大学英语B（2010年4月份统考模拟题）阅读理解B

1、When I begin to look back on all friends whom I have had, I quickly came to the conclusion that Jerry was the most important and had the greatest effect upon my life. His family moved to my block when I was only 10. Jerry was 15 at the time, but the fact that he was so much older than me seemed to make no difference to him. I was very glad that he liked me. We took long walks together, on which he would tell me stories he had heard form TV and radio programs. But as months went by, a change came into our friendship. Jerry almost stopped coming by the house, and every time I went to his house or telephoned, he put me off with some excuses such as "I'm studying now" or "I've got some jobs to do for Mum". When we passed on the street, he would still give me a warm smile and friendly wave with a "Hi, kid", but he would hardly ever stop to talk. Finally I realized that he was no longer interested in me and that his taste had changed. I noticed him with a girl once in a while and several times saw him going out in his family's car on a Friday or Saturday night. I simply couldn't understand what was so great about girls and parties. But I was hurt when he finally made me know that our friendship was at an end. Of course he didn't really mean to hurt me, but it was a long time before I realized that it was an age problem that caused the break. There were a world of differences between the ideas and interests of a 17-year-old and a 12-year-old. Now that I'm over sixteen myself, I realized this, and the hurt I got then has become happy memories of the good times we were once together. I wonder if millions of other boys and girls have had a similar experience. (1)、When the writer and Jerry first met, Jerry was ______. A：10 years old B：5 years older than the writer C：of the same age as the writer D：the writer's classmate 答案：B 难度：1 知识点 高中化学知识点免费下载体育概论知识点下载名人传知识点免费下载线性代数知识点汇总下载高中化学知识点免费下载 ：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (2)、Their friendship lasted for ______. A：a few years B：a few weeks C：a few months D：a few hours 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (3)、Jerry stopped playing with the writer because ______. A：the writer had changed B：he was busy with his study C：he has some jobs to do D：he was not interested in the writer 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (4)、When a change came in their friendship, the writer ______. A：accepted it at once B：couldn't understand his friend for a long time C：stopped visiting his friend D：started going to parties with girls 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (5)、The main idea of the passage is that ______. A：the age difference plays a part in friendship B：friendship is the most important thing for children C：many boys and girls have a similar experience as the writer D："friends are made in wine and tested in tears" 答案：A 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B 2、One day in 1965, when I was a library worker at school, a teacher came to me. She had a student who finished his work before all the others and needed something more difficult for him to do. "Could you help me in the library?" she asked. I said, "Send him along." Soon, a golden-haired boy appeared. "Do you have a job for me?" he asked. I told him about a system for sorting books. He picked up the idea immediately. Then I showed him some cards for some unreturned books that I thought had been returned but not recorded. Maybe some books were put on wrong places. He said, "Is it a kind of a detective （侦探） job?" I answered yes, and then began his work. He had found three books with wrong cards by the time his teacher opened the door and said, "Time for rest!" he argued for finishing the finding job, but the teacher won. The next morning, he arrived early, "I want to finish these books," he said. At the end of the day, when he asked to work with me more often, it was easy for me to say yes. After a few weeks I found a note on my desk, inviting me to dinner at the boy's home. At the end of a pleasant evening, his mother declared that the family would be moving to another school. Her son's first concern, she said, was leaving the library. "Who will find the lost books?" he asked. When the time came, it was hard to say goodbye. Though at the beginning he had seemed an ordinary boy, his strong feeling of interest had made him different. Do you know who he is? This boy became a great man of the Information Age: Bill Gates. (1)、Why did the teacher go to the library to find a job for Bill Gates? A：Because the teacher found the librarian quite busy. B：Because Bill Gates wanted to find a job. C：Because Bill Gates finished his study quickly and had more free time than the others. D：Because the library needed a new worker. 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (2)、What do you know from the passage? A：Library work was very difficult for Bill Gates. B：Bill Gates did his job without any difficulty. C：The librarian was too busy to have a rest. D：His mother hoped that Bill Gates would stay for his job. 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (3)、The sentence "He picked up the idea immediately" means that ______. A：he learned that system quickly B：he collected that system quickly C：he lifted up that system quickly D：he improved that system quickly 答案：A 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (4)、What was Bill Gates expected to do in the library? A：Finding the lost cards. B：Learning the system. C：Helping the worker with everything in the library. D：Finding books with wrong cards. 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (5)、How did Bill Gates feel when his family would move to another school area? A：Sad. B：Pleasant. C：Worried. D：Interested. 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B 3、People often say that the Englishman's home is his castle. They mean that the home is very important and personal. Most people in Britain live in houses rather than flats, and many people own their homes. This means that they can make them personal, and change them in any way they like. Most houses have a garden, even if it is a small one, and the garden is usually loved. The house and the garden are the private space of a person. In a crowded city a person knows that he or she has a private space which is only for himself or herself and for invited friends. People usually like to mark their space. If you are on the beach you may have spread your towels around you; in the rain you may have put your coat or small bag on the seat beside you; in a library you may spread your books around you. Once I was traveling on a train to London. I was on a section for four people and there was a table between us. The man opposite to me had his briefcase on the table. There was no space on my side of the table at all. I was unhappy. I thought he thought that he owned the whole table. I had been reading a book about nonverbal （非语言的） communication so I took various papers out of my bag and put them on his case! When I did this he suddenly became angry and his eyes nearly popped out （突出）of his head. I had taken up his space! A few minutes later I took my papers off in order to read them. He immediately moved his case to his side of the table. (1)、What does the first sentence in Paragraph 1 mean? A：The home matters greatly to Englishmen. B： The castle is more important than the home. C：The home is more important than the castle. D：Englishmen usually live in homes instead of castles. 答案：A 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (2)、Which of the following is NOT the reason for most British to live in homes? A：They can make changes in houses in which they live. B：They love houses more than gardens. C：They can own private space like the house and the garden. D：They can keep the private space to themselves and friends. 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (3)、According to Paragraph 2, if you spread your books around you in a library, it means ______. A：you want to spread your towels around you further B：you want to put your coat on the table C：you can find no space for your books on the seat D： you want to tell others the space belongs to you 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (4)、How did the man opposite to the writer show he owned the whole table? A：He sat in a section for four people. B：He placed his briefcase on the table. C：He was traveling on a train to London. D：He was reading a book. 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (5)、The writer tried to get back his space by ______. A：moving the case off the table B：taking all his papers out C：taking up the space of the man opposite D：showing the books concerned to the man 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B 4、Down the entrance hall of the school walk four eighth-grade students. Each one is carrying a small basket with a single egg inside. Soon more students join them-each one of them is also carrying a basket with an egg. The eggs in a basket are part of a new school program that helps young people understand that having a baby is a great duty. At the beginning of the program, the teacher puts the students in pairs-one girl and one boy. Each pair gets an egg, which they must take care of for two weeks. For those fourteen days, the students have to take care of the eggs as though they were real babies. Students whose eggs get broken have to start the two weeks all over again with a new egg. One person in each pair must have the egg with him or her at all times-twenty-four hours a day. At no time can they let the egg be out of sight. "If a teacher catches you without your egg," said one student, "she makes you go get it. They are really strict." The teachers also make the students spend half an hour each day sitting with the egg and just watching it. That can get pretty boring. But it's also something that parents spend a lot of time doing. Children say that the program has helped them understand the duties involved in having a child. "It was really hard," said one student, "You had to think all the time about the egg." (1)、The purpose of the program is to help students grasp the idea of ______. A：carrying a basket with an egg B：bringing up a baby C：laying eggs D：studying hard at school 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (2)、At the beginning, ______. A：only one student joined the program B：four students in all were interested in the program C：eight students became members of the program D：more students than teachers liked the program 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (3)、In the third line of Paragraph 2, "they" refers to ______. A：teachers B：students C：eggs D：programs 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (4)、Why should the students in the program spend half an hour each day sitting with an egg and just watching it? A：Because it is very boring to have the egg with them at all times. B：Because the teachers in this program are very strict. C：Because only in this way can students understand parents in taking care of children. D：Because if students do not do it, they will fail in the examination. 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (5)、From the last paragraph, we can infer that ______. A：a program is the only way to educate children B：one has to think about a program all the time C：only one child grasps the purpose of the program D：the program is of help to children's understanding of parents 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B 5、We say that a person has good manners if he or she behaves politely and is kind and helpful to others. Everyone likes a person with good manners but no one likes a person with bad manners. "Yes", you may say , " but what are good manners? How do I know what to do and what not to do?" People all over the world agree that being well-mannered really means being kind and helping others, especially to those older or weaker than ourselves. If you remember this, you will not go very far wrong. Here are some examples of the things that a well-mannered person does or does not do. He never laughs at people when they are in trouble.Instead, he tries to help them. He is always kind, never cruel, either to people or to animals. When people are waiting for a bus, or in a post office, he takes his turn.He does not push to the front of the queue. In the bus, he gives his seat to an old person or a lady who is standing. If he accidentally bumps into someone, or gets in their way, he says, "excuse me" or "I'm sorry". He says "please" when making a request, and "thank you" when he receives something. He stands up when speaking to a lady or an older person, and he does not sit down until the other person is seated. He does not interrupt other people when they are talking. He does not talk too much himself. He does not talk loudly or laugh loudly in public. When eating, he does not speak with his mouth full of food. He uses a handkerchief when he sneezes or coughs. (1)、Which of the following is considered as being well-mannered? A：Laughing at the weaker B：Behaving impolitely C：Helping older people D：Being kind to ourselves 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (2)、If you try to be kind and helpful to others, you ______. A：will make a mistake B：will be completely wrong C：will be considered very polite D：will not be regarded as being well-mannered 