文档介绍：中央电大本科学士学位英语统一考试真题(B卷)
2008年11月
注意事项
 
一、本场考试时间为上午9:00——11:00.
 
二、考生务必在答题卡上用黑色字迹签字笔填写自己的准考证号、姓名和学校,再用2B铅笔把对应准考证号码的标号涂黑。
 
三、请考生仔细阅读题目的说明。
 
四、答案必须按要求写在答题卡规定的位置上,凡是写在试题册上的答案一律作废。
 
五、答题时,PartⅠ至 Part Ⅳ部分用2B铅笔按示例填涂,如:[■][B][C][D],用其它符号答题者不记分。修改时,必须先用橡皮擦去原来选定的答案,然后再按要求重新作答。
 
六、Part V 部分必须用黑色字迹的签字笔在答题卡规定区域内作答,超出黑色矩形边框区域的答案无效。
Part I prehension (30%)
Directions: There are three passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should decide on the best choice and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Passage 1
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:
Not all memories are sweet. Some people spend all their lives trying to forget bad experiences. Violence and traffic accidents can leave people with terrible physical and emotional scars. Often they relive these experiences in nightmares (噩梦).
(76) Now American researchers think they are close to developing a pill, which will help people forget bad memories. The pill is designed to be taken immediately after a frightening experience. They hope it might reduce, or possibly erase (抹去), the effect of painful memories.
In November, experts tested a drug on people in the US and France. The drug stops the body releasing chemicals that fix memories in the brain. (77) So far the research has suggested that only the emotional effects of memories may be reduced, not that the memories are erased.
The research has caused a great deal of argument. Some think it is a bad idea, while others support it.
Supporters say it could lead to pills that prevent or treat soldiers’ troubling memories after war. They say that there are many people who suffer from terrible memories.
“Some memories can ruin people’s lives. e back to you when you don’t want to have them in a daydream or nightmare. They e with very painful emotions.” said Roger Pitman, a professor of psychiatry at Har