大学英语B阅读理解新

阅读理解B1、Mr. White lived in a small village. His parents hadn't enough money to send him to school. He had to help them to do something in the fields. But he didn't like to live in the poor place. When he was sixteen, he got to the town and found work in a factory. Three years later he became tall and strong. So he was sent to Africa as a soldier. He stayed there for five years and got some money. Then he came back to England and bought a shop in a small town. No people in the town went to Africa except him. And he hoped they thought he was a famous man and that they could respect him. The children often asked him to tell them some stories and his life in Africa.One day a few children asked him to tell them something about the animals in Africa. He told them how he fought with the tigers and elephants. His stories surprised them all and some policemen and workers went to listen to him. It made him happier. Just a man who taught geography in a middle school passed there. He stopped to listen to him for a while and then said, "Could you please tell us a rare animal, sir?""Certainly," said Mr. Turner. "One day I met a rhinoceros（犀牛）by a river…""Please wait a minute, sir," said the man. "There aren't any rhinoceros in Africa at all!""It's rare just because there aren't any!"(1)、Mr. White was born in a farmer's family.A：T B：F(2)、Mr. White hoped to be respected because he was the richest man in their town.A：T B：F(3)、The children often asked him to tell them something interesting because he knew more than any other person in the town.A：T B：F(4)、All people believed Mr. White except the children.A：T B：F(5)、Mr. White wouldn't like to admit that he was wrong.A：T B：F2、If you travel by air across the center of Africa or South America, you fly over forests for thousands of kilometers. These great forests are the oceans of trees. There are thousands and thousands of different kinds of plants and animals.However, the world's forests are getting smaller all the time. We are cutting down the trees because we need wood, and we need more farmland. Some people say that there will not be any forests like these in 20 or 30 years. What will happen if they disappear?If we cut down our forests, a lot of plants and animals will disappear from the world. In a lot of places the new farmland will soon look like the old deserts. Crops will not grow there. It will not rain very often, and the weather will get very hot. Perhaps the climate of the world will change. This will be dangerous for everyone in the world. That is why we must take care of our forests.(1)、The passage mainly tells us about the importance of taking care of plants.A：T B：F(2)、Forests are homes for different kinds of animals.A：T B：F(3)、The need for more wood and more land help to protect our forests.A：T B：F(4)、We'll have more and greater forests in 20 or 30 years in some people's view.A：T B：F(5)、The writer thinks it necessary to protect the forests.A：T B：F3、What makes one person more intelligent than another? What makes one person a genius, like the brilliant Albert Einstein, and another person a fool? Are people born intelligent or stupid, or is intelligence the result of where and how you live? These are very old questions and the answers to them are still not clear.We know, however, that just being born with a good mind is not enough. In some ways, the mind is like a leg or an arm muscle. It needs exercise. Mental exercise is particularly important for young children. Many child psychologists (心理学家) think that parents should play with their children more often and give them problems to think about. The children are then more likely to grow up bright and intelligent. If, on the other hand, children are left alone a great deal with nothing to do, they are more likely to become dull and unintelligent.Parents should also be careful with what they say to young children. According to some psychologists, if parents are always telling a child that he or she is a fool or an idiot, then the child is more likely to keep doing silly and foolish things. So it is probably better for parents to say very positive things to their children, such as "That was a very clever thing you did." or "You are such a smart child."