大學(xué)英語閱讀理解練習(xí)題及答案

Passage1

ManypeoplewhoworkinLondonprefertoliveoutsideit,

andtogointotheirofficesorschoolseverydaybytrain,caror

bus,eventhoughthismeanstheyhavetogetupearlyinthe

morningandreachhomelateintheevening.

OneadvantageoflivingoutsideLondonisthathousesare

cheaper.EvenasmallflatinLondonwithoutagardencostsquite

alottorent.Withthesamemoney,onecangetalittlehousein

thecountrywithagardenofone'sown.

Then,inthecountryonecanreallygetawayfromthenoise

andhurryofbusyworkinglives.Eventhoughonehastogetup

earlierandspendmoretimeintrainsorbuses,onecansleep

betteratnightandduringweekendsandonsummerevenings,

onecanenjoythefresh,cleanairofthecountry.Ifonelikes

garden,onecanspendone'sfreetimedigging,planting,

wateringanddoingthehundredandoneotherjobswhichare

neededinagarden.Then,whentheflowersandvegetablescome

up,onehasgottherewardtogetherwiththosewhohaveshared

thesecretofNature.

Somepeople,however,takenointerestincountrythings:for

them,happinessliesinthetown,withitscinemasandtheatres,

beautifulshopsandbusystreets,dance-hallsandrestaurants.

Suchpeoplewouldfeelthattheirlifewasnotworthlivingifthey

hadtoliveitoutsideLondon.Anoccasionalwalkinoneofthe

parksandafortnight,s(twoweeks)visittotheseaevery

summerisallthecountrytheywant:theresttheyarequite

preparedtoleavetothosewhoaregladtogetawayfromLondon

everynight.

1.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?

A.PeoplewholoveNatureprefertoliveoutsidethecity.

B.AllthepeoplewhoworkinLondonprefertoliveinthe

country.

C.Somepeopleenjoyingcitylifeprefertoworkandlive

insideLondon.

D.Manynaturelovers,thoughworkinginLondon,preferto

liveoutside.

2.Withthesamemoneyneededfor,onecanbuya

littlehousewithagardeninthecountry.

A.gettingasmallflatwithagarden

B.havingasmallflatwithagarden

C.rentingasmallflatwithoutagarden

D.buyingasmallflatwithoutagarden

3.Whenthegardenisinblossom,theonehasbeen

rewarded.

A.livinginthecountry

B.havingspenttimeworkinginthegarden.

C.havingagardenofhisown.

D.havingbeendigging,plantingandwatering

4.Peoplewhothinkhappinessliesinthecitylifewouldfeel

thatiftheyhadtoliveoutsideLondon.

A.theirlifewasmeaningless

B.theirlifewasinvaluable

C.theydidn'tdeserveahappylife

D.theywerenotworthyoftheirhappylife

5.Theunderlinedphrase“getawayfrom"inthe3rd

paragraphrefersto.

A.dealwith

B.doawaywith

C.escapefrom

D.preventfrom

很多在倫敦工作的人喜歡住在倫敦郊外，然后每天乘火車、汽車

和公交車去上班或上學(xué)。

這也就意味著他們不得不早出晚歸。

住在倫敦郊外的一個好處就是房子便宜。在倫敦即使是沒有花園

的小公寓也需要一等不菲的租金，用同樣的錢，你可以在郊區(qū)買一個

帶花園的小房子了

然后，他在鄉(xiāng)村就可以遠離喧囂和忙碌的工作生活。即使他不得

不起得更早，花更多的時間乘火車或公交車，但他晚上可以睡得更好。

在周末和夏季的夜晚，他可以享受鄉(xiāng)村清新干凈的空氣。要是他喜歡

花園，在花園里干一些想挖土、種植、澆水等許多園藝的活，那么當(dāng)

