统考大学英语B阅读理解专项练习.doc
1、The dark smoke that comes out of stacks (大烟囱)or from a burning dump(垃圾) con tains tiny bits of solid or 1 iquid mat ter. The smoke al so cont ai ns many gases, most of which cannot be seen. Altogether, they make up the serious problems of air pollution. In so many places it keeps us from seeing the sun, irritate(刺痛)our eyes, causes us to cough and makes us ill.
Air pollution can spread from city to city? It even spreads from one country to rniother. Some northern European countries have had "black snow" from pol1utants that have traveled through the air from other countries and have fallen with the snow. So air pollution is a global problem. It can kill babies, older people and those who have respiratory(QfBR) disease? In 1952, four thousands people die in one week as a result of a serious air pollution breakout in London. In 1948 in a small town of Pennsylvania, 20 people died in a four 一day period of air pollution. As often found in cities, air pollution increases the risks of lung disease, such as bronchitis and asthma. Of course, smoking and other factors help to cause these illnesses, too, but these causes have increased greatly during recent years as air pollution has become worse.
(1)、Which of the following is NOT true about the "black snow〃incident? A： It happened in the northern European countries.
B： It happened there because air pollution in these countries was most serious. C： Pollutants that fell with snow made it dirty.
D： Tt is a global problem. 答案：B
(2)、Who can be killed by air pollution?
A： Earth and plants. B： Stones and birds.
C： Those who suffer from respiratory illnesses.
D： Both A and C.
答案：c
(3)、How many people died of air pollution in Pennsylvania in 1948?
A： 4, 000. B： 20.
C： None- D： 4020. 答案：B
(4)> What are bronchitis and asthma?
A： Different types of headaches.
B： Lung disease- C： Heart diseases.
D： Different types of stomach aches?答案：B
(5)、According to the passage, air pollution increases people's chance of getting
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A： Headache.
B： A lung disease.
C： Stomachache.
D： Nervous breakdown.
答案:B
2、As long as the sun shines, the earth will not run out of energy. The sun pours more energy on earth than we can ever use. Most of that energy comes to us as heat and light. Energy from the sun is called solar energy.
Anything to do with the sun is called "solar〃?The word began with the Roman word for the sun and their god of the sun, who was called Sol. Solar energy is a safe kind of energy. It doesn，t make pollution or have dangerous leftovers. That is why scientists and investors are experimenting with ways of harnessing (治理利用)the sun to do some of the jobs fossil fuels have been doing.
But to make the sun do work like that, they have to solve some problems? They have to collec t the sufs energ y. Collecti ng sun shine is not easy, un less you are a plant. Sunshine is not easy to store, either. You can't fill a tank with it or put it in the wood box. You can not move it through a pipe or a wire. You can not just turn it on.
(1)、What form does most of solar energy take to reach us?
A： Light.
B： Heat.
C： gas.
D： both A and B?
答案：D
(2)、Where does the word come from?
A： Greek.
B： Roman?
C： Old Engl ish.
D： Chinese?
答案：B
(3)、Which of the following is NOT true of solar energy?
A： It is a safe energy.
B： It is a green energy.
C： It may cause pollution to the air.
D： It is endless.
答案：c
(4)、What are the problems facing scientists who want to use solar energy?
A：It is not easy to col lect.
B：It is not easy to store?
C：It is not easy to find out.
D： both A and B.
答案：D
(5)、What is the writer" s purpose of writing the passage?
A： To give a brief introduction to solar energy.
B： To explain the reason why it is not easy to make solar energy.
C： To give information about the advantages of solar energy.
D： To give a brief introduction to the word "solar"?答案：A
3、The ideal teacher may be young or old, tall or short, fat or thin, lie should know his subject, but he can make mistakes if he is willing to learn. His personality is as important as his scholarship? The ideal teacher must be enthusiastic? He must never teach anything he himself is not interested in. He should be a bit of on actor and he should not be afraid to show his feel ings and express his likes and disl ikes. He must like his students and respect them, but he must also respect himself and take pride in his work. Otherwise, he can not respect his students and win respect from them? The ideal teacher should have an understanding of his students and be able to relate to them? He needs students' understanding, too. The ideal teacher shoulcl be kind, encouraging, and helpful mid he should motivate his students to seek knowledge. The ideal teacher should see his students as individuals and acknowledge their differences. He must know how to encourage the self-development and growth of each of his students. The ideal teacher is one who grows, 1 earns, and improves himself along with his students?
