北京学位英语阅读理解模拟试题四.pdf

价格最低 师资最强 课时最长 错过就是过错 价格最低 师资最强 课时最长 错过就是过错 1 北京学位英语阅读理解模拟试题四北京学位英语阅读理解模拟试题四 31 省市学位英语网特别提示 31 省市学位英语网特别提示 请同学们在听完讲课或者掌握了答题方法后再做练习 你会觉得英语很容易 请同学们在听完讲课或者掌握了答题方法后再做练习 你会觉得英语很容易 一定要认真做作业 动手能力和举一反三的能力 是衡量一个人素质的重要因素 也是掌 握好英语的关键 Passage 1 People travel for a lot of reasons Some tourists go to see battlefields or religious shrines Others are looking for culture or simply want to have their picture taken in front of famous places But most European tourists are looking for a sunny beach to lie on Northern European are willing to pay a lot of money and put up with a lot if inconveniences for the sun because they have so little of it Residents of cities like London Copenhagen and Amsterdam spend a lot of their winter in the dark because the days are so short and much of the rest of the year in the rain This is the reason the Mediterranean has always attracted them Every summer more than 25 million people travel to Mediterranean resort and beaches for their vacation They all come for the same reason sun The huge crowds mean lots of money for the economies of Mediterranean countries Italy s 30 000 hotels are booked solid every summer And 13 million people camp out on French beaches parks and roadsides Spain s long sandy coastline attracts more people than anywhere else 37 million tourists visit yearly or one tourist for every person living in Spain But there are signs that the area is getting more tourism than it can handle The Mediterranean is already one of the most polluted seas on earth And with increased tourism it s getting worse The French can t figure out what to do with all the garbage left by campers around St Tropez And in many places swimming is dangerous because of pollution None of this however is spoiling anyone s fun The Mediterranean gets more popular every year with tourists Obviously they don t go there for clean water and solitude They tolerate traffic jams and seem to like crowded beaches They don t even mind the pollution No matter how dirty the water is the coastline still looks beautiful And as long as the sun shines it s still better than sitting in the cold rain in Berlin London or Oslo 1 The writer seems to imply that Europeans travel mostly for the reason that A they want to see historic remains or religious spots B they are interested in different cultural traditions and social customs C they would like to take pictures in front of famous sites D they wish to escape from the cold dark and rainy days back at home 2 In paragraph2 cities like London Copenhagen and Amsterdam are mentioned A to show that they are not good cities in terms of geography and climate B to tell us how wealthy their residents are C to suggest that these cities lack places of historic interest and scenic beauty D to prove that they have got more tourism than they handle 3 According to the passage which of the following countries attracts more tourists than the 价格最低 师资最强 课时最长 错过就是过错 价格最低 师资最强 课时最长 错过就是过错 2 others A Italy B Spain C Greece D France 4 The latter half of the last sentence in paragraph 3 or one tourist for every person living in Spain means A all the 37 million people living in Spain are tourist B every year almost as many tourists visit Spain as there are people living in that country C every person living in Spain has to take care of a tourist D every Spanish is visited by a tourist every year 5 According to the passage which of the following factors might spoil the tourists fun at Mediterranean resorts and beaches A Polluted water B Crowded buses C Traffic jams D Rainy weather Passage 2 In the last 500 years nothing about people not their clothes ideas or languages has changed as much as what they eat The original chocolate drink was made from the seeds of the cocoa tree by South American Indians The Spanish introduced it to the rest of the rest of the world during the 1500 s And although it was very expensive it quickly became fashionable In London shops where chocolate drinks were weaved became important meeting places Some still exist today The potato is also from the New World Around 1600 the Spanish brought it from Peru to Europe where it soon was widely grown Ireland became so dependent on it that thousands of Irish people starved when the crop failed during the Potato Famine of 1845 6 and thousands more were forced to emigrate to America There are many other foods that have traveled from South America to the Old World But some others went in the opposite direction Brazil is now the World s largest grower of coffee and coffee is an important crop in Colombia and other South American countries But it is native