[15] 学位英语：2006年阅读理解分析

2006学位英语真题
Tracy McGrady is a real-life superstar. He spent the summer traveling in Europe, working with Adidas on his latest basketball shoe and playing with T eam U.S.A. in an Olympic qualifying game. He also spent countless hours in the gym. "I work on things every day in the off-season,' says McGrady, 24, an All-Star guard with the National Basketball Association' s Orlando Magic.
Until McGrady was 17, few outside his tiny hometown knew of his skills. He was raised mostly by his grandmother in a rough part of town. Sports were his escapes. To gain more exposure for his basketball skills, McGrady transferred to play his senior season at Mount Zion Christian Academy in North Carolina. After leading the Mighty Warriors to a 26-2 record that season, McGrady was named Player of the Year by a national newspaper.
At 18, McGrady was starring for Toronto by the end of his new players' season. But he wanted to become one of the NBA's elite (精英), so he hired a trainer and began intense workouts. It's not uncommon for McGrady, who signed with Orlando in 2002, to shoot 200 jumpers after practice, grab a healthy bite to eat and go to work out with the Los Angeles Lakers' Shaquille O'Neal, who owns a home in Orlando.
"He's stayed at a high level," Orlando coach Doc Rivers says of McGrady. "A lot of young players can play a good 20 minutes, or have a great month. Tracy does it all season on both ends." To be that good takes a lot of work. To be better takes even more. McGrady is ready for the challenge, because he knows what he wants. "I don't want to be one of those players that's known for being a great player that never won a championship," McGrady says,“I want a title. ”
16. Which of the following teams has McGrady NOT so far played for?
lA] Team U.S.A. lB] Los Angeles Lakers.
lC] The Mighty Warriors. [D] Orlando Magic.
17. The sentence "I work on things every day in the off-season"implies that
[A] McGrady practices other things more often than he does with basketball
[B] McGrady keeps on his skills training particularly hard in the off-season days
[C] McGrady keeps on training with other exercises than with basketball
[D McGrady practices his skills every day including the off-season time
18. McGrady is different from other players mainly in
[A] his particular shooting skills in playing basketball
lB] his trying to save every minute to work out with O'Neal
[C] his persistence in constant hard training
[D] his stronger desire for a title than other players
19. McGrady was honored Player of the Year by a national newspaper because
[Al he has stayed at a high level of training
[B] he has created a record among the best players that season
[C] he was well ready for the coming challenge
[D he is regarded as an All-Star guard with the NBA
20. The sentence "Sports were his escapes" (Line 2, Paragraph 2)can best mean that
[A] sporting activities were the means for him to get fullest happiness by
lB] physical exercises were the only way to relieve him of his pains
[C] he didn't want to do more things than sportive activities
[D] sports enabled him to run away from his hometown
Last December's earthquakes in the Iranian city of Bam took a huge death toil-roughly 40,000 people-----largely because of the collapse of thousands of mud-brick buildings. If a group of researchers in India are successful,.the next earthquake might not be as destructive. British and Indian engineers are developing earthquake-proof housing using a cheap, universal material：bamboo.
They designed a model house built around waterproof bamboo-sheet roofing and bamboo- reinforced concrete walls. To test the structure, the engineers, sponsored by the U.K. Department of Interenational Development, took it to the Earthquake Engineering and Vibration Research Centre in Bangalore, which has a state-of-the-art earthquake simulator (模拟装置). The-researchers shook the house with five successive 30-second pulses, being equal to 7.8 on the Richter (里氏) scale. The simulation was more than 10 time as violent as the Barn earthquake, yet the house emerged undamaged. "We didn't even crack the paint," says engineer Paul Follett, of Britain's Timber Research and Development Association.
By some estimates, more than a billion people already live in bamboo structures. The innovation lies in developing ways to exploit bamboo's spring. Easily pre-built, fire
resitant, and far lighter than steel, bamboo-based structures could be assembled in three weeks and last 50 years. At five dollars a square foot, they would 'last roughly half as much as brick-and-block constructions. Follett says the project will follow an "open source" model: "Whatever is developed is freely available for the common good."
21. Thousands of people died in the Barn earthquake mainly because
IA] the earthquake occurred in the cold December
[BI many mud-brick houses collapsed
IC] the earthquake teached 7.8 on the Richter scale
[D bamboo houses hadn't been built yet
22. The phrase "a universal material'(Line 5, Paragraph1) refers to a material that can be found
IAI everywhere in India [BI in the universe
ICI in a university ID] in a unique place
23. What was the result of the test?
IA The shake lasted 150 seconds.
[B The simulation was over 10 times as violent.
IC The paint was cracked.
[D The model remained undamaged.
