專升本英語（閱讀）模擬試卷9（共8

套）

（共155題）

專升本英語（閱讀）模擬試卷第1套

一、閱讀理解（本題共20題，每題1.0分，共20分。）

NewsDapersnolnearlyaspopularlodayasiheywerein【hepasl.Thereareno【very

manypeoplewhoseriouslyreadanewsDapeieverydav.Mostpeoplereadonlythesports

pages,theadviceorgossipcolumns,thecomics,andperhapstheclassified

advertisements.Mostpeopledon'ttakethetimetoreadtherealnews.Newspapereditors

saythattheirreadersarclazy.Theysaytheyhavetotrickpeopleintoreadingthenews.

Theyattempttocatchthereader'sinterestwithpicturesandexcitingheadlines.These

techniquesareusedonthefrontpagebecauseitisthefirstthingyouseewhenyoupick

upthepaper.Thefirstpageattractsattentionandencouragesthereadertolookthrough

therestofthepaper.Thisiswhyeditorsalwayslookforagoodfirstpagestoryand

headlinesthatmakeyoustopandlook.Iftheheadlineishorribleenoughorfrightening

enoughorwildenough,perhapsyouwillgoontoreadtherestofthestory.Justthesame,

therearealotofpeoplewhodonotevenreadthefrontpageanymore.Theymayreadthe

headlines,butthatisall.Thentheyturntothesportspage,orcomics,oradvertisements.

Itseemsthatpeopledonotwantthenewsfromanewspaperanymore.Theysaytheyget

thenewsonthetelevisionnow.Morepeoplewatchtelevisionnewsbecauseitiseasier

andmoreinterestingthanreadinganewspaper.Whataboutyou?Doyoureadnewsfrom

anewspaper?Doyouwatchthenewsontelevision?Doyouthinkiteasiertogetthe

newsfromtelevision?Doyoulistentotheradio?Ordoyouevencareaboutnewsatall?

Wouldyoumindiftherewerenonews?

1、Accordingtothewriter,newspapersare.

A^morepopulartoday

B、lesspopulartoday

C、aspopularasbefore

D、gettingmoreandmorepopular

標準答案：B

知識點解析：文章首句說到：“Newspapersarenotnearlyaspopulartodayastheywere

inthepast.”（今天的報紙不像過去那樣受歡迎了）。因此正確答案為B。

2、Editorsthinktheimportantpartofthepaperis.

A^theheadlines

B、thesportspage

C、thefrontpage

D、theclassifiedadvertisements

標準答案：C

知識點解析：根據第一段中第八句：“Thesetechniquesareusedonthefrontpage

becauseitisthefirstthingyouseewhenyoupickupthepaper.”可知,這些技術（圖片

和令人激動的標題）?般都用于頭版，因為頭版是讀者最先看到的，因此可吸引讀

者繼續看下去。故選Cc

3、Accordingtothearticle,mostpeoplereadallofthefollowingexcept.

A、therealnews

B、thesportspage

C^comics

D、advertisements

標準答案：A

知識點解析:從第一段第三句：“Mostpeoplereadonlythesportspages,theadviceor

gossipcolumns...classifiedadvertisement.Mostpeopledon'ttakethetimetoreadthe

realnews”可知A正確。

4、Todaymorepeoplegetnewsfrom.

A、newspapers

B、radio

C>television

D、bothAandB

標準答案：C

知識點解析：從第一段最后："Theysaytheygetthenewsonthetelevisionnow."可

知，更多的消息是來自電視。因此選C。

5、Theauthor'sattitudetowardnewspaperis.

