專(zhuān)升本英語(yǔ)（閱讀）模擬試卷32

專(zhuān)升本英語(yǔ)（閱讀）模擬試卷32

一、閱讀理解（本題共20題，每題1.0分，共20分。）

Shoppingforclothesisnotthesameexperienceforamanasitisforawoman.Aman

goesshoppingbecauseheneedssomething.Hispurposeissettledanddecidedin

advance.Heknowswhathewants,andhisobjectiveistofineitandbuyit;thepriceisa

secondaryconsideration.Allmensimplywalkintoashopandasktheassistantforwhat

theywant.Iftheshophasitinstock,thesalesmanpromptlyproducesit,andthebusiness

oftryingitonproceedsatonce.Allbeingwell,thedealcanbeandofteniscompletedin

lessthanfiveminutes,withhardlyanychatandtoeveryone'ssatisfaction.Slight

problemsmaybeginforamanwhentheshopdoesnothavewhathewants,ordocsnot

haveexactlywhathewants.Inthatcasethesalesmanalwaystriestosellthecustomer

somethingelse—heoffersthenearesthecantothearticlerequired.Nowhowdocsa

womangoaboutbuyingclothes?Inalmosteveryrespectshedoessointheoppositeway.

Hershoppingisnotoftenbasedonneed.Shehasneverfullymadeuphermindwhatshe

wants,andsheisonly"havingalookround".Sheisalwaysopentopersuasion;indeed

shesetsgreatstorebywhatthesaleswoman（ellsher,evenbywhatcompanionstellher.

Upper-mostinhermindisthethoughtoffindingsomethingthateveryonethinkssuits

her.Contrarytoalotofjokes,mostwomenhaveanexcellentsenseofvaluewhenthey

buyclothes.Theyarealwaysonthelookoutfortheunexpectedbargain.Facedwitha

roomfulofdresses,awomanmayeasilyspendanhourgoingfromonerailtoanother,to

andfro,oftenretracinghersteps,beforeselectingthedressesshewantstotryon.Itisa

laboriousprocess,butapparentlyanenjoyableone.Mostdressshopsprovidechairsfor

thewaitinghusbands.

1、Whenamanbuysclothes,.

A、hebuysgoodqualitythingswithoutasecondconsideration

B、hebuysrightsizethingswithouttryingthemon

C、hedoesnotmindverymuchhowmuchhehastopayfortherightthings

D、hechoosesthingsthesalesmanrecommends

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C、

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：由文中thepriceisasecondaryconsideration.可知C正確。

2、Whatdomencareaboutthefitofnewclothes?

A、Theyliketheirclothestobebiggerthantheaveragesize.

B、Theyoftenhavenoparticularsizeinmindbeforegoingtotheshop.

C、Theymakesurewhatfitsbeforegoingshopping.

D、Theydonotworrywhetherathingfitswellornot.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：由文中第一段Hispurposeissettledanddecidedinadvance,可知C正

確。

3、Whatdocsthepassagetellusaboutwomenshoppersforclothes?

A、Theywelcomesuggestionsfromanyone.

B、Theyrarelyconsiderbuyingcheapclothes.

C、Theyoftenbuythingswithproperthought.

D^Theylistentoadvicebutnevertakeit.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：A

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：從第二段Sheisalwaysopentopersuasion：indeedshesetsgreatstoreby

whatthesaleswomantellsher,evenbywhatcompanionstellher.可?知A正確。

4、1(isimpliedinthepassagethatwomen.

A^thinkmoreofthepriceofclothesthanoftheircolorsandsizes

B、tendtowastemoneyonclotheswhichtheydon'treallywant

C、alwaysbuygoodqualityclothesregardlessoftheprice

D、liketobuycheapclothes

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：從文章第二段Contrarytoalotofjokes,mostwomenhaveanexcellent

senseofvaluewhentheybuyclothes.Theyarealwaysonthelookoutfortheunexpected

bargain.此題的關(guān)鍵是讀出onthelookoutfor的含義。

5、Whichofthefollowingindicatesthedifferencebetweenmenandwomenshoppers?

A^Womenbuywhattheyneedbutmendonot.

B、Womenwalkinashopbutmensitdown.

C、Mendonot(ryclothesoninashop.

