專升本英語（閱讀）模擬試卷U（共9

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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。）

Theworldisknowntousthroughmanysenses,notjusthearing,smell,vision,andat

closerange,touchandtaste.Ourskinsletusknowwhethertheairismoistordry,

whethersurfacesarewetwithoutbeingstickyorslippery.Fromtheuniformityofslight

pressure,wecanbeawarehowdeeplyafingeristhrustintowateratbodytemperature,

evenifthefingerisenclosedinarubberglovethatkeepstheskincompletelydry.Many

otheranimalswithhighlysensitiveskins,appeartobeabletolearnstillmoreabouttheir

environment.Oftentheydosowithoutemployinganyofthefivesenses.Byobserving

thecapabilitiesofothermembersoftheanimalkingdom,wecometorealizethata

humanbeinghasfarmorepossibilitiesthanareutilized.Wcneglecteversomanyofour

sensesinconcentratingonthefivemajorones.Atthesametime,acomparisonbetween

animalsandmandrawsattentiontothelimitationsofeachsense.Thepartofthe

spectrumseenbycolor-consciousmanasredisnon-existentfbrhoney-bees.Butab?e

canseefarmoreinflowersthanwe,becausetheultraviolet（紫外線）towhichoureyes

areblindisastimulating（刺激的）partoftheinsect'sspectrum,andforhoney-beesat

least,constitutesaseparatecolour.

1、Fromthepassage,werealizethat.

A、manpossessesasmanysensesasanimals

B、manpossessesafewmoresensesthananimals

C、manpossessesfarmoresensesthanthefivemajorones

D、manhasfullyutilizedhissenses

標準答案：C

知識點解析：文章第一段Theworldisknowntousthroughmanysenses,notjust

hearing,smell,vision,andatcloserange,touchandtaste.可知文中的notjust與

選項中的farmoresenses同義替換。

2、WhichofthefollowingisTRUE?

A、Thehoney-beeisblindtored.

B、Manismorecolor-consciousthanthehoney-bee.

C^Thehoney-beecanseefarmorecolorsthanman.

D、Manissensitivetotheultraviolet.

標準答案：A

知識點解析：文章第三段Thepartofthespectrum（光譜）seenbycolor-consciousman

asredisnon-existentforhoney-bees.由此選A。

3、Wecanrealizehowdeeplyafingerispulintowateratbodytemperature.

fromthesenseofdirecttouch

B、throughskincontact

C、fromtheevendistributionofpressure

D、throughthedifferenceintemperature

標準答案：C

知識點解析：文章第二段中Fromtheuniformityofslightpressure,wecanbeaware

howdeeplyafingeristhrustintowateratbodytemperature,evenifthefingeris

enclosedinarubberglovethatkeepstheskincompletelydry.可知C正確。

4、Thephrase"sensitiveskins"（Para.2）mostprobablymeans.

A、skinsthatarestickyorslippery

B、skinsthataredelicate

C、skinsthatarecomplerelydry

D^skinsthatarequicktofeelandrespond

標準答案：D

知識點解析：由上下文Manyotheranimalswithhighlysensitiveskins,appeartobe

abletolearnstillmoreabouttheirenvironment.在這里learn的意思即是sensitiveskin

的作用及功能，因此選D。

5、Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?

A、Allsenseshavetheirlimitations.

B、Manhasnotfullyutilizedallhissenses.

C、Insectsaremoresensitivetocolorsthanman.

D、Manisnotasgoodasanimalsinlearningabouttheenvironment.

