1、BFT 阅读（综合）-试卷 20 及答案解析(总分：40.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part 2(总题数：4，分数：40.00)1. The American baby boom after the war made unconvincing advice to the poor countries that they restrain their birth. However, there has hardly been a year since 1957 in which birth rates have not fallen in the United States and oth
2、er rich countries, and in 1976 the fall was especially sharp. Both East Germany and West Germany have fewer births than they have death, and the United States is only temporarily able to avoid this condition because the children of the baby boom are now an exceptionally large group of married couple
3、s. 2. It is true the American dont typically plan their birth to set an example for developing nations. We are more affected by womens liberation: once women see interesting and well-paid job and careers available, they are less willing to provide free labor for child raising. From costing nothing,
4、children suddenly come to seem impossibly expensive. And to the high cost of children are added the uncertainties introduced by divorce; couples are increasingly unwilling to subject children to the terrible experience of marital breakdown and themselves to the difficulty of raising a child alone. 3
5、. These circumstances women working outside the home and the instability of marriage tend to spread with industrial society and they will affect more and more countries during the remainder of this century. Along with them goes social mobility, ambition to rise in the urban world, a main factor in b
6、ringing down the births in Europe in the 19th century. 4. Food shortage will happen again when the reserves resulting from the food harvest of 1976 and 1977 have been consumed. Urbanization is likely to continue, with the cities of developing nations struggling under the weight of twice present popu
7、lation by the year 2000. 5. The presently rich countries are approaching a stable population largely because of the changed place of women, and they incidentally are setting an example of restraint to the rest of the world. Industrial society will spread to the poor countries, and aspirations will e
8、xceed resources. All this will lead to population in the 21st century smaller than was feared years ago. For those anxious to see the population brought under control, the news is encouraging. Questions 1-5 Directions: For questions 1-5, choose the best title for each paragraph from below. For each
9、numbered paragraph(1-5), mark one letter(A-G)on your Answer Sheet, bo not mark any letter twice. A. The factors bringing down the birthrate in Europe B. Womens liberation affects the birthrate C. Birthrate in US raised after the war D. Bringing population under control is possible E. The birthrate i
10、n United States is low F. Food shortage and urbanization brought population under control G The reasons that low-birthrate involved（分数：10.00）(1).Paragraph 1 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(2).Paragraph 2 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(3).Paragraph 3 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(4).Paragraph 4 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(5).Paragraph 5 1（分数：2.00）填
11、空项 1:_Directions: Using the information in the text, complete each sentence 6-10, with a word or phrase from the list below. For each sentence(6-10), mark one letter(A-G)on your Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice. A. peoples desire to seek fortune in cities B. lack of food C was falling D. i
12、n stable marriage E. not a serious problem as expected F. womens desire for independence G. womens improved status（分数：10.00）(1).During the years from 1957 to 1976, the birthrate of the United States 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(2).What influences the birthrate most in the United States is 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(3
13、).The chief factor in bringing down the birthrate in Europe in the 19th century is 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(4).Bringing population under control in 21st century is 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(5).Presently the stable population of rich countries is due to 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_1. Icebergs are among natures most spectac
14、ular creations, and yet most people have never seen one. A vague air of mystery envelops them. They come into being somewhere in faraway, frigid waters, amid thunderous noise and splashing turbulence, which in most cases no one hears or sees. They exist only a short time and then slowly waste away j
15、ust as unnoticed. 2. Objects of sheerest beauty, they have been called. Appearing in an endless variety of shapes, they may be dazzlingly white, or they may be glassy blue, green, or purple, tinted faintly or in darker hues. They are graceful, stately, inspiring in calm sunlit seas. 3. But they are
16、also called frightening and dangerous, and that they are in the night, in the fog, and in storms. Even in clear weather one is wise to stay a safe distance away from them. Most of their bulk is hidden below the water, so that the underwater parts may extend out far beyond the visible top. Also, they