D、Mendonotspendasmuchtimeonbuyingclothesaswomen.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：文章第一段講男人購(gòu)物Allbeingwell,thedealcanbeandoflenis

completedinlessthanfiveminutes,而女人則是awomanmaycasilyspendanhour

goingfromonerailtoanother,toandfro,oftenretracinghersteps,beforeselecting

(hedressesshewantstotryon.故D正確。

SinceIhclate1960sagrowingnumberofwomenhaveexpressedastrongdissatisfaction

withanymarriagearrangementwhereinthehusbandandhiscareerarctheprimary

considerationsinihemarriage.Bytheendofthe1970s,forexample,considerablyless

thanhalfofthewomenintheUnitedStatesstillbelievedthattheywouldputtheir

husbandsandchildrenaheadoftheirowncareers.MoreandmoreAmericanwomenhave

come(obelievethattheyshouldbeequalpartnersrather(hanjuniorpartnersintheir

marriages.Thisstageofmarriage,althoughnottypicalofmostAmericanmarriage,at

present,willgrowmostrapidlyinthefuture.Inanequalpartnershipmarriage(hewife

pursuesafull-timejoborcareerwhichhasequalimportancetoherhusband's.Thelong-

standingdivisionoflaborbetweenhusbandandwifecomestoanend.Thehusbandisno

longerthemainprovideroffamilyincome,andthewifenolongerhas(hemain

responsibilitiesfbrhouseholddutiesandraisingchildren.Husbandandwifeshareall

thesedutiesequally.Poweroverfamilydecisionsisalsosharedequally.Therapid

changeinwomen'sattitudestowardmarriageinthe1970sreflectedrapidchangeinthe

largersociety.TheWomen'sLiberationmovementappearedinthelate1960s,demanding

anendtoallformsofsexualdiscriminationagainstfemales.AnEqualRights

amendment(修正案)totheU.S.Constitutionwasproposedwhichwouldmakeanyform

ofdiscriminationonthebasisofsexillegal,andthoughithasfailedtoberatified,it

continuestohavemillionsofsupporters.

6、During(helate1960smanywomendislikedthemarriage.

A、thatmadethemhavenofamilyduties

B、thatputtheirhusbandsinanabsoluteposition

C、whereintheywerejustservantstotheirhusbands

D、whereintheirhusbandshadnosayinfamilymatters

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：由文章第一段第一句…whereinthchusbandandhiscareerarcthe

primaryconsiderationsinthemarriage.可知B正確。

7、Accordingtothepassage,whichtypeofmarriageisthemostpopulartoday?

A、Husband-wifeequalpartners.

B、Wifeasservanttohusband.

C、Husband-head,wife-helper.

D、Husband-seniorpartner,wife-juniorpartner.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：由文章第二段Thisstageofmarriage,althoughnottypicalofmost

Americanmarriage,atpresent,willgrowmostrapidlyinthefuture.此題的關(guān)鍵是讀

懂a(chǎn)lthough后面的意思，可知現(xiàn)在大多數(shù)的美國(guó)婚姻還是傳統(tǒng)式的。

8、Moreandmorewomentakejobsoutsidethehomebecause.

A、moreandmorehusbandsstayathometakingcareoftheirhousesandchildren

B、(hefamilieswanttoearnmoremoneytomaintaintheirhighstandardofliving

C、women'sdesirefbrequalitywiththeirhusbandsisbecomingstrongerandstronger

D、womenwanttogetanopportunitytogetridoftheirfamilyresponsibilities

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析:由文章第二段Inanequalpartnershipmarriagethewifepursuesafull—

timejoborcareerwhichhasequalimportancetoherhusband's.Thelong—standing

divisionoflaborbetweenhusbandandwifecomestoanend.可知選C。

9、Whichof(hefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?

A、Manypeoplearefortheideathatanyformofdiscriminationonthebasisofsex

shouldbeconsideredillegal.

B、TheWomen'sLiberationmovementprotestedagainstallformsofdiscrimination.

C、Theinstitutionofmarriagein(heUnitedStaleshasexperiencedmanystagesof

development.

D、TheAmericanidealofequalityhasaffectednotonlymarriagebutalsothe

relationshipsbetweenmenandwomen,adultsandchildren.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：A

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：文章最后一句…andthoughithasfailedtoberatified,itcontinuesto

havemillionsofsupporters.故A正確。

10^Theword"ratified"inthelastsentencecanbereplacedby.

A^rewritten

R、disagreedon

C、analyzed

D、approved

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：從文章最后一句andthoughithasfailedtoberatified,itcontinuesto

havemillionsofsupporters.可知,ratify是一個(gè)褒義詞，和后面的supporter有因果

關(guān)系。故選Do

Thefiddlercrabisalivingclock.Itindicatesthetimeofdayby(hecolorofitsskin,

whichisdarkbydayandpalebynight.Thecrab'schangingskincolorfollowsaregular

twenty-four-hourcyclethatexactlymatchesthedailyrhythmofthesun.Doesthecrab

actuallykeeptime,ordoesitsskinsimplyrespondtothesun'srays,changingcolor

accordingtotheamountoflightthatstrikesit?Tofindout,biologistskeptcrabsinadark

roomfortwomonths.Evenwithoutdaylightthecrab'sskincolorcontinuedtochange

preciselyonschedule.Thischaracteristicprobablyevolvedinresponsetotherhythmof

thesun,tohelpprotectthecrabfromsunlightandenemies.Aftermillionsofyearsithas

becomecompletelyregulatedinsidethelivingbodyofthecrab.Thebiologistsnoticed

thatonceeachdayihecolorofthefiddlercrabisesDeciallydark,andihateachdaythis

occursfiflyminuteslalerihanonihedaybefore.From(his(heydiscoveredthateachcrab

followsnotonlytherhythmofthesunbutalsothatof(hetides.Thecrab'speriodof

greatestdarkeningispreciselythetimeoflowtideonihebeachwhereitwascaught!

