最新学位英语真题及超详细答案

北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试真题答案超详解

（2011 年11 月07 日）

Passage 1

The reflective towers of New York City, which is on the Atlantic migrating（迁徙

的）route , can be deadly for birds. We live in an age of glass, ” said urel, an architect 。（76） It can be a perfect mirror in certain lights, and the larger the glass, the more dangerous it is 。” About 90,000 birds are killed by flying into building in the city each year. Ofte n, they strike the lower levels of glass towers after searchi ng for food in n earby parks. Such crashes are the sec on d-leadi ng cause of death for migrating birds, after habitat（栖息地）loss, with an estimated number of death ranging up to a billio n a year 。

（77）As glass office and apartme nt towers have in creased in the last decade, so, too,

have calls to make them less deadly to birds. San Fran cisco adopted bird-safety

standard for new building in July. The Un ited States Green

Buildi

ng

Coun cil, a

non profit in dustry group that en courages the creati on of environmen tally con scious build in gs, will in troduce a bird-safety credit this as part of its en viro nmen tal certificati on process 。

There are no easy fixes, however. A few researchers are explori ng glass desig ns that

use ultraviolet（紫外线的）signals, but they are still in their infancy. Covers, dot patter ns, shades and net are the main opti ons available 。

Often, only one section of a building needs to be changed. You don 'necessarily have to treat every window, ” urel said. It would be too expensive to do the

whole building 。” The Jacob Convention Center, which has been undergoing alterations, is the most recent building to voluntarily correct the problem of bird crashes. The architects used less reflective glass and dot patter ns 。

1. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. New York is a city of glass towers 。

B. Glass tower are dan gerous for migrat ing birds 。

C. New York adopted new safety sta ndards for buildi ngs 。

D. Glass towers are a new trend in the Un ited States 。

【答案】B。

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全文主要说由于建筑的反光玻璃导致了鸟类大量死亡，以及为了减少鸟类因撞击而死亡，美国一些地区采取的措施。因此选B。

2. What is the nu mber one cause of death for migrati ng birds?

A. Climate cha nge

B. Habitat loss

C. Lack of food

D. Crash ing into build ings 。

【答案】B。

一网解题：题干大意：引起迁徙鸟类死亡的第一原因是什么。

如果阁下没有足够的常识储备，请您带着题干关键词：death for migrati ng birds ，一

目一行定位答案范围在：第一段第三句话。定位句是：Such crashes are the sec on d-lead ing cause of death for migrati ng birds, after habitat loss, with …，可判断撞击是既栖息地减少后的第二个主要原因。此处请您理解关键词after的含义：crashes