2024年网考英语B试题库阅读理解.doc

9月大学英语B阅读了解（统考）
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1.
Cars are a lot of fun, but they could also be dangerous. We have to be careful when we drive them or ride in them.
It’s always a good idea to put on your seat belt when you’re in a car. Why? Think about this example: you put an egg on a skateboard and give it a push. If the skateboard hits a stone, it will stop, but the egg won’t. It will fly through the air, hit the ground and break.
Now, think what would happen if you tied the egg to the skateboard. When the skateboard hits a stone, the egg won’t go flying, it will stay safely on the skateboard.
Volvo, a famous Swedish car maker, was the first to use seat belts in 1849.
Air bags are also very important for car safety, because sometimes a seat belt isn’t enough. If the car is going really fast and runs into something, seat belts could even hurt the people who wear them.
Most newer cars have air bags in front of and next to the seats. When a car hits something, its air bags will come out quickly – in less than one second – to keep the people inside safe.
1. The passage mainly tells us ________.
A. how seat belts work to make cars safe.
B. why we must tie the egg to the skateboard
C. two important ways to keep safe in cars
D. what air bags are
2. The writer gives the example of the egg to ________.
A. show why it is important to wear a seat belt when in a car
B. tell us what a skateboard is
C. show how to wear a seat belt
D. tell us that eggs are easy to break
3. Seat belts can make cars safer because ______
A. they are made of strong materials
B. they can stop us from hitting other cars
C. they can help us stay safely on the seats
D. people are interested in them
4. Air bags are also important for cars because they ______
A. are made of plastic
B. work together with seat belts to keep us safe
C. are put in front of and next to the seats
D. can stop cars hitting each other
5. The best title for this passage is _______
A. Useful Seat Belts
B. Make Yourself Safe in Cars
C. Air Bags Work Well
D. Egg on Skateboard

2.
If you ask Daniel Radcliffe who acted Harry Potter to pick a special moment from the lat year of his life, you will find it almost impossible. “Oh, wow, that’s really difficult,” he says with a smile.
“There have been so many things, so many memories that at times it’s hard to recall them all,” says Daniel. “But I guess one of the best ones was the London Premiere for The Philosopher’s Stone. It was just amazing, one of the best nights of my life.”
“But I’ve had such a great time doing The Chamber of Secrets. I love doing the work. I love meeting new people and being part of the team. It’s been great.”
Daniel has changed. He turned 14 in July, . He is taller, his voice is deeper and his frame is filling out as he begins his teenage years, and he has become an excellent actor, too.
Daniel was born in London where his father, Alan, worked as an agent and his mother, Marcia, as a casting director, and both have been an essential guiding influence on their only child.
1. How old was Daniel Radcliff in ?
A. 15 B. 16 C. 14 D. 13
2. What is Daniel Radcliff’s memory about the past year according to the passage?
A. He didn’t remember anything about it.
B. He had so many bad memories about it.
C. There were amazing experiences in the past year.
D. There were not many unforgettable things in the past year.
3. Which of the following is not mentioned as a liking by Daniel?
A. Making friends. B. Being an actor.
C. Being part of the team. D. Becoming a director.
4. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Daniel’s parents are all film stars.
B. Daniel’s parents influenced Daniel greatly.
C. Daniel has never had any influence from his parents.
D. Daniel has brothers and sisters.
5. Daniel was born in _______.
A. New York B. Beijing
C. Paris D. London

3.