24. The researchers have been working hard to
[Al reduce the damage by earthquakes
lB] explore the functions of bamboo
ICI build bamboo houses for a billion people
ID] design bamboo house models
25. Which of the following are the advantages of bamboos in building houses?
1. Cheap to get.
2. Light to carry.
3. Easy to build.
[Al 1. and 2. [BI 2. and 3. ICI 1. 2 and 3. D] 1. and 3.
As they entered the 21st century, people could not help looking back to the past 20 years when they managed to cope with a new threat-------the computer. By the year of
1980, computers had become a fact of life. They were, the magazine DISCOVER noted that december, "in cars, offices, schools and homes, toys and watches. Xn some airplanes, pilots need not handle the controls; they are 'flight managers' who watch the computer manage the flight and landing. On the way are voice-driven typewriters, robots that can 'see', and hand-held computers that can cover the contents of the Library of Congress."
But at the same time, observed the writer John Leo, a large number of Americans were computerphobes (电脑恐惧者) and techno-peassants , who feared that computers were "designed to destroy privacy, eliminate jobs, carry the TV generation even further away from literacy, read few words on food boxes so that the grocer can cheat his customers more easily, and allow World War III to be lanched entirely by technical error.' Some executives especially hated computers, Leo reported. They worried that they would lose status-and their assistants-if they were seen at a keyboard. Publishers and journalists, he continued, were frightened that the printed word would be eliminated. "True, the newspaper travels well-you can not put a computer under your ann while rushing for a train,' he wrote. "Not now, but a more advanced and complicated portable version, about the size of a hand held electronic game, may not be far off.' Today those same executives and journalists who feared computers wouldn't be found without having their portable computers on their laps. The widespread fear of computers seems a thing of the past-a shift that Leo correctly predicted. "Every one will accept computers,' he wrote, “because there is no alternative.”
26. The magazine listed the uses of computers in the following fields EXCEPT
IAI education [BI transportation ICI publication ID] medicine
27. Some executives did not like computers in that
[A] they might lose their importance and respect
[B] they had to learn how to use computers
[C] they had to hire more assistants
[D] they had to buy expensive portable computers
28. Which of the following is NOT what the computerphobes are expecting?
IA] More privacy. [BI More jobs.ICI More literacy. ID] More world wars.
29. Today the same executives and journalists can be found to
IA] dislike computers lB] fear using computers
[C] use computers frequently [D] use computers rarely
30. “ there is no alternative ” in the last sentence of the passage, he means that
[A] computers provide no choice
[B] computers are to be accepted
[C] computers offer no help to pilots
ID] more complicated computers have to be made in factories
As contrasts go, there are few other pairs of culture as distinct from each other as the Japanese and the Americans. Japan's many centuries of history and especially its Buddhist heritage(佛教文化)have given the Japanese an attitude of repose(从容)------- the best course is to let is be: When the time is ripe, things will work ont by themselves. America, on the other hand, is just a few centuries old and displays an almost volcantic liveliness and restlessness. For the Japanese, social harmony has a prior claim in every cirumstance; For the amerieans, harmony is the result of the rational interaction of free and fair-minded people. One does not lightly move from traditions in Japan, many of which are centuries old; In the United States, the habits and attitudes of even one' s parent' s generation are suspect.
Every culture, through its legal and institutional arrangements, mirrors the society's resolution of some basic human problems. These can provide a useful framework for the analysis of cultural differences. Organizations also face the game problems and usually take their cue from the prevailing culture in designing solutions to these problems. This suggests that the perspective provided by viewing culture through the framework of this problem will be useful for organizational analysis as well. The following sections present a discussion of such a frame-work in the context of the contrast between Japan and the United States.
Before this is presented, however, we must alert the reader that the differences are stated here as being sharper than they may be in reality. On each of the aspects discussed later, there is naturally considerable variation within each culture, because examples demonstrating the cultural reality opposite to the one described in this book can be found easily. Thus, the following discussion should be viewed in the way it is presented, as generalizations and tendencies rather than as absolutes.
31. Cohural differences between the Japaness and the Americans are the
IAI most obvious [BI slightest [C] same ID] less suitable
32. Those who are likely to doubt their parents' values and ways of doing things are probably
IAI the Japanese
[BI the Americans
ICI both the Japanese and the Americans
[D] neither the Japanese nor the Americans
33. How many types of cultural differences are mentioned in the first paragraph?
[A] Six. lB] Five. ICI Four. ID] Two.
