大 学 英 语 统 考 复 习 （四）
阅 读 理 解 与 完 型 填 空
阅读理解： Passage 1
Sixteen-year-old Maria was waiting in line at the airport in Santo Domingo. She was leaving her native country to join her sister in the United States. She spoke English very well. Though she was very happy she could go abroad, she was feeling sad at leaving her family and friends. As she was thinking all about this, she suddenly heard the airline employee asking her to pick up her luggage and put it on the scales (称). Maria pulled and pulled. The bag was too heavy and she just couldn’t lift it up. The man behind her got very impatient. He, too, was waiting to check in his luggage.
“What’s wrong with this girl?” He said, “Why doesn’t she hurry up?” He moved forward and placed his bag on the counter, hoping to check in first. He was in a hurry to get a good seat.
Maria was very angry, but she was very polite. And in her best English she said, “Why are you so upset? There are enough seats for everyone on the plane. If you are in such a hurry, why can’t you give me a hand with my luggage?”
The man was surprised to hear Maria speak English. He quickly picked up her luggage and stepped (224 words)
back.
Everyone
was
looking
at
him
with
disapproval.
1. Maria’s story happened_____D_______.
A. when she was leaving America B. on her way back to Santo Domingo
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C. before she left the USA D. when she arrived at the airport
2. You believe that the work of the airline employee mentioned in the story is to ______B_____ at the airport.
A. help carry people’s luggage B. ask people to pick up the luggage
C. check people’s luggage D. take care of people’s luggage
3. “Why are you so upset?” Maria said to the man. She wanted to tell him that he should not be________B____.
A. surprised and worried B. sad and angry C. unhappy and worried D. sad and sorry
4. “Everyone was looking at him with disapproval.” This sentence means that the people around felt_____C_______.
A. worried about Maria B. worried about the man C. sorry for Maria’s manners D. sorry for the man’s manners
5. The author mentioned Maria’s age at the beginning of the story in order to show that _____A_______.
A. she was young but behaved properly B. she would not have left home alone
C. everyone around her was wrong her
D. it was not good that nobody offered to help
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Passage 2
Community service is an important component of education here at our university. We encourage all students to volunteer for at least one community activity before they graduate. A new community program called “One On One” helps elementary students who’ve fallen behind. Your education majors might be especially interested in it because it offers the opportunity to do some teaching, that is, tutoring in math and English.
You’d have to volunteer two hours a week for one semester. You can choose to help a child with math, English, or both. Half-hour lessons are fine, so you could do a half hour of each subject two days a week.
Professor Dodge will act as a mentor to the tutors---he’ll be available to help you with lesson plans or to offer suggestions for activities. He has office hours every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. You can sign up for the program with him and begin the tutoring next week.
I’m sure you’ll enjoy this community service...and you’ll gain valuable experience at the same time. It looks good on your resume, too, showing that you’ve had experience with hildren and that you care about your community. If you’d like to sign up, or if you have any questions, stop by Professor Dodge’s office this week. (220words)
1. What is the purpose of the talk? A
A. To explain a new requirement for graduation. program.
B. To interest students in a new community
C. To discuss the problems of elementary school students.
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teachers for a special program.
2. What is the purpose of the program that the dean describes? _________
A. To find jobs for graduating students. final exams.
B. To help education majors prepare for
C. To offer tutorials to elementary school students. service project.
D. To provide funding for a community
3. What does Professor Dodge do? _________
A. He advises students to participate in the special program. B. He teaches part-time in an elementary school.
C. He observes elementary school students in the classroom. their resumes.
D. He helps students prepare
4. What should students interested in the tutorials do? _________
A. Contact the elementary school. B. Sign up for a special class.
C. Submit a resume to the dean. D. Talk to Professor Dodge.
5. Whom do you think the speaker addresses? A. Faculty. B. Students. C. Freshman. D. Graduating students of the university.
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Passage 3
When John and Victoria Falls arrived in New York City for one-year stay, they did not bring very many things with them. They had planned either to live in a furnished apartment or to buy used furniture. But they soon learned about a new system that more and more people are using. The renting of home furnishings (bed, tables, dishes, and so on) has become one of America’s fastest growing businesses.
