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北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试
20111105
PartⅠReadi
gComprehe
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(30)Directio
s:Therearethreepassagesi
thispartEach
passageisfollowedbysomequestio
soru
fi
ished
stateme
tsForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarked
A,B,Ca
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Passage1
Questio
s1to5arebasedo
thefollowi
gpassage:
ThereflectivetowersofNewYorkCity,whichiso
theAtla
ticmigrati
g(迁徙的)route,ca
bedeadlyfor
birds“Welivei
a
ageofglass,”saidMsLaurel,a

architect(76)“Itca
beaperfectmirrori
certai
lights,a
dthelargertheglass,themoreda
gerousitis”About90,000birdsarekilledbyflyi
gi
tobuildi
gi
thecity
eachyearOfte
,theystrikethelowerlevelsofglass
towersaftersearchi
gforfoodi
earbyparksSuch
crashesaretheseco
dleadi
gcauseofdeathformigrati
gbirds,afterhabitat(栖息地)loss,witha
estimated

umberofdeathra
gi
guptoabillio
ayear
(77)Asglassofficea
dapartme
ttowershavei
creasedi
thelastdecade,so,too,havecallstomake
themlessdeadlytobirdsSa
Fra
ciscoadoptedbirdsafety
sta
dardfor
ewbuildi
gi
JulyTheU
itedStatesGree
Buildi
gCou
cil,a
o
profiti
dustrygroupthat
e
couragesthecreatio
ofe
viro
me
tallyco
scious
buildi
gs,willi
troduceabirdsafetycreditthisaspartof
itse
viro
me
talcertificatio
processThereare
oeasyfixes,howeverAfewresearchers
areexplori
gglassdesig
sthatuseultraviolet(紫外线的)
sig
als,buttheyarestilli
theiri
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cyCovers,dot
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s,shadesa
d
etarethemai
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savailableOfte
,o
lyo
esectio
ofabuildi
g
eedstobe
cha
ged“Youdo
‘t
ecessarilyhavetotreatevery
wi
dow,”MsLaurelsaid“Itwouldbetooexpe
sivetodothewholebuildi
g”TheJacobCo
ve
tio
Ce
ter,whichhasbee
u
dergoi
galteratio
s,isthemostrece
t
buildi
gtovolu
tarilycorrecttheproblemofbirdcrashes
Thearchitectsusedlessreflectiveglassa
ddotpatter
s1Whatisthemai
ideaofthepassage?
ANewYorkisacityofglasstowers
BGlasstowerareda
gerousformigrati
gbirds
CNewYorkadopted
ewsafetysta
dardsfor
buildi
gs
DGlasstowersarea
ewtre
di
theU
itedStates
2Whatisthe
umbero
ecauseofdeathformigrati
g
birds?
AClimatecha
ge
BHabitatloss
CLackoffood
DCrashi
gi
to
buildi
gs3Whatdoestheword“fixes”i
thethirdparagraph
1
probablymea

AChoices
BExpla
atio
s
CSolutio
s
DDevelopme
ts
4_____areusedi
thealteratio
oftheJacobKJavits
Co
ve
tio
Ce
ter
ADotpatter
s
BShades
CNets
DCovers
5Whichofthefowli
gstateme
tsisTRUEaccordi
g
tothepassage?
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