to wipe those memories out, ” said Rebecca Dresser, a medical ethicist.1. The passage is mainly about_.A. a new medical inventionB. a new research on memoriesC. a way of erasing painful memoriesD. an argument about the research on the pill2. The drug tested on people can_.A. cause the brain to fix
9、 memoriesB. stop people remembering their experiencesC. prevent body producing certain chemicalsD. wipe out the emotional effects of memories3. We can infer from the passage that_.A. people doubt the effects of the pills.B. the pill will stop peoples and experiences.C. taking the pill will do harm t
10、o peoples healthD. the pill has probable been produced in America4. Which of the following does Rebecca Dresser agree with?A. Some memories can ruin peoples livesB. people want to get rid of bad memories.C. Experiencing bad events makes us different from others.D. The pill will reduce peoples suffer
11、ing from bad memories.5. The word “scars” in Paragraph one is close in meaning to _.A. good stories B. pains C. experiences D. memoriesPassage 2Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:On-the-job smoking is a hot issue for both smokers and non-smokers, and many managers now see smoking a
12、s a productivity(生产力)problem. Although some people question whether smoking really affects ones productivity, it has, in fact been proven that a smoker costs a company more than a non-smoker. According to professor William Weis, a smoking employee costs his or her employer about $5,700 more a year t
13、han a never-smoker. These costs include medical care, lost earnings and insurance. And absence due to smoking breaks is one of the productivity problems, yet it accounts for a great deal of employer costs.(78)When the issue of smoking at the workplace is discussed, perhaps the most important problem
14、 is the health risk that smoking causes to both smokers and never-smokers. It has long been proven that smoking is linked to lung cancer. Now many healty experts warn that passive smoking can cause lung cancer and other illnesses in healthy never-smokers. Passive smoking can be defined as exposure t
15、o second-hand tobacco smoke in enclosed areas. Anyone who has been with smokers indeed knows that their smoke can cause eye irritation（刺激），coughing, headaches and throat soreness. While eye irritation may seem a small thing to some smokers, it nevertheless is a problem that occurs every workday in offices and break-rooms and can lead to greater health problems. Employees who do not smoke should not be subjected(遭受)to the risks of passive smoking and need to be able to work in a safe environment. Surgeon General Koop states that the right of the smoker stops at the poi
