專升本英語（閱讀理解）模擬試卷46

專升本英語（閱讀理解）模擬試卷46

一、閱讀理解（本題共25題，每題7.0分，共25分。）

Thereisnodoubtthatadults,andevenhighlyeducatedadults,varygreatlyinthespeed

andefficiencyoftheirreading.Someproceedveryslowlythroughout;othersdashalong

tooquicklyandthenhavetoregress.Poorreadersinparticularmaylacktheabilityto

varytheirmannerofreadingaccordingtothetypeofreadingmatterandtotheir

intentionsinreadingit.Agoodreadercanmoveatgreatspeedthroughthetextofanovel

orsimilarlightreadingmatter.Hemaybeabletoskimapage,pickingupawordortwo

hereandthere,andgainageneralideaofwhatthetextisaboutwithoutreallyreadingit.

Inreadingmoredifficultmaterial,withtheintentionoftakinginthewholeofit,hewill

proceedmoreslowly,buteventhenhewillvaryhispace,concentratingonthekeywords

andpassages,perhapsre-readingthemseveraltimesandpassmorequicklyoverthe

remainder.Alessefficientreadertendstomaintainthesamespeedwhateverthematerial

hereads.Consequently,evenlightreadingmattergiveshimlittlepleasurebecausehe

readssoslowly.Butthispacemaybetoofastforreallydifficultmaterial,whichrequires

specialconcentrationatdifficultpoints.Atyieofreadingwhichnecessitatescareful

attentiontodetailisproof-reading,inwhichihereader,inordertodetectmisprintsina

sampleprint,hastonoticenotsomuchthemeaningofwhathereadsastheexactshape

andorderoflettersandwordsinthetextThisisextremelydifficultformostpeople,

sincetheyareaccustomedtooverlookingsuchdetails.Infact,considerablepracticeis

requiredtopractisethistaskefficientlyanditcanbedoneonlybereadingveryslowly,

andbypayingcomparativelylittleattentiontothegeneralmeaningofthetext.

1Theauthorclaimsthatthereisadifferenceinreadingspeed.

A、amongreaderswhohavedifferentexperience

B、amongallthereaders

C>betweenthepoorlyeducatedandthehighlyeducated

D、amongthehighlyeducatedpeople

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：根據(jù)文章前幾句可知本文針對(duì)的對(duì)象應(yīng)該是所有的readers（讀者），無

論其有無經(jīng)驗(yàn)。因此正確答案為B。

2、Agoodreaderisareaderwho.

ANconcentratesonthewonderfulpartofthearticle

B、alwaysreadsslowlyandcarefully

C^changeshisspeedaccordingtothekindoftext

D、changeshisspeedaccordingtotheinterestingofthetext

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：從第一段中間部分對(duì)優(yōu)秀讀者的描寫可知，出色的讀者可根據(jù)不同的

閱讀材料并以不同的閱讀速度對(duì)其進(jìn)行閱讀。故選C。

3、Theauthorsaysthatwhenreadinganovel,agoodreadercanquicklyread.

A、everypartofthebook

B、themostwonderfulpartinthebook

C、themajorpartinthebook

D、thescientificpartofthebook

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：從第一段中：'、…anovelorsimilarlightreadingmatter.Hemaybeable

toskimapage,pickingupawordortwohereand〔here…可推知，優(yōu)秀讀者在閱

讀小說類消遣讀物時(shí)，常常是抓住精彩的部分進(jìn)行閱讀。故選B。

4、Thelasttwosentencesofthefirstparagraphmeanthat.

A^areadingspeedtooslowforadifficultbookisjustrightforanon-seriousone

B、areadingspeedtooslowforanon-seriousbookmaybetoofastforadifficultone

C、areadingspeedtoofastfordifficultmaterialisjustrightforanon-seriousbookis

alsotooslowforadifficultone

D、areadingspeedtoosowforanon-serionshookisalsotooslowforadifficultone

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：第一段最后兩句意思是：閱讀消遣類小說即使閱讀速度慢也不會(huì)給你

帶來多大樂趣；而以這種速度去讀較有難度且需認(rèn)真思考的文章，速度就太快了。

因此B符合句意，為正確答案。

5、Whichofthefollowingcanbethetitleofthepassage?

