安徽学位英语阅读理解模拟试题五

安徽学位英语阅读理解模拟试题五

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请同学们在听完讲课或者掌握了答题方法后再做练习,你会觉得英语很容易。

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Passage 1

Trees are useful to man in three important ways; they provide him with wood and other products; they give him shade; and they help to prevent droughts and floods.

Unfortunately, in many parts of the world, man has not realized that the third of these services is the most important. In his eagerness to make money from tress, he has cut them down in large numbers, only to find that without them he has lost the best friends he had. And besides, he is usually too careless to plant and look after new tress. So the forests slowly disappear.

This does not only mean that man will have fewer trees. The results are even more serious: for where there are trees, their roots break up soil—allowing the rain to sink in –and also bind the soil, thus preventing it from being washed away easily; but where there are no trees, the rain falls on hard ground and flows away, causing floods and carrying away the rich top-soil. When all the top-soil is gone, nothing remains but worthless desert.

Two thousand years ago a rich and powerful country cut down its trees to build warships, with which to gain itself an empire. It set up the empire but, without its trees, its soil became poor and it grew weak. When the empire fell to pieces, the home country found itself faced with floods and starvation.

1. What is the most important service of trees to man according to the passage?

A. They help him make money.

B. They give him wood and other products.

C. They help him prevent droughts and floods.

D. They give him shade.

2. Why do forests in many parts of the world slowly disappear?

A. New trees are not looked after properly.

B. Many trees have been cut down by man.

C. Man has not paid enough attention to planting trees.

D. All of the above.

3. Why did the country mentioned in the passage suffer from floods and starvation?

A. Because an empire was set up.

B. Because the empire fell to pieces.

C. Because it lost all its trees.

D. Because too much had been spent on wars.

4. Why does land become desert after all trees are cut down?

A. Because nothing remains on land except folds.

B. Because there are no longer trees to keep the rain and protect the top-soil.

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C. Because too much rain sinks in and washes away the top-soil.

D. Because roots of the trees break up the soil.

5. What does the author tell us in this passage?

A. How trees help prevent droughts and floods.

B. The relationship between trees and man.

C. How an empire fell to pieces in ancient times.

D. A story of trees.

Passage 2

What do we mean by a satisfactory standard of living? Obviously, it must include the basic necessities of life such as food, clothing and shelter. To get these necessities on regular basis, a person must have a reliable income. But we have other needs which would probably also be included as basic, such as health and education facilities.

We may think of all of these as our needs. Yet most of us would be far from satisfied if we had nothing more than these which are supplied for us. We all enjoy extra income to spend on things like books, sports or hobbies. Sometimes we save some of this extra income to pay for future expense of this type on holidays. So we must add our wants to our basic need. Our standard of living is the degree, to which these needs and wants are satisfied.

But as time goes on, what we think of as our basic needs changes. Twenty years ago a television would have been a luxury, and still is in many countries now. Even now we cannot say it is a need in the same sense as food, clothing and shelter. Yet if most of the people of a country have one, it comes to be accepted as a need. It is possible therefore to have food, clothing and shelter and still be poor by the standards of our own society.

6. What we need in life is divided into _____according to this article.

A. the basic necessities and luxury

B. many kinds of need such as food, clothing and houses

C. four groups the basic necessities, luxury , reliable income and future expense

D. the basic necessities and reliable income

7. A person who gets the basic necessities must ____according to the writer.

A. have a reliable income

B. learn how to please his manager

C. finish his work ahead the time

D. get a good education

8. We all enjoy_____.

A. having only reliable income

B. having reliable income and extra income

C. having nothing more than food and clothing

D. having nothing more than reliable

9. With time going on, _____.

A. a luxury may change into a need which most people want to get

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B. the basic needs are getting smaller and smaller

C. a luxury and the basic needs can be exchanged

D. the basic needs can be changed into a luxury

10. If most of the people of a country have a television, we______.

A. can say the television is a need in the same sense as food and clothing and shelter.

B. can say the television must be in the basic necessities.

C. cannot say the television is in the basic necessities.

D. can say every family must have one.

Passage 3

For many Englishman there can never be any discussion as to who is the world’s greatest poet and greatest dramatist. Only one name can possibly suggests itself to him: that of William Shakespeare. Every Englishman has some knowledge, however slight, of the works of our greatest writer. All of us use words, phrases and quotations from Shakespeare’s writings that have become part of the common property of English-speaking people. Most of the time we are probably unaware of the source of the words we use, rather like the old lady who was taken to see a performance of HAMLET and complained that it was full of well-known proverbs and quotations.

