英語B級考試閱讀理解專項練習題及答案解析

1、2011年上半年英t智B及考試就要開考了 ,閱讀理解在考試中占了很大的比重， 為了 幫助大家拿到閱讀的高分，下面給大家整理了閱讀理解專項練習題及答案解析，供 大家參考。When one looks back upon the fifteen hundred years that are the life span of the English language, he should be able to notice a number of significant truths. The history of our been a history of constant changeat ti

2、mes a slow, almost imperceptible change, at other times a violent collision between two languages. Our been a living growing organism, it has never been static. Another significant truth that emerges from such a study is that language at all times has been the possession not of one class or group bu

3、t of many. At one extreme it has been the property of the common, ignorant folk, who have used it in the daily business of their living, much as they have used their animals or the kitchen pots and pans. At the other extreme it has been the treasure of those who have respected it as an instrument an

4、d a sign of civilization, and who have struggled by writing it down to give it some permanence, order, dignity, and if possible, a little beauty.As we consider our changing language, we should note here two developments that are of special and immediate importance to us. One is that since the time o

5、f the Anglo-Saxons there has been an almost complete reversal of the different relationship of words in a sentence. Anglo-Saxon (old English) was a language of many inflections. Modern English has few inflections. We must now depend largely on word order and function words to convey the meanings tha

6、t the older language did by means of changes in the forms of words. Function words, you should understand, are words such as prepositions, conjunctions, and a few others that are used primarily to show relationships among other words. A few inflections, however, have survived. And when some word inf

7、lections come into conflict with word order, there may be trouble for the users of the language, as we shall see later when we turn our attention to such maters as WHO or WHOM and ME or I. The second fact we must consider is that as language itself changes, our attitudes toward language forms change

8、 also. The eighteenthcentury, for example, produced from various sources a tendency to fix the language into patterns not always set in and grew, until at the present time there is a strong tendency to restudy and re-evaluate language practices in terms of the ways in which people speak and write. c

9、ontrast to the earlier linguists, modern linguists tend to .attempt to continue the standardization of the languageevaluate language practices in terms of current speech rather than standards or proper patternsbe more concerned about language than its analysis or historybe more aware of the rules of

10、 the language usagethe appropriate meaning for the word “ inflection ” used in line 4 of paragraph 2.Changes in the forms of words.Changes in sentence structures.Changes in spelling rules.Words that have similar meanings.of the following statements is not mentioned in the passageIt is generally beli

11、eved that the year 1500 can be set as the beginning of the modern English language.Some other languages had great influence on the English language at some stages of its development.The English language has been and still in a state of relatively constant change.Many classes or groups have contribut

12、ed to the development of the English language.4. The author of these paragraphs is probably a(an) .A. historianB. philosopherC. anthropologistD. linguistof the following can be best used as the title of the passageThe history of the English language.Our changing attitude towards the English language

13、.Our changing language.Some characteristics of modern English.Vocabulary跨度，范圍，一段時間，期間adj. 感覺不到的，覺察不到的，極細微的生物體，有機體擁有，占有，領土，領地adj. 無知的人們，民族永久，持久盎格魯 撒克遜語，盎格魯撒克遜人，地道的英國人顛倒，反向，逆轉詞尾變化前置詞，介詞n. 聯(lián)合，關聯(lián)，連接詞的話，在方面terms of 根據(jù)，按照，用的話，在方面長難句解析【解析】whO引導非限制性定語從句，修飾“the common, ignorant folk “much a前導狀語從句。kitchen pot

14、s and panSl為 鍋碗瓢盆”?！咀g文】 一方面它是那些普通人甚至無知民眾的財產(chǎn)，他們每天都像使喚他們的牲畜和鍋碗瓢盆一樣用著語言。【解析】此句為一個復合倒裝句。until引號一個并列句，前一旬的主語是 “a tendency ” “to fix the language into patterns not always set in and grev作 “tendencyM定語，第二句的主語也是“a tendency, ”to后面的句子作“tendency 的定語，“in whichUl號的定語從何修飾 “wayS【譯文】例如在18 世紀一種產(chǎn)生于各種在一個不常使用和不利于語言發(fā)展而到

