1、专升本英语（阅读）模拟试卷 115 及答案与解析一、Part III Reading ComprehensionDirections: In this part there are four passages. Each passage is followed by a number of comprehension questions. Read the passages and choose the best answer to each question. Then, mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on t
2、he Answer Sheet.0 Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman. A man goes shopping because he needs something. His purpose is settled and decided in advance. He knows what he wants, and his objective is to find it and buy it; the price is a secondary consideration.
3、 All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want. If the shop has it in stock, the salesman promptly produces it, and the business of trying it on proceeds at once. All being well, the deal can be and often is completed in less than five minutes, with hardly any chat and to
4、everyones satisfaction. Slight problems may begin for a man when the shop does not have what he wants, or does not have exactly what he wants. In that case the salesman always tries to sell the customer something elsehe offers the nearest he can to the article required.Now how does a woman go about
5、buying clothes? In almost every respect she does so in the opposite way. Her shopping is not often based on need. She has never fully made up her mind what she wants, and she is only “having a look round“. She is always open to persuasion; indeed she sets great store by what the saleswoman tells her
6、, even by what companions tell her. Upper-most in her mind is the thought of finding something that everyone thinks suits her. Contrary to a lot of jokes, most women have an excellent sense of value when they buy clothes. They are always on the lookout for the unexpected bargain. Faced with a roomfu
7、l of dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour going from one rail to another, to and fro, often retracing her steps, before selecting the dresses she wants to try on. It is a laborious process, but apparently an enjoyable one. Most dress shops provide chairs for the waiting husbands.Since the late
8、1960s a growing number of women have expressed a strong dissatisfaction with any marriage arrangement wherein the husband and his career are the primary considerations in the marriage. By the end of the 1970s, for example, considerably less than half of the women in the United States still believed
9、that they would put their husbands and children ahead of their own careers.More and more American women have come to believe that they should be equal partners rather than junior partners in their marriages. This stage of marriage, although not typical of most American marriage, at present, will gro
10、w most rapidly in the future. In an equal partnership marriage the wife pursues a full-time job or career which has equal importance to her husbands. The long-standing division of labor between husband and wife comes to an end. The husband is no longer the main provider of family income, and the wif
11、e no longer has the main responsibilities for household duties and raising children. Husband and wife share all these duties equally. Power over family decisions is also shared equally.The rapid change in womens attitudes toward marriage in the 1970s reflected rapid change in the larger society. The
12、 Womens Liberation movement appeared in the late 1960s, demanding an end to all forms of sexual discrimination against females. An Equal Rights amendment to the U. S. Constitution was proposed which would make any form of discrimination on the basis of sex illegal, and though it has failed to be rat
13、ified it continues to have millions of supporters.1 When a man buys clothes, _.（A）he buys good quality things without a second consideration（B） he buys right size things without trying them on（C） he does not mind very much how much he has to pay for the right things（D）he chooses things the salesman
14、recommends2 What do men care about the fit of new clothes?（A）They like their clothes to be bigger than the average size.（B） They often have no particular size in mind before going to the shop.（C） They make sure what fits before going shopping.（D）They do not worry whether a thing fits well or not.3 W
15、hat does the passage tell us about women shoppers for clothes?（A）They welcome suggestions from anyone. （B） They rarely consider buying cheap clothes.（C） They often buy things with proper thought. （D）They listen to advice but never take it.4 It is implied in the passage that women_.（A）think more of t
16、he price of clothes than of their colors and sizes（B） tend to waste money on clothes which they dont really want（C） always buy good quality clothes regardless of the price（D）like to buy cheap clothes5 Which of the following indicates the difference between men and women shoppers?（A）Women buy what th
17、ey need but men do not.（B） Women walk in a shop but men sit down.（C） Men do not try clothes on in a shop.（D）Men do not spend as much time on buying clothes as women.5 Since the late 1960s a growing number of women have expressed a strong dissatisfaction with any marriage arrangement wherein the husb
