1、专升本英语（阅读）模拟试卷 87 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 The world is known to us through many senses, not just hearing, smell, vision, and at close range, touch and taste. Our skins let us know whether the air is moist or dry, whether surfaces are wet without being sticky or slippery. From the uniformity of slight pressure, we can be awa
3、re how deeply a finger is thrust into water at body temperature, even if the finger is enclosed in a rubber glove that keeps the skin completely dry. Many other animals with highly sensitive skins, appear to be able to learn still more about their environment. Often they do so without employing any
4、of the five senses.By observing the capabilities of other members of the animal kingdom, we come to realize that a human being has far more possibilities than are utilized. We neglect ever so many of our senses in concentrating on the five major ones. At the same time, a comparison between animals a
5、nd man draws attention to the limitations of each sense. The part of the spectrum seen by color-conscious man as red is non-existent for honey-bees. But a bee can see far more in flowers than we, because the ultraviolet (紫外线) to which our eyes are blind is a stimulating (刺激的) part of the insects spe
6、ctrum, and for honey-bees at least, constitutes a separate colour.1 From the passage, we realize that_.（A）man possesses as many senses as animals（B） man possesses a few more senses than animals（C） man possesses far more senses than the five major ones（D）man has fully utilized his senses2 Which of th
7、e following is TRUE?（A）The honey-bee is blind to red.（B） Man is more color-conscious than the honey-bee.（C） The honey-bee can see far more colors than man.（D）Man is sensitive to the ultraviolet.3 We can realize how deeply a finger is put into water at body temperature_.（A）from the sense of direct to
8、uch（B） through skin contact（C） from the even distribution of pressure（D）through the difference in temperature4 The phrase “sensitive skins“ (Para.2) most probably means_.（A）skins that are sticky or slippery（B） skins that are delicate（C） skins that are completely dry（D）skins that are quick to feel an
9、d respond5 What is the main idea of the passage?（A）All senses have their limitations.（B） Man has not fully utilized all his senses.（C） Insects are more sensitive to colors than man.（D）Man is not as good as animals in learning about the environment.5 Canals existed in Egypt thousands of years ago. Th
10、e great canal at Babylon was built about 2000 B. C The Grand Canal of China, which is over 900 miles long, was begun about 2500 years ago, and took centuries to finish. During the seventeenth century, France built many canals that are still in use today. However, they are not so heavily traveled as
11、they were a hundred years ago, before railways were built. One such canal is a short-cut between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean. Canals in Germany permit boats to go from the Black Sea to the North Sea. The Kiel Canal provides a passageway between the North Sea and the Baltic. In America,
12、the Great Lakes are all connected by canals, enabling ships to go from the Atlantic Ocean and the St. Lawrence River to Lake Superior.It is impossible to answer the question, “Who built the first canal?“ Perhaps some people long ago, living in a dry country, discovered that they could dig ditches to
13、 irrigate their fields with river water. And, naturally, in the days when boats were the most important means of transport, canals were the easiest means of reaching a place that was not on a river. A canal joining two rivers proved both easy and time-saving for boat travel.Today, most countries in
14、the world have canals. Even in the twentieth century, goods can move more cheaply by boat than by any other means of transport. Some canals, such as the Suez or the Panama, save ships weeks of time by making their voyage a thousand miles shorter. Other canals permit boats to reach cities that are no
15、t located on the coast. Still other canals drain lands where there is too much water, help to irrigate fields where there is not enough, water, and furnish water power for factories and mills.6 Which of the following pairs of places has not yet been connected by canal?（A）The North Sea and the Black
16、Sea.（B） The Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.（C） The North Sea and the Baltic.（D）The Black Sea and the Baltic.7 According to this passage, canals in Europe were built primarily for_.（A）transport（B） irrigation（C） drainage（D）electricity8 It is implied in the passage that the first canal was pr
17、obably built_.（A）in China（B） about 2000 B.C.（C） for irrigation（D）for boat travel9 Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to this passage?（A）Boats travel faster in the canal than in the river.（B） Canals make the voyage of ships shorter.（C） Canals are still used for the delivery of go