The dark smoke that comes out of stacks or from a burning dump contains tiny bits of solid or liquid matter. The smoke also contains many gases, most of which cannot be seen. Altogether, they make up the serious problems of air pollution. In so many places it keeps us from seeing the sun, irritates our eyes, causes us to cough and makes us ill.
Air pollution can spread from city to city. It even spreads from one country to another. Some northern European countries have had “black snow” from pollutants that have traveled through the air from other countries and have fallen with the snow. So air pollution is a global problem. It can kill babies, older people and those who have respiratory disease. In 1952, four thousands people die in one week as a result of a serious air pollution breakout in London. In 1948 in a small town of Pennsylvania, 20 people died in a four-day period of air pollution. As often found in cities, air pollution increases the risk of lung disease, such as bronchitis and asthma. Of course, smoking and other factors help to cause these illnesses, too, but these causes have increased greatly during recent years as air pollution has become worse.
1. Which of the following is not true about the “black snow” incident?
A. It happened in the northern European countries.
B. It happened there because air pollution in these countries was most serious.
C. Pollutants that fell with snow made it dirty.
D. It is a global problem.
2. Who can be killed by air pollution?
A. Earth and plants.
B. Stones and birds
C. Those who suffer from respiratory illnesses.
D. Both A and C.
3. How many people died of air pollution in Pennsylvania in 1948?
A. 4,000.
B. 20.
C. None
D. 4020
4. What are bronchitis and asthma?
A. Different types of headaches.
B. Lung disease.
C. Heart disease.
D. Different types of stomach aches.
5. According to the passage, air pollution increases people’s chance of getting ______.
A. headache
B. a lung disease
C. stomachache
D. nervous breakdown

4.

My grandparents can be good fun. They are retired, so they don’t work anymore. My grandfather is 68 and my grandmother is 67, but they’re not too old to be active. They exercise by playing golf and they go out for meals and to the theater. Sometimes they take me out, too. We have a good time. They also go on great holidays. Last year, they went to China and walked along the Great Wall.
Sometimes my grandparents like to criticize me. They think that children today have an easy life. Life was very different when they were young and there are many things about my life that they do not understand. They tell me, over and over, how they had to start work at 16. They know that I will go on to university and won’t be getting a job until I am 22! They also think I have too many possessions, such as mobile phones, computers and PSPs. When they were young, they didn’t have anything like that. What they don not realize is that they cannot compare children a present time. They had the same kinds of things as the rest of people of their age—so do I. it would be very strange if I only had the possessions that they had when they were my age.
1. Grandparents don’t work anymore because ______.
A. they are tired
B. they want to play golf.
C. they are retired
D. they want to enjoy their life.
2. My grandparents sometimes criticize me. One reason is that _____.
A. I don’t go on holidays with them.
B. I won’t work until 22.
C. they had to work at 16.
D. Children today have an easy life.
3. Grandparents _______ when they were young.
A. had the same life as we have today.
B. had the same kinds of things as we have.
C. had the same kinds of things as people of their age
D. had many possessions, including mobile phones, computer and PSPs.
4. What does this sentence “but they are not too old to be active” mean?
A. They are old, so they are not active
B. They are old, but they are still active.
C. They are retired, so they active.
D. When they were young, they were active.
5. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. My grandparents love me very much.
B. My grandparents don’t understand many things about my life.
C. My grandparents don’t think I need too many possessions.
D. My grandparents have realized they shouldn’t compare children at present time.

5.
Community service is an important component of education here at our university. We encourage all students to volunteer for at least one community activity before they graduate. A new community program called “One on One” helps elementary students who’ve fallen behind. Your education majors might be especially interested in it because it offers the opportunity to do some teaching, that is, tutoring in math and English.
You’d have to volunteer two hours a week for one semester. You can choose to help a child with math, English, or both. Half-hour lessons are fine, so you could do a half hour of each subject two days a week.
Professor Doge will act as a mentor to the tutors—he’ll be available to help you with lesson plans or to offer suggestions for activities. He has office hours every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. You can sign up for the program with him and begin the tutoring next week.
I’m sure you’ll enjoy this community service… and you’ll gain valuable experience at the same time. It looks good on your resume, too, showing that you’ve had experience with children and that you care about your community. If you’d like it to sign up, or if you have any questions, stop by Professor Doge’s office this week.
1. What is the purpose of the talk?
A. To explain a new requirement for graduation.
B. To interest students in a new community program.
C. To discuss the problems of elementary school students.
D. To recruit elementary school teachers for a special program.
2. What is the purpose of the program that the speaker describes?
A. To find jobs for graduating students.
B. To help education majors prepare for final exams.
C. To offer tutorial to elementary school students.
D. To provide funding for a community service project.
3. What does Professor Dodge do?
A. He advices students to participate in certain program.
B. he teaches part-time in an elementary school.
C. he observes elementary school students in the classroom.
D. he helps students prepare their resumes.
4. What should students who are interested in the tutorials do?
A. Contact the elementary school.
B. Sign up for a special class.
C. Submit a resume to the dean.
D. Talk to Professor Dodge.
5. Whom do you think the speaker addresses to?
A. Faculty
B. Students
C. Residents
D. Graduated students

