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阅读理解训练题（五十八）
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We arranged that Kissinger（基辛格）would fly to Vietnam early in July and then stop in Pakistan on the way back. There he would develop a stomachache that would require him to stay in bed and not be seen by the press. Then with President Yapha’s help, he would be taken to an airport where a Pakistani jet would fly him over the mountains to China.
Kissinger’s trip was given the name Polo after Marco Polo, another Western traveler who made history by journeying to China. Everything went quite smoothly. His slight illness in Islamabad received only small attention from reporters covering him. They accepted the story that he would be kept shut up for at least a few days and began making arrangements for their own activities.
Because of the need for complete secrecy and the lack of any direct communication facilities（联络设备）between Beijing and Washington, I knew that we would have no word from Kissinger while he was in China. Even after he had returned to Pakistan, it would still be important to keep it secret, so before Kissinger left, we agreed on a single code word-Eureka-which he would use if his mission（任务，使命）was successful and the presidential trip had been arranged.
On July 11, Al Haig, who knew our code word, phoned to say that a cable（电报）from Kissinger had arrived.
“What’s the message? ”I asked . “Eureka, ”he replied.
56．Kissinger stopped in Pakistan because .
A．he had a stomachache B．he needed President Yapha’s help in carrying out a secret plan
C．he did not want to be seen by the press
D．he would like to take a Pakistani jet on his way back.
57．The reporters in Islamabad believed that .
A．Marco Polo made a trip to China B．Kissinger would make a jourey to China.
C．Kissinger was making arrangements for their activities. D．Kissinger was sick.
58．Washington would have no word form Kissinger while he was in China, mainly because .
A．his trip must be kept secrect B．President Yapha would not fly together with Kissinger
C．Communication between China and Islamabad was impossible
D．Al Haig would phone to the author to tell him about Kissinger’s trip.
59．From the passage we can infer that Kissinger’s cable carrying the message“Eureka”must have been sent .
A．before he had left Beijing B．soon after he had returned to Pakistan from China.
C．as soon as he had arrived in Washington on July 11
D．before he returned to Pakistan on July 11
B
Good evening. Chinese President Jiang Zemin and his American counterpart Bill Clinton have acknowledged their political differences, but they wrapped up their historic summit（高级会晤）emphasizing（强调）the importance of their common interest. As Mark Thun reports from Washington, the two leaders hammered out agreements on a number of issues（问题，争论点）,although human rights remains a sticking point.
The two sides came to agreements over plenty of items, which could shake the world for a long time to come. The most important is probably the high-level dialogues and consultations（磋商）. The Presidents will visit each other regularly, there will be a Washington-Beijing communications link for direct contact, and there will be regular exchanges or visits by cabinet（内阁）and other officials on political and security（安全）issues. On nuclear cooperation, Mr Clinton promises the sale of nuclear technology to China for peaceful use, something not possible now with an American ban after the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown（严厉取缔）.The two countries have agreed to strengthen military maritime safety（加强海军方面的安全合作）.And Beijing and Washington are both working towards China’s entry into the WTO, with China aiming to make substantial tariff reductions（大幅度降低关税）. Taiwan is considered the most important issue, but there’s little breakthrough（突破）here. The two sides agreed that there should be only one China, and that the Chinese should be allowed to resolve the problem by themselves. It’s over the matter of human rights which the two countries have the most obvious differences.
The autumn air might have been chilly（寒冷的），but the welcoming ceremony for the Chinese President was anything but cold. Mr and Mrs Jiang Zemin were greeted by the American President and the First Lady. The two heads of state inspected the honour guard and national anthems were played with the twenty-one gun salute as the background. With a chime swinging leisurely only a few steps away, President Bill Clinton spoke of a better future,“Let us strengthen the bonds between us, let us pursue common causes, let us address our differences openly and with respect, let us build a better world for our children.”And Mr Jiang gave a similarly optimistic reply, partly in English, “Let us, the Chinese and the Americans, join hands, and together with people around the world, work hard to bring about the new century of peace, stability and the prosperity.”
