2003年4月北京成人英语三级考试真题.pdfVIP

2003年4月北京成人英语三级考试真题 Part I Reading Comprehension （40%） Directions： There are four passages in this Part. Each Passage is followed bysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.Foreachofthemtherearefourchoices markedA，B，C，D.Youshoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorresponding letter on the Auswer Sheet with a single line through the center. Passage l Questions l to 5 are based on the following passage： What will man be like in the future -in 5000 or even 50000 years from now？ Wecanonlymakeaguess， ofcourse， butwecanbe surethathewillbedifferent from what he is today. For man is slowly changing all the time. Let us take an obviousexample.Man， evenfivehundredyearsago， wasshorterthanhe istoday. Now， on average， men are about three inches taller. Five hundred years is a relatively short period of time， sowemay assume thatman willcontinue to grow taller. Again， in themodem worldweuse our brainsa great deal. Even so， we still make use of only about 20% of the brain's capacity. As time goes on， however， weshallhavetouseourbrainsmoreandmore， andeventuallyweshallneed larger ones.Thisislikelytobringaboutaphysicalchangetoolthehead， inparticular the forehead， will grow larger. Nowadaysour eyesare in constantuse. In fact， weuse them somuch thatvery often they become weaker and we have to wear glasses. But over very long period of time it is likely that man's eyes will grow stronger. On the other hand， we tend to make less use of our arms and legs. These， as a result， are likely to grow weaker. At the same time， however， our fingers will grow more sensitive because they are used a great deal in modern life. Butwhat about hair？ Itwillprobably disappear from the body altogether in courseoftimebecause itdoesnotserveausefulpurposeany longer.In thefuture， then，both sexes are likely to be bald. Perhaps all this gives the impression that future man will not be a very attractive creature to look at. This may wellbe tru