17、 may roll over unexpectedly churning the waters around them. 4. Icebergs are parts of glaciers that break off, drift into the water, float about a while, and finally melt. Icebergs afloat today are made of snowflakes that have fallen over long ages of time. They embody snows that drifted down hundre
18、ds, or many thousands or in some cases maybe a million years ago. The snows fell in polar regions and on cold mountains, where they melted only a little or not at all, and so collected to great depths over the years and centuries. 5. As each years snow accumulation lay on the surface, evaporation an
19、d melting caused the snowflakes slowly to lost their feathery points and become tiny grains of ice. When new snow fell on top of the old, it too turned to icy grains. So blankets of snow and ice grains mounted layer upon layer and were of such great thickness that the weight of the upper layers comp
20、ressed the lower one. With time and pressure from above, the many small ice grains joined and changed to larger crystals, and eventually the deeper crystals merged into a solid mass of ice. Questions 1-5 Directions: For questions 1-5, choose the best title for each paragraph from below. For each num
21、bered paragraph(1-5), mark one letter(A-G)on your Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice. A. Size and shape of iceberg B. Snows in polar regions C. Beautiful appearance of iceberg D. The dangers of iceberg E. Iceberg as a spectacular creation F. Formation of solid mass of ice G Iceberg originati
22、ng from the buildup of snowflakes（分数：10.00）(1).Paragraph 1 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(2).Paragraph 2 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(3).Paragraph 3 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(4).Paragraph 4 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(5).Paragraph 5 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_Directions: Using the information in the text, complete each sentence 6-10, with a word or p
23、hrase from the list below. For each sentence(6-10), mark one letter(A-G)on your Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice. A. snowflakes B. underwater pressure C. they can turn over suddenly D. the nature and origin of iceberg E. the size and shape of iceberg F. they are located in remote regions o
24、f the world G. snowflakes lost feathery points after evaporation and melting（分数：10.00）(1).According to the passage, the icebergs are rarely seen because 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(2).The author states that icebergs are dangerous because 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(3).Icebergs afloat today originate from 1.（分数：2.00）填
25、空项 1:_(4).Tiny grains of ice are formed when 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(5).This passage is mainly about 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_BFT 阅读（综合）-试卷 20 答案解析(总分：40.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part 2(总题数：4，分数：40.00)1. The American baby boom after the war made unconvincing advice to the poor countries that they restrain their birth. H
26、owever, there has hardly been a year since 1957 in which birth rates have not fallen in the United States and other rich countries, and in 1976 the fall was especially sharp. Both East Germany and West Germany have fewer births than they have death, and the United States is only temporarily able to
27、avoid this condition because the children of the baby boom are now an exceptionally large group of married couples. 2. It is true the American dont typically plan their birth to set an example for developing nations. We are more affected by womens liberation: once women see interesting and well-paid
28、 job and careers available, they are less willing to provide free labor for child raising. From costing nothing, children suddenly come to seem impossibly expensive. And to the high cost of children are added the uncertainties introduced by divorce; couples are increasingly unwilling to subject chil
29、dren to the terrible experience of marital breakdown and themselves to the difficulty of raising a child alone. 3. These circumstances women working outside the home and the instability of marriage tend to spread with industrial society and they will affect more and more countries during the remaind
30、er of this century. Along with them goes social mobility, ambition to rise in the urban world, a main factor in bringing down the births in Europe in the 19th century. 4. Food shortage will happen again when the reserves resulting from the food harvest of 1976 and 1977 have been consumed. Urbanizati
31、on is likely to continue, with the cities of developing nations struggling under the weight of twice present population by the year 2000. 5. The presently rich countries are approaching a stable population largely because of the changed place of women, and they incidentally are setting an example of
32、 restraint to the rest of the world. Industrial society will spread to the poor countries, and aspirations will exceed resources. All this will lead to population in the 21st century smaller than was feared years ago. For those anxious to see the population brought under control, the news is encoura
