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阅读理解

阅读理解

Passage1

TherearestoriesabouttwoU．S.presidents，AndrewJacksonandMartinVanBuren，whichattempttoexplaintheAmericanEnglishtermOK．Wedon’tknowifeitherstoryistrue，buttheyarebothinteresting．

ThefirstexplanationisbasedonthefactthatPresidentJacksonhadverylittleeducation．Infact，hehaddifficultyreadingandwriting．WhenimportantpaperscametoJackson，hetriedtoreadthemandthenhadhisassistantsexplainwhattheysaid．Ifheapprovedofapaper．hewouldwrite“allcorrect”onit．Theproblemwasthathedidn’tknowhowtospell．Sowhathereallywrotewas“olkorekt”．Afterawhile，heshortenedthattermto“OK”．

ThesecondexplanationisbasedontheplacewherePresidentVanBurenwasborn，Kinderhook，NewYork．VanBnren’sfriendsorganizedaclubtohelphimbecomePresidentTheycanedtheclubtheOldKinderhookClub，andanyonewhosupportedVanBurenwascalled“OK”．

31．TheauthorC

A.believesbothofthestoriesB．doesn’tbelieveawordofthestories

C．isnotsurewhetherthestoriesaretrueD.istellingthestoriesjustforfun

32.Accordingtothepassage，PresidentJacksonD_

A．couldn’tdrawupanydocumentsatallB.didn’tliketoreadimportantpapersbyhimself

C．oftenhadhisassistantssigndocumentsforhimD.wasn’tgoodatreading，writingorspelling

33．Accordingtothefirststory,theterm“OK”C

A.wasapprovedofbyPresidentJacksonB．wasthetitleofsomeOfficialdocuments

C．wasfirstusedbyPresidentJacksonD．wasanoldwaytospell“allcorrect’’

34.Accordingtothesecondstory，theterm‘‘OK”D

A．wastheshortwaytosay‘‘oldKinderhookClub”B．meanttheplacewherePresidentVanBurenwasborn

C．wasthenameofVanBuren’sclubD．wasusedtocallVanBuren’ssupportersintheelection

35．Accordingtothesecondstory．theterm“OK”wasfirstused_B_

A．byVanBurenB．inapresidentialelection

C．toorganizetheOldKinderhookClubD．bythemembersofthe‘‘OldKinderhookClub”

Passage2

AlthoughtheUnitedStatescoverssomuchlandandthelandproducesfarmorefoodthanthepresentpopulationneeds，itspeoplearebynowalmostentirelyanurbansocietyLessthanatenthofthepeopleareengagedinagricultureandforestry（林业），andmostoftherestliveinoraroundtowns，smallandlarge．Herethetraditionalpictureischanging：

everysmalltownmaystillbeverylikeothersmalltowns，andthetypicalsmalltownmayrepresentawidelyacceptedviewofthecountry，butmostAmericansdonotliveinsmalltownsanymore．Halfthepopulationnowlivesinsomethirtymetropolitanareas（1argecitieswiththeirsuburbs、ofmorethanamillionpeopleeach—alargerproportionthaninGermanyorEngland，letaloneFrance．Thestatistics（统计）ofurbanandruralpopulationshouldbetreatedwithcautionbecausesomanypeoplewholiveinareasclassifiedasruraltravelbycartoworkinanearbytowneachday．Astherushtoliveoutoftowncontinues．ruralareaswithinreachoftownsaregraduallyfilledwithhouses，sothatitishardtosayatwhatmomentapieceofcountrybecomesasuburbButmoreandmorethetypicalAmericanlivesinametropolitanratherthanasmalltownenvironment．

36．IfnowAmericahas250millionpeople．howmanyofthemareengagedin

agricultureandforestry?

（C）

A．About25million．B．Morethan25million．C．Lessthan25million．D.Lessthan225million

37．Whichofthefollowingfourcountrieshasthesmallestproportionofpeoplelivinginmetropolitanareas?

（C）

A．UnitedStates．B．Germany．C．France．D．England．

38．What’sthemeaningoftheword“metropolitan”inthemiddleofthepassage?

（A）

A.Ofalargecitywithitssuburbs．B．Ofsmallandlargetowns．C．Ofurbanareas．D．Ofruralareas．

39．Accordingtothepassage，whatcanwelearnaboutsmalltownsintheUnited

States?

（B）

AMostsmalltownsbecomegraduallycrowdedB．Smalltownsarestillsimilartoeachother．

C．Asthetraditionalpictureischanging，townsaredifferent．D.Smalltownsareturningintolargecities

40．Whyisithardtosaywhenapieceofcountrybecomesasuburb?

（C）

A．Becausetheyarethesame．B．Becausetherushtakesplacetooquickly

C．Becausetheprocessisgradual．D．BecausemoreandmoreAmericansliveinmetropolitanareas．

Passage3

Ifwewereaskedexactlywhatweweredoingayearago，weshouldprobablyhavetosaythatwecouldnotrememberButifwehadkeptabookandhadwritteninitanaccountofwhatwedideachday，weshouldbeabletogiveananswertothequestion.

