專升本英語（閱讀）模擬試卷34

一、閱讀理解（本題共20題，每題7.0分，共20分。）

Actingissuchanovercrowdedprofessionthattheonlyadvicethatshouldbegiventoa

youngpersonthinkingofgoingonthestageis"Don't!"Butitisuselesstotryto

discouragesomeonewhofeelsthathemustact,althoughthechancesofhisbecoming

famousaresmall.Thenormalwaytobeginistogotoadramaschool.Usuallyonly

studentswhoshowpromiseandtalentareaccepted,andthecourselaststwoyears.Then

theyoungactororactresstakesupworkwithaplaycompany,usuallyasassistantstage

manager.Thismeansdoingeverythingthatthereistodointhetheatre:paintingscenery,

lookingafterthefurniture,takingcareoftheclothes,andevenactinginverysmallparts.

Itisveryhardworkindeed,thehoursarclongandthesalaryistiny.Butyoungactors

withthestageintheirbloodarehappy,waitingforthechanceofworkwithabetter

company,orperhapsinfilmsortelevision.Ofcourse,somepeoplehaveunusualchances

whichleadtofameandsuccesswithoutthislonganddulltraining.ConniePratt,for

example,wasjustanordinarygirlworkinginabicyclefactory.Afilmproducer

happenedtocatchsightofheronemorningwaitingatabusstop,ashedrovepastinhis

bigcar.Hetoldthedrivertostop,andhegotouttospeaktothegirl.Heaskedherifshe

wouldliketogotothefilmcompanytodoatest,andatfirstshethoughthewasjoking.

Thenshegotangryandsaidshewouldcallthepolice.Ittooktheproducertwenty

minutestotellConniethathewasserious.Thenanappointmentwasmadeforhertogo

tothecompanythenextday.Thetestwassuccessful.Theygavehensomenecessary

lessonsandwiihinafewweeksshewasplaying（heleadingpariinafilm,whichmade

herwell-knownovernighi2throughoul〔hecounliy.Ofcourse,shewasgivenamore

dramaticname,whichisnowworld-famous.Butchanceslikethishappenonceinablue

moon!

1、Themainreasonwhyyoungpeopleshouldbediscouragedfrombecomingactorsis

that.

A、actorsareveryunusualpeople

B>thecourseatthedramaschoollaststoolong

C、actingisveryhardwork

D、therearealreadytoomanyactors

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識點解析：文章第一句話就談到了這一點：Actingissuchanover―crowded

profession…共中的,個關(guān)鍵詞組是over-crowdedprofession（擁擠不堪的職業(yè)），即

從事演員這個職業(yè)的人太多了。故選D。

2、Anassistantstagemanager'sjobisdifficultbecausehehasto.

A^doallkindsofstagework

B、workforlonghours

C、wailforabetteropportunity

D^haveatalentforacting

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：A

知識點解析：根據(jù)文中第一段Thismeansdoingeverythingthatthereistodointhe

theatre：paintingscenery,lookingafterthefurniture,takingcareoftheclothes,and

evenactinginverysmallparts.可知A正確。

3、"Youngactorswiththestageintheirbloodarehappy"means.

A^theydon'tcareiftheirjobishard

B>theylikethestagenaturally

C^theyarebornhappy

D^theyareeasilysatisfied

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識點解析：根據(jù)字面意思intheirblood”在他們的血液中“可知本句指的是“天生喜

歡舞臺的演員”?？芍狟正確。

4、ConniePrattthoughtthefilmproducerwasjoking,forshe.

A、didn'tknowwhothemanwas

B、neverwantedtobecomeanactress

C、couldn'tbelievewhatthemansaid

D、hadnointerestinart

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識點解析：根據(jù)文中第二段ConniePratt,forexample,wasjustanordinarygirl

workinginabicyclefactory.和Hetoldthedrivertostop,andhegotouttospeaktothe

girl.Heaskedherifshewouldliketogotothefilmcompanytodoatest,andatfirst

shethoughthewasjoking.可知ConnicPratt起初只是一名工人，一次偶然的機會被

一名導(dǎo)演發(fā)現(xiàn)，并邀請她演電影。這對于ConniePralt來說很意外，因此她認為那

個男的在開玩笑.她不能相信他的話.故「正確°

5、Thephrase"onceinabluemoon"inthelastsentencemeans.

A、immediately

unexpectedly

C、slowly

D、rarely

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識點解析：本題考查習(xí)語onceinabluemoon意為“千載難逢地”，與oncefora

long同義，另：外根據(jù)上下文也可推斷出是“很少見”的意思，故選D。

Startedin1636,HarvardUniversityistheoldestofall:hemanycollegesanduniversities

intheUnitedStates.Yale,Princeton,ColumbiaandDartmouthwereopenedsoonafter

Harvard.TheywereallstartedbeforetheAmericanRevolutionmadethethirteen

coloniesintostates.Intheearlyyears,theseschoolsweremuchalike.Onlyyoungmen

attendedcollege.Allthestudentsstudiedthesamesubjects,andeveryonelearnedLatin,

GreekandHebrew.Littlewasknownaboutscience[hen,andonekmdofschoolcould

teacheverythingthatwasknownabouttheworld.Whenthestudentsgraduated,mostof

thembecameministersofteachers.In1782,Harvardstartedamedicalschoolfbryoung

menwhowantedtobecomedoctors.Later,lawyerscouldreceivetheirtrainingin

Harvardlawschool.In1825,Harvardbeganleachingmodernlanguages,suchasFrench

andGerman,aswellasLatinandGreek.SoonitbeganteachingAmericanhistory.As

knowledgeincreased,Harvardandothercollegesbegantoteachmanynewsubjects.