鮮花和蔬菜生長起來的時候，他就與其他分享大自然秘密的人們一樣

得到獎賞。

然而有些人對鄉(xiāng)村并不感興趣。對他們來說，幸福就在市區(qū)里，

那里有電影院、劇院、漂亮的商店、繁忙的街道、舞廳和飯店。如果

不得不住在倫敦郊外的話，這些人就覺得生活沒意義了。（對于那些

熱爰都市牛活的人來說）他們所需要的鄉(xiāng)村牛活，就是偶爾夫公園散

步，每個夏天去海邊過上兩個星期，其他跟鄉(xiāng)村有關(guān)的東西，讓那些

每天晚上都急于離開倫敦的人們（住在郊外的人們）去享受吧。

【答案與解析】本文介紹在倫敦工作的人對是在市里居住還是在

鄉(xiāng)下居住所持的不同看法和態(tài)度。

1.B。推斷題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容：雖然有很多喜歡鄉(xiāng)村生活，但文章

最后講也有些人喜歡城市生活，從而可推知此題答案為B。

2.C。細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第2段第二、三句可推知此題答案為C。

推斷題。根據(jù)文章第段最后兩句可知：要是他喜歡花園，

3.Bo3

在花園里挖土、種植、澆水等等，那么當(dāng)鮮花和蔬菜生長起來的時候,

他就得到了與大自然分享秘密的獎賞，所以選B。

4.A。推斷題。根據(jù)文章最后一段第2句Suchpeoplewould能el

thattheirlifewasnotworthlivingiftheyhadtoliveitoutside

PrincessDiana.

1.Thepassagemainlydealswith.

A.lifeanddeath

B.heroesandheroines

C.heroesandicons

D.iconsandcelebrities

2.Heroesandheroinesareusually.

A.courageous

B.goodexamplestofollow

C.self-sacrificing

D.alloftheabove

3.Whichofthefollowingstatementsiswrong?

A.PovertyinAmericahasbeeneasedwiththeeconomic

growth

B.Superstarsarefamousforbeingfamous

C.One'slookcancontributetobeingfamous

D.Heroesandheroinescanonlyemergeinwartimes

4.BeautifulyoungDianaSpencerfoundhergenuinelove

A.whenshewas19

B.whenshebecameaprincess

C.justbeforeherdeath

D.aftershegavebirthtoaprince

5.Whatismorelikelytosetanicon'sstatus?

A.Goodlooks.

B.Tragicandearlydeath.

C.Personalattraction.

D.Thequalityofone;sstory.

就定義而言，英雄之所以與眾不同是因為他們有非凡的勇氣、取

得了卓著的成就、常常為他人的利益而做出犧牲——他們是我們評價

別人的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。他們是大家公認的對我們國家意識的形成和我們國家的

發(fā)展，還有對他們的崇拜者的一生起了重大作用的人。可是，有人說，

我們的時代是很難出現(xiàn)真正英雄的時代，英雄主義這一概念本身我們

就難以理解——它已經(jīng)成為歷史。有些人堅持說，由于冷戰(zhàn)的結(jié)束和

美國對外的和睦，我們的時代本質(zhì)上不是一個英勇豪壯的時代。更進

一步地說，總體犯罪率正在降低，經(jīng)濟的發(fā)展與增長已經(jīng)緩解了貧困，

醫(yī)療科學(xué)也在不斷的進步。

給文化偶像下定義就更難了，但是我們看到他們就認識了他們。

他們超越了名流，成為傳奇式人物，甚至在某種程度上已是神話式的

人物。但究竟是哪些因素使有些人成為偶像，另一些人僅成了名流呢？

這就太難說了。部分原因是他們的生平帶有傳奇故事的色彩。比如說，

年輕貌美的戴安娜?史賓塞，19歲時嫁給了王子，放棄了婚姻與王權(quán)，

卻在找到真愛的那一刻死去了。漂亮的長相當(dāng)然有用，另外，在媒體

的炒作下某種難以描述的、特殊的個人魅力也起作用。然而悲劇性地

過早離開這個世界,卻是造成偶像最重要的因素——例如：小馬丁?路

德?金、約翰干?肯尼迪和戴安娜。

Passage3

Shynessisthecauseofmuchunhappinessforagreatmany

people.Shypeopleareanxiousandself-conscious;thatis,they

areexcessivelyconcernedwiththeirwonappearanceandactions.

Worrisomethoughtsareconstantlyoccurringintheirminds:

whatkindofimpressionamImaking?Dothey「keme?DoI

soundstupid?AmIwearingunattractiveclothes?

