1、阅读同步练习试卷 28及答案与解析 一、 Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes, 40 points) Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each of the passages is followed by 5 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on
2、the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center. 0 IN THE BEDROOM Dont smoke in bed it causes about 1 000 fires a year, many with fatal results. Dont overload your electrical points; the ideal is “one appliance, one socket“. Dont use an electric underblanket over you or an overblanket under y
3、ou. An underblanket, unless of the low voltage type, MUST be switched off before you get into bed. Never let furniture or clothing get close to a lighted fire. Make sure that there is a suitable guard for the room heater. Keep aerosol type containers (喷雾器 ) away from heat and NEVER burn or puncture
4、(刺穿 ) them. Dont dim a table lamp by covering it: buy a low wattage bulb. Pyjamas and nightdresses, especially for children and elderly people, should be made from flame resistant material. IF CUT OFF BY FIRE Close the door of the room and any fanlight or other opening and block up any cracks with b
5、edding, etc. Go to the window and try to attract attention. If the room fills with smoke, lean out of the window unless prevented by smoke and flame coming from a room below or nearby. If you cannot lean out of the window, lie close to the floor where the air is clearer until you hear the fire briga
6、de. If you have to escape before the fire brigade arrives, make a rope by knotting together sheets or similar materials and tie it to a bed or another heavy piece of furniture. If you cannot make a rope and the situation becomes intolerable, drop cushions or bedding from the window to break your fal
7、l, get through the window feet first, lower yourself to the full extent of your arms and drop. If possible drop from a position above soft earth. If above the first floor, drop only as a last resort 1 According to the instructions, fires in the bedroom can be caused by_. （ A） one appliance, one sock
8、et （ B） smoking in bed （ C） underblankets of the low voltage type （ D） all of the above mentioned points 2 In the bedroom, you are told_. （ A） not to use an electric underblanket or an electric overblanket （ B） to use an underblanket of the low voltage type （ C） to switch off an underblanket of the
9、low voltage type （ D） not to use an electric underblanket over you 3 You should keep furniture or clothes away from a lighted fire because_. （ A） the fire is too low （ B） furniture or clothes block light （ C） there is no guard in the room （ D） furniture or clothes catch fire easily 4 If you are cut
10、off by fire, you should first_. （ A） try to stop smoke from coming into the room （ B） lie down and wait for the fire brigade （ C） escape by jumping immediately out of the window （ D） close the window and call for help 5 You can escape a fire by_. （ A） tying a rope to sheets and throwing it out of th
11、e window （ B） tying a sheet to a heavy piece of furniture and throwing it out of the window （ C） tying a rope to a bed and throwing it out of the window （ D） dropping with cushions and bedding from the window 5 The media can impact current events. As a graduate student at Berkeley in the 1960s, I re
12、member experiencing the events related to the Peoples Park that were occurring on campus. Some of these events were given national media coverage in the press and on TV. I found it interesting to compare my impressions of what was going on with perceptions obtained from the news media. I could begin
13、 to see events of that time feed on news coverage. This also provided me with some healthy insights into the distinctions between these realities. Electronic media are having a greater impact on the peoples lives every day. People gather more and more of their impressions from representations. Telev
14、ision and telephone communications are linking people to a global village, or what one writer calls the electronic city. Consider the information that television brings into your home every day. Consider also the contact you have with others simply by using telephone. These media extend your conscio
15、usness and your contact. For example, the video coverage of the 1989 San Francisco earthquake focused on “live action“ such as the fires or the rescue efforts. This gave the viewer the impression of total disaster. Television coverage of the Iraqi War also developed an immediacy. CNN reported events
16、 as they happened. This coverage was distributed worldwide. Although most people were far away from these events, they developed some perception of these realities. In 1992, many people watched in horror as riots (骚乱，暴乱 ) broke out on a sad Wednesday evening in Los Angeles, seemingly fed by video co
17、verage from helicopters. This event was triggered by the verdict (裁定 ) in the Rodney King beating. We are now in an age where the public can have access to information that enables it to make its own judgments, and most people, who had seen the video of this beating, could not understand how the jur
