(完整版)英语专项复习资料阅读理解

1、阅读理解Directions: There are 12 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions.For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose thebest answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.Passage OneThis is not the world we know. Thi

2、s world is controlled by computers. Men and women can beseen, but they are following orders given to them by machines. The machines were designed bymad scientists, but at some point even the mad scientists were taken over by their super-inventions.Does this sound familiar? You have probably read som

3、ething like it in magazines or books, orseen it in a film. Why is it so popular? One of the reasons is that it reflects the fears of many people;fear of the unknown, fear of what is not understood or, at least, fear of something that is notcompletely understood.The fact is that every day it seems th

4、at computers take control of another area of our lives.Some factory jobs are now done by robots and the robots are controlled by computers. Our bankaccounts are managed by computers. At the airport, our tickets are sold by a computer. Certainly,many of these operations are made more efficient by com

5、puters, but our admiration is sometimesmixed with unsafe feelings. And this lack of safety is caused by the fact that we do not know howcomputers do these things, and we really dont know what they miBut we can find out how computers work, and once we understand them, we can usecomputers instead of w

6、orrying about being used by them. Today, there is a new generation ofcomputer wizards（奇才）who know exactly how computers get things done. These young men andwomen, usually university students, are happy to sit for hours, sometimes for days,designing programs, not eating, not sleeping, but discovering

7、 what can be done by these wonderfulslaves which they have learned to control. These computer wizards have learned to use thecomputer and search for new tasks for their machines.161. We can know that the scientists who designed the machines _ .A. are careless in their daily lifeB. are unkind and cru

8、elC. are out of their mind D. have great abilities162. The reason why many people are afraid of computers is that _ .A. they dont know anything about computers B. they havent really understood computersC. there are so many computer games D. computers are often down163. The author mentions computer w

9、izards in order to point out that _.A. computers can be controlled by manB. there should be more people devoted to computersC. only young people are interested in computersD. more time and energy is required to control computers164. This passage is probably written to suggest that _.A. some day comp

10、uters can deal with all human problemsB. computers can be used in place of traveling to our jobsC. people should not fear computersD. computer technology will not meet peoples needs in various situations165. The authors attitude态（度） towards widely used computers is_.A. positive B. anxious C. worried

11、 D. curiousPassage TwoKnowledge is power. But there is another thing we must remember. An intelligent mind needs astrong body to make it most useful.There are a great many good exercises for building up our bodies. Many of them may be doneindoors in rainy weather. Indoor exercises, however, are neve

12、r as helpful as those taken out ofdoors because in the open air there is more oxygen. The air in the house is not fresh. But out ofdoors it is very fresh, especially in the morning.But what shall we play? There are a number of games such as football, basketball, races andso on. Any game with plenty

13、of exercises is good.Do not neglect your health. It is of as much importance as your mind. Our country now needspeople with creative minds, good judgment, and healthy bodies.166. One who has an intelligent mind is _ .A. very strong B. very healthy C. very cleverD. very stupid167.“An intelligent mind

14、 needs a strong body to make it useful.”means _A. if you want to make your strong body useful, you must have an intelligent mindB. in order to make your intelligent mind useful, you must have a strong bodyC. to make your strong mind and strong body most useful you need a strong bodyD. if you have a

15、strong body you will have a strong mind168. Which of the following statements is true?A. Indoor exercises are as helpful as outdoor ones.B. Indoor exercises are no more helpful than outdoor exercises.C. Neither indoor exercises nor outdoor exercises are helpful.D. Outdoor exercises are more helpful

16、than indoor ones.169. The air in the house does not remain fresh very long. Its becauseB. there is only a little fresh air coming in and a little waste going outA. the fresh air cant come into the houseC. the air in the house cant move at allD. the house gives off wastes170. Our country now _ with c

17、reative minds, good judgment and healthy bodies.A. needs men and womenB. only needs menC. only needs scientistsD. does not need women but menPassage ThreeSurvival is an art. Survivors are artists. The best acting is done in daily life, not on the stage. Mylate uncle Sir Alexander Korda, the motion-

18、picture producer who could“charm moneyof an empty safe”, was a gifted survivor.Once, a group of investors called him in to complain that he had lost 5 000 000 of their money.Most men would have tried to defend themselves. Alex did not.“Youquietly,“Ihave been wasteful, and careless. I have chosen the

19、 wrong scripts, paid too littleattention to the budgets. I am too old for this business. I will retire. I only hope you will forgive me.”Within an hour, the investors were busy encouraging Alex, cheering him up. It was out of thequestion for him to resign; they wouldnt hear it. And by lunchtime, Ale

20、x had 2more of their money and was back in the action again. When I asked him if he was happy about it, hesaid,“No. They would have put up three or four million, I think. Still, itfor you to learn. Always settle for less than you could get. It doesnt hura gentleman.”171. According to the author, Sir

