專升本英語（閱讀）模擬試卷103

專升本英語（閱讀）模擬試卷103

一、閱讀理解（本題共25題，每題7.0分，共25分。）

TodaytheofficiallanguageoftheUnitedStatesandmostofCanadaisEnglish.

However,Frenchalmostbecametheofficiallanguagebecauseofawar.TheFrenchand

IndianWarwasfoughtbetween1754and1763.Thenameofthiswarisnotaccurate

becausethewarwasactuallybetweenEnglandandFrance.TheIndiansfoughlonthe

sideoftheFrench.FranceandEnglandweretryingtogaincontrolofNorthAmerica.

FranceheldCanada,andEnglandheldpartofwhatisnowtheUnitedStates.However,

FrancetriedtoexpanditslandbymovingsouthwardintoNewYork,Pennsylvania,Ohio,

andVirginia.WhentheFrenchbuiltafortontheOhioRiver,theresidentsinVirginia

sentGeorgeWashingtonioattackthefortin1754.However,theFrenchdefeated

Washington.TheFrench、aidedbytheIndians,outsmartedth。Englishandwonmany

earlybailies.Later,theBritishbegantodowellagainsttheFrench.Inthefinalbattlein

Quebec,Canada,GeneralWolfeofEnglandfacedGeneralMontcalmfromFrance.Both

generalsdiedinthisbattle,buttheEnglishoutlastedtheFrenchandwonthebattle.Thus,

mostofNorthAmericatedayhastheEnglishcultureandlanguage.

1、Theword"gain"inPara.3means.

A、get

B、buy

C、lose

D、sell

標(biāo)準答案：A

知識點解析：文章第三段第一句的意思是，法國和英國都想試圖獲得北美的控制

權(quán)。gain在此處就指的是“獲得”的意思，同get意思相近。

2^GeneralWolfediedin.

A、England

B、France

C^Canada

D、Virginia

標(biāo)準答案：C

知識點解析：文章最后一段講述，英法在加拿大魁北克的最后決戰(zhàn)中，雙方的將軍

都陣亡了。

3、WashingtonlosthisbattleatthefortontheOhioRiver.

A、atthebeginningofthewar

B、inthemiddleofthewar

C、attheendofthewar

D、twoyearsafterthewar

標(biāo)準答案：A

知識點解析：文章第三段講述，在1754年，法國軍隊在俄亥俄河邊的要塞戰(zhàn)敗了

華盛頓。而這場戰(zhàn)爭的時間是1754年到1763年，故應(yīng)該是在戰(zhàn)爭初期，所以選

Ao

4、Whichofthefollowingstatementsisnottrueaccordingtothepassage?

A、FrancetriedinvaintocontrolwhatisnowtheUnitedStates.

FrenchwasoncetheofficiallanguageoftheUnitedStates.

C、IheBritishandIndianWarwasactuallyfoughtbetweenEnglandandFrance.

D、TheIndianshelpedtheFrenchduringtheFrenchandIndianWar.

標(biāo)準答案：B-

知識點解析：文章第一段第二句指出，法語差點因一場戰(zhàn)爭而成為美國和加拿大的

官方語言，而沒有提到法語曾是美國的官方語言。

5、Agoodtitleforthisselectionis.

A^TheBritishandIndianWar

B、TheEnglishlanguage

C、Washington'sarmy

D、TheFrenchandBritishWar

標(biāo)準答案：D

知識點解析：木文重點描述了1754年到1763年間英法在北美進行的戰(zhàn)爭，結(jié)果是

英國獲勝。D項比較符合文意。

Afterabusydayofworkandplay,thebodyneedstorest.Sleepisnecessaryforgood

health.Duringthistime,thebodyrecoversfromtheactivitiesofthepreviousday.Tha

reslIhalyougelwhilesleeDingenablestourbodyloDrepareitselfforihenexlday.There

arefourlevelsofsleep,eachbeingalittledeeperthantheonebefore.Asyousleep,your

musclesrelaxlittlebylittle.Yourheartbeatsmoreslowly,andyourbrainslowsdown.

Afteryoureachthefourthlevel,yourbodyshiftsbackandforthfromonelevelofsleep

totheother.Althoughyourmindslowsdown,fromtimetotimeyouwilldream.

