專升本英語(yǔ)（閱讀理解）模擬試卷14

專升本英語(yǔ)（閱讀理解）模擬試卷14

一、閱讀理解（本題共25題，每題1.0分，共25分。）

Thereisnodoubtthatadults,andevenhighlyeducatedadults,varygreatlyinthespeed

andefficiencyoftheirreading.Someproceedveryslowlythroughout;othersdashalong

tooquicklyandthenhavetoregress.Poorreadersinparticukirmaylacktheabilityto

varytheirmannerofreadingaccordingtothetypeofreadingmatterandtotheir

intentionsinreadingit.Agoodreadercanmoveatgreatspeedthroughthetextofanovel

orsimilarlightreadingmatter.Hemaybeabletoskimapage,pickingupawordortwo

hereandthere,andgainageneralideaofwhatthetextisaboutwithoutreallyreadingit.

Inreadingmoredifficultmaterial,withtheintentionoftakinginthewholeofit,hewill

proceedmoreslowly,huteventhenhewillvaryhispace,concentratingonthekeywords

andpassages,perhapsrc-rcadingthemseveraltimesandpassmorequicklyoverthe

remainder.Alessefficientreadertendstomaintainthesamespeedwhateverthematerial

hereads.Consequently,evenlightreadingmattergiveshimlittlepleasurebecausehe

readssoslowly.Butthispacemaybetoofastforreallydifficultmaterial,whichrequires

specialconcentrationatdifficultpoints.Alypeofreadingwhichnecessitatescareful

atteniionlodetailisproof-reading,inwhichihereader,inorderlodelecimiSDrinlsina

sampleprint、haslonolicenolsomuchihemeaningwhalhereadsas」heexaclshape

andorderofletlersandwordsinihetextThisisextremelydifficultformostpeople,

sincetheyareaccustomedtooverlookingsuchdetails.Infact,considerablepracticeis

requiredtopractisethistaskefficientlyanditcanbedoneonlybereadingveryslowly,

andbypayingcomparativelylittleattentiontothegeneralmeaningofthetext.

1、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(wú)

論其有無(wú)經(jīng)驗(yàn)。因此正確答案為B。

2、Agoodreaderisareaderwho.

A、concentratesonthewonderfulpartofthearticle

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Co

3、Theauthorsaysthatwhenreadinganovel,agoodreadercanquicklyread.

A、everypartofthebook

B、themostwonderfulpartinthebook

C、themajorpartinthehook

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…可推如，優(yōu)秀讀者在閱

讀小說(shuō)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-seriousbookmaybe(oofastforadifficultone

C、areadingspeedtoofastfordifficultmaterialisjustrightforanon-seriousbookis

alsotooslowforadifficultone

D、areadingspeedtooslowforanon-seriousbookisalsotooslowforadifficultone

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：第?段最后斷句意思是：閱讀消遣類小說(shuō)即使閱讀速度慢也不會(huì)給你

帶來(lái)多大樂(lè)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、Whichof(hefollowingcanbethetitleofthepassage?

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(wèn)題.因此正確答

案為D。

Politicalcontroversyaboutthepublic-landpolicyoftheUnitedStatesbeganwiththe

AmericanRevolution.Infact,evenbeforeindependencefrorrBritainwaswon,it

becameclearthatresolvingthedilemmassurroundingthepublicdomainmightprove

necessarytopreservetheUnionitself.AtthepeacenegotiationswithBritain,American

demanded,andgot,awesternboundaryattheMississippiRiver.Thusthenewnation

securedforitsbirthrightavastinternalempirerichinagriculturalandmineralresources.

Butundertheircolonialcharters,sevenstatesMassachusetts,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

statesfbrthelarge,leavingtheformertofallintobankruptcyandeventuallyintopolitical

subjugation.Allthestalessharedinthewareffort,saidtheNewJerseylegislature;how

(hencouldhalfof(hem"belefttosinkunderanenormousdebt,whileothersareenabled,

inashortperiod,toreplacealltheirexpenditurefromthehardearningsofthewhole

confederacy?"Astherevolutionwasacommonendeavor,sooughtitsfruits,including

thewesternlands,tobeacommonproperty.

6、Withwhichofthefollowingtopicsisthepassageprimarilyconcerned?

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—landpolicyofthe

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

有土地政策的爭(zhēng)論問(wèn)題。故選A。

7、Accordingtothepassage,theBritishgranted(henewAmericannationawestern

boundaryat.

A^Ohio

B、Illinois

C、theMississippiRiver

D、theAppalachianMountains

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：從第二段的第一句：“AlihepeacenegotiationswilhBritain,American

demanded,andgot,awesternboundaryattheMississippiRiver”(經(jīng)過(guò)和英國(guó)人和平

談判，美國(guó)人的要求——匹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

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(wú)

論其有無(wú)經(jīng)驗(yàn)。因此正確答案為B。

12^Agoodreaderisareaderwho.

A、concentratesonthewonderfulpartofthearticle

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。

13、Theauthorsaysthatwhenreadinganovel,agoodreadercanquicklyread.

A、everypartofthebook

B、themostwonderfulpartinthebook

C、themajorpartinthebook

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(shuō)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^areadingspeedtooslowfbradifficultbookisjustrightforanon-seriousone

B、areadingspeedtooslowfbranon-seriousbookmaybetoofastforadifficultone

C、areadingspeedtoofastfordifficultmateria）isjustrightforanon-seriousbookis

alsotooslowforadifficultone

D、areadingspeedtooslowfbranon-seriousbookisalsotooslowfbradifficultone

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(shuō)即使閱讀速度慢也不會(huì)給你

帶來(lái)多大樂(lè)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，為正確答窠。

15、Whichofthefollowingcanbethetitleofthepassage?

