大学英语(1)——阅读理解
大学英语六级阅读理解(集锦3篇)
大学英语六级阅读理解(集锦3篇）大学英语六级阅读理解（1）"I've never met a human worth cloning," says cloning expert M ark Westhusin from the cramped confines of his lab at Texas A&M University. "It's a stupid endeavor." That's an interesting choice of a djective, coming from a man who has spent millions of dollars tryin g to clone a 13-year-old dog named Missy. So far, he and his team have not succeeded, though they have cloned two calves and expe ct to clone a cat soon. They just might succeed in cloning Missy lat er this year---or perhaps not for another five years. It seems the re productive system of man's best friend is one of the mysteries of modern science.Westhusin's experience with cloning animals leaves him vexed b y all this talk of human cloning. In three years of work on the Miss yplicity project, using hundreds upon hundreds of canine eggs, the A&M team has produced only a dozen or so embryos carrying Miss y's DNA. None have survived the transfer to a surrogate mother. Th e wastage of eggs and the many spontaneously aborted fetuses ma y be acceptable when you're dealing with cats or bulls, he argues, but not with humans. "Cloning is incredibly inefficient, and also dan gerous," he says.Even so, dog cloning is a commercial opportunity, with a nice r esearch payoff. Ever since Dolly the sheep was cloned in, 1997, Wes thusin's phone at A&M College of Veterinary Medicinehas been ringing busily. Cost is no obstacle for customers like Missy's mysterious owner, who wishes m remain unknown to protec t his privacy. He's plopped down $3.7 million so far to fund the research because he wants a twin to carry on Missy;s fine q ualities after she dies. But he knows her clone may not have her te mperament. In a statement of purpose, Missy's owners and the A& M team say they are "both looking forward to studying the ways th at her clone differ from Missy."The fate of the dog samples will depend on Westhusin's work. He knows that even if he gets a dog viably pregnant, the offspring, should they survive,大学英语六级阅读理解（2）1.大纲要求六级考试大纲对阅读理解题的要求为：既能理解个别句子的意义，也能理解上下文的逻辑关系；既能理解字面的意思，也能理解隐含的意思；既能理解事实和细节，也能理解所读材料的主旨和大意；能就文章的内容进行判断，推理和信息转换。
新编大学英语阅读教程(1-5单元阅读理解)
Unit OnePassage 1Enjoying a cup of coffee while reading this article? Do you avoid caffeinated coffee because of its health effects? Read on and ease your anxiety.Coffee is the beverage of choice for millions around the world. The cafe is an almost an entirely North American and European trend. In areas of the Middle East, Africa, South America and Asia, coffee is seen as something more akin to cigarettes, and is drunk while socializing or doing other things, rather than being and end unto itself. Now in China, more and more people are delighted by the special flavor of coffee.Aside from tasting good (and smelling even better), coffee is believed to have a number of health benefits. According to research funded by the American Cocoa Research Institute, coffee drinkers appear to have higher levels of antioxidants than those who don't drink the beverage. Antioxidants help the body ward off harmful free radicals, which can damage cells and DNA. Studies have shown antioxidants to have a number of other health benefits, including protection against heart disease. Statistics from Harvard Health Publications say that coffee may reduce the risk of developing gallstones, discourage the development of colon cancer, improve cognitive functions, reduce the risk of liver damage in people at high risk for liver disease, and reduce the risk of Parkinson's disease. Coffee has also been shown to improve endurance performance in long-duration physical activities.If you are a coffee lover, now relax and enjoy your coffee!Tips for those who have sleep deprivation to stay alert.New research suggests that you'll stay more alert, particularly if you are fighting sleep deprivation. The caffeine in coffee raises your blood pressure, so if you are going to drink a lot of coffee, choose decaf（脱咖啡因咖啡）. Decaf has the same antioxidant benefits as regular coffee.After all, moderation is the key.1. In the third sentence of Para. 2, "akin" means .A. dangerousB. safeC. similarD. delicious2. According to the passage, coffee has a number of health benefits becauseA.it tastes goodB. it helps people have high level of antioxidantsC. it smells goodD. keeps drinkers alert3. According to the passage, which statement is true?A. If you drink more coffee, you“ll have a high risk of heart disease.B. If you drink more coffee, you“ll have more chance to have cancers.C. If you drink more coffee, it“s easy for you to have Parkinson“s disease.D. If you drink more coffee, you“ll be healthier.4. The author“s attitude toward coffee isA. positiveB. negativeC. NeutralD. indifferent5. What is the best title for this passage？A. Coffee Tastes Good.B. Coffee“s Benefits.C. Don“t Drink Coffee.D. Enjoy Your Cup of Coffee.Passage 2Cell phone calls distract drivers far more than even the chattiest passenger causing drivers to follow too closely and miss exits, US researchers reported yesterday.Using a hands-free device does not make things better and the researchers believe they know why - passengers act as a second set of eyes, shutting up or sometimes even helping when they see the driver needs to make a maneuver.The research, published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, adds to a growing body of evidence that mobile phones can make driving dangerous.Lee Strayer of the University of Utah and colleagues have found in a series of experiments using driving simulators that hands-free cell phones are just as distracting as handheld models.They have demonstrated that chatting on a cell phone can slow the reaction times of young adult drivers to levels seen among senior citizens, and shown that drivers using mobile telephones are as impaired as drivers who are legally drunk.For the latest study, also using a simulator, Strayer's team showed that drivers using a hands-free device drifted out of their lanes and missed exits more frequently than drivers talking to a passenger. They tested 96 adults aged 18 to 49."The passenger adds a second set of eyes, and helps the driver navigate and reminds them where to go," Strayer said in a statement."When you take a look at the data, it turns out that a driver conversing with a passenger is not as impaired a driver talking on a cell phone," he added.Passengers also simplify conversation when driving conditions change, the researchers wrote."The difference between a cell phone conversation and passenger conversation is due to the fact that the passenger is in the vehicle and knows what the traffic conditions are like, and they help the driver by reminding them of where to take an exit and pointing out hazards," Strayer said.1.From the passage we know cell phone can not make drivingA. dangerousB. safeC. sadD. pleasant2.According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?A. Hands-free phones and handheld models are equally distracting.B. Hands-free phones are more distracting than handheld models.C. Handheld phones are more distracting than hands-free models.D. Neither hands-free phones nor handheld models are distracting.3.By saying "The passenger adds a second set of eyes", it meansA. the passengers have a second set of eyesB. the driver has two sets of eyesC. the passengers can observe road conditions and help the driver be alert to dangersD. the passengers add dangers to the driving4. The word "hazards" in "they help the driver by reminding them of where to take an exit and pointing out hazards" meansA. winding roadB. pathsC. directionsD. dangers5. The researchers want to tell usA. not to use cell phones while drivingB. to use cell phones while drivingC. not to talk with passengers while drivingD. to talk with passengers while drivingUnit TwoPassage 1China' s manned space program may be controversially run by the military,but its space technologies are definitely resulting into civilian(民用的)roducts , such as tasty food and hi-tech earplugs（耳塞）"We have been working to civilianize the space food," said Chen Bin, nutritionist in charge of astronauts' food with the China Astronaut Research and Training Center. The center was working with some food manufacturers, providing technologies and quality standard for them. So far chocolate and cakes astronauts ate in the space have been produced for civilian use. "Space food is safe chocolate and of intense nutrition," he said. "It will be popular with travellers , mountaineers and explorers to the polar regions. In addition , space food production adopted the strictest quality control standard. For instance, air quality at the workshops should be the same as pharmacy(制药业) factories, he said. "It will stand out in the market when people are paying more and more attention to food safety.”The earplugs that astronauts are wearing on board of the Shenzhou-7 spaceship have also entered civilian market. Through thousands of tests, the center found a special material to produce the earplugs that most fitted human skin texture and stood against unusual pressure in the space. The earplugs, tailor-made to a stronauts“ ears, could automatically adjust pressure inside the ears and effectively keep noise out but would not affect hearing, said a source with the center. The earplugs have been tested in the previous two manned space programs. They will be useful for miners and other people working in a noisy condition such as spinning mills, the source said. They can also effectively resist the pressure under the water and are popular with divers and swimmers, he said.1.China“s manned space programA. should definitely be run by the militaryB. can produce all kinds of civilian productsC. may result into some civilian products by its space technologiesD. may only produce tasty food and hi-tech earplugs2. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the second paragraph？A. China Astronaut Research and Training Center was working with some food manufacturers.B. China Astronaut Research and Training Center has been providingtechnologies and quality standard.C. China Astronaut Research and Training Center has directly civilianized the space food.D. Some space food have been produced for civilian use.3. Space food will stand out in the market mainly becauseA. space food is convenientB. it is popular with travelers, mountaineers and explorers to the polar regionsC. people are paying more and more attention to food safetyD. it is of intense nutrition4.The following statements about earplugs are true EXCEPTA. The earplugs, tailor-made to astronauts“ ears, could automatically adjust pressure inside the ears.B. The earplugs that astronauts are wearing would also affect hearing.C. The earplugs have been tested in the previous two manned space programs.D. They can also effectively resist the pressure under the water5.The best title for this passage isA. Space Food and EarplugsB. China“s Manned Space ProgramC. Space Technologies and Civilian ProductsD. Civilian Use of Space TechnologiesPassge 2An earthquake prediction is a prediction that an earthquake in a specific magnitude range will occur in a specific region and time window. Predictions are considered as such to the extent that they are reliable for practical, as well as scientific, purposes. Although there is evidence that at least some earthquakes in some tectonic regimes are predictable with useful accuracy of time and space, the reliability and reproducibility of prediction techniques have not been established and are therefore generally not accepted by seismologists. For practical purposes, seismologists bring forth seismic hazard assessment programs by estimating the probabilities that a given earthquake or suite of earthquakes will occur.In the effort to predict earthquakes, people have tried to associate an impending earthquake with such varied phenomena as seismicity patterns, electromagnetic fields, weather conditions and unusual clouds, radon or hydrogen gas content of soil or ground water, water level in wells, animal behaviour,and the phases of the moon.Thus far, earthquake prediction is controversial because data are sparse and there is little evidence or verified physical theory to link observable phenomena to subsequent seismicity. The frequent practice of publishing predictions after the fact further complicates matters. Also, given enough predictions, it is virtually inevitable that some will succeed "by chance." Assessing whether a successful prediction is a fluke is challenging. Most assessments rely on chance models for earthquake occurrence, models that are difficult to test or validate, because large earthquakes are so rare, and because earthquake activity is naturally clustered in space and time.1.An earthquake predictionA. is reliable in most casesB. can work when predicting some earthquakes in some tectonic regionsC. is a prediction that seismologists would not accept at allD. is not challenging2. Earthauake prediction is controversial becauseA. data are sparse and there is little evidence or verified physical theory for the practiceB. some predictions succeed only by chanceC. large earthquakes are rareD. some predictions have been tested3. People have tried to associate an impending earthquake with varied phenomena EXCEPTA. weather conditionsB. water level in wellsC. animal behaviourD. scientific data4. The word "fluke" in the last paragraph meansA. factB. successC. an accidental stroke of luckD. coincidence5. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage？A. People make some efforts to predict earthquakes.B. Some verified physical theory have been used to link observable phenomena to subsequent seismicityC. Earthquake activity is naturally clustered in space and time.D. Some predictions will succeed "by chance".Unit ThreePassage 1Resources can be said to be scarce(稀有的) in both an absolute and relative sense: The surface of the Earth is finite（有限的）, imposing absolute scarcity; but the scarcity that concerns economists is the relative scarcity of resources in different uses. Materials used for one purpose cannot at the same time be used for other purposes; if the quantity of an input（供给）is limited, the increased use of it in one manufacturing process must cause it to become less available for other uses.The cost of a product in terms of money may not measure its true cost to society. The true cost of, say, the construction of a supersonic jet is the value of the schools and refrigerators that will never be built as a result. Every act of production uses up some of society’s available resources; it means the foregoing of an opportunity to produce something else. In deciding how to use resources most effectively to satisfy the wants of the community（社会）, this opportunity cost must ultimately be taken into account.In a market economy the price of a good and the quantity supplied depend on the cost of making it, and that cost, ultimately, is the cost of not making other goods. The market mechanism enforces this relationship. The cost of, say, a pair of shoes is the price of the leather, the labor, the fuel, and other elements used up in producing them. But the price of these inputs, in turn, depends on what they can produce elsewhere-ifthe leather can be used to produce handbags that are valued highly by consumers, the prices of leather will be bid up（抬价）correspondingly.1.Resources can be said to be scarce inA. an absolute senseB. a relative senseC. both an absolute and relative senseD. neither absolute nor relative senses2.The relative scarcity of resourcesA. is imposing absolute scarcityB. is limitedC. is the only scarcity that concerns economistsD. means that the increased use of resources causes them to become available for other uses3.The true cost of a product to societyA. can not be measured in terms of moneyB. is the value of other products that will never be produced as a resultC. can satisfy all the wants of the communityD. lies in its own value4. In a market economy, the price of a good depends onA. the price of the inputs used to produce it onlyB. the demand of consumers onlyC. the cost of not making other goodsD. its absolute scarcity5. What is the best title for this article？A. Absolute Scarcity.B. Relative Scarcity.C. The Cost of a Product.D. The Price of a Good.Passage 2Whether you can be officially anointed (涂油于) a "job hopper" depends as much upon how long you stay in your jobs as on the conventions of your profession or industry. It might seem perfectly normal, for example, if a radio advertising sales person changes jobs every year in pursuit of more lucrative opportunities, On the other hand, it might seem odd for a think tank researcher to begin a job search. after such a short tenure. Similarly, journalists in the world of online media can be expected to change jobs more often than journalists who work in print.Ask yourself what time commitment(义务、约定) can be reasonably expected of someone in your role. If you have your doubts, ask other people who do similar work about their job histories. Ask your former managers what they think, too. If you left on positive terms, they might be willing to help. They might even be open to hiring you back.Even if you conclude that your career path looks erratic(不稳定的), you can nevertheless overcome the "job hopper" label to some extent by giving a reasonable explanation for every move that you have made. With regard to your current job, it sounds to me like you have two very good reasons for leaving. It is hard enough to work under a difficult manager without also having to worry about making ends meet.You can be honest with prospective employers about your need for a more attractive compensation package, but you should hold your tongue about the shortcomings of your supervisor. During the interview process, provide references from past bosses and friendly mentors or coworkers in your current organization. Because of the obvious potential for awkwardness, most employers are willing to wait to contact an applicant's current supervisor until after they have made a contingent offer. At that point, you would need to break the news to your supervisor, request that he or she support you with a positive reference and hope for the best.1. A "job hopper"A. means a person who often changes jobsB. means a person who seeks lucrative opportunitiesC. is a difficult personD. is a person that the boss does not like2.Whether a person can be officially anointed a "job hopper" depends onA. how long he stays in his jobsB. the conventions of the profession or industryC. the manager and coworkersD. the time of his stay and the conventionally reasonable time for the job3. When you want to leave the current job, you may do the following EXCEPTA. giving a reasonable explanationB. leaving on positive termsC. leaving without any attention of othersD. overcoming the "job hopper" label4. During the interview process,A. you can be honest with prospective employers in all aspectsB. you should tell the shortcomings of your supervisorC. you may provide references from past bosses and friendly mentors or coworkers in your current organizationD. you should not answer difficult questions5. Which of the following can NOT be inferred from the passage？A. The "job hopper" label is a negative thing in general.B. People should make great efforts to find the ideal job.C. It is important to get support from past bosses and friendly mentors or coworkers.D. It is sensible to give a reasonable explanation for every move that you have made.Unit FourPassage 1Do you often suffer from strange symptoms after eating certain types of foods? Do you get itchy, break out in hives(荨麻疹), swell up or actually vomit? You could be suffering from a common food allergy（过敏）.It’s estimated that o ver 12 million Americans suffer from food allergies. Most allergic reactions are mild, but around 30,000 visits to the emergency room are reported each year because of the reactions. As many as 200 deaths each year are attributed to（归咎于）food allergies.Studies report up to 8 percent of children have an allergy to some type of food. The numbers are slightly smaller for adults, only around 4 percent.Many children will outgrow their food allergies. But some will carry these allergies into adulthood and suffer from them their entire lives.Eating prepackaged foods, out in restaurants or even friends homes can cause problems. It’s often hard to tell wh at’s added to the foods we eat.You hate to ask the cook “what’s in this?”, but sometimes you just have to. Especially when asking can mean the difference between an enjoyable meal and a trip to the emergency room.With the increased cases of peanut allergies, most packaged foods have started including on the label the use of peanut oils and even if the processing of nuts is handled in the same factory.There’s no cure for fo od allergies. So the only thing you can do is avoid the foods that cause the reactions you can’t deal with.1.Why do people eat prepackaged foods？A. Because children like prepackaged food more than adults.B. Because cooks in restaurants like to use peanut.C. Because it“s often hard to tell what“s added to the foods.D. Not mentioned.2. The only thing people can do with food allergy isA. to avoid the foods that cause the reactions people can“t deal withB. to go to emergency room immediatelyC. to just relax because most allergic reactions are mildD. to ask the cook in the restaurant "what“s in this？"3. The phrase "break out in hives" in the first paragraph meansA. dizzyB. high blood pressureC. high feverD. skin eruption4. Which of the following statements is incorrect？A. A lot of Americans suffer from food allergiesB. 200 deaths each year are attributed to food allergiesC. There“s cure for food allergies.D. Most packaged foods have started including on the label the use of peanut oils.5. The number for adults who have an allergy to some type of food isA. 8 percentB. 10 percentC. 12 percentD. not mentioned Passage 2How do you deal with the infinite stresses of life？One way to approach this subject so that you don“t suffer from anxiety panic attacks in the future is by taking a deep breath every once in a while. Naturally this is somewhat of a metaphor(象征), However, there is much to be said about stopping to take a break and just clear your mind. If you are one of the millions of individuals that routinely have to grapple with(努力解决) anxiety panic attacks and other stress-related issues , then it“s prudent(审慎的) to acquire assistance from a professional. There are a few different ways to approach this topic/burden. Maybe you“d feel comfortable seeing a psychiatrist. He/she has the training and knowledge to help you deal with anxiety panic attacks. The key is pinpointing a great doctor who can truly assist you in remedying your dilemma (困境). Start by seeking a professional on the web. There are likely a few located in your area. A second route is physical and mental healing through massage therapy and acupuncture(针刺疗法). This can also assist with anxiety panic attacks. The key is releasing much of the stress and angst (焦虑) from your body and mind, hence allowing you to relax.Most businesses and professionals regarding anxiety panic attacks can be located online in this day and age. Therefore it“s wise to access the web and see which ones you can find in your town or city. Call several to inquire about rates, which are often not mentioned on the websites. It“s high time you got your stress levels and anxiety issues in order to improve your overall health and happiness.1. Which of the following can be used to deal with stresses of life ?A. Take a deep breath every once in a while.B. Stop to take a break and just clear your mind.C. Both A and BD. Not mentioned.2. A psychiatrist is a personA. who studies and treats the mental diseaseB. who researches the mental diseaseC. who can recommend a great doctor to youD. who can help you deal with pain3. The best title for the passage isA. Life and StressB. Massage TherapyC. Health and HappinessD. Anxiety Panic Attacks4. Which of the following can NOT be inferred from the passage?A. Millions of people have been suffering from anxiety panic attacks.B. The anxiety mainly root in stresses of life.C. Massage therapy can also assist with anxiety panic attacks.D. Few people choose to see a psychiatrist.5. For stresses of life, the author advocates all of the following EXCEPTA. Acquire assistance from a professional when suffering from anxiety.B. Find a great doctor who can truly assist you in remedying your dilemma.C. Seek a professional on the webD. Keep it in secret and only share with your families.Unit FivePassage 1There are two basic ways to see growth：one as a product, the other as a process．