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大学英语A1

大学英语A1

一、阅读明白得

1、Sportingactivitiesareessentiallymodifiedformsofhuntingbehavior.Viewedbiologically,themodernfootballerisinrealityamemberofahuntinggroup.Hiskillingweaponhasturnedintoaharmlessfootballandhispreyintoagoalmouth.Ifhisaimisaccurateandhescoresagoal,heenjoysthehunter'striumphofkillinghisprey.

Tounderstandhowthistransformationhastakenplacewemustbrieflylookatourforefathers.Theyspentoveramillionyearsevolvingascooperativehunters.Theirverysurvivaldependedonsuccessinthehuntingfield.Underthispressuretheirwholewayoflife,eventheirbodies,becamegreatlychanged.Theybecamechasers,runners,jumpers,aimers,throwersandprey-killers.Theycooperatedasskillfulmalegroupattackers.

Thenabouttenthousandyearsago,afterthisimmenselylongperiodofhuntingtheirfood,theybecamefarmers.Theirimprovedintelligence,sovitaltotheiroldhuntinglife,wasputtoanewuse--thatofcontrollinganddomesticatingtheirprey.Thehuntbecamesuddenlyoutofdate.Thefoodwasthereonthefarms,awaitingtheirneeds.Therisksanduncertaintiesofthehuntwerenolongeressentialforsurvival.

Theskillsandthirstforhuntingremained,however,anddemandednewoutlets.Huntingforsportreplacedhuntingfornecessity.Thisnewactivityinvolvedalltheoriginalhuntingsequencesbuttheaimoftheoperationwasnolongertoavoidstarvation.Instead,thesportsmensetofftotesttheirskillagainstpreythatwerenolongeressentialtotheirsurvival.Tobesure,thekillmayhavebeeneatenbuttherewereothermuchsimplerwaysofobtainingameatymeal.

（1）、Theauthorbelievesthatsportingactivities______.

A：

areformsofbiologicaldevelopment

B：

haveactuallydevelopedfromhunting

C：

areessentiallyformsoftamingtheprey

D：

havechangedthewaysofhunting

答案：

B

（2）、Inafootballgamewhatisequaltothepreyinhuntingis______.

A：

anymemberoftheopposingteam

B：

thegoal

C：

Thegoalmouth

D：

thefootball

答案：

C

（3）、Foroveramillionyears,ourforefatherswerebasically______.

A：

successfulfarmers

B：

cooperatinghunters

C：

runnersandjumpers

D：

skillfulsportsmen

答案：

B

（4）、Theword"operation"（Paragraph4）refersto______.

A：

sportsactivities

B：

hunting

C：

preykilling

D：

domesticatinganimals

答案：

B

（5）、Whichofthefollowingbestsummarizestheideaofthepassage?

A：

Itisfarmingthatgiveshumanbeingsenoughleisuretimeforsportingactivities

B：

Farmingisveryimportantinhumancivilizationbecauseitsaveshumanbeingsfromrisksanduncertaintiesofhuntingforsurvival

C：

Itishuntingthatprovideshumanbeingswithmuchsimplerwaysofobtainingmeatymeals

D：

Sportingactivitiessatisfythedesireofmodernmantoexercisehuntingskillswhichhisforefathersdevelopedforsurvival

答案：

D

2、Imagineyoursittingonyourfrontgardenadmiringtheshiningsunwhenyourneighborcomeswiththatannoyingcarwiththenoisysoundandtheexhaustpipeblowingoutthishorribleblacksmoke.Whatareyougoingtodoaboutit?

Inourmoderndays,toomanypeopledependontheircarstogettoworkortodropofftheirchildrentoschool.However,isitsafetohaveanincreasingnumberofcarsonourroads?

Researchshowsthatcarscreateseriouspollution.Exhaustfromallcombustionenginesproducesharmfuleffectsonthehealthofbothcarusersandallinnocentwalkers.Citieshavebecomeislandsoftoxicchemicalsfromtheunrestraineduseofvehiclesburningfossilfuels.Theharmfulhealtheffectsofcarexhaustarepervasiveanddifficulttomeasure.Forexample,peoplewithasthmawouldsufferwithattacksduetothepollution.Theworldwildlifealsosuffersfromthecars'toxicemissions.Nomatterhowmuchmanufacturerstrytomakecarsenvironmentallyfriendly,itwilldamageourearthinonewayoranother.

Additionally,carsaretoodangerousforourcommunity.Carelessdriversputthemselvesandothersindanger.Carsarecriticaltowalkersespeciallytochildrenifthedriverisnotlookingontheroadorsomehowdistracted.Haveyouknownsomeonewhosetoesorfeethavebeenrunoverbycarswhilecrossingthestreet?

Lastly,carscreatesocialproblems,whichcouldleadtopoorhealth.Afewdriverssuffer"RoadRage"andputthemselves,lovedonesandothersinathreateningsituation.Somecarscreatedisturbingnoises,whichdisturbspeoplelivingnearhighways,freeways,etc.nottogetenoughsleep.Peopledependontheircarssomuchtheyforgettoexercisetheirbodiesandendupbeingobeseorhavingaheartproblem.

Asaresultoftheexcessivenumberofcarsonourroads,everyone'slifeisindanger.Inordertocreateanenvironmentallyfriendlyandsafeworld,itisnecessaryforeachcountrytolimitthepermitsinnumbertocontrolregionalairpollution.Second,carmanufacturersshouldtry