What kinds of people rent their home furnishings instead of buying them? People who are international business or government officials, foreign students, airline workers, young married couples—people whose job or business may force them to move frequently from one city to another. They save a lot of trouble and the cost of moving their furniture each time. They simply rent new furniture when they reach their new homes. Young people with little money do not want to buy cheap furniture that they may soon dislike. They prefer to wait until they have enough money to buy furniture they really like. Meanwhile, they find they can rent better quality furniture than they could afford to buy.
One family, who now have a large, beautiful home of their own, liked their rented furniture so much that they decided to keep renting it instead of buying new things. But usually people don’t like to tell others about it. The idea of renting home furnishings is still quite new, and they are not sure what their neighbors might think (248words)
1. Which of the following has become one of America’s fastest growing businesses? _________
A. Selling home furnishings. B. Renting furnished apartments. C. Selling used furniture. D. Renting home furnishings.
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2. Why do some people prefer to rent furniture? _________
A. Because the furniture they get in this way is new. B. Because it saves them a lot of money.
C. Because it saves them much trouble and money. D. Because they can always get better quality furniture in this way.
3. What can you infer from the passage? _________
A. The idea of renting furniture is not acceptable. B. Renting furniture is not popular in the couple’s home town.
C. Only those who don’t have enough money to rent furniture .D. People usually grow to like the furniture they have rented.
4. Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage? _________
A. Rent or Buy? B. A New Way of Getting Home Furnishings. C. Furnished Apartments.
D. A New Idea.
5. Young people liked renting home furniture in that_________
A. They have less money. B. They don’t want to buy old furniture.
C. The new furniture is of good quality. D. They don’t have much money and don’t want to buy the cheap furniture.
Passage 4
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Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go in to their offices or schools every day by train, car or bus, even though this means they have to get up early in the morning and reach home late in the evening.
One advantage of living outside London is that houses are cheaper. Even a small flat in London without a garden costs quite a lot to rent. With the same money, one can get a little house in the country with a garden of one’s own.
Then, in the country one can really get away from the noise and hurry of busy working lives. Even though one has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses, one can sleep better at night and during weekends and on summer evenings, one can enjoy the fresh, clean air of the country. If one likes gardens, one can spend one’s free time digging, planting, watering and doing the hundred and one other jobs which are needed in a garden. Then, when the flowers and vegetables come up, one has got the reward together with those who have shared the secret of Nature.
Some people, however, take no interest in country things: for them, happiness lies in the town, with its cinemas and theatres, beautiful shops and busy streets, dance-halls and restaurants. Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live it outside London. An occasional walk in one of the parks and a fortnight’s (two weeks) visit to the sea every summer is all the country they want: the rest they are quite prepared to leave to those who are glad to get away from (287 words)
London
every
night.
1. Which of the following statements is NOT true? _________
A. People who love Nature prefer to live outside the city. B. People who work in London prefer to live in the country.
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C. Some people enjoying city life prefer to work and live inside London.
D. Many nature lovers, though working in London, prefer to live outside the city.
2. With the same money _________, one can buy a little house with a garden in the country.
A. getting a small flat with a garden B. having a small flat with a garden
C. renting a small flat without a garden D. buying a small flat without a garden
3. When the garden is in blossom, it means that one _________ has been rewarded.
A. living in the country B. having spent time working in the garden
C. having a garden of his own D. having been digging, planting and watering
4. People who think happiness lies in the town would feel that _________ if they had to live outside London.
A. their life was meaningless B. their life was invaluable
C. they didn’t deserve a happy life D. they were not worthy of their happy life
5. The underlined phrase get away from in the 3rd paragraph refers to_________. A. deal with B. do away with C. escape from D. prevent from
Passage 5
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Paper is one of the most important products ever invented by man. Wide spread use of written language would not have been possible without some cheap and practical material to write on. The invention of paper meant that more people could be educated because more books could be printed and distributed. Together with the printing press, paper provided an extremely important way to communicate knowledge.
How much paper do you use every year? Probably you cannot answer that question quickly. In 1900 the world’s use of paper was about one kilogram for each person a year. Now some countries use as much as 50 kilograms of paper for each person a year. Countries like the United States, England and Sweden use more paper than other countries.
