1、国家公共英语二级（阅读理解）练习试卷 16及答案与解析 短文理解 0 The use of cars is becoming more and more popular in the twentieth century. A large number of the worlds population is now able to buy and use a car. Having a car gives much mobility (活动余地 ), enabling the driver to move around freely. The owner of a car is no longe
2、r forced to depend on public transport (交通 ) and do not, therefore, have to work in a place near his home. Instead, he can choose from a greater variety of jobs and he could change his job frequently. Travelling to work by car is also more comfortable than having to use public transport; the driver
3、can use the heating (取暖设 ) in winter and the air conditioning in summer to meet his own need and preference. There is no discomfort caused by waiting for trains, buses or underground trains, etc. With the building of good fast motorways long distances can be covered rapidly and pleasantly. For the f
4、irst time in this century also, many people are being able to enjoy their free time to the full by making trips to the country or seaside at weekends, instead of being kept in their immediate neighbourhood. This feeling of independence, and the freedom to go wherever you please, is perhaps the great
5、est advantage of the car. 1 What does the writer suggest about public transport? （ A） It gives less mobility, （ B） It only works locally. （ C） It enables a variety of jobs, （ D） It is becoming more popular, 2 Travelling by buses may be _. （ A） less comfortable than by underground trains （ B） more co
6、mfortable than by trains （ C） less comfortable than by other public transport （ D） less comfortable than cars 3 What does the writer think of having a car of your own? （ A） It offers lots of advantages. （ B） It has lots of independence. （ C） It gives the feeling of freedom. （ D） It offers free trips
7、. 3 A hundred years ago, the game we now call football did not exist. American football started during a game between two colleges. The teams had got together to play what they called “football“, but each team played by different rules. One team played what we now call soccer (英式足球 ). The other play
8、ed what we now call rugby (橄榄球 ). Both games had been invented a thousand years before. In the first kind of football game ever played, all the men from one village tried to kick a ball into another village. The men of the second village tried to kick the ball into the first. Hundreds of people join
9、ed in, running everywhere, ruining crops and knocking down fences. In time, people agreed on some rules to keep order, but many rules were left open to change. Different rules developed in different places. When the two colleges met to play football, each followed its own rules. They mixed the games
10、 together and invented a new game. A hundred years later we call that game American football. In what ways do you suppose the game we know now will have changed in another hundred years? 4 When the two colleges first met to play “football“, the players followed _. （ A） the rules of soccer （ B） the r
11、ules of rugby （ C） different rules （ D） college rules 5 “Both games“ at the beginning of the second paragraph refers to _. （ A） soccer and rugby （ B） American football and British football （ C） two village ball games （ D） two new football games 6 What message can we get from the last paragraph? （ A）
12、 American football might develop in different places. （ B） American football is supposed to be changeable. （ C） American football will have its own rules. （ D） American football might see changes in the 7ears to come. 7 What does the passage mainly discuss? （ A） The changes of soccer （ B） The rules of rugby （ C） Different village players. （ D） The birth of American football. 国家公共英语二级（阅读理解）练习试卷 16答案与解析 短文理解 【知识模块】 阅读理解 1 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 阅读理解 2 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 阅读理解 3 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 阅读理解 【知识模块】 阅读理解 4 【正确 答案】 C 【知识模块】 阅读理解 5 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 阅读理解 6 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 阅读理解 7 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 阅读理解