21、 Alexander Korda is an excellent artist because _ .A. he is a motion-picture producer B. he knows well about how to surviveC. he had a gift to act in the movieD. he can get large amounts of money from investorsA. to put all your money to your sav ings acco untB. to draw your money back if it is not

22、in a safe placeC. to avoid wasting money if you have an empty pocketD. to be able to get money even if it looks impossible173. What would most probably have happe ned if Sir Alexa nder Korda had defe nded hims?fA. He would resig n and live miserably.B. He would be con sidered a gen tlema n.C. The in

23、v estors would not forgive him.D. The inv estors would give him more money.174. Alex did not defe nd himself because_ .A. he hoped to have a happier lifeB. his n ature preve nted him from doing soC. he wan ted to test if he could give the best act ingD. he knew the way to cope with the inv estors175

24、. Alex was n ot happy with the settleme nt because_.A. he thought he could have got more from the inv estorB. he did n t teach the author a good less onC. he didn t like the way he behavedD. he lost his reputati on as a gen tlema nPassage FourTime is the biggest problem of most students. It becomes

25、particularly difficult when you have todo library research for a term paper or report. Finding information in the library can take so muchtime that many students avoid it until the last possible minute.Library research does not have to be time consuming. If you learn to use a library efficiently,172

26、. The phrase tocharm money out of an empty safein the con text meansyou can save yourself a great deal of time. The exercises in this section are designed to familiarizeyou with the library so that you can find the information you need quickly.The first and the most important thing to know about a l

27、ibrary is that when you cannot findsomething, ask a librarian for help. The librarians are paid not just to shelve books, but to provideinformation and assistance. The most helpful librarians are usually those who work in the referenceroom. They will help you get started on a term paper and even hel

28、p you find material. There are twobasic places to begin looking for information, the card catalog and the various periodical indexes.The card catalog is a list of all the books in the library. A periodical index is a list of all the magazineand journal articles written on any subject.176. According

29、to the author, finding information in the library needs a lot of time, so studentsshould _ .A. avoid it until the last possible minuteB. do library researchC. learn how to use it efficientlyD. save a great deal of time177. It is the librariansduty to do all the following things except_.A. arranging

30、and lending booksB. helping students locate the needed booksC. helping students find needed materials D. helping students write their term paper178. In what way could a student get familiarized with the library while reading this section?A. By doing the exercises provided.B. By asking the librarians

31、.C. By looking into the catalog part. D. By reading in the reference room.179. If you need to find a magazine article in the library, the best way for you to do is toA. look in the card catalogB. look in the periodical indexesC. search through the bookshelves180. The passageis taken from an introduc

32、tion of achapter, and the title of the chapter isprobably _ .D. go to the reference roomA. Save Your Study TimeB. Using the Library for Your Term PaperC. Using the Library EfficientlyD. Library- An Information SourcePassage FiveEvery year just after Christmas the January Sales start. All the shops r

33、educe their pricesand for two weeks, they are full of people looking for bargains. My husband and I do not normallygo to the sales as we dont like crowds and in any case are short of mwe have to buy lots of Christmas presents.Last year, however, I took my husband with me to the sales at the large sh

34、op in the centerof London. We both needed some new clothes and were hoping to find a television set. When wegot to Oxford Street, it was so crowded that we decided to split up and meet again at theunderground station. So I left my husband and started looking around the shops. Unfortunately allthe cl

35、othes were in very large sizes and so were not suitable for me. But I did buy a television at avery cheap price, so I felt quite pleased with myself.When I arrived at the station, my husband was not there. So I sat down in a nearby cafe tohave a cup of tea. I quickly finished my tea when I saw my hu

36、sband and went out to meet him. Helooked very happy. Then I saw he was carrying a large and heavy cardboard box.“Oh, dear!”I thought. Yes, we had no new clothes but two televisions. We shall not be goin to the sales again.181. In January _ .A. lots of people go shopping for discountB. people have a

37、lot of money to spend after ChristmasC. all the shops close for a two-week Christmas holidayD. people dont have enough money to go looking for bargains182. In this passage, the word“bargain”could best be replaced by“somA. given to peopleC. offered，sold or bought which is expensiveB. offered at a red

38、uced priceD. sold for the purpose of reaching an agreement183. The husband and wife in the story _ .A. wished to buy a TVB. went to the sales the year beforeC. often went to the sales to buy clothes D. were usually not short of money after Christmas184. The phrase“split up”in the second paragraph me

39、ans“ _ ”.A. break apartB. cause to breakC. become pieces D. go indifferent directions185. After their dayppings,sthoey _.A. were happy with their bargainsB. had got everything they wantedC. got more than they had hoped for D. had to go back to the sales the next dayPassage SixIn order to learn a for

