專升本英語-閱讀理解(一)

1、專升本英語-閱讀理解（一）（ 總分： 144.00 ，做題時間： 90 分鐘 ）一、第一組 （總題數： 2，分數： 24.00）Passage OneThe card catalog is an alphabetical file that normally contains at least three 3x5 inch cardsfor every book in the library collection:an author card, a title card andsubject card. The sameinformation is included on each of th

2、ese three cards. The only difference is that theauthors name is at the top of the author card, the title is added at the top of the title card,and the subject is added at the top of the subject card.The author card usually contains the authors full name, the year of his birth and theyear ofhis death

3、, if he is no longer living. If you do not know the authors name, but you havethe title, you will be able to locate the book by using the title card. The subject card isidentical to the author card and the title card except that the subject of the book appearson the top line in black capitals or in

4、red letters.The card catalog may not contain the exact subject heading you have in mind.Consequently, you will need to be resourceful in your search. If, for example, you areinterested in the problems of child labor during the industrial revolution in England, itmay be necessary to look under such h

5、eadings as the following to find the informationyou need: industrial revolution;England-industrialrevolution; child labor; employment-children;labor-child;factory system.（分數： 12.00 ）（1）_ .The meaning of theunderlined word identical is _ .A. just the opposite B. a bad imitationC. just the same D. a d

6、ifferent size（分數： 3.00 ）A.B.C.VD.解析：第二段。在第一段作者已經提到三種卡片上的信息是一樣的。唯一不同的是哪種卡片，哪種信息就 在最上方。第二段作者又從細節(jié)上說明其不同的地方，而且強調除了一處不同外，其他都是相同的。選項 C 是正確的。（2）_ .The card catalog contains atleast three cards _ .A. for new books onlyB. for worn-out books onlyC. for reference books onlyD. for every book in the library（分數：

7、3.00 ）A.B.C.D.V解析：第一段。第一句就說明圖書館里的每一本書都至少有三張卡片。選項D是正確的。（3）_.The reader may assume that in order to locate a book in the library, one must know.A. either the title, the author or the subjectB. the title, the author and the subjectC. either the title or the subjectD. the author and the title（分數： 3.00 ）

8、A.VB.C.D.解析：第一段指岀，每本書至少有的這三張卡片包括主題卡、書名卡和作者姓名卡。因此，只要知道這三項信息的任何一個就可查到這本書。但不是所有的三項或其中的任意兩項。選項A 是正確的。選項 B 的含義是要知道所有三項的信息。選項D 是要知道其中的兩項。(4).Which of the following is a correct author card?B.C.D.V解析：第二段第一句。作者卡片包含的信息有：作者的全名，他的岀生年份。如果該作者已經去世，應有 他的去世年份。而且，這些信息必須在卡片的最上方。只有選項D 中的信息安排是正確的。Passage ThreeSome dese

9、rt regions get no rainfall for months, and even years. Yet water can be foundif youdig deep enough. For a long time this was a puzzling question. Then geologists foundthe answer. The underground water is rainwater-butthe rain fell hundreds of milesaway! It soaked into theground and then flowed under

10、ground through a rock sandwich.A rock sandwich with water in the filling has a scientific name: aquifer. An aquifer iscomposed of two or more layers of nonporous rock. Thats the bread of the sandwich.The filling is a layer of porous rock or sand. The whole sandwich, or aquifer, is titled at aslant.

11、The higher end is in a region of good rainfall, where the rain soaks into the porousrock or sand. The rainwater flows down at a slant between the nonporous rock layers. Ifa well is drilled through the top layer, the water flows up into the well.If the upper end of the aquifer is higher than the top

12、of the well, the water is forced upwithout pumping. This convenient arrangement is called an artesian well because thiskind of well was first developed in Artois, France.3.00)A.(分數：12.00 )(1) .A geologist is a person who studies_ .A. weather patterns B. boundaries and land claimsC. the surface layer

13、s of the earth D. the orbits of heavenly bodies(分數： 3.00 )A.B.C.VD.解析： 第一段。 這句話是說， geologists 找到答案地下水是雨水。 -ist 后綴表示專家， geo-前綴表示地球。 根據有關地球的答案以及詞的構成，可以斷定這些人是研究地球的。選項C 是正確的。(2) .After the rain soaks into rocks, the rain water flows_ .A. into the well B. down between rock layersC. through the sandwich D