A、sympathetic

B、critical

C、negative

D、undetermined

標準答案：B

知識點解析：從文章中作者說報紙已不像過去那樣受歡迎了，及所作的描述可知，

作者的態度是同情的。

Byadoptingafewsimpletechniques,parentswhoreadtotheirchildrencangreatly

increasetheirchildren'slanguagedevelopment.Itissurprisingbuttrue.Howparentstalk

tothci「childrenmakesabigdifferenceinthechildren'slanguagedevelopmentIfa

parenlencouragesthechildloactivelyrespondtowhaliheparenlisreading,Ihechild's

languageskillsincrease.Astudywasdonewith30three-year-oldchildrenandtheir

parents.Halfofthechildrenparticipatedintheexperimentalstudy;theotherhalfactedas

thecontrolgroup.Intheexperimentalgroup,theparentsweregivenatwo-hourtraining

sessioninwhichtheyweretaughttoaskopen-endedquestionsratherthanyes-or-no

questions.Forexample,theparentshouldask,"Whatisthedoggiedoing?**ratherthan

"Isthedoggierunningaway?"Theparentsinihnexperimentalgroupwerealsoinsirucled

inhowtohelpchildrenfindanswers,how〔osuggestalternativepossibilitiesandhowto

praisecorrectanswers.Atthebeginningofthestudy,thechildrendidnotdifferin

measuresoflanguagedevelopment,butattheendofonemonth,thechildreninthe

experimentalgroupshowed5.5monthsaheadofthecontrolgrouponatestofverbal

expressionandvocabulary.Ninemonthslater,thechildrenintheexperimentalgroupstill

showedanadvanceof6monthsoverthechildreninthecontrolgroup.

6、Whichofthefollowingcanbeinferredfromthepassage?

A、Childrenwhotalkalotaremoreintelligent.

B、Parentswholistentotheirchildrencanteachthemmore.

C、Activechildrenshouldreadmoreandbegivenmoreattention.

D、Verbalabilitycaneasilybedevelopedwithpropermethods.

標準答案：D

知識點解析：本題答案在第一段：Byadoptingafev/simpletechniques,parentswho

readtothcirchildrcncangreatlyincreasetheirchildrcn'slanguagcdevelopment.可知，

父母給孩子讀書的時候，通過采用一些簡單的方法可以極大提高孩子的語言能力。

因此可以得出這樣的結論：語言能力可以通過適當的方法輕松地提高。D正確。

7、Whatdoes"it"inline2canmostprobablybereplacedby?

A^Parentsincreasingchildren'slanguagedevelopment.

B、Readingtechniquesbeingsimple.

C、Parentsreadingtochildren.

D^Children'sintelligencedevelopment.

標準答案：A

知識點解析：根據文章第一段第一句和第三句中的children'slanguagedevelopment

部分，可以看出it指父母能提高孩子的語言能力。代詞的指代內容一般應從該句

的上下句中找。

8、Accordingtotheauthor,whichofthefollowingquestionsisthebesttypetoask

childrenabout?

A^Doyouseetheelephant?

B、Istheelephantinthecage?

C、Whatanimalsdoyoulike?

D^Shallwegotothezoo?

標準答案：C

知識點解析：文章第二段第三句說到：Intheexperimentalgroup,theparentswere

givenatwo-hourtrainingsessioninwhichtheyweretaughttoaskopen-endedquestions

ratherthanyes-or-noquestions.即在實驗組里，對家長進行了兩小時的培訓，讓他

們學會向孩子們提一些開放式問題，而不是問用“是或不是''回答的問題。再根據下

文提問的舉例可推出家長提出的最好的問題應該是：Whatanimalsdoyoulike?（你

喜歡什么樣的動物?）C為正確答案。

9、Thedifferencebetweenthecontrolgroupandtheexperimentalgroupwas.

A、thetrainingthatparentsreceived

B、theageofthechildren

C、thebooksthatwereread

D、thenumberofthechildren

標準答案：A

知識點解析：本題答案在第二段第三句：Iniheexperimenlalgroup,theparentswere

givenatwo—hourtrainingsession.」在實驗組里,對家長進行了兩小時的培訓)

文章的調查研究中把孩子及其家長分成兩組，顯然區別在于實驗組里的家長接受了

培訓。

10^Thebestconclusionwecandrawfromthepassageisthat.