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (3)、When waiting for a bus, a well-mannered person should ______. A：try to stand in the front of the line B：line up in a queue C：give his seat to a lady D：stand where he is and wait for his turn 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (4)、According to this passage, a polite person ______. A：will not break into other's conversation B：will do most of the talking when speaking with others C：will sit down before an older person does D：will not speak without his mouth full of food when eating 答案：A 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (5)、 The word "accidentally" (Line 5, Para. 4) means ______. A：on purpose B：by accident C：in an accident D：willingly 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B 6、A young man who lived in London was in love with a beautiful girl. Soon she became his fiancée （未婚妻）. The man was very poor while the girl was rich. The young man wanted to make her a present on her birthday. He wanted to buy something beautiful for her, but he had no idea how to do it, as he had very little money. The next morning he went to a shop. There were many fine things there: gold watches, diamond… but all these things were too expensive. There was one thing he could not take his eyes off. It was a beautiful vase. That was a suitable present for his fiancée. He had been looking at the vase for half an hour when the manager of the shop noticed him. The young man looked so pale, sad and unhappy that the manager asked what had happened to him. The young man told him everything. The manager felt sorry for him and decided to help him. A bright idea struck him. The manager pointed to the corner of the shop. To his great surprise the young man saw a vase broken into many pieces. The manager said: "When the servant enters the room, he will drop it." On the birthday of his fiancée the young man was very excited. Everything happened as had been planned. The servant brought in the vase, and as he entered the room, he dropped it. There was horror on everybody's face. When the box was opened, the guests saw that each piece was packed separately. (1)、The story took place ______. A：in France B：in England C：in Germany D：in the United States 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (2)、Which of the following is true? A：The young man's family was poor while the beautiful girl is rich. B：A rich young man fell in love with a beautiful girl. C：The young man loved the girl but the girl didn't love him. D：The young man had enough money to buy a beautiful vase. 答案：A 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (3)、Why did the young man want to buy a present for the girl? A：He wanted to give her a Christmas present. B：He fell in love with her. C：Her birthday was coming soon. D：They were going to get married. 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (4)、Why did the shop manager come to talk to the young man? A：He looked very excited. B：He looked pale and sad. C：He was poorly dressed. D：He said he wanted to buy a beautiful vase. 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (5)、On the birthday of his fiancée, the young man was excited because ______. A：the girl was in love with him B：the girl looked beautiful C：the girl was happy and gay D：he was not sure whether his trick would be seen through 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B 7、Our child's behavior is greatly influenced by the way we react to what he has done. Our reactions help to determine whether our child will repeat his behavior or whether he will do something different. This statement is a very important part of a principle of behavioral psychology. The principle states that a behavior is influenced or affected by how the environment ---- people, places and things ---- immediately responds to the behavior. Perhaps without realizing it, you have used this principle many times. On the occasion when you told your child what a good boy he was after he cleaned up his room, you used the principle. When you sent your child to his room for fighting with his brother, you used the principle. When I gave Kim a cookie after she started to cry, I used the principle. In each of these examples, a particular behavior occurred first ---- cleaning up a room, fighting, and crying. In addition, there was a reaction to each behavior ---- the child was praised, sent to his room, or given a cookie. By these actions, we have influenced the previous behaviors and have helped to determine whether those behaviors will occur again in the future. (1)、What is the lecture mainly about? A：Children and environmental protection. B：Children's behavior and fighting. C：Children's behavior and our response. D：Children and principles. 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\理科B (2)、On what kind of principle is the lecture based? A：A principle in chemistry. B：A principle in behavioral psychology. C：A principle in physics. D：A principle in geology. 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\理科B (3)、Who do you think the audience at this lecture might be? A：Teachers. B：Doctors. C：Social workers. D：Parents. 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\理科B (4)、According to the lecture, why was the child sent to his room? A：As a kind of punishment. B：As a kind of reward. C：As an experiment on the principle. D：As an example of the principle. 答案：A 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\理科B (5)、What does the lecturer mean by "environment"? A：Rooms, cookies and toys. B：Water, air and forest. C：People, places and things. D：Family, school and friends. 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\理科B 8、If you've been joining in chat room conversations, or trading e-mail with net pals, you have become one of the millions who write in a special, short form of English. Throughout the world, every night children and their elders are "talking" online ─ many of them are talking at the same time. It's fast: trying talking to six people once. It's convenient: three or four words per exchange. It takes cleverness, concentration and quick fingers. And it requires very simple language. There's neither time nor space for explanations. Why waste precious time telling six friends you have to leave for a moment to take care of your little brother when BRB (=be right back) will do? Want to enter a conversation? Just type PMFJI (=pardon me for jumping in). Interested in whom you're talking to? Type A/S/L, the common request to know your pal's age, sex and location. You may get 15/M/NY as a reply from your pal. If something makes you laugh, say you're OTF (=on the floor), or LOL (=laughing out loud), or join the two into ROTFL (=rolling on the floor laughing). And when it's time to get back to work or go to bed, you type GTG (=got to go) or TTYL (=talk to you later). People want to write as fast as possible, and they want to get their ideas across as quickly as they can. Capital letters are left in the dust, except when expressing feeling, as it takes more time to hold down the "shift" key and use capitals. Punctuation is going too. (1)、When people are online, they talk by ______. A：using body language B：drawing some strange pictures C：making phone calls D：making use of an especially short form of English 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (2)、The Internet makes many people in the world ______. A：talking at the same time B：discover their friends and relatives C：pick out good things to buy D：find out about some problems in society 答案：A 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (3)、The sentence "There's neither time nor space for explanations" means that ______. A：people should use words properly B：people should know what time it is when they are talking C：people online have to express themselves in a simple way D：people should communicate in a funny way 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (4)、If you get 19/M/HK as an answer to your A/S/L, it means ______. A：the person who is talking to you is 19 from Hong Kong and he is high B：you are talking to a boy 19 years old and he lives in Hong Kong C：you are talking to 19 boys from Hong Kong at the same time D：the boy from Hong Kong has been online for 19 minutes 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (5)、Which of the following is a way to save online time? A：People seldom use capital letters or punctuation marks. B：Many people draw pictures. C：People only use the mouse instead of the keyboard. D：People never use the "shift" key. 答案：A 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B 9、In the water around New York city is a very small island called Liberty Island. On Liberty Island there is a very special statue called the Statue of Liberty. It is one of the most famous sights in the world. The Statue of Liberty was a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States. The statue was made by a French sculptor named Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. The inner support system was designed by Gustave Eiffel, the same man who made the famous Eiffel Tower in Paris. Liberty, of course, means freedom, and the Statue of Liberty was given to the United States to celebrate the one-hundredth anniversary of U.S independence from England. The statue was built in France, taken apart piece by piece, and then rebuilt in the United States. It was opened for the public on October 28, 1886. As you might expect, the statue is very big. Visitors can ride an elevator from the ground to the bottom of the statue. If they want, they can then walk up 168 steps to reach the head of the statue where they can look out and enjoy the beautiful sight of the city of New York. (1)、A good title for this selection is ______. A：Famous Sights in the world B：Liberty Island C：The Statue of Liberty D：A city in France 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (2)、The word "sights"in the first paragraph means ______. A：a small present or gift B：a kind of postcard C：the power of seeing D：something that you can see 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (3)、The statue was built ______. A：in France B：in the United States C：in England D：on Liberty Island 答案：A 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (4)、We may conclude that the elevator does not ______. A：go fast enough B：cost lots of money C：go to the top D：both A and B 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (5)、The man who made the part of the statue that we can see on the outside was ______. A：an unknown architect B：Bartholdi C：Eiffel D：both B and C 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B 10、Albert Einstein had a great effect on science and history, greater than what only a few other men have achieved. An American university president once commented that Einstein had created a new outlook, a new view of the universe. It may be some time before the average mind understands fully the identity of time and space and so on-but even ordinary men understand now that the universe is something larger than ever thought before. By 1914 the young Einstein had gained world fame. He accepted the offer to become a professor at the Prussian Academy of Science in Berlin. He had few duties, little teaching and unlimited opportunities for study, but soon his peace and quiet were broken by the First World War.Einstein hated violence. The misery of war affected him deeply, and he sat unhappily in his office doing little. He lost interest in his research. Only when peace came in 1918 was he able to get back to work. In the years following World War I honors were increasingly heaped on him. He became the head of the Kaiser Whihem Institute of Theoretical Physics. In 1921 he won the Noble Prize, and he was honored in Germany until the rise of Nazism when he was driven from Germany because he was a Jew. (1)、The main idea of Paragraph 1 is ______. A：the time when people know Einstein B：the feeling of an American college president C：the change in human thought produced by Einstein D：the difficulty of Einstein's thought to teachers 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (2)、According to the American university president, ______. A：everyone understands Einstein's theory today B：Einstein achieved more than any other scientists in history C：The theory of relativity can be quickly learned by everyone D：Our ideas about the universe are different today because of Einstein 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (3)、According to Paragraph 2, Albert Einstein ______. A：was a famous chemist B：headed a research institute C：was famous in the world D：enjoyed reading about war 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (4)、According to the passage Einstein did his greatest work ______. A：during World War I B：when he was young C：when Naziism rose D：between 1906-1915 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (5)、It may be concluded that ______. A：Albert Einstein was forced to serve in the German army B：Albert Einstein had no other interests besides science C：Germans usually have a high respect for science D：his reputation was ruined because of his work during World War I 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B 11、After having lived for over twenty years in the same district, Albert Hall was forced to move to a new neighborhood. He surprised his landlord by telling him that he was leaving because he could not afford to buy any