A、Readingandlistening.

B、Differencebetweenhighlyeducatedandpoorlyeducated.

C、Practicereadingskill.

D^Differenceinthespeedandefficiencyofreading.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D」

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：縱觀全文可知，作者主要討論了閱讀速度及效率的問題。因此正確答

案為D。

Politicalcontroversyaboutthepublic-landpolicyoftheUnitedStatesbeganwiththe

AmericanRevolution.Infact,evenbeforeindependencefromBritainwaswon,it

becameclearthatresolvingthedilemmassurroundingthepublicdomainmightprove

necessarytopreservetheUnionitself.AtthepeacenegotiationswithBritain,American

demanded,andgot,awesternboundaryattheMississippiRiver.Thusthenewnation

securedforitsbirthrightavastinternalempirerichinagriculturalandmineralresources.

Butundertheircolonialcharters,sevenslatesMassachusetts,Connecticut,NewYork,

Virginia,NorthCarolina,SouthCarolina,andGeorgiaclaimedportionsofthewestern

wilderness.Virginia'sclaimwasthelargest,stretchingnorthandtoencompassthelater

statesofKentucky,Ohio,Indiana,Illinois,Michigan,andWisconsin.Thelanguageofthe

charterswasvaguesponsoringColonelGeorgeRogerClark's1778expeditionlo

VincennesandKalkaska,whichstrengthenedAmerica'strans-Appalachianpretensionsat

thepeacetable.Thesixstatesholdingnoclaimtothetransmittanceregiondoubted

whetheraconfederacyinwhichterritorywassounevenlyapportionedwouldtrulyprove

whatitclaimedtobe,aunionofequals.AlreadyNewJersey,Delaware,RhodeIsland,

andMarylandwereamongthesmallestandleastpopulousofthestates.Whilethey

leviedheavytaxestorepaystateswardebts,theirlargerneighborsmightretiredebtsout

oflandsaleproceeds.Drawnbyfreshlandsandlowtaxes,peoplewoulddesertthesmall

statesforthelarge,leavingtheformertofallintobankruptcyandeventuallyintopolitical

subjugation.Allthestatessharedinthewareffort,saidtheNewJerseylegislature;how

thencouldhalfofthem"belefttosinkunderanenormousdebt,whileothersareenabled,

inashortperiod,toreplacealltheirexpenditurefromthehardearningsofthewhole

confederacy?"Astherevolutionwasacommonendeavor,sooughtitsfruits,including

thewesternlands,tobeacommonproperty.

6、Withwhichofthefbl'owingtopicsisthepassageprimarilyconcerned?

A^Acontroversialpublic-landpolicy.

B、HowindependencefromBritainwaswon.

C、ThelandholdingsofMassachusetts.

D、HowNewJerseydevelopeditswesternland.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：A

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析:從文章首句：“Politicalcontroversyaboutthepublic一landpolicyofthe

UnitedStatesbeganwiththeAmericanRevolution”可知，文章的中心是有關(guān)美國的公

有土地政策的爭論問題。故選A。

7、Accordingtothepassage,theBritishgrantedthenewAmericannationawestern

boundaryat.

A^Ohio

B、Illinois

C、theMississippiRiver

D^theAppalachianMountains

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：從第二段的第一：<uAtthepeacenegotiationswithBritain,American

demanded,andgot,awesternboundaryattheMississippiRiver”（經(jīng)過和英國人和平

談判，美國人的要求一西部邊境線以密西西比河為界——得到了滿足）。因此正

確答案為C。

8、Whichstateslaidclaimtothelargestland-holdings?

A、NorthCarolina

B、SouthCarolina.

C^Virginia.

