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大学英语阅读理解辅导资料：(共45题）

Passage 1

The Antarctic is actually a desert. It is the only continent on the earth without
a river or a lake.
The Antarctic is all ice all year round. The warmest temperature ever recorded there is zero, at the South Pole. Explorers used to think that a place so cold would have a heavy snowfall。 But less than ten inches of snow falls each year。 That is less than half an inch of water。 Ten times that much moisture falls in parts of the Sahara.
The little snow that falls in Antarctica never melts. It continues to pile up deeper and deeper year after year。 When the snow gets to be about eighty feet deep it is turned to ice by the weight of the snow above it.

1。 Antarctica is called a desert because it ________.
A。 is sandy B。 has the same temperature as a desert
C. has little moisture and no lakes or rivers D. All of the above
2。 The Antarctic has ________.
A. ten times as much moisture as the Sahara
B。 the same amount of moisture as the Sahara
C。 about one—tenth the moisture of the Sahara
D. None of these。
3. The temperature in the Antarctic is ________。
A。 always above zero B. always below zero
C。 never recorded D。 Both B and C
4. The snow in Antarctica is very deep because it ________。
A。 never stops falling B。 piles up year after year
C. never melts D. Both B and C
5. The snow turns to ice when ________。
A。 it gets wet B. the temperature gets colder
C。 the next snowfall comes D. the snow above it is heavy enough
答案：CDBDD

Passage 2

Astronomers （ 宇航员) can tell just how hot the surface of the moon gets. The side of the moon toward the sun gets two degrees hotter than boiling water。 The night side reaches 243 degrees below zero。
In a lunar eclipse (月食) the earth’s shadow falls on the moon. Then the moon's temperature may drop 300 degrees in a very short time.
A temperature change like this cannot happen on the earth。 Why does it happen on the moon? Astronomers know that the surface of the moon is dust。 On the earth, rocks store heat from the sun。 When the sun goes down, the rocks stay warm。 But the dust of the moon cannot store heat。 So when the moon gets dark， the heat escapes quickly。 The moon gets very cold.

1。 Astronomers have found that the moon’s surface is ________。
A。 always hotter than boiling water B. either very hot or very cold
C. usually many degrees below zero D. about the same as that of the earth
2. During a lunar eclipse， the moon is ________.
A. turned away from the sun B。 in the shadow of the sun
C。 in the shadow of the earth D。 in direct sunlight
3. Temperatures on the moon change ________。
A. very quickly B. by only a few degrees
C。 very slowly D. only when there is an eclipse
4. Temperatures on the earth change ________.
A。 less than those on the moon B. more slowly than those on the moon
C. more quickly than those on the moon D. Both A and B
5。 The surface of the moon is ________.
A。 rock that stores heat B。 dust that stores heat
C. dust that cannot store heat D。 rock that does not store heat
答案：BCADC

Passage 3

In our daily life， few people notice the fact that warm water freezes more quickly than cold。 Sir Francis Bacon said that almost four hundred years ago. But few people believed him till 1970。 In that year Canadian Scientist George Kell proved the English scholar was right. Dr. Kell filled an open bucket with cold water！ He filled another with warm water。 He exposed both to the same low temperature. The warm water froze first.
The lack of covers on the buckets was the secret。 Some of the warm water changed to vapor. It evaporated ( 蒸发） into the air。 This meant that less of the warm water was left to freeze。 And so the warm water froze faster than the cold water even though it had a greater temperature drop to make.

1。 Sir Francis Bacon was ________。
A。 an American experimenter B。 a Canadian scientist
C. an English scholar D。 an Australian writer
2. Dr。 Kell's buckets were both ________。
A。 filled with water B. left uncovered
C. exposed to the same temperature D. All of the above
3。 The second paragraph tells why ________。
A。 Dr. Kell was studying water B. the warm water froze first
C。 Dr. Kell used buckets in his work D. water freezes in underground pipes
4。 No water vapor would have escaped into the air if the bucket had been ________。
A。 warmed B。 covered C。 shaken D. filled
5. The cold water froze more slowly because ________。
A。 salt was added to it B. its bucket was smaller
C。 there was more of it left D。 the air near it was moving
答案：CDBBC

Passage 4

In 1889 all Paris admired the Eiffel Tower. It was the engineering wonder of the world.
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel had completed his masterpiece in steel.
Steel as a building material was then stilt new. The 984-foot tower was a lacy network
of girders (支架). There were thousands of steel pieces。 Two and a half million rivets（ 铆钉） joined them.
From four corners, the legs of the tower slope inward。 They rise to form a pointed top.
Lifts carry visitors to three platforms at different heights. On a clear day， countryside sixty miles off is viewed from the top platform。
As Eiffel planned, his structure is a landmark of Paris. It is even higher today。 A station later constructed for radio and television has added almost fifty feet to the original height of the tower.

