1、阅读理解练习试卷 11及答案与解析 一、 Reading Comprehension Directions: There are 5 passages in this part. Each passage 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 the corresponding letter with a single bar across the sq
2、uare brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET. 0 At the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) , a student loaded his class notes into a handheld e-mail device and tried to read them during an exam: a classmate turned him in. At the University of Nevada at Las Vegas (UNLV) students phot
3、ographed test questions with their cell phone cameras and transmitted them to classmates. The university put in place a new examination-supervision system. “If theyd spend as much time studying, theyd all be A students,“ says Ron Yasbin, dean of the College of Sciences of UNLV. With a variety of ele
4、ctronic devices, American students find it easier to cheat. And college officials find themselves in a new game of eat and mouse. They are trying to fight would-he cheats in the exam season by cutting off Internet access from laptops(笔记本电脑 ), demanding the surrender of cell phones before tests or si
5、mply requiring that exams be taken with pens and paper. “It is annoying. My hand-writing is so bad,“ said Ryan Dapremont, 21 who just finished his third year at Pepperdine University in California. He had to take his exams on paper. Dapremont said technology has made cheating easier, but plagiarism(
6、剽窃 ) in writing papers was probably the biggest problem. Students can lift other peoples writings off the Internet without attributing them. Still, some students said they thought cheating these days was more a product Of the mindset, not the tools at hand. “Some people put too much emphasis on wher
7、e theyre going to go in the future, and all theyre thinking about is graduate school and the next step,“ said Lindsay Nicholas, a third-year student at UCLA. She added that pressure to succeed “sometimes clouds everything and makes people do things that they shouldnt do. “ Some professors said they
8、tried to write exams for which it was hard to cheat, posing questions that outside resources would not help answer. Many officials said that they rely on campus honor codes. They said the most important thing was to teach students not to cheat in the first place. 1 One student at UCLA was found chea
9、ting _. （ A） when he was loading his class notes into a handheld e-mail device （ B） when he was trying to tell the answers to his classmates （ C） after the university put in place a new examination-supervision system （ D） after his classmate reported his cheating to the authority 2 According to Ron
10、Yasbin, all the cheating students _. （ A） should be severely punished for their dishonesty （ B） didnt have much time to study before the exam （ C） could get the highest grades if they had studied hard enough （ D） could be excused because they were not familiar with the new system 3 To win the new ga
11、me of eat and mouse in examinations, the college officials have to _. （ A） use many high-tech devices （ B） cut off Internet access on campus （ C） turn to the oral exanimation forms （ D） cut off the use of high-tech devices 4 According to Ryan Dapremont, _. （ A） examinations taken with pens and paper
12、 were useless in fighting cheating （ B） his examination paper was under-graded because of his bad hand-writing （ C） cheating was more serious in writing papers than in examinations （ D） it was more difficult for him to lift other peoples writings off the Internet 5 Which of the following is probably
13、 the most significant measure to fight cheating? （ A） Putting less emphasis on where the students are going to go in the future. （ B） Letting students know that honesty is more important. （ C） Writing examinations for which it is hard to cheat. （ D） Setting up more strict campus honor codes. 6 The b
14、est title of the passage could be _. （ A） Cheating Has Gone High-tech （ B） Game of Cat and Mouse （ C） A New Examination-supervision System （ D） Measures to Fight Against Dishonesty 6 Top marathon runners tend to be lean and light, star swimmers are long thighs with huge feet and gold medal weightlif
15、ters are solid blocks of muscle with short arms and legs. So, does your physical shape and the way your body works fit you for a particular sport? Or does your body develop a certain way because of your chosen sport? “Its about 55:45, genes to the environment,“ says Mike Rennie, professor of clinica
16、l physiology at Britains University of Nottingham Medical School. Rennie cites the case of identical twins from Germany, one of whom was a long-distance athlete, the other a powerful sportsman, so, “They look quite different, despite being identical twins.“ Someone whos 1.5-meters tall has little ch
