1、阅读理解练习试卷 10 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 the Ans
2、wer Sheet.0 How can we get rid of garbage? Do we have enough energy sources to meet our future energy needs?These are two important questions that many people are asking today. Some people think that man might be able to solve both problems at the same time. They suggest using garbage as an energy s
3、ource, and at the same time it can save the land to hold garbage.For a long time, people buried garbage or dumped it on empty land. Now, empty land is scarce. But more and more garbage is produced each year. However, garbage can be a good fuel to use. The things in garbage do not look like coal, pet
4、roleum, or natural gas; but they are chemically similar to these fossil fuels. As we use up our fossil-fuel supplies, we might be able to use garbage as an energy source. Burning garbage is not a new idea. Some cities in Europe and the United States have been burning garbage for years. The heat that
5、 is produced by burning garbage is used to boil water. The steam that is produced is used to make electricity or to heat nearby buildings. In Paris, France, some power plants burn almost 2 million metric tons of the cities garbage each year. The amount of energy produced is about the same as would b
6、e produced by burning almost a half million barrels of oil.Our fossil fuel supplies are limited. Burning garbage might be one kind of energy source that we can use to help meet our energy needs. This method could also reduce the amount if garbage piling up on the earth.1 What two problems can man so
7、lve by burning garbage?（A）The shortage of energy and air pollution.（B） The shortage of energy and the land to hold garbage.（C） Air pollution and the shortage of fossil fuel.（D）Air pollution and the shortage of land to hold garbag2 According to the passage, using garbage is _.（A）for heating in France
8、 each year（B） a new way in a modern society（C） a good way to solve the problem of energy shortage（D）too expensive as an energy source3 What is the authors attitude?（A）Delighted.（B） Sad.（C） Agreeing.（D）Disagreein4 The best title for the passage may be _.（A）Garbage and the Earth（B） Fossil Fuel and Gar
9、bage（C） Land and Garbage（D）Garbage? Energy Source4 In 1924, Nordic ski events were held at the first Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France. But the American skiers came home without medals. Norway took most of the medals for cross-country and ski jumping events that year. They did the same for many ye
10、ars after. From 1924 through 1972, the American skiers had no medals to show for their Olympic trips. The U.S. was generally thought to be weak in ski competition.But in 1974 it was discovered that the U. S. record was slightly better than people had been led to believe. And Norways record was not q
11、uite as good. The discovery was a surprise and a delight to American ski fans, but even more so to American skier Anders Haugen. After fifty years, Anders got the medal he should have won back in 1924.In the ski jump event at Chamonix in 1924, Haugen had scored in fourth place. He had just missed ea
12、rning a medal. His score was 17.916, just slightly behind Thorleif Haug of Norway. Haugs score of 18 had won him the bronze medal.But in 1974, Norways National Olympic Committee did a check of all final Olympic results. There had been an error in computing Haugs score! So Haugen, now, an elderly man
13、, traveled across the ocean for his award. On September 12,1974, he was given a bronze medal in a special ceremony at the Norway Ski Museum.5 The best title for this passage would be _.（A）the 1924 Olympics（B） Norways Skiers（C） An Olympic Record Corrected（D）American Skiers in the Olympics6 From 1924-
14、1972, U. S. skiers were considered weak in Olympic competition because they _.（A）had won only two medals（B） had won no medals（C） had never entered jumping events（D）had won only one medal7 The writer says “the discovery was a surprise and a delight to American ski fans“ in order to _.（A）show that the
15、 error and its correction were important to ski fans as well as to Haugen（B） show that the error was more important to fans than to Haugen（C） suggest that the Americans eared more about the error than the Norwegians（D）suggest that there had been no error8 The best definition for the word computing i
16、s _.（A）writing（B） judging（C） figuring（D）multiplying阅读理解练习试卷 10 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
17、 by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.【知识模块】 阅读理解1 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 第三段。这一段的开始，作者说明很久以来人们都是将垃圾堆在空地上。而现在，难得有空地。这段的中间部分，作者又说明，在燃料能源用尽时，垃圾还可作燃料能源，这已不是新的方法了。选项 B 是正确的。【知识模块】 阅读理解2 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 第三段。见上题解释。选项 C 是正确的。【知识模块】 阅读理解3 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 从文章的叙述以及文章的最后一段可以看出，作者的态度是赞成这种垃圾处理办法的。选项
18、C 是正确的。【知识模块】 阅读理解4 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 纵观全文，垃圾是可再利用的，可以作为某种能源。文章的第一句实际上就给出了提示。后面进一步说明如何再利用，可替代什么能源。选项 D 是正确的。【知识模块】 阅读理解【知识模块】 阅读理解5 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 这篇短文讲的是美国的一位滑雪运动员在一次奥林匹克运动会上的成绩被计算错误而失去了奖牌，但 50 年后这项纪录又被修正使他获得应得的奖牌。选项 C 是正确的。【知识模块】 阅读理解6 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 第一段。从 1924 年到 1972 年，美国的滑雪运动在奥林匹克竞赛中被认为是弱项，因为美国运动员
19、在这个项目上从未获得过任何奖牌。选项 B 是正确的。【知识模块】 阅读理解7 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 第二段。第一段已经提到人们认为美国的滑雪不如挪威的好。因此当发现挪威的滑雪记录并不是像人们被告知的那么好时，美国人和美国的滑雪迷们跟美国运动员 Anders Haugen 一样非常激动。这对美国运动员和美国人都很重要。选项 A 是正确的。【知识模块】 阅读理解8 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 最后一段。1974 年，挪威国家奥林匹克委员会重新检查所有的决赛成绩记录，发现在“computing” 挪威运动员 Haug 的分数时有误。Computer 是计算机，去掉表示物体或人的后缀，compute 就是计算的意思。从上下文也可推断，对运动员的分数计算有误才导致另一位运动员失去奖牌。选项 C 是正确的。Judging 判断， figuring 计算，multiplying 增加。【知识模块】 阅读理解
