网考英语B试题库2阅读理解.docx

1、网考英语B试题库2阅读理解阅读理解（1）部分A- 阅读对错A man got into a train and found himselfA man got into a train and found himself sitting opposite a woman who seemed to be about thirty-five years old. Soon they began talking to each other, and the man said to her, Do you have a family? Yes, I have one son, the woman an

2、swered. Oh, really? said the man. Does he smoke? No, hes never touched a cigarette, the woman replied. Thats good, the man continued. I dont smoke either. Tobacco is very bad to ones health. And does your son drink wine? Oh, no, the woman answered at once. Hes never drunk a drop of it. Then I congra

3、tulate you, maam, the man said. And does he ever come home late at night? No, never, his neighbor answered. He goes to bed immediately after dinner every night. Well, the man said, hes a wise young man. How old is he? Hes six months old today. But he will grow up to be a gentleman, the woman replied

4、 proudly.1. The man and the woman are talking about the womans son. T2. The woman thinks her son will be a gentleman. T3. The conversation took place on a train. T4. The word disappointed probably best describes the mans feeling at the end of the conversation. F5. The woman is so proud of her son th

5、at she does not really understand what the mans questions mean. F阅读对错About 130 years agoAbout 130 years ago. Thomas Edison of the US invented the light bulb. Edisons bulb has turned night into day ever since. But today, many want to turn the light off. 大约130年前。美国托马斯爱迪生发明了电灯。自从那以后爱迪生的灯泡让晚上变成白天。但今天，许多

6、想把灯关掉。The European Union (欧盟) recently decided that by 2009,people should stop using the Edison-style light bulb. Instead, they should use compact fluorescent lamps 欧洲联盟（欧盟）最近决定，到2009年人民应该停止使用爱迪生式的灯泡。相反，他们应该使用的紧凑型荧光灯 CFLs save energy and last longer. They can save money in the long run， said a Briti

7、sh official. CFLs use 67 percent (67%) less electricity than the older bulbs. They last up to 10 times longer. Scentists say that if everyone used CFLs, electricity use would be cut by 18 percent. There would also be much smaller amounts of greenhouse gases given off. “紧凑型荧光灯节能，使用时间更长。从长远看它们可以节省金钱，”

8、一位英国官员说。荧光灯在用电方面比旧灯泡少67%。它们有长达10倍的寿命。科学家说，如果每个人都使用紧凑型荧光灯，电的使用将减少18%。也会有许多较小规模的温室气体散发。But its difficult to make people change their lighting habits. First the CFLs are more expensive. They cost eight times the price of the older bulbs. Many people dont like the CFL bulb. They find it too bright. You

9、cannot change the light of a CFL,either. 但很难让人们改变他们的照明习惯。第一个使用荧光灯更昂贵。他们的成本价格是老灯泡的八倍。很多人不喜欢的省电灯泡。他们发现它太亮。你也不能改变荧光灯的光。CFLs have been around for several years. However. the older lights still make up about two-thirds of total light bulb sales. 紧凑型荧光灯已经好几年了。不过，老灯仍占大约三分之二的总光灯泡销售。1. Thomas Edison invented

10、 the CFL bulb 130 years ago. 托马斯爱迪生在130年前发明了荧光灯. F 2. Countries in the European Union will not use Edison-style bulbs by 2009. 欧盟的国家到2009年不会使用爱迪生式的灯泡。T3. Using CFLs helps protect environment. 使用荧光灯帮助保护环境。T4. If you get an older bulb for 1 Euro . the CFL bulb will cost you 8 Euros. 如果你花1欧元买一个老灯泡，荧光灯泡

11、将花你8欧元。T5. CFLs have been widely used instead of the older bulbs for several years. 荧光灯在最近几年将广泛取代老的灯泡被使用。F阅读对错Albert Einstein had a great effect on science and history, greater than what only a few other men have achieved.1. The main idea of Paragraph 1 is the change in human thought produced by Ein

12、stein. T2. According to the American university president, the theory of relativity can be quickly learned by everyone. F3. According to Paragraph 2, Albert Einstein headed a research institute. F4. According to the passage Einstein did his greatest work when he was young. T5. It may be concluded th

13、at Albert Einstein was forced to serve in the German army. F阅读对错After having lived for over twenty years in the same district, Albert Hall was forced to move to a new neighborhood.1. Albert had been living in the same district for all his life. F2. Albert decided to move because he was afraid of ani

14、mals, especially dogs. F3. Bingo waited for Albert every afternoon at the gate because he liked Albert. F4. We can tell from the story that Albert could afford to buy a large bar of chocolate for Bingo every day. F5. Albert had to “buy him” means Albert had to give him chocolate. T阅读对错All over the w

15、orld people enjoy sports.1. According to this passage we know that people began to play about one hundred years ago. F2. The writer didnt tell us in this passage that basketball was invented in America. F3. People all over the world enjoy sports because sports are interesting. T4. From this passage