18、ods.（D）Canals provide a means of cheap transportation even today.10 The main purpose of the author in writing this passage is most probably to _.（A）discuss the development of canals in the world（B） introduce the history of important canals in the world（C） illustrate the usefulness of canals（D）sugges
19、t the necessity to make better use of canals10 If half of the water were to be drained from the Pacific Ocean, a curious kind of submarine mountain called a guyot would be exposed. Guyots are strange formations that resemble mushroom stalks with flat tops. More than six hundred and fifty of these vo
20、lcanic stalks have been discovered in the Pacific Ocean, and a few others have been discovered in the Atlantic sea plains.It is easy to suppose that the guyots were formed by underwater lava spouts that piled up volcanic debris over the years, but just how they acquired their curiously flat tops rem
21、ains a mystery. Shallow-water fossils found embedded(植入) in the tops of some guyots suggest that at one time the flat tops were much nearer the oceans surface, but beyond this there is little that scientists can say.One attempt to account for the flat tops suggests that the ocean levels were once mu
22、ch lower than they are today; thus wave action might have smoothed away the original peaks. Another theory holds that the guyots have probably always flat tops and that their weight has pushed them slightly toward the ocean floor, causing them to slowly submerge. But these are only theoriesthe guyot
23、s are still a geophysical puzzle.11 The strange formations called guyots are actually_.（A）underwater volcanoes（B） volcanic debris（C） mushroom stalks with flat tops（D）submerged sea plains12 Scientist are puzzled by the guyots_.（A）mushroom like appearance（B） submarine location（C） curiously flat tops（D
24、）origin13 The discovery of shallow-water fossils indicates that the guyots were_.（A）submerged by their own weight（B） flattened by the action of waves（C） not so deep in the ocean（D）formed by underwater lava spouts14 The guyots are still a geophysical puzzle nowadays because_.（A）no explanation of thei
25、r origin has yet been offered（B） scientists have not yet offered any explanation of their shapes（C） theories relating to their origins and shapes have never been proved（D）scientists are not sure the ocean levels have changed15 We can conclude from this passage that_.（A）there are guyots in every ocea
26、n of the world（B） guyots are produced by violent volcanic action（C） the mystery of the guyots will soon be solved（D）the guyots flat tops will remain a mystery for some time15 Within fifteen years Britain and other nations should be well on with the building of huge industrial complexes for the recyc
27、ling of waste. The word rubbish could lose its meaning because everything which goes into the dumps (垃圾堆) would be made into something useful. Even the most dangerous and unpleasant wastes would provide energy if nothing else.The latest project is to take a city of around half a million inhabitants
28、and discover exactly what raw materials go into it and what go out. The aim is to find out how much of these raw materials could be provided if a plant for recycling waste were built just outside the city. This plant would recycle not only metal such as steel, lead and copper, but also paper and rub
29、ber as well.Another new project is being set up to discover the best ways of sorting and separating the rubbish. When this project is complete, the rubbish will be processed like this: first, it will pass through sharp metal bars which will tear open the plastic bags in which rubbish is usually pack
30、ed; then it will pass through a powerful fan to separate the lightest elements from the heavy solids, after that grounders and rollers will break up everything that can be broken. Finally, the rubbish will pass under magnets, which will remove the bits of iron and steel; the rubber and plastic will
31、then be sorted out in the final stage.The first full-scale giant recycling plants are, perhaps, fifteen years away. Indeed, with the growing cost of transporting rubbish to more distant dumps, some big cities will be forced to build their own recycling plants before long.16 From the first paragraph,
32、 we can see_.（A）there will be no waste in the world（B） the waste cannot be reused（C） the waste can be reused（D）there will be a lot of useless waste in the world17 What is NOT mentioned as a part of the recycling process described in Para. 3?（A）Sharpening metal bars.（B） Breaking up whatever is breaka
33、ble.（C） Separating light elements from the heavy ones.（D）Sorting out small pieces of metal.18 Whats the main reason for big cities to build their own recycling plants?（A）To get big profits from those plants.（B） To protect the environment from pollution.（C） To get raw materials locally.（D）To deal wit