more chocolate. It all began a year ago when Albert Hall returned home one evening and found a large dog in front of his gate. He was very fond of animals and as he happened to have a small piece of chocolate in his pocket, he gave it to the dog. The next day, the dog was there again. It held up its paws （爪子） and received another piece of chocolate as a reward. Albert called his new friend "Bingo". He never found out the dog's real name, nor who his owner was. However, Bingo appeared regularly every afternoon and it was quite clear that he liked chocolate more than bones. He soon grew dissatisfied with small pieces of chocolate and demanded a large bar a day. If at any time Albert couldn't give it, Bingo got very angry and refused to let him open the gate. Albert was now at Bingo's mercy and had to "buy him" to get into his own house! He spent such a large part of his week's wage to keep Bingo supplied with chocolate that in the end he had to move somewhere else. (1)、Albert had been living in the same district for ______. A：many weeks B：under twenty years C：all his life D：more than twenty years 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (2)、Albert decided to move because ______. A：he didn't get along well with his landlord B：he was afraid of animals, especially dogs C：he couldn't get into his own house D：he was not satisfied with that district 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (3)、Bingo waited for Albert every afternoon at the gate because ______. A：he wanted some bones B：he wanted the chocolate C：he liked Albert D：he had no other place to go 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (4)、We can tell from the story that ______. A：Albert could afford to buy a large bar of chocolate for Bingo every day B：Albert didn't like animals any more from then on C：all dogs are excessive D：it took Albert too much money to buy chocolate for Bingo 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (5)、Albert had to "buy him" means ______. A：Albert had to embrace him B：Albert had to drive him away C：Albert had to give him chocolate D：Albert had to call the police to take him away 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B 12、 No one is glad to hear that his body has to be cut open by a surgeon（外科医生） and part of it taken out. Today, however, we needn't worry about feeling of pain during the operation. The sick person falls into a kind of sleep, and when he awakes, the operation is finished. But these happy conditions are fairly new. It is not many years since a man who had to have an operation felt all his pain. Long ago, operation had usually to be done while the sick man could feel everything. The sick man had to be held down on a table by force while the doctors did their best for him. He could feel all the pain if his leg or arm was being cut off, and his fearful cries filled the room and the hearts of those who watched. Soon after 1770, Joseph Priestley discovered a gas which is now called "laughing gas". Laughing gas became known in America. Young men and women went to parties to try it. Most of them spent their time laughing, but one man at a party, Horace Wells, noticed that people didn't seem to feel pain when they were using this gas. He decided to make an experiment on himself. He asked a friend to help him. Wells took some of the gas, and his friend pulled out one of Well's teeth. Wells felt no pain at all. As he didn't know enough about laughing gas, he gave a man less gas than he should have. The man cried out with pain when his tooth was being pulled out. Wells tried again, but this time he gave too much of the gas, and the man died. Wells never forgot this terrible event. (1)、It is _______ since a man being operated felt all the pain. A：a few more years B：not long C：few years D：two thousand years 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\理科B (2)、Long ago, when the sick man was operated on，he ________. A：could feel nothing B：could not want anything C：could feel all the pain D：could do anything 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\理科B (3)、Using the laughing gas, the people did not seem to ________. A：be afraid of anything B：feel pain C：want to go to the parties D：be ill 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\理科B (4)、If a man took less laughing gas than he should have when an operation went on, he ________. A：felt nothing B：felt very comfortable C：still felt pain D：would die 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\理科B (5)、One who took too much of the laughing gas ________. A：would laugh all the time B：would die C：would never feel pain D：would be very calm 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\理科B 13、The total area of land on earth is about 149 million square kilometers, or about 29 percent of the total area of the earth. The average height of the land is about 750 metres above the sea level. The Eurasian（欧亚大陆的） land mass is the largest with an area of 54,527,600 square kilometers. The smallest continent is the Australian mainland, with an area of about 7,614,600 square kilometers, which together with Tasmania, New Zealand, New Guinea and the Pacific Islands, is described as Oceania.The total area of Oceania is about 8,935,500 square kilometres, including West Iran which is political in Asia. The world's largest peninsula（半岛） is Arabia, with an area of about 3,327,500 square kilometres. The largest island in the world is Greenland, with an area of about 2,175,600 square kilometres. The largest island surrounded by fresh water is the Ilha de Marajo (4,022 square kilometres) in the mouth of the Amazon River, Brazil. The largest island in a lake is Manitoulin Island (2,766 square kilometres) in the Canadian section of Lake Huron. This island itself has on it a lake of 106 square kilometres called Manitou Lake, in which there are several islands. (1)、The total area of the world is about _________. A：514 million square kilometers B：360 million square kilometers C：149 million square kilometers D：211 million square kilometers 答案：A 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\理科B (2)、The area of Tasmania, New Zealand, New Guinea and the Pacific Islands adds up to about ________ square kilometres. A：8,935,500 B：1,320,900 C：7,614,600 D：16,550,100 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\理科B (3)、Oceania is made up of ________. A：Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand B：Tasmania, New Zealand, New Guinea and the Pacific Islands C：Australia, New Guinea and the Pacific Islands D：Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, New Guinea and the Pacific Islands 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\理科B (4)、As mentioned in the passage there are several islands in ________. A：the Amazon River B：Lake Huron C：Manitou Lake D：the Great Lake 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\理科B (5)、The largest island surrounded by fresh water is in ________. A：a river B：a lake C：a sea D：an ocean 答案：A 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\理科B 14、All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help to keep people healthy, happy and help them to live longer. Sports change with the season. People play different games in winter and summer. Games and sports often grow out of people's work and everyday activities. The Arabs use horses or camels in much of their everyday life; they use them in their sports, too. Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere go in for them. Football, for example, has spread around the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers. Some sports or games go back to thousands of years ago, like running or jumping. Chinese boxing, for example, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are rather new. Neither one is a hundred years old yet. People are inventing new sports or games all the time. People from different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game they often become good friends. Sports help to train a person's character. One learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace. (1)、According to this passage we know that ________. A：people began to play about one hundred years ago B：about 100 years ago people ran or jumped when they played C：basketball has a longer history than volleyball D：not all the games have a long history 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (2)、The writer didn't tell us in this passage that ________. A：basketball was invented in America B：sports change with the season C：games and sports often grow out of people's work and everyday activities D：football is played all over the world 答案：A 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (3)、People all over the world enjoy sports because ________. A：sports are interesting B：sports help to keep people healthy, happy and to live longer C：sports help to train one's character D：all of the above 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (4)、From this passage we can see that _______. A：sports and games are unimportant things that people do B：sports and games should be treated only as amusement C：sports and games are only useful to the old D：according to the author sports and games are significant to our life in many respects 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (5)、What's the writer's attitude towards sports? A：positive B：negative C：neutral D：critical 答案：A 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B 15、 It was Monday. Mrs. Smith's dog was hungry, but there was not any meat in the house. Mrs. Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it: "Give my dog half a pound of meat. " Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently: "Take this to the butcher and he's going to give you your lunch today." Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher's. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady's handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once. At noon, the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it, he gave it half a pound of meat once more. The next day, the dog came again exactly at noon still with a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers. But, the dog came again at four o'clock. And the same thing happened once again. To the butcher's more surprise, it came for the third time at six o'clock, and brought with it a third piece of paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled. He said to himself, "This is a small dog. Why does Mrs. Smith give it so much meat to eat today? " Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it! (1)、Mrs. Smith treated her little dog quite _________. A：cruelly B：fairly C：kindly D：heavily 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (2)、The dog seemed to know that the paper Mrs. Smith gave it ________. A：could do much good B：might do much harm C：would help the butcher D：was worth many pounds 答案：A 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (3)、The butcher did not give any meat to the dog ________. A：before he felt sure that the words were really written by Mrs. Smith B：when he found that the words on the paper were not clear C：because he had sold out all the meat in his shop D：until he was paid enough by Mrs. Smith 答案：A 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (4)、The dog always went to the butcher's with a piece of paper, because it found that ________. A：the paper only with Mrs. Smith's words could bring it meat B：the butcher would give the meat to it whenever he saw it C：Mrs. Smith would pay for the meat it got from the butcher D：a piece of paper could bring it half a pound of meat 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (5)、At the end of the story, you'll find that ________. A：the butcher found himself cheated by the clever animal B：the dog dared not go to the butcher's any more C：Mrs. Smith told the butcher not to give any meat to the dog D：the dog was clever enough to write on the paper 答案：A 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B 16、A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from San Francisco. "Mom and Dad, I'm coming home, but I've a favor to ask. I have a friend. I'd like to bring him home with me." "Sure," they replied, "we'd love to meet him." "There's something you should know," the son continued, "he was injured pretty badly in the fighting. He stepped on a land mine（地雷） and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I want him to live with us." "We're sorry to hear that, son. But, maybe we can help him find somewhere to live." "No, Mom and Dad, I want him to live with us." "Son," said the father, "you don't know what you're asking. Someone with such a handicap would be a terrible burden to us. We have our own lives to live, and we can't let something like this interfere with our lives. I think you should just come home and forget about this guy. He'll find a way to live on his own." At that point, the son hung up the phone. The parents heard nothing more from him. A few days later, however, they received a call from the San Francisco police. Their son had died after falling from a building. The police believed he had killed himself. The grief-stricken（悲痛欲绝的） parents flew to San Francisco and were taken to the city morgue（太平间） to identify the body of their son. They recognized him, but to their horror they also discovered something they didn't know, their son had only one arm and one leg. (1)、The