33、ging. Questions 1-5 Directions: For questions 1-5, choose the best title for each paragraph from below. For each numbered paragraph(1-5), mark one letter(A-G)on your Answer Sheet, bo not mark any letter twice. A. The factors bringing down the birthrate in Europe B. Womens liberation affects the birt
34、hrate C. Birthrate in US raised after the war D. Bringing population under control is possible E. The birthrate in United States is low F. Food shortage and urbanization brought population under control G The reasons that low-birthrate involved（分数：10.00）(1).Paragraph 1 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：C
35、）解析：解析：第 1 段第 1 句点明主题：战后人口出生率的增长和战后的一代处于婚育年龄才避免了美国人口的负增长。这说明美国的人口一直是负增长，战后才有所回升。(2).Paragraph 2 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：B）解析：解析：第 2 段主要讲影响美国人口出生率的主要原因是妇女解放思想。(3).Paragraph 3 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：A）解析：解析：此段的两句话主要是讲欧洲人口下降的主要原因。(4).Paragraph 4 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：F）解析：解析：第 4 段讲 19
36、76 年与 1977 年储存的粮食消费之后就会有另一场饥荒，并且发展中国家的城市化仍将继续，这两者使人口得到控制。(5).Paragraph 5 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：D）解析：解析：原文中心句为最后一句，即以上提到的所有的因素都使人口下降，这对希望控制人口的人来说无疑是一个福音。Directions: Using the information in the text, complete each sentence 6-10, with a word or phrase from the list below. For each sentence(6-10
37、), mark one letter(A-G)on your Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice. A. peoples desire to seek fortune in cities B. lack of food C was falling D. in stable marriage E. not a serious problem as expected F. womens desire for independence G. womens improved status（分数：10.00）(1).During the years fr
38、om 1957 to 1976, the birthrate of the United States 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：C）解析：解析：文中第 1 段第 2 句：“However，there has hardlywas especially sharp”指出，在美国和一些富有的国家从 1957 年开始人口出生率就几乎逐年下降，尤其是在 1976 年，下降幅度相当大。(2).What influences the birthrate most in the United States is 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：F
39、）解析：解析：文中第 2 段第 2 句：“We are more affected by womens liberation”指出，影响美国人口出生率的主要是妇女解放运动。(3).The chief factor in bringing down the birthrate in Europe in the 19th century is 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：A）解析：解析：文章第 3 段最后一句话说，19 世纪，影响欧洲出生率的主要原因是人们强烈希望在城市中获得成功。(4).Bringing population under control in 21
40、st century is 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：E）解析：解析：文章最后一段指出控制人口是可行的，也不像想象中的那么麻烦。(5).Presently the stable population of rich countries is due to 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：G）解析：解析：由全文可知，发达国家人口稳定的因素是妇女地位的提高。1. Icebergs are among natures most spectacular creations, and yet most people have never se
41、en one. A vague air of mystery envelops them. They come into being somewhere in faraway, frigid waters, amid thunderous noise and splashing turbulence, which in most cases no one hears or sees. They exist only a short time and then slowly waste away just as unnoticed. 2. Objects of sheerest beauty,
42、they have been called. Appearing in an endless variety of shapes, they may be dazzlingly white, or they may be glassy blue, green, or purple, tinted faintly or in darker hues. They are graceful, stately, inspiring in calm sunlit seas. 3. But they are also called frightening and dangerous, and that t
43、hey are in the night, in the fog, and in storms. Even in clear weather one is wise to stay a safe distance away from them. Most of their bulk is hidden below the water, so that the underwater parts may extend out far beyond the visible top. Also, they may roll over unexpectedly churning the waters a
44、round them. 4. Icebergs are parts of glaciers that break off, drift into the water, float about a while, and finally melt. Icebergs afloat today are made of snowflakes that have fallen over long ages of time. They embody snows that drifted down hundreds, or many thousands or in some cases maybe a mi
45、llion years ago. The snows fell in polar regions and on cold mountains, where they melted only a little or not at all, and so collected to great depths over the years and centuries. 5. As each years snow accumulation lay on the surface, evaporation and melting caused the snowflakes slowly to lost th
46、eir feathery points and become tiny grains of ice. When new snow fell on top of the old, it too turned to icy grains. So blankets of snow and ice grains mounted layer upon layer and were of such great thickness that the weight of the upper layers compressed the lower one. With time and pressure from
47、 above, the many small ice grains joined and changed to larger crystals, and eventually the deeper crystals merged into a solid mass of ice. Questions 1-5 Directions: For questions 1-5, choose the best title for each paragraph from below. For each numbered paragraph(1-5), mark one letter(A-G)on your
48、 Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice. A. Size and shape of iceberg B. Snows in polar regions C. Beautiful appearance of iceberg D. The dangers of iceberg E. Iceberg as a spectacular creation F. Formation of solid mass of ice G Iceberg originating from the buildup of snowflakes（分数：10.00）(1).Paragraph 1 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答
