大学英语三级A级-阅读理解(五)

大学英语三级A级-阅读理解(五)
(总分：25.00，做题时间：90分钟)
一、阅读理解(总题数：5，分数：25.00)
Task 1
The World Trade Organization was founded in 1995. It absorbed the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which covers trade in manufactured and agricultural goods. The WTO also regulates trade in services and in intellectual property, which includes such creations (作品) as books, computer softwares, and recordings.
The WTO is one of the three major organizations that oversee (监督) international economic relations among governments. The other two are the International Monetary Fund (国际货币基金组织), which works to improve payment arrangements and other financial dealings between countries, and the World Bank, which provides loans to poorer nations for economic development. WTO headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland.
1. The World Trade Organization was founded in (1)
2. The GATT covers trade in (2) goods.
3. The WTO is one of three major organizations. The other two are the (3) and (4)
4. WTO headquarters are in (5) , Switzerland.
（分数：5.00）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：1995）
解析：[答案精解] 由第一段第一句The World Trade Organization was founded in 1995可以得到答案。

填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：manufactured and agricultural）
解析：[答案精解] 由第一段中The GATT covers trade in manufactured and agricultural goods可以得到答案。

填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：IMF/International Monetary Fund）
解析：[答案精解] 由文中The other two are the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank
可以得到答案。

填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：the world Bank）
解析：[答案精解] 由第二段中and the world Bank可以得到答案。

填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：Geneva）
解析：[答案精解] 由文章最后一句WTO headquarters are in Geneva，Switzerland可以得到答案。

Task 2
We have chosen what we believe to be the five most spectacular natural wonders — those that are the biggest, longest or most impressive of their kind. These natural wonders inspire awe (敬畏) in everyone who views them.
Jomolangma
Jomolangma, which is located at the border between China and Nepal, is the world's highest mountain. It measures 29,035 feet. And the mountain is still growing! Geological forces push it up a few millimeters each year.
Grand Canyon
Visitors to the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona admire its breathtaking Colors, rock 6formations and cliffs. No picture can adequately capture its beauty. The canyon is 277 miles long and 4 to 18 miles wide.
Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef extends 1,200 miles along Australia's northeast Coast through the Coral Sea. It is the largest coral formation in the world and is visible from space! Actually, it is not one reef but a chain of thousands.
Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls stretch across the Zambezi River between Zimbabwe and Zambia. Locals call the falls "Mosioa Tunya" or "The Smoke that Thunders". The roar of the water can be heard long before the mist from the falls comes into view.
Amazon Rain Forest
The Amazon Rain Forest covers more than a billion acres of northern South America. if this rain forest were a country, it would be the ninth largest in the world!
(1) is the world's highest mountain.
The Grand Canyon is (2) in length and from 4 to 18 miles in width.
The largest coral formation in the world is located in the country of (3) .
"Mosioa Tunya" is the name of (4) called by the locals.
The area of the Amazon Rain Forest is more than (5) .
（分数：5.00）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：Jomolangma）
解析：[答案精解] 可以从原文Jomolangma，which is located at the border between China and Nepal，is the world's highest mountain找到答案。

填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：277 miles）
解析：[答案精解] 可以从原文The canyon is 277 miles long and 4 to 18 miles wide找到答案。

填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：Australia）
解析：[答案精解] 可从Great Barrier Reef部分的介绍第一行找到答案。

填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：Victoria Falls）
解析：[答案精解] 可以从Victoria Falls介绍部分找到答案。

填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：a billion acres）
解析：[答案精解] 可以从Amazon Rain Forest介绍部分第一句找到答案。

Task 3
Inventors and Their Inventions
New inventions are appearing every day to make our lives easier, longer, warmer, speedier and so on. But only a few inventors design a new machine or product that becomes so well-known that the invention, named after its creator, becomes a household word. Here are four famous inventors and the inventions that are named after them:
1. John Bowler, a London hatter who designed the hard round hat known as the bowler in about 1850. It has become the symbol of a respectable British man.
2. Louis Braille (1809-1952), born in France. He was blinded as a child. In 1924 he developed his own alphabet patterns known as Braille by which the blind could read by touch.
3. Rudolf Diesel (1858-1913), a German engineer who invented the diesel engine in 1897 and so began a transport revolution in cars, lorries and trains.
4. Charles Rolls, a car salesman who with the engineer Henry Royce created the world- famous Rolls-Royce car.
Inventors and Their Inventions
Our lives are made easier, longer, warmer and speedier by (1) . A few inven- tions were named after their inventors. Here are some:
John Bowler: the (2) hat bowler
Louis Braille: his own (3) Braille
Rudolf Diesel: an engine that began a transport revolution (4)
Charles Rolls: the world-famous car (5) car
（分数：5.00）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：new inventions）
解析：[答案精解] 文章中指出：新发明每天都在出现，他们使我们的生命更长，生活更安逸、更温暖，生活节奏更快。