18、and and his career are the primary considerations in the marriage. By the end of the 1970s, for example, considerably less than half of the women in the United States still believed that they would put their husbands and children ahead of their own careers.More and more American women have come to b
19、elieve that they should be equal partners rather than junior partners in their marriages. This stage of marriage, although not typical of most American marriage, at present, will grow most rapidly in the future. In an equal partnership marriage the wife pursues a full-time job or career which has eq
20、ual importance to her husbands. The long-standing division of labor between husband and wife comes to an end. The husband is no longer the main provider of family income, and the wife no longer has the main responsibilities for household duties and raising children. Husband and wife share all these
21、duties equally. Power over family decisions is also shared equally.The rapid change in womens attitudes toward marriage in the 1970s reflected rapid change in the larger society. The Womens Liberation movement appeared in the late 1960s, demanding an end to all forms of sexual discrimination against
22、 females. An Equal Rights amendment to the U. S. Constitution was proposed which would make any form of discrimination on the basis of sex illegal, and though it has failed to be ratified it continues to have millions of supporters.6 During the late 1960s many women disliked the marriage_.（A）that ma
23、de them have no family duties（B） that put their husbands in an absolute position（C） wherein they were just servants to their husbands（D）wherein their husbands had no say in family matters7 According to the passage, which type of marriage is the most popular today?（A）Husband-wife equal partners.（B） W
24、ife as servant to husband.（C） Husband-head, wife-helper.（D）Husband-senior partner, wife-junior partner.8 More and more women take jobs outside the home because_.（A）more and more husbands stay at home taking care of their houses and children（B） the families want to earn more money to maintain their h
25、igh standard of living（C） womens desire for equality with their husbands is becoming stronger and stronger（D）women want to get an opportunity to get rid of their family responsibilities9 Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?（A）Many people are for the idea that any form of discrimi
26、nation on the basis of sex should be considered illegal.（B） The Womens Liberation movement protested against all forms of discrimination.（C） The institution of marriage in the United States has experienced many stages of development.（D）The American ideal of equality has affected not only marriage bu
27、t also the relationships between men and women, adults and children.10 The word “ratified“ in the last sentence can be replaced by_.（A）rewritten（B） disagreed on（C） analyzed（D）approved10 The fiddler crab is a living clock. It indicates the time of day by the color of its skin, which is dark by day an
28、d pale by night. The crabs changing skin color follows a regular twenty-four-hour cycle that exactly matches the daily rhythm of the sun.Does the crab actually keep time, or does its skin simply respond to the suns rays, changing color according to the amount of light that strikes it? To find out, b
29、iologists kept crabs in a dark room for two months. Even without daylight the crabs skin color continued to change precisely on schedule.This characteristic probably evolved in response to the rhythm of the sun, to help protect the crab from sunlight and enemies. After millions of years it has becom
30、e completely regulated inside the living body of the crab.The biologists noticed that once each day the color of the fiddler crab is especially dark, and that each day this occurs fifty minutes later than on the day before. From this they discovered that each crab follows not only the rhythm of the
31、sun but also that of the tides. The crabs period of greatest darkening is precisely the time of low tide on the beach where it was caught!11 The fiddler crab is like a clock because it changes color_.（A）in a regular 24-hour rhythm（B） in response to the suns rays（C） at low tide（D）every fifty minutes1
32、2 The crabs changing color_.（A）tells the crab what time it is（B） protects the crab from the sunlight（C） keeps the crab warm（D）is of no real use13 When the fiddler crabs were kept in the dark, they_.（A）did not change color（B） changed color more quickly（C） changed color more slowly（D）changed color on
33、the same schedule14 The crabs color-changing ability was probably developed_.（A）in the process of evolution（B） over millions of years（C） by the work of biologists（D）both A and B15 The best title for this selection is_.（A）Discoveries in Biology（B） The Rhythmic Cycles of the Sun and Tide（C） A Scientif
