完型填空阅读理解

1、第三部分 完型填空Passage 1 There are advantages and disadvantages to     1       Asian and Western educational methods. For example, one advantage     2     the education in Japan is that students there learn much more math and

2、science      3      American students. They also study more hours each day than Americans     4      . The study is difficult, but it       5      students for a soc

3、iety that values discipline and self-control. There is, however, a disadvantage. Memorization is an important learning method in Japanese schools,     6   many students say that after an exam, they forget much of the information that they have memorized.The advantage to the

4、education in North America,      7     the other hand, is that students learn to think by themselves. The system prepares them for a society that values      8  ideas. There is, however, a disadvantage. When students graduate from high

5、 school, they havent memorized  9     many basic rules and facts as students in other countries  10        . 1. A. only                  B. both   

6、60;            C. all                  2. A. for                    B. as   

7、0;                 C. to 3. A. to                     B. for                

8、;      C. than             4. A. do                  B. have                 C. does&

9、#160;           5. A. provides         B. gets                  C. prepares     6. A. and      

10、             B. yet                  C. just7. A. at                   

11、0;  B. on               C. under8. A. old                   B. poor                &#

12、160;C. new    9. A. more                B. less                   C. as10. A. have            

13、B. does              C. havent          Passage 2 A study has shown that fitness is the key (1) _ long life, irrespective of body shape (2) _ even smoking habits. Researchers discovered that people who exe

14、rcise live longer than (3)_, even if they are overweight and smoke.The study found that (4)_ fit of the 6,000 middle-aged men in the study were five times more likely to die within six years of the start of the research than the fittest. This was true (5)_the men had heart problems, smoked or were o

15、verweight. Scientists concluded that it was better (6)_and active than skinny and sedentary. Dr Ken cooper, a fitness expert, said, “ You are better off smoking a packet of cigarettes a day and exercising regularly than (7)_ a non smoker and sedentary.” Although he adds, “But dont misunderstand me.

16、I am not endorsing (8)_, I am trying to tell you how dangerous it is to be sedentary.”The British Government is putting pressure (9)_ manufacturers to reduce high levels of sugar in food and to restrict the hard-sell of junk food to children in order to improve the nations health. But the new study

17、suggests the Government should encourage more people (10)_.1.  A. for               B. of               C. to       

18、0;    2.  A. or               B. and              C. but          3.  A. these that do not 

19、0;    B. these who do not   C. those who do not 4.  A. the little          B. less               C. the least 5.  A. if or not     

20、;      B. whether or not       C. when6.  A. to be fat         B. being fat to          C. doing7.  A. being      &

21、#160;     B. be                   C. to be         8.  A. smoked         B. to smoke   

22、60;        C. smoking       9.  A. for               B. on                  

23、;   C. to          10.  A. exercised        B. exercising       C. to exercise      Passage 3 More and more people (1) _ to install burglar alarm

24、s in their houses if they want to get insurance. Insurance companies (2) _ people in certain areas to install the alarms before they will give them insurance for the fast year. This is (3) _ to increasing crime in some parts of the country. This can be a problem for people (4) _ are struggling to ma

25、ke (5) _ ends meet. The alarms, (6) _ can be very expensive, need to be installed by an electrician. It is (7) _ that 20% of homes have alarms installed, and that another 20% of people plan (8) _ but have not installed them (9) _. The insurance companies told people (10) _ the alarms on all doors an

26、d windows.1.  A. has             B. had             C. have 2.  A. have been asked    B. have been asking      C. asked 3.  A

27、. due            B. because of         C. because       4.  A. which         B. who        

28、;  C. what          5.  A. the             B. all              C. (不填)        &#

29、160;   6.  A. which           B. who          C. that7.  A. estimate        B. estimating     C. estimated 8.  A. to have the

30、m installing         B. to have them installed   C. to have been installing them         9.  A. still             B. already  

31、;          C. yet           10.  A. to install       B. installed          C. installing      &

32、#160; Passage 4Peter Blake is a successful businessman, but he (1)_ to be very poor. He had nowhere to live and (2) _ working in a pub when he (3) _ to start his own business. Peter had always (4) _ interested in plants and flowers, (5) _he decided to set up a company (6) _ cared for the plants in b

33、ig offices. At first he worked on his (7) _, but soon he took (8) _ two people to help him. The company has been growing (9) _ for the last ten years. Peter is now very rich, (10) _ he complains that now he doesnt work with plants but with a computer every day!  1.    A. would

34、60;               B. used               C. -2.     A. has been              

35、;   B. was                C. been               3.     A. had decided          B. has

36、 decided     C. decided 4.    A.  was                     B. being             C. been 5.  

