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网考英语B试题库4阅读理解

2012年9月大学英语B阅读理解（统考）

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1.

Carsarealotoffun,buttheycouldalsobedangerous.Wehavetobecarefulwhenwedrivethemorrideinthem.

It’salwaysagoodideatoputonyourseatbeltwhenyou’reinacar.Why?

Thinkaboutthisexample:

youputaneggonaskateboardandgiveitapush.Iftheskateboardhitsastone,itwillstop,buttheeggwon’t.Itwillflythroughtheair,hitthegroundandbreak.

Now,thinkwhatwouldhappenifyoutiedtheeggtotheskateboard.Whentheskateboardhitsastone,theeggwon’tgoflying,itwillstaysafelyontheskateboard.

Volvo,afamousSwedishcarmaker,wasthefirsttouseseatbeltsin1849.

Airbagsarealsoveryimportantforcarsafety,becausesometimesaseatbeltisn’tenough.Ifthecarisgoingreallyfastandrunsintosomething,seatbeltscouldevenhurtthepeoplewhowearthem.

Mostnewercarshaveairbagsinfrontofandnexttotheseats.Whenacarhitssomething,itsairbagswillcomeoutquickly–inlessthanonesecond–tokeepthepeopleinsidesafe.

1.Thepassagemainlytellsus________.

A.howseatbeltsworktomakecarssafe.

B.whywemusttietheeggtotheskateboard

C.twoimportantwaystokeepsafeincars

D.whatairbagsare

2.Thewritergivestheexampleoftheeggto________.

A.showwhyitisimportanttowearaseatbeltwheninacar

B.telluswhataskateboardis

C.showhowtowearaseatbelt

D.tellusthateggsareeasytobreak

3.Seatbeltscanmakecarssaferbecause______

A.theyaremadeofstrongmaterials

B.theycanstopusfromhittingothercars

C.theycanhelpusstaysafelyontheseats

D.peopleareinterestedinthem

4.Airbagsarealsoimportantforcarsbecausethey______

A.aremadeofplastic

B.worktogetherwithseatbeltstokeepussafe

C.areputinfrontofandnexttotheseats

D.canstopcarshittingeachother

5.Thebesttitleforthispassageis_______

A.UsefulSeatBelts

B.MakeYourselfSafeinCars

C.AirBagsWorkWell

D.EggonSkateboard

2.

IfyouaskDanielRadcliffewhoactedHarryPottertopickaspecialmomentfromthelatyearofhislife,youwillfinditalmostimpossible.“Oh,wow,that’sreallydifficult,”hesayswithasmile.

“Therehavebeensomanythings,somanymemoriesthatattimesit’shardtorecallthemall,”saysDaniel.“ButIguessoneofthebestoneswastheLondonPremiereforThePhilosopher’sStone.Itwasjustamazing,oneofthebestnightsofmylife.”

“ButI’vehadsuchagreattimedoingTheChamberofSecrets.Ilovedoingthework.Ilovemeetingnewpeopleandbeingpartoftheteam.It’sbeengreat.”

Danielhaschanged.Heturned14inJuly,2002.Heistaller,hisvoiceisdeeperandhisframeisfillingoutashebeginshisteenageyears,andhehasbecomeanexcellentactor,too.

DanielwasborninLondonwherehisfather,Alan,workedasanagentandhismother,Marcia,asacastingdirector,andbothhavebeenanessentialguidinginfluenceontheironlychild.

1.HowoldwasDanielRadcliffin2003?

A.15B.16C.14D.13

2.WhatisDanielRadcliff’smemoryaboutthepastyearaccordingtothepassage?

A.Hedidn’trememberanythingaboutit.

B.Hehadsomanybadmemoriesaboutit.

C.Therewereamazingexperiencesinthepastyear.

D.Therewerenotmanyunforgettablethingsinthepastyear.

3.WhichofthefollowingisnotmentionedasalikingbyDaniel?

A.Makingfriends.B.Beinganactor.

C.Beingpartoftheteam.D.Becomingadirector.

4.Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtothepassage?

A.Daniel’sparentsareallfilmstars.

B.Daniel’sparentsinfluencedDanielgreatly.

C.Danielhasneverhadanyinfluencefromhisparents.

D.Danielhasbrothersandsisters.

5.Danielwasbornin_______.

A.NewYorkB.Beijing

C.ParisD.London

3.

Thedarksmokethatcomesoutofstacksorfromaburningdumpcontainstinybitsofsolidorliquidmatter.Thesmokealsocontainsmanygases,mostofwhichcannotbeseen.Altogether,theymakeuptheseriousproblemsofairpollution.Insomanyplacesitkeepsusfromseeingthesun,irritatesoureyes,causesustocoughandmakesusill.

Airpollutioncanspreadfromcitytocity.Itevenspreadsfromonecountrytoanother.SomenorthernEuropeancountrieshavehad“blacksnow”frompollutantsthathavetraveledthroughtheairfromothercountriesandhavefallenwiththesnow.Soairpollutionisaglobalproblem.Itcankillbabies,olderpeopleandthosewhohaverespiratorydisease.In1952,fourthousandspeopledieinoneweekasaresultofaseriousairpollutionbreakoutinLondon.In1948inasmalltownofPennsylvania,20peoplediedinafour-dayperiodofairpollution.Asoftenfoundincities,airpollutionincreasestheriskoflungdisease,suchasbronchitisandasthma.Ofcourse,smoking