15、了當今，主流是要反復研究、評價人們說話、寫作中的語言實踐。答案與詳解【短文大意】本文主要講述英語演變過程的一些特點，指出了古英語與現(xiàn)代英語的不同，以及語言學家對待語言形式的態(tài)度的變化。細節(jié)題。 根據(jù)題干回原文中定位，閱讀文章時注意首末段及各段開頭的句子，這往往都是考點所在。這篇文章講的主要是英語語言演變的一些特點，指出了古英語與現(xiàn)代英語的不同，以及語言學家態(tài)度的轉變。本題問的正是現(xiàn)代語言學家與早期語言學家不同的傾向。根據(jù)文章末尾The eighteenth century, for example,produced from various sources a tendency to fix

16、the language into patterns not always set in and grew, until at the present time there is a strong tendency to restudy and re-evaluate language practices in terms of the ways in which people speak and write. 現(xiàn)代們說和寫的方式評價語言實踐，而不是像早期的語言學家根據(jù)一定的模式評價語言。選項B 符合文章的意思。詞匯題。 要根據(jù)上下文的信息判斷單詞的意思。文章在第二段中間再次提到inflect

17、ion 時說， A few inflections, however, have survived. 后面文章又舉了WHO/WHOM和ME/I為例說明inflection ,這是一篇關于語言學的文章，從例子可以看出inflection的意思應該是單詞的變形”，選項A正確。細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章的內(nèi)容，選項 A普遍認為1500年是現(xiàn)代英語的起點”在文章中沒有提及，故為正確答案。文章第二句說The history of our been a history ofconstant change - at times a slow, almost imperceptible change, at other

18、 times a violent collision between two languages. 我們語言的歷史是一個不斷變化的歷史 在一些時間里緩慢得幾乎難以察覺，在另一些時間里則是兩種語言的激烈碰撞。由此可以推斷一些其他的語言對英語的發(fā) 展有重大影響，選項B符合文章 的意思。詞匯題。此題考查考生的推測能力和詞匯量， 文章的具體細節(jié)，最適當?shù)拇?案應該是D。作者很可能是一位語言學家。A答案（歷史學家）和C答案（人類學家） 也可以有點迷惑性。B答案（哲學家）是最不符合的。主旨題。本文從各個方面談及英語作為一種語言的發(fā)展變化，但并不是講述英語的歷史。所以選項 A不對，選項C作為文章的題目最為貼

19、切。選項 B只是 文章闡述的一個方面，不夠全面。文章是在談到英語的不斷變化的時候談到了現(xiàn) 代英語的一些特點，所以選項 D也失之于片面。英語B級考試閱讀理解專項練習題及答案解析（2）來源：考試百科 更新時間：2011-4-20 11:02:35【考試百科：中國教育考試第一 門戶】【摘要】2011年上半年英語B及考試就要開考了，閱讀理解在考試中占了很大 的比重，為了幫助大家拿到閱讀的高分，下面給大家整理了閱讀理解專項練習題 及答案解析，供大家參考。Cultureisoneofthe 2011年上半年英語B及考試就要開考了、閱讀理解在考試中占了很大的比重，為 了幫助大家拿到閱讀的高分，下面給大家整理

20、了閱讀理解專項練習題及答案解析， 供大家參考。Culture is one of the most challenging elements of the international marketplace. This system of learned behavior patterns characteristic of the members of a shaped by a set of dynamic variables: language, religion, values and attitudes, manners and customs, aesthetics, techno

21、logy, education, and social institutions. To cope with this system, an international manager needs both factual and interpretive knowledge of culture. To some extent, the factual knowledge can be learned; its interpretation comes only through experience.The most complicated problems in dealing with