D、Georgia.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：從第二段的第四句可知，是弗吉尼亞州對(duì)那片最大的土地提出了所有

權(quán)的要求。因此選C。

9、WhydocstheauthormentionColonelClark'sexpedition?

A、Toexplainhowonestatestrengtheneditslandclaims.

B、Tocriticizeanefforttoacquireadditionalagriculturalresources.

C、Toshowthatmanyexplorerssearchedfornewland.

D、ToquestionthevalidityofVirginia'sclaims.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：A

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：從上下文可以推知，文中引用克拉克上校探險(xiǎn)的事實(shí)，目的是為了強(qiáng)

調(diào)提出土地要求的聲明。故選A。

10、Accordingtothepassage,thesmallerstatestriedtoraisemoneytopaytheirwar

debtsby.

A、collectingtaxes

exportingcrops

C>sellingland

D、raisingcattle

標(biāo)推答案：A

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：根據(jù)最后一段第三句話：“Whiletheyleviedheavytaxestorepaystates

wardebts…”可知，較小的州是靠征收重稅來償還戰(zhàn)爭債務(wù)的。ihey指那些smaller

stateso因此A為正確答案。

Thereisnodoubtthatadults,andevenhighlyeducatedadults,varygreatlyinthespeed

andefficiencyoftheirreading.Someproceedveryslowlythroughout;othersdashalong

tooquicklyandthenhavetoregress.Poorreadersinparticularmaylacktheabilityto

varytheirmannerofreadingaccordingtothetypeofreadingmatterandtotheir

intentionsinreadingit.Agoodreadercanmoveatgreatspeedthroughthetextofanovel

orsimilarlightreadingmatter.Hemaybeabletoskimapage,pickingupawordortwo

hereandthere,andgainageneralideaofwhatthetextisaboutwithoutreallyreadingit.

Inreadingmoredifficultmaterial,withtheintentionoftakinginthewholeofit,hewill

proceedmoreslowly,buteventhenhewillvaryhispace,concentratingonthekeywords

andpassages,perhapsre-readingthemseveraltimesandpassmorequicklyoverthe

remainder.Alessefficientreadertendstomaintainthesamespeedwhateverthematerial

hereads.Consequently,evenlightreadingmattergiveshimlittlepleasurebecausehe

readssoslowly.Butthispacemaybetoofastforreallydifficultmaterial,whichrequires

specialconcentrationatdifficultpoints.Atypeofreadingwhichnecessitatescareful

attentiontodetailisproof-reading,inwhichthereader,inordertodetectmisprintsina

sampleprint,hastonoticenotsomuchthemeaningofwhathereadsastheexactshape

andorderoflettersandwordsinthetext.Thisisextremelydifficultformostpeople,

sincetheyareaccustomedtooverlookingsuchdetails.Infact,considerablepracticeis

requiredtopractisethistaskefficientlyanditcanbedoneonlybereadingveryslowly,

andbypayingcomparativelylittleattentiontothegeneralmeaningofthetext.

11、Theauthorclaimsthatthereisadifferenceinreadingspeed.

A、amongreaderswhohavedifferentexperience

B、amongallthereaders

C>betweenthepoorlyeducatedandthehighlyeducated

D、amongthehighlyeducatedpeople

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：根據(jù)文章前幾句可知本文針對(duì)的對(duì)象應(yīng)該是所有的readers（讀者），無

論其有無經(jīng)驗(yàn)。因此正確答案為B。

12、Agoodreaderisareaderwho.

A、concentratesonthewonderfulpartofthearticle

alwaysreadsslowlyandcarefully

C^changeshisspeedaccordingtothekindoftext

D、changeshisspeedaccordingtotheinterestingofthetext

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析?：從第一段中間部分對(duì)優(yōu)秀讀者的描寫可知，出色的讀者可根據(jù)不同的

閱讀材料并以不同的閱讀速度對(duì)其進(jìn)行閱讀。故選C。

13、Theauthorsaysthatwhenreadinganovel,agoodreadercanquicklyread.