(1)、Which of the following is the least important in judging an ideal teacher according to the passage? A： His age and appearanee.
B： His personality?
C： His scholarship.
D： Ilis attitude towards his students.
答案：A
(2)、Can an ideal teacher make mistakes?
A： No. He should be very careful not to make any mistakes?
B： Yes. Because he knows too little.
C： No. He should always be the authority to his students.
D： Yes. But he should be willing to learn?
答案：D
(3)> What relati on ship should be set up betwee n an ideal teacher and his students accordi ng to the passage? A： Mutual respect and understanding.
B： Mutual encouragement and help.
C： Mutual aid and affection.
D： Mutual support emd inspiration.
答案：A
(4)、How does an ideal teacher view his students?
A： As taicnted young people?
B： As different from each other.
C： As self-centered individuals.
D： As understanding, respectful individuals.
答案:B
(5)、Which of the fol lowing can be inferred from the passage?
A： An ideal teacher should seldom set an example for his students.
B： Teachers and students benefit each other in the process of teaching and learning. C： Students should never expect their teachers to be ideal.
D： Anyone who is trying to improve himself constantly is an ideal teacher. 答案：B
4、Education in the United States is usually divided into four levels. These are early children, elementary, secondary and higher education. School attendance is required in every state of the country, and in most states students must attend school from the age of 6 to 16?
The first level is early childhood education. Its main purpose is to prepare children for school.
The second level is elementary education. Education at this level is divided into six or eight grades, and children learn reading, arithmetic, writing, social studies and sciencc. They also have art, music and physical education.
The third level is secondary education. It is for junior and senior high school students. Some students take courses to prepare themselves for college. Other students take technical or vocational courses that prepare them for jobs after they graduate from high school.
Higher education continues after high school? There are many kinds of institutions of higher education ? Technical institutes offer two-year programs in electronics, engineering, business and other subjects. After two years at a junior college, students receive an associate degree and then they can continue at a four-year college.
(1)> What topic does the passage nuiinly discuss?
A： Education policy in the USA.
B： The four levels of American education.
C： The purpose of American education at different levels.
D： The subjects offered at different levels of American education. 答案：B
(2)、Ts school attendanee required in the USA?
A： Yes, it is required in the whole country.
B： Yes, but only in some states.
C： Yes, it is required in most states of the country.
D： Yes, but not until children reach the age of 16. 答案：A
(5)、 What wou1d most probably be talked about in the next paragraph? A ： Undergraduate educat ion ? B ： Post-graduate (研究生)education. C ： Pre-school education. D ： Adult education. 答案：B
5、 Pubs are supposed to be the Englishmas favorite meeting place, where he can get together with a few friends over a pint of beer and talk about football, or horse racing, or business.
You may not/ico that the pub is the place for men, but not for worncn. Even now it is still not quite respectable for a woman to go into a pub alone; she must have a man to escort (护卫)and protect her. Perhaps that is partly why pubs depress me - they are intended mainly to provide for male interests, which are often pretty narrow. I think this male-dominated atmosphere also reminds me of my life back at school, or in the army, neither of which is an experienee I much want to rel ive ?
However, V m obviously in the minority. Most Englishmen have their local pubs, where they can escape from the pressures of family life or work, and if they are 1 ucky, tel 1 their troubles to a pretty barmaid. Indeed, many men dream of retiring from their 9 - 5 jobs and buying a little country pub, where they imagine they' 11 be the host of a seven-night-arveek party ? This dream usual ly dies whon cleaning up spilled beer at one o' clock in the morning.
Still, there ，
s pub for every type of man, from the city sophisticate to the rural primitive, and a man for every type of pub. And I must admit that, for someone who doesn ，
t like them, I spent a lot of time in pubs of various kinds.