40、eign language well, it is necessary to overcome the fear of making mistakes.If the primary goal of language use is communication, then mistakes are secondary considerationsthat may be dealt with gradually as awareness of those mistakes increases. On the other hand,students should not ignore their mi

41、stakes. The language learner may observe how native speakersexpress themselves, and how native expressions differ from the way the learner might say them. Forexample, a Spanish speaker who has been saying“Ido it”to express willingness to do somethingin the immediate future, could, by interacting wit

42、h native speakers of English, observe that nativespeakers actually say“Idlol it”T.he resulting difference can serve as a basis for the student tomodify his way of using the present tense in English. But a student who is unwilling to interact in thefirst place would lose this opportunity to learn by

43、trial of an error.186. According to the passage, the present tense in English is _ .A. not used to express a desire to do something in the immediate futureB. used with some verbs but not with others to express future intentionC. basically the same in English as it is in SpanishD. speaking without re

44、gard for native speakers187. According to the passage,language learners can reduce the number of their mistakes by.A. asking native speakers for explanationsB. reading good books in the foreign languageC. comparing their speech with that of native speakersD. learning through trial of an error188. Ac

45、cording to the passage,foreign language students who do not interact with native speakerwill NOT _.A. learn very much about the foreign cultureB. learn about the history of the foreign languageC. have to worry about making mistakesD. take advantage of available language models189. According to the p

46、assage,foreign language students should not worry too much about makingmistakes because _.A. native speakers like foreign students who try to learn their languageB. communication is the primary goal of language learningC. native speakers will ignore their mistakesD. everyone makes mistakes when tryi

47、ng to communicate in a strange language190. The authors major conclusion about the function of mistakes in foreign language learningis that _ .A. mistakes are not important in the process of learning a languageB. learners are often very afraid of making mistakesC. making mistakes can help the learne

48、r discover the rules of the languageD. native speakers often do not tell foreign language learners about their mistakesPassage SevenI found my father a very hard man to understand when I was young. He was very short and thinand had large blue eyes. I could have loved him as I did my mother, but he s

49、eemed to hold us off sothat we could not approach him or sit on his knee as love to do. I believe he had a hard life as a child,and I know that he left school at the age of ten and started to work. This made him an unsociableman, unfriendly even to the people closest to him. I never knew him to have

50、 a close friend as theother men did.Everything he did had to be precise. If he chopped the sticks for the fire, each stick would bethe same length and thickness as all the others, and they would all be stacked without one out ofplace. His motto was If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well.

51、In our household his word waslaw and nobody dared dispute it.He worked hard when in a job and saw to it that we children learned the meaning of work. Mymother did not have much pleasure but I do not remember her ever complaining -except onSunday afternoons when father would take off his clothes and

52、get into bed, leaving her to mend hisworking clothes while he had his rest. This she disliked very much, for the clothes were dirty from thework he had been doing and she hated handling anything that was not clean.191. The writer found it difficult to understand her father because he _ .C. ill-treat

53、ed the family D. hated keeping company with children192. What did the writer think made her father unsociable?A. An unhappy childhood.B. A lack of friends.C. No interest in hobbies. D. Not smoking or drinking.193. What was particular about the sticks for the fire?A. They were arranged in a pattern.

54、B. They were chopped in only one place.C. They were similar in length.D. They all weighed the same.194. The writers father believed that _.A. looked distantB. rejected affectionA. you should only do things for which you have the abilityB. only important jobs are worth doing wellC. you should only at

55、tempt worthwhile jobsD. anything you do should be done to your best ability195. What did the writers mother dislike about Sunday afternoons?A. Working while her husband rested.B. Repairing her husbands clothes.C. Not being able to derive any pleasure from what she herself found delightful.D. Touchin

56、g unclean clothes.Passage EightHave you ever wondered why different animals or pests have their particular colors? Colors inthem seem to be used mainly to protect themselves.Birds, especially seagulls, are very fond of locusts, but birds cannot easily catch locustsbecause locusts change their colors

57、 together with the change of the color of crops. When cropsare green, locusts look green. But when crops are ripe, locusts take on exactly the same browncolor as crops have. Some other pests with different colors from plants are usually easily found andeaten by their enemies. So they have to hide th

58、emselves in terror for lives and appear only at night.If you study the animal life in any part of the world, you will find the main use of coloring is toprotect themselves. Bears, wolves and other beasts move quietly through forests. They are usuallyinvisible to the eyes of hunters, becausethey have

59、 the color much like the barks of trees.An even stranger act remains to be noticed. A kind of fish living in seas can send out a kind ofvery black liquid when it faces danger. While the liquid spreads over, its enemies cannot find it, andit immediately swims away. Thus, it has existed up to now thou

60、gh it is not powerful at all.196. This passage mainly talks about _ .A. the change of color in locustsB. the protective coloration of animals and pestsC. how a certain sea fish protects itselfD. animals or pests can dye themselves different colors197. Locusts are not easily wiped out by their enemie