22、the cultural environment stem from the fact that one cannot learn culture one has to live it. Two schools of thought exist in the business world on how to deal with cultural diversity. One is that business iss. In some cabusiness the world around, following the model of Pepsi and McDonalds. In some

23、caglobalization is a fact of life; however, cultural differences are still far from converging.The other school proposes that companies must tailor business approaches to individual cultures. Setting up policies and procedures in each country has been compared to an organ transplant; the critical qu

24、estion centers around acceptance or rejection. The major challenge to the international manager is to make sure that rejection is not a result of cultural myopia or even blindness.Fortune examined the international performance of a dozen large companies that earn 20 percent or overseas. The internat

25、ionally successful companies all share an important quality: patience. They have not rushed into situations but rather built their operations carefully by following the most basic business principles. These principles are to know your adversary, know your audience, and know your customer.According t

26、o the passage, trueAll international managers can learn culture.Business diversity is not necessary.Views differ on how to treat culture in business world.Most people do not know foreign culture well.According to the author, the model of Pepsi .A. is in line with the theories of the school advocatin

27、g the business is business the world aroundB . is different from the model of McDonald s. shows the reverse of globalization. has converged cultural differencesThe two schools of thought .A. both propose that companies should tailor business approaches to individual culturesB . both advocate that di

28、fferent policies be set up in different countriesC . admit the existence of cultural diversity in business worldD. Both A and BThis article is supposed to be most useful for those .who are interested in researching the topic of cultural diversitywho have connections to more than one type of culturew

29、ho want to travel abroadwho want to run business on International ScaleAccording to Fortune, successful international companies .A. earn 20 percent or overseasB . all have the quality of patienceC . will follow the overseas local culturesD. adopt the policy of internationalization英語 B 級考試閱讀理解專項練習題及答

30、案解析（2）來源：考試百科 更新時間：2011-4-20 11:02:35【考試百科：中國教育考試第一 門戶】【摘要】2011年上半年英語B及考試就要開考了，閱讀理解在考試中占了很大 的比重，為了幫助大家拿到閱讀的高分，下面給大家整理了閱讀理解專項練習題 及答案解析，供大家參考。Cultureisoneofthe Vocabularydynamic adj.動態(tài)的variable n. 變量aesthetics n.美學factual adj.事實的interpretative adj.解釋的converge v.聚合transplant v.移植myopia n. 近視adversary n

31、.對手長難句解析【解析】此句雖然很長，但考生只要認清它的主干，就很容易了解本句的意 思。這個句子為一個簡單句，主語為： this system,謂語為is shaped”【譯文】特定社會成員特點構成的行為方式體系不斷地被一系列動態(tài)變量所左 右：如語言、信仰、價值與態(tài)度、禮儀與風俗、審美、技術、教育及社會體制答案與詳解【短文大意】本文主要作的影響，文中列舉了商界中存在的對于文化多樣性的 兩種觀點。C推斷題。意為 對在商業(yè)中怎樣對待文化有著不同意見文化在商業(yè)中是一個很具挑戰(zhàn)性的因素。不同的國家與地區(qū)可能會有不同的文化體系。在商業(yè)中， 應該怎樣對待不同的文化，商業(yè)界存在著不同的看法。A細節(jié)題。意為“

32、與同意世界商業(yè)一體化的派別的主張是一致的Pepsi采納的是國際化的商業(yè)風格，這與那些主張國際化的派別的意見是相一致的。C推斷題。意為 承認商業(yè)世界中文化的多元性”。兩個派別都承認商業(yè)世界 中文化的多元性。他們的不同在于，應該對待不同的文化，應該搞國際化還是對不 同的文化采取不同的策略。D主旨題。由文中的例子可以知道，研究多種文化形態(tài)，而是文化背景對商 業(yè)運作的影響。所以D是正確答案。B細節(jié)題。意為 都具有耐心這一素質工司的海外收入都占總收入的 20%或 以上。它們也不一定全都接納海外的當?shù)匚幕?，或是采納國際化策略。英語B級考試閱讀理解專項練習題及答案解析（3）來源：考試百科 更新時間：2011

