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1、大学英语试卷No.16(附答案)I.ReadingComprehensionIfoursocietyeverneededareadingrenaissance（复兴）,it’snow.TheNationalEndowmentfortheArtsreleased“ReadingatRisk”lastyear,astudyshowingthatadultreading1havedropped10percentagepointsinthepastdecade,withthesteepestdropamong
2、those18to24.“Onlyonehalfofyoungpeoplereadabookofanykindin2002.Wesetthebaralmostontheground.Ifyoureadoneshortstoryinateenagermagazine,thatwouldhave2,”lamentsadirectorofresearchandanalysis.He3thelossofreaderstotheboomingworldoftechnology,whichattractswoul
3、d—beleisurereaderstoE—mail,IMchats,andvideogamesandleavesthemwithnotimetocopewithanovel.“Thesenewformsofmediaundoubtedlyhavesomebenefits,”saysStevenJohnson,authorofEverythingBadIsGoodforYou.Videogames4problem—solvingskills;TVshowspromotementalgymnastics
4、by5viewerstofollowcomplexstorylines.Butbooksofferexperiencethatcan’tbegainedfromtheseothersources,from6vocabularytostretchingtheimagination.“Ifthey’renotreadingatall,”saysJohnson,“that’sahugeproblem.”Infact,fewerkidsarereadingforpleasure.Accordingtodata
5、7lastweekfromtheNationalCenterforEducationalStatistic’slong—termtrendassessment,thenumberof17—year—oldswhoreportedneverorhardlyeverreadingforfun8from9percentin1984to19percentin2004.Atthesametime,the9of17yearoldswhoreaddailydroppedfrom31to22.Thisslowbuts
6、teadyretreatfrombookshasnotyettakenatollonreadingability.Scoresforthenation’syouthhave10constantoverthepasttwodecades(withanencouragingupswingamong9—year—olds).Butgiventhestrongapparentcorrelationbetweenpleasurereadingandreadingskills,thismeanspoorlyfor
7、thefuture.A.percentB.remainedC.roseD.ratesE.percentageF.countedG.relievedH.presentI.BelievingJ.releasedK.forcingL.improveM.StylesN.buildingO.attributesIntheUnitedStates,theneedtoprotectplantandanimalspecieshasbecomeahighlycontroversialandsharplypolitica
8、lissuesincethepassageoftheEndangeredSpeciesActin1973.Theact,designedtoprotectspecies'livingareas,andpoliciesthatpreservelandandforestscompetewitheconomicinterests.Inthe1990's,forexample,thewoodcuttersintheWesternUnitedStateswerec