ANparentsshouldbetrainedtoreadtotheirchildren

B、themorechildrenread,themoreintelligenttheywillbecome

C、children'slanguageskillsincreasewhentheyarerequiredtorespondactively

D、childrenwhoreadactivelyseemsixmonthsolder

標準答案：C

知識點解析：本題答案在第一段最后一句話：Ifaparentencouragesthechildto

activelyrespondtowhattheparentisreading,thechild'slanguagcskillsincrease.可知

C為正確答案。

AsyouarestudentsofEnglish,ifsverypossiblethatyou'11beinterestedinEngland.

That'swherethelanguagewasfirstspoken.ButEnglandisoftencalledbyothernames.

ThisoftenconfusespeopleandIwonderifyouknowwhatthesenamesmean.So,nowI

wouldliketo(ellyouaboutthismatterofnames.Ibelievethatyouhaveheardpeopleuse

thenames—England,BritainorGreatBritain.Let'ssecwhateachofthesenamesmeans.

IfyoulookatamapofEurope,you'11seeagroupofislands—onelargerislandoffthe

northwestcoast,onesmallerandmanytinyones.Thesemakeupwhatiscalledthe

BritishIsles.ThelargestislandoftheBritishIslesisBritain.ItisalsocalledGreat

Britain.ThesmallerislandisIreland.Britainisdividedintothreeparts;Scotland,Wales

andEngland.Butsometimestheword"England"isusedinsteadof"BritainM.Whyso?In

ancienttimes,whatisBritainnowusedtobethreedifferentcountries.Peopleinthese

differentcountriesspokedifferentlanguages.Overmanyyearsthethreecountries

becameone.Englandisthelargestandrichestofthethreeandithasthemostpeople.So

theEnglishpeopletakeitforgrantedthattheirownnamestandsforthewholeisland.

There*sanotherthingthatconfusespeople:sometimesyoumayhearpeoplesay"the

UnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland'.Thatistheofficialnameofthe

country.NorthernIrelandisonlyonesixthoftheislandorIreland.Therestoftheisland

isanindependentstate,calledtheRepublicofIreland.Sowehavethenamesof

"England","Britain","GreatBritain",and"theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainand

NorthernIreland".Nowdoyouknowwhateachofthemmeans?

11、Englishwasfirstspokenin.

A、Britain

B、England

C、GreatBritain

D、Ireland

標準答案：B

知識點解析：關鍵訶語是wasfirstspoken。首先應迅速找出該詞語在文章中的位

置，確定該題的信息在文章的前兩句中。只要讀懂原文，仔細判斷，就能找到正確

答案是B選項。

12、Britainisdividedinto.

A、England,Britain,andWales

B、England,Scotland,andWales

C^Wales,Scotland,andGreatBritain

D^GreatBritain,Wales,andScotland

標準答案：B

知識點解析：該題所包含的信息在文章第三段第一一句Britainisdividedintothree

parts：Scotland,WalesandEngland.中很容易找到答案，但選擇時要細心。

Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?

A^Walesistherichestofthethree.

B、Scotlandisthelargestofthethree.

C^SometimesEnglandisusedinsteadofBritain.

D^BritainistheonlynameofthelargestislandofBritishIsles.

標準答案：C

知識點解析：考生應具備正確把握文中信息的能力，必須通過細心閱讀和理解，迅

速確定試題正確信息在文章中的出處。本題C選項的信息在第三段第二句話中可

找到。同時也可用排除法做此類題。

14、TheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandis.

A、partofBritain

B、partofBritishIsles

C^theofficialnameofthewholecountry

D、thelargestcountryofallmentionedinthepassage

標準答案：C

知識點解析：通過文章+*最后一段前兩句的閱讀和理解，可迅速確定“TheUniied

KingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandistheofficialnameofthewhole

country.”是正確答案。

15、Whichofthefollowingisanindependentcountry?