18、y (陪审团 ) was able to acquit (宣布 无罪 ) the policemen involved. Media coverage of events as they occur also provides powerful feedback that influences events. This can have harmful results, as it seemed on that Wednesday night in Los Angeles. By Friday night the public got to see Rodney King on televis
19、ion pleading, “Can we all get along?“ By Saturday, television seemed to provide positive feedback as the Los Angeles riot turned out into a rally (集会 ) for peace. The television showed thousands of people marching with banners and cleaning tools. Because of that, many more people turned out to join
20、the peaceful event they saw unfolding (展开 ) on television. The real healing, of course, will take much longer, but electronic media will continue to be a part of that process. 6 The best title for the passage is_. （ A） The 1992 Los Angeles Riots （ B） The Impact of Media on Current Events （ C） The 19
21、89 San Francisco Earthquake and the 1992 Los Angeles Riots （ D） How Media Cover Events 7 All the following statements are true EXCEPT that_. （ A） electronic media can extend ones contact with the world （ B） those living far away from a certain event can also have some perception of realities by watc
22、hing television （ C） all the events occurring on the university campus at Berkeley were given national media coverage （ D） video coverage of the 1989 San Francisco earthquake gave the viewers the impression of total disaster 8 The term “electronic city“ in Para. 2 refers to_. （ A） Los Angeles （ B） S
23、an Francisco （ C） Berkeley （ D） Earth 9 The 1992 Los Angeles riots broke out because_. （ A） the jury acquitted the policemen who had beaten Rodney King （ B） people can make their own judgments （ C） video coverage from helicopters had made people angry （ D） video coverage had provided powerful feedba
24、ck 10 It can be inferred from the passage that_. （ A） media coverage of events as they occur can have either good or bad results （ B） most people who had seen the video of the Rodney King beating agree with the verdict of the jury （ C） the 1992 Los Angeles riots lasted a whole week （ D） Rodney King
25、seemed very angry when he appeared on television on Friday 10 Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, summed up the four brief qualities of money some 2 000 years ago. It must be lasting and easy to recognize, to divide, and to carry about. When we think of money today, we picture it either as round, flat
26、 piece of metal which we call coins, or as printed paper notes. But there are still parts of the world today where coins and notes are of no use. They will buy nothing, and a traveler might starve if he had none of the particular local “money“ to exchange for food. Among isolated peoples, who are no
27、t often reached by traders from outside, commerce usually means barter. There is direct exchange of goods. Perhaps it is fish for vegetables, or meat for grain. For this kind of simple trading money is not needed, but there is often something that everyone wants and everybody can use, such as salt t
28、o flavor food, shells for ornament, or iron and copper to make tools and vessels. These things salt, shells or metals are still used as money in out-of-the-way parts of the world today. Salt may seem rather a strange substance to use as money, but in countries where the food of the people is mainly
29、vegetable, it is often an absolute necessity. Cakes of salt, stamped to show their value, were used as money in Tibet until recent times, and cakes of salt will still buy goods in Borneo and parts of Africa. Sea shells have been used as money at some time or another over the greater part of the Old
30、World. Metal, valued by weight, preceded coins in many parts of the world. Nowadays, coins and notes have replaced nearly all of the picturesque (独特的 ) form of money, and although in one or two of the remote countries people still store it for future use on ceremonial occasions such as weddings and
31、funerals, examples of primitive money will soon be found in museums. 11 The following are qualities of money summed up by Aristotle EXCEPT_. （ A） distinct （ B） divisible （ C） portable （ D） precious 12 Nowadays we think of money as_. （ A） made of either metal or paper （ B） useful for starving travele
32、rs （ C） useful for barters （ D） ornamental 13 In some parts of the world a traveler might go hungry_. （ A） if he did not know the local exchange rate （ B） even if his money was of the local kind （ C） even if he had plenty of coins and notes （ D） if he had no money made of high-quality materials 14 B
33、arter usually takes the place of money transaction where_. （ A） there is only salt （ B） metal tools are used （ C） the peoples trading needs are fairly simple （ D） money is unheard of 15 Primitive types of money are sometimes used_. （ A） to replace more picturesque forms （ B） in museums as entrance f
