专升本英语（阅读）模拟试卷14

专升本英语（阅读）模拟试卷14

一、阅读理解（本题共20题，每题7.0分，共20分。）

Newspapersarcnotnearlyaspopulartodayastheywereinthepast.Therearcnotvery

manypeoplewh。seriouslyreadanewspapereverydav.Mostpeoplereadonlythesports

pages,theadviceorgossipcolumns,thecomics,andperhapstheclassified

advertisements.Mostpeopledon'ttakethetimetoreadtherealnews.Newspapereditors

saythattheirreadersarelazy.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?

1Accordingtothewriter,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：“Newspapersarcnotncarlyaspopulartodayastheywere

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

becauseitisthcfirstthingyouseewhenyoupickupthcpapcr.”可知,这些技术（图片

和令人激动的标题)一般都用于头版，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C

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

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.HowparentsUdk

toiheirchildrenmakesabigdifferenceinihechildren'slanguagedeveloDment.Ifa

Darenlencouragesthechildloactivelyrespondlowhatiheparenlisreading,ihechild's

languageskillsinciease.Astudywasdonewith30three-year-oldchildrenandtheir

parents.Halfofthechildrenparticipatedintheexperimentalstudy;theotherhalfactedas

thecontrolgroup.Intheexperimentalgroup,theparentsweregivenatwo-hourtraining

sessioninwhichtheyweretaughttoaskopen-endedquestionsratherthanyes-or-no

questions.Forexample,theparentshouldask,"Whatisthedoggiedoing?"ratherthan

"Isthedoggierunningaway?"TheDarenlsiniheexperimenlalgroupwerealsoinstrucled

inhowlohelpchildrenfindanswers,howlosuggeslaliernativepossibilitiesandhowlo

praisecorrectanswers.A(thebeginningofthestudy,thechildrendidnotdifferin

measuresoflanguagedevelopment,butattheendofonemonth,thechildreninthe

experimentalgroupshowed5.5monthsaheadofthecontrolgrouponatestofverbal

expressionandvocabulary.Ninemonthslater,thechildrenintheexperimentalgroupstill

showedanadvanceof6monthsoverthechildreninthecontrolgroup.

6、Whichofthefollowingcanbeinferredfromthepassage?

A、Childrenwhotalkalotarcmoreintelligent.

B、Parentswholistentotheirchildrencanteachthemmore.

C^Activechildrenshouldreadmoreandbegivenmoreattention.

D、Verbalabilitycaneasilybedevelopedwithpropermethods.

标准答案：D

知识点解析：本题答案在笫一段：Byadoptingafev/simpletechniques,parentswho

readtotheirchildrencangreatlyincreasetheirchildren'slanguagedevelopment.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：Inlheexperimenlalgroup,iheparemswere

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

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句Britainisdividedintothree

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

13、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：通过文章中最后一段前两句的阅读和理解，可迅速确定“TheUnited

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

independentstale,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,theyarcfullofpeoplelookingforbargains.MyhusbandandIdonot

normallygotothesalesaswedon*tlikecrowdsandinanycaseareshortofmoneyaswe

havetobuylotsofChristmaspresents.Lastyear,however,Itookmyhusbandwithmeto

thesalesatthelargeshopinthecenterofLondon.Webothneededsomenewclothesand

werehopingtofindatelevisionset.WhenwegolloOxfordSlree。itwassncrowded

thatwedecidedtosplitUDandmeetagainattheundergioundstation.SoIleftmy

husbandandstartedlookingaroundtheshops.Unfortunatelyalltheclotheswereinvery

largesizesandsowerenotsuitableforme.ButIdidbuyatelevisionataverycheap

price,soIfeltquitepleasedwithmyself.WhenIarrivedatthestation,myhusbandwas

notthere.SoIsatdowninanearbycaletohaveacupoflea.1quicklyfinishedmytea

whenIsawmyhusbandandwentouttomeethim.Helookedveryhappy.ThenIsawhe

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

clothesbuttwotelevisions.Weshallnotbegoingtothesalesagain.

16、InJanuary.

A^lotsofpeoplegoshoppingfordiscount

B、peoplehavealotofmoneytospendafterChristmas

C、alltheshopscloseloratwo-weekChristmasholiday

D、peopledon'thaveenoughmoneytogolookingforbargains

标准答案：A

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

价），与文章第一段中“Alltheshopsreducetheirprices.”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^soldforthepu