新概念英语阅读理解

1、第三部分：阅读理解（共20 小题，每题2 分，满分 40 分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c 和 d）中，选出最佳选项。(a) traveling is a very good activity . when you are fed up with your work and when you can get a holiday , you can go to the beautiful spots to enjoy the beauty of nature and the special character of other cities . you can breathe

2、fresh air , visit some places of interest , meet different people and make friends with them . if you do so , you will forget your tiredness and troubles and build up your health . as a result , you will feel fully relaxed and you will have the energy to undertake the new tasks waiting for you . but

3、 sometimes , traveling is not an enjoyable thing . for example , when the bus or car you take has a bad accident , you just sit in and wasted your time . what s more , the weather can be changeable . if you are climbing a mountain , it may rain suddenly . you may be caught in the rain and may catch

4、a cold. the worst thing is that you may have your money stolen and you may have an injury . all these are terrible things that can happen to a tourist . therefore , when you are going on a trip , you must prepare yourself carefully . firstly , you must have clear information about the weather . seco

5、ndly , you should choose a good companion so that you can help each other thirdly , you must be careful everywhere and try to avoid accidents . if you do this , you ll surely enjoy your travels and avoid any unnecessary trouble .56 in the passage , the author suggests that you should for a holiday .

6、 ago to the country bgo to different cities cgo nowhere dboth a and b 57 in the first paragraph , the underlined words “ are fed up with” means . afinish doing bcan t do care tired of d are interested in 58 what is not mentioned in the passage ? ayou may meet with unexpected troubles on a trip . byo

7、u may get ill on a trip . cyou will have to spend a lot of money on a bus or in a car . dit s necessary for you to know about the weather before you travel .59 in order to have a good holiday , you should . abe careful enough bhave a holiday with a good friend ctake an umbrella with you dbe well pre

8、pared for your trip (b) the eastern indonesian island komodo is proving a hit with adventurous tourists eager to have a look at the world s largest lizard (蜥蜴 ) species (种类 ) . the island is the home of the huge lizard called the komodo dragon . a later species of the jurassic (侏罗纪 ) period dinosaur

9、s 130 million years ago , the komodo dragon is in danger and has been placed under protection by the indonesian government . the local people who show great respect for the species call the huge lizard “ buaya darat ” .tales handed down over generations of islanders speak of the dragon warning peopl

10、e of getting close to this kind of animal . the animal can reach a length of three meters when fully grown , gain a weight of about 135 kilograms and may live to an age of about 100 years . it digs a hole in the ground as deep as 9 meters and lay eggs-up to 30 at a time-that hatch in april or may .

11、the newly hatched lizards , about 45 centimeters long , live in trees for several months . komodo dragon has been known to eat smaller members of the species and sometimes even other grown-ups . the komodo dragon was first discovered in 1912 by a group of fishermen who protected themselves from a st

12、orm in the banda sea on the island . various species of the komodo dragon are also found in asia , australia and africa , but it is only on komodo and western tip of the neighboring island of flores that they grow up to three meters long . 60 this passage mainly talks about . athe largest crocodile

13、in the world bthe story of a dragon in indonesia ca kind of huge lizard-the komodo dragon in australia dhow the komodo dragon was found and protected 61 newly born komodo dragons . adig very deep holes bare hatched in cold weather care 45 centimeters long and weigh 9 kilograms dspend their first few

14、 months living in trees 62 at present , komodo dragons . aare protected by the local government bare hunted by komodo fishermen cjoin in a special hatching program dlive only on the komodo island 63 according to the passage , komodo dragons . aare 9 meters long and live up to 80 years bare 3 meters

15、long and live up to 100 years cweigh up to 135 kilograms and are 9 meters long dweigh 45 kilograms and live up to 135 years (c) it s said that there will be five scientific breakthroughs in the 21st century . we ll know where we came from . why does the universe exist ? since the 1920s , scientists

16、have developed the theories that give a detailed picture of the evolution (演变 ) of the universe . over the next 20 years , these theories will be improved by data from extraordinarily powerful new telescopes . we ll know the genetic code and defeat cancer . in the 19th-century operas , when the hero

17、ine coughs in the first act , people know she will die of t. b in act three . but thanks to antibiotics , the once-incurable disease now can mean nothing more serious than taking some pills . as scientists learn more about the genetic and many diseases will become less threatening . we ll live longe

18、r . if the normal aging process is basically an invisible contest in our cells a contest between damage to our dna and our cell s ability to repair that damage then the 21st-century progress in genetic medicine may let us control and even change the process . we ll “ manage” the earth . in the next

19、millennium , we will stop talking about the weather but will do something about it . we ll gradually learn how to foretell the effects of human activity on the earth . we ll have a “ brain road map” . this is the real final frontier of the 21st century . the brain is the most complex system we know

20、. early in the 21st century scientists will produce detailed maps of the neurons in operation . we ll be able to say with certainty which ones are working when you read a word , when you say a word , when you think about a word , and so on . 64 the underlined word “ breakthrough” probably means . ab

