[专升本类试卷]河北专接本英语（阅读理解）模拟试卷2及答案与解析.doc

1、河北专接本英语（阅读理解）模拟试卷 2 及答案与解析0 Most people go to a doctor in their own town or suburb. But people in the Australian outback cant get to a doctor quickly. The nearest doctor is sometimes hundreds of kilometers so they have to call him on a two-way radio. This special doctor is called the “flying doctor“

2、. He visits sick people by plane.When someone is very sick, the doctor has to fly to the persons home. His plane lands on a flat piece of ground near the persons house. Sometimes the doctor has to take the patient to hospital. Flying doctors take about 8,600 people to hospital each year.However, mos

3、t of the time the person isnt very sick, and the doctor doesnt have to visit. He can give advice on the radio from the office at the flying doctor centre. He can tell the patient to use some medicine from a special medicine chest. There is one of these chests in every home in the outback. Each bottl

4、e, tube and packet in the chest has a number. The doctor often says something like this: “Take two tablets from bottle number 5 every four hours.“A man called John Flynn started the Royal Flying Doctor Service in 1927. He had only one-plane. Today there are 14 flying doctor centres, 29 planes, 14 fu

5、lltime doctors and several part-time doctors, nurses and dentists.1 The flying doctors mentioned in this article treat their patients_.（A）quickly（B） effectively（C） over great distances（D）all of the above2 Which happens first?_.（A）The doctor flies to the sick persons home（B） The sick person is treate

6、d by the doctor（C） The plane lands near the patients house（D）The sick person or his family calls the doctor on a two-way radio3 From the article we can conclude that Australia has a number of_（A）remote areas（B） good highways（C） mountainous regions（D）strange animals4 The doctor can give the sick pers

7、on advice on the radio from his office if_（A）the patient has a special medicine chest in his home（B） the patient has got a two-way radio（C） the doctor feels very tired（D）the patient is not very sick5 Do doctors at the centre work full time?_.（A）All of them do（B） Some of them do（C） None of them do（D）

8、The article does not say5 If we were asked exactly what we were doing a year ago, we should probably have to say that we could not remember. But if we had kept a book and had written in it an account of what we did each day, we should be able to give an answer to the question.It is the same in histo

9、ry. Many things have been forgotten because we do not have any written account of them. Sometimes men did keep a record of the most important happenings in their country, but often it was destroyed by fire or in a war. Sometimes there was never any written record at all because the people of that ti

10、me and place did not know how to write. For example, we know a good deal about the people who lived in China 4,000 years ago, because they could write and leave written records for those who lived after them. But we know almost nothing about the people who lived eve“ 200 years ago in central Africa,

11、 because they had not learned to write.Sometimes, of course, even if the people cannot write, they may know something of the past. They have heard about it from older people, and often songs and dances and stories have been made about the most important happenings, and these have been sung and acted

12、 and told for many generations, for most people are proud to tell what their fathers did in the past. This we may call “remembered history“. Some of it has now been written down. It is not so exact or so valuable to us as written history is, because words are much more easily changed when used again

13、 and again in speech than when copied in writing. But where there are no written records, such spoken stories are often very helpful.6 Which of the following ideas is NOT suggested in the passage? _（A）Remembered history, compared with written history, is less reliable.（B） Written records of the past

14、 play the most important role in our learning of the human history.（C） A written account of out daily activities helps us to be able to answer many questions.（D）Where there are no written records, there is no history.7 We know very little about the central Africa 200 years ago because _（A）there was

15、nothing worth being written down at that time（B） the people there ignored the important of keeping a record（C） the written records were perhaps destroyed by a fire（D）the people there did not know how to write 8 “Remembered history“ refers to _（A）history based no a persons imagination（B） stories of i

16、mportant happenings passed down from mouth to mouth（C） songs and dances about the most important events（D）both B and C9 “Remembered history“ is regarded as valuable only when_（A）it is written down（B） no written account is available（C） it proves to be true（D）people are interested in it10 The passage

17、suggests that we could have learned much more about our past than we do now if the ancient people had _（A）kept a written record of every past event（B） not burnt their written records in wars（C） told exact stories of the most important happenings（D）made more songs and dances10 Like most people, I was

18、 brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important discovery: giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You need not worry if you lack money. This is how I experimented with giving-away. if an idea for improving the window displ

19、ay of a neighborhood store flashes to me, I step in and make the suggestion to the storekeeper. One discovery I made about giving-away is that it is almost impossible to give away anything in this world without getting something back, though the return often comes in an unexpected form. One Sunday m

20、orning the local post office delivered an important special delivery letter to my home, though it was addressed to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of appreciation. More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was starting. I was told at the window that there

21、were no boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long waiting list. As I was about to leave, the postmaster appeared in the doorway. He had overheard(无意中听到) our conversation. “Wasnt it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your name?“ I said yes. “

22、Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office if we have to make one for you. You dont know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get nothing but complaints.“11 From the passage, we understand that_（A）the author did not understand the important of giving until he was in l

