新编大学英语阅读教程.docx

1、新编大学英语阅读教程Cancer is feared by everyone. And this fear is reaching epidemic(流行性) proportions. Not the disease itself there is no such thing as a cancer epidemic. Except for lung cancer, mostly caused by cigarette smoking ,the incidence rates are leveling off, and in the case of some kinds of cancer a

2、re decreasing. But the fear of cancer is catching, and the country stands at risk of an anxiety, The earth itself is coming to seem like a huge carcinogen(致癌物). The ordinary, more or less scientific statement that something between 80 and 90 percent of all cancers are dun to things in the environmen

3、t is taken to mean that none of us will be safe until the whole environment is “cleaned up.” This is not at all the meaning.The 80-percent calculation is based on the unthinkable differences in the incidence of cancer in various societies around the world for example, the high proportion of liver ca

4、ncer in Africa and the Far East, stomach cancer in Japan, breast cancer in Western Europe and North America, and the relatively low figures for breast cancer in Japan and parts of Africa and for liver cancer in America. These data indicate there may be special and specific environmental influences,

5、largely based on personal life-style, that determine the incidence of various forms of cancer in different communities but that is all the data suggest. The overall incidence of cancer, counting up all the cases, is probable roughly the same everywhere.1Which of the following is closest to meaning t

6、o the phrase “leveling off”?A)Became very popularB)Reached its lowest level in popularityC)Stopped being popularD)Stopped increasing its popularity2According to the passage, the incidence of cancer is generally believed _.A)to be based on inactive life styleB)to be due to anxietyC)to result from env

7、ironmental influencesD)to be caused by heavy smoking3It can be inferred from the passage that the writers opinion about the relationship between cancer and environment is_.A)positiveB)negativeC)neutralD)approving4According to the passage, the writer seems to feel that_.A)cancer risk is on the riseB)

8、the whole earth resembles a huge carcinogenC)the risk of catching cancer is not so great as most people conceiveD)cancer can be cured sooner or later5Which of the following would be the best TITLE for the passage?A)Cancer and EnvironmentB)The Fear Caused by CancersC)Data on Cancer IncidenceD)Cancer

9、and its Investigation答案与中文：D，C，B，C，A 大家都害怕癌症，这种恐慌正在蔓延开来。倒不是惧怕癌症本身，癌症也并非流行病。除了主要由于抽烟引起的肺癌之外，癌症的发病率不但稳定下来，而且有些还正在减少。但人们却都谈“癌”色变，陷入一种惶恐不安之中。地球本身看上去就越来越像一个巨大的致癌物。有一种多多少少带点科学性的普遍说法，认为80%到90%的癌症都是由于环境中的物质引起的。也就是说，直到把整个环境都“清洁干净”，我们才没有危险。然而，数据所说明的真正含义根本不是这样。80%这个数据是基于全球不同地区癌症发病率的差异统计出来的。比如，非洲和远东地区肝癌比例高，日本胃癌

10、比例高，西欧和北美乳腺癌比例高，但是日本和非洲部分地区乳腺癌病例较少，美洲肝癌病例也较少。这些差异使人难于置信。这些数据表明，不同地区癌症的发病率可能受到环境中某些具体和特殊的影响，其实这种影响主要是由个人的生活方式决定的。所以数据不能说明全部情况。如果把所有病例合计起来，也许各地总体发病率都大致相同。There has been a lot of unfair and biased criticism of families who welcome foreign students into their homes. I should like to tell you of my own p

11、ersonal experiences, which are not so different from my neighbors experience, I might add.A host family is sent students by school or college and their homes are regularly inspected by the accommodation staff. If a home is below the required standard, the family is removed from the schools accommoda

12、tion list. Apart from this, the host family is obliged to follow certain rules, as laid down by the school.The problem is that the host family cannot inspect students or refuse to accept the ones who look dirty, unreliable or noisy. And they dont seem to follow any rules at all in their behavior to

13、the host family. We are often treated like servants or hotel staff, which is rude and bad manners.The fee paid to a host family only just covers the actual cost of providing meals etc. A hostess is lucky to make more than a pound or two profit on each student. One has to remember that she has to was

14、h their clothes, allow them to have hot baths, pay for their lighting and the heating in their bedrooms, and cope with damage to furniture, bedding and carpets.Another thing is that most of them do not want to be part of the family. They prefer to be out with other students causing annoyance to loca

15、l residents in the town center. They remain in their bedrooms all morning and afternoon if they can, resting before the evening so that they can go out until the early hours of the morning.Bedrooms like pigsties(猪圈). Food, empty bottles and waste paper all go under the bed. When taken to task the re

16、ply is invariably that they dont understand or that the school has told them they may do as they wish.Not only that, but we have to put up with their complaints about the food, the weather and even our TV programs. Its time foreign students were taught to be polite and to behave properly, as well as

17、 how to speak English!1. The authors attitude towards foreign students as mentioned in the passage is _.A) criticalB) questioningC) approvingD) objective2. By biased (Line1, Para.1) the author means _.A) supremeB) partialC) preferableD) prejudiced3. Which of the following is mentioned in the second

18、paragraph? A) The accommodation standard is set up by the staff of a hotelB) A host family usually has no alternative but to accept the student assignedC) A student is sometimes treated rudely, like a servantD) A host family may reject any student candidate who looks undesirable4. The passage tell u

19、s _.A) foreign students keep good terms with their hostessesB) foreign students come to stay with their host families to learn EnglishC) a hostess does not make much profit because she has to buy new furnitureD) the local TV programs are very popular among foreign students5. The main purpose of the

