專升本英語(yǔ)（閱讀）模擬試卷97

一、閱讀理解（本題共25題，每題7.0分，共25分。）

ThedevelopmentofJamestowninVirginiaduringthesecondhalfoftheseventeenth

centurywascloselyrelatedtothemakingandusingofbricks.Therewereseveral

practicalreasonswhybricksbecameimportanttothecolony.Althoughtheforestscould

initiallysupplysufficienttimber,theprocessoflumberingwasextremelydifficult,

particularlybecauseofthelackofroads.Later,whenthetimberonthepeninsulahad

beendepleted,woodhadtobebroughtfromsomedistance.Buildingstonewerealsoin

shortsupply.However,asclaywasplantiful,itwasinevitablethatthecolonistswould

turntobrick-making.Inadditiontopracticalreasonsforusingbrickastheprincipal

constructionmaterial,therewasalsoanideologicalreason.Brickrepresenteddurabi'ity

andpermanence.TheVirginiaCompanyofLondoninstructedthecoloniststobuild

hospitalsandnewresidencesoutofbrick.In1662,theTownActoftheVirginia

Assemblyprovidedfortheconstructionofthirty-twobrickbuildingsandprohibitedthe

useofwoodasaconstructionmaterial.Hadthislaweverbeensuccessfullyenforced,

Jamestownwouldhavebeenamodelcity.Instead,theresidentsfailedtocomplyfully

withthelaw.By1699,Jamestownhadcollapsedintoapileofrubblewithonlythreeor

fourhabitablehouses.

1、Whatisthesubjectofthispassage?

A、Thereasonsforbrick-makinginJamestown.

B、ThecauseofthefailureofJamestown.

C、ThelawsoftheVirginiacolonists.

D、TheproblemsoftheearlyAmericancolonies.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案；A

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：通讀全文可知，作者主要從實(shí)用方面的原因(practicalreasons)和思想

觀念方面的原因(ideologicalreason)闡述了為什么在Jamestown制磚并用前來建筑房

屋。因此A為正確答案。

2、WhichofthefollowingwasNOTareasonforusingbricksinconstruction?

A、Woodhadtobebroughtfromsomedistance.

B、Therewasconsiderableclayavailable.

C、Thelumberingprocessdependedongoodroads.

D、Thetimberwasnotofgoodquality.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：通讀短文可知，D項(xiàng)敘述并沒有在原文中出現(xiàn)。原文只說“伐木極為

困難”(theprocessoflumberingwasextremelydifficult)并沒說“木材質(zhì)量差”。故D正

確。

3、ItcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatJamestownwasestablishedon.

A^arockypeninsulawithasmallforestarea

B、abarrenpeninsulanearothertowns

C、anuninhabitablepeninsulawithfewnaturalresources

D、awoodedpeninsulawithclaysoil

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析:從文章第一段最后一句："However,asclaywasplentifulitwas

inevitablethatthecolonistswouldturntobrick-making.“可知，Jamestown多樹而且

泥土豐富，故選D。A不對(duì)，因?yàn)樵贘amestown用磚建造房屋前，是用木料作為建

筑材料的，可見森林面積不小，如果多巖石就不會(huì)出現(xiàn)石料短缺；B、C項(xiàng)不正確

是因?yàn)镴amestown所在半島上有森林，因此不會(huì)是光禿禿的，也不可能沒有自然資

源；而且也不是個(gè)不能居住的地方。

4、ItcanbeinterredthattheVirginiaAssembly,bypassingalawregardingbuilding

construction,hopedto.

A、increasethemanufactureofbricks

B、preventthedestructionoftreesintheareaofJamestown

C、establishacitythatwouldbeanexampleforthefuture

D>discouragepeoplefromsettlinginJamestown

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：文章第二段中第五句：“Hadthislawevenbeensuccessfullyenforced,

Jamestownwouldhavebeenamodelcity.”為虛擬語(yǔ)氣，意思為：這項(xiàng)京律沒有得

到貫徹，所以Jameslown也就沒有成為城市的典范，據(jù)此，可推斷弗吉尼亞州議會(huì)

通過這項(xiàng)法律的初衷是希望能把Jamestown建成一座未來城市的典范。故選Co

5、Accordingtothepassage,whateventuallyhappenedtoJamestown?

A、Itwaspracticallydestroyed.

B、Itbecameamodelcity.

C、Itremainedthescatofgovernment.

