专升本英语（阅读）模拟试卷11（共210题）

专升本英语（阅读）模拟试卷U（共9

套）

（共210题）

专升本英语（阅读）模拟试卷第1套

一、阅读理解（本题共20题，每题1.0分，共20分。）

NewsDapersnolnearlyaspopularlodayasiheywerein【hepasl.Thereareno【very

manypeoplewhoseriouslyreadanewsDapeieverydav.Mostpeoplereadonlythesports

pages,theadviceorgossipcolumns,thecomics,andperhapstheclassified

advertisements.Mostpeopledon'ttakethetimetoreadtherealnews.Newspapereditors

saythattheirreadersarclazy.Theysaytheyhavetotrickpeopleintoreadingthenews.

Theyattempttocatchthereader'sinterestwithpicturesandexcitingheadlines.These

techniquesareusedonthefrontpagebecauseitisthefirstthingyouseewhenyoupick

upthepaper.Thefirstpageattractsattentionandencouragesthereadertolookthrough

therestofthepaper.Thisiswhyeditorsalwayslookforagoodfirstpagestoryand

headlinesthatmakeyoustopandlook.Iftheheadlineishorribleenoughorfrightening

enoughorwildenough,perhapsyouwillgoontoreadtherestofthestory.Justthesame,

therearealotofpeoplewhodonotevenreadthefrontpageanymore.Theymayreadthe

headlines,butthatisall.Thentheyturntothesportspage,orcomics,oradvertisements.

Itseemsthatpeopledonotwantthenewsfromanewspaperanymore.Theysaytheyget

thenewsonthetelevisionnow.Morepeoplewatchtelevisionnewsbecauseitiseasier

andmoreinterestingthanreadinganewspaper.Whataboutyou?Doyoureadnewsfrom

anewspaper?Doyouwatchthenewsontelevision?Doyouthinkiteasiertogetthe

newsfromtelevision?Doyoulistentotheradio?Ordoyouevencareaboutnewsatall?

Wouldyoumindiftherewerenonews?

1、Accordingtothewriter,newspapersare.

A^morepopulartoday

B、lesspopulartoday

C、aspopularasbefore

D、gettingmoreandmorepopular

标准答案：B

知识点解析：文章首句说到：“Newspapersarenotnearlyaspopulartodayastheywere

inthepast.”（今天的报纸不像过去那样受欢迎了）。因此正确答案为B。

2、Editorsthinktheimportantpartofthepaperis.

A^theheadlines

B、thesportspage

C、thefrontpage

D、theclassifiedadvertisements

标准答案：C

知识点解析：根据第一段中第八句：“Thesetechniquesareusedonthefrontpage

becauseitisthefirstthingyouseewhenyoupickupthepaper.”可知,这些技术（图片

和令人激动的标题）♦般都用于头版，因为头版是读者最先看到的，因此可吸引读

者继续看下去。故选Cc

3、Accordingtothearticle,mostpeoplereadallofthefollowingexcept.

A、therealnews

B、thesportspage

C^comics

D、advertisements

标准答案：A

知识点解析:从第一段第三句：“Mostpeoplereadonlythesportspages,theadviceor

gossipcolumns...classifiedadvertisement.Mostpeopledon'ttakethetimetoreadthe

realnews”可知A正确。

4、Todaymorepeoplegetnewsfrom.

A、newspapers

B、radio

C>television

D、bothAandB

标准答案：C

知识点解析：从第一段最后："Theysaytheygetthenewsonthetelevisionnow."可

知，更多的消息是来自电视。因此选C。

5、Theauthor'sattitudetowardnewspaperis.

