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2010年4月实考阅读理解题补充材料Passage 1Nancy and Peter。 the mountains.1. When did Nancy and Peter listen to the weather forecast?C. Friday morning 2. What are Nancy and Peter planning for the weekend?C. A ski trip in the mountains3. When is it going to snow according to the weather forecast?D. Friday night4. What will the weather be like on Sunday?C. Clear, cold and sunny5. What can you infer from the passage?A. Nancy and Peter must live quite near the mountains Passage 2Great changes 。from job to job.1. Which of the following topics is discussed in the passage?B. Influence of science and industry on American families 2. What kind of families is described in the passage? D. Families of the past, the present and the future3. According to the writer, what is one of the reasons why families are getting smaller in America? C. The need for workers who are able to move at any time has been increasing 4. Who will take the chief responsibility of raising children in the future? D. A small number of families5. What can you infer from the passage? C. Large families can hardly survive in a highly industrialized societyPassage 3A man got into 。the woman replied proudly.1. What are the man and the woman talking about?C. The womans son.2. How does the woman feel about her son?C. He will grow up to be a wise young man.3. Where does the conversation take place?A. On a train. 4. Which of the following probably best describes the mans feeling at the end of the conversation?C. Amused.5. What cant you learn from the conversation? C. The woman is so proud of her son that she does not really understand what the mans questions mean.Passage 4Many people now keep 。 in cruel ways, too.1. How do most people treat their pets? D. They spend a large amount of money and time taking care of them.2. Which of the following is not a blood sport? D. Horse racing. 3. What do you think is the writers attitude towards blood sports? A. He thinks they are very cruel. 4. Which of the following seems to affect the earths ecosystem most seriously? C. Illegal killing of rare animals. 5. What does the passage mainly imply? C. Animals should be well treated and protected. Passage 5Weather has a great i。 be the cause.1. If thin people feel unhappy, the weather may be very _.B. cold2. Students in the U.S. usually do badly on exams in _.C. August3. People in the Northeast of America usually have heart disease in _.A. March4. Storms can increase students IQ, this discovery was made _.A. in 19825. What is the best title for this passage? _.C. The Great influence of WeatherPassage 6Very few people were 。 than he really was! 1. To whom did the waiter give a beautiful menu when a gentleman and his lady friend came into the restaurant?C. Both of them.2. Were the menus for the guests the same?C. They were the same on the outside but different inside.3. Why could the male guest remain calm when he ordered dish after dish?A. Because the prices of the dishes were reasonable.4. What did the lady think of her friend after a meal at this restaurant?D. She thought he was very generous5. What does the story mainly suggest?A. Knowledge of customer psychology helps promote business.Passage 7A guide dog is 。dog useful. 1. What is a guide dog? A. A dog trained to help the blind.2. At what age does a guide dog begin its training course? C. At the age of fourteen months.3. Which of the following is NOT included in the training course? D. Learning to save its owner when he/she falls into danger.4. What is the most important part of the training course? C. To teach the dog how to cooperate with its future owner.5. Why are guide dogs not popular? A. Many blind people find it hard to work with dogs.Passage 8If you travel by air。 care of our forests. 1. The passage mainly tells us about _.A. the importance of taking care of plants2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?B. Forests are homes for different kinds of animals.3. The need for more wood and more land results in _.D. All of the above4. What will happen in 20 or 30 years in some peoples view?C. We11 have no forests like those in the center of Africa.5. The writer thinks _.B. it necessary to protect the forestsPassage 9Clowns（小丑）like to make 。It helps them to get better faster.There is an old saying: Laughter is good medicine. 1. Clowns make people laugh by _. D. doing all kinds of silly things2. Clowns are _. D. mostly male3. The sentence A circus is not a circus without clowns means _. A. a circus will not be of much fun if it has no clowns4. Clowns are a great favorite with _. C. children 5. The best interpretation of the old saying Laughter is good medicine may be _. D. laughter helps sick people get better fasterPassage 10Computers can injure you. 