專升本英語（閱讀）模擬試卷123

一、閱讀理解（本題共25題，每題7.0分，共25分。）

Itseemsclearthatliteraturehasbecomemoreandmoreafemaleactivity.Inbookstores,

atconferencesorpublicreadingsbywriters,andeveninuniversitydepartments

dedicatedtothehumanities,thewomenclearlyoutnumberthemen.Theexplanation

traditionallygivenisthatmiddle-classwomenreadmorebecausetheyworkfewerhours

thanmen,andsomanyofthemfeelthattheycanjustifymoreeasilythanmenthetime

thattheydevotetofantasyandillusion.Iamsomewhatallergictoexplanationsthat

dividemenandwomenintofrozencategoriesandattributetoeachsexitscharacteristic

virtuesandshortcomings;butthereisnodoubtthattherearefewerandfewerreadersof

literature,andthatamongthesavingremnant（乘馀）ofreaderswomenpredominate.This

isthecasealmosteverywhere.InSpain,forexample,arecentsurveyorganizedbythe

GeneralSocietyofSpanishWritersrevealedthathalfofthatcountry'spopulationhas

neverreadabook.Thesurveyalsorevealedthatintheminoritythatdoesread,the

numberofwomenwhoadmittedtoreadingsurpassesthenumberofmenby6.2percent,

adifferencethatappearstobeincreasing.Iamhappyforthesewomen,butIfeelsorry

forthesemen,andforthemillionsofhumanbeingswhocouldreadbuthavedecidednot

toread.Theyearnmypitynotonlybecausetheyareunawareofthepleasurethattheyare

missing,butalsobecauseIamconvincedthatasocietywithoutliterature,orasocietyin

whichliteraturehasbeenrelegated—likesomehiddenvice—tothemarginsofsocialand

personallife,isasocietycondemnedtobecomespirituallybarbaric,andevento

jeopardize（破壞）itsfreedom.Iwishtoofferafewargumentsagainsttheideaof

literatureasaluxurypastime,andinfavorofviewingitasoneofthemostprimaryand

necessaryundertakingsofthemind,anirreplaceableactivityfortheformationofcitizens

inamodernanddemocraticsociety,asocietyoffreeindividuals.

1、Accordingtothepassage,which01thefollowingstatementistrue?

A、Womenreadlessthanmen.

B、Readingbecomesmoreandmorefemale-centered.

C、Mostliteratureaimsatwomen.

D、Women'scharacteristicsleadtotheirhobbyofreading.

標準答案：B

知識點解析：根據第一段第一句"Itseemsclearthatliteraturehasbecomemoreand

moreafemaleactivity.”可知，B項正確。A項與原文意思相反，根據第一段第三

/J"...middle—classwomenreadmorebecause.可知，應把“more”換〃戈“fewer"；C

項屬無中生有；D項有一定迷惑性，但characteristics一詞用得過于寬泛，文中也

沒有直接的信息可以推斷出是女人們的性格導致了她們讀書的喜好。

2、Theauthorconsidersiraditionalexplanation.

A、logical

notconvincing

C^notinteresting

D、totallytrue

標準答案：B

知識點解析：由題干關健詞“explanation”定位至第一段第四句"Iamsomewhat

allergictoexplanationsthatdividemenandwomenintofrozencategoriesandattributeto

eachsexitscharacteristicvirtuesandshortcomings…”由此可見，作者不相信傳統的解

釋，即認為傳統解釋沒有說服力，故選B。

3、TheauthorcitestheexampleofSpaininorderto.

A、explainthereasonswhyliteratureismoreafemaleactivity

B、showwomenalwaysdevotethetimetofantasyandillusion

C、illustratethephenomenonthatliteratureismoreafemaleactivityexistinginnearly

everycountry

D、showhowilliteratetheSpanishpeopleare

標準答案：C

知識點解析：由題干關鍵詞"Spain”定位至第二段前兩句"Thisisthecasealmost

everywhere.”這里的thecase即指第一段第一句的內容，因而選C項。A項具有一

定的迷惑性，但是表述沒有C項全面；B項雖然在文中都有提及，但是和題干關系

不大；D項更非作者本意，故排除。

4、What'stheauthor'sattitudetowardsthepeoplewhodon'tread?

A、Pitiful.

B、Angry.

C^Agreeable.

D、Allergic.

標準答案：A

知識點解析：由題干關鍵詞"whodon,tread”定位至第二段最后一句“…Ifeelsorry

forthesemen，andfbrthemillionsofhumanbeingswhocouldreadbuthavedecided

nottoread.”答案在第一段。其中“sorry”和“pitiful”意思相近，故選A。D指的是作

者反感的是將男女生硬地區分對待的解釋，不合題意；B、C和這句話中所透露的

作者的態度相差太遠，故排除。

5^ItcanbeinferredfromPara.3that.