23、ate thirties（B） the author was like most people who were mostly receivers rather than givers（C） the author received the same education as most people during his childhood（D）the author liked most people as they looked upon life as a process of getting12 According to the author _（A）giving means you wi

24、ll lack money（B） the excitement of giving can bring you money（C） you dont have to be rich in order to give（D）when you give away money, you will be rich13 The author would make the suggestion to the storekeeper_（A）in writing（B） in person（C） in the window display（D）about the neighborhood14 When the au

25、thor needed a post-office box, _（A）he had to put his name on a waiting list（B） he wrote the postmaster a note of appreciation（C） many people had applied for post-office boxes before him（D）he asked the postmaster to make one for him15 In reply to the postmasters question, the author said _（A）it was t

26、he special delivery（B） it was the post-office box（C） it was the note of appreciation he wrote（D）it was he who wrote him a letter a year ago15 Children in the United States are exposed to many influences other than that of their families. Television is the most significant of these influences, becaus

27、e the habit of watching television usually begins before children start attending school.Parents are concerned about the lack of quality in television programs for children. The degree of violence in many of these shows also worries them. Studies indicate that, when children are exposed to violence,

28、 they may become aggressive or insecure.Parents are also concerned about the commercials that their children see on television. Many parents would like to see fewer commercials during programs for children. And some parents feel that these shows should not have any commercials at all because young m

29、inds are not mature enough to deal with the claims made by advertisers.Educational television has no commercials and has programs for children that many parents approve of. The most famous of these is Sesame Street, which tries to give preschool children a head start in learning the alphabet(字母) and

30、 numbers. It also tries to teach children useful things about the world in which they live.Even though most parents and educators give Sesame Street and shows like it high marks for quality, some critics argue that all television, whether educational or not, is harmful to children. These critics fee

31、l that the habit of watching hours of television every day turns children into bored and passive(被动的) consumers of their world rather than encouraging them to become active explorers of it.16 Which of the following statements is NOT based on the passage?（A）Parents are worried about the influence fro

32、m television on their children.（B） Television has much influence on children.（C） Both parents and their children like watching educational television.（D）Some critics think that television is no good for children17 In what ways do children suffer from television?（A）They become the victims of social v

33、iolence.（B） They spend hours watching television instead of doing school work.（C） The programs make the children lose interest in the world.（D）The programs make the children spend too much of their parents money.18 Parents would not like their children to see commercials because _（A）they think that

34、their children are not old enough to handle advertising（B） commercials teach children alphabet and numbers（C） commercials help to sell products（D）they dont like commercials19 Educational television is widely appreciated because _（A）it does have the same commercials as others（B） it offers programs fo

35、r both children and their parents（C） many parents like the programs it offers for their children（D）children can learn some school subjects before they go to school 20 Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?（A）Watching Too Much Television May Be Harmful to Young Minds.（B） T

36、elevision Is More Harmful than Educational（C） Televisions Influence on Children.（D）More Educational Television.20 When I was growing up in America, I was ashamed of my mothers Chinese English. Because of her English, she was often treated unfairly. People in department stores, at banks, and at resta

37、urants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her. WMy mother has realized the limitations of her English as well. When I was fifteen, she used to have me call people on phone to pretend I was she. I was force

38、d to ask for information or even to yell at people who had been rude to her. One time I had to call her stockbroker (股票经纪人). said in an adolescent voice that was not very convincing, “This is Mrs. Tan.“And my mother was standing beside me, whispering loudly, “Why he dont send me check already two we

39、ek lone.“And then, in perfect English I said: “Im getting rather concerned .You agreed to send the check two weeks ago, but it hasnt arrived.“Then she talked more loudly. “What he want? I come to New York tell him front of his boss.“ And so I turned to the stockbroker again, “I cant tolerate any mor

40、e excuse. If I dont receive the check immediately, I am going to have to speak to your manager when I am in New York next week.“The next week we ended up in New York. While I was sitting there red-faced, my mother, the real Mrs. Tan, was shouting to his boss in her broken English.When I was a teenag

41、er, my mothers broken English embarrassed me. But now, I see it differently. To me, my mothers English is perfectly clear, perfectly natural. It is my mother tongue. Her language, as I hear it, is vivid, direct, and full of observation and wisdom. It was the language that helped shape the way I saw

42、things, expressed ideas, and made sense of the world.21 Why was the authors mother poorly served?（A）She was unable to speak good English.（B） She was often misunderstood.（C） She was not clearly heard.（D）She was not very polite. W22 From Paragraph 2, we know that the author was（A）good a pretending（B）

43、rude to the stockbroker（C） ready to help her mother（D）unwilling to phone for her mother23 After the author made the phone call,_.（A）they forgave the stockbroker（B） they failed to get the check（C） they went to New York immediately（D）they spoke to their boss at once24 What does the author think of her

44、 mothers English now?（A）It confuses her.（B） It embarrasses her.（C） It helps her understand the world.（D）It helps her tolerate rude people.25 We can inter from the passage that Chinese English（A）is clear and natural to non-native speakers（B） is vivid and direct to non-native speakers（C） has a very ba

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