soldier called his parents from San Francisco _________. . A：before going to fight in Vietnam B：after having fought in Vietnam C：after writing a letter to his friend D：before making his mind to stay in the army 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (2)、The soldier told his parents that he wanted them to _________. A：meet his friend in the army B：find a place for his wounded friend to live in C：move to San Francisco D：agree to his plan that he would bring his wounded friend home and live with them 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (3)、His father considered his plan _________. A：unacceptable B：wise C：useful D：selfish 答案：A 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (4)、A few days later ________. A：the parents were told by the police that their son had been sent to prison B：the parents were told by the police that their son had killed himself C：the parents heard something more from their son D：the parents received a telegram from the San Francisco police 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (5)、The son killed himself because __________. A：he was unable to find a job B：his father's words greatly disappointed him and he didn't want to be a burden to his parents C：his parents didn't agree to his plan D：he had lost everything in Vietnam 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B 17、Jean-Michael Lourdis was a promising young pianist. But when the young man played, it seemed to him, as if his hands were iron. He worried so much about his playing that he became oversensitive （过度敏感的） to the comments of his playing. Unfortunately, in those days, a critic（批评家） was not considered a critic, unless he found something wrong. This attitude of the critics would often leave the young man ready to give up his dream and return home. He was invited to play in Helsinki. The rich, the famous, the leaders of State were all there. Jean-Michael had one of those days when everything went wrong. That night as he played, he felt as if it were the worst concert of his young life. The next day, in the newspapers, some of the comments were so unkind. The young musician was painful. That day, as he sat in his hotel room in total despair（绝望）, there came a knocking at his door. He had a visitor. The famous Finnish composer（作曲家） Jean Sibelius had come by to congratulate the young pianist on his performance. Jean-Michael asked how he thought of that and began to quote some of the newspaper critics. "Hands of iron. No imagination. Little skill, no joy. Don't you hear what they say?" he asked. Jean Sibelius looked at young Jean-Michael and said, " Remember, son, there is no city in the world where they have erected a statue（雕像） for a critic." (1)、According to the passage, Jean-Michael Lourdis _________. A：was a bad pianist B：cared too much about what the critics had said C：refused to play in Helsinki D：was praised highly by the critics 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (2)、A critic in those days usually _________. A：found fault with musicians' performances B：said kind and encouraging words to musicians C：helped musicians become famous D：asked more people to go to concerts 答案：A 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (3)、The young musician was painful because __________.. A：he was very strict with himself B：he didn't trust himself C：some of the comments were so unkind D：he felt lonely in his hotel room 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (4)、The comments mentioned all EXCEPT __________. A：hands of iron B：no imagination C：little skill D：wonderful 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (5)、Jean Sibelius came to visit the young musician because __________. A：he wanted to tell the young man the critics were right B：he wanted to tell the young man not to lose his temper at that time C：he wanted to tell the young man his performance was great D：he wanted to tell the young man to respect the critics' opinion 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B 18、In 1920, barely out of his teens, Alfred Hitchcock went to work for an American film company which had opened a studio in Islington, London. His first job at the studio was writing captions （脚本） for silent movies. Within two years, he was writing scripts（剧本） and working as an assistant director. For the rest of the 1920s, Hitchcock worked on one film after another in Britain and Germany. Filming was often a rough-and-ready（匆忙做成的） affair and the assistant director was required to step in and plug gaps. A cameraman went missing, Hitchcock became a cameraman. A scene needed rewriting, Hitchcock rewrote it. Someone needed to be in charge of money when the film crew was on location, Hitchcock looked after the money. At the same time, this being the era of silent movies, Hitchcock was learning the language of cinema: telling a story－not through dialogue, but through visual images（视觉影象）. This led to his success later. When he began to direct his own films, first in Britain and later in Hollywood, he was determined to make films that held the audience's attention and kept tension（紧张感）. He succeeded. Hitchcock's ability to put you on the edge of your seat makes him one of the greatest makers of suspense（悬念） movies. (1)、Alfred Hitchcock's first job at the studio was _________. A：writing scripts B：working as an assistant director C：writing captions for silent movies D：directing his own films 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (2)、According to the context, "step in and plug gaps" (in Line 3, Para. 2) means _______. A：take one's place to do something B：ask for one's help C：make up one's mind to do something D：congratulate someone on something 答案：A 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (3)、________ prepared Hitchcock for his success later. A：Telling a story through dialogue B：Telling a story through visual images C：Directing silent films D：Rewriting scripts 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (4)、He was determined to ________ in his film-making. A：tell stories that move the world B：show people the meaning of life C：show what is affecting the nature D：draw the audience's attention and keep tension 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (5)、Which of the following about Hitchcock is TRUE? A：He didn't go to work until he was twenty. B：He had taken up different jobs before he succeeded. C：He first directed his own films in Hollywood. D：He is the greatest maker of suspense movies. 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B 19、People have been talking about health for a long time because people know the importance of it. People's understanding of health also becomes deeper with the progress in scientific research. Recently the term "health" has come to have a wider meaning than it used to. It no longer means just the absence of illness. Today, health means the well-being of your body, your mind and your relationship with other people. This new concept of health is closely related to another term－quality of life. Quality of life is the degree of overall satisfaction that a person gets from life. Why has the emphasis of health shifted from the absence of disease to a broader focus on the quality of a person's life? One reason for this has to do with the length and conditions of life that people can now expect. Medical advances have made it possible for people today to live longer, healthier lives. Imagine for a moment that you were born in the year 1900. You could have expected on average to live until about the age of 47. In contrast, if you were born in the year 1999, you could expect to live to the age of 75. (1)、________ leads to people's deeper understanding of health. A：Common knowledge B：Progress in scientific research C：Better conditions of living D：Quality of life 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\理科B (2)、According to the passage, to people of today, health means ________. A：absence of illness B：a long life C：good conditions of living D：overall satisfaction with life 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\理科B (3)、The emphasis of health has shifted nowadays because _________. A：people enjoy better conditions of living and they can live longer B：people pay more attention to their physical health, not their mental health C：people have realized the importance of mental well-being D：people are inspired by medical advances 答案：A 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\理科B (4)、We can infer from the passage __________. A：nowadays the emphasis of health has a broader focus because of improvements in the quality of food B：the overall quality of people's lives improved greatly in the 20th century C：those who never fall ill are the truly healthy people D：those who were born before 1900 could not have lived until now 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\理科B (5)、This passage is mainly about __________. A：different understandings of the term "health" B：improving the quality of life C：the importance of quality living D：people's expectations of a long and healthy life 答案：A 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\理科B 20、Background music may seem harmless, but it can have a powerful effect on those who hear it. Recorded background music first found its way into factories, shops and restaurants in the USA. Very soon it spread to other parts of the world. Now it is becoming difficult to go shopping or eat a meal without listening to background music. To begin with, background music was intended simply to create a soothing （舒适的） atmosphere. Recently, however, it's becoming a big business. An American marketing expert has shown that music can boost（提升） sales or increase factory production by as much as a third. But it has to be the light music. Lively music has no effect at all on sales. Slow music can increase receipts（收入） by 34%. This is probably because shoppers slow down and have more opportunity to spot items they would like to buy. Yet, slow music isn't always the answer. The expert found that in restaurants slow music meant customers took longer to eat their meals, which reduced overall sales. So restaurant owners might be well advised to play faster music to keep the customers moving－unless, of course, the resulting indigestion（消化不良） leads to complaints. (1)、Background music was first used ________. A：in the cinemas and theatres in the USA B：in the offices and hospitals in the USA C：in the schools and churches in the USA D：in the factories, shops and restaurants in the USA 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (2)、An American marketing expert has found background music can __________. A：increase sales or factory production B：create a soothing atmosphere C：make people slow down D：make people forget their worries 答案：A 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (3)、_________ has no effect on sales. A：light music B：slow music C：lively music D：none of the above 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (4)、Slow music is useless in ________ in increasing sales. A：shops B：restaurants C：factories D：cinemas 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (5)、Restaurant owners are advised to play ________ to increase overall sales. A：lively music B：loud music C：slower music D：faster music 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B 21、On February 14th many people in the world celebrate an unusual holiday, St. Valentine's Day, a special day for lovers. The origin of this holiday is uncertain but according to one story it gets its name from a Christian named Valentine who lived in Rome during the 3rd century A.D. His job was to perform marriages for Christian couples. Unfortunately the Emperor of Rome didn't allow Christian marriages. So they had to be performed in secret（秘密地）. Finally Valentine was arrested and put into prison. While he was in prison he fell in love with the daughter of the prison guard. After one year the Emperor offered to release（释放） Valentine if he would stop performing Christian marriages. Valentine refused and so he was killed in February, 270 A.D. Before he was killed Valentine sent a love letter to the daughter of the prison guard. He signed the letter "from your Valentine". That was the first Valentine. Today Valentines are cards usually red and shaped like hearts with messages of love written in them. On Valentine's Day tens of millions of people send and receive Valentines. Whether it is an expensive heart-shaped box of chocolates from a secret admirer or a simple hand-made card from a child, a Valentine is a very special message of love. (1)、The passage is mainly about ________. A：a special holiday B：one possible origin of St. Valentine's Day C：the love story of a Christian called Valentine D：what is Valentine today 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (2)、Valentine was put into prison because _________. A：he didn't allow Christian marriages B：he performed marriages for Christian couples openly C：he performed marriages for Christian couples, which was against the king's wish D：he sent a love letter to the daughter of the prison guard 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (3)、It is ________ that Valentine was killed? A：because he was put into prison B：because he performed many Christian marriages in secret C：because he refused to accept the Emperor's offer D：because he fell in love with the daughter of the prison