广东学位英语阅读理解模拟试题三.doc

资料内容仅供您学习参考，如有不当或者侵权，请联系改正或者删除。 价格最低, 师资最强, 课时最长, 错过就是过错! 广东学位英语阅读理解模拟试题三31 省市学位英语网特别提示各位学员: 请同学们在听完讲课或者掌握了答题方法后再做练习,你会觉得英语很容易。一定要认真做作业, 动手能力和举一反三的能力, 是衡量一个人素质的重要因素, 也是掌握好英语的关键。Passage 1If you are like most people, your intelligence varies from season to season .You are probablya lot sharper in the spring than you are at any other time of year .A noted scientist, EllsworthHuntington (18761947), concluded from other mens work and his own among peoples indifferent climates that climate and temperature have a definite effect on our mental abilities.He found that cool weather is much more favorable for creative thinking than is summerheat .This does not mean that all people are less intelligent in summer than they are during the restof year. It does mean, however, that the mental abilities of large numbers of people tend to belowest in summer.Spring appears to be the best period of the year for thinking. One reason may be that in thespring mans mental abilities are affected by the same factors that bring about great changes in allnature.Fall is the next-best season, then winter. As for summer, it seems to be a good time to take along vacation from thinking.1. According to the passage, mans intelligence_.A. stays the same throughout the yearB. varies from day to dayC. changes with the seasonD. changes from year to year2. Ellsworth Huntington decided that climate and temperature have _.A. a great effect on everyones intelligenceB. some effect on most peoples intelligenceC. some effect on a few peoples intelligenceD. no effect on most peoples intelligence3. Ellsworth Huntingtons conclusion was based on _.A. variations of his own mental abilities from season to seasonB. the result of research done by him and other scientists among peoples in different climatesC. detailed records of temperature changes in different placesD. detailed records of different ways of thinking among peoples in different climates4. Why does the author say summer is a good time to take a long vacation from thinking_?A. Because a long vacation in summer helps to improve peoples mental powerB. Because people tend to be less creative during summerC. Because summer is a good time for outdoor activities价格最低, 师资最强, 课时最长, 错过就是过错! 价格最低, 师资最强, 课时最长, 错过就是过错! D. Because mental exertion in the summer heat taxes too much of peoples energy5. The central idea of this passage is _.A. mans mental abilities change from season to seasonB. mans intelligence varies from place to placeC. man should take long vacation in summerD. if you want to do creative thinking, go to a cool placePassage 2Today anymore will accept money in exchange for goods and services. People use money tobuy food, furniture, books bicycles and hundreds of others they need or want. When they work,they usually get paid in money.Most of the money today is made of metal or paper. But people used to use all kinds if thingsas money. One of the first kinds of money was shells. Shells were not the only things used asmoney. In China, cloth and knives were used. In the Philippine Islands, rice was used as money. Inparts of Africa, Cattle were one of the earliest of money .Other animals were used as money too.The first metal coins were made in China. They were around and had a square hole in thecenter. People strung them together and carried them from place to place. Different countries haveused different metals and designs for their money. The first coins in England were made of tin.Sweden and Russia used copper to make their money. Later, other countries began to make coinsof gold and silver.But even gold and silver were inconvenient if you had to buy something expensive. Again theChinese thought of a way to improve money. They began to use paper money. The first papermoney looked more like a note from one person to another than paper money used today.Money has had an interesting history from the days of shell money until today.6. Which of the following can be cited as an example of the use of money in exchange forservices?A. To sell a bicycle for $20.B. To get some money for old books at a garage sale.C. To buy things you need or want.D. To get paid for your work.7. Where were shells used as money in history?A. In the Philippines.B. In China.C. In Africa.D. We dont know.8. Why, according to the passage, did ancient Chinese coins have a square hole in the center?A. Because it would be easier to put them together and carry them around.B. Because it would be lighter for people to carry from place to place.C. Because people wanted to make it look nicer.D. Because people wanted to save the expensive metal they were made from.价格最低, 师资最强, 课时最长, 错过就是过错! 价格最低, 师资最强, 课时最长, 错过就是过错! 