34、ees （ C） on occasions like wedding ceremonies, etc. （ D） at country markets 15 Circle over London, Buenos Aires, Chicago, Sydney in an airplane or view the cities schematically (图表式的 ) by means of an urban map and block pan. What is the shape of the city and how does it define itself? The original c
35、ontainer has completely disappeared: the sharp division between city and country no longer exists.One can pick out no definite shapes except those formed by nature: one beholds rather a continuous shapeless mass, here bulging (凸起 , 膨胀 ) or ridged with building, there broken by a patch of green or an
36、 unwinding ribbon of concrete. Failing to divide its social chromosomes (染色体 ) and split up into new cells.the city continues to grow inorganically, indeed cancerously, by a continuous breaking down of old tissues and an overgrowth of formless new tissues. Here the city has absorbed villages and lit
37、tle towns, reducing them to place names .; there it has, more happily, left the organs of local government and the vestiges (遗迹 , 残余 ) of an independent life, even assisted their revival .; it has nevertheless enveloped those urban areas in its physical organization and built up the open land that o
38、nce served to ensure their identity and integrity. Sometimes the expanding street system forms an orderly pattern; sometimes it produces only a crazy network. The difference between one type of order and another is merely a difference in the degree of sprawl, confusion, de-building. As one moves awa
39、y from the center, the urban growth becomes ever more aimless and discontinuous, more diffuse and unfocused, except where some surviving town has left the original imprint of a more orderly life. 16 The citys original container appears to have_. （ A） enlarged itself （ B） disappeared totally （ C） dec
40、ided the citys present shape （ D） marked the limits of the citys expansion 17 What does the author compare the growth of the city to? （ A） A cancerous organism. （ B） A highly complex organism. （ C） Any small town or village. （ D） A healthy organism. 18 What does city growth result in? （ A） A definit
41、e degree of planned order. （ B） Uniform growth throughout the citys area. （ C） A systematic pattern of restoration. （ D） An aimless growth of new areas over old. 19 New areas of city growth appear to be_. （ A） carefully planned （ B） identical with the old （ C） more ordered than the old （ D） formless
42、 20 Which of the following is the best title for this passage? （ A） The Organic City. （ B） The Disappearing of Country. （ C） Sprawling Giantism. （ D） A Comparison of Growth Process. 20 The northern and southern polar regions are different in many ways. The most important difference concerns the dist
43、ribution of land and water. The northern Arctic regions are ice-covered sea, almost completely surrounded by land. The pole itself is in deep water. In the south, Antarctic is a huge continent which is surrounded by a great ocean. Because of this basic difference other differences occur. The Arctic
44、has a varied climate, while the Antarctic climate varies little; the Arctic has much plant life, but the Antarctic is an empty desert. And whereas the Arctic has been exploited economically for centuries, trade has never really touched Antarctic. Interest in the Arctic began when America was discove
45、red, and explorers tried to find a western sea route to India and China. In their search to find the “North-West Passage“ the main problem facing the explorers was how to avoid the ice. One explorer, Nansen, found a unique answer to this problem. He intentionally became struck in the ice and travele
46、d with it across the Arctic Ocean! But although many explorers tried, it was not until 1903 that the Arctic polar region was crossed by sea. Antarctic exploration begins with Ptolemy. He believed that all the oceans were surrounded by land, and therefore, there was huge continent somewhere in the so
47、uth. His idea led to centuries of search, and again trade played its part. The real discoverers of Antarctic were the hunters who traveled far south to catch seals. One reason for the present interest in both polar regions is that world may soon be short of fresh water. In fact, over 85% of the eart
48、hs entire fresh water is found in the polar ice. If we could find a way of carrying this ice to other parts of the world, this would solve all our fresh water problems. 21 Trade, according to the passage, has never really touched Antarctic because Antarctic is （ A） a land surrounded by a great ocean
49、 （ B） an empty desert and has no plant life （ C） not open to public （ D） different from the Arctic 22 Who first found Antarctic? （ A） Some seal hunters. （ B） Some early explorers. （ C） Nansen. （ D） Ptolemy. 23 The Arctic pole was crossed_. （ A） by ice （ B） by water （ C） by land （ D） through the North-West Passage 24 In the middle of the second paragraph the word “intentionally“ means_. （ A） purposely （ B） dangerously （ C） carefully （ D） carelessly 25 Which of the f