A、asocietywhichlacksliteratureisanidealsociety

B、ifasocietylacksliterature,thefreedomcannotbeguaranteed

C^literatureisaluxurypastime

D^literatureisnotanecessityinademocraticsociety

標準答案：B

知識點解析：本題就第三段進行提問。由該段中”...isasocietycondemned...to

jeopardizeitsfreedom”可判斷，B是正確的。A不符合事實；由該段倒數第二行“as

oneofthemost…mind”可知，讀書是一種基本需求，而不是奢侈的娛樂，故排除

C；由該段倒數第一、二行“…anirreplaceableactivity...democraticsociety”可知，文

學對于民主社會來說是必需的，故排除D。

Somepessimisticexpertsfeelthattheautomobileisboundtofallintodisuse.Theyseea

dayinthenot-too-distantfuturewhenallautoswillbeabandonedandallowedtorust.

Otherauthorities,however,thinktheautoisheretostay.Theyholdthatthecarwill

remainaleadingmeansofurbantravelintheforeseeablefuture.Themotorcarwill

undoubtedlychangesignificantlyoverthenext30years.Itshouldbecomesmaller,safer,

andmoreeconomical,andshouldnotbepoweredbythegasolineengine.Thecarofthe

futureshouldbefarmorepollution-freethanpresenttypes.Regardlessofitspower

source,theautointhefuturewillstillbethemainprobleminurbantrafficcongestion.

Oneproposedsolutiontothisproblemistheautomatedhighwaysystem.Whentheauto

entersthehighwaysystem,aretractable（可伸縮的）armwilldropfromtheautoand

makecontactwitharail,whichissimilartothosepoweringsubwaytrainselectrically.

Onceattachedtotherail,thecarwillbecomeelectricallypoweredfromthesystem,and

controlofthevehiclewillpasstoacentralcomputer.Thecomputerwillthenmonitorall

ofthecar'smovements.Thedriverwilluseatelephonetodialinstructionsabouthis

destinationintothesystem.Thecomputerwillcalculatethebestroute,andreservespace

forthecarallthewaytothecorrectexitfromthehighway.Thedriverwillthenbefreeto

relaxandwaitforthebuzzerthatwillwarnhimofhiscomingexit.Itisestimatedthatan

automatedhighwaywillbeabletohandle10,000vehiclesperhour,comparedwiththe

1,500to2,000vehiclesthatcanbecarriedbyapresent-dayhighway.

6、Onesignificantimprovementinthefuturecarwillprobablybe.

A、itspowersource

B、itsdrivingsystem

C、itsmonitoringsystem

D、itsseatingcapacity

標準答案：C

知識點解析；通讀全文可知，未來汽車將在各個方面進行改進，但力度最大的應該

是監控系統，因此正確答案為C。

7、Whatistheauthor'smainconcern?

A、Howtorenderautomobilespollutionfree.

B、Howtomakesmallerandsaferautomobiles.

C、Howtosolvetheproblemoftrafficjams.

D、Howtodevelopanautomatedsubwaysystem.

標準答案：C

知識點解析：從文章第三段第-一句：”...theautointhefuturewillstillbethemain

probleminurbantrafficcongestion”可知，作者主要關心的還是如何解決交通堵塞的

問題。因此選項C為正確答案。

8、Whatprovidesautoswithelectricpowerinanautomatedhighwaysystem?

A、Arail.

B>Anengine.

C^Aretractablearm.

D^Acomputercontroller.

標準答案：A

知識點解析：從文章第四段的敘述：“…andmakecontactwitharaiL..Onceattached

totherail...thecarwillbecomeelectricallypoweredfromthesystem…”可知，A為正

確答案。

9、Inanautomatedhighwaysystem,allthedriverneedstodoisto.

A、keepintherightlane

waittoarriveathisdestination

C^keepinconstanttouchwiththecomputercenter

D、informthesystemofhisdestinationbyphone

標準答案：D

知識點解析：文章的最后一段表示“Thedriverwilluseatelephonetodialinstructions

abouthisdestinationintothesystem”（在計算機監控系統卜，司機將通過電話告訴系

統自己的目的地）。故選D。

10,Whatistheauthor'sattitudetowardthefutureofautos?

A、Enthusiastic.

B、Pessimistic.

C>Optimistic.

D、Cautious.

