2023年阅读理解专项训练试题七

阅读理解专项训练试题（七）

一、阅读理解

1、Manythingsaboutlanguageareamystery,andmanywillalwaysremainso.Butsomethingswedoknow.

First,weknowthatallmenintheworldhavealanguageofsomesort.Thereisnoraceofmenanywhereonearthsobackwardthatithasnolanguage.And,inhistoricaltimes,therehasneverbeenaraceofmenwithoutalanguage.

Second,thereisnosuchthingasaprimitivelanguage.Therearemanypeopleswhoseculturesareundeveloped,whoare,aswesay,uncivilized,butthelanguagestheyspeakarenotprimitive.Inallknownlanguageswecanseecomplexitiesthatmusthavebeentensofthousandsofyearsindeveloping.Thishasnotalwaysbeenwellunderstood;indeed,thedirectcontraryhasoftenbeenstated.PopularideasofthelanguageoftheAmericanIndianswillillustrate.ManypeoplehavesupposedthattheIndianscommunicatedinaveryprimitiveway.Studyhasprovedthistobenonsense.Thereare,orwere,hundredsofAmericanIndianlanguages,andallofthemturnouttobeverycomplicatedandveryold.Theyarecertainlydifferentfromthelanguagesthatmostofusarefamiliarwith,buttheyarenomoreprimitivethanEnglishandGreek.

Athirdthingweknowaboutlanguageisthatalllanguagesareperfectlyadequate.Thatis,eachoneisaperfectmeansofexpressingthecultureofthepeoplewhospeakthelanguage.

Finally,weknowthatlanguagechanges.Itisnaturalandnormalforlanguagetochange;theonlylanguageswhichdonotchangearethedeadones.Thisiseasytounderstandifwelookbackwardintime.Changegoesoninallaspectsoflanguage.Grammaticalfeatureschangeasdospeechsounds,andchangesinvocabularyaresometimesveryextensiveandmayoccurveryrapidly.Vocabularyistheleaststablepartofanylanguage

Whatcanbeinferredfromthesecondparagraph（）

A．Somebackwardraceofmendoesn’thavealanguageoftheirown

B．Someraceofmeninhistorydidn’tpossessalanguageoftheirown

C．Anyhumanrace,whetherbackwardornot,hasalanguage

D．Someraceofmenonearthcancommunicatewithoutlanguage

2、Whatkindoflanguagecanpeoplesofundevelopedcultureshave（）

A．Complicated

B．Uncivilized

C．Primitive

D．Well-known

3、PeopleusedtothinkIndianscommunicated_________（）

A．withcomplicatedlanguage

B．inaprimitiveway

C．withhandgestures

D．throughbodymovements

4、Whatdoesthewordadequate（Par4）mostprobablymean（）

A．Primitive

B．Unique

C．Sufficient

D．Proper

5、Accordingtotheauthor,languagechangesaremostlikelytooccurin_________（）

A．grammar

B．pronunciation

C．vocabulary

D．intonation

6、Humancloning（克隆）technologycouldbeusedtoreverseheartattacks.Scientistsbelievethattheymaybeabletotreatheartattackvictimsbycloningtheirhealthyheartcellsandinjectingthemintotheareasoftheheartthathavebeendamaged,andotherproblemsmaybesolvedifhumancloninganditstechnologyarenotforbidden.

Withcloning,infertilecouplescouldhavechildren.Currenttreatmentsforinfertility,intermsofpercentages（百分比）,arenotverysuccessful.Couplesgothroughphysicallyandemotionallypainfulproceduresforasmallchanceofhavingchildren.Manycouplesrunoutoftimeandmoneywithoutsuccessfullyhavingchildren.Humancloningcouldmakeitpossibleformanymoreinfertilecouplestohavechildrenthaneverbefore.Weshouldbeabletoclonethebonemarrow（骨髓）forchildrenandadultssufferingfromleukemia（白血病）.Thisisexpectedtobeoneofthefirstbenefitstocomefromcloningtechnology.

