阅读理解.docx

1、阅读理解 阅读理解1、（治理利用） As long as the sun shines, the earth will not run out of energy. The sun pours more energy on earth than we can ever use. Most of that energy comes to us as heat and light. Energy from the sun is (1)、What form does most of solar energy take to reach us? D：both A and B.(2)、Where doe

2、s the word solar come from? B：Roman.(3)、Which of the following is NOT true of solar energy? C：It may cause pollution to the air.(4)、What are the problems facing scientists who want to use solar energy? D：both A and B.(5)、What is the writers purpose of writing the passage?A：To give a brief introducti

3、on to solar energy.2. Albert Einstein had a great effect on science and history, greater than what only a few other men have achieved. An American university president once commented that Einstein had created a new (1).The main idea of Paragraph 1 is _.答案(C)C. the change in human thought produced by

4、 Einstein (2).According to the American university president, _.答案(D)D. Our ideas about the universe are different today because of Einstein (3).According to Paragraph 2, Albert Einstein _.答案(C) C. was famous in the world (4).According to the passage Einstein did his greatest work _.答案(B)B. when he

5、was young (5).It may be concluded that _.答案(C)C. Germans usually have a high respect for science 3、(体力的) A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man the man who has risen to the top through his own (1)、From paragraph 1, we know that in Amer

6、ica _A_. A：people tend to have a high opinion of the self-made man(2)、According to the passage, the hostess cooks dinner herself mainly because _B_. B：she takes pride in what she can do herself(3)、The expression wait on table in the second paragraph means _D_. D：serve customers in a restaurant(4)、Th

7、e authors attitude towards manual(体力的) labor is _A_.A：positive(5)、Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage? _B_. B：American Attitude toward Manual Labor 4、 A million tourists go to Barcelona every year. They want to see Antonio Gaudes church. This unusual church has a strang

8、e history. Gaude was born in Spain in 1852. (1)、Which of the following titles best fits the passage? C：A Poor Architects Unusual Works(2)、Which of the following is NOT true? B：Gaudi devoted most of his life to the building of the church(3)、Gaudi sometimes missed classes because _ B：he had to work at

9、 the same time(4)、The church is unusual because _. D：all of the above(5)、According to the passage, Gaude _. D：both B and C5. A young man who lived in London was in love with a beautiful girl. Soon she became his fiance （未婚妻）. The man was very poor while the girl was rich. The young man wanted to mak

10、e her a present (1).The story took place _.答案(B) B. in England (2).Which of the following is true?答案(A)A. The young mans family was poor while the beautiful girl is rich. (3).Why did the young man want to buy a present for the girl?答案(C)C. Her birthday was coming soon. (4).Why did the shop manager c

11、ome to talk to the young man?答案(B)B. He looked pale and sad. (5).On the birthday of his fiance, the young man was excited because _.答案(D)D. he was not sure whether his trick would be seen through 6、（任务） A foreigners first impression of the U.S. is likely to be that everyone is in a rush-often under

12、pressure. City people appear always to be hurrying to get where (1)、Which of the following statements is wrong? _D_ D：Americans are impolite to their business colleagues.(2)、In the fourth paragraph, a high priority means _B_ B：a first concern(3)、Americans evaluate a business colleague _D_D：by learni

13、ng about their past performance(4)、This passage mainly talks about _A_ A：how Americans treasure their time (5)、We can infer from the passage that the authors tone in writing is _C C：appreciative (5)、The story tells us _A_. A：how zero came to be used7、（明星） By definition, heroes and heroines are men a

14、nd women distinguished by uncommon courage, achievements, and self-sacrifice made most for the benefits of others (1)、The passage mainly deals with _C_. C：heroes and icons(2)、Heroes and heroines are usually _D_. D：all of the above(3)、Which of the following statements is wrong? _D_ D：Heroes and heroi

15、nes can only emerge in war times.(4)、Beautiful young Diana Spencer found her genuine love _C_ C：just before her death(5)、What is more likely to set an icons status? _B_ B：Tragic and early death.8、（周年纪念） Britain and France are separated by the English Channel, a body of water that can be crossed in a