6．
The Chinese New Year is now known as the Spring Festival because it starts from the beginning of spring. Though there are some sayings about its origin, all agree that the word Nian, which in modern Chinese means “year”, was originally the name of a beast that started to eat people the night before the beginning of a new year.
One story goes that the beast Nian had a very big mouth that would take in a great many people at one time. People were very afraid. One day, an old man came to their help and said he would stop all this. He said to Nain, “I hear that you are very strong, but can you eat up all the beasts on earth instead of people who are too weak to be your enemies?” “Yes,” Nian agreed with him and went to kill many of the beasts on earth. People were very happy because those beasts also did bad things to people and killed their farm animals from time to time.
After that, the old man, who was a god, rode on the beast Nian and left. Nian was gone, and other beasts also went into forests; people began to enjoy their happy life. Before the old man left, he had told people to put up red paper cuts on their widows and doors at each year’s end to drive Nian away, because red is the color the beast felt most afraid of.
From then on, every year at the beginning of spring, people prepare to “Guo Nian”. The word “Guo Nian” means “go through the Nian safely.” Putting up red paper-cuts to drive Nian away and making dumplings for a better new year are still an every year doing by the Chinese people. However people today have long forgotten why they are doing all this, they just feel the color and the food make the New Year very enjoyable.
1. The Chinese New Year is also called ______
A. the Beginning of Spring
B. the Spring Festival
C. The New Spring
D. The Beast Nian
2. How did the old man stop Nian from eating people?
A. By putting red paper-cuts on windows.
B. By eating up beasts
C. By talking to him
D. By riding on him.
3. Why did people put up red paper-cuts instead of those of any other color?
A. Because Nian liked the color red.
B. Because the color red color kill Nian.
C. Because the old man liked the color red.
D. Because Nian was afraid of the color red.
4. The best title of this passage is ________
A. The Origin of the Chinese New Year
B. The Old Man and the Beast Nian
C. How to Go Through the Nian Safely
D. What Nian Was Like
5. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Nian can eat up all the beasts on earth at one time
B. Nian is a tall beast that likes to eat farm animals
C. Nian is afraid of paper-cuts
D. Nian doesn’t like to use his own mind.

7.
Herman had worked for the bank of Ruritania for ten years and was still only a clerk. He was not satisfied with the position and wanted to find something better. Yet he did not want to lose his position in bank before he had got another one, so he prepared a letter about himself, with the words "HELP! I AM A PRISONER OF THE BANK OF RURITANIA!" in big letters across the top. Then he sent it to several other banks, asking them for a job.
A few days later, one of these letters came into the hands of Herman's boss at the bank; someone had given it to him at a party. The next morning, Herman's boss asked him to come into his room and said, "Herman, I have some very good news for you. The bank of Ruritania is setting you free!"
赫曼为鲁里坦尼亚银行工作了十年却还只是一名一般职工。他对于目前的职位并不满意，想换一个愈加好的工作。然而，在找到新工作之前，他并不想失去在这家银行的工作。因此，他为自己准备了一封求职信，用大写字母在信的顶端写着“救命！我是鲁里坦尼亚银行的一名囚犯！”他把信件寄到了其他几家银行谋求一份工作。
几天后，赫曼寄出的众多信中的一封落入了他老板的手里。是他人在一个聚会上把赫曼的信交给他老板的。第二天上午，赫曼的老板让赫曼到他办公室去，问他：“赫曼，我有一个好消息给你。鲁里坦尼亚银行目前正式释放你！”。

1、Herman was not happy because ________.赫曼不愉快因为，
A. he did not like to work in a bank
B. he had wished to have a higher position in the bank他希望在银行能够得到升职。
C. he had worked in the bank too long
D. he was in prison in the bank
2、Herman did not want to leave the Bank of Ruritania immediately because ______.赫曼不想立即离开鲁里坦尼亚银行因为，
A. he was satisfied with the work there
B. he had not found a better job yet他还没有找到一份愈加好的工作
C. he was waiting for his boss to give him some good news
D. he was waiting for the bank to set him free
3、Which sentence is not true? 下面哪个句子不是真的？
A. He wished some other bank to give him a better job.