A、sympathetic

B、critical

C、negative

D、undetermined

标准答案：B

知识点解析：从文章中作者说报纸已不像过去那样受欢迎了，及所作的描述可知，

作者的态度是同情的。

Byadoptingafewsimpletechniques,parentswhoreadtotheirchildrencangreatly

increasetheirchildren'slanguagedevelopment.Itissurprisingbuttrue.Howparentstalk

tothci「childrenmakesabigdifferenceinthechildren'slanguagedevelopmentIfa

parenlencouragesthechildloactivelyrespondtowhaliheparenlisreading,Ihechild's

languageskillsincrease.Astudywasdonewith30three-year-oldchildrenandtheir

parents.Halfofthechildrenparticipatedintheexperimentalstudy;theotherhalfactedas

thecontrolgroup.Intheexperimentalgroup,theparentsweregivenatwo-hourtraining

sessioninwhichtheyweretaughttoaskopen-endedquestionsratherthanyes-or-no

questions.Forexample,theparentshouldask,"Whatisthedoggiedoing?**ratherthan

"Isthedoggierunningaway?"Theparentsinihnexperimentalgroupwerealsoinsirucled

inhowtohelpchildrenfindanswers,how〔osuggestalternativepossibilitiesandhowto

praisecorrectanswers.Atthebeginningofthestudy,thechildrendidnotdifferin

measuresoflanguagedevelopment,butattheendofonemonth,thechildreninthe

experimentalgroupshowed5.5monthsaheadofthecontrolgrouponatestofverbal

expressionandvocabulary.Ninemonthslater,thechildrenintheexperimentalgroupstill

showedanadvanceof6monthsoverthechildreninthecontrolgroup.

6、Whichofthefollowingcanbeinferredfromthepassage?

A、Childrenwhotalkalotaremoreintelligent.

B、Parentswholistentotheirchildrencanteachthemmore.

C、Activechildrenshouldreadmoreandbegivenmoreattention.

D、Verbalabilitycaneasilybedevelopedwithpropermethods.

标准答案：D

知识点解析：本题答案在第一段：Byadoptingafev/simpletechniques,parentswho

readtothcirchildrcncangreatlyincreasetheirchildrcn'slanguagcdevelopment.可知，

父母给孩子读书的时候，通过采用一些简单的方法可以极大提高孩子的语言能力。

因此可以得出这样的结论：语言能力可以通过适当的方法轻松地提高。D正确。

7、Whatdoes"it"inline2canmostprobablybereplacedby?

A^Parentsincreasingchildren'slanguagedevelopment.

B、Readingtechniquesbeingsimple.

C、Parentsreadingtochildren.

D^Children'sintelligencedevelopment.

标准答案：A

知识点解析：根据文章第一段第一句和第三句中的children'slanguagedevelopment

部分，可以看出it指父母能提高孩子的语言能力。代词的指代内容一般应从该句

的上下句中找。

8、Accordingtotheauthor,whichofthefollowingquestionsisthebesttypetoask

childrenabout?

A^Doyouseetheelephant?

B、Istheelephantinthecage?

C、Whatanimalsdoyoulike?

D^Shallwegotothezoo?

标准答案：C

知识点解析：文章第二段第三句说到：Intheexperimentalgroup,theparentswere

givenatwo-hourtrainingsessioninwhichtheyweretaughttoaskopen-endedquestions

ratherthanyes-or-noquestions.即在实验组里，对家长进行了两小时的培训，让他

们学会向孩子们提一些开放式问题，而不是问用“是或不是''回答的问题。再根据下

文提问的举例可推出家长提出的最好的问题应该是：Whatanimalsdoyoulike?（你

喜欢什么样的动物?）C为正确答案。

9、Thedifferencebetweenthecontrolgroupandtheexperimentalgroupwas.

A、thetrainingthatparentsreceived

B、theageofthechildren

C、thebooksthatwereread

D、thenumberofthechildren

标准答案：A

知识点解析：本题答案在第二段第三句：Iniheexperimenlalgroup,theparentswere

givenatwo—hourtrainingsession.」在实验组里,对家长进行了两小时的培训)

文章的调查研究中把孩子及其家长分成两组，显然区别在于实验组里的家长接受了

培训。

10^Thebestconclusionwecandrawfromthepassageisthat.