D、Itwasalmostcompleted.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：A

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析:根據(jù)文章最后一句：“By1699,Jamestownhadcollapsedintoapileof

rubblewithonlythreeorfourhabitualhouses.“可以推斷，A為正確答案。

In1993,NewYorkStateorderedstorestochargeadepositonbeverage（飲料）

containers.Withinayear,consumershadreturnedmillionsofaluminumcansandglass

andplasticbottles.Plentyofcompanieswereeagertoacceptthealuminumandglassas

rawmaterialsfornewproducts,butbecausefewcouldfigureoutwhattodowiththe

plastic,muchofitwouldbeburiedinlandfills（垃圾填埋場(chǎng)）.Theproblemwasnot

limitedtoNewYork.Untbrtunately,thereweretoofewusesforsecondhandplastic.

Today,oneoutoffiveplasticsodabottlesisrecycledintheUnitedStates.Thereasonfor

thechangeisthatnowtherearedozensofcompaniesacrossthecountrybuyingdiscarded

plasticsodabottlesandturningthemintofenceposts,paintbrushes,etc.AstheNew

Yorkexperienceshows,recyclinginvolvesmorethansimplyseparatingvaluable

materialsfromtherestoftherubbish.Adiscardremainsadiscarduntilsomebodyfigures

outhowtogiveitasecondlife—anduntileconomicanangementsexisttogivethat

secondlifevalue.Withoutadequatemarketstoabsorbmaterialscollectedforrecycling,

throwawaysactuallydepresspriceslorusedmaterials.Shrinkinglandfillspace,and

risingcostsforburyingandburningrubbishareforcinglocalgovernmentstolookmore

closelyatrecycling.Inmanyareas,theEastCoastespecially,recyclingisalreadythe

leastexpensivewastemanagementoption.Foreverytenofwasterecycled,acityavoids

payingforitsdisposal,which,inpartsofNewYork,amountstosavingsofmorethan

$100perton.Recyclingalsostimulatesthelocaleconomybycreatingjobsandtrimsthe

pollutioncontrolandenergycostsofindustriesthatmakerecycledproductsbygiving

themamorerefinedrawmaterial.

6、WhatregulationwasissuedbyNewYorkStateconcerningbeveragecontainers?

A、Beveragecompaniesshouldberesponsibleforcollectingandreusingdiscarded

plasticsodaboules.

B、Throwawaysshouldbecollectedbythestateforrecycling.

C、Afeeshouldbechargedonusedcontainersforrecycling.

D、Consumershadtopayforbeveragecontainersandcouldgettheirmoneybackon

returningthem.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：文章第一句提到：“In1993,NewYorkStateorderedstorestochargea

depositonbeveragecontainers.”可知紐約州政府要求商店就飲料容器收取押金。因

此D為正確答案。

7、ThereturnedplasticboulesinNewYorkusedlo.

A^endupsomewhereunderground

B、beturnedintorawmaterials

C^haveasecondlifevalue

D^beseparatedfromotherrubbish

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：A

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：從第一段第三句：“…butbecausefewcouldfigureoutwhattodowith

theplastic,muchofitwouldbeburiedinlandfills.“可知，回收的塑料瓶無(wú)法處理,

因此大多數(shù)被埋在垃圾場(chǎng)。故選A。

8、Thekeyproblemindealingwithreturnedplasticbeveragecontainersis.

tosellthemataprofitableprice

B、howtoturnthemintousefulthings

C、howtoreducetheirrecyclingcosts

D、tolowerthepricesforusedmaterials

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：根據(jù)第一段最后一句："Unfbrtunately,〔herewereloofewusesfor

secondhandplastic.”可知，回收的二手塑料用途不大，因此如何使它們變成有用

的東西是處理回收塑料包裝的關(guān)鍵問題。故正確答案為Bo

9、Recyclinghasbecomethefirstchoiceforthedisposalofrubbishbecause.

A^localgovernmentsfinditeasytomanage

B、recyclinghasgreatappealforthejobless

C、recyclingcauseslittlepollution

D、othermethodsaremoreexpensive

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：從文章最后一段第二句：“…recyclingisalreadytheleastexpensive

wastemanagementoplion.”可知，回收是處理垃圾最為廉價(jià)的選擇，其彳也方法花費(fèi)

都要高得多。因此D為正確答案。

10、Itcanbeconcludedfromthepassagethat.

A^rubbishisapotentialremedyfortheshortageofrawmaterials

B、localgovernmentsintheU.S.canexpectbigprofitsfromrecycling

C、recyclingistoberecommendedbotheconomicallyandenvironmentally

D、landfillswillstillbewidelyusedforwastedisposal

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：從文章最后一句："Recyclingalsostimulatesthelocaleconomyby

creatingjobsandtrimsthepollutioncontrolandenergycostsofindustriesthatmake

recycledproductsbygivingthemamorerefinedrawmaterial.”可知?垃圾回收既經(jīng)

