成人學位英語考試閱讀理解強化練習及答案四

Somepartsofmostmodernbuildings-theatersandofficesaswellasclassrooms

aremorethanamplyheatedbypeopleandlightsandsometimesmustbe

air-conditionedeveninwinter.Thetechniqueofsavingheatandredistributingitis

called"heatrecovery,"Afewmodernbuildingsrecoverheat,buttheUniversity's

systemisthefirsttorecoverheatfromsomebuildingsandre-useitinothers.

Alongtheway,pithaslearnedagreatdealaboutsomeofitsheatproducers.

Theharderastudentstudies,themoreheathisbodygivesoff.(76)Malestudents

emitmoreheatthanfemalestudents,andthelargerastudent,themoreheathe

produces.ItistemptingtoconcludethatthehottestprospectfortheJohnstown

campuswouldbeahardworking,overweightmalegenius.

1.Untilrecently,bodyheathascausedproblemsbecauseit.

A.wasdifficulttocollect

B.cameinavarietyofforms

C.wasdifficulttogetridof

D.tendedtobeabsorbedbyphysicalobjects

答案：C答案是開頭的第二句：Theusualproblemishowtodisposeof

it.Disposeof"處理解決”。

2.WhichofthefollowingistrueoftheheatingsystemoftheJohnstown

campus?

A.Theheatissuppliedbyhumanbodiesonly.

B.Theheatissuppliedbybothhumanbodiesandotherheat-emittingobjects.

C.Theheatissuppliedbybothhumanbodiesandconventionalfuel.

D.Theheatissuppliedbyhumanbodies,otherheat-emittingobjects,and

conventionalfuel.

3.Thephrase"eveninwinter"(inline8)mostnearlymeans.

A.ifthewinterisespeciallywarm

B.duringalloftheyearexceptthewinter

C.inthewinteraswellasinotherseasons

D.duringtheeveningsinthewinter

答案：C第二段中說：大多數(shù)現(xiàn)代化的大樓有些部分-戲院、辦公室以及教

室是用人體和燈光的熱來供熱的，有時候甚至在冬天的空調(diào)也是由它們來供熱。

Even意為"甚至"。

4.Thephrase"heatrecovery"referstoa.

A.methodofconcealingthesourceofheat

B.specialformofairconditioning

C.supplementaryhotwatersystem

D.wayofreclaimingandre-usingheat

答案：D回收再利用熱能。此題考察學生對全文的總結(jié)能力，以及reclaim

和re-use的詞義。

5.AccordingtothepassagewhichofthefollowingwouldproducetheLEAST

amountofheat?

A.Afatfemalewhostudieshard.

B.Athinfemalewhodoesnotstudy.

C.Afatmalewhodoesnotstudy.

D.Athinmalewhostudieshard.

答案：B最后一段倒數(shù)第二句說：男學生發(fā)出的熱量比女生發(fā)出的熱量多,

學生體重越重產(chǎn)生的熱量越多。學習刻苦的比學習不刻苦的產(chǎn)生的熱量多。所以

最瘦的女生產(chǎn)生的熱量最少。

6.WhatdoesbettereducationmeantotheAmericanpeople?

A.Educationmakingthemlearnhowtousemodernmachines.

C.EducationincludingEnglish,mathematics,arts,andphysicalandsocial

sciences.

0.Educationmakingapersongetwell-paidjob.

7.WhathaveadvancedtechnologyandautomationdonetoAmericans?

A.CreatedchancesandchallengestotheAmericans.

B.Forcedthemtogethighpositionintheirwork.

C.Madethemmanagetoearnmuchmoremoney.

答案A。參見原文第二句。新技術(shù)的開發(fā)為美國人創(chuàng)造了機會，同時也帶來

了挑戰(zhàn)。A項與原文相符，B、C、D三項所述不符合原文意思。故本題應(yīng)選A.

A.Academiccourses.

B.Mathematics.

C.Technicalcourses.

0.Vocationalcourses.

9.Whattrainingsareavailabletoyoungpeoplewhodonotgotocollegesafter

theygraduate?

A.Trainingsinjuniorcolleges.

B.Trainingsinskillcenters.

C.Trainingsinwork.

lO.Whichofthefollowingisthemajorrequirementforajob?

A.Moreeducation.

B.Moreskill.

C.Morechances.

D.BothA)andB).

