统考英语B阅读理解题库163Word下载.docx

1、他们计划要么住在装修好的公寓里，要么买些旧家具。但是他们很快了解到越来越多的人正在采用的一种新的方式。租用家具（如窗，桌子，盘子等等）已经成为美国发展最快的行业之一。什么样的人是租用家具而不是买家具的呢？从事国际商务的人，政府官员，外国学生，航空公司工作人员，刚结婚的年轻夫妇那些由于工作而被迫频繁来往不同的城市的人。他们可以省去每次搬家具的麻烦和费用。他们到一个新家的时候，只需租新的家具就好了。收入少的年轻人不想买那些他们可能很快就不喜欢的便宜家具。他们宁愿等到有钱时买他们真正喜欢的家具。同时，他们发现他们可以租比他们买得起的质量更好的家具。有个家庭，他们有属于自己的大而漂亮的房子，可是他们太

2、喜欢租来的家具了以至于他们决定继续租用而不买新的家具。但是人们通常不喜欢告诉别人这些。租家具的想法还是很新的，他们不能确定邻居们对此会怎么想。Which of the following has become one of Americas fastest growing businesses?_A. Selling home furnishingsBRenting furnished apartmentsCSelling used furnitureDRenting home furnishings （V）2. Why do some people prefer to rent furnit

3、ure?Because the furniture they get in this way is newBecause it saves them a lot of moneyBecause it saves them much trouble and moneyBecause they can always get better quality furniture in this way3. What can you infer from the passage?_The idea of renting furniture is not acceptableRenting furnitur

4、e is not popular in the couples home townOnly those who dont have enough money to rent furniturePeople usually grow to like the furniture they have rented4. Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?Rent or Buy?A New Way of Getting Home FurnishingsFurnished ApartmentsA New ld

5、ea5. Young people liked renting home furniture in that_They have less moneyThey dont want to buy old furnitureThe new furniture is of good qualityt have much money and dont want to buy the cheap furnitureThe United States covers a large part of the North American continent. Its neighbors are Canada

6、to the north and Mexico to the south. Although the United States is a big country , it is not the largest in the world. In 2000, its population was over 222 million.When this land first became a nation, after winning its independence from England, it had thirteen states. Each of the states was repre

7、sented on the American flag by a star. All these were in the eastern part of the continent. As the nation grew toward the west, new states were added and new stars appeared on the flag. For a long time, there were 48 stars. In 1959, however, two more stars were added to the flag, representing the ne

8、w states of Alaska and Hawaii. Indians were the first people of the land which is now the United States. There are still many thousands of Indians now living in all parts of the country. Sometimes it is said that the Indians are “the only real Americans”. Most Americans come from all over the world.

9、 Those who came first in greatest numbers to make their homes on the eastern of North America were mostly from England. It is for the reason that the language of the United States is English and that its culture and customs are more like those of England than those of any other country in the world.

10、美国占去北美大陆很大一部分土地。它北邻加拿大，南接墨西哥。虽然美国是一个大国，但它不是世界上最大的。在2000年，它的人口超过2.22亿。这片土地刚从英国独立出来，第一次成为一个国家的时候，只有十三个州， 每个州在美国国旗上由一颗星米代表。这些州都是在东部。当这个国家不断向西扩大，就增加了新的州， 同时它们也出现在国旗上。很长一段时间，美国有48个州， 可是到1959年，国旗上有多了2颗星， 分别代表阿拉斯加和夏威夷。印第安人是如今叫做美国的这块土地上的最初的居民。现在在各国各地仍然居住着许多这些原始居民的后裔。有时人们说印第安人才是“真正的美国人”。不过，大部分美国人是来自世界各地。那些最早

11、大批来到北美东海岸建立家园的人大部分来自英格兰，也是由于这个原因，美国的国语为英语，而它的文化习俗也与英国的更为相像。Which of the following is TURE? 以下选项哪个是正确的？American is the largest country in the worldThe United States lies next to Canada and MexicoAmerica covers most part of the North American continentMexico is to the north of CanadaAfter winning its

12、independence, the United Stateshad nothing to do with Englandmade India part of its landmainly developed westwardtook over parts of Canada and MexicoThe United States didnt have states untilthirteen;1959fifty;fifty, this land first became a nation1964Why is English the language of America? 为什么美国的国语是

13、英语？Because English is the native language of the Indians因为土著人的语言是英语。Because most Americans come from all over the worldBecause Canada is Americas nearest neighborBecause most of the people who first settled in America were from EnglandThe best title for the passage is “ ”the States of AmericaThe lan

14、guage of AmericaThe United States of AmericaThe Culture and Customs of AmericaOnce James Thornhill, a famous English painter, was asked to paint some pictures on the walls of the king s palace in England.Then workers were sent for and a big platform（平台）was made.With the help of a worker, Thornhill s

15、tarted painting on the platform. They worked for a whole year and at last the pictures were ready.Thornhill was happy when he looked at the pictures, for they were really beautiful. He looked at them for a long time, and then took one step back and looked again. Now the pictures were even more beaut

16、iful. He took another step, then another. Finally he was at the very edge of the platform, but he did not know it because he was thinking of his pictures. The worker saw everything. What should I do? he thought. Thornhill is at the very edge of the platform. If I cry out, he will take another step, fall off it and surely be killed . So the worker quickly took some paint（颜料） and threw it at the picture.What are you doing? cried the painter, running quickly forward to his pictures.So