6党校英语阅读理解参考答案

Passage 1In the past ten years several experts have tried to teach language to apes. One American psychologist trained his ape named Sarah to make sentences on a computer. Another American scientist trained an ape named Washoe to make signs for words. A third American scientist also trained an ape named Nim Chimpsky to use sign language. Nim learned over a hundred signs for different words. But can we say that these apes learned language? 21. The main purpose of the several experiments with apes is to _D_. D) discover whether apes have the ability to learn language22. How long did the experiment with Nim last? C C) 28 months23. Which of the following is Not True? C C) Nim learned to speak English in four months.24. Dr. Terrace finally decided that apes could not learn language mainly because _B_. B) they can never learn in an active and creative way25. The passage tells us that _C_. C) apes dont have language ability Passage 2Communication by television has been one-way since its beginning. However, the television watcher will soon be able to talk back. Two-way television is now a possibility, making electronic communication a goal for the future. Because of computers and cable television, the members of the audience will soon be more than watchers. They will be able to do more than choose their programs. They will also be able to give feedback on them. Two-way TV is not a dream. The hardware for such a two-way system already exists. For example, the cable television systems that are spreading rapidly connect stations and television sets. The same equipment can be used to return information. 26. With a two-way television, watchers can _B_. B) tell TV announcers what they think of the programs they have just watched 27. The most important feature of Qube is that viewers can _D_. D) talk back to the announcers by pushing buttons on a book-sized box28. The main idea of Paragraph 2 is _D_. D) how a Qube system works29. Feedback from the viewers is analyzed by _D_. D) computers30. According to the passage, the Qube system _D_. D) is at an experimental stagePassage 3The world is not only hungry, it is also thirsty for water. This may seem strange to you, since nearly 75% of the earths surface is covered with water. But about 97% of this huge amount is seawater, or slat water. Man can only drink and use the other 3% - the fresh water that comes from rivers, lakes, underground, and other sources. And we cannot even use all of that, because some of it is in the form of icebergs and glaciers. Even worse, some of it has been polluted. 31. The first sentence “The world is also thirsty for water.” means that _A_. A)the world has not enough fresh water to meet our future needs 32. According to the passage, only about _D_ of the earths surface is covered with fresh water. D)2.3%33. We may face a severe worldwide water shortage in the future because _D_. D)our need for fresh water is increasing rapidly34. According to the passage, one of the first steps we should take to stop wasting our fresh water is _C_. C)to develop ways of reusing it35. This passage is mainly about _C_.C)water shortage problemPassage 4Telephone, television, radio, and telegraph all help people communicate with each other. Because of these devices, ideas and news of events spread quickly all over the world. For example, within seconds, people can know the results of an election in another country. An international football match comes into the homes of everyone with a television set. News of a disaster such as an earthquake or flood can bring help from distant countries. Within hours, help is on the way. Because of modern technology like the satellites that travel around the world, information travel fast.21. News spreads fast because of _A_. A) new technology22. According to this passage, _B_ is very important to people in a disaster area. B) fast communication23. Which of the following statements is TRUE? C C) The world now seems smaller because of faster communication.24. Two hundred years ago, news between the continents was carried _B_. B) by sea25. The New Orleans Battle could have been avoided if the peace agreement had been signed _C_.C) by both sidesPassage 5When we talk about intelligence, we do not mean the ability to get good scores on certain kinds of tests or even the ability to do well in school. By intelligence we mean a way of living and behaving, especially in a new or upsetting situation. If we want to test intelligence, we need to find out how a person acts instead of how much he knows what to do.26. According to this passage, intelligence is the ability to _C_. C) deal with life27. In a new situation, an intelligent person _C_. C) concentrates on what to do about the situation28. If an intelligent person failed, he would _B_. B) learn from his experiences29. Bright children and non-bright children _A_. A) are two different types of children30. The author of this passage will probably continue to talk about _A_. A) how to determine what intelligence is Passage 6If we were asked exactly what we were doing a year ago, we should probably have to say that we could not remember. But if we had kept a book and had written in it an account of what we did each day, we should be able to give an answer to the question.31. Which of the following is NOT true? D D) Where there are no written records, there is no history.32. We know very little about the central Africa 200 year ago because _D_. D) the people there had not known how to write33. Remembered history”(Para. 3) refers to _D_. D) Both B and C34. Remembered history is regarded as valuable only when _B_. B) no written account is available35. It can be inferred from the passage that we could have learned much more about our past than we do now if our ancestors had _A_. A) kept a written record of every past eventIII. Cloze (10%)In one Hong Kong