專升本英語（閱讀）模擬試卷14

專升本英語（閱讀）模擬試卷14

一、閱讀理解（本題共20題，每題7.0分，共20分。）

Newspapersarcnotnearlyaspopulartodayastheywereinthepast.Therearcnotvery

manypeoplewh。seriouslyreadanewspapereverydav.Mostpeoplereadonlythesports

pages,theadviceorgossipcolumns,thecomics,andperhapstheclassified

advertisements.Mostpeopledon'ttakethetimetoreadtherealnews.Newspapereditors

saythattheirreadersarelazy.Theysaytheyhavetotrickpeopleintoreadingthenews.

Theyattempttocatchthereader'sinterestwithpicturesandexcitingheadlines.These

techniquesareusedonthefrontpagebecauseitisthefirstthingyouseewhenyoupick

upthepaper.Thefirstpageattractsattentionandencouragesthereadertolookthrough

therestofthepaper.Thisiswhyeditorsalwayslookforagoodfirstpagestoryand

headlinesthatmakeyoustopandlook.Iftheheadlineishorribleenoughorfrightening

enoughorwildenough,perhapsyouwillgoontoreadtherestofthestory.Justthesame,

therearealotofpeoplewhodonotevenreadthefrontpageanymore.Theymayreadthe

headlines,butthatisall.Thentheyturntothesportspage,orcomics,oradvertisements.

Itseemsthatpeopledonotwantthenewsfromanewspaperanymore.Theysaytheyget

thenewsonthetelevisionnow.Morepeoplewatchtelevisionnewsbecauseitiseasier

andmoreinterestingthanreadinganewspaper.Whataboutyou?Doyoureadnewsfrom

anewspaper?Doyouwatchthenewsontelevision?Doyouthinkiteasiertogetthe

newsfromtelevision?Doyoulistentotheradio?Ordoyouevencareaboutnewsatall?

Wouldyoumindiftherewerenonews?

1Accordingtothewriter,newspapersare.

A、morepopulartoday

B、lesspopulartoday

C、aspopularasbefore

D、gettingmoreandmorepopular

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識點(diǎn)解析：文章首句說到：“Newspapersarcnotncarlyaspopulartodayastheywere

inthepast.”（今天的報紙不像過去那樣受歡迎了）。因此正確答案為B。

2、Editorsthinktheimportantpartofthepaperis.

A、theheadlines

B、thesportspage

C、thefrontpage

D>theclassifiedadvertisements

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識點(diǎn)解析：根據(jù)第一段中第八句：“Thesetechniquesareusedonthefrontpage

becauseitisthcfirstthingyouseewhenyoupickupthcpapcr.”可知,這些技術(shù)（圖片

和令人激動的標(biāo)題)一般都用于頭版，因為頭版是讀者最先看到的，因此可吸引讀

者繼續(xù)看下去。故選C

3、Accordingtothearticle,mostpeoplereadallofthefollowingexcept.

A、therealnews

B、thesportspage

C^comics

D、advertisements

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：A

知識點(diǎn)解析：從第一段第三句：“Mostpeoplereadonlythesportspages,theadviceor

gossipcolumns...classifiedadvertisement.Mostpeopledon'ttakethetimetoreadthe

realnews”可知A正確。

4、Todaymorepeoplegetnewsfrom.

A、newspapers

radio

C、television

D、bothAandB

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識點(diǎn)解析：從第一段最后："Theysaytheygetthenewsonthetelevisionnow."可

知，更多的消息是來自電視。因此選C。

5、Theauthor'sattitudetowardnewspaperis.

