1、陕西专升本英语（阅读）模拟试卷 5 及答案与解析0 There were very few places in the world that Jules Verne, the writer, didn t visit. He went around the world a hundred times or more. He voyaged sixty miles under the sea, moved around the moon, explored the center of the earth, and talked with natives in Australia.Jules Ve
2、rne, the man, was a stay-at-home. He was more apt(常会)to be tired from writers cramp(写作带来的劳累)than from traveling. He did make a few visits to Europe and North Africa. And he made one six-week tour of New York State. But that was all. Yet he was the worlds most extraordinary tourist.He never held a te
3、st tube in his hand but he was an inspiration to the scientist in the laboratory. Long before radio was invented, he had TV working in his books. His name for it was phono-telephoto. He had helicopters 50 years before the Wright brothers flew their first plane. In fact, there were few wonders of the
4、 twentieth century that this man of the 19th century didn t see in advance. In his stories, you can read about air conditioning, skyscrapers, electrically-operated submarines, and airplanes.He inspired many famous people. Admiral Rionard E. Byrd, returning from his flight across the North Pole, said
5、 that Jules Verne had been his guide. Simon Lake, father of modern submarine, wrote, “Jules Verne was the general director of my life. “ He started many other men thinking. Among them were the inventor of the helicopter and the creator of the telegraph.Many of Verne s books were set in the future. I
6、n these stories, people made synthetic diamond and developed a convertible automobile-ship-helicopter-plane. They received news flashes on television, worked in giant skyscrapers and rode to work on highways much like the ones we ride today. It is hard to believe that the books were written nearly o
7、ne hundred years ago.Verne died in 1905. He hadn t lived to see many of his imaginations come true. But this hadnt surprised him, for he had once said, “What one man can imagine, another can do. “1 Jules Verne was a writer who_.（A）wrote many new inventions in his books（B） visited many places in the
8、world, including Australia（C） was always able to make his invention come true（D）was known as a brilliant scientist2 Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? _.（A）Verne was the world s greatest tourist, who traveled around the world a hundred times or more（B） Verne was a st
9、ay-at-home, who never visited any places in the world（C） Verne was a great imaginative writer, who predicted many of the world s wonders 50 years or even a hundred years ago（D）Verne was a great inventor, who invented many useful things all his life3 It may be seen from the passage that_.（A）Verne s e
10、arly books set in the future contained many inventions of his time（B） Verne s detailed description of his imaginations helped many inventors and creators to gain their success（C） Phono-telephoto was the name verne give to his imaginary radio（D）Verne seldom went hunting and he was a poor hunter4 What
11、 does the word“ they“(Para. 5 , Line 2)refer to_.（A）people（B） stories（C） diamonds（D）planes5 Which of the following do you think Verne would write about if he were writing today?（A）A trip to the North Pole（B） The latest scientific discoveries（C） Life in outer space（D）A trip to the moon5 There are man
12、y ways to learn about the people of other lands. Some of these ways can be very interesting. One way is to study the clothing other people wear.For thousands of years, people in different parts of the world have worn very different types of clothing. There are four big reasons for this.First, there
13、are different reasons for wearing clothes. One reason is to protect the body against weather. Another reason might be religion. In many Moslem countries, women must wear veils to hide their faces. The veils must be worn in public. Veils are part of Moslem religion.A second reason for the difference
14、in clothing over the world is that different materials are used in different countries. For instance, in France the fabrics used in clothing may be cotton, fur, leather, silk, wool or many of the man-made materials. Most people in China wear cotton. Studying the type of material may give you some id
15、ea about the people of a distant land.The way clothes are made varies from country to country. This is another reason why people wear differently. Western countries rely on machines to make most of their clothing. Someone living in India can use only hand power to make the fabric and the clothing he
16、 needs.Worldwide differences in customs also lead to differences in clothing. Customs vary from continent to continent and from country to country. Let s look at clothing customs and how they can affect the style of dress. A Mexican farmer wears a straw hat with a brim(边)that tilts(倾斜)up. In China,
17、a farmer wears a straw hat with a brim that tilts down. Both hats are used to protect the farmer from sun. The difference is the custom of each country. Some of these customs come down through thousands of years.Right now, the clothing industry is very large. Some main clothing spots in the world ar
18、e London, New York City, Paris and Rome. These cities are also big fashion spots. They set the trend for cities around the world.6 Which of the following is not the reason for the difference the world over? _.（A）different countries use different materials for clothing（B） different countries make clo
19、thes in different ways（C） different peoples have different clothing customs（D）different peoples have different likes and dislikes7 The reason why Moslem women cover their faces with a veil is that_.（A）they can t reveal their faces according to religion（B） they want to protect their faces from the su
20、n（C） they want to look more beautiful（D）wearing veil is their custom8 According to the author, you may get some hint about the people of other lands by studying_.（A）the way they wear clothes（B） the type of material their clothes are made of（C） the reasons why people dress differently（D）the differenc
