1、阅读理解练习试卷 4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 squ
2、are brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET. 0 New Years Eve requires the ultimate party outfit. But what if your holiday spending has burned holes in your pockets? The answer might be to rent a little luxury. The renting business has begun to lose the image of an industry filled with designer
3、 tuxedos, Halloween costumes or out-of-date evening wear. Still largely an industry dedicated to special-event clothing (dinners, corporate parties, weddings), it has started to branch out into more casual clothing. And for those not afraid to shop around, it has become an option for dressing up on
4、a budget. For the price of rentals ( 150, or $260, for a four-day period) , the only things available in most department stores are dresses that look as if they are late for the party.“ Working women have sophisticated tastes, but buying an evening dress is a very expensive proposition, and most peo
5、ple dont want to wear the same dress more than once,“ says Doniger. But what has brought on this recent change in perception on renting luxury? Unexpectedly, the transformation has been helped along by a change in corporate policy by many top businesses. For years businessmen all over the world have
6、 gotten a clothing allowance from their companies to rent a tuxedo or other luxury items they need for an event. But while any company looking at the bottom line is not going to pay for a female employee to buy a new evening dress, they are now more willing to help pay for renting one. “In the last
7、five years a lot of businesses have started to pay for some if not all of a rental. They will pay, say, 80 or 90 of the cost and let the women top off the rest themselves,“ says Doniger. But renting luxury fashion is not limited to clothing. Having the latest must-have designer handbag is the fastes
8、t way for a woman to communicate her fashion savvy and display her luxury status. The rental stores can give the everyday woman a chance to wear the latest designer bag and feel like a million bucks without having to spend it. 1 The renting business _. （ A） offers more choices than it used to do （ B
9、） has shifted its focus to casual clothing （ C） performs a similar function as in the past （ D） is still considered an old-fashioned industry 2 In paragraph 3 “ dressing up on a budget“ probably means “to _ “. （ A） dress formally when there is enough money （ B） dress well with the limited available
10、money （ C） try to save money to enjoy expensive clothes （ D） set aside certain amount of money for fancy dresses 3 Which of the following is NOT the reason for working women to rent dresses? （ A） They like what is provided by the rental companies. （ B） They need to change dress for every different o
11、ccasion. （ C） They cannot afford buying many new dresses. （ D） They have no time for shopping in the department stores. 4 Renting luxury for employees _. （ A） is encouraged by many companies （ B） is harmful for the company image （ C） is going to cost the companies more （ D） is made possible by compa
12、nies increasing budget 5 The authors attitude toward the renting business can be summarized as _. （ A） critical （ B） ambiguous （ C） supportive （ D） suspicious 6 The best title for the passage could be _. （ A） Renting Luxury Or Not （ B） The Rise of Renting Luxury （ C） Who Is Renting Luxury （ D） Tips
13、for Renting Luxury 6 Ten years ago, when environmental lawyer Kassie Siegel went in search of an animal to save the world, the polar bear wasnt at all an obvious choice. Siegel and Brendan Cummings of the Center for Biological Diversity in Joshua Tree, Calif. , were looking for a species whose habit
14、at was disappearing due to climate change, which could serve as a symbol of the dangers of global warming. Her first candidate met the scientific criteria it lived in ice caves in Alaskas Glacier Bay, which were melting away but unfortunately it was a spider. You cant sell a lot of T shirts with pic
15、tures of an animal most people would happily step on. Next, Siegel turned to the Kittlitzs murrelet, a small Arctic seabird whose nesting sites in glaciers were disappearing. In 2001, she petitioned the Department of the Interior to add it to the Endangered Species list, but Interior Secretary Gale
16、Norton turned her down. Elkhorn and staghorn coral, which are threatened by rising water temperatures in the Caribbean, did make it onto the list, but as iconic species they fell short insofar as many people dont realize theyre alive in the first place. The polar bear, by contrast, is vehemently ali
