1、专升本英语（阅读）模拟试卷 33 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 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 the same to
3、 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 play the
4、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 flashin
5、g 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 sound rely u
6、pon 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. Therefo
7、re, all are restricted in time and space.1 In the author s 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 communicat
8、ions is a very difficult task（D）there are more means of receiving than of sending communications2 Gesture is specially mentioned as an example of_.（A）communication by language（B） communication by mimicry（C） auditory communication（D）visual communication3 Which of the following statements about commun
9、ication 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 communi
10、cate intelligently by hearing.4 According to the passage alone, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?（A）The spoken language is the most highly developed form of auditory communication.（B） Normally, the act of communication requires the presence of at least three persons.（C） The means of com
11、munication mentioned in the passage last only for a moment.（D）Fire, smoke, flags and flashing lights can all be signals of visual communication. 5 What is the passage mainly about?（A）Spoken is the best way of communication.（B） Reception of communication can be achieved by our sight, hearing and touc
12、h, and these means of communication share two features in common.（C） In communication a conventional system of signs and symbols means the same to the sender and receiver.（D）The means of communication are restricted in time and space.5 Psychologist George Spilich and colleagues at Washington College
13、 in Chestertown, Maryland, decided to find out: whether, as many smokers say, smoking helps them to “think and concentrate “. Spilich put young non-smokers, active smokers and smokers deprived(被剥夺 )of cigarettes through a series of tests.In the first test, each subject(试验对象)sat before a computer scr
14、een and pressed a key as soon as he or she recognized a target letter among a grouping of 96. In this simple test, smokers, deprived smokers and non-smokers performed equally well.The next test was more complex, requiring all to scan sequences of 20 identical letters and respond the instant one of t
15、he letters transformed into a different one. Non-smokers were faster, but under the stimulation of nicotine(尼古丁), active smokers were faster than deprived smokers.In the third test of short-term memory, non-smokers made the fewest errors, but deprived smokers committed fewer errors than active smoke
16、rs.The fourth test required people to read a passage, then answer questions about it. Non-smokers remembered 19 percent more of the most important information than active smokers, and deprived smokers bested those who had smoked a cigarette just before testing. Active smokers tended not only to have
17、 poorer memories but also had trouble separating important information from insignificant details.“As our tests became more complex,“ sums up Spilich, “non-smokers performed better than smokers by wider and wider margins. “ He predicts, “smokers might perform adequately at many jobsuntil they got co
18、mplicated. A smoking airline pilot could fly adequately if no problems arose, but if something went wrong, smoking might damage his mental capacity. “6 The purpose of George Spilich s experiment is _.（A）to test whether smoking has a positive effect on the mental capacity of smokers（B） to show how sm
19、oking damages peoples mental capacity（C） to prove that smoking affects people s regular performance（D）to find out whether smoking helps people s short-term memory7 George Spilich s experiment was conducted in such a way as to_.（A）compel the subject to separate major information from minor details（B）
20、 put the subjects through increasingly complex tests（C） check the effectiveness of nicotine on smokers（D）register the prompt responses of the subjects8 The word “bested“(Para. 5)most probably means_.（A）beat（B） envied（C） caught up with（D）made the best of9 Which of the following statements is TRUE?（A）
21、Active smokers in general performed better than deprived smokers.（B） Active smokers responded more quickly than the other subjects.（C） Non-smokers were not better than other subjects in performing simple tasks.（D）Deprived smokers gave the slowest responses to the various tasks.10 We can infer the la
