英语B1阅读理解题及答案精品管理资料.docx

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《英语B1》阅读理解

81。

HolidaysintheUnitedStatesusuallyoccuratleastonceamonth.MostmonthshaveanationalholidaythathasbeenarrangedtobecelebratedonaMonday。

TheholidayshaveallbeendecidedtobecelebratedonaMondaysothattheworkersmayhave3-dayweekends———thatis,Saturday，SundayandMondayinordertorestortravelordothingswiththeirfamilies。

MajorholidaysintheUnitedStatessuchasNewYear’sDayorChristmasDayortheday,whenwerememberthefirstsettlersoftheUnitedStates，calledThanksgivingDayarecelebratedalloverthecountry。

Duringtheseholidaysmostbusinessescloseandtheworkersstayhomeandcelebratewiththeirfamily.

Vacationcanbefrom2weeksayearto4weeksayear.Thisusuallydependsonhowlongyou'vebeenworkingforacompany,whattypeofpositionyouhave,whetheryouhaveaveryhighpositionoraveryimportantpositionandit’sdifficulttofindsomeonetoreplace

you.Inthiscase,youmighttakeafewdaysatatimeratherthantakingonemonthallatonce。

Usuallythemoretimeyouspendworkingforacompany,themoretimeyoumaygetforvacation.

1。

ThegovernmentoftheUnitedStatesmakesitaruleforworkerstohavea___weekendalmostonceamonth。

A.1—dayB。

2-dayC.3-dayD。

4-day

2.WorkersintheUnitedStatessometimesworkfrom___。

A。

MondaytoSaturdayB.TuesdaytoSunday

C.ThursdaytoFridayD。

TuesdaytoFriday

3。

Whichstatementisnottrueaccordingtothispassage？

A。

OnlyafewshopsremainopenonNewYearsDay。

B.Mostoftheworkersneedn’tworkonChristmasDay。

C.Daysonvacationmustbemorethanalltheholidaysinayear.

D.Alltheworkershaveahalfmonthvacationatlast。

4.Thereasonwhysomeonehastodividehisvacationintoseveralpartsisthat___。

A.noonecanbefoundtotakehisplace

B.hehasn’tamosthighposition

C。

heplaysanimportantroleinhiswork

D。

hehasn’tbeenworkingforhiscompanyforalongtime

5.Whichofthefollowingisthebesttitleforthispassage?

A。

HolidaysintheUnitedStates

B。

VacationintheUnitedStates。

C.Howdotheworkersspendtheirholidays.

D。

SomethingabouttheholidaysandvacationintheU.S。

.

82。

Whydon'tbirdsgetlostintheirlongmigratoryflights？

Scientistshavebeenpuzzledoverthisquestionformanyyears。

Nowthey'rebeginningtofillintheblanks.

Notlongago，experimentsshowedthatbirdsrelyonthesuntoguidethemduringdaylighthours.Butwhataboutbirdsthatflymainlyatnight?

Testswithartificialstarshaveprovedconclusivelythatcertainnight—flyingbirdsareabletofollowthestarintheirlong-distanceflights。

Onesuchbird---awarbler（鸣禽）-—-hadspentitslifetimeinacageandneverflownunderthenaturalsky。

Yetitshowedaninbornabilitytousethestarsforguidance.Thebird’scagewasplacedunderanartificialstar—filledskyatmigrationtime.Thebirdtriedtoflyinthesamedirectionasthattakenbyhisoutdoorcousins.Anychangeinthepositionofthemake—believestarscausedachangeinthedirectionofhisflight。

Scientiststhinkthatwarbler,whenflyingindaylight,usethesunforguidance。

Butthestarsareapparentlytheirprincipalmeansofnavigation.Whatdotheydowhenthestarsarehiddenbyclouds？

Apparently，theyfindtheirwaybysuchlandmarksasmountainranges,coastlines,andrivercourses。

Butwhenit’stoodarktoseethese，thewarblerscirclehelplessly，unabletogettheirbearings.

1。

Thereasonwhybirdsdon’tgetlostinmigratoryflights

A。

havebeenknowntoscientistsforyears。

B.haveonlyrecentlybeendiscovered。

C.areknownbyeveryone。

D.willprobablyremainamystery。

2。

Theexperimentwiththewarblerindicatedthat

A。

birdshavetobetaughttonavigate。

B.abirdthathasbeencagedwillnotmigrate.

C。

somebirdscannotflyatnight.

D.somebirdsseeminstinctivelytofollowthestarwhenflyingatnight。

3.Underartificialstars,thebirdinthecage

A。

triedtoflyinthesamedirectionasbirdsnotcaged。

B。

changeddirectionwhenthepositionofthestarswaschanged.

C。

wouldnotflyatall。

D.bothAandB。

4。

Warblersmigrate

A。

fromNorthAmericantotheFalklandIslands.

B.onlyonceduringtheirlifetime。

C.usingwhatisapparentlyaninbornnavigationalability.

D.whentheyarefreedfromtheircages.

5。

Thisarticleisagoodexampleofthewayscientists

A.jumptoconclusion。

B.discoverworkableanswerstogeneralquestionsbystudyingparticularcases。

C。

formulatealawandthencarryoutinvestigation。

D。

arefrustratedbythehabitsofanimals。

83.Socialcustomsandwaysofbehavingchange.Thingswhichwereconsideredimpolitemanyyearsagoarenowacceptable。

Justafewyearsago，itwasconsideredimpolitebehaviorforamantosmokeonthestreet.Nomanwhothoughtofhimselfasbeingagentlemanwouldmakeafoolofhimselfbysmokingwhenaladywasinaroom。

Customsalsodifferfromcountrytocountry。

Doesamanwalkontheleftortherightofawomaninyourcountry?