guard 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (4)、Which of the following about Valentines is TRUE? A：Valentines are cards usually red. B：Valentines are shaped like hearts. C：There are messages of love written in Valentines. D：all of the above 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (5)、People send Valentines to each other nowadays ________. A：to show their love and affection B：to celebrate Valentine's birthday C：to surprise others D：to show how great love is 答案：A 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B 22、My Aunt Edith was a widow（寡妇） of 50, working as a secretary, when doctors discovered what was then thought to be a very serious heart disease. Aunt Edith didn't accept defeat easily. She began studying medical reports in the library and found an article in a magazine about a well-known heart surgeon （外科医生）, Dr. Michael DeBakey, of Houston, Texas. He had saved the life of someone with the same disease. The article said his fees were very high; Aunt Edith couldn't possibly pay them. But could he tell her of someone whose fees she could pay? So Aunt Edith wrote to him. She simply listed her reasons for wanting to live: her three children, who would be on their own in three or four more years; her little-girl dream of traveling and seeing the world. There wasn't a word of self-pity－only warmth and humor and the joy of living. She mailed the letter, not really expecting an answer. A few days later, my doorbell rang. Aunt Edith didn't wait to come in; she stood in the hall and read aloud: Your beautiful letter moved me very deeply. If you can come to Houston, there will be no charge for either the hospital or the operation. Signed :Michael DeBakey (1)、Aunt Edith ________ when she knew she had a very serious heart disease. A：stopped working as a secretary B：didn't lose hope C：stayed in the hospital D：asked many doctors for help 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (2)、From the story we can see ________. A：Dr. Michael DeBakey was not famous at all B：Aunt Edith could afford Dr. Michael DeBakey's fees C：Dr. Michael DeBakey was experienced in dealing with Aunt Edith's disease D：Aunt Edith accepted defeat easily 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (3)、In Aunt Edith's letter to the doctor, ________. A：she showed she was warm, humorous and enjoying living B：she avoided talking about her children C：she showed she was very sad D：she said she had a little girl who dreamed of traveling and seeing the world 答案：A 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (4)、When Aunt Edith mailed her letter, ________. A：she was determined to move the doctor B：she expected some wonder would happen C：she knew it would never reach the doctor D：she didn't expect the doctor would give her a reply 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B (5)、Michael DeBakey mainly told Aunt Edith in the letter that ________. A：he was going to operate on her for free B：he thought he was unable to offer help C：her letter was well-written D：her disease was so serious that he couldn't cure her 答案：A 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语B\文科B 23、 The French Revolution broke out in 1789. At the time France was in a crisis. The government was badly run and people's lives were miserable. King Louis XIV tried to control the national parliament and raise more taxes. But his effort failed. He ordered his troops to Versailles. The people thought that Louis intended to put down the Revolution by force. On July 14, 1789, they stormed and took the Bastille, where political prisoners were kept. Ever since that day, July 14 has been the French National Day. Louis tried to flee the country in 1792, to get support from Austria and Prussia. However, he was caught and put in prison. In September 1792, the monarchy(君主制) was abolished_. In the same year, Louis was executed. A few months later his wife, Marie also had her head cut off. The Revolution of France had frightened the other kings of Europe. Armies from Austria and Prussia began to march against France. The French raised republican armies to defend the nation. The Revolution went through a period of terror. Thousands of people lost their lives. In the end, power passed to Napoleon Bonaparte. (1)、What's this passage about? A：France. B：King Louis. C：The French Revolution. D：Europe. 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (2)、Which did not happen in 1789? A：The French Revolution broke out. B：The national economy was developing rapidly. C：The government wasn't well run. D：King Louis XIV was in power. 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (3)、Where were the political prisoners kept? A：In Versailles. B：In Austria. C：In Prussia. D：In Bastille. 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (4)、What does the underlined word "abolished" mean? A：Put off. B：Established. C：United. D：Ended. 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (5)、What was NOT the effect of the Revolution? A：July 14 has become the French National Day. B：It brought some impact on the other European kings. C：Louis's wife, Marie was killed. D：The king tried to control the national parliament. 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B 24、 In the United States, it is not customary to telephone someone very early in the morning. If you telephone him early in the day, while he is shaving or having breakfast, the time of the call shows that the matter is very important and requires immediate attention. The same meaning is attached to telephone calls made after 11:00 p.m. If someone receives a call during sleeping hours, he assumes it's a matter of life or death. The time chosen for the call communicates its importance. In social life, time plays a very important part. In the U.S.A. guests tend to feel they are not highly regarded if the invitation to a dinner party is extended only three or four days before the party date. But it is not true in all countries. In other areas of the world, it may be considered foolish to make an appointment too far in advance because plans which are made for a date more than a week away tend to be forgotten. The meaning of time differs in different parts of the world. Thus, misunderstandings arise between people from different cultures that treat time differently. Promptness is valued highly in American life, for example. If people are not prompt, they may be regarded as impolite or not fully responsible. In the U.S. no one would think of keeping a business associate waiting for an hour, it would be too impolite. A person who is 5 minutes late, will say a few words of explanation, though perhaps he will not complete the sentence. (1)、What is the main idea of this passage? ________ A：It is not customary to telephone someone in the morning and in sleeping hours in the U.S. B：The role of time in social life over the world. C：If people are not prompt, they may be regarded as impolite or not fully responsible in the U.S. D：Not every country treats the concept of time as the same. 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (2)、What does it mean in the passage if you call someone during his or her sleeping hours? _______ A：A matter of work. B：A matter of life or death. C：You want to see him or her. D：You want to make an appointment with him or her. 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (3)、Which of the following time is proper if you want to make an appointment with your friend? A：at 7:00 am. B：at 4:00 pm. C：at the midnight. D：at 4:00 am. 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (4)、Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? ________ A：In the U.S.A. guests tend to feel they are highly regarded if the invitation to a dinner party is extended only three or four days before the party date. B：There is no misunderstanding arising between people from different cultures about the concept of time. C：It may be considered foolish to make an appointment well in advance in the U.S.A.. D：Promptness is valued highly in American life. 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (5)、From the passage we can safely infer that _______. A：it's a matter of life or death if you call someone in day time B：the meaning of time differs in different parts of the world C：it makes no difference in the U.S. whether you are early or late for a business party D：if a person is late for a date, he needn't make some explanation 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B 25、 A foreigner's first impression of the U.S. is likely to be that everyone is in a rush-often under pressure. City people appear always to be hurrying to get where they are going restlessly, seeking attention in a store, and elbowing others as they try to complete their errands（任务）. Racing through daytime meals is part of the pace of life in this country. Working time is considered precious. Others in public eating places are waiting for you to finish so that they too can be served and get back to work within the time allowed. Each person hurries to make room for the next person. If you don't, waiters will hurry you. You also find drivers will be abrupt and that people will push past you. You will miss smiles, brief conversations, and small courtesies with strangers. Don't take it personally. This is because people value time highly, and they resent someone else "wasting" it beyond a certain courtesy point. The view of time affects the importance we attach to patience. In the American system of values, patience is not a high priority. Many of us have what might be called "a short fuse." We begin to move restlessly about if we feel time is slipping away without some return be this in terms of pleasure, work value, or rest. Those coming from lands where time is looked upon differently may find this matter of pace to be one of their most difficult adjustments in both business and daily life. Many newcomers to the States will miss the opening courtesy of a business call, for example, they will miss the ritual socializing that goes with a welcoming cup of tea or coffee they may be traditional in their own country. They may miss leisurely business chats in a café or coffeehouse. Normally, Americans do not assess their visitors in such relaxed surroundings over prolonged small talks. We seek out evidence of past performance rather than evaluate a business colleague through social courtesies. Since we generally assess and probe professionally rather than socially, we start talking business very quickly. (1)、Which of the following statements is wrong? ________ A：Americans seem to be always under pressure. B：Americans attach less importance to patience. C：Americans don't care much about ritual socializing. D：Americans are impolite to their business colleagues. 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (2)、In the fourth paragraph, "a high priority" means ________. A：a less important thing B：a first concern C：a good business D：an attractive gift 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (3)、Americans evaluate a business colleague ________. A：through social courtesy B：through prolonged business talks C：by establishing business relations D：by learning about their past performance 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (4)、This passage mainly talks about ________. A：how Americans treasure their time B：how busy Americans are every day C：how Americans do business with foreigners D：what American way of life is like 答案：A 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (5)、We can infer from the passage that the author's tone in writing is ________. A：critical B：ironical C：appreciative D：objective 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B 26、 Sixteen-year-old Maria was waiting in line at the airport in Santo Domingo. She was leaving her native country to join her sister in the United States. She spoke English very well. Though she was very happy she could go abroad, she was feeling sad at leaving her family and friends. As she was thinking all about this, she suddenly heard the airline employee asking her to pick up her luggage and put it on the scales(称). Maria pulled and pulled. The bag was too heavy and she just couldn't lift it up. The man behind her got very impatient. He, too, was waiting to check in his luggage. "What's wrong with this girl?" He said, "Why doesn't she hurry up?" He moved forward and placed his bag on the counter, hoping to check in first. He was in a hurry to get a good seat. Maria was very angry, but she was very polite. And in her best English she said, "Why are you so upset? There are enough seats for everyone on the plane. If you are in such a hurry, why can't you give me a hand with my luggage?" The man was surprised to hear Maria speak English. He quickly picked up her luggage and stepped back. Everyone was looking at him with disapproval. (1)、Maria's story happened ________. A：when she was leaving America B：on her way back to Santo Domingo C：before she left the USA D：when she arrived at the airport 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (2)、You believe that the work of the airline employee mentioned in the story is to ______ at the airport. A：help carry people's luggage B：ask people to pick up the luggage C：check people's luggage D：take care of people's luggage 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (3)、"Why are you so upset?" Maria said to the man. She wanted to tell