(1) 、 For what do Englishmen go to the pubs? A ： They go there to make friends.
B ： They go to meet and talk with their friends over some beer.
C ： They go there to see the pretty barmaid.
D ： They go there to do business dealings ?
答案：B
(2) 、 What doesn't the speaker like about the pubs? A ： The smell of alcohol and tobacco.
B ： The complaints men make about their family life.
C ： The male-dominated atmospherc ?
D ： The spilled beer all around ?
答案:C
technical and vocational courses offered?
A ： The 1st and 2nd levels.
B ： The 2nd and 3rd levels.
C ：
The 3rd and 4th levels.
D ： The 4th levels on ly. 答案：c
(3)、At what level (s) are programs of
(3) 、What are many men dreaming of?
A ： Owning a pub and living 1 ike having a party every night ?
B ： Taking their female friends to their own favorite pubs ?
C ： Retiring from their present jobs.
D ： Freeing themselves from the pressures of their family life and work. 答案：A (4) 、Which of the fol lowing can be learned from the passage? A ： The speaker is a feminist.
B ： The speaker is nostalgic about his school days.
speaker never goes to pubs with his female friends. speaker was once an armyman.
答案:D
(5) > What can you conelude from the passage?
A ： The speaker doesn ，t like the atmosphere in the pubs very much, so he hardly goes there.
B ： More and more women are now going to pubs.
C ： Pubs are the only place whore Englishmen can comp 1 a in about thei r pressures of life and work ?
D ： Different types of pubs in Britain cater to the taste of different types of men ? 答案：D
6、I am going to tell you a story about two drivers who wanted to park their cars in the same parking spacc.
The man who arrived at the parking space first was rather old with gray hair. He was driving a 1arge RolIs Royce. The beautiful car stopped just in front of the parking space. Then the driver tur ned his head and very si owl y bega. n to reverse hi s car into the space.
Just as he was doing this, a young man in a Mini came up from bohind ? He noticed the space and drove straight in, nose first ? The older driver in the Rolls Royce stopped his car suddenly. He was very angry and red in the face. He wound down his window and looked at the young man. But the young man wasn" t sorry- He had got out his car now and he was laughing. "You have to be young to do that!" he said to the older driver and pointed at the Mini and at the space he had just taken.
The older man said nothing. He just began to reverse his Rolls Royce again and crashed into the Mini very hard ? There was not much of the Mini left when the older driver had finished. The young man watched what was happening and couldn ，
t believe his eyes. He was angry and very red in the face. The older driver looked out of the window and smiled ?"You have to be rich to do that, z ，
he said ? (1) 、 What is the story about?
A ： Two drivers happened to crash into each other in
B ： Two cars crashed into each other due to the drivers ，
C ： Ono driver tried to park their cars in one smal 1
D ： The parking space was too small to hold two cars 答案：B
C ： The
D ： The a parking space.
dispute over a parking space, parking
space ? at the same time.
(2) 、 What do you know about the two drivers? A ： The young driver was quicker than the older driver. B ： Each of them had an expensive car ?
C ： They di dn t see each other whi 1 e they were getting into the same parking space.
D ： Both of them were good at driving.
答案：A
(3) 、What did the older driver mean when he said, "You have to be rich to do that ，z
?
enough to buy a new car like mine. to contend with me for the parking space. C ： You are not rich enough to park your car here. D ： Only rich people dare to do that ?
答案:D
(4) > Which of the following statements about the young driver can NOT be inferred? A ： He hadn ，
t expected the older driver to react so strongly.
B ： He hadn ，
t thought the older driver had that much daring in him. C ： He was shocked to see what had become of his car. D ： He had expected his defeat ?
答案：D
(5) 、Which of the fol lowing proverbs is NOT sui table to describe the story? A ： Tit for tat. B ： The young and the aged will never agree. C ： Win at first and lose at last. D ： First come, first served.
