2015年11月北京地区成人学士学位英语统一考试真题及答案.docxVIP

北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试 2015.11 Reading Comprehension Directions:There are three passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some ques-tions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Jim Thorpe was a Native American. He was born in 1888 in an Indian Territory( 印第安人保护区) that is now Oklahoma. Like most Native American children then, he liked to fish, hunt,swim, and play games outdoors. (76) He was healthy and strong, but he had very little formal edu-cation. In 1950, Jim Thorpe was named the greatest American football player. He was also an Olympic gold medal winner. But Thorpe had many tragedies in his life. Jim had a twin brother who died when he was nine years old. By the time he was 16, his mother and father were also dead. Jim then went to a special school in Pennsylvania for Native A-merican children. There, he learned to read and write and also began to play sports. Jim was poor,so he left school for two years to earn some money. During this time, he played on a baseball team. (77)The team paid him only $15 a week. Soon he returned to school to complete his educa-tion. Jim was a star athlete( 运动员)in several sports, including baseball, running, and football. He won many awards for his athletic ability, mainly for football. In many games, he scored all or most of the points for his team. In 1912, when Jim Thorpe was 24 years old, he became part of the U. S. Olympic team. He competed in two very difficult events: the pentathlon and the decathlon. Both require great ability and strength. The pentathlon has five track and field events, including the long jump and the1,500-meter race. The decathlon has ten track and field events, with running, jumping, and thro-wing contests. People thought it was impossible for an athlete to compete in both the pentathlon and the de-cathlon. So everyone was surprised when Thorpe won gold medals in both events. When the King of Sweden presented Thorpe with his two gold medals, he said,