大学英语B_201209阅读理解(翻译版).doc

阅读理解Passage 1 Very few people were coming to eat at the White Rose Restaurant, and its owner didnt know what to do. The food in his restaurant was cheap and good, but nobody seemed to want to eat there. Then he did something that changed all that, and in a few weeks his restaurant was always full of men and their lady friends. Whenever a gentleman came with a lady, a smiling waiter gave each of them a beautiful menu. The menus looked exactly the same on the outside, but there was an important difference inside. The menu that the waiter handed to the man gave the correct price for each dish and each bottle of wine; while the menu that he handed to the lady gave a much higher price! So when the man calmly ordered dish after dish and wine after wine, the lady thought he was much more generous than he really was! 1. The waiter gave a beautiful menu to the guests when a gentleman and his lady friend came into the restaurant. A.TB. F 2. The menus for the guests were the same on the outside but different inside. A.TB. F3. The male guest could remain calm when he ordered dish after dish because he was rich. A.TB. F 4. The lady thought of her friend very generous after a meal at this restaurant. A.TB. F 5. The story mainly suggests that people like to go to expensive restaurants. A.TB. F答案： B A B A BPassage 2 Mr. White lived in a small village. His parents hadnt enough money to send him to school. He had to help them to do something in the fields. But he didnt like to live in the poor place. When he was sixteen, he got to the town and found work in a factory. Three years later he became tall and strong. So he was sent to Africa as a soldier. He stayed there for five years and got some money. Then he came back to England and bought a shop in a small town. No people in the town went to Africa except him. And he hoped they thought he was a famous man and that they could respect him. The children often asked him to tell them some stories and his life in Africa. One day a few children asked him to tell them something about the animals in Africa. He told them how he fought with the tigers and elephants. His stories surprised them all and some policemen and workers went to listen to him. It made him happier. Just a man who taught geography in a middle school passed there. He stopped to listen to him for a while and then said, Could you please tell us a rare animal, sir? Certainly, said Mr. Turner. One day I met a rhinoceros（犀牛） by a river Please wait a minute, sir, said the man. There arent any rhinoceros in Africa at all! Its rare just because there arent any! 6. Mr. White was born in a farmers family. A.TB. F 7. Mr. White hoped to be respected because he was the richest man in their town. A.TB. F 8. The children often asked him to tell them something interesting because he knew more than any other person in the town. A.TB. F 9. All people believed Mr. White except the children. A.TB. F 10. Mr. White wouldnt like to admit that he was wrong. A.TB. F答案： A B A B APassage 3 We are busy talking about and using the Internet，but how many of us know the history of the Internet? Many people are surprised when they find that the Internet was set up in the 1960s. At that time，computers were large and expensive. Computer network didnt work well. If one computer in the network broke down，then the whole network stopped. So a new network system had to be set up. It should be good enough to be used by many different computers. If part of the network was not working，information could be sent through another part. In this way computer network system would keep on working on the time. At first the Internet was only used by the government，but in the early 1970s，universities，hospitals and banks were allowed to use it too. However，computers were still very expensive and the Internet was difficult to use. By the start of the 1990s，computers became cheaper and easier to use. Scientists had also developed software that made surfingin the Internet more convenient. Today it is easy to get on-line and it is said that millions of people use the Internet every day. Sending e-mail is more and more popular among students. The Internet has now become one of the most important parts of peoples life. 11. The Internet has a history of more than fourty years. A.TB. F12. A new network system was set up to make computers cheaper. A.TB. F13. At first the Internet was only used by the government. A.TB. F14. Software made surfingthe Internet more convenient. A.TB. F 15. Today its still not easy to get on-line. A.TB. F答案： A B A A BPassage 4In 1920, barely out of his teens, Alfred Hitchcock went to work for an American film company which had opened a studio in Islington, London. His first job at the studio was writing captions （脚本） for silent movies. Within two years, he was writing scripts（剧本） and working as an assistant director.For the rest of the 1920s, Hitchcock worked on one film after another in Britain and Germany. Filming was often