A、ReadingandListening

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(wèn)題。因此正確答

案為D。

CentralPark,emergingfromaperiodofabuseandneglect,remainsoneofthemost

popularattractionsinNewYorkCity,withhalfamillionout-of-townersamongthemore

than3millionpeoplewhovisittheparkyearly.About15millionindividualvisitsarc

madeeachyear.SummeristheseasonforSoftball,concerts,andShakespeare;fallis

stunning;winteriswonderfulforsledding,skating,andskiing;andspring-timeisthe

loveliestofall.Itwasallplannedthatway.About130yearsagoFredericLawOlmsted

andhiscollaboratorCalvertVauxsubmittedtheirlandscapingplanforrectangularparcel

twomilesnorthofthetown,scenter.Thebarrenswampytract,homeforsquattersanda

bone-boilingworksthatmadeglue,wasreportedas"apestilentialspotwheremiasmic

odorstainteverybreathofair".Itlook16yearsforworkerswithpickaxesandshovelsto

move5millioncubicfeelofearthandrock,andloplanthalfamillionireesandshrubs,

makinga【ribinelonaiure—aromanlicnineteenlh-ceniuryDercemionofna【ure.What

existstodayisessentiallyOlmstedandVaux'splan,withmoretrees,buildings,and

asphalt.LandscapearchitectsstillspeakreverentlyofOlmsted'sgeniusandforesight,

andthesensitivevisitorcanseetheeffectshesought.

16>Withwhatsubjectisthepassagemainlyconcerned?

A、ThelivesofOlmstedandVaux.

B、NewYorkCity'stouristindustry.

C、Examplesofnineteenth-centuryartinNewYorkCity.

D、ThedevelopmentofCentralPark.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：本文主要記述了中央公園的設(shè)計(jì)、建造和發(fā)展過(guò)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^According(othepassage,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、Itcanheinferredthatthe"rectangularparcel"mentionedinPara.3is.

A、thesiteofCentralPark

B、thegiftpresentedtoNewYork

C、askyscraperinNewYork

D、theproposeddesignforCentralPark

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：A

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：第三段首句：u...submittedtheirlandscapingplanfbrrectangularparcel

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(shuō)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...as4apestilentialspotwhere

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、Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethattoday5slandscapearchitectspraiseOlmsted

fbrhis_____.

A、enthusiasmforsport

B、skillatdesigningfactories

C、concernfbrNewYork'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：“Landsc叩earchilectsstillspeakreverentlyof

Olmsted'sgeniusandfbresight”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(jiàn)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)百年直到今口還吸引著大批的游客。這說(shuō)明Olmsted對(duì)紐約的未來(lái)發(fā)展有著極為

準(zhǔn)確而深遠(yuǎn)的預(yù)見(jiàn)性。故選D。

Thestandardizededucationalorpsychological(eslsthatarewidelyusedtoaidin

selecting,classifying,assigning,orpromotingstudents,employees,andmilitary

personnelhavebeenthetargetofrecentattacksinbooks,magazines,thedailypress,and

eveninCongress.Thetargetiswrong,forinattackingthetesrs,criticsdivertattention

fromthefaultthatlieswithill-informedorincompetentusers.Theteststhemselvesare

merelytools,withcharacteristicsthatcanbemeasuredwithreasonableprecisionunder

specifiedcondition.Whethertheresultswillbevaluable,meaningless,oreven

misleadingdependspartlyuponthetoolitselfbutlargelyupontheuser.Allinformed

predictionsoffutureperformancearcbaseduponsomeknowledgeofrelevantpast

performance.Howwellthepredictionswillhevalidatedbylaterperformancedepends

upontheamount,reliability,andappropriatenessoftheinformationusedandontheskill

andwisdomwithwhichitisinterpreted.Anyonewhokeepscarefulscoreknowsthat(he

informationavailableisalwaysincompleteandthatthepredictionsarealwayssubjectto

error.Standardizedtestsshouldbeconsideredinthiscontext.Theyprovideaquick,

objectivemethodofgettingsomekindsofinformationaboutwhatapersonhaslearned,

theskillshehasdeveloped,orthekindofpersonheis.Theinformationsoobtainedhas,

qualitatively,thesameadvantagesandshort-comingsasotherkindsofinformation.

Whethertousetests,otherkindsofinformation,orbothinaparticularsituationdepends,

therefore,upon(heempiricalevidenceconcerningcomparativevalidity,anduponsuch

factorsascostandavailability.Ingeneral,(hetestsworkmosteHectivelywhenthetraits

orqualitiestobemeasuredcanbemostpreciselydefined(fbrexample,abilitytodowell

inaparticularcourseor(rainingprogram)andleasteffectivelywhenwha(istobe

measuredorpredictedcannotbewelldefined(ibrexample,personalityorcreativity).

Properlyused,theyprovidearapidmeansofgettingcomparableinformationaboutmany

people.Sometimestheyidentifystudentswhosehighpotentialhasnotbeenpreviously

recognized.

21、Theessenceofthisarticleoneducationaltestsis.

A、Thesetestsdonottestadequatelywhattheysetouttotest

B、Don'tblamethetest,blainetheuser

C、Whenastudentisnervousorill,the