答案D。見原文第二段最后一句。受過良好教育以及具有較多技能是當今美

國人找工作時必須具備的主要條件。D項符合原文;A.B兩項有失偏頗;C項與原文

不符。

Canwepaytoomuchattentiontodetails?Absolutely.Perfectionistsstruggle

overlittlethingsatthecostofsomethinglargertheyworktoward."Tokeepfrom

losingtheforestforthetrees,"saysCharlesGarfield,associateprofessoratthe

UniversityofCalifornia,SanFrancisco,"wemustconstantlyaskourselveshowthe

detailsweareworkingonfitintothelargerpicture.Iftheydon't,weshoulddrop

themandmovetosomethingelse."

Toooftenwebelievewhataccountsforothers'successissomespecialsecretor

aluckybreak（機遇）.Butrarelyissuccesssomysterious.Againandagain,weseethat

bydoinglittlethingswithinourgraspwell,largerewardsfollow.

ll.Accordingtothepassage,somejobapplicantswererejected.

A.becauseoftheircarelessnessasshownintheirfailuretopresentacleancopy

ofaresume

B.becauseoftheirinadequateeducationasshownintheirpoorspellingin

writingaresume

C.becausetheyfailedtogiveadetaileddescriptionoftheirbackgroundintheir

applications

0.becausetheyeliminatedtheirnamesfromtheapplicants'listthemselves

答案A.答題依據(jù)是第一段最后一句話"It'samazinghowmanycandidatesto

eliminatethemselves,"whesay.和第二段第—句Resumesarrivewithstains.前——句

是結(jié)果，后一句是原因。題干中jobapplicants,rejected分別與文中candidates,

eliminate對應(yīng)。答案選項中的carelessness與文中stain對應(yīng)。

12.Theword"perfectionists"(Para.3,Line1)referstothosewho.

A.demandotherstogeteverythingabsolutelyright

B.knowhowtoadjusttheirgoalsaccordingtothecircumstances

C.paytoomuchattentiontodetailsonlytolosetheirmajorobjectives

D.arecapableofachievingperfectresultsinwhatevertheydo

答案C.答題時首先要依靠上下文。第三段第一句話中的too...to結(jié)構(gòu)是設(shè)問：

我們會不會對細節(jié)過份注重?第二句話中struggleoverlittlethingsatthecostof

somethinglargertheywortoward意思是：以犧牲要做的大事為代價而注重一些雞

毛蒜皮的小事。由此可見Perfectionists(完美主義者)是一種事無巨細一概追求盡

善盡美，但往往又失去主要目標的人。后一Tokeepfromtheforestforthetrees

相當于中文的“只見樹木不見森林”，"抓了芝麻丟了西瓜”一類說法。答題時還應(yīng)

搞清這一段在全文語篇發(fā)展中所起的承上啟下的作用。本文前兩段是批評人們粗

枝大葉，不拘小節(jié)。這一段轉(zhuǎn)而告誡人們不要過于拘泥于小節(jié)，吹毛求疵，而應(yīng)

該在注意細節(jié)的同時不忘整體。

13.Whichofthefollowingistheauthor'sadvicetothereader?

A.AIthoughtoomuchattentiontodetailsmaybecostly,theyshouldnotbe

overlooked.

B.Don'tforgetdetailswhendrawingpictures.

C.Beawareoftheimportanceofataskbeforeundertakingit.

D.Carelessapplicantsarenottobetrusted.

14.TheexampleoftheApolloIImoonlaunchisgiventoillustratethat.

A.minormistakescanbeignoredinachievingmajorobjectives

B.failureisthemotherofsuccess

0.keepingone'sgoalinmindhelpsindecidingwhichdetailscanbeoverlooked

15.Thebesttitleforthispassagewouldbe.

A.Don'tBeaPerfectionists

B.ImportanceofAdjustments

C.DetailsandMajorObjectives

D.HardWorkPlusGoodLuck

答案C.答案應(yīng)綜合文章前后兩部分的內(nèi)容。前半部分說明粗枝大葉的害處,

后半部分說明光注重細節(jié)而忽略細節(jié)與整體的關(guān)系同樣是有害的。干擾項A、B

內(nèi)容均太窄，D項是細枝末節(jié)，與文章中心思想關(guān)聯(lián)甚少。PassageFour本文介

紹了古今世界各地不同的婚俗風情。

Whenaconsumerfindsthatanitemsheorheboughtisfaultyorinsomeother

waydoesnotliveuptothemanufacturer'sclaimforit,thefirststepistopresentthe

warranty（保單）,oranyotherrecordswhichmighthelp,atthestoreofpurchase.In

mostcases,thisactionwillproduceresults.However,ifitdoesnot,therearevarious

meanstheconsumermayusetogainsatisfaction.