22、st paragraph that_.（A）smokers should not expect to become airline pilots（B） smoking in emergency causes mental illness（C） no airline pilots smoke during flights（D）smokers may prove unequal to handling emergency cases10 More than 30,000 drivers and front seat passengers are killed or seriously injure
23、d each year. At a speed of only 30 miles per hour it is the same as falling from a third-floor window. Wear a seat belt saves lives; it reduces your chance of death or serious injury by more than half.Therefore drivers or front passengers over 14 in most vehicles must wear a seat belt. If you do not
24、, you could be fined up to $50. It will not be up to the drivers to make sure you wear your belt. But it will be the driver s responsibility to make sure that children under 14 do not ride in the front unless they are wearing a seat belt of some kind.However, you do not have to wear a seat belt if y
25、ou are reversing(倒开)your vehicle; or you are making a local delivery or collection using a special vehicle ; or if you have valid(有效的)medical certificate which excuses you from wearing it. Make sure these circumstances apply to you before you decide not to wear your seat belt. Remember you may be ta
26、ken to court for not doing so, and you may be fined if you cannot prove to the court that you have been excused from wearing it.11 This passage is most probably taken from_.（A）a medical magazine（B） a legal document（C） the Federal Laws（D）a police report12 Wearing a seat belt in a vehicle_.（A）reduces
27、road accidents by more than half（B） saves lives while at a speed up to 30 miles per hour（C） reduces the death rate in traffic accidents（D）saves more than 15,000 lives each year13 It is the driver s responsibility to_.（A）make the front seat passenger wear a seat belt（B） make the front seat children u
28、nder 14 wear a seat belt（C） stop children riding in the front seat（D）wear a seat belt each time he drives14 According to the passage, who, riding in the front, does not have to wear a seat belt?（A）Someone who is backing into a parking space.（B） Someone who is picking up the children from the local s
29、chool.（C） Someone who is delivering invitation letters.（D）Someone who is under 14.15 For some people , it may be better_.（A）to wear a seat belt for health reasons（B） not to wear a seat belt for health reasons（C） to get a valid medical certificate before wearing a seat belt（D）to pay a fine rather tha
30、n wear a seat belt15 The Chinese of 3500 years ago believed that the earth was a chariot , and the sky was a curved canopy stretched above it. The canopy was nine layers thick, and it sloped slightly to the northwest, as a cataclysm had broken one of its supporting columns. This gentle slope explain
31、ed the movement of the stars from east to west.According to these ancient Chinese beliefs, the sun spent the night on earth and ascended to the sky each morning from the luminous valley of the earth by climbing the branches of an immensely tall sacred tree. To the Chinese people, the sun was the inc
32、arnation of goodness, beauty, and truth. In popular imagination, the sun was represented as a cock that little by little assumed human form. His battles with the dragons, which personified evil in their beliefs, accounted for momentary disappearances of the sun that men now call eclipses. Many of th
33、e Chinese people worshiped the sun, but in the vast and complicated organization of the Chinese gods, the sun was of only secondary importance.Along with these unsophisticated beliefs about the sun, the Chinese evolved a science of astronomy based upon observationthough essentially religiouswhich en
34、abled them to predict eclipses of the sun and the movement of the stars. Such predictions were based on calculations made by using a gnomon(天文日晷仪指针)an object whose shadow could be used as a measure, as with a sundial or simple shadow pointers. Moreover, with the naked eye, the Chinese observed sunsp
35、ots, a phenomenon not then known to their contemporaries.16 The ancient Chinese believed that the earth_.（A）was a chariot（B） sloped to the northwest（C） was supported by columns（D）had nine layers17 To the Chinese people, the sun represented_.（A）the primary god（B） evil（C） goodness, beauty and truth（D）
36、combat18 The sun s disappearances were thought to be caused by_.（A）fights with cocks（B） fights with dragons（C） a scientific phenomenon（D）eclipse19 Ancient Chinese astronomy could be accurately described as_.（A）entirely religious in nature（B） based on legendary figures（C） advanced in some areas（D）com