Studentswereallowedtochoosethesubjectsthatinterestedthem.Specialcollegesfor

womenwerestarted.Newstateuniversitiesbegantoteachsuchsubjectsasfarming,

engineeringandbusiness.Today,therearemanydifferentkindsofcollegesand

universities.Mostolthemaredividedintosmallerschoolsthatdealwithspecialfieldsol

learning.Thereissomuchtolearnthatonekindofschoolcannotofferitall.

6^TheoldestuniversityintheUnitedStatesis.

A、Dartmouth

B、Columbia

CNPrinceton

D、Harvard

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識點解析：根據(jù)文中第一段HarvardUniversityistheoldestofallthemanycolleges

andunivcrsiticsintheUnitedStates.很容易得到D正確。

7、Onthewholethepassageisabout.

A、howcollegeshavechanged

B、howtostartauniversity

C>theAmericanRevolution

D^theworld-famouscollegesinAmerica

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：A

知識點解析:通讀全文,由Startedin1636,…In1782,Harvardstarteda

medical...Asknowlcdgcincrcascd,Hanardandother...可知文章講的主要是大學(xué)的發(fā)

展和變化歷程，故A正確。

8、Asknowledgeincreased,collegesbegantoteach.

A、everythingthatwasknown

B>manynewsubjects

C^Latin,GreekandHebrew

D、FrenchandGerman

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識點解析：根據(jù)文中第四段Asknowledgeincreased,Harvardandothercolleges

begantotcachmanynewsubjects.Studentswereallowcdtochoosethesubjectsthat

interestedthem.可知B正確。

9、Whichstatementdoesthepassageleadyoutobelieve?

A、EverystudentstudiedLatin,GreekandHebrew.

B>Theearlyschoolsarestillmuchalike.

C^Thereismoretolearntodaythanin1636.

D^Theybeganteachingforeignlanguagesin1825.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識點解析：根據(jù)文中第五段Mostofthemaredividedintosmallerschoolsthatdeal

withspccialfieldsoflearning.Thereissomuchtolearnthatonekindofschoolcannot

offeritall.可知現(xiàn)代的大學(xué)教授的知識遠比1636年那時多得多，故C正確。

10>Impliedbutnotstated;.

A、Universitieshavechangedovertheyears

Todayallstudentsstudytobecometeachersorministers

C^Allcollegesanduniversitiesarethesame

D、Theyweremuchalikeintheearlyyears

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：A

知識點解析：文章開頭說HarvardUniversityistheoldestofallthemanycolleges,ifij

第三段又說Harvarduniversily增加了什么學(xué)科，最后又增加了各種學(xué)生，由此可知

多年來大學(xué)發(fā)生了很多變化，這在文中并未直接提及，而是通過全文總結(jié)出來的，

故A正確。

Thewaypeopleholdlothebeliefthatafun-fiHed、pain-freelifeequalshappiness

actuallyreducestheirchancesofeverattainingrealhappiness.Iffunandpleasurearc

equaltohappinessthenpainmustbeequaltounhappiness.Butinfact,theoppositeis

true;moreoftenthannotthingsthatleadtohappinessinvolvesomepain.Asaresult,

manypeopleavoidtheveryattemptsthatarethesourceoftruehappiness.Theyfearthe

paininevitablybroughtbysuchthingsasmarriage,raisingchildren,professional

achievement,religiouscommitment,self-improvemem.Askabachelorwhyheresists

marriageeventhoughhefindsdatingtobelessandlesssatisfying.Ifheishonesthewill

tellyouthatheisafraidofmakingacommitment.Forcommitmentisinfactquite

painful.Thesinglelifeisfilledwithfun.adventure,excitement.Marriagehassuch

moments,buttheyarenotitsmostdistinguishingfeatures.Coupleswithinfantchildren

areluckytogetawholenight'ssleeporathree-dayvacation.Idon'tknowanyparent

whowouldchoosethefuntodescriberaisingchildren.Butcoupleswhodecidenotto

havechildrenneverknowthejoysofwatchingachildgrowuporofplayingwitha

grandchild.Understandingandacceptingthattruehappinesshasnothingtodowithfunis

oneofthemostliberatingrealizations.Itliberatestime:nowwecandevotemorehoursto

activitiesthatcangenuinelyincreaseourhappiness.Itliberatesmoney:buyingthatnew

carorthosefancyclothesthatwilldonothingtoincreaseourhappinessnowseems

pointless.Anditliberatesusfromenvy:wenowunderstandthatallthosewhoare

alwayshavingsomuchfunactuallymaynotbehappyatall.