11>Thefiddlercrabislikeaclockbecauseitchangescolor.

A、inaregular24-hourrhythm

B、inresponsetothesun'srays

C、atlowtide

D、everyfiftyminutes

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：A

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：文章第一段Thecrab'schangingskincolorfollowsaregulartwenty-four-

hourcyclethatexactlymatchesthedailyrhythmofthesun.可知A正確。

12、Thecrab,schangingcolor.

A、tellsthecrabwhattimeitis

B、protectsthecrabfromthesunlight

C、keepsthecrabwarm

D^isofnorealuse

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：文章第三段第一句Thischaracteristicprobablyevolvedinresponsetothe

rhythmofthesun,tohelpprotectthecrabfromsunlightandenemies.所以B正確。

13、Whenthefiddlercrabsv/erekeptinthedark,(hey.

A、didnotchangecolor

B、changedcolormorequickly

C、changedcolormoreslowly

D、changedcoloronthesameschedule

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案；D

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：文章第二段Tofindout,biologistskcptcrabsinadarkroomfortwo

months.Evenwithoutdaylightthecrab'sskincolorcontinuedtochangepreciselyon

schedule.故D對(duì)。

14、Thecrab'scolor-changingabilitywasprobablydeveloped.

A、intheprocessofevolution

B、overmillionsofyears

C、bytheworkofbiologists

D、bothAandB

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：文章第三段Thischaracteristicprobablyevolved...Aftermillionsof

yearsithasbecomecompletelyregulatedinsidethelivingbodyofthecrab.在這里A、

B都提到了，所以D正確。

15、Thebesttitleforthisselectionis.

A^DiscoveriesinBiology

B、TheRhythmicCyclesoftheSunandTide

C、AScientificStudy

D、ALivingClock

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：根據(jù)文章可知，全文講了關(guān)于fiddlercrab的實(shí)驗(yàn)及變色的原因，說(shuō)明

這種動(dòng)物就像活的生物鐘一樣。所以選D。

Whenwethinkofcreativepeoplethenamesthatprobablyspringtomindarethoseof

mensuchasLeonardodaVinci,AlbertEinstein,andPabloPicasso,i.e.,greatartists,

inventorsandscientists—aselectandexceptionallygiftedbodyofmenwithraretalent

andgenius.Thetendencytoregardcreativityandimaginativethinkingastheexclusive

provinceofaluckyfewdisregardsthecreativeandimaginativeaspectsinherentinthe

solutionofmanyofthetasksweregularlyhavetoface-thediscoveryanddevelopment

ofnewmethodsandtechniques,theimprovementofoldmethods,existinginventionsand

products.Everyonehascreativeabilitytosomeextent.Creativethinkinginvolvesposing

oneselfaproblemandthenoriginatingorinventingasolutionalongnewand

unconventionallines.1(involvesdrawingnewanalogies,discoveringnewcombinations,

andnewapplicationsofthingsthatarealreadyknown.Itfollows,then,thatacreative

personwillexhibitgreatintellectualcuriosityandimagination.Hewillbealertand

observantwithagreatstoreofinfoimationwhichhewillbeabletnsortoutandcombine,

in〔hesolutionofDroblem.Hewillbeemotionallyreceptivetonewandunconventional

ideasandwillbelessinterestedinfactsthanintheirimplications.Mostimportantofall,

hewillbeabletocommunicateuninhibitedlyandwillnotbelooconcernedaboutother

people,sreactiontohisapparently"crazy"notions.PeoplecalledtheWrighibrothers

madbutitdidnotslop(hemfrombecomingthefirstmentoconstructandflyaheavier-

(han-aircraft.

16、Theauthorbelievesthatcreativethinking.

A^isonlypossessedbygreatartists

B、requiresraretalentandgenius

C、isneededinthesolutionofmanyproblems

D^belongstoaluckyfew

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析:從文章第一段Thetendencytoregardcreativityandimaginativethinking

astheexclusiveprovinceofaluckyfewdisregardsthecreativeandimaginativeaspects

inherentinthesolutionofmanyofthetaskswcregularlyhavetoface-thediscovcryand

developmentofnewmethodsandtechniques,theimprovementofoldmethods,existing

inventionsandproducts.可知正確答案是C。此題的關(guān)鍵是讀出The

tendency...disregards...inherentinthesolutionofmanytasks