37、0; A.  so                    B. but                  C. although6.    A.  who    

38、;                B. which           C. whose           7.    A. himself         

39、         B. self                 C. own                8.    A.  up    

40、;               B.on                 C. in                  9.   

41、 A.-                         B. up                   C. over      

42、;       10.  A. therefore        B. moreover                C. but  第四部分 阅读理解短文理解1There have been changes in all sorts of different areas of British s

43、ociety. In recent years in the UK we have had a very large increase in the number of couples who get divorced. After 1969 and the Divorce Law Reform Act we had a very rapid increase in the number of divorces. The rate increased steadily and in recent years has increased much more rapidly. But there

44、are also quite a lot of people who do actually get married. At present the marriage rate in the UK is about 70 per cent, which has gone down since the number of people who marry has gone down quite a lot in the last 20 years, but more significantly in the last 10 years. Quite high proportions of peo

45、ple now live together without marrying, and, for example, 40 per cent of children born in the UK are born to couples who aren't married or are born to lone parents. There are quite a large number of lone parent families, 90 per cent of these are headed by a woman rather than a man. The average f

46、amily size now in the UK is 1.8 children per couple, which means that there's been quite a decline in the birth rate in the UK along with other European countries.1. What does the passage mainly discuss?A. The declining divorce rate in the UK.B. Trends in marriage and divorce in the UK. C. The i

47、ncreasing divorce rate in the UK. 2. During the last ten years, _.A. the marriage rate has gone down more rapidly in the UK B. the marriage rate has gone up a lot in the UK C. 40% of children were born to unwed couples in the UK 3. According to the passage, the cohabitation rate in the UK tends to _

48、.A. soar (急剧上升)   B. not mentioned in the passage   C. stay stable 4. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true? A. The marriage rate has gone down in recent years.B. The highest divorce rate was around 1969. C. The marriage rate is currently 70 perc

49、ent. 5. The last paragraph tells us _.A. the birth rate in the UK is increasing at the moment B. the birth rate in the UK is decreasing rapidly now C. the birth rate in other European countries keeps increasing 短文理解2People all over the world today are beginning to hear and learn more and more about

50、the problem of pollution. Pollution is caused either by mans release of completely new and often artificial (人造的) substances into the environment, or by releasing greatly increased amounts of a natural substance (物质)，such as oil from oil tankers into the sea.Whatever its underlying reasons, there is

51、 no doubt that much of the pollution caused could be controlled if only companies, individuals and governments would make more efforts. In the home there is an obvious need to control litter and waste. Food comes wrapped up three of four times in packages that all have to be disposed of; drinks are

52、increasingly sold in bottles or tins which cant be reused. This not only causes a litter problem, but also is a great waste of resources, in terms of glass, metal and paper. Advertising has helped this process by persuading many of us not only to buy things we neither want nor need, but also to thro

53、w away much of what we do buy. Pollution and waste combine to be a problem everyone can help to solve by cutting out unnecessary buying, excess use and careless disposal (处理) of the products we use in our daily lives.1. The main cause of pollution is _.A.      the release of

54、 artificial or natural substances into the environment B.      the production of new industrial goods    C.      increased amounts of a natural substance2. Much of the pollution could be controlled if only _.A.    &

55、#160; farmers would use less artificial fertilizers   B.      governments would take effective measuresC.      all sides concerned would make more efforts 3. Food packages, bottles and tins for drinks can cause _.A. air and water pollution&

56、#160;   B. both a litter problem and a waster of resources C. to pay for the service4. Which of the following can not help solving the problem of pollution?A. Cutting out unnecessary buying.   B. Reduce excess use     C. Eating. 5. What does the underlined wor

57、d “litter” mean in paragraph 2?A. Bits of waste things            B. serious problem     C. industrial pollution  短文理解3 A funny thing happened on the way to the communication revolution: we stopped talking to e

58、ach other.        I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his mobile phone rang, interrupting our conversation. There we were, walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day and poof! I was cut off as if I had become absent from the conversation.   

59、;     The park was filled with people talking on their cell phones. They were passing people without looking at them, saying hello, noticing their babies or stopping to pat their dogs. It seems that the limitless electronic voice is preferred to human contact.    &

60、#160;   The telephone used to connect you to the absent. Now it makes people feel absent. Recently I was in a car with three friends. The driver hushed the rest of us because he could not hear the person on the other end of his cell phone. There we were, four friends driving down the highw

61、ay, unable to talk to each other because of the small thing designed to make communication easier.        Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel? Every advance in communications technology is a setback (退步) to the closeness of human inter

62、action. With e-mail and instant message over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another. With voice mail, you can make entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. If my mom has a question, I just leave the answer on her machine.      