33、-4-20 11:02:35【考試百科：中國教育考試第一 門戶】【摘要】2011年上半年英語B及考試就要開考了，閱讀理解在考試中占了很大 的比重，為了幫助大家拿到閱讀的高分，下面給大家整理了閱讀理解專項練習題 及答案解析，供大家參考。Amongthemorecolorf2011年上半年英語B及考試就要開考了、閱讀理解在考試中占了很大的比重，為 了幫助大家拿到閱讀的高分，下面給大家整理了閱讀理解專項練習題及答案解析， 供大家參考。Among the more colorful characters of Leadvilles ganehisgeneAmong the more colorful

34、characters of Leadvilles ganehisgenewife,Elizabeth McCourt,better known as“Baby Doe ” .Their history is fast becoming onewife,Elizabeth McCourt,better known asof the legends of the Old Austin school teacher in his first wife and two children he left Vermont by covered wagon in 1855 to homestead in h

35、e did not find farming to hisliking,or perhaps he was lured by rumors of fortunes to be made in Colorado any rate,a few years later he moved west to the small Colorado mining camp known as California Gulch,which he later renamed Leadville when he became its leading citizen. “Great deposits of lead a

36、re sure to be found here. he said.s fortune andAs it turned out,it was silver,not lead,that was to make Leadville wealth. Tabor knew little about mining himself,so he opened a general store,which solds fortune andeverything from boots to salt,flour,and tobacco. It was his custom to“ grubstake ”prosp

37、ective miners,in other words,to supply them with food and supplies,or“ grulwhile they looked for ore,in return for which he would get a share in the mine if one was discovered1 He did this for a number of years,but no one that he aided ever found anything of value.Finally one day in the year 1878,so

38、 the story goes,two miners came in and asked forgrub ” . Tahad decided to quit supplying it because he had lost too much money thatOh helpwere persistent, however,and Tabor was too busy to argue with them.more time won t make any difference, “ He said and went on selling shoes and hats to other two

39、miners took $17 worth of supplies,in gave Tabor a one-third interest in their picked a barren place on the mountainside and began to nine days they struck a rich vein of bought the shares of the other two men,and so the mine belonged to him mine,known as the a Pittsburgh Mine, 1 30made0 for Tabor in

40、 return for his $17 investment.Oh helpLater Tabor bought the Matchless Mine on another barren hillside just outside the town for $117 turned out to be even more fabulous than the Pittsburgh,yielding $35000 worth of silver per day at one became its first mayor,and later became lieutenant governor of

41、the state.got its name for the following reasons EXCEPT.citizengreat deposits of lead is expected to be found thereit could bring good fortune to Taborit was renamedword “ grubstake ” in paragraph 2 means.supply miners with food and suppliesopen a general storedo one s contribution to the developmen

42、t of the minesupply miners with food and supplies and in return get a share in the mine,if one was discoveredmade his first fortune.supplying two prospective miners and getting in return a one-third interest in the findingshe was persuaded by the two miners to quit supplyingbuying the shares of the

43、othera land speculatorThe underlying reason for Tabor s life career is.A. purely accidentalB. based on the analysis of miners being very poor and their possibility ofB. based on the analysis of minerdiscovering profitable mining sitethrough the help from his second wifehe planned well and accomplish

44、ed targets step by stepthis passage is the first part of an article,who might be introduced in the following parts life.s second wife,Elizabeth McCourt.colorful characters.s other careers.英語B級考試閱讀理解專項練習題及答案解析（3）來源：考試百科 更新時間：2011-4-20 11:02:35【考試百科：中國教育考試第一 門戶】【摘要】2011年上半年英語B及考試就要開考了，閱讀理解在考試中占了很大 的比重