60．What style is this short passage?
A．TV news broadcasting. B．A document（文件）on state affairs.
C．A summary of Bill Clinton’s speech at the welcoming ceremony for the Chinese President. D．A newspaper report.
61．“The autumn air might have been chilly, but the welcoming ceremony for the Chinese President was anything but cold.”What does the sentence mean to the reader or the listener?
A．Even though the weather was cold, all the people at the welcoming ceremony still felt fairly warm.
B．Both the autumn air and the welcoming ceremony were not a bit warm.
C．People thought it really interesting to hold the warm ceremony in the chilly autumn air.
D．People at the ceremony talked about anything but the cold weather.
62．After the meeting of the two presidents, we can hope that .
A．the two countries will together devote themselves to the study of nuclear weapons
B．Taiwan will soon come back to the embrace of its motherland
C．China will adopt the same system as that of the USA
D．the two presidents will call on each other regularly, which will make the two sides understand each other better.
63．What President Bill Clinton spoke of at the ceremony shows that .
A．he hopes for a better future for the two sides with better understanding
B．he sincerely hopes that the children in the two contries will grow well and healthily
C．he hopes that all the world will understand why the two countries have joined together
D．he thinks that only by addressing their differences openly and with respect can they build a better world for the children.
C
Four months ago Mrs B ordered a rug from a store, which promised to deliver it in about two weeks. Three weeks passed, but the rug did not arrive. When Mrs B telephoned the store to talk about it, she was told that the rug had been lost and that the store would send her another one.
Weeks later, when Mrs B telephoned again, the store told her that the second rug had been delivered and left on her front porch（门廓）.She didn’t believe the story, as she had been at home as usual, and her doorbell was in good working order. However, the store promised her that a third rug would be delivered within a week. It wasn’t. What could she do? How could she get action?
Mrs B did what many other Americans have done-with excellent results. She wrote a letter to the newspaper in her town, explaining the problem. A few days later her letter appeared in the newspaper and this sentence was printed below it:
“The store found a way to safely deliver your rug immediately after hearing from us.
In this age of machines, it is often hard to get action from businesses that have made mistakes. An individual（个别的）person can complain, but his complaints may accomplish nothing. Luckily, newspapers now employ people to help with such problems, and the results are published in a special section of the paper.
Mrs B’s letter appeared in a column called Mr FLX-IT. During the same week the following letter from Mrs J was printed in the ACTION LINE column of another newspaper.
“Many weeks ago I bought some living room furniture from the House and Garden Shop in Parkkersvile. They have set three delivery dates, and each time I had to stay home from work and wait for the truck, which never came. I have called the store at least fifteen times, and each time they said they would look for the furniture. This has been going on for two months. I guess they are still looking.”
The ACTION LINE writer’s reply was printed below Mrs J’s letter:
“They found it. Action Line made one telephone call to the president of the company, who told us: ‘the customer will get satisfaction.’ The furniture was found, and it arrived at your home yesterday.”
64．It seemed that the purpose of Action Line in a newspaper was to .
A．employ people and publish their letters of complaints
B．help consumers correcting wrongs and getting problems solved
C．find what was lost by the business and delivered them to the consumers
D．make telephone calls to the consumers and business which had made mistakes
65．How long was if after Mrs B called the store again that she wrote to the local newspaper?
A．About a week. B．Three weeks. C．Two weeks. D．Four months.
66．The passage points out that in the machine age people’s complaints usually .
A．bring about mistakes B．cause more serious trouble
C．prove useless D．prove effective
67．The passage implies that .
A．there are too many mistakes in businesses to be corrected nowadays.
