面试英语阅读理解题库

Now let us look at how we read. When we read a printed text, our eyes move across a page in short, jerky movement. We recognize words usually when our eyes are still when they fixate. Each time they fixate, we see a group of words. This is known as the recog nition span or the visual span. The length of time of which the eyes stop ---the duration of the fixation ----varies considerably from person to person. It also vaies within any one person according to his purpose in reading and his familiarity with the text. Furthermore, it can be affected by such factors as lighting and tiredness.Unfortunately, in the past, many reading improvement courses have concentrated too much on how our eyes move across the printed page. As a result of this misleading emp hasis on the purely visual aspects of reading, numerous exercises have been devised to tra in the eyes to see more words at one fixation. For instance, in some exercises, words are flashed on to a screen for, say, a tenth or a twentieth of a second. One of the exercises has required students to fix their eyes on some central point, taking in the words on eith er side. Such word patterns are often constructed in the shape of rather steep pyramids so the reader takes in more and more words at each successive fixation. All these exercises are very clever, but it’s one thing to improve a person’s ability to see words and quite another thing to improve his ability to read a text efficiently. Reading requires the ability to understand the relationship between words. Consequently, for these reasons, many exper ts have now begun to question the usefulness of eye training, especially since any approac h whichtrains a person to read isolated words and phrases would seem unlikely to help him i n reading a continuous text.1. The time of the recognition span can be affected by the following facts except __ ______ .A. one’s familia rity with the textB. one’s purpose in readingC. the length of a group of wordsD. lighting and tiredness2. The author may believe that reading ______.A. requires a reader to take in more words at each fixationB. requires a reader to see words more quicklyC. demands an deeply-participating mindD. demands more mind than eyes3 What does the author mean by saying “but it’s one thing to improve a person’s ab ility to see words and quite another thing to improve his ability to read a text efficiently.”in the second parapraph?A. The ability to see words is not needed when an efficient reading is conducted.B. The reading exercises mentioned can’t help to improve both the ability to see and to comprehend words.C. The reading exercis es mentioned can’t help to improve an efficient reading.D. The reading exercises mentioned has done a great job to improve one’s ability to see words.4. Which of the following is NOT true?A. The visual span is a word or a group of words we see each time.B. Many experts began to question the efficiency of eye training.C. The emphasis on the purely visual aspects is misleading.D.The eye training will help readers in reading a continuous text.5. The tune of the author in writing this article is ________A criticalB neutralC pessimisticD optimistic【答案及详解】答案：CCCDA解题思路1 C。

