(电大复习)2016年4月份的统考英语模拟题（题型版）-阅读理解B

阅读理解 B 34、 There were once many sheiks（阿拉伯的酋长） who wanted to marry Queen Maura, for she was one of the most beautiful and powerful queens of Arabia. However, she did not like most of the sheiks, and soon there were only three left on her list of possible husbands. These three sheiks were all equally young and handsome, rich and strong. It was very hard for the Queen to choose the best one. One evening, she disguised herself and went to where the three sheiks were having their evening meal. She asked them to give her something to eat. The first sheik gave her some stale（ 不新鲜的 ） food left over from the day before. The second sheik gave her a tough piece of old camels tail. The third sheik, whose name was Hakim, gave her some of the most tender（ 嫩的 ） and tasty meat. After the meal, Queen Maura left the sheiks camp. The next day, she invited the three sheiks to dinner at her palace. She told her servants to give each sheik what he had given her the evening before. Hakim, who received a plate of tender and tasty meat, would not eat it unless the other two sheiks could share it with him. Queen Maura was now certain which of the sheiks she wanted to marry. Hakim is the most generous of you, she told them, so I want to marry him and he will become king. (1)、 The queen was looking for a husband. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： A (2)、 The Queen disguised herself because she didnt want to be recognized by the sheiks. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： A (3)、 She gave the sheiks some stale food to eat the next evening. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： B (4)、 Hakim wanted to eat his meal because it was very tasty. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： B (5)、 The Queen finally decided to marry Hakim the next evening after the meal. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： A 35、 Martin Luther King was a black minister, who became a great leader of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. King was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. When he was young, he was strongly influenced by Thoreau and Indian leader Mahatma Gandhis idea of non-violent resistance. Having received a Ph. D (Doctor of Philosophy) from Boston University, he became a political and religious leader of the non-violent civil relights movement in 1955. On August 28, 1963, he led over 250,000 Americans on a march in Washington D.C. to fight for the Civil Rights Law to guarantee equality for all people, and delivered his best known speech I Have a Dream before the Lincoln Memorial. The dream is a dream of brotherly love and equality for the Black and White. Thus, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for peace in 1964, but he was murdered four years later. Though he died, he was greatly respected and loved by the Americans, both the white and the black. By vote of Congress in 1968, the third Monday of every January is now a federal holiday in Luther Kings honor. He lives in peoples hearts forever. (1)、 Martin Luther King was murdered when he was 39 years old. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： A (2)、 Martin Luther King was a black minister only. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： B (3)、 Martin Luther Kings Day has been a federal holiday for more than 40 years. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： A (4)、 The underlined word delivered in the second paragraph could be replaced by gave._ A： T B： F 答案 ： A (5)、 The best title for this passage is Civil Rights Law._ A： T B： F 答案 ： B 36、 If you travel by air across the center of Africa or South America, you fly over forests for thousands of kilometers. These great forests are the oceans of trees. There are thousands and thousands of different kinds of plants and animals. However, the worlds forests are getting smaller all the time. We are cutting down the trees because we need wood, and we need more farmland. Some people say that there will not be any forests like these in 20 or 30 years. What will happen if they disappear? If we cut down our forests, a lot of plants and animals will disappear from the world. In a lot of places the new farmland will soon look like the old deserts. Crops will not grow there. It will not rain very often, and the weather will get very hot. Perhaps the climate of the world will change. This will be dangerous for everyone in the world. That is why we must take care of our forests. (1)、 The passage mainly tells us about the importance of taking care of plants. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： A (2)、 Forests are homes for different kinds of animals. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： A (3)、 The need for more wood and more land help to protect our forests. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： B (4)、 Well have more and greater forestsn in 20 or 30 years in some peoples view. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： B (5)、 The writer thinks it necessary to protect the forests. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： A 37、 As price and building costs keep rising, the do-it-yourself (DIY) trend in the U.S. continue to grow. We needed furniture for our living room, says John Ross, and we just didnt have enough money to buy it. So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs. John got married six months ago, and like many young people these days, they are struggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high. The Rosses took a 2-week course for $ 280 at a night school. Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house. Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife died. He has a full-time job at home as well as in a shoe-making factory. Last month, he received a car repair bill for $ 420. I was deeply upset about it. Now Ive finished a car repair course, I should be able to fix the car by myself. John and Jim are not unusual people. Most families in the country are doing everything they can to save money so they can fight the high cost of living. If you want to become a do-it-yourselfer, you can go to DIY classes. And for those who dont have time to take a course, there are books that tell you how you can do things yourself. (1)、 We can learn from the passage that many newly married couple find it hard to pay for what they need. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： A (2)、 John and his wife went to evening classes to learn how to run a DIY shop. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： B (3)、 When the writer says that Jim has a full-time job at home, he means Jim makes shoes in his home. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： B (4)、 Jim Hatfield decided to become a do-it-yourselfer when his car repairs cost too much. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： A (5)、 The possible title for the passage is You Can Do It Too._ A： T B： F 答案 ： A 38、 Nancy and Peter McCall like sports. In the summer they swim and in the winter they ski. They are planning ski trip for this weekend, but they dont know about the weather. Its 7:30 now, and they are listening to the weather report on the radio. The weatherman is giving the weather forecast for the weekend. Friday is going to be cold and cloudy, but its not going to rain. The temperature is going to be in the thirties. Its going to snow Friday night and maybe Saturday morning. Saturday afternoon and Sunday are going to be clear, cold and sunny. Now Nancy and Peter are excited. The weather is going to be perfect for a ski trip. They are going to have a wonderful weekend in the mountains. (1)、 Nancy and Peter listened to the weather forecast for the weekend. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： A (2)、 Nancy and Peter are planning a trip to the village for the weekend. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： B (3)、 It is going to snow Friday night according to the weather forecast. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： A (4)、 The weather will be warm and rainy on Sunday. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： B (5)、 Nancy and Peter often do sports. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： A 39、 Here is a story told about an American general who was a very important figure in the American army during the First World War. Everybody in the United States knew him and many people wished to have a picture or something of his in their homes. Soon after the war the general returned to Washington. One day he went to a dentist and had six teeth pulled out. A week later the general heard that his teeth were being sold in shops at $5 each. On each of the teeth there was a label with the name of the general and words: buy these teeth and show them to your friends at home. The general got angry. He rushed to his office and ordered six officers to go around the city and buy all his teeth. The officers went out and visited every shop in the capital. They were away from the office all day. In the evening they returned and put on the table in front of the general the teeth they had bought. They had collected 175 teeth. (1)、 Many families wanted to have a signature of the general. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： B (2)、 The general came back to Washington after the First World War. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： A (3)、 The general ordered his men to look for all his teeth and buy all of them. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： A (4)、 The fact that the generals name was on the label of each tooth shows that the general was famous. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： A (5)、 The teeth they collected most probably cost $1150. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： B 40、 Oil is so important that it is sometimes called black gold. Almost half of our energy comes from oil. We use it to run our cars and factories and to heat our homes, offices and schools. Many everyday things are made from oil. Your shirt may have oil in the material. The soap you wash your hands with might also be made from oil. Your favorite plastic toy is made from oil. Oil is hard to find, because it is trapped deep under the earth. Once the only way people knew there was oil someplace if it leaked out of the ground. Today, however, we have many ways of finding oil. One tool measures the pull of gravity. Places where gravity is weaker are more likely to have oil. Another tool is sound waves. Sound waves travel through different kinds of rocks at different speeds. We can use them to find the rocks that have oil in them. We need a lot of oil, and we are using up the oil wells we know about. Soon we must find new ways of looking for this black gold. (1)、 From this passage, we can know oil is a source of energy. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： A (2)、 According to the passage, we can tell that oil is found only under water. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： B (3)、 Sound waves travel through different kinds of rocks at different speeds. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： A (4)、 Many things are made from oil. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： A (5)、 The main idea of the whole story is that oil is important for us but hard to find. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： A 41、 The undersea world is very beautiful. Now more and more people want to dive in the water to find the secrets there. Scuba（ 戴水肺 ） diving is a new sport today. It can take you into a wonderful undersea world. You will find many strange animals in the sea. Some are like a school bus. Many sea animals give out light in the dark and some have sharp teeth. During the day, there is enough light. Here, under the sea, everything is blue and green. When fish swim nearby, you can catch them with your hands. When you have bottles of air on your back, you can stay in deep water for a long time. However, you cant dive too deep. And you must be very careful when you dive in deep water. The deep sea is not an easy place to live in. It is cold, and it is dark, too. The deeper it is, the less sunlight there is. At about 3,000 feet, there is no light at all. It is very dark in the sea. Many fishes have no eyes. Some have big eyes. A few have eyes on one side. Besides the coldness and the darkness, deep-sea animals face a third danger - other animals. Animals eat! They must find food to eat. Many animals eat plants. However, some animals eat meat. This means these sea animals have two big jobs. They need to find animals as food, and they have to try not to become other animals meal. (1)、 People want to dive in the sea because they want to find the secrets of the undersea world. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： A (2)、 In the daytime, when you dive in the sea, you can see everything green and blue. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： A (3)、 Animals will meet four types of danger under the deep sea. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： B (4)、 When you do scuba diving, you can dive freely without any danger. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： B (5)、 At the depth of 3,000 feet under the sea, all animals can find their way with the help of their eyes. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： B 42、 Three men traveling on a train began a conversation about the worlds greatest wonders. In my opinion, the first man said, the Egyptian pyramids（ 埃及金字塔 ） are the worlds greatest wonder. Although they were built thousands of years ago, they are still standing. And remember: the people who built them had only simple tools. They did not have the kind of machinery that builders and engineers have today. I agree that the pyramids in Egypt are wonderful, the second man said, but I do not think they are the greatest wonder. I believe computers are more wonderful than the pyramids. They have taken people to the moon and brought them back safely. In seconds， they carry out mathematical calculations that would take a person a hundred years to do. He turned to the third man and asked, What do you think is the greatest wonder in the world？ The third man thought for a long time， and then he said, Well， I agree that the pyramids are wonderful, and I agree that computers are wonderful, too. However, in my opinion, the most wonderful thing in the world is this thermos. And he took a thermos out of his bag and held it up. The other two men were very surprised. A thermos? they exclaimed. But thats a simple thing. Oh, no， its not, the third man said. In the winter you put in a hot drink and it stays hot. In the summer you put in a cold drink and it stays cold. How does the thermos know whether its winter or summer？ (1)、 The underlined word thermos in Chinese means 保温瓶 _. A： T B： F 答案 ： A (2)、 That the three men could not agree on what the worlds greatest wonder was because they all had different ideas. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： A (3)、 The first man thought the pyramids were the most wonderful thing in the world because they had been built with very simple tools. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： A (4)、 The third man thought a thermos was the most wonderful thing in the world because it cost less than a computer. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： B (5)、 The third man was not very clever because he could not think of anything to say. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： B 43、 People have been talking about health for a long time because people know the importance of it. Peoples understanding of health also becomes deeper with the progress in scientific research. Recently the term health has come to have a wider meaning than it used to. It no longer means just the absence of illness. Today, health means the well-being of your body, your mind and your relationship with other people. This new concept of health is closely related to another term quality of life. Quality of life is the degree of overall satisfaction that a person gets from life. Why has the emphasis of health shifted from the absence of disease to a broader focus on the quality of a persons life? One reason for this has to do with the length and conditions of life that people can now expect. Medical advances have made it possible for people today to live longer, healthier lives. Imagine for a moment that you were born in the year 1900. You could have expected on average to live until about the age of 47. In contrast, if you were born in the year 1999, you could expect to live to the age of 75. (1)、 Progress in scientific research leads to peoples deeper understanding of health. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： A (2)、 According to the passage, to people of today, health means absence of illness. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： B (3)、 The emphasis of health has shifted nowadays because people enjoy better conditions of living and they can live longer. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： A (4)、 We can infer from the passage nowadays the emphasis of health has a broader focus because of improvements in the quality of food. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： B (5)、 This passage is mainly about different understandings of the term health._ A： T B： F 答案 ： A 44、 Man has always wanted to fly. Some of the greatest men in history had thought about the problem. One of them, for example, was the great Italian artist, Leonardo Da Vinci. In the sixteenth century he made designs for machines that would fly, but they were never built. Throughout history, other less famous men had wanted to fly. An example was a man in England 800 years ago. He made a pair of wings from chicken feathers. Then he fixed them to his body and jumped into air from a tall building. He did not fly very far. Instead, he fell to the ground and broke every bone in his body. The first real steps took place in France, in 1783. Two brothers, the Montgolfiers, made a very large hot air balloon. They knew that hot air rises. Why not fill a balloon with it? The balloon was made of cloth and paper. In September of that year, the King and Queen of France came to see the balloon. They watched it carry the very first air passengers into the sky. The passengers were a sheep and a chicken. We do not know how they felt about the trip. But we do know that the trip lasted eight minutes and that the animals landed safely. Two months later, two men did the same thing. They rose above Paris in a balloon of the same kind. Their trip lasted twenty-five minutes and they traveled about eight kilometers. (1)、 Leonardo Da Vinci made designs for flying machines. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： A (2)、 Eight hundred years ago an Englishman made a kind of flying machine. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： B (3)、 In fact, the Englishman who tried to fly lost his life. _ A： T B： F 答案 ： A (4)、 The very first