Scientistswhostudysleepstatethatwhendreamingoccurs,youreyeballsbegintomove

morequickly(althoughyoureyelidsareclosed).ThisstageofsleepiscalledREM,

whichstandslorrapideyemovement.【fyouhave【roublefallingasleep,somepeople

recommendbrealhingveryslowlyandverydeeDly.Otherpeoplebelievedthatdrinking

warmmilkwillhelpmakeyoudrowsy.Thereisalsoanoldsuggestionthatcounting

sheepwillputyoutosleep!

6、Agoodtitleforthispassageis.

A、Sleep

B、GoodHealth

C、Dreams

D、WorkandRest

標(biāo)準答案：A

知識點解析：本題考查考生對全文意思的整體把握。文章的第一段談到唾眠能使身

體健康，第二段、第三段談到睡眠的幾種狀態(tài)，最后一段談到很快入睡的幾種方

法。即整篇文章都是圍繞睡眠而談，因此A為正確答案。

7、Theword"drowsy"inthelastparagraphmeans.

A、sick

B、standup

C、asleep

D^alittlesleepy

標(biāo)準答案：D

知識點解析：本題是詞義題，考查考生根據(jù)上下文對具體詞語的理解。因為上一句

的意思是：“如果你睡覺有困難的話，有人建議慢慢深呼吸?！本o接著作者說：“另

外一些人認為喝熱牛奶能使你……”，根據(jù)上下文應(yīng)該選“瞌睡的"，sick意為“有病

的“；standup意為“起立”;asleep意為“睡著的”;aliillesleepy意為“想睡覺因此

只有D最符合題意。

8、Thispassagesuggeststhatnotgettingenoughsleepmightmakeyou.

A、dreammoreoften

B、havepoorhealth

C、nervous

D、breathequickly

標(biāo)準答案：B

知識點解析：答案在文章的第一段第二句話：Sleepisnecessaryforgoodhealth,（睡

眠對良好的健康是必需的。）本題是正話反說，即睡眠不足是有損健康的，A項文

章中沒有提及；C、D項憑經(jīng)驗判斷貌似正確但跟本句話內(nèi)容沒有聯(lián)系，只有B最

符合題意。

9、DuringREM,.

A、youreyesmovequickly

B、youdream

C、youarerestless

D、bothAandB

標(biāo)準答案：D

知識點解析：答案在第三段第一.、三句話：Scientistswhostudysleepstatethatwhen

dreamingoccurs,youreyeballsbegintomovemorequickly.而第三句中“Thisstage

ofsleepiscalledREM^,因此，thisstage指代的是々二句中所表現(xiàn)出的狀態(tài)。A項

“眼球快速轉(zhuǎn)動”以及B項“做夢”都是正確的，因此正確答案為Do

10、Theaveragenumberofhoursofsleepthatanadultneedsis.

A、approximatelysixhours

B、aroundtenhours

C^abouteighthours

14、Theauthorprobablyfeelsthattwins'problem.

A^cannotbesolvedbecausesituationisverycruel

canbesolvedbecausetwinswillbeseparated

C、cannotbesolvedunlessthetwinsareforcedtoliveseparatelyinanordinary

environment

D、canbesolvediftheadultscommunicatewiththemmoreoften

標(biāo)準答案：C

知識點解析：文章最后一句的意思是，解決雙胞胎智力發(fā)展問題的唯一方法是將雙

胞胎分開培養(yǎng)和教育。C項與文章最為接近。

15、Thewritermentionsalloftheitemslistedbelowexcept.

