2013年湖北成人学位英语考试真题及答案_第4页

　　Passage 3

　　Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:

　　England is not a big country: from north to south and from east to west it is only about three hundred miles across. But for a small country it has a surprising range of climate. People who have never visited England, or who have visited only one part of it, often make the mistake of thinking that it is a cold and wet country, Except for the summer months of June to September, this is probably true of the north of England and the Midlands.In the south, however, the climate is much more pleasant.One result is that when people retire from a job in the north they often prefer to move down to the milder south.

　　Perhaps the warmest part of the country is the southwest, which consists of the counties of Devon and Cornwall.The warm Gulf Stream flows across the North Atlantic Ocean from the Gulf of Mexico and makes the coastal regions of the southwest quite warm. Palm trees, bamboo (竹) and many semi-tropical(亚热带的) plants grow well in the southwest of England.Flowers and vegetables ripen(成熟) as much as a month earlier than those elsewhere.Farmers in the area obtain a higher price for their vegetables and flowers because they are read earlier. In winter there may be several feet of snow in other parts of England but there will probably be no snow at all in the southwest. This may be one of the reasons why the southwest is one of England's most popular holiday areas.

　　31.The distance from the center of England to the south coast is about (　　).

　　A.one hundred miles

　　B.three hundred miles

　　C.one hundred and fifty miles

　　D.six hundred miles

　　32.England is a country (　　).

　　A.with a cold and wet climate

　　B.with a surprising climate

　　C.with a pleasant climate

　　D.with a variety of climates

　　33.According to the passage, (　　).

　　A.flowers and vegetables fromDevon are on the market one month earlier

　　B.farmers in the southwest grow as many vegetables and flowers as farmers elsewhere

　　C.people in the southwest have to pay a higher price for vegetables and flowers

　　D.vegetables inCornwall ripen as much as a month earlier than flowers

　　34.In the north of England and the Midlands, (　　).

　　A.it is cold and wet all the year round

　　B.the climate is pleasant as a whole

　　C.it is warm most of the time in a year

　　D.only the summer is not cold or wet

　　35.In winter, people in Devon and Cornwall (　　).

　　A.seldom see snow

　　B.never see any snow

　　C.may have several feet of snow

　　D.often see snow

　　Passage 4

　　Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:

　　All the useful energy at the surface of the earth comes from the activity of the sun.The sun heats and feeds creatures and mankind.Each year it provides men with two hundred million tons of grain and nearly ten million tons of wood, coal, oil, natural gas, and all other fuels are stored energy from the sun. Some was collected by this season's plants as carbon compounds.Some was stored by plants and trees ages ago.

　　Even waterpower derives from the sun. Water turned into vapor by the sun fails as rain. It courses down the mountains and is converted to electric power. Light transmits only the energy that comes from the sun's outer layer, and much of this energy that is directed towards the earth never arrives.About nine tenths of it is absorbed by the atmosphere of the earth. In fact, the earth itself gets only one half millionth of the sun's entire output of radiant energy.

　　36.The sun is the source of all of the following EXCEPT (　　).

　　A.gasoline

　　B.natural gas

　　C.atomic power

　　D.animal fat

　　37.Radiant energy is stored as carbon compounds by (　　).

　　A. plants

　　B. water

　　C. rock

　　D. creatures

　　38.The sun's energy provides us with all EXCEPT (　　).

　　A.rain

　　B.teal

　　C.water

　　D.light

　　39.The largest part of the light energy directed towards the earth is (　　).

　　A.stored up by the plants

　　B.absorbed by the earth's atmosphere

　　C.stored up by the animals in the form of body fat

　　D.used for electric power

　　40.Of the sun's total output of radiant energy, the earth receives (　　).

　　A.one tenth

　　B.one millionth

　　C.all that comes from the surface of the sun

　　D.a verysmall portion