英语试题 第 1页 共 14页 绝密 考试结束前 浙江省2012 年选拔优秀高职高专毕业生进入本科学习统一考试 英 语 请考生按规定用笔将所有试题的答案涂 写在答题纸上 选择题部分 注意事项 1 答题前 考生务必将自己的姓名 准考证号用黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔填写在答题纸 规定的位置上 2 每小题选出答案后 用 2B 铅笔把答题纸上对应题目的答案标号涂黑 如需改动 用橡 皮擦干净后 再选涂其他答案标号 不能答在试题卷上 Part I Reading Comprehension 60 marks 60 minutes SectionA 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 and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 Passage One Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage It is often claimed that nuclear energy is something we cannot do without We live in a consumer society where there is an enormous demand for commercial products of all kinds Moreover an increase in industrial production is considered to be one solution to the problem of mass unemployment Such an increase presumes 意味着 an abundant and cheap energy supply Many people believe that nuclear energy provides an inexhaustible 用不完的 and economical source of power and that it is therefore essential for an industrially developing society There are a number of other advantages in the use of nuclear energy Firstly nuclear power except for 英语试题 第 2页 共 14页 accidents is clean A further advantage is that a nuclear power station can be run and maintained by relatively few technical and administrative staff The nuclear reactor represents an enormous step in our scientific evolution and whatever the anti nuclear group says it is wrong to expect a return to more primitive sources of fuel However opponents of nuclear energy point out that nuclear power stations bring a direct threat not only to the environment but also to civil liberties Furthermore it is questionable whether ultimately nuclear power is a cheap source of energy There have for example been very costly accidents in America in Britain and of course in Russia The possibility of increases in the cost of uranium 铀 in addition to the cost of greater safety provisions could price nuclear power out of the market In the long run environmentalists argue nuclear energy wastes valuable resources and disturbs the ecology 生态 to an extent which could bring about the destruction of the human race Thus if we wish to survive we cannot afford nuclear energy In spite of the case against nuclear energy outlined above nuclear energy programs are expanding Such an expansion assumes a continual growth in industrial production and consumer demands However it is doubtful whether this growth will or can continue Having weighed up the arguments on both sides it seems there are good economic and ecological reasons for sources of energy other than nuclear power 1 According to the passage what can help solve the social problem of unemployment A Developing science and technology B Increasing the industrial production C Increasing the demand for commercial products D Providing an abundant and cheap energy supply 2 Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons why some people support the nuclear energy A Nuclear energy cannot be used up and it is clean B Nuclear energy saves money and manpower C Nuclear energy is symbolic of the scientific development D Nuclear energy brings people comfort and convenience 3 Which of the following statements may the writer agree with A Nuclear energy programs will undoubtedly continue expanding 英语试题 第 3页 共 14页 B The demand for commercial products will surely keep growing in any case C Uranium is a good source of energy for economic and ecological reasons D The increasing cost may possibly force nuclear energy to withdraw from the market 4 The writer mentions the nuclear accidents inAmerica Britain and Russia to show that A if an accident should happen it would cost a lot of money B there will be no uranium to be used in the future C nuclear waste is a potential danger to human health D nuclear energy will finally destroy the human beings 5 What is the writer s attitude towards nuclear energy A Indifferent B Tolerant C Negative D Supportive Passage Two Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage Lloyd Slocum was unemployed for 18 months but like hundreds of thousands of Americans he s working part time this holiday shopping season unloading trucks and stocking shelves for a Bealls store in Port St Lucie Fla It gives you something to look forward to says Slocum 29 He plans to use cash to buy his father a Christmas present and hopes to move on to a full time position with Bealls Burke s stores a Sunbelt chain Black Friday the official start of holiday shopping heat also kicks off the less celebrated season of the part time worker Retailers 零售商 alone are hiring about 500 000 seasonal employees this year most of whom are part time according to the National Retail Federation Retailers recent shift to opening on Thanksgiving or midnight on Black Friday has intensified the need for part time workers Holiday jobs offer financial and emotional lifeline for many of the nat