(1)、The word "intelligent" in the 1st paragraph probably mean bright.A：T B：F(2)、According to the context we can guess that a genius is a normal person while an idiot is a funny person.A：T B：F(3)、A person born with a good brain and putting it into active use is more likely to become a genius.A：T B：F(4)、It is better for parents to praise and encourage their children more often.A：T B：F(5)、Intelligence is obviously the result of where and how you live.A：T B：F4、 A man got into a train and found himself sitting opposite a woman who seemed to be about thirty-five years old. Soon they began talking to each other, and the man said to her, "Do you have a family?""Yes, I have one son," the woman answered."Oh, really?" said the man. "Does he smoke?""No, he's never touched a cigarette," the woman replied."That's good," the man continued. "I don't smoke either. Tobacco is very bad to one's health. And does your son drink wine?""Oh, no," the woman answered at once. "He's never drunk a drop of it.""Then I congratulate you, ma'am," the man said. "And does he ever come home late at night?""No, never," his neighbor answered. "He goes to bed immediately after dinner every night.""Well," the man said, "he's a wise young man. How old is he?""He's six months old today. But he will grow up to be a gentleman," the woman replied proudly.(1)、The man and the woman are talking about the woman's son.A：T B：F(2)、The woman thinks her son will be a gentleman.A：T B：F(3)、The conversation took place on a train.A：T B：F(4)、The word "disappointed" probably best describes the man's feeling at the end of the conversation.A：T B：F(5)、The woman is so proud of her son that she does not really understand what the man's questions mean.A：T B：F5、Mr. Young ran his own business and worked very hard. His wife was afraid that he would get sick if he continued like that, so she often tried to get him to take a vacation. At last she managed to persuade him to do so, and she hoped that he would be able to enjoy his vacation without any disturbance, so before they left, Mrs. Young went to see her husband's secretary. She said to her, "My husband needs a vacation very much, so whatever happens, please don't bother him with telegrams and letters about business problems while we are away. Just wait till we get back."After Mr. and Mrs. Young had been away about a week, Mr. Young received a letter from his secretary which said, "Something terrible happened to your business, but I'm not going to bother you with it while you are enjoying your vacation."(1)、Mr. Young was the owner of a private business.A：T B：F(2)、Mrs. Young worried about her husband's business.A：T B：F(3)、Mrs. Young was afraid that her husband's vacation might be spoilt.A：T B：F(4)、The secretary didn't explain in her letter what had happened to Mr.Young's business, because she didn't want to spoil Mr. Young's vacation.A：T B：F(5)、You can learn from the story that Mr. Young had a stupid secretary.A：T B：F6、Here is a story told about an American general who was a very important figure in the American army during the First World War. Everybody in the United States knew him and many people wished to have a picture or something of his in their homes.Soon after the war the general returned to Washington. One day he went to a dentist and had six teeth pulled out. A week later the general heard that his teeth were being sold in shops at $5 each. On each of the teeth there was a label with the name of the general and words: "buy these teeth and show them to your friends at home." The general got angry. He rushed to his office and ordered six officers to go around the city and buy all his teeth.The officers went out and visited every shop in the capital. They were away from the office all day. In the evening they returned and put on the table in front of the general the teeth they had bought. They had collected 175 teeth.(1)、Many families wanted to have a signature of the general.A：T B：F(2)、The general came back to Washington after the First World War.A：T B：F(3)、The general ordered his men to look for all his teeth and buy all of them.A：T B：F(4)、The fact that the general's name was on the label of each tooth shows that the general was famous.A：T B：F(5)、The teeth they collected most probably cost $1150.A：T B：F7、The word "horsepower" was first used two hundred years ago. James Watt had made the world's first widely used steam engine. He had no way of telling people exactly how powerful it was, for at that time there were no units for measuring power.Watt decided to find out how much work one strong horse could do in one minute. He called that unit one horsepower. With this unit he could measure the work his steam engine could do.He discovered that a horse could lift a 3300-pound weight 10 feet into the air on one minute. His engine could lift a33-pound weight 100 feet in one minute.Because his engine did ten times as much work as the horse, Watt called it a ten horsepower engine.