。exercise your arms， legs and neck. Enjoy your computer，but use it safely. 1. A computer screen may injure your eyes if _.C. your eyes are too close to it2. Hand and wrist injuries are caused when you _.B. move in the same way again and again3. Your eyes and hands will be safe if _B. you often take rests from working4. It is good for your back and neck if you sit _.A. in the right way5. What would be the best title for the text? C. How to Use a Computer Safely.Passage 11 Lets watch the weather forecast 。 It may be windy later in the day.1. What is the speaker planning to do? A. To go traveling within the country.2. Can the speaker fly to Northern Scotland tomorrow morning, according to the weather forecast? Why or why not? B. Yes, because it wont be foggy there tomorrow.3. When is the speaker watching the forecast? A. In the morning.4. What does the forecast mainly tell us? C. Within one day the weather varies from one part of the country to another, even within one district.5. What can you infer from the passage? C. None of the places offers ideal weather tomorrow for travel.Passage 12No one is glad to hear that his body 。Wells never forgot this terrible event. 1. It is since a man felt all the pain while being operated .A. a few more years 2. Long ago , when the sick man was operated on , he .C. could feel all the pain3. Using the laughing gas, the people did not seem to .B. feel pain4. If a man took less laughing gas than he should have when an operation went on, he .C. still felt pain5. One who took too much of the laughing gas .A. would die Passage 13Americans, like many people elsewhere。and naps for the old and weary. 1. What do Americans like to do with their friends? D. To invite them over to dinner at their homes.2. Why do most Americans prefer informal parties? B. Because they have no servants to help them prepare formal ones.3. Where do guests sit and eat at an informal dinner, according to the passage? A. In the dining room or in the living room.4. According to the passage, what do people SELDOM have at a picnic? C. Hot food.5. Why is the picnic considered a more enjoyable form of meal? C. Because people can be closer to nature.Passage 14There were once many sheiks（阿拉伯的酋长）。and he will become king. 1. What was queen looking for?D. A husband.2. Why did the Queen disguise herself?A. Because she didnt want to be recognized by the sheiks.3. What did she give the sheiks to eat the next evening?D. Three different meals.4. Why didnt Hakim want to eat his meal?C. Because the other sheiks had worse food.5. When did the Queen finally decide who to marry?D. When Hakim refused to eat his meal.Passage 15There was once an ant that w。 tears that saved her life.1. What is an ant?B. An insect.2. When did the drop of water fall on the ant?C. When it was nearly dying.3. Why was the young girl crying?D. Because the giant had given her an impossible job to do.4. What would the giant do if the girl failed to do the work?A. He would eat her5. Who or what saved the girls life?D. Her tears.Passage 16Martin Luther King was a black minister, 。He lives in peoples hearts forever.1. Martin Luther King was murdered when he was _ years old.C. 392. Martin Luther King was a _.D. all of the above3. According to the passage which of the following statements is TRUE?B. Martin Luther Kings Day has been a federal holiday for more than 40 years.4. The underlined word “delivered” in the second paragraph could be replaced by _.A. gave5. Whats the best title for this passage?A. Martin Luther King.Passage 17My secret for staying young is simple. 。 care enough to try. Keep your mind awake and active: thats the only way.1. According to the passage, that peoples brain of all ages remains young and growing is _.B. a scientific fact2. It is wrong for the old to _.A. think himself too old to go back to school.3. The passage says that the man who entered college at 70 _.D. became famous in the medical circle4. The only way to keep young is _.D. to keep ones mind awake and alive5. The writer suggests that you should _ learning at least one new thing every day.C. keep onPassage 18As price and building costs keep rising, the do-it-yourself (DIY)。 can do things yourself.1. We can learn from the passage that many newly married couple _.B. have to learn to make their own furniture2. John and his wife went to e