英语精读试题及答案

Exercises(UnitsOne–Five）

I.Vocabularyandstructure

Onmywaytoschool,Isawpeople______advertisementsandsampleproducts。

A。conveyingB.creatingC.discardingD。distributing

TheprofessorthoughtthatIwasmakinggoodprogressinmystudiesandtoldmeto_____mygoodwork。

A。keepupB.goaheadwithC.holdbackD.comeupwith

3。Hismarkedchangesinpersonalitywere______byaseriesofunfortunateeventsinlife.

A.broughtoutB。broughttoC.broughtupD。broughtabout

4。Jane’sangercouldnotbe_____whentheconversationturnedtothecriticismofherownfather。

A.heldonB.heldoutC.heldbackD.heldup

5。_____withthepicture，Marytoreittopieces。

A.DissatisfyingthoroughlyB.Todissatisfythoroughly

C。TobethoroughlydissatisfiedD.Beingthoroughlydissatisfied

6。BecausemyTVset_____Icouldnotwatchthefootballgamebroadcastlivelastnight.

A。brokeupB。brokeoffC。brokedownD.brokeout

7.Don’tforget_____whenyouarefinishedwiththeelectroniciron。

A。toturnitoffB。tohaveturneditoff

C。turningitoffD。havingturneditoff

8.Asacleaningwoman,her_____dutiesincludecleaningthedesksandmoppingthefloor。

A。continuousB。routineC.initialD。constant

9。Thisroadwillneverend,andit______goesallaroundtheworld。

A.possiblyB。probablyC。likelyD.could

10。ManyAmericanIndians____contactwithghosts，sotheydisposedofthebodiesofdeadrelativesimmediately。

A。frightenedB。dazzledC。dreadedD。scared

II.Cloze

Faces，likefingerprints,areunique.Didyou__1__wonderhowitispossibleforusto__2__people？Evenaskilledwriterprobablycouldnotdescribeallthe_3__thatmakeonefacedifferentfromanother。Yetaveryyoungchild—__4__ananimal，suchasapigeon—canlearntorecognizefaces。Weall__5__thisabilityforgranted。

Wealsotellpeopleapart__6__howtheybehave。Whenwetalkaboutsomeone’spersonality,wemean__7__inwhichheorsheacts,speaks,thinks，andfeelsthat__8__thatindividualdifferentfromothers。

Likethehumanface，humanpersonalityisverycomplex.Butdescribingsomeone’spersonality__9__wordsissomewhateasierthan__10__hisface.Ifyouwereaskedtodescribewhata“niceface"lookedlike,you__11__haveadifficulttimedoingso.Butifyouwereaskedtodescribea“niceperson,”you__12__begintothinkaboutsomeonewhowaskind，__13__,friendly,warm,andsoforth。

Therearemanywordstodescribe__14__apersonthinks,feels,andacts。GordonAllport，__15__U。S。psychologist，foundnearly18，000Englishwords__16__differencesinpeople’sbehavior。Andmanyofususethisinformationasa__17__fordescribing,ortyping，a__18__。Hippies，bookworms,_19__,militarytypes-peoplearedescribedwithsuch__20__。

1.A。sometimes B。ever C。always D。anytime

2。A。spot B。locate C.know D。recognize

3.A.features B.characteristics Cdistinctions D。qualities

4.A。oreven B.andalso C。andthen D.andtoo

5。A.have B.use C。take D.regard

6.A。in B.by C.from D。with

7。A.themanners B。themeans C.theways D.thepatterns

8。A。causesBcause C.makes D.make

9.A。with B.byC.in D.using

10.A.describeB.describing

C.todescribeD.descriptionof

11。A。willB.wouldC。shall D.should

12.A。may B.canC.might D。will

13.A.considerateB.considerableC。considering D。concerned

14。A.why B。when C。howDwhat

15.A。a B.anCtheD。that

16.A.characterizingB.characterize

C.characterizedD。tocharacterize

17.A。baseB.foundationC。pointD.criterion

18。A.personB.personalityC.man D.woman

19.A。politiciansB。scholars

C.professionalsD.conservatives

20.A.nounsB。jargonC.nicknames D.terms

III.Fillineachblankwithaprepositionoranadverb。

Somemenspendtheirwholelivestryingtoforecasttheweather.Suchpeoplecollectexactinformation（1）_____theweather（2）_____allparts（3）___theworld.Menaresent(4）____variousplaces(5）___theearth'ssurfacetocollectinformation（6）____thewinds，airpressure,changes（7）____temperature，rainfallandcloudiness。

Eachplacesendsitsinformation(usually(8）____wireless）（9)___certaintimeseachday(10)_____thecentralofficewheretheweatherinformation（11）______alltheseplacescanbeexamined.Theinformationreceivedisput（12）______(13）____amap（14）_____theworldcalledaweatherchart.（15）_____suchachart,itispossibletowork（16）______，say,thedirection（17）___whichawind-stormismoving。

Whentheweatherforecasthasbeenmade，thentheinformationisusuallysent（18）_____thenewspapersandthewirelessstations.Asscientistsdiscovermoreandmore（19)____theweather（20）_____everypartoftheworld,weatherforecastingwillbecomemoreandmorecertain.

