阅读理解训练题-44.doc

阅读理解训练题（四十四）
A
When he took office, George W. Bush, son of former president George Herbert Walker Bush, became the first son to follow his father into the White House since John Quincy Adams followed John Adams in the early 19th century.
Bush was born on July 6, 1946, in New Haven, Connecticut, the first child of George Herbert Walker Bush and Barbara Pierce Bush. Although George Herbert Walker Bush began his career in the oil industry, he finally served as a congressman（国会议员）,and vice（副的）president and president of the United States.
At the age of two, Bush moved with his parents from Connecticut to Odessa, Texas, where his father took up the oil business. After a year in Texas, the family moved to California for business reasons. A year later, the family returned to Texas and settled in Midland, where Bush lived from 1950 to 1959.
In 1959, again for business reasons, the family moved to Houston, Texas. In 1961 Bush left Texas and went to Andover, Massachusetts, to attend Phillips Academy, a boarding（寄宿）school that his father had also attended.
At Phillips, Bush played basketball, baseball, and football. He was best known for being head cheerleader. In 1964 he enrolled at Yale University in Connecticut; his father and grandfather had also attended Yale. At Yale, Bush was considered an average student, but he was popular with his classmates.
Bush graduated from Yale with a bachelor’s degree in history in 1968. Then he joined the Air National Guard and remained in the Guard until 1973. After earning his MBA form Harvard in 1975, Bush returned to Midland. Like his father, he first entered the oil industry as a “landsman”.
However, Bush’s oil companies never enjoyed great success. He took more interest in politics. He helped his father to become president and in 1994 he himself was elected governor of Texas.
In the summer of 1999, Bush began to run for the president of the USA and on January 20,2001, George W. Bush, hand raised, took the oath（宣誓）of office to become the 43rd president of the US.
56．What does the writer intend to tell us in the first paragraph?
A．George W. Bush is the first son in American history to follow his father into the White House.
B．George W. Bush is the first son of former president George Herbert Walker Bush.
C．John Quincy Adams and his father were both former American presidents.
D．George W. Bush is the second one in American history to follow his father into the White House.
57．We may learn from the text that young Bush .
A.got on very well at the universities B．was very good at basketball, baseball and football
C．did everything as his father had done D．is a very successful politician like his father
58．From the year when Bush was two to the year 1959, the Bush family moved in all.
A．three times B．four times C．five times D．six times
59．Which of the following is NOT true about George W. Bush?
A．Young Bush lived with his family in Texas from 1948 to 1961.
B．He once studied at a university that his father and grandfather had also attended.
C．He once ruled over an American state before he entered the White House.
D．He once served at the Air National Guard for about five years.

B
Happy Vacations at the Hotel of Your Choice

THE BAY MOTEL The Welcome Inn
Quality and Economy A tradition for wise travelers
Everything you need, nothing you don’t! Since 1932

⊙80 rooms with color TV ⊙54 rooms, color TV
⊙Restaurant and bar ⊙Heated swimming pool
⊙5 miles form downtown ⊙Restaurant, bar, room service
San Francisco ⊙In the heart of San Francisco!
⊙Free parking service! ⊙Fantastic rates: $35 1 person,
⊙Modern—opened 1995 $ 45 2 persons
⊙And—$29 single! $ 39 double!