17、ance of becoming an elite basketball player. Still, being over two meters tall wont automatically push you to Olympic gold.“ Unless you have tactical sense where needed, unless you have access to good equipment, medical care and the psychological conditions, and unless you are able to drive yourself
18、 through pain, all the physical strength will be in vain,“ said Craig Sharp, professor of sports science at Britains Brunel University. Jonathan Robinson, an applied sports scientist at the University of Baths sports development department, in southwest England, points to the importance of technique
19、. “In swimming only 5-10 per cent of the propelling force comes from the legs, so technique is vital. “ Having the right physique for the right sport is a good starting point. Seventeen years ago, the Australian Institute of Sport started a national Talent Search Program, which searched schools for
20、14- 16-year-olds with the potential to be elite athletes. One of their first finds was Megan Still, world champion rower. In 1987, Still had never picked up an oar in her life. But she had almost the perfect physique for a rower. After intensive training, she won gold in womens rowing in the 1996 At
21、lanta Olympics. Other countries have followed the Australian example. Now the explosion of genetic knowledge has meant that there is now a search, not just for appropriate physique but also for “performance genes. “ 7 It can be concluded from the passage that _. （ A） physical strength is more import
22、ant for sportspersons success （ B） training conditions are more important for sportspersons success （ C） genes are more important for sportspersons success （ D） psychological conditions are more important for sportspersons success 8 The case of identical twins from Germany shows that _. （ A） environ
23、ment can help determine peoples body shape （ B） genes are the decisive factors for peoples body shape （ C） identical twins are likely to enjoy different sports （ D） identical twins may have different genes for different sports 9 Which of the following is NOT mentioned by Craig Sharp as a required qu
24、ality for a sportsperson to win an Olympic gold medal? （ A） The physical strength. （ B） The right training conditions. （ C） The talent for the sports. （ D） The endurance for pains. 10 Seventeen years ago Megan Still was chosen for rowing because _. （ A） she had the talent for rowing （ B） her body sh
25、ape was right for a rower （ C） she had the performance genes （ D） she was a skillful rower 11 The word “elite“ in paragraph 5 means _. （ A） the most wealthy （ B） the most skilled （ C） the most industrious （ D） the most intelligent 12 The elite athletes of the future may come from people who naturall
26、y possess _. （ A） the best body shapes and an iron purpose （ B） the extremes of the right physique and strong wills （ C） the right psychological conditions and sports talents （ D） the right physique and genes for sports 阅读理解练习试卷 11答案与解析 一、 Reading Comprehension Directions: There are 5 passages in th
27、is part. Each passage 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 the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET. 【知识模块】 阅读理解 1 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】
28、 文章第一句：在加州大学洛杉矶分校，一名学生把课堂笔记录入到一种小型便携式电子邮件器中，并试图在考试时查看，结果被同班同学告发了。turn in：检举，告发。 【知识模块】 阅读理解 2 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 第一段最后一句作者引用内华达大学拉斯维加斯分校教务长的话说： “假如他们花更多的时间在学习上的话，他们都能得到 A。 ” 【知识模块】 阅读理解 3 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 第二段第二句起：在考试期间他们通过禁止使用笔记本电脑上因特网、要求考试前交出手机甚至要求干脆用笔和纸来答题来防止考生作弊。 【知识模块】 阅读理解 4 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 第三段第三句：
29、 Dapremont说科技的发展使作弊越来越容易，论文写作中的剽窃可能是最严重的问题。 【知识模块】 阅读理解 5 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 文章最后一句：他们说最重要的是教育学生首先不要作弊。 【知识模块】 阅读理解 6 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本文主要讲述了由于科技的发展，美国大学生采用的高科技作弊手段。 【知识模块】 阅读理解 【知识模块】 阅读理解 7 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 第一段第二句作者提出：是我们的体形，也就是说我们身体的 运动方式使我们更适合某项体育活动 ?还是因为我们选择了某项体育活动，我们的身体才发育成适合这种体育活动的体型 ?第二段第一句：基因和环
30、境的影响是 55:45。也就是说基因更重要一些。 【知识模块】 阅读理解 8 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 第二段第二句： Rennie引用了德国一对单卵双胞胎的例子，其中一个是长跑运动员，另一个是力量型运动员。 “虽然他们是双胞胎，但看上去完全不同。 ” 【知识模块】 阅读理解 9 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 第三段第三句起作者引用 Craig Sharp的话说： “除非你有所需的战术感 (这里指体育比赛的天才 )；除非你有好的训练器械、医疗保障和心理素质，除非你坚持艰苦的训练，不然的话，光有力量是没用的。 ”这里 through pain的意思是通过艰苦的努力，而不是 enduran
31、ce for pain(忍受疼痛 )。 【知识模块】 阅读理解 10 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 第五段第二句起： 17年前澳大利亚体育学院开始了一项在全国范围内寻找体育天才的工作，他们在各学校 14 16岁的学生中寻找优秀运动员的苗子。他们首先找到的苗子之一就是 Megan st ，她后来成了世界划船冠军。 1987年的时候， still还从未拿过桨，但是她具有划船运动员的完美身材。 【知识模块】 阅读理解 11 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 见上题。 elite是来自法语的词，意思是精英，杰出人物。 【知识模块】 阅读理解 12 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 文章最后一句：现在由于基因知识的快速发展，在寻找优秀运动员时我们不仅要找身体素质合适的，还要找有 “表现基因 ”的人 (既临场发挥好 )。 【知识模块】 阅读理解