（21)____thesedays（22）____aeroplanes，menstudytheweatherhigh（23）____（24）____thesky,sothattheycantellwhetheritissafe（25）_____aeroplanestotravel（26）____acertaindirection.Theystudytheclouds,thespeed（27）___thewinds（28）___theclouds，andthechanges(29)____airpressure(30）____theclouds.

IV.Fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenverb,usingamodalauxiliarywherenecessary.

Menusually(1）_____（want)tohavetheirownway.They（2）_____(want)tothinkand(3）_____(act)astheylike.Noone,however，（4)_______（have)hisownwayallthetime.Aman（5)______(notlive）insocietywithoutconsideringtheinterestsofothersaswellashisowninterests。“Society"（6)______（mean）agroupofpeoplewiththesamelawsandthesamewayoflife.Peopleinsociety（7）_____(make）theirowndecisions,butthesedecisions（8)______（notbe)unjustorharmfultoothers。Oneman’sdecision(9）_____soeasily_____（harm)anotherperson.Forexample,amotorist（10）_____（be）inahurrytogettoafriend’shouse。He(11)_____（set)out,drivingatfullspeedlikeacomputerinarace.There（12）_____(be)othervehiclesandalsopedestriansontheroad。Suddenlythere(13）______(be)acrash.There（14)_____（be）screamsandconfusion。Onecarelessmotorist(15）______（strike）anothercar.Thecollision(16）_______(injure)twoofthepassengersand(17)______(kill)thethird。Toomanyroadaccidents(18）_____(happen）throughthethoughtlessnessofselfishdrivers.Ifmotorists(19)_____（drive）morecarefully，there（20)_______（notbe)somanytrafficaccidents。

V.ReadingComprehension

PassageOne

Inwhatnowseemsliketheprehistorictimesofcomputerhistory,theearth’spostwar(战后)era，therewasquiteawide-spreadconcernthatcomputerswouldtakeovertheworldfrommanoneday.Alreadytoday，lessthan40yearslater，ascomputersarerelievingusofmoreandmoreoftheroutinetasksinbusinessandinourpersonallives，wearefacedwithalessdrasticbutalsolessforeseenproblem。Peopletendtobeover-trustingofcomputersandarereluctanttochallengetheirauthority。Indeed，theybelieveasiftheywerehardlyawarethatwrongbuttonsmaybepushed，orthatacomputermaysimplymalfunction（失误).

Obviously,therewouldbenopointininvestingacomputerifyouhadtocheckallitsanswers，butpeopleshouldalsorelyontheirowninternalcomputersandcheckthemachinewhentheyhavethefeelingthatsomethingmayhavegonewrong.

Questioningandroutinedouble—checksmustcontinuetobeasmuchapartofgoodbusinessastheywerepre—computerdays。Maybeeachcomputershouldcomewiththewarning：forallthehelpthiscomputermayprovide,itshouldnotbeseenasasubstituteforfundamentalthinkingandreasoningskills.

1.Whatisthemainpurposeofthispassage？

A。Tolookbacktotheearlydaysofcomputers。

B。Toexplainwhattechnicalproblemsmayoccurwithcomputers。

C.Todiscourageunnecessaryinvestmentincomputers。

D.Towarnagainstamentallylazyattitudetowardscomputers。

2.Accordingtothepassage，theinitialconcernaboutcomputerswasthattheymight_____.

A。changeourpersonallivesB.takecontroloftheworld

C。createunforeseenproblemsD.affectourbusiness

3。Thepassagerecommendsthosedealingwithcomputersto____。

A.bereasonablydoubtfulaboutthem

B.checkalltheiranswers

C.substitutethemforbasicthinking

D.usethemforbusinessonly

4.Thepassagesuggeststhatthepresent—dayproblemwithregardtocomputersis_____.

A.challengingB.psychologicalC。drasticD.fundamental

5。Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethattheauthorwoulddisproveof_____.

A.investmentincomputers

B.theuseofone’sinternalcomputer

C.double-checkoncomputers

D.completedependenceoncomputersfordecision—making

PassageTwo

Intheworldofentertainment，TVtalkshowshaveundoubtedlyfloodedeveryinchofspaceondaytimetelevision.Andanyonewhowatchesthemregularlyknowsthateachonevariesinstyleandformat。Butnotwoshowsaremoreprofoundlyoppositeincontent,whileatthesametimestandingoutabovetherest,thantheJerrySpringerandtheOprahWinfreyshows.

JerrySpringercouldeasilybeconsideredthekingof””trashtalk(废话)””。Thetopicsonhisshowareasshockingasshockingcanbe。Forexample,theshowtakestheever—commontalkshowthemesoflove,sex,cheating,guilt,hate，conflictandmoralitytoadifferentlevel。Clearly，theJerrySpringershowisadisplayandexploitationofsociety'smoralcatastrophes(灾难)，yetpeoplearewillingtoeatuptheintriguingpredicaments（困境)ofotherpeople’slives.

