1、国家公共英语二级（阅读理解）练习试卷 24及答案与解析 0 We always wonder about famous people. What were they like? Sigmund Freud, the world-famous doctor of Vienna, was a thinker who changed the way we look at mental trouble. He was also a man of courage. Once Freud was walking down a dark street, he was met by two robbers w
2、ho wanted to rob him. This was back in 1890. Freud took his stick by the tip and beat off the robbers. Freud did not lose cool when the Nazis (纳粹分子 ) came to his house. The Nazi soldiers found 1500 shillings in a drawer. Their officer put the money in his pocket and was about to leave. “Youre very l
3、ucky.“ said Dr. Freud. “Why?“ asked the young officer. “Well,“ said Freud. “Ive been a doctor here in Vienna for forty years, and I never got 1500 shillings for just one visit.“ Freud was not only a brave man, but also had a sense of humour. Once, at his 70th birthday party, a friend asked Freud if
4、he could put his work into simple words. “Well,“ said Freud, “We take the patient out of his mental trouble, and return him to the common misery.“ 1 Freud became famous mainly because _. （ A） he was brave （ B） he was a thinker （ C） he had a sense of humor （ D） he was a doctor of Vienna 2 The fact th
5、at Freud beat off the robbers with his stick shows that _. （ A） Freud was brave （ B） streets were unsafe in 1890s （ C） Freud liked taking a walk at night （ D） lighting was poor in the streets of Vienna in 1890s 3 What Freud said to the Nazi officer shows that he _. （ A） was a kind man （ B） was a hum
6、ourous man （ C） was a serious doctor （ D） did not care about money 4 “We take the patient out of his mental trouble, and return him to the common misery“ means that _. （ A） Freud could not put his work into simple words （ B） Freud could not take people out of the common misery （ C） it was actually n
7、ot easy for Freuds patients to become well （ D） Freud believed that his patients suffered from the common misery 5 The best title for this passage might be _. （ A） Freud, A Brave Nan （ B） Freud, A Famous Thinker （ C） Freud, A Humorous Man （ D） Freud, A Doctor of Vienna 5 The aim of the teacher is to
8、 get his pupils as quickly as possible over the period in which each printed symbol (符号 ) is looked at for its shape, and arrive at the stage when the pupils look at words and phrases for their meaning, almost without noticing the shapes of the separate letters. When a good reader is at work, he doe
9、s not look at letters, nor even at words, one by one, however quickly; he takes in the meaning of two, three, or four words at a time, in a single moment. Watch carefully the eyes of a good reader who is reading, and it will be seen that they do not travel smoothly along the lines of print, but they
10、 move by jumps separated by very short stops. The eyes of a very good reader move quickly, taking long jumps and making very short pauses; the eyes of a poor reader move more slowly, taking only short jumps and stopping longer at each pause. Sometimes, when he meets difficulty, he even goes backward
11、s to see again what has already been looked at before. The teachers task is therefore clear: it is to train his pupils to take in several words at a glance (one “eye-jump“) and to remove the necessity for going backwards to read something a second time. This shows at once that letter-by-letter, or w
12、ord-by-word reading, with the finger pointing to the word, carefully fixing each one in turn, is wrong. It is wrong because such a method ties the pupils eyes down to a very short jump, and the aim is to train for the long jump. Moreover, a very short jump is too short to provide any meaning or sens
13、e; and it will be found that having struggled with three or four words separately, the pupil has to look at them again, all together and in one group, in order to get the meaning of the whole phrase. 6 According to the passage, the aim of the teacher is to _. （ A） train his pupils to reach quickly t
14、he stage of reading without having to concentrate on the separate symbols （ B） help his pupils look at each printed symbol for its meaning as well as for its shape （ C） help his pupils avoid taking long jumps and making short pauses while they are trying to get the meaning of what they are reading （
15、 D） tell his pupils different reading stages, of which the first one is to recognize the separate printed symbols 7 A good reader usually reads several _ in a single moment. （ A） letters （ B） words （ C） sentences （ D） lines 8 According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true? （ A） The eye
16、s of a good reader make long pauses. （ B） The eyes of a good reader take long jumps. （ C） The eyes of a poor reader take short jumps. （ D） The eyes of a poor reader stop longer at each pause. 9 Reading with the finger pointing to the word _. （ A） helps the pupil understand the words in groups and ge
17、t the meaning of the whole passage （ B） removes the necessity for going backwards to read something a second time （ C） helps the pupil move his eyes back and forth easily when he meets difficulty （ D） limits the pupils eyes to a very short jump which is too short to provide any meaning 10 The last p
18、aragraph indicates a poor reader may have to read something a second time because _. （ A） he has enough time （ B） he reads too fast （ C） he doesnt get its meaning （ D） the passage he is reading is very long 国家公共英语二级（阅读理解）练习试卷 24答案与解析 【知识模块】 阅读理解 1 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 阅读理解 2 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 阅读理解 3 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 阅读理解 4 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 阅读理解 5 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 阅读理解 【知识模块】 阅读理解 6 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 阅读理解 7 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 阅读理解 8 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 阅读理解 9 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 阅读理解 10 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 阅读理解
