摘要：2012下半年北京成人学位英语考试真题
2012年下半年北京地区成人本科学士学位英语(成人三级英语)于11月3日进行。考试已经结束，以下为2012年下半年北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试真题。
北 京 地 区
成人本科学士学位英语统一考试
2012.11.03
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本场考试时间为上午9:00----11:00。
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北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试
2012.11.03
PartⅠ Reading Comprehension (30%)
Directions: There are three passages in this part. Each passage is followed 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 :
It seems like every day there's some new research about whether our favorite drinks are good for us ,(76)One day ,science says a glass of red wine a day will help us live longer The next day ,maybe not It seems journalists are pretty interested in wine research and the same might be said for coffee .Now there's been a lot of research into whether coffee's good for our health "the results have really been mixed", admits Neal freedman who led the coffee study and published his findings in a medical journal recently."There's been some evidence that coffee might increase the risk of certain diseases and there's also been maybe more recent evidence that coffee may protect against other diseases as well"。
Freedman and his colleagues undertook the biggest study yet to look at the relationship between coffee and health They analyzed data collected from more than 400,000 Americans ages 50 to 71 participating in the study "We found that the coffee drinkers had a modestly lower risk of death than the non-drinkers ,"he said .Here's what he means by "modestly":those who drank at least two or three cups a day were about 10 percent or 15 percent less likely to die for any reason during the 13 years of the study when the researchers looked at specific causes of death ,coffee drinking appeared to cut the risk of dying from heart disease lung disease injuries ,accidents and infections
Now ,Freedman stressed that the study doesn't prove coffee can make people live longer. A study like this can never prove a cause-and-effect relationship (77)All it can really do is to point researchers in the right direction for further investigation And even if it turns out that coffee is really good for you, scientists have no idea why
According to the first paragraph, reporters would like to know the research findings of ___
A . tea B. beer C. alcohol D. coffee
According to the passage, which of the following is TRUCE?
Freedman and his colleagues hired 400,00 Americans to collect date。
About four hundred thousand Americans worked for Freedman's team full time for 13 years。
People Who took part in Freedman's research are about 50 to 70 years old 。
People Who are 50 to 70 years old seldom drink coffee
According to the author, scientists__________。
have already proved that coffee is good for human health
have a long way to go before they find a way to study coffee
have avoided the cause -and -effect approach to study coffee
are still unable to figure out why coffee is good for us
The word "mixed" in the first paragraph means"________"。
both good and bad B. put together
C. both sharp and soft D. confused
5.Which of the following is an appropriate title for this passage?
A. Can Beer Help You Live Longer?
B. Can Coffee Help You Live Longer?
C. Can Whine Help You Live Longer?
D. Can Tea Help You Live Longer?