1、专升本英语（阅读）模拟试卷 14 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 th
2、e Answer Sheet.0 Newspapers are not nearly as popular today as they were in the past. There are not very many people who seriously read a newspaper every day. Most people read only the sports pages, the advice or gossip columns, the comics , and perhaps the classified advertisements. Most people don
3、 t take the time to read the real news. Newspaper editors say that their readers are lazy. They say they have to trick people into reading the news. They attempt to catch the reader s interest with pictures and exciting headlines . These techniques are used on the front page because it is the first
4、thing you see when you pick up the paper. The first page attracts attention and encourages the reader to look through the rest of the paper. This is why editors always look for a good first page story and headlines that make you stop and look. If the headline is horrible enough or frightening enough
5、 or wild enough, perhaps you will go on to read the rest of the story. Just the same, there are a lot of people who do not even read the front page anymore. They may read the headlines, but that is all. Then they turn to the sports page, or comics, or advertisements. It seems that people do not want
6、 the news from a newspaper anymore. They say they get the news on the television now.More people watch television news because it is easier and more interesting than reading a newspaper. What about you? Do you read news from a newspaper? Do you watch the news on television? Do you think it easier to
7、 get the news from television? Do you listen to the radio? Or do you even care about news at all? Would you mind if there were no news?1 According to the writer, newspapers are _.（A）more popular today（B） less popular today（C） as popular as before（D）getting more and more popular2 Editors think the im
8、portant part of the paper is_.（A）the headlines（B） the sports page（C） the front page（D）the classified advertisements3 According to the article, most people read all of the following except_.（A）the real news（B） the sports page（C） comics（D）advertisements4 Today more people get news from _.（A）newspapers
9、（B） radio（C） television（D）both A and B5 The author s attitude toward newspaper is_.（A）sympathetic（B） critical（C） negative（D）undetermined5 By adopting a few simple techniques, parents who read to their children can greatly increase their children s language development. It is surprising but true. How
10、 parents talk to their children makes a big difference in the children s language development. If a parent encourages the child to actively respond to what the parent is reading, the child s language skills increase.A study was done with 30 three-year-old children and their parents. Half of the chil
11、dren participated in the experimental study; the other half acted as the control group. In the experimental group, the parents were given a two-hour training session in which they were taught to ask open-ended questions rather than yes-or-no questions. For example, the parent should ask, “What is th
12、e doggie doing?“ rather than “Is the doggie running away?“ The parents in the experimental group were also instructed in how to help children find answers, how to suggest alternative possibilities and how to praise correct answers.At the beginning of the study, the children did not differ in measure
13、s of language development, but at the end of one month, the children in the experimental group showed 5. 5 months ahead of the control group on a test of verbal expression and vocabulary. Nine months later, the children in the experimental group still showed an advance of 6 months over the children
14、in the control group.6 Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?（A）Children who talk a lot are more intelligent.（B） Parents who listen to their children can teach them more.（C） Active children should read more and be given more attention.（D）Verbal ability can easily be developed with
15、proper methods.7 What does “it“ in line 2 can most probably be replaced by?（A）Parents increasing childrens language development.（B） Reading techniques being simple.（C） Parents reading to children.（D）Childrens intelligence development.8 According to the author, which of the following questions is the
16、 best type to ask children about?（A）Do you see the elephant?（B） Is the elephant in the cage?（C） What animals do you like?（D）Shall we go to the zoo?9 The difference between the control group and the experimental group was_.（A）the training that parents received（B） the age of the children（C） the books