People have generally viewed personal growth as an external(外在的)result or a product that can easily be identified and measured．The worker who gets a rise, the student whose grades improve, the foreigner who learns a new language－all these examples of people who have measurable results to show for their efforts．By contrast, the process of personal growth is much more difficult to determine, since it is a journey and not the specific signposts or landmarks along the way．The process is not the road itself, but the attitudes, feelings people have, and their caution or courage, as they meet with new experiences and unexpected difficulties．In this process, the journey never really ends; there are always new ways to experience the world, new ideas to try, new challenges to accept．In order to grow, to travel new roads, people need to have a will to take risks, to face the unknown, and to accept the possibility that they may “fail”at first．How we see our ability to grow? Do we see ourselves as quick and curious?If so, we tend to take more chances and be more open to unfamiliar experiences．Do we think we’re shy and indecisive? Then our sense of fear can cause us to hesitate, to move slowly, and not to take a step until we know the ground is safe．Do we think we’re slow toadapt to change or that we’re not smart enough to deal with a new challenge? Then we are likely to take a more passive role or not try at all．The feelings of insecurity and self-doubt are both unavoidable and necessary if we are to change and grow．If we protect ourselves too much then we stop growing．We become trapped inside a shell of our own making.1. A person is generally believed to achieve personal growth whenA. he has given up his smoking habitB. he has made great efforts in his workC. he is keen on learning anything newD. he has tried to determine where he is on his journey2. In the author“s eyes, one who views personal growth as a process wouldA. succeed in climbing up the social ladderB. judge his ability to grow from his own achievementsC. face difficulties and take up challengesD. aim high and reach his goal each timeWhen the author says "a new way of being" (Para. 3) he is referring toA. a new approach to experiencing the worldB. a new way of taking risksC. a new method of perceiving ourselvesD. a new system of adapting to change4. For personal growth, the author advocates all of the following exceptA. curiosity about more chancesB. promptress in self-adaptationC. open-mindedness to new experiencesD. Avoidance of internal fears and doubts5. Which of the following statements is NOT correct according to the author？A. The process of personal growth is more difficult to determine.B. People need to summon up courage to take risks in order to grow.C. The feelings of insecurity and self-doubt are avoidable and unnecessary.D. Excessive protection of ourselves is an obstacle to growth.Passage 2Maybe you“ve heard of using self-hypnosis (催眠) for weight loss. But are you the kind of person who“s truly able to pursue self-hypnosis for weight loss？Here“s a basic fact；anyone can use self-hypnosis for weight loss. Anyone. If you“re dedicated to conqueri ng your weight, that“s all you need.Of course, there are some steps to follow. All it takes is your commitment(承诺) to intelligently apply the formula and see it through until you reap positive results.Self-hypnosis material usually comes in the form of a CD with prerecorded hypnosis scripts. If you want to use self-hypnosis for weight loss, get your hands on a self-hypnosis-for-weight-loss CD that focuses fully on weight problems and eating issues, etc.The scripts recorded on a self-hypnosis-for-weight-loss CD will usually focus and revolve around one thing: controlling your desires, whether they are to eat healthy meals, or to exercise more, or to ignore fast-food chains. The issue, after all, is your desire, the main factor that drives you to do things.You can buy all the healthy food in the world and set up a gym in your garage but if you don't control your desires, there's nothing to stop you from picking up a chocolate bar on the way home from work, or opting to watch TV rather than lift weights for a few hours.Hence the focus on desire and using self-hypnosis in combating the thoughts that drive your desire.Self-hypnosis for weight loss is a great way to bring those desires under control.A typical CD will help you relax and bring into focus your eating habits.Self-hypnosis scripts will help you realize what you must do to rise above your desires and make it through. When no one else will encourage you and you can't find enough resolve within yourself to conquer your weight problems, self hypnosis for weight loss can make all the difference in the world. You have nothing to lose, except your weight, if you try this.1.Which kind of person is able to pursue self-hypnosis for weight loss？A. Single young man.B. Businessman.C. Athlete.。
必读,大学英语阅读理解(一)(附答案)
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The first ｄｅgree in the arts or ｓciｅnces ｉｓthe Bａcｈelor of Artｓwiｔｈhｏnｏr ｓ．Oｘfoｒｄalso gｒａnts highｅr degrees, ｄipｌoｍas, and cerｔｉficaｔes iｎa wｉde varｉety oｆsubjeｃｔs.ＴhｅRhoｄes scholarship prｏｇｒａm eｎaｂｌｅs ｓtuｄeｎts fｒom the Unｉted States, Canada, ａｎd manｙｏtheｒｎaｔions ｔo stｕdｙat Ｏｘford fｏr a ｍinｉmum of ｔwｏyeａrs.The Briｔish govｅｒnmｅｎt grａnts Marｓhaｌl scholarships ｔo ｃitiｚeｎs of ｔhe UniｔｅｄStates for sｔuｄy atＯxfｏrd and ｏther uｎiｖersitiｅｓtｈａt are lｏcated in Britaｉn.Thｅcomｐetition for sｃhoｌａｒshipｓand grants ｉs，hoｗeｖeｒ,ｅxｔrｅmelｙstrong and thｅｒeａrｅusualｌｙstrict reqｕiremeｎｔｓ. Students sｈould check carｅfulｌｙthaｔthey aｒe elｉｇiｂle to applyｆｏr a partiｃular scholarshｉｐｂｅf ｏrｅmaｋing an appｌiｃａtｉｏｎas most of theｓｃheｍes aｒe restriｃted to ｃertaｉｎnatｉonaliｔies aｎd/or pｒogｒams．Thｅｓtudenｔｓanｄｓtaff at Oxfｏrｄare aｃｔivelyｉnvｏｌｖeｄｉn ｏver 55 initｉaｔives (200１), iｎcluding ｖｉsitｓto ｍｏrｅthan ３，700 schｏols aｎd col ｌｅｇｅs, to encoｕraｇe tｈｅbrｉgｈtｅst and beｓt students to ａppｌｙto Oｘｆord,ｗhａtever theiｒbaｃkgｒounｄ.The uniｖersｉty hａｓbeen nameｄｔhｅＵK's ｍost innｏvatiｖｅuniverｓity in ｔhe Lａunｃhit 2001 cｏｍpetiｔioｎ,ｗhｉch aiｍed to discover whｉcｈBriｔiｓh uniｖｅrsitｙhas dｅmonｓtrated ｔhe grｅatｅsｔachievemenｔs inｉnnｏｖatioｎanｄenｔerprise acｒoss the broadｅｓｔｒａｎgｅoｆaｃtivｉty. Iｎthe national Te ａching Ｑualiｔy Assｅｓsment exeｒcises for 2000, Oxford wａs ａwardｅｄtop ｍarｋｓｉｎsix out of ten sｕbjecｔs assessed.Ｏxforｄ,Stａnford ａnd Yａｌe Universｉtieｓhave reｃｅnｔly bｅcome pａｒtｎers ｉｎa joint ＇distance leａrning＇venture, the Alｌiａnce for LifｅlonｇLearnｉnｇ, whi ｃhｗill proｖｉdｅonlinｅcourses in ｔhe aｒｔs and sciｅnces．Tｈe miｓsion of Oｘforｄis to aim at achｉeｖing and ｍaiｎtａiｎinｇexcellencｅin every arｅa of its teaching anｄreｓｅarch, maiｎtaｉｎingａnd deveｌｏping ｉts his ｔoricａl poｓition ａs a world-ｃｌａsｓｕniｖｅrsｉty，aｎd enrichｉｎg ｔhe ｉｎternational, natｉoｎal,and rｅgional coｍmuｎiｔieｓｔhｒougｈthe fruits oｆiｔs reｓｅarｃh and the skiｌls oｆiｔs graduateｓ.Ｉnｓupport of tｈis aim ｔhe uｎｉverｓｉty ｗill proviｄe the fａciliｔiｅｓanｄsuppoｒｔfor its sｔaff tｏｐursue ｉｎnｏｖatiｖe reｓearch by respoｎding toｄeｖeｌopments in thｅｉntellectual ｅnvironmenｔand society at laｒｇe; and promｏｔe ｃｈallｅnｇing ａnｄriｇoroｕs tｅaｃｈinｇwｈich bｅｎeｆｉts from a fruitｆul ｉｎteraction with the reｓeaｒch enｖiｒonmeｎt, facｉlitaｔｉng the exchaｎｇe of ideａｓthｒough ｔuｔoｒiaｌs ａｎd smaｌl－group lｅarｎing and exploitｉngｔhe Uｎｉｖｅrsity's resｏｕrceｓｉｎits ｌiｂrａries, museｕms,ａｎd ｓcientifｉc cｏｌlectiｏns, to eｑｕｉｐits graduaｔeｓｔoｐlａy their parｔaｔa natｉｏnal and intｅrnational lｅvel．(一)Ａｎｓwer thｅfolｌowｉng quｅsｔioｎs witｈtｈｅiｎfｏrｍation from thｅpassａｇe．1. Ｈow many international ｓtudｅntｓare stuｄyinｇaｔOｘford?2.Ｗhat doｅs a tutor do?3. Are ｇood stuｄents oｆteｎｇｒａｎtｅd a scholarｓhiｐ?Why or ｗhy not? ４.Why did the ｓtuｄeｎts ａｎd sｔafｆvｉsiｔmorｅｔhan37０0sｃho ｏls and cｏlleges in 200１?5．Wouｌdｙou lｉｋｅto stuｄy ａｔOｘｆoｒｄUｎiｖersｉtｙｉｆyｏu ｈa ｖe an opportｕnｉty？Lｉｓt ａs ｍanｙｒeａｓｏｎs as yｏu caｎtｈiｎｋoｆ. （二)Choose tｈｅbｅsｔanswｅr to eacｈqｕｅstion baseｄoｎthe ｉnfｏrｍａtion yｏu obtain from thｅpaｓｓａge.1. Ｔｈe main purpose oｆthis passａge is ｔo _＿＿_＿_____．A)pｒovｉde schoｌarsｈiｐinforｍaｔioｎfor Oxford apｐlicａntsB）give aｎintrｏductｉon to OｘfｏrｄUnｉverｓity in ｇenerａlC) explain the teacｈing andｒeｓeａrch syｓteｍs oｆＯxfｏrdＤ）iｎtroｄucｅｔhｅlｏng hｉｓtｏry oｆOxfｏｒd２. Ｔhe ａdｍission of an unｄergraduate sｔudｅnt at Ｏxfｏｒｄis ｄecided ｂy ____＿_＿_＿_.A)ｔhe ｕniversitｙB）a fellowＣ) a prｏｆessoｒD) the college3.__________ａｒｅeligibｌｅfor Ｍａｒshaｌｌscｈolaｒｓhｉps.A）Only Bｒｉtｉｓh sｔudｅntsB）OnｌｙＵS sｔudentｓC)Ｏnly Canadiａn StuｄｅntsD）Aｌl sｔudeｎts4. Thｅｐaｓsaｇｅｔｅｌｌs uｓｔhａt Ｏxford makeｓan efｆortｔｏ_____＿___＿．A)get tｈe ｂｅst ｓｔudents toｓｔuｄy ａｔOｘｆｏｒｄB) proviｄe iｔs ｓｔｕｄｅｎts wｉth financｉａl suppｏｒtC)ｅlｅct the best candｉdａtes as its feｌｌoｗsＤ) ensｕｒｅtｈaｔｅveｒy stｕｄent hａｓa tutor５. It caｎbe infｅｒred that__＿＿_____＿.A）Oxfｏrｄhas soｍe of ｔhe best tｅａｃheｒs iｎBrｉtａinB)sｏmｅｔeachers ａt Oxfｏrd are nｏt good ｅnoｕghＣ）Oxford aｎｄStaｎｆord ｗill be jｏinedD) Ｏxfoｒd iｓtｈｅbest uｎiversityｉn ｔhｅwoｒｌｄ译文:牛津大学牛津大学是英国最古老的大学,也是世界最著名的高等学府。
大学英语四级阅读理解训练
大学英语四级阅读理解训练（一）Classified advertising is that advertising which is grouped in certain sectio ns of the paper and is thus distinguished from display advertising.Such gr oupings as“Help Wanted”,“Real Estate”,“Lost and Found”are made,the rate charged being less than for display advertising.Classified a dvertisements are a convenience to the reader and a saving to the advertis er.The reader who is interested in a particular kind of advertisement finds all advertisements of that type grouped for him.The advertisers may,on this account,use a very small advertisement if it were placed among larger ad vertisements in the paper.It is evident that the reader approaches the clas sified advertisement in a different frame of mind from that in which he app roaches the other advertisements in the paper.He turns to a page of classi fied advertisements to search for the particularadvertisement that will meet his needs.As his attention is voluntary,the a dvertiser does not need to rely too much extent on display type to get the reader’s attention.Formerly all classified advertisements were of the sam e size and did not have display type.With the increase in the number of su ch advertisements,however,each advertiser within a certain group is petin g with others in the same group for the reader’s attention.In many case s,the result has been an increase in the size of the space used and the ad dition of headlines and pictures.In that way,the classified advertisement has in reality advertisement.This is particularly true of real estate advertisin g?1.All of the following facts are advantages of classified advertisement for advertisers EXCEPT that____.A)classified advertisement charges less moneyB)it is easier to attract the attention of the target consumers C)it provides more information for the readers D)it does not have to rely too much on display type2.One of the examples given of types of classified advertisement is____A)houses for saleB)people who are asking for help C)people who are lost D)job vacancies3.What sort of attitude do people have when they look at classified adverti sement,according to the writer?A)They are in the frame of mind to buy anything.B)They are looking for something they need.C)They feel lost because there are so many advertisements.D)They feel t he same as when they look at display advertisements.4．According to the passage,in which way have the classified advertisem ents changed nowadays?A)They depend more on display type.B)More money is charged for them .C)They are divided into more groups.D)They are less formal. 5．Why have classified advertisements changed in appearance?A)Because people no longer want headlines and pictures.B)Because real estate ad vertising is particularly truthful now.C)Because the increase in the number of such advertisements means they have to be small now.D)Because there are more advertisements now and more petition among advertisers.答案与解析：1.C分类广告的优越性不包括为读者提供更多的信息。
大学英语英语四级练习卷(含答案) (1)
大学英语四级试练习卷一、阅读理解Water problems in the future will become nore intense and more complex. Our increasing population will tremendously increase urbanwastes,primarily sewage. On the other hand, increasing demands for water will decease substantialy the amount of water available for diluting wastes. Rapidly expanding industries which involve more and more complex chemical processes will produce large volumes of liquid wastes, and many of these will contain chemicals which are noxious. To feed our rapidly expanding population, agriculture will have to be intensifieD. This will involve ever-increasingquantities of agricultural chemicals, From this , it is apparent that drastic steps must be taken immediately to develop corrective measures for the pollution problem. There are two ways by which this pollution problem can be dwindleD. The first relates to the treatment of wastes to decrease their pollution hazarD. This involves the processing of solid wastes "prior to " disposal and the treatment of liquid wastes, or efflunets,to permit the reuse of the water or minimize pollution upon final disposal. A second approach is to develop an economic use for all or a part of thewastes. Farm manure is spread in fields as a nutrient or organic supplement . Effluents from sewage disposal plants are used in some areas both for irrigation and for the nutrients containeD. Efflunets from otherprocessing plants may also be used as a supplemental source of water. Many industries, such as meat and poultry processing plants, are currently converting former waste products into marketable byproducts. Other industries are potential eonomic uses for waste products.1.The purpose of this is ______.A.to alert the reader to the dwindling water supplyB.to explain industrial uses of waterC.to acquaint the reader with water pollution problemsD.to demostrate various measures to solve the pollution problem2.Which of the following points is NOT INCLUDED in the ?A.In dustrial development incudes the simplification of complex chemical processes.B.Diluting wastes needs certain amount of waterC.Demands for water will go up along with the expanding populationD.Intensive cultivation of land requires more and more chemicals3.The reader can conclued that________.A.countries of the world will work together on polution problemsB.byproducts from wastes lead to a more prosperous marketplaceC.science is making great progress on increasing water suppliesD.some industries are now ,aking economic use of wastes4.The author gives substance to the through the use of _______.A.interviews with authorities in the field of water controlsB.opinions and personal observationsC.definitions which clarify important termsD.strong arguments and persuasions5.The words "prior to "(para.2) probably mean______.A.afterB.duringC.beforeD.beyond二、完型填空完型填空（一）Most people have no idea of the hard work and worry that goes into the collecting of those fascinating birds and animals that they pay to see in the zoo. One of the questions that is always asked of me is (1) I became an animal collector in the first (2). The answer is that I have always been interested inanimals and zoos. According to my parents, the first word I was able to say with any (3) was not the conventional “mamma”or “daddy”, (4) the word “zoo”, which I would (5) over and over again with a shrill (6) until someone, in groups to (7) me up, would take me to the zoo. When I (8) a little older, welived in Greece and I had a great(9) of pets, ranging from owls to seahorses, and I spent all my sparetime(10) the countryside in search of fresh specimens to (11) to my collection of pets. (12) on I went fora year to the City Zoo, as a student (13) , to get experience of the large animals, such as lions, bears,bison and ostriches, (14) were not easy to keep at home. When I left, I (15) had enough money of myown to be able to (16) my first trip and I have beengoing (17) ever since then. Though a collector's jobis not an easy one and is full of (18), it is certainly a job which will appeal (19) all those who loveanimals and (20) .1.A.how B.where C. when D. whether2.A.region B.field C. place D. case3.A.clarity B.emotion C. sentiment D. affection4.A.except B.but C. except for D. but for5.A.recite B.recognize C. read D. repeat6.A.volume B.noise C. voice D. pitch7.A.close B.shut C. stop D. comfort8.A.grew B.was growing C. grow D. grown9.A.many B.amount C. number D. supply10.A.living B.cultivating C. reclaiming D. exploring11.A.increase B.include C. add D. enrichter B.further C. then D. subsequently13.A.attendant B.keeper C. member D. aide14.A.who B.they C. of which D. which15.A.luckily B.gladly C. nearly D. successfully16.A.pay B.provide C. allow D. finance17.A.normally B.regularly C. usually D. often18.A.expectations B.sorrows C. excitement D. disappointments19.A.for B.with C. to D. from20.A.excursion B.travel C. journey D. Trip完型填空（二）To others and themselves the British have a reputation for being conservative——not in the narrowpolitical sense, but in the sense of adherence to accepted ideas and unwilling to question them.Thereputation comes partly from their 1 .For 900 2 they have suffered 3 invasion nor revolution (except in1649 4 1688) nor disastrous defeat in 5 .Their monarchy (君主政体) survives 6 serious question.Underits normal 7 political arrangements have been 8 stable that, except for the 9 interruptions in theseventeenth 10 , they have been adopted throughout 11 centuries to meet changing needs without violent12 .Britain, in 1978, was 13 in managing without 14 written constitution; some fragmentary definitionsof 1688 still 15 .There had been 16 quarrels, social and economic as well 17 political, but the quarrelshad been 18 , usually 19 compromise.The underlying 20 had not been broken.nguage B.future C.history D.literature2.A.centuries B.years C.minutes D.seconds3.A.neither B.as C.or D.either4.A.too B.but C.or D.and5.A.home B.study C.peace D.war6.A.and B.without C.with D.neither B.people C.leadership D.enemy8.A.so B.very C.too D.such9.A.two B.one C.no D.couple10.A.month B.day C.year D.century11.A.a B.any C.the D.few12.A.changes B.change C.altered D.changedmon B.popular C.unique D.angry14.A.two B.a C.some D.their15.A.survive B.surviving C.survives D.survived16.A.bitter B.happy C.pleasant D.unhappy17.A.for B.as C.to D.at18.A.settling B.settles C.settle D.settled19.A.for B.at C.to D.by20.A.continue B.continuity C.continuous D.continued三、翻译1、所有的窗户都开着，他就睡着了。
大学英语四级阅读理解试题及答案(一)
大学英语四级阅读理解试题及答案（一）一There are three kinds of goals: short-term,medium-range and long-term goals.Short-range goals are those that usually deal with current activities,which we can apply on a daily basis.Such goals can be achieved in a week or less,or two weeks,or possible months.It should be remembered that just as a building is no stronger than its foundation ,out long-term goals cannot amount to very munch without the achievement of solid short-term goals.Upon completing our short-term goals,we should date the occasion and then add new short-term goals that will build on those that have been completed.The intermediate goals bukld on the foundation of the short-range goals.They might deal with just one term of school or the entire school year,or they could even extend for several years.Any time you move a step at a time,you should never allow yourself to become discouraged or overwhelmed. As you complete each step,you will enforce the belief in your ability to grow adn succeed.And as your list of completion dates grow,your motivation and desire will increase.Long-range goals may be related to our dreams of the future. They might cover five years or more. Life is not a static thing.We should never allow a long-term goal to limit us or our course of action.1.Our long-term goals mean a lot__.a.if we complete our short-range goalsb.if we cannot reach solid short-term goalsc.if we write down the datesd.if we put forward some plans2.New short-term goals are bulid upon__.a.two yearsb.long-term goalsc.current activitiesd.the goals that have been completed3.When we complete each step of our goals ,__.a.we will win final successb.we are overwhelmedc.we should build up confidence of successd.we should strong desire for setting new goals4.Once our goals are drawn up,__.a.we should stick to them until we complete themb.we may change our goals as we have new ideas and opportunitiesc.we had better wait for the exciting news of successd.we have made great decision5.It is implied but not stated in the passage that ___.a.those who habe long-term goals will succeedb.writing down the dates may discourage youc.the goal is only a guide for us to reach our desinationd.every should have a goal答案：adcbc二The economy of the United states after 1952 was the econnomy of a well-fed,almost fully employed people. Despit occasional alarms, the country escaped any postwar depression and lived in a state of boom. A n economic survey of the year 1955, a typical ye ar of the 1950’s, may be typical as illustrating the rapid economic growth of the decade. The national output was value at 10 percent above that of 1954 (1955 output was estimated at 392 billion dollars). The production of manufacturers was about 40 percent more than it had averaged in the years immediately following World War 2. The country’s business spent about 30billion dollars for new factories and machinery. National income available for spending was almost a third greater than it had been it had been in 1950. Consumers spent about 256 billion dollars; that is about 700 million dollars a day ,or about twenty-five million dollars every hour , all round the clock. Sixty-five million people held jobs and only a little more than two million wanted jobs but could not find them . Only agriculture complained that it was not sharing in the room. To some observers this was an ominous echo of the mid-1920’s . As farmer’s shre of their products declined , marketing costs rose. But there were , among the observers of the national economy, a few who were not as confident as the majority . Those few seemed to fear that the boom could not last and would eventually lead to the oppsite-depression.1. What is the best title of the passage?a. The Agriculatural Trends of 1950’sb. The Unemployment Rate of 1950’sc. U.S. Economy in the 50’sd. The Federal Budget of 19522. In Line 4 , the word “boom”could best be replaced by______.a. nearby explosionb. thunderous noisec. general public supportd. rapid economic growth3. It can be inferred the national from the passage that most people in the