1、BFT 阅读（综合）-试卷 11 及答案解析(总分：48.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part 1(总题数：3，分数：48.00)Why arent the University, Colleges and Institutes just called “University“? The simpler answer is that, with a few exceptions, the University Colleges and Institutes do not usually award all their own degrees. 1 University Colleges a
2、nd Institutes tend to be much smaller than typical British universities. 2Typically, the present University Colleges and Institutes have developed and grown from Teachers Colleges. 3Then they started to offer other courses and degrees, broadly comparable to any university, the only difference being
3、that these institutions do not normally provide degrees in such subjects as Law, Engineering, and Medicine. 4In terms of the courses and subjects offered, there is likely to be an emphasis on those subjects that are closely associated with the School curriculum Arts or Humanities subjects. Teacher e
4、ducation itself, of course, almost certainly remains as a strong component of the whole array of courses taught by a University College or Institute. Professional training for the classroom is something which these institutions have specialized in since their foundation, and no University is likely
5、to do it better. 5 Perhaps, there is virtue and merit in what is small: sheer size, especially if it means a loss of what is most human and personal, is not something to be sought of its own sake. 6 Lectures and tutors have to be well qualified because they teach degree courses that are in every way
6、 equal in standard to those taught at Universities. 7 Quality assurance is guaranteed. International recognition and comparability with all other British degrees are not in question. 8 A. The particular strengths of the University Colleges and Institutes lie in their somewhat particular origins. B.
7、At least some of the degrees, especially at postgraduate level, are likely to be awarded by a large university with which the college or institute is associated. C. But it is not only a matter of size, but also their origins that make them somewhat different from Britain Universities, old or new. D.
8、 Until about 20 years ago in most cases, they would have been exclusively concerned with the professional training of teachers. E. So, parents, students, and sponsors need have no doubt about the quality or standing of the degrees that the Colleges award. F. Also associated with the smaller institut
9、ions origins is their strong continuing pastoral tradition and care for the individual student. G. So what else should students, parents, and sponsors worry? H. The relatively small University Colleges and Institutes have all the facilities and equipment of the bigger Universities.（分数：16.00）填空项 1:_填
10、空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_Is language, like food, a basic human need without which a child at a critical period of life can be starved and damaged? Judging from the drastic experiment of Frederic I in the thirteenth century, it may be. 1 All the infants died before the first ye
11、ar. But clearly there was more than lack of language here. 2Without good mothering, in the first year of life especially, the capacity to survive is seriously affected. Today no such severe lack exists as that ordered by Frederick. 3Most often the reason for this is that the mother is insensitive to
12、 the signals of the infant, whose brain is programmed to learn language rapidly. If these sensitive periods are neglected, the ideal time for acquiring skills passes and they might never be learned so easily again. 4 Experts suggest that speech stages are reached in a fixed sequence and at a constan
13、t age. 5At twelve weeks a baby smiles and makes vowel-like sounds; at twelve months he can speak simple words and understand simple commands; at eighteen months he has a vocabulary of three to five words. 6 Recent evidence suggests that an infant is born with the capacity to speak. What is special a
14、bout mans brain, compared with that of the monkey, is the complex system which enables a child to connect the sight and feel of, say, a toy-bear with the sound pattern “toy bear“. 7 But speech has to be induced, and this depends on interaction between the mother and the child, where the mother recog
15、nizes the signals in the childs babbling, grasping and smiling, and responds to them. Insensitivity of the mother to these signals dulls the interaction because the child gets discouraged and sends out only the obvious signals. 8 A. What was missing was good mothering. B. A bird learns to sing and t
16、o fly at the right time, but the process is slow and hard once the critical stage has passed. C. Hoping to discover what language a child would speak if he heard no mother tongue, he told the nurses to keep silent. D. But there are cases where speech has started late in a child who eventually turns
17、out to be of high IQ. E. And even more incredible is the young brains ability to pick out an order in language from the mixture of sound around him, to analyze, to combine and recombine the parts of a language in new ways. F. Sensitivity to the childs non-verbal signals is essential to the growth an
