阅读理解(五)及答案解析.doc

1、阅读理解(五)及答案解析(总分：90.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Section A(总题数：2，分数：20.00)I have been living in London for more than 60 years, but still, when Im driving and take some clever back-street short-cut, I catch myself thinking how extraordinary it is that I am doing this! For a moment the town mouse I have become is b

2、eing seen by the country mouse I used to be. And although, given a new start, I would again become a town mouse, when I visit relations in the country, I envy them.（分数：10.00）(1).It is sometimes a source of surprise to the writer _.A. to find herself driving through back streetsB. that she has been i

3、n the city for so longC. to realize how much she has got used to living in LondonD. that she lives in the city when she prefers the country（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The atmosphere created by the writer when she describes the swans is _.A. magicalB. frighteningC. deafeningD. disturbing（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3)

4、.What does “It“ in line 5, paragraph 4 refer to?A. The freshwater lake in a Norfolk village.B. The fact that the lake belongs to a landowner here.C. The fact that wildlife now needs to be preserved.D. The reason for the landowners action.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What is suggested about outsiders who now

5、 live in the country?A. That country people no longer reject them.B. That they often do work like servicing cars and digging gardens.C. That the men and women who work for them are from the city.D. That many of them have been in the countryside for a long time.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Social life in the

6、 country _.A. depends completely on where you liveB. is not as dull as people in the cities sometimes think it isC. is not affected by your neighborsD. is always less exciting than life in the city（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.Auctions are public sales of goods, conducted by an officially approved auctioneer. He

7、 asks the crowd assembled in the auction room to make offers, or “bids“, for the various items on sale. He encourages buyers to bid higher figures, and finally names the highest bidder as the buyer of the goods. This is called “knocking down“the goods, for the bidding ends when the auctioneer bangs

8、a small hammer on a table at which he stands. This is often set on a raised platform called a rostrum.The ancient Romans probably invented sales by auction, and the English word comes from the Latin auctio, meaning “increase“. The Romans usually sold in this way the spoils taken in war; these sales

9、were called sub hasta, meaning“under the spear“, a spear being stuck in the ground as a signal for a crowd to gather. In England in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries goods were often sold“ by the candle“: a short candle was lit by the auctioneer, and bids could be made while it stayed alight.P

10、ractically all goods whose qualities vary are sold by auction. Among these are coffee, hides, skins, wool, tea, cocoa, furs, spices, fruit and vegetables and wines. Auction sales are also usual for land and property, antique furniture, pictures, rare books, old china and similar works of art. The au

11、ction rooms at Christies and Sothebys in London and New York are world-famous.An auction is usually advertised beforehand with full particulars of the articles to be sold and where and when they can be viewed by prospective buyers. If the advertisement cannot give full details, catalogues are printe

12、d, and each group of goods to be sold together, called a“lot“, is usually given a number. The auctioneer need not begin with Lot 1 and continue in numerical order; he may wait until he registers the fact that certain dealers are in the room and then produce the lots they are likely to be interested

13、in. The auctioneers services are paid for in the form of a percentage of the price the goods are sold for. The auctioneer therefore has a direct interest in pushing up the bidding as high as possible.The auctioneer must know fairly accurately the current market values of the goods he is selling, and

14、 he should be acquainted with regular buyers of such goods. He will not waste time by starting the bidding too low. He will also play on the rivalries among his buyers and succeed in getting a high price by encouraging two business competitors to bid against each other. It is largely on his advice t

15、hat a seller will fix a“reserve“ price, that is, a price below which the goods cannot be sold. Even the best auctioneers, however, find it difficult to stop a “knock-out“, whereby dealers illegally arrange beforehand not to bid against each other, but nominate one of themselves as the only bidder, i

16、n the hope of buying goods at extremely low prices. If such a “knock-out“ comes off, the real auction sale takes place privately afterwards among the dealers.（分数：10.00）(1).The end of the bidding is called “knocking down“ because _.A. the auctioneer knocks the price downB. the rostrum is knocked down