1. The Eiffel Tower was completed in ________。
A. 1949 B. 1869 C. 1889 D。 1899
2. The tower bears the name of ________。
A. the main river of Paris B. a president of France
C。 its builder D. None of the above
3. The tower was an engineering wonder because of ________。
A. its sideways slant B。 the use of steel
C. the use of glass D。 its location
4. The article describes the tower as being ________。
A。 lacy B. solid C。 needlelike D。 spidery
5。 To reach the top platform, sightseers use ________.
A。 lifts B. escalators
C. steel ladders D。 spiral stairways
答案：CCBAA

Passage 5

The people of Saskatoon wanted the 1971 Canada Winter Games to be held in their city。 But they had a problem。 Saskatoon has never been considered a good place to ski。 For skiing, you need slopes。 And Saskatoon sits in the middle of a prairie, a wide area of level land.
How do you think the people solved their problem？ They built a mountain from the ground up! When finished, it stood 300 feet high. A T—bar was set up to take skiers to the top。 From there they could ski down the quarter-mile main run or the 50—meter ski jump。 And so athletes from all over Canada went to Saskatoon to take part in the games。 They swam. They played badminton and other indoor games。 They boxed and wrestled。 And they skied!

1。 Saskatoon is a Canadian ________.
A。 province B。 city C。 town D. county
2。 Saskatoon wasn't a good place to go skiing because the countryside was too ________.
A。 flat B。 rocky C。 dry D. cold
3。 The people built a mountain mainly because they ________。
A. thought it would make the area more beautiful
B。 wanted to go mountain-climbing
C。 hoped to teach their children to ski
D. needed slopes for the Winter Games
4。 The height of the finished mountain was ________.
A。 50 metre B。 a quarter of a mile
C。 300 feet D。 30 rods
5. Besides skiing, sports events at the Winter Games included ________.
A。 boxing and wrestling B. swimming and polo
C. boating and fishing D. baseball and soccer
答案：BADCA

Passage 6

Benjamin Franklin was born in 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts。 His mother and father were of Puritan （ 清教徒） religion. They left England and moved to the English colony of Massachusetts in order to escape persecution （ 迫害) for their religion。 In Boston, Franklin left school when he was ten years old and worked for his father for two years. Then he went to work on his brother's newspaper。 He became the editor of this paper when he was sixteen。 Because he wanted to be independent, he went to Philadelphia。 There he bought his own newspaper. He worked hard and saved his money。 And by the age of 24 he was one of the most successful men in Philadelphia。
In 1732 Franklin published a book ”POOR RICHARD’S ALMANAC （ 年历）”。 Most almanacs contained information for farmers, such as information about the days and weeks of the year and about the weather. To his almanac, Franklin added wise sayings， his observations about life。 Some of these sayings are still famous today. For example， "Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise"， and ”Waste not， want not，" and "A penny saved is a penny earned。 ”

1. Benjamin Franklin was of ________.
A. English origin B。 American origin
C. French origin D。 not mentioned
2。 His parents moved to Massachusetts because ________。
A. they wanted to make a fortune
B. they wanted to meet their relatives there
C。 they were persecuted ( 迫害） in England
D。 they wanted to have a visit there
3。 At the age of 11， he worked for ________。
A. his brother B。 his father
C。 himself D。 someone else
4。 He moved to Philadelphia because ________.
A. his brother didn't like him B. he wanted to be dependent
C。 he became the editor of the paper D。 he wanted to live on himself
5。 Franklin's almanacs contained ________.
A。 information for farmers B. wise sayings
C。 poor Richard's ideas D。 both A and B
答案：ACBDD

