常熟理工学院《英语阅读》2024 - 2025 学年第一学期期末试卷

（第2页）制卷人签名：制卷日期制卷人签名：制卷日期：审核人签名：：审核日期：………………………………………………装……订……线…………………学院专业/班级学号姓名题号一二三四五六七八总分阅卷教师得分………………一、选择题（总共10题，每题3分，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项）1.Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?A.Theimportanceofreadingskills.B.Differenttypesofreadingmaterials.C.Strategiesforimprovingreadingspeed.D.Acomparisonofreadinghabits.2.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingisNOTabenefitofreading?A.Expandingvocabulary.B.Improvingconcentration.C.Reducingstress.D.Increasingphysicalstrength.3.Whatdoestheauthorsuggestaboutreadingdifficulttexts?A.Skipoverthedifficultparts.B.Readthemquicklytogetthegeneralidea.C.Usecontextcluestounderstandthemeaning.D.Avoidreadingsuchtextsaltogether.4.Whichreadingtechniqueisusefulforfindingspecificinformation?A.Skimming.B.Scanning.C.Intensivereading.D.Extensivereading.5.Whatcanbeinferredfromthepassageaboutreadingforpleasure?A.Itisawasteoftime.B.Ithelpsimproveacademicperformance.C.Itshouldbedoneonlyoccasionally.D.Itislessimportantthanreadingforinformation.6.Howdoestheauthorrecommendstartinganewbook?A.Byreadingthelastchapterfirst.B.Byskimmingtheentirebook.C.Byreadingthefirstfewpagescarefully.D.Bylookingatthepicturesandcaptions.7.Whatistheroleofreadinginlanguagelearning?A.Ithelpsimprovewritingskillsonly.B.Itisessentialforgrammarlearning.C.Itenhanceslisteningandspeakingskillsaswell.D.Ithasnodirectimpactonlanguagelearning.8.Accordingtothepassage,whatisagoodwaytomakereadingmoreengaging?A.Readinanoisyenvironment.B.Readalonewithoutdistractions.C.Discusswhatyoureadwithothers.D.Readthesametypeofbooksallthetime.9.Whatdoestheauthormeanby"activereading"?A.Readingwhiledoingothertasks.B.Readingwithoutthinkingtoomuch.C.Engagingwiththetext,askingquestions,andmakingconnections.D.Readingonlyforentertainment.10.Whichofthefollowingisanexampleofareadingmaterialforleisure?A.Aresearchpaper.B.Atextbook.C.Anovel.D.Abusinessreport.二、多项选择题（总共5题，每题5分，从每题所给的A、B、C、D、E五个选项中，选出所有符合要求的选项，少选、多选或错选均不得分）1.Whichofthefollowingcanbeconsideredreadingstrategies?()A.Makingpredictionsbeforereading.B.Summarizingwhatyouhaveread.C.Usingadictionarytolookupeverynewword.D.Visualizingthescenesdescribedinthetext.E.Readingthetextaloud.2.Whataretheadvantagesofreadingclassicliterature?()A.Itexposesyoutodifferentwritingstyles.B.Ithelpsyouunderstandhistoricalandculturalcontexts.C.Italwayshasahappyending.D.Itcanimproveyourcriticalthinkingskills.E.Itiseasiertoreadthanmodernliterature.3.Whichfactorscanaffectaperson'sreadingspeed?()A.Thecomplexityofthetext.B.Thereader'slevelofconcentration.C.Theamountofsleepthereadergets.D.Thereader'sfamiliaritywiththetopic.E.Thefontsizeofthetext.4.Whataresomewaystodevelopareadinghabit?()A.Setasideaspecifictimeforreadingeveryday.B.Joinabookclub.C.Readonlythebooksrecommendedbyothers.D.Startwithbooksthatareeasyforyou.E.Avoidreadingbooksthatyoudon'tlike.5.Whichofthefollowingstatementsaboutreadingcomprehensionaretrue?