him that he should not be ________. A：surprised B：sad C：unhappy D：sorry 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (4)、"Everyone was looking at him with disapproval." This sentence means that the people around felt ________. A：worried about Maria B：worried about the man C：sorry for Maria's manners D：sorry for the man's manners 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (5)、The author mentioned Maria's age at the beginning of the story in order to show that ________. A：she was young but behaved properly B：she would not have left home alone C：everyone around her was wrong D：it was not good that nobody offered to help her 答案：A 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B 27、 There are three kinds of goals: short-term, medium-range and long-term goals. Short-term goals are those that usually deal with current activities, which we can apply on a daily basis. Such goals can be achieved in a week or less, or two weeks, or possibly, months. It should be remembered that just as a building is no stronger than its foundation, long-term goals cannot amount to very munch without the achievement of solid short-term goals. Upon completing our short-term goals, we should date the occasion and then add new short-term goals that will build on those that have been completed. The intermediate goals build on the foundation of the short-term goals. They might deal with just one term of school or the entire school year, or they could even extend for several years. Any time you move a step at a time, you should never allow yourself to become discouraged or overwhelmed. As you complete each step, you will enforce the belief in your ability to grow and succeed. And as your list of completion dates grow, your motivation and desire will increase. Long-term goals may be related to our dreams of the future. They might cover five years or more. Life is not a static thing. We should never allow a long-term goal to limit us or our course of action. (1)、Our long-term goals mean a lot ________. A：If we cannot reach solid short-term goals B：If we complete the short-term goals C：if we have dreams of the future D：if we put forward some plans 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (2)、New short-term goals are built upon ________. A：a daily basis B：your achievement in a week C：current activities D：the goals that have been completed 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (3)、When we complete each step of our goals, ________. A：we will win final success B：we are overwhelmed C：we should build up confidence of success D：we should have strong desire for setting new goals 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (4)、What is the main idea of this passage? ________ A：Life is a dynamic thing. B：We should set up long-term goals. C：Different kinds of goals in life. D：The limitation of long-term goals. 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (5)、Which of the following statements is wrong according to the passage? ________ A：The long-term goals cannot amount to very munch without the achievement of solid short-term goals. B：The intermediate goals build on the foundation of the short-term goals. C：Life is a static thing, thus we should never allow a long-term goal to limit us or our course of action. D：We should often add new short-term goals to those which have been completed. 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B 28、 Britain and France are separated by the English Channel, a body of water that can be crossed in as few as 20 minutes. But the cultures of the two countries sometimes seem to be miles apart. Last Thursday Britain and France celebrated the 100th anniversary (周年纪念) of the signing of a friendship agreement called the Entente Cordiality. The agreement marked a new beginning for the countries following centuries of wars and love-hate partnership. But their relationship has been ups and downs over the past century. Just last year, there were fierce disagreements over the Iraq war－which British Prime Minister Tony Blair supported despite French President Jacques Chirac speaking out against it. This discomfort is expressed in Blair and Chirac's body language at international meetings. While the French leader often greets German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder with a hug (拥抱), Blair just receives a handshake. However, some political experts say the war in Iraq could in fact have helped ties. The history of divisions may well be because of the very different ways in which the two sides see the world. But this doesn't stop 12 million Britons taking holidays in France each year. However, only 3 million French come in the opposite direction. Surveys (调查) show that most French people feel closer to the Germans than they do to the British. And the research carried out in Britain has found that only a third of the population believes the French can be trusted. Perhaps this bad feeling comes because the British dislike France's close relationship with Germany, or because the French are not happy with Britain's close links with the US. Whatever the answer is, as both sides celebrate 100 years of "doubtful friendship", they are at least able to make jokes about each other. Here's one: What's the best thing about Britain's relationship with France? The English Channel. (1)、For centuries, the relationship between Britain and France is ________. A：friendly B：impolite C：brotherly D：a mixture of love and hate 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (2)、The war in Iraq does ________ to the relationship between France and Britain. A：good B：harm C：neither good nor harm D：both good and harm 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (3)、The British are not so friendly to ________ and the French are not so friendly to ________. A：Germany; America B：America; Germany C：Germany; Germany D：America; America 答案：A 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (4)、________are more interested in having holidays in ________. A：American people … Britain B：British people … Germany C：French people … Britain D：British people … France 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (5)、What does the last sentence mean? ________ A：As long as the English Channel exists, no further disagreement will form between France and Britain. B：The English Channel can prevent anything unfriendly happening in both France and Britain. C：France and Britain are near neighbors, and this will help balance the relationship between them. D：The English Channel is the largest enemy between France and Britain. 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B 29、 Community service is an important component of education here at our university. We encourage all students to volunteer for at least one community activity before they graduate. A new community program called "One On One" helps elementary students who've fallen behind. Your education majors might be especially interested in it because it offers the opportunity to do some teaching, that is, tutoring in math and English. You'd have to volunteer two hours a week for one semester. You can choose to help a child with math, English, or both. Half-hour lessons are fine, so you could do a half hour of each subject two days a week. Professor Dodge will act as a mentor to the tutors－he'll be available to help you with lesson plans or to offer suggestions for activities. He has office hours every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. You can sign up for the program with him and begin the tutoring next week. I'm sure you'll enjoy this community service…and you'll gain valuable experience at the same time. It looks good on your resume, too, showing that you've had experience with children and that you care about your community. If you'd like to sign up, or if you have any questions, stop by Professor Dodge's office this week. (1)、What is the purpose of the talk? ________ A：To explain a new requirement for graduation. B：To interest students in a new community program. C：To discuss the problems of elementary school students. D：To recruit elementary school teachers for a special program. 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (2)、What is the purpose of the program that the speaker describes? ________ A：To find jobs for graduating students. B：To help education majors prepare for final exams. C：To offer tutorials to elementary school students. D：To provide funding for a community service project. 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (3)、What does Professor Dodge do? ________ A：He advises students to participate in certain program. B：He teaches part-time in an elementary school. C：He observes elementary school students in the classroom. D：He helps students prepare their resumes. 答案：A 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (4)、What should students who are interested in the tutorials do? ________ A：Contact the elementary school. B：Sign up for a special class. C：Submit a resume to the dean. D：Talk to Professor Dodge. 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (5)、Whom do you think the speaker addresses to? ________ A：Faculty. B：Students. C：Residents. D：Graduated students. 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B 30、 When John and Victoria Falls arrived in New York City for one-year stay, they did not bring very many things with them. They had planned either to live in a furnished apartment or to buy used furniture. But they soon learned about a new system that more and more people are using. The renting of home furnishings (bed, tables, dishes, and so on) has become one of America's fastest growing businesses. What kinds of people rent their home furnishings instead of buying them? People who are international business or government officials, foreign students, airline workers, young married couples － people whose job or business may force them to move frequently from one city to another. They save a lot of trouble and the cost of moving their furniture each time. They simply rent new furniture when they reach their new homes. Young people with little money do not want to buy cheap furniture that they may soon dislike. They prefer to wait until they have enough money to buy furniture they really like. Meanwhile, they find they can rent better quality furniture than they could afford to buy. One family, who now have a large, beautiful home of their own, liked their rented furniture so much that they decided to keep renting it instead of buying new things. But usually people don't like to tell others about it. The idea of renting home furnishings is still quite new, and they are not sure what their neighbors might think. (1)、Which of the following has become one of America's fastest growing businesses? ________ A：Selling home furnishings. B：Renting furnished apartments. C：Selling used furniture. D：Renting home furnishings. 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (2)、Why do some people prefer to rent furniture? ________ A：Because the furniture they get in this way is new. B：Because it saves them a lot of money. C：Because it saves them much trouble and money. D：Because they can always get better quality furniture in this way. 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (3)、What can you infer from the passage? ________ A：The idea of renting furniture is not acceptable. B：Renting furniture is not popular in the couple's home town. C：Only those who don't have enough money to rent furniture. D：People usually grow to like the furniture they have rented. 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (4)、Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage? ________ A：Rent or Buy? B：A New Way of Getting Home Furnishings. C：Furnished Apartments. D：A New Idea. 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (5)、Young people liked renting home furniture in that ________ A：They have less money. B：They don't want to buy old furniture. C：The new furniture is of good quality. D：They don't have much money and don't want to buy the cheap furniture. 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B 31、 Paper is one of the most important products ever invented by man. Wide spread use of written language would not have been possible without some cheap and practical material to write on. The invention of paper meant that more people could be educated because more books could be printed and distributed. Together with the printing press, paper provided an extremely important way to communicate knowledge. How much paper do you use every year? Probably you cannot answer that question quickly. In 1900 the world's use of paper was about one kilogram for each person a year. Now some countries use as much as 50 kilograms of paper for each person a year. Countries like the United States, England and Sweden use more paper than other countries. Paper, like many other things that we use today, was first made in China. In Egypt and the West, paper was not very commonly used before the year 1400. The Egyptians wrote on a kind of material made of a water plant. Europeans used parchment for many hundreds of years. Parchment was very strong; it was made from the skin of certain young animals. We have learnt of the most important facts of European history from records that were kept on parchment. (1)、What's the meaning for the word 'parchment'? ________ A：The skin of young animals. B：A kind of paper made from the skin of certain young animals. C：The paper used by European countries. D：The paper of Egypt. 