(1)、The passage says that Watt made the first widely used steam engine.A：T B：F(2)、Watt wanted to find a way to lift a 3300-pound weight.A：T B：F(3)、He made up a unit of measurement based on the strength of a horse.A：T B：F(4)、One horsepower would equal the weight of one horse.A：T B：F(5)、The possible title for this passage is The Origin of the Term "Horsepower".A：T B：F8、Snowflakes look like white stars falling from the sky. But there have been times when snow has looked red, green, yellow, or black. There have been snowflakes of almost every color. Think how it would seem to have colored snowflakes coming down all around you.Black snow fell in France one year. Another year grey snow fell in Japan. It was found that the snow was mixed with ashes. This made it look dark. Red snow had come down in other countries. When this happened, the snow was mixed with red dust.Most snow looks white, but it is really the color of ice. Snow is ice that comes from snow cloud. Each snowflake begins with a small drop of frozen water. More water forms around this drop. The way the water freezes gives the snowflakes its shape.No two snowflakes are ever just the same size or shape. Sometimes the snowflakes are broken when they come down. Other snowflakes melt as they fall. All snowflakes are flat and have six sides, if they are not broken or melted. When the air is cold and dry, the falling snowflakes are small and hard. If the air wet and warm, the snowflakes are big and soft.Would you be surprised to see snowflakes as big as your head falling from the sky? It happened once in the United States. It could happen again.(1)、The first two paragraphs mainly tell us that sometimes snow has different colors.A：T B：F(2)、No two snowflakes are just the same size, but all snowflakes are hard.A：T B：F(3)、Snowflakes begin with cloud.A：T B：F(4)、The bigger the snowflakes are, the softer they are.A：T B：F(5)、Black snow fell only in European Countries.A：T B：F9、Hobbs was an orphan. He worked in a factory and every day he got a little money. Hard work changed him thin and weak. He wanted to borrow a lot of money to learn to paint pictures, but he did not think he could pay off the debts.One day a lawyer said to him, "One thousand dollars, and here is the money." As Hobbs took the package of notes, he was very dumbfounded（惊呆了的）. He didn't know where the money came from and how to spend it. He said to himself, "I could go to find a hotel and live like a rich man for a few days, or I give up my work in the factory and do what I'd like to do: painting pictures. I could do that for a few weeks, but what would I do after that? I should have lost my place in the factory and have no money to live on. If it were a little less money, I would buy a new coat, or a radio, or give a dinner to my friends. If it were more, I could give up the work and pay for painting the pictures. But it is too much for one and too little for the other.""Here is the reading of your uncle's will," said the lawyer, "telling what is to be done with this money after his death. Imust ask you to remember one point. Your uncle has said you must bring me a paper showing exactly what you did with his money, as soon as you have spent it.""Yes, I see. I will do that," said the young man.(1)、He wanted to borrow money because he wanted to learn to paint pictures.A：T B：F(2)、With the money he got, Hobbs first planned to have a happy life for a few days.A：T B：F(3)、What Hobbs was asked to do was nothing but to buy some pictures.A：T B：F(4)、What Hobbs really loved to do was painting pictures.A：T B：F(5)、The best title for the passage.A：T B：F10、Elvis Aron Presley, was often called "the king of rock music", died on August 16th, 1977, at the age of forty-two. He left a great influence on popular music, and millions of fans. During his lifetime, Elvis sold more than four hundred million records. After Presley died, many of his records rose quickly. When Presley died, many mourners journeyed to Memphis, Tennessee, Presley's home, to pay their last respects. While most of these fans knew a lot about the songs of Elvis, few of them knew the story of how Elvis had his first record which was for his mother. He paid four dollars to a small Memphis recording shop, and recorded two songs. The songs were "My Happiness" and "That's Where Your Heartaches Begin". Sam Philips, who owned the shop where Elvis made the record, liked Presley's songs. He said he would call him some day. About a year later, Philips did call and ask him to cut a record. This first record had "Blue Moon of Kentucky"on one side, and "That's All Right, Mama"on the other.