大学英语B英语统考阅读理解第二题(全).doc

阅读理解A.A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made (1). From paragraph 1, we know that in America _ A people tend tohave a high opinion of the self-made man (2). According to the passage, the hostess cooks dinner herself mainly because _ B she takes pride in what she can do herself (3). The expression “wait on table” in the second paragraph means”_” D serve customers in a restaurant (4). The authors attitude towards manual(体力的)labor is _ . A positive(5). Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage? B American Attitude toward Manual LaborA couple, John and Mary, had two lovely children. John had just been asked to go on a business trip and would be gone for several days.(1).What does“horror-stricken” mean (in Line 1, paragraph 3) _. A. greatly frightened(2).Which of the following is NOT TRUE? D. When John rushed into the house inflames, he knew for sure that his children were in it.(3).The story implies that_. B. sometimes helping others is helping ourselves (4).John and Mary hired a woman to look after their children when _. B. John would be on a business trip and Mary would go along, too(5).On their way home the couple_. C. first noticed smoke and then they found a house in fireA driver or carpenter in India has to work about two hours to buy a kilogram of rice while his counterpart in Austria, (1).In what country does rice cost most in terms of working time? A. India.(2).The underlined word “counterpart” refers to “_”. B. a driver or carpenter in Austria and the Netherlands (3).One of the difficulties in comparing some of the information provided in the passage is _. B. the different demands for goods in different countries (4).The writer claims that one valid way of judging differences is _. D. the value of an hours work with regard to food purchasing power (5).What is the general topic of the passage? C. A comparison of the cost of living and standards of living in different countries.A farmer had once made a purchase of a fine fat sheep, hoping to offer it up to the BuddhA. While he was leading it home, (1).The farmer. B. bought a sheep in the market (2).The four thieves decided to play a trick to get the sleep because B. the farmer was honest and would be easily cheated by their tricks (3).The farmer began to have a doubt when the thief called his sheep a dog. C. third (4).Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? B. The four thieves knew about the farmer. (5).What can be concluded from the story is C. the farmer was really cheated by the four thievesA few years ago it was common to speak of a generation gap between young people and their elders. Parents said that children did not (1).The first paragraph tells us that_. A. the problem of the generation gap draws much attention from people(2).In a more traditional society, old people _. A. have their children respect and listen to them (3).In American society young people _. D. leave home at an early age (4).Which of the following is NOT the cause of the generation gap? B. Parents do not love their children dearly. (5).The main idea of the passage is_. C. why the generation gap existsA film was at the Circle Five Ranch to film a Marlboro commercial. This was in 1868, before they prohibited cigarette ads from American television. (1).Which of the following statements is true? D. Marlboro commercials were allowed on television in America before 1868.(2).What does the word “prohibited” in the first paragraph mean? B. forbidden (3).When they filmed the ad, _. B. the actor in the ad was too drunk (4).From the passage, we know that Winfield was _. A. an ordinary man (5).When people recognized Winfield, he felt _. D. uncomfortableA foreigners first impression of the U.S. is likely to be that everyone is in a rush-often under pressure. (1). Thich of the following statements is wrong? D Americans are impolite to their business colleagues. (2). In the fourth paragraph, a high priority means . B a first concern (3). Americans evaluate a business colleague D by learning about their past performance (4). This passage mainly talks about . how Americans treasure their time (5). We can infer from the passage that the authors tone in writing is_ C appreciativeA friend of mine was fond of drawing horses. He drew horses very well, but he always began at the tail. Now it is the Western rule (1).You are not yet experienced because _. D. you do not trust your own powers (2).When you become more experienced you will _. C. write the end of the story (3).The passage is about _. B. Trust of your own powers (4).A friend of the writers drew horses _. A. in the way of his own rule (5).The writer was surprised because_. D. the artist did not follow other peoples ruleA friend of mine was fond of drawing horses. He drew horses very well, but he always began Mow you (1). A friend of the writer s drew horses C. very well (2). The writer was surprised because_. D. The artist did not follow other peoples rules.(3).You are not yet experienced because _. D. You do not trust your own power.