专升本英语阅读模拟试卷127_真题-无答案

专升本英语（阅读）模拟试卷127

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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

Answer Sheet.

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 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 **pletely 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 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 and 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 insect' s spectrum, 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 senses

2. Which of the 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 touch

B. through skin contact

C. from the even distribution of pressure

D. through the difference in temperature

4. The phrase "sensitive skins" (Para.2) most probably means______.

A. skins that are sticky or slippery

B. skins that are delicate

C. skins that **pletely dry

D. skins that are quick to feel and respond

5. 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.

Canals existed in Egypt thousands of years ago. The 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 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, 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 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 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 not 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 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. electricity

8. It is implied in the passage that the first canal was probably built______.

A. in China B. about 2000 B.C.

C. for irrigation D. for boat travel

9. 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 goods.

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. suggest the necessity to make better use of canals

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 volcanic 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 remains 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 ocean' s 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 much 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 theories—the guyots 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 plains

12. Scientist are puzzled by the guyots' ______.

A. mushroom like appearance

B. submarine location

C. curiously flat tops

D. origin

13. 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 spouts

14. The guyots are still a geophysical puzzle nowadays because______.

A. no explanation of their 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 changed

15. We can conclude from this passage that______.

A. there are guyots in every ocean 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 time

Within fifteen years Britain and other nations should be well on with the building of huge

**plexes for the recycling 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 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 rubber 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 packed; 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 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, 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 world

17. What is NOT mentioned as a part of the recycling process described in Para. 3?

A. Sharpening metal bars.

B. Breaking up whatever is breakable.

C. Separating light elements from the heavy ones.

D. Sorting out small pieces of metal.

18. What's 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 with 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 ago

20. The passage is mainly about______.

A. a cheap way to get energy

B. new ways of recycling wastes

C. the location of recycling plants

D. the protection of city environment

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 further

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 being 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 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 with 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. Not 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 becomes conscious only

when______.

A. the reader's 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 well

22. At a lower level of comprehension, readers tend to______.

A. read a text slowly

B. read without thinking hard

C. interpret a text in their own way

D. concentrate on the meaning of words only

23. 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 ability to check the details

D. determining the main idea of a text

24. 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 higher levels of comprehension

D. interpreting and criticizing a text

25. 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. take a critical attitude towards the author's ideas