A、Wales

Scotland

C、NorthernIreland

D、TheRepublicofIreland

標準答案：D

知識點解析：正確答案在文章中最后一段的中間Therestoftheislandisan

independentstate,calledtheRepublicofIreland.可迅速找到。做題的關鍵在于了解

文章大意，細心選擇答案。

EveryyearjustafterChristmastheJanuarySalesstart.Alltheshopsreducetheirprices

andfortwoweeks,theyarefullofpeoplelookingforbargains.MyhusbandandIdonot

normallygotothesalesaswedon*tlikecrowdsandinanycaseareshortofmoneyaswe

havetobuylotsofChristmaspresents.Lastyear,however,Itookmyhusbandwithmeto

thesalesatthelargeshopinthecenterofLondon.Webothneededsomenewclothesand

werehopingtofindatelevisionset.WhenWDgotloOxfordStreet、itwassocrowded

thalwedecidedlospliiUDandmeelagainaliheundergroundslation.SoIleftmy

husbandandstartedlookingaroundtheshops.Unfortunatelyalltheclotheswereinvery

largesizesandsowerenotsuitableforme.ButIdidbuyatelevisionataverycheap

price,soIfeltquitepleasedwithmyself.WhenIarrivedatthestation,myhusbandwas

notthere.SoIsatdowninanearbycafetohaveacupoftea.Iquicklyfinishedmytea

whenIsawmyhusbandandwentouttomeethim.Helookedveryhappy.ThenIsawhe

wascarryingalargeandheavycardboardbox."Oh,dear!"Ithought.Yes,wehadnonew

clothesbuttwotelevisions.Weshallnotbegoingtothesalesagain.

16、InJanuary.

A、lotsofpeoplegoshoppingfordiscount

B、peoplehavealotofmoneytospendafterChristmas

C>alltheshopscloseforatwo-wcckChristmasholiday

D、peopledoivthaveenoughmoneytogolookingfbrbargains

標準答案：A

知識點解析：其中A項中的關鍵詞為discount,它的意思是“reductioninprice”］降

價），與文章第一段中“AHtheshopsreducetheirprices.”的意思相一致，故A項是

正確的。其他三個選項都不符合文章的意思。

17、Inthispassage,theword"bargain"couldbestbereplacedby"something

A、giventopeople

B、offeredatareducedprice

C、offered,soldorboughtwhichisexpensive

D、soldforthepurposeofreachinganagreement

標準答案：B--

知識點解析：題中“bargain”為關鍵詞，它的意思是“somethingthatischeap”（便宜

貨），與B項“降價所提供的東西”相一致，所以B項是正確答案。

Thehusbandandwifeinthestory.

A、wishedtobuyaTV

B、wenttothesalesnormally

C^oftenwenttothesalestobuyclothes

D、wereusuallynotshortofmoneyafterChristmas

標準答案：A

知識點解析：從文章第二段中的第二句"Webothnccdcd...andwerehopingtofinda

lelevisionsel.”可判斷A項為正確答案。其他三項不符合文章的意思。

19、Thephrase"splitup"inthesecondparagraphmeans"

A、breakapart

B、causetobreak

C^becomepieces

D、goindifferentdirections

標準答案：D

知識點解析：短語動詞splitup的漢語意思是：朝不同方向前進。如：Thegroup

splituptotrytofindfood］隊伍分頭去尋找食物）。D項就是splitup的含義,故為正

確答案。

20,Aftertheirday'sshopping,they.