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (2)、Which of the following is not mentioned about the invention of paper? ________ A：More jobs could be provided than before. B：More people could be educated than before. C：More books could be printed and distributed. D：More ways could be used to exchange knowledge. 答案：A 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (3)、When did the Egyptians begin to use paper widely? ________ A：Around 1400. B：Around 1900. C：Around 400. D：Around 900. 答案：A 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (4)、Which of the following countries uses more paper for each person a year? ________ A：China. B：Sweden. C：Egypt. D：Japan. 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (5)、What is the main idea of this short talk? ________ A：More and more paper is being consumed nowadays. B：Paper enables people to receive education more easily. C：The invention of paper is of great significance to man. D：Paper contributes a lot to the keeping of historical records. 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B 32、 Laws have been written to govern the use of American National Flag, and to ensure proper respect for the flag. Custom has also governed the common practice in regard to its use. All the armed services have precise regulations on how to display the national flag. This may vary somewhat from the general rules. The national flag should be raised and lowered by hand. Do not raise the flag while it is folded. Unfold the flag first, and then hoist it quickly to the top of the flagpole. Lower it slowly and with dignity. Place no objects on or over the flag. Do not use the flag as part of a costume or athletic uniform. Do not print it upon cushions, handkerchiefs, paper napkins or boxes. A federal law provides that the trademark cannot be registered if it comprises the flag, or badgers of the US. When the flag is used to unveil a statue or monument, it shouldn't serve as a covering of the object to be unveiled. If it is displayed on such occasions, do not allow the flag to fall to the ground, but let it be carried high up in the air to form a feature of the ceremony. Take every precaution to prevent the flag from soiled. It should not be allowed to touch the ground or floor, nor to brush against objects. (1)、How do Americans ensure proper respect for the national flag? ________ A：By making laws. B：By enforcing discipline. C：By educating the public. D：By holding ceremonies. 答案：A 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (2)、What is the regulation regarding the raising of the American National Flag? _________ A：It should be raised by soldiers. B：It should be raised quickly by hand. C：It should be raised only by Americans. D：It should be raised by mechanical means. 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (3)、How should the American National Flag be displayed at an unveiling ceremony? _________ A：It should be attached to the status. B：It should be hung from the top of the monument. C：It should be spread over the object to be unveiled. D：It should be carried high up in the air. 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (4)、What do we learn about the use of the American National Flag? _________ A：There has been a lot of controversy over the use of flag. B：The best athletes can wear uniforms with the design of the flag. C：There are precise regulations and customs to be followed. D：Americans can print the flag on their cushions or handkerchiefs. 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (5)、How are Americans towards their National Flag? ________ A：Arbitrary. B：Respect. C：Happy. D：Brave. 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B 33、 It has been reported that in colleges across the United States, the daytime serial drama known as the soap opera has suddenly become "in". Between the hours of 11 a.m. and 4:30 p.m, college television lounges are filled with soap opera fans who can't wait to see the next episode in the lives of their favorite characters. Actually, soaps are more than a college favorite; they're a youth favorite. When school is out, high-school students are in front of their TV sets. One young working woman admitted that she turned down a higher paying job rather than give up watching her favorite serials. During the 1960's, it was uncommon for young people to watch soap operas. The mood of the sixties was very different from now. It was a time of seriousness, and talk was about social issues of great importance. Now, seriousness has been replaced by fun. Young people want to be happy. It may seem strange that they should turn to soap opera, which is known for showing trouble in people's lives. But soap opera is enjoyment. Young people can identify with the soap opera character, who, like the college-age viewer, is looking for happy love, and probably not finding it. And soap opera gives young people a chance to feel close to people without having to bear any responsibility for their problems. (1)、What is soap opera? ________ A：Plays based on science fiction stories. B：Plays based on non-fiction stories. C：The daytime serial dramas on TV. D：Popular documentary films on TV. 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (2)、What can be the best title of the passage? ________ A：College student viewers. B：Favorite TV serials. C：Soap opera fans. D：College-age viewers. 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (3)、Which are not the reasons why the soap opera suddenly becomes "in" according to the passage? ________ A：Because the viewers want to be happy and to enjoy themselves. B：Because the soap opera makes young people feel close to their people. C：Because the viewers can find themselves in the soap opera characters. D：Because the young people have to bear the responsibilities for their troubles. 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (4)、What can we learn from the passage? ________ A：College students like soap operas more than any other social groups. B：Young people of sixties liked soap operas more than people today. C：Young viewers have turned themselves from the seriousness of sixties to enjoyment now. D：The young as a whole are trying to look for happy love but in vain. 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (5)、What message does the author want to convey to us? ________ A：The people's favorites to drama works have been changed for a long time. B：The people's favorites to drama works change along with the times. C：The people's favorites to drama works is changed by the soap opera. D：The people's favorites have changed the drama works. 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B 34、 How men first learnt to invent words is unknown; in other words, the origin of language is a mystery. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain sounds to express thought and feelings, actions and things, so that they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed upon certain signs, called letters, which could be combined to present those sounds, and which could be written down. Those sounds, whether spoken or written in letters, we call words. The power of words, then, lies in their associations - the things they bring up before our minds. Words become filled with meaning for us by experience; and the longer we live, the more certain words recall to us the glad and sad events of our past; and the more we read and learn, the more the number of words that mean something increases. Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and emotions. This charming and telling use of words is what we call literary style. Above all, the real poet is a master of words. He can convey his meaning in words which sing like music and which by their position and association can move men to tears. We should therefore learn to choose our words carefully and use them accurately, or they will make our speech silly and vulgar. (1)、The origin of language is ________. A：a legend handed down from the past B：a matter that is hidden or secret C：a question difficult to answer D：problem not yet solved 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (2)、What is true about words? ________ A：They are used to express feelings only. B：They can not be written down. C：They are simply sounds. D：They are mysterious. 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (3)、The real power of words lies in their ________. A：properties B：characteristics C：peculiarity D：representative function 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (4)、By "association", the author means ________. A：a special quality B：a joining of ideas in the mind C：an appearance which is puzzling D：a strange feature 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (5)、Which of the following statements about the real poet is NOT true? ________ A：He is no more than a master of words. B：He can convey his ideas in words which sing like music. C：He can move men to tears. D：His style is always charming. 答案：A 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B 35、 Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go in to their offices or schools every day by train, car or bus, even though this means they have to get up early in the morning and reach home late in the evening. One advantage of living outside London is that houses are cheaper. Even a small flat in London without a garden costs quite a lot to rent. With the same money, one can get a little house in the country with a garden of one's own. Then, in the country one can really get away from the noise and hurry of busy working lives. Even though one has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses, one can sleep better at night and during weekends and on summer evenings, one can enjoy the fresh, clean air of the country. If one likes gardens, one can spend one's free time digging, planting, watering and doing the hundred and one other jobs which are needed in a garden. Then, when the flowers and vegetables come up, one has got the reward together with those who have shared the secret of Nature. Some people, however, take no interest in country things: for them, happiness lies in the town, with its cinemas and theatres, beautiful shops and busy streets, dance-halls and restaurants. Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live it outside London. An occasional walk in one of the parks and a fortnight's (two weeks) visit to the sea every summer is all the country they want: the rest they are quite prepared to leave to those who are glad to get away from London every night. (1)、Which of the following statements is NOT true? ________ A：People who love Nature prefer to live outside the city. B：All the people who work in London prefer to live in the country. C：Some people enjoying city life prefer to work and live inside London. D：Many nature lovers, though working in London, prefer to live outside the city. 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (2)、With the same money needed for________, one can buy a little house with a garden in the country. A：getting a small flat with a garden B：having a small flat with a garden C：renting a small flat without a garden D：buying a small flat without a garden 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (3)、When the garden is in blossom, that one ________ has been rewarded. A：living in the country B：having spent time working in the garden C：having a garden of his own D：having been digging, planting and watering 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (4)、People who think happiness lies in the city life would feel that _______ if they had to live outside London. A：their life was meaningless B：their life was invaluable C：they didn't deserve a happy life D：they were not worthy of their happy life 答案：A 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (5)、The underlined phrase get away from in the 3rd paragraph refers to ________. A：deal with B：do away with C：escape from D：prevent away 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B 36、 By definition, heroes and heroines are men and women distinguished by uncommon courage, achievements, and self-sacrifice made most for the benefits of others － they are people against whom we measure others. They are men and women recognized for shaping our nation's consciousness and development as well as the lives of those who admire them. Yet, some people say that ours is an age where true heroes and heroines are hard to come by, where the very idea of heroism is something beyond us － an artifact of the past. Some maintain, that because the Cold War is over and because America is at peace, our age is essentially an unheroic one. Furthermore, the overall crime rate is down, poverty has been eased by a strong and growing economy, and advances continue to be made in medical science. Cultural icons are hard to define, but we know them when we see them. They are people who manage to go beyond celebrity (明星), who are legendary, who somehow mange to become mythic. But what makes some figures icons and others mere celebrities? That's hard to answer. In part, their lives have the quality of a story to tell. For instance, the beautiful young Diana Spencer who at 19 married a prince, renounced marriage and the throne, and died at the moment she found true love. Good looks certainly help. So does a special indefinable charm, with the help of the media. But nothing confirms an icon more than a tragic death － such as Martin Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy, and Princess Diana. (1)、The passage mainly deals with ________. A：life and death B：heroes and heroines C：heroes and icons D：icons and celebrities 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (2)、Heroes and heroines are usually ________. A：courageous B：good examples to follow C：self-sacrificing D：all of the above 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (3)、Which of the following statements is wrong? ________ A：Poverty in America has been eased with the economic growth. B：Superstars are famous for being famous. C：One's look can contribute to being famous. D：Heroes and heroines can only emerge in war times. 