B．customers can find what they have lost through the help of newspapers
C．newspapers will be the only means that can help people solve problems of all kinds
D．the influence（影响）of newspapers can sometimes solve problems when individual efforts have failed
D
The producers of instant coffee found their product strongly resisted（抵制）in the market places despite their product’s obvious advantages. Furthermore, the advertising expenditure（费用）for instant coffee was far greater than that for regular coffee. Efforts were made to find the cause of the consumers’（消费者）seemingly unreasonable resistance to the product. The reason given by most people was dislike for the taste. The producers doubt that there might be deeper reasons, however. This was confirmed (证实，确信) by one of motivation research’s classic studies, one often cited (引用) in the trade. Mason Haire of the University of California constructed two shopping lists that were identical except for one item. There were six items common to both lists: hamburger, carrots, bread, baking powder, canned peaches, and potatoes, with the brands or amounts specified. The seventh item, in fifth place on both lists, read “11b. Maxwell House coffee” on one list and “Nescafe instant coffee” on the other. One list was given to each one in a group of fifty women, and the other list to those in another group of the same size. The women were asked to study their lists and then to describe, as far as they could, the kind of woman ( personality and character ) who would draw up that shopping list. Nearly half of those who had received the list including instant coffee described a housewife who was lazy and a poor planner. On the other hand, only one woman in the other group described the housewife, who had included regular coffee on her list as lazy; only six of that group suggested that she was a poor planner. Eight women felt that the instant-coffee user was probably not a good wife! No one in the other group drew such a conclusion about the housewife who intended to buy regular coffee.
68．The result of the investigation showed that .
A．women who used regular coffee were good planners
B．most of the women investigated were good at reasons
C．many women believed that wives who used instant coffee were lazy
D．housewives who used instant coffee were lazy
69．In the study, the women were supposed to give the opinions about .
A.which was better, instant coffee or regular coffee
B．women’s attitude towards shopping
C．the necessity of making such a shopping list
D．the personality of a woman who would prepare such a list
70．Judging by the result of the study many women were not interested in instant coffee because
.
A．they didn’t trust advertisements B．instant coffee was not suited to their taste
C．they wanted to show that they were intelligent
D．they had a sense of shame about using instant coffee
71．The word “instant ” probably has the meaning of .
A．which can be made up slowly for use B．which can be made up quickly for use
C．expensive D．cheap
E
Here are four pieces of news from China Daily:
SHANGHAI – The Huachen Group, which has put 83 million yuan in the development of the ecommerce market since its official registration late last year, recently held a meeting in Shanghai to show the use of its newly opened tourism business payment network. The network aims so serve tourists from all over the world,but especially from Europe and the United State where credit cards are popularly used. After opening the www. Chinaecent. com website, netizens can get information about hotels and tourism services on tourism page. Hotels and services can be reserved and payments made through credit cards. The network opened in February in Beijing.
SYDNEY – The Sydney Olympic flame will travel underwater on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef during the torch relay（火炬接力）following a successful test.
Scuba diver Wendy Craig, a marine biologist, will carry the torch on a three-to-four-minute underwater journey at Agincourt Reef on June 27, creating Olympic history, organizers said yesterday.
Burning at 2,000 degrees, the torch is expected to remain alight（点燃着的）three metres under-water because of a special kind of technology which creates a “fierce flame” too powerful to be drowned out by water. Charles Tegner, managing director of torch creator, said the flame would burn like a flare from oxygenproducing chemicals.
BEIJING – The election of a new leader in Taiwan can not change the fact that Taiwan is a part of Chinese territory. “Taiwan Independence” in whatever form will never be allowed, according to a statesman of China’s central government.
“We should listen to what the new leader in Taiwan says and watch what he does. We will observe where he will lead cross-Straits relations. We are willing to exchange views on cross-Straits relations and peaceful reunification with all parties, organizations and persongages in Taiwan who favor（赞同）the one China principle.” says the statesman, which was released（发布）by the Taiwan Affairs Office of the CPC Central Committee.
HAIKOU – Customs officers in Haikou, capital of South China’s Hainan Province, recently stopped a boat loaded with 781 cases of foreign-brand cigarettes being smuggled（走私）into China. The cigarettes are estimated to be worth more than 1.8 million yuan, said a customs officer, they discovered the smuggling boat as they were going around the northern sea area of Yangpu Port.
The smuggled cigarettes cases, pac