37、pletely unsuccessful20 Implied but not stated; _.（A）The sun was worshiped by all the Chinese people（B） The sun was thought of as a cock（C） Chinese religion and astronomy were closely interrelated（D）Sundials were first used by the Chinese专升本英语（阅读）模拟试卷 33 答案与解析一、Part III Reading ComprehensionDirection
38、s: 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 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 从文中第二段 The means of s
39、endingcommunications are too numerous and varied forsystematic classification；therefore，the analysismust begin with the means of receivingcommunication故选 C。【知识模块】 阅读理解2 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 从文章第三段开头 Examples of visualcommunication are gesture and mimicry便可得出选 D。【知识模块】 阅读理解3 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 从文章第三段 Whistling
40、 to someone，applauding in a theatre，and other forms ofcommunication by sound rely upon the ear as areceiverThe most fully developed form ofauditory communication is，of course，the spokenlanguage故 D 对。【知识模块】 阅读理解4 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 从文章第一段 Under normal conditionsthe act of communication requires the prese
41、nce ofat least two persons故 B 明显错误。【知识模块】 阅读理解5 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 文章的第二段的转折处即是文章的中心，在最后一段又进行了总结，故 B 最全面。【知识模块】 阅读理解【知识模块】 阅读理解6 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 文章第一段第一句 PsychologistGeorge Spilich and colleagues at WashingtonCollege in Chestertown，Maryland， decided tofind out whether，as many smokers say，smokinghelps the
42、m to“think and concentrate”故选 A。【知识模块】 阅读理解7 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 从四次实验来看，一次比一次复杂，而结果也显示出抽烟的人与不抽烟人对复杂问题的反应的差别，故选 B。【知识模块】 阅读理解8 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 根据上下文推测，best 在这里有“胜出，打败 ”的意思。故选 beat。【知识模块】 阅读理解9 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 文章第二段结尾 In this simple test，smokers ，deprived smokers and nonsmokersperformed equally well可知不抽烟者和抽
43、烟者在很简单的测试中表现得一样好。故选 C。【知识模块】 阅读理解10 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 文章最后一句“if no problemsarose，but if something went wrong，smokingmight damage his mental capacity”可知抽烟的人处理应急事件的能力不强，故选 D。【知识模块】 阅读理解【知识模块】 阅读理解11 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 从文章整体看，是在讲系安全带的重要性、司机的职责和不佩戴安全带的惩罚措施。全文的语言风格比较随意，语言也比较简单，所以不可能选自 a legal document(法律文件) 或 t
44、he Federal Laws(联邦政府的法律)；另外，文章显然与医学没有太大的关联，不是来自于 amedical magazine(医学杂志)。D 项为正确答案，意为“警局报导”，这是一种不太正式的类似于新闻报道的文体，因为文章中提到了佩戴安全带的重要性，也提到了交通事故、司机的职责和惩戒措施，所以选D。【知识模块】 阅读理解12 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 答案在第一段的最后一句，“佩戴安全带可以拯救人们的生命；它可以将你严重受伤或者死亡的几率减低一半以上。”C 项的含义是“减低交通事故中的死亡几率”，符合此句；A 的含义是“减少路面事故数量一半以上 ”，佩戴安全带显然不能直接起这个作用
45、；B 的含义是“在行驶时速达到每小时 30 英里时可以救命”；D 项的含义是“每年拯救多于 15，000 人的生命 ”，在文中找不到根据。【知识模块】 阅读理解13 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 答案在第二段最后一句。“但司机将有责任保证 14 岁以下的儿童不能坐在前座，除非他们佩戴安全带，”因此选 B“让前座的 14 岁以下的儿童配戴安全带”。C 意为“不让儿童坐在前座”，是以偏概全的。【知识模块】 阅读理解14 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 答案在第三段的第一句，“然而，倒车的时候你无需佩戴安全带”。与 A 项“倒车人停车位”相符；C 项的“递送请柬”表面上看来跟第三段第一句中的makin
46、g a local delivery orcollection using special vehicle 有关，但是我们从文中无法判断这种可以造成特例的：local delivery 到底是不是 delivering invitation letters。这种无法从文中获取到足够肯定证据的选项是不能够选的。这是细节题做题的基本原则，即一定要在文中找到基本对应的句子段落。【知识模块】 阅读理解15 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 答案在第三段的第一句话，“如果你有有效的医疗证明，你也有理由不佩戴安全带”。B 项的意思是“为了健康原因不带安全带”，与文意相符；A 项“为了健康原因佩带安全带”，C
47、项“获取有效医疗证明方可佩戴安全带 ”都与原文意思不符。【知识模块】 阅读理解【知识模块】 阅读理解16 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 第一段第一句the earth was achariot,可知正确答案选 A。【知识模块】 阅读理解17 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 由文中第二段 To the Chinese people，the sun was the incarnation of goodness， beauty，and truth 可知正确答案为 C。本题的关键是了解incarnation 的意思，意为“化身，具体化”。【知识模块】 阅读理解18 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 由文章
48、第二段倒数第二句“His battleswith the dragonsaccounted for” 可知正确答案为 B。做题的关键在于正确理解account for 的意思，意为“是的原因”。【知识模块】 阅读理解19 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 文中第三段第一句 Along with theseunsophisticated beliefs about the sun，the Chineseevolved a science of astronomy based uponobservation-though essentially religious-whichenabled them to predict eclipses of the sun and themovements of the stars 可知选 A。其中两个破折号中间的 essentially religious(本质上有宗教性质)是解题的关键。【知识模块】 阅读理解20 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 题干问隐含有而文中未陈述的有，A 、B 、C 三项在文中都能找到，故选 D。另外，根据第三段的内容也可判断出应选 D。【知识模块】 阅读理解