Paper, like many other things that we use today, was first made in China. In Egypt and the West, paper was not very commonly used before the year 1400. The Egyptians wrote on a kind of material made of a water plant. Europeans used parchment for many hundreds of years. Parchment was very strong; it was made from the skin of certain young animals. We have learnt of the most important facts of European history from records that were kept on parchment. (208 words)
1. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “parchment”?_________
A. The skin of young animals. B. A kind of paper made from the skin of certain young animals.
C. The paper used by European countries. D. The paper of Egypt.
2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned about the invention of paper? _________
A. More jobs could be provided than before. B. More people could be educated than
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before.
C. More books could be printed and distributed. D. More ways could be used to exchange knowledge.
3. When did the Egyptians begin to use paper widely? _________
A. Around 1400. B. Around 1900. C. Around 400. D. Around 900.
4. Which of the following countries uses more paper for each person a year? _________
A. China. B. Sweden. C. Egypt. D. Japan.
5. What is the main idea of this short talk? _________
A. More and more paper is being consumed nowadays. B. Paper enables people to receive education more easily.
C. The invention of paper is of great significance to man. D. Paper contributes a lot to the keeping of historical records.
完型填空： （1）
Did you sleep well last night? Maybe many people will answer: No. In fact, in the world about one in three people do not have good sleep. 1 you say you do not have good sleep, it means waking early and not getting back to sleep, often interrupted short period of sleep, or hours of wakefulness. You 2 get tired, worried, and anxious. Your memory and ability to remember things will be 3
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Then what should you do when you have the trouble? Do not worry about it too much. First, let’s see whether you can sleep yourself. The ways are as follows:
First, 4 that your bedroom isn’t too cold or too hot. Keep it dark and quiet.
Second, check your lifestyle:
Do not drink tea, coffee, cola or chocolate four hours before 5 . Drink less liquid so that you can have no or fewer visits to the toilet.
Set your body clock well by getting up and going to bed at the fixed time every day. You 6 take any daytime naps.
Develop a relaxing bedtime habit. Read or 7 music, then take a warm bath. If you really can not sleep, try some bread, rice 8 milk. They will help you fall asleep. Go for a daily walk. Natural light helps you to put your body clock into correct habit, 9 do exercise outdoors if you can.
Forget the worries of the day. Write down any worries, thoughts or questions before you go to bed. With these written down, you will have 10 to think about and your sleep will become easier.
1. A. While B. In case C. If D. As
2. A. might B. may C. must D. should
3. A. affected B. damaged C. destroyed D. endangered
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4. A. determined B. make sure C. watch out D. look into
5. A. sleeping B. going to sleep C. going to bed D. falling asleep
6. A. won’t not
B. wouldn’t better C. had better D. had better
7. A. listen to B. listen C. hear D. see
8. A. and B. or C. with D. on
9. A. neither B. but C. so D. however
10. A. harder B. fewer C. more D. less
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There were once three sons of a wealthy businessman. 1 they met, the two eldest, who were twins, 2 to quarrel about which of them should be his father’s heir(继承人).The youngest, who was not 3 ambitious (野心勃勃的), took no part in their argument. As soon as they left home, the father arranged for an adequate income to be provided for 4 of them, but insisted that apart from this they were to be financially self-supporting. The 5 twin, who had the advantage of good looks and a striking personality, decided that he would take up the stage 6 a career. He 7 a small repertory(保留剧目轮演) company, acted in minor parts, was always unpunctual (不准时) at rehearsals and was accordingly 8 with his fellow actors. He earned little and so had to live mainly on his allowance. He occasionally thought of 9 his profession, but always put off 10 a decision, and he became increasingly bored and disillusioned.
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1. A. whatever B. whenever C. wherever D. however
2. A. are used B. used C. using D. are using
3. A. at least B. at most C. in the least D. in the most
4. A. every B. all C. each D. none
5. A. first 6. A. is 7. A. joined 8. A. popular unwelcome
9. A. living 10. A. making B. older B. as B. attended B. unpopular B. turning B. make 13 / 13
C. went C. welcome C. ending C. decide D. elder
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D. joined in
D.
D. changing
D. deciding
C. young C. be
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