16.Whenaconsumerfindsthathispurchasehasafaultinit,thefirstthinghe

shoulddoisto.

B.threatentotakethemattertocourt

D.showsomewrittenproofofthepurchasetothestore

答案D.本題答案在原文第一句中可以找到。它的大意是：當顧客發(fā)現(xiàn)他（她）

所買的商品有毛病或在其他方面未達到制造商所聲稱的標準時，第一步就是將保

單或其他有助于解決問題的記錄這家商店看。所以D"向這家商店出示書面證明〃,

與原文相符，是正確答案。而A"當面向經(jīng)理申訴”，是在第一步中問題得不到解

決時才使用，所以它不是此題答案。B"威脅將此事向法庭上訴"是在經(jīng)理未能解

決問題，寫信給廠家也未能解決問題時才使用的方法，所以它也不是解決問題的

第一步。C"給商店寫一封態(tài)度強硬的抱怨信〃也是在第一步中問題得不到解決時

才使用的。所以ABC均不是正確答案。

A.ashopassistant

B.thestoremanager

C.themanufacturer

D.apublicorganization

A.showingthefaultyitemtothemanufacturer

B.explainingexactlywhatiswrongwiththeitem

C.sayingfirmlythattheitemisofpoorquality

D.askingpolitelytochangetheitem

答案B.原文第四段的大意是：當顧客申訴商品有質(zhì)量問題時，態(tài)度要堅定、

有禮貌，特別是如果消費者當場演示就能最有效地達到申訴目的。不能當場演示

時也要提出比較具體的質(zhì)量間題。A、C、D三項都是泛泛地說質(zhì)量差、有毛病,

而沒能說出該商品哪一個具體的部位有毛病，所以都不是最有效的解決問題的辦

法。而B項"準確解釋商品哪里有問題〃與原文相符，是正確答案。

19.Thephrase"liveupto"（Para.1,Line2）inthecontextmeans.

A.meetthestandardof

B.realizethepurposeof

C.fulfilthedemandsof

D.keepthepromiseof

答案A.liveupto所在句子的意思是："當顧客發(fā)現(xiàn)他所購買的商品有毛病或

在某種程度上沒有達到制造商所聲稱的標準時，B項"實現(xiàn)（制造商所聲稱的）

目的〃，句意不通;C項"滿足（制造商所聲稱的）要求〃;D項"履行（制造商所聲稱的）

承諾”，C、D兩項均與原文意思不符。而A項”達到（制造商所聲稱的）標準〃正是

原文所表達的意思，所以是正確答案。

20.Tthepassagetellsus.

C.howtoavoidbuyingafaultyitem

成人學位英語考試閱讀理解強化練習及答案二

Somepartsofmostmodernbuildings-theatersandofficesaswellasclassrooms

aremorethanamplyheatedbypeopleandlightsandsometimesmustbe

air-conditionedeveninwinter.Thetechniqueofsavingheatandredistributingitis

called"heatrecovery."Afewmodernbuildingsrecoverheat,buttheUniversity's

systemisthefirsttorecoverheatfromsomebuildingsandre-useitinothers.

Alongtheway,pithaslearnedagreatdealaboutsomeofitsheatproducers.

Theharderastudentstudies,themoreheathisbodygivesoff.Malestudentsemit

moreheatthanfemalestudents,andthelargerastudent,themoreheathe

produces.ItistemptingtoconcludethatthehottestprospectfortheJohnstown

campuswouldbeahardworking,overweightmalegenius.

1.Untilrecently,bodyheathascausedproblemsbecauseit.

A.wasdifficulttocollect

B.cameinavarietyofforms

C.wasdifficulttogetridof

D.tendedtobeabsorbedbyphysicalobjects

參考答案：C答案是開頭的第二句：Theusualproblemishowtodisposeofit.

Disposeof"處理解決”。

2.WhichofthefollowingistrueoftheheatingsystemoftheJohnstown

campus?

A.Theheatissuppliedbyhumanbodiesonly.

B.Theheatissuppliedbybothhumanbodiesandotherheat-emittingobjects.

C.Theheatissuppliedbybothhumanbodiesandconventionalfuel.

D.Theheatissuppliedbyhumanbodies,otherheat-emittingobjects,and

conventionalfuel.