(1)、The passage is mainly about how Elvis Presley began his career.A：T B：F(2)、Mourners are usually record-producers.A：T B：F(3)、Without the record for his mother, Elvis might not have become a star.A：T B：F(4)、When Presley died, people went to Memphis for his mother's story of life.A：T B：F(5)、The passage shows that many people loved Elvis.A：T B：F11、Three men traveling on a train began a conversation about the world's greatest wonders."In my opinion," the first man said, "the Egyptian pyramids（埃及金字塔）are the world's greatest wonder. Although they were built thousands of years ago, they are still standing. And remember: the people who built them had only simple tools. They did not have the kind of machinery that builders and engineers have today.""I agree that the pyramids in Egypt are wonderful," the second man said, "but I do not think they are the greatest wonder.I believe computers are more wonderful than the pyramids. They have taken people to the moon and brought them back safely. In seconds，they carry out mathematical calculations that would take a person a hundred years to do."He turned to the third man and asked, "What do you think is the greatest wonder in the world？"The third man thought for a long time，and then he said, "Well，I agree that the pyramids are wonderful, and I agree that computers are wonderful, too. However, in my opinion, the most wonderful thing in the world is this thermos."And he took a thermos out of his bag and held it up.The other two men were very surprised. "A thermos?" they exclaimed. "But that's a simple thing.""Oh, no，it's not, "the third man said. "In the winter you put in a hot drink and it stays hot. In the summer you put in a cold drink and it stays cold. How does the thermos know whether it's winter or summer？"(1)、The underlined word "thermos" in Chinese means "保温瓶".A：T B：F(2)、That the three men could not agree on what the world's greatest wonder was because they all had different ideas.A：T B：F(3)、The first man thought the pyramids were the most wonderful things in the world because they had been built with very simple tools.A：T B：F(4)、The third man thought a thermos was the most wonderful thing in the world because it cost less than a computer.A：T B：F(5)、The third man was not very clever because he could not think of anything to say.A：T B：F12、In the world, soccer or football is the most popular sport. This is because many countries have wonderful teams for the World Cup. The World Cup is held every four years.To remember 2002 FIFA World Cup, children from different countries and more than 60 children from Japanese schools came together and spent three weekends drawing a big picture called "Dream World Cups" in Japan. The children drew animals, flowers and people playing soccer under a blue bright sky. They wished each football team good luck by drawing the flags of all the countries that will take part in the World Cup in Japan and South Korea. The picture was put up in a park near a playground in Yokohama. Some football teams will have games there.Are you a football fan？The World Cup makes more and more people interested in football. Teenagers like playing and watching football. Many of them love some football stars so much that they get the pictures of their favourite players on the walls of their rooms. That is the way to show their love for the World Cup as children in Japan.(1)、If a country wants to take part in the World Cup, she must have many football players.A：T B：F(2)、The next World Cup will be held in 2006.A：T B：F(3)、From the passage, in the picture children drew many things except pictures of some football stars.A：T B：F(4)、In "Dream World Cup", the children drew the flags of some countries to tell the people their stories.A：T B：F(5)、Many teenagers own the pictures of some football stars because they are football fans.A：T B：F13、Tom arrived at the bus station quite early for Paris bus. The bus for Paris would not leave until five to twelve. He saw a lot of people waiting in the station. Some were standing in line, others were walking around. There was a group of schoolgirls. Their teacher was trying to keep them in line. Tom looked around but there was no place for him to sit.He walked into the station cafe. He looked up at the clock there. It was only twenty to twelve. He found a seat and sat down before a large mirror on the wall. Just then, Mike, one of Tom's workmates came in and sat with Tom."What time is your bus?" asked Mike. "There's plenty of time yet" answered Tom."Well, I'll get you some more tea then" said Mike.They talked while drinking. Then Tom looked at the clock again. "Oh! It's going backward" he cried. "A few minutes ago it was twenty to twelve, and now it's half past eleven.""You're looking at the clock in the mirror." said Mike. Tom was so sad. The next bus was not to leave for another hour. Since then Tom has never liked mirrors.