2005年11月北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试B试题及答案(A).doc

北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试（A） 2005.11 注意事项 一、将答题卡(纸)上的姓名及学生代号用中文和阿拉伯数字填好。 二、仔细阅读题目的说明。 三、在120分钟内答完全部试题。 四、答案一定写在答题卡上，凡是写在试题册上的答案一律作废。 五、用铅笔这样划答案：[A] [B] [C] [D]，用其他符号答题者不记分。 六、如要改动答案，必须先用橡皮擦去原来选定的答案，然后再按上面的规定重新答题。 Part I Reading Comprehension (30%) Directions: There are four 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 mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Passage 1 Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage: Languages are remarkably complex and wonderfully complicated organs of culture. (76) They contain the quickest and the most efficient means of communicating within their respective culture. To learn a foreign language is to learn another culture. In the words of a poet and philosopher, “As many languages as one speaks, so many lives one lives.” A culture and its language are as necessary as brain and body; while one is a part of the other, neither can function without the other. In learning a foreign language, the best beginning would be starting with the non-language elements of the language: its gestures, its body language, etc. Eye contact is extremely important in English. Direct eye contact leads to understanding, or, as the English saying goes, seeing eye-to-eye. We can never see eye-to-eye with a native speaker of English until we have learned to look directly into his eyes. 1. The best title for this passage is A. Organs of Culture B. Brain and Body C. Looking into his eyes D. Language and Culture 2. According to this passage, the best way to learn a foreign language is__________ A. to read the works of poets and philcsophers B. to find a native speaker and look directly into his eyes C. to begin by learning its body language D. to visit a country where you can study 3. According to this passage, gestures are_______