ANparentsshouldbetrainedtoreadtotheirchildren

B、themorechildrenread,themoreintelligenttheywillbecome

C、children'slanguageskillsincreasewhentheyarerequiredtorespondactively

D、childrenwhoreadactivelyseemsixmonthsolder

标准答案：C

知识点解析：本题答案在第一段最后一句话：Ifaparentencouragesthechildto

activelyrespondtowhattheparentisreading,thechild'slanguagcskillsincrease.可知

C为正确答案。

AsyouarestudentsofEnglish,ifsverypossiblethatyou'11beinterestedinEngland.

That'swherethelanguagewasfirstspoken.ButEnglandisoftencalledbyothernames.

ThisoftenconfusespeopleandIwonderifyouknowwhatthesenamesmean.So,nowI

wouldliketo(ellyouaboutthismatterofnames.Ibelievethatyouhaveheardpeopleuse

thenames—England,BritainorGreatBritain.Let'ssecwhateachofthesenamesmeans.

IfyoulookatamapofEurope,you'11seeagroupofislands—onelargerislandoffthe

northwestcoast,onesmallerandmanytinyones.Thesemakeupwhatiscalledthe

BritishIsles.ThelargestislandoftheBritishIslesisBritain.ItisalsocalledGreat

Britain.ThesmallerislandisIreland.Britainisdividedintothreeparts;Scotland,Wales

andEngland.Butsometimestheword"England"isusedinsteadof"BritainM.Whyso?In

ancienttimes,whatisBritainnowusedtobethreedifferentcountries.Peopleinthese

differentcountriesspokedifferentlanguages.Overmanyyearsthethreecountries

becameone.Englandisthelargestandrichestofthethreeandithasthemostpeople.So

theEnglishpeopletakeitforgrantedthattheirownnamestandsforthewholeisland.

There*sanotherthingthatconfusespeople:sometimesyoumayhearpeoplesay"the

UnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland'.Thatistheofficialnameofthe

country.NorthernIrelandisonlyonesixthoftheislandorIreland.Therestoftheisland

isanindependentstate,calledtheRepublicofIreland.Sowehavethenamesof

"England","Britain","GreatBritain",and"theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainand

NorthernIreland".Nowdoyouknowwhateachofthemmeans?

11、Englishwasfirstspokenin.

A、Britain

B、England

C、GreatBritain

D、Ireland

标准答案：B

知识点解析：关键诃语是wasfirstspoken。首先应迅速找出该词语在文章中的位

置，确定该题的信息在文章的前两句中。只要读懂原文，仔细判断，就能找到正确

答案是B选项。

12、Britainisdividedinto.

A、England,Britain,andWales

B、England,Scotland,andWales

C^Wales,Scotland,andGreatBritain

D^GreatBritain,Wales,andScotland

标准答案：B

知识点解析：该题所包含的信息在文章第三段第一一句Britainisdividedintothree

parts：Scotland,WalesandEngland.中很容易找到答案，但选择时要细心。

Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?

A^Walesistherichestofthethree.

B、Scotlandisthelargestofthethree.

C^SometimesEnglandisusedinsteadofBritain.

D^BritainistheonlynameofthelargestislandofBritishIsles.

标准答案：C

知识点解析：考生应具备正确把握文中信息的能力，必须通过细心阅读和理解，迅

速确定试题正确信息在文章中的出处。本题C选项的信息在第三段第二句话中可

找到。同时也可用排除法做此类题。

14、TheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandis.

A、partofBritain

B、partofBritishIsles

C^theofficialnameofthewholecountry

D、thelargestcountryofallmentionedinthepassage

标准答案：C

知识点解析：通过文章+*最后一段前两句的阅读和理解，可迅速确定“TheUniied

KingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandistheofficialnameofthewhole

country.”是正确答案。

15、Whichofthefollowingisanindependentcountry?