答案：B
7、A Citv of the World
Most people imagine New York to be a city of skyscrapers. Perhaps too, they associate the city with the World Trade Ccnter, the Statue of Liberty, Fifth Avenu? Times Square, the United Nations, and Central Park and so ort Except for the Statue of Liberty, all these places are in one part of the city, that is, Manhattan, which seems to be an island of skyscrapers-
The city is also a place where the headquarters of the United Nations is located. Peop 1 e from al 1 over the world 1 ive in the city and work at the United Nations. The translators working at the UN must speak one of the five official languages: English, French, Spanish, Russian and Chinese.
The World Trade Center is a "United Nations of Commerce 7' along the Hudson River. The towers of the World Trade Center are 405 meters high, and each has 110 floors. Together the two towers have 48, 600 windows ? Three of the 102 elevators in each tower can take you from the first to the 11th floor in one minute ? Besides, there are internat 1 on al banks, government offices, transportation companies, res taurants and import and export businesses inside the twin towers. The lobby of a building is usually on the ground floor, but at the World Trade Center there are lobbies in the sky! (1) 、Why is the passage entitle "A City of the World"?
A ： Because thousands of foreign tourists come to visit the city every year.
B ： Because people in the city speak different languages ?
C ： Because the United Nations and the World Trade Center are in the city.
A ： You are not rich
B ： You are too poor
the city.
D： Because al 1 major international organizations are located in
答案：C
(3)、Why does the passage say the World Trade Center is a "United States of Commerce''?
A： Because it is attached to the Unitcd States.
B： Because international banks, import and export businesses and many other commercial and financial bodies are located here.
C： Because an international trade fair is held here every year.
D： Because the UN controls its work?
答案：B
(4)、The passage says, 〃…at the World Trade Center there are lobbies in the sky!
What does it mean?
A： There are no lobbies in the building of the World Trade Center.
B： There are no lobbies on each floor.
C： The lobbies are not open to public.
D： There are lobbies on very high floors.
答案：D
(5)、Which of the following is NOT discussed in the passage?
A： The city's development.
B： The world-famous buildings in the city?
C： The tower of the World Trade Center.
D： The official languages spoken at the UN.
答案：A
8、Pearl Carlson was shaken awake at 3:30 a. m. by a forceful pull. King, the family dog, was trying to pul 1 her out of the bed? Then she smelled smoke and heard the sound of fire from her parent's room? Pearl" s screams awaked her mother, Fern, and father, Howard, who had recently been in hospital for lung disease. Helping Howard to a first-floor window, Fern told him to climb out, then ran to her daughter.
Still inside, King appeared at Pearl" s window, making squeaking (短促尖叫) sounds. When running toward Pearl" s bedroom, Fern realized her husband hadrf t yet escaped. She made her way back through the smoke and flames, following King" s sound to where Howard lay semiconscious (半昏迷)on the floor. Fern helped him get out side. King came out only after both were safe.
As day dawned, the Carlsons saw that King's paws were badly burnt, and his entire body was burnt, too. His chain collar had gotten so hot that it burnt his throat, making it impossible for him to bark (叫)normal 1 y. Only after the seven-year-old dog refused food did they find pieces of wood in his mouth and realize that King, who slept outside, had bitten through a wood door to warn his family.
(1)、Who was King in the story?
A： The family" s son
B： The family" s daughter
C： The family dog
D： The master
答案：c
(2)、According to the story, the first one who was completely out of danger could
be ________ ?
A： Howard
B： Fern
C： Pearl and Fern
D： Pearl 答案：D
(3)、When the master's room caught fire, .
A： the dog was sleeping in Pearl，s room
B： the dog waked Pearl up
C： the dog just slept outside the master's house
D： the dog did nothing but barking outside the master" s house 答案:B
(4)、After reading this story, we've learnt that the following statements could be
reasonable except ____________ .
A： the dog made a big hole in the door
B： the dog awoke mother first
C： the dog was the last one to escape from the burning room
D： the dog was badly burned and not able to eat 答案：B
(5)、From this story it can be inferred that _________________ .
A： Pearl loves her parents very much
B： Howard is the best man of the family
C： The woman loves her childrcn more deeply than her husband
D： The dog is man's best friend
答案：D
9、When weather is hot, you go to a lake or an ocean. When you are near a lake or an ocean, you feel cool. Why? The sun makes the earth hot, but it cannot make the weather very hot? Although the air over the earth becomes hot, the air over the water stays cool. The hot air over the earth rises?