17、that were read（D）the number of the children10 The best conclusion we can draw from the passage is that_.（A）parents should be trained to read to their children（B） the more children read, the more intelligent they will become（C） childrens language skills increase when they are required to respond acti
18、vely（D）children who read actively seem six months older10 As you are students of English, it s very possible that you 11 be interested in England. Thats where the language was first spoken. But England is often called by other names. This often confuses people and I wonder if you know what these nam
19、es mean. So, now I would like to tell you about this matter of names. I believe that you have heard people use the namesEngland, Britain or Great Britain. Lets see what each of these names means.If you look at a map of Europe, you 11 see a group of islandsone larger island off the northwest coast, o
20、ne smaller and many tiny ones. These make up what is called the British Isles. The largest island of the British Isles is Britain. It is also called Great Britain. The smaller island is Ireland.Britain is divided into three parts; Scotland, Wales and England. But sometimes the word “England“ is used
21、 instead of “Britain“. Why so?In ancient times, what is Britain now used to be three different countries. People in these different countries spoke different languages. Over many years the three countries became one. England is the largest and richest of the three and it has the most people. So the
22、English people take it for granted that their own name stands for the whole island.There s another thing that confuses people: sometimes you may hear people say “ the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland“. That is the official name of the country. Northern Ireland is only one sixth o
23、f the island or Ireland. The rest of the island is an independent state, called the Republic of Ireland. So we have the names of “England“, “Britain“, “Great Britain“, and “the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland“. Now do you know what each of them means?11 English was first spoken
24、in _.（A）Britain（B） England（C） Great Britain（D）Ireland12 Britain is divided into_.（A）England, Britain, and Wales（B） England, Scotland, and Wales（C） Wales, Scotland, and Great Britain（D）Great Britain, Wales, and Scotland13 According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?（A）Wales is
25、 the richest of the three.（B） Scotland is the largest of the three.（C） Sometimes England is used instead of Britain.（D）Britain is the only name of the largest island of British Isles.14 The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is _.（A）part of Britain（B） part of British Isles（C） the o
26、fficial name of the whole country（D）the largest country of all mentioned in the passage15 Which of the following is an independent country?（A）Wales（B） Scotland（C） Northern Ireland（D）The Republic of Ireland15 Every year just after Christmas the January Sales start. All the shops reduce their prices a
27、nd for two weeks, they are full of people looking for bargains. My husband and I do not normally go to the sales as we dont like crowds and in any case are short of money as we have to buy lots of Christmas presents.Last year, however, I took my husband with me to the sales at the large shop in the
28、center of London. We both needed some new clothes and were hoping to find a television set. When we got to Oxford Street, it was so crowded that we decided to split up and meet again at the underground station. So I left my husband and started looking around the shops. Unfortunately all the clothes
29、were in very large sizes and so were not suitable for me. But I did buy a television at a very cheap price, so I felt quite pleased with myself.When I arrived at the station, my husband was not there. So I sat down in a nearby cafe to have a cup of tea. I quickly finished my tea when I saw my husban
30、d and went out to meet him. He looked very happy. Then I saw he was carrying a large and heavy cardboard box. “Oh, dear!“ I thought. Yes, we had no new clothes but two televisions. We shall not be going to the sales again.16 In January _.（A）lots of people go shopping for discount（B） people have a lo
31、t of money to spend after Christmas（C） all the shops close for a two-week Christmas holiday（D）people don t have enough money to go looking for bargains17 In this passage, the word “bargain“ could best be replaced by “something_“.（A）given to people（B） offered at a reduced price（C） offered, sold or bo