標準答案：C

知識點解析：通讀全文可以推斷，由于計算機監控系統的使用，作者對汽車的前景

是持樂觀態度的。因此正確答案為C。

Foxesandfarmershavenevergotonwell.Thesesmalldog-likeanimalshavelongbeen

accusedofkillingfarmanimals.Theyareofficiallyclassifiedasharmfulandfarmerstry

tokeeptheirnumbersdownbyshootingorpoisoningthem.Farmerscanalsocallonthe

servicesoftheirlocalhunttocontrolthefoxpopulation.Huntingconsistsofpursuinga

foxacrossthecountryside,withagroupofspeciallytraineddogs,followedbymenand

womenridinghorses.Whenthedogseventuallycatchthefoxtheykillitorahunter

shootsit.Peoplewhotakepartinhuntingthinkofitasasport;theywearaspecial

uniformofredcoatsandwhitetrousers,andfollowstrictcodesofbehavior.Butowning

ahorseandhuntingregularlyisexpensive,somosthuntersarewealthy.Itisestimated

thatupto100,000peoplewatchortakepartinfoxhunting.Butoverthelastcoupleof

decadesthenumberofpeopleopposedtofoxhunting,becausetheythinkitisbrutal（殘

酷的）,hasrisensharply.Nowadaysitisrareforahunttopassoffwithoutsomekindof

confrontationbetweenhuntersandhuntsaboteurs（阻攔者）.Sometimestheseincidents

leadtoviolence,butmostlysaboteursinterferewiththehuntbymisleadingridersand

disturbingthetrailofthefox'ssmell,whichthedogsfollow.Noisyconfrontations

betweenhuntersandsaboteurshavebecomesocommonthattheyarealmostasmucha

partofhuntingasthepursuitoffoxesitself.Butthisyearsupportersoffoxhuntingfacea

muchbiggerthreattotheirsport.ALaborPartyMemberoftheParliament,MikeFoster,

istryingtogetParliamenttoapproveanewlaw,whichwillmakethehuntingofwild

animalswithdogsillegal.Ifthelawispassed,wildanimalslikefoxeswillbeprotected

underthebaninBritain.

11、RichpeopleinBritainhavebeenhuntingfoxes.

A、forrecreation

B、intheinterestsofthefarmers

C>tolimitthefoxpopulation

D、toshowoftheirwealth

標準答案：A

知識點解析：從文章第三段首句：“Peoplewhotakepartinhuntingthinkofitasa

sport”可以判斷，英國人獵狐是作為一種娛樂運動和消遣。因此答案為A。

12^WhatisspecialaboutfoxhuntinginBritain?

A、Itinvolvestheuseofadeadlypoison.

B、Itisacostlyeventthatrarelyoccurs.

C^Thehuntershavesetrulestofollow.

D、Thehuntershavetogothroughstricttraining.

標準答案：C

知識點解析：從文章第三段中：“…andfollowstrictcodesofbehavior…”可知，英國

人捕獵狐貍是有嚴格規定的，因此正確答案為C。文章第一段雖然提到“…or

poisoningthem”，但“下毒”不屬于獵狐的范疇，所以A不對。

13、Foxhuntingopponentsofteninterfereinthegame.

A、byresortingtoviolence

B、byconfusingthefoxhunters

C、bytakinglegalaction

D、bydemonstratingonthescene

標準答案：B

知識點解析：從文章第四段最后一句：”...interferewiththehuntbymisleadingriders

anddisturbingthetrailofthefox'ssmell”可知，反對狩獵者通過誤導獵狐人或破壞狐

貍留下的氣味來干擾打獵。因此正確答案為B。

14、AnewlawmaybepassedbytheBritishParliamentto.

A、prohibitfarmersfromhuntingfoxes

B、forbidhuntingwildanimalswithdogs

C、stophuntingfoxesinthecountryside

D、preventlarge-scalefoxhunting

標準答案：B

知識點解析：根據文章最后一句：”…anewlawwhichwillmakehuntingofwild

animalswithdogsillegal”，說明法律禁止帶狗狩獵。故選B。

15、Ilcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat.

A^killingfoxeswithpoisonisillegal

B、limitingthefoxpopulationisunnecessary

C、huntingfoxeswithdogsisconsideredcruelandviolent

D、fox-huntingoftenleadstoconfrontationbetweenthepoorandtherich

標準答案：C

知識點解析：文章倒數第二段敘述了帶狗狩獵被禁止的原因：“…becausetheythink

itisbrutal",可以判斷帶狗狩獵被認為是一種很殘酷的行為。因此正確答案為C。

Veniceissuchastrangecity.ItisbuiltonanItalianlagoonintheAdriaticSea.Ithas

canalsinsteadofroads,whichmeanstherearenocarsorbuses,notramsortrainsor

bicyclesrunningpastus.Bestofall,youcouldwalkorjumporplayhide-and-scckonits

cobbledstreetsoritscountlessbridgeswheneveryouchooseto.DailylifeinVenice

skimsoveritswaterways,especiallythesweepingdoublecurveoftheGrandCanaland

the180smallerwaterpassagesthatrunthroughthe118islandsthatmakeupthecity.For

generations,tinyboatyardshavebuilttheselopsidedboats,withonesidecurvingfurther

outwardsthantheother.Why?Tobalancetheweightoftheoarsmanattheendofths

boat.ThisItaliancityisknownforitsfestivals,especiallythepopularten-dayCarnivalin

April.Children,teenagersandadultsdressinspecialcostumes,unusualstockingsand

shoes,thendomasksbeforetheytakepartinthiscelebration.It*sdifficulttomakeout

whoisbehindeachmask,butit'seasytomakefriendsduringthisconstantpartyinthe

streets.Whatfun!Onotheroccasions,Venetianscelebratewitharegattaorboatrace.