Then the cool air over the water moves in and takes the place of the hot air. When you are near a lake or an ocean, you feel the cool air when it moves in. You feel the wind, and the wind makes you feel cool.
Of course, sc io ntists cannot an swer al 1 of our questi ons. If we ask, "Why is the ocean full of salt?" scientists will say that the salt comes from rocks. When a rock gets very hot or very cold, it cracks. Rain falls into the cracks. The rain then carries the salt into the earth and into the rivers- The rivers carry the salt into the ocean. But then we ask, "What happens to the salt in the ocean? The ocean does not got more salty every year.z，Scientists are not sure about the answer to this question.
We know a lot about our world. But there are still many answers that we do not
have, and we are curious.
(1)、The mdin idea of the passage is .
A： people feel cool when they are near a lake or an ocean
B： scientists can explain everything we want to know
C： scientists can explain many things except one thing
D： the salt in the ocean comes from rocks
答案：A
(2)、You feel cool when you are near a lake or an ocean because ______________________ .
A： the water is not so hot as the earth
B： the earth is hot
C： the water is colder than the earth
D： cool air from the water moves towards the land
答案：D
(3)、Now scientists know _________ ?
A： what makes people feel cool near a lake or an ocean in summer
B： everything about the ocean
C： why the ocean does not get more and more salty
D： what happens to the salt in the ocean
答案：A
(4)、A rock cracks when .
A： rain falIs
B： it gets very hot
C： it gets very cold
D： either B or C
答案:D
(5)、Peop1e are always curious about the world around them because ____________________ .
A： they know nothing about it
B： they know littie about it
C： there are answers they do not have
D： there are a lot of interesting stories about it
答案：c
10、A mil 1 ion tourists go to Barcelona every year. They want to see Antonio Gaude J s churche This un usual church has a strange history- Gaude was born in Spa in in 1852. He had to work and study at the same time. He often missed classes because he had to work, but one day he designed a very unusual show-case for an exhibition in Paris. People began to give him work? He designed houses, offices and gardens. They were al 1 very unusual. He was soon rich and famous. Then a rich bookseiler said, "Will you build a church for the poor people of Barcelona? I will pay. I will build schools and workshops, too. They will help the people?""I will do it, " said Gaudi. He worked for forty years, but he could not finish the church? It was too big? He needed $10, 000, 000. He gave all his money to the church. He was poor again when he died in 1926, and only the fro nt of the church was finished. But arch it ects, eng in eers and tourists from all over the world come to see it. It is very strange, very modern and very revolut ionary.
(1)、Which of the fol lowing ti tles best fits the passage?
A： Barcelona----- a Famous City
B： A Strange History of An Unusual Church
C： A Poor Architect" s Unusual Works
D： Antonio Gaudi，s Life
答案:C
(2)、Which of the following is NOT true?
A： Gaudi was a Spanish architect
B： Gaudi devoted most of his 1ife to the building of the church
C： People all over the world admire the architect very much
D： many tourists go to see Gaudi's unfinished church 答案：B
(3)、Gaudi sometimes missed classes because .
A： he didt 1 ike it
B： he had to work st the same time
C： they were too difficult
D： he had to build a church
答案:B
(4)、The church is unusual because
A： it's unfinished
B： it's strange
C： it's modern
D： all of the above
答案：D
(5)> According to the passage, Gaude
A： suffered a lot in his life
B： was full of sympathy to the poor
C： always created unusual works
D： both B and C 11、What must you do when you receive a present for your birthday? You have to sit down and write a thank-you note. The words "Thank you" are very important. We have to use them on so many occasions. We say them when someone gives us a drink, helps us to pick up things, hands us a letter, lends us a book or gives us a gift?
Another important word is "please". Many people forget to use it. It is rude to ask someone to do something without saying "please". We have to use it when we ask for something, too. It may be a book or a pencil, more rice or more sauce, help or advice. It may be in the classroom, at home, at the bus-stop or over the counter. We have to use "please" to make our request pleasant?
