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1、2012年下半年北京地区成人本科学士学位英语(成人三级英语)于11月3日进行。考试已经结束，以下为2012年下半年北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试真题。北 京 地 区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试2012.11.03注 意 事 项本场考试时间为上午9:00-11:00。考生务必在答题卡上用黑色字迹签字笔填写自己的准考证号、姓名和学校，再用2B铅笔把对应准考证号码的标号涂黑。请考生仔细阅读题目的说明。答案必须按要求写在答题卡规定的位置上，凡是写在试题册上的答案一律作废。答题时，Part至Part部分用2B铅笔按示例填涂，如：ABCD，用其他符号答题者不记分。修改时，必须先用橡皮擦去原来选定的答
2、案，然后再按要求重新作答。Part部分必须用黑色字迹的签字笔在答题卡规定区域内作答，超出黑色矩形边框区域的答案无效。北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试2012.11.03Part Reading Comprehension (30%)Directions: There are three passages in this part. Each passage is followed some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A,B,C and D. You s
3、hould decide on the best choice and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer sheet。Passage 1Questions 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 d
4、ay will help us live 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 coffe
5、e study and published 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
6、study yet 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:
7、those 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
8、,accidents and infectionsNow ,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 out
9、 that coffee is really good for you, scientists have no idea whyAccording to the first paragraph, reporters would like to know the research findings of _A . tea B. beer C. alcohol D. coffeeAccording to the passage, which of the following is TRUCE?Freedman and his colleagues hired 400,00 Americans to
10、 collect date。About four hundred thousand Americans worked for Freedmans team full time for 13 years。People Who took part in Freedmans research are about 50 to 70 years old 。People Who are 50 to 70 years old seldom drink coffeeAccording to the author, scientists_。have already proved that coffee is g
11、ood for human healthhave a long way to go before they find a way to study coffeehave avoided the cause -and -effect approach to study coffeeare still unable to figure out why coffee is good for usThe word mixed in the first paragraph means_。both good and bad B. put togetherC. both sharp and soft D.
12、confused5.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 Whine Help You Live Longer?D. Can Tea Help You Live Longer? Passage 2Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:When were learning a foreign
13、language, making sense of what we hear is the first 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
14、 process of receiving information and making meaning. 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 strat
15、egies that lead to superior comprehension. Last year, 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 give detailed instruction on how to listen. It turned out that the second group “signif