14、. to the dry regions(分數：3.00 )A.B.VC.D.解析：第二段后半部分。降雨過后，雨水會滲透到巖石和沙子中，然后順巖石間的斜面往下流。選項B 是正確的。（3）_.The artesian well was firstdeveloped in_ .A. France B. Spain C. England D. America（分數：3.00 ）A.VB.C.D.解析：第三段。這種自流井最開始是在法國開發(fā)的。選項A 是正確的。（4）_ .This passage is about .A. freshwater seas B. salt waterC. mountain

15、 streams D. underground water（分數： 3.00）A.B.C.D.V解析：全文講的是地下水的來龍去脈。講了有些沙漠地區(qū)的水的來源，水流向該沙漠地區(qū)的渠道，以及這 些沙漠地區(qū)地下水的取用。選項D 是正確的。二、第二組（總題數：5,分數：60.00）Passage FiveIn 1924, Nordic ski events were held at the first Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France.But theAmerican skiers came home without medals. Norway took most

16、 of the medals forcross-country and ski jumping events that year. They did the same for many years after.From 1924 through 1972, the American skiers had no medals to show for their Olympictrips. The U.S. was generally thought to be weak in ski competition.But in 1974 it was discovered that the U. S.

17、 record was slightly better than people hadbeen ledto believe. And Norways record was not quite as good. The discovery was a surpriseand a delight to American ski fans, but even more so to American skier Anders Haugen.After fiftyyears, Andersgot the medal he should have won back in 1924.In the ski j

18、ump event at Chamonix in 1924, Haugen had scored in fourth place. He hadjust missedearning a medal. His score was 17.916, just slightly behind Thorleif Haug of Norway.Haugs score of 18 had won him the bronze medal.But in 1974, Norways National Olympic Committee did a check of all finalOlympic result

19、s. Therehad been an error in computing Haugs score! So Haugen, now, an elderly man,traveled across the ocean for his award. On September 12,1974, he was given abronze medal in a special ceremony at the Norway Ski Museum.（分數：12.00 ）（1）_.The best title for this passagewould be_.A. the 1924 Olympics B.

20、 Norways SkiersC.AnOlympicRecordCorrectedD.AmericanSkiersintheOlympics（分數：3.00 ）A.B.C.VD.解析：這篇短文講的是美國的一位滑雪運動員在一次奧林匹克運動會上的成績被計算錯誤而失去了獎牌， 但 50 年后這項紀錄又被修正使他獲得應得的獎牌。選項C 是正確的。（2）_.From 1924-1972, U. S. skiers were considered weak in Olympic competition because they .A. had won only two medals B. had won

21、no medalsC. had never entered jumping events D. had won only one medalA.C.D.解析： 第一段。 從 1924 年到 1972 年， 美國的滑雪運動在奧林匹克競賽中被認為是弱項，因為美國運動員 在這個項目上從未獲得過任何獎牌。選項B 是正確的。(3) .The writer says the discovery was a surprise and a delight to American ski fans inorderto_.A. show that the error and its correction were

22、 important to ski fans as well as toHaugenB. show that the error was more important to fans than to Haugen（分數：3.00 ）C. suggest that the Americans eared more about the error than the NorwegiansD. suggest that there had been no error(分數： 3.00 )A.VB.C.D.解析：第二段。第一段已經提到人們認為美國的滑雪不如挪威的好。因此當發(fā)現挪威的滑雪記錄并不是像人們被

23、告知的那么好時，美國人和美國的滑雪迷們跟美國運動員AndersHaugen 一樣非常激動。這對美國運動員和美國人都很重要。選項A 是正確的。(4) .The best definition for the word computing is_ .A. writing B. judging C. figuring D. multiplying(分數：3.00 )A.B.C.VD.解析：最后一段。1974 年，挪威國家奧林匹克委員會重新檢查所有的決賽成績記錄，發(fā)現在“ computing ”挪威運動員 Haug 的分數時有誤。Computer 是計算機，去掉表示物體或人的后綴，compute 就是

24、計算的意思。從上下文也可推斷，對運動員的分數計算有誤才導致另一位運動員失去獎牌。選項C 是正確的。Judging判斷，figuring 計算，multiplying 增加。Passage OneStories dont just happen ; they are created. There are no stories in the everyday courseof events; there are only the ingredients for stories. A dozen people may watch a manstanding on the fifth-floor le

