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1、blown up in a battle scene, he has to jump out of the way of the explosion just at the right moment. Naturally stuntmen are well paid for their work, but they lead dangerous lives. They often get seriously injured, and sometimes killed. A Norwegian stuntman, for example, skied over the edge of a cli

2、ff （悬崖） a thousand feet high. His parachute （降落伞） failed to open, and he was killed. In spite of all the risks, this is no longer a profession for men only. Men no longer dress up as women when actresses have to perform some dangerous action. For nowadays there are stuntgirls tool 1. Stuntmen are th

3、ose who _. A. often dress up as actors B. prefer to lead dangerous lives C. often perform seemingly dangerous actions D. often fight each other for their lives 2. Stuntmen earn their living by _. A. playing their dirty tricks B. selling their special skills C.jumping out of high windows D. jumping f

4、rom fast moving trains 3. When a stuntman falls from a high building, _. A.he needs little protection B. he will be covered with a mattress C.his life is endangered D. his safety is generally all right 4. Which of the following is the main factor （因素） of a successful performance? A. Strength. B. Exa

5、ctness. C. Speed. D. Carefulness. 5. What can be inferred from the author s example of the Norwegian stuntman?A.Sometimes an accident can occur to a stuntman. B.The percentage of serious accidents is high. C.Parachutes must be of good quality. D. The cliff is too high. KEY: 1- 5 CBDBA 专升本英语阅读训练（002）

6、activity which was almost unknown to the learned in the early days of the history, while during the fifteenth century the term reading undoubtedly meant reading aloud. Only during the nineteenth century did silent reading become popular. One should be careful, however, of supposing that silent readi

7、ng came about simply because reading aloud is distraction （分散注意力） to others. Examination of reasons connected with the historical development of silent reading shows that it became the usual mode of reading for most adult reading tasks mainly because the tasks themselves changed in character. The la

8、st century saw a gradual increase in literacy （读写能力） and thus in the number of readers. As readers increased, so the number of listeners dropped, and thus there was some reduction in the need to read aloud. As reading for the benefit of listeners grew less common, so came the popularity of reading a

9、s a private activity in such public places as libraries, trains and offices, where reading aloud would disturb other readers in a way. Towards the end of the century there was still heated argument over whether books should be used for information or treated respectfully, and over whether the readin

10、g of material such as newspapers was in some way mentally weakening. Indeed this argument remains with us still in education. However, whatever its advantages, the old shared literacy culture had gone and was replaced by the printed mass media （媒介） on the one hand and by books and magazines for a sp

11、ecialized readership on the other. By the end of the century students were being advised to have some new ideas of books and to use skills in reading them which were not proper, if not impossible, for the oral reader. The social, cultural, and technological developments in the century had greatly ch

12、anged what the term referred to. 1. Why was reading aloud common before the nineteenth century?A. Because silent reading had not been discovered. B. Because there were few places for private reading. C. Because few people could read for themselves. D. Because people depended on reading for enjoyment

13、. 2. The development of silent reading during the nineteenth century showed . A. a change in the position of literate people B. a change in the nature of reading C. an increase in the number of books D. an increase in the average age of readers 3. Educationalists are still arguing about _. A. the im

14、portance of silent reading B. the amount of information provided by books and newspapers C. the effects of reading on health D. the value of different types of reading material 4. What is the writer of this passage attempting to do?A. To explain how present day reading habits developed. B. To change

15、 peoples way to read. C. To show how reading methods have improved. D. To encourage the growth of reading. 1-4 CBDA专升本英语阅读训练（003）In some ways, the United States has made some progress. Fires no longer destroy 18,000 buildings as they did in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, or kill half a town of 2,40

16、0 people, as they did the same night in Peshtigo, Wisconsin. Other than the Beverly Hill Supper Club fire in Kentucky in 1977, it has been four decades since more than 100 Americans died in a fire. But even with such successes, the United States still has one of the worst fire death rates in the wor

17、ld. Safety experts say the problem is neither money nor technology, but the indifference（无所谓） of a country that just will not take fires seriously enough. American fire departments are some of the worlds fastest and best-equipped. They have to be. The United States has twice Japans population, and 4

18、0 times as many fires. It spends far less on preventing fires than on fighting them. And American fire -safety lessons are aimed almost entirely at children, who die in large numbers in fires but who, against popular beliefs, start very few of them. Experts say the error is an opinion that fires are

19、 not really anyones fault. That is not so in other countries, where both public education and the law treat fires as either a personal failing or a crime（罪行）. Japan has many wood houses; of the 48 fires in world history that burned more than 10,000 buildings, Japan has had 27. Punishment for causing

20、 a big fire can be as severe as life imprisonment. In the United States, most education dollars are spent in elementary schools. But, the lessons are aimed at too limited a number of people; just 9 percent of all fire deaths are caused by children playing with matches. The United States continues to

21、 depend more on technology than laws or social pressure. There are smoke detectors in 85 percent of all homes. Some local building laws now require home sprinklers （喷水装置）. New heaters and irons shut themselves off if they are tipped. 1. The reason why so many Americans die in fires is that _. A. the

22、y took no interest in new technology B. they did not pay great attention to preventing fires C. they showed indifference to fighting fires D. they did not spend enough money on fire equipment 2. It can be inferred from the passage that_. A. fire safety lessons should not be aimed only at American ch

23、ildren B. American children have not received enough education of fire safety lessons C. Japan is better equipped with fire equipment than the United States D. Americas large population leads to more fires 3. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?A. There has been no gre

24、at fire in the USA in recent 40 years that leads to high death rate. B. There have been several great fires in the USA in recent 40 years that lead to high death rate. C. There has been only one great fire in the USA in recent 40 years that led to high death rate. D. The fire in Kentucky in 1977 mad

25、e only a few people killed. BAC专升本英语阅读训练（004）Nuclear powers（核能的） danger to health, safety, and even life itself can be described in one word; radiation（辐射）. Nuclear radiation has a certain mystery about it, partly because it cannot be detected （探测） by human senses. It cant be seen or heard, or touch

26、ed or tasted, even though it may be all around us. There are other things like that. For example, radio waves are all around us but we cant detect them, sense them, without a radio receiver. Similarly, we cant sense radioactivity without a radiation detector. But unlike common radio waves, nuclear r

27、adiation is not harmless to human beings and other living things. At very high levels, radiation can kill an animal or human being outright by killing masses of cells （细胞） in important organs （器官）. But even the lowest levels can do serious damage. There is no level of radiation that is completely sa

28、fe. If the radiation does not hit anything important, the damage may not be significant. This is the case when only a few cells are hit, and if they are killed outright. Your body will replace the dead cells with healthy ones. But if the few cells are only damaged, and if they reproduce themselves, you may be in trouble. They reproduce themselves in an unusual way. They can grow into cancer. Sometimes t