3.Thephrase"eveninwinter"(inline8)mostnearlymeans.

A.ifthewinterisespeciallywarm

B.duringalloftheyearexceptthewinter

C.inthewinteraswellasinotherseasons

D.duringtheeveningsinthewinter

參考答案：C第二段中說：大多數(shù)現(xiàn)代化的大樓有些部分-戲院、辦公室以

及教室是用人體和燈光的熱來供熱的，有時候甚至在冬天的空調(diào)也是由它們來供

熱。Even意為"甚至"。

4.Thephrase"heatrecovery"referstoa.

A.methodofconcealingthesourceofheat

B.specialformofairconditioning

C.supplementaryhotwatersystem

D.wayofreclaimingandre-usingheat

參考答案:D回收再利用熱能。此題考察學生對全文的總結(jié)能力，以及reclaim

和re-use的詞義。

5.AccordingtothepassagewhichofthefollowingwouldproducetheLEAST

amountofheat?

A.Afatfemalewhostudieshard.

B.Athinfemalewhodoesnotstudy.

C.Afatmalewhodoesnotstudy.

D.Athinmalewhostudieshard.

參考答案：B最后一段倒數(shù)第二句說：男學生發(fā)出的熱量比女生發(fā)出的熱量

多，學生體重越重產(chǎn)生的熱量越多。學習刻苦的比學習不刻苦的產(chǎn)生的熱量多。

所以最瘦的女生產(chǎn)生的熱量最少。

OnehundredandthirteenmillionAmericanshaveatleastonebank-issued

creditcard.Theygivetheirownersautomaticcreditinstores,restaurants,andhotels,

athome,acrossthecountry,andevenabroad,andtheymakemanybankingservices

availableaswell.Moreandmoreofthesecreditcardscanbereadautomatically,

makingitpossibletowithdrawordepositmoneyinscatteredlocations,whetheror

notthelocalbranchbankisopen.Formanyofusthe"cashlesssociety"isnotonthe

horizon—it'salreadyhere.

6.Accordingtothepassage,thecreditcardenablesitsownerto.

A.withdrawasmuchmoneyfromthebankashewishes

B.obtainmoreconvenientservicesthanotherpeopledo

C.enjoygreatertrustfromthestorekeeper

D.cashmoneywhereverhewishesto

參考答案：B)o短文第一段是關(guān)于信用卡(creditcard)的。B項的根據(jù)是第一

段中的They(creditcards)givetheirownersautomaticcreditinstores...和...canbe

readautomatically.既然信用卡能在商店、餐館、旅店、家里、全國各地、甚至國

外等各種場合自動給予“信用”，那么信用卡持有人當然會比其他得到更為方便的

服務(wù)。A)是陪襯項，明顯不對;C)項解釋錯誤;根據(jù)withdrawordepositmoneyin

scatteredlocations判斷D)項錯。

7.Fromthelastsentenceofthefirstparagraphwelearnthat.

A.inthefuturealltheAmericanswillusecreditcards

B.creditcardsaremainlyusedintheUnitedStatestoday

C.nowadaysmanyAmericansdonotpayincash

D.itisnowmoreconvenienttousecreditcardsthanbefore

參考答案：C)o本題是語義理解題。第一段最后一句意思是"對我們大多數(shù)人

來說，，無現(xiàn)金的社會，不是在地平線上(即不是剛剛出現(xiàn)的新事物)，在這兒已經(jīng)實

現(xiàn)了"。句中manyofus指我們許多美國人，it'salreadyhere中的it指cashless

society,即“不用現(xiàn)金支付顯然C)項是這句話的含義。最后一句話只談到cashless

society的已經(jīng)存在，既推不出A),也推不出B)。

8.Thephrase"ringupsales"(Line2,Para.2)mostprobablymeans.

A.makeanorderofgoods

B.recordsalesonacashregister

C.callthesalesmanager

D.keeptrackofthegoodsinstock

參考答案：）本題考查考生根據(jù)上下文推測詞義的能力。短語所在的句子

Bo

是比較級句型，根據(jù)“比較對象一致"的原則可知，ringupsales與"電子現(xiàn)金出納

機"electroniccashregister屬于同類東西。又根據(jù)下文Theycankeepawiderange

ofrecords,including...,可知electroniccashregister能記許多東西，提供各種銷售

信息，從這兩方面可猜測B項是ringupsales的意思，即現(xiàn)金收錄記錄機，一種

功能單一的現(xiàn)金出納機。A）項解釋毫無根據(jù)，C）項離得太遠，D）項是electroniccash

register的功能之一。故B）為答案。

9.Thesecondparagraphfocusesuponthepurposeof.