60．“The Bay Motel”is most probably .
A．a hotel specially for traveling motorists
B．a traditional hotel that is near to a beautiful bay
C．a nice hotel that provides everything the customers need
D．a large hotel that provides the best service but charges the least
61．It can be learned from the two advertisements that .
A．aged travelers will usually choose the Welcome Inn
B．guests in the Bay Motel only pay a little for parking
C．wise travelers always put up at the Welcome Inn
D．guests in the Welcome Inn can have food or drinks in their rooms
62．The most possible reason why the Bay Motel is cheaper than the Welcome Inn is that .
A．it has been open for only a few years B．it is not in the center of the city
C．it has a parking place D．it has more rooms
C
On hearing the words“Just do it!”, you will know there is a Nike product nearby. If it’s “Always Coca-Cola”, you can be sure someone wants to sell you a refreshing drink.
An advertising slogan is to a brand what eyes are to a person. The slogan helps people understand the brand better by telling them what it wants to sell to its customers. Good slogans leave a message inside people’s minds. It’s almost certain that every brand has a popular slogan.
Here are a few examples:
“Just do it!”—This slogan speaks out to teens. It tells them to do something, but only if they think it’s worth it. And if so, why not do it wearing Nike?
“Always Coca-Cola.”—Coke’s slogans change every few years, but this one has enjoyed a lasting popularity because it shows the brand’s spirit. It seems to say“Coke is the only drink there is; there are no other forms of drinks.”
“Share moments, share life.”—This slogan from Kodak connects photos and beauty. It asks people to remember the happy moments in life by taking photos of them —using Kodak film of course!
63．What would be the best title for the text?
A．Just Do It! B．Slogan And Brand
C．Famous Slogans D．What Is A Good Slogan?
64．Which of the following can best explain the underlined sentence（paragraph 2）?
A．A good advertising slogan should draw people’s attention.
B．A brand should have an advertising slogan just as people have eyes.
C．An advertising slogan is as important to a brand as eyes are to a person.
D．An advertising slogan acts as the eyes of a brand.
65．The word “them” in the last paragraph refers to .
A．people B．the happy moments C．photos and beauty D．Kodak films
66．Which of the following tables can best match the slogans with their brands?
A B
Slogan
Brand

Slogan
Brand
Obey your thirst.
Volkswagen

Obey your thirst.
Canon
If anyone can, Canon can.
Eastern Airlines

If anyone can, Canon can.
Volkswagen
The wings of man.
Casio Watches

The wings of man.
Eastern Airlines
Drivers wanted.
jobworld.co.uk.