34、ic Study（D）A Living Clock15 When we think of creative people the names that probably spring to mind are those of men such as Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, and Pablo Picasso, i. e. , great artists, inventors and scientistsa select and exceptionally gifted body of men with rare talent and genius
35、 . The tendency to regard creativity and imaginative thinking as the exclusive province of a lucky few disregards the creative and imaginative aspects inherent in the solution of many of the tasks we regularly have to facethe discovery and development of new methods and techniques, the improvement o
36、f old methods, existing inventions and products.Everyone has creative ability to some extent. Creative thinking involves posing oneself a problem and then originating or inventing a solution along new and unconventional lines. It involves drawing new analogies, discovering new combinations, and new
37、applications of things that are already known. It follows, then, that a creative person will exhibit great intellectual curiosity and imagination. He will be alert and observant with a great store of information which he will be able to sort out and combine, in the solution of problem. He will be em
38、otionally receptive to new and unconventional ideas and will be less interested in facts than in their implications. Most important of all, he will be able to communicate uninhibitedly and will not be too concerned about other peoples reaction to his apparently “crazy“ notions. People called the Wri
39、ght brothers mad but it did not stop them from becoming the first men to construct and fly a heavier-than-air craft.16 The author believes that creative thinking_.（A）is only possessed by great artists（B） requires rare talent and genius（C） is needed in the solution of many problems（D）belongs to a luc
40、ky few17 In order to solve scientific problems, people_.（A）must possess crazy notions（B） should not be interested in facts（C） should express themselves clearly（D）should not be afraid of what others think18 Creative thinking involves_.（A）drawing new pictures of old things（B） observing the actions of
41、great people（C） finding the problem and originating a solution（D）storing information19 A creative person must look at facts_.（A）as they are（B） for what they imply（C） and remember them（D）which are interesting20 In this passage, “unconventional“(in Para.2) means_.（A）not political（B） unacceptable（C） no
42、t ordinary（D）uninhibited20 Under normal conditions the act of communication requires the presence of at least two persons: one who sends and the other who receives the communication. In order to communicate thoughts and feelings, there must be a conventional system of signs and symbols which means t
43、he same to the sender and the receiver.The means of sending communications are too numerous and varied for systematic classification; therefore, the analysis must begin with the means of receiving communication. Reception of communication is achieved by our senses, of which sight, hearing and touch
44、play the most important roles.Examples of visual communication are gesture and mimicry. Although both frequently accompany speech, there are systems that rely solely on sight, such as those used by deaf and dumb persons. Another means of communicating visually is by signals of fire, smoke, flags, or
45、 flashing lights. Feelings may be simply communicated by touch, such as by hand-stroking. Although a highly developed system of hand-stroking has enabled blind, deaf and dumb persons to communicate intelligently. Whistling to someone, applauding in a theatre, and other forms of communication by soun
46、d rely upon the ear as a receiver. The most fully developed form of auditory communication is, of course, the spoken language.The means of communication mentioned so far have two features in communication; they last only a short time, and the persons involved must be relatively close to each other.
47、Therefore, all are restricted in time and space.21 In the authors opinion, the reception of communication should be dealt with first because_.（A）communication depends on a conventional system of signs and symbols（B） only through our senses, can we communicate（C） to classify the means of sending comm
48、unications is a very difficult task（D）there are more means of receiving than of sending communications22 Gesture is specially mentioned as an example of_.（A）communication by language（B） communication by mimicry（C） auditory communication（D）visual communication23 Which of the following statements abou
49、t communication by hearing is true?（A）Communication by hearing is more important than communication by sight.（B） Whistling and applauding are the only two forms of communication by hearing.（C） Handshaking, as well as hand-stroking, has enabled the blind to communicate by hearing.（D）It is possible to communicate intelligently by hearing.24 According to the passage alone, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?（A）The spoken language is the most highly developed form of a