參考答案：）題干問“第二段的主要用途是什么〃?）項為了提供一些商人怎

BoA

樣依賴于電腦的確切例子;B）項為了使我們相信計算機對商人有多么重要;C）項表

明計算機起源于推銷運動;D）項為了證明我們完全依賴于電腦?？v觀全文可知，通

篇第二段在講計算機對商人的種種用途，因此，答案為B）。

10.Whatisthispassagemainlyabout?

D.Advantagesofcreditcardsinbusiness.

參考答案：）本題為中心思想測試題。第一段介紹了計算機使

Bocreditcard

持有人存款、存、支付等極其方便;第二段講計算機給銷售商帶來許多便利，第三

段講了計算機運用的廣泛性，而且都是商業(yè)方面的運用，由此可知，本文主題思

想應(yīng)為B）（計算機在商業(yè)中所帶來的好處）。A）項計算機的商用方法;C）項商業(yè)自動

化的重要性;D）項商業(yè)中信用卡的優(yōu)點。A）、C）、D）均不是本短文的主題思想。

ThereisnomentionofMrs.Clinton'srivalforNewYork'sSenateseat,NewYork

MayorRudolphGiuliani.

ClintoncampaignspokesmanHowardWolfsonsaidtheadwas"positive"and

"biographical,"insteadoffocusingonthefirstlady'sopponent.

Mrs.Clintonhaspreviouslyairedradioads,buthasgenerallystayedwitha

strategyofmakingextensivecampaignappearancesinsteadofusingtelevisionspots,

whileGiulianihasalreadyrunstatewideTVads.

TextofHillaryCommercial:

Firstshebecamealawyer,namedoneofthetophundredinAmerica.

Herfirstcausewaschildren,fightingabuseandchairingtheboardofthe

Children'sDefenseFund.

Herfirstprioritywaspublicschools,helpingtoestablishteachertesting.

Morethanafirstlady.For30years,she'sfoughtforchildrenandfamilies.

AsNewYork'ssenator,she'llfightforbetterschoolsandheathcareforchildren.

Hillary,Puthertoworkforallofus.

11.Whatdoestheword"air"inthefirstsentencemean?

A.dry

B.express

C.breathe

D.broadcast

參考答案：D

考點：該題是一個詞匯題

解析：本題提問的是第一段中的"air"是什么意思。由這句話我們可以得知,

希拉里今天早晨發(fā)表了她競選紐約州議員的電視宣傳;為時30分鐘的電視宣傳將

于星期二開始進行全國播放。由該句的意思我們可以猜出“air”的意思為"播放〃。

所以，答案為D.而其他三個詞A（曬干），B（表達）和C（呼吸）均與原義不符，故不能

入選。

12.Whatdoes"morethanfirstlady"inthefirstparagraphsuggest?

A.Hillaryisnotafirstlady.

B.Hillarydoesmuchmorethanwhatafirstladyisexpectedtodo.

C.TherearemorewomeninAmericawhodoesbetterthanHillarydoes.

D.Hillaryisdoingbetterthanherhusband.

參考答案：B

考點：這是一個理解判斷題。

解析：本題提問的是第一段里"morethanfirstlady"是什么意思。在世界各地,

第一夫人作為國家元首的妻子，是一國之母，她的形象一般是一個幫助總統(tǒng)處理

好家務(wù)，并且進行一些婦女活動和慈善事業(yè)，借此來提高元首的形象。但是，希

拉里作為第一夫人，她所做的超出了第一夫人的職責。她不但在社會活動中經(jīng)常

露臉，而且直接參與政事，開始競選起議員來了。所以，選項B應(yīng)該是該題的答

案。

13.WhichofthefollowingstatementistrueregardingtheSenatorcampaign

accordingthepassage?

A.HillaryhasappearedonTVshotformumeroustimes.

B.Hillaryrarelymakesherpublicappearance.

C.GiulianihasmadeTVadvertisementforhimself.

D.Hillaryhasabiggerchancetowinthecampaign.