(1)、Tom went into the station cafe because Mike asked him to have a cup of tea.A：T B：F(2)、When Tom looked at the clock in the mirror it's half past twelve.A：T B：F(3)、From the story we know that when we look at a clock in a mirror, we will find it's going backward.A：T B：F(4)、Tom arrived in Paris on time.A：T B：F(5)、Tom and Mike talked while drinking.A：T B：F14、A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from San Francisco. "Mom and Dad, I'm coming home, but I've a favor to ask. I have a friend. I'd like to bring him home with me.""Sure," they replied, "we'd love to meet him.""There's something you should know," the son continued, "he was injured pretty badly in the fighting. He stepped on a land mine（地雷）and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I want him to live with us.""We're sorry to hear that, son. But, maybe we can help him find somewhere to live.""No, Mom and Dad, I want him to live with us.""Son," said the father, "you don't know what you're asking. Someone with such a handicap would be a terrible burden to us. We have our own lives to live, and we can't let something like this interfere with our lives. I think you should just come home and forget about this guy. He'll find a way to live on his own."At that point, the son hung up the phone. The parents heard nothing more from him. A few days later, however, they received a call from the San Francisco police. Their son had died after falling from a building. The police believed he had killed himself.The grief-stricken（悲痛欲绝的）parents flew to San Francisco and were taken to the city morgue（太平间）to identify the body of their son. They recognized him, but to their horror they also discovered something they didn't know, their son had only one arm and one leg.(1)、The soldier called his parents from San Francisco after having fought in Vietnam.A：T B：F(2)、The soldier told his parents that he wanted them to meet his friend in the army.A：T B：F(3)、His father considered his plan unacceptable.A：T B：F(4)、A few days later the parents were told by the police that their son had killed himself.A：T B：F(5)、The son killed himself because he was unable to find a job.A：T B：F15、Many people believe they are supposed to drink eight glasses of water a day, or about two liters. Why? Because that is what they have been told all their life. But a new report offers some different advice. Experts say people should obey their bodies; they should drink as much water as they feel like drinking.The report says most healthy people meet their daily needs for liquid by letting thirst be their guide. The report is from the Institute of Medicine, part of the National Academies. This organization provides scientific and technical advice to the government and the public.The report contains some general suggestions. The experts say women should get about two-point-seven liters of water daily. Men should get about three-point-seven liters. But wait －in each case, that is more than eight glasses.There is an important difference. The report does not tell people how many glasses of water to drink. In fact, the expertssay it may be impossible to know how many glasses are needed to meet these guidelines. This is because the daily water requirement can include the water content in foods. People do not get water only by forcing themselves to drink a set number of glasses per day. People also drink fruit juices and sodas and milk. They drink coffee and tea. These all contain water.As you might expect, the Institute of Medicine says people need to drink more water when they are physically active. The same is true of those who live in hot climates. Depending on heat and activity, people could need two times as much water as others do.(1)、According to the passage, experts advise people to drink as much water as they feel like drinking.A：T B：F(2)、Most healthy people meet their daily needs for water by drinking when they are tired.A：T B：F(3)、The Institute of Medicine usually changes some traditional ideas.A：T B：F(4)、People's daily water requirement can include the water content in foods.A：T B：F(5)、People need to drink more water when they live in hot climates.A：T B：F16、My Aunt Edith was a widow of 50, working as a secretary, when doctors discovered what was then thought to be a very serious heart disease.Aunt Edith didn't accept defeat easily. She began studying medical reports in the library and found an article in a magazine about a well-known heart surgeon, Dr. Michael DeBakey, of Houston, Texas. He had saved the life of someone with the same disease. The article said his fees were very high; Aunt Edith couldn't possibly pay them. But could he tell her of someone whose fees she could pay?So Aunt Edith wrote to him. She simply listed her reasons for wanting to live: her three children, who would be on their own in three or four more years; her little-girl dream of traveling and seeing the world. There wasn't a word of self-pity－only warmth and humor and the joy of living. She mailed the letter, not really expecting an