国家电网职称英语题库2012版_阅读理解带答案

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Passage 1

Have you ever seen a moon……

1. To what do we compare….D. A11 of these

2. The main purpose…..A. inform

3.The author knew….. A. mysterious

4.The moon looks bigger if…B. it is near the horizon

5.The autumn moon….D. helps farmers see as they harvest their crops Passage 2

Strange thing happens to time…….

1. The best title….. B. How Time Changes Around the World

2. The difference in…..C one hour

3. From this selection…...C. is divided into five time zones

4.The international date……C. the point where a new day begins

5. If you cross……A. ahead one hour in each new time zone

Passage 3

Holidays in the United States……1. The govemment of the United……C. 3-day

2. Workers in the United……D. Tuesday to Friday

3.Which statement is NOT…..D. All the workers have a half-month vacation

4. The reason why……A. no one can be found to take his place

5. Which of the following…….D. Something About the holidays and Vacation in the U.S

Passage 4

Sarah Winchester was a very………

1. What did Sarah keep……C. Making it bigger

2. The story says…. A. 7 floors

3. Who did the work….C. Carpenters and plumbers and other workers

4. How long did…..B. For38 years

5. Sarah‟s house was…..C. when she died Passage 5

The diner is only……

1.What‟s the main….A. The attraction of

diners to different people

2. The purpose of….C. give a summary

of the whole passage

3. Why do truck……C. It’s a haven

against loneliness

4. Diners attract….B. many different

kinds of people

5. Diners are…..D. fascinating

Passage 6

In the past two years……..

1.The word ……embrace”……A. make use

of

2.It can be concluded……D. bicycle sales

will continue to rise

3.The bicycle is……A. enjoying a strong

revival

4.The reader can….C. concerned with

the quality of their lives

5.In the sentence……A. a rapid increase

in sale

Passage 7

Doctors have known for…….

1.Doctors have long….C. one may lose

his hearing when he hears a terribly

loud noise

2.This passage suggests…..B. will be

damaged even if he has heard a loud

noise for only little more than one

second

3.According to this….C. makes hearing

damage from loud noise worse

lions of Americans…..D. take too

much aspirin

5.The purpose of…..D. whether aspirin

would increase the temporary hearing

damage from loud noises

Passage 8

Just two months ago……

1. Ana realizes that……B. she must do

well on the exam

2. Ana has been…..A. seven years

3. Ana experiences difficulty…..C. the

professor’s lectures

4. Ana tells the…..B. her family

5. The best main…..C. Ana comes

through with flying colors

Passage 9

Any mistake made in……

1. A postage stamp‟s….C. a mistake is

made in the printing

2. In 1847 most…..A. not yet using

postage stamps

3. In 1847, the mistake…..C. wording

4. $16800 is the…..B. the Twopenny

Blue

5. The valuable stamps….D. British

printers

Passage 10

In the English educational……..

1. The purpose of …D. describe three

tests that the English educational

system is based on

2. The exam for the….A. fifleen

3. We may conclude…..A. the exam that

is taken at age eighteen is narrower

than the other two exams

4.The passage suggests….B. schooling is

very closely controlled in England

5. As used in the…..A. to take the risk

Passage 11

For centuries, in the countries

1. What can we know….B. It is hard to

tame them.

2.Thailand was once…B. white elephant

was a national symbol until the 1920s

3.Why is the Thai….A. Because the

elephants are no longer useful to their

owners.

4.Which of the…..D. Today the elephant

population is estimated at 5150.

5. The passage is…..C. a research report

Passage 12

The communications explosion……

1. By saying that….C. display the

influence of communications on life

2. The author most….B. amazing

3. Which of the…..C. The low-orbit

satellites would replace towers and

poles functionally.

4.According to the….A. talk and see

each other no matter where we are

5.The phrase “each one”….B. each car

Passage 13

Many private institutions……

1. According to the…. D. their

characteristics

2. The author used…..A. get into

difficulties

3. We can reasonably….B. private

schools

4. Which of the….D. Private schools are

more profitable than public schools

5. Which of the…..C. National

awareness and support.

Passage 14

Japan is getting tough about…..

1. According to the….C. the consumers

2. Which of the following….B. It retains

its original strength through

reprocessing.

3. According to the…..B. a kind of

plastics with different integration in

each layer

4. In the passage….C. 21-inch TV with

magnesium case isn’t very popular so

far

5. The author writes….A. inform

Passage 15

A friend of mine……

1. The author thought….C. 1ike his

friend, he also thought life was unfair

2. Surrendering to the…..D. make as

know it’s our duty to perfect things

3. The second paragraph….A. it’s nice to

accept the injustice of life

4. In the last paragraph…..B. 1ife isn’t

and won’t be fair

5. From the passage…..A. positive