2013年江苏省普通高校“专转本”统一考试大学英语真题.pdfVIP

苏省普通高校专转本英语统试试

2013年江“”一考卷

PartIReadingComprehension(共20小题，每小题2分，共40分)

Directions:Thereare4passagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsor

unfinishedstatements.Foreachofthemthereare4choicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Youshould

decideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasingleline

throughthecenter.

PassageOne

Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

WhenMrs.JosephGroegerdiedrecentlyinVienna,Austria,peopleaskedtheobvious

question.“Whydidshelivetobe107?”Answerswereprovidedbyasurveyconductedamong

148Viennesemenandwomenwhohadreachedtheageof100.Whatwassurprisingwasthatthe

majorityhadlivedmostoftheirlivesincities.Althoughcitiesareoftenregardedasunhealthy

places,citylivingprovidesbenefitsthatcountrylivingmaylack.Onefactorseemstobeimportant

tothelongevity(长寿)ofthoseinterviewed.

Thisfactorisexercise.Inthecitiesitisoftenfastertowalkshortdistancesthantowaitfora

bus.Eventakingpublictransportationoftenrequiressomewalking.Smallerapartmenthouses

havenoelevators,andsopeoplemustclimbstairs.Citypeoplecanusuallywalktolocal

supermarkets.Sinceparkingspacesarehardtofind,thereisoftennochoicebuttowalk.

Ontheotherhand,thosewholiveinthecountryandsuburbsdonothavetowalkeveryday.In

fact,theoppositeisoftentrue.Togotoschool,work,oralmostanywhereelse,theymustridein

cars.

1.TheViennasurveymayhelptoexplain__________.

A.thecomplaintsofpeopleinapartmenthouses

B.thecausesofMrs.Groeger’sdeath

C.thelongevityofpeoplelikeMrs.Groeger

D.theimageofcitiesingeneral

2.Thesecondparagraphlistssome___________.

A.disadvantageofwalking