16、s few as 20 minutes. But the cultures of the two countries (1)、For centuries, the relationship between Britain and France is _D_. D：a mixture of love and hate(2)、The war in Iraq does _D_ to the relationship between France and Britain. D：both good and harm(3)、The British are not so friendly to _A_ an

17、d the French are not so friendly to _. A：Germany; America(4)、_D_are more interested in having holidays in _. D：British people France(5)、What does the last sentence mean? _C_ C：France and Britain are near neighbors, and this will help balance the relationship between them.9、 Education in the United S

18、tates is usually divided into four levels. These are early children, elementary, secondary and higher education. School attendance is.(1)、What topic does the passage mainly discuss? B：The four levels of American education.(2)、Is school attendance required in the USA?A：Yes, it is required in the whol

19、e country.(3)、At what level(s) are programs of technical and vocational courses offered? C：The 3rd and 4th levels. (4)、How many grades is the second level of the education divided into?A：Six or eight.(5)、What would most probably be talked about in the next paragraph?B：Post-graduate（研究生）education.10、

20、 How men first learnt to invent words is unknown; in other words, the origin of language is a mystery. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented (1)、The origin of language is _D_. D：problem not yet solved(2)、What is true about words? _C_ C：They are simply sounds.(3)、The real p

21、ower of words lies in their _D_.D：representative function(4)、By association, the author means _B_.B：a joining of ideas in the mind(5)、Which of the following statements about the real poet is NOT true? _A_ A：He is no more than a master of words.11. If youve been joining in chat room conversations, or

22、 trading e-mail with net pals, you have become one of the millions who write in a special, short form of English. (1).When people are online, they talk by _.答案(D) D. making use of an especially short form of English(2).The Internet makes many people in the world _.答案(A) A. talking at the same time (

23、3).The sentence “Theres neither time nor space for explanations” means that _.答案(C) C. people online have to express themselves in a simple way (4).If you get 19/M/HK as an answer to your A/S/L, it means _.答案(B)B. you are talking to a boy 19 years old and he lives in Hong Kong (5).Which of the follo

24、wing is a way to save online time?答案(A)A. People seldom use capital letters or punctuation marks. 12.（拱门） In 1939 two brothers, Mac and Dick McDonald, started a drive-in restaurant in San Bernardino, California. They carefully chose a busy corner for their location. They had run their own businesses

25、 (1).We may infer from this passage that _.答案(D)D. Ray Kroc was a good businessman (2).The passage suggests that _A. creativity is an important element of business success (3).In the second sentence of the third paragraph, the word “unique” means _A. special (4).This passage mainly talks about _.答案(

26、C)C. the business careers of Mac and Dick McDonald (5).Mac and Dick managed all of the following businesses except _.答案(B)B. a cinema 13、 In the United States, it is not customary to telephone someone very early in the morning. If you telephone him early in the day, while he is shaving or having bre

27、akfast, (1)、What is the main idea of this passage? _B_ B：The role of time in social life over the world. (2)、What does it mean in the passage if you call someone during his or her sleeping hours? _B_ B：A matter of life or death. (3)、Which of the following time is proper if you want to make an appoin

28、tment with your friend? B：at 4:00 pm. (4)、Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? _D_ D：Promptness is valued highly in American life. (5)、From the passage we can safely infer that _B_. B：the meaning of time differs in different parts of the world14、 I often dreamed about

29、Pisa when I was a boy. I read about the famous building called the Leaning Tower of Pisa. But when I read the word Pisa, I was thinking of (1)、This passage is about _D_ D：Why the writer likes Pisa(2)、The writer used to think Pisa _D_. D：the same as pizza(3)、The Leaning Tower of Pisa is _C_. C：600 ye

30、ars old(4)、The writer _B_. B：likes what the tower looks like(5)、The writer likes the Leaning Tower of Pisa because _. D：its imperfect15、 It has been reported that in colleges across the United States, the daytime serial drama known as the soap opera has suddenly become in. Between the hours of 11 a.

31、m. (1)、What is soap opera? _C_ C：The daytime serial dramas on TV.(2)、What can be the best title of the passage? _C_ C：Soap opera fans.(3)、Which are not the reasons why the soap opera suddenly becomes in according to the passage? _D_ D：Because the young people have to bear the responsibilities for their troubles.(4)、What can we learn from the passage? _C_ C：Young viewers have turned themselves from the seriousn