United States in 1955 viewed the national economy with an air of _________.a. confidenceb. confusionc. disappointmentd. suspicion4. Which of the following were LEAST satisfied with the national economy in the 1950’s?a. Economistsb. Frmaersc. Politiciansd. Steelworkers5. The passage states that incom available for spending in the U.S. was greater in 1955 than in 1950 . How much was it ?a. 60%b. 50%c. 33%d. 90%答案：cdabc三Women are also underrepresented in the administration and this is because there are so few women full professors. In 1985,Regent Beryl Milburn produced a report blasting the University of Texas System adminitration for not encouraging women.The University was rated among the lowest for the system.In a 1987 update ,Milburn commended the progress that was made and called for even more improvement.One of the positive results from her study was a System-wide program to inform women of available administrative jobs.College of Communication Associate Dean Patrica Witherspoon,said it is important that woman be flexible when it comesto relocating if they want to rise in the ranks.Although a woman may face a chilly climate on campus , many times in order for her to succeed , she must rise above the problems around her and concentrate on her work.Until women make up a greater percentage of the senior positions in the University and all academia,inequities will exist."Women need to spend their energies and time doing scholarly activities that are important here at the University." Spirduso said. "If they do that will be successful in this system.If they spend their time in little groups mourning the sexual discrimination that they think exists here, they are wasting valuable study time."1.According to Spirduso,women need to ____.a.produce a report on sexual discriminationb.call for further improvement in their working conditionsc.spend their energies and time fighting against sexual discriminationd.spend more time and energy doing scholarly activities2.From this passage ,we know that _____.a.there are many women full professors in the University of Texasb.women play an important part in adminitrating the Universityc.the weather on the campus is chillyd.women make up a small percentage of the senior positions in the University3.Which of the following statements is true?a.the number of women professors in the University in 1987 was greater than that of 1985b.the number of women professors in the University in 1987 was smaller than that of 1985c.the number of women professors was the same as that of 1985d.more and more women professors thought that sexual discrimination did exit in the University4.One of the positive results from Milburn's study was that _____.a.women were told to con centrate on teir workb.women were given information about available administrative jobsc.women were encouraged to take on all the administrative jobs in the Unversityd.women were encouraged to do more scholarly activities5. The title for this passage should be _______.a.The University of Texasburn's Reportc.Women Professorsd.Sexual Discrimination in Academia答案：ddabd四Today ,as in every other day of the year ,more than 3000 U.S. adlescents will smoke their first cigarette on their way to becoming regular smokers as adults. During their lifetime,it can be expected that of these 3000 about 23 will be murdered,30 will die in traffic accidents, and nearly 750 will be killed by a smoking-related disease. The number of deaths attributed to cigarette smoking outweithts all other factors, whether voluntary or involuntary, as a cause of death.Since the late 1970s, when daily smoking among high school seniors reached 30 precent , smoking rates among youth have declined . While the decline is impressive ,several important issues must be raised.First, in the past several years,smoking rates among youth have declined very little. Second,in the late 1970s ,smoking among male high school seniors exceeded that among female by nearly 10 percent . The statistic is reversing.Third ,several recent studies have indicate high school dropouts have excessively high smoking rates, as much as 75 percent .Finally, thouth significant declines in adolescent smoking have occurred in the past decade,no definite reasons for the decline exist. Within this context,the Naional Cancer Instiute (NCI) began its current effort to determine the most effecive measures to reduce smoking levesl among youth.1.According to the author, the deaths among youth are mainly caused by _____.a.traffic accidentsb.smoking-related deseasec.murderd.all of these2.Every day there are over_____high school strdents who will become regular smoker.a.75b.23c.30d.30003.By "dropout" the author means______.a.students who failed the examinationb.students who left schoolc.students who lost their wayd.students who were driven out of school4.The reason for declining adolescent smoking is that ________.a.NCI has taken effective measuresb.smoking is prevented among high school seniorsc.there are many smokers who have died of cancerd.none of these5.What is implied but not stated by the author is that ________.a.smoking rates among youth have declined very littleb.there are now more female than male smokers among high school seniorsc.high smoking rates are due to the incease in wealthd.smoking at high school are from low socio-economic backgrounds答案：bdbdb五The food we eat seems to have profound effects on our health.Although science has made enormous steps in making food more fit to eat ,it has, at the same time,made many foods unfit to eat. Some research has shown that perhaps eighty percent of all human illnesses are related to diet and forty percent of cancer is related to the diet as well,especially cancer of the colon. Different cultures are more likely to cause certain different illnesses because of the food that is characteristic in these cultures. That food is related to illness is nto a new discovery. In 1945, about 35 years ago, government researchers realized that nitrates, commonly used to preserve color in meats,and other food additivies,caused cancer. Yet, these carcinogenic additives remain in our food, and it becomes more difficult all the time to know which things on the packaging labels of processed food are helpful or harmful. The additives which we eat are not all so direct. Farmers often give penicillin to beef and living animals, and because of this ,penicillin has been found in the milk of treated cow. Sometimes similar drugs are given to animals not for medical purposes,but for financial reasons. The farmers are simply trying to fatten the animals in order to obtain a higher price on the market. Although the Food and Drug Administration(FDA) has tried repeatedly to control these procedures, the practices continue.1.What is the best possible title of the passage?a.Drug and Foodb.Cancer and Healthc.Food and Healthd.Health and Drug2.Which of the following statements is NOT ture?a.Drugs are always given to animals for medical reasonsb.Some of the additives in our food are added to the food itself and some are given to the living animalsc.Researchers have known about the potential dangers of food additives for over thirty-five years.d.Food may cause forty percent of cancer in world.3.How has science done something harmful to mankind?a.Because of science , diseases caused by polluted food haven been virtually eliminated.b.It has caused a lack of information concerning the value of food.c.Because of the application of science,some potentially harmful substances have been added to food.d.The scientists have preserved the color of meats,but not of vegetables.4.What are nitrates used for?a.They preserve flavor in packaged foods.b.They preserve the color of meats.c.They are the objects of research.d.They cause the animals to become fatter.5.The word 'carcinogenic' most nearly means '_____'.a.trouble-makingb.color-retainingc.money-makingd.cancer-causing答案：cacbdWhat is your favourite colour? Do you like yellow , orange ,red? If you do ,you must be an optimist, a leader, an active person who enjoys life, people and excitement. Do you prefer greys and blues? Then you are probably quiet,shy, and you would rather follow than lead. You tend to be a pessimist. At least, this is what psychologists tell us, and they should know,because they have been seriously studying the meaning of colours preference, as well as the effect that colours have on human beings. They tells us, among other facts,that we do not choose our favourite clour as we grow up----we are born with our preference.If you happen to love brown, you did so, as soon as you opened your eyes, or at least as soon as you could see clearly.Colours do influence our moods----there is no doubt about it .A yellow room makes most people feel more cheerful and more relaxed than a dark green one; and a red dress brings warmth and cheer to the saddest winter day. On the other hand ,black is depressing. A black bridge over the Thames River, near London, used to be the scene of more suicides than any other bridge in the area ----until it was repainter green.The number of suicide attempts immediately fell sharply ;perhaps it would have fallen even more if the bridge had been done in pink or baby blue.Light and bright colours make people not only hppier but more active. It is an established fact that factory workers work better,harder ,and have fewer accidents when their machines are painted orange rather than black or grey.1."You would rather follow than red" means_______.a.you don't like to follow othersb.you would be a member rather than a leaderc.you would be afraid of following othersd.you would like to be a leader rather than a follower2.If one enjoys life, one is sure to prefer________.a.red to yellowb.blue to orangec.red to greyd.blue to yellow3."They tell us, among other facts,that we don't choose our favourite colours as we grow up." "Among other facts" means______.a.besides other factsb.in regard to other factsc.not considering other factsd.according to other facts4.Which of the following is facts?a.People's preference of one colour to another is instinctb.People's preference of one colour to another is acquired as they grow up.c.More people happen to love brown because they saw something brown when they were bornd.Colours have little influence on our moods5.Those who committed suicide preferred the bridge over the Thames River near london to others because of _______.a.its shapeb.its structurec.its colourd.its building materials答案：bcaac十二Social customs and ways of behaving change. Things which were considered impolite many years ago are now acceptable. Just a few years ago, it was considered impolite behaviour for a man to smoke on street. No man who thought of himself by smoking when a lady was in a room.Customs also differ from country to country. Does a man walk on the left or the right of a woman in your country? Or doesn't it matter? Should you use both hands when you are eating? Should leave one in your lap,or on the table?The Americans and the British not only speak the same language but also share a large number of social customs. For example, in both America and England people shake hands when they meet each other for the first time. Also, most Englishmen will open a door for a wonman or offer their seat to a woman , and so will most Americans. Promptness is important both in England and in America. That is , if a dinner invitation is for 7 o'clock , the dinner guest either arrives close to that time or calls up to explain his delay.The important thing to remember about social customs is not to do anything that might make other people feel uncomfortable-----especially if they are your guests. When the food was served , one of the guests strated to eat his peas with a knife . The other guests were amused or shocked , but the host calmly picked up his knife and began eating in the same way. It would have been bad manners to make his guest feel foolish or uncomfortable.1.If one has accepted a dinner invitation ,what should he do if he is tobe late for the dinner?a.He should find an excuseb.He should adk for excuse.c.He should say sorryd.He should telephone to explain his being late.2."It would have been bad manners to make his guests feel foolish or uncomfortable." "Bad manners " means ________.a.uglyb.dishonestc.impolited.shameful3.which of the following do you think is the best tiltle for this passage?a.Social Customs and Customsb.Social Lifec.American and British Customsd.Promptness Is Important4.According to the text, the best host_______.a.tries his best to make his guests feel comfortableb.makes his guests feel excitedc.tries to avoid being naughty to his guestsd.tries to avoid being foolish5.The author of this article may agree with which of the following?a.The guest who ate his peas with a knifeb.The other guests who were amused or shockedc.The host who picked up his knife and began eating in the same wayd.None of the above答案：dcaac十三New Orleans, Louisiana, was established as part of the French Empire in 1718.Its location on the east bank of the Mississippi River gave it control of the American hinerland and it became strategically important to many nations. It was transferred from France to Spain, returned to France,and finally sold by Napoleon to the United States in 1803. The city was the site of a famous battle fought in 1815 between the British, who hoped to control it , and the Americans under General And rew Jackson.The riverbed of the Mississippi is constantly silting and the river is now actually higher than the city. Levees hold back the river and giant pumps are used to move water from the city into the river.Although New Orleans haas beena part of the United States for almost two centuries, its population takes great pride in its French heritage. Louisiana still retains parts of the Code Napoleon which,form many years,was its only law.New Orleans is carefree city and it boasts its hot, spicy Creole seafood and its native Dixieland Jazz. The jackson Square neighborhood maintains its French colonial homes and in other sections are pre-Civil War mansions. Visitors are surprised to find that behind this interesting facade of yesteryear, is a busy industrial and port city. Grain and coal come from the Midwest and foreigh cargoes areunloaded here. New Orleans is no longer a sleepy Southern town----but it's still fun to visit.1.What accounts for the levees and pumps in New Orleans?a.The Mississippi frequently floods the city.b.The riverbed has raised inthe past 200 years.c.The torrential rains flood the city frequently.d.The high humidity cannot otherwise be comtrolled.2.The battle of New Orleans was fought by jackson against______.a.Franceb.Britainc.Spaind.The North3.The Code Napoleon was _______.a.an agreement to sell Louisianab.a body of lawsc.a city pland.a military code for the army4.Which of the following elements does not apply to the attiude of the inhabitants of New Orleans?a.Pride in their French heritage.b.A desire to retain picturesque colonial buildings.c.A refusal to engage in trade and commerced.A praising of Dixieland Jazz.5.Tourists visiting New Orleans are surprised to encounter_____.a.Creole foodb.Dixieland jazzc.bustling cityd.authentic colonial homes答案：bbbcc十四The United States is on the verge of losing its leading place in the world's technology. So says more than one study in recent years. One of the reasons for this decline is the parallel decline in the number of U.S. scientists and engineers.Since 1976,employment of scientists and engineers is up 85 percent. This trend is expected to continue. However, the trend shows that the number of 22-year-olds--the near term source of future PH.D.s-is declining. Further adding to the problem is the increased competition for these candidates from other fields-law,medicine,business,etc. While the number of U.S. PH.D.s in science and engineering declines,the award of PH.D.s to foreign nationals is increasing rapidly.Our inability to motivate students to pursue science and engineering careers at the graduate level is compounded because of the intense demand industry has for bright Bachelor's and Master's degree holders. Too often, promising PH.D.candidates, confronting the cost and financial sacrifice of pursuing their education,find the attraction of industry irresistible.1.The U.S.will come to lose its leading place in technology probably because ________.a. the number of PH.D. degree holders is decliningb. the number of scientists and engineers is decreasingc. the number of 22-year-ilds is decliningd. scientists and engineers are not employed2.The field of science and engineering is facing a competition from ________ .a. technologyb. foreign nationalsc. such fields as law, medicine and businessd. postgraduatesrge-scale enterprises now need _______.a. bright graduates and postgraduatesb. new inventionsc. advanced technologyd. engineers4.Many promising postgraduates are unwilling to pursue a PH.D. degree because _________.a. they are not encouraged to be engaged in scienceb. industry does not require PH.D. holdersc. they have financial difficultiesd. they will spend much time and energy completing PH.D.5.PH.D. candidates "find the attraction of industry irresistible" means that _________.a. they find industry is attracting more and more college studentsb. they don't think they can prevent themselves from working for industryc. they cannot resist any attraction from all sidesd. they cannot work for industry any longer答案：bcadb十五Newdays,a standard for measuring power has changed.These changes foretell a new standard for measuring power.No longer will a nation's political influence be based solely on the strength of its military forces. Of course, military effectiveness will remain a primary primary measure of power.But political influence is also closely tied to industrial competitiveness. It's often said that without its military the Soviet Union would really be a third-world nation. The new standard of opwer and influence that is evolving now places more emphasis on the ability of a country to compete effectively in the economic markets of the world.America must recognize this new course of events. Our success in shaping world events over the past 40 years has been the direct result of our ability to adapt technology and to take advantage of the capabilities of our people for the purpose of maintaining peace. Our industrial prowess over most of this period was unchallenged. It is ironic that it is just this prowess that has enabled other countries to prosper and in turn to threaten our industrial leadership.The competitiveness of America's industrial base is an issue bigger than the Department of Defense and is going to require the efforts of the major institutional forces in our society-government,industry,and education. That is not to say that the Defense Department will not be a strong force in the process because we will. But we simply cannot be, nor should we be, looked upon by others as the savior of American industry.1. Now a nation's political influence depends on _________.a. the strength of its military forcesb. its ability to compete in industryc. economic marketsd. both a and b2. The Soviet Union was not listed as a third-world nation just because of _________.a. its powerful military forcesb. its vast landc. its industrial competitivenessd. its contributions to world peace3. The author indicates that ______ is threatening American political power.a. other countriesb. the declining U.S. industrial basec. a new standard for measuring powerd. less advanced technology4. America succeeded in shaping world events over past 40 years probably because of ___________.a. its ability to adapt technologyb. its ability to take advantage of the capabilities of its peoplec. its ability to compete in the world marketsd. both a and b5. The purpose of writing this article is __________.a. to draw the readers' attention to a new standard for measuring powerb. to demonstrate American political influence in the worldc. to emphasize that efforts must be made to strengthen the declining U.S. industrial based. to show American industrial prowess答案：dabdc。
电大网考英语b大 学英语b统考2011 统考大学英语b 阅读理解(1)(全中文翻译)
第二部分阅读理解(1)（2011年09月网考）阅读（1）2011年改为5个正误判断题，相对来说难度降低，投机几率提高，考前一天会在更新群内确定本部分范围，一般在20篇左右，建议强记，确保阅读的30分不丢。
以小抄为准。
阅读中：T 是对的，F是错的。
Passage 1Long, long ago there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wanted to steal the bell on his neighbour's door,1 The thief was trying to get his neighbour's doorbell.小偷试图偷他的邻居的门铃。
A. T （对）B. F（错）2. The thief put some cotton in his ears so as not to hear anything.小偷把一些棉花在他的耳朵，这样他听不到任何声音。
A. TB. F3. The neighbour ran out probably because he knew his doorbell was being stolen.邻居跑出去，可能是因为他知道他的门铃被偷走。
A. TB. F4. The neighbour hit the thief to punish him for stealing.邻居打小偷，来惩罚他的偷窃行为。
A. TB. F5. The thief thought the neighbour couldn't hear the noise of the bell.小偷认为邻居听不到铃的噪音。
A. TB. FKEY：AAAAAPassage 2Miss Grey lived in a small house. She was old and did not like noise at all, so she was very pleased when her noisy neighbor moved out. A young man moved in1. Miss Grey felt sorry when her noisy neighbour moved out.格雷小姐觉得很遗憾，当她的吵闹的邻居搬走了。
2015年英语一真题阅读理解text3详解
2015年英语一真题阅读理解text3详解阅读理解的第三篇属于非理科专业学生不太熟悉的话题——统计数据检查和同行评审，但是好在生词量不大，虽然有专有名词，也可以忽略。
难点体现在考察得比较细，同学们需要细心看才能做正确。
第31题，It can be learned from Paragraph 1 that______.（从第一段可以看出什么）。
还是问的主要内容，那么根据西方人的思维和写作习惯，主要的和重要的都在前面，因此，重点是读第一句话。
The journalScienceis adding an extra round of statistical checks to… (科学杂志在…基础上增加了另外一轮统计数据检查)。
对比答案，只有B选项journals are strengthening their statistical checks.提到了加强统计数据检查。
但是答案中说的journals,（许多期刊杂志），文中第一句是The journalScience,可能一些同学会心存疑惑，文中第二句就提到了The policy follows similar efforts from other journals,（这个做法是效仿其他杂志的做法），说明很多杂志都这样做了。
第32题，The phrase “flagged up ”(Para.2)is the closest in meaning to _____.（文中第二段的flagged up是什么意思）。
要推断be flagged up的含义需要结合上下文，原文是Manu will beflagged upfor additional scrutiny（附加的详细审阅）by…(某团体), or by…（某些人）,or by…(某群人).句子的意思是手稿要被...或…或…进行附加的详细审阅。
表示“要”怎么样。
Be marked for字面意思为“被标记为”，其实含义就是“以…为特征，要…样”。
大学英语读写教程第册unit阅读理解三篇