(4).When you become more experienced you will _. B. often begin at the tail (5). The passage is about_. C. how to make your own rulesA group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them fell into a deep pit. (1).One of the frogs fell down and died because _. C. he noticed what the other frogs were saying and stopped struggling. (2).The other frog managed to jump out of the pit because _. C. his ears were not good and he mistook their words for encouragement (3).Which of the following is TRUE? A. People should avoid saying destructive words to those who are in trouble. (4).Theexpression as good as (in line 2, paragraph 1) means _. D. almost, practically (5).When other frogs told the two frogs there was no hope, the two frogs_. B. paid no attention to what they said them and tried their best to get outA group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them fell into a deep pit. (1). The expression as good as (in line 2,paragraph 1) means_ B no better than (2). When other frogs told the two frogs there was no hope, the two frogs_ B pay attention to what they said them and tried their best to get out(3). One of the frogs fell down and died because _. C he noticed what the other frogs were saying and stopped struggling.(4). The other frog managed to jump out of the pit because_ C his ears were not good and he mistook their words for encouragement(5).Which of the following is TRUE? A People should avoid saying destructive words to those who are in trouble.A mile or so before they reached Oxford, they stopped the car on top of a hill from which they could see the(1). They stopped the car on top of a hill because _. D. they wanted to see the whole city of Oxford(2). When they drove down into the city center, they found _. C. the city was not as peaceful as it had looked(3). What were not undergraduates wearing? C. Pullovers and slacks (4). Students wore black gowns when _. C. they were going their teachers(5). The passage is about _. A. a visit to OxfordA million tourists go to Barcelona every year. They want to see Antonio Gaudes church. (1).Which of the following titles best fits the passage? 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 the same time (4). The church is unusual because _ D all of the above (5). According to the passage, Gaude _. D both B and CA nineteenth-century French dramatist remarked that the only difference between animals and human beings is that people drink (1).From a sociological point of view, the difference between humans and animals is . C. humans can pass on their culture from generation to generation (2).One of the problems that both humans and animals must face is . B. they have to raise their young in whatever living conditions (3).In face of problems of existence, animals . B. only respond repeatedly in the fixed way (4).Beavers can build dams as home B. in an instinctive way (5).Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? B. Humans have much greater ability to solve problems with new methods.A poor boy, who had not enough money to buy a meal, stopped one hot summer at noon before an eating-house. (1).he cook asked the boy to . D. give him some money for smelling the smell of their food (2).The boy . B. refused to make any payment (3).The police asked the boy to . C. make noises with the two pence (4).The cook finally got. C. some payment in terms of the two pences noise (5).Who was not satisfied with the solution? B. The cookA pretty, well-dressed young lady stopped a taxi in a big square, and said to the driver, “Do you see that young man (1).The young man at the other side of the square_. A. had probably been waiting for a long time (2).The young lady was_. A. clever at making excuse (3).Had she tried not to be late? B. No, she was just pretending that she had tried. (4).How did the young woman get to the square? D. The story doesnt tell us. (5).Why did the lady stop the taxi? C. Because she wanted to go to the restaurant in it.A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from San Francisco.(1).The soldier called his parents from San Francisco _. B. after having fought in Vietnam (2).The soldier told his parents that he wanted them to _. D. agree to his plan that he would bring his wounded friend home and live with them (3).His father considered his plan _. A. unacceptable(4).A few days later _. B. the parents were told by the police that their son had killed himself (5).The son killed himself because _. B. his fathers words greatly disappointed him and he didnt want to be a burden to his parentsA young man who lived in London was in love with a beautiful girl. Soon she became his(1) The story took place _. B. in England (2) Which of the following is true? 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? C. Her birthday was coming soon. (4).Why did the shop manager come to talk to the young man? B. He looked pale and sad. (5).On the birthday of his fiance, the young man was excited because _. D. he was not sure whether his trick would be seen throughAbout ten men in every hundred suffer from colour blindness in some way; (1).Which of the following is true? A. More men suffer from colour blindness than women. (2).When millions of “rods” in our eyes are at work in darkness we can see_. C. shapes only (3).According to the passage, bats and adult owls cannot see colours because _. D. they have no cones (4).According to the passage, dogs and cats _. A. cannot see colours so well as we human beings(5).Which of the following is NOT true about insects? C. All insects like beautiful colours.Acting is such an over-crowded profession that the only advice that should be given to a young person thinking of going on the stage is Dont! .