电大高级英语试题期末试题
中央广播电视大学- 年度第二学期“开放本科”期末考试
高级英语（2)试题
1,Vocabujary and Gramma:
Choose the best answer fur each bnank from the four choices given.Write your answer on the
Answer Shect.(2 points each,30 points)
1 .A: speak to the recruitment manager, please.
B: I'm sorry, I'm afraid he's not in the office at the moment
A. I wonder if I could
B. I'm afraid I can't
C. Do you think you could
D. Thank you for
2. This time tomorrow we'll have handed in our assignments and in the park.
A. we'll be relaxing
B. we're relaxing
C. we'11 relax
D. we relax
3. Just dirty dishes in the sink. I'11 wash them.
A. talk
B. take
C. leave
D. lose
4. Why are you your lunch? Aren't you hungry?
A. pigging out
B. parting with
C. picking at
D. pointing out
5. After they dinner, they went out.
A. finish
B. are finishing
C. have finished
D. had finished
6. A:I really should go home now, or my name'll be mud. B:
A: oh, I mean I'll be very u flpopu1ar-I'm late!
A. What I meant was
B. Are you with me?
C. I am listening.
D. Sorry, I'm not with you.
7. I'm glad I saw that film, it really
A. cheered up
B. cheered me up
C. cheered up me
D. me cheered up
8 admit that most people are not interested in being informed.
A. You decide to
B. You have to
C. The other hand to
D. As far as I
9 it, it's all about money-it's pure greed.
A. The way I see
B.You have to say
C. Talk about
D. As far as I see
1o. If Tony me a lift on his bike, I always say' no
A．offer B. would offer C. offered D. offers
11. I sometimes feel as if Toby 'Sn't even aware of my
A. exist
B. existence
C. existing
D. existed
12. Do we really have to fill in all these forms? It's so
A. simple
B. appealing
C. modern
D. tiresome
13. Y ou look a bit _.Maybe you should take some extra vitamins.
A. worried
B. run-down
C. confident
D. outraged
14. Once the press find out his secret,he'11 never live it
A. up
B. on
C. down
D. off
15. There are mistakes in this TV guide: I've found one on every page so far.
A. quite a few
B. not too many
C. almost no
D. very few
II .Reading comprehension
Passage One
Read the article and then match 16-20 to A-E. Write your answer on the Answer Sheet.(4 points each,20 points)
Do you realise that your body language is telling people a whole range of things that you may not be conscious of? In this introduction to her series on nonverbal communication, Rebecca Cripps gives us some tips for interpreting and using the unspoken code.
16 . We lean towards people we find attractive and interesting and away from those we don't, It's that simple!
17 Holding your palms slightly up and outwards is seen as open and friendly. Gestures with the palms down are generally seen as dominant and possibly aggressive. This
palm up,palm down distinction is very important when it comes to shaking hands and we suggest you always offer a handshake upright and vertical, to convey equality.
18 Stand too close and you'11 be seen as pushy. Stand too far away and you’ll appear unfriendly. Neither are what we want, so observe in a group Situation how close the other people are to each other. If you move closer to someone and they back away, you've probably overstepped the mark and are just a bit too much in their personal space.
19 even though most people can't move them much, if at all. However, you've
got two ears and only one mouth, so try to use them in that order, If you listen twice as much as you talk, you come across as a good communicator who knows how to strike up a balanced conversation without being "me me me" or the wallflower.
20 We purse our lips and sometimes twist them to the side when we're thinking.
We might also use this movement to hold hack an angry comment. Then of course we smile: people smile for all sorts of reasons, only one of which is to signal happiness. But more of that next week.
A. Mouth movements can give away all sorts of clues
B. Hand gestures are so numerous it's hard to give a brief guide but here goes
C. Distance from others is crucial if you want to give the right signals
D. Angle of the body in relation to others gives an indication of our attitude towards
them
E. Ears play a vital role in communication with others
Passage Two
Read the article and then judge the statements are true 《T),false《F)or not informed(NI). Write your answer on the Answer Sheet(2 points each,10 points).
Amazing People
In this week's edition of Amazing People, we have decided to include some less
well-known celebrities. They may not be world famous or household names, but as we often say, there's more than one way to be special!