25、dge or a small child crying. There is no story involved ineither case unless oneof the dozen chooses to make one up to surround the isolated event with a beginningand an end, thereby giving what we call a meaning to human action. In other words,there has to be a story-maker-a story-teller-if there i

26、s to be a story.You as the story-maker or writer are in complete control of all of the details of your story.You have control over who the characters are, what they do, and why they do it. Youalso havecontrol over how the story is to be told and who is going to tell it. You can adoptone ofa numberof

27、 points of view, each of which will give a quite different total story.Broadly speaking, there are two major approaches a writer can take: (1) you canpresent thestoryas if told by someone who is completely outside it, or (2) you can present the story as iftold by one of its characters. In either cas

28、e, the tellers role is an assumed role.(分數：12.00 )(1).The author of thispassage uses ingredients to mean.A. creative features B. unimportant detailsC. misleading facts D. raw materials(分數： 3.00 )A.B.C.D.V解析：第一段。 作者一開篇就點明所謂故事是創(chuàng)作出來的， 不是自然發(fā)生的。 每天發(fā)生的事件并沒有故事， 只是故事的 ingredients 。后面又舉了兩個例子說明日常的事件本身并不是故事。 只

29、有給所選的事件加上 頭和尾， 加入一定的意義才能成為真正的故事。由此判斷， ingredients 指的是沒有加工過的事件，即素 材。選項 D 是正確的。Rawmaterial 素材。In-前綴，表示在.里、非、無意義等。（2） .Who controls all the details of the story?A. The story-maker. B. The characters.C. The publisher. D. The proofreader.（分數： 3.00 ）A.VB.C.D.解析：第二段。寫故事的人控制著故事中的一切。諸如：細節(jié)、人物、事件等。選項A 是正確的。（3）

30、_.The main idea of this passage is.A. stories are created B. nonfiction stories are trueC. legends are a type of story D. most stories are historical accounts（分數： 3.00 ）A.VB.C.D.解析：短文從一開始就點明了主題：故事是創(chuàng)作出來的。選項A 是正確的。（4）_ .Based on the two approaches mentioned in the passage, the story can be told by.A.

31、the one who writes the storyB. people who create storiesC. the man who is watched by peopleD. the one who is one of the characters（分數： 3.00 ）A.B.C.D.V解析：最后一段。一般來說，故事的敘述有兩種方式：由故事以外的人敘述（通常是第三人稱 ） ；另一種是故事中的某一個人物敘述（通常是第一人稱）。選項 D 是正確的。Passage FourHow can we get rid of garbage? Do we have enough energy so

32、urces to meet our futureenergy needs?These are two important questions that many people are asking today. Some peoplethink that man might be able to solve both problems at the same time. They suggestusing garbage as an energy source, and at the same time it can save the land to holdgarbage.For a lon

33、g time, people buried garbage or dumped it on empty land. Now, empty land isscarce.But more and more garbage is produced each year. However, garbage can be a goodfuel to use. Thethings in garbage do not look like coal, petroleum, or natural gas; but they arechemically similar to these fossil fuels.

34、As we use up our fossil-fuel supplies, we mightbe able to use garbageas an energy source. Burning garbage is not a new idea. Somecities in Europe and theUnited States have been burning garbage for years. The heat that is produced byburning garbage is used to boil water. The steam that is produced is

35、 used to makeelectricity or to heat nearby buildings. InParis, France, some power plants burn almost 2 million metric tons of the cities garbageeach year. The amount of energy produced is about the same as would be produced byburning almost a half million barrels of oil.Our fossil fuel supplies are

36、limited. Burning garbage might be one kind of energy sourcethatwe can use to help meet our energy needs. This method could also reduce the amountif garbage piling up on the earth.（分數： 12.00 ）（1）.What two problems can man solve by burning garbage?A. The shortage of energy and air pollution.B. The sho

37、rtage of energy and the land to hold garbage.C. Air pollution and the shortage of fossil fuel.D. Air pollution and the shortage of land to hold garbage. （分數： 3.00 ）A.B.VC.C.解析：第三段。這一段的開始，作者說明很久以來人們都是將垃圾堆在空地上。而現在，難得有空地。這 段的中間部分，作者又說明，在燃料能源用盡時，垃圾還可作燃料能源，這已不是新的方法了。選項 正確的。（2）.According to the passage, u

38、sing garbage is _.A. for heating in France each yearB. a new way in a modern societyC. a good way to solve the problem of energy shortageD. too expensive as an energy source （分數： 3.00 ）A.B.C.VD.解析：第三段。見上題解釋。選項 C 是正確的。（3）.What is the authors attitude?A. Delighted. B. Sad. C. Agreeing. D. Disagreeing.