9. Why does the author say that even gold and silver were inconvenient if you had to buysomething expensive?A. Because they are easy to steal.B. Because they are difficult for people to obtain.C. Because they are not easy to carry around.D. Because they themselves are expensive, too.10. Which do you choose as the best title for this passage?A. Money and Its UseB. Different Things Used as Money.C. Different Countries, Different Money.D. The History of MoneyPassage 3Traditionally, universities have carried out two main activities: research and teaching. Manyexperts would argue that both these activities play a critical role in serving the community. Thefundamental question, however, is how does the community want or need to be served?In recent years universities have been coming under increasing pressure from both thegovernments and the public to ensure that they do not remain ”ivory towers”(象牙塔)of studyseparated from the realities of everyday life. University teachers have been encouraged, and insome cases constrained(强逼), to provide more courses which produce graduates with thetechnical skills required for the commercial use. If Aristotle wanted to work in a university in theUK today, he would have a good chance of teaching computer science but would not be so readilyemployable as a philosopher.A post-industrial society requires large numbers of computer programmers, engineers,managers and technicians to maintain and develop its economic growth but”man”, as the Biblesays, ”does not live by bread alone.” Apart from requiring medical and social services, whichdo not directly contribute to economic growth, the society should also value and enjoy literature,music and the arts. In these cost-conscious times, it has even been pointed out in justification forthe funding of the arts that they can be useful money earners. A successful musical play, forinstance, can contribute as much to the Cross National Product through tourist dollars as any otherthings.11. The main idea of the first paragraph is that _.A. traditional universities do a good job serving the societyB. universities must meet the needs of the societyC. research and teaching are of great importance in universitiesD. universities play an important role in our society12. We can infer from the second paragraph that _.A. the society is not satisfied with the present college educationB. the governments interfere too much with college educationC. the teacher are forced to do what they dont like to doD. teachers dislike teaching commercially useful courses价格最低, 师资最强, 课时最长, 错过就是过错! 价格最低, 师资最强, 课时最长, 错过就是过错! 13. The example if Aristotle is used to make the point that_.A. universities in the UK have produced too many good for-nothing graduatesB. such abstract subjects as philosophy is no longer usefulC. education should serve the social needsD. it is advisable for todays philosophers to know computer science14. According to the passage, literature, music and the arts_.A. do not contribute to economic growth at allB. are less useful to the society because they do not make direct contribution to economyC. are similar to medical and social services in their way of promoting economic growthD. should develop only when they are good for economic growth15. The author believes that_.A. art is useful only when it is made into a money earnerB. the promotion of economic growth is the only goal of todays societyC. universities should not provide literature or art coursesD. the society needs both technical skills and arts.答案与解析1. 【答案】C推理题。文章的第一句”If you are like most people, your intelligence variesfrom season to season .”已经点出了本文的中心大意。2. 【答案】B推理题。第一段最后一句”that climate and temperature have a definite effecton our mental abilities”, 其中你要理解 definite的意思”一定的”, 就能够找到答案。3. 【答案】B细节题。”concluded from other mens work and his own among peoples indifferent climates”, 从该句能够得知亨廷顿的结论是建立在她人和自己的研究基础之上的。4.【答案】B推理题。第二段的最后一句”It does mean, however, that the mental abilitiesof large numbers of people tend to be lowest in summer.”告诉我们大部分人的智力在夏季处于最低水平。5. 【答案】A主旨题。本文的第一句话即是中心思想, 见第一题。6. 【答案】D 推理题。四个答案中只有 D是与 service有关的, 其它几个都属于商品的买卖。7. 【答案】D 细节题。本文并没有提到贝壳在哪个国家作为货币使用。8.【答案】A 推理题。”People strung them together and carried them from place to place .”金属币做成圆形方孔是为了携带方便。9.【答案】C 推理题。”Again the Chinese thought of a way to improve money. They beganto use paper money.”即使是金银用来买贵重的物品也不方便, 因此中国人改进货币, 使用纸币。纸币的好处就在于携带方便。10.【答案】D 主旨题。本文的主旨句在最后, ”Money has had an interesting history from价格最低, 师资最强, 课时最长, 错过就是过错! 价格最低, 师资最强, 课时最长, 错过就是过错! the days of shell money until today.11.【答案】B 主旨题。第一段最后一句”The fundamental question ,however, is how doesthe community want or need to be served? 告诉了我们答案。其中的信号词”however”表转折。12.【答案】A 推理题。”In recent years universities have been coming under increasingpressure from both the governments and the public to ensure that they do not remain ivorytowers(象牙塔)of study separated from the realities of everyday life.”第二段的第一句中说大学现在面临来自政府和百姓的压力, 要求大学不能再保持其脱离现实生活的象牙塔的地位了, 由此可见, 社会对大学是不满的。13.【答案】B 推理题。亚里士多德的例子是为了论证上一句”to provide more courseswhich produce graduates with the technical skills required for the commercial use.”现在大学开的课程主要是为经济服务的, 而哲学这样的抽象课程是没有用的。14. 【答案】C 信息题。”Apart from requiring medical and social services, which do notdirectly contribute to economic growth, the society should also value and enjoy literature, musicand the arts.”文学、 艺术、 音乐和医疗、 社会服务一样, 都不能直接推动经济的发展。15. 【答案】D 推理题。”it has even been pointed out in justification for the funding ofthe arts that they can be useful money earners.”艺术同样能够挣钱。价格最低, 师资最强, 课时最长, 错过就是过错!