?2013年11月北京自考學(xué)位英語真題及答案解析（一）

2013年11月北京自考學(xué)位英語真題及答案解析（一）

Part I Reading Comprehension (30%)

Passage 1

Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:

For 20 months the wrecked Costa Concordia has been lying on its side near the coast of Giglio, a small Italian island. But on Tuesday, as part of the largest salvage ( 打撈 ) operation ever conducted, the large ship was finally moved to the upright position. The next step is for the vessel to be removed from the area entirely.

The Costa Concordia is twice the weight of the Titanic. The ship itself didn ' t budge (稍微移動) for the first three hours of the operation, Sergio Girotto told reporters. He and other engineers worked for 19 hours before Concordia was declared completely upright.

The Costa Concordia capsized on January 13, 2012, after its captain, Francesco Schettino, brought the ship too close to the shore. The ship hit coastal rocks, which caused serious damage and allowed water to pour in. (76) Most of the 4200 people on board made it to land safely, but more than 30 people were killed in the disaster. Two people remain missing. The Concordia 's captain is currently on trial for causing a shipwreck and abandoning his ship.

The operation to right the ship is called parbuckling. While parbuckling is a standard operation to right capsized ships, it has never before been used on such a large ship. (77) Workers had been waiting for favorable weather condition to undertake the operation. On Monday, authorities gave the final go-ahead.

The process was expected to take no more than 12 hours. But problems with the large system of steel chains caused delays. Engineers worked through the night using cables and metal water tanks to roll the ship onto special platforms.

The Concordia is expected to be pulled away from Giglio in the spring of 2014 and turned into scrap metal (廢金屬). The ship's owner, Costa Cruises, will pay for the recovery, which has already cost more than $800 million.

1. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?________.

A. Ship Safety Management B. Shipwrecks: an Environmental Threat C. The Costa Concordia Disaster D.The Costa Concordia Salvage

2. The word " capsized " in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to?________.

A. turned over B. delayed C. departed D. set sail

3 According to the passage, the Concordia' s captain has been charged with causing the crash and ________.

A. drug use B. alcohol abuse C. abandoning his post D. setting fire

4. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. The Costa Concordia is three times the weight of the Titanic.

B. Engineers in Italy have successfully righted the wrecked Concordia after an operation that lasted around 12 hours.

C. The salvage operation went ahead despite bad weather conditions.

D. As a common means of righting wrecked ships, parbuckling had never been carried out on a vessel of the Concordia's size.

5. What will happen to the Concordia eventually?

A. It will be pulled away to be broken up for scrap metal.

B. It will be repaired and put into use again.

C. It will be turned into a museum for tourists.

D. It will be sunk to the ocean floor.

Passage 1參考答案及解析：DACDA

遇難哥斯達黎加康科迪亞號側(cè)躺在Giglio島附近的海岸已經(jīng)有20個月，Giglio島是意大利的一個小島。但是在星期二，作為曾進行過的最大的救助打撈的工作的一部分，這艘大船，最后移動扶正了。下一步是把船從該地區(qū)完全挪走。

哥斯達黎加康科迪亞的重量是泰坦尼克號的兩倍。在三個小時的打撈中船都沒有一絲挪動，塞爾吉奧.吉羅托告訴記者。他和其他工程師工作19小時后才宣布迪亞被完全扶正了。

2012年1月13日 哥斯達黎加康科迪亞，由于船長弗朗西斯科.斯凱蒂諾，把船靠海岸太近造成了翻船。船撞上海岸邊的巖石，造成了船體的嚴(yán)重破壞，水涌入船。船上4200名乘客中的大多數(shù)人都安全登陸了，但仍有30多人死于災(zāi)難。兩人失蹤?？悼频蟻喌拇L由于船只失事和棄船正在造成受訊。

扶正船的方法叫用套拉索拉上。而用套拉索拉上是一個扶正船的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)操作，但它從未被用在這樣大的船。(77)工人們一直在等待適宜的天氣狀況，以進行扶正操作。

星期一，當(dāng)局發(fā)出了最后繼續(xù)扶正的命令。

這個過程將不超過12小時。但大系統(tǒng)的鋼鏈問題造成了延誤。工程師通過使用電纜和金屬水箱連夜工作使?jié)L船到特定的平臺。

康科迪亞有望在2014的春天被拉離Giglio然后拆解變成廢金屬。船的主人，歌詩達郵輪，將支付的回收費用，這個費用已超過8，000，000美元。

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