Shakespeare, more perhaps than any other writers, made full use of the great resource of the English language. Most of us use about five thousand words in our normal employment of English; Shakespeare in his works used about twenty-five thousand! There is probably no better way for a foreigner to appreciate the richness and variety of the English language than by studying the various ways in which Shakespeare used it. Such a study is well worth the effort (it is not, of course, recommended to beginners),even though some aspects of English usage, and the meaning of many words, have changed since Shakespeare’s day.

11. English people________

A. have never discussed who is the world’s greatest poet and greatest dramatist

B. never discuss the world’s greatest poets and dramatist

C. are sure who is the world’s greatest poet and greatest dramatist

D. do not care who is the world’s greatest poet and greatest dramatist

12. Every Englishman knows________

A. more or less about Shakespeare

B. Shakespeare, but only slightly

C. all Shakespeare’s works

D. only the name of the greatest English writer

13. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. We use all the words, phrases and quotations from Shakespeare’s writings.

B. Shakespeare’s writings have become the property of those who are learning to speak English.

C. It is likely to be true that people often do not know the origin of the words they use.

D. All the words people use are taken from Shakespeare’s writings.

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14. HAMLET is _________

A. a play written by Shakespeare

B. a play recommended by Shakespeare

C. a play appreciated by Shakespeare

D. a play people have been complaining about

15. It is worthwhile to study the various ways in which Shakespeare used English because_________

A. English words have changed a lot since Shakespeare’ time

B. by doing so one can be fully aware of the richness of the English language

C. English words are now being used in the same way as in Shakespeare’ days

D. of none of the above

答案与解析

1.【答案】C细节题。第二段的第一句“Unfortunately, in many parts of the world, man has not realized that the third of these services is the most important .”告诉我们树木的第三种功能是最重要的，而第一段的最后列举了它的三种功能。

2.【答案】D细节题。第二段列举了森林减少的原因.

3.【答案】C信息题。森林的消失才是改过遭受洪灾和饥荒的更本能原因.。

4. 【答案】B推理题。第三段的最后一句“when all the top-soil is gone, nothing remains but worthless desert.”由于表层土壤流失导致了沙漠化，而树木是可以防止水土流失的。

5.【答案】A 主旨题。本文要围绕森林的第三种功能，防止洪灾和旱灾展开论述的。

6.【答案】A推理题。人的需要分为基本需要和高级需要。

7.【答案】A信息题。见第一段第二句“To get these necessities on regular basis, a person must have a reliable income.”

8.【答案】B推理题。第一段提到满足人的基本需要要有稳定的收入，第二段又说“We all enjoy extra income to …”，因此推断B为正确答案。

9.【答案】A推理题。最后一段的首句说“But as time goes on，what we think of as our basic needs changes.”在不同的时代，人们的基本需要是不一样的，几十年前的奢侈品几十年后也许就成了普通物品了。

10.【答案】C推理题。最后一段提到“Even now we cannot say it is a need in the same sense as food, clothing and shelter. Yet if most of the people of a country have one, it comes to be accepted as a need.”如果一个国家的大部分人都有一台电视机，那么电视机将有可能成为一种基本的需要。B答案过于绝对，因此只能选C。

11.【答案】C细节题。首句就表达了这一观点，“For many Englishman there can never be any discussion as to who is the world’s greatest poet and greatest dramatist.”这是毋庸置疑的。

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12.【答案】A细节题。“Every Englishman has some knowledge, however slight, of the works of our greatest writer.”可见每个英国人都对莎士比亚有所了解。

13.【答案】C细节题。见“Most of the time we are probably unaware of the source of the words we use。”

14.【答案】A推理题。

15.【答案】B细节题。见“There is probably no better way for a foreigner to appreciate the richness and variety of the English language than by studying the various ways in which Shakespeare used it.”

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