Ordoesn’titmatter?

Whatabouttablemanners？

Shouldyouusebothhandswhenyouareeating？

Shouldyouleaveoneonyourlap,oronthetable?

TheAmericansandtheBritishnotonlyspeakthesamelanguagebutalsosharealargenumberofsocialcustoms。

Forexample，inbothAmericaandEnglandpeopleshakehandswhentheymeeteachotherforthefirsttime。

Also,mostEnglishmenwillopenadoorforawomanoroffertheirseattoawoman,andsowillmostAmericans.PromptnessisimportantbothinEnglandandinAmerica。

Thatis，ifadinnerinvitationisfor7o’clock，thedinnerguesteitherarrivesclosetothattimeorcallsuptoexplainhisdelay.

Theimportantthingtorememberaboutsocialcustomsisnottodoanythingthatmightmakeotherpeoplefeeluncomfortable,especiallyiftheyareyourguests。

Thereisanoldstoryaboutamanwhogaveaformaldinnerparty.Whenthefoodwasserved，oneoftheguestsstartedtoeathispeaswithaknife.Theotherguestswereamusedorshocked,butthehostcalmlypickeduphisknifeandbeganeatinginthesameway。

Itwouldhavebeenbadmannerstomakehisguestfeelfoolishoruncomfortable.

1.Ifonehasacceptedadinnerinvitation，whatshouldhedoifheistobelateforthedinner？

A.Heshouldfindanexcuse。

B。

Heshouldaskforexcuse。

C。

Heshouldsay“Sorry”.D.Heshouldtelephonetoexplainhisbeinglate。

2.“Itwouldhavebeenbadmannerstomakehisguestsfeelfoolishoruncomfortable."“Badmanners:

means___.

A.uglyB。

dishonestC.impoliteD.shameful

3。

Whichofthefollowingdoyouthinkisthebesttitleforthispassage?

A.SocialCustomsandBehaviorB。

Sociallife

C。

AmericanandBritishCustomsD.PromptnessIsImportant

4.Accordingtothetext,thebesthost___。

A.trieshisbesttomakehisguestsfeelcomfortable

B.makeshisguestsfeelexcited

C。

triestoavoidbeingnaughtytohisguests

D。

triestoavoidbeingfoolish

5。

Theauthorofthisarticlemayagreewithwhichofthefollowing？

A。

Theguestwhoatehispeaswithaknife.

B.Theotherguestswhowereamusedorshocked.

C。

Thehostwhopickeduphisknifeandbeganeatinginthesameway。

D.Noneoftheabove。

84.Therehavebeenmanygreatinventions，thingsthatchangedthewaywelive。

Thefirstgreatinventionwasthatisstillveryimportanttoday--—thewheel。

Thismadeiteasiertocarryheavythingsandtotravellongdistances。

Forhundredsofyearsafterthattherewerefewinventionsthathadasmucheffectasthewheel。

Thenintheearly1800’stheworldstartedtochange.Therewaslittleunknownlandleftintheworld。

Peopledidn'thavetoexploremuchanymore。

Theybegantoworkinsteadtomakelifebetter。

Inthesecondhalfofthe19thcenturymanygreatinventionsweremade.Amongthemwerethecamera,theelectriclightandtheradio.Theseallbecameabigpartofourlifetoday.

Thefirstpartofthe20thcenturysawmoregreatinventions.Thehelicopterin1909,soundmoviesin1926,thecomputerin1928,andjetplanesin1930.Thiswasalsoatimewhenanewmaterialwasfirstmade。

Nyloncameoutin1935.Itchangedthekindofclothespeoplewear.

Themiddlepartofthe20thcenturybroughtnewwaystohelppeoplegetoverdisease。

Theyworkedverywell.Theymadepeoplehealthierandletthemlivelonglives。

Bythe1960smostpeoplecouldexpecttolivetobeatleast60.

Bythistimemostpeoplehadaverygoodlife。

Ofcoursenewinventionscontinuedtobemade。

Butmannowhadadesiretoexploreagain.Theworldisknowntomanbutthestarsareyet.Manbeganlookingforwaystogointospace。

Russiamadethefirststep.ThentheUnitedStatestookastep.Sincethenothercountries,includingChinaandJapan，havemadetheirstepsintospace。

In1969mantookhisbiggeststepawayformearth.Americansfirstwalkedonthemoon。

Thisiscertainlyjustabeginningthough。

Newinventionswillsomedayallowustodothingswehaveneveryetdreamedof.

1.___inventionshadhadasmucheffectasthewheelbeforethe19thcentury.

A.QuiteanumberofB.SomeC。

FewD.Manyother

2。

Nyloncameoutnearlyatthesametimeas___。

A.theradioB。

thecameraC.jetplanesD.themovies

3.Peoplecanlivelongerlivesbecause___tohelpcurediseaseshaveworkedverywell。

A。

doctorsB。

newmethodsC。

medicinesD.newhospitals

4.Thispassagetalksmainlyabout___.

A。

howinventionsaffectpeople’slivesB。

whentheelectriclightwasinvented

C。

whichcountrymadethefirststepintospaceD。

whycarswereveryimportant

5。

Wecansafelycometotheconclusionthatpeople’sliveswillbemadeevenbetterthrough___.

A.newdiscoveriesB.greaterinventions

C.betterwaystohelpgetoverdiseasesD.alloftheabove

85.Th