2011年6月英语阅读文翻译

Passage 1
Women are terrible shoppers. 女人们是可怕的购物狂。

They spend a lot of time shopping and they only buy a few things.
她们花费大量的时间用在购物上，然而买的东西却很少。

My wife is one of them.我的妻子就是她们其中的一位。

Sometimes she shops all day and she doesn't buy anything.
有时她用一整天的时间去逛商店，然而却没买什么。

She tries on clothes all day and then doesn't bring anything home.
This seems mad!她试穿了一整天的衣服，然而不带任何东西回家。

这似乎看起来太疯狂了！
She's too fussy.她太挑剔了。

She only likes a few colors. 她只喜欢几个颜色。

Her favorite colors are blue, green and yellow. 她最喜欢的颜色是蓝色、绿色和黄色。

She doesn't like red and pink.她不喜欢红色和粉色。

They are too bright and they don't suit her.这些颜色太亮丽了不适合她。

And brown and gray aren't bright enough. Oh, she's fussy!褐色和灰色是不够亮。

哦，她太挑剔了。

This week, my wife bought herself a fur coat, and a ready-made suit dress, that is to say, a coat and a skirt.这个星期，我的妻子给自己买了一个毛皮大衣和一个现成的西装礼服，也就是说，外套和裙子。

She wants to find a silk blouse to match them. She'd like to buy a hat, too. In this way, she says, she will be in the very latest fashion. It seems that the suit she bought three weeks ago is already out of date.她希望找到一个丝绸上衣，以配合他们。

她也想买个帽子。

这样，她说，她将是最近最时尚的。

看来，她买的西装三个星期前已经过时了。

1. Women are terrible shoppers because they ______.
A) buy too many things at one time B) go shopping every day
C) do a lot of shopping but buy little D) care little about prices
2. The author's wife is ______.
A) mad about colors B) blind to colors
C) fuzzy about colors D) fond of bright colors
3. The author's wife bought ______ this week.
A) a silk blouse B) a hat
C) a suit D) a fur coat and a skirt
4. The author's wife always buys more because ______.
A) she is keen on the latest fashion
B) she is fuzzy about changing colors of her dress
C) she always finds her dress uncomfortable
D) she tries to look younger than her age
5. The author thinks his wife is anything but a ______ shopper.
A) crazy B) fussy C) terrible D) reasonable
CCDAD
Passage 2
Swift, the great English writer, was one day traveling on horseback with a servant.Swift，是英国著名作家，有一天他和他的仆人骑在马背上是去旅行。

The weather was bad; and it was raining and the roads were dirty. 天气很糟糕：正下着雨，路上很脏。

In the evening the two men came to a hotel. Before
going to bed Swift told his servant to clean his shoes.晚上这两个男人来到旅馆。

Swift在去睡觉前，吩咐他的仆人把他的鞋子给清洗下。

But the servant was very lazy and did not do what his master (主人) had told him to do. The following morning when Swift saw the dirty shoes, he asked the servant why he had not cleaned them. 但是这个仆人很懒，没有按照他主人的吩咐去做。

紧随第二天清晨的到来，当Swift看到脏鞋便问他的仆人，为什么没有清洗它们。

“The roads are dirty,” said the servant. “What is the use of cleaning the shoes now? They will soon be dirty again.”路太脏了，现在干嘛要清洁呢？清洗过鞋很快又被弄脏了，仆人说到。

Swift didn’t say anything and soon told the se rvant to get ready because they would start at once. But the servant looked very unhappy and said
that he had not eaten his breakfast yet.Swift没有说什么，便告诉仆人早点作准备，因为他们要离开出发了，但是那仆人看上去很不高兴的说到，他还没有吃早餐呢？
“What is the use of eating now?” said Swift. “You will so on be hungry again.”现在吃有用吗？吃了你很快又会饿的，Swift说到。

