修改举荐：学士学位英语阅览了解专项打破操练题（汇总）

Reading Comprehension (30%)

Directions: There are 3 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfin-ished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D.You should de-cide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Passage 1

Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage :

On November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln went to Gettysburg in Pennsylvania to speak at the National Soldiers Cemetery. The Civil War was still going on. There was much criticism of Presi-dent Lincoln at the time. He was not at all popular. He had been invited to speak at Gettysburg on-ly out of politeness. The principal speaker was to be Edward Everett, a famous statesman and speaker of the day. Everett was a handsome man and very popular everywhere.

It is said that Lincoln prepared his speech on the train while going to Gettysburg. Late that night, alone in his hotel room and tired out, he again worked briefly on the speech. The next day Everett spoke first. He spoke for an hour and 57 minutes. His speech was a perfect example of the rich oratory of the day. Then Lincoln rose. The crowd of 15,000 people at first paid little attention to him. He spoke for only nine minutes. At the end there was little applause. Lincoln turned to a friend and remarked,”I have failed again”. On the train back to Washington, he said sadly, “That speech was a fiat failure, and the people are disappointed”.

Some newspapers at first criticized the speech, but little by little as people redid the speech they began to understand better. (76) They began to appreciate its simplicity and its deep mean-ing. It was a speech which only Abraham Lincoln could have made.

Today, every American school child learns Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address by heart. Now eve-ryone thinks of it as one of the greatest speeches ever given in American history.

1. In 1863, Abraham Lincoln was__________.

A. very critical

B. unpopular

C. very popular

D. very courteous

2. Lincoln was invited to speak at the National Soldiers Cemetery because he was__________.

A. a famous speaker

B. a very handsome man

C. President of the country

D. a popular statesman

3. It can be inferred from the text that__________.

A. Lincoln prepared his speech very carefully before he went to Gettysburg

B. Lincoln was very busy at the time and didn’t have much time to prepare his speech

C. Lincoln’s speech was full of rich words

D. Lincoln’s speech was very long

4. It was a fact that Lincoln’s speech was__________.

A. an immediately success

B. warmly applauded

C. a total failure

D. not well-received at first

5. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address has deep meaning.

B. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is simple in style.

C. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is memorized by every American school child.

D. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is the greatest speech ever delivered in the United States.

Passage 2

Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:

(77) In what now seems like the prehistoric times of computer history, the early post-war era(站后时期), there was a quite widespread concern that computers would take over the world from man one day. Already today, less than forty years later, as computers are relieving us of more and more of the routine tasks in business and in our personal lives, we are facing with a less dramatic but also less foreseen problem. People tend to be over-trusting (过火信赖) of computers and are re-luctant to challenge their authority. Indeed, they behave as if they were hardly aware that wrong buttons may be pushed, or that a computer may simply malfunction(失灵).

(78) Obviously, there would be no point in investing(投入)in a computer if you had to check all its answers, but people should also rely on their own internal computers and check the machine when they have the feeling that something has gone wrong. Questioning and routine double checks must continue to be as much a part of good business as they were in pre-computer days.

Maybe each computer should come with the following warning: for all the help this computer may provide, it should not be seen as a substitute for fundamental thinking and reasoning skills.

6. What is the main purpose of this passage?

A. To look back to the early days of computers.

B. To explain what technical problems may occur with computers.

C. To discourage unnecessary investment in computers.

D. To warn against the blindness to the probable shortcomings of computers.

7. The passage recommends those dealing with computers to__________.

A. be reasonably doubtful about them

B. check all their answers

C. substitute them for basic thinking

D. use them for business purpose only

8. An “internal computer” ( Para. 2 ) is__________.

A. a computer used exclusively by one company for its own problems

B. a person’s store of knowledge and the ability to process it

C. the most up to date in home computer a company can buy

D. a computer from the post-war era which is very reliable

9. The passage suggests that the present day problem with regard to computers is __________.

A. challenging

B. psychological

C. dramatic

D. over-trusting

10. It can be inferred from the passage that the author would disapprove of__________.

A. computer science courses in high schools

B. businessmen and women who use pocket calculators

C. maintenance(接二连三)checks on computers

D. companies which depend entirely on computers

Passage 3

Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:

To swim across the English Channel takes at least nine hours. It’s a hard work and it makes you short of breath. To fly over the Channel takes only twenty minutes ( as long as you’re not held up at the airport), but it’s an expensive way to travel. You can travel by hovercraft if you don’t mind the noise, and that takes forty minutes. Otherwise you can go by boat, if you forget your sea-sickness ills. All these means of transport have their problems and the weary( 不耐心的)travel-er often dreams of being able to drive to France in his own car. “Not possible”, you say. Well,wait a minute. People are once again considering the idea of a Channel tunnel or bridge.

This time, the Greater London Council is looking into the possibility of building a Channel link straight to London. (79) A bridge would cost far more than a tunnel, but you would be able to go by rail or by car on a bridge, whereas a tunnel would provide a rail link only.