A、Wales

Scotland

C、NorthernIreland

D、TheRepublicofIreland

标准答案：D

知识点解析：正确答案在文章中最后一段的中间Therestoftheislandisan

independentstate,calledtheRepublicofIreland.可迅速找到。做题的关键在于了解

文章大意，细心选择答案。

EveryyearjustafterChristmastheJanuarySalesstart.Alltheshopsreducetheirprices

andfortwoweeks,theyarefullofpeoplelookingforbargains.MyhusbandandIdonot

normallygotothesalesaswedon*tlikecrowdsandinanycaseareshortofmoneyaswe

havetobuylotsofChristmaspresents.Lastyear,however,Itookmyhusbandwithmeto

thesalesatthelargeshopinthecenterofLondon.Webothneededsomenewclothesand

werehopingtofindatelevisionset.WhenWDgotloOxfordStreet、itwassocrowded

thalwedecidedlospliiUDandmeelagainaliheundergroundslation.SoIleftmy

husbandandstartedlookingaroundtheshops.Unfortunatelyalltheclotheswereinvery

largesizesandsowerenotsuitableforme.ButIdidbuyatelevisionataverycheap

price,soIfeltquitepleasedwithmyself.WhenIarrivedatthestation,myhusbandwas

notthere.SoIsatdowninanearbycafetohaveacupoftea.Iquicklyfinishedmytea

whenIsawmyhusbandandwentouttomeethim.Helookedveryhappy.ThenIsawhe

wascarryingalargeandheavycardboardbox."Oh,dear!"Ithought.Yes,wehadnonew

clothesbuttwotelevisions.Weshallnotbegoingtothesalesagain.

16、InJanuary.

A、lotsofpeoplegoshoppingfordiscount

B、peoplehavealotofmoneytospendafterChristmas

C>alltheshopscloseforatwo-wcckChristmasholiday

D、peopledoivthaveenoughmoneytogolookingfbrbargains

标准答案：A

知识点解析：其中A项中的关键词为discount,它的意思是“reductioninprice”］降

价），与文章第一段中“AHtheshopsreducetheirprices.”的意思相一致，故A项是

正确的。其他三个选项都不符合文章的意思。

17、Inthispassage,theword"bargain"couldbestbereplacedby"something

A、giventopeople

B、offeredatareducedprice

C、offered,soldorboughtwhichisexpensive

D、soldforthepurposeofreachinganagreement

标准答案：B--

知识点解析：题中“bargain”为关键词，它的意思是“somethingthatischeap”（便宜

货），与B项“降价所提供的东西”相一致，所以B项是正确答案。

Thehusbandandwifeinthestory.

A、wishedtobuyaTV

B、wenttothesalesnormally

C^oftenwenttothesalestobuyclothes

D、wereusuallynotshortofmoneyafterChristmas

标准答案：A

知识点解析：从文章第二段中的第二句"Webothnccdcd...andwerehopingtofinda

lelevisionsel.”可判断A项为正确答案。其他三项不符合文章的意思。

19、Thephrase"splitup"inthesecondparagraphmeans"

A、breakapart

B、causetobreak

C^becomepieces

D、goindifferentdirections

标准答案：D

知识点解析：短语动词splitup的汉语意思是：朝不同方向前进。如：Thegroup

splituptotrytofindfood］队伍分头去寻找食物）。D项就是splitup的含义，故为正

确答案。

20,Aftertheirday'sshopping,they.