大学英语读写教程第册u n i t阅读理解三篇公司内部档案编码：[OPPTR-OPPT28-OPPTL98-OPPNN08]unit 8Part 1 Reading comprehensionDirections: Read the following passages carefully. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished sentences. For each of them there arefour choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the best answer to each question.Questions 1 to 5 are based on the same passage or dialog.Manners evolved differently in different cultures. In earlier times there was a tendency for manners to become increasingly formal, and this was often viewed as progress. In the 18th and 19th centuries having good manners was seen as an important part of one's education and social class, and it was necessary to be taken as a lady or a gentleman to get ahead in the world.In the 20th and 21st centuries, manners have gradually become more relaxed and informal. The hosting of dinners and other social gatherings are no longer the exclusive privilege of the wealthy elite (精英), and private clubs are being gradually replaced by more open meeting places. So the manners of the salon (沙龙) are gradually combining with the manners of the pub. Clothing is a good indication of the changes in manners, as can be seen in the following examples.It is surprising that the wearing of hats indoors by males is once again becoming acceptable. Students in North America often wear baseball caps to class. In many countries the wearing of hats indoors by males was once acceptable even in very polite society, but over the years this became considered as a lower-class behavior and was thus discouraged in both the middle and upper classes. The young people who wearhats indoors do not realize they are actually restarting a very old cultural tradition.A comparable development for females is the wearingof jeans. Many females now wear jeans on a daily basis, either at home or at work. Some see this as a symbolic declaration that they are now modern women, not girls or ladies. Some girls, like boys, wear baseball caps both indoors and outdoors.Sneakers and shorts are now acceptable for either males or females in a variety of non-athletic situations. Some companies have rules requiring informal dress such as jeans or sneakers on Fridays (called "dress-down Friday" or "casual Friday"), and others permit it almost all the time. In these companies, and many others, it is acceptable to call the bosses by their first names.1.What does the passage mainly talk aboutA. Changes of manners over time.B. Formal manners in the earlier times.C. Different manners in different cultures.D. Development of manners in different classes.2.In the 20th and 21st centuries, _________.A. manners are not as formal as in the pastB. manners in a pub are getting more and moreformalC. proper clothing is a good indication of goodmannersD. rich people no longer behave formally in socialgatherings3.According to the passage, "the manners of thesalon" in paragraph 2 most likely refers to__________.A. Formal manners of drinking.B. Informal manners of drinking.C. Formal manners at social gatherings.D. Informal manners at social gatherings.4.According to the passage, nowadays wearing a hatindoors can actually be viewed as _________.A. a revolutionB. social progressC. a worsening situationD. a return to the old tradition5.According to the author, today wearing hatsindoors, and wearing jeans at work mainly indicate that _________.A. women are no longer inferior to menB. people no longer pay attention to dressingdetailsC. people are getting more relaxed in terms ofmannersD. some companies have lower requirements fortheir employeesQuestions 6 to 10 are based on the same passage or dialog.Between the 1950s and the early 1980s, the evolving role of Japanese women had been most obvious in their attitudes toward marriage and the family system. There had been a trend away from arranged marriages. Many young women admitted that they took paid employment mostly in order to find a husband on their own. In spite of this and other influences a 1982 figure showed that almost 40 percent of marriages were still arranged. This figure was, however, half the size of a 1955 survey which showed that almost 81 percent of marriages were arranged. Once married, many women in the early 1980s continued to work, and increasingly they returned to work after childbirth, something which was hard to imagine a generation before. A woman's role in the family was evolving as well, becoming more and more dominant.Women had sought more personal satisfaction fromtheir lives since 1950s. In the beginning ofthe1980s, during their lives before marriage women made up an almost free-wheeling (随心所欲) part ofJapanese society. A survey of new brides reportedthat only 12 percent expected their marriage to be happy. At that time, Japanese still regarded marriage not as the peak of a romance but as a duty that was primarily social and practical in significance. As a result, Japanese women took full advantage of their years before marriage. Most women remained at home while working, living with their family in a sort of extended dependency. Japanese women, however, must be careful to maintain themselves within acceptable social standards, one woman being told, "If you act like that, you will not be wanted as a bride."Once married a Japanese women found herself in a role opposite of the perceived sex roles in Japan – the female was dominant in the house. The relationship between the partners of a Japanese marriage clearly showed the evolving role of women. It must be remembered that a short one hundred years ago the attitude toward women was that "In everything she must obey her husband". By the early 1980s the role of women had changed: A Japanese woman had almost unquestioned power within the family system oftoday's Japan.6.What is the passage mainly aboutA. Changes in the role of Japanese women.B. Changes in the styles of Japanese marriages.C. Japanese women's struggle for independence.D. Japanese women's increased power in theirfamilies.7.What did the author say about Japanese womenbefore the 1950sA. Many women continued to work after marriage.B. A majority of women had their marriagesarranged.C. Only less than half of women had arrangedmarriages.D. Many women went to work in order to find ahusband.8.What was marriage in many Japanese people's eyesin the early 1980sA. It was the end of their romance.B. It was the beginning of a happy life.C. It was a social responsibility one has tofulfill.D. It was the highest point of their romanticrelationship.9.Which of the following was the main cause formost Japanese women in the early 1980s to takefull advantage of their years before marriageA. They believed they would no longer have ahappy life after marriage.B. They knew they could not be as dominant asbefore after getting married.C. They should not go beyond acceptable socialstandards after marriage.D. They would no longer have time to work aftermarriage.10."The perceived sex roles" in the last paragraphmost probably refers to the fact that thewife_________.A. had to obey the husband in the familyB. had to support the husband and his familyC. could make decisions on everything in thefamilyD. could question some of the husbands' decisions Questions 11 to 15 are based on the same passage or dialog.Leadership is the ability of a person to guide people in a group toward achieving a task at hand. I believe that leaders are made; they are not born and a person can always be a good leader if he makes full use of the following list of leadership strengths.Firstly, task execution (实施) is one of the most important leadership strengths. Coming up with a brilliant idea and executing that idea are twocompletely different things. Bringing an idea to life is a lot easier said than done. An idea really comes to life only when it is executed to perfection. For this, you need to be a team player. There is a fine line between having followers that follow you out of respect and having followers that follow you because they have no choice. Any kind of disagreement in the team will affect the end result and the efficiency of performing the task.Secondly, before you go on to put any kind of strategy into place, you need to understand and envision what you wish to achieve. This is important because the expectations of the entire group willride on your shoulders. Thus, one of the important leadership strengths is to have a very clear vision about how to go about a task at hand, keeping the long-term and short-term goals and consequences in mind. You need to be practical yet optimistic about the possibilities involved in any task and must take into consideration all the risks involved.Thirdly, being the leader does not mean that you own the people you work with. Many people tend to get carried away and do not listen to their team members. This can go against them as the team members then tend to lose respect for their leader. You need to genuinely listen to your team members because they are the only ones that will tell you if you go wrong at any point of time. Furthermore, listening will make sure that you connect with your team members on a personal level, which will improve the performance of your team greatly.11.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in thepassage as one of the leadership strengthsA. Lending an ear to team members.B. Performing a task in a perfect way.C. Accepting mistakes with good grace.D. Planning for the future with a clear goal.12.According to Paragraph 2, a good leader should___________.A. lead his followers with absolute authorityB. make his followers follow him out of respectC. be able to find out who is a true follower inthe teamD. focus on creating new ideas instead ofexecuting them13.What does "envision" most probably mean inParagraph 3A. To remain optimistic about future results.B. To focus all his attention on long-term goals.C. To meet the expectations of the entire teammembers.D. To forecast the possible achievements andconsequences.14.Which of the following should be avoided as agood leaderA. Holding a realistic attitude.B. Considering short-term goals.C. Thinking about the bad results of a plan.D. Ignoring disagreement from his team members.15.What is the author's attitude about becoming agood leaderA. You can be a good leader if you have talents.B. You can be a good leader if you have a goodteam.C. You can be a good leader if you acquire theessential skills.D. You can be a good leader as long as you aredetermined to be one.。
大学英语阅读理解练习题及答案
Passage 1Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go in to their offices or schools every day by train, car or bus, even though this means they have to get up early in the morning and reach home late in the evening.One advantage of living outside London is that houses are cheaper. Even a small flat in London without a garden costs quite a lot to rent. With the same money, one can get a little house in the country with a garden of one’s own.Then, in the country one can really get away from the noise and hurry of busy working lives. Even though one has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses, one can sleep better at night and during weekends and on summer evenings, one can enjoy the fresh, clean air of the countr y. If one likes garden, one can spend one’s free time digging, planting, watering and doing the hundred and one other jobs which are needed in a garden. Then, when the flowers and vegetables come up, one has got the reward together with those who have shared the secret of Nature.Some people, however, take no interest in country things: for them, happiness lies in the town, with its cinemas and theatres, beautiful shops and busy streets, dance-halls and restaurants. Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live it outside London. An occasional walk in one of the parks and a fortnight’s (two weeks) visit to the sea every summer is all the country they want: the rest they are quite prepared to leave to those who are glad to get away from London every night.1. Which of the following statements is NOT trueA. People who love Nature prefer to live outside the city.B. All the people who work in London prefer to live in the country.C. Some people enjoying city life prefer to work and live inside London.D. Many nature lovers, though working in London, prefer to live outside.2. With the same money needed for ________, one can buy a little house with a garden in the country.A. getting a small flat with a gardenB. having a small flat with a gardenC. renting a small flat without a gardenD. buying a small flat without a garden3. When the garden is in blossom, the one ________ has been rewarded.A. living in the countryB. having spent time working in the garden.C. having a garden of his own.D. having been digging, planting and watering4. People who think happiness lies in the city life would feel that ________ if they had to live outside London.A. their life was meaninglessB. their life was invaluableC. they didn’t d eserve a happy lifeD. they were not worthy of their happy life5. The underlined phrase “get away from” in the 3rd paragraph refers to ________.A. deal withB. do away withC. escape fromD. prevent from很多在伦敦工作的人喜欢住在伦敦郊外，然后每天乘火车、汽车和公交车去上班或上学。
大学英语一题库阅读理解_试卷_答案
大学英语一阅读理解一、阅读理解（共 505 题,共 101 分）1. Few laws are so effective that you can see results just days after they take effect. But in the nine days since thefederal cigarette tax more than doubled —to $1. 01 per pack — smokers have jammed telephone“ quit crosslines” a the country seeking to kick the habit.This is not a surprise to public health advocates. They’ ve studied the effect of state tax increases for years, finding that smokers, especially teens, are price sensitive. Nor is it a shock to the industry, which fiercely fights every taxincrease.The only wonder is that so many states insist on closing their ears to the message. Tobacco taxes improve publichealth, health, they raise money and most particularly, they deter people from taking up the habit as teens, whichis when nearly all smokers are addicted. Yet the rate of taxation varies widely.In Manhattan, for instance, which has the highest tax in the nation, a pack of Marlboro Light Kings cost ＄ 10.06 at onedrugstore Wednesday. Charleston, S, C., where the 7-cent-a-pack tax is the lowest in the nation. The price was $4. 78.The influence is obvious.In New York, high school smoking hit a new low in the latest surveys—13.8%, far below the national average. Bycomparison, 26% of high school students smoke in Kentucky, Other low-tax states have similarly depressing teen-smoking records.Hal Rogers, Representative from Kentucky, like those who are against high tobacco taxes, argues that the burden ofthe tax falls on low- income Americans“ who choosesmoketo.”That ’ s true, But there is more reason in keeping future generations of low-income workers from getting hooked inthe first place, As for today’ s adults, if the new tax drives them to quit, they will have more to spend on theirfamilies, cut their risk of cancer and heart disease and feel better.（1分）(1) The text is mainly about___________.（0.2分）A.the price of cigarettesB.the rate of teen smokingC.the effect of tobacco tax increaseD.the differences in tobacco tax rate标准答案：C(2) What does the author think is a surprise?（0.2分）A.Teen smokers are price sensitive.B.Some states still keep the tobacco tax low.C.Tobacco taxes improve public health.D.Tobacco industry fiercely fights the tax rise.标准答案：B(3) The underlined word "deter Paragraph”in 3 most probably means . （ 0.2 分）A.discardingB.removeC.benefitD.free标准答案：A(4) Rogers’ attitude towards the low-income smokers might be that of .（0.2分）A.toleranceB.unconcernC.doubtD.sympathy标准答案： D(5) What can we learn from the last paragraph? （ 0.2 分）A.The new tax will be beneficial in the long run.B.Low-income Americans are more likely to fall ill.C.Future generations will be hooked on smoking.D.Adults will depend more on their families.标准答案： A2. Last August, Joe and Mary Mahoney began looking at colleges for their 17-year-old daughter, Maureen. With achecklist of criteria in hand, the Dallas family looked around the country visiting half a dozen schools. They soughta university that offered the teenager’ s intended major, one located neat a large city, and a campus where theirdaughter would be safe.“ The safety issue is a big one,” says Joe Mahoney, who quickly discovered he wasn in his worries. On campus tours other parents voiced similar concerns, and the same question was always asked :what about crime? But when college officials always gave the same answer—“ That ’ s not a problem here,” —Mahoney began to feel uneasy.“ No crime whatsoever?” comments Mahoney today.“ I just don’ t buy it.” Nor should he: in 1999 the U. S. Department of education had reent-count: 2.0; mports of nearly 400,000 serious crimes on or around our campuses.“ Parents need to understand that times have changed since they went to college, d Nichols, author”ofsays DaviCreating a Safe Campus.“ Campus crime mirrors the rest of the nation.”But getting accurate information isn ’ t easy. Colleges must report crime统计statistics(数字)by law, but some holdback for fear of bad publicity, leaving the honest on es looking dangerous.“ The truth may not always be serious,”warms S. Daniel Carter of Security on Campus, Inc. , the nation’ s leading campus safety watchdog group.To help concerned parents, Carter promised to visit campuses and talk to experts around the country to find outmajor crime issues and effective solutions.（1分）(1) The Mahoneys visited quite a few colleges last August ________（ 0.2 分）A.to express the opinions of many parentsB.to choose a right one four their daughterC.to check the cost of college educationD.to find a tight one near a large city标准答案： B(2) It is often difficult to get correct information on campus crime because some colleges ____（ 0.2 分）A.receive too many visitorsB.mirror the rest of the nationC.hide the truth of campus crimeD.have too many watchdog groups标准答案：C(3) The underlined word“ buy” in the third paragraph means（0.2分）A.mindB.admitC.believeD.expect标准答案：C(4) We learn from the text that“ the honest onesourth paragraph”inthemostf probably refers to colleges _____.（0.2 分）A.that are protected by campus securityB.that report campus crimes by lawC.that are free from campus crimeD.that enjoy very good publicity标准答案：B(5) What is the text mainly about?（0.2分）A.Exact campus crime statisticsB.Crimes on or around campusesC.Effective solutions to campus crimeD.Concerns about kids’ campus safety标准答案：D3.Superman, Spider-Man, Batman and Iron Man ... .There is no shortage of superheroes. You find them incomic books, on the TV and the big screen.In a survey of fans by the sci-fi ( 科幻 ) and fantasy website, , Batman, 70 years old this year, was voted Britain's favorite superhero.Unlike many crime-fighting superheroes Batman has no special powers. He can't fly like Superman or shoot asticky (粘性的 ) web like Spider-Man.Bruce Wayne is born to a wealthy Gotham City business family. However, when his parents are murdered his lifechanges completely.Wayne feels anger at their deaths and guilty that he did not prevent them. He travels around the world learning howto fight. Upon returning to Gotham, he creates a disguise ( 伪装 ) to enable him to fight crime without being recognized.A childhood fear of bats leads him to choose to dress as one. His idea is that through the bat persona ( 角色 ) he can prove to himself that he has overcome his childhood fears.Wayne is the CEO of the company he inherits ( 继承 ) from his father. He seems to live the lifestyle of a millionaire playboy. But this is a ruse ( 计策 ). He works hard at the image to allow himself the freedom he needs to do his work as a crime fighter. "Bruce Wayne, playboy" is the disguise; Batman is the real person."Wayne is not a born superhero. Instead, he is a real, complex person," said Dace Golder, editor of the website. "He is the most realistic of all the superheroes. I am particularly interested in the emotional process by which a boy becomes a hero. His superhero qualities come from within." （ 1 分）(1) What is the article mainly about?（0.2分）A.How Bruce Wayne develops into a superhero.B.How to overcome childhood fears.C.What makes a superhero.D.Why superheroes enjoy great popularity in Britain.标准答案：A(2) Batman differs from other superheroes in that .（0.2分）A.he was not a born superheroB.he had an unhappy childhoodC.he doesn't have any special powersD.he does his best to fight crime标准答案：C(3) Bruce Wayne decides to dress like a bat because of .（0.2分）A.his curiosity about batsB.his childhood fear of batsC.his parents' sudden deathD.his unusual travel experiences标准答案：B(4) Why does Wayne live like a playboy?（0.2分）A.He prefers the lifestyle of a playboy.B.He doesn't know how to run a company.C.He loves freedom more than anything else.D.He needs to disguise his crime fighting activities.标准答案：D(5) Which of the following statements is true about Batman?（0.2分）A.Batman is a born superheroB.He has special powersC.The turning point of his life is due to his parents' sudden deathD.He actually lives the lifestyle of a millionaire playboy标准答案：C4.History is full of cases where dreams have been a pathway to creativity and discovery. A striking example is provided by Dr. Otto Loewi, a pharmacologist ( 药理学家 ) and winner of a Nobel Prize. Loewi had spent years studying the chemical transmission ( 传送 ) of nerve impulses ( 脉搏 ). A major breakthrough in his research came when he dreamed of an experiment three nights in a row. The first two nights he woke up and wrote down the experiment quickly and untidily on paper. But the next morning, he couldn't tell what the notes meant. On the third night, he got up after having the dream. This time, instead of making notes he went straight to his laboratory and performed the important experiment. Loewi later said that if the experiment had occurred to him while awake he would not have given it another thought.Loewi's experiment gives some insight into using dreams to produce creative solutions. Nervous feelings are reduced during dreaming, which may be especially useful in solving problems that require a fresh point of view. Being able to take advantage of dreams for solving is improved if you "set" yourself before retiring. Before you go to bed, try to think intently about a problem you wish to solve. Bury yourself in the problem by stating it clearly and reviewing all relevant information. Then use the suggestions listed in the previous section to catch your dreams. Although this method is not guaranteed to produce an original solution or a new insight, it is certain to be an adventure. About half of a group of college students using the method for a week recalled a dream that helped them solve a personal problem. （ 1 分）(1) Through Loewi's experiment, the author tries to prove that .（ 0.2 分）A.very little is really known about the meaning of dreamsB.it is possible to "catch" one's dreams by planning before going to sleepC.dreams can be useful in producing creative solutions to one'sproblems D.it helped in the study of transmission of nerve impulses 标准答案： C(2) The first paragraph is mainly organized by .（0.2分）A.classifying types of experimentsB.summarizing the work of one researcherparing and exploring historical casesD.telling in time order about one man's research标准答案：D(3) If Loewi had thought of the experiment while awake, he would have .（ 0.2 分）A.asked someone else to do itB.thought it was a bad ideaC.tried it out on his ownD.thought it was a wise idea标准答案：B(4) The author probably thinks that .（0.2分）A.Loewi should not have conducted his experimentB.dreaming is of very little value to most peopleC.nervous feelings may stop someone thinking of useful ideasD.college students should not try out dream experiments标准答案：C(5) According to the passage, the author seems to be in favor of .（0.2分）A.seeking creative solutionsB.avoiding scientific experimentsC.nervous feelings before dreamsD.becoming a famous scientist标准答案：A5. Federal regulators Wednesday approved a plan to create a nationwide emergency alert ( 警报 ) system using textmessages delivered to cell phones.Text messages have exploded in popularity in recent years,particularly among young people.The wireless industrytrade association,CTIA,estimates ( 估计 ) more than 48 billion text messages are sent each month.The plan comes from the Warning Alert and Response Network Act,a 2006 federal law that requires improvement to thenation ’ s emergency alert system.The act tasked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with coming upwith new ways to alert the public about emergencies.