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1、----2008年4月北京地区成人学位英语真题(A卷)PartIReadingComprehensionDirections:Therearethreepassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Youshoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondinglette
2、rontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.Passage1Question1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Lookingbackonmychildhood.Iamconvincedthatnaturalistsarebornand------notmade.Althoughwewerebroughtupinthesameway,mybrotherssoonabandonedtheirpressed(紧抱的)flowersan
3、dinsects.Unlikenoearformusicandlanguages,IwasnotanearlyreaderandIcouldnotdomentalarithmetic.andsistersthem,Ihand------BeforeWorldwarIwespentoursummerholidaysinHungary.Ihaveonlythedimmemoryofthehousewelivedin,ofmyroomandmytoys.(76)NordoIrecallclearlythelargefa
4、milyofgrandparents,aunts,unclesandcousinswhogatherednextdoor.butIdohaveacrystal-clearmemoryofdogs,thefarmanimals,thelocalbirdsandaboveall,theinsects.Iamanaturalist,notascientist.Ihaveastrongloveofthenaturalworld,andmyenthusiasmhasledmeintovariedinvestigations.
5、Ilovediscussingmyfavoritetopicsandenjoyburningthemidnight.Ilovediscussingmyfavoritetopicsandenjoyburningthemidnightoil,readingaboutotherpeople’sobservationsanddiscoveries.thensomethinghappensthatbringstheseobservationstogetherinmyconsciousmind.Suddenlyyoufancy
6、youseetheanswertotheriddle(谜),becauseitallseemstofittogether.Thishasresultedinmypublishing300papersandbooks,whichsomemighthonorwiththetitleofscientificresearch.Butcuriosity,akeeneye,agoodmemoryandenjoymentoftheanimalandplantworlddonotmakeascientist;oneoftheout
7、standingandessentialqualities------requiredisself-discipline,aqualityIlack.Ascientistcanbemade.Anaturalistisborn.Ifyoucancombinethetwo,yougetthebestofbornworlds.1.Accordingtotheauthor,abornnaturalistshouldfirstofallbe_____A.fullofenthusiasmB.self-disciplinedC.
8、fullofambitionD.knowledgeable2.Thefirstparagraphtellsusthattheauthor_____A.losthishearingwhenhewasachildB.didn’tlikehisbrothersandsistersC.wasborntoanaturalist’sfamilyD.wasinterest