A、werehappywiththeirbargains

B、hadgoteverythingtheywanted

C>gotmorethantheyhadhopedfor

D、hadtogobacktothesalesthenextday

标准答案：C

知识点解析：木文作者和她丈夫本想购买一台电视机，结果他们却买了两台电视

机，和C项内容相符；比他们原来希望购买的要多。其他三项和文章的内容不

符。

专升本英语（阅读）模拟试卷第2套

一、阅读理解（本题共25题，每题1.0分，共25分。）

Theworldisknowntousthroughmanysenses,notjusthearing,smell,vision,andat

closerange,touchandtaste.Ourskinsletusknowwhethertheairismoistordry,

whethersurfacesarewetwithoutbeingstickyorslippery.Fromtheuniformityofslight

pressure,wecanbeawarehowdeeplyafingeristhrustintowateratbodytemperature,

evenifthefingerisenclosedinarubberglovethatkeepstheskincompletelydry.Many

otheranimalswithhighlysensitiveskins,appeartobeabletolearnstillmoreabouttheir

environment.Oftentheydosowithoutemployinganyofthefivesenses.Byobserving

thecapabilitiesofothermembersoftheanimalkingdom,wecometorealizethata

humanbeinghasfarmorepossibilitiesthanareutilized.Wcneglecteversomanyofour

sensesinconcentratingonthefivemajorones.Atthesametime,acomparisonbetween

animalsandmandrawsattentiontothelimitationsofeachsense.Thepartofthe

spectrumseenbycolor-consciousmanasredisnon-existentfbrhoney-bees.Butab?e

canseefarmoreinflowersthanwe,becausetheultraviolet（紫外线）towhichoureyes

areblindisastimulating（刺激的）partoftheinsect'sspectrum,andforhoney-beesat

least,constitutesaseparatecolour.

1、Fromthepassage,werealizethat.

A、manpossessesasmanysensesasanimals

B、manpossessesafewmoresensesthananimals

C、manpossessesfarmoresensesthanthefivemajorones

D、manhasfullyutilizedhissenses

标准答案：C

知识点解析：文章第一段Theworldisknowntousthroughmanysenses,notjust

hearing,smell,vision,andatcloserange,touchandtaste.可知文中的notjust与

选项中的farmoresenses同义替换。

2、WhichofthefollowingisTRUE?

A、Thehoney-beeisblindtored.

B、Manismorecolor-consciousthanthehoney-bee.

C^Thehoney-beecanseefarmorecolorsthanman.

D、Manissensitivetotheultraviolet.

标准答案：A

知识点解析：文章第三段Thepartofthespectrum（光谱）seenbycolor-consciousman

asredisnon-existentforhoney-bees.由此选A。

3、Wecanrealizehowdeeplyafingerispulintowateratbodytemperature.

fromthesenseofdirecttouch

B、throughskincontact

C、fromtheevendistributionofpressure

D、throughthedifferenceintemperature

标准答案：C

知识点解析：文章第二段中Fromtheuniformityofslightpressure,wecanbeaware

howdeeplyafingeristhrustintowateratbodytemperature,evenifthefingeris

enclosedinarubberglovethatkeepstheskincompletelydry.可知C正确。

4、Thephrase"sensitiveskins"（Para.2）mostprobablymeans.

A、skinsthatarestickyorslippery

B、skinsthataredelicate

C、skinsthatarecomplerelydry

D^skinsthatarequicktofeelandrespond

标准答案：D

知识点解析：由上下文Manyotheranimalswithhighlysensitiveskins,appeartobe

abletolearnstillmoreabouttheirenvironment.在这里learn的意思即是sensitiveskin

的作用及功能，因此选D。

5、Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?

A、Allsenseshavetheirlimitations.

B、Manhasnotfullyutilizedallhissenses.

C、Insectsaremoresensitivetocolorsthanman.

D、Manisnotasgoodasanimalsinlearningabouttheenvironment.