1.Swift was traveling ________.
A) alone B) on foot C) in good weather D) none
of above
2. Swift asked his servant to clean _________.
A) the road B) the horse C) the shoes D) the
hotel
3. The servant _________.
A) worked hard B) did not clean the shoes of his
master
C) cleaned the roads D) hated his master very much
4. Swift did not _________.
A) get angry with the servant B) eat his breakfast
C) want to start at once D) like traveling
5. Swift was _________.
A) clever B) stupid C) cruel（残忍的）D)
often hungry
DCBAA
Passage 3
Some people have very good memories, and can easily learn quite long poems by heart. 有些人有非常好的记忆，并能轻松地学习了相当长的诗。

There are other people who can only remember things when they have said them over and over again. 有些人想记住一些东西时，他们得一遍又一遍的说。

Charles Dickens, the famous English author, said that he could walk down any long street in London and then tell you the name of every shop he had passed. Many great men of the world have had wonderful memories. 查尔斯狄更斯，英国著名作家，他沿着伦敦的任何一条长
街走过之后他可以告诉你他经过的每一个店铺的名称。

世界上许多伟人都有很好的记忆。

A good memory is a great help in learning a language. 一个好的记忆是在学习语言有很大的帮助。

Everybody learns his own language by remembering what he hears when he is a small child. 每个人当他们小
的时候所听到的一些，就记为他们通过学习就记住了自己的语言。

Some children---like boys and girls who live in foreign countries with their parents---seem to learn two languages almost as easily as one.一些小孩，像和父母生活在国外的男孩和女孩，似乎学习两种语言较容易些。

In schools it is not easy to learn a second language because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects as well. 在学校学生是不容易学习第二语言的，因为他们有那么一点时间，他们就忙碌于其他学科了。

The human mind is rather like a camera, but it takes photographs not only of what we see but of what we feel, hear, smell and taste. 人类的心灵是更像一个摄像头，它拍摄下来的照片，它不仅让我们知道需要什么，我们看到了什么，还在听觉、嗅觉和味觉让我们有感觉。

Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us. 记忆是日记，都是大家随身携带的。

1. _______ have good memories.
A) Some great people
B) Only great people
C) The children who live in foreign countries with their parents
D) The pupils who study a second language in schools
2. It is said in the passage that Charles Dickens could remember things by ________.
A) looking at them over and over again B) looking at them once
C) saying them over and over D) saying them loudly once
3. Everybody learns his own language by _______.
A) taking photographs with a camera and remaining
B) being taught when he is a small child
C) remembering what he hears when he is a small child
D) going to other countries
4. According to the passage, it is _______ to learn a second language in
their own countries than in foreign countries.
A) slower B) easier C) quicker D) more difficult
5. Which of the following is true?
A) Memory is very important in learning a foreign language.
B) A person learns his own language by remembering what he hears when he is born.
C) An adult can pick up a language more easily than a child.
D) Our memory is just like a camera.
ABCDA
Passage 4
Until 1871, everyone in England played football for fun. 直到1871年，在英国每个人都以踢足球为乐。

Then someone had the idea of giving a beautiful cup to the best team each year. 然后有人提出给每年
踢的最好的球队一个美丽的杯子的想法。

The Football Association agreed. It made rules for its teams. 足协同意了。

并作出了团队规则。

Today in the FA cup, teams play against each other until there is
only one team left, the winning team. The winners get the Cup. 今天在
足总杯，球队互相对战，直至只有一个队离开，获胜的球队，获奖者获得冠军。

Any team, large or small, important or unimportant, in or out the association, can play, but it is very hard to get the Cup.任何一支球队，或大或小，重要或不重要，或退出该协会，可以比赛，但都是很难得到奖杯的。

The FA Cup is often just called “the Cup”.足总杯往往只是被称为“杯”。

There are other cups (like the League Cup, for example), but “the Cup” always means the “big one”. 有（如联赛杯，例如）其他杯子，
但“杯”总指“大单”。

To win it is as good as winning the League, perhaps even better. 为了赢得这就像是赢得联赛，甚至比这更好的。