濟(jì)又環(huán)保。因此正確答案為C。

Notallmemoriesaresweet.Somepeoplespendalltheirlivestryingtoforgetbad

experiences.Violenceandtrafficaccidentscanleavepeoplewithtemblephysicaland

emotionalscars.Oftentheyrelivetheseexperiencesinnightmares（噩夢(mèng)）.Now

Americanresearchersthinktheyareclosetodevelopingapill,whichwillhelppeople

forgethadmemories.Thepillisdesignedtobetakenimmediatelyafterafrightening

experience.Theyhopeitmightreduce,orpossiblyerase（抹去），iheeffectofpainful

memories.InNovember,expertstestedadrugonpeopleintheUSandFrance.Thedrug

stopsthebodyreleasingchemicalsthatfixmemoriesinthebrain.Sofartheresearchhas

suggestedthatonlytheemotionaleffectsofmemoriesmaybereduced,notthatthe

memoriesareerased.Theresearchhascausedagreatdealofargument.Somethinkitisa

badidea,whileotherssupportit.Supporterssayitcouldleadtopillsthatpreventortreat

soldiers'troublingmemoriesafterwar.Theysaythattherearemanypeoplewhosuffer

fromterriblememories.''Somememoriescanruinpeople'slives.Theycomebacktoyou

whenyoudon'twanttohavetheminadaydreamornightmare.Theyusuallycomewith

verypainfulemotions,"saidRogerPitman,aprofessorofpsychiatryatHarvardMedical

School."Thiscouldrelievealotofthatsuffering.1'Butthosewhoareagainsttheresearch

saythatitisverydangeroustochangememoriesbecausememoriesgiveusouridentity

（特質(zhì)）.Theyalsohelpusallavoidthemistakesofthepast."Allofuscanthinkofbad

eventsinourlivesthatwerehorribleatthetimebutmakeuswhoweare.Vmnotsurewe

wanttowipethosememoriesout,'*saidRebeccaDresser,amedicalethicist.

11、Thepassageismainlyabout.

A、anewmedicalinvention

B、anewresearchonmemories

C、awayoferasingpainfulmemories

D^anargumentabouttheresearchonthepill

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：做主旨題時(shí)一定要把整篇文章的內(nèi)容結(jié)合在一起理解。這篇文章筆墨

用得比較多的是在最后五段話里，主要是講前面所有研究引發(fā)的爭(zhēng)論的內(nèi)容。所以

本題不是簡(jiǎn)簡(jiǎn)單單地講一個(gè)醫(yī)療的發(fā)明，也不是講關(guān)于記憶的研究，更不是在講一

種消除痛苦記憶的方式，而是在講關(guān)于藥物研究而引發(fā)的爭(zhēng)論。

12、Thedrugtestedonpeoplecan.

A、causethebraintofixmemories

stoppeoplerememberingtheirexperiences

C^preventbodyproducingcertainchemicals

D、wipeouttheemotionaleffectsofmemories

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：根據(jù)題干關(guān)鍵詞testedonpeople定位到文章第三段。A項(xiàng)與文章意思

相反。B項(xiàng)阻止人們回憶起他的經(jīng)歷，與文意相反(nolIhatthememoriesare

erased)oD項(xiàng)錯(cuò)在wipeoul(消滅，徹底摧毀或被徹底毀壞)，根據(jù)文章的第三段內(nèi)

容可以知道，這種theemotionaleffectsofmemories只是maybereduced,而不是徹

底消除，顯然夸大了原文的意思。

13、Wecaninferfromthepassagethat.

A、peopledoubttheeffectsofthepills

BNthepillwillstoppeople'sbadexperiences

C、takingthepillwilldoharmtopeople'shealth

D、thepillhasprobablybeenproducedinAmerica

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：A項(xiàng)與文意相反，并不是所有人都對(duì)這項(xiàng)研窕持懷疑態(tài)度。B項(xiàng)這個(gè)

藥物會(huì)用上人們的不好的經(jīng)歷，夸大了文意0C項(xiàng)未提及°因此根據(jù)文章第二段第

一句話可以知道D項(xiàng)為正確答案。

14、WhichofthefollowingdoesRebeccaDresseragreewith?

A、Somememoriescanruinpeople'slives.

B、Peoplewanttogetridofbadmemories.

C、Experiencingbadeventsmakesusdifferentfromothers.

D、Thepillwillreducepeople'ssufferingsfrombadmemories.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：根據(jù)題干關(guān)鍵詞RebeccaDresser定位到文章最后一段。根據(jù)最后一

段第一句話”...butmakeuswhoweare.”和前一段的總體介紹“…memoriesgiveus

ouridentity.”可以斷定C為正確選項(xiàng)。

15^Theword"scars"inParagraphOneiscloseinmeaningto.

