北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试2024年5月12日
PartIReadingComprehension(30%)
Directions:Therearethreepassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandblackenthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.
Passage1
QuestionsIto5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:
SteppingontooneoftheUrosislandsinsouthernPerucanfeellikewalkingonanelasticcastle.Yourfeetsinkabitintothesoftfloor,whichtremblesslightlywhenamotorboatspeedspast.Thatsbecausethislandisactuallyfloating—onthelargestlakeinSouthAmerica,namelyLakeTiticaca,located12,500feetabovesealevelintheAndesMountains.
Thefloatingislandsmadeofrootsandreeds(芦苇)arecurrentlyhometoabout2,000residents.Forlocals,theyformthefoundationoftheirculturalidentity(特征),whichtheyhavepackagedintoatouristdestinationthatisnowimportanttotheireconomy
Todayslocalsbuildtheirislandsthesamewaytheirdistantancestorsbuilttheirs:fromtotora,awaterplantnativetoSouthAmericaandfoundthroughoutTiticaca.Eachyear,theUrosharvestfreshrootsfromthelakebed.Therootsarethenboundintopilescoveredwithdriedreeds6feettall.(76)ThiscomplicatedskillispasseddownfromonegenerationtothenextsincebeforetheIncaEmpirecametoanendinthe16thcentury.
NelsonCoilaLujano,wholivesonanislandcalledUtamawithhiswifeandthreekids,describesanidyllicchildhood,beingraisedonthelake:“1usedtolistentothesongsofthebirdsandhadadeepappreciationforthewater,thesky,andthesun,becausetheykeptussafe,healthyandhappy.
Itsdifficulttosayjusthowmanyislandsexistonthelake,partlybecauseislandsareperiodicallybrokendownandreconstructed,andpartlybecausetheresidentsareconstantlymovingbackandforthbetweenthewaterandthePeruvianmainlan