学位英语模拟试卷(五套).doc

北京地区 成人本科学士学位英语统一考试模拟题(1) (考试时间120分钟) 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. Passage 1 Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage: When Christopher Columbus discovered the New World in 1492, he thought he had reached the continent of Asia and had landed in India. He called the people he found in this new land Indians—the ancestors of the American. Indians had come from Asia thousands of years before Columbus saw them. Thousands of years ago, the Earth was in an ice age. (76)People who lived in northeastern Asia found their homeland growing colder. Huge sheets of ice were spreading over the land, and animals people hunted for food were being forced away. The people also had to move, to stay near the animals. Some groups of people crossed Bering Strait from Asia to North Pacific Ocean, which separates northeastern Asia from Alaska. (77)These people slowly traveled east and south, searching for areas where hunting was good. Their children and all those who came after them continued to spread throughout the New World. The Indians do not have yellowish skin that many Asian people have. Their skin is reddish brown. But like the people of Japan and other countries of Asia, Indians usually have high cheekbones and straight black hair. 1. In 1492, Christopher Columbus __ A. found American Indians in Asia B. thought he had reached India C. landed in India D. reached the continent of Asia 2. Thousands of years ago people were forced to leave their homeland because __ A. the earth was in an ice age B. they found their homeland getting colder C. huge sheets of ice were spreading over the land D. they had to stay near the animals they