A、sympathetic

B、critical

C>negative

D^undetermined

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識點(diǎn)解析：從文章中作者說報紙已不像過去那樣受歡迎了，及所作的描述可知，

作者的態(tài)度是同情的。

Byadoptingafewsimpletechniques,parentswhoreadtotheirchildrencangreatly

increasetheirchildren'slanguagedevelopment.Itissurprisingbuttrue.HowparentsUdk

toiheirchildrenmakesabigdifferenceinihechildren'slanguagedeveloDment.Ifa

Darenlencouragesthechildloactivelyrespondlowhatiheparenlisreading,ihechild's

languageskillsinciease.Astudywasdonewith30three-year-oldchildrenandtheir

parents.Halfofthechildrenparticipatedintheexperimentalstudy;theotherhalfactedas

thecontrolgroup.Intheexperimentalgroup,theparentsweregivenatwo-hourtraining

sessioninwhichtheyweretaughttoaskopen-endedquestionsratherthanyes-or-no

questions.Forexample,theparentshouldask,"Whatisthedoggiedoing?"ratherthan

"Isthedoggierunningaway?"TheDarenlsiniheexperimenlalgroupwerealsoinstrucled

inhowlohelpchildrenfindanswers,howlosuggeslaliernativepossibilitiesandhowlo

praisecorrectanswers.A(thebeginningofthestudy,thechildrendidnotdifferin

measuresoflanguagedevelopment,butattheendofonemonth,thechildreninthe

experimentalgroupshowed5.5monthsaheadofthecontrolgrouponatestofverbal

expressionandvocabulary.Ninemonthslater,thechildrenintheexperimentalgroupstill

showedanadvanceof6monthsoverthechildreninthecontrolgroup.

6、Whichofthefollowingcanbeinferredfromthepassage?

A、Childrenwhotalkalotarcmoreintelligent.

B、Parentswholistentotheirchildrencanteachthemmore.

C^Activechildrenshouldreadmoreandbegivenmoreattention.

D、Verbalabilitycaneasilybedevelopedwithpropermethods.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識點(diǎn)解析：本題答案在笫一段：Byadoptingafev/simpletechniques,parentswho

readtotheirchildrencangreatlyincreasetheirchildren'slanguagedevelopment.可知，

父母給孩子讀書的時候，通過采用一些簡單的方法可以極大提高孩子的語言能力。

因此可以得出這樣的結(jié)論：語言能力可以通過適當(dāng)?shù)姆椒ㄝp松地提高。D正確。

7、Whatdoes"it"inline2canmostprobablybereplacedby?

A、Parentsincreasingchildren'slanguagedevelopment.

B、Readingtechniquesbeingsimple.

C、Parentsreadingtochildren.

D、Children'sintelligencedevelopment.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：A「

知識點(diǎn)解析：根據(jù)文章第一段第一句和第三句中的children'slanguagedevelopment

部分，可以看出it指父母能提高孩子的語言能力。代詞的指代內(nèi)容一般應(yīng)從該句

的上下句中找。

8、Accordingtotheauthor,whichofthefollowingquestionsisthebesttypetoask

childrenabout?

A^Doyouseetheelephant?

B、Istheelephantinthecage?

C、Whatanimalsdoyoulike?

D、Shallwegotothezoo?

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識點(diǎn)解析：文章第二段第三句說到：Inlheexperimenlalgroup,iheparemswere

givenatwo-hourtrainingsessioninwhichtheyweretaughttoaskopen-endedquestions

ratherthanyes-or-noquestions.即在實(shí)驗組里，對家長進(jìn)行了兩小時的培訓(xùn)，讓他

們學(xué)會向孩子們提一些開放式問題，而不是問用“是或不是''回答的問題。再根據(jù)下

文提問的舉例可推出家長提出的最好的問題應(yīng)該是：Whatanimalsdoyoulike?（你

喜歡什么樣的動物?）C為正確答案。

9、Thedifferencebetweenthecontrolgroupandtheexperimentalgroupwas

A、thetrainingthatparentsreceived

B、theageofthechildren

C、thebooksthatwereread

知識點(diǎn)解析：關(guān)鍵訶語是wasfirstspoken。首先應(yīng)迅速找出該詞語在文章中的位

置，確定該題的信息在文章的前兩句中。只要讀懂原文，仔細(xì)判斷，就能找到正確

答案是B選項。

12、Britainisdividedinto.