標準答案：B「」

知識點解析：從文章結溝來看，文章提出了我們有許多感覺器官，而后在第三段中

提出wecometorealizethatahumanbeinghasformorepossibilitiesthanare

utilized.因此選Bo

CanalsexistedinEgyptthousandsofyearsago.ThegreatcanalatBabylonwasbuilt

about2000B.C..TheGrandCanalofChina,whichisover900mileslong,wasbegun

about2500yearsago,andtookcenturiestofinish.Duringtheseventeenthcentury,

Francebuiltmanycanalsthatareslillinusetoday.However,theyarenotsoheavily

traveledastheywereahundredyearsago,beforerailwayswerebuilt.Onesuchcanalisa

short-cutbetweentheAtlanticOceanandtheMediterranean.CanalsinGermanypermit

boatstogofromtheBlackSeatotheNorthSea.TheKielCanalprovidesapassagev/ay

betweentheNorthSeaandtheBaltic.InAmerica,theGreatLakesareallconnectedby

canals,enablingshipstogofromtheAtlanticOceanandtheSt.LawrenceRivertoLake

Superior.Itisimpossibletoanswerthequestion,"Whobuiltthefirstcanal?"Perhaps

somepeoplelongago,livinginadrycountry,discoveredthattheycoulddigditchesto

irrigatetheirfieldswithriverwater.And,naturally,inthedayswhenboatswerethemost

importantmeansoftransport,canalsweretheeasiestmeansofreachingaplacethatwas

notonariver.Acanaljoiningtworiversprovedbotheasyandtime-savingforboat

travel.Today,mostcountriesintheworldhavecanals.Eveninthetwentiethcentury,

goodscanmovemorecheaplybyboatthanbyanyothermeansoftransport.Some

canals,suchastheSuezorthePanama,saveshipsweeksoftimebymakingtheirvoyage

athousandmilesshorter.Othercanalspermitboatstoreachcitiesthatarenotlocatedon

thecoast.Stillothercanalsdrainlandswherethereisloomuchwater,helptoirrigate

fieldswherethereisnotenoughwater,andfurnishwaterpowerforfactoriesandmills.

6、Whichofthefollowingpairsofplaceshasnotyetbeenconnectedbycanal?

A、TheNorthSeaandtheBlackSea.

TheAtlanticOceanandtheMediterraneanSea.

C、TheNorthSeaandtheBaltic.

D、TheBlackSeaandtheBaltic.

標準答案：D

知識點解析：文章第一段Onesuchcanalisashort—cutbetweentheAtlanticOcean

andtheMediterranean.CanalsinGermanypermitboatstogofromtheBlackSeatothe

NoahSea.TheKielCanalprovidesapassagewaybetweentheNorthSeaandthe

Baltic.這里提到了TheNorthSeaandtheBlackSea.TheAtlanticOceanandthe

MediterraneanSea,TheNorthSeaandtheBaltic.但沒有TheBlackSeaandthe

Baltic.故選D。

7、Accordingtothispassage,canalsinEuropewerebuiltprimarilyfor.

A、transport

B、irrigation

C>drainage

D、electricity

標準答案：A

知識點解析：由文章第一段第五句However,theyarcnotsoheavilytraveledasthey

wereahundredyearsago,beforerailwayswerebuilt.和第二段最后一句Acanal

joiningtworiversprovedbotheasyandtime,savingforboattravel可知A對。

8、Itisimpliedinthepassagethatthefirstcanalwasprobablybuilt.

A、inChina

B、about2000B.C.

C、forirrigation

D、forboattravel

標準答案：C

知識點解析：文章第二段Perhapssomepeoplelongago,livinginadrycountry,

discoveredthattheycoulddigditchestoiirigatetheirfieldswithfiverwater.可知Co

9、WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTTRUEaccordingtothispassage?

AsBoatstravelfasterinthecanalthanintheriver.

B>Canalsmakethevoyageofshipsshorter.

C、Canalsarestillusedforthedeliveryofgoods.

D^Canalsprovideameansofcheaptransportationeventoday.

標準答案：A

知識點解析：只有A是文中沒有提到的。

10、Themainpurposeoftheauthorinwritingthispassageismostprobablyto.