to Ethiopia It was first made into a dink by Arabs during the 1400 s According to an Arabic legend coffee was discovered when a goatherd name Kaldi noticed that his goats were attracted to the red berries on a coffee bush He tried on and experienced the wide awake feeling that one third of the world s population now starts the day with 6 According to the passage which of the following has changed the most in the last 500 years A Food B Chocolate C Potato D Coffee 7 Some in Some still exist today means A some cocoa tress B some chocolate drinks C some shops D some South American Indians 8 Thousands of Irish people starved during the Potato Famine because A they were so dependent on the potato that they refused to eat anything else 价格最低 师资最强 课时最长 错过就是过错 价格最低 师资最强 课时最长 错过就是过错 3 B they were forced to emigrate to America C the weather conditions in Ireland were not suitable for growing the potato D the potato harvest was bad 9 Coffee originally came from A Brazil B Colombia C Ethiopia D Arabia 10 The Arabic legend is used to prove that A coffee was first discovered by Kaldi B coffee was first discovered by Kaldi s goats C coffee was first discovered in South American countries D coffee drinks were first made by Arabs Passage 3 Concerning money or anything else conflicts between husband and wife usually reflect a power struggle Conflicts between parent and child often center around the same issue As children enter adolescence they begin to demand greater freedom to go where they please do what they please and make decisions without parietal interference Many American parents do not know how to deal with their teenagers and seek advice from books lectures and parent training courses Parents want to maintain a friendly relationship with their teenagers and also want to guide them so that their behavior will be whatever the parents consider proper and constructive But in a society of rapidly changing social and moral values parents and children often disagree about what is important and what is right Arguments may concern such unimportant matters as styles of dress or hairdos But quarrels may also concern school work after school jobs decisions use of the family car dating and sex behavior Some families have serious problems with teenagers who drop out of school run away from home or use illegal drugs Because so much publicity is given to the problem teenager one gets the impression that all teenagers are troublemakers Actually relatively few adolescents do anything wrong and nearly all grow up into solid citizens who fulfill most of their parents expectations In fact recent studies show that the generation gap is narrowing The vast majority of teenagers share most of their parents values and ideas Many parents say that they get along with their adolescents quite well 11 According to the writer conflicts between husband and wife usually reflect A feeling of hatred B power struggle C that they don t care for each other D that they may appeal to divorce 12 As children enter adolescents they begin to do the following EXCEPT A demanding greater freedom go wherever they please B making decisions without parental interference C getting married whenever they please D doing what they please 13 generation gap is narrowing means 价格最低 师资最强 课时最长 错过就是过错 价格最低 师资最强 课时最长 错过就是过错 4 A the adolescents now become timid B parents come to get along with their children C the vast majority of teenagers share most of their parents values and ideas D parents and teenager don t like to quarrel 14 Parents and children often disagree about what is important or right because A they have different styles of life B they hate each other C parents think that their children are troublemakers D they are in a society of rapidly changing social and moral values 15 When many American parents don t know how to deal with their children they seek advice from the following except A neighbors B parent training courses C books D lectures 答案与解析 1 答案 D 推理题 文章开头提到 But most European tourists are looking for a sunny beach to lie on 然后又介绍了一些欧洲国家的气候 说明欧洲人旅游主要是为了逃避本国 阴冷 潮湿的天气 去享受地中海的阳光 2 答案 A 信息题 第二段的开头提到 for the sun because they have so little of it 然后再举例说明 3 答案 B 信息题 Spain s long sandy coastline attracts more people than anywhere else 4 答案 B 信息题 此句的意思是 每年有三千七百万游客来西班牙旅游 换句话说 每一个西班牙人就得接待一名游客 5 答案 D 推理题 游客来旅游主要是为了享受阳光 ABC 答案中提到的游客们都可 以忍受 但就是不能没有阳光 6 答案 A 推理题 文章第一句 In the last 500 years nothing about people not their clothes ideas or languages has changed as much as what they eat what they eat 即指 food 7 答案 C 语意题 该句的前面提到 In London shops where 由此可知其中的 some 指的是 shops 8 答案 D 细节题 Potato Famine 指土豆饥荒 爱尔兰过分依