a rough-and-ready（匆忙做成的） affair and the assistant director was required to step in and plug gaps. A cameraman went missing, Hitchcock became a cameraman. A scene needed rewriting, Hitchcock rewrote it. Someone needed to be in charge of money when the film crew was on location, Hitchcock looked after the money.At the same time, this being the era of silent movies, Hitchcock was learning the language of cinema: telling a storynot through dialogue, but through visual images（视觉影象）. This led to his success later. When he began to direct his own films, first in Britain and later in Hollywood, he was determined to make films that held the audiences attention and kept tension（紧张感）. He succeeded. Hitchcocks ability to put you on the edge of your seat makes him one of the greatest makers of suspense（悬念） movies.16. Alfred Hitchcocks first job at the studio was writing captions for silent movies. A.TB. F17. According to the context, step in and plug gaps (in Line 3, Para. 2) means asking for ones help. A.TB. F 18. Telling a story through dialogue prepared Hitchcock for his success later. A.TB. F 19. He was determined to draw the audiences attention and keep tension in his film-making. A.TB. F 20. He had taken up different jobs before he succeeded. A.TB. F答案： A B B A APassage 5 The workers who brought the girl to the orphanage (孤儿院) knew little about her. The streets where they found her had been her home for many years. Her parents were unknown. They left her long ago. At the orphanage, the girl, like all the children there, was taught to read and write. While she was studying at the orphanage，she learned something elseto be independent. At twenty-one，she left the orphanage and began work as a secretary. And then，in 1975, while she was still working as an ordinary secretary, something special happened. She entered the Miss Hong Kong competition and won it. This was the turning point in her life. Now her name，Mary Cheung，was known to everybody. Mary entered the competition because she wanted to show that orphanage girls could be something. Winning the competition gave her the chance to start a new life. This led her first into television and then into business as a manager. When she was working as a manager，she had trouble with her reports. My English just wasnt good enough. she says. Luckily，she had a boyfriend (who later became her husband) to help her. Mary studied management at Hong Kong Polytechnic and graduated in 1980. She started her own business in 1985. But she did not stop developing herself. She then studied at the University of Hong Kong. Since 1987，she had spent a lot of time on photography. She has held several exhibitions of her work in many placesChina, New Zealand and Paris. She still found time, however, to work on TV, write for newspapers and bring up her family. The girl from the street has come a long way, but her journey is not finished yet. 21. Before Mary Cheung was brought to the orphanage， she had lived in the streets for many years. A.TB. F22. The sentence orphanage girls could be something means that orphanage girls could be popular and successful. A.TB. F23. Her life changed in 1985. A.TB. F24. This passage is probably taken from a novel. A.TB. F 25. Marys boyfriend was good at English. A.TB. F答案： A A B B A1. 资料编辑由365iop网编辑完成，有问题可以反馈Q+28638354,九月统考3天通过辅助Passage 6 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. 26. The passage mainly tells us about the importance of taking care of plants.A.TB. F答案：A27. Forests are homes for different kinds of animals.A.TB. F答案：A28. The need for more wood and more land help to protect our forests.A.TB. F答案：B29. Well have more and greater forestsn in 20 or 30 years in some peoples view.A.TB. F答案：B30. The writer thinks it necessary to protect the forests.A.TB. F答案：APassage 7 What makes one person more intelligent than another? What makes one person a genius, like the brilliant Albert Einstein, and another person a fool? Are people born intelligent or stupid, or is intelligence the result of where and how you live? These are very old questions and the answers to them are still not clear. We know, however, that just being born with a good mind is not enough. In some ways, the mind is like a leg or an arm muscle. It needs exercise. Mental exercise is particularly important for young children. Many child psychologists (心理学家) think that parents should play with their children more often and give them problems to think about. The children are then more likely to grow up bright and intelligent. If, on the other hand, children are left alone a great deal with nothing to do, they are more likely to become dull and unintelligent. Parents should also be careful with what they say to young children. According to some psychologists, if parents are always telling a child that he or she is a fool or an idiot, then the child is more likely to keep doing silly and foolish things. So it is probably better for parents to say very positive things to their children, such as That was a very clever thing you did. or You are such a smart child. 