45、，為了幫助大家拿到閱讀的高分，下面給大家整理了閱讀理解專項練習題 及答案解析，供大家參考。AmongthemorecolorfVocabularyadj.貧瘠的adj.神話般的，難以置信的vt.誘惑，引誘n.沉淀，儲蓄v.下注長難句解析【解析】It是形式主語，真正的主語是“to后面的句子，while引導時間狀語從句?！咀g文】他的人“下注 ”，說得更明確一點就是泰勃供給這些人食品、用品等物品，作為回報，當他們采到礦后就會分給他一部分股份。答案與詳解【短文大意】本文主要講述霍塞斯奧斯汀沃納泰勃發(fā)家的故事。C細節(jié)題。因為Leadville可以為Tabor帶來巨富。這一點不是 Leadville得名

46、的原因，因為在文章第二段中，講到這一點時，提及三個原 因：A.因為Tabor成為 當?shù)氐木用翊砣宋?，B.因為在Leadville有豐富的鉛的儲藏量。D.因為Leadville是 因為Tabor重要而起 的名，唯獨C沒有，因為到后來發(fā)現(xiàn)是銀礦才給他帶來巨富。D 詞匯題。第二段中grubstake 的詞義與D 所述內(nèi)容是相同的，即“供給探礦者資金， 衣物， 食品以及其他物品”。 （可參閱英華大辭典修訂第二版64 頁 ）但此處還補充地講，作為回報，供給者可以獲得礦中資源一定份額。（見文章第二段第4 行 ）A細節(jié)題。Tabor第一次真正供資助，為此他獲得他們礦資源三分之一的股份。 見文章第三段4-9

47、行內(nèi)容：兩名開礦者從 Tabor那兒借走價值17美元的 物品，作 為回報， Tabor 獲得他們礦資源三分之一股份。于是兩位開礦者在一座山旁的不毛之地開始挖掘，九天之后，發(fā)現(xiàn)了銀的富礦，于是Tabor 又將兩 人的股份全買下，這樣，銀礦屬于Tabor一個人所有，這個礦就是后來著名的 匹茲堡”礦。Tabor用17 美元的投資換來了130 萬美元的收獲。B 推斷題。由原文可知泰勃的財產(chǎn)來源是有一定偶然性的，但是畢竟也是基于他開創(chuàng)的“grubstake奠式，因為A、D都不對，C更是沒有根據(jù)，因為他還沒有娶第二位夫人這一切就發(fā)生了。分析泰勃的做法，會得出B 選項所示的結論。B推斷題。如果本文是一篇文章

48、的第一部分，那么在文章的第二部分將介紹誰呢key可以從文章第一句分析出來，在Leadville的黃金年代，其多彩的 特點當中， Tabor及其第二任妻子Elizabeth McCourt是值得大書特書的，接著，文章都在講述 有關發(fā)家致富的歷史，如先買下匹茲堡礦，后又買下Matchless礦，最后 成為市長, 代理州長，等等，人公，因此下邊再講的話，應成為女主人公即Elizabeth McCourt的天地了，她是Tabor的第二任妻子。這是順理成章的事。英語B級考試閱讀理解專項練習題及答案解析（4）來源：考試百科 更新時間：2011-4-20 11:02:35【考試百科：中國教育考試第一 門戶】

49、【摘要】2011年上半年英語B及考試就要開考了，閱讀理解在考試中占了很大 的比重，為了幫助大家拿到閱讀的高分，下面給大家整理了閱讀理解專項練習題 及答案解析，供大家參考。Whilethecitieso 2011年上半年英語B及考試就要開考了 .閱讀理解在考試中占了很大的比重，為 了幫助大家拿到閱讀的高分，下面給大家整理了閱讀理解專項練習題及答案解析， 供大家參考。While the cities of China have undergone modernization evident in the rising towers and bright lights that have awake

50、ned the sleeping country, the countryside remains largely the same.Rectangular rows of rice fields litter the long lanes of water designed to provide the constant supply of water that is vital to producing the crop. The experience is not unlike driving through the American Midwest, only rice not cor