“ The ability to deliver accurate and time ly warnings and alerts through cell phones and other mobile services isan important next step in our efforts to help ensure that the American public has the information they need to takeaction to protect themselves and their families before,and during,di sasters and other emergencies,” FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said following approval of the plan.Participation in the alert system by carriers－telecommunications companies－is voluntary,but it has received solidsupport from the wireless industry.The program would be optional for cell phone users.They also may not be charged for receiving alerts.There would be three different types of messages,according to the rules.The first would be a national alert from the president,likely involving a terrorist attack or natural disaster.The secondwould involve“ approaching threats” ,which could include natural disasters like hurricanes or storms or even university shootings.The third would be reserved for child abduction ( 绑架 ) emergencies,or so-called Amber Alerts.The service could be in place by 2010. （1 分）(1) What is the purpose of the approved plan?（0.2分）A.To warn people of emergencies via messages.B.To popularize the use of cell phones.C.To estimate the monthly number of messages.D.To promote the wireless industry.标准答案：A(2) The improvement to the present system is in the charge of .（0.2分）A.CTIAB.the Warning Alert and Response NetworkC.FCCD.federal regulators标准答案：C(3) The carriers’ participation in the system is determined（by0.2.分）A.the US federal governmentB.mobile phone usersC.the carriers themselvesD.the law of the United States标准答案：C(4) Which of the following is true of cell phone users?（0.2分）A.They must accept the alert service.B.They may enjoy the alert service for free.C.They must send the alerts to others.D.They may choose the types of messages.标准答案：B(5) An alert message will NOT be sent if .（0.2分）A.a child loses his wayB.a university shooting happensC.a natural disaster happensD.a terrorist attack occurs标准答案：A6. Negative （消极的） self talk and negative energy can affect you m many ways and cause you additionalstress． Because of this ， developing more Positive self talk’ s an important way to reduce stress．inYouyour lifecan help yourself maintain a positive frame of mind一which will help with positive self talk一by surroundingyourself with positive energy in your life．You can get that by adding some elements to your life．Listening to music that not only has a soothing melody，but an uplifting message，can be great for developingpositive self talk ． Have you ever had a song“ stuck in your head” for a few，hoursthelyricsordaysrepeatingthemselves in your mind?’’ If those lyrics were positive and inspirational，thatwould be a good thing. It’ s a much better mental soundtrack to have than a running stream of complaints，criticisms of self-limiting thoughts，or evensongs that had more depressing or sad lyrics.Books on strength, personal power, enlightenment, or self help can be good resources to help you change youroutlook and the things you say to yourself. Rather than bringing habitual self-defeating thoughts，you can findyourself thinking of new can-do concepts when times get tough．One of the most important ways you can get and keep positive energy in your life is with the company youkeep． Do your friends uplift you， or bring you down? Are they critical， or complementary? Ideal friendshipsprovide support when you’ re down, fun when you， wisdom’rewhenup you ’ re lost，and positive regard. Goodfriends can inspire you to reach greater heights， and see your strengths even when you don’ t always. Pay attention to how your friends make you feel，and if they’ re less than supportive，start putting your energy and time towardpeople who are better suited to be your friend.In addition ， positive affirmations（肯定） can certainly change your self talk from negative to positive． Now ，why not begin working positive affirmations into your life in some creative ways?（1 分）(1) What does the passage mainly talk about? （0.2 分）A.Reducing stress by surrounding yourself with positive energy.B.Adding some elements to your life.C.Getting positive energy from the company you keep.D.Changing your self talk with positive affirmation.标准答案： A(2) How many ways does the author suggest to maintain a positive frame of mind?（ 0.2 分）A.3 ．B.4 ．C.5．D.6 ．标准答案： B(3) If you have something“ stuck in your head” . you probably（ 0.2分） .A.keep singing the same song for a long timeB.keep thinking of this thing all the timeC.regard the lyrics of a song as positiveD.are developing positive self-talk标准答案： B(4) According to the passage ， your best company should be those who _____________________.（ 0.2 分）A.uplift you or bring you downB.provide fun w hen you’ re downC.encourage you to do things even betterD.are less than supportive标准答案： C(5) What will probably be talked about in the following paragraph?（ 0.2 分）A.How negative self talk influences a person．B.How positive self talk reduces stress in one ’ s life．C.Some great ways of making great friends．D.Some creative ways of practicing affirmation．标准答案： D7.Since weeks ago ， China has been involved a worldwide A/H 1 N 1 flu that has already killed more than80 people in the middle of May ， 2009 ， in Mexico and has turned into a global pandemic.The central government has asked people entering China from the virus-hit countries to report flu-like symptoms(症状 )to the authorities. In an emergency notice issued on Saturday night，the country’s top quality atchdogw orderedthe Customs to check passengers’ temperature，too.A Beijing airport official Li said Customs officers are on a high alert(警戒)level.“ Three temperature detectors are now in operation. We’ re ready with protection garments，andtoo. equipment Passengers flying in from Mexico and other A/H1N1 flu-hit countries are being monitored closely，” he said.The Ministry of Health ， however， said yesterday there was no evidence to suggest that a person would contractthe disease by eating pork.Hong Kong ， too ， has raised its alert level against the flu to“ serious＆”Health.Secretary，Mr.Yf or kFoodChow urged people to avoid visiting places from where A/H1N1 flu cases have been reported，and said the viruswould be added to Hong Kong’ s list of the diseaseshich havew been noticed.The terrible A/H1 N1 flu has been contracted by about 4000 people in Mexico，and most of the killed were aged between 25 and 45.The virus has also infected about 5000 people in the US. The US Center for Disease Control said this kind of virusis spreading from human to human ， raising fears of a global pandemic.（1分）(1) What is the passage mainly about?（0.2分）A.A/H1N1 flu killed more than 80 people.B.A/H1N1 flu is spreading from human to human.C.China has begun to take steps to prevent A/H1N1 flu.D.All the people are strongly affected by A/H1 N1 flu.标准答案：C(2) The underlined word“ pandemic” in the first paragraph probably（means0.2分）A.deathB.panicC.enemyD.disease标准答案：D(3) Why does the flu cause global fears?（0.2分）A.Because most people in the world eat pork.B.Because it’ s spreading from human to human.C.Because we still don’ t know the cause of it.D.Because it has infected about 5 ， 000 people.标准答案：B(4) According to the passage ， which of the following is TRUE?（0.2分）A.People would contract the A/H1N1 flu if they often eat pork.B.The virus of the A/H1N1 flu has infected people all over the world.C.People from AH1N1 flu—hit countries are all forbidden to enter China.D.People should avoid visiting places where A/H1N1 flu cases have been reported.标准答案：D(5) We can infer from the passage that .（0.2分）A.Students in the middle school are most likely infected by A/H1N1 flu.B.A person would be infected by the virus by eating pork.C.Passengers from the United States are being monitored closely.’ s list of the diseases.D.Mr. York Chow said that the virus had been added to Hong Kong 标准答案： C8.People living on parts of the south coast of England face a serious problem. In 1993, the owners of a large hotel andof several houses discovered, to their horror, that their gardens had disappeared overnight. The sea had eateninto the soft limestone cliffs on which they had been built. While experts were studying the problem, the hotel and several houses disappeared altogether, sliding down the cliff and into the sea.Erosion ( 侵蚀 ) of the white cliffs along the south coast of England has always been a problem but it has becomemore serious in recent years. Dozens of homes have had to be abandoned as the sea has crept farther and farther inland. Experts have studied the areas most affected and have drawn up a map for local people, forecasting theyear in which their homes will be swallowed up by the hungry sea.Angry owners have called on the Government to erect sea defenses to protect their homes. Government surveyors have pointed out that in most cases, this is impossible. New sea walls would cost hundreds of millions of pounds and would merely make the waves and currents go further along the coast, shifting the problem from one area to another. The danger is likely to continue, they say, until the waves reach an inland area of hard rock which will not be eatenas limestone is. Meanwhile, if you want to buy a cheap house with an uncertain future, apply to a house agent in oneof the threatened areas on the south coast of England. You can get a house for a knockdown price but it may turnout to be a knockdown home. （ 1 分）(1) What is the cause of the problem that people living on parts of the south coast of England face?（ 0.2 分）A.The disappearance of hotels, houses and gardens.B.The experts’ lack of knowledge.C.The rising of the sea level.D.The washing-away of limestone cliffs.标准答案： D(2) The erosion of the white cliffs in the south of England ________.（ 0.2 分）A.will soon become a problem for people living in central EnglandB.has now become a threat to the local residentsC.is quickly changing the map of EnglandD.can be stopped if proper measures are taken标准答案： B(3) The experts’ studythe onproblem of erosion can ________. （ 0.2 分）A.lead to its eventual solutionB.provide an effective way to slow it downC.help to prevent it from worseningD.warn people whose homes are in danger标准答案：D(4) It is not feasible to build sea defenses to protect against erosion because ________.（0.2分）A.it is too costly and will endanger neighbouring areasB.the government is too slow in taking actionC.they will be easily knocked down by waves and currentsD.house agents along the coast do not support the idea标准答案：A(5) According to the author, when buying a house along the south coast of England, people should ________.（ 0.2分）A.be aware of the potential danger involvedB.guard against being cheated by the house agentC.take the quality of the house into considerationD.examine the house carefully before making a decision标准答案：A9. Americans are pound of their variety and individuality, yet they love and respect few things more than a uniform, whether it is the uniform of an elevator operator or the uniform of a five-star general．Why are uniforms so popular in the United States?Among the arguments for uniforms, one of the first is that in the eyes of most people they look more professionalthan civilian （百姓的） clothes ． People have become conditioned to expect superior quality from a man who wears a uniform ． The television repairman who wears uniform tends to inspire more trust than one who appears in civilian clothes ． Faith in the skill of a garage mechanic is increased by a uniform ． What easier way is there for a nurse, a policeman, a barber, or a waiter to lose professional identity （身份） than to step out of uniform? Uniforms also have many practical benefits． They save on other clothes ． They save on laundry bills ． They are tax-deductible （可减税的）． They are often more comfortable and more durable than civilian clothes.Primary among the arguments against uniforms is their lack of variety and the consequent loss of individuality experienced by people who must wear them． Though there are many types of uniforms, the wearer of any particular type is generally stuck with it, without change, until retirement ． When people look alike, they tend to think, speak, and act similarly, on the job at least.Uniforms also give rise to some practical problems ． Though they are long-lasting, often their initial expense is greater than the cost of civilian clothes ． Some uniforms are also expensive to maintain, requiring professional dry cleaning rather than the home laundering possible with many types of civilian clothes.（1 分）(1) It is surprising that Americans who worship variety and individuality _______.（ 0.2 分）A.still judge a man by his clothesB.hold the uniform in such high regardC.enjoy having a professional identityD.will respect an elevator operator as much as a general in uniform标准答案： B(2) People are accustomed to think that a man in uniform _______.（ 0.2 分）A.suggests quality workB.discards his social identityC.appears to be more practicalD.looks superior to a person in civilian clothes标准答案： A(3) The chief function of a uniform is to _______.（ 0.2 分）A.provide practical benefits to the wearerB.make the wearer catch the public eyeC.inspire the wearer’ s confidence in himselfD.provide the wearer with a professional identity标准答案： D(4) According to the passage, people wearing uniforms _______.（ 0.2 分）A.are usually helpfulB.have little or no individual freedomC.tend to lose their individualityD.enjoy greater popularity标准答案： C(5) The best title for this passage would be _______.（ 0.2 分）A.Uniforms and SocietyB.The Importance of Wearing a UniformC.Practical Benefits of Wearing a UniformD.Advantages and Disadvantages of Uniforms标准答案： D10. Priscilla Ouchida’ s- efficient“energy ” house turned out to be a horrible dream. When she and her engineerhusband married a few years ago, they built a $100,000, three-bedroom home in California. Tightly sealed toprevent air leaks, the house was equipped with small double-paned ( 双层玻璃的 ) windows and several otherenergy-saving features. Problems began as soon as the couple moved in,however. Priscilla’ s eyes burned. Her throatwas constantly dry. She suffered from headaches and could hardly sleep. It was as though she had suddenlydeveloped a strange illness.Experts finally traced the cause of her illness. The level of formaldehyde (甲醛 ) gas in her kitchen was twice themaximum allowed by federal standards for chemical workers. The source of the gas? Her new kitchen cabinets andwall-to-wall carpeting.The Ouchidas are victims of indoor air pollution, which is not given sufficient attention partly because of thenation ’ s drive to save energy. The problem itself isn’ t new. “ The indoor environment was dirty long before en conservation came along,” says Moschandreas, a pollution scientist at Geomet Technologies in Maryland.conservation has tended to accentuate the situation in some cases.”The problem appears to be more troublesome in newly constructed homes rather than old ones. Back in the dayswhen energy was cheap, home builders didn’ t worry much about unsealed cracksauseof.Becsuch leaks, the air inan average home was replaced by fresh outdoor air about once an hour. As a result, the pollutants generated inmost households seldom build up to dangerous levels. （ 1 分）(1) It can be learned from the passage that the Ouchidas house ________.（0.2分）A.is well worth the money spent on its constructionB.is almost faultless from the point of energy conservationC.failed to meet energy conservation standardsD.was designed and constructed in a scientific way标准答案：B(2) What m ade the Ouchidas’ new house a horrible dream?（0.2分）ck of fresh air.B.Poor quality of building materials.C.Gas leakage in the kitchen.D.The newly painted walls.标准答案：A(3) The word“ accentuate” (Line 4, Para. 3) most probably means（0.2分“）________” .A.relieveB.accelerateC.worsenD.improve标准答案：C(4) Why were cracks in old houses not a big concern?（0.2分）。
新视野大学英语1阅读教程阅读理解答案
阅读理解答案一,If you want to teach your childre n how to say sorry. ............1) B; the child may feel that he owes his father an apology2) D; I'm aware you're upset ,but I'm not to blame3) A；it is vague and ineffective4) B; their ages should be taken into account5) C; not as simple as it seem二,What is favorite color ......................1) C; different colors mean different things and they may influence people's mood2) B; you would be a member rather than a leader3) C; black to red4) A; people's preference of one color to anther is instinct5) D; its color三，As the pace of life con ti nues to in crease, ............1) C; they are becoming busier with their work2) D; is not fearing stress3) D; Different people can withstand different amounts of stress4) B; reaction to stress both chemically and physically5) C; remove stress from our lives四、Social customs and ways of behaving change. ............1) C; Social Customs and Customs2) D; He should telephone to explain his bing late3) B; punctuality4) A; tries his best to make his guests feel comfortable5) B; The host who picked up his knife and began eating in the same way五、The Internet provides an amazing forum for the free exchange of ideas .....1) B; The Internet has the absolutely ......2) D；separating3) D; sacrifice the time in social4) D; the author thinks wo should achieve balance between virtual life and readlife5) B; the author was once troubled by the ....................六、A few drinks a week may .....................1) C; to find how alcohol consumed affects young woman's blood pressure2) D; high levels may had a 15% ....3) C; Moderate drinking4) C; the type of alcohol drinking made a different in affecting young woman's blood pressure5) A; Woman's blood pressure drops with a few drink a week七、Old people are always saying that the young are not what ............1 ) A; have more money and freedom2) A; nowadays the young and the old have the greatest differences3) A; why the old often resort to violence or solve problem4) C;struggle for social status5) A; one has reason to enjoy life八、Soup c an play many roles,from comfort and sick-day^ .....1) C; Some soups help cure cancer and heart disease2) A; use soup as the first course instead of soup3) B; we'd better eat soup at fist or as the main meal4) D; it helps us keep healthy5) B;there's not enough vegetable in it九、although each baby has an individual schedule of development1) D; the development stages of infancy2) A;After nine mouths3) C; To imitate actions4) C; holding5) A;In early infancy十、The first breath-taking picture of the Earth taken taken from space1) B; Hunan's recognition of the Earth taken from space2) A; We didn't see the earth from far away until wo saw the picture taken in the space3) D; the structural geology4) C;The east coastlines of North America and the west Europe could fit together5) C; Wegener investigated the idea that the continents十一、Teachers always pla n dow n to the mi nute .............1) A;to provide some advice for the parents about children's education2) B; to arrange everything in details3) C;the leader of a research group about sports,such as basketball4) D;bring more energy to children5) C;Go out a bit by using the bathroom十二、The to decline .............................1) B;There were many reasons why higher education was in trouble in the 1970s2) D;Unemployed3) B; gas-consuming4) C;keeping them running at the same level would cost much more5) D;Birthrate dropped in the 1970s because of the recession十三、It is n atural for young people to ............1) D;teenagers2) A;the teenagers' criticism of their parents3) A;want to show their existence by creating a culture of their own4) D;have a desire to be independent5) C;co-operative十四、The would con servati on has a thrifty( 节俭) ...............1) D;critical2) B;they had little or no sense of environmental protection3) A;the interdependence of water,soil,and living things4) C;environmental education be directed toward everyone5) D;we must preserve good living conditions for both birds and animals。
国开大学人文英语一阅读理解测试卷及答案
国开大学人文英语一阅读理解测试卷及答案一、Social work helps people to have a 1 life. In many cases this requires the social worker to help people to overcome the negatives in their lives. Social work includes from helping a 2 to get into college to counseling a person with illness. In most cases the role of a social worker is to help people to 3 the skills.Most of the time a social worker is going to be dealing 4 people who are having a difficult time. Often poverty plays a big part in the need for the services of social worker. Social workers often interview people to get an understanding of the problem. From there the social worker will help them to come up with a plan to 5 their situation. 1、A. goodB. betterC. rich2. A. student B. doctor C. lawyer3. A. take B. think C. develop4. A. with B. on C. in5. A. change B. meet C. improve正确答案: (1) B (2) A (3) C (4) A (5) C二、阅读理解：判断正误题（每题10分）Hi, I am Zhao Xin from Beijing. I just enrolle d at The Open University last month.Now I'm a freshman at the School of Social Work. As a social work major, I can help take care of the homeless and sick people, talk to them and accompany them, do the cleaning and other house chores. I enjoy helping people and want to live a meaningful life.I love being a social worker. I used to look after the elderly at a nursing home when I was in middle school. It gives me a feeling of pride to bring happiness to others. I want to make a difference in the world.操作提示：句子正确选择下拉选项框为“T”；句子错误选择下拉选项框为“F”。
大学英语(阅读理解及答案18篇)