17、C. the goods are knocked downD. the auctioneer bangs the table with a hammer（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The Romans used to sell by auction _.A. spoilt goods B. old wom-out weaponsC. property taken from the enemy D. spears（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).The auctioneer may decide to sell the “lots“out of order because

18、_.A. he sometimes wants to confuse the buyersB. he knows from experience who will want whatC. he wants to keep certain people waitingD. he wants to increase the number of buyers（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).A clever auctioneer encourages _.A. knock-out dealsB. rivals to compete for higher pricesC. the seller

19、 to mark the prices of their goods reasonablyD. buyers to be careful in bidding（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).“Knock-outs“ are illegal agreements _.A. among the dealers onlyB. between the seller and the auctioneerC. between the auctioneers and dealersD. among the sellers only（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.二、Section B(总题数：2

20、，分数：30.00)Although your accommodation is booked for the first few days, securing long-term accommodation will be your own responsibility. During your orientation programme, the housing options available will be discussed with you and you will be advised of the vanous organizations where you can go f

21、or help in finding accommodation.You may find it more convenient to obtain accommodation in the institution where you are studying. Alternatively you may prefer to rent a room in a house or flat with other students. The vanous types of available accommodation are listed below. The cost of accommodat

22、ion will vary according to the facilities provided and the location.The types of housing available include:boarding housesshared houses or flatsresidential collegesrented houses or flats.Boarding houses: These are a combination of single and shared rooms which are rented out individually. There are

23、two types of boarding houses available:i) Self-cooking (you do your own cooking in a communal kitchen). Cooking and eating utensils are often provided.ii) Full board (meals are cooked for you).Facilities in a boarding house usually include: fully fumished room, sheets and towels, shared bathroom, ga

24、s and/or electrical appliances.Shared houses or flats: Shared accommodation is available when somebody has a spare room in their house or flat which they wish to rent. The rent and costs of gas and electricity are shared equally between the people sharing the flat. Each person is also expected to he

25、lp clean and tidy the shared living space (e. g. kitchen, bathroom, living room). People sharing a house or flat are also responsible for cleaning their own room, doing their washing and cooking their own meals.Residential colleges: Residential colleges are a feature of many academic institutions in

26、 Australia. These colleges are located on campus or very close to the campus and usually provide single bedrooms, shared bathroom, all meals and sheets and towels.Rented houses or flats: These are usually for a longer term. Most flats are unfurnished and do not contain any furniture except a stove.

27、Houses are considerably more expensive than flats, and rent varies with size, condition and location. The costs of electricity and gas are additional. When renting a house or flat you can either sign a lease or enter into a written tenancy agreement with the landlord.Landlords and managing agents us

28、ually require tenants to deposit an amount of money, as a bond. A bond is kept by the landlord (or in some Australian states by a Bond Board) as a protection against the tenant damaging the rented property or moving out without giving notice. If you have kept the place clean and not damaged it, you

29、are entitled to, have the bond refunded when you leave.（分数：10.00）(1).You cannot cook your own meals in full-board boarding houses or in _.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(2).In a shared house, all the residents share the expenses of three things: _.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(3).The accommodation that is available inside an a

30、cademic institution is called _.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(4).You should only sign an agreement after you are sure that you _.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(5).When you pay any money to a landlord or agent, you should always get a _.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_The idea of a fish being able to generate electricity strong enough to ligh

31、t lamp bulbs-or even to run a small electric motor-is almost unbelievable, but several kinds of fish are able to do this. Even more strangely, this curious power has been acquired in different ways by fish belonging to very different families.Perhaps the best known are the electric rays, or torpedoe

32、s, of which several kinds live in warm seas. They possess on each side of the head, behind the eyes, a large organ consisting of a number of hexagonal shaped cells rather like a honeycomb. The cells are filled with a jelly-like substance, and contain a series of flat electric plates. One side, the n

33、egative side, of each plate, is supplied with very fine nerves, connected with a mam nerve coming from a special part of the brain. Current passes from the upper, positive side of the organ downwards to the negative, lower side. Generally it is necessary to touch the fish in two places, completing t