Drivers wanted.
Casio Watches
Technology for life.
Sprite

Technology for life.
jobworld.co.uk
Download a better future.
Canon

Download a better future
Sprite

C D
Slogan
Brand

Slogan
Brand
Obey your thirst.
Casio Watches

Obey your thirst.
Sprite
If anyone can, Canon can.
Canon

If anyone can, Canon can.
Canon
The wings of man.
Eastern Airlines

The wings of man.
Eastern Airlines
Drivers wanted.
Sprite

Drivers wanted.
Volkswagen
Technology for life.
jobworld.co.uk

Technology for life.
Casio Watches
Download a better future.
Volkswagen

Download a better future
jobworld.co.uk

D
London Thursday July 26（Reuters）—Ian Johnstone missed his girlfriend so much that he flew back to Britain from Australia to propose to her. The problem is that she flew in the opposite direction.
He and Amy Dolby even managed to miss each other when they sat in the same airport waiting-room in Singapore at the same time to wait for connecting flights.
Dolby, heartbroken when she arrived at Johnstone’s Sydney apartment to find he had flown to London, told the Times: “It was as though someone was playing a cruel joke on us. He is the most romantic person I have ever known. I think our problem is that we are both quite impulsive（冲动的）people. We are always trying to surprise each other.”
After an 11,000-mile flight across the globe, she was greeted by Johnstone’s astonished flat mate asking what she was doing there.
The terrible truth dawned when I found that Ian’s rucksack and most of his clothes were missing. I sat on the end of his bed and cried my eyes out. And that really annoyed me,” she said.
Johnstone, a 27—year—old bricklayer, had taken a year off to travel round Australia. But he was missing Dolby a 26—year—old secretary, so much he got a job on a Sydney building site and started saving for a surprise.
He then flew home to Britain and went to her apartment armed with an engagement ring, champagne and flowers.
“I really missed Amy and I’d been thinking about her all the time. I thought she was winding me up when she phoned me from Australia,”he said.
Johnstone then asked Dolby to marry him on the phone. “I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry but I accepted, ”she said.
Dolby was given a short tour of Sydney by Johnstone’s friends and Johnstone had to stay in Britain for two weeks because he could not change his ticket.
67．It can be learned from the text that .
A．Johnstone got a job in Sydney so that he could start saving money for a surprise to Dolby
B．Dolby was heartbroken because someone was playing a cruel joke on her
C．Dolby was greeted by Johnstone’s flat mate at the airport.
D．Dolby was not so impulsive as Johnstone
68．According to the text, it seemed that .
A．Johnstone and Dolby could have seen each other in the same airport waiting-room in Singapore.
B．the couple pretended not to see each other in the same airport waiting-room in Singapore
C．the young lovestruck couple had both intended to propose to each other
D．Dolby stayed longer in Sydney than Johnstone stayed in Britain
69．When Johnstone asked her to marry him on the phone, Dolby didn’t know whether to laugh or cry because she had a mixed feeling of .
A．love, hatred and nervousness B．excitement, anger and shyness
C．cheer, regret and annoyance D．happiness, surprise and sadness
70．Which of the following shows the right order of what happened in the story?
a．Johnstone flew back to Britain to propose to his girlfriend, Amy Dolby.
b．Johnstone started working at a Sydney building site.
c．Johnstone went to Amy’s apartment in Britain with an engagement ring.
d．Johnstone proposed to Dolby over the phone.
e．They were waiting for their connecting flight in the airport lounge in Singapore.
f．Dolby called Johnstone from Australia.
E
The group of tourists walking through Stockholm’s old street never knew what hit them. As they admired Swedish art works in a storefront window, one of their mobile phones chirped（唧唧叫）with an anonymous（匿名的）note:“Try the blue sweaters. They keep you warm in the winter.”
The tourist had just been“bluejacked”—secretly sent a text message using short-range wireless technology called Bluetooth.
The more people get Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones—both sender and receiver need them for this to work—the more there is likely to be mischievous（恶作剧的）messaging.
Websites are already offering tips on bluejacking and collections of astonished reactions quickly turn up on the Internet. One site, www, bluejackq. com, was set up by a British teenager.
“I bluejacked three or four people,” says 13-year-old Ellie in UK, who runs the site and makes
bluejacking a daily affair. Bluetooth has a range of about nine metres. Ellie used it to send a note
to a man in a cafe asking how his coffee was and saying that she liked his wife’s glasses.
Ellie says he looked here and there to try to figure out where the message came from, even
sending text messages back and forth with his wife, but to no avail.
Bluetooth is fast becoming more common on new mobile phones, though Forrester Research
says at present only 9 per cent of phones in Europe have such a function.
The technology is handy for people wanting to use wireless headsets with their phones or for
sending data by phone to Bluetooth-enabled printers.
When Bluetooth is activated（激活）, it seeks out other equipped mobile phones by itself and
sets up a link. Bluetooth phones can be set to block anonymous messaging, but people who carry
them don’t necessarily know that.
71．What is mainly discussed in the text?
A．The meaning of the word“bluejack” B．The technology called Bluetooth
C．Anonymous messages D．Tips on bluejacking.
72．When a tourist was“bluejacked”,he or she might .
A．receive an anonymous and often mischievous message
B．send others a text message using short-range wireless technology called Bluetooth

C．be persuaded to buy a blue sweater
D．get a Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone
73．We may learn from the text that .
A．with Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones people can send anonymous notes to friends far
away
B．13-year-old Ellie makes bluejacking to earn some money by advertising
C．not many people in Europe now carry Bluetooth mobile phones
D．It’s not easy for activated Bluetooth to set up a link with other equipped mobile phones
74．People often receive anonymous messages though they don’t want to because .
A．Without a reply B．Of no use.
C．No problem. D．No signal.
75．People often receive anonymous messages though they don’t want to because .
A．many of them probably don’t know how to block such messages
B．it’s not necessary for people to know how to block such messages
C．their phones are not able to block anonymous messaging
D．it’s just impossible for people to reject any messages

阅读理解训练题（四十四）答案
56-60DDBAA 61-65DBBCB 66-70DAACC 71-75BACBA
6