We have to learn to say "sorry" too. When we have hurt someos feeling, we wi11 have to go up and say we are sorry. When we have told a lie and feel sorry, we will have to use the same word. When we have forgotten something or broken a promise, we will have to exp la in with that word, too. "Sorry" is a heal ing word ? We can make people forget wrongs by using it sincerely.
These three words are simple but important. They are pl easing words to use in any language.
(1)、When we receive a birthday present, wo have to _________________ .
A： return it
B： give it to one of our friends
C： do nothing
D： write a thank-you note
答案：D
(2)、When someone helps us to do something, we should _.
A： thank him
B： say "sorry" to him
C： use the word "please"
D： not say anything
答案：A
(3)、One of the important words in any language is ___________________.
A： "hello"
B： "yes"
〃〃
C： no
D： "please"
答案：D
(4)、We have to use the word "please" when we _______________ ?
A： hurt someone's feeling
B： ask for something
C： receive a present
D： have told a lie
答案：B
(5)、The three important words in any language are .
A： "thanks", "hello" and "goodbye"
B： yes , no and really
C： "thanks", "please" and "sorry"
D： "well', "please" and /z pardon"
答案:C
12、Bi 11 turned the key in the heavy lock and put it calmly in his pocket? He did so from a certain kind of fear ? This was the only entrance to the house? Though Tom would be away for at least three days, Bi 11 had a strange feel ing of his nearness. In the stillness he seemed to hear Tom，s voice. He turned round quickly, but there was only the girl.
The girl carrying an oi 1 lamp led Bill upstairs? She stopped and raised the lamp in each doorway, staring at him meanwhile. Satisfied he was the only guest, Bill came to the last door.
"You sleep here, sir, 〃she said, giving him the lamp. "Your friend slept here, too."
"Good night, miss, 〃he said politely?
Her lips moved in reply, but he didn't catch the words. Her eyes never for a moment left his face- He stepped in, and as he turned to close the door she was still standing there. In the silence he felt a little terrified now?
He shut the door in the girl's face the n, leav ing her in the dark ? He ope nod it again almost at once. She had disappeared without a sound. A deep mistrust suddenly came to him. Why had that girl stared at him so?
(1)、Why did Bill take the key with him?
A： To let him in, when he returnod.
B： To prevent Tom from returning.
C： To stop any enemy being let into the house.
D： To keep the girl in the house.
答案:B
(2)、We know from the story that Tom had ____________ ?
A： left there three days before
B： felt quite as afraid as Bi 11 was
C： stayed there for three days
D： slept there the night before
答案：A
(3)、Bill was surprised when he turned round, because ___________________ .
A： Tom was not in the room
B： he hadn，t expected to find Tom there
C： there was no danger behind him
D： the woman were there
答案：D
(4)、Although Bil1 said good night to the girl, she _____________________ ?
A： gave him a rude answer
B： did not leave him
C： refused to look at him
D： said nothing to him
答案：B
(5)、Bill didn，t trust the girl because _________________ ?
A： he had never seen her before
B： of the way she moved about
C： she left quietly
D： of the way she looked at him
答案：D
13、The aim of students who came to school is to study. But to study requires a right way, or you waste ei ther the t ime or the inonoy. The fol lowing are the ways of study ing.
The best time for reading is morning, because in the morning，the air is fresh and the mind is clear. For that reason, we can get good result.
In studying we must have patience. If we have not known a text well, we must read it again. We should not read the next one till wo have learnod the first one.
When we are studying，we must put our hearts into the book, or we can get nothing from the book whi 1 e we are reading.
We must always ask "whys". If it is not wel 1 understood, write it down and ask our teachers or our parents, or friends. In any possible way, we must know it completely and what we've learned can bo used wel1 and made better?
Though there are many ways for studying, yet the above mentioned will be quite enough if we can keep them in heart and do so.
(1)、The passage tells us .
A： the importanee of reading
B： to read in the morning
C： to pay attention to the ways of studying
D： to have patienee in studying
答案:c
(2)、The passage has taught us ___________ ways for studying.