Passage 7

For 30 years， Randy J. Murphy drove without being stopped by the police — and without
a driver’s license。 The 46—year—old man's luck came to an end last May. On his way home from his job as a dishwasher, he turned up the radio in the car。 ”I just turned round the corner, and there was Mark，" Murphy said of the police officer who has since made such a difference in his life. Officer Mark Taylor had stopped the car as he heard the blaring music. When he asked for a driver's license， Murphy said that he didn't have one.
Murphy told Taylor he couldn’t read well enough to take the written part of the licensing test。 ”He said people just don’t help any more. I told him if he was willing， I’d help him，" said Taylor. He gave Murphy his phone number。 That afternoon Murphy called the officer.
For the next three months， the men met several times a week to review the questions which might appear in the test. When Murphy took the test, Taylor went with him。 Murphy passed on his sixth attempt。 He then sailed through the road test。 On September 5， he got his license.
Taylor’s act of kindness won him the Officer of the Month award from the Knoxville Police Department。 "People should help each other if they can,” Taylor said. "Randy did all the work。 I just guided him along。 "
Although Murphy has overcome the difficulty that kept him from getting a driver’s license， he hasn't stopped there。 "We still meet once a week to read，” Taylor said. ”We’ve also become friends。 ”
”I’m glad he pulled me over now," said Murphy。

1。 Murphy was stopped by Taylor because ________.
A。 the music in his car was too loud
B。 he drove without a driver's license
C. he made a wrong turn at a corner
D. he listened to the radio while driving
2。 After learning Murphy's situation, Taylor decided ________。
A。 to put an end to his luck
B。 to help him learn how to read
C. to take away his driver’s license
D. to stop him from doing silly things
3。 In ”He then sailed through the road test"， ”sailed through” is close in meaning to ______。
A。 tried his best in B. nearly failed in
C。 suffered a lot in D。 easily succeeded in
4. According to Taylor, he helped Murphy pass the licensing test because ________.
A。 he felt sorry for the bad situation of the poor
B. he wanted to win the Officer of the Month award
C。 he hated to see people in need of help were not helped
D. he thought it was a policeman's duty to help people read
5. How many written tests had Murphy taken before getting his license?
A. One。 B. Two. C。 Five。 D。 Six.
答案:ABDCD

Passage 8

Copernicus was born in Torun, Poland, on February 19， 1473。 Little is known about his early life except that his father died when he was 10. An uncle adopted him， his two sisters, and his brother. The uncle saw to it that the two boys received a good education. Copernicus went to the University of Cracow。 There he studied such subjects as Latin, mathematics, and astronomy。 It was probably at that time that he changed his Polish name， Niklas Koppernigk， to the Latin form of Nicolaus Copernicus. In 1496 Copernicus went to Italy， where he spent the next 10 years studying at various universities。
In Copernicus’ time people still believed that all things — the sun， the stars， and the planets — moved around the earth。 It was an old belief that few men had ever questioned.
Aristotle had based his theory of astronomy on this belief。 Because the Church had long been the center of learning, the theory was also linked to religious beliefs.
In 1506 Copernicus returned to his homeland。 A few years later he began to work for the Church. All those years Copernicus carried on his work in astronomy。 He had just the most basic equipment and， like other scientists of his day， made observations with only his eyes. Still， using mathematics and logic, Copernicus worked out a different theory, which held that the planets went around the sun。
Copernicus did not announce his ideas。 He did not want to make trouble. But he could not hide the scientific truth。 So he talked about his theory with his friends， who strongly advised him to have his work published。 His great book, On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies, appeared at the very end of his life。 Copernicus saw the first copy on the day he died， May 24， 1543。

1。 Which of the following is TRUE about Copernicus?
A。 He had two brothers and a sister。
B. He used to be called Niklas Koppernigk。
C。 He lost his father soon after he was born。
D。 He spent 10 years at the University of Cracow.
2. From the passage we can see that Astronomy is ________。
A。 the life experience of great men
B。 the movement of the stars and the planets
C。 the. scientific study of natural objects in space
D。 the theories developed by scientists of old times
3。 Copernicus developed his theory ________.
A。 using various telescopes
B. based on Aristotle's beliefs
C. through observations and reasoning
D。 under the encouragement of his friends
4。 The writer of the passage wants us to know that ________。
A. Copernicus did not tell about his discovery until the day of his death
B. for many years Copernicus dared to do nothing openly against the Church
C. pushed by his friends Copernicus decided to write a book in May 1543
D。 shortly before he got back to Poland Copernicus started to work for the Church
5. Copernicus had his great book published because ________。
A。 he didn’t agree with Aristotle B. he could not hide the scientific truth
C。 he worked for the church D. his frie