34、h wastes in a better way.19 The first full-scale huge recycling plants_.（A）will probably be in operation in fifteen years（B） will probably take less than fifteen years to build（C） will be built fifteen years later（D）began to operate fifteen years ago20 The passage is mainly about_.（A）a cheap way to
35、get energy（B） new ways of recycling wastes（C） the location of recycling plants（D）the protection of city environment20 Reading is thought to be a kind of conversation between the reader and the text. The reader puts questions, as it were, to the text and gets answers. In the light of these he puts fu
36、rther questions, and so on.For most of the time this “conversation“ goes on below the level of consciousness. At times, however, we become aware of it. This is usually when we are running into difficulties, when mismatch is occurring between expectations and meaning. When successful matching is bein
37、g experienced our questioning of the text continues at the unconscious level.Different people converse with text differently. Some stay very close to the words on the page; others take off imaginatively from the words, interpreting, criticizing, analyzing and examining. The former represents a kind
38、of comprehension which is written in the text. The latter represents higher levels of comprehension. The balance between these is important, especially for advanced readers.There is another conversation which from our point of view is equally important, and that is to do not with what is read but wi
39、th how it is read. We call this a “process“ conversation as opposed to a “content“ conversation. It is concerned not with meaning but with the strategies (策略) we employ in reading. If we are an advanced reader our ability to hold a content conversation with a text is usually pretty well developed. N
40、ot so our ability to hold a process conversation. It is precisely this kind of conversation that is of importance when we are seeking to develop our reading to meet the new demands being placed upon us by studying at a higher level.21 Reading as a kind of conversation between the reader and the text
41、 becomes conscious only when_.（A）the readers expectations agree with what is said in the text（B） the reader has trouble understanding what the author says（C） the reader asks questions and gets answers（D）the reader understands a text very well22 At a lower level of comprehension, readers tend to_.（A）
42、read a text slowly（B） read without thinking hard（C） interpret a text in their own way（D）concentrate on the meaning of words only23 A “process“ conversation has to do with_.（A）the application of reading strategies（B） matching our expectations with the meaning of a text（C） the development of our abili
43、ty to check the details（D）determining the main idea of a text24 According to the passage, it is of great importance for readers at a higher level to maintain a balance between_.（A）conscious and unconscious levels of comprehension（B） the readers expectations and the meaning of a text（C） lower and hig
44、her levels of comprehension（D）interpreting and criticizing a text25 If we want to develop our reading ability at an advanced level, we should_.（A）learn to use different approaches in reading different texts（B） make our reading process more conscious（C） pay more attention to the content of a text（D）t
45、ake a critical attitude towards the authors ideas专升本英语（阅读）模拟试卷 87 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 ans
46、wer 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】 文章第一段 The world is known to us through many senses，not just heating，smell，vision，and at close range，touch and taste可知文中的 not just 与选项中的 far more senses 同义替换。【知识模块】 阅读理解2 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 文章第三段，The part of the sp
47、ectrum (光谱)seen by colorconscious man as red is non-existent for honey-bees由此选 A。【知识模块】 阅读理解3 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 文章第二段中 From the uniformity of slight pressure，we can be aware how deeply a finger is thrust into water at body temperature，even if the finger is enclosed in a rubber glove that keeps the skin
48、 completely dry可知 C 正确。【知识模块】 阅读理解4 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 由上下文 Many other animals with highly sensitive skins，appear to be able to learn still more about their environment在这里 learn 的意思即是sensitive skin 的作用及功能，因此选 D。【知识模块】 阅读理解5 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 从文章结构来看，文章提出了我们有许多感觉器官，而后在第三段中提出 we come to realize that a human
49、being has for more possibilities than are utilized因此选 B。【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】 文章第一段 One such canal is a short-cut between the Atlantic Ocean and the MediterraneanCanals in Germany permit boats to go from the Black Sea to the North SeaThe Kiel Canal provides a passageway between the North Sea and the Baltic这里提到了 The North Sea and the Black Sea，The Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea，The North Sea and the Baltic
