2015年11月北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试真题及答案.pdf

北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试 2015.11.07 Part ⅠReading Comprehension (30%) Directions:Therearethreepassages in thispart.Eachpassage isfollowedby some questions or unfinishedstatements.For each of them therearefourchoices markedA, B, CandD. Youshoulddecideon thebestchoiceandblacken thecorresponding letter on theAnswerSheer. Passage 1 Questions 1to 5arebasedon the followingpassage: Jim ThorpewasaNativeAmerican.Hewasborn in 1888in an Indian Territory（印弟安人保护区） that isnow Oklahoma.LikemostNativeAmerican children then,helikedto fish,hunt,swim,and play gamesoutdoors. （76）Hewashealthy and strong,buthehadvery little formaleducation.In 1950,Jim Thorpewasnamedthegreatest American footballplayer.Hewasalso an Olympicgold medalwinner.But Thorpehadmany tragediesinhislife. Jimhadatwin brotherwhodiedwhenhewasnineyearsold.By thetimehewas 16,hismother andfatherwerealsodead.Jim thenwentto a special schoolin Pennsylvania forNativeAmerican children.There,helearnedtoreadandwrite andalsobegan toplay sports.Jim waspoor,sohe left school fortwoyearsto earn somemoney.Duringthistime,heplayed on abaseballteam.（77） Theteampaidhim $15aweek.Soonhereturnedto schooltocompletehiseducation.Jim wasa star athlete （运动员）in several sports,includingbaseball,running,andfootball.Hewonmany awardsforhisathletic ability,mainly for football.In many games,he scoredallormost ofthe pointsfor histeam. In 1912,when Jim Thorpewas24yearsold,hebecamepart oftheU.S.Olympicteam.He competedin twovery difficult events:thepentathlon andthedecathlon.Bothrequiregreat ability and strength.Thepentathlonhasfivetrack andfield events,includingthelongjump andthe 1,500-meterrace.Thedecathlonhastentrack andfield events,withrunning,jumping,and throwingcontests. Peoplethought itwasimpossible for an athletetocompeteinboththepentathlon andthe decathlon.So everyonewassurprisedwhen Thorpewon goldmedalsinboth events.When the King of SwedenpresentedThorpewith histwo goldmedals,he said,“S