A、werehappywiththeirbargains

B、hadgoteverythingtheywanted

C>gotmorethantheyhadhopedfor

D、hadtogobacktothesalesthenextday

標準答案：C

知識點解析：木文作者和她丈夫本想購買一臺電視機，結果他們卻買了兩臺電視

機，和C項內容相符；比他們原來希望購買的要多。其他三項和文章的內容不

符。

專升本英語（閱讀）模擬試卷第2套

一、閱讀理解（本題共25題，每題1.0分，共25分。）

Thephysicistinvestigatingtherelationshipbetweentimeandspace,thechemist

exploringthepropertiesofanewsubstance,thebiologistprobingthemysteriesofthe

continuityoflife,andtheanthropologist（人類學家）searchingforhumanoriginssharea

commontrait,curiosity.Notthatnon-scicntistsarenotcurious;mostpeoplepossessthis

characteristic.Thescientist,however,usesaspecificmethodtomakeresearchesinto

theseenigmaticproblems-thescientificmethod.Unfortunately,scienceanditsmethod

aremisunderstood.Themultiplicationofourknowledgeinmedicineandtechnologyhas

ledlotheideathatsciencecancureallandexplainallandthatonlyenoughtime,money

andintelligenceareneeded.Intruth,sciencecannotprovideallanswers.Infact,many

phenomenaarcnotevensubjecttoscientificexplanations.Ontheothersideofthecoin,

sciencehasbeenattackedasacauseofmostcontemporaryproblems.Itissaidtobe

responsibleforthedepersonalization（使失去個性）oftheindividual,forstripping（奪去）

creativityfromhumanbehavior,andforcreatingmassivethreatstothespeciesthrough

thedevelopmentofnuclearpower,insecticides,andpollutingmachinery.Ifweanalyze

thesituationwccanseethatitwasnottheoriginalintentofthepeoplewhodeveloped

computerstodebasehumankind,norwasmassproductionproposedasamethodtocrush

creativity.Itiswhatsociety,policymakersespecially,doeswithscientificachievements

thatmakesthemsocialorantisocial.Thereisnothinginherentlygoodorbadabout

science.

1、Whichofthefollowingisthemaintopicofthepassage?

A、Scientistsandtheircuriosity.

B、Scienceandscientificmethod.

C、Understandingsofscience.

D、Misunderstandingsofscience.

標準答案：D

知識點解析：根據文章第二段中“Unfortunately,scienceanditsmethodarc

misunderstood^,故選Do

2、ThelastsentenceofPara.2couldbeexplainedasvzhichofthefollowing?

A^Manyphenomenacanbesubjectsofscientificexplanations.

B>Manyphenomenacanfindanswersinscientificexplanations.

C、Scientificexplanationscannotprovideanswerstomanyphenomena.

D^Scientificexplanationsarenotrelatedtomanyphenomena.

標準答案：C

知識點解析：根據文章第二段最后一句Tntruth,sciencecannotprovideall

answers.Infact,manyphenomenaarenotevensubjecttoscientificexplanations,“可

知C項句子與其相對應，故選C。

3、Theexpression"todebasehumankind"inPara.3couldbeexplainedas.

A^toprovidebasetohumankind

B、toreducethevalueofhumankind

C^togetridofhumankind

D、tocompetewithhumankind

標準答案：B

知識點解析：根據文章第三段中“Ifweanalyzethesituationwecanseethatitwasnot

theoriginalintentofthepeoplewhodevelopedcomputerstodebasehumankind,nor

Wasmassproductionproposedasamethodtocrushcreativity“，其中debase意為“降

低……的價值；敗壞……的名譽可知B為正確答案。

4、Accordingtothelastparagraph,whichofthefollowingwillbeacceptedbythe

author?

A、Scienceisthecauseofmodernproblems.

B、Scienceitselfisneithergoodnorbad.

C>Scienceleadstoenvironmentalpollution.

D、Sciencecausesmanyantisocialacts.

標準答案：B

知識點解析：根據文章最后一句話“Itiswhatsociety,policymakersespecially,does

withscientificachievementsthatmakesthemsocialorantisocial.Thereisnothing

inherentlygoodorbadaboutscience"，可知B為正確答案。

5、Intheexpression"OntheothersideofthecominFara.3thecoinisusedtorefer

to.