18、d development of language. G. At three he knows about 1,000 words which he can put into sentences, and at four his language differs from that of his parents in style rather than grammar. H. Nevertheless, some children are still backward in speaking.（分数：16.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:
19、_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_The Easter we celebrate today is a combination of different traditions. Partly, it comes from old festivals to celebrate Spring. 1 Most people agree that the word “Easter“ comes from the Anglo Saxon Goddess Eastre, a symbol of Spring. 2 As a chief Christian festival, Easter is celebra
20、ted on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the 1st day of Spring. 3Many dates of the Christian calendar are dependent on Easter. The celebrations of Easter have many customs and legends that have nothing to do with Christianity. 4The customs and traditions of using eggs have been associ
21、ated with Easter for centuries. Originally, Easter eggs were painted with bright colors to represent the sunlight of spring and were used in Easter egg rolling contests or given as gifts. After they were colored and printed with various designs, the eggs were exchanged by lovers and romantic admirer
22、s. In the Middle Ages, eggs were traditionally given at Easter to the servants. 5 Different cultures have developed their own ways of decorating Easter eggs. Deep red colored eggs, to honor the blood of Christ, are exchanged in Greece. 6 In Germany and other countries eggs used for cooking were not
23、broken, but the contents were removed by making a hole from the end of each egg with a needle and blowing the contents into a bowl. The hollow eggs were dyed and hung from trees during the Easter Week. 7 As with the Easter Rabbit and the holiday itself, the Easter Egg predates the Christian holiday
24、of Easter. The exchange of eggs in the springtime is a custom that was centuries old when Easter was first celebrated by Christians. 8Eggs were often wrapped 14 in gold leaf or, if you were a peasant, colored brightly by boiling them with the leaves or petals 15 of certain flowers. Today, children h
25、unt colored eggs and place them in Easter baskets along with the modern version of real Easter eggs those made of plastic or chocolate candy. A. Of all the symbols associated with Easter, the egg, the symbol of richness and new life, is the most important. B. The Armenians would decorate hollow eggs
26、 with pictures of Christ, the Virgin Mary, and other religious designs. C. In Germany, eggs were given to children along with other Easter gifts. D. In parts of Germany and Austria green eggs are used on Thursday of the Holy Week. E. From the earliest times, the egg was a symbol of rebirth in most c
27、ultures. F. It is easy to see how “Eastre time“ became “Eastre time“. G. It can be as early as March 22, or as late as April 25! H. And partly it comes from the Christian celebration of the rebirth of Jesus Christ.（分数：16.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_BFT 阅读（综合）-试卷 11 答案解
28、析(总分：48.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part 1(总题数：3，分数：48.00)Why arent the University, Colleges and Institutes just called “University“? The simpler answer is that, with a few exceptions, the University Colleges and Institutes do not usually award all their own degrees. 1 University Colleges and Institutes tend to
29、 be much smaller than typical British universities. 2Typically, the present University Colleges and Institutes have developed and grown from Teachers Colleges. 3Then they started to offer other courses and degrees, broadly comparable to any university, the only difference being that these institutio
30、ns do not normally provide degrees in such subjects as Law, Engineering, and Medicine. 4In terms of the courses and subjects offered, there is likely to be an emphasis on those subjects that are closely associated with the School curriculum Arts or Humanities subjects. Teacher education itself, of c
31、ourse, almost certainly remains as a strong component of the whole array of courses taught by a University College or Institute. Professional training for the classroom is something which these institutions have specialized in since their foundation, and no University is likely to do it better. 5 Pe
32、rhaps, there is virtue and merit in what is small: sheer size, especially if it means a loss of what is most human and personal, is not something to be sought of its own sake. 6 Lectures and tutors have to be well qualified because they teach degree courses that are in every way equal in standard to
33、 those taught at Universities. 7 Quality assurance is guaranteed. International recognition and comparability with all other British degrees are not in question. 8 A. The particular strengths of the University Colleges and Institutes lie in their somewhat particular origins. B. At least some of the