31. The word intelligent in the 1st paragraph probably mean bright.A.TB. F答案：A32. According to the context we can guess that a genius is a normal person while an idiot is a funny person.A.TB. F答案：B33. A person born with a good brain and putting it into active use is more likely to become a genius.A.TB. F答案：A34. It is better for parents to praise and encourage their children more often.A.TB. F答案：A35. Intelligence is obviously the result of where and how you live.A.TB. F答案：BPassage 8 A man got into a train and found himself sitting opposite a woman who seemed to be about thirty-five years old. Soon they began talking to each other, and the man said to her, Do you have a family? Yes, I have one son, the woman answered. Oh, really? said the man. Does he smoke? No, hes never touched a cigarette, the woman replied. Thats good, the man continued. I dont smoke either. Tobacco is very bad to ones health. And does your son drink wine? Oh, no, the woman answered at once. Hes never drunk a drop of it. Then I congratulate you, maam, the man said. And does he ever come home late at night? No, never, his neighbor answered. He goes to bed immediately after dinner every night. Well, the man said, hes a wise young man. How old is he? Hes six months old today. But he will grow up to be a gentleman, the woman replied proudly.36. The man and the woman are talking about the womans son. A.TB. F答案：A37. The woman thinks her son will be a gentleman. A.TB. F答案：A38. The conversation took place on a train. A.TB. F答案：A39. The word disappointed probably best describes the mans feeling at the end of the conversation. A.TB. F答案：B40. The woman is so proud of her son that she does not really understand what the mans questions mean. A.TB. F答案：BPassage 9 Mr. Young ran his own business and worked very hard. His wife was afraid that he would get sick if he continued like that, so she often tried to get him to take a vacation. At last she managed to persuade him to do so, and she hoped that he would be able to enjoy his vacation without any disturbance, so before they left, Mrs. Young went to see her husbands secretary. She said to her, My husband needs a vacation very much, so whatever happens, please dont bother him with telegrams and letters about business problems while we are away. Just wait till we get back. After Mr. and Mrs. Young had been away about a week, Mr. Young received a letter from his secretary which said, Something terrible happened to your business, but Im not going to bother you with it while you are enjoying your vacation.41. Mr. Young was the owner of a private business. A.TB. F答案：A42. Mrs. Young worried about her husbands business. A.TB. F答案：B43. Mrs. Young was afraid that her husbands vacation might be spoilt. A.TB. F答案：A44. The secretary didnt explain in her letter what had happened to Mr.Youngs business, because she didnt want to spoil Mr. Youngs vacation.A.TB. F答案：A45. You can learn from the story that Mr. Young had a stupid secretary. A.TB. F答案：A2. 资料编辑由365iop网编辑完成，有问题可以反馈Q+28638354,九月统考3天通过辅助Passage 10 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. 46. Many families wanted to have a signature of the general. A.TB. F答案：B47. The general came back to Washington after the First World War. A.TB. F答案：A48. The general ordered his men to look for all his teeth and buy all of them. A.TB. F答案：A49. The fact that the generals name was on the label of each tooth shows that the general was famous. A.TB. F答案：A50. The teeth they collected most probably cost $1150.A.TB. F答案：BPassage 11 The word horsepower was first used two hundred years ago. James Watt had made the worlds first widely used steam engine. He had no way of telling people exactly how powerful it was, for at that time there were no units for measuring power. Watt decided to find out how much work one strong horse could do in one minute. He called that unit one horsepower. With this unit he could measure the work his steam engine could do. He discovered that a horse could lift a 3300-pound weight 10 feet into the air on one minute. His engine could lift a 33-pound weight 100 feet in one minute. Because his engine did ten times as much work as the horse, Watt called it a ten horsepower engine. 51. The passage says that Watt made the first widely used steam engine. A.TB. F答案：A52. Watt wanted to find a way to lift a 3300-pound weight. A.TB. F答案：B53. He made up a unit of measurement based on the strength of a horse. A.TB. F答案：A54. One horsepower would equal the weight of one horse. A.TB. F答案：B55. The possible title for this passage is The Origin of the Term Horsepower. A.TB. F答案：APassage 12 Snowflakes look like white stars falling from the sky. But there have been times when snow has looked red, green, yellow, or black. There have been snowflakes of almost every color. Think how it would seem to have colored snowflakes coming down all around you. Black snow fell in France one year. Another year grey snow f