| 内容试读 | 浙江省普通高等教育专升本考试 英语考前押密试卷（一） 选择题部分 Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (60 marks, 60 minutes) Section A (50 marks: 2 marks for each item) Format Ⅰ Directions: There are 4 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. (40 marks) Passage One Questions l to 5 are based on the following passage. An Israeli law banning too skinny models went into effect with the start of 2013. The law, approved last March in Israel, requires models to prove they have maintained a Body Mass Index (BMI) of at least 18.5 for three months before a fashion show. That means a woman who is 68 inches tall can weigh no less than 119 pounds. “This law is another step in the war against eating disorders,” said physician Adatto. “Underweight models,” he explained, “can no longer serve as role models for innocent young people who copy their false image of being skinny.” But some critics in this country say it is misguided, focusing on weight instead of health. They also say the Israeli ban is bound to fail because of the strong power of the fashion industry. “I think it’s an approach that isn’t going to work.” said eating disorder expert Susan Ice, who worked with an organization which creates a healthy working environment for models.lt;p-> 浙江省普通高等教育专升本考试lt;br /-> 英语考前押密试卷（一）lt;br /-> 选择题部分lt;br /-> Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (60 marks, 60 minutes)lt;br /-> Section A (50 marks: 2 marks for each item)lt;br /-> Format Ⅰlt;br /-> Directions: There are 4 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. (40 marks)lt;br /-> Passage Onelt;br /-> Questions l to 5 are based on the following passage.lt;br /-> An Israeli law banning too skinny models went into effect with the start of 2013. The law, approved last March in Israel, requires models to prove they have maintained a Body Mass Index (BMI) of at least 18.5 for three months before a fashion show. That means a woman who is 68 inches tall can weigh no less than 119 pounds.lt;br /-> “This law is another step in the war against eating disorders,” said physician Adatto. “Underweight models,” he explained, “can no longer serve as role models for innocent young people who copy their false image of being skinny.”lt;br /-> But some critics in this country say it is misguided, focusing on weight instead of health. They also say the Israeli ban is bound to fail because of the strong power of the fashion industry. “I think it’s an approach that isn’t going to work.” said eating disorder expert Susan Ice, who worked with an organization which creates a healthy working environment for models.lt;br /-> But Adatto told the reporter that he began to concern the issue after meeting an ambitious model who looked like she needed to be hospitalized. He said, “I realized that only legislation can change the situation. There was no time to waste; so many girls were dieting to death.”lt;br /-> However, the efforts to regulate models’ weight in Spain and Italy have not resulted in significant changes in part because of difficulties in determining reliable methods of measuring weight and health.lt;br /-> Still, folks including Ice say there’s no denying that images from Hollywood and the fashion industry can be difficult for young women to deal with. “Certainly I don’t believe the modeling industry has caused the rise in eating disorders, but it makes it harder,” she says. “It’s a difficult recovery environment, worshiping thinness as the beauty ideal.”lt;br /-> 1. According to the new Israeli law, which of the following statements is truelt;br /-> A. It prevents models from suffering from eating disorders.lt;br /-> B. All models should keep a BMI of 18.5.lt;br /-> C. Models need to weigh more than 119 pounds.lt;br /-> D. Models have to look plump and healthy.lt;br /-> 2. What can we conclude from the third paragraphlt;br /-> A. Susan holds the same idea with the critics for the same reason.lt;br /-> B. Critics believe the law won’t succeed for the power of fashion industry.lt;br /-> C. Susan considers the law unsuccessful due to the fashion industry.lt;br /-> D. The law fails to create a healthy environment for models.lt;br /-> 3. What caused Adatto to think that a law was needed to change the situationlt;br /-> A. Meeting an ambitious but too skinny model.lt;br /-> B. Establishing his fashion model company.lt;br /-> C. Witnessing many girls’ death owing to dieting.lt;br /-> D. Seeing a model being hospitalized for eating disorders.lt;br /-> 4. According to Susan Ice, eating disorders may be caused by .lt;br /-> A. the modeling industry lt;br /-> B. a difficult recovery environmentlt;br /-> C. worship of thinness lt;br /-> D. both B and Clt;br /-> 5. What does the author think of the new Israeli law banning too skinny modelslt;br /-> A. Impossible. lt;br /-> B. Acceptable. lt;br /-> C. Practical. lt;br /-> D. Contentious.lt;br /-> Passage Twolt;br /-> Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage.lt;br /-> If Confucius (孔子) were still alive today and could celebrate his September 28 birthday with a big cake, there would be a lot of candles. We’d need a fan or a strong wind to help him put them out. While many people in China will remember Confucius on his special day, few people in the United States will give him a passing thought. It’s nothing personal. Most Americans don’t even remember the birthdays of their own national heroes.lt;br /-> But this doesn’t mean that Americans don’t care about Confucius. In many ways he has become a bridge that foreigners must cross if they want to reach a deeper understanding of China.lt;br /-> In the past two decades, the Chinese studies programs have gained huge popularity in Western universities. More recently, the Chinese government has set up Confucius Institutes in more than 80 countries. These schools teach both Chinese language and culture. The main courses of Chinese culture usually included Chinese art, history and philosophy (哲学). Some social scientists suggest that Westerners should take advantages of the ancient Chinese wisdom to make up for the drawbacks of Westerners’ philosophy. Students in the United States, at the same time, are racing to learn Chinese. Businessmen who hope to make money in China are reading books about Confucius to understand their Chinese customers.lt;br /-> So the old thinker’s ideas are still alive and well. Today China attracts the West more than ever, and it will need more teachers to introduce Confucius and Chinese culture to the West. As for the old thinker, he will not soon be forgotten by people in the West, even if his birthday is.lt;br /-> 6. Confucius’s birthday is mentioned in Paragraph 1 with the aim to .lt;br /-> A. provide some key facts about Confuciuslt;br /-> B. arouse the readers’ interest in the subjectlt;br /-> C. show great respect for the ancient thinkerlt;br /-> D. prove the popularity of modern birthday celebrationslt;br /-> 7. We can learn from Paragraph 3 that American students .lt;br /-> A. have a great interest in studying Chineselt;br /-> B. compete with each other to study Chineselt;br /-> C. try to get high scores in Chinese examslt;br /-> D. fight for a chance to learn Chineselt;br /-> 8. The underline phrase “make up for” is similar in meaning to .lt;br /-> A. make use of lt;br /-> B. compensate for lt;br /-> C. clear up lt;br /-> D. set offlt;br /-> 9. The passage is likely to appear in .lt;br /-> A. a biography lt;br /-> B. a history paperlt;br /-> C. a newspaper lt;br /-> D. a philosophy textbooklt;br /-> 10. Which one can be the best title of the passagelt;br /-> A. The Popularity of Chinese Old Wisdomlt;br /-> B. Huge Fans of the Chinese Languagelt;br /-> C. Meaning of Chinese Culture for Westernerslt;br /-> D. Old Thinker with a Big Futurelt;br /-> Passage Threelt;br /-> Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage.lt;br /-> A city without cars would be very strange, right But Venice is such a city.lt;br /-> Venice is in the northeast of Italy. It wasn’t built on land, like Beijing or Shanghai, but on more than 110 islands. Seawater is everywhere around the city.lt;br /-> Even so, travel isn’t difficult. The waterways have always been the best way to get around. There are 117 waterways and more than 400 bridges that can guide you where you want to go. People in Venice move from place to place by boat.lt;br /-> Water makes the city special, but it is also a big problem. Sometimes tourists will have such strange experiences. One moment they walk across the Rialto Bridge, and there’s nothing special. But when they come back to the bridge an hour later, it’s underwater and everyone is wearing rain shoes.lt;br /-> Once, people used too much underground water. This made the city get lower little by little. Now the city has gone down by 23 centimeters. Another problem is the rising seawater. The temperature has risen over the years. This has made the ice of the Arctic Ocean (北冰洋) melt (融化). Every year, high waters hit the city in autumn and winter. When a lot of water comes, more than half of the city is underwater.lt;br /-> Scientists are trying different ways to stop the city from getting even lower. The Italian government has asked some of Italy’s biggest companies to build the MOST project, which was planned to be built under the seawater to stop the rising water. Anyway, this project is helping solve the problem.lt;br /-> 11. Which is the best way to travel in Venicelt;br /-> A. The waterways. lt;br /-> B. Taxis and cars.lt;br /-> C. Crossing bridges. lt;br /-> D. Boats and rain shoes.lt;br /-> 12. What doesn’t cause Venice to get lower and lowerlt;br /-> A. The ice of the Arctic Ocean melts.lt;br /-> B. Seawater is everywhere around the citlt;/p->显示全部信息 |