Disabled sailor crosses Channel
On August 23rd ,a British woman who can only move her head, eyes and mouth,
sailed across the English Channel and into the record books. Completing her journey in just over six hours, Hilary Lister set a record for the world's longest solo sail by a disabled person. Using only her breathing to navigate her boat, she reached Calais to a hero'5 welcome. Having arrived in France, Mrs Lister said, 'I'm just thrilled' ,and attributed her success to the people who'd helped her. When she made her crossing, she'd been paralysed
for four years. And she'd been sailing for only two. Having lived an active life before her illness, she took up sailing to boost her confidence.
Lightning never strikes twice?
Roy Sullivan, a forest ranger from Virginia, was struck by lightning seven times in his
Thirty-six-year career. The first strike was in 1942. He wasn't hit again until twenty-seven years later, driving his truck. The following year, another bolt of lightning burnt his shoulder, while his hair caught fire in a fourth strike in 1972. A year later, Sullivan was
driving around the park when a bolt came out of a small cloud, knocking off his shoe. 'l actually saw the lightning coming straight for me, 'he said. Lightning struck for the sixth time in 1976. But it was the final strike in 1977,while he was fishing, that put him in the Guinness Book of World Records. Two of his Ranger hats, burnt by lightning, are now in Guinness Exhibit Halls-proof that lightning does strike in the same place twice.
Child prodigy
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart showed musical gifts at a very early age, and was already composing his first works when he was four. Born in Salzburg in 1756,he was one of the greatest musical geniuses in history. By the age of six, he'd played before the Austrian empress and had begun to write his earliest symphonies. A year later, he was playing to audiences in London and Paris, astonishing them with his brilliance. He worked all over Europe during the next seventeen years, finally settling in Vienna. He lived just a little over half of Beethoven's life span but was amazingly prolific. He died in 1791,aged only
thirty-five, having composed over 600 works ,including great operas like The Magic Flute. Just before his death, he'd been composing the Requiem, one of his most famous works.
21.Hilary Lister was the first disabled woman to sail from England to France.
22.Hiary Lister had never done any sailing until two years before the crossing.
23. Lightning struck Roy Sullivan for the third time in 1970.
24. By 1973,Roy Sullivan had survived five lightning strikes.
25. Mozart wrote his earliest symphonies when he was four.
lll .Cloze
Choose the correct word to fill in the blank. Each word must be used once and only once. Write your answer on the Answer Sheet.(2 pints each,10 points)
In December 1915,Lake Morena was nearly empty and everybody in San Diego was praying for rain. In desperation, the city council 26 Charles Hatfield, the Rainmaker. Hatfield 27 to fill the lake for$10,000. On January 1 1916,he started work, 28
his secret rain-making chemicals. By January 5,the rain had started. By January 20 it had been raining non-stop for two weeks. On January 26 the level of the lake 29 by two feet
per hour when suddenly it stopped-just five inches from the top. Having kept his promise Hatfield wanted his money. But the city council 30 to pay,saying that the rain wsa an
act of God'. Hatfield had only made a verbal agreement, and hadn'tsigned a contract. He never received a penny.
A. was rising
B. using
C. contacted
D. refused
E. agreed
Ⅳ .Writing
3l.Write your essay on the Answer Sheet in 200-250 words.(30 points)
An English person recently came to your school to give a talk (what was the talk
about?).He/She left a personal possession(what is it?)at the school (where exactly?).
You want to return the possession(how will you return it?)but you have had difficulty
contacting the person ( how have you tried to contact him/her?).You have a possible address
for the person, hut you're not sure if it's correct (why?).
Write a letter to the person.
.Thank them for coming to give the talk.
. Explain the situation.
.Ask them to contact you.
高级英语（2)试题答案及评分标准
（供参考）
I .Vocabulary and Grammar( 2 points each,30 points)
1.A
2. A
3. C
4. C
5. D
6.D
7. B
8. B
9. A 10. D
11. B 12. D 13. B 14. C 15.A
II .Reading comprehension(30 points)
Passage One(4 points each,20 points in total)
16. D 17. B 18.C 19. E 20. A
Passage Two( 2 points each,10 points in total)
21 .NI 22. T 23. T 24.T 25. F
III .Cloze (2 points each,10 points in total)
26. C 27. E 28. B 29.A 30. D
Iv .Writing(30 points)
Dear Mr Collins,
I am writing to thank you for attending our school careers day last week and giving such an inspirational and interesting speech on career prospects in the financial services industry.
I am also writing to inform you that you left a CD-ROM in the computer which you used during your speech. I would like to return it to you as soon as possible but I was unsure whether to send it to your company or adifferent address.
