[专升本类试卷]阅读理解练习试卷4及答案与解析.doc

1、阅读理解练习试卷 4 及答案与解析一、Part III Reading ComprehensionDirections: In this part there are four passages. Each passage is followed by a number of comprehension questions. Read the passages and choose the best answer to each question. Then, mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answ

2、er Sheet.0 A panel of government officials is worried. The air quality in some areas is not good. The air is polluted with soot. The officials worry that the air is harmful to the people who breathe the air. The officials are experts. They study the environment. They discuss ways to stop the air pol

3、lution. The panel decided to make some changes to the law.The new plan places strict limits on how much soot can be released into the air. Now, a measurement of 65 parts of soot is considered safe. The new plan would reduce that number to 30. The daily limit of pollution in the air would be cut in h

4、alf.These new standards would affect industry. The limits would also affect people who own wood stoves and fireplaces. The county will keep track of the air quality every day. People would be required to stop burning wood when the levels are high. They could also install a kind of special fireplace.

5、 These fireplaces burn very little wood. They do not pollute the air as much. Some counties will punish families who violate the ban. They will have to pay a fine for not complying with the law.Some states do not have much industry. Their pollution problem is not too bad. They would still have to re

6、gulate how much pollution is released into the air. The experts hope that this ban will help keep the air cleaner.Before the plan becomes a law the public will have a chance to comment on it. Citizens will have ninety days to ask questions and voice concerns about the plan. Then it will become a law

7、.1 The panel is made up of _.（A）scientists（B） homeowners（C） citizens（D）factory owners2 How will the government know what the air quality is?（A）The factories will test the air every day.（B） Scientists will test it every day.（C） A report will be published.（D）They will ask homeowners3 What will happen

8、to residents if they dont comply with the law?（A）They will have to go to work in a factory.（B） They will have to pay a fine.（C） They will go to jail for ninety days.（D）The government will take away their woodstove4 Why is the government asking for comments on the new rules?（A）Because it is trying to

9、 fool people.（B） Because it doesnt know how to make rules.（C） Because it wants to be nice（D）Because it wants to hear what the citizens have to say.4 The phoenix was one of the most magnificent birds that ever lived. Unfortunately for bird watchers, the grand phoenix lived only in the imaginations of

10、 the ancient Greeks and Egyptians.According to Greek mythology, only- one phoenix at a time lived on earth. The phoenix, a male, was brightly colored, with gold and red feathers. Legend has it that the single bird lived for exactly 500 years. Just before it was to die, it would build a nest, The myt

11、hical birds last task was to sit patiently on the nest, waiting for the sun to start the dry twigs burning and set the nest ablaze. But as the proud phoenix sacrificed itself in flame, a tiny worm would crawl from beneath the ashes. This worm grew in to a new phoenix. Its first task was to gather up

12、 its fathers ashes and bury them in the temple of the Egyptian sun god in Heliopolis, the City of the Sun. Each reborn phoenix lived out the remainder of its life in Arabia.Today, the phoenix symbolizes immortality. Also, someone who succeeds where he or she had previously failed is often referred t

13、o as a phoenix.5 This passage discusses an ancient _.（A）king（B） myth（C） fairy tale（D）god6 Most of a phoenixs life was supposedly spent in _.（A）Greece（B） Egypt（C） Heliopolis（D）Arabia7 Someone who is called a phoenix today _.（A）has come back from a defeat（B） is probably immortal（C） thinks he or she ca

14、n live forever（D）is not well liked by colleagues8 The life of the phoenix is described _.（A）with the use of facts（B） in a humorous way（C） in an unclear way（D）step-by-step阅读理解练习试卷 4 答案与解析一、Part III Reading ComprehensionDirections: In this part there are four passages. Each passage is followed by a nu

15、mber of comprehension questions. Read the passages and choose the best answer to each question. Then, mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.【知识模块】 阅读理解1 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 第一段的第一行就说明政府的工作人员组成了一个团。第三行又说这些工作人员是专家。因此选项 A 是正确的。【知识模块】 阅读理解2 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 第二段的第三行说，每日的污染释

16、放量是受限的，暗示了每日是有测量的。第三段第二行说县里每日都要测量空气质量。选项 B 是正确的。【知识模块】 阅读理解3 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 第三段最后，有些乡镇定出规则，如果居民不守法，则要受到罚款的惩罚。选项 B 是正确的。【知识模块】 阅读理解4 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 最后一段，在法律最后形成之前，民众有三个月的时间发表对这个计划的看法。说明政府是想听听民众是怎么想的。选项 D 是正确的。【知识模块】 阅读理解【知识模块】 阅读理解5 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 第一段提到长生鸟，同时说明这种鸟实际上只存在于古希腊和古埃及的想象之中。第二段明确提到讲述内容根据古希腊的神话故事而来。说明这篇小文虽然讲的是长生鸟，但这是神话故事。选项 B 是正确的。【知识模块】 阅读理解6 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 第二段的最后一句话。每一只长生鸟都是在阿拉伯半岛度过他们余生的。选项 D 是正确的。【知识模块】 阅读理解7 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 最后一段。如今，长生鸟象征着永生。也有些人用长生鸟形容失败后又重获成功的人。选项 A 是正确的。【知识模块】 阅读理解8 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 文章用逐步说明的方法描述了长生鸟的传说。选项 D 是正确的。【知识模块】 阅读理解