51、n dominates the landscape.Four years ago, when I last took this trip, the roads were dust and telephone wires did not run parallel to the highway. Bare roads have been replaced by sleek, newly paved highways running from Shanghai to Nanking, to my smaller, home city, Wuhu. Unlike the changes I had h

52、eard of and expected in Shanghai, Wuhu was much more of a surprise. The small city where I was born had grown up as I have. There are large high-rise buildings, each ringed with smaller buildings around it, many of these apartment complexes. Little seemed familiar and I wonder flat built of brick an

53、d mortar had become.Perhaps I shoulch t have been surprised to find out that their home had been demolished and rebuilt as a six story apartment complex as well. Walking up to the second floor I saw my grandfather s face peering out of the screen door. He began tosmile as he saw me, and so did I. Th

54、eir home is now no different from a western apartment. Equipped with the modern amenities of a gas stove, a toilet, a shower this was indeed different from four years ago.According to the author, dramatic changes took place in.cities but not countryside of Chinaboth cities and countryside of Chinaco

55、untryside but not in large citieseverywhereIt can be inferred from the second paragraph that .peasants lead similarChinese irrigating system is more impressing than that in Americapeasants in Midwest America raise more corns while Chinese peasants raise more ricepeasants in Midwest America raise mor

56、e rice while Chinese peasants raise more cornThe author was traveling to Wuhu.in order to take a stop during the trip from Shanghai to Nankingin order to find some place similar to his hometownin order to visit his grand parentsin order to find out changes in small citiesThe author s grand parents.l

57、ive in their house of brick and mortarlive in an apartment similar to westernersled a totally westernized lifewas poor as they always wereWhich of the following is the best title for this passageFlash back to ChinaFrom Shanghai to NankingWuhu TodayBack With My Grand ParentsVocabularymortar n. 灰泥amen

58、ity n. 便利設施rectangular adj.長方形的litter n.亂七八糟的東西lane n.小路demolish vt.拆除長難句解析【解析】句子的主干是“；” that引導的定語從句，修飾“water?！咀g文】長方形的稻田雜亂地分布在田野上，所隔開，這些水槽是為了提供 這些作物生長所必需的水。【解析】“as wel作”也，又”講，一般放在旬末，而“as well a蚱粗，又” 講放在句中?！咀g文】也許，對于他們家已被拆除，重新蓋起了六層的公寓，我不應該感 到驚奇。答案與詳解【短文大意】本文主要講述作者回家鄉(xiāng)所看到的家鄉(xiāng)的巨大變化。A細節(jié)題。這道題很簡單，就是考察對第一段那個長

59、句的理解。作者說雖 然大城市有巨大的變化，但是農(nóng)村還是老樣子。C推斷題。美國中西部的農(nóng)民種植植大米較多。根據(jù)第二段最后一句 ：眼 前的景象很容易讓人想起美國的中西部地區(qū)，只不過那里到處是玉米，這兒到處 是大米。C推斷題。蕪湖是作者的家鄉(xiāng)，他回去是要看望自己的祖父母。B細節(jié)題。作者的祖父母住在一個類似于西方人的房子里面。A主旨題。蕪湖，祖父母，旅個方面，英語B級考試閱讀理解專項練習題及答案解析（5）來源：考試百科 更新時間：2011-4-20 11:02:35【考試百科：中國教育考試第一 門戶】【摘要】2011年上半年英語B及考試就要開考了，閱讀理解在考試中占了很大 的比重，為了幫助大家拿到閱讀

60、的高分，下面給大家整理了閱讀理解專項練習題 及答案解析，供大家參考。Therearethreeki2011年上半年英語B及考試就要開考了、閱讀理解在考試中占了很大的比重，為 了幫助大家拿到閱讀的高分，下面給大家整理了閱讀理解專項練習題及答案解析， 供大家參考。There are three kinds of goals: short-term,medium-range and long-term goals.Short-range goals are those that usually deal with current activities,which we can apply on a