(1).From the very beginning, the author puts it clearly that acting is a profession _ A. sought after by too many (2).For someone who feels he must act, it is very likely that _ D. he will end up without any success(3).The film producer found Connie Pratt one morning when she was _ D. waiting for a bus(4).A few weeks after the test, Connie Pratt found herself _ B. playing the leading female role in a play(5).The concluding sentence chances like this happen once in a blue moon means _ D. this is avery rare chanceAdvertisement can be thought of as the means of making known in order to buy or sell goods or services. Advertisement aims (1).Advertisement is mainly paid for by _. A. the customer (2).Advertisement can increase demand _. C. in a growing market (3).By the last sentence of this passage the author tells us that _. D. advertisement usually cost businesses large amounts of money(4).Advertisement is often used to _. D. push the sale (5).The word media (ParA. 1) includes _. D. all of the aboveAfter having lived for over twenty years in the same district, Albert Hall was forced to move to a new neighborhood.(1).Albert had been living in the same district for _. D. more than twenty years(2).Albert decided to move because _. C. he couldnt get into his own house (3).Bingo waited for Albert every afternoon at the gate because _. B. he wanted the chocolate(4).We can tell from the story that_. D. it took Albert too much money to buy chocolate for Bingo (5).Albert had to “buy him” means _. C. Albert had to give him chocolateAir pollution can spread from city to city. It even spreads from one country to another. Some northern European countries have had “black snow” (1).In what way does air pollution lead to airplane accidents? B. It reduces visibility. (2).Which of the following people is less sensitive to air pollution? D. A lady in her twenties. (3).We human beings are still not sure about . A. all the dangers to health caused by air pollution (4).Scientists believe there is a possibility that air pollution is connected to . C. birth problems (5).Which of the following statement is true according to the passage? D. We should take immediate measures to control pollution rather than wait until we know all about it.Albert Einstein had a great effect on science and history, greater than what only a few other men have achieved. (1).The main idea of Paragraph 1 is _. C. the change in human thought produced by Einstein(2).According to the American university president, _. D. Our ideas about the universe are different today because of Einstein (3).According to Paragraph 2, Albert Einstein _. C. was famous in the world (4).According to the passage Einstein did his greatest work _. B. when he was young (5).It may be concluded that _. C. Germans usually have a high respect for scienceAll over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help to keep people healthy, happy and help them to live longer.(1).According to this passage we know that _. D. not all the games have a long history (2).The writer didnt tell us in this passage that_. A. basketball was invented in America (3).People all over the world enjoy sports because _. D. all of the above (4).From this passage we can see that _. D. according to the author sports and games are significant to our life in many respects (5).Whats the writers attitude towards sports? A. positiveAll the customs, beliefs, values, knowledge and skills that guide a peoples behavior along sharing paths are part of their culture. (1).Which of the following aspect does not belong to the scope of culture according to the passage? D. hobbies (2).Certain behaviors according to the 1st paragraph. B. have different meanings in different parts of the world (3).If we are in a different culture, we may A. notice that foreigners behave differently from us (4).According to the passage “language space” means . C. the distance between two speakers when they talk with each other (5).It can be concluded from the passage that . A. Arabs and Americans may move far away from the original place where they begin their talkAlmost every family buys as least one copy of a newspaper every day. Some people subscribe to as many as two or three (1).The phrase subscribe to in the first paragraph means _. C. agree to buy for a specific period of time (2).The habit of reading newspapers is _ A. widespread(3).Before the time of the newspaper, _。 D. news was passed from one person to another(4).The author seems to agree that money spent on advertisements is _ C. well spent (5).Which of the following statements is TRUE? A. Five hundred years ago it took a long time fornews to reach other countries.Almost everyone who studies, lives or works abroad experiences some degree of culture shock. This period of cultural adjustment (1).The word “frustrating” in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to _. D. depressing (2).Which of the following tips is NOT mentioned in the passage? B. Contact your friends at home.(3).Based on the passage, to speak the new language w