2016年成考专升本英语预测试题及答案
Ⅳ. Reading Comprehension (60 points)
Directions:
There are four readingpassages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For eachquestion there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose one bestanswer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Passage One
All the housewives whowent to the new supermarket had one great ambition: to be the lucky customerwho did not have to pay for her shopping. For this was what the notice justinside the entrance promised. It said: “Remember, once a week, one of ourcustomers gets free goods. This May Be Your Lucky Day!”
For several weeks Mrs.Edwards hoped, like many of her friends, to be the lucky customer. Unlike herfriends, she never gave up hoping. The cupboards in kitchen were full of thingswhich she did not need. Her husband tried to advise her against buying thingsbut failed. She dreamed of the day when the manager of the supermarket wouldapproach her and say: “Madam, this is Your Lucky Day. Everything in your basketis free.”
One Friday morning,after she had finished her shopping and had taken it to her car, she found thatshe had forgotten to buy any tea. She dashed back to the supermarket, got thetea and went towards the cash-desk. As she did so, she saw the manager of thesupermarket approach her. “Madam,” he said, holding out his hand, “I want tocongratulate you! You are our lucky customer and everything you have in yourbasket is free!”
61. The housewiveslearnt about the of free goods _______.
A. onTV B.from the manager
C. at thesupermarket D.from the newspaper
62. Mrs. Edwards________.
A. isalways verylucky B. had no friends
C. hopedto get free shopping D.gets disappointed easily
63. Mrs. Edwards’shusband tried to ________.
A. makeherunhappy B.cheer her up
C. buythings withher D.stop her buying things
64. Mrs. Edwards wentback to the supermarket quickly because she had to _______.
A. buyanotherthing B.talk to the manager
C. pay forhershopping D. find her shopping
65. Mrs. Edwards musthave been ________.
A.pleased B.delighted C.proud D. disappointed
Passage Two
Deep inside a mountainnear Sweetwater in East. Tennessee is a body of water known as the Lost Sea. Itis listed by the Guinness Book of Would Records as the world’s largestunderground lake. The Lost Sea is part of an extensive and historic cave systemcalled Craighead Caverns.
The caverns have been known and used since the days of the Cherokee Indiannation. The cave expands into a series of huge rooms from a small opening onthe side of the mountain. Approximately one mile from the entrance, in a roomcalled “The Council Room,” many Indian artisfacts have been found. Some of theitems discovered include pottery, arrowheads, weapons, and jewelry.
For many years there were persistent rumors of a large underground lakesomewhere in a cave, but it was not discovered until 1905. In that year, athirteen-year-old boy named Ben Sands crawled through a small opening threehundred feet underground. He found himself in a large cave half filled withwater.
Today tourists visit the Lost Sea and ride far out onto it in glass-bottomedboats powered by electric motors. More than thirteen acres of water have beenmapped out so far and still no end to the lake has been found. Even thoughteams of divers have tried to explore the Lost Sea, the full extent of it isstill unknown.
66. The Lost Sea is unique because it is ________.
A. part of a historical cave system
B. the biggest underground lake in the world
C. listed in the Guinness Book of World Records
D. the largest body of water in Tennessee
67. The Craighead Caverns have been known ________.
A. throughhistory B. since the time of the Indian nations
C. since1905 D. since divers explored them
68. Who located the Lost Sea in recent times?
A. The CherokeeIndians. B. Tourists.
C. BenSands. D. Scientists.
69. What was found in “The Council Room”?
A. A small naturalopening. B. A large cave.
C. Another series ofrooms. D. Many old Indian objects.
70. It can be inferred from the passage that the Craighead Caverns presentlyserve as __
A. an underground testingsite B. an Indian meeting ground
C. a touristattraction D. a motor boat race course
Passage Three
Generations of Americans have been brought up to believe that a good breakfastis one life’s essentials. Eating breakfast at the start of the day, we have allbeen told, and told again, is as necessary as putting gasoline in the family carbefore starting a trip.
But for many people the thought of food first thing in the morning is by nomeans a pleasure. So despite all the efforts, they still take no breakfast.Between 1977 and 1983, the latest year for which figures are available, the numberof people who didn’t have breakfast, increased by 33 percent.
For those who feel pain of guilt about not eating breakfast, however, there issome good news. Several studies in the last few years indicate that, for adultsespecially, there may be nothing wrong with omitting breakfast. “Going withoutbreakfast does not affect performance,” said Arrold E. Bender, former professorof the nutrition at Queen Elizabeth College in London, “nor does giving peoplebreakfast improve performance.”
Scientific evidence linking breakfast to better health or better performance issurprisingly inadequate, and most of the recent work involves children, notadults, “The literature”, says one researcher, Dr. Erresto at the University ofTexas, “is poor”.
71. The latest year for which figures could be obtained is _______.
A. the year the author wrote thearticle B. 1977
C. any year between 1997 and1983 D. 1983
72. For those who do not take breakfast, the good news is that _______.
A. several studies have been done in the past few years
B. the omission of breakfast does no harm to one’s health
C. adults have especially made studies in this field
D. eating little in the morning is good for health
73. “…nor does giving people breakfast improve performance” means ______.
A. anyone without breakfast does improve his performance
B. not giving people breakfast improve performance
C. having breakfast does not improve performance, either
D. people having breakfast do improve their performance
74. The word “literature” in the last sentence refers to _______.
A. stories, poems, plays,etc. B. written works on a particular subject
C. any printedmaterial D. the modern literature of America
75. What is implied but NOT stated by the author is that _______.
A. breakfast does not affect performance
B. Dr.Erresto is engaged in research work at an institution of higherlearning
C. not eating breakfast might affect the health of children
D. Professor Bender once taught college courses in nutrition in London