事实细节题。

第一段提到了影响视幅的因素：不同的人，不同的阅读目的，对材料的熟悉程度，光线，疲劳。

C“一组词的长度”不是能影响视幅的因素，是本题的答案。

2 C。

观点态度题。

作者在第二段第二句提到，眼睛训练课程只注重了阅读的视觉因素。

倒数第二句书哦，阅读要求具备理解单词间关系的能力。

因此选项C“阅读需要大脑的深度参与”正确。

作者没有否定阅读的视觉因素的必要性，但是也没有说读者应该练习拓宽视幅，加快阅读速度。

所以AB两项都不正确。

作者没有对大脑和眼睛在阅读过程中的重要性进行对比，所以不选D3 C。

作者在这句话中先是肯定了那些阅读练习提高看单词的能力，然后提出了有效阅读概念。

后面句中还指出，有效阅读需要的是理解单词间的联系的能力。

所以作者的意思应该是那些(训练眼睛的)阅读练习对与有效的阅读无益。

B与文章相反。

D句是蕴涵其中一个意思，却不是作者想表达的方向。

4 D。

第二段最后一句说，眼睛训练对于帮助读者阅读连贯文章无益，所以D是错的，是本题答案。

5 A。

参考前面的结构剖析，作者写本文的主要目的是对那些只关注阅读的视觉因素的阅读能力课程进行批判，所以答案应该是A。

（二）Psychiatrists (精神病专家) who work with older parents say that maturity can be an asset in child rearing-older parents are more thoughtful, use less physical discipline and spend more time with their children. But raising kids takes money and energy. Many older pare nts find themselves balancing their limited financial resources, declining energy and failing health against the growing demands of an active child. Dying and leaving young children is probably the older parents’ biggest, and often unspoken, fear. Having late-life children, says an economics professor, often means parents, particularly fathers, “end up retiring m uch later.” For many, retirement becomes an unobtainable dream.Henry Metcalf, a 54-year-old journalist, knows it takes money to raise kids. But he’s also worried that his energy will give out first. Sure, he can still ride bikes with his athl etic fifth grader, but he’s learned that young at heart doesn’t mean young. Lately he’s bee n taking afternoon naps (午睡) to keep up his energy. “My body is aging,” says Metcalf.“You can’t get away from that.”Often, older parents hear the ticking of another kind of biological clock. Therapists w ho work with middle-aged and older parents say fears about aging are nothing to laugh at.“They worry they’ll be mistaken for grandparents, or that they’ll need help getting up ou t of those little chairs in nursery school,” says Joann Galst, a New York psychologist. Bu t at the core of those little fears there is often a much bigger one: “that they won’t be al ive long enough to support and protect their child,” she says.Many late-life parents, though, say their children came at just the right time. After m arrying late and undergoing years of fertility (受孕) treatment, Marilyn Nolen and her hus band. Randy, had twins. “We both wanted children,” says Marilyn, who was 55 when shegave birth. The twins have given the couple what they desired for years, “a sense of fa mily.” K ids of older dads are often smarter, happier and more sociable because their fathe rs are more involved in their lives. “The dads are older, more mature,” says Dr. Silber,“and more ready to focus on parenting.”36. Why do psychiatrists regard maturity as an asset in child rearing?A) Older parents are often better prepared financially.B) Older parents can take better care of their children.C) Older parents are usually more experienced in bringing up their children.D) Older parents can better balance their resources against children’s demands.37. What does the author mean by saying “For many, retirement becomes an unobtai nable dream” (Lines 7-8, Para. 1)?A) They are reluctant to retire when they reach their retirement age.B) They can’t obtain the retirement benefits they have dreamed of.C) They can’t get full pension unless they work some extra years.D) They have to go on working beyond their retirement age.38. The author gives the example of Henry Metcalf to show that ________.A) older parents should exercise more to keep up with their athletic childrenB) many people are young in spirit despite their advanced ageC) older parents tend to be concerned about their aging bodiesD) taking afternoon naps is a good way to maintain energy39. What’s the biggest fear of older parents according to New York psychologist Joa n Galst?A) Approaching of death.B) Slowing down of their pace of life.C) Being laughed at by other people.D) Being mistaken for grandparents.40. What do we learn about Marilyn and Randy Nolen?A) They thought they were an example of successful fertility treatment.B) Not until they reached middle age did they think of having children.C) Not until they had the twins did they feel they had formed a family.D) They believed that children born of older parents would be smarter.36. C 37. D 38. C 39.A 40. C（三）The political background of the atomic scientists' work was the determination to defeat the Nazis. It was held—I think rightly—that a Nazi victory would be an appalling (令人惊骇的) disaster. It was also held, in Western countries, that German scientists must be well advanced towards making an A-bomb, and that if they succeeded before the West did t hey would probably win the war. When the war was over, it was discovered, to the com plete astonishment of both American and British Scientists, that the Germans were nowher e near success, and, as everybody knows, the Germans were defeated before any nuclear weapons had been made. But I do not think that nuclear scientists of the West can be bl amed for thinking the work urgent and necessary. Even Einstein favored it.When, however, the German war was finished the great majority of those scientists w ho had collaborated toward making the A-bomb considered that it should not be used agai nst the Japanese, who were already on the verge of defeat and, in any case, did not cons titute such a threat to the world as Hitler. Many of them made urgent representations to t he American government advocating that, instead of using the bomb as a weapon of war, they should, after a public announcement, explode it in a desert, and that future control of nuclear energy should be placed in the hands of an international authority. Seven of th e most famous of nuclear scientists drew up what is known as "the Franck Report" which they presented to the Secretary of War in June 1945. This is a very admirable and far-s eeing document, and if it had won the assent of the politicians, none of our subsequent te rrors would have arisen.21. We may infer that the writer's attitude towards the A-bomb is that______.A. it is absolutely necessaryB. it is a terrible threat to the whole of mankindC. it played a vital part in defeating the JapaneseD. it was a wonderful invention22. The American and British scientists were astonished at the end of the Second W orld War against Germany because______.A. the Germans had been defeated without the use of nuclear weaponsB. the Western countries had won before they had invented nuclear weaponsC. they thought the Germans would probably win the warD. the Germans had made little progress in developing nuclear weapons23. According to the writer, most scientists who had helped in making the A-bomb c onsidered that it should not be used against the Japanese because______.A. it was such a dangerous weaponB. its use against the Japanese was unnecessaryC. it was a very inhumane weaponD. the German war was finished24. The passage implies, but does not directly say, that the nuclear