A、everypartofthebook

B、themostwonderfulpartinthebook

C、themajorpartinthebook

D、thescientificpartofthebook

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：從第一段中：“…anovelorsimilarlightreadingmatter.Hemaybeable

toskimapage,pickingupawordortwohereandthere…”可推知，優(yōu)秀讀者在閱讀

小說類消遣讀物時(shí)，常常是抓住精彩的部分進(jìn)行閱讀。故選B。

14、Thelasttwosentencesofthefirstparagraphmeanthat.

A、areadingspeedtooslowforadifficultbookisjustrightforanon-seriousone

B、areadingspeedtooslowforanon-seriousbookmaybetoofastforadifficultone

C、areadingspeedtoofastfordifficultmaterialisjustrightforanon-seriousbookis

alsotooslowforadifficultone

D^areadingspeedtooslowforanon-scriousbookisalsotooslowforadifficultone

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：第一段最后兩句意思是：閱讀消遣類小說即使閱讀速度慢也不會(huì)給你

帶來多大樂趣；而以這種速度去讀較有難度且需認(rèn)真思考的文章，速度就太快了。

因此B符合句意，為正確答案。

15、Whichofthefollowingcanbethetitleofthepassage?

ANReadingandListening

B、DifferenceBetweenHighlyEducatedandPoorlyEducated

C^PracticeReadingSkill

D、DifferenceintheSpeedandEfficiencyofReading

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D’

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：縱觀全文可知，作者主要討論了閱讀速度及效率的問題。因此正確答

案為Do

CentralPark,emergingfromaperiodofabuseandneglect,remainsoneofthemost

popularattractionsinNewYorkCity,withhalfamillionout-of-townersamongthemore

than3millionpeoplewhovisittheparkyearly.About15millionindividualvisitsare

madeeachyear.SummeristheseasonforSoftball,concerts,andShakespeare;fallis

stunning;winteriswonderfulforsledding,skating,andskiing;andspring-timeisthe

loveliestofall.Itwasallplannedthatway.About130yearsagoFredericLawOlmsted

andhiscollaboratorCalvertVauxsubmittedtheirlandscapingplanfbrrectangularparcel

twomilesnorthofthetown'scenter.Thebarrenswampytract,homeforsquattersanda

bone-boilingworksthatmadeglue,wasreportedas"apestilentialspotwheremiasmic

odorstainteverybreathofair".Ittook16yearsforworkerswithpickaxesandshovelst。

move5millioncubicfeetofearthandlock,andtoplanthalfamillion［】eesandshrubs,

makingatributetonature—aromanticnineteenth-centuryperceptionofnature.What

existstodayisessentiallyOlmstedandVaux'splan,withmoretrees,buildings,and

asphalt.LandscapearchitectsstillspeakreverentlyofOlmsted'sgeniusandforesight,

andthesensitivevisitorcanseetheeffectshesought.

16^Withwhatsubjectisthepassagemainlyconcerned?

A、ThelivesofOlmstedandVaux.

B、NewYorkCily'stouristindustry.

C^Examplesofnineteenth-centuryartinNewYorkCity.

D、ThedevelopmentofCentralPark.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析?：木文主要無述了中央公園的設(shè)計(jì)、建造和發(fā)展過程，D符合題意為正

確答案。A是Olmsted和Vaux的生平；B是紐約市的旅游業(yè)；C是紐約市十九世

紀(jì)藝術(shù)的典范。

17、Accordingtothepassage,whichistheprettiesttimeofyearinCentralPark?

A、Winter.

B、Spring.

C^Summer.

D、Fall.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：從文章第二段：“…andspringtimeistheloveliestofall”可知,春天是

中央公園一年中最美好的時(shí)候。故選B。

18、Itcanbeinferredthatthe"rectangularparcel"mentionedinPara.3is.