Itisobviousthatsuchuncomfortablefeelingsmust

negativelyaffectpeople.

Aperson7sconceptionofhimselforherseIfisreflectedin

thewayheorshebehaves,andthewayapersonbehavesaffects

otherpeople'sreactions.Ingeneral,thewaypeoplethinkabout

themselveshasaprofoundeffectonallareasoftheirlives/Shy

people,havinglowself-esteem,arelikelytobepassiveandeasily

influencedbyothers.Theyneedreassurancethattheyaredoing

"therightthing?Shypeopleareverysensitivetocriticism;they

feelitconfirmstheirfeelingsofinferiority.Theyalsofindit

difficulttobepleasedbycomplimentwithastatementlikethis

one,"You7rejustsayingthattomakemefeelgood.Iknowit's

nottrue."Itisclearthatwhileself-awarenessisahealthyquality,

overdoingitisharmful.

Canshynessbecompletelyeliminated,oratleastreduced?

Fortunately,peoplecanovercomeshynesswithdeterminedand

patienteffortsinbuildingself-confidence.Sinceshynessgoes

handinhandwithalackofself-esteem,itisimportantforpeople

toaccepttheirweaknessesaswellastheirstrengths.

Eachoneofusisaunique；worthwhileindividual,interested

inourownpersonalways.Thebetterweunderstandourselves,

theeasieritbecomestoliveuptoourfullpotential.Let'snot

allowshynesstoblockourchancesforarichandfulfillinglife.

1.Whatdoestheauthortrytoprovebyciting〃whatkind

ofimpressionamImaking?"

A.Shypeoplebenefitfromtheircaringabouttheir

appearance.

B.People'sshynessmadethemcaretoomuchabouttheir

appearanceandactions.

C.It'snaturalthatshypeopledon'tbelieveother7s

compliments.

D.Shypeoplethinktheyaredifferentfromothers.

2.Accordingtothewriter,self-awarenessis.

A.agoodquality

B.thecauseofunhappiness

C.harmfultopeople

D.aweakpointofshypeople

3.Whenbeingpraised,shypeoplefeelthatitis.

A.good

B.unreal

C.veryreasonable

D.harmful

4.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueaccordingtothe

passage?

A.Shynesshelpsustodevelopourpotential

B.Shynessenablesustounderstandourselvesbetter

C.Shynesscanblockourchancesforarichlife

D.Shynesshasnothingtodowithlackofself-esteem

5.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatshypeople.

