2017年5月6日北京成人学位英语考试真题及答案（阅读理解）
阅读理解
Passage 1:
Which of the following is the best title of the passage?
答案为C。 Coral reefs face extinction. /珊瑚礁面临灭绝的危险(coral reefs是文章主题词)
2.The word address in paragraph 1 isclosest in meaning to ___.
答案为D。 deal with/解决
3.Why are coral reefs called “the rainforests of the sea”?
答案为A. 文章中说：because they provide shelter for a widevariety of sea life(它们为各种各样的海洋生物提供栖息之地(shelter))，所以答案为A(because they are home to a wide variety of sea life/因为它们市各种各样海洋生物的家园)
4.The corals turn __ in the process pf “bleaching”.
答案为D(white)。文章中说：Then the corals turn white in a processcalled “bleaching/珊瑚在被称作为’漂白’的过程中变成白色(white)”.
5.According to the passage, ___ is the biggest threat to coral reefs.
答案为 D(climatechange)。文章中说“it is global climate change that most concerns scientists./全球气候变化是让科学家们担心的事情”
Passage 2
6. Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?
答案为A(Many universities ban or restrict the saleof bottled water/很多学校禁止或限制瓶装水的销售)。选项B说的“许多州”的情况文章中没有涉及到，选项C说“瓶装水产业担心其不断下降的销量”这也是文章中没有提到的信息，选项D说“许多人反对瓶装水禁令”，这也是文章中没有提及的信息。文章主要谈到许多高校发起了禁止或限制瓶装水在校园出售，接下来陈述了禁止的原因及瓶装水制造商对此提出的质疑。
7. According to Ban the Bottle, drinking bottled water costs __ dollars per year.
答案为：D(1400)。文章中说“...while drinking from plastic containerscosts $1400 dollars a year./饮用塑料容器里的水(即瓶装水)每年要花掉1400美元”。
8.Theword controversy in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to ___.
答案为C(argument).
9. What does the bottled water industry use in its own defense?
答案为D(water is healthier than some sodas andjuices/水比苏打水和果汁更有利于健康)。文章中说：Water is a healthy choice compared to somesodas and juices that are also sold at school./与同样在学校销售的一些苏打水和果汁相比，水是一种更有利于健康的选择。
10.According to the passage, which of the following statement is TRUE?
答案为B(plastic bottles may do harm to people’shealth./瓶装水可能会危害人们的健康)。文章中说“plastic bottles contain antimony – achemical that in low doses causes depression, but in large doses can even leadto death./塑料瓶里含有锑—这种化学元素在剂量小的情况下会造成抑郁症，在剂量大的情况下会造成死亡。”
Passage three
11. According to the passage, Howard Hughes was not ___.
答案为C(friendly)。文章中说：He had everything good looks, success,power and a lot of money./他拥有一切：好看的相貌，成功，权力和很多的钱。有“友谊”(与friendly呼应)没有提到。文章后面也提到“他没有爱，没有友谊”。
12.Whichof the following about Hughes’ father is NOT TRUE?
答案为D(He drank alcohol a lot./他酗酒)。文章中说：Hughes’ father started the Hughes Tool Company(与A一致：He started the Hughes Tool Company). He was a workaholic(与C一致：He worked hard(他工作努力)) and made a lot of money. He boughteverything he wanted. (与B一致：He liked to spend money(他喜欢花钱))
13. Howard Hudges’parents died ___.
答案为B(before he was 19 years old/在他19岁之前)。文章中说：Allene died when Howard was 16 years old. Two yearslater his father died. /Allene(Howard的母亲) 在Howard16岁的时候去世了，两年后他的父亲去世了。由此可知Howard的父母在其19岁前都去世了。
14.Theword “obsessed” in paragraph 2 probably means ___.
答案为A (troubled/使困扰)
15.Fromthe passage, we learn Mr. Hughes lacked in his life was ___.
答案为B(love) . Hughes上学接受过教育, 因此A 不正确。从文章中我们知道Hughes很富有，长相英俊(has good looks),所以C和D都不正确。
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