西北大学继续教育学院学位英语考试真题.pdfVIP

西北大学继续教育学院学位英语考试真题

NorthwesternUniversitySchoolofContinuingEducation

DegreeEnglishExamQuestions

Part1:ReadingComprehension(30points)

Readthefollowingpassageandanswerthequestionsbelow:

Climatechangereferstolong-termchangesinthe

temperature,precipitation,andotheratmosphericconditionson

Earth.Themostsignificantcauseofclimatechangeishuman

activities,particularlytheburningoffossilfuelssuchascoal,oil,

andnaturalgas.Theseactivitiesreleasegreenhousegasesinto

theatmosphere,whichtrapheatandcausetheEarths

temperaturetorise.

Questions:

1.Whatisthemaincauseofclimatechange?

2.Howdohumanactivitiescontributetoclimatechange?

3.Whataregreenhousegases,andhowdotheyaffectthe

Earthstemperature?

Part2:VocabularyandGrammar(40points)

Fillintheblankswiththecorrectwordorphrase:

1.The___________ofplasticbagsisharmfultothe

environment.

2.Thegovernmenthasimplemented___________toreduce

carbonemissions.

3.Itisimportantto___________renewableenergysourcesto

combatclimatechange.

4.___________isakeyfactorindeterminingtheEarths

climate.

Part3:Writing(30points)

Writeanessayofatleast300wordsonthefollowingtopic:

TheImpactofClimateChangeonGlobalFoodSecurity.Inyour

essay,discusshowclimatechangeaffectsfoodproductionand

accesstofood,andproposesolutionstomitigatetheseimpacts.

Part4:ListeningComprehension(20points)

Listentotheaudiorecordingandanswerthequestions

below:

1.Whatarethemaincausesofdeforestation?

2.Howdoesdeforestationcontributetoclimatechange?

Goodluckonyourexam!Remembertoreviewyournotes

andpracticeyourEnglishskillsbeforethetest.