參考答案：C

考點：這是一個對原文事實的理解題。

解析：本題提問的是對此次參議院競選，以下哪一個說法是正確的。文章的

第四段告訴我們，希拉里以前曾經(jīng)在廣播上作過宣傳，但是她一直采取的戰(zhàn)略是

頻頻在公眾場合出現(xiàn)，而不是使用電視宣傳;與她不同的是，Giuliani已作過全國

電視宣傳。由該段可知，選項C為正確答案。從文章的第一句話我們可以得知,

這是希拉里第一次在電視上為自己作宣傳，所以，選項A和B不符合原文;此次

議員競選，花落誰手尚未分曉，所以，選項D也不能入選。

14.Hillary'scampaignfocusesonalltheflooowingexcept.

A.children'shealthcare

B.schooleducationforchildren

D.familyplanningpolicy

參考答案：D

考點：這是一個對原文細節(jié)的分析判斷題。

15.Whichofthefollowingcanbestserveasthetitleofthispassage?

A.FirstLady'sSenatorCampaign

B.Hillary'sTVAdvertisement

C.ARivalryforNewYork'sSenateSeat

D.TheFocusesofHillaryCampaign

參考答案：A

考點：該題是一個主旨題，考的是文章的題目應(yīng)該是哪一個。

ForcenturiesDutchengineershavebeenfightingawaragainstwater.Their

mainenemyisthesea.Alargepartifthecountryisbelowsealevel.Infact,Hollandis

alsocalledthe"Netherlands"whichmeans"lowland."Verytallandstrongwalls,

calleddykes,havebuilttokeepoutthesea.Butinveryroughweathertheseamay

suddenlyburstthroughadyke.Greatdamagecanbecausedbyfloodswhenthis

happens.

Threelargeriversarealsopartoftheproblem.TheseriversaretheRhine,the

MaasandtheScheldt.TheyflowthroughHollandintotheNorthSea.Theyhavecut

manypassagesacrossthecountry.Atlowtides,theriversflowintotheseaasusual.

Butathightide,theseacanflowintotherivers!Thisisbecausethelandissolow.

Thebattlesagainstthewaterneverend,buttheyhavemadeHollandabigger

andbiggercountry.Inordertopreventfloods,theengineerstake,orreclaim,land

thatwasunderwater.TheDutchhavebeenreclaiminglandforsevenhundredyears.

Landisusuallyreclaimedfromapassagebetweenislands.Twodykesarebuilt

acrossthepassage,sotheyblockthewaterbetweenthem.Thentheengineersdig

longcanalsandpumpthewaterintothem.Atlowtide,thecanalsemptythewater

intothesea.

Becausethelandissolow,waterfromtheseaandriverscanriseupthroughthe

ground.Forthisreason,thepumpscontinueworkingeventhelandhasbeendrained

(thatis,whenthewaterhasbeenpumpedaway).Thedykescontaingates,and

throughthesethewaterispumpedout.InmanypartsofHolland,pumpsmustbe

workingallthetime.Iftheystopped,therewillbeverybadfloods.

Apieceofreclaimedlandiscalledpolder,andHollandhasthousandsofpolders.

Someareverylarge,butothersarequitesmall.Therearefarmsonmanyofthe

polders.Cornandothercropsgrowwellonthedrainedland,anditgivesgoodgrass

forcattle.Manysmalltownsandvillagesstandonpolders.EvenAmsterdam'sgreat

airport,Schiphol,wasbuiltonreclaimedland.ThislandusedtobeundertheoldLake

Haarlem.

16.WateristhemainthreattoHollandbecause.

A.theseaistoorough

B.thelandislowerthanthesea

C.thehighandstrongdykescannotkeepthefloodsout

D.theweatheristoorough

參考答案:B分析:第一段中提到：Theirmainenemyisthesea.Alargepartof

thecountryisbelowsealevel.他們主要的敵人就是海洋。國家大部分地區(qū)都在海

平面以下。故答案為B.

17."Netherlands"means.

A.highland

B.landofwater

C.lowland

D.landofdykes

參考答案：C分析：第一段中提到：…Netheriandwhichmeans"lowland"。

由此可以得出結(jié)論，所以選C.

18.Hollandisthreatenednotonlybythesea,butalsoby

A.thefloodsfrombrokendykes

B.thethreerivers

C.theseatides

參考答案：B分析：第二段開頭提到：Threelargeriversarealsopartofthe

problem.三條大河也是一個問題。所以選B

D.manypassagesthethreerivershavecutacrossthecountry

19.TheHollandclaimlandfromtheseainorderto

A.preventfloods

B.maketheircountrylarger

C.maketheircountrymorebeautiful

D.havemorefarmland

參考答案:B分析：第三段開頭提到：Thebattleagainstthewaterneverend,

buttheyhavemadeHollandabiggerandbiggercounty.與洪水的斗爭——直沒有停,

但這使荷蘭成為越來越大的國家。所以選B.