标准答案：B「」

知识点解析：从文章结沟来看，文章提出了我们有许多感觉器官，而后在第三段中

提出wecometorealizethatahumanbeinghasformorepossibilitiesthanare

utilized.因此选Bo

CanalsexistedinEgyptthousandsofyearsago.ThegreatcanalatBabylonwasbuilt

about2000B.C..TheGrandCanalofChina,whichisover900mileslong,wasbegun

about2500yearsago,andtookcenturiestofinish.Duringtheseventeenthcentury,

Francebuiltmanycanalsthatareslillinusetoday.However,theyarenotsoheavily

traveledastheywereahundredyearsago,beforerailwayswerebuilt.Onesuchcanalisa

short-cutbetweentheAtlanticOceanandtheMediterranean.CanalsinGermanypermit

boatstogofromtheBlackSeatotheNorthSea.TheKielCanalprovidesapassagev/ay

betweentheNorthSeaandtheBaltic.InAmerica,theGreatLakesareallconnectedby

canals,enablingshipstogofromtheAtlanticOceanandtheSt.LawrenceRivertoLake

Superior.Itisimpossibletoanswerthequestion,"Whobuiltthefirstcanal?"Perhaps

somepeoplelongago,livinginadrycountry,discoveredthattheycoulddigditchesto

irrigatetheirfieldswithriverwater.And,naturally,inthedayswhenboatswerethemost

importantmeansoftransport,canalsweretheeasiestmeansofreachingaplacethatwas

notonariver.Acanaljoiningtworiversprovedbotheasyandtime-savingforboat

travel.Today,mostcountriesintheworldhavecanals.Eveninthetwentiethcentury,

goodscanmovemorecheaplybyboatthanbyanyothermeansoftransport.Some

canals,suchastheSuezorthePanama,saveshipsweeksoftimebymakingtheirvoyage

athousandmilesshorter.Othercanalspermitboatstoreachcitiesthatarenotlocatedon

thecoast.Stillothercanalsdrainlandswherethereisloomuchwater,helptoirrigate

fieldswherethereisnotenoughwater,andfurnishwaterpowerforfactoriesandmills.

6、Whichofthefollowingpairsofplaceshasnotyetbeenconnectedbycanal?

A、TheNorthSeaandtheBlackSea.

TheAtlanticOceanandtheMediterraneanSea.

C、TheNorthSeaandtheBaltic.

D、TheBlackSeaandtheBaltic.

标准答案：D

知识点解析：文章第一段Onesuchcanalisashort—cutbetweentheAtlanticOcean

andtheMediterranean.CanalsinGermanypermitboatstogofromtheBlackSeatothe

NoahSea.TheKielCanalprovidesapassagewaybetweentheNorthSeaandthe

Baltic.这里提到了TheNorthSeaandtheBlackSea.TheAtlanticOceanandthe

MediterraneanSea,TheNorthSeaandtheBaltic.但没有TheBlackSeaandthe

Baltic.故选D。

7、Accordingtothispassage,canalsinEuropewerebuiltprimarilyfor.

A、transport

B、irrigation

C>drainage

D、electricity

标准答案：A

知识点解析：由文章第一段第五句However,theyarcnotsoheavilytraveledasthey

wereahundredyearsago,beforerailwayswerebuilt.和第二段最后一句Acanal

joiningtworiversprovedbotheasyandtime,savingforboattravel可知A对。

8、Itisimpliedinthepassagethatthefirstcanalwasprobablybuilt.

A、inChina

B、about2000B.C.

C、forirrigation

D、forboattravel

标准答案：C

知识点解析：文章第二段Perhapssomepeoplelongago,livinginadrycountry,

discoveredthattheycoulddigditchestoiirigatetheirfieldswithfiverwater.可知Co

9、WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTTRUEaccordingtothispassage?

AsBoatstravelfasterinthecanalthanintheriver.

B>Canalsmakethevoyageofshipsshorter.

C、Canalsarestillusedforthedeliveryofgoods.

D^Canalsprovideameansofcheaptransportationeventoday.

标准答案：A

知识点解析：只有A是文中没有提到的。

10、Themainpurposeoftheauthorinwritingthispassageismostprobablyto.

