[語言類考試復習資料大全]專升本英語分類模擬114

1、書山有路勤為徑，學海無涯苦作舟。祝愿天下莘莘學子：學業(yè)有成，金榜題名！語言類考試復習資料大全專升本英語分類模擬114專升本英語分類模擬114Reading Comprehension It was a case of emergency. The four-year-old girl awoke and smelled smoke. She couldnt wake her mother, so she dialed zero. An operator immediately called the fire department. Help was sent, and a tragedy av

2、oided. Days before this emergency, the mother had taught her child how to telephone for help. Children as young as two and one-half years old can be taught to use the phone in emergency situations. Here are some points. Memorizing some facts is important. Teach your children their names, and the sec

3、tion of town where you live. Try to keep what they learn within their abilities. Simple information, learned well, is better than difficult information only partly learned. Be sure your children know how to use the telephone. They should be taught to dial zero for the operator, at the very least. An

4、d they should be taught to dial 911 if it is used in your town. Practise over a period of several days. Over-learning is necessary so the child can act automatically in case of emergency. If you would like a booklet giving instructions on calling for help, write Telephone For Help, Box 99, Bowling G

5、reen Station, New York, NY 10004. 1. Why is it a good idea for children to learn how to use the telephone?A.Children have fun dialing.B.Emergencies happen without warning.C.Children can wake their parents.D.Dialing can help children with their math study.答案:B解析 文章第一段講的是一位四歲的女孩報警避免一場火災發(fā)生的故事，第三、四、五段分別

6、從不同側(cè)面說明了如何教孩子學會使用電話報警。所以本題答案B“緊急情況會毫無征兆地發(fā)生”。是正確答案。2. Based on this passage, over-learning is good because _.A.simple information is usedB.children should know their namesC.it helps children act automaticallyD.difficult information is only partly learned答案:C解析 文章第五段第二句意思是“多訓練很有必要，以使孩子能在緊急情況下自動行動。”本題的

7、問題“多訓練是有好處的，因為”根據(jù)原文的因果關(guān)系得知答案是C“它使孩子自動行動”。3. Paragraph 4 talks about dialing 911. This number is probably _.A.the operatorB.an emergency numberC.a practice number for childrenD.used to keep children calm答案:B解析 從文章第四段最后一句意思是“應該教他們學會撥打911，如果你的城市里有這種服務的話”。從中可以得知“911”應是一組電話號碼。本文講的就是教孩子學會在緊急情況下用電話報警，所以選項B

8、是正確答案。4. One thing the passage does NOT tell you to do is _.A.call your neighborB.practise several timesC.teach children how to use the telephoneD.have children memorize some simple facts答案:A解析 選項B在第五段出現(xiàn)(over-learning)。選項C在第四段出現(xiàn)(Be sure your children know how to use the telephone)。選項D在第三段出現(xiàn)(Memorizi

9、ng some facts is important)。只有選項A沒有在文章中出現(xiàn)。5. What is the main idea of the passage?A.Give instructions on calling for help.B.Partly-learned information is useless.C.Teach children how to deal with emergencies.D.Keep what children learn within their abilities.答案:C解析 文章前兩段講述了一個孩子通過打電話報警避免了一場火災事故的發(fā)生，三、四

10、、五段告訴我們教會孩子怎樣打電話報警。所以選項C(教會孩子如何應付緊急情況)為正確答案。 I was only eight years old when the Second World War ended, but I can still remember something about the celebrations in the small town where I lived on the day when the war in Europe ended. We had not suffered much from the war there. But both at home an

11、d at school I had become accustomed to the phrases before the war and when the war is over. Before the war, apparently, things had been better, though I was too young to understand why, except that there had been no bombs then, and people had eaten things like ice-cream and bananas, which I had only

12、 heard of. When the war was over we would go back to London, but this meant little to me. I did not remember what London was like. What I remember now about VE (Victory in Europe) Day was the May evening. After dinner I said I wanted to see the bonfire (大火堆), so when it got dark my father took me to

13、 the end of the street. The bonfire was very high, and somehow people had collected some old clothes to dress the unmistakable figure with the moustache (胡子) they had put on top of it. Just as we arrived, they set light to it. The flames rose and soon swallowed the guy. Everyone was cheering and sho

14、uting, and an old woman came out of her house with two chairs and threw them on the fire to keep it going. I stood beside my father until the fire started to go down, not knowing what to say. He said nothing, either. He had fought in the First World War and may have been remembering the end of that.

