2005年江苏省成人学士学位英语考试历年真题和答案Part Listening Comprehension(15minutes 15%)(共15题 略)Part II Reading Comprehension:Directions: There are some reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and write down the corresponding letter in the Answer Sheet.A library is more than just a place where books are stored. A library is a source of information. That information may come from books (fiction, nonfiction, or reference books), from periodicals (newspapers, magazines, and journals), from audio-visual material (records, cassettes microfilm, video tapes, etc. ), or even from a computer terminal. Students go to libraries to study and to write research papers. The periodicals room of a university library is where foreign students often find newspapers and magazines from their countries. In the reference room, they can find catalogs from many universities in the U.S. and other countries. If you are buying a used car, the reference librarian can show you the Blue Book, which lists the prices of new and used cars. People who need information in a hurry can telephone the reference librarian at many libraries. （86）There are as many different library services as there are types of people who use them. Childrens libraries provide materials for young readers. They sometimes have story tellers who read stories to groups of children, and a few have computers for the children to play with. Music lovers can listen to recordings of their favorite musicians in music libraries. Some libraries offer special services for blind people, such as books in Braille, talking books, and Kurzweil Reading Machines. Libraries provide entertainment as well as information. Novels and short stories from a librarys fiction collection are a good source of enjoyable reading practice. Public libraries often sponsor lectures on topics of interest to members of the community, and a few even offer concerts and films. No matter what your interests are, you will find that a library can be a great place to enjoy yourself while you learn.16 In libraries readers can get information from .A. computer terminal, books, periodicals, or nonfictionB. books, periodicals, audio-visual materials or video apes C. periodicals, books, audio-visual materials or a computer terminalD. materials, reference books , periodicals, audio-visual or journals 17.In the reference room of the library you can find _. A. materials for young readers B. university catalogs C. newspapers and magazines D. the fiction collection 18. Foreign students often go to to read newspapers and magazines from their countries.A. periodical rooms B. reference rooms C. music roomsD. computer centers19. The last sentence in the last paragraph implies that readers can .A. find entertainment and information in a libraryB. read both novels and short stories in a bookstoreC. enjoy concerts and films in a theaterD. attend many lectures at colleges20.What is the main idea of the passage is that_ A. There are many kinds of libraries. B. A library is a place where books are stored. C. Libraries provide entertainment. D. Libraries offer many different services. Very old people do raise moral problem for almost everyone who comes into touch with them. Their valuesthis cant be repeated too oftenare not necessarily our values. Physical comfort, cleanness and order are not necessarily the most important for them. The social services from time to time find themselves faced with a flat with going-bad food covered with dust on the table, and an old person lying alone on bed, taking no notice of anything. Is it doing harm to personal freedom to insist that they go to live with some of their relatives so that they might be taken better care of? Some social workers are the ones who clean up the dust, thinking we are in danger of carrying this idea of personal freedom to the point where serious risks are being taken with the health and safety of the old. Indeed, the old can be easily hurt or harmed. The body is like a car: it needs more care as it gets older. You can carry this comparison right through to the provision of spare parts. (87) But never forget that such operations are painful experiences, however good the results. And at what point should you stop treating the old body? Is it right to try to push off death by using drugs to excite the forgetful old mind and to activate the old body, knowing that there is little hope? You cannot ask doctors or scientists to decide, because so lo