39、（分數： 3.00 ）A.B.C.VD.解析：從文章的敘述以及文章的最后一段可以看出，作者的態(tài)度是贊成這種垃圾處理辦C 是正hours法的。選項 確的。（4）.The best title for the passage may be _.A. Garbage and the Earth B. Fossil Fuel and GarbageC. Land and Garbage D. Garbage? Energy Source （分數： 3.00 ）A.B.C.D.V解析：縱觀全文，垃圾是可再利用的，可以作為某種能源。文章的第一句實際上就給出了提示。后面進一 步說明如何再利用，可替代什么能源

40、。選項 D 是正確的。Passage TwoThe thought of not sleeping for twenty-four hours or more is not a pleasant one for mostpeople.The amount of sleep that each person needs varies. In general, each of us needs abouteight of sleep each day to keep our bodies healthy and happy. Some people, however,can get by just

41、 a few hours of sleep at night.It doesnt matter when or how much a person sleeps. But everyone needs some rest tostay alive.Few doctors would have thought that there might be an exception on this. Sleep is, afterall,a very basic need. But a man named A1 Herpin turned out to be a real exception, fors

42、upposedly, he never slept!A1 Herpin was 90 years old when doctors came to his home in New Jersey. Theyhoped to negate the claims that he never slept. But they were surprised. Though theywatched him every hour of the day, they never saw Herpin sleeping. He did not evenown a bed. He never needed one.T

43、he closest that Herpin came to resting was to sit in a rocking chair and read a halfdozen newspapers. His doctors were baffled by this strange case of permanentinsomnia. Herpin offered the only clue to his condition.He remembered sometalkabout his mother having been injured severaldays before he had

44、 been born. Herpin died at the age of 94, never having slept a wink.（分數： 12.00 ）（1）.This passage centers on _ .A. dream interpretation B. patterns of sleepC. A1 Herpins sleepless life D. sleeps and dreams （分數： 3.00 ）A.B.C.VD.解析：這篇短文講了人是要睡覺的， 以保證身體健康、 情緒快樂，但就是有人一生不曾睡覺， 這就是 Al Herpin 選項 c 是正確的。（2）.The

45、 expression get by, in the last sentence of the first paragraph is _.A. a confusing expression B. a rude expressionC. an everyday expression D. an improper expression （分數： 3.00 ）A.B.C.VD.解析：第一段最后。有些人每晚只睡幾個小時也過得去。這是一種日常的表達法。選項 C 是正確的。Get by過得去、勉強生存， confusing 困惑的， rude 粗俗的， improper 不適當的。（3）_ .A1 Her

46、pins condition could beregarded as _ .A. normal B. curable C. healthful D. rare（分數： 3.00 ）A.B.C.D.V解析：第二段。睡眠對人類來說是最基本的需求，以保證人的休息和生存。AlHerpin 是一個例外，極為少見。選項 D 是正確的。 Normal 正常的， curable 可醫(yī)治的， healthful 健康的， rare罕見的。（4）_.The most likely reasonon Herpions insomnia was _ .A. his mothers injury before he w

47、as bornB. that he never got tiredC. his magnificent physical conditionD. that he got enough rest rocking（分數： 3.00 ）A.VB.C.D.解析：最后一段。醫(yī)生對 Al Herpin 的終生不睡的情形感到很困惑，而他提供的唯一的線索是在他出生前 的幾天，他的母親受過傷。選項A 是正確的。Passage ThreeAmericans are well known for the strange diets they always seem to be following. Itseems

48、that Americans like to diet almost as much as they like to eat. New types of dietplans are always coming out. Usually, though, they dont stay popular for long.There are many diets on the market. It is often difficult to know which ones really work.Its also hard to believe how fast a dieter is suppos