21、es in their customs9 The phrase “set the trend “in the last sentence probably means_.（A）set the example（B） give the direction（C） popularize a fashion（D）start a new clothing industry10 What is the main idea of this passage? _.（A）People wear clothes to protect themselves（B） Most Western clothes are ma
22、de in factories（C） London, New York, Paris and Rome are the world s big fashion centers（D）People dress differently around the world10 There are two kinds of memory: short-term and long-term. Information in long-term memory can be recalled at a later time when it is needed. The information may be kep
23、t for days or weeks. In contrast, information in short-term memory is kept for only 2 few seconds, usually by repeating the information over and over. The following experiment shows how short-term memory has been studied.Henning studied how students who are learning English as a second language reme
24、mber vocabulary. The subjects in his experiment were 75 college students. They represented all levels of ability in English; beginning, intermediate(中级的), advanced, and native speaking students.To begin, the subjects listened to recording of a native speaker reading a paragraph in English. Following
25、 the recording, the subjects took a 15 question test to see which words they remembered. Each question had four choices. The subjects had to circle the word they had heard in the recording. Some of the questions had four words that sound alike. For example, weather, weather, wither, wetter are four
26、words that sound alike. Some of the questions had four choices that have the same meaning. Method, way, manner, and system would be four words with the same meaning. Finally the subjects took a language proficiency(熟练 )test.Henning found that students with a lower proficiency in English made more of
27、 their mistakes on words that have the same meaning. Henning s results suggest that beginning students hold the sound of words in their short-term memory, and advanced students hold the meaning of words in their short-term memory.11 Henning made the experiment in order to study_.（A）how students reme
28、mber English vocabulary by short-term memory（B） how students learn English vocabulary（C） how to develop students ability in English（D）how information in short-term memory is kept12 The word“ subject“ in the passage most probably means_.（A）the college courses the students take（B） the topic of the lis
29、tening material（C） something being considered（D）the students being experimented on13 Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? _.（A）Information in short-term memory is kept for different length of time from that in long-term memory（B） Long-term memory can be achieved only b
30、y training（C） It is easier to test short-term memory than long-term memory（D）Henning gave a separate test on vocabulary to his subjects14 From Henning s results we can see that_.（A）beginners have difficulty distinguishing the pronunciation of words（B） Advanced students remember words by their meanin
31、g（C） It is difficult to remember words that sound alike（D）It is difficult to remember words that have the same meaning15 The passage centers on_.（A）memory（B） two kinds of memory（C） short-term memory（D）an experiment on student15 Most of the people who appear most often and most gloriously in the hist
32、ory books are great conquerors, generals and soldiers, whereas the people who really helped civilization move forward are often never mentioned at all. We do not know who first launched a seaworthy boat, or who calculated the length of the year, but we know all about the killers and destroyers. Peop
33、le think a great deal of them, so much so that on all the highest pillars in the great cities of the world you will find the figure of a conqueror, a general, or a soldier. And I think most people believe that the greatest countries are those that have beaten in battle the greatest number of other c
34、ountries and ruled over them as conquerors. It is just possible that they are the greatest, but they are not the most civilized. Animals fight, so do savages, hence to be good at fighting is to be good in the way in which an animal or a savage is skilled at, but it is not civilized. Even being good
35、at getting other people to fight for you and telling them how to do it most efficientlythis, after all, is what conquerors and generals have doneis not being civilized. People don t fight to settle quarrels.Fighting means killing, and civilized people ought to be able to find some way of settling th
36、eir dispute other than by seeing which side can kill off the greater number of the other side. And then saying that side which has killed most has won. And not only that it has won, but, because it has won, it has been in the right. For that is what is going to mean in the war, it means saying that
37、might is right.16 The author believe that history books_.（A）should say more about those who launched boats and calculated the length of the year（B） should not neglect those who played a part in human social development（C） should devote more space to describing truly great conquerors and soldiers（D）s
38、hould not make mention of killer and destroyers17 In the author s opinion, the countries that have defeated and ruled over many others are_.（A）obviously the greatest in many ways（B） neither the greatest nor the most civilized（C） probably the most civilized but the greatest（D）perhaps the greatest in
39、a way but not the most civilized18 The author suggests that civilized people_.（A）should not have any quarrels to settle（B） should be able to settle their disputes by getting other people to fight for them（C） should settle their quarrels peacefully（D）should be able to settle their disputes by killing
40、 as few people as possible19 The authors main objective in this passage is_.（A）to state a fact（B） to give a description（C） to make an explanation（D）to present a view20 The statement“ might is right“ at the end of the passage may mean_.（A）the winner is justified in killed（B） going to war is right（C）
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