北京地区成人本科学士学位英语一致考试PartIReadingComprehension(30%)Directions:Therearethreepassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandblackenthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.Passage1Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:ThereflectivetowersofNewYorkCity,whichisontheAtlanticmigrating(迁移的)route,canbedeadlyforbirds.“Weliveinanageofglass,”saidMs.Laurel,anarchitect.(76)“Itcanbeaperfectmirrorincertainlights,andthelargertheglass,themoredangerousitis.”About90,000birdsarekilledbyflyingintobuildingsinthecityeachyear.Often,theystrikethelowerlevelsofglasstowersaftersearchingforfoodinnearbyparks.Suchcrashesarethesecond-leadingcauseofdeathformigratingbirds,afterhabitat(栖息地)loss,withanestimatednumberofdeathranginguptoabillionayear.Asglassofficeandapartmenttowershaveincreasedinthelastdecade,so,toohavecallstomakethemlessdeadlytobirds.SanFranciscoadoptedbird-safetystandardsfornewbuildingsinJuly.TheUnitedStatesGreenBuildingCouncil,anonprofitindustrygroupthatencouragesthecreationofenvironmentallyconsciousbuildings,willintroduceabird-safetycreditthisfallaspartofitsenvironmentalcertificationprocess.Therearenoeasyfixes,however.Afewresearchersareexploringglassdesignsthatuseultraviolet(紫外线的)signals,buttheyarestillintheirinfancy.Covers,dotpatterns,shadesandnetsarethemainoptionsavailable.Often,onlyonesectionofabuildingneedstobechanged."Youdon'tnecessarilyhavetotreateverywindow,"Ms.Laurelsaid."Itwouldbetooexpensivetodothewholebuilding."TheJacobICJavitsConventionCenter,whichhasbeenundergoingalterations,isthemostrecentbuildingtovoluntarilycorrecttheproblemofbirdcrashes.Thearchitectsusedlessreflectiveglassanddotpatterns.WhatisthemainideaofthepassageNewYorkisacityofglasstowers.Glasstowersaredangerousformigratingbirds.NewYorkadoptednewsafetystandardsforbuildings.GlasstowersareanewtrendintheUnitedStates.WhatisthenumberonecauseofdeathformigratingbirdsA.Climatechange.B.Habitatloss.C.Lackoffood.D.Crashingintobuildings.3.Whatdoestheword“fixes”inthethirdparagraphprobablymeanA.Choices.B.Explanations.C.Solutions.D.Developments.4.areusedinthealterationoftheJacobK.JavitsConventionCenter.A.DotpatternsB.ShadesC.NetsD.CoversWhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUEaccordingtothepassageInmanycases,thewholebuildingneedstobealteredtopreventbirdcrashes.TheJacobK.JavitsConventionCenteristhefirstbuildingtodealwiththeproblemofbirdcrashes.About90,000birdsarekilledduetohabitatlossinNewYorkCityeachyear.Unfortunately,glassdesignsthatuseultravioletsignalsarestillintheirearlystages.Passage2Questions6to10arebasedonthefollowingpassage:Today'sstudentshavegrownuphearingmoreaboutBillGatesthanF.D.R.,andtheyliveinaworldwhereamazinginnovations(改革)arecommon.Thecurrent18-year-olds,afterall,were8whenGooglewasfoundedbytwostudentsatStanford;MarkZuckerbergfoundedFacebookin2004whilehewasatHarvardandtheywereenteringhighschool.Havinggrownupdigital(数字的),theyareimpatienttogetonwithlife.Theeasiestwaytofredkidsliketheseistocheckinonentrepreneurship(企业家才能)education,inwhichcollegesanduniversitiestrytopreparetheirstudentstorecognizeopportunitiesandseizethem.AreportpublishedlastyearbytheKauffmanFoundation,whichfinancesprogramstopromoteinnovationoncampuses,notedthatmorethan5,000entrepreneurshipprogramsareofferedontwo-andfour-yearcampuses-upfromjust250coursesin1985.LesaMitchell,aKauffmanvicepresident,saysthatthefoundationisextendingthereachofitsacademicinfluence,whichusedtobefoundonlyinbusinessschools.Now,theconceptofentrepreneurshipisbloominginengineeringprogramsandmedicalschools,andevenintheliberalarts.“Ourinterestisinalltheprograms,”shesays.“Weneedtospreadoutfromthebusinessschool.”Eitherasclassprojectsorontheirown_,studentsinavarietyofmajorsarecomingupwithideas,writingbusinessplansandseeingthemthroughtoprototypeand,often,market.Intheirsparetime,studentsinagriculturaleconomicsatPurdueinventnewusesforbean;industrialdesignmajorsatSyracuse,inaspeciallaboratory,createwearabletechnologies.Theentrepreneurshipmovementhasitscritics'especiallyamongthosewhoseecollegeasatimeforextensiveacademicexploration.“Ijustdon'tthinkthatentrepreneurshiprankssohighintermsofnational:need,”saysDanielS.Greenberg,authorofScienceforSale:ThePerils,RewardsandDelusionsofCampusCapitalism.LeonardA.Schlesinger,BabsonCollege'spresident,saysthatthequestionofwhetherinnovationcanreallybetaughtis“anage-oldargument.”6.WhenGoogleandFacebookwereestablished,thefounderswerestill__________.A.inhighschoolB.inthearmyC.inprimaryschoolD.atcollegeAccordingtothepassage,whatisthemainpurposeofentrepreneurshipeducationTopreparestudentsforfutureacademiclife.Topreparestudentstofredoppommitiesandseizethem.Topreparestudentsforoverseascareer.Topreparestudentstodevelopinterpersonalskills.Theword“prototype”inthefourthparagraphismostlikelytomean__________A.modelB.st。