A.shouldfindmoreoftheirweakness

B.shouldunderstandthemselvesintherightway

C.hadbetterignoretheirweakness

D.cangetridoftheirshynesswhilemaintaininglowself-

esteem

參考譯文：

害羞是由于在眾人面前感覺不自在而引發(fā)的。害羞的人容易焦慮,

自我意識強，他們過分在意自己的外表和行為。他們頭腦里常有這樣

不安的想法：我給別人留下了怎樣的印象？別人喜歡我嗎？我是否聽

起來很蠢？我穿的衣服難看嗎？

顯而易見，這些不適的感覺對人有負面影響。一個人的自我認識

體現(xiàn)在他/她的言行舉止上，這些行為影響著他人對此作出反映。總體

來說,人們對自身的看法深刻影響到他們生活的方方面面。

害羞的人往往自信不足，常常被動，易受他人影響。他們需要有

相信自己的心態(tài)，認識到自己所做的是正確的。害羞的人對批評意見

比較敏感。他們感到自卑意識由此增強。害羞的人難以取悅。他們會

說這樣的話：〃你說那些是讓我高興，其實我知道我沒那么好。〃顯

然，自我意識是一種良好的品質(zhì)，過份的自我意識就不好了。

害羞能夠消除或至少減輕嗎？當(dāng)然。只要人們堅定耐心地培養(yǎng)自

信就可克服害羞。既然害羞源自缺乏自信，人們應(yīng)該在看到自己長處

的同時認識自己的短處。

每個人都是獨特的，有價值的個體，有自己的行為方式。我們對

自己了解越多，我們就越能發(fā)揮自己的潛能。不要讓害羞妨礙我們享

受豐富的人生。

1.一段第一二句話提到〃害羞的人很緊張和敏感，他們對于自己

的外表和行為過分關(guān)心。"所以選B為正確答案。

2.［答案］A。［解析］細節(jié)推斷題。根據(jù)第三段最后一句，可知自我

意識是一種好的品質(zhì)，所以選選項有干擾性，過度的自我意識

AoC

是有害的，而不是說自我意識是有害的。3.［答案］B。［解析］細節(jié)推斷

題。根據(jù)第三段第五句。

4.［答案］C。［解析］細節(jié)推斷題。根據(jù)文中最后一句〃我們不應(yīng)該

讓害羞阻礙我們過豐富的有價值的生活。〃可知正確答案是

Co

5.［答案］B。［解析］細節(jié)推斷題。第五段第二句話提到，〃我們

越了解自己就越越容易發(fā)揮自己的潛質(zhì)。〃可以推斷出我們應(yīng)該正確

了解自己，所以選B。

Passage4

Whatmakesapersonascientist?Doeshehavewaysortools

oflearningthataredifferentfromthoseofothers?Theansweris

〃no”.Itisnotthetoolsascientistusesbuthowheusesthese

toolsthatmakeshimascientist.Youwillprobablyagreethat

knowinghowtouseapowerisimportanttoacarpenter.Youwill

probablyagree,too,thatknowinghowtoinvestigate,howto

discoverinformation,isimportanttoeveryone.Thescientist,

however,goesonestepfurther,hemustbesurethathehasa

reasonableanswertohisquestionsandthathisanswercanbe

confirmedbyotherpersons.Healsoworkstofittheanswershe

getstomanyquestionsintoalargesetofideasabouthowthe

worldworks.

Thescientist/sknowledgemustbeexact.Thereisnoroom

forhalfrightorrightjusthalfthetime.Hemustbeasnearlyright

astheconditionspermit.Whatworksunderonesetofconditions

atonetimemustworkunderthesameconditionsatothertimes.

Iftheconditionsaredifferent,anychangesthescientistobserves

inademonstrationmustbeexplainedbythechangesinthe

conditions.Thisisonereasonthatinvestigationsareimportant

inscience.AlbertEinstein,whodevelopedthetheoryofrelativity,

arrivedatthistheorythroughmathematics.Theaccuracyofhis

mathematicswaslatertestedthroughinvestigations.Einstein7s

ideaswereshowntobecorrect.Ascientistusesmanytoolsfor

measurements.Thenthemeasurementsareusedtomake

mathematicalcalculationsthatmaytesthisinvestigations.

1.Whatmakesascientistaccordingtothepassage?

A.Thetoolsheuses.

B.Thewayheuseshistools.

C.Hiswaysoflearning.

D.Thevarioustoolsheuses.

2.“Thescientisthowever,goesonestepfurther../.The

authorsaysthistoshow.

A.theimportanceofinformation

B.theimportanceofthinking

C.thedifferencebetweenscientistsandordinarypeople

D.thedifferencebetweencarpentersandpeoplewithother

jobs

3.Asoundscientifictheoryshouldbeonethat.

A.worksnotonlyunderonesetofconditionsatonetime,

butalsounderthesameconditionsatothertimes

B.doesnotallowanychangesevenunderdifferent

conditions

C.canbeusedformanypurposes

D.leavenoroomforimprovement

4.TheauthorquotesthecaseofAlbertEinsteintoillustrate

A.themeasurementsarekeystosuccessinscience

B.thataccuracyofmathematics

C.thattheinvestigationsareimportantinscience

D.thatthemathematicalcalculationsmaytesthis

investigations

5.Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?

A.Thetheoryofrelativity.

B.Exactnessisthecoreofscience.

C.Scientistsaredifferentfromordinarypeople.

D.Exactnessandwaysofusingtoolsarethekeystothe

makingofascientist.