A、themisunderstandingscience

thescientificexplanation

C>themoneyneededinscientificresearch

D、thecuriosityofscientistsandnon-scientists

標準答案：A'

知識點解析：根據“ontheothersideofthecoin”上下文可知，講的是科學的另一方

面（不好的方面），可知A為正確答案。

Therearetwotypesofpeopleintheworld.Althoughtheyhaveequaldegreesofhealth

andwealthandtheothercomfortsoflife,onebecomeshappy,theotherbecomes

miserable.Thisarisesfromthedifferentwaysinwhichtheyconsiderthings,persons,and

events,andtheresultingeffectsupontheirminds.Thepeoplewhoaretobehappyfix

theirattentionontheconveniencesofthings,thepleasantpartsofconversation,thewell-

prepareddishes,thegoodnessofthewines,andthefineweather.Theyenjoyallthe

cheerfulthings.Thosewhoaretobeunhappythinkandspeakonlyofthecontrarythings.

Therefore,theyarecontinuallydiscontented.Bytheirremarks,theysourthepleasuresof

society,offendmanypeople,andmakethemselvesdisagreeableeverywhere.Ifthisturn

ofmindwerefoundedinnature,suchunhappypersonswouldbethemoretobepitied.

Thetendencytocriticizeandbedisgustedisperhapstakenuporiginallybyimitation.It

growsintoahabit,unknowntoitspossessors.Thehabitmaybestrong,butitmaybe

curedwhenthosewhohaveitarcconvincedofitsbadeffectsontheirinterestsandtastes.

Ihopethislittlewarningmaybeofservicetothem,andhelpthemchangethishabit.

Althoughinfactitischieflyanactoftheimagination,ithasseriousconsequencesinlife,

sinceitbringsondeepsorrowandbadluck.Thosepeopleoffendmanyothers,nobody

lovesthem,andnoonetreatsthemwithmorethanthemostcommonpolitenessand

respect,andscarcelythat.Thisfrequentlyputstheminbadtemperanddrawstheminto

arguments.Iftheyaimatobtainingsomeadvantageinrankorfortune,nobodywishes

themsuccess.Norwillanyonespeakawordtofavortheirhopes.Iftheybringon

themselvespublicdisapproval,noonewilldefendorexcusethem.Thesepeopleshould

changethisbadhabit.Iftheydonot,itwillbegoodforotherstoavoidanycontactwith

them.

6、Peoplewhoaretobeunhappy.

A、alwaysconsiderthingsdifferentlyfromothers

B>areusuallyinfluencedbytheresultsofcertainthings

C、candiscovertheunpleasantpartofcertainthings

D^usuallyhaveafault-findinghabit

標準答案：D

知識點解析：由題干關鍵詞unhappy定位到第二段第三句Thosewhoaretobe

unh叩pythinkandspeakonlyofthecontrarythings.可知，不快樂的人的表現是，他

們總是看到或關注事物的負面，愛挑毛病。因此選項D與文意相符。

7、Whenthoseunhappypeoplemeetothers,theywill.

A、haveagoodtasteofthepleasuresofsociety

B、feeldepressedaboutthepleasuresofsociety

C^behappywiththepleasuresofsociety

D、enjoythepleasuresofsociety

標準答案：B

知識點解析：由題干關鍵詞unhappy,定位到文章第二段第三句。通過本段接下來

對不快樂的人的描述可知，他們會使原本愉快的社交活動變得不愉快。因此，選項

B符合文意。

8、Accordingtothepassage,itcanbesafelysaidthat.

A^iftheyrealizethehannfulncssoftheirhabitstheunhappypeoplemaygetridofit

ifpeopleareinmisery,theywillbecriticalabouteverything

C^weshouldnotpitytheseunhappypeoplefortheirself-criticism

D^theseunhappypeoplearcnotcontentwithanythingtheyhave

標準答案：A

知識點解析：根據文章第三段第三句Thehabitmaybestrong,butitmaybecured

whenthosewhohaveitareconvincedofitsbadeffectsontheirinterestsandtastes.可

知，當有這種習慣的人認識到這種態度給他們帶來的不良影響時，他們也許會改掉

這種毛病C

9^"Andscarcelythat"inthelastparagraphmeans.

A、justlikethat

B、almostnotlikethat

C、morethanthat

D、notatalllikethat

標準答案：B

知識點解析：scarcely表示“幾乎不是，幾乎沒有''或是"幾乎還沒'’的意思，只有否

定意義。因此，選項中只有B符合文意。

10^Ifsuchunhappypersonsdon'tchangetheirbadbehavior,theauthorssuggeststhat

people.

