2013年11月北京成人学位英语真题及答案（文字版）
Passage 3
Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:
Coffee is a powerful drink. On a personal level, it helps keep us awake and active. (80) On a much general level, it has helped shape our history and continues to shape our culture.
Coffee plants grow wild in parts of Africa and were probably used by travelling tribes (部落)for thousands of years, but it wasn't until the 1400s that people figured out they could roast its seeds."Then it really took off," said historian Mark Pendergrast--author of Uncommon Grounds: the Histo- ry of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World. By the 1500s, the drink had spread to coffeehouses across the Arab world within another 150 years, it took Europe by storm. "It actually had a major im- pact on the rise of business," Pendergrast says. Coffeehouses became a spot not just to enjoy a cup but to exchange ideas.
The insurance industry was founded hundreds of years ago in one of London's 2,000 coffeehous- es. Literature, newspapers and even the works of great composers like Bach and Beethoven were also inspired in coffeehouses.
It is often said that after the Boston Tea Party.. of 1773. when American colonists (殖民者)at- lacked British tea ships and threw large boxes of tea into the harbor. Americans everywhere switched over to drinking coffee. "There's a lot of truth to the story, I found," Pendergrast says. He mentions a letter John Adams wrote to his wife, Abigail, in which the Founding Father declares his love of tea but says he will have to learn to accept coffee instead, because drinking tea had become unpatriotic(不爱国的).
For all the upsides coffee has brought the modem world, it also brought its fair share of down- sides, too. Europeans carried coffee with them as they colonized various parts of the world, and this frequently meant they made people into slaves in order to grow it.
11. According to the passage,which of the following has nothing to do with coffee?
A. Literature.
B. Newspapers.
C. The insurance industry.
D. The oil industry.
12. According to the passage,which of the following is NOT TRUE?
A. The Boston Tea Party took place in 1773.
B. Europeans figured out ways to use coffee during the 1670s.
C. During the 1770s, more and more Americans began to drink coffee.
D. Coffee is a refreshing drink.
13. The author of the book believes that
A. drinking coffee was unpatriotic
B. 2000 insurance companies were set up hundreds of years ago
C. Europeans were responsible for the existence of slavery
D. coffee actually influenced the rise of business
14. The phrase "took off" in the second paragraph means
A. dropped to the ground
B. became very successful
C. removed its coat
D. went away suddenly
15. Which of the following is an appropriate title for this passage?
A. When Coffee Became Popular.
B. Coffee Is a Powerful Drink.
C. How Coffee Influenced the Course of History.
D. What Impact Coffee Has on Human Behavior.
Part Ⅱ Vocabulary and Structure (30 % )
Directions: In this part there are 30 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A ,B , C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then blacken the corre- sponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
16. We don't need air conditioning,
A. nor can we afford it
B. neither can afford it
C. nor we can afford it
D. neither we can afford it1
7. Could you find someone
A. for me to play tennis with
B. play tennis with
C. for me to play tennis
D. play tennis
18. "You are too self-centered. It's high time you that you are not the most important person in the world," Edgar said to his boss angrily.
A. realized
B. have realized
C. realize
D. should realize
19. The government cannot operate effectively it is free from such interference.
A. so long as
B. so that
C. unless
D. Because
20. If I had remembered the window, the thief would not have got in.
A. to close
B. closing
C. to have closed
D. having closed
21. In Britain, the best season of the year is probably spring.
A. Later
B. latter
C. Last
D. Late
22. If it tomorrow, the basketball match has to be canceled.
A. rain
B. Rains
C. rained
D. will rain
23. Pacific Ocean is very large sea to the west of North and South America,
and to the east of Asia and Australia.
A. The ; a
B. A ; the
C. The ; the
D. A ; a
24. Neither his fellow workers nor Tod himself to the solution put forward by the employer.
A. Agree
B. agrees
C. agreeing
D. to agree
25. If only I hard in the past few months ! But I didn't work hard enough and failed the maths examination.
A. work
B. worked
C. have worked
D. had worked
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