A： three
B： four
C： five
D： many 答案：B
(3)、We'd better read in the morning because .
A： it's hard to remember what we have 1 earned
B： the air is fresh and the mind is clear
C： it1s difficult to get good results
D： we have more time
答案：B
(4)、If we can，t put our hearts into the book when we read, it is _________________________ ?
A： easv to understeind it well
B： better to get something from it
C： impossible for us to get much from it
D： possible to learn much from it
答案：c
(5)、In studying we must always ask "whys〃in order to __________________ ?
A： understand the book well
B： write down the questions
C： remember the new words
D： get some questions to ask our teachers
答案：A
14、If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they will become weak, when you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that memory works in the same way.
When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by using it. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he real ly mca ns that he does not give it eno ugh chance to become str ong.
If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his own fauIt. But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents may be blamed, and few of us know that it is just his own fauIt. Have you ever found that some people can" t read or write but usually they have better memories? This is because they cannot read or write and they have to remember thing, they cannot write them dow n in a small not ebook. They have to remember days, names, songs and stories, so their memory is the whole time being
exercised?
So if you want to have a good memory, learn from the people: practise remembering things in a way as other people do.
(1)、Someone can，t have a good memory if .
A： he can" t read or write
B： he doesn't use his memory
C： his parents haven，t a good memory
D： he doesn't use his arms or legs for some time 答案：B
(2)、If you don't use your arms or legs for some time, ____________________ .
A： you can，t use them any more
B： they will become stronger
C： they become weak but they s1ow1y become strong again
D： they become weak and won't become strong until you use them again 答案：D
(3)> Which of the following is true?
A： The way that your memory works is different from that of your arms or legs. B： Your memory becomes weak if you do not give it enough chanee for practice. C： Don，t learn how to read and write if you want to have a better memory.
D： A good memory comes from 1 ess practice. 答案：B
(4)、Few people know that it is only if a friend has a poor memory.
A： his own fault
B： his parents' fault
C： his teachers" fauIt D： his grandmother，s fault 答案:B
(5)、The writer wants to tel 1 us ______________ .
A： how to use our arms or legs
B： how to have strong arms
C： how to have a good memory
D： how to learn from the people 答案：c
15.In Europe many people died during the Second World War. As a result, at the end of the war there were many orphans there. A man called Hermarm Gmeiner wanted to
help these children.
His idea was simple ? He wan ted orpha ns to have a home, and he wan ted them to have the care and kindness of parents. Gmeiner asked people to give him some money. With this money he built the first SOS Children ，
s Village at Tmst, in Austria. Tt opened in 1949. This i s how the SOS Chi 1 dren ，
s Vi 11 age started. The 1 etters SOS stand for "Save Our Souls. " This means "Please help us!". An SOS Children's Village gives help to orphans.
Hermann Gmeiner's idea for helping orphans soon spread all over the world. By 1983 there were 170 SOS Children ，s Villages in the world. People in many countries give money to help the villages- Today the children from the first v 订lage are grown up. Now some of them work in other SOS Children ，s Villages.
In SOS Villages orphans live in family groups. There are several houses in each village ? The biggest villages have 40 or 50 houses! Between seven and ten children live in a house. A woman lives with each group of chiIdren and looks after them. She gives the children a lot of love and kindness. She cooks for them and makes comfortable, happy home for them. The children go to school, they go out with their friends and they go
into town ?
A ： People gave Gmeiner some money.
B ： There were many orphans at the end of the war ?
C ： Gmeiner built the first SOS Children ，
s Village with the money people gave him. D ： A man cal 1ed Hermann Gmeiner wanted to help the orphans.
答案：c
(3) 、 How many houses are there in the biggest SOS Children 1s Villages? A ： Seven and ten. B ： Forty or fifty. C ： 170. D ： About 30.
答案:B
(4)
、We can con elude from the article that the money for help ing the SOS Vi 1
lages mainly comes from _?