16、we can seen that according to the author sports and games are significant to our life in many respects. T5. The writers attitude towards sports is positive. T*阅读对错A story is told about a soldier who was finallyA story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam

17、. He called his parents from San Francisco. Mom and Dad, Im coming home, but Ive a favor to ask. I have a friend. Id like to bring him home with me. Sure, they replied, wed love to meet him. Theres something you should know, the son continued, he was injured pretty badly in the fighting. He stepped

18、on a land mine（地雷） and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I want him to live with us. Were sorry to hear that, son. But, maybe we can help him find somewhere to live. No, Mom and Dad, I want him to live with us. Son, said the father, you dont know what youre asking. Someone with s

19、uch a handicap would be a terrible burden to us. We have our own lives to live, and we cant let something like this interfere with our lives. I think you should just come home and forget about this guy. Hell find a way to live on his own. At that point, the son hung up the phone. The parents heard n

20、othing more from him. A few days later, however, they received a call from the San Francisco police. Their son had died after falling from a building. The police believed he had killed himself. The grief-stricken（悲痛欲绝的） parents flew to San Francisco and were taken to the city morgue（太平间） to identify

21、 the body of their son. They recognized him, but to their horror they also discovered something they didnt know, their son had only one arm and one leg.1. The soldier called his parents from San Francisco after having fought in Vietnam. A.T 2. The soldier told his parents that he wanted them to meet

22、 his friend in the army. B. F3. His father considered his plan unacceptable. A.T 4. A few days later the parents were told by the police that their son had killed himself. A.T 5. The son killed himself because he was unable to find a job. B. F*阅读对错A guide dog is a dog especially trained to guide a b

23、lind personA guide dog is a dog especially trained to guide a blind person. Dogs chosen for such training must show good disposition, intelligence, physical fitness and sense of responsibility. At the age of fourteen months, a guide dog begins an intensive course that lasts three to five months. It

24、becomes accustomed to the leather harness and stiff leather handle it will wear when guiding its blind owner. The dog learns to watch the traffic and to cross the street safely. It also learns to obey such commands as forward, left, right and sit and to disobey any command that might lead its owner

25、into danger. The most important part of the training course is a four week program in which the dog and its future owner learn to work together. However, many blind people are unsuited by personality to work with dogs. Only a tenth of the blind find a guide dog useful.76. A dog trained to help the b

26、lind. A. T 77. At the age of fourteen months does a guide dog begin its training course. A. T 78. Learning to guide its owner in the street. B. F79. To teach the dog how to cooperate with its future owner. A. T 80. Its hard to train a guide dog. B. F*阅读对错（理解）Australia is nearly as large as the Unite

27、d StatesAustralia is nearly as large as the United States, but most of it is too dry for people to live in. Around this dry part are large sheep and cow farms. A few of them are as large as the smallest states in America. Often the nearest neighbours are several hundred kilometers away.The two-way r

28、adio is very important to people who live on these great Australian farms. It works much like a telephone. A person can listen to someone else talk and then give an answer. For example , people on the large farms could talk to a doctor far away. They could tell the doctor about someone who was ill,

29、and the doctor could let them know how to look after the sick person.As the large farms were so far from towns, the children could not go to school. Radio schools were started for them in some places. At a certain time each day, boys and girls turn on their radios and listen to teachers in cities fa

30、r away.Families on the large farms wanted to give news to their neighbours. The programme Round Robin talks by radio was started to keep families in touch with each other. They could talk about who was going away and who was ill. The men could talk about their sheep and cows and how much money the m

31、arkets would pay for them. In many ways the radio became a newspaper for the farm people of Australia.澳大利亚几乎和美国一样大,但是对于居住的人来说太干燥了. 在这些干燥的区域有大片的养羊,牛的农场.其中少数的有美国最小的州那么大.通常,最近的邻居都在几百公里外.双向无线电对于居住在这种大型澳大利亚农场的人来说很重要.它像电话一样的作用.人们可以听到别人说话并且给与答复.比如, 人们在大农场里可以和一个住很远的医生谈话. 他们可以告诉医生谁生了病,然后医生可以告诉他们如何照顾病人.由于大农场离

32、市镇很远,所以孩子们不能去上学. 在某些地方无线电学校为他们开办了. 每天的某一时间,男孩女孩们打开他们的无线电听远在城市的老师讲课.在大农场的家庭想给他们的邻居一些新闻. 一个计划用无线电聊天叫做Round Robin被实施以使家庭与家庭间保持联系. 他们可以谈论谁将离开谁生病了. 男人们可以谈论市场会付多少钱买他们的绵羊和奶牛. 对于澳大利亚的农场人,在很多方面,无线电取代了报纸.01. In the passage, the two-way radio is. C. used as a telephone02. The word sick in the second paragraph means. A. ill03. The children on the large farms far away. B. could have lessons on the radios04. Which of the fo