试点高校网络教育部公共基础课全国统一考试大学英语A、B试卷附答案.doc

试点高校网络教育部分公共基础课全国统一考试大学英语A试卷 Information for the Examinees: This examination consists of THREE parts. They are: Part Ⅰ: Reading Comprehension (50 points, 60 minutes) Part Ⅱ: Vocabulary and Structure (30 points, 30 minutes) Part Ⅲ: Writing (20 points, 30 minutes) The total score for this examination is 100. The time allowed for this examination is 2 hours (120 minutes). Part Ⅰ: Reading Comprehension (50 points) Instructions: ????????? This part will take approximately 60 minutes. ????????? There are FIVE sections in this part. Mark ALL your answers by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet, e.g. [A]. Section A Questions 1- 5 are based on this section. (10 points) Directions: Read the following passage and choose the best answer from A, B, C and D. Blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Some people would say that the Englishman抯 home has become his workshop. This is partly because the ordinary Englishman is deeply interested in working with his hands and partly because he feels that he must do for himself many household jobs for which some years ago he would have asked for workers?help. The main reason for this is a financial one: the high cost of labour has meant that builders?and decorators?costs have reached a level which is too high for ordinary people. So, if they wish to keep their houses looking bright and smart, they have to do some of the repairing and decorating themselves. As a result, there has grown up the 揇o-It-Yourself Movement?after World War II. The 揇o-It-Yourself Movement?began with home decorating but has since spread into a much wider field. Nowadays there seem to be very few things that cannot be made by the 揹o-it-yourself?method. A number of magazines and handbooks exist to show just how easy it is to build anything from a coffee table to a fifteen-foot sailing boat. You follow the simple directions step by