A ： governments
B ： special organizations
C ： the orphans themselves
D ： people in general 答案：D
(5) 、Which of the foilowing can best summarize the work a woman in an SOS Vil lage
(1) 、An orphan is a chi Id A ： who
B ： who
C ： who
D ： all
答案：C
(2) > Which of
has has has no no no of the
brother sister parents above
the following statement came last?
does for each group of children?
A： She gives the children a lot of love and kindness.
C： She cooks the meals for chi 1dren.
D： She looks after them.
B： She lives with each group of children.
答案:D
统考大学英语B阅读理解专项练习(2011年9月补充)
1、We say that a person has good manners if he or she behaves politely and is kind and helpful to others. Everyone lik es a person with good mariners 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 al 1 over the world agree that being wel1-mannered really means being kind and helping others, especially to those older or weaker than ourselves. Tf you remember this, you will not go very far wrong. Here are some examples of the things that a wel 1-marmered person does or does not do.
He never laughs at people when they are in trouble. In stead, 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 tziirn. He does not push to the front of the queue. In lhe bus, he gives his seat to an old person or a lady who is standing. If he accidental 1 y bumps into someone, or gets in their way, he says, “excuse me” or m sorry n .
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 nol interrupt other people when they are talking. He does nol talk too much himself. He does not talk loudly or laugh loudly in publ ic. When eating, he does not speak with his mouth ful 1 of food. He uses a handkerchief when he sneezes or coughs.
1、The word ^accidentally^ (Line 5, Para? 4) means by accidcnl?
匚A、T
匚B、F 正确答案：A
2、Being kind to ourselves is considered as being we11-marmered.
A、T
匚B、F
正确答案：B
3、I f you try to be kind and helpful to others, you will be considered very polite?
匚A, T
匚B、F
疋确答案:A
4、W hen waiting for a bus, a wclHmannered person should stand where he is and wait for his turn?口A、T
C B、F
正确答案：A
5、A ccording to this passage, a polite person will not speak without his mouth full of food whon eating?
c A、T
匚B、F
正确答案：B
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 ins tend of buying t hem? 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 furniturc that they may soon dislike. They prefer to wait unt订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 furniturc 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 st订1 quite new, and they are not sure what their neighbors might think.
1、Why do some people prefer to rent fumiture? ________________________
Ax 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.
正确答案：C
2、Young people liked renting home furniture in that ____________
A、They have less money.
B、They dorft want to buy old furniture.
C、T he new furniture is of good quality.
D、They dorft have much money and don't want to buy the cheap furniture.
正确答案：D
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 dorTt have enough money to rent furniture.
D、People usually grow to like the furniture they have rented.
正确答案：B
4、Which of the following has become one of America's fastest growing businesses? _________________
A、Selling home furnishings.
B、Renting furnished apartments.
Cx Selling used furniture.
D、Renting home furnishings.
正确答案：D
5、W hich of the following can best serve as the title of the passage? ______________ 匚A、Rent or Buy?
B、A New Way of Getting Home Furnishings.
C、Furnished Apartments.
匚D、A New Idea.
正确答案：B
In choosi ng a trie nd, one should be very careful. A good trie nd can help you stud y. You can have fun together and make each other happy. Sometimes you will meet fair weather friends. They will be with you as long as you have money or luck, but when you are down, they will run away. How do I know when I have found a good friend? I look for certain qualities of character, especially understanding, honesty and reliability （可靠）.
A good friend, above all else, tries to understand how another person is feeling. He is not quick to judge. Instead, he tries to learn from others. He puts himself in the other person" s place, and he tries to think of ways to be helpful. He is also a good listener.
At the same time, a good friend is honest. He docs not look for faults in others. He notices their good points. In short, a friend will try to understand me and accept me.
Another quality of a friend is reliability. I can always depend on a good fricncL If he tc 11s me he will meet me somewhere at a certain time, I can be sure that he will be there. If I need a favor, he will do his best to help me. If I am in trouble, he will not run away from me-
When I meet someone who is reliable, honest，and understanding, I know r ve found a friend!
1、T he writer thinks that one of the important qualities in choosing a friend is understanding.
匚A、T
C B、F
正确答案：A
2、I f you have fair weather friends, you will be lucky.
匚A.T
C B、F
正确答案：B