34、he circuit, in order to receive a shock.The strength of this shock depends on the size of the fish, but newly born ones only about 5 centimetres across can be made to light the bulb of a pocket flashlight for a few moments, while a fully grown torpedo gives a shock capable of knocking a man down, an

35、d, if suitable wires are connected, will operate a small electric motor for several minutes.Another famous example is the electric eel. This fish gives an even more powerful shock. The system is different from that of the torpedo in that the electric plates run longitudinally and are supplied with n

36、erves from the spinal cord. Consequently, the current passes along the fish from head to tail. The electric organs of these fish are really altered muscles and like all muscles are apt to tire, so they are not able to produce electricity for very long.The electric catfish of the Nile and of other Af

37、rican fresh waters has a different system again, by which current passes over the whole body from the tail to the head. The shock given by this arrangement is not so strong as the other two, but is none the less unpleasant. The electric catfish is a slow, lazy fish, fond of gloomy places and grows t

38、o about 1 metre long; it is eaten by the Arabs in some areas.（分数：20.00）(1).Some fish produce enough electricity to drive electric motors.（分数：2.00）A.正确B.错误(2).Usually you will not get a shock by touching the electric ray in one place only.（分数：2.00）A.正确B.错误(3).The electric plates on the electric eel a

39、re supplied with nerves from its brain.（分数：2.00）A.正确B.错误(4).The shock of the electric catfish is more unpleasant than that of the torpedo or electric eel.（分数：2.00）A.正确B.错误(5).Nowadays people are making full use of these electric fish to light lamp bulbs.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(6).complete the sentences wit

40、h the information given in the passage in a maximum of 4 words.The fish that produce electricity belong to _.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(7).A torpedohexagonal shaped cells contain a number of _.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(8).A fully grown torpedo can give a _ than a young one.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(9).The catfishs electric cur

41、rent passes from the _.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(10).The electric fish produce electricity mainly for _.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_三、Section C(总题数：2，分数：20.00)It was seen as the mark of civilized eating, and distinguished well-fed French workers from the English, who wolf down prawn sandwiches at their desks. However, F

42、rances tradition of the threecourse restaurant lunch is in danger of being killed off by the economic crisis. Around 3, 000 traditional French restaurants, cafes and bars went bust in the first three months of 2008 and unions predict a further rush of closures as people worry about making ends meet.

43、 The number of French restaurants going bankrupt rose by 25% from last year, and cafes forced to close were up by 56%.Le Figaros renowned restaurant critic, Francois Simon, said that French consumersfrugality had changed national eating habits and forced restaurant owners to the brink. Diners were n

44、ow skipping the traditional aperitif, avoiding starters, drinking tap water, passing on wine and coffee and sharing puddings.Even the citys smartest restaurants are getting impatient with smaller orders. In one restaurant near ParisGare de Lyon, he reported, two couples were asked to leave by a desp

45、erate restaurant owner because they would not order starters. The restaurant chain Hippopotamus is now running loyalty deals and special-offer hamburgers, which have become more popular than French steak dishes. Office workers are increasingly buying take-away baguettes and supermarket lunches.Makin

46、g ends meet with low salaries and rising food prices has become a national obsession as Frances economy continues to be sluggish. regular TV reports describe the desperation of people forced to eat cheap tinned vegetables or forage in bins at markets. The restaurant sector has seen the third highest

47、 number of bankruptcies in France this year, after the construction and building trades, according to the credit insurance group Euler Hermes SFAC.The time French people spend on eating meals in restaurants has already gone down: in 1975, a lunch out took an average of one and a half hours. By 2005,

48、 this had fallen to 32 minutes. Daniele Deleval, vice president of the UMIH restaurant and hotel union, said, “Were very worried. Since the start of the year, the number of restaurant customers has dropped, on average, 20%, and werre seeing no signs of improvement. “Jean Guillaume, owner of Le Bouqu

49、et brassene on Boulevard Haussmann in Paris smart 8th district, said, “Lunch customers used to order a main course, dessert, coffee and a bottle of wine. Now theyre limiting themselves to a main course, tap water, and giving up the rest. Of 75 customers in this lunchtime, none had a bottle of wine. Its th