32、ught which is expensive（D）sold for the purpose of reaching an agreement18 The husband and wife in the story _.（A）wished to buy a TV（B） went to the sales normally（C） often went to the sales to buy clothes（D）were usually not short of money after Christmas19 The phrase “split up“ in the second paragrap
33、h means “ _“.（A）break apart（B） cause to break（C） become pieces（D）go in different directions20 After their day s shopping, they_.（A）were happy with their bargains（B） had got everything they wanted（C） got more than they had hoped for（D）had to go back to the sales the next day专升本英语（阅读）模拟试卷 14 答案与解析一、Pa
34、rt 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 the Answer Sheet.【知识模块】 阅读理解1
35、 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 文章首句说到：“Newspapers are notnearly as popular today as they were in the past”(今天的报纸不像过去那样受欢迎了 )。因此正确答案为 B。【知识模块】 阅读理解2 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 根据第一段中第八句：“Thesetechniques are used on the front page because it isthe first thing you see when you pick up thepaper”可知，这些技术(图片和令人激动的标题)一般都用于头版，因为头版是读者最
36、先看到的，因此可吸引读者继续看下去。故选 C。【知识模块】 阅读理解3 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 从第一段第三句：“Most people read onlythe sports pages ，the advice or gossip columnsclassified advertisementMost people dont take thetime to read the real news”可知 A 正确。【知识模块】 阅读理解4 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 从第一段最后：“They say they get thenews on the television now”可知，更多
37、的消息是来自电视。因此选 C。【知识模块】 阅读理解5 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 从文章中作者说报纸已不像过去那样受欢迎了，及所作的描述可知，作者的态度是同情的。【知识模块】 阅读理解【知识模块】 阅读理解6 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 本题答案在第一段：By adopting a fewsimple techniques，parents who read to theirchildren can greatly increase their childrenslanguage development可知，父母给孩子读书的时候，通过采用一些简单的方法可以极大提高孩子的语言能力。因此可以得
38、出这样的结论：语言能力可以通过适当的方法轻松地提高。D 正确。【知识模块】 阅读理解7 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 根据文章第一段第一句和第三句中的 childrens language development 部分，可以看出 it 指父母能提高孩子的语言能力。代词的指代内容一般应从该句的上下句中找。【知识模块】 阅读理解8 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 文章第二段第三句说到：In theexperimental group，the parents were given a twohour training session in which they were taught toask op
39、en-ended questions rather than yes-or-noquestions即在实验组里，对家长进行了两小时的培训，让他们学会向孩子们提一些开放式问题，而不是问用“是或不是”回答的问题。再根据下文提问的举例可推出家长提出的最好的问题应该是：What animals do you like?(你喜欢什么样的动物 ?)C 为正确答案。【知识模块】 阅读理解9 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 本题答案在第二段第三句：In theexperimental group，the parents were given a twohour training session(在实验组里，对家
40、长进行了两小时的培训) 文章的调查研究中把孩子及其家长分成两组，显然区别在于实验组里的家长接受了培训。【知识模块】 阅读理解10 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 本题答案在第一段最后一句话：If aparent encourages the child to actively respond towhat the parent is reading，the childs languageskills increase可知 C 为正确答案。【知识模块】 阅读理解【知识模块】 阅读理解11 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 关键诃语是 was first spoken。首先应迅速找出该词语在文章中的位置
41、，确定该题的信息在文章的前两句中。只要读懂原文，仔细判断，就能找到正确答案是 B 选项。【知识模块】 阅读理解12 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 该题所包含的信息在文章第三段第一一句 Britain is divided into three parts： Scotland，Wales and England中很容易找到答案，但选择时要细心。【知识模块】 阅读理解13 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 考生应具备正确把握文中信息的能力，必须通过细心阅读和理解，迅速确定试题正确信息在文章中的出处。本题 C 选项的信息在第三段第二句话中可找到。同时也可用排除法做此类题。【知识模块】 阅读理解14 【正
42、确答案】 C【试题解析】 通过文章中最后一段前两句的阅读和理解，可迅速确定“The United Kingdom of GreatBritain and Northern Ireland is the official name ofthe whole country”是正确答案。【知识模块】 阅读理解15 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 正确答案在文章中最后一段的中间 The rest of the island is an independent state，calledthe Republic of Ireland可迅速找到。做题的关键在于了解文章大意，细心选择答案。【知识模块】 阅读理解
43、【知识模块】 阅读理解16 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 其中 A 项中的关键词为 discount，它的意思是“reduction in price”(降价)，与文章第一段中 “All the shops reduce their prices”的意思相一致，故 A项是正确的。其他三个选项都不符合文章的意思。【知识模块】 阅读理解17 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 题中“bargain”为关键词，它的意思是“something that is cheap”(便宜货)，与 B 项“降价所提供的东西”相一致，所以 B 项是正确答案。【知识模块】 阅读理解18 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 从文章
44、第二段中的第二句“We bothneeded and were hoping to find a televisionset”可判断 A 项为正确答案。其他三项不符合文章的意思。【知识模块】 阅读理解19 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 短语动词 split up 的汉语意思是：朝不同方向前进。如： The group split up to try to findfood(队伍分头去寻找食物) 。D 项就是 split up 的含义，故为正确答案。【知识模块】 阅读理解20 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 本文作者和她丈夫本想购买一台电视机，结果他们却买了两台电视机，和 C 项内容相符；比他们原来希望购买的要多。其他三项和文章的内容不符。【知识模块】 阅读理解