()A.Itinvolvesunderstandingthemainideaanddetailsofthetext.B.Itrequirestheabilitytomakeinferences.C.Itisonlyimportantforacademicreading.D.Itcanbeimprovedbypracticingregularly.E.Itdoesn'tmatterifyoudon'tunderstandeveryword.三、判断题（总共10题，每题2分，判断下列句子是否符合文章内容，相符的写T，不相符的写F）1.Readingcanonlybedoneinaquietroom.()2.Skimmingisagoodwaytogetageneralunderstandingofalongpassage.()3.Peoplewhoreadalotarealwaysmoreintelligentthanthosewhodon't.()4.Readingforpleasureshouldbereplacedbyreadingforacademicpurposes.()5.Usingcontextcluesisnotareliablemethodforunderstandingnewwords.()6.Readingdifferentgenresofbookscanbroadenyour视野.()7.Aperson'sreadingspeedremainsconstantthroughouttheirlife.()8.Discussingbookswithotherscanenhanceyourunderstandingofthetext.()9.Readingismainlybeneficialforstudentsandhaslittlevalueforadults.()10.Youshouldalwaysfinishabookonceyoustartreadingit,evenifyoudon'tlikeit.()四、简答题（总共3题，每题10分，简要回答问题）1.Explainthedifferencebetweenskimmingandscanninginreading.2.Howcanreadingimproveyourvocabulary?3.Whataresometipsforreadingalongandcomplexarticle?五、阅读理解（总共2篇文章，每篇文章20分，阅读下列文章，然后回答问题）Passage1Readingisafundamentalskillthatopensdoorstoknowledge,imagination,andpersonalgrowth.Itallowsustoexploredifferentworlds,gainnewperspectives,anddevelopcriticalthinkingabilities.Whetherit'sathrillingnovel,aninformativenon-fictionbook,orasimplenewspaperarticle,everypieceofwritinghasthepotentialtoenrichourlives.Oneofthekeybenefitsofreadingistheexpansionofvocabulary.Asweencounternewwordsinvarioustexts,welearntheirmeaningsandhowtousethemincontext.Thisnotonlyimprovesourwritingandspeakingskillsbutalsoenhancesourabilitytounderstandcomplexideas.Anotheradvantageistheimprovementofconcentration.Whenweread,weneedtofocusonthewords,sentences,andoverallnarrative.Thishelpstrainourmindstostayfocusedforlongerperiods,whichcanbebeneficialinotherareasoflifeaswell,suchasstudyingorworking.Furthermore,readingisagreatwaytorelaxandunwind.Itprovidesanescapefromthestressesofdailylifeandallowsustoimmerseourselvesinadifferentstoryortopic.Itcanbeaformofself-carethatrejuvenatesourminds.However,readingalsocomeswithitschallenges.Sometextsmaybedifficulttounderstandduetocomplexlanguageorunfamiliarconcepts.Insuchcases,it'simportanttousestrategieslikebreakingthetextintosmallerparts,lookingupunfamiliarwords,andusingcontextcluestomakesenseofthemeaning.Questions:1.Whatarethebenefitsofreadingaccordingtothepassage?2.Howdoesreadinghelpwithvocabularyexpansion?3.Whyisreadingagoodwaytorelax?Passage2Intoday'sdigitalage,thehabitofreadingtraditionalbooksseemstobefacingsomechallenges.Withtheriseofe-books,onlinereadingplatforms,andmobiledevices,manypeopleareturningtodigitalformatsfortheirreadingneeds.Whiledigitalreadingoffersconvenience,suchastheabilitytocarrymultiplebooksononedeviceandaccessthemanytime,anywhere,italsohassomedrawbacks.Oneoftheconcernswithdigitalreadingisthepotentialimpactoneyehealth.长时间盯着screenscancauseeyestrain,headaches,andothervisionproblems.Additionally,somepeoplefinditdifficulttostayfocusedondigitaltextscomparedtothetactileexperienceofholdingaphysicalbook