LikeJerrySpringer,OprahWinfreytakesTVtalkshowtoitsextreme，butOprahgoesintheoppositedirection.Theshowfocusesontheimprovementofsocietyandanindividual'squalityoflife。Topicsrangefromteachingyourchildrenresponsibility，managingyourworkweek,togettingtoknowyourneighbors.

ComparedtoOprah，theJerrySpringershowlookslikepoisonouswastebeingdumpedonsociety。Jerryendseveryshowwitha"”finalword”".Hemakesasmallspeechthatsumsuptheentiremoraloftheshow.Hopefully,thisisthepartwheremostpeoplewilllearnsomethingveryvaluable。

Cleanasitis，theOprahshowisnotforeveryone。Theshow'smaintargetaudiencearemiddle—classAmericans.Mostofthesepeoplehavethetime,money,andstabilitytodealwithlife'stougherproblems.JerrySpringer，ontheotherhand,hasmoreofanassociationwiththeyoungadultsofsociety.Theseare18—to21-year-oldswhosemaintroublesinlifeinvolvelove，relationship，sex,moneyandpeers。Theyaretheoneswhoseesomevalueandlessonstobelearnedunderneaththeshow'sexploitation。

Whilethetwoshowsareasdifferentasnightandday，bothhaveruledthetalkshowcircuitformanyyearsnow.Eachonecaterstoadifferentaudiencewhilebothhaveastrongfollowingfromlargegroupsoffans.Ironically，bothcouldalsobeconsideredpioneersinthetalkshowworld。

6.ComparedwithotherTVtalkshows，boththeJerrySpringerandtheOprah

Winfreyare_____.

A.morefamily—orientedC.moreprofound

B.unusuallypopularD.relativelyformal

7。ThoughthesocialproblemsJerrySpringertalksaboutappeardistasteful，the

audience_____。

A。remainfascinatedbythemC.remainindifferenttothem

B.arereadytofaceuptothemD.arewillingtogetinvolvedinthem

8.WhichofthefollowingislikelytobeatopicoftheOprahWinfreyshow？

A.Anewtypeofrobot.C。Familybudgetplanning.

B.Racisthatred.D。Streetviolence。

9。Despitetheirdifferentapproaches，thetwotalkshowsareboth_____.

A。ironicalB.sensitiveC.instructiveD。cynical

10.Wecanlearnfromthepassagethatthetwotalkshows_____。

A.havemonopolizedthetalkshowcircuit

B.exploittheweaknessesinhumannature

C.appearatdifferenttimesoftheday

D.aretargetedatdifferentaudiences

VI.Combineeachofthefollowinggroupsofsentencesintoonebyusingproperconnectives。Thenputthecombinedsentencestogethertoformaparagraph。

a。MysisterandIweredrivingalongthehighway。

b。Wesawasign。

c.Itwasinfrontofanoldfarmhouse。

d。Itread“StopHereforFreeFlowers。”

a.Wecouldnotbelieveit.

b。Westopped。

c.Anelderlywomangreetedus。

d。Shewasthinandworn.

a。Wehadobviouslyseenthesign.

b。Shesaidthis。

c.Weassentedtowhatshesaid.

a。Theflowerswereprettiestatthatseason。

b.Shetoldusthat.

c.Weweretopicktheflowers.

d.Theflowersweretheoneswelikedbest.

e.Shewantedustodothis。

a。Shewasfrail。

b。Shewasshabbilydressed。

c。Wesawthis.

d。Weofferedtobuytheflowers。

e.Shepointedlyrefusedouroffer。

a.Wewenttoafield。

b。Itwasfullofgladioli。

c.Theywereofeverybrilliantcolor.

d.Sheledusthere.

a。Whydidshegivetheseflowersaway?

b。Mysisteraskedherthisquestion.

a.Heroldeyesdimmed。

b。Shewassilentforawhile.

c.Wegotthestoryatlast.

a.Theoldcoupleusedtohavetwoboys。

b。Theyalwayshelpedtokeepthegladioli.

c。Theyknewallofthembyname.

a。Theysoldtheflowers.

b。theydividedthemoney。

c。Theyusedthemoneytobuythingsforeachother。

d.Theywereforsuchoccasionsasbirthdays,Christmas，etc。

e。Theydidthiseveryyear.

a.Thewarhadtakentheboys.

b.Theykeptonplantingthesegladioli。

c。Theydidthiseveryyear。

d.Theygavethemaway。

e。Theydidnotreceiveanymoney。

f。Thiswasaliving1memorialtotheboys.

Thekeytotheexercises:

I。Vocabularyandstructure

1。D2.B3.D4。C5.D6。C7。A8.B9。B10.C

II。Cloze

1。B2。D3.A4。A5.C6。B7.C8.D9。C10。B

11.B12.C13。A14.C15。A16。A17.D18.B19.D20.D

III.Fillingtheblanks

1。about2.from3。of4.to5.on6.on7。in8。by9。at10。from

11。from12.on13.to14.