A、twinscanhelpeachether

B、twinsshareeachother'semotion

C、twinsareabletounderstandeachotherinaprivatelanguage

D^twinscommunicatelesswithadults

標(biāo)準答案：A

知識點解析：作者在文中提到了雙胞胎可以擁有相同的情感，互相理解，與他人交

流較少，而沒有提及雙胞胎之間可以互相幫助。

CliffordStollranacomputersysteminBerkeley,California.Asasystemadministrator,

hekeptacloseeyeontherecords.Oneday,Stollfoundsomethingstrangeinthe

paymentrecord.Therewasa75centsmistake.Oneofthethousandsofusershadused

thesystemfor75centsworthoftimeandnotpaidforit.Itmightsoundlikeverylittle

moneytoworryabout.Bu>that75centswasthefirstclueStollhadtoamuchbigger

problem—thatahackerhadbrokenintoSloll'scompulersystem.Whowasit?Stollspent

thenextyeartryingtofindout.DuringthattimethehackerusedthesysteminBerkeley

asastartingpointtobreakintomilitarycomputersystemsallovertheUnitedStales.Stoll

hadtokeeptrackofthehacker'sactivitiesonthecomputerwithoutthehacker'sknowing

someonewaswatchinghim.Stollevenmadeuphugefilesoffalseinformationsothe

hackerwouldhavelotstoread.Whenthehackerspentlongtimereading,thetelephone

companywasabletotracethelines.Afterayear,thehackerwastracedbacktohis

computer—inGermany.HewaslatercaughtbytheGermanpolice.

16^CliffordStollwasa.

ANstudent

B、hacker

C、manager

D^professor

標(biāo)準答案：C

知識點解析：文章第?段前兩句的意思是，克里福特.斯托在加利福尼亞州的伯克

利管理一個電腦系統(tǒng)。作為一個系統(tǒng)管理者，他密切關(guān)注著電腦的記錄。從這兩句

可看出，斯托是一位經(jīng)理。

17^CliffordStollcomesfrom.

A、Germany

Italy

C>theU.S.A.

D、China

標(biāo)準答案：C

知識點解析：文章開頭說，斯托是美國加利福尼亞州的一個計算機系統(tǒng)的管理者。

18、75cents.

A^isalargesumofmoney

B>isasmallsumofmoney

C^isimportantinacomputersystem

D^canbuyacomputeratthattime

標(biāo)準答案：B

知識點解析：文章第二段第一句的意思是，這（75美分）聽起來錢數(shù)很小，不用擔(dān)

心。

19、The75centsmistake.

A、wasasignthatsomeonehadbrokenintoStolTssystem

B、wouldcauseserioushealthproblems

C、wouldmakeStollaveryrichman

D、wasfoundoutbyaBerkeleystudent

標(biāo)準答案：A

知識點解析：文章第二段第二句告訴我們，這75美分是斯托發(fā)現(xiàn)重大問題一一

位黑客闖入了計算機系統(tǒng)的第一個線索。

20、Inordertokeeptrackofthehacker,.

A^thetelephonecompanycutallthetelephonelines

B、thepolicestoredfalseinformationinStolTscomputersystem

C>Stolltoldthepoliceeverythingheknew

D、Stollspentlotsoftimeandefforts

標(biāo)準答案：D

知識點解析：文章第二段和第三段講述到，斯托用一年的時間找這位黑客，其間他

甚至做了大量的假信息可知他為了查出黑客花費了大量的時間和精力。

ThetraditionalAmericanThanksgivingDaycelebrationgoesbackto1621.Inthatyeara

specialfeastwaspreparedinPlymouth,Massachusetts.Thecolonistswhohadsettled

therehadleftEnglandbecausetheyweredeniedofreligiousfreedom.Theycametothe

newlandandfaceddifficultiesincomingacrosstheocfinn.Theshipthatcarriedthem

wascalledtheMayflower.TheNorthAtlanticwasdifficulttotravel.Therewerebad

storms.TheywereassistedinlearningtoliveinthelandbytheIndianswholivedinthe

region.ThePuritans,astheywerecalled,hadmuchtobethankfulfor.Theirreligious

practiceswerenolongerasourceofcriticismbythegovernment.Theylearnedtoadjust

theirfarminghabitstotheclimateandsoil.WhentheyselectedthefourthThursdayof

NovemberfortheirThanksgivingCelebration,theyinvitedtheirneighbors、theIndians,

toiointhemindinnerandaprayerofgratitudeforthenewlife.Theyrecalledthegroup

of102men,womenandchildrenwholeftEngland.Theyrememberedtheirdeadwhodid

notlivetoseetheshoresofMassachusetts.Theyreflectedonthe5daysjourneythat

testedtheirstrength.

21、ThetraditionofThanksgiv