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (4)、Beautiful young Diana Spencer found her genuine love ________. A：when she was 19 B：when she became a princess C：just before her death D：after she gave birth to a prince 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (5)、What is more likely to set an icon's status? ________ A：Good looks. B：Tragic and early death. C：Personal attraction. D：The quality of one's story. 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B 37、 Shyness is the cause of much unhappiness for a great many people. Shy people are anxious and self-conscious; that is, they are excessively concerned with their own appearance and actions. Worrisome thoughts are constantly occurring in their minds: what kind of impression am I making? Do they like me? Do I sound stupid? Am I wearing unattractive clothes? It is obvious that such uncomfortable feelings must negatively affect people. A person's conception of himself or herself is reflected in the way he or she behaves, and the way a person behaves affects other people's reactions. In general, the way people think about themselves has a profound effect on all areas of their lives. Shy people, having low self-esteem, are likely to be passive and easily influenced by others. They need reassurance that they are doing "the right thing." Shy people are very sensitive to criticism; they feel it confirms their feelings of inferiority. They also find it difficult to be pleased by compliment with a statement like this one, "You're just saying that to make me feel good. I know it's not true." It is clear that while self-awareness is a healthy quality, overdoing it is harmful. Can shyness be completely eliminated, or at least reduced? Fortunately, people can overcome shyness with determined and patient efforts in building self-confidence. Since shyness goes hand in hand with a lack of self-esteem, it is important for people to accept their weaknesses as well as their strengths. Each one of us is a unique, worthwhile individual, interested in our own personal ways. The better we understand ourselves, the easier it becomes to live up to our full potential. Let's not allow shyness to block our chances for a rich and fulfilling life. (1)、What does the author try to prove by citing "what kind of impression am I making?" (Para. 1) ________. A：Shy people benefit from their caring about their appearance B：People's shyness made them care too much about their appearance and actions C：It's natural that shy people don't believe other's compliments D：Shy people think they are different from others 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (2)、According to the writer, self-awareness is ________. A：a good quality B：the cause of unhappiness C：harmful to people D：a weak point of shy people 答案：A 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (3)、When being praised, shy people feel that it is ________. A：good B：unreal C：very reasonable D：harmful 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (4)、Which of the following statements is true, according to the passage? ________ A：Shyness helps us to develop our potential B：Shyness enables us to understand ourselves better C：Shyness can block our chances for a rich life D：Shyness has nothing to do with lack of self-esteem 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (5)、It can be inferred from the passage that shy people ________. A：should find more of their weakness B：should understand themselves in the right way C：had better ignore their weakness D：can get rid of their shyness while maintaining low self-esteem 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B 38、 Places to stay in Britain are as varied as the places you visit. Whatever your budget is, the choice －from basic barn to small hotel, from tiny cottage to grand castle － is all part of fun. Hostels Cheap, good-value hostels are aimed at all types of like-minded travelers, who prefer value over luxury and you don't have to be young or single to use them. Britain's independent hostels and backpackers hostels also offer a great welcome. Facilities and prices vary, especially in rural areas, where some hostels are a little more than a bunkhouse (临时住房) while others are remarkably comfortable － almost like bargain hotels. Youth Hotels Founded many years ago to "help all, especially young people of limited means, to a greater knowledge, love and care of the countryside", the Youth Hotels Association is still going strong in the 21st century. The network of 230 hotels is a perfect gateway for exploring Britain's towns and countryside. B&Bs The B&B (bed and breakfast) is a great British institution, In essence you get a room in somebody's house, and small B&Bs may only have one guest room, so you'll really feel like part of the family. Larger B&Bs may have four or five rooms and more facilities, but just as warm as a welcome. 　　In country areas your B&B might be in a village or an isolated farm surrounded by fields. Prices reflect facilities: and usually run from around ￡12 to ￡20 per person. City B&Bs charge about ￡25 to ￡30 per person, although they're often cheaper as you go further out to the suburbs. Pubs & Inns As well as selling drinks and meals, Britain's pubs and inns sometimes offer B&B, particularly in country areas. Staying a night or two can be great fun and puts you at the heart of the local community. Rates range from around ￡15 to ￡25 per person. Pubs are more likely to have single rooms. (1)、In this passage the author mainly ________. A：tells us where to stay while visiting Britain B：advises readers to pay a visit to Britain C：introduces the wonderful public services in Britain D：gives us some information about British life 答案：A 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (2)、________ are mainly built for young visitors. A：Pubs & Inns B：Youth Hotels C：Hostels D：B&Bs 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (3)、If you travel alone and want to know better about family life in Britain, you'd better stay in ________. A：Pubs & Inns B：Youth Hotels C：Hostels D：B&Bs 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (4)、If you are interested in travelling with your friends but only with limited means, where is the better place for you to stay? ________. A：Pubs & Inns B：Youth Hotels C：Hostels D：B&Bs 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (5)、Which of the following is NOT true according to the last part of the passage? ________. A：Pubs and inns usually provide visitors bed and breakfast B：All pubs and inns offer visitors bed and breakfast C：Pubs and inns charge a visitor ￡25 at the most D：If you want a single room, you are more likely to get one in pubs 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B 39、 What makes a person a scientist? Does he have ways or tools of learning that are different from those of others? The answer is "no". It is not the tools a scientist uses but how he uses these tools that makes him a scientist. You will probably agree that knowing how to use a tool is important to a carpenter. You will probably agree, too, that knowing how to investigate, how to discover information, is important to everyone. The scientist, however, goes one step further, he must be sure that he has a reasonable answer to his questions and that his answer can be confirmed by other persons. He also works to fit the answers he gets to many questions into a large set of ideas about how the world works. The scientist's knowledge must be exact. There is no room for half right or right just half the time. He must be as nearly right as the conditions permit. What works under one set of conditions at one time must work under the same conditions at other times. If the conditions are different, any changes the scientist observes in a demonstration must be explained by the changes in the conditions. This is one reason that investigations are important in science. Albert Einstein, who developed the theory of relativity, arrived at this theory through mathematics. The accuracy of his mathematics was later tested through investigations, Einstein's ideas were shown to be correct. A scientist uses many tools for measurements. Then the measurements are used to make mathematical calculations that may test his investigations. (1)、What makes a scientist according to the passage? ________. A：The tools he uses B：The way he uses his tools C：His ways of learning D：The various tools he uses 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (2)、"The scientist, however, goes one step further…". The author says this to show ________. A：the importance of information B：the importance of thinking C：the difference between scientists and ordinary people D：the difference between carpenters and people with other jobs 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (3)、A sound scientific theory should be one that ________. A：works not only under one set of conditions at one time, but also under the same conditions at other times B：does not allow any changes even under different conditions C：can be used for many purposes D：leave no room for improvement 答案：A 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (4)、The author quotes the case of Albert Einstein to illustrate ________. A：that measurements are keys to success in science B：that accuracy of mathematics C：that the investigations are important in science D：that the mathematical calculations may test his investigations 答案：C 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (5)、What is the main idea of the passage? ________. A：The theory of relativity B：Exactness is the core of science C：Scientists are different from ordinary people D：Exactness and ways of using tools are the keys to the making of a scientist 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B 40、 A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man － the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his hands. While the leader in business or industry or the college professor occupies a higher social position and commands greater respect in the community than the common laborer or even the skilled factory worker, he may take pains to point out that his father started life in America as a farmer or laborer of some sort. This attitude toward manual(体力的) labor is now still seen in many aspects of American life. One is invited to dinner at a home that is not only comfortably but even luxuriously (豪华地) furnished and in which there is every evidence of the fact that the family has been able to afford foreign travel, expensive hobbies, and college education for the children; yet the hostess probably will cook the dinner herself, will serve it herself and will wash dishes afterward, furthermore the dinner will not consist merely of something quickly and easily assembled from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby bakery. On the contrary, the hostess usually takes pride in careful preparation of special dishes. A professional may talk about washing the car, digging in his flowerbeds, painting the house. His wife may even help with these things, just as he often helps her with the dishwashing. The son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living, or during the summer he may work with a construction gang on a highway in order to pay for his education. (1)、From paragraph 1, we know that in America _________. A：people tend to have a high opinion of the self-made man B：people can always rise to the top through their won efforts C：college professors win great respect from common workers D：people feel painful to mention their fathers as labors 答案：A 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (2)、According to the passage, the hostess cooks dinner herself mainly because _________. A：servants in American are hard to get B：she takes pride in what she can do herself C：she can hardly afford servants D：It is easy to prepare a meal with canned food 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (3)、The expression "wait on table" in the second paragraph means "_________". A：work in a furniture shop B：keep accounts for a bar C：wait to lay the table D：serve customers in a restaurant 答案：D 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (4)、The author's attitude towards manual(体力的) labor is _______. A：positive B：negative C：humorous D：critical 答案：A 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B (5)、Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage? ________. A：A Respectable Self-made Family B：American Attitude toward Manual Labor C：Characteristics of American Culture D：The Development of Manual Labor 答案：B 难度：1 知识点：阅读理解部分\辅导书\书B