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1、2017年浙江专升本英语考试真题请考生按规定用笔将所有试题的答案涂、写在答题纸上。选择题部分注意事项：1.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证用黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔填写在答题纸规定的位置上。2.每小题选出答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答题纸上对应题号的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净 后，再选涂其他答案的标号。不能答在试卷上。Part 1 ReadingSection AFormat 1To hear most recent research tell it, coffee is a miracle drink. The magic beans will ward off skin cance
2、r and Alzheimers(老年痴呆症), reduce heart failure and diabetes（糖尿病） risks, heighten focus, and maybe even protect liver health. Oh, and decrease suicide risk, according to the newest study that validates our coffee addictions.According to a study performed by the Harvard School of Public Health and publ
3、ished this month in The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, people who drink two to four cups of java each day are less likely to commit suicide than those who dont drink coffee, drink decaf, or drink fewer than two cups each day. The study followed over 200,000 people for at least 16 years. And
4、 its not just a weak link: the researchers found that the suicide risk was cut by around 50 percent for coffee addicts.This isnt the first time that researchers have discovered that coffee and smiles might go hand-in-hand. A 2011 study found that women who drink coffee cut their risk of depression b
5、y 15 percent compared to those who dont. Michel Lucas, the head researcher of the most recent study, told The Huffington Post that coffee addicts can thank caffeine for the good news. The drug may actually act like a mild anti-depressant by tweaking levels of happy hormones .Of course, theres plenty
6、 of research out there that doesnt look so kindly upon coffee drinkers. Recently, the New Yorker published an article arguing that while coffee may heighten focus, that means it also puts a squeeze on creativity. And of course, coffees well-known negative effects like insomnia(失眠症) and disturbed sle
7、ep cycles still hold.Regardless, well raise our mugs to this most recent study for justifying our coffee addictions once again.1 . Which of the following is not mentioned as a possible benefit of drinking coffee ?A. reducing heart failure risksB. protecting liver healthC. preventing skin cancerD.imp
8、roving eyesight2 . According to a study performed by the Harvard School of Public Health , people are less likely to commit suicide if they_A. drink fewer than two cups of coffee each dayB. drink more than four cups of coffee each dayC. drink two to four cups of coffee each dayD. don t drink any cof
9、fee each day3 . The reason why coffee can cut the suicide risk lies in that _A.it can heighten focusB. it can cure skin cancerC. it may help to prevent depressionD. it may make people less creative4 . One of the negative effects of coffee is that it_A. costs a lot of moneyB. disturbs sleepC. makes p
10、eople fatD. causes coffee addictions5 . What might be the writer s attitude toward coffee drinking ?A. PositiveB. HostileC. IndifferentD. ToughPassages 2Polar bears are classified as marine mammals(哺乳动物), like a seal or a whale, which might come as a surprise given that theyre usually pictured on la
11、nd.But polar bears spend a lot of their time in the waters of the Arctic(北极),fishing or swimming among the sea ice.They may look awkward in the water , but no creature with paws is a better swimmer.Theyd better be.Arctic sea ice is declining fast,robbing the polar bear of its prime habitat and forci
12、ng them to swim longer and longer distances to reach solid ground . No other animal seems to be such a direct victim of warming, which is one reason why the polar bear has emerged as the symbol of climate change . ( Another is that they look so cute and cuddly . )It s a simple narrative to grasp :ca
13、rbon warms the climate , Arctic sea ice melts and baby polar bears down.But it turns out it might not be that simple .A new study by scientists at the U. S. Geological Survey (USGS ) underscores the fact that polar bears really are amazing swimmer. In fact they are so good that biologists were able
14、to document 5 0 swims that cover an average length of 96 miles. the research provides clues that polar bears may be able to keep treading(踩 ) water even as climate change melts their habitat.The researchers published their work in the Canadian journal of zoology . they followed 52 female polar bears
15、 in the Arctic Ocean north of Alaska from 2004 to 2009,using radio collars that could track the movements of the animals . They then compared the paths taken by the bears with maps of shifting sea ice over the same period of time , and found that the polar bears were world - class marathon swimmers and those long , long dips in the ocean werent outliers while the really long -distance swims were relatively rate, 3 8 % of the bears surveyed took at least one such marathon swim .6 . People may feel surprised to know that polar bears are classified as marine mammals because_