A、discussthedevelopmentofcanalsintheworld

introducethehistoryofimportantcanalsintheworld

C>illustratetheusefulnessofcanals

D、suggestthenecessitytomakebelteruseofcanals

标准答案：C

知识点解析：文章列举了运河在历史上和现今的地位和作用，故C正确。

IfhalfofthewaterweretobedrainedfromthePacificOcean,acuriouskindof

submarinemountaincalledaguyotwouldbeexposed.Guyotsarestrangeformationsthat

resemblemushroomstalkswithflattops.Morethansixhundredandfiftyofthese

volcanicstalkshavebeendiscoveredinthePacificOcean,andafewothershavebeen

discoveredintheAtlanticseaplains.Itiseasytosupposethattheguyotswereformedby

underwaterlavaspoutsthatpiledupvolcanicdebrisovertheyears,butjusthowthey

acquiredtheircuriouslyflattopsremainsamystery.Shallow-waterfossilsfound

embedded（植入）inthetopsofsomeguyotssuggestthatatonetimetheflattopswere

muchnearertheocean*ssurface,butbeyondthisthereislittlethatscientistscansay.One

attempttoaccountfortheflattopssuggeststhattheoceanlevelswereoncemuchlower

thantheyaretoday;thuswaveactionmighthavesmoothedawaytheoriginalpeaks.

Anothertheoryholdsthattheguyotshaveprobablyalwaysflattopsandthattheirweight

haspushedthemslightlytowardtheoceanfloor,causingthemtoslowlysubmerge.But

theseareonlytheories-theguyotsarestillageophysicalpuzzle.

11、Thestrangeformationscalledguyotsareactually.

A、underwatervolcanoes

B、volcanicdebris

C、mushroomstalkswithflattops

D^submergedseaplains

标准答案：B

知识点解析：文章第二段Itiseasytosupposethattheguyotswereformedby

underwaterlavaspoutsthatpiledupvolcanicdebris（残骸）overtheyears.可知B正

确。

12^Scientistarepuzzledbytheguyots'.

ANmushroomlikeappearance

B、submarinelocation

C^curiouslyflattops

D^origin

标准答案：C

知识点解析：文章第二段butjusthowtheyacquiredtheircuriouslyflattopsremainsa

mystery.文中的mystery即题目中的puzzleo

13、Thediscoveryofshallow-waterfossilsindicatesthattheguyotswere.

A^submergedbytheirownweight

B、flattenedbytheactionofwaves

C、notsodeepintheocean

D^formedbyunderwaterlavaspouts

标准答案：C

知识点解析：文章第二段Shallow—waterfossilsfoundembedded（植入）inthetopsof

someguyotssuggestthatatonetimetheflattopsweremuchnearertheocean's

surface.即选C。

14、Theguyotsarestillageophysicalpuzzlenowadaysbecause.

A^noexplanationoftheiroriginhasyetbeenoffered

scientistshavenotyetofferedanyexplanationoftheirshapes

C、theoriesrelatingtotheiroriginsandshapeshaveneverbeenproved

D^scientistsarenotsuretheoceanlevelshavechanged

标准答案：C

知识点解析：文章第三段Buttheseareonlytheories-theguyotsarestillageophvsical

puzzle.可知两个假设只是理论没有被证实。

15、Wecanconcludefromthispassagethat.