34、degrees, especially at postgraduate level, are likely to be awarded by a large university with which the college or institute is associated. C. But it is not only a matter of size, but also their origins that make them somewhat different from Britain Universities, old or new. D. Until about 20 years
35、 ago in most cases, they would have been exclusively concerned with the professional training of teachers. E. So, parents, students, and sponsors need have no doubt about the quality or standing of the degrees that the Colleges award. F. Also associated with the smaller institutions origins is their
36、 strong continuing pastoral tradition and care for the individual student. G. So what else should students, parents, and sponsors worry? H. The relatively small University Colleges and Institutes have all the facilities and equipment of the bigger Universities.（分数：16.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：B）填空项 1:_ （正确答案
37、：C）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：D）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：A）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：F）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：H）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：E）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：G）解析：解析：第 8 句为结尾句。前面两句提到，质量有了保证，国际上对其的承认和与其他学位的比较都不成问题，其含义也就是让人们放心，学院的质量没有问题，因此在语意上，G 句用一反问句来增强人们相信学院教学质量的信心，很显然是正确答案。Is language, like food, a basic human need without which a child at a critical period
38、 of life can be starved and damaged? Judging from the drastic experiment of Frederic I in the thirteenth century, it may be. 1 All the infants died before the first year. But clearly there was more than lack of language here. 2Without good mothering, in the first year of life especially, the capacit
39、y to survive is seriously affected. Today no such severe lack exists as that ordered by Frederick. 3Most often the reason for this is that the mother is insensitive to the signals of the infant, whose brain is programmed to learn language rapidly. If these sensitive periods are neglected, the ideal
40、time for acquiring skills passes and they might never be learned so easily again. 4 Experts suggest that speech stages are reached in a fixed sequence and at a constant age. 5At twelve weeks a baby smiles and makes vowel-like sounds; at twelve months he can speak simple words and understand simple c
41、ommands; at eighteen months he has a vocabulary of three to five words. 6 Recent evidence suggests that an infant is born with the capacity to speak. What is special about mans brain, compared with that of the monkey, is the complex system which enables a child to connect the sight and feel of, say,
42、 a toy-bear with the sound pattern “toy bear“. 7 But speech has to be induced, and this depends on interaction between the mother and the child, where the mother recognizes the signals in the childs babbling, grasping and smiling, and responds to them. Insensitivity of the mother to these signals du
43、lls the interaction because the child gets discouraged and sends out only the obvious signals. 8 A. What was missing was good mothering. B. A bird learns to sing and to fly at the right time, but the process is slow and hard once the critical stage has passed. C. Hoping to discover what language a c
44、hild would speak if he heard no mother tongue, he told the nurses to keep silent. D. But there are cases where speech has started late in a child who eventually turns out to be of high IQ. E. And even more incredible is the young brains ability to pick out an order in language from the mixture of so
45、und around him, to analyze, to combine and recombine the parts of a language in new ways. F. Sensitivity to the childs non-verbal signals is essential to the growth and development of language. G. At three he knows about 1,000 words which he can put into sentences, and at four his language differs f
46、rom that of his parents in style rather than grammar. H. Nevertheless, some children are still backward in speaking.（分数：16.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：C）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：A）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：H）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：B）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：D）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：G）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：E）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：F）解析：解析：最后一段缺少的是结尾句。最后一段的内容主要为：对语言的掌握是需要引导的，这依靠母
47、亲与婴儿的交流，母亲需要识别孩子咿呀学语、抓东西以及笑的信号。如果母亲对这些不敏感就会影响母婴之间的交流方式，因为婴儿得不到鼓励便只会发出一些明显的信号。这段文字的中心大意为：“对婴儿发出的各种信号要及时了解并加以回应，这会促进婴儿对语言的掌握。”句 F：对儿童非语言信号的敏感性对语言掌握的成长和发展很关键，符合这一段的内容，因此选 F。The Easter we celebrate today is a combination of different traditions. Partly, it comes from old festivals to celebrate Spring. 1 Most people agree that the word “Easter“ comes from the Anglo Saxon Goddess Eastre, a symbol of Spring. 2 As a chief Christian festival, Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full mo