I contacted your office but, unfortunately, you were away on business and I spoke to a secretary. She said that the disc belonged to your own private consultancy business and that I should send it there. She provided me with an address but I am afraid that I may have written it down incorrectly. The address I have is as follows: Collins' Consultancies, Box
283 A, Bristol. Could you please confirm that this is the correct address to which I should send the disc?
Thank you once again for your generosity in giving up your valuable time for the students at our school and lam sorry I have been unable to return your CD-ROM more promptly.
Yours sincerely,
John Smith
John Smith
Student Committee Chairperson
会计专业学位外语考试模拟试题（1） 2010.12 一、语音题。(每空1分，共5分) 1、A. holiday B. some C. come D. cover 2、A. thousand B. surround C. cloudy D. should 3、A. great B. fate C. palace D. grade 4、A. move B. notice C. motor D. whole 5、A. choose B. flood C. spoon D. food 二、辩错题。(每题1分，共5分) 6、There was no bus. I have to walk home. A. no B. have C. to walk D. home 7、She has read the article last week. A. has read B. the C. article D. last 8、We set up a lot of universities since 1949. We have also set up a Central Radio and Television University. A. set up B. since C. also D. a 9、By now Old Wang worked in that factory for twenty years. A. worked B. in C. that D. for 10、Now that they have successfully passed the TOEFL, the students were ready to begin their classes at the university. A. Now that B. successfully C. were D. to begin 9、Hangzhou is the most beautiful city I saw. A. the B. most C. city D. saw 三、单选题。(每题1分，共25分) 11、It _____ the eyes to read in such poor light.
学位英考试试题-1 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 blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Passage 1 Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage: Archaeology, like many academic words, comes from Greek and means, more or less, “the study of old things”. So, it is really a part of the study of history. However, most historians use paper evidence, such as letters, paintings and photographs，but archaeologists (考古学家) learn from the objects left behind by the humans of long ago. Normally, these are the hard materials that don't break down or disappear very quickly—things like human bones and objects made from stone and metal. It is very unusual to find anything more than the hard evidence of history--normally, the bacteria (细菌) in the air eat away at soft materials, like bodies, clothes and things made of wood. Occasionally, things are different. In 1984, two men made an amazing discovery while working in a bog called Lindow Moss, in the north of England. A bog is a very wet area of earth, with a lot of plants growing in it. It can be like a very big and very thick vegetable soup—walk in the wrong place and you can sink and disappear forever. The men were working when one of them saw something sticking out—a human foot! Naturally, the men called the police，who then found the rest of the body. Was it a case of murder? Possibly--but it was a death nearly two thousand years old. The two men had found a body from the time of the Roman invasion of Britain. Despite being so old, this body had skin, muscles, hair and internal organs—the scientists who examined him were able to look inside the man's stomach and find the food that he had eaten for his last meal! Why was this man so well preserved? (76) It was because he was in a very watery environment, safe fi:om the bacteria that need oxygen to live. Also, the water in the bog was very acidic. The acid preserved the man's skin in the way that animal skin is preserved for leather coats and shoes. How did he die? Understandably, archaeologists and other scientists wanted to know more about the person that they called,“Lindow Man”. (77) His hands and fingernails suggested that he hadn't done heavy manual work in his life—he could have been a rich man. They found that he hadn't died by accident. The archaeologists believe that he was sacrificed to three different gods. 1. Which language does the word “archaeology”come from? A. French. B. Greek. C. Roman. D. German. 2. The word “these” in the first paragraph refers to_______. A. letters B. photographs C. paintings D. objects 3. Which of the following helped to preserve“Lindow Man”? A. Ice and Iow temperature. B. Bacteria and oxygen. C. Soil and energy. D. Acid and water. 4. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?
