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1、129北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试2012 年年 11 月月 03 日日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
2、best choice and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Passage 1 Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:It seems like every day theres some new research about whether our favorite drinks are good for us. (76) One day, science says a glass of red wine a day will help us li
3、ve longer. The next day, maybe not. It seems journalists are pretty interested in wine research and the same might be said for coffee. Now，theres been a lot of research into whether coffees good for our health.“The results have really been mixed， ” admits Neal Freedman who led the coffee study and p
4、ublished his findings in a medical journal recently. “Theres been some evidence that coffee might increase the risk of certain diseases and theres also been maybe more recent evidence that coffee may protect against other diseases as well.”Freedman and his colleagues undertook the biggest study yet
5、to look at the relationship between coffee and health. They analyzed data collected from more than 400,000 Americans ages 50 to 71 participating in the study. “We found that the coffee drinkers had a modestly lower risk of death than the non-drinkers， ”he said. Heres what he means by“modestly”：those
6、 who drank at least two or three cups a day were about 10 percent or 15 percent less likely to die for any reason during the 13 years of the study. When the researchers looked at specific causes of death, coffee drinking appeared to cut the risk of dying from heart disease, lung disease, injuries, a
7、ccidents and infections.Now, Freedman stressed that the study doesnt prove coffee can make people live longer. A study like this can never prove a cause-and-effect relationship. (77) All it can really do is to point researchers in the right direction for further investigation. And even if it turns o
8、ut that coffee is really good for you, scientists have no idea why. 1. According to the first paragraph, reporters would like to know the research findings of .A. tea B. beer C. alcohol D. coffee 2. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?A. Freedman and his colleagues hired 400,000
9、 Americans to collect data.B. About four hundred thousand Americans worked for Freedmans team full time for 13 years.C. People who took part in Freedmans research are about 50 to 70 years old.D. People who are 50 to 70 years old seldom drink coffee. 3. According to the author, scientists .A. have al
10、ready proved that coffee is good for human healthB. have a long way to go before they find a way to study coffeeC. have avoided the cause-and-effect approach to study coffeeD. are still unable to figure out why coffee is good for us4. The word “mixed”in the first paragraph means “ ”.A. both good and
11、 bad B. put together C. both sharp and soft D. confused1305. Which of the following is an appropriate title for this passage?A. Can Beer Help You Live Longer? B. Can Coffee Help You Live Longer?C. Can Wine Help You Live Longer? D. Can Tea Help You Live Longer?它似乎每天都有一些新的研究是否我们最喜欢的饮料对我们很好,(76)一天,科学说一
12、杯红酒有一天会帮助我们活得更长第二天,也许不是似乎记者很感兴趣的研究和相同的葡萄酒可能说喝咖啡。现在已经有很多研究咖啡是否对我们的健康有好处”结果真的被混合”,承认Neal 弗里德曼领导这项咖啡研究和出版了他的发现发表在医学杂志最近。 “有一些证据表明,咖啡可能增加某些疾病的风险,还有被也许最近的证据表明,咖啡可能预防其它疾病” 。弗里德曼和他的同事们进行了最大的研究还没有看咖啡和健康之间的关系,他们分析了400000年收集的数据超过50岁至71岁的美国参与这项研究“我们发现咖啡饮用者有小幅降低死亡的风险比不喝酒的人,”他说。这就是他所谓的“适度”:那些喝至少两到三杯每天大约10%或15%的死
13、亡率少任何理由在13年的研究中,研究者通过观察特定的死亡原因,喝咖啡似乎减少死于心脏病的危险肺病受伤,事故和感染现在,弗里德曼强调,这项研究没有证明咖啡可以让人活得更长。这样的研究不能证明因果关系(77)所有它能真的是指研究者在正确的方向上进行进一步的调查,即使事实证明,咖啡是真的对你有好处,科学家们不知道为什么Passage 2 Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage: When were learning a foreign language, making sense of what we hear is the firs
14、t step toward fluency. It sounds obvious, but until recently, we didnt know much about how listening works. New research demonstrates that effective listening involves more than simply hearing the words that float past our ears. Rather, its an active process of receiving information and making meani
15、ng. This kind of engaged listening is a skill thats as critical for learning a range of subjects at school and work as it is for learning to understand a foreign tongue.(78) Studies of skilled language learners have identified specific listening strategies that lead to superior comprehension. Last y
16、ear, for example, University of Ottawa researcher Larry Vandergrift published his study of 106 undergraduates who were learning French as a second language. Half of the students were taught in a conventional fashion, listening to and practicing texts spoken aloud. The other half, possessing the same initial (最初的) skill level and taught by the same teacher, were given detailed instruction on how to listen. It
