1、阅读理解练习试卷 8 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 Answ
2、er Sheet.0 Luckily, the back tires of their car stayed on the road. Otherwise, the young couple would have driven right into a pit twenty feet wide and thirty feet deep!The man and woman were coming home from a party. They were enjoying the landscape around Swansea, Wales. Suddenly, they found the f
3、ront of their car leaning into a huge hole. The ear barely hung onto the edge of the pit. It swayed back and forth like the arm of a balance.In their precarious position, the couple knew that each movement they made could be a matter of life and death. Slowly, slowly, they edged toward the backseat.
4、 Then each opened a back door. And on the count of three, they jumped out together. The accident was so scary that they ran a long way before they calmed down. But later they returned to see what had happened. They found that a big chunk of the road had sunk into the ground ! And at the bottom of th
5、e pit lay their ear-roof down and wheels up.Was this mystery of the sunken road ever solved? It turned out that an abandoned mine shaft lay under the road. It had collapsed and taken the pavement with it. Layers of tunnels intersect beneath the city of Swansea. The tunnels were built so many years a
6、go that no one knows where they end or begin. The tunnels are shaky, like those that ants build in the sand. No one knows when the entire city might collapse.1 This passage is primarily about _.（A）driving carefully（B） the city of Swansea, Wales（C） a road that caved in（D）tunnels that ants build2 It i
7、s probably true that _.（A）the other roads in Swansea are pretty safe（B） other sections of Swansea will eave in sometime（C） everyone should move out of Swansea（D）Swansea is a very. interesting city3 The writer creates interest in the first sentence by using _.（A）a funny story（B） romantic imagery（C） a
8、 vivid description（D）a precise argument4 The word precarious means _.（A）unexpected（B） dangerous（C） unusual（D）ridiculous4 Stories dont just happen ; they are created. There are no stories in the everyday course of events; there are only the ingredients for stories. A dozen people may watch a man stan
9、ding on the fifth-floor ledge or a small child crying. There is no story involved in either case unless one of the dozen chooses to make one upto surround the isolated event with a beginning and an end, thereby giving what we call a meaning to human action. In other words, there has to be a story-ma
10、ker-a story-teller-if there is to be a story.You as the story-maker or writer are in complete control of all of the details of your story. You have control over who the characters are, what they do, and why they do it. You also have control over how the story is to be told and who is going to tell i
11、t. You can adopt one of a number of points of view, each of which will give a quite different total story.Broadly speaking, there are two major approaches a writer can take: (1)you can present the story as if told by someone who is completely outside it, or (2)you can present the story as if told by
12、 one of its characters. In either case, the tellers role is an assumed role.5 The author of this passage uses ingredients to mean _.（A）creative features（B） unimportant details（C） misleading facts（D）raw materials6 Who controls all the details of the story?（A）The story-maker.（B） The characters.（C） The
13、 publisher.（D）The proofreader.7 The main idea of this passage is _.（A）stories are created（B） nonfiction stories are true（C） legends are a type of story（D）most stories are historical accounts8 Based on the two approaches mentioned in the passage, the story can be told by _.（A）the one who writes the s
14、tory（B） people who create stories（C） the man who is watched by people（D）the one who is one of the characters阅读理解练习试卷 8 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
15、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】 本文讲了一对夫妇因道路塌陷而经历的一次险情。选项 C 是正确的。Cave in 塌陷。【知识模块】 阅读理解2 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 最后一段。这座城市的地下有座被遗弃的煤矿，煤矿坑道的倒塌带动了道路的下沉，也不知道什么时候整座城市都会倒塌。选项 B 是正确的。【知识模块】 阅读理解3 【正确答案】 C
16、【试题解析】 作者在文章的一开始就生动地描述了这对夫妇所处的险情。选项 C是正确的。【知识模块】 阅读理解4 【正确答案】 B【试题解析】 第三段。整段都在描述这对夫妇的危险境地，他们采取的冒险的自救方式等，这些都充满了危险。选项 B 是正确的。Unexpected 出人意料的，dangerous 危险的，unusual 不平常的，ridiculous 愚蠢的。【知识模块】 阅读理解【知识模块】 阅读理解5 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 第一段。作者一开篇就点明所谓故事是创作出来的，不是自然发生的。每天发生的事件并没有故事，只是故事的 ingredients。后面又举了两个例子说明日常的事件本
17、身并不是故事。只有给所选的事件加上头和尾，加入一定的意义才能成为真正的故事。由此判断，ingredients 指的是没有加工过的事件，即素材。选项 D 是正确的。Raw material 素材。In-前缀，表示在里、非、无意义等。【知识模块】 阅读理解6 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 第二段。写故事的人控制着故事中的一切。诸如：细节、人物、事件等。选项 A 是正确的。【知识模块】 阅读理解7 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 短文从一开始就点明了主题：故事是创作出来的。选项 A 是正确的。【知识模块】 阅读理解8 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 最后一段。一般来说，故事的叙述有两种方式：由故事以外的人叙述(通常是第三人称) ；另一种是故事中的某一个人物叙述(通常是第一人称)。选项D 是正确的。【知识模块】 阅读理解