34. The phrase "alert the reader" (Line 1, Paragraph 3) means
[Al remind the reader [B] teach the reader
[C] trust the reader [D] deceive the reader
35. The passage is probably the
[A] main part of a research proposal [B] opening remark of a lecture
[C] conclusion of a thesis [D] introduction to a book
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2006阅读理解真题
Tracy McGrady is a real-life superstar. He spent the summer traveling in Europe, working with Adidas on his latest basketball shoe and playing with Team U.S.A. in an Olympic qualifying game. He also spent countless hours in the gym，“I work on things every day in the off-season,”says McGrady, 24, an All-Star guard with the National Basketball Association' s Orlando Magic.
Until McGrady was 17, few outside his tiny hometown knew of his skills. He was raised mostly by his grandmother in a rough part of town. Sports were his escapes. To gain more exposure for his basketball skills, McGrady transferred to play his senior season at Mount Zion Christian Academy in North Carolina. After leading the Mighty Warriors to a 26-2 record that season,
McGrady was named Player of the Year by a national newspaper.
At 18, McGrady was starring for Toronto by the end of his new players' season. But he wanted to become one of the NBA's elite (精英), so he hired a trainer and began intense workouts. It's not uncommon for McGrady, who signed with Orlando in 2002, to shoot 200 jumpers after practice, grab a healthy bite to eat and go to work out with the Los Angeles Lakers' Shaquille O'Neal, who owns a home in Orlando.
"He's stayed at a high level," Orlando coach Doc Rivers says of McGrady. "A lot of young players can play a good 20 minutes, or have a great month. Tracy does it all season on both ends." To be that good takes a lot of work. To be better takes even more. McGrady is ready for the challenge, because he knows what he wants. "I don't want to be one of those players that's known for being a great player that never won a championship," McGrady says,“I want a title. ”
16. Which of the following teams has McGrady NOT so far played for?
lA] Team U.S.A. lB] Los Angeles Lakers.
lC] The Mighty Warriors.[D] Orlando Magic.
17. The sentence "I work on things every day in the off-season"implies that
[A] McGrady practices other things more often than he does with basketball
[B] McGrady keeps on his skills training particularly hard in the off-season days
[C] McGrady keeps on training with other exercises than with basketball
[D McGrady practices his skills every day including the off-season time
18. McGrady is different from other players mainly in
[A] his particular shooting skills in playing basketball
lB] his trying to save every minute to work out with O'Neal
[C] his persistence in constant hard training
[D] his stronger desire for a title than other players
19.McGrady was honored Player of the Year by a national newspaper because
[Al he has stayed at a high level of training
[B] he has created a record among the best players that season
[C] he was well ready for the coming challenge
[D he is regarded as an All-Star guard with the NBA
20. The sentence "Sports were his escapes" (Line 2, Paragraph 2)can best mean that
[A] sporting activities were the means for him to get fullest happiness by
lB] physical exercises were the only way to relieve him of his pains
[C] he didn't want to do more things than sportive activities
[D] sports enabled him to run away from his hometown
Last December's earthquakes in the Iranian city of Barn took a huge death toll-roughly 40,000people---largely because of the collapse of thousands of mud-brick buildings. If a group of researchers in India are successful,.the next earthquake might not be as destructive. British and Indian engineers are developing earthquake-proof housing using a cheap, universal material：bamboo.
They designed a model house built around waterproof bamboo-sheet roofing and bamboo- reinforced concrete walls. To test the structure, the engineers, sponsored by the U.K. Department of Interenational Development, took it to the Earthquake Engineering and Vibration Research Centre in Bangalore, which has a state-of-the-art earthquake simulator (模拟装置). The-researchers shook the house with five successive 30-second pulses, being equal to 7.8 on the Richter (里氏) scale. The simulation was more than 10 time as violent as the Barn earthquake,yet the house emerged undamaged. "We didn't even crack the paint," says engineer Paul Follett, of Britain's Timber Research and Development Association.
By some estimates, more than a billion people already live in bamboo
structures. The innovation lies in developing ways to exploit bamboo's spring. Easily pre-built,fire resitant, and far lighter than steel, bamboo-based structures could be assembled in three weeks and last 50 years. At five dollars a square foot, they would 'last roughly half as much as brick-and-block constructions. Follett says the project will follow an "open source" model: "Whatever is developed is freely available for the common good."
21. Thousands of people died in the Barn earthquake mainly because
IA] the earthquake occurred in the cold December
[B I many mud-brick houses collapsed
IC] the earthquake teached 7.8 on the Richter scale
[D bamboo houses hadn't been built yet
22. The phrase "a universal material'(Line 5, Paragraph1) refers to a material that can be found
IAI everywhere in India [BI in the universe
ICI in a university ID] in a unique place
23. What was the result of the test?
IA The shake lasted 150 seconds.
[B The simulation was over 10 times as violent.
IC The paint was cracked.
[D The model remained undamaged.