A、England,Britain,andWales

B、England,Scotland,andWales

C、Wales,Scotland,andGreatBritain

D^GreatBritain,Wales,andScotland

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識點(diǎn)解析：該題所包含的信息在文章第三段第句Britainisdividedintothree

parts：Scotland,WalesandEngland.中很容易找到答案，但選擇時要細(xì)心。

13、Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?

A^Walesistherichestofthethree.

B、Scotlandisthelargestofthethree.

C、SometimesEnglandisusedinsteadofBritain.

D、BritainistheonlynameofthelargestislandofBritishIsles.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：c-

知識點(diǎn)解析：考生應(yīng)具備正確把握文中信息的能力，必須通過細(xì)心閱讀和理解，迅

速確定試題正確信息在文章中的出處。本題C選項的信息在第三段第二句話中可

找到。同時也可用排除法做此類題。

14、TheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandis.

A、partofBritain

B、partofBritishIsles

C、theofficialnameofthewholecountry

D、thelargestcountryofallmentionedinthepassage

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C-

知識點(diǎn)解析：通過文章中最后一段前兩句的閱讀和理解，可迅速確定“TheUnited

KingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandistheofficialnameofthewhole

country.”是正確答案。

15、Whichofthefollowingisanindependentcountry?

A、Wales

Scotland

C>NorthernIreland

D、TheRepublicofIreland

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識點(diǎn)解析：正確答案在文章中最后一段的中間Therestoftheislandisan

independentstale,calledtheRepublicofIreland.可迅速找到。做題的關(guān)鍵在于了解

文章大意，細(xì)心選擇答案。

EveryyearjustafterChristmastheJanuarySalesstart.Alltheshopsreducetheirprices

andfortwoweeks,theyarcfullofpeoplelookingforbargains.MyhusbandandIdonot

normallygotothesalesaswedon*tlikecrowdsandinanycaseareshortofmoneyaswe

havetobuylotsofChristmaspresents.Lastyear,however,Itookmyhusbandwithmeto

thesalesatthelargeshopinthecenterofLondon.Webothneededsomenewclothesand

werehopingtofindatelevisionset.WhenwegolloOxfordSlree。itwassncrowded

thatwedecidedtosplitUDandmeetagainattheundergioundstation.SoIleftmy

husbandandstartedlookingaroundtheshops.Unfortunatelyalltheclotheswereinvery

largesizesandsowerenotsuitableforme.ButIdidbuyatelevisionataverycheap

price,soIfeltquitepleasedwithmyself.WhenIarrivedatthestation,myhusbandwas

notthere.SoIsatdowninanearbycaletohaveacupoflea.1quicklyfinishedmytea

whenIsawmyhusbandandwentouttomeethim.Helookedveryhappy.ThenIsawhe

wascarryingalargeandheavycardboardbox."Oh,dear!"Ithought.Yes,wehadnonew

clothesbuttwotelevisions.Weshallnotbegoingtothesalesagain.

16、InJanuary.

A^lotsofpeoplegoshoppingfordiscount

B、peoplehavealotofmoneytospendafterChristmas

C、alltheshopscloseloratwo-weekChristmasholiday

D、peopledon'thaveenoughmoneytogolookingforbargains

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：A

知識點(diǎn)解析：其中A項中的關(guān)鍵詞為discouni,它的意思是“reductioninprice”（降

價），與文章第一段中“Alltheshopsreducetheirprices.”的意思相一致，故A項是

正確的。其他三個選項都不符合文章的意思。

17、Inthispassage,theword"bargain"couldbestbereplacedby"something

A^giventopeople

B、offeredatareducedprice

C、offered,soldorboughtwhichisexpensive

D^soldforthepu