17、ve and carries the undeniable charisma of a top predator. And its dependence on ice was intuitively obvious; it lives on it most of the year. But it took until 2004 for researchers to demonstrate that shrinking sea ice was a serious threat to the bears population. On Feb. 16, 2005 the day the Kyoto
18、Protocol to curb greenhouse-gas emissions took effect, without the participation of the United States Siegel petitioned to list polar bears as endangered. Three years later her efforts met with equivocal (不明确的 ) success, as Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne designated the bears as “threatened“ (not
19、 endangered), a significant concession from an administration that has stood almost alone in the world in its reluctance to acknowledge the dangers of climate change. The Endangered Species Act (ESA) , whose odd lists of snails and bladderworts sometimes seemed stuck in the age of Darwin, had been t
20、hrust into the mainstream of 21st-century environmental politics. Break out the T shirts! 7 Siegel and Cummings hoped to choose an animal to _. （ A） call on people to take actions against global warming （ B） make people aware of the danger of environmental damage （ C） introduce to people a new conce
21、pt of environmental protection （ D） remind people of the importance of protecting endangered species 8 The problem with Elkhorn and staghorn corals lies in that _. （ A） they were not much-liked by many people （ B） they were not well-known enough to be an icon （ C） they were not considered animals by
22、 many people （ D） they were not added to the list of Endangered Species 9 It can be learned that the polar bear _. （ A） was first considered by Siegel to be the iconic animal in 1998 （ B） was first proposed by Siegel to be the endangered species in 2004 （ C） was not qualified scientifically as the e
23、ndangered species until 2005 （ D） was not officially under the government protection until 2008 10 Which of the following is chosen by Siegel as the symbolic animal? （ A） The murrelet nesting in glaciers. （ B） The polar bear in the North Pole. （ C） The spider in Alaskas Glacier Bay. （ D） Staghorn co
24、rals in the Caribbean. 11 Which of the following can best describe the authors attitude toward the U. S. position on global warming? （ A） Indifferent. （ B） Understandable. （ C） Appreciative. （ D） Critical. 12 The passage is focused on _. （ A） how the scientists tried to protect endangered species （
25、B） how the symbolic endangered species has been chosen （ C） the relation between global warming and endangered species （ D） the problems in and the future of endangered species protection 阅读理解练习试卷 4答案与解析 一、 Reading Comprehension Directions: There are 5 passages in this part. Each passage is followed
26、 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】 A 【试题解析】 第三段前两句说如今服饰租赁这个古老行业已经丢掉了以前的名声，不再
27、是原来那个租借蹩脚礼服、万圣节服装或过时晚装的行业了。在致力于一些特殊活动 (宴会、公司聚会、婚礼等 )的服装服务领域的同时，服饰租赁业还延伸到一些更为休闲 的服装领域中来。 【知识模块】 阅读理解 2 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 第三段最后一句说对于那些习惯了到处逛街花钱的人来说，租赁确实成了既能维持预算又 “穿着体面 ”的好办法。 【知识模块】 阅读理解 3 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 第四段最后一句说现在的白领女士品味高且多变，买一件晚礼服对她们来说是个 “很贵的主意 ”，而多数人又不愿意两次宴会穿同一件衣服。并没提到有没有时间购物。 【知识模块】 阅读理解 4 【正确答案】 A
28、 【试题解析】 第五段第四句说 大公司可能永远也不会支付女职员购买宴会礼服的费用，但为了提升公司形象，有时公司更愿意支付租赁这些奢侈品的费用。 【知识模块】 阅读理解 5 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 最后一段最后一句说租赁使得普通女性能够手拎昂贵的名牌手袋而不需要花那么多钱去买它。可以看出作者是支持这一做法的。 【知识模块】 阅读理解 6 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本文介绍了奢侈品租赁业正在兴起的现状。 【知识模块】 阅读理解 【知识模块】 阅读理解 7 【正确答案】 A 【 试题解析】 第一段第二句说 Siegel正在寻找一个由于气候变化而逐渐消失的物种，希望用它作为警示全球变暖危
29、害的象征物。 【知识模块】 阅读理解 8 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 第二段第三句说小鹿角珊瑚和麇角珊瑚成功地被列入了濒危物种名单，但作为标志性物种还有欠缺，因为很多人并没有意识到珊瑚是活的动物。 【知识模块】 阅读理解 9 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 第二段第七、八句说 2005年 Siegel申请将北极熊列为濒危物种名单，三年后美国内政部长宣布北极熊为 “受威胁物种 ”。这算得上一个成功，但还不是完全意义上的成功，因为濒危物种比 “受威胁物种 ”的等级更高。 【知识模块】 阅读理解 10 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 第二段第二句说 Siegel申请将 Kittlitzs mur
30、relet(小海鸥 )列入濒危物种名单，但却遭到美国内政部长的拒绝。所以 A不对。第一段最后两句说蜘蛛满足科学的濒危标准，但是如果把人们都想用脚踩的蜘蛛印在 T恤上，估计 T恤也不会热卖，起不到宣传的作用，所以 C不对。参见第二题， D也不对。 【知识模块】 阅读理解 11 【正确答案 】 D 【试题解析】 第二段第八句说将北极熊列为 “受威胁物种 ”对美国政府来说已是一种让步，因为美国政府是唯一不承认气候变化带来危害的国家政府。从这句话可以看出作者对美国政府是持批评态度的。 【知识模块】 阅读理解 12 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本文介绍了 Siegel选择警示全球变暖危害的象征动物的过程。 【知识模块】 阅读理解