II 阅读理解Passage 1Community社区service is an important component部分of education here at our university. We encourage鼓励all students to volunteer自愿者for at least one community activity before they graduate. A new community program called One On One helps elementary初级的students who’ve fallen behind落后的. Your education majors专业might be especially interested in it because it offers the opportunity机会to do some teaching, that is, tutoring辅导in math and English.You’d have to volunteer two hours a week for one sem ester学期. You can choose to help a child with math, English, or both. Half-hour lessons are fine理想的, so you could do a half hour of each subject two days a week.Professor Dodge will act as a mentor to the tutors —he’ll be available to help you with less on plans or to offer suggestions for activities. He has office hours every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. You can sign up报名for the program with him and begin the tutoring next week.I’m sure you’ll enjoy this community service and you’ll gain valuable experience at the same time. It looks good on your resume简历, too, showing that you’ve had experience with children and that you care about关心your community. If you’d like to sign up, or if you have any questions, stop by Professor Dodge’s office this week.1.What is the purpose of the talk? _________.A.To explain a new requirement for graduation.B.To interest students in a new community programC.To discuss the problems of elementary school students.D.To recruit elementary school teachers for a special program.2.What is the purpose of the program that the speaker describes? _______.A.To find jobs for graduating students.B.To help education majors prepare for final exams.C.To offer tutorials to elementary school students.D.To provide funding for a community service project.3.What does Professor Dodge do? __________.A.He advises students to participate in certain program.B.He teaches part-time in an elementary school.C.He observes elementary school students in the classroom.D.He helps students prepare their resumes.4.What should students who are interested in the tutorials do? _________.A.Contact the elementary school.B.Sign up for a special class.C.Submit a resume to the dean.D.Talk to Professor Dodge.5.Whom do you think the speaker addresses向.....说话? ___________.A.Faculty.B.Students.C.ResidentsD.Graduated students.Passage 2A foreigner’s first impression of the U.S. is likely to be that everyone is in a rush-often under pressure. City people appear always to be hurrying to get where they are going restlessly, seeking attention in a store, and elbowing others as they try to complete their errands （任务）. Racingthrough daytime meals is part of the pace of life in this country.Working time is considered precious. Others in public eating places are waiting for you to finish so that they too can be served and get back to work within the time allowed. Each person hurries to make room for the next person. If you don’t, waiters will hurry you.You also find drivers will be abrupt and that people will push past you. You will miss smiles, brief conversations, and small courtesies with strangers. Don’t take it personally. This is because people value time highly, and they resent someone else ―wasting it beyond a certain courtesy point.The view of time affects the importance we attach to patience. In the American system of values, patience is not a high priority. Many of us have what migh t be called ―a short fuse. We begin to move restlessly about if we feel time is slipping away without some return be this in terms of pleasure, work value, or rest. Those coming from lands where time is looked upon differently may find this matter of pace to be one of their most difficult adjustments in both business and daily life. Many newcomers to the States will miss the opening courtesy of a business call, for example, they will miss the ritual socializing that goes with a welcoming cup of tea or coffee they may be traditional in their own country. They may miss leisurely business chats in a café or coffeehouse. Normally, Americans do not assess their visitors in such relaxed surroundings over prolonged small talks. We seek out evidence of past performance rather than evaluate a business colleague through social courtesies. Since we generally assess and probe professionally rather than socially, we start talking business very quickly.1. Which of the following statements is wrong? __________A. Americans seem to be always under pressure.B. Americans attach less importance to patience.C. Americans don’t care much about ritual socializing.D. Americans are impolite to their business colleagues.2. In the fourth paragraph, ―a high priority means __________.A. a less important thingB. a first concernC. a good businessD. an attractive gift3. Americans evaluate a business colleague __________.A. through social courtesyB. through prolonged business talksC. by establishing business relationsD. by learning about their past performance4. This passage mainly talks about __________.A. how Americans treasure their timeB. how busy Americans are every dayC. how Americans do business with foreignersD. what American way of life is like5. We can infer from the passage that the author’s tone in writing is ___________.A. criticalB. ironicalC. appreciativeD. objectivePassage 3Laws have been written to govern the use of American National Flag, and to ensure proper respect for the flag. Custom has also governed the common practice in regard to its use. All the armed services have precise regulations on how to display the national flag. This may vary somewhat from the general rules. The national flag should be raised and lowered by hand. Do not raise theflag while it is folded. Unfolded the flag first, and then hoist it quickly to the top of the flagpole. Lower it slowly and with dignity. Place no objects on or over the flag. Do not use the flag as part of a costume or athletic uniform. Do not print it upon cushions, handkerchief, paper napkins or boxes. A federal law provides that the trademark cannot be registered if it comprises the flag, or badgers of the US. When the flag is used to unveil a statue or monument, it shouldn’t serve as a covering of the object to be unveiled. If it is displayed on such occasions, do not allow the flag to the ground, but let it be carried high up in the air to form a feature of the ceremony. Take every precaution to prevent the flag from soiled. It should not be allowed to touch the ground or floor, nor to brush against objects.1. How do Americans ensure proper respect for the national flag？A. By making laws.B. By enforcing discipline.C. By educating the public.D. By holding ceremonies.2. What is the regulation regarding the raising of the American National Flag?A. It should be raised by soldiers.B. It should be raised quickly by hand.C. It should be raised only by Americans.D. It should be raised by mechanical means.3. How should the American National Flag be displayed at an unveiling ceremony?A. It should be attached to the status.B. It should be hung from the top of the monument.C. It should be spread over the object to be unveiled.D. It should be carried high up in the air.4. What do we learn about the use of the American National Flag?A. There has been a lot of controversy over the use of flag.B. The best athletes can wear uniforms with the design of the flag.C. There are precise regulations and customs to be followed.D. Americans can print the flag on their cushions or handkerchiefs.5. What is Americans’ attitude t owards their National Flag?A. Arbitrary.B. Respect.C. Happy.D. Brave.Passage 4Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go in to their offices or schools every day by train, car or bus, even though this means they have to get up early in the morning and reach home late in the evening.One advantage of living outside London is that houses are cheaper. Even a small flat in London without a garden costs quite a lot to rent. With the same money, one can get a little house in the country with a garden of one’s own.Then, in the country one can really get away from the noise and hurry of busy working lives. Even though one has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses, one can sleep better at night and during weekends and on summer evenings, one can enjoy the fresh, clean air of the country. If one likes gardens, one can spend one's free time digging, planting, watering and doing the hundred and one other jobs which are needed in a garden. Then, when the flowers and vegetables come up, one has got the reward together with those who have shared the secret of Nature.Some people, however, take no interest in country things: for them, happiness lies in the town,with its cinemas and theatres, beautiful shops and busy streets, dance-halls and restaurants. Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live it outside London. An occasional walk in one of the parks and a fortnight’s (two weeks) visit to the sea every summer is all the country they want: the rest they are quite prepared to leave to those who are glad to get away from London every night.1. Which of the following statements is NOT true? ____A. People who love Nature prefer to live outside the city.B. People who work in London prefer to live in the country.C. Some people enjoying city life prefer to work and live inside London.D. Many nature lovers, though working in London, prefer to live outside the city.2. With the same money ____, one can buy a little house with a garden in the country.A. getting a small flat with a gardenB. having a small flat with a gardenC. renting a small flat without a gardenD. buying a small flat without a garden3. When the garden is in blossom, it means that one ____ has been rewarded.A. living in the countryB. having spent time working in the gardenC. having a garden of his ownD. having been digging, planting and watering4. Which of the following statements is true? ____A. Those who prefer to live in London would feel their life was meaninglful.B. Those who prefer to live outside London would feel their life was boring.C. Those who prefer to live in London believe their life was worthy living.D. Those who prefer to live outside London believe their life was valuable.5. The underlined phrase get away from in the 3rd paragraph refers to ____ .A. deal withB. do away withC. escape fromD. prevent fromPassage 5Paper is one of the most important products ever invented by man. Wide spread use of written language would not have been possible without some cheap and practical material to write on. The invention of paper meant that more people could be educated because more books could be printed and distributed. Together with the printing press, paper provided an extremely important way to communicate knowledge.How much paper do you use every year? Probably you cannot answer that question quickly. In 1990 the world’s use of paper was about one kilogram for each person a year. Now some countries use as much as 50 kilograms of paper for each person a year. Countries like the United States, England and Sweden use more paper than other countries.Paper, like many other things that we use today, was first made in China. In Egypt and the West, paper was not very commonly used before the year 1400. The Egyptians wrote on a kind of material made of a water plant. Europeans used parchment for many hundreds of year. Parchment was very strong; it was made from the skin of certain young animals. We have learnt of the most important facts of European history from records that were kept on parchment.1. What’s the meaning for the underlined word ―parchment? ____________A. The skin of young animals.B. The paper of Egypt.C. The paper used by European countries.D. A kind of paper made from the skin of certain young animals.2. Which of the following is not mentioned about the invention of paper? ____________A. More jobs could be provided than before.B. More people could be educated than before.C. More books could be printed and distributed.D. More ways could be used to exchange knowledge.3. When did the Egyptians begin to use paper widely? ____________A. Around 1400.B. Around 1900.C. Around 400.D. Around 900.4. Which of the following countries uses more paper for each person a year? ____________A. ChinaB. SwedenC. EgyptD. Japan5. What is the main idea of this short talk? ____________A. More and more paper is being consumed nowadays.B. Paper enables people to receive education more easily.C. The invention of paper is of great significance to man.D. Paper contributes a lot to the keeping of historical records.Passage 6Places to stay in Britain不列颠are as varied as the places you visit.Whatever your budget is, the choice -from basic barn to small hotel, from tiny cottage to grand castle - is all part of fun. HostelsCheap, good-value hostels are aimed at all types of like-minded travelers, who prefer value over luxury and you don't have to be young or single to use them.Britain's independent hostels and backpackers hostels also offer a great welcome.Facilities and prices vary, especially in rural areas, where some hostels are a little more than a bunkhouse (临时住房) while others are remarkably comfortable －almost like bargain hotels.Youth HotelsFounded many years ago to "help all, especially young people of limited means, to a greater knowledge, love and care of the countryside", the Youth Hotels Association is still going strong in the 21st century.The network of 230 hotels is a perfect gateway for exploring Britain's towns and countryside.B&BsThe B&B (bed and breakfast) is a Great British institution, In essence, you get a room in somebody's house, and small B&Bs may only have one guest room, so you'll really feel like part of the rger B&Bs may have four or five rooms and more facilities, but just as warm as a welcome.In country areas your B&B might be in a village or an isolated farm surrounded by fields.Prices reflect facilities: and usually run from around ￡12 to ￡20 per person.City B&Bs charge about ￡25 to ￡30 per person, although they're often cheaper as you go further out to the suburbs.Pubs & InnsAs well as selling drinks and meals, Britain's pubs and inns sometimes offer B&B, particularly in country areas.Staying a night or two can be great fun and puts you at the heart of the local community.Rates range from around ￡15 to ￡25 per person.Pubs are more likely to have single rooms.1.In this passage the author mainly ________.A.tells us where to stay while visiting BritainB.advises readers to pay a visit to BritainC.introduces the wonderful public services in BritainD.gives us some information about British life2.________ are mainly built for young visitors.A.Pubs & InnsB.Youth HotelsC.HostelsD.B&Bs3.If you travel alone and want to know better about family life in Britain, you'd better stay in ________.A.Pubs & InnsB.Youth HotelsC.HostelsD.B&Bs4.If you are interested in travelling with your friends but only with limited means, where is the better place for you to stay? _________.A.Pubs & InnsB.Youth HotelsC.HostelsD.B&Bs5.Which of the following is NOT true according to the last part of the passage? __________A.Pubs and inns usually provide visitors bed and breakfast.B.all pubs and inns offer visitors bed and breakfast.C.Pubs and inns charge a visitor ￡25 at the most.D.If you want a single room, you are more likely to get one in pubs.Passage 7The origin of language is a mystery. All we know is that men, unlike animals, invented certain sounds to express thought and feelings, actions and things, so that they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed upon certain signs, called letters, which could be combined to present those sounds, and which could be written down. Those sounds, whether spoken or written in letters, we call words.The power of words lies in their associations - the things they bring up before our minds. Words become filled with meaning for us by experience; and the longer we live, the more certain words recall to us the glad and sad events of our past; and the more we read and learn, the more the number of words that mean something increases.Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and emotions. This charming and telling use of words is what we call literary style. Above all, the real poet is a master of words. He can convey his meaning in words which sing like music and which by their position and association can move men to tears. We should therefore learn to choose our words carefully and use them accurately, or they will make our speech silly and vulgar.1. The origin of language is ____.A. a legend handed down from the pastB. a matter that is hidden or secretC. a question difficult to answerD. a problem not yet solved2. What is true about words?A. They are used to express feelings only.B. They are simply sounds.C. They can not be written down.D. They are mysterious.3. The real power of words consists in their ____.A. propertiesB. characteristicsC. peculiarityD. representative function4. By“association”in the last paragraph, the author means ____.A. a special qualityB. a joining of ideas in the mindC. an appearance which is puzzlingD. a strange feature5. Which of the following statements about the real poet is NOT true?A. He is no more than a master of words.B. He can convey his ideas in words which sing like music.C. He can move men to tears.D. His style is always charming.Passage 8Once James Thornhill, a famous English painter, was asked to paint some pictures on the walls of the king’s palace in England. Then workers were sent for and a big platform (台子)was made. With the help of a worker, Thornhill started painting on the platform. They worked for a whole year and at last the pictures were ready.Thornhill was happy when he looked at the pictures, for they were really beautiful. He looked at them for a long time, and then took one step back and looked again. Now the pictures were even more beautiful. He took another step, then another. Finally he was at the very edge of the platform, but he didn’t know it because he was thinking of his pictures.The worker saw everything. ‘What should I do?’he thought. ‘Thornhill was at the very edge of the platform. If I cry out, he will take another step, fall off it and surely be killed.’So the worker quickly took some paint (漆)and threw it at the pictures.‘What are you doing?’ cried the painter, running quickly forward to his pictures.1. James Thornhill was an English ______.A. workerB. artistC. kingD. writer2. He was ordered to ______.A. paint the wall of the king’s palace in EnglandB. paint some pictures on the wall of the palaceC. build a big platform in front of the palaceD. put up some new pictures on the old wall3. It took them ______ to finish the pictures.A. a monthB. a weekC. twelve monthsD. half a month4. James Thornhill felt that the ______ he was from the pictures, the ______ they were.A. nearer...more beautifulB. farther...more uglyC. farther...more beautifulD. higher above...more good-looking5. The worker threw some paint at the pictures in order to ______.A. save James’ lifeB. destroy the pictureC. make the picture more beautifulD. make the king angryPassage 9Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents.Every day they are very busy trying to earn money in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me.They don’t act in the romantic ways that I read in books or I see on TV.In their opinion, “I love you” is t oo luxurious for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of the question. One day, I asked my mother if there is love between her and and my Dad when she was sewing. My mother stopped her work and didn’t answer imme diately.I was very worried because I thought I had hurt her.“Susan,” she said , “Look at this thread.Sometimes it appears, but most of it disappears in the quilt.The thread really makes the quilt strong and durable.If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread.It can hardly be seen anywhere or anytime, but it’s really there.Love is inside.”I listened carefully but I couldn’t understand her until the next spring.At that time, my father suddenly got sick seriously.My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month.When they returned from the hospital, they both looked very pale.It seemed both of them had had a serious illness.After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father walk slowly on the country road.My father had never been so gentle.It seemed they were the most harmonious couple.The doctor had said my father would recover in two months.But after two months he still couldn’t walk by himself.All of us were worried about him.“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.“Susan, don’t worry about me.” he said gently.“To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom.I like this kind of life.” Reading his eyes, I knew he loves my mother deeply.Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses.But from this experience, I understand that love is just a thread in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.有时候我真的很怀疑父母之间是否有爱。
大学英语1试题及答案
大学英语1试题及答案一、听力理解（共20分）1. 根据所听对话，选择正确答案。
A) Mike is going to the library.B) Mike is going to the bookstore.C) Mike is going to the cinema.[答案] A2. 根据所听短文，回答以下问题。
What is the main topic of the passage?[答案] The importance of environmental protection.二、词汇与结构（共20分）1. The teacher asked the students to _______ their homework on time.A) hand inB) hand outC) hand over[答案] A2. He is _______ the most intelligent student in his class.A) amongB) inC) at[答案] A三、阅读理解（共30分）Passage 1The article discusses the benefits of learning a second language. It mentions that learning a new language can improve cognitive skills and cultural understanding.Questions:1. What are the benefits of learning a second language according to the article?A) Improved cognitive skills.B) Better job opportunities.C) Enhanced cultural understanding.[答案] A and CPassage 2The text explores the impact of technology on education, highlighting how digital tools are transforming the learning process.Questions:1. What is the main topic of the text?A) The history of education.B) The role of technology in education.C) The challenges of digital learning.[答案] B四、完形填空（共15分）[文章略]1. The best title for the passage is "The Power of Perseverance."A) TrueB) False[答案] A2. The author believes that success comes from _______.A) hard workB) luckC) talent alone[答案] A五、翻译（共15分）1. 请将以下句子从英文翻译成中文。
大学英语读写教程第1册unit7阅读理解三篇
unit 7Part 1 Reading comprehensionDirections: Read the following passages carefully. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished sentences. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the best answer to each question.Questions 1 to 5 are based on the same passage.As many as one in four US workers may be often angry on the job, and angry employees also are more likely to get bored, have low energy and feel trapped in their posts, according to a survey. Employees are most likely to be angered by a boss, or by a fellow employee in the workplace not being productive, or by tight deadlines or by heavy workloads, said Donald Gibson, a professor at the Yale University School of Management.On the one hand, anu nstable economic environment has produced productivity and growth; on the other, it has produced change and uncertainty, which has influenced the workplace negatively. According to Professor Gibson's survey, while a majority of employees are responding to these conditions with reports of workplace satisfaction, there remain a substantial portion who are dissatisfied, even angry at work. Obviously, anger is linked to workplace aggression, which appears to be increasing: We are weekly confronted with stories of workers taking aggressive, even violent action particularly against their bosses.The survey found that 25 percent of those contacted said they were at least somewhat angry at work on a continuing basis. Angry employees tend to have less energy and interest in the job, and tend also to be bored. And angry employees tend to feel trapped in the job. The study did not discuss what percentage of angry workers are likely to use violence. It did find that they feel less loyal （忠诚的） to the employer. There have been a number of workplace shootings in the United States over the years, which is really worrisome.1. According to Professor Gibson, employees may get angry ifA. the boss is less loyal to themB. the boss is violent towards themC. other employees take aggressive actionsD. other employees haven't done much work2. What does the word "unstable" in Paragraph 2 probably mean?A. incredibleB. insecureC. indispensableD. invisible3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a cause for anger?A. Employees get very bored.B. There is great working pressure.C. There is change and uncertainty.D. Employees get stuck in their work.4. What can be inferred from the passage?A. Angry workers are more likely to lose their jobs than others.B. The relation between employees and employers is the primaryreason for anger.C. Economic environment might be the root cause for anger at work.D. A considerable number of angry workers develop theirdissatisfaction into anger.5. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A. Causes for Angry Workers.B. Frequent Anger in US Workplace.C. Increasing Violence of Angry Workers.D. Conflicts between Employers and Employees.Questions 6 to 10 are based on the same passage or dialog. Judging from recent surveys most experts in sleep behavior agree that there is virtually an epidemic of sleeplessness in the US. "I can't think of a single study that hasn't found Americans getting less sleep than they ought to," says Dr. David. "Even people who think they are sleeping enough would probably be better off with more rest."The beginning of our sleep-deficit （睡眠不足） crisis can be traced tothe invention of the light bulb a century ago. From diary entries and other personal accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries, sleep scientists have reached the conclusion that the average person used to sleep about 9.5 hours a night. The best sleep habits once were forced on us, when we had nothing to do in the evening down on the farm, and it was dark. By the 1950s and 1960s, that sleep schedule had been reduced dramatically to between 7.5 and 8 hours, and most people had to wake to an alarm clock. "People cheat on their sleep, and they don't even realize they're doing it," says Dr. David. "They think they're ok because they can get by on 6.5 hours, when they really need 7.5, 8 or even more to feel ideally （理想地） vigorous."Perhaps the most merciless robber of sleep, researchers say, is the complexity of the day. Whenever pressures from work, family, friends and community mount, many people considered energetic if you say you only need 5.5 hours' sleep. If you've got to get 8.5 hours, people think you lack drive and ambition.To determine the consequences of sleep deficit, researchers have put subjects through a set of psychological and performance tests requiring them, for instance, to add columns of numbers or recall a passage read to them only minutes earlier. "We've found that if you're in sleep deficit, performance suffers," says Dr. David. "Short-term memory is weakened, as are abilities to make decisions and to concentrate."6. What can we learn from Dr. David's words in Paragraph 1?A. All studies have found that Americans should get more sleep.B. All studies have found that Americans have realized theirproblems.C. One study has found that Americans get less sleep than theyought to.D. One study hasn't found anything wrong with Americans' sleepbehavior.7. According to the author, how long should people sleep?A. About 5.5 hours.B. About 6.5 hours.C. 7.5 hours or more.D. 9.5 hours or more.8. What do people usually think of those who only sleep 5.5 hours anight?A. They have a lot of drive.B. They have a lot of energy.C. They don't have ambition.D. They don't need much sleep.9. Why are Americans getting less sleep nowadays?A. Because there is an epidemic of sleeplessness.B. Because the light bulb was invented a century ago.C. Because they want to show people they have ambition.D. Because they are under great pressure in many aspects.10. What is a consequence of lack of sleep in the psychological andperformance tests in Paragraph 4?A. People's overall memory is affected.B. People's abilities to concentrate decline.C. People don't have abilities to make decisions.D. People can't remember numbers or passages.Questions 11 to 15 are based on the same passage or dialog.Not long ago, 20,000 middle- and high-school students were surveyed （调查）. 92 percent of the teenagers admitted having lied to their parents in the previous year, and 73 percent of them call themselves as "serial liars", people continually lying. Despite these admissions, 91 percent of all those people said they were "satisfied with my owncharacter". Think how often we hear the expressions "I'll call you" or "I'm sorry, but he stepped out". And then there are professions, such as lawyers and consultants 顾（问）, whose members seem to specialize in shaping the truth to suit clients' （当事人） needs. Little white lies become widespread, and the reasons we give each other for telling lies are familiar. "What's wrong with that?"How often do we praise people for how well they look, or express our appreciation for gifts, when we don't really mean it? Surely, these "nice lies" are harmless and well intended, a necessary social lubrican润t（滑剂）. But, we should remember the words of English novelist Sir Walter Scott, who wrote, "What a tangled （错综复杂的） web we weave （编）, when first we practice to deceive." Even seemingly harmless lies can have unexpected consequences. Psychological obstacles disappear; the ability to make more distinction can become dull; the liar's awareness of his chances of being caught may become dull. By itself, that kind of lie is of no great consequence.Still, the endless build-up of these lies does matter. Once they've become common enough, even the small untruths that are not meant to hurt will encourage a certain doubt and loss of trust. When trust is damaged, the community as a whole suffers; and when it is destroyed, societies collapse. Are all white lies to be avoided at all costs? The most understandable and forgivable lies are an exchange of the principle of trust for the principle of caring, like telling children about Santa Claus, or lying to someone to give him a surprise party. But a president of an institute says, "Still, we must ask ourselves if we are willing to give our friends and associates the authority to lie to us whenever they think it is for our own good."11. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the survey?A. Most of the school students surveyed said they had lied.B. A larger percent of the students said they had lied constantly.C. Most of the students didn't feel sorry about their lying behavior.D. Those students who had never lied were happy about theircharacter.12. What does "And then there are professions, such as lawyers andconsultants, whose members seem to specialize in shaping the truth to suit clients' needs" in Paragraph 1 mean?A. These professions encourage their members to tell lies.B. The members working in these professions tell nothing but lies.C. Lawyers and consultants change the truth to benefit their clients.D. Lawyers and consultants tell the truth because their clients needthe truth.13. What is the meaning of the quotation from Sir Walter Scott "What atangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive"?A. Telling lies is the first step for a person to form a deceivingpersonality.B. After we lie the first time, we need to tell more lies to cover up thefirst one.C. If you tell lies, people around you will tell lies, too, so a web willbe formed.D. Once you start to tell lies, your character will gradually becomecomplicated.14. What does the author say about white lies?A. Not all white lies should be avoided.B. Nice little lies won't hurt our trust in each other.C. We should give our friends the authority to tell us little white lies.D. We should tell white lies only when giving a friend a surpriseparty.15. Which of the following best describes the author's attitude toward"nice lies" mentioned in the passage?A. Surprised.B. Relieved.C. Concerned.D. Accustomed.。
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Reading Comprehension (Multiple Choice) (每小题：1分)Directions: Read the following passages carefully and choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage or dialog.Mr. and Mrs. Jones' flat was full of boxes, big and small; trunks ; and furniture. The two of them were busy with pencils and paper, checking their list of luggage when there was a ring at the door. Mrs. Jones went to open it, and saw a well-dressed middle-aged lady outside. The lady said that she lived in a flat beside theirs, and that she had c ome to welcome them to their new home. Mrs. Jones invited her in. "I hope you'll excuse us for all this mess (杂乱)," said Mrs. Jones, "We are trying...""Oh, that's quite all right," said the lady. "Do you know, in some parts of this town, neighbors are not at all friendl y? There are some streets-and even some buildings-where people don't know their neighbors-not even their next-d oor ones. But in this building, everyone is a friend with everybody else. We are one big, happy family. I'm sure yo u'll be happy here." The lady was greatly surprised when she visited the same flat the next time, because she foun d that a different man and a woman had moved in. On the lady's first visit, Mr. and Mrs. Jones had not the heart to tell her they were not the new owners of the flat, but the old owners, who had lived beside her for two years. All th is time she had never visited or even noticed Mr. and Mrs. Jones, her next-door neighbors. 1.Someone knocked at the door when Mr. and Mrs. Jones were ________.A. cleaning their houseB. counting (数) their luggageC. moving their furnitureD. writing their shopping list2. This writer of this passage suggests that the middle-aged lady ________.A. lives in a big happy familyB. lives aloneC. does not do what she saysD. is a bothersome neighbor3. According to the middle-aged lady, in some parts of the town, people ________.A. had big, happy familiesB. had small, unhappy familiesC. didn't know their neighborsD. didn't like their neighbors4. From the passage, we know ________.A. the middle-aged lady was warm-heartedB. the middle-aged lady had been living in the building for two yearsC. Mr. and Mrs. Jones told the middle-aged lady the truthD. Mr. and Mrs. Jones were the middle-aged lady's old neighbors 5.What is the tone (语气) of the writer in the passage?A. Happy.B. Sad.C. IndifferentD. Critical. Questions6 to 10 are based on the following passage or dialog.When I was in the 7th grade, I had a lot of trouble reading. My mother used to sit by my side, and explain each paragraph of each school reading assignment to me because I didn't understand what I was reading. She would have to read each paragraph to me. And then after each paragraph, she told me the general meaning of what we jus t read.In class, I tried to hide the fact that I couldn't read. My teachers gave us the last ten minutes of class to start our reading homework, and I would sit there for ten minutes staring at the page, pretending I was reading it. I rem ember a terrible feeling of not wanting to get into trouble for not being able to understand. I had to wait until I got home so my mother could explain it to me. How did I ever get into Cornell University?By the 8th grade I started understanding a little on my own, but I was reading at a very slow speed. I got hold of all the speed-reading books I could get my hands on. I read them all very slowly at the time. I even went out and took a course on speed-reading. Then I developed my own way which was easier and produced quicker results. I started practicing these techniques every day, and as I started to read faster, my understanding increased. I found t hat I stopped daydreaming and thinking about other things while I was reading, and started getting the larger mean ing. I was reading faster and comprehending better.I found that when you read slowly, word-by-word, you get lost in the words, lose the bigger picture, and your com prehension drops. When you read faster, your comprehension goes up because instead of getting lost in the words, you see the general picture.6. The main difficulty the writer had in reading in the 7th grade was that ________________________.A. she often forgot her school reading assignmentsB. she had difficulty reading with comprehensionC. she had a poor vocabulary and very bad grammarD. she always looked elsewhere when asked to read7. The writer would pretend to be reading in the last 10 minutes of class because _________________________.A. she was afraid of being found outB. the reading class was terribleC. she had to do what others were doingD. her mother told her to do so8. The writer's reading ability improved a great deal mainly because _______________________.A. she entered Cornell UniversityB. she took a course on speed readingC. her mother helped herD. she developed her own way of reading9. From her own experience, the writer found that _________________.A. one's comprehension drops if one reads too slowlyB. in order to understand better, one has to read slowlyC. one does not pay enough attention to information if one reads fastD. many people read fast in order to save time10. The writer wrote the passage in order to ___________________.A. prove to readers the importance of higher educationB. tell a story in honor of her motherC. give a detailed description of different reading skillsD. prove the importance of reading fast Questions11 to 15 are based on the following passage or dialog.Learning a foreign language is not a matter of reading some grammar rules or some vocabulary words-although th ose are important activities not to be ignored. Acquiring a language is learning a skill, not a body of information. I t's much more like learning to swim or ride a bike than it is like learning about the Second World War. That is, you must not only understand the ideas and have information at hand, but also make your body accustomed (习惯于) to using that information in physical activity. In the case of learning a second language, the physical activity is speaking, listening, writing, and reading.You need, then, not only to learn and understand, but also to practice!Here are a few suggestions on effective pract ice/study techniques. 1. Make your mouth or hand do what your mind is learning. Study out loud. Go to the lab an d work with tapes. Study with a friend, practicing speaking and listening. Try to write sentences or a short paragra ph using the skills you have practiced with your own lips.2. Study day by day. You cannot get by in a foreign language course by cramming (临时抱佛脚) at the last minute. You may be able to "learn" vocabulary items that way, but you cannot teach your mouth to u se them in sentences.3. Sometimes go back and review "old" topics and vocabulary. Language learning is cumulative (累积的). The new skills you learn build upon the old skills you learned in the past. The more you "recycle" (循环) familiar information and skills, the better you will be able to take in new ones. 4. Don't be afraid to make mist akes. Self-consciousness can be a strong barrier to learning a language. Perhaps part of the reason small children r eadily learn languages is that they are not afraid of making mistakes.11. The main idea of the first paragraph is______.A. memorizing vocabulary words is necessary in language learningB. learning to swim is quite similar to learning about the Second World WarC. understanding the ideas is more important than anything elseD. language learning is a process of acquiring different language skills12. One of the major benefits of studying with a friend is that _____________ .A. it makes one talk and listen in a particular languageB. it builds the friendship between two friendsC. friends can share tapes or other learning materialsD. one studies better with a friend13. Cramming is not helpful in learning a language because _________.A. it is of little use to study without a clear purposeB. nothing can be learned through crammingC. anything learned that way can hardly be put into useD. one may not find enough time to use at the last minute14. The purpose of reviewing old topics is _____________________________.A. to build up a good base for new skillsB. to enjoy the good ideas contained in themC. to throw away the old, useless informationD. to avoid making mistakes in the future15. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A. Why Children Are Able to Learn a Language Better Than Grown-ups?B. A Few Suggestions on Studying a Foreign LanguageC. Why Learning a Foreign Language Is More Difficult Than Anything Else?D. An Introduction to Language Teaching and LearningQuestions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage or dialog.When the Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita visited Washington in 1988, he started an address to the Nati onal Press Club with a brief statement in English, in which he admitted that his accent was so bad that a translator was needed for the rest of his speech.Takeshita's problem is not unique in Japan. Many Japanese are eager to use the world's most popular foreign langu age but have trouble mastering it even when they are, like Takeshita, well educated. The Japanese like to decorate their own language with many English loaners, such as raisu for rice and sarariman for salary man. English is fash ionable in Japanese advertising, packaging, and technology.Yet for all that intense interest, when English is spoken in Japan, it is generally spoken poorly. The problem is root ed in a much-praised educational system. Japanese schools turn out top graduates in mathematics and science but f ail in teaching spoken English. The teachers, speaking in Japanese most of the time, are generally successful in ins tructing students in the complexities of written translation and English grammar, because entrance examinations f or acceptance by top-ranked universities stress nothing else.Dramatic changes in the examination system are unlikely. Yet small signs of progress are visible. This year, for ex ample, the University of Tokyo will experiment with an English listening comprehension test as a minor element of the entrance exam. If it is successful, other universities may follow.16. The author told the story of Takeshita in order to show that_____.A. Japanese people are modestB. he didn't learn English wellC. many Japanese people are poor in spoken EnglishD. a translator is necessary for a Japanese person17. The general problem with Japanese English is attributed to_____.A. too many English words being used in JapaneseB. the educational systemC. the listening-comprehension testD. all of the above18. You may find a lot of English loaners in Japanese, because_____.A. the Japanese are fond of EnglishB. English is very effective in advertisingC. English is a language used all over the worldD. the Japanese language has limited vocabulary19. According to the passage, the educational system in Japan_____.A. will have dramatic changesB. is good at teaching EnglishC. is much criticizedD. will make some improvement in its English examination system20. It can be inferred that if a Japanese student is required to take an English grammar exam, he _____.A. will possibly failB. will probably do well on itC. may consult an English dictionaryD. will admit he can't do it Questions21 to 25 are based on the following passage or dialog."Culture consists of all shared products of a human society" (Robertson, 1981). This means not only such material things as cities, tools, and schools, but also non-material things, such as ideas, customs, family patterns, and lang uages. Put simply, culture refers to the entire way of life of a society, "the ways of a people".Language is a part of culture and plays a very important role in it. Some social scientists consider it the keystone of culture. Without language, maintaining culture would not be possible. On the other hand, language is influence d and shaped by culture. It reflects culture in the broadest sense, is the symbolic representation of a people, and it comprises a society's historical and cultural backgrounds. Language also displays a people's approach to life and their ways of living and thinking. We should not go further into the relationship between language and culture. What needs to be stressed here is that the two interact, and that understanding of one requires understanding of the other.Social scientists tell us that cultures differ from one another and that each culture is unique. As cultures are diverse, languages are also diverse. It is only natural then that with difference in cultures and differences in langua ges, difficulties often arise in communicating between people of different cultures. Understanding is not always easy. Learning a foreign language well means more than merely mastering the pronunciation, grammar, words, and idioms. It also means learning to see the world as native speakers of that language see it, learning the ways in which their language reflects the ideas, customs, and behaviors of their society. It means learning to understand their "language of the mind". Learning a language, in fact, is inseparable from learning culture.21. According to Robertson, what is NOT part of non-material culture?A. Legal systems.B. Language.C. Religion.D. Tools.22. The second paragraph is about _____.A. the way language is used by social scientistsB. the relationship between language and cultureC. the influence culture has on languageD. the influence language has on culture23. If you want to learn a foreign language well, you must _____.A. grasp the pronunciation, grammar, words, and idiomsB. master the language as well as its cultureC. know the way the native speakers of that language thinkD. learn the country's culture first24. The relationship between language and culture is that _________.A. language dominates cultureB. culture dominates languageC. they are connected with each otherD. language consists of culture25. "Language of the mind" means _____.A. the unspoken things that people thinkB. the method for studying a languageC. the manner in which people thinkD. the common culture shared by all people regardless of language ltiple Choice) (每小题: 1 分; 满分：25 分) 小答案1. B2. C3. C4. D5. D6. B7. A8. D9. A 10. D 11. D 12. A 13. C 14. A 15. B 16. C 17. B 18. A 19. D 20. B 21. D 22. B 23. B 24. C 25. C。
大学英语英语四级练习卷(及答案) (4)