At the end of the game, one team is the best of all. 比赛结束，一队是所有最好的。

The players stand there in front of many people, sometimes more than
fifty thousand, and one by one, 在球员们站在那里在很多人面前，有时会超过5万，并一个接一个，
each of the eleven members of the team holds the great Cup above
his head. 对团队的十一名成员各自持有的头顶大杯。

It is one of the great moments of England football.它是英格兰足球的伟大的时刻之一。

1. In the early days people played football for _______.
A) fun B) an idea C) drinking cups D) the Cup
2. In the FA Cup, there is one team left at last. It’s the ________ one.
A) best B) largest C) important
D) last
3. When people talk about “the Cup”, we know that they are talking about the ________.
A) League Cup B) FA Cup C) better one D) other cup
4. There are always _______ the final game.
A) fifty thousand people playing B) two teams holding the cup in
C) only eleven players playing D) many people watching
5. From the passage we can see that ________.
A) each member of the winning team get a cup
B) it is not easy to take part in the FA Cup game
C) it is also hard to get the League Cup
D) each team of the FA has a cup every year
AABDC
Passage 5
Flying Backwards and Forwards向后和向前飞行Air travel is an everyday experience these days because it's so fast.
空中旅行是一种日常生活中常见的，这些天，因为它是如此之快。

But frequent long-distance flying can be very tiring and the traveler begins to feel his brain is in one country and his body is in another. 但是，频繁的长途飞行非常累人的，旅客开始觉得他的大脑是在一个国家，而他的身体却在另一个。

In short, he hardly knows where he is. 总之，他几乎不知道他在哪里。

Tiredness after a long flight becomes stronger when we fly from east to west or vice versa because we cross time zones (时区) .经过漫长的
飞行疲劳变得更强，当我们从东到西飞，反之亦然，因为我们的跨时区（时区）。

Doctors say that air travelers should go straight to bed on arrival
after crossing a number of time zones. 医生说，航空旅客都要直接抵达上床后穿越时区的数量。

They shouldn't work without rest. 他们不应该
工作不休息。

However, airline pilots can hardly be affected.然而，飞行员也很难受到影响。

In fact, they often live by their own watches, paying no attention to local time. 事实上，他们常常看自己手表上的时间，而不重视为本地时间。

They can even have breakfast at midnight if necessary. 他们甚至可以在午夜早餐如果必要的。

Businessmen, however, are not so lucky. 商人，但是，都没有这么幸运了。

After a long journey, they must either go straight to an important meeting or to their boss to give a report.经过长途跋涉，他们要么直接进入一个重要的会议或他们的老板给了一份报告。

Even so, there are still a lot of businessmen traveling by air.即便如此，仍然是空中旅行的商人很多。

1. Why has air travel become a daily experience? Because it is
______.
A) very cheap B) easy to get
C) so fast D) clean and comfortable
2. What does the phrase "vice versa" mean in this passage? It means
_______.
A) from east to west B) from west to east
C) from south to north D) from north to south
3. Doctors say that air travelers should _______ after a long journey.
A) go to work without wasting time B) take exercise to relax
C) with their family members D) go to bed and have a good rest
4. Pilots can hardly be affected by frequent flying because they _______.
A) like flying B) have good training against it
C) are especially strong men D) live by their own timetable
5. What most likely happens to businessmen after a long journey is the
following except _______.
A) going to a meeting B) going back home and having a good rest
B) reporting to their boss D) going to work directly
CBDDB
Passage 6
It was 6:45. The train I was traveling on was half an hour late. 这是6点45。

这列火车我已经晚了半个小时。

And there were still two stops before me.然而我前面仍有两站。

I had planned to arrive in London at 7 and catch the 7:25 coach to Paris.我曾计划抵达伦敦7，赶上7点25分直往巴黎。

Hopelessly, I turned to a kind-looking passenger for a suggestion.不幸的是，我采纳了一位前瞻性乘客给我的一个建议。

"Why not get off at the next stop and take a taxi? It may save you some time." “为什么不下车的下一站和乘坐出租车？它可以节省你一些时
间。

”"Great!" I jumped off as the train just stopped and rushed to a taxi. “太棒了！“我跳下车，就拦了一辆出租车。