11、Accordingtotheauthor,abachelorresistsmarriagechieflybecause.

A、heisreluctanttotakeonfamilyresponsibilities

B、hebelievesthatlifewillbemorecheerfulifheremainssingle

C^hefindsmorefunindatingthaninmarriage

D、hefearsitwillputanendtoallhisfunadventureandexcitement

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：A

知識點解析：根據(jù)文中第三段第二句Ifheishonesthewilltellyouthatheisafraidof

makingacommitment.Forcommitmentisinfactquitepainfulo可知單身漢不愿意結(jié)

婚的主要原因是他不愿承擔(dān)婚姻的責(zé)任，故A正確。

12、Raisingchildren,intheauthor'sopinion,is.

A、amoralduty

B、athanklessjob

C^arewardingtask

D、asourceofinevitablepain

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識點解析：根據(jù)文中第四段Butcoupleswhodecidenottohavechildrenneverknow

thejoysofwatchingachildgrowuporofplayingwithagrandchild.可推測出作者對撫

養(yǎng)孩子這件事是持贊賞的態(tài)度的，故選C。

13、Fromthelastparagraph,welearnthatenvysometimesstemsfrom.

A、hatred

B、misunderstanding

C、prejudice

D、ignorance

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識點解析：根據(jù)文中最后一段Anditliberatesusfromenvy：wenowunderstand

thatallthosewhoarealwayshavingsomuchfunactuallymaynotbehappyatail.可知

整天很開心的人不一定幸福，我們認為他們幸福只是我們自己的誤解，所以我們公

妒忌，就是源于誤解。故選B。

14、Tounderstandwhattruehappinessisonemust.

A、haveasmuchfunaspossibleduringone'slifetime

B、makeeveryefforttoliberateoneselffrompain

C、putupwithpainunderallcircumstances

D、beabletodistinguishhappinessfromfun

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識點解析：根據(jù)文中最后一段Understandingandacceptingthattruehappinesshas

nothingtodowithfunisoneofthemostliberatingrealizations.可知理解和接受真正的

幸福與開心無關(guān)，明白了這一點是最具有解放意識的，所以區(qū)別開幸福與開心才能

理解什么是真正的幸福，故選D。

15、Whatistheauthortryingtotellus?

A、Happinessoftengoeshandinhandwithpain.

B、Onemustknowhowloattainhappiness.

C^Ilisimportanttomakecommitments.

D、Itispainthatleadstohappiness.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：A

知識點解析：根據(jù)文中第一段moreoftenthannotthingsthatleadtohappinessinvolve

somepaino可知幸?？偸桥c痛苦相伴的，之后的內(nèi)容也是圍繞此中心講的。故選

Ao

Inbringingupchildren,everyparentwatcheseagerlythechild'sacquisition（獲得）of

eachnewskill-thefirstspokenwords,thefirstindependentsteps,orthebeginningof

readingandwriting.Itisoftentemptingtohurrythechildbeyondhisnaturallearning

rate,butthiscansetupdangerousfeelingoffailureandstatesofworryinthechild.This

mighthappenatanystage.Ababymightbeforcedtouseatoilettooearly,ayoungchild

mightbeencouragedtolearntoreadbeforeheknowsthemeaningofthewordshereads.

Ontheotherhand,though,ifachildisleftalonetoomuch,orwithoutanylearning

opportunities,heloseshisnaturalenthusiasmforlifeandhisdesiretofindoutnewthings

forhimself.Parentsvarygreatlyintheirdegreeofstrictnesstowardstheirchildren.Some

maybeespeciallystrictinmoneymatters,othersaresevereovertimesofcominghome

atnightorpunctualityformeals.Ingeneral,thecontrolsimposedrepresenttheneedsof

theparentsandthevaluesofthecommunityasmuchasthechild'sownhappiness.As

regardsthedevelopmentofmoralstandardsinthegrowingchild,consistencyisvery

importantinparentalteaching.Toforbidathingonedayandexcuseitthenextisno

foundationformorality（道德）.Also,parentsshouldrealizethat"exampleisbetterthan

precept".Ifiheyarenolsincereanddonolpracticewhaltheypreach（說教），【heir

childrenmaygrowconfusedandemotionallyinsecurewhentheygrowoldenoughto

ihinkfor【hemselves,andrealizeIheyhavebeenlosomeexlenlfooled.Asudden

awarenessofamarkeddifferencebetweentheirparent'sprinciplesandtheirmoralcan

beadangerousdisappointment.

16、Eagerlywatchingthechild'sacquisitionofnewskills.

A、shouldbeavoided

B、isuniversalamongparents

C>setsupdangerousstatesofworryinthechild

D、willmakehimloseinterestinlearningnewthings

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：A--

知識點解析：第一段講到了父母急切盼望孩子們掌握新技能的這種心情所帶來的各

種負面影響，B、C、D三項均是負面影響的內(nèi)容，因此要盡量避免，所以只選最

佳的一項就選A。

17、Intheprocessofchildren'slearni