secondary school every candidate for a teaching post is asked the question, What are your views on discipline in and _(36) _ the classroom? The answer may be, I believe _(37) _ great freedom in the classroom, pretty much allowing the students to do their own thing in the subject Im teaching. That man will not be _(38)_. _(39)_ not? Because, even though he may arouse the interests of the students - and _(40)_ is good - he, nevertheless, is guilty _(41)_ not leading the students interests _(42)_ the necessary and useful way of _(43)_ comprehension of their subject. _(44)_ a singing or boxing student who practiced _(45)_ his own and merely came to an instructor occasionally for encouragement. Good instruction demands specific details on the best methods to follow and the dangers to guard against. D 36. A) of B) to C) for D) outside D 37. A) with B) of C) for D) in B 38. A) pleased B) employed C) agreed D) attracted B 39. A) So B) Why C) But D) What C 40. A) it B) which C) that D) he B 41. A) for B) of C) in D) by B 42. A) nearby B) along C) from D) beyond A 43. A) full B) detailed C) close D) reasonable C 44. A) Watch B) Become C) Imagine D) Suppose A 45. A) on B) by C) for D) in In traditional education, the teacher may feel that the students are not very grown up. 46 , teachers are older than students, 47 teachers feel that students are young and do not know very much about the 48 . The teachers feel that they must tell the students what to do most of the time, and that they must also make the students study specific things. In 49 education, the teachers 50 are very different. These teachers feel that the students are individuals first, and students second. They 51 the students to be responsible for the things that they do, just as adults 52 . A students ideas and feelings are just as important as the teachers. The teacher 53 the students to decide what they want to do, and does not make them study what they do not want to. The teacher lets them decide what to study and how 54 to study. Its very important for the teacher to 55 how he or she feels about the students.A 46. A) Usually B) Indeed C) Not D) Actually A 47. A) and B) however C) still D) yet C 48. A) universe B) culture C) world D) civilization A 49. A) open B) higher C) strict D) private A 50. A) feelings B) interests C) methods D) ways C 51. A) like B) hope C) expect D) help A 52. A) are B) do C) will D) would A 53. A) allows B) makes C) lets D) help A 54. A) much B) well C) hard D) simple B 55. A) tell B) show C) point D) say III. Cloze (10%) The history of modern water pollution goes _ (36) _ to February 28, 1931, when Mrs. Murphy _ (37) _ over her back-yard fence and said to Mrs. Holbrook, You _ (38) _ those shirts white? Mrs. Holbrook was _ (39) _ to admit they were as white as she could get them _ (40) _ that ordinary soap. What you should use is this Formula Cake Soap Which _ (41) _ against the dull grey look that the family wash _ (42) _ had. Doubtful _ (43) _ adventurous, Mrs. Holbrook tried the Formula soap, _ (44) _ did take the grey out of her husbands shirts. But what she didnt know was that the water eventually _ (45) _ into the Blue Sky River, killing two fish. Three years later, Mrs. Murphy was _ (46) _ her shirts and Mrs. Holbrook said, How did you ever get our collars so _ (47) _, surely not with Formula? Not ordinary Formula. But I did with Super Fortified Formula. You see, it attacks dirt and destroys it. Here, try some _ (48) _ your shirts. Mrs. Holbrook _ (49) _ and discovered her husbands shirt collars turned pure white. What she could not possibly know was that it turned the river water pure white as _ (50) _. Six months later, the Blue Sky River was _ (51) _ a health hazard. One day as Mr. Holbrook was walking home from work, he accidentally _ (52) _ the Blue Sky River, swallowed a _ (53) _ of water and died immediately. At the funeral service the minister said, You can say anything you want _ (54) _ Holbrook, but no one can deny he had the _ (55) _ shirts in town.C 36. A) down B) straight C) back D) off D 37. A) sloped B) stretched C) leapt D) leanedB 38. A) get B) call C) name D) makeA 39. A) ashamed B) shamed C) shameless D) shameful C 40. A) by B) from C) with D) withoutD 41. A) promises B) protects C) ensures D) guarantees B 42. A) possibly B) always C) seldom D) never B 43. A) and B) but C) though D) or B 44. A) that B) which C) she D) itA 45. A) emptied B) left C) rushed D) reached C 46. A) putting up B) putting on C) hanging up D) hanging on C 47. A) soapy B) dirty C) white D) grey B 48. A) at B) on C) to D) forA 49. A) did B) refused C) understood D) hesitated C 50. A) expected B) snow C) well D) usual A 51. A) declared B) recognized C) published D) stated B 52. A) swam it B) fell into C) drowned it D) crossed over B 53. A) drop B) mouthful C) drink D) glass A 54. A) about B) to C) as for D) as to D 55. A) oldest B) best C) dirtiest D) cleanestIV. Translation (10%)1. 那辆小汽车从我买了以后尽给我添麻烦。That car has given me nothing but trouble ever since I bought it.2. 玛丽的父母不同意她去美国，因此她最终能否实现自己的愿望尚不可知。Marys parents frown on the idea of her going to America, so it remains to be seen whether she will realize her dream or not.3. 只要你详细说明要我们做些什么，我们就会尽力帮你做好一切准备。As long as you specify what we are expected to du we will try to our best tu help you get everything ready. 4. 再没有收到过他的信，于是我们开始怀疑他是否还活着。Nothing more was heard from him, so that we began to wonder if he is still alive.5. 她容貌秀美，举止优雅，很吸引人。Her good looks ,elegant manners are very attractive.V. Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets. (5%)1.A teachers priorities include exciting students interests and stimulating their creative (唤醒学生的兴趣，激发他们的创造性).2.At the weekly meeting, everyone must confine their remarks to the subject (每个人的发言都不能离开会议议题).3.The government has undertaken a series of new environmental initiatives. As a result, many parks have sprung up a