It was almost 7:25 when we stopped at the London Coach Station.当我们在伦敦长途汽车站停了下来，已经是7:25。

There were two coaches there. Almost without thinking, I jumped on to the coach that was starting. 那里有两个海岸，我几乎不加思索，就跳上了那个准备要出发的海岸。

As I sank into a seat and looked through the window, the other coach over-passed ours at a great speed. Two black words flew over my wide-open eyes:
London-Paris.
当我坐在座位上，并由窗口，向其他海岸看了看，以极快的速度，两个黑体字飞越在我的大眼睛：伦敦 - 巴黎。

1. The train was due to arrive at ________.
A) 6:45 B) 7:00 C) 7:25
D) 7:15
2. The kind-looking passenger suggested that ________.
A) he phone his friend to cancel the coach trip
B) he forget about the whole thing
C) he get off the train earlier and take a taxi
D) he complain to the train station about the delay
3. He finally got to the coach station ________.
A) to get on to the right coach
B) to find himself late for the coach
C) to mistake another coach
D) just to find the coach gone
4. What do we know about the author's planned journey?
A) Travel to London by train and then go on to Paris by coach.
B) Travel to Paris by train and then go on to London by coach.
C) Travel to London by coach and then go on to Paris by train.
D) Travel to Paris by coach and then go on to London by train.
5. He didn't reach his destination on time because he ________.
A) was late for the coach
B) got on the wrong coach
C) couldn't find the right coach
D) changed his mind not to take a coach
BCCAB
Passage 7
There are some things about myself that l really like. 有一些关于我自己的事情，我真的很喜欢。

First of all, I always make an effort to do my best. 首先，我总是努力做到最好。

I never give up halfway without trying my best.我从来没有过当我没有尽我所能的就半途而废的。

For example, I have practiced the piano for more than twelve years. 例如，我
练了12年以上的钢琴。

And now l am learning English every day.现在每天都在学习英语。

Secondly, I'm good at making people laugh.其次，我擅长让人们笑。

I feel happy when people smile at the things I do.当我看到人们高兴的
时刻也是我感到高兴的事。

I make friends with anyone easily and now l have a lot of friends.我与人相处很容易，现在我有很多的好朋友。

Of course, I also have my weak points.当然，我也有我的弱点。

I sometimes feel that I'm a bit selfish or careless.我有时觉得我有点自私或粗心。

I want to overcome these faults and I believe this will make a man of me and people will love me better.
我要克服这些缺点，我相信会有很多人更爱我的。

