大学英语技能培训阅读部分练习题.doc

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PartⅡReadingComprehension（35minutes）

PassageOne

Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Antarcticahasactuallybecomeakindofspacestation-auniqueobservationpostfordetectingimportantchangesintheworld’senvironment.Remotefrommajorsourcesofpollutionandthecomplexgeologicalandecologicalsystemsthatprevailelsewhere,Antarcticamakespossiblescientificmeasurementsthatareoftensharperandeasiertointerpretthanthosemadeinotherpartsoftheworld.

GrowingnumbersofscientiststhereforeseeAntarcticaasadistantearlywarningsensor,wherepotentiallydangerousglobaltrendsmaybespottedbeforetheyshowuptothenorth.Onepromisingfieldofinvestigationisglaciology.ScholarsfromtheUnitedStates,Switzerland,andFrancearepursuingsevenseparatebutrelatedprojectsthatreflecttheirconcernforthehealthoftheWestAntarcticIceSheet-aconcerntheybelievetheworldatlargeshouldshare.

TheTransantarcticMountain,someofthemmorethan14,000feethigh,dividethecontinentintotwoverydifferentregions.Thepartofthecontinenttothe“east”ofthemountainsisahighplateaucoveredbyanicesheetnearlytwomilesthick.“West”ofthemountain,thehalfofthecontinentsouthoftheAmericasisalsocoveredbyanicesheet,buttheretheicerestsonrockthatismostlywellbelowsealevel.IftheWestAntarcticIceSheetdisappeared,thewesternpartofthecontinentwouldbereducedtoasparseclusterofisland.

Whileiceandsnowareobviouslycentraltomanyenvironmentalexperiments,othersfocusonthemysterious“dryvalley”ofAntarctica,valleysthatcontainlittleiceorsnoweveninthedepthsofwinter.SlashedthroughthemountainsofsouthernVictorialand,thesevalleysonceheldenormousglaciersthatdescend9,000feetfromthepolarplateautotheRossSea.Nowtheglaciersaregone,perhapsacasualtyoftheglobalwarmingtrendduringthe10,000yearssincetheiceage.Eventhesnowthatfallsinthedryvalleysisblastedoutbyviciouswindsthatroardownfromthepolarplateautothesea.Leftbarearespectaculargorges,rippledfieldsofsanddunes,clustersofboulders（大圆石）sculpturedintofantasticshapesby100-mileanhourwinds,andanauraofextraterrestrialdesolation.

Despitetheunearthlyaspectofthedryvalleys,somescientistsbelievethattheymaycarryamessageofhopefortheverdant（草木繁茂的）partsoftheearth.Somescientistsbelievethatinsomecasesthedryvalleysmaysoakuppollutantsfasterthanpollutantsenterthem.

21.Antarcticaisscientificallyimportantinthat____.

A）itisaspacestation

B）itisanidealplacefortheinvestigationofglaciology

C）thereisthemysteriousdryvalley

D）itcanhelppeopledetectglobalenvironmentalchanges

22.Thereasonforthedisappearanceofglaciersinthedryvalleyis____.

A）thatthey’vedescendedtotheRosssea

B）thatthey’vebeenblastedoutbyviciouswinds

C）theglobalwarmingtrendeversincetheiceage

D）thatthey’vebeenchangedintogorges,sanddunesandboulders

23.WhentheauthorcallsAntarctica“distantearlywarningsensor”,heactuallymeansthat____.

A）suchequipmenthasbeensetupforscientificpurpose

B）theresearchgroupstherearelikesuchkindofsensors

C）potentialglobalchangescanbeseenonAntarcticafirst

D）Antarcticaisremotefromotherpartsoftheearth

24.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueaccordingtothearticle?

A）ThereisaclusterofislandwestoftheTransantarticMountain.

B）ScientificresearchonAntarcticaonlycentersontheiceandsnowthere.

C）Dryvalleysmaybeaplacetodisposeofourpollutants.

D）AllthecountriesonearthshouldbeconcernedaboutthehealthoftheWestAntarcticIceSheet.25.Theword“spotted”（2ndparagraph）canbestbereplacedby____.

A）placed B）noticed C）fixed D）judged

PassageTwo

Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

TheCarnegieFoundationreportsaysthatmanycollegeshavetriedtobe“allthingstoallpeople”.Indoingso,theyhaveincreasinglycateredtoanarrowmindedcareerismwhilefailingtocultivateaglobalvisionamongtheirstudents.Thecurrentcrisis,itcontends,doesnotderivefromalegitimatedesiretoputlearningtoproductiveends.Theproblemisthatintoomanyacademicfields,theworkhasnocontext;skills,ratherthanbeingmeans,havebecomeends.Studentsareofferedavarietyofoptionsandallowedtopicktheirwaytoadegree.Inshort,drivenbycareerism,“thenation’scollegesanduniversitiesaremoresuccessfulinprovidingcredentials（文凭）thaninprovidingaqualityeducationfortheirstudents.”Thereportconcludesthatthespecialchallengeconfrontingtheundergraduatecoll