63、;  As almost every contact between human beings gets automatic, the emotional distance index goes up. Pumping gas at the station? Why say good-morning to the assistant when you can swipe you credit card at the pump and save yourself the bother of human contact? Making a deposit at the bank? Why

64、 talk to the clerk who lives in the neighborhood when you can put your card into the ATM?       More and more, I find myself hiding behind e-mail to do a job meant for conversation or being relieved that voice mail picked up because I didnt really have time to talk. The

65、 technology devoted to helping me keep in touch is making me lonelier.       I own a mobile phone, an ATM card, a voice-mail telephone, and an e-mail account. Giving them up isnt a choice. They are great for what they are intended to do. Its their unintended results tha

66、t make me upset. What good is all this gee-whiz technology if there is no one in the room to hear you crying out “Gee whiz”?1. The authors experience of walking in a park with a friend recently made him feel _. A. unhappy        B. funny    

67、;    C.  wonderful2. According to the author, human contact in a park means _. A. looking at each other and saying hello when passingB. noticing their babies and stopping to pat their dogsC. both A and B  3. According to the author, the more connected we get in communic

68、ations technology, the _ we are. A. more automatic        B. more disconnected          C. closer  4. What are the examples the author gives to explain his idea that every advance in communications technology is a s

69、etback to the closeness of human interaction? A. With e-mail and instant message over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another.B. With voice mail, you can make entire conversations without ever reaching anyone.C. All of the above.  5. What is the unintended

70、result of communication technology, according to the author?A. It makes communication easier and conversation possible everywhere. B. It actually creates a distance between people instead of bringing them together. C. It makes human contacts limitless with electronic voices everywhere 短文理解4Some

71、 people think they have an answer to the troubles of automobile crowding and dirty air in large cities. Their answer is the bicycle, or “bike”.In a great many cities, hundreds of people ride bicycles to work every day. In New York City, some bike riders have even formed a group called Bike for a Bet

72、ter City. They claim that if more people rode bicycles to work there would be fewer automobiles in the downtown section of the city and therefore less dirty air from car engines.For several years this group has been trying to get the city government to help bike riders. For example, they want the ci

73、ty to draw bicycle lanes on some of the main streets, because when bike riders have to use the same lanes as cars, there are accidents. Bike for a Better City feels that if there were special lanes more people would use bikes.But no bicycle lanes have been drawn. Not everyone thinks it is a good ide

74、a - they say it will slow traffic. Some store owners on the main streets say that if there is less traffic, they will have less business. And most people live too far from downtown to travel by bike.The city government has not yet decided what to do. It wants to keep everyone happy. Only on weekends

75、, Central Park is closed to cars, and the roads may be used by bicycles only. But Bike for a Better City says that this is not enough and keeps fighting to get bicycle lanes downtown.1. According to the passage, bicycles _.A.      are more convenient than cars  

76、60; B.      are safer traffic tools than carsC.      are the solution to some city problems 2.       The idea of special bicycle lanes is most favored by _.A.      the city government  B.

77、60;     some bike riders       C.      some store owners3.       “Bicycle lanes” in the third paragraph probably means _.A.      roads for bicycles only    

78、; B.      roads full of bicyclesC.      special parts of the road for bicycle riders only  4.       Which of the following is not true according to the passage?A.      In New York City, many

79、 people use bikes as they have special lanes B.      Sometimes accidents may occur when cars and bikes are on the same lanes.C.      The Central Park is closed to cars on weekends.5.       The best title for this passage

80、 is _.A.      Traffic Crowding in New York City   B.      Special Lanes for PassengersC.     Solution to Traffic Problem in New York  短文理解5Benjamin Disraeli, the famous nineteenth century prime minister, said, “Lond

81、on is not a city,  - it is a nation.” Today this is an understatement; London, with its vast range of different ethnic groups, is a world. Certainly, London is the most culturally diverse city in the world.  The city was founded by the Romans and since then new arrivals have constantly add

82、ed to its character and prosperity.  Within 10 years 40% of Londoners will be from ethnic minority groups, including the growing number of Londoners of mixed ethnic origin, but most of them will have been born in Britain. Children of Caribbean-Chinese marriages will go to school with children of Russian-Irish couples. None of them will be English b