A、discussthedevelopmentofcanalsintheworld

introducethehistoryofimportantcanalsintheworld

C>illustratetheusefulnessofcanals

D、suggestthenecessitytomakebelteruseofcanals

標準答案：C

知識點解析：文章列舉了運河在歷史上和現今的地位和作用，故C正確。

IfhalfofthewaterweretobedrainedfromthePacificOcean,acuriouskindof

submarinemountaincalledaguyotwouldbeexposed.Guyotsarestrangeformationsthat

resemblemushroomstalkswithflattops.Morethansixhundredandfiftyofthese

volcanicstalkshavebeendiscoveredinthePacificOcean,andafewothershavebeen

discoveredintheAtlanticseaplains.Itiseasytosupposethattheguyotswereformedby

underwaterlavaspoutsthatpiledupvolcanicdebrisovertheyears,butjusthowthey

acquiredtheircuriouslyflattopsremainsamystery.Shallow-waterfossilsfound

embedded（植入）inthetopsofsomeguyotssuggestthatatonetimetheflattopswere

muchnearertheocean*ssurface,butbeyondthisthereislittlethatscientistscansay.One

attempttoaccountfortheflattopssuggeststhattheoceanlevelswereoncemuchlower

thantheyaretoday;thuswaveactionmighthavesmoothedawaytheoriginalpeaks.

Anothertheoryholdsthattheguyotshaveprobablyalwaysflattopsandthattheirweight

haspushedthemslightlytowardtheoceanfloor,causingthemtoslowlysubmerge.But

theseareonlytheories-theguyotsarestillageophysicalpuzzle.

11、Thestrangeformationscalledguyotsareactually.

A、underwatervolcanoes

B、volcanicdebris

C、mushroomstalkswithflattops

D^submergedseaplains

標準答案：B

知識點解析：文章第二段Itiseasytosupposethattheguyotswereformedby

underwaterlavaspoutsthatpiledupvolcanicdebris（殘?。﹐vertheyears.可知B正

確。

12^Scientistarepuzzledbytheguyots'.

ANmushroomlikeappearance

B、submarinelocation

C^curiouslyflattops

D^origin

標準答案：C

知識點解析：文章第二段butjusthowtheyacquiredtheircuriouslyflattopsremainsa

mystery.文中的mystery即題目中的puzzleo

13、Thediscoveryofshallow-waterfossilsindicatesthattheguyotswere.

A^submergedbytheirownweight

B、flattenedbytheactionofwaves

C、notsodeepintheocean

D^formedbyunderwaterlavaspouts

標準答案：C

知識點解析：文章第二段Shallow—waterfossilsfoundembedded（植入）inthetopsof

someguyotssuggestthatatonetimetheflattopsweremuchnearertheocean's

surface.即選C。

14、Theguyotsarestillageophysicalpuzzlenowadaysbecause.

A^noexplanationoftheiroriginhasyetbeenoffered

scientistshavenotyetofferedanyexplanationoftheirshapes

C、theoriesrelatingtotheiroriginsandshapeshaveneverbeenproved

D^scientistsarenotsuretheoceanlevelshavechanged

標準答案：C

知識點解析：文章第三段Buttheseareonlytheories-theguyotsarestillageophvsical

puzzle.可知兩個假設只是理論沒有被證實。

15、Wecanconcludefromthispassagethat.