Wemaylearnhowtoswitchcellsonandoffthroughcloningandthusbeabletocurecancer.Cloningtechnologycanbeusedtotestforandperhapscuregene-relateddiseases.Theaboveisjustafewexamplesofwhathumancloningtechnologycandoformankind.

Thisnewtechnologypromisesunprecedentedadvancementinmedicineifpeoplewillreleasetheirfearsandletthebenefitsbegin

Heartattackscanbetreatedwithhumancloningtechnologyby_________（）

A．removingthedamagedpartoftheheart

B．replacingtheoldheartwithaclonedone

C．repairingtheheartwithcellsclonedfromhealthyones

D．givingthepatientsinjectionsofvariousmedicines

7、Thewordinfertile（Line1,Par2）mostprobablymeans_________（）

A．unabletogivebirthtochild

B．havingphysicalandemotionalproblems

C．shortoftimeandmoney

D．separatedfromeachotherforlong

8、ParagraphTwoimpliesthatintreatinginfertility,_________（）

A．thepercentageofsuccessfultreatmentsisveryhighwhenpresentmethodsareused

B．thepresenttreatmentisverycheap

C．thecloningtechnologycostslesstimeandmoneyintreatinginfertility

D．thecloningtechnologyismoresuitablefortreatinginfertilitythanleukemia

9、ThefollowingareallexamplesofthebenefitsfromthecloningtechnologyEXCEPT_________（）

A．treatingheartattackvictims

B．releasingpeople’sfears

C．treatmentforinfertility

D．curingcancer

10、Accordingtothewriter,themainproblemwiththedevelopmentofhumancloningtechnologyisthat_________（）

A．itmaybeoutofhumancontrol

B．ithasbroughtaboutfewbenefitssofar

C．peoplestillknowlittleaboutit

D．peopleareafraidofsuchtechnology

11、Theold-fashionedgeneralstoreisfastdisappearing.Thisis,perhaps,apity,becauseshoppingtodayseemstolackthatpersonalelementwhichexistedwhentheshopkeeperknewallhisregularcustomerspersonally.Hecould,forinstance,rememberwhichbrandofteaMrs.SmithusuallyboughtorwhatsortofwashingpowderMrs.Jonespreferred.

Notonlywastheshopacenterofbuyingandselling,butasocialmeetingplace.Aprosperousgeneralstoremighthaveemployedfourorfiveassistants,andsotherewereveryfewproblemsinmanagementasfarasthestaffwereconcerne

Butnowthatthesupermarkethasreplacedthegeneralstore,thejobofthemanagerhaschangedcompletely.Themodernsupermarketmanagerhastocopewithastaffofasmanyasahundred,apartfromalltheothereverydayproblemsofrunningalargebusiness.

Everymorningthemanagermust,likethecommanderofanarmydivision,carryoutaninspectionofhisstoretomakesurethateverythingisreadyforthebusinessoftheday.Hemustseethateverythingisrunningsmoothly.Hewillhavetogiveadviceandmakedecisionsasproblemsarise;andhemustknowhowtogethishugestafftoworkefficientlywiththeirrespectiveresponsibilities.Nomatterwhathehastodothroughouttheday,however,thesupermarketmanagermustbereadyforanyemergencythatmayarise.Theysayinthetradethatyouarenotreallyanexperiencedsupermarketmanageruntilyouhavedealtwithaflood,afire,abirthandadeathinyourstore

