2013年11月北京地区学士学位英语考试真题与答案.docVIP

2013年11月北京地区学士学位英语考试真题与答案 北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试 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?blacken?the?corresponding?letter?on?the?Answer?Sheet.? ?Passage?1? Questions?1?to?5?are?based?on?the?following?passage:? For?20?months?the?wrecked?Costa?Concordia?has?been?lying?on?its?side?near?the?coast?of?Giglio,a?small?Italian?island.?But?on?Tuesday,?as?part?of?the?largest?salvage(打捞)operation?ever?conducted，the?large?ship?was?finally?moved?to?the?upright?position.?The?next?step?is?for?the?vessel?to?be?removed?from?the?area?entirely.? ??The?Costa?Concordia?is?twice?the?weight?of?the?Titanic.?The?ship?itself?didn’t?budge(稍微移动)for?the?first?three?hours?of?the?operation,?Sergio?Girotto?told?reporters.?He?and?other?engineers?worked?for?19?hours?before?Concordia?was?declared?completely?upright.? ??The?Costa?Concordia?capsized?on?January?13,?2012, after?its?captain,?Francesco?Schettino,brought?the?ship?too?close?to?the?shore.?The?ship?hit?coastal?rocks,?which?caused?serious?damage?and?allowed?water?to?pour?in.?(76)?Most?of?the?4,200?people?on?board?made?it?to?land?safely,?but?more?than?30?people?were?killed?in?the?disaster.?Two?people?remain?missing.?The?Concordia’s?captain?is?currently?on?trial?for?causing?a?shipwreck?and?abandoning?his?ship.? ??The?operation?to?right?the?ship?is?called?parbuckling.?While?parbuckling?is?a?standard?operation?to?right?capsized?ships,it?has?never?before?been?used?on?such?a?large?ship.(77)Workers?had?been?waiting?for?favorable?weather?conditions?to?undertake?the?operation.?On?Monday，authorities?gave?the?final?go-ahead.? ??The?process?was?expected?to?take?no?more?than?12?hours.?But?problems?with?the?large?system?of?steel?chains?caused?delays.?Engineers?worked?through?the?night?using?cables?and?metal?water?tanks?to?roll?the?ship?onto?speci