20.Ifpumpsstopworkingtherewillbeveryfloodsbecause.

A.thewaterwillrunbackathightide

B.theseamaybreakthedykesinroughweather

C.thebattleagainstwaterwillneverend

D.thelandistoolowandwatercanriseupthroughthedrainedland

參考答案：D分析:第五段開頭提到：Becausethelandissolow,waterfrom

theseaandriverscanriseupthroughtheground.選項D正是這句話的改寫。

21.Theword"polder"means.

A.apieceofnewly-claimedland

B.asmallisland

C.anewlybuiltdyke

D.alongcanal

參考答案：A分析：最后一段提到：Apieceofreclaimedlandiscalledpolder.

重新收回的土地叫開拓地。所以答案是A.

成人學位英語考試閱讀理解強化練習及答案一

1.WhichofthefollowingisNottrueaccordingtothepassage?

A.Youcanalwaysgethelpfromthespecialists.

C.Youshoulddecidewhatkindofdogyouwant.

D.Sizeandcharacteristicsofthedogsshouldbeconsideredtoo.

參考答案：B考點：這是一道判斷理解題，可用排除法。

解析：從文章第二、三、五句話，我們可知，A、C、D都符合原文的說法。

B說的是〃在挑選狗的時候，常識性的東西最重要〃。而原文第四句話卻說"但是,

部分決定取決于常識〃，并非是最要的。所以B不符合原文，是正確的答案。

2.Whatismentionedasaconsiderationinbuyingadog?

A.Thecolorofthedog.

B.Thepriceofthedog.

C.Whetherthedogwillfittheenvironment.

D.Whetherthedogwillgetalongwiththeotherpetsinthehouse.

參考答案：C考點：這是一道細節(jié)題，可用排除法。

解析：文章建議在挑選狗時，應(yīng)該考慮狗的大小，性格，是否能適應(yīng)主人提

供的環(huán)境，而并未提到A：狗的顏色，B：狗的性格，D：是否可以與家里其他寵

物融洽相處。所以D正確。

3.Whydoesthewritersayadogisamoredemandingpetthanacar?

A.Itmustbetrainedsothatitwon'tbite.

B.Itdemandsmorefoodandspace.

C.Itneedsmoreloveandcare.

D.Itmustbelookedaftercarefully.

參考答案：C考點：這是一道理解題。

解析：從這句話：adogisloyaltomasterandconsequentlywantshimtoshow

proofofhisaffection.我們可知，狗比貓更需用愛護和照顧。所以，C是正確答案。

4.Whyisitadvisedtobuyababydogunderthreemonthsold?

A.It'seasiertobuyababydogunderthreemonthsold.

B.Theyarelesslikelytobeshywithhumanbeings.

C.Theyarelesslikelytorunaway.

D.It'sesierforthemtoformarelationshipwiththeirmasters.

參考答案：D考點：這是一道理解題。

解析：本題問的是為什么建議在狗小于三個月時購買?原文說“狗在6周到8

周大的時候，可以將它的感情從它母親轉(zhuǎn)到主人身上。如果狗在三個多月大時還

不能與人產(chǎn)生感情，那么，他們的感情將永遠是與狗一起了。他們很可能過于害

羞而不能成為好的寵物。"所以：D這樣更容易使狗與它的主人建立感情，是答案。

5.Theword"affection"means.

A.love

B.effect

C.tie

D.relationship

參考答案：A考點：這是一道詞匯題。

解析：affection在這里是喜愛的意思。所以A是正確的答案。

SomesaythatFrancehasbeenAmericanized.ThisisbecausetheUnitedStates

isaworldsymbolofthetechnologicalsocietyanditsconsumerproducts.The

so-calledAmericanizationofFrancehasitscritics.Theyfearthat"assembly-life"will

leadtothedisappearanceofthepleasuresofthemoregracefulandleisurely(but

lessproductive)oldFrenchstyle.Whatwillhappen,theyask,totastetheelegance,

andthecultivationofthegoodthingsinlife—tojoyinthesmellofafreshlypicked

apple,astroll(散步)bytheriver,orjusthappyhoursofconversationinalocalcafe?