A、avoidcontactingwiththem

criticizetheirmisconduct

C、helpthemrecognizeitsbadefleets

D^shownorespectandpolitenesstothem

標準答案：A

知識點解析：由題干關鍵詞change和badbehavior定位到全文最后兩句These

peopleshouldchangethisbadhabit.Iftheydonot,itwillbegoodforotherstoavoid

anycontactwiththem.可知，作者建議人們對這樣的人最好采取回避的態度。題干

中的badbehavior是文中badhabit的轉述。

Supposewebuiltarobot（機器人）toexploretheplanetMars.Weprovidetherobotwith

seeingdetectorstokeepiiawayfromdanger.Itispoweredentirelybythesun.Should

weprogramtherobottobeequallyactiveatalltimes?No.Therobotwouldbeusingup

energyatatimewhenitwasnotreceivingany.Sowewouldprobablyprogramitto

ceaseitsactivityatnightandtowakeupatdawnthenextmorning.Accordingtothe

evolutionarytheoryofsleep,evolutionequippeduswitharegularpatternofsleepingand

wakingfbrthesamereason.Thetheorydoesnotdenythatsleepprovidessomeimportant

restorativefunctions.Itmerelysaysthatevolutionhasprogrammedustoperformthose

functionsalatimewhenactivitywouldbeinefficientandpossiblydangerous.However,

sleepprotectsusonlyfromthesortoftroublewemightwalkinto;itdoesnotprotectus

fromtroublethatcomeslookingforus.Sowesleepwellwhenweareinafamiliar,safe

place,butwesleeplightly,ifatall,whenwefearthatbearswillnoseintothetent.The

evolutionarytheoryaccountswellfordifferencesinsleepamongcreatures.Whydocats,

forinstance,sleepsomuch,whilehorsessleepsolittle?Surelycatsdonotneedfive

timesasmuchrepairandrestorationashorsesdo.Butcatscanaffordtohavelong

periodsofinactivitybecausetheyspendlittletimeeatingandareunlikelytobeattacked

whiletheysleep.Horsesmustspendalmostalltheirwakinghourseating,becausewhat

theyeatisverylowinenergyvalue.Moreover,theycannotaffordtosleeptoolongor

toodeeply,becausetheirsurvivaldependsontheirabilitytorunawayfromattackers.

11、Theauthorusestheexampleoftherobotinspaceexplorationtotellus.

A^thedifferencebetweenrobotsandmen

B、thereasonwhymenneedtosleep

C、abouttheneedforrobotstosavepower

D^aboutthedangerofmenworkingatnight

標準答案：B

知識點解析：通過閱讀文章可知作者通過引用機器人探索太空的例子來說明機器人

也需要休息來進行能量補充，從而引出下面的話題，說明人類為什么需要睡眠，故

選B。

12、Evolutionhasprogrammedmantosleepatnightchieflytohelphim.

A、maintainaregularpatternoflife

B、preventtroublethatcomeslookingforhim

C、avoiddangerandinefficientlabor

D、restorehisbodilyfunctions

標準答案：C

知識點解析：根據文章第二段中：Thetheorydoesnotdenythatsleepprovidessome

importantrestorativefunctions.Itmerelysaysthatevolutionhasprogrammedusto

performthosefunctionsatatimewhenactivitywouldbeinefficientandpossibly

dangerous,可知人們在夜間休息主要是因為晚間活動效率低下，而且可能很危

險。故C正確。

13、Accordingtotheauthor,wecannotsleepwellwhenwe.

A^arcworryingaboutoursafety

B、areoverworked

C^areinateni

D、areawayfromhome

標準答案：A

知識點解析：文章第二段最后一句指出在一個熟悉、安全的地方我們能夠睡得很

好，但當擔心會有野熊襲擊時就會睡得很輕，即當我們擔心安全問題時就會睡不

好。故選A。

14、Catssleepmuchmorethanhorsesdopartlybecausecats.