15、 At last he said, Well, thats it, son. Lets hope that this time it really will be the last one. 6. Where did the author live before the Second World War?A.In London.B.In a small town.C.In Europe.D.In the countryside.答案:A解析 文章第一段最后兩句意思是“戰(zhàn)爭結(jié)束后，我們要回到倫敦去。我已記不清倫敦是什么樣子了。”可知，二次大戰(zhàn)前，作者居住在倫敦。7. What kind of f

16、ood had the author certainly not eaten during the war?A.Bread.B.Butter.C.Meat.D.Ice-cream and bananas.答案:D解析 文章第一段倒數(shù)第三句“戰(zhàn)爭前我太小而弄不清原因，除了沒有炸彈外，人們吃諸如冰淇淋和香蕉之類的東西，這些我只是聽說過而已?！笨膳袛喑?，戰(zhàn)爭年代，作者沒有吃到過冰淇淋和香蕉。8. The unmistakable figure with the moustache most probably represents _.A.those who died in the warB.thos

17、e who had wonC.an imaginary figureD.the most hated person in the war-Hitler答案:D解析 從文章第二段第三句可知，有人找些舊衣服給一個人的肖像穿上，又給他加貼上一小撮胡子，而且這個人一看就知道是誰?？梢酝茢喑?，此人就是人們最痛恨的二次大戰(zhàn)的罪魁禍首希特勒。9. Which of the following statements is true?A.The authors father built a bonfire on VE Day.B.The authors father had fought in the Firs

18、t World War.C.The authors father had fought in the Second World War.D.The authors father threw two chairs on the fire to keep it going.答案:B解析 文章最后一段第三句“He had fought in the First World War.”與答案B一致。10. By saying Lets hope that this time it really will be the last one, the father meant that _.A.he wis

19、hed people had not built the bonfireB.he hoped people would not build any more bonfiresC.he hoped there would be no more wars in the worldD.he wished the Second World War had not happened答案:C解析 句子中最后一個詞one指代war。作者的父親希望這次戰(zhàn)爭真的能成為最后一次戰(zhàn)爭，故選C。 At the first sight the planet Mars does not appear very welco

20、me to any kind of life. It has very little oxygen and water, the temperature at night is below 50 and winds of 100 miles per hour cause severe dust storms. However, the surface of the planet seems to show that water flowed across it some time in the past, and it is believed that there is enough ice

21、at the poles to cover the planet with water if it melts. Although there is no life on the Mars now, some scientists think that there may have been some form of life long time ago. At that time, the planet had active volcanoes; the atmosphere was thicker and warmer; and there was water. In fact, in s

22、ome ways the Mars may have been similar to the Earth, where life exists. Some people believe that the Mars could support life in the future if the right conditions were produced. The first step would be to warm the planet using certain gases which trap the Suns heat in the planets atmosphere. With w

23、armth, water and carbon dioxide (二氧化碳), simple plants could begin to grow. These plants could slowly make the Mars more suitable for living. It is estimated that the whole process might take between 100,000 and 200,000 years. In the meantime, people could begin to live on the planet in special close

24、d environments. They would provide a lot of useful information about conditions on the Mars and the problems connected with living there. 11. Some scientists think there may have been life on the Mars in the past because _.A.there is no life there nowB.there is a large amount of water at the polesC.

25、the Mars may be able to support life in the futureD.conditions may have been similar to those on the Earth答案:D解析 第一段最后一句“In fact, in some ways the Mars may have been similar to the Earth, where life exists. ”就是“也許火星上過去有生命形式的存在”的原因。故選D。12. There could be life on the Mars in the future if _.A.it suppo

26、rted life in the pastB.certain gases are used to cool the planetC.the atmosphere can be heated enough to grow simple plantsD.the planets volcanoes become as active as they were in the past答案:C解析 第二段第一句意為“有些人認為將來如果條件合適的話火星是能夠存在生命的”。這種適當?shù)臈l件就是“聚集大氣層中太陽的熱量”使“火星變暖”。因此確定C為正確答案。13. People may be able to li

27、ve on the Mars _.A.within the next 200,000 yearsB.only 200,000 years from nowC.only 150,000 years from nowD.as soon as the planet becomes cool enough答案:A解析 第二段中“據(jù)估計整個過程也許要用10萬到20萬年”。所以答案A正確。14. The authors attitude towards the possibility of life on the Mars in the future is _.A.doubtfulB.positiveC.

28、negativeD.uninterested答案:B解析 要求判斷作者對未來火星上有生命可能性的態(tài)度。第一段中作者表明火星上有流水的痕跡，兩極有冰，有些科學家認為火星上曾經(jīng)有生命存在。第二段作者分析了未來火星上生活的可能性。因此可以判斷答案為B。15. Which is the best title for this passage?A.The Possibility of Life on the MarsB.Future Conditions on the MarsC.The Mars and the EarthD.A Study of the Climate of the Mars答案:A

29、解析 通觀全篇文章，作者講述了在火星上生活的可能性。所以選項A為正確答案。 It is physically impossible for a well-educated, intellectual, or a brave man to make money the chief object of his thoughts; as physically impossible as it is for him to make his dinner the principal object of them. All healthy people like their dinner, but the

30、ir dinner is not the main object of their lives. So all healthy-minded people like making moneyought to like it and to enjoy the satisfaction of winning it; but the main object of their lives is not money; it is something better than money. A good soldier, for instance, mainly wishes to do his fight

31、ing well. He is glad of his payvery properly so, and just complains when you keep him ten months without it; still, his main opinion of life is to win battles, not to be paid for winning them. So of doctors. They like fees no doubtought to like them; yet if they are brave and well educated, the enti

32、re object of their lives is not fees. They would rather cure their patient and lose their fees than kill him and get it. And so with all other brave and rightly trained men; their work is first, their fees second, very important always, but still second. 16. The main idea of this passage is that _.A.money matters more than workB.money is not necessary at allC.money is as important as workD.money comes second to work in importance