1、国家公共英语二级（阅读理解）练习试卷 4及答案与解析 短文理解 1 I wonder why American towns look so much alike that I sometimes mix them up in my memory. The standard influence (影响 ) of mass production whose agents (代理商 ) are the travelling salesman, the mail-order house, the five-and-ten-cent stores, the chain stores, the movie
2、s can hardly explain it. If you stay two days in Bologna and in Ferrare, or in Aries and in Avignon, you will never mix them up in all your life. But it may well happen that after you spend two days in St. Louis and in Kansas City the appearances of these two cities soon mix up. I think the reason f
3、or this is that these towns have not yet had time enough to develop their own characters. Similarly, children are much less different from each other than grown people. 1 Which two of the following towns look so much alike7 （ A） Bologna and Ferrare. （ B） Aries and Avignon. （ C） St. Louis and Kansas
4、City. （ D） Bologna and St. Louis. 2 In Line 4 the word “it“ refers to （ A） standard of towns （ B） similarity of towns （ C） peoples memory （ D） mass production 3 American towns look very much alike because of （ A） the standard influence of mass production （ B） their different appearances （ C） not bei
5、ng fully developed （ D） having everything in common 4 Mr Richards has worked in a small seaside town for about ten years and he and his wife have a comfortable house near the sea. During the winter they would be quite happy, but every summer a lot of their relatives used to spend holiday in their ho
6、use, and it was much cheaper than staying in hotel. Finally one day in June Mr Richards complained to a clever friend of his who lived in the same place. “One of my wifes cousins is going to bring her husband and children and spend ten days with us next month again. How have you prevented all your r
7、elatives from coming to live with you in summer?“ “Oh,“ the friend answered, “that is not difficult. I just borrow money from all the rich ones, and lend it to all the poor ones. After that, they seldom come again.“ Hearing this Mr Richards smiled. 4 The relatives preferred to stay in Mr Richardss h
8、ouse because （ A） it was cool in summer （ B） they might spend less money （ C） they were more welcome （ D） it was a comfortable place 5 According to his friends opinion, the poor relatives would stop going there so often because_. （ A） they were shy to borrow money again （ B） they were afraid to be a
9、sked to pay off the debts （ C） they had been ill-treated （ D） it wasnt happy for the poor to meet the rich 6 The best title for this passage is_. （ A） Such a Clever Friend （ B） Mr Richards and His Friend （ C） Money Is Important （ D） Such Good Usage of Money 7 After reading the passage we can infer_.
10、 （ A） Mr Richards still complains about the coming of his relatives in summer （ B） The friend of Mr Richards hadnt as many relatives as Richards （ C） Gradually Mr Richards succeeded in keeping his relatives out in summer （ D） None of Richards relatives came to the seaside town for their holidays again 国家公共英语二级（阅读理解）练习试卷 4答案与解析 短文理解 1 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 阅读理解 2 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 阅读理解 3 【正确答案】 C 【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】 B 【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】 C 【知识模块】 阅读理解