是什么使一個普通人成為科學(xué)家？他有與從不同的學(xué)習(xí)方法和工

具嗎？答案是否定的。不是因為科學(xué)家使用的工具，而是因為他使用

工具的方法使他成為科學(xué)家。你也許認同怎么用力對一名木匠來說很

重要。你也許也認同怎么研究調(diào)查，發(fā)現(xiàn)信息對每個人來說都很重要。

然而，科學(xué)家比這更進一步，他必須確定他對自己的問題得出了一個

合理的答案，并且他的答案通過別人也可以得到證實。他同時把自己

得出的許多答案歸結(jié)為一個系統(tǒng)的關(guān)于世界如何運作的觀點。

科學(xué)家的知識必須很確切。不能給半錯半對或者只有一半機會對

的情況留任何空間。他必須在條件允許的情況下盡可能正確。在一種

條件下成功一次的話必須在同樣的條件下都能成功。如果條件不同，

科學(xué)家在證明過程中觀察到的任何變化都必須解釋他的條件是如何變

化的。這是關(guān)于調(diào)查研究在科學(xué)研究中十分重要的其中一個理由。爰

因斯坦通過數(shù)學(xué)方法提出了相對論。他的數(shù)學(xué)運用的正確性被后人通

過調(diào)查研究的方法證實該理論是正確的。一個科學(xué)家會用很多工具來

測量。測量的結(jié)果用來進行數(shù)學(xué)計算，再進行調(diào)查研究的測試。

Acitymanwasonholidayinthemountains.Hetalkedwith

amountainmanandfoundthatthemanwasstupid.Sohe

suggestedtheyplayagame.〃We'llaskeachotherquestions,n

hesaid,“andthepersonwillpayadollarifhecan'tanswerone

question?Themountainmanthoughtaboutthisforafew

minutes,thensaidthatthecitymanpaidadollarandhepaid

only50cents.Thecitymanagreed.

“Whathasthreelegsandcanfly?”askedthemountain

man.Thecitymanthoughtawhile,thenanswered"Idon'tknow.

Hereisyourdollar/

Thenheaskedthesamequestion:"Whathasthreelegsand

canfly?"don'tknow,either/saidthemountainman."Here

isyour50cents/

1.Acitymanwasonholiday.

A.inafarawayplace

B.onthehighhills

C.inacity

D.inavillage

2.Thecitymanfoundthemountainmanwas.

A.notclever

B.onthehighhills

C.clever

D.strong

3.Thedtymansaid,"We'll"

A.fighteachother

B.helpeachother

C.askeachotherquestions

D.lookateachother

4.Themountainman.

A.knewtheanswerhimself

B.didn'tknowtheanswerhimself

C.toldtheanswertothecityman

D.didn'twanttotellthecitymantheanswer

5.Atlast.

A.thecitymangotonedollar

B.thecitymangot50cents

C.themountainmangotonedollar

D.themountainmangot50cents

Lookattheinstructionsonthebottleofthemedicineand

thenchoosetherightanswers.

Johnistwelveyearsold.Hehadabadcoldandcoughedday

andnight.Hewenttoseeadoctor.Thedoctorgavehimsome

coughmedicine.

CoughMedicine

Shake（搖動）itwellbeforeuse.

Takeitthreetimeseachdaybeforemeals.

Dose（藥量）:

Age:over142teaspoonfuls（勺）

8一131teaspoonful

4一71/2teaspoonful

Notrightforchildrenbelowtheageofthree.Putitinacold

place.UseitbeforeDecember1st2002.

1.Johnshouldtakeaday.

A.2teaspoonfuls

B.3teaspoonfuls

C.4teaspoonfuls

D.

1teaspoonful

2.Themedicineshouldbekeptin.

A.afridge

B.hotwater

C.anyplace

D.thesun

3.Johnshouldbeforehetakesit.

A.shakethemedicinewell

B.eatnothing

C.dosomeexercise

D.drinkacupoftea

4.Whenpeopleareyearsold,theycannottakethis

medicine.

A.eighty

B.thirty

C.two

D.twelve

5.Johnwillthemedicinewhenitisleftafter,2002.