北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统 一考试 2011.11.05 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 blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Passage 1 Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage： The reflective towers of New York City ，which is on the Atlantic migrating （迁徙的）route ，can be deadly for birds. “We live in an age of glass，” said https://www.doczj.com/doc/825968264.html,urel ，an architect.（76）“ It can be a perfect mirror in certain lights ，and the larger the glass，the more dangerous it is.” About 90，000 birds are killed by flying into building in the city each year. Often ，they strike the lower levels of glass towers after searching for food in nearby parks. Such crashes are the second-leading cause of death for migrating birds, after habitat （栖息地）loss, with an estimated number of death ranging up to a billion a year. （77）As glass office and apartment towers have increased in the last decade, so, too, have calls to make them less deadly to birds. San Francisco adopted bird-safety standard for new building in July. The United States Green Building Council , a nonprofit industry group that encourages the creation of environmentally conscious buildings , will introduce a bird-safety credit this as part of its environmental certification process. There are no easy fixes , however. A few researchers are exploring glass designs that use ultraviolet （紫外线的）signals, but they are still in their infancy. Covers, dot patterns, shades and net are the main options available. Often , only one section of a building needs to be changed. “ You don‘ t necessarily have to treat every window ,” https://www.doczj.com/doc/825968264.html,urel said. “ It would be too expensive to do the whole building. ” The Jacob Convention Center, which has been undergoing alterations , is the most recent building to voluntarily correct the problem of bird crashes. The architects used less reflective glass and dot patterns. 1. What is the main idea of the passage？ A. New York is a city of glass towers. B. Glass tower are dangerous for migrating birds. C. New York adopted new safety standards for buildings. D. Glass towers are a new trend in the United States. 2. What is the number one cause of death for migrating birds？ A. Climate change B. Habitat loss C. Lack of food D. Crashing into buildings. 3. What does the word “fixes” in the third paragraph probably mean ？ A. Choices B. Explanations C. Solutions D. Developments 4. ___ are used in the alteration of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. A. Dot patterns B. Shades C. Nets D. Covers 5. Which of the fowling statements is TRUE according to the passage？ A. In many cases, the whole building needs to be altered to prevent bird crashes. B. The Jacob K.Javits Convention Center is the first building to deal with the problem of bird crashes. C. About 90 , 000 birds are killed due to habitat loss in New York City each year. D. Unfortunately , glass designs that use ultraviolet signals are still in their early stages. Passage 2 Question 6 to 10 are based on the fowling passage： Today‘s students have grown up hearing more about Bill Gates than F.D.R. , and they live in a world where amazing innovations （革新）are common. The current 18-year-olds, after all, were 8 when Google was founded by two students at Stanford；Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook in 2004 while he was Harvard and they were entering high school. Having grown up digital （数字的）, they are impatient to get on with life. The easiest way to find kids like these is to check in on entrepreneurship （企业家才能）education , in which colleges and universities try to prepare their students to recognize opportunities and seize them. A report published last year by the Kauffman Foundation , which finances programs to promote innovation on campuses, noted that more than 50, 000 entrepreneurship programs are offered on two-and four-year campuses—up from just 250 courses in 1985. Lesa Mitchell , a Kauffman vice president, says that the foundation is extending the reach of its academic influence , which used to be found only in business schools. Now , the concept of entrepreneurship is blooming in engineering programs and medical school , and even in the liberal arts. “Our interest is the programs ,” she says. “ We need to spread out from the business school.” Either as class projects or on their own , students in a variety of majors are coming up with ideas, writing business plans and seeing them through to prototype and , often, market. In their spare time , students in agricultural economics at Purdue invent new uses for bean ；industrial design majors at Syracuse, in special laboratory , create wearable technologies. （78）The entrepreneurship movement has its critics , especially among those who see college as a time for extensive academic exploration. “I just don ‘t think that entrepreneurship ranks so high in terms of national need ,” says Daniel S.Greenberg, author of Science for sale：The perils, Rewards and Delusions of Campus Capitalism. Leonard A.Schlesinger , Babson College‘s president, says that the question of whether innovation can really be taught is “ an age-old argument” 6. When Google and Facebook were established , the founders were still ____ . A. in high school B. in the army C. in primary school D. at college 7. According to the passage, what is the main purpose of entrepreneurship education ？ A. To prepare students for future academic life
