国家电网职称英语题库2012版_阅读理解带答案

阅读理解 Passage 1 Have you ever seen a moon…… 1. To what do we compare….D. A11 of these 2. The main purpose…..A. inform 3.The author knew….. A. mysterious 4.The moon looks bigger if…B. it is near the horizon 5.The autumn moon….D. helps farmers see as they harvest their crops Passage 2 Strange thing happens to time……. 1. The best title….. B. How Time Changes Around the World 2. The difference in…..C one hour 3. From this selection…...C. is divided into five time zones 4.The international date……C. the point where a new day begins 5. If you cross……A. ahead one hour in each new time zone Passage 3 Holidays in the United States……1. The govemment of the United……C. 3-day 2. Workers in the United……D. Tuesday to Friday 3.Which statement is NOT…..D. All the workers have a half-month vacation 4. The reason why……A. no one can be found to take his place 5. Which of the following…….D. Something About the holidays and Vacation in the U.S Passage 4 Sarah Winchester was a very……… 1. What did Sarah keep……C. Making it bigger 2. The story says…. A. 7 floors 3. Who did the work….C. Carpenters and plumbers and other workers 4. How long did…..B. For38 years 5. Sarah?s house was…..C. when she died Passage 5 The diner is only…… 1.What?s the main….A. The attraction of diners to different people 2. The purpose of….C. give a summary of the whole passage 3. Why do truck……C. It’s a haven against loneliness 4. Diners attract….B. many different kinds of people 5. Diners are…..D. fascinating Passage 6 In the past two years…….. 1.The word ……embrace”……A. make use of 2.It can be concluded……D. bicycle sales will continue to rise 3.The bicycle is……A. enjoying a strong revival 4.The reader can….C. concerned with the quality of their lives 5.In the sentence……A. a rapid increase in sale Passage 7 Doctors have known for……. 1.Doctors have long….C. one may lose his hearing when he hears a terribly loud noise 2.This passage suggests…..B. will be damaged even if he has heard a loud noise for only little more than one second 3.According to this….C. makes hearing damage from loud noise worse 4.Millions of Americans…..D. take too much aspirin 5.The purpose of…..D. whether aspirin would increase the temporary hearing damage from loud noises Passage 8 Just two months ago…… 1. Ana realizes that……B. she must do well on the exam 2. Ana has been…..A. seven years 3. Ana experiences difficulty…..C. the professor’s lectures 4. Ana tells the…..B. her family 5. The best main…..C. Ana comes through with flying colors Passage 9 Any mistake made in…… 1. A postage stamp?s….C. a mistake is made in the printing 2. In 1847 most…..A. not yet using postage stamps 3. In 1847, the mistake…..C. wording 4. $16800 is the…..B. the Twopenny Blue 5. The valuable stamps….D. British printers Passage 10 In the English educational…….. 1. The purpose of …D. describe three tests that the English educational system is based on 2. The exam for the….A. fifleen 3. We may conclude…..A. the exam that is taken at age eighteen is narrower than the other two exams 4.The passage suggests….B. schooling is very closely controlled in England 5. As used in the…..A. to take the risk Passage 11 For centuries, in the countries 1. What can we know….B. It is hard to tame them. 2.Thailand was once…B. white elephant was a national symbol until the 1920s 3.Why is the Thai….A. Because the elephants are no longer useful to their owners. 4.Which of the…..D. Today the elephant population is estimated at 5150. 5. The passage is…..C. a research report Passage 12 The communications explosion…… 1. By saying that….C. display the influence of communications on life 2. The author most….B. amazing 3. Which of the…..C. The low-orbit satellites would replace towers and poles functionally. 4.According to the….A. talk and see each other no matter where we are 5.The phrase “each one”….B. each car Passage 13 Many private institutions…… 1. According to the…. D. their characteristics 2. The author used…..A. get into difficulties 3. We can reasonably….B. private schools 4. Which of the….D. Private schools are more profitable than public schools 5. Which of the…..C. National awareness and support. Passage 14 Japan is getting tough about….. 1. According to the….C. the consumers 2. Which of the following….B. It retains its original strength through reprocessing. 3. According to the…..B. a kind of plastics with different integration in each layer 4. In the passage….C. 21-inch TV with magnesium case isn’t very popular so far 5. The author writes….A. inform Passage 15 A friend of mine…… 1. The author thought….C. 1ike his friend, he also thought life was unfair 2. Surrendering to the…..D. make as know it’s our duty to perfect things 3. The second paragraph….A. it’s nice to accept the injustice of life 4. In the last paragraph…..B. 1ife isn’t and won’t be fair 5. From the passage…..A. positive Passage 16 People appear to be……. 1.What does the…..A.The development of mathematical ability in children 2.From the passage…..B.begin to master simple counting soon after they learn to walk and talk 3. In this passage……D. objective 4. According to the…….A. didn’t think 5.Which of the….A.Children 1cam mathematics naturally and easily. Passage 17 The small coastal……. 1. The first two…..D. Broome is simple but vast 2. Sun Pictures is…..B. the audience call either sit on chairs or on the grass 3. Gregory Peck is ……C. a movie star 4. The “non-ticket holder”……C. all insect which comes to the theater by incident 5. It can be inferred……C. the Sun Pictures Passage 18 A new technology is going……. 