A.throwaway

B.stoptotake

C.takeonce

D.takesixtimesmore

【答案與解析】約翰病了，咳嗽得很厲害。醫(yī)生給他開了些藥。

咳嗽藥上說明書的內(nèi)容主要包括了藥品的服用方法、藥量、貯存條件

以及保質(zhì)期等。

根據(jù)和

1.Bo"Johnistwelveyearsold."“8—131

teaspoonful”可知B為正確答案。

；是本題答案的依據(jù)。

2.AoTutitinacoldplace

答案就在（搖動）中。

3.Ao"Shakeitwellbeforeuse.“

由這

4.Co“Notrightforchildrenbelowtheageofthree”

句話可知，此藥不適用于三歲以下的兒童。

5.A。本說明的最后一句說的是此藥品的保質(zhì)期。答案顯然為A。

InEngland,peopleoftentalkabouttheweatherbecause

theycanexperiencefourseasonsinoneday.Inthemorningthe

weatheriswarmjustlikespring.Anhourlaterblackcloudscome

andthenitrainhard.Theweathergetsalittlecold.Inthelate

afternoontheskywillbesunny,thesunwillbegintoshine,and

itwillbesummeratthistimeofaday.

InEngland,peoplecanalsohavesummer.Soinwinterthey

canswimsometimes,andinsummersometimestheyshouldtake

warmclothes.

WhenyougotoEngland,youwillseethatsomeEnglish

peopleusuallytakeanumbrellaoraraincoatwiththeminthe

sunnymorning,butyoushouldnotlaughatthem.

Ifyoudonzttakeanumbrellaoraraincoatyouwillregret

laterintheday.

1.WhydopeopleinEnglandoftentalkabouttheweather?

A.Becausetheymayhavefourseasonsinoneday.

B.Becausetheyoftenhaveverygoodweather.

C.Becausetheweatheriswarmjustlikeinspring.

D.Becausetheskyissunnyallday.

2.Fromthestoryweknowthatcomeandthenthere

isaheavyrain.

A.sunshineandsnow

B.blackclouds

C.summerandwinter

D.springandautumn

n

3.Peoplecanalsohavesummerinwinter"means"Itis

sometimesinwinter/

A.warm

B.cool

C.cold

D.rainy

4.InthesunnymorningsomeEnglishpeopleusuallytakea

raincoatoranumbrellawiththembecause.

A.theirfriendsaskthemtodoso.

B.itoftenrainsinEngland

C.theyaregoingtosellthem

D.theyaretheirfavoritethings

5.Thebesttitleforthispassageis.

A.BadSeason

B.SummerorWinter

C.TheWeatherinEngland

D.StrangeEnglishPeople

Long,longagotherewasnozero.Towritethenumbersixty-

threepeoplewrote63.Towritesixhundredandthree,people

wrote63.Thespacebetweensixandthreewastheretomean."

notany"tens.Sometimespeopledidnotrememberthespace.It

washardtoseeandread.

Laterpeopleusedadottoholdthespace.Sixhundredand

threelookedlikethis.Butthedotwashardtosee.Sopeopleput

acirclearounditlikethis6o3.Thenpeoplecouldseethedot.

Theyrememberedthespace.Atlast,onlythecirclearoundthe

dotwasused.Itwaslikeazero.Thisisonestoryofhowthezero

cametobeused.

Nowzerohasmanyimportantuses.Zerotellshowmany.Can

youtellsomeotherwaysofusingzero?

1.Long,Iongagopeopledidn'tknowhowto.

A.write

B.writezero

C.writenumbers

D.writesixty-three

2.Long,longagoiftheywrotetwohundred-eight,people

wrote.

A.28

B.28

C.228

D.208

3.Laterwasusedtomeanspace.

A."notany"

B.letter"0"

C.zero

D.adot

4.Peopleusedcircles.

A.torememberways

B.toremembernumbers

C.nottoforgetthespace

D.tomeannothing

5.Thestorytellsus.

A.howzerocametobeused

B.howtowritezero

C.what'stheuseofzero

D.thatzeromeansadot,acircleorspace

IoftendreamedaboutPisawhenIwasaboy.Ireadabout

thefamousbuildingcalledtheLeaningTowerofPisa.ButwhenI

readthewordPisa,Iwasthinkingofpizza.1thoughtthistower

wasaplacetobuypizza.Itmustbethebestplacetobuypizza

intheworld,Ithought.