A、thereareguyotsineveryoceanoftheworld

B、guyotsareproducedbyviolentvolcanicaction

C、themysteryoftheguyotswillsoonbesolved

D、theguyots'flattopswillremainamysteryfbrsometime

標準答案：D

知識點解析：文章中反復出現butjusthowtheyacquiredtheircuriouslyHattops

remainsamystery,butbeyondthisthereislittlethatscientistscallsay.Buttheseare

onlytheories一theguyotsarcstillageophysicalpuzzle.故選Do

WithinfifteenyearsBritainandothernationsshouldbewellonwiththebuildingofhuge

industrialcomplexesfortherecyclingofwaste.Thewordrubbishcouldloseitsmeaning

becauseeverythingwhichgoesintothedumps（垃圾堆）wouldbemadeintosomething

useful.Eventhemostdangerousandunpleasantwasteswouldprovideenergyifnothing

else.Thelatestprojectistotakeacityofaroundhalfamillioninhabitantsanddiscover

exactlywhatrawmaterialsgointoitandwhatgoout.Theaimistofindouthowmuchof

theserawmaterialscouldbeprovidedifaplantfbrrecyclingwastewerebuiltjust

outsidethecity.Thisplantwouldrecyclenotonlymetalsuchassteel,leadandcopper,

butalsopaperandrubberaswell.Anothernewprojectisbeingsetuptodiscoverthebest

waysofsortingandseparatingtherubbish.Whenthisprojectiscomplete,therubbish

willbeprocessedlikethis:first,itwillpassthroughsharpmetalbarswhichwilltearopen

theplasticbagsinwhichrubbishisusuallypacked;thenitwillpassthroughapowerful

fantoseparatethelightestelementsfromtheheavysolids,afterthatgroundersand

rollerswillbreakupeventhingthatcanbebroken.Finally,therubbishwillpassunder

magnets,whichwillremovethebitsofironandsteel;therubberandplasticwillthenbe

sortedoutin（hefinalstage.Thefirstfull-scalegiantrecyclingplantsarc,perhaps,fifteen

yearsaway.Indeed,withthegrowingcostoftransportingrubbishtomoredistantdumps,

somebigcitieswillbeforcedtobuildtheirownrecyclingplantsbeforelong.

16、Fromthefirstparagraph,wecansee.

A、therewillbenowasteintheworld

B、thewastecannotbereused

C^thewastecanbereused

D、therewillbealotofuselesswasteintheworld

標準答案：C

知識點解析：文章第一段Thewordrubbishcouldloseitsmeaningbecauseeverything

whichgoesintothedumps（垃圾堆）wouldbemadeintosomethinguseful可知選Co

17、WhatisNOTmentionedasapartoftherecyclingprocessdescribedinPara.3?

A、Sharpeningmetalbars.

Breakingupwhateverisbreakable.

C、Separatinglightelementsfromtheheavyones.

D^Sortingoutsmallpiecesofmetal.

標準答案：A

知識點解析：由文章第三段first,itwillpassthroughsharpmetalbarswhichwilltear

opentheplasticbagsinwhichrubbishisusuallypacked可知passthroughsharpmetal

bars與sharpeningmetalbars不是一回事。

18、What'sthemainreasonforbigcitiestobuildtheirownrecyclingplants?

A、Togetbigprofitsfromthoseplants.

B、loprotecttheenvironmentfrompollution.

C、Togetrawmaterialslocally.

D、Todealwithwastesinabetterway.

標準答案：C

知識點解析：文章第四段Indeed,withthegrowingcostoftransportingrubbishto

moredistantdumps,somebigcitieswillbeforcedtobuildtheirownrecyclingplants

beforelong.可知運送垃圾成本過高是一些大城市在周邊建造垃圾回收站的原因，

也即建了垃圾回收站就可以就近運送垃圾，降低成本。故C正確。

19,Thefirstfull-scalehugerecyclingplants.

ANwillprobablybeinoperationinfifteenyears

B、willprobablytakelessthanfifteenyearstobuild

C^willbebuiltfifteenyearslater

D^begantooperatefifteenyearsago

標準答案：C

知識點解析:文章第四段中Thefirstfull-scalegiantrecyclingplantsare,perhaps,

fifteenyearsaway.在這里away和選項中的later是同義替換。

20、Thepassageismainlyabout.

A^acheapwaytogetenergy

B、newwaysofrecyclingwastes

C、thelocationofrecyclingplants

D^theprotectionofcityenvironment

標準答案：B

知識點解析：文章開頭即是中心。

Readingisthoughttobeakindofconversationbetweenthereaderandthetext.The

readerputsquestions,asitwere,tothetextandgetsanswers.Inthelightoftheseheputs

furtherquestions,andsoon.Formostofthetimethis"conversation"goesonbelowthe

levelofconsciousness.Attimes,however,webecomeawareofit.Thisisusuallywhen

wcarcrunningintodifficulties,whenmismatchisoccurringbetweenexpectationsand

meaning.Whensucc