1. As is indicated……B. is still under development 2. The new technology…..C. it is being cultivated in research labs around the world 3. What does the author……D. Dramatic 4. From the passage…..A. Asian scientists gain the lead in the growth of the new technology 5.Which of the following…..B. Superconductivity:A New Technology Passage 19 More surprising, perhaps…… 1.By calling Americans…..B.more Americans prefer marriage and at a younger age than Europeans 2.From the first…..A.traditional marriage now runs into difficulty 3.Which of the following….D.Many types of family rearrangements have become socially acceptable 4.“Part-time”children…..C.are shared between the two former spouses 5.Even though great…..C. the vast majority of Americans still have faith in marriage Passage 20 People become quite……. 1. The word “repulsive”…..A. disgusting 2. We can infer from…..B. was angry because they might damage his beloved plants 3. The author finds…..C. are the most controversial food 4. The best title of…..A. One Mail’s Meat is Another Mall’s Poison 5. As indicated in the….B. they learn to eat certain foods in their families Passage 21 All the useful energy……. 1. The sun is the source…..C. atomic power 2. Radiant energy is…..A. plants 3. The sun?s energy……C. water 4. The largest part….B. absorbed by the earth’s atmosphere. 5. Of the sun?s total…..D. a very small portion Passage 22 The market is a concept…… 1. Which of the following….B. What is the Market? 2. All of the following….C attending a night school 3. You are buying…..D. dine at a restaurant 4. The word “real” in…..D. concrete 5. In what way is…..A. It tells you what to produce Passage 23 X-rays were first discovered…… 1. What puzzled Rontgen….B. some radiation coming through the covered tube 2. The screen didn?t…..A. it was moved to the next room 3. Rontgen put his hand….C. find out more about the rays 4. The rays proved to be…..C. bone 5. From the passage…..A. invisible Passage 24 “Body clocks” are biological…… 1. According to the….A. one can help maintain balance in the “body clock” 2. Irregular signs shown….B. possible illnesses 3. We tend to do physical…..D. our body is most active then 4. The author suggests…..A. at night 5. According to the….B. every hour in the day time Passage 25 Plastics are materials…… 1. The word “sympathetic”…..B. agreeable 2. It can be concluded…..D. plastics are cheap as antiques 3. Which of the following….A. Carbon 4. Plastics that harden…..D. thermosetting 5. Which of the following…..C. The Development of Plastics as a Modem Material Passage 26 When we analyze the……. 1.This passage mainly……B. the causes of the variation in oceanic salinity 2.It can be inferred……C. evaporation 3.Which of the following ……C. Formation of sea ice 4.Which of the following…..D. The temperature of the water has much to do with the oceanic salinity. 5.The purpose of …..A. to give an example of cold-water salinity Passage 27 The science of meteorology……… 1. Which of the following…..C. Approaches to the Science of Meteorology 2. The predictions of …..B. preparation and study of weather maps 3. Which of the following….D. Sports 4. The author implies…..B. greater protection of human life and property 5. In the last sentence….C. mathematics and physics Passage 28 As we have seen……. 1. Today medical care…..C. removing people’s bad li ving habits 2. In the first paragraph…..A. good health is more than not being ill 3. Traditionally, a person….D. is free from any kind of disease 4. According to the author…..B. to strive to maintain the best possible health 5. According to what….C. People who try to be as healthy as possible, regardless of their limitations. Passage 29 If you want to teach…… 1. If a mother adds…..D. the child may feel that he owes her an apology 2. According to the author…..B. I’m aware you’re upset. but I'm not to blame 3. It is not advisable….C. it is vague and ineffective 4. We learn from the….B. their ages should be taken into account 5. It can be inferred……D. not as simple as it seems Passage 30 Scratchy throats, stuffy noses…… 1. According to the author….A. shorten the duration of the illness 2. We learn from ……D. over-the-counter drags can be taken to ease the misery caused by a cold or the flu 3. According to the passage……C. one should take medicine upon catching the disease 4. Which of the following…..B. A high temperature 5. If children have flu-like…..A. are advised not to give them aspirin Passage 31 Sign has become a scientific…… 1. The study of sign…..B. a challenge to traditional views on the nature of language 2. The present growing…..C. an English teacher in a university for the deaf 3. According to Stokoe…..B. a genuine language 4. Most educators objected…..D. a language could only exist in the form of speech sounds 5. Stokoe?s argument is…..D. 1anguage is a product of the brain Passage 32 It is hard to track the….. 1. The passage is…A. the civilian use of a military detection system 2. The underwater….D. to trace and locate enemy vessels 3. The deep-sea….D. the unique property of layers of ocean water in transmitting sound 4. It can be inferred…..B military technology has great potential in civilian use 5. Which of the…..B. It is now partly accessible to civilian scientists Passage 33 You never see them…. 1. What does the…..D. It is an indispensable device on all airplane. 2. What information…..A. Data for analyzing the cause of the crash. 3. Why was the black…..C. The early models often got damaged in the crash 4. Why did the Federal….C. To make them easily identifiable 5. What do we know…..A. There is still a good chance of their being recovered Passage 34 New technology links the…… 1. What is the author?s…..D. Positive 2. With the increased….C. are attaching more importance to their overseas business 3. In this passage…..C. missing opportunities for promotion when abroad 4. According to the passage…..B. Ability to speak the client’s language. 5. The advantage of …….A. better control the whole negotiation process