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阅读理解三篇 2 （附答案）

[ 2007-4-5 11:08:00 | By: panrj ]

第一节阅读理解

阅读下列三篇短文，从每题所给的四个选现（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

( A )

My father had returned from his business visit to London when I came in, rather late, to supper. I could tell at once that he and my mother had been discussing something. In that half-playful, half-serious way I knew so well, he said, "How would you like to go to Eton?"

"You bet," I cried quickly catching the joke. Everyone knew it was the most expensive, the most famous of schools. You had to be entered at birth, if not before. Besides, even at 12 or 13, I understood my father. He disliked any form of showing off. He always knew his proper station in life, which was in the middle of the middle class, our house was medium-sized; he had avoided joining Royal Liverpool Golf Club and went to a smaller one instead; though once he had got a second-hand Rolls-Royce at a remarkably low price, he felt embarrassed driving it, and quickly changed it for an Austin 1100.

This could only be his delightful way of telling me that the whole boarding school idea was to be dropped. Alas! I should also have remembered that he had a liking for being different from everyone else, if it did not conflict(冲突) with his fear of drawing attention to himself.

It seemed that he had happened to be talking to Graham Brown of the London office, a very nice fellow, and Graham had a friend who had just entered his boy at the school, and while he was in that part of the world he thought he might just as well phone them. I remember my eyes stinging(刺痛) and my hands shaking with the puzzlement of my feelings. There was excitement, at the heart of great sadness.

"Oh, he doesn't want to go away," said my mother, "You shouldn't go on like this.” “It's up to him," said my father. "He can make up his own mind."

46. The house the writer's family lived in was ________.

A. the best they could afford B. right for their social position

C. for showing off D. rather small

47. His father sold his Roils-Royce because ________.

A. it made him feel uneasy B. it was too old to work well

C. it was too expensive to possess D. it was too cheap

48. The writer's father enjoyed being different as long as ________.

A. it drew attention to him B. it didn't bring him in arguments

C. it was understood as a joke D. there was no danger of his showing off

49. What was the writer's reaction to the idea of going to Eton?

A. He was very unhappy. B. He didn't believe it.

C. He was delighted. D. He had mixed feelings.

50. We can know from the passage that ________.

A. Children who can go to Eton are very famous

B. Children can go to Eton if they will

C. It is very difficult for a child to get admitted by Eton

D. Children don't have the right to decide whether they will go to Eton

( B )

Dog owners now have a little help understanding their furry friends . A new device called Bow-Lingual “translates” dog barks into English , Korea or Japanese.

Bow-Lingual’s Japanese inventors spent much time and money analyzing dog barks . They found that dog noises can be broken down into six different emotions : happiness , sadness , frustration , anger , assertion and desire .

Part of the Bow-Lingual device hangs on the dog’s collar . The other part is a handle-held unit for the owner . When the dogs barks , the unit displays translated phrases .

Some people have scoffed at Bow-Lingual. “Who would pay US$ 120 to read a dog’s mind?” they ask .

But those who have purchased Bow-Lingual praise the device . Pet owner Keiko Egawa , of Japan , says it helps her empathize with her dog , Harry . “Before we go to the park , he always says he wants to play,” says Egawa , “and after a walk , he always says he is hungry.”

Bow –Lingual is not yet available in Chinese . So you’d better keep studying Studio Classroom , or soon your dog may know more English than you do !

51．This passage is mainly talking about .

A．Bow-Lingual’s inventors B．dog barks and their different emotions

C．talking dogs D．a little help for dog owners

52．Which of the following sentences is TRUE according to the passage ?

A．Dog owners now can understand their dogs better .

B．Bow-Lingual is a new device that enables dogs to talk in English , Korean or Japanese .

C．More and more Chinese dog owners would keep studying Studio Classroom in order to know more English than their dogs .

D．People who have used the Bow-Lingual say it helps them better understand their dogs .

53．What does “scoffed at” mean in the 3rd paragraph ?

A．shouted at B．questioned at C．laughed at D．doubted about

54．How do you understand the sentence “Bow-Lingual is not yet available in Chinese” in the last paragraph ?

A．Bow-Lingual has not yet appeared in Chinese market .

B．Bow-Lingual can not yet recognized Chinese dogs’ barks .

C．Chinese dog owners do not know yet how to use Bow-Lingual .

D．Dog barks can not yet be translated into Chinese phrases with Bow-Lingual .

55．The writer of this passage is most likely to be .

A．a dog owner B．a reporter C．an advertiser D．an expert on dog barks

( C )

With fifteen years Britain and other nations should be well on with the building of huge industrial complexes for the recycling of waste . The word rubbish could lose its meaning because everything which goes into the dumps would be made into something useful . Even the most dangerous and unpleasant wastes would provide energy if nothing else .

The latest project is to take a city of around half a million inhabitants and discover exactly what raw materials go into it and what go out . The aim is to find out how much of these raw materials could be provided if a plant for recycling waste were built just outside the city . This plant would recycle not only l such as steel , lead and copper , but also paper and rubber as well .

Another new project is being set up to discover the best ways of sorting and separating the rubbish . When this project is complete , the rubbish will be processed like this : First , it will pass through sharp l bars which will tear open the plastic bags in which rubbish is usually packed ; then it will pass through a powerful fan to separate the lightest elements from the heavy solids ; after that founders and rollers will break up everything that can be broken . Finally , the rubbish will pass under magnets （磁铁）, which will remove the bits of iron and steel ; the rubber and plastic will then be sorted out in the final stage .

The first full-scale giant recycling plants are perhaps fifteen years away . Indeed , with the growing cost of transporting rubbish to more distant dumps , some big cities will be forced to build their own recycling plants before long .

56．The phrase “be well on with ……” (Para .1) most probably means .

A．have completed what was started B．get ready to start

C．have achieved a great deal in D．put an end to

57．What is NOT mentioned as a part of the recycling process described in paragraph 3?

A．Breaking up whatever is breakable . B．Sharpening l bars .

C．Separating light elements from the heavy ones .

D．Sorting out small pieces of l .

58．What’s the main reason for big cities to build their own recycling plants ?

A．To deal with wastes in a better way .

B．To protect the environment from pollution .

C．To get raw materials locally .

D．To get big profits from those plants .