2002年6月北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试(A)试题及答案(A).pdf

北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试（ A） 2002.6 注意事项 一、将答题卡 ( 纸 ) 上的姓名及学生代号用中文和阿拉伯数字填好。 二、仔细阅读题目的说明。 三、在 120 分钟内答完全部试题。 四、答案一定写在答题卡上，凡是写在试题册上的答案一律作废。 五、用铅笔这样划答案： [A] [B] [C] [D] ，用其他符号答题者不记分。 六、如要改动答案，必须先用橡皮擦去原来选定的答案，然后再按上面的规定重新答题。 Part I Reading Comprehension (40%) Directions:There are four passagesin this part. Each passageis followed by somequestionsor 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 I to 5 are based on the following passage: In ancient times the most important examinations were spoken, not written. In the schools of ancient Greece and Rome, testing usually consisted of saying poetry aloud or giving speeches. In the European universities of the Middle Ages, students who were working for advanced degrees had to discuss questions in their field of study with people who had made a special study of the subjec t. This custom exists today as part of the process of testing candidates for the doctor degree. Generally, however, modern examinations are written. The written examination, where all students are tested on the same question, was probably not known until the nineteenth century. Perhaps it came into existence with the great increase in population and the development of modern industry. A room full of candidates for a state examination, timed exactly by electric clocks and carefully watched over by managers, resembles a group of workers at an automobile factory. Generally, during examinations teachers and students are expected to act like machines. One type of test is s