Why is this idea being discussed again? Is Britain becoming more conscious of the need for links with Europe as a result of joining the EEC( 欧共体)? Well, perhaps. The main reason,though, is that a tunnel or bridge would reach th

e twenty square kilometers of London’s disused dockland(船坞地)A link from London to the continent would stimulate trade and re-vitalize(使……从头有活力) the port, and would make London a main trading center in Europe. (80)With a link over the Channel, you could buy your fish and chips in England, and be able to eat them in France while they were still warm!

11. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Swimming across the Channel takes less than four hours.

B. The idea of a Channel tunnel or bridge is a very new one.

C. It is considered to be more difficult to swim across the channel than any other means.

D. A tunnel or bridge would only reach as far as the coast.

12. A tunnel would be__________.

A. less expensive to be built than a bridge

B. more expensive to be built than a bridge

C. less expensive to be built than a rail

D. more expensive to be built than a rail

13. If they built a Channel tunnel, you would__________.

A. neither take a train nor go by car

B. only take a train

C. either take a train or go by car

D. only take a bus

14. It can be concluded that many of London’s dockyards are__________.

A. not used

B. seriously blocked

C. fully used

D. opened again

15. Channel link would__________.

A. allow us to buy fish and chips in France

B. make the journey from Europe to England dangerous but easier and faster

C. decrease more trade for London’s dockyards

D. make London more prosperous again

答案

Passage 1

1.B实际细节题。第一段中说到林肯总统其时遭到了许多批判，而且一点也不受等待。criti-cal“批判的，爱挑剔的”，所以A不对。

2.C推理判别题。根据文章第一段的第五句，我们之所以出于礼貌请他做讲演，就是因为他是总统。

3.B推理判别题。从第二段可知，林肯是在路上写的讲演稿，而且当晚只是“briefly(简略地)”批改了一下。由此可揣度出他其时很忙，没有足够的预备时刻。

4.D实际细节题。由三、四段可知，尽管林肯的讲演开始并未成功，但这篇简略的演说后来深化人心，不能说是完全的失利。

5.D实际细节题。根据最终一句话，林肯的讲演是美国前史上最巨大的讲演之一，但并未说是最巨大的讲演，所以选D.

Passage 2

6.D归纳归纳题。写此文的意图可从文章的内容归纳出来。文章第一段讲的是今世我们过火信赖核算机;第二段讲人类大约依靠自个的大脑，不该把核算机看作是思考技能的替代品。综上可知避免我们盲目地信赖核算机才是这篇文章的写作意图。

7.A实际细节题。由第二段可知，作者在主张我们应依托自个的大脑，对待核算机要持ques-tioning(勇于置疑)的情绪并采纳double check(细心查看)的办法。所以选A，意思是要持理性置疑情绪，也就是不要盲目地完全依靠它。作者并没有说完全不信赖核算机，要

逐个核对答案，这样核算机恐怕真的要丢掉了，所以B误解了作者的意图。C(用电脑替代人脑)是作者在文中最对立的;D(仅将电脑用于商业)太片面了。

8.B推理判别题。人类自个所具有的“内部核算机”当然是指大脑以及大脑内所存储的常识了。这也体现了作者对立用电脑替代人脑的写作意图。

9.D实际细节题。0ver-trusting“过火信赖的”。正如作者在第一段第三句所述，人类对待核算机的疑问首要在于过火信赖它并不愿应战它的声威性。challengin9“应战的”;psy-chological“心思的”;dramatic“戏曲性的”。

10.D推理判别题。此类题须弄清作者的真实意图。正如前面所述，作者建议的并不是完全不信赖核算机，而是不要盲目地完全依靠它。A.B.C三项都是以不一样方法运用核算机，而作者并未完全否定核算机的运用，所以这三项都不能选。只需D(完全依靠核算机)步崆作者不撑持的。

Passage 3

11.C推理判别题。可用打扫法。开篇第一句已理解地阐明游过英吉利海峡至少要九小时，所以A说少于四小时是不对的;第一段最终一句中有一个非常重要的词，就是again.已然是again就阐明建地道、修大桥已不是新主意了，B也随之被选择;根据文章第二段第一句，地道可直达伦敦，不只到海岸线，D也打扫了。而C是正确的，游曩昔当然要比坐船、乘飞机困难多了。

12.A实际细节题。根据文章第二段第二句，建地道要比建大桥廉价得多。

13.B实际细节题。根据文章第二段第二句，地道里只能供火车行走。

14.A实际细节题。根据文章第三段第四句，伦敦的船坞地都是disused(扔掉不必的)。

15.D实际细节题。文章最终一段倒数第二句，这条路可以激活生意，使伦敦变成欧洲的一个商业中心，所以当然会使伦敦昌盛起来。A显着小看了这条通路的作用;B.C谈到的作用都是负面的。