2017 年4 月成人高等教育本科毕业生申请学士学位 外国语水平考试广东) A 英语试卷一 Part I Dialogue completion (15 points) Part II Reading Comprehension (40 points) Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 points) Part IV Cloze (10 points) 考生须知 1.本试卷分试卷一和试卷二两部分，试卷一满分85分，试卷二满分15分，考试时间共 120分钟。 2. 本试卷一为A型试卷，请将答案用2B铅笔填涂在A型试卷一答题卡上，答在试卷或其他类型答题卡上的无效。答题前请核对试卷一答题卡是否为A型卡，若不是，请要求监考人员予以更换。 3. 答题卡上正确的填涂方法为：在代表答案的字母上划线，如[A] [B] [C] [D] Part I Dialogue Completion (l5 points) Directions: There are I5 short in complete dialogues in this part, each followed by four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best complete the dialogue and mark your answer on the ANSWER Sheet. 1.Speaker A: ______ I guess I’m addicted to the Internet. Speaker B: So you’d better quit surfing the Net deep into the night. A.I knew it. B. Why, it’s a pity! C. I can't help it. D. What seems to be the problem? 2. Speaker A: Don't be sad, I'm sure things will change for the better soon. Speaker B: ______. A. That sounds awful. B. Yes you're probably right. C. I hope not! D. You are welcome! 3. Speaker A: Can I get some information about the training program here? Speaker B: _______ A. Yes, you do B. Go ahead C. You certainly can D. That's fun 4. Speaker A: Tom, would you like to go to a party this Saturday? SpeakerB:______ What kind of party? Speaker A: It's a birthday party. A. Sounds good B. Looks nice C. Seems all right D. Feels OK 5. Waiter: ______? Customer: Yes, I'll have a steak, medium rare, with French fries. A. What do you want to eat B. Have you decided what to do yet C. Excuse me, are you ready to order now D. Sorry, but who'd like to order
广东省学位英语历年真题及答案 - 百度文库 百度文库 搜索文档或关键词 普通分享 > 广东省学位英语历年真题及答案 VIP专享文档 2020-05-09 66页 用App免费查看 I. 会话技能15道15分15分钟 II. 阅读理解20道40分40分钟 III. 词汇和语法40道20分25分钟 IV. 完形填空10道10分10分钟 V . 短文写作100～120个词15分30分钟 考试总时间：120分钟 2011年广东学位英语考试试题及答案 PartⅠ Vocabulary and Structure (25 points, 30 minutes) Directions: There are 50 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 1. By 1929, Mickey Mouse was as popular ____ children as Coca Cola. A) for B) with C) to D) in 2. When you buy anything expensive, never forget to ask for the ____ from the shop. A) receipt B) trust C) render D) tale 3. The financial support is decided not only according to your GRE score, but also according to your ____ in college. A) intelligence B) policy C) performance D) statement 4. Professor Smith is also the ____ of the international program office. If you have any problem when you study here, you may go to him for help. A) detective B) president C) manager D) director 5. We do not have a ____ school in our institute. The highest degree we provide for the students is a B. A. and a B. S. .
31. Tom’s father has taught English here since he graduated from Peking University.汤姆的父亲从北京大学毕业后就一直在这里教英语。 32. Please give this book to whoever comes first 请把这本书给最先来的人。. 33. Though it was late, they kept on working尽管已经很晚了，他们还在继续工作。 31. Apples here like water and sunshine. 这里的苹果喜欢水和阳光。 32. Fred was such a hardworking student that he soon came our first in the class. 弗莱德是一个学习十分用功的学生，以至于不久他就成了班里学习最好的学生 33. Ted and William have lived under the same roof for five years. 泰德和威廉已经在同一个屋檐下生活了五年了。 31. A lot of natural resources in the mountain area are to be exploited and used. 那个山区有许多自然资源有待于开发利用 32. In Foreign Languages Department, a checking machine is used to correct the students’ test papers. 在外语系，用阅卷机给学生阅卷 33. The students are encouraged by their teacher to do more listening, reading and writing. 老师鼓励学生多听，多读，多写 31. There is a large amount of energy wasted due to friction. 由于摩擦而损耗了大量的能量。 32. This place has plentiful material resources这个地方的物质资源是丰富的. 33. Various substances differ widely in their magnetic characteristics. 各种材料的磁性有很大的不同 31. The more passions we have, the more happiness we are likely to experience. . 我们的激情越多，我们有可能体验到的快乐就越多。 32. Each time history repeats itself, the price goes up. 历史每重演一次，代价就增加（一分）。 33. In an age of plenty, we feel spiritual hunger. 在这个物质财富充裕的时代，我们感到精神上的饥渴 31. In no other country in the world can you find such plants as this one. 像这种植物在世界上的其他任何一个国家中都找不到。 32. I was having a nap when suddenly the telephone rang我在睡觉时，电话铃突然响了。. 33. All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的东西，未必都是金子 31 Bill hit his car into a wall last night. 昨晚比尔开车时车撞到了墙上。 32 Would you please help me with this heavy box? 你能帮我抬一下这个很沉的箱子吗？ 33 He has taught English in this university ever since he moved to this city. 自从他来到这座城市就在这所大学里任教 31 Transistors are small in size and light in weight. 晶体管的体积小，重量轻 32. John and his brother differ in personality even if their differences in age are not significant. 尽管约翰和他哥哥在年纪上相差不大，但他们的个性却不相同。 