A、thesiteofCentralPark

B、thegiftpresentedtoNewYork

C、askyscraperinNewYork

D、theproposeddesignforCentralPark

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：A

矢口識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：第三段首勺："...submittedtheirlandscapingplanforrectangularparcel

twomilesnorthofthetown'scenter”可知，rectangularparcel位于市中心以北兩英里

處，這里是他們?cè)O(shè)計(jì)建造中央公園的地點(diǎn)。因此說rectangularparcel就是中央公園

的位置所在。因此正確答案為A。

19>Accordingtothepassage,beforeOlmstedandVauxbegantheirwork,theareanow

occupiedbyCentralParkwas.

A、aromanticplace

B、aninfertile,marshyspace

C、agreenandhillypark

D、abaseballfield

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析:根據(jù)第三段中:“Thebarrenswampytract...as1apestilentialspotwhere

miasmicodorstainteverybreathofair'”可知，這是一片荒涼潮濕的地帶，一些人在

那里擅自搭建房屋，還有一家用動(dòng)物骨頭熬制膠水的工廠。據(jù)當(dāng)時(shí)的報(bào)道，那片區(qū)

域是一個(gè)瘟疫肆虐、空氣腐臭的地帶。因此可以判斷，那里以前是一個(gè)貧瘠、潮濕

而又骯臟的地方。故選B。

20、Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethattoday'slandscapearchitectspraiseOlmsted

forhis.

A、enthusiasmforsport

skillatdesigningfactories

C、concernforNewYork'shomelesspeople

D、foresightinanticipatingNewYork,surbanization

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：從文章最后一段中：“Landscapcarchitectsstillspeakreverentlyof

Olmsted,sgeniusandforesight”可知，環(huán)境美化專家們至今還滿懷敬意地談起

Olmsted的天才和預(yù)見能力，現(xiàn)在的紐約已不是130年前的紐約了，而中央公園歷

經(jīng)百年直到今日還吸引著大批的游客。這說明Olmsted對(duì)紐約的未來發(fā)展有著極為

準(zhǔn)確而深遠(yuǎn)的預(yù)見性。故選D。

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selecting,classifying,assigning,orpromotingstudents,employees,andmilitary

personnelhavebeenthetargetofrecentattacksinbooks,magazines,thedailypress,and

eveninCongress.Thetargetiswrong,forinattackingthetests,criticsdivertattention

fromthefaultthatlieswithill-informedorincompetentusers.Theteststhemselvesare

merelytools,withcharacteristicsthatcanbemeasuredwithreasonableprecisionunder

specifiedcondition.Whethertheresultswillbevaluable,meaningless,oreven

misleadingdependspartlyuponthetoolitselfbutlargelyupontheuser.Allinformed

predictionsoffutureperformancearebaseduponsomeknowledgeofrelevantpast

performance.Howwellthepredictionswillbevalidatedbylaterperformancedepends

upontheamount,reliability,andappropriatenessoftheinformationusedandontheskill

andwisdomwithwhichitisinterpreted.Anyonewhokeepscarefulscoreknowsthatthe

informationavailableisalwaysincompleteandthatthepredictionsarcalwayssubjectto

error.Standardizedtestsshouldbeconsideredinthiscontext.Theyprovideaquick,

objectivemethodofgettingsomekindsofinformationaboutwhatapersonhaslearned,

theskillshehasdeveloped,orthekindofpersonheis.Theinformationsoobtainedhas,

qualitatively,thesameadvantagesandshort-comingsasotherkindsofinformation.

Whethertousetests,otherkindsofinformation,orbothinaparticularsituationdepends,

therefore,upontheempiricalevidenceconcerningcomparativevalidity,anduponsuch

factorsascostandavailability.Ingeneral,thetestsworkmosteffectivelywhenthetraits

orqualitiestobemeasuredcanbemostpreciselydefined(forexample,abilitytodowell

inaparticularcourseortrainingprogram)andleasteftectivelywhenwhatistobe

measuredorpredictedcannotbewelldefined(forexample,personalityorcreativity).

Properlyused,theyprovidearapidmeansofgettingcomparableinformationaboutmany

people.Somet