answer.A few days later, my doorbell rang. Aunt Edith didn't wait to come in; she stood in the hall and read aloud:Your beautiful letter moved me very deeply. If you can come to Houston, there will be no charge for either the hospital or the operation.Signed :Michael DeBakey(1)、Aunt Edith stopped working as a secretary when she knew she had a very serious heart disease.A：T B：F(2)、From the story we can see Aunt Edith accepted defeat easily.A：T B：F(3)、In Aunt Edith's letter to the doctor, she showed she was warm, humorous and enjoying living.A：T B：F(4)、When Aunt Edith mailed her letter, she didn't expect the doctor would give her a reply.A：T B：F(5)、Michael DeBakey mainly told Aunt Edith in the letter that her disease was so serious that he couldn't cure her.A：T B：F17、When I begin to look back on all friends whom I have had, I quickly came to the conclusion that Jerry was the most important and had the greatest effect upon my life. His family moved to my block when I was only 10. Jerry was 15 at the time, but the fact that he was so much older than me seemed to make no difference to him. I was very glad that he liked me. We took long walks together, on which he would tell me stories he had heard form TV and radio programs.But as months went by, a change came into our friendship. Jerry almost stopped coming by the house, and every time Iwent to his house or telephoned, he put me off with some excuses such as "I'm studying now" or "I've got some jobs to do for Mum". When we passed on the street, he would still give me a warm smile and friendly wave with a "Hi, kid", but he would hardly ever stop to talk. Finally I realized that he was no longer interested in me and that his taste had changed. I noticed him with a girl once in a while and several times saw him going out in his family's car on a Friday or Saturday night. I simply couldn't understand what was so great about girls and parties.But I was hurt when he finally made me know that our friendship was at an end. Of course he didn't really mean to hurt me, but it was a long time before I realized that it was an age problem that caused the break. There were a world of differences between the ideas and interests of a 17-year-old and a 12-year-old. Now that I'm over sixteen myself, I realized this, and the hurt I got then has become happy memories of the good times we were once together. I wonder if millions of other boys and girls have had a similar experience.(1)、When the writer and Jerry first met, Jerry was 5 years older than the writer.A：T B：F(2)、Their friendship lasted for a few years.A：T B：F(3)、Jerry stopped playing with the writer because he was busy with his study.A：T B：F(4)、When a change came in their friendship, the writer started going to parties with girls.A：T B：F(5)、The main idea of the passage is that the age difference plays a part in friendship.A：T B：F18、Albert Einstein had a great effect on science and history, greater than what only a few other men have achieved. An American university president once commented that Einstein had created a new outlook, a new view of the universe. It may be some time before the average mind understands fully the identity of time and space and so on-but even ordinary men understand now that the universe is something larger than ever thought before.By 1914 the young Einstein had gained world fame. He accepted the offer to become a professor at the Prussian Academy of Science in Berlin. He had few duties, little teaching and unlimited opportunities for study, but soon his peace and quiet were broken by the First World War.Einstein hated violence. The misery of war affected him deeply, and he sat unhappily in his office doing little. He lost interest in his research. Only when peace came in 1918 was he able to get back to work.In the years following World War I honors were increasingly heaped on him. He became the head of the Kaiser Whihem Institute of Theoretical Physics. In 1921 he won the Noble Prize, and he was honored in Germany until the rise of Nazism when he was driven from Germany because he was a Jew.(1)、The main idea of Paragraph 1 is the change in human thought produced by Einstein.A：T B：F(2)、According to the American university president, The theory of relativity can be quickly learned by everyone.A：T B：F(3)、According to Paragraph 2, Albert Einstein headed a research institute.A：T B：F(4)、According to the passage Einstein did his greatest work when he was young.A：T B：F(5)、It may be concluded that Albert Einstein was forced to serve in the German army.A：T B：F19、All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help to keep people healthy, happy and help them to live longer.Sports change with the season. People play different games in winter and summer.。