提纲中用的是被动语态，by后面是动作的发出者，所以是new inventions。

填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：hard round）
解析：[答案精解] 文章中说：bowler是一种圆顶硬礼帽。

这一部分是对发明的描述，所缺少的是对hat
的修饰语，故选用hard round才符合原义。

填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：alphabet patterns）
解析：[答案精解] “Braille”盲文指的是Louis Braille自己发明的一套用手触摸的盲文拼写方案，是另一套字母形式。

所以选择alphabet patterns。

填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：diesel engine）
解析：[答案精解] 文章中说：引起交通革命的是Rudolf Diesel发明的内燃机。

其英文名称是diesel engine。

填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：Rolls-Royce）
解析：[答案精解] 文章指出：Charles Rolls和Henry Royce创造了一种世界著名的汽车，它是用这两个人的名字命名的。

所以选Rolls-Royce。

Task 4
An Introduction To Writing Paragraphs
Definition of A Paragraph A paragraph is a group of sentences which presents and develops one idea or one aspect of an idea.
Placement and Length of A Paragraph The basic rules to follow for the length of the paragraphs you write is: make the paragraph long enough to develop its central idea clearly and completely. Don't make a paragraph so short that its content is not well explained; don't make a paragraph so long that it contains ideas that do not relate to the central idea or becomes repetitions and boring.
Kinds of Paragraphs Paragraphs can be classified in two ways: by what they do and by the kind they are. When we think of them in terms of what they do, we find that paragraphs can have four different functions: they can be used as introductions, as support for or development of a topic, as transitions, or as conclusions. When we think of paragraphs in terms of the kind they are, we find that there are four basic types of paragraphs that include all prose writing: exposition, argumentation, description, and narration.
Paragraphs and Longer Forms of Writing Just as groups of related words make up sentences and groups of related sentences make up paragraphs, groups of related para- graphs make up longer pieces of writing, such as essays, reports, research papers, business and social letters, technical manuals, articles, stories, and chapters in books.
An Introduction to Writing Paragraphs
A group of sentences which (1) one idea. (2) of a paragraph make the paragraph long enough to develop its (3) clearly and completely. Kinds of paragraphs. Four different functions and (4) of paragraphs. Paragraphs and longer forms of writing. Groups of (5) make up longer pieces of writing.
（分数：5.00）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：presents and develops）
解析：[答案精解] 文章中指出：段落是由代表和展开一个中心思想或中心思想的一个方面的一组句子组成的。

提纲中把句子简写了，one idea前面应用动词，所以是presents and develops。

填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：placement and length）
解析：[答案精解] 在介绍段落的布局和长度时，从第三部分的小标题可看出，填placement and length 才符合题意。

填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：central idea）
解析：[答案精解] 在介绍段落的布局和长度时，文章指出：段落的长度应该足够清楚且完整的展现它所要表达的中心思想，故应填central idea。

填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：four basic types）
解析：[答案精解] 在介绍到各种各样的段落的时候，文章指出：如果从段落的作用来说，它有四种功能；如果从段落的种类来说，可以有四种基本的种类。

提纲中已经填写了四种不同的功能，故填four basic types 才符合题意。

填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：related paragraphs）
解析：[答案精解] 文中指出：就像一些相关的词组成了句子，而一些相关的句子又组成了段落一样，一些相关的段落可以组成更长一些的文章。

故应填related paragraphs。

Dear Sir or Madam,
This is the second month running that your delivery has been late in arrival. Our current order for stationery is already 6 days overdue.
We have a number of valued customers who are being put to some inconvenience. There seems to be no obvious reason why your normally prompt deliveries should become so unreliable. I would be obliged if you would look into this matter as soon as possible.
Ours is a small, family business in a town. We depend very much upon the good will of our customers. I'm sure you will settle this problem at your convenience as soon as possible.
Your faithfully,
Han Lu
Mr. Han writes to complain about (1) of the ordered goods.
His order for stationery has already been late for (2) when this letter is being written. Mr. Han feels it a pity that the (3) deliveries have become so unreliable.
According to Mr. Han, this incident has caused (4) to his customers, upon
whose (5) his small family-run business depends.
（分数：5.00）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：delivery）
解析：[答案精解] 由文中第一段第一句话This is the second month that your delivery has been late in arrival可知答案。

填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：6 days）
解析：[答案精解] 由文中第一段第二句话Our current order for stationery is already 6 days overdue 可知答案。

填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：normally prompt）
解析：[答案精解] 由文中第二段第二句话...your normally prompt deliveries...可知答案。

填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：some inconvenience）
解析：[答案精解] 由文中第二段第一句话...put to some inconvenience可知答案。

填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：good will）
解析：[答案精解] 由文中第三段第二句话We depend very much upon the good will of our customers 可知答案。