ManyyearslaterfinallysawtheLeaningTower.Iknewthen

thatiswasPisaandnopizza.Buttherewasstillsomethingspecial

aboutitforme.Thetowergotitsnamebecauseitreallydoes

leantooneside.Somepeoplewanttotrytofixit.Theyareafraid

itmayfalloverandtheydonztlikethatitleansoverthecity.

Idonotthinkit'sagoodideatotrytofixit.Thetower

probablywillnotfalldown,itis600yearsold.Whyshould

anythinghappentoitnow?And,ifyouaskme,Ilikewhatitlooks

like.Tomeitisaveryhumankindofleaning.Nothingisperfect,

itseemstosay.

Andwhocares?Whydopeoplewantthingstobeperfect?

Imperfectthingsmaybemoreinteresting.Let*stakethetower

inPisa.Whyisitsofamous?Therearemanyotherolder,more

beautifultowersinItaly.ButPisatoweristhemostfamous.

Peoplecomefromallovertheworldtoseeit.

1.Thispassageisabout.

A.Italianpizza

B.Italy'sproblems

C.howtheLeaningTowerofPisagotitsname

D.whythewriterlikesPisa

2.ThewriterusedtothinkPisa.

A.inSpain

B.notveryfamous

C.notthesameaspizza

D.thesameaspizza

3.TheLeaningTowerofPisais.

A.modern

B.fallingdown

C.600yearsold

D.60yearsold-

4.Thewriter.

A.doesn'tlikewhatthetowerlookslike

B.likeswhatthetowerlookslike

C.thinksitsthemostbeautifultowerinItaly

D.doesn'tliketowers

5.ThewriterlikestheLeaningTowerofPisabecause.

A.it'sold

B.it'sperfect

C.itsellspizza

D.it'simperfect

【答案與解析】這是關(guān)于比薩斜塔的一篇雜感。作者由兒時對比

薩斜塔的曲解談起，說到了自己對人們想要重新修正斜塔的看法。最

后作者由此闡發(fā)感想：沒有什么東西是十全十美的。人們不應(yīng)當(dāng)事事

追求完美。如比薩斜塔一樣，正因為它的不完美，才吸引了世界上眾

多人的目光。

由作者所敘述的內(nèi)容，可知該塔之所以被叫做斜塔是因為它

1.Co

是傾斜的。

這層意思是作者對比薩斜塔的誤解，答案在

2.Do"ButwhenI

readthewordPisa,Iwasthinkingofpizza”一句中。

3.Co本題屬表層理解題。"Thetowerprobablywillnotfall

down,itis600yearsold.”是答案的出處.

答案即在

4.Bo"And,ifyouaskme,Ilikewhatitlookslike/

中。

根據(jù)1及作

5.Do"Imperfectthingsmaybemoreinteresting/

者所流露出的對比薩斜塔的感情可以看出他認為缺憾也是一種美。

Ifyoudonotuseyourarmsoryourlegsforsometime,they

willbecomeweak,andwhenyoustartusingthemagain,they

slowlybecomestrongagain.Everybodyknowsthat.Yetmany

peopledonotseemtoknowthatmemoryworksinthesameway.

Whensomeonesaysthathehasagoodmemory,hereally

meansthathekeepshismemoryinpracticebyusingit.When

someoneelsesaysthathismemoryispoor,hereallymeansthat

hedoesnotgiveitenoughchancetobecomestrong.

Ifafriendsaysthathisarmsandlegsareweak,weknowthat

itishisownfaultButifhetellsusthathehasapoormemory,

manyofusthinkthathisparentsmaybeblamed,andfewofus

knowthatitisjusthisownfault.Haveyoueverfoundthatsome

peoplecan'treadorwritebutusuallytheyhavebettermemories?

Thisisbecausetheycannotreadorwriteandwhentheyhaveto

rememberthings.,theycannotwritethemdowninasmall

notebook.Asaresult,theyhavetorememberdays,names,songs

andstories,sotheirmemoryisbeingexercisedthewholetime.

Soifyouwanttohaveagoodmemory,learnfromthepeople:

practicerememberingthingsinawayasotherpeopledo.

1.Someonecan'thaveagoodmemoryif.

