北京地區(qū)成人本科學(xué)士學(xué)位英語統(tǒng)一考試b-展示頁
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【正文】 jian Province lies ____ the east of China and Taiwan is ___ the east of Fujian.A. in。 disappearedC. seizing。. . . . .北京地區(qū)成人本科學(xué)士學(xué)位英語統(tǒng)一考試（B） 2008．11．22 Part I Reading Comprehension (30%) Directions: There are three 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: Not all memories are sweet. Some people spend all their lives trying to forget bad experiences. Violence and traffic accidents can leave people with terrible physical and emotional scars. Often they relive these experiences in nightmares(惡夢)（76）Now Americal researchers think they are close to developing a pill, which will help people forget bad memories. The pill is designed to be taken immediately after a frightening experience. They hope it might reduce, or possibly erase(抹去) the effect of painful memories. In November, experts tested a drug on people in the US and France. The drug stops the body releasing chemicals that fix memories in the brain. (77)So far the research has suggested that only the emotional effects of memories may be reduced, not that the memories are erased.The research has caused a great deal of argument. Some think it is a bad idea, while others support in.Supporters say it could lead to pills that prevent or treat soldiers troubling memories after war. They say that there are many people who suffer from terrible memories.“Some memories can ruin people’s lives. They e back to you when you don’t want to have them in a daydream or nightmare they usually e with very painful emotions,” said Roger Pitman, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. “this could relieve a lot of that suffering.”But those who are against the research say that it is very dangerous to change memories because memories give us our identity(特質(zhì)). They also help us all avoid the mistakes of the past.“All of us can think of bad events in our lives that were horrible at the time but make us who we are, I’m not sure we want to wipe those memories out, ” said Rebecca Dresser, a medical ethicist.1. The passage is mainly about________.A. a new medical inventionB. a new research on memoriesC. a way of erasing painful memoriesD. an argument about the research on the pill2. The drug tested on people can________.A. cause the brain to fix memoriesB. stop people remembering their experiencesC. prevent body producing certain chemicalsD. wipe out the emotional effects of memories3. We can infer from the passage that________.A. people doubt the effects of the pills.B. the pill will stop people’s and experiences.C. taking the pill will do harm to people’s healthD. the pill has probable been produced in America4. Which of the following does Rebecca Dresser agree with?A. Some memories can ruin people’s livesB. people want to get rid of bad memories.C. Experiencing bad events makes us different from others.D. The pill will reduce people’s suffering from bad memories.5. The word “scars” in Paragraph one is close in meaning to ________.A. good stories B. pains C. experiences D. memoriesPassage 2Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:Onthejob smoking is a hot issue for both smokers and nonsmokers, and many managers now see smoking as a productivity(生產(chǎn)力)problem. Although some people question whether smoking really affects one’s productivity, it has, in fact been proven that a smoker costs a pany more than a nonsmoker. According to professor William Weis, a smoking employee costs his or her employer about $5,700 more a year than a neversmoker. These c
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