A、needmoretimefbrrestoration

R、areunlikelytoheattacked

C^aremoreactivethanhorseswhentheyareawake

D、spendlesstimeeatingtogetenoughenergy

標準答案：D

知識點解析：根據文章第三段中Butcatscanaffordtohavelongperiodsofinactivity

becausetheyspendlittletimeeatingandareunlikelytobeattackedwhilethey

sleep.Horsesmustspendalmostalltheirwakinghourseating,becausewhattheyeatis

verylowinenergyvalue,可知D為正確答案。

15>Whichofthefollowingisthemainideaofthepassage?

A、Evolutionhasequippedallcreatureswitharegularpatternofsleepingandwaking.

B、Thestudyofsleepisanimportantpartoftheevolutionarytheory.

C>Sleepingpatternsmustbetakenintoconsiderationinthedesigningofrobots.

D、Thesleepingpatternofalivingcreatureisdeterminedbythefooditeats.

標準答案：A-'

知識點解析：通過理解全文可知文章主要講了進化論使所有生物都有一個固定的休

息和工作模式。只有A項描述與主旨貼近。故選A。

"Congratulations,Mr.Jones,it'sagirl."Fatherhoodisgoinglohaveadifferentmeaning

andbringforthadifferentresponsefromeverymanwhohearsthesewords;.Somefeel

pridewhentheyreceivethenews,whileothersworry,wonderingwhethertheywillbe

goodfathers.Althoughtherearesomemenwholikechildrenandmayhavehad

considerableexperiencewiththem,othersdonotparticularlycarefbrchildrenandspend

littletimewiththem.Manyfathersandmothershavebeenplanningandlookingforward

tochildrenforsometime.Forothercouples,pregnancywasanaccidentthatboth

husbandandwifehaveacceptedwillinglyorunwillingly.Whateverthereactiontothe

birthofachild,itisobviousthattheshiftfromtheroleofhusbandtothatoffatherisa

difficulttask.Yet,unfortunately,fewattemptshavebeenmadetoeducatefathersinthis

re-socializationprocess.AlthoughnumerousbookshavebeenwrittenaboutAmerican

mothers,onlyrecentlyhasliteraturefocusedontheroleofalather.Itisarguedbysome

writersthatthetransitiontothefather'srole,althoughdifficult,isnotnearlyasgreatas

thetransitionthewifemustmaketothemother'srole.Themother'sroleseemstorequire

acompletetransformationindailyroutineandhighlyinnovativeadaptation,ontheother

hand,thefather'sroleislessdemandingandimmediate.However,eventhoughwe

mentionedthefactthatgrowingnumbersofwomenarcworkingoutsidethehome,the

fatherisstillthoughtbymanyasthebread-winnerinthehousehold.

16、Accordingtotheauthor,beingafather.

A^bringsafeelingofexcitementtosomemen

B、hasadifferentmeaningforthosewhohavedaughters

C^makessomemenfeelproudandothersuneasy

D^meansnothingbutmoreresponsibilities

標準答案：C

知識點解析：根據文章第一段中Somefeelpridewhentheyreceivethenews,while

othersworry,wonderingwhethertheywillbegoodfathers,可知當知道自己快要成

為父親時，有些男人會感到很自豪，而有些男人卻會感到擔憂、不自在，故C為

正確答案。

17、Itisstatedinthepassagethat.

A、someparentsarenotpreparedtohaveachild

B、youngcouplesdonotlikechildrenatall

C>workingcouplesdonothavemuchtimetotakecareoftheirchildren

D、manyparentslookforwardtohavingaboyastheirfirstchild

標準答案：A

知識點解析：根據文章第二段最后一句話Forothercouples,pregnancy（懷孕）wasan

accidentthatbothhusbandandwifehaveacceptedwillinglyorunwillingly,可知有些

夫婦還沒有做好生小孩的思想準備，故A為正確答案。

18、Inthesecondparagraph,theauthor.

A、cri