49、ed to shed pounds. A lot has beenwritten about dieting. And some interesting facts about diets and foods have beendiscovered.For example, did you know that the more celery you eat, the more weight you will lose.9Celery has negative calories. The body burns up more calories digesting a piece ofcelery

50、 than there are in the celery stick itself.Dieters shun potatoes because they think they are fattening. But they arent. A potatohas the same number of calories as an apple. To gain a single pound, you would haveto eat eleven pounds of potatoes!Some dieters even worry about getting fat from licking p

51、ostage stamps. But they havenothing to worry about. The glue on an average stamp has only about one-tenth of acalorie. Maybe a diet of postage stamps would be popular?（分數： 12.00 ）（1）.This passage is all about _.A. vegetables B. fads C. Americans D. dieting （分數： 3.00 ）A.B.C.D.V解析：短文第一句就點明主題：美國人盲目地緊跟奇

52、怪的減肥方法是眾所周知的。選項D 是正確的時尚， diet 節(jié)食、減肥。（2）.Celery is a good food for the dieter because _ .A. it has a lot of protein B. vegetables are not fatteningC. it has negative calories D. it is easy to digest（分數： 3.00 ）A.B.C.VaboutFadD.解析：第三段。芹菜含“負”熱量。你的身體在消化一塊芹菜時所消耗的熱量比這塊芹菜本身的熱量多。 選項 C 是正確的。（3）.The shun is to

53、 _.A. love B. hate C. avoid D. fear （分數： 3.00 ）A.B.C.VD.解析：第四段。文章的主題是節(jié)食。為了減肥，有些食物可以吃，而有些食物是要避開，不能吃的，人們 認為土豆是增肥食品，所以不能吃要避開。選項 C 是正確的。（4）.One could conclude from this passage that _ .A. dieting is not a healthy practiceB. everyone dietsC. there is only one good way to lose weightD. dieting can be conf

54、using （分數： 3.00 ）A.B.C.D.V解析：根據上下文，可以推斷出，作者想要表達的是節(jié)食的說法太多，以致人們都不知道究竟如何做，聽 信哪種說法了。選項 D 是正確的。三、 第三組 （ 總題數： 5，分數： 60.00）Passage ThreeOn October 17, 1829, Sam Patch did what he had said he would do. He perched on aplatform built beside Niagara Falls, and jumped into the river a hundred feet below. Abig c

55、rowd had gathered to watch Sams well-advertised leap. The spectators held theirbreath as the daredevil hit the swirling water. At last his head burst out of the foam,thirty feet clear of the falls. The crowd let out a mighty roar. Men waved their hats andyelled out the expression that had become Sam

56、s trademark : Theres no mistake inSam Patch!Sambegan his career as a leaper in 1827, when he jumped eighty feet into the PassaicRiver, from a bridge that was still under construction. He was delighted with thenotoriety he received. He traveled from town to town, jumping from masts, cliffs andbridges

57、. Then he madehis great conquest of Niagara Falls.Sam was spurred on by the widespread public excitement over his successful leap fromthe Fails.He turned to the higher Genesee Falls for his next feat. On November 13, a scaffoldwas constructed 125 feet above the base of the Falls. A huge crowd gather

58、ed on bothriver banks. At 2:00 pro,Samclimbed the shaky scaffold, madea brief speech, and jumped. Once again therewas hushed silence as his body smacked the water. But this time Sam didnt resurface.Sams body was pulled from the mouth of the river the following spring. Even so, foryears afterward, a

59、legend persisted that tile great Sam Patch was still alive.（分數： 12.00 ）（1）.What is the general idea of the passage?A. Genesee Fails is a dangerous place.B. Sam Patch jumped at Niagara Falls.C. Theres no mistakes in Sam Patch.D. Sam Patch was a popular leaper. （分數： 3.00 ）A.B.C.D.V解析：這篇短文講的是 Sam Patch

60、 的跳水生涯，他的冒險和大眾對他的關注。選項D 是正確的。（2）.Sam jumped into the Passaic River from a _ .A. cliff B. scaffold C. bridge D. mast（分數： 3.00 ）A.B.B.VD.解析：第二段。SamPatch 在 80 英尺的高度從一座正在建設中的橋上跳入巴塞克河。選項 C 是正確的。Cliff懸崖， scaffold 腳手架， mast 桅桿。（3）.The passage implies that _.A. Sam Patch is still aliveB. Sam Patch was a foo