33. If you decided to learn a new language, you would have to dedicate yourself wholeheartedly to the cause. 如果你决定学一门新的语言，你必须全身心地投入。 31. You needn’t go there anymore. He already knows about it. 你不必去了，他已经知道那件事了。 32. As is known to all, China is a developing country. 众所周知，中国是一个发展中国家 33. The most common samples of inorganic materials are the gases of the atmosphere, water, rocks, etc. 大气中的气体、水、岩石都是无机物中最普通的实例 76.The study was means to examine how the brain reacts to electromagnetic fields caused by wireless phone signals。研究意图检测大脑是如何对无线电信号引起的电磁场反应的 77.Experts said the results were interesting, but urged that they be understood with great care。专家指出这一结果值得关注，但是在解释时需要特别谨慎 78.Nor is electronic multitasking entirely new: We’ve been driving while listening to car radios since they became popular in the 1930s。电子操作的多任务处理也并不是全新的：自从十九世纪三十年代它们流行开始，我们就边开车边听音乐了 79.Although multitasking kids may be better prepared in some ways for today’s fast-paced workplace, many scientists are positively alarmed by the trend。在如今的快节奏工作环境里，尽管能够多任务处理的孩子在某种程度上也许会准备的更好，但许多科学家的确被这种趋势震惊了。 80.In Germany, nuclear power has been a repeatedly argued and widely felt issue for decades。在德国数十年来核武器已经被反复争论，并且引起广泛的讨论 81. Earthquakewhich recently happened in Japanhad changed the surface of earth。最近发生在日本的地震改变了
北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一 考试 2011.11.05 PartⅠReading Comprehension （30%） Directions：There are three passages in this part. Each passage i s 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 blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Passage 1 Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage： The reflective towers of New York City，which is on the Atlantic migrating （迁徙的）route ，can be deadly for birds. “We live in an age of glass，”said https://www.doczj.com/doc/825968264.html,urel，an architect.（76）“It can be a perfect mirror in certain lights，and the larger the glass，the more dangerous it is.”About 90，000 birds are killed by flying into building in the city each year. Often，they strike the lower levels of glass towers after searching for food in nearby parks. Such crashes are the second-leading cause of death for migrating birds，after habitat（栖 息地）loss，with an estimated number of death ranging up to a billion a year. （77）As glass office and apartment towers have increased in the last decade，so，too，have calls to make them less deadly to birds. San Francisco adopted bird-safety standard for new building in July. The United States Green Building Council， a nonprofit industry group that encourages the creation of environmentally conscious buildings，will introduce a bird-safety credit this as part of its environmental certification process. There are no easy fixes，however. A few researchers are exploring glass designs that use ultraviolet（紫外线的）signals，but they are still in their infancy. Covers，dot patterns，shades and net are the main options available. Often，only one section of a building needs to be changed. “You don‘t necessarily have to treat every window，”https://www.doczj.com/doc/825968264.html,urel said. “It would be too expensive to do the whole building.”The Jacob Convention Center，which has been undergoing alterations，is the most recent building to voluntarily correct the problem of bird crashes. T he architects used less reflective glass and dot patterns. 1. What is the main idea of the passage？ A. New York is a city of glass towers. B. Glass tower are dangerous for migrating birds. C. New York adopted new safety standards for buildings. D. Glass towers are a new trend in the United States. 2. What is the number one cause of death for migrating birds？ A. Climate change B. Habitat loss C. Lack of food D. Crashing into buildings. 3. What does the word “fixes”in the third paragraph probably mean？ A. Choices B. Explanations C. Solutions D. Developments 4. _____are used in the alteration of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. A. Dot patterns B. Shades C. Nets D. Covers 5. Which of the fowling statements is TRUE according to the passage？ A. In many cases，the whole building needs to be altered to prevent bird crashes. B. The Jacob K.Javits Convention Center is the first building to deal with the problem of bird crashes. C. About 90，000 birds are killed due to habitat loss in New York City each year. D. Unfortunately，glass designs that use ultraviolet signals are still in their early stages. Passage 2 Question 6 to 10 are based on the fowling passage： Today‘s students have grown up hearing more about Bill Gates than F.D.R.，and they live in a world where amazing innovations（革新）are common. The current 18-year-olds，after all，were 8 when Google was founded by two students at Stanford；Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook in 2004 while he was Harvard and they were entering high school. Having grown up digital（数字的），they are impatient to get on with life. The easiest way to find kids like these is to check in on entrepreneurship（企业家 才能）education，in which colleges and universities try to prepare their students to recognize opportunities and seize them. A report published last year by the Kauffman Foundation，which finances