21、reaking the enemy s defenses bmajor achievement cmaking a way through dbig steps 65 what are the five scientific breakthroughs in the 21st century predicated by scientists ? a. the reason why the universe exists b. a picture of the earth c. the cure of cancer d. make our lives longer e. control the

22、earth f. make it clear how our brains work g. improve the environment aa, b, c, d , g ba , c , d , e , g ca, c, d , f, g d b , d , e , f , g 66 many serious diseases will become less threatening because . anobody has made antibiotics bthe knowledge of genetic code has been known ccancer-causing gene

23、s will no longer exist dmedicine conditions have been improved greatly 67 if a hurricane is forming on the sea , we will . abe able to predicate it and make preparations to make the damage less serious bchange its road cpredicate it and take measures to control it dwon t have to pay any attention to

24、 it since it won t make any damage to us (d) a new era is upon us . call it what you will ; the service economy , the information age , the knowledge society . it all translates to a fundamental change in the way we work . already we re partly there . the percentage of people who earn their living b

25、y making things has fallen greatly in the western world . today the majority of jobs in america , europe and japan (two thirds or more in many of these countries ) are in the service industry , and the number is on the rise . more women are in the work force than ever before . there are more part-ti

26、me jobs . more people are self-employed . but the breadth（幅度） of the economic transformation can t be measured by numbers alone , because it also is giving rise to a radical (根本的 ) new way of thinking about the nature of work itself . long-held notions (观念 ) about jobs and careers , the skills neede

27、d to succeed , even the relation between individuals and employersall these are being challenged（挑战） . we have only to look behind us to get some sense of what may lie ahead . no one looking ahead 20 years possibly could have foreseen the ways in which a single invention , the chip , would transform

28、 our world thanks to its applications (应用 ) in personal computers , digital communications and factory robots . tomorrow s achievements in biotechnology , artificial intelligence or even some still unimagined technology could produce a similar wave of dramatic changes . but one thing is certain ; in

29、formation and knowledge will become even more important , and the people who own it , whether they work in production or services , will have the advantage and produce the wealth . computer knowledge will become as basic a requirement as the ability to read and write . the ability to solve problems

30、by applying information instead of performing routine tasks will be valued above all else . if you cast your mind ahead 10 years , information services will be predominant ( 占优势的 ). it will be the way you do your job . 68 a characteristic ( 特征 ) of the information age is that . athe service industry

31、 is depending more and more on the male work force bproduction industries are steadily increasing cpeople find it harder and harder to earn a living by working in factories dmost of the job chances can now be found in the service industry 69 by referring to computers and other inventions , the autho

32、r means to say that . apeople should be able to respond to (做出反应 ) the advancement of technology quickly bfuture achievenments in technology will bring about unthinkable dramatic changes cthe importance of high technology has been overlooked dcomputer science will play a leading role in the future i

33、nformation services . 70 the future will probably belong to those who . aown knowledge and know how to make use of information bgive full play to their brain potential (潜能 ) cjoin in service industries dcast their minds ahead instead of looking back 71 which of the following would be the best title

34、for the passage ? acomputers and the knowledge society bservice industries in modern society ccharacteristic and implications ( 含意 ) of the new era drapid advancement of information technology (e) the most frightening words in the english language are “ our computer is down .” you hear it more and m

35、ore when you are on business .the other day i was at the airport waiting for a ticket to washington and the girl in the ticket office said , “ i m sorry , i can t sell you a ticket . our computer is down .”“ if your computer is down , just write me out a ticket .”“ i can t write you out a ticket . t

36、he computer is the only one allowed to do so .” i looked down at the counter and every passenger was just standing there drinking coffee and staring at the black screen . then i asked her , “ what do you do ?”“ we give the computer the i nformation about your trip , and then it tells us whether you

37、can fly with us or not .”“ so when it goes down , you go down with it .”“ that s right , sir .”“ how long will the computer be down ?” i wanted to know .“ i have no idea . sometimes it s down for 10 minutes , sometimes for two hours . there is no way we can find out without asking the computer , and

38、 since it s down , it won t answer us .” after the girl told me they had no backup computer , i said , “ let s forget the computer . what about your p lanes ? they re still flying , aren t they ?” “ i can t tell without asking the computer .”“ may be i could just go to the gate and ask the pilot if

39、he s flying to washington .” i suggested . “ i wouldn t know what gate to send you to . even if the pilot wa s going to washington , he couldn t take you if you didn t have a ticket .”“ is there any other airline flying to washington within the next few hours ?”“ i wouldn t know , ” she said , point

40、ing at the desk screen . “ only it knows . it can t tell me . ”by this time there were quite a few people standing in line . the words soon spread to other travelers that the computer was down . some people went , some people started to cry and still others kicked their luggage . 72 the best title o

41、f the article is . aasking the computer bthe computer of the airport cthe most frightening words dwhen the computer is down 73 what could the girl in the ticket office do for the passengers without asking the computer ? ashe could answer the passengers questions bshe could do nothing . cshe could sell a ticket . dshe could write out a ticket . 74 it can be inferred from the passage that th