大学英语四级试练习卷一、阅读理解阅读理解（一）Why the inductive and mathematical sciences, after their first rapid development at the culmination of Greek civilization, advanced so slowly for two thousand years—and why in the following two hundred years a knowledge of natural and mathematical science has accumulated, which so vastly exceeds all that was previously known that these sciences may be justly regarded as the products of our own times—are questions which have interested the modern philosopher not less than the objects with which these sciences are more immediately conversant. Was it the employment of a new method of research, or in the exercise of greater virtue in the use of the old methods, that this singular modern phenomenon had its origin? Was the long period one of arrested development, and is the modern era one of normal growth? Or should we ascribe the characteristics of both periods to so-called historical accidents—to the influence of conjunctions in circumstances of which no explanation is possible, save in the omnipotence and wisdom of a guiding Providence?The explanation which has become commonplace, that the ancients employed deduction chiefly in their scientific inquiries, while the moderns employ induction, proves to be too narrow, and fails upon close examination to point with sufficient distinctness the contrast that is evident between ancient and modern scientific doctrines and inquiries. For all knowledge is founded on observation, and proceeds from this by analysis, by synthesis and analysis,by induction and deduction, and if possible by verification, or by new appeals to observation under the guidance of deduction—by steps which are indeed correlative parts of one method; and the ancient sciences afford examples of every one of these methods, or parts of one method, which have been generalized from the examples of science.A failure to employ or to employ adequately any one of these partial methods, an imperfection in the arts and resources of observation and experiment, carelessness in observation, neglect of relevant facts, by appeal to experiment and observation—these are the faults which cause all failures to ascertain truth, whether among the ancients or the moderns; but this statement does not explain why the modern is possessed of a greater virtue, and by what means he attained his superiority. Much less does it explain the sudden growth of science in recent times.The attempt to discover the explanation of this phenomenon in the antithesis of “facts” and “theories” or “facts” and “ideas”—in the neglect among the ancients of the former, and their too exclusive attention to the latter —proves also to be too narrow, as well as open to the charge of vagueness. For in the first place, the antithesis is not complete. Facts and theories are not coordinate species. Theories, if true, are facts—a particular class of facts indeed, generally complex, and if a logical connection subsists between their constituents, have all the positive attributes of theories. Nevertheless, this distinction, however inadequate it may be to explain the source of true method in science, is well founded, and connotes an important character in true method. A fact is a proposition of simple. A theory, on theother hand, if true has all the characteristics of a fact, except that its verification is possible only by indirect, remote, and difficult means. To convert theories into facts is to add simple verification, and the theory thus acquires the full characteristics of a fact."1. The title that best expresses the ideas of this passage is"[A]. Philosophy of mathematics. [B]. The Recent Growth in Science.[C]. The Verification of Facts. [C]. Methods of Scientific Inquiry."2. According to the author, one possible reason for the growth of science during the days of the ancient Greeks and in modern times is"[A]. the similarity between the two periods.[B]. that it was an act of God.[C]. that both tried to develop the inductive method.[D]. due to the decline of the deductive method."3. The difference between “fact” and “theory”"[A]. is that the latter needs confirmation.[B]. rests on the simplicity of the former.[C]. is the difference between the modern scientists and the ancient Greeks.[D]. helps us to understand the deductive method."4. According to the author, mathematics is"[A]. an inductive science. [B]. in need of simple verification.[C]. a deductive science. [D]. based on fact and theory."5. The statement “Theories are facts” may be called."[A]. a metaphor. [B]. a paradox.[C]. an appraisal of the inductive and deductive methods.[D]. a pun.阅读理解（二）On the 36th day after they had voted, Americans finally learned Wednesday who would be their next president: Governor George W. Bush of Texas.Vice President Al Gore, his last realistic avenue for legal challenge closed by a U. S. Supreme Court decision late Tuesday, planned to end the contest formally in a televised evening speech of perhaps 10 minutes, advisers said. They said that Senator Joseph Lieberman, his vice presidential running mate, would first make brief comments. The men would speak from a ceremonial chamber of the Old Executive office Building, to the west of the White House.The dozens of political workers and lawyers who had helped lead Mr. Gore’s unprecedented fight to claw a come-from-behind electoral victory in the pivotal state of Florida were thanked Wednesday and asked to stand down. “The vice president has directed the recount committee to suspend activities,”William Daley, the Gore campaign chairman, said in a written statement. Mr. Gore authorized that statement after meeting with his wife, Tipper, and with top advisers including Mr. Daley.He was expected to telephone Mr. Bush during the day. The Bush campaign kept a low profile and moved gingerly, as if to leave space for Mr. Gore to contemplate his next steps.Yet, at the end of a trying and tumultuous process that had focused world attention on sleepless vote counters across Florida, and on courtrooms formMiami to Tallahassee to Atlanta to Washington the Texas governor was set to become the 43d U. S. president.The news of Mr. Gore’s plans followed the longest and most rancorous dispute over a U. S. presidential election in more than a century, one certain to leave scars in a badly divided country.It was a bitter ending for Mr. Gore, who had outpolled Mr. Bush nationwide by some 300000 votes, but, without Florida, fell short in the Electoral College by 271votes to 267—the narrowest Electoral College victory since the turbulent election of 1876.Mr. Gore was said to be distressed by what he and many Democratic activists felt was a partisan decision from the nation’s highest court.The 5-to –4 decision of the Supreme Court held, in essence, that while a vote recount in Florida could be conducted in legal and constitutional fashion, as Mr. Gore had sought, this could not be done by the Dec. 12 deadline for states to select their presidential electors.James Baker 3rd, the former secretary of state who represented Mr. Bush in the Florida dispute, issued a short statement after the U. S. high court ruling, saying that the governor was “very pleased and gratified.”Mr. Bush was planning a nationwide speech aimed at trying to begin to heal the country’s deep, aching and varied divisions. He then was expected to meet with congressional leaders, including Democrats. Dick Cheney, Mr. Bush’s ruing mate, was meeting with congressmen Wednesday in Washington.When Mr. Bush, who is 54, is sworn into office on Jan.20, he will be only the second son of a president to follow his father to the White House, after JohnAdams and John Quincy Adams in the early 19th century.Mr. Gore, in his speech, was expected to thank his supporters, defend his hive-week battle as an effort to ensure, as a matter of principle, that every vote be counted, and call for the nation to join behind the new president. He was described by an aide as “resolved and resigned.”While some constitutional experts had said they believed states could present electors as late as Dec. 18, the U. S. high court made clear that it saw no such leeway.The U.S. high court sent back “for revision” to the Florida court its order allowing recounts but made clear that for all practical purposes the election was over.In its unsigned main opinion, the court declared, “The recount process, in its features here described, is inconsistent with the minimum procedures necessary to protect the fundamental right of each voter.”That decision, by a court fractured along philosophical lines, left one liberal justice charging that the high court’s proceedings bore a political taint.Justice John Paul Stevens wrote in an angry dissent:” Although we may never know with complete certainty the identity of the winner of this year’s presidential election, the identity of the loser is perfectly clear. It is the nation’s confidence in the judge as an impartial guardian of the law.”But at the end of five seemingly endless weeks, during which the physical, legal and constitutional machines of the U. S. election were pressed and sorely tested in ways unseen in more than a century, the system finally produced aresult, and one most Americans appeared to be willing at lease provisionally to support.The Bush team welcomed the news with an outward show of restraint and aplomb. The governor’s hopes had risen and fallen so many times since Election night, and the legal warriors of each side suffered through so many dramatic reversals, that there was little energy left for celebration."1. The main idea of this passage is"[A]. Bush’s victory in presidential election bore a political taint.[B]. The process of the American presidential election.[C]. The Supreme Court plays a very important part in the presidential election.[D]. Gore is distressed."2. What does the sentence “as if to leave space for Mr. Gore to contemplate his next step” mean"[A]. Bush hopes Gore to join his administration.[B]. Bush hopes Gore to concede defeat and to support him.[C]. Bush hopes Gore to congraduate him.[D]. Bush hopes Gore go on fighting with him."3. Why couldn’t Mr. Gore win the presidential election after he outpolled Mr. Bush in the popular vote? Because"[A]. the American president is decided by the supreme court’s decision.[B]. people can’t directly elect their president.[C]. the American president is elected by a slate of presidential electors.[D]. the people of each state support Mr. Bush."4. What was the result of the 5—4 decision of the supreme court?"[A]. It was in fact for the vote recount.[B]. It had nothing to do with the presidential election.[C]. It decided the fate of the winner.[D]. It was in essence against the vote recount."5. What did the “turbulent election of 1876” imply?"[A]. The process of presidential election of 2000 was the same as that.[B]. There were great similarities between the two presidential elections (2000 and 1876).[C]. It was compared to presidential election of 2000.[D]. It was given an example.阅读理解（三）Asked to name their favorite city, many Amerians would select San Francisco began as a small Spanish outpost located on a magnificent bay.The town was little more than a village serving ranchers when the United States took possession of it in 1846 during the war with Mexico. San Francisco sprang into a city overnight because of the nearby discovery of gold in 1848.A great rush to California took place.Wagon trains plodded their dangerous way across 2000 miles of prairie and mountains,while hundreds of sailing vessels made the equally hazardous trip around the Horn.The vessels disgorged thousands of passengers -- then the crews deserted teir ship and hundreds of vessels were left to rot in thebay.Within two years,California had enough population to become a state and San Francisco was for many years the hub of that newly-arrived population.The city’s present popularity is due to an excellent climate, an easy style of living ,good food,and numerous tourist attractions. The city is famous for its cable cars which "clang and bang" up the steep hills,and for its excellent seafood stals along the wharf. Most visitors arriving from nations in the Pacific Basin spend several days getting to know the town.1.According to this article, who were the first Californians?A.deserters from sailing shipsB.spanish ranchersC.gold minersD.tourists2.san francisco’s appeal includes all of the following factors____.A.attractive lifestyle,good seafood,desirable weatherB.tourist attactions,extreme seasons,cable carsC.wagon trains,gold mining,good climateD.cable cars,pleasent climate,flat terrain3.san francisco today is a thriving city because of ____.A.heavy industryernmental headquartersC.goldminingD.trade and tourism4.In waht year did California become an American state?A.1850B.1852C.1846D.1848二、完型填空完型填空（一）If you were to begin a new job tomorrow, you would bring with you some basic strengths andweaknesses. Success or (1) in your work would depend, to (2) great extent, (3) your ability to use yourstrengths and weaknesses to the best advantage. (4) the utmost importance is your attitude. A person (5)begins a job convinced that he isn't going to like it or is (6) that he is going to ail is exhibiting aweakness which can only hinder his success. On the otherhand, a person who is secure (7) his belief thathe is probably as capable (8) doing the work as anyone else and who is willing to make a cheerfulattempt (9) it possesses a certain strength of purpose. The chances are that he will do well.(10) the prerequisite skills for a particular job is strength. Lacking those skills is obviously aweakness. A book-keeper who can't add or a carpenter who can't cut a straight line with a saw (11)hopeless cases.This book has been designed to help you capitalize (12) the strength and overcome the (13) that youbring to the job of learning. But insgroupsto measure your development, you must first (14) -- stock ofswheres you stand now. (15) -- we get further along in the book, we’ll be (16) -- in some detail withspecific processes for developing and strengthening (17) -- skills. However, (18) -- begin with, youshould pause (19) -- examine your present strengths and weaknesses in three areas that are critical toyour success or failure in school: your (20) --, your reading and communication skills, and your studyhabits.1.A.improvement B.victory C. failure D. achievement2.A.a B.the C. some D. certain3.A.in B.on C. of D. to4.A.Out of B.Of C. To D. Into5.A.who B.what C. that D. which6.A.ensure B.certain C. sure D. surely7.A.onto B.on C. off D. in8.A.to B.at C. of D. for9.A.near B.on C. by D. at10.A.Have B.Had C. Having D. Had been11.A.being B.been C. are D. is12.A.except B.but C. for D. on13.A.idea B.weakness C. strength D. advantage14.A.make B.take C. do D. give15.A.as B.till C. over D. out16.A.deal B.dealt C. be dealt D. dealing17.A.learnt B.learned C. learning D. learn18.A.around B.to C. from D. beside19.A.to B.onto C. into D. with20.A.intelligence B.work C. attitude D. weakness完型填空（二）The rocket engine, with its steady roar like that of a waterfall or a thunderstorm, is an impressive symbol of the new space age.Rocket engines have 1 powerful enough to shoot astronauts 2 the earth's gravitational pull and 3 them on the moon.We have now become 4 space.Impressive and complex 5 it may appear, the rocket, which was 6 in China over 800 years 7 , is a relatively simple device.Fuel that is 8 in the rocket engine changes 9 gas.The hot and rapidly 10 gas must escape, but it can do so only 11 an opening that 12 backwar D.As the gas is 13 with great force, it 14 the rocket in the 15 direction.Like the kick of a gun 16 it is fired, it 17 the laws of nature 18 by Sir Isaac Newton when he discovered that“ 19 every action, there is 20 equal and opposite reaction.”1.A.shown B.been C.appeared D.proved2.A.against B.despite C.beyond D.from3.A.send nd C.take D.carry4.A.travelers B.astronauts C.researchers D.explorers5.A.that B.so C.as D.sometimes6.A.made B.discovered C.developed D.invented7.A.in advance B.before C.earlier D.ago8.A.round B.contained C.stored D.burned9.A.as B.into C.for D.the10.A.heating B.escaping C.expanding D.conducting11.A.in B.at C.by D.through12.A.turns B.goes C.faces D.directs13.A.transmitted B.dispersed C.erected D.radiated14.A.attracts B.leads C.pulls D.pushes15.A.same B.other C.opposite D.wrong16.A.that B.when C.if D.although17.A.states B.proves C.follows D.breaks18.A.described B.discussed C.considered D.made19.A.like B.as C.with D.for20.A.no B.an C.another D.theCloze三、翻译1. 电影开演半小时了。
电子科技大学 16年12月考试《大学英语1(专科)》期末大作业 正确答案
16年12月考试《大学英语1(专科)》期末大作业试卷总分：100 测试时间：--•阅读理解•阅读理解•完型填空•单选题一、阅读理解（共 4 道试题，共40 分。
）V1.Part II Reading Comprehension (40 points)Directions: There are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions or statements. Choose the best answer to each question or decide T/F for each statement.Passage OnePeople often say that the Englishman's home is his castle. They mean that the home is very important and personal. Most people in Britain live in houses rather than flats, and many people own their homes. This means that they can make them personal, and change them in any way they like- Most houses have a garden, even if it is a small one, and the garden is usually loved.The house and the garden are the private space of a person. In a crowded city a person knows that he or she has a private space which is only for him or herself and for invited friends.人们常说英国人的家宛如他的城堡。
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I am Carlos. I am from America, but I love Italian food. I have to take the orders and serve the food. I have two free evenings a week. But I always have to work on Friday and Saturday evenings when the restaurant is busy. The wages are not good, but I am nice to customers so I get a lot of tips. I am permanent so I get holiday pay --- three weeks a year.I go back to America and I see my family. There I don't have to serve food --- my mother serves me!21. Carlos is a ____________.A. big restaurant ownerB. chefC. waiter22. Carlos loves ____________ food.A. ItalianB. BritishC. American23. Carlos works ____________.A. in the daytimeB. in the eveningsC. at lunchtime24. The restaurant is usually busy ____________.A. on Friday and Saturday afternoonsB. on Friday and Saturday eveningsC. every day25. Carlos gets ____________.A. holiday payB. no tips from the customersC. good wages答案：21.C; 22.A; 23.B; 24.B; 25.AXiaoyan: I'd like to do some exercise today. Is there a swimming pool near here?Polly: Yes, there are two actually.Xiaoyan: Where are they?Polly:There is the Springfield Pool just behind the shops and there's the New Street Pool further away. That one is much better.Xiaoyan: What's it like?Polly:Well, it has two pools. One is Olympic standard and the other is smaller but much warmer. It is really for children, but I go in there when I am cold. It has a sauna and a reallygood cafétoo.Xiaoyan: How do I get there?Polly: You take the number 38 bus from the shops.26. Xiaoyan wants to go ____________ today.A. shoppingB. dancingC. swimming27. Which of the two swimming pools is better?A. The Springfield Pool.B. The New Street Pool.C. The Olympic Standard.28. Which of the two swimming pools is farther from Xiaoyan's flat?A. The Springfield Pool.B. The New Street Pool.C. The Olympic Standard.29. Which swimming pool is really for children?A. The smaller one in the Springfield Pool.B. The Olympic standard one in the New Street Pool.C. The smaller one in the New Street Pool.30. Polly ____________ go to the children's pool.A. sometimesB. alwaysC. never答案：26. C; 27.B; 28.B; 29.C; 30.ATom: Can I park in the staff car park?David: No, I'm afraid you can't. Only managers can park there. You can park behind the building.Tom: Okay. When can I have lunch?David: You can't go before 12:30 because we are very busy, but after 1:00 o'clock you can go when you like. You can eat and drink in the office, but you can't smoke here. Everyone goes to the coffee lounge, because they can smoke there.Tom: Can I use the phone?David: Yes, but you can't phone abroad.21. Why can't Tom park in the staff car park?A. Because he does not work here.B. Because he is not a manager.C. Because he is a new comer.22. Which of the following is true?A. Tom can park his car behind the building.B. Tom can use the manager's car.C. David can help Tom to park his car in the staff car park.23. When can Tom go to have his lunch?A. Before 12:30.B. After 12:30.C. After 1:00.24. What can Tom do in the office?A. Eat and drink.B. Smoke.C. Phone abroad.25. Where can everyone go to smoke?A. In the car park.B. In the coffee lounge.C. In the cafénear the office building.答案：21.B; 22A; 23.C; 24.A; 25.BLet me tell you about my new job. It's great. I work for Centre Company. They have an office in London. I am the Deputy Marketing Manager. I am in charge of newspaper advertisements. I like working here, but I don't like traveling by tube. It's too busy! There are some very nice colleagues, and I often eat lunch with them in the canteen. We start work at nine o'clock. Lunch is from one o'clock to two o'clock. Then I finish work at 6o'clock. My brother works near my office. He is in insurance, and sometimes we have a drink in the pub in the evening.26. The writer ____________ new job.A. doesn't like hisB. likes hisC. is looking for a27. The writer works in ____________.A. insuranceB. marketingC. computers28. The writer thinks the tube is too____________.A. noisyB. slowC. busy29. The writer works for about ____________ on weekdays.A. 8 hoursB. 9 hoursC. 10 hours30.The writer and his brother ____________ .A. sometimes see each otherB. never see each otherC. see each other every day答案：1.B;2.B;3.C;4.A;5.AXiaoyan: Okay, Polly, what TV programmes do you like?Polly: Well, I don't like serious programmes, but I always watch the late news. Xiaoyan: Yes, the news is Okay, but I like serious programmes. I like documentaries. I don't understand English comedy. Do you like nature programmes?Polly: Yes. I do. Is there a nature programme this evening?Xiaoyan: Yes. Australian Nature at half past seven.Polly: OK. When does it finish?Xiaoyan: At half past eight. I like watching London Lives. It's starting now. There's real English in it.Polly: Okay, I'll turn it on.21. What are Xiaoyan and Polly talking about?A. TV programmes.B. TV advertisements.C. Australian people.22. What programmes does Xiaoyan like?A. Sports.B. Documentaries.C. Comedy.23. What TV programmes does Polly like?A. Documentaries.B. Serious programmes.C. Nature programmes.24. How long does Australian Nature last?A. Half an hour.B. An hour and a half.C. An hour.25. Why does Xiaoyan want to watch London Lives?A. Because she can learn real English from itB. Because it is about English people.C. Because it is a documentary.答案：21.A; 22.B; 23.C; 24.C; 25.AHello. My name is Molly and I'm from Ireland. I train the staff and help the customers --- especially the important ones. Franco, the restaurant owner, discusses everything with me.I have two free evenings a week, but twice a year I work every evening when Franco is on holiday --- I hate that. I always have to work on Friday and Saturday evenings when the restaurant is busy. But I like it because I'm interested in food and people. My salary is good. I like working with Franco. I get along well with the other staff in the restaurant.26. Molly likes to work every evening.A. Right.B. Wrong.C. Doesn't say.27. Molly sometimes has to work on Friday and Saturday evenings.A. Right.B. Wrong.C. Doesn't say.28. Molly has a holiday twice a year.A. Right.B. Wrong.C. Doesn't say.29. Molly like working in the daytime.A. Right.B. Wrong.C. Doesn't say.30. Molly gets along well with all the staff in the restaurant.A. Right.B. Wrong.C. Doesn't say.答案：1.B; 2.A; 3.C; 4.C; 5.AIn Britain people usually have a doctor near their home or in their town. This is the local doctor. You have to register with a doctor before you can make an appointment. You usually have to fill in a form and the doctor examines you. Families often all register with the same doctor.Doctors often work together in groups, and the name of the place where they work is aDoctor's Surgery. The government pays for this system, and it is free to go to see your doctor.If the doctor decides that you need treatment he can prescribe medicine. For example he can prescribe antibiotics for an infection. Medicine can be tablets to take with water or liquid to drink. The doctor writes the prescription. You take the prescription to the chemist's, and the chemist will make up the medicine for you. You usually have to pay some money for the medicine --- but you don't have to pay the full price.21. British people usually go a long way to see a doctor.A. Right.B. Wrong.C. Doesn't say.22. Some rich British families don't register with the same doctor.A. Right.B. Wrong.C. Doesn't way.23. British people don't have to pay when they see their doctor.A. Right.B. Wrong.C. Doesn't say.24.Doctors always work alone in their own Doctor's Surgery.A. Right.B. Wrong.C. Doesn't say.25. British people usually have to pay for their prescription at the chemist's.A. Right.B. Wrong.C. Doesn't say.答案：21.B; 22.C; 23.A; 24.B; 25.AHello, everyone. I'd like to talk about myself. My name is Lily. I am an IT worker. I work at the ABC company in Shanghai. Now I am working as a trainee (实习) Information Technology Manager. I am in charge of about 45 people. I am here on my own. My family is in Hong Kong. I don't have any brothers, but I have a sister. She works on newspaper advertisements. She is now sitting in front of the TV set and watching me on TV in our house in Hong Kong. I believe, my mother and father are together with her too. I would like to say hello to my family. Hi, Mum and Dad! Hello, Rose! Can you see me and hear me clearly? I am now in the TV studio (演播室) of Shanghai TV Station. We are making a program about our company. These people around me are my colleagues. That oneover there is our boss.26. Lily works in IT.A. Right.B. Wrong.C. Doesn't say.27. Lily has got a big family in Hong Kong.A. Right.B. Wrong.C. Doesn't say.28. Lily is working on a training program in the TV studio of Shanghai TV Station.A. Right.B. Wrong.C. Doesn't say.29. Lily is going to be the IT Manager.A. Right.B. Wrong.C. Doesn't say.30. Lily's boss and her colleagues are in Shanghai now.A. Right.B. Wrong.C. Doesn't say.答案：26.A; 27.B; 28.B; 29.C; 30.A。