Themainpurposeofthepassageistoshow_________（）

A．howthesupermarkethasreplacedtheoldgeneralstore

B．howtheold-fashionedgeneralstoreisfastdisappearing

C．howsupermarketmanagersrunmodernsupermarkets

D．howsupermarketmanagersdealwithproblemseverymorning

12、Itisapitythattherearefeweroldgeneralstoresnowbecause_________（）

A．thereislesstradingbusiness

B．thereusedtobemoresocialactivitiesintheolddays

C．supermarketmanagershasmoreproblems

D．thereislesspersonalcontactbetweenmanagerandcustomer

13、WhoareMrs.SmithandMrs.Jonesmentionedinthefirstparagraph（）

A．Shopassistants

B．Friendsoftheshopmanager’s

C．Tworegularcustomersofthestore

D．Tworegularcustomersofthesupermarket

14、Howhasthejobofthestoremanagerchanged（）

A．Hedoesn’tsellteaorwashingpowderanymore

B．Hemusttryhardtorememberthenamesoftheregularcustomers

C．Hehastogiveadviceandmakedecisionswhenproblemsarise

D．Hehastotakecareofalargestaffaswellasbusiness

15、Theauthorcomparedthesupermarketmanagerto_________（）

A．amilitaryleader

B．aschoolinspector

C．trafficsupervisor

D．anorchestraconductor

16、Isupposethatthemostbasicandpowerfulwaytoconnecttoanotherpersonistolisten.Justlisten.Perhapsthemostimportantthingweevergiveeachotherisourattention,andespeciallyifit’sgivenfromtheheart.Whenpeoplearetalking,there’snoneedtodoanythingbutreceivethem.Listentowhatthey’resaying.Careaboutit.Mosttimescaringaboutitisevenmoreimportantthanunderstandingit.Mostofusdon’tvalueourselvesorourloveenoughtoknowthis.IthastakenmealongtimetobelieveinthepowerofsimplesayingI’msosorry.whensomeoneisinpain.

Oneofmypatientstoldmethatwhenshetriedtotellherstory,peopleofteninterruptedtotellherthattheyoncehadsomethingjustlikethathappeningtoher.Subtly,herpainbecameastoryaboutthem.Eventuallyshestoppedtalkingtomostpeople.Weconnectthroughlistening.Whenweinterruptwhatsomeoneissayingtoletthemknowthatweunderstand,wemovethefocusofattentiontoourselves.Whenwelisten,theyknowwecare.

Ihaveeverlearnedtorespondtosomeonecryingbyjustlistening.IntheolddaysIusedtoreachforthehandkerchiefs,untilIrealizedthatpassingapersonahandkerchiefmaybejustanotherwaytoshuthimdown,totakethemoutoftheirexperienceofsadness.NowIjustlisten.Whentheyhavecriedalltheyneedtocry,theyfindmetherewiththem.

Thissimplethinghasnotbeenthateasytolearn.ItcertainlywentagainsteverythingIhadbeentaughtsinceIwasveryyoung.Ithoughtpeoplelistenedonlybecausetheyweretooshytospeakordidnotknowtheanswer.ButnowIknowthatalovingsilenceoftenhasfarmorepowertohealthanthekindestwords

Whatdoestheauthorvaluemostinthecommunicationwitheachother（）

A．Deepunderstanding

B．SayingI’msorry

C．Attentionfromheart

D．Doingnothing

17、Thewomanpatientstoppedtellingherstorytomostpeoplebecause_________（）

A．shedidn’tgetenoughrespectfromothers

B．shewasdiscouragedbybeingofteninterrupted

C．peopleoftentoldhertheirownopinions

D．peoplecouldn’tunderstandhersadsituation

18、Ifyouhandahandkerchieftosomeonecrying,youmay_________（）

A．hurthisfeelings

B．makehimembarrassed

C．encouragehimtocontinuetocry

D．stophimfromlettingouthissorrow

19、Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatwhilecommunicating,_________（）

A．listeningisaperfectwaytorespondtoothers

B．peoplekeepsilentbecausetheydon’tknowtheanswer

C．keepingsilentmeansbeingtooshytospeak

D．itiseasytoformthehabitoflisteningsilently

20、Whichofthefollowingmightbetheauthor’sopinionaboutcommunication（）

A．Keepsilent

B．Justlisten

C．Becareful

D．Tellyourownstory

21、Itisonlyashiny,yellowmetal,butitisoneofthemostvaluablemetalsonearth.Sincethebeginningoftime,menhavelookedforthisextremelyvaluableitem,gol

Goldissoftandeasytoformintodifferentobjects.Ifitgetswet,itdoesnotrustlikeironorothermetals.Acidsdonotchangeit.Oneimportantreasonthatgoldissovaluableisthatitisscarce.

Duetoitssoftness,goldmustbecombinedwithothermetalstohardenitandgiveitstrength.Byhardeninggold,peoplecanthe