ThecitylovestheVogalonga,onthefirstSundayofMay,bestofall.That'swhenanyone

whocanrowwithoarsiswelcometojointheotherboatsonthegreatGrandCanal,

especiallyinfancydress.Imaginethesight!Veniceisanunusualcity,butitisfacingan

unusualthreat.It'ssinking.Sinceit'sbuiltonalagoon,theweightofthecityonthesilt

beneathitthreatensitslife."Venicetodayissinkingthreetimesasfastasbefore,at

300mmpercentury,1'explainsanenvironmentalist.Wefeelsadaboutthethoughtthat

beautifulVenice,withitssplendidchurches,itscollectionsofartanditshappyspirit,

maybeburiedundertheseasomeday.MaythelionofSt.Mark,thesymbolofVenice,

neverfacethatday.

16、Thistextmainlytalksabout.

A、theboatsofVenice

avoyageinVenice

C、abriefintroductiontoVenice

D、thereasonofVenice'ssinking

標準答案：c-

知識點解析：通讀全文可知全篇都在講述和介紹威尼斯這個城市，故選C。

17、TheboarsinVenicearedesignedwithonesidecurvingfunheroutwardsthanthe

otherbecause.

A、theVenetianswantedtomakethemspecial

B、itwillbeeasiertokeepthebalance

C^itisdesignedfortheoarsmanwhoisover-weightedontheboat

D、thereare180smallerwaterpassagesthatrunthroughthe118islands

標準答案：B'

知識點解析：由第三段最后一句可知船造成這樣是為了起到平衡作用，故選B。

18、WhatdoweknowaboutfestivalsinVenice?

A、ThefestivalsarebasedonthestrangeItalianlagoon.

B、TheresidentswillmakemasksduringtheCarnival.

C、Festivalsareheldforpeopletomakefriends.

D^PeoplecanhaveaboatraceduringtheVogalongainApril.

標準答案：B

知識點解析：由第四段第二句話可知道威尼斯的人們在十天的狂歡節中除了穿著打

扮要更新，還要制作面具。故選B。

19、Accordingtothistext,thesinkingofVeniceisbecauseof.

A、thepollutioninthecity

B、collapseofthesiltbeneaththecity

C、theindustryofthiscity

D、somanycanalsthere

標準答案：B

知識點解析：由文章倒數第二段第三句話可以很快找到答案。

20、Wheredoyouthinkthistextcomesfrom?

A、Amagazinefortravelers.

B、Anadvertisementfromatravelagency.

C^Ascientificmagazine.

D、AmagazineforVenicemerchants.

標準答案：A

知識點解析：文章介紹威尼斯的概況，可判斷應出現在旅游雜志上。

Politicalcontroversyaboutthepublic-landpolicyoftheUnitedStatesbeganwiththe

AmericanRevolution.Infact,evenbeforeindependencefromBritainwaswon,it

becameclearthatresolvingthedilemmassurroundingthepublicdomainmightprove

necessarytopreservetheUnionitself.AtthepeacenegotiationswithBritain,American

demanded,andgot,awesternboundaryattheMississippiRiver.Thusthenewnation

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Butundertheircolonialcharters,sevenstatesMassachusetts,Connecticut,NewYork,

Virginia,NorthCarolina,SouthCarolina,andGeorgiaclaimedportionsofthewestern

wilderness.Virginia'sclaimwasthelargest,stretchingnorthandtoencompassthelater

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charterswasvaguesponsoringColonelGeorgeRogerClark's1778expeditionto

VincennesandKalkaska,whichstrengthenedAmerica'strans-Appalachianpretensions

atthepeacetable.Thesixstatesholdingnoclaimtothetransmittanceregiondoubted

whetheraconfederacyinwhichterritorywassounevenlyapportionedwouldtrulyprove

whatitclaimedtobe,aunionofequals.AlreadyNewJersey,Delaware,RhodeIsland,

andMarylandwereamongthesmallestandleastpopulousofthestates.Whilethey

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oflandsaleproceeds.Drawnbyfreshlandsandlowtaxes,peoplewoulddesertthesmall

statesforthelarge,leavingtheformertofallintobankruptcyandeventuallyintopolitical

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thencouldhalfofthem"belefttosinkunderanenormousdebt,whileothersareenabled,

inashortperiod,toreplacealltheirexpenditurefromthehard