A、goodstories

B>pains

C^experiences

D^memories

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：首先定位到第一段，“暴力和交通事故會(huì)給人們留下可怕的身體和心

理上的……再把四個(gè)選項(xiàng)代入，A.好故事，B,痛苦，C.經(jīng)驗(yàn)，D.記憶，

比較一下即可看出B.痛苦最合文意。

BAGHDAD,Iraq—GunmenkidnappedafemaleAmericanjournalistandkilledherIraqi

iranslatofSaturday,Jan.7th,inwesternBaghdad,anInterioiMinistryofficialsaid.Maj.

FalahMohamadawisaidthetranslatortoldpolicebeforehediedthattheabductiontook

placewhenheandthejournalistwereheadingtomeetAdnanal-Dulaimi,headofthe

SunniArabIraqiAccordanceFront,intheAdelsectionofthecity.Theneighborhoodis

dominatedbySunniArabsandconsideredoneofthetoughestinBaghdad.Accordingto

SamirNajim,aguardatal-Dulaimi'soffice,threearmedmenintercepted（攔截）the

journalist1scarandshotthetranslatorbeforetakingherintheircaranddrivingaway.

Thekidnappingtookplaceabout100yardsfromal-Dulaimi'soffice.Insurgentshave

kidnappedmorethan250foreignersinthepasttwoyears,aimingtoforceU.S.troopsto

leaveIraqorpreventArabnationsfromstrengtheningtheirtieswiththeBaghdad

government.Someofthehostageswerekilled,whileotherswerereleasedafterransoms

werepaidorfreedafterMuslimclericscalledthearmedgroupstoreleasethem.OnDec.

8,theIslamicArmyinIraqclaimedtohavekilledU.S.electricianRonaldSchulz.Other

groupsareholdingaFrenchengineerand（burChristianhumanitarianworkers—two

Canadians,aBritonandanAmerican.

16>Wccanlearnfromthetextthat.

A、theAmericanjournalistwaskidnappedonthewaytocoveranotherabduction

B、theAmericanjournalist'stranslatordiedassoonashewasstruck

C、thepolicewastoldtheabductionbyapasser-by

D、theabductionhappenedinsidethecityofBaghdad

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D-

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：從文章第一段這則新聞的發(fā)生地“Baghdad,Iraq”以及第二段的”...in

theAdelsectionofthecily”以及第四段的“Thekidnappingtookplaceabout100yards

fromal-Dulaimi，soffice."可以得知D是對(duì)的。從文章第二段的“thejoumalistwere

headingtomeetAdnanai-Dulaimi,“可以看出A是錯(cuò)的，coveranotherabduction意

思是“采訪另一起綁架事件”。從文章的第二段的”...thetranslatortoldthepolice

beforehedied…”可以看出翻譯不是受到襲擊后立即就死了，也不是過路人向警察

報(bào)告的此事情，所以B、C都是錯(cuò)的。

17、WhydidtheinsurgentskidnaptheAmericanjournalist?

A、Onlytorobherofhermoney.

B、Torapeher.

C^Onlytotakeherhostage.

D、TomakeAmericantroopsoutofIraq.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析:根據(jù)文章第四段的“…aimingtofbrceU.S.troopstoleaveIraqor

preventArabnationsfromstrengtheningtheirtieswiththeBaghdadgovernmcnf\可以

看出綁架的目的就是要迫使美國(guó)軍隊(duì)撤出伊拉克。

18、Theunderlinedword"released"inparagraph5means.

A、setfree

B、causedtomovefreely

C^madeknown

D、givenup

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：A

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：根據(jù)上下文可以看出。上文有“Someofthehostageswerekilled,

while…”（有些人質(zhì)被殺害，而……廣而”表示轉(zhuǎn)折，由此就可以推斷released意思是

“釋放”，還有下文的freed進(jìn)一步印證了這一推斷。

19、Wecaninferfromthepassagethat.

A、theFrenchengineermusthavedonesomethingtodowiththeAmericanjournalist

B、theFrenchengineermentionedinthepassagemusthavedonesomethingbadtoIraq

C、FranceprobablyhassomethingtodowiththeUStroopsstationedinIraq

D、theFrenchengineermentionedinthepassagemustbeaspy

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：根據(jù)綁匪的目的可以推斷出C是正確的。

20、Whatdidtheinsurgentsdowiththehostages?

A、Theykilledthehostagesallaftertheycaughtthem.

B、Theyeithergotridofthemorfreedthem;italldepended.

C>Theydidnothingtothehostages;theyonlyusedthemtothreatentheAmerican

troops.

D^TheycaredforthehostagesverywelljusttousethemtoadvisetheAmerican

authoritiestowithdrawtroopsfromIraq.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：第五段告訴我們他們要么撕票，要么釋放，如果交了贖金或者穆斯林

神職人員報(bào)警就可以釋放。因此答案為B。

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