ItisthesameinhistoryManythingshavebeenforgottenbecausewedonothaveanywrittenaccountofthemSometimesmendidkeeparecordofthemostimportanthappeningsintheircountry，butoftenitwasdestroyedbyfireorinawar．SometimestherewasneveranywrittenrecordatallbecausethepeopleofthattimeandplacedidnotknowhowtoWrite．Forexample，weknowagooddealaboutthepeoplewholivedinChina4，000yearsago,becausetheycouldwriteandleavewrittenrecordsforthosewholivedafterthem．Butweknowalmostnothingaboutthepeoplewholivedeven200yearsagoincentralAfrica．becausetheyhadnotlearnedtowrite．

Sometimes．ofcourse，evenifthepeoplecannotwrite，theymayknowsomethingofthepast．Theyhaveheardaboutitfromolderpeople，andoftensongsanddancesandstorieshavebeenmadeaboutthemostimportanthappenings，andthesehavebeensungandactedandtoldformanygenerationsFormostpeopleareproudtotellwhattheirfathersdidinthepast．Thiswemaycall’rememberedhistory’．Someofithasnowbeenwrittendown.Itisnotsoexactorsovaluabletousaswrittenhistoryis，becausewordsaremuchmoreeasilychangedwhenusedagainandagaininspeechthanwhencopiedinwriting．Butwheretherearenowrittenrecords，suchspokenstoriesareoftenveryhelpful．

41.Whichofthefollowingideasisnotsuggestedinthepassage?

（D）

A．“Rememberedhistory”，comparedwithwrittenhistory，islessreliable

B．Writtenrecordsofthepastplaythemostimportantroleinourlearningofthehumanhistory．

C．AwrittenaccountofourdailyactivitieshelpsUStobeabletoanswermanyquestions．

D．Wheretherearenowrittenrecords．thereisnohistory．

42．WeknowverylittleaboutthecentralAfrica200yearsagobecause_D__

A．therewasnothingworthbeingwrittendownatthattime

B.thepeoplethereignoredtheimportanceofkeepingarecord

C．thewrittenrecordswereperhapsdestroyedbyafire

D．thepeopletheredidnotknowhowtowrite

43．“Rememberedhistory”refersto_D__．

A．historybasedonaperson’simagination

B.storiesofimportanthappeningspasseddownfrommouthtomouth

C.songsanddancesaboutthemostimportantevents

D.bothBandC

44．“Rememberedhistory”isregardedasvaluableonlywhen__B___.

A.itiswrittendownB.nowrittenaccountisavailable

C．itprovestobetimeD．peopleareinterestedinit

45.Thepassagesuggeststhatwecouldhavelearnedmuchmoreaboutourpastthanwe

donowiftheancientpeoplehad_A____

A．keptawrittenrecordofeverypasteventB.notburnttheirwrittenrecordsinwars

C．toldexactstoriesofthemostimportanthappeningsD．mademoresongsanddances

Passage1

WhenMrs．JosephGroegerdiedrecentlyinVienna，Austria，peopleaskedtheobvious，“Whydidshelivetobe107?

”Answerswereprovidedbyasurveyconductedamong148Viennesemenandwomenwhohadreachedtheageof100．Somewhatsurprisingwasthefactthatthemajorityhadlivedmostoftheirlivesincities．Inspiteofthecity’simageasanunhealthyplace，citylivingoftenprovidesbenefitsthatcountrylivingcanlack．Onefactorseemstobeimportanttothelongevity（长寿）ofthoseinterviewed．

Thisfactorisexercise．inthecitiesitisoftenfastertowalkshortdistancesthantowaitforabus．Eventakingpublictransportationoftenrequiressomewalking．Smallerapartmenthouseshavenoelevators（电梯），andsopeoplemustclimbstairs．CitypeoplecanusuallywalktolocalsupermarketsSinceparkingspacesarehardtofind，thereisoftennoalternativetowalking．

Ontheotherhand，thosewholiveinthecountryandsuburbsdonothavetowalkeveryday．Infact，theoppositeisoftentrue．Togotoschool，work，oralmostanywhereelse，theymustrideincars．

31．TheViennasurveymayhelptoexplain___C__

A．thecomplaintsofpeopleinapartmenthousesB．thecauseofMrsGroeger’sdeath

C．thelongevityofpeoplelikeMrs．GroegerD.theimageofcitiesingeneral

32．Thepurposeofthesecondparagraphistolistsome__B___

A．benefitsofwalkingB．occasionsforwalkingincitylife

C.commentsmadebycitypeopleD．problemsofcityliving

33．Toreachthethirdfloorofabuilding．itwouldprobablybemosthealthful_B_

A.totaketheelevatorB．towalkupthestairsC．torideinacarD．tofindanalternativetowalking

34．Peoplewholiveinthecountryprobablydomoredrivingthanwalkingbecause_A_

A．theydon’tlivenearbusinessareasB.theydon’tneedtheexercise

C．theyneverhaveparkingproblemsD．theycan’taffordtotakethebus

35．Aconclusionthatcanbedrawnfromthispassageisthat_D___

A．airpollutionisnotseriousB．anyonecanlivetobe107

C．countrypeopleshouldmovetothecityD．walkingisahealthfulexercise

Passage2

ForanyEnglishman，therecanneverbeanydiscussionastowhoistheworld’sgreatestdramatist（剧作家）．Onlyonenamecanpossiblysuggestitselftohim：

thatofWilliamShakespeareEveryEnglishmanhassomeknowledge，howeverslight，oftheworkofourgreatestwriter．AllofUSusewords，phrasesandquotationsfromShakespeare’swritingsthathavebecomepartofthecommonpropertyoftheEnglish-speakingpeople．Mostofthetimeweareprobablyunawareofthesourceofthewordsweused，ratherliketheoldladywhowastakentoseeaperform