24. The researchers have been working hard to
[Al reduce the damage by earthquakes
lB] explore the functions of bamboo
ICI build bamboo houses for a billion people
ID] design bamboo house models
25. Which of the following are the advantages of bamboos i n building
houses?
1. Cheap to get.
2. Light to carry.
3. Easy to build.
[Al 1. and 2. [BI 2. and 3. ICI 1. 2 and 3. D] 1. and 3.
As they entered the 21st century, people could not help looking back to the past 20 years when they managed to cope with a new threat----the computer. By the year of 1980, computers had become a fact of life. They were, the magazine DISCOVER noted that december, "in cars,offices, schools and homes, toys and watches. Xn some airplanes, pilots need not handle the controls; they are 'flight managers' who watch the computer manage the flight and landing. On the way are voice-driven typewriters, robots that can 'see', and hand-held computers that can cover the contents of the Library of Congress."
But at the same time, observed the writer John Leo, a large number of Americans were computerphobes (电脑恐惧者) and techno-peassants , who feared that computers were "designed to destroy privacy, eliminate jobs, carry the TV generation even further away from literacy, read few words on food boxes so that the grocer can cheat his customers more easily, and allow World War III to be lanched entirely by technical error.'
Some executives especially hated computers,Leo reported. They worried that they would lose status-and their assistants-if they were seen at a keyboard. Publishers and journalists, he continued, were frightened that the printed word would be eliminated. "True, the newspaper travels well-you can not put a computer under your ann while rushing for a train,' he wrote. "Not now, but a more advanced and complicated portable version, about the size of a hand held electronic game, may not be far off.'
Today those same executives and journalists
wouldn't be found without having their portable computers on their laps. The widespread fear of computers seems a thing of the past-a shift that Leo correctly predicted. "Every one will accept computers,' he wrote, “because there is no alternative.”
26. The magazine listed the uses of computers in the following fields EXCEPT IAI education [BI transportation ICI publication D] medicine
27. Some executives did not like computers in that
[A] they might lose their importance and respect
[B] they had to learn how to use computers
[C] they had to hire more assistants
[D] they had to buy expensive portable computers
28. Which of the following is NOT what the computerphobes are expecting? IA] More privacy.[BI More jobs.ICI More literacy. ID] More world wars.
29. Today the same executives and journalists can be found to
IA] dislike computers lB] fear using computers [C] use computers frequently [D] use computers rarely
30. “ there is no alternative ” in the last sentence of the passage, he means that
[A] computers provide no choice
[B] computers are to be accepted
[C] computers offer no help to pilots
ID] more complicated computers have to be made in factories
As contrasts go, there are few other pairs of culture as distinct from each other as the Japanese and the Americans. Japan's many centuries of history and especially its Buddhist heritage(佛教文化)have given the Japanese an attitude of repose(从容)---- the best course is to let is be: When the time is ripe, things will work ont by themselves. America, on the other hand, is just a few centuries old and displays an almost volcantic liveliness and restlessness. For the Japanese, social harmony has a prior claim in every cirumstance; For
the amerieans, harmony is the result of the rational interaction of free and fair-minded people. One does not lightly move from traditions in Japan, many of which are centuries old; In the United States, the habits and attitudes of even one' s parent' s generation are suspect.
Every culture, through its legal and institutional arrangements, mirrors the society's resolution of some basic human problems. These can provide a useful framework for the analysis of cultural differences. Organizations also face the game problems and usually take their cue from the prevailing culture in designing solutions to these problems. This suggests that the perspective provided by viewing culture through the framework of this problem will be useful for organizational analysis as well. The following sections present a discussion of such a frame-work in the context of the contrast between Japan and the United States.
Before this is presented,however, we must alert the reader that the differences are stated here as being sharper than they may be in reality. On each of the aspects discussed later, there is naturally considerable variation within each culture, because examples demonstrating the cultural reality opposite to the one described in this book can be found easily. Thus, the following discussion should be viewed in the way it is presented, as generalizations and tendencies rather than as absolutes.
31. cultural differences between the Japaness and the Americans are the IAI most obvious[BI slightest [C] same ID] less suitable
32. Those who are likely to doubt their parents' values and ways of doing things are probably
IAI the Japanese
[BI the Americans
ICI both the Japanese and the Americans
[D] neither the Japanese nor the Americans
33. How many types of cultural differences are mentioned in the first
paragraph?
[A] Six. lB] Five. ICI Four. ID] Two.
34. The phrase "alert the reader" (Line 1, Paragraph 3) means
[Al remind the reader [B] teach the reader
[C] trust the reader [D] deceive the reader
35. The passage is probably the
[A] main part of a research proposal [B] opening remark of a lecture [C] conclusion of a thesis [D] introduction to a book。