20、author in writing this passage is _.A) to criticize foreign students for not sharing housework with their hostessesB) to suggest that a new accommodation standard be laid downC) to complain about the irresponsibility of foreign studentsD) to give an account of his personal experiences with foreign s

21、tudents已经有很多不公平的批评和有偏见的家庭欢迎外国学生到他们的家里。我想告诉你我自己的个人经验,而不是那么不同于我的邻居们的经验,我可能会增加。接待家庭发送由学校或大学学生和他们的家庭是由住宿人员定期检查。如果一个家庭是低于规定的标准,家庭将从学校的住宿列表。除了这个,接待家庭必须遵守一定的规则,所规定的学校。问题是,接待家庭不能检查学生或拒绝接受那些看起来脏脏的,不可靠的或吵闹。他们不遵守任何规则在他们的行为来接待家庭。我们经常被当作仆人或酒店员工,这是粗鲁和不礼貌。费用支付给寄宿家庭只覆盖的实际费用等提供餐饭。女主人是幸运作出超过一磅或两个“利润”对每名学生。你必须记住,她必须洗衣

22、服,允许他们有洗热水澡,支付他们的照明和采暖在自己的卧室里,并应付伤害到家具、床上用品、地毯。另一件事是,他们中的大多数都不愿意是家庭的一部分。他们喜欢和其他的学生造成烦恼,当地居民在镇中心。他们仍然在自己的卧室里所有上午和下午如果他们能,晚上休息之前,这样他们可以出去,直到今天早上的时候。卧室像猪圈(猪圈)。食品、空瓶子和废纸都去床下。当带到任务得到的回答总是不理解或,即学校告诉他们他们可以为所欲为。不仅如此,但我们必须忍受他们的抱怨食物,天气,甚至我们的电视节目。是时候外籍学生学会彬彬有礼、举止得当,以及如何说英语!1。作者的态度对待外国学生中提及的通道是_。一个重要B)的询问C)批准D)

23、客观2。“偏见”(Line1,做到作者指的_。一)最高B)部分C)更可取的D)带有偏见3。以下哪一个是第二段中提到的吗?一)住宿标准建立了一个酒店的员工B)接待家庭通常别无选择接受学生分配C)学生有时是粗鲁的对待,像仆人D)接待家庭可能会拒绝任何学生候选人看起来不受欢迎的4。通过告诉我们_。一)外国学生保持良好的关系,与他们的女招待B)外国学生来寄宿家庭住在一起学英语C)女主人没有多少利润,因为她不得不买新家具D)当地的电视节目都是外国学生当中很受欢迎5。作者的主要目的在写这篇文章是_。一)批评外国学生不分享家务与他们的女招待B)表明一个新的酒店标准被放下C)来抱怨的不负责任的外国学生D)给一

24、个帐户的个人经历与外国留学生1.A) critical, 批判的、批评的. D不能搭配题干中的attitude towards foreign students, 又因本文立场明确, 故B也不对. A是完全不对. 2.D) prejudiced, 有成见的. 出现地点：There has been a lot of unfair and biased criticism of families who welcome foreign students into their homes. 通过unfair and可推断出biased也为反面意思, 只有D是反面意思. 这几个词可以记一记. 3.B

25、) A host family usually has no alternative but to accept the student assigned对应原文第三段第一句The problem is that the host family cannot inspect students or refuse to accept the ones who look dirty, unreliable or noisy. 第二段和第三段亦刚好可以用来解释ACD为什么是错的。4.标准答案为B) foreign students come to stay with their host famil

26、ies to learn English, 怕是又错了。偶觉得该选C)a hostess does not make much profit because she has to buy new furniture. 首先A和D都是明显错的, B中的learn English只是最后一句有所提及, Its time foreign students were taught to be polite and to behave properly, as well as how to speak English, 但这个learn English和stay with their host fami

27、lies的关系并非B所讲的那样. C对应原文第四段, 最多是because后面的内容不全面, 但比ABD看起来要好。个人意见, 欢迎讨论。 5.C)to complain about the irresponsibility of foreign students, The medical world is gradually realizing that the quality of the environment in hospital may play an important role in helping patients to get better. As part of a na

28、tionwide effort in Britain to bring art out of the museums and into public places, some of the countrys best artists have been called in to change older hospitals and to soften the hard edges of modern buildings. Of the 2500 national health service hospitals in Britain, almost 100 now have very valu

29、able collections of present art in passages, waiting areas and treatment rooms. These recent movements first started by one artist, Peter Senior, who set up his studio at a Manchester hospital on northeastern England during the early 1970s. He felt the artist had lost his place in modern society, an

30、d that art should be enjoyed by a wider audience.A common hospital waiting room might have as many as 5,000 visitors each week. What a better place to hold regular exhibitions of art! Senior held the first exhibition of his own paintings in the outpatients waiting area of the Manchester Royal Hospit

31、al in 1975. Believed to be Britains first hospital artist, Senior was so much in demand that he was soon joined by a team of six young art school graduates. The effect is striking. Now in the passages and waiting rooms the visitor experiences a full view of fresh colors, playful images(形象) and restf

32、ul courtyards. The quality of the environment may reduce the need for expensive drugs when a patient is recovering from an illness. A study has shown that patients who had a view onto garden needed half the number of strong pain killers compared with patients who had no view at all or only a brick wall to look at.医学界已逐渐认识到，环境质量在医院中可能起着重要的作用，帮助病