scientists______.A. might not have agreed to develop the bomb if there had been no Nazi threatB. would have developed the bomb even without the Nazi threatC. would have made the bomb, under peace-time conditions, but only for the use of an international authorityD. developed the bomb because Einstein thought it urgent and necessary25. The main point in the second paragraph is______.A. that nuclear weapons proved unnecessaryB. that the Franck Report, which recommended that the bomb should be placed in th e hands of an international authority, was rejectedC. that many scientists tried, unsuccessfully, to persuade the politicians to abandon nu clear bombs, and place nuclear energy in the hands of an international authorityD. both A and C21. B 22. D 23. B 24. A 25. C（四）A wise man once said that the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. So, as a police officer, I have some urgent things to say to good peo ple.Day after day my men and I struggle to hold back a tidal wave of crime. Something has gone terribly wrong with our once-proud American way of life. It has happened in t he area of values. A key ingredient is disappearing, and I think I know what it is: accou ntability (责任感).My job as a police pfficer is to impose accountability on people who refuse, or have never learned, to impose it on themselves. But as every policeman knows, external contr ol on people's behavior is far less effective than internal restraints such as guilt, shame an d embarrassment.Fortunately there are still communities—smaller towns, usually—where schools maintai n discipline and where parents hold up standards that proclaim:"In this family certain things are not tolerated—they simply are not done!"Yet more and more, especially in our large cities and suburbs, these inner restraints a re loosening. Your typical robber has none. He considers your property his property; he ta kes what he wants, including your life if you enrage him.The main cause of this break-down is a radical shift in attitudes. Thirty years ago, if a crime was committed, society was considered the victim. Now, in a shocking reversal, it's the criminal who is considered victimized: by his underprivileged upbringing, by the s chool that didn't teach him to read, by the church that failed to reach him with moral gui dance, by the parents who didn't provide a stable home.I don't believe it. Many others in equally disadvantaged circumstances choose not to engage in criminal activities. If we free the criminal, even partly, from accountability, we become a society of endless excuses where no one accepts responsibility for anything.Americans desperately need more people who believe that the person who commits a crime is the one responsible for it.21. What the wise man said suggests that______.A. it's certain that evil will prevail if good men do nothing about itB. it's unnecessary for good people to do anything in face of evilC. it's only natural for virtue to defeat evilD. it's desirable for good men to keep away from evil22. According to the author, if a person is found guilty of a crime, ______.A. society is to be held responsibleB. modern civilization is responsible for itC. the standards of living should be improvedD. the criminal himself should bear the blame23. Compared with those in small towns, people in large cities have A. better sense of discipline B. more mutual respect C. less effective government D. less self-discipline24. The writer is sorry to have noticed that______.A. people in large cities tend to excuse criminalsB. people in small towns still stick to old discipline and standardsC. today's society lacks sympathy for people in difficultyD. people in disadvantaged circumstances are engaged in criminal activities25. The key point of the passage is thatA. stricter discipline should be maintained in schools and familiesB. more good examples should be set for people to followC. more people should accept the value of accountabilityD. more restrictions should be imposed on people21. A 22. D 23. D 24. A 25. C（五）As a company executive(总经理) who spent ten years in federal service, I am often asked what I regard as the biggest difference between working for the government and working for a private company. My invariable response is to say that I look back on my time in government as one of the most exciting and challenging experiences of my life. Furtherm ore, I never worked as hard as when I was a public servant.When I worked for the government, I worked with some of the finest, most compete nt and most committed people I have ever met. I was impressed by the overall quality of our career civil servants then, and I still am. But one of my greatest concerns now is th at I will not be able to hold this same high opinion in the future.Career public servants are leaving government in alarming numbers, and qualified repl acements are becoming harder and harder to find. Good people who leave career governm ent service are striving for highly paid positions in private enterprises.We depend on government to keep this country safe in an uncertain world, to secure justice and domestic order and to solve a host of pressing problems. We need the best p ossible people performing and overseeing these vital tasks. A high-quality, professional fed eral service has been a source of national pride for more than a century. But what we ha ve built up during a hundred years can be lost in less time than we imagine. We can't af ford to let this happen. We must act now if this country is to be assured of the quality public service it deserves.21. Career public servants are leaving government in alarming numbers. One of thereasons may be that______.A. they received lower payB. they deserved no fame and gloryC. they performed poorlyD. they worked harder than anyone else22. According to the author, _______, so I will not be able to hold this same high o piniontoward the public servants in the future.A. I never worked as hard as when I was a public servantB. I have become a company executiveC. there will not be so many competent and qualified servants in the government as we had beforeD. my time in government was not the most exciting experience in my life23. We depend on government to keep this country safe in an uncertain world, theref ore,A. we should make greater contributions to the countryB. the best possible people are urgently needed to do important tasksC. we should show deep concern about the nation's futureD. we should become public servants24. If we neglect the serious problem and make no efforts, we will lose_______.A. national prideB. high-quality professional federal serviceC. good peopleD. private enterprise25. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?A. Those who work for companies are highly paid.B. More and more public servants have left the government.C. Career public servants are qualified.D. Many people of high qualities want to work in the government.21. A 22. C 23. B 24. B 25. D。