A、thereareguyotsineveryoceanoftheworld

B、guyotsareproducedbyviolentvolcanicaction

C、themysteryoftheguyotswillsoonbesolved

D、theguyots'flattopswillremainamysteryfbrsometime

标准答案：D

知识点解析：文章中反复出现butjusthowtheyacquiredtheircuriouslyHattops

remainsamystery,butbeyondthisthereislittlethatscientistscallsay.Buttheseare

onlytheories一theguyotsarcstillageophysicalpuzzle.故选Do

WithinfifteenyearsBritainandothernationsshouldbewellonwiththebuildingofhuge

industrialcomplexesfortherecyclingofwaste.Thewordrubbishcouldloseitsmeaning

becauseeverythingwhichgoesintothedumps（垃圾堆）wouldbemadeintosomething

useful.Eventhemostdangerousandunpleasantwasteswouldprovideenergyifnothing

else.Thelatestprojectistotakeacityofaroundhalfamillioninhabitantsanddiscover

exactlywhatrawmaterialsgointoitandwhatgoout.Theaimistofindouthowmuchof

theserawmaterialscouldbeprovidedifaplantfbrrecyclingwastewerebuiltjust

outsidethecity.Thisplantwouldrecyclenotonlymetalsuchassteel,leadandcopper,

butalsopaperandrubberaswell.Anothernewprojectisbeingsetuptodiscoverthebest

waysofsortingandseparatingtherubbish.Whenthisprojectiscomplete,therubbish

willbeprocessedlikethis:first,itwillpassthroughsharpmetalbarswhichwilltearopen

theplasticbagsinwhichrubbishisusuallypacked;thenitwillpassthroughapowerful

fantoseparatethelightestelementsfromtheheavysolids,afterthatgroundersand

rollerswillbreakupeventhingthatcanbebroken.Finally,therubbishwillpassunder

magnets,whichwillremovethebitsofironandsteel;therubberandplasticwillthenbe

sortedoutin（hefinalstage.Thefirstfull-scalegiantrecyclingplantsarc,perhaps,fifteen

yearsaway.Indeed,withthegrowingcostoftransportingrubbishtomoredistantdumps,

somebigcitieswillbeforcedtobuildtheirownrecyclingplantsbeforelong.

16、Fromthefirstparagraph,wecansee.

A、therewillbenowasteintheworld

B、thewastecannotbereused

C^thewastecanbereused

D、therewillbealotofuselesswasteintheworld

标准答案：C

知识点解析：文章第一段Thewordrubbishcouldloseitsmeaningbecauseeverything

whichgoesintothedumps（垃圾堆）wouldbemadeintosomethinguseful可知选Co

17、WhatisNOTmentionedasapartoftherecyclingprocessdescribedinPara.3?

A、Sharpeningmetalbars.

Breakingupwhateverisbreakable.

C、Separatinglightelementsfromtheheavyones.

D^Sortingoutsmallpiecesofmetal.

标准答案：A

知识点解析：由文章第三段first,itwillpassthroughsharpmetalbarswhichwilltear

opentheplasticbagsinwhichrubbishisusuallypacked可知passthroughsharpmetal

bars与sharpeningmetalbars不是一回事。

18、What'sthemainreasonforbigcitiestobuildtheirownrecyclingplants?

A、Togetbigprofitsfromthoseplants.

B、loprotecttheenvironmentfrompollution.

C、Togetrawmaterialslocally.

D、Todealwithwastesinabetterway.

标准答案：C

知识点解析：文章第四段Indeed,withthegrowingcostoftransportingrubbishto

moredistantdumps,somebigcitieswillbeforcedtobuildtheirownrecyclingplants

beforelong.可知运送垃圾成本过高是一些大城市在周边建造垃圾回收站的原因，

也即建了垃圾回收站就可以就近运送垃圾，降低成本。故C正确。

19,Thefirstfull-scalehugerecyclingplants.

ANwillprobablybeinoperationinfifteenyears

B、willprobablytakelessthanfifteenyearstobuild

C^willbebuiltfifteenyearslater

D^begantooperatefifteenyearsago

标准答案：C

知识点解析:文章第四段中Thefirstfull-scalegiantrecyclingplantsare,perhaps,

fifteenyearsaway.在这里away和选项中的later是同义替换。

20、Thepassageismainlyabout.

A^acheapwaytogetenergy

B、newwaysofrecyclingwastes

C、thelocationofrecyclingplants

D^theprotectionofcityenvironment

标准答案：B

知识点解析：文章开头即是中心。

Readingisthoughttobeakindofconversationbetweenthereaderandthetext.The

readerputsquestions,asitwere,tothetextandgetsanswers.Inthelightoftheseheputs

furtherquestions,andsoon.Formostofthetimethis"conversation"goesonbelowthe

levelofconsciousness.Attimes,however,webecomeawareofit.Thisisusuallywhen

wcarcrunningintodifficulties,whenmismatchisoccurringbetweenexpectationsand

meaning.Whensucc