1. What is NOT the author's character?
A) Always trying his best
B) Giving up halfway.
C) Being good at making people laugh.
D) Making friends easily.
2. He has practiced the piano for _______.
A) less than twelve years B) twelve years
C) almost twelve years D) over twelve years
3. He is now trying to _______ every day.
A) play the piano B) learn English
C) make friends D) overcome his faults
4. He is now trying to overcome the fault of _______.
A) making people laugh B) making too many friends being
C) being selfish or careless D) being too proud or particular
5. He feels _______ when people smile at the things he does.
A) happy B) angry C) selfish D) careless
BDBCA
Passage 8
Do you want to say what you think in a letter to the President of the United States? You’ll get a reply from him---written in ink, not typed--- after only a few days.
The President gets about 4,000 letters every week. He answers everyone who writes to him on the special White House paper. But he doesn’t need a lot of time for it. In fact, he only gives 20 minutes a week to look at his personal correspondence. He has the most modern secretary in the world to help him.
It’s a computer, worth $800,000, which has its own room on the first floor of the White House. It has a bank of electronic pens which write as the President writes, in his favorite light blue ink. Each letter the President receives gets a number, according to the type of answer it needs. The pens then write the correct reply for it, according to the number. Each letter takes less than a second to write. A White House official said, “It’s not important that the letters come from a computer. Each letter says what the President wants to say.”
1. How long will it take you to receive a reply from the President?
A) A long time. B) At least one month.
C) Several days. D) A few weeks.
2. The letters from the President ________.
A) are always written in ink B) are always written by
himself
C) are always printed D) are always typed
3. It takes the computer ________ to write a letter.
A) no more than a second B) a little more than a second
C) less than a second D) at least a second
4. The computer can be described as ________.
A) heavy and inefficient B) expensive but efficient
C) possessing a beautiful handwriting D) the President’s most
reliable secretary
5. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
A) the President is convinced that the computer expresses his ideas
in the letters
B) the President hires a very efficient secretary to deal with his
correspondence
C) the President does not really care about the letters he receives
every week
D) the President never reads any letters written to him by ordinary
people
CDCBA
Passage 9
In one way, it may be thought that failure is a part of life. In another, failure (失败) may be viewed as a step towards success.
The “spider-story” is often told as an example of this. Robert Bruce, leader of the Scots in the 13th century, was hiding in a cave from the English. He watched a spider (蜘蛛) making a web. Bruce is said to have gained confidence (信心) from this sight and to have gone on to defeat the English. Edison, too, the inventor of the light bulb, made hundreds of models that failed before he found the right way to make one.
So what? First, always think about your failure. What caused it? Were the conditions right? Were you in top form yourself? What can you change so that things will go right the next time?
Second, i s the goal you’re trying to reach the right one? Try to do some thinking about what your real goals may be. Think about this question: “If I do succeed in this, where will it get me?” This may help to prevent failure in the things you shouldn’t be doing an yway.
The third thing to bear in mind about failure is that it’s part of life. Learn to “live with yourself” even though you may have failed. Remember, “You can’t win them all.”
1. Robert Bruce was mentioned in the passage to show that _______.
A) nature will help us if we are hard-working
B) people who fail are not lonely
C) one can learn something from failure
D) confidence is important for one to achieve success
2. Edison’s example shows us that _______.
A) he was a man of many important inventions
B) he invented many types of light bulbs
C) failure may be a way towards success
D) an inventor as he was, he liked to do other types of work
3. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the
passage?
A) Take failure for granted.
B) Avoid things that are beyond your power.
C) Find out what has gone wrong.
D) Check your aims to see if they are right for you.
4. It can be learned from the passage that_______.
A) one should try not to fail
B) one should learn lessons from failures
C) one’s failure is another’s success
D) one should take failures seriously
5. This passage is mainly about _______.
A) two great men B) two sides of failure
C) the right attitude toward failure D) ways to avoid failure DCABC
Passage 10
All our dreams have something to do with our emotions, fears, wishes, needs and memories. But something on the “outside” may affect what we dream. If a person is hungry, or tired, or cold, his dreams may include a feeling of this kind. If the covers on your body, such as a quilt
（被子）or a blanket（毯子）, have slipped off your bed, you may dream that you are sleeping or resting on the ice and snow.
So what you dream usually comes from something that has effect on you while you are sleeping and it may also use the wishes and interests you have now. This is why children are likely to dream of fairies, hungry people of food, homesick soldiers of their families, and prisoners of freedom.
There are some scientists who have made a special study of why we dream, what we dream and what those dreams mean. Their explanation （解释）of dreams is not affected by everyone, but it offers an interesting way to look at dreams. They believe that dreams are mostly expressions of wishes that did not come true. In other words, a dream is a way of having your wishes carried out.
1. Which of the following is something on the “outside”?
A) Emotions. B) Memories. C) Feeling hungry. D) Wishes.
2. Someone may dream of sleeping or resting on the ice and snow if
________.
A) he feels cold B) he uses a quilt C) he feels tired D) he enjoys sleeping
3. According to the second paragraph, people can dream of things that they _______.
A) hate B) desire C) know very well D) are afraid of
4. According to the passage, some scientists have studied all of the following EXCEPT _______.
A) the reason of our dreams B) the content（内容）of our dreams
C) the meanings of our dreams D) the roles of our dreams
5. According to the scientists, which of the following person is least likely to dream?
A) Someone who has no wishes.
B) Someone who goes to bed hungry.
C) Someone who is frightened during the day.
D) Someone who has a strong interest in something.
CABDA。