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1、大學(xué)英語試卷No.16(附答案)I.ReadingComprehensionIfoursocietyeverneededareadingrenaissance（復(fù)興）,it’snow.TheNationalEndowmentfortheArtsreleased“ReadingatRisk”lastyear,astudyshowingthatadultreading1havedropped10percentagepointsinthepastdecade,withthesteepestdropamongthose18to24.“Only
2、onehalfofyoungpeoplereadabookofanykindin2002.Wesetthebaralmostontheground.Ifyoureadoneshortstoryinateenagermagazine,thatwouldhave2,”lamentsadirectorofresearchandanalysis.He3thelossofreaderstotheboomingworldoftechnology,whichattractswould—beleisurereaderstoE—mail,IMchats
3、,andvideogamesandleavesthemwithnotimetocopewithanovel.“Thesenewformsofmediaundoubtedlyhavesomebenefits,”saysStevenJohnson,authorofEverythingBadIsGoodforYou.Videogames4problem—solvingskills;TVshowspromotementalgymnasticsby5viewerstofollowcomplexstorylines.Butbooksofferex
4、periencethatcan’tbegainedfromtheseothersources,from6vocabularytostretchingtheimagination.“Ifthey’renotreadingatall,”saysJohnson,“that’sahugeproblem.”Infact,fewerkidsarereadingforpleasure.Accordingtodata7lastweekfromtheNationalCenterforEducationalStatistic’slong—termtren
5、dassessment,thenumberof17—year—oldswhoreportedneverorhardlyeverreadingforfun8from9percentin1984to19percentin2004.Atthesametime,the9of17yearoldswhoreaddailydroppedfrom31to22.Thisslowbutsteadyretreatfrombookshasnotyettakenatollonreadingability.Scoresforthenation’syouthhav
6、e10constantoverthepasttwodecades(withanencouragingupswingamong9—year—olds).Butgiventhestrongapparentcorrelationbetweenpleasurereadingandreadingskills,thismeanspoorlyforthefuture.A.percentB.remainedC.roseD.ratesE.percentageF.countedG.relievedH.presentI.BelievingJ.release
7、dK.forcingL.improveM.StylesN.buildingO.attributesIntheUnitedStates,theneedtoprotectplantandanimalspecieshasbecomeahighlycontroversialandsharplypoliticalissuesincethepassageoftheEndangeredSpeciesActin1973.Theact,designedtoprotectspecies'livingareas,andpoliciesthatpreserv
8、elandandforestscompetewitheconomicinterests.Inthe1990's,forexample,thewoodcuttersintheWesternUnitedStateswerec