A.hecan'treadorwrite

B.hisparentshaven'tagoodmemory

C.hedoesn'tmakegooduseofhismemory

D.hedoesn'tusehisarmsorlegsforsometime

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

2.Ifyoudonotuseyourarmsorlegsforsometime,.

A.theywillbecomethin

B.theywillbecomeweak

C.theybegintoacheallover

D.youcan'tusethemanymore

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

3.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?

A.Yourmemoryneedschanceforpractice.

B.Agoodmemoryisinheritedfromparents.

C.Yourmemoryworksinthedifferentwaysasyourarmsor

legs.

D.Don'tlearntoreadandwriteifyouwanttohaveagood

memory.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：A

4.Fewpeopleknowthatifsomeonehasapoormemoryitis

A.hisownfault

B.hisparents'fault

C.histeachers'fault

D.hisfriends'fault

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：A

5.Thewriterwantstotellus.

A.howtoreadandwritewell

B.howtohaveagoodmemory

C.howtouseourarmsorlegsbetter

D.howtolearnfromthepeoplewhocan'treadorwrite

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

Aforeigner'sfirstimpressionofthe.is「kelytobethat

everyoneisinarush-oftenunderpressure.Citypeoplealways

appeartobehurryingtogetwheretheyaregoingrestlessly,

seekingattentioninastore,andelbowingothersastheytryto

completetheirerrandsCf王務(wù)）.Racingthroughdaytimemealsis

partofthepaceoflifeinthiscountry.

Workingtimeisconsideredprecious.Othersinpubliceating

placesarewaitingforyoutofinishsothattheytoocanbeserved

andgetbacktoworkwithinthetimeallowed.Eachpersonhurr

iestomakeroomforthenextperson.Ifyoudon't,waiterswill

hurryyou.

Youalsofinddriverswillbeabruptandpeoplewillpushpast

you.Youwillmisssmiles,briefconversations,andsmall

courtesieswithstrangers.Don'ttakeitpersonally.Thisisbecause

peoplevaluetimehighly,andtheyresentsomeoneelse

"wasting"itbeyondacertaincourtesypoint.

Theviewoftimeaffectstheimportanceweattachto

patience.IntheAmericansystemofvalues,patienceisnotahigh

priority.Manyofushavewhatmightbecalled"ashortfuse."

Webegintomoverestlesslyaboutifwefeeltimeisslippingaway

withoutsomere-turnbethisintermsofpleasure,workvalue,or

rest.Thosecomingfromlandswheretimeislookedupon

differentlymayfindthismatterofpacetobeoneoftheirmost

difficultadjustmentsinbothbusinessanddailylife.

ManynewcomerstotheStateswillmisstheopening

courtesyofabusinesscall,forexample,Theywillmisstheritual

interactionthatgoeswithawelcomingcupofteaorcoffeethat

maybeaconventionintheirowncountry.Theymaymiss

leisurelybusinesschatsinacafeorcoffeehouse.Normally,

Americansdonotassesstheirvisitorsinsuchrelaxed

surroundingsoverprolongedsmalltalks.Weseekoutevidence

ofpastperformanceratherthanevaluateabusinesscolleague

throughsocialcourtesies.Sincewegenerallyassessandprobe

professionallyratherthansocially,westarttalkingbusinessvery

quickly.

1.Whichofthefollowingstatementsiswrong?

A.Americansseemtobealwaysunderpressure.

B.Americansattachlessimportancetopatience.

C.Americansdon'tcaremuchaboutritualsocializing.

D.Americansareimpolitetotheirbusinesscolleagues.

2.Inthefourthparagraph,"ahighpriority“means?

A.alessimportantthing

B.afirstconcern

C.agoodbusiness

D.anattractivegift

3.Americansevaluateabusinesscolleague.

A.throughsocialcourtesy

B.throughprolongedbusinesstalks

C.byestablishingbusinessrelations

D.bylearningabouttheirpastperformance

4.Thispassagemainlytalksabout.

A.howAmericanstreasuretheirtime

B.howbusyAmericansareeveryday

C.howAmericansdobusinesswithforeigners

D.whatAmericanwayoflifeislike

5.Wecaninferfromthepassagethattheauthor'stonein

writingis.

A.critical

B.ironical

C.appreciative

D.objective

一個外國人對于美國的第一印象