6.WhichofthefollowingisNotrelatedtothenewFrenchwayoflife?

A.Shorterlunchhour.

B.Greateroutput.

D.Leisurelycafetalk.

參考答案：D

詳解：答案D.從第一段三、四句可知，A、B兩項是法國新的生活方式所帶

來的結(jié)果。第一段倒數(shù)兩句指出，他獲得了舒服和自在的生活，但在一定程度上

失去了個性?？梢姡珻項也屬于新的生活方式。只有D項屬于舊的生活方式。因

此D項為此題答案。

7.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaboutFrenchmen?

A.Manyofthempreferthemodernlifestyle.

B.Theyactuallyenjoyworkingattheassemblyline.

C.Theyaremoreconcernedwithmoneythanbefore.

參考答案：B

詳解：答案B.從最后一段可知A項說法正確，從第一、二段可知C、D兩項

說法也對。從文章中可知，由于法國人更關(guān)心錢，他們的生活節(jié)奏加快，工作效

率提高，但文中并沒有指出他們很喜歡這種流水線的工作，而且有些人對這種變

化持反對態(tài)度，故A項不對。因此B項為此題答案。

8.Thepassagesuggeststhat.

A.inpursuingmaterialgainstheFrencharesufferinglosseselsewhere

B.it'snowunlikelytoseeaFrenchmanenjoyingastrollbytheriver

C.theFrencharefedupwiththesmelloffreshlypickedapples

D.greatchangeshaveoccurredinthelifestyleofallFrenchmen

參考答案：A

詳解：答案A.從第一段的最后可知A項說法正確。B、C、D三項說法過于片

面，過于絕對，故不對。因此A項為正確答案。

9.Whichofthefollowingistrueaboutthecritics?

A.Criticsaregreaterinnumberthanpeopleenjoyingthenewwayoflife.

B.Studentcriticsaregreaterinnumberthancriticsinotherfields.

C.Studentcriticshave,onoccasion,resortedtoviolentmeansagainstthetrend.

D.Criticsareconcernedsolelywiththepresentandnotthefuture.

參考答案：C

詳解：答案C.第三段第三、四句指出，學生關(guān)心未來，擔心法國受到這種充

滿競爭的、商品化文化的威脅。偶爾，他們用相當?shù)谋┝矸磳@種趨勢?？梢姡?/p>

C項說法與此一致，D項不對。從最后一段中可知A,B兩項均不對。因此C項為

正確答案。

lO.Whichofthefollowingbeststatesthemainideaofthepassage?

A.ChangesinFrenchwayoflife.

B.Criticismofthenewlifestyle.

C.TheAmericanizationofFrance.

D.Featuresofthenewwayoflife.

參考答案：A

Suicidehasbeenacauseofconcerninmostsocietiesforalongtime.The

classicalGreeks,forexample,requiredpeoplewhowantedtokillthemselvestoget

permissionfromthesenate.Whilethislawisnotwithouthumorbytoday's

standards,itclearlyshowsanawarenessoftheproblemintimesgoneby.

Intoday'ssociety,suicideismuchmoreprevalentthanwewanttoadmit.Why

dopeopletrytotaketheirownlives?

Themotivesforsuicidecanbecategorizedintoareassuchasafailure,wrath（暴

怒），theneedforattention,stress,andsoon.However,thequalitiesofapersonwho

wantstotakehisownlifechangefrompersontoperson,makingitdifficultto

depict（描寫）thetypicalvictim.Tomaketheproblemevenmoreconfusing,people

willoftencamouflage（掩蓋）theirtruefeelings,thuscausingtheirfriendstodisregard

problemsthatshouldbeviewedasserious.

11.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUEaccordingtothearticle?

A.TheclassicalGreeksdidnotknowtheexistenceofsuicide

B.Suicidehasalwaysbeenprevalentinallpartsoftheworld

參考答案：C

主題思想題。文章的大意是說在目前出現(xiàn)的自殺想象，引起自殺的原因以及

提出解決的方法。很明顯在把握文章大意的同時就知道C是正確的。

12.WhichofthefollowingisNOTmentionedasamotiveforsuicide?

A.lnsanity

B.Pressure

C.Theneedforattention

D.Greatanger

參考答案：A

A的意思是荒唐的。第2段的第一句話說明了自殺的相關(guān)原因和動機，A文

章里面沒有涉及。

13.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?

A.Peoplewhowanttotaketheirownlivesoftendisguisetheirfeelings

C.Suicidehasb