完型填空阅读理解

第三部分

完型填空

Passage 1

There are advantages and disadvantages to

1

Asian and Western

educational methods. For example, one advantage

2

the education in Japan

is that students there learn much more math and science

3

American

students. They also study more hours each day than Americans

4

. The

study is difficult, but it

5

students for a society that values discipline and

self-control. There is, however, a disadvantage. Memorization is an important

learning method in Japanese schools,

6

many students say that after an exam,

they forget much of the information that they have memorized.

The advantage to the education in North America,

7

the other hand, is that students learn to think by themselves. The system prepares

them for a society that values

8

ideas. There is, however, a disadvantage.

When students graduate from high school, they haven’t memorized

9

many

basic rules and facts as students in other countries

10

.

1. A. only

B. both√

C. all

2. A. for

B. as

C. to √

3. A. to

B. for

C. than

4. A. do√

B. have

C. does

5. A. provides

B. gets

C. prepares√

6. A. and

B. yet √

C. just

7. A. at

B. on √

C. under

8. A. old

B. poor

C. new√

9. A. more

B. less

C. as√

10. A. have√

B. does

C. haven’t

Passage 2

A study has shown that fitness is the key (1) _____ long life, irrespective of body

shape (2) _____ even smoking habits. Researchers discovered that people who

exercise live longer than (3)______, even if they are overweight and smoke.

The study found that (4)______ fit of the 6,000 middle-aged men in the study were

five times more likely to die within six years of the start of the research than the

fittest. This was true (5)_______the men had heart problems, smoked or were

overweight. Scientists concluded that it was better (6)_______and active than

skinny and sedentary. Dr Ken cooper, a fitness expert, said

, “ You are better off

smoking a packet of cigarettes a day and exercising regularly than (7)_______ a

non

–smoker and sedentary.” Although he adds, “But don’t misunderstand me. I am

not endorsing (8)_____, I am trying to tell you how dangerous it is to be

sedentary.”

The British Government is putting pressure (9)_____ manufacturers to reduce high

levels of sugar in food and to restrict the hard-sell of junk food to children in order

to improve the nation’s health. But the new study suggests the Government

should

encourage more people (10)_____.

1.

A. for

B. of

C. to

√

2.

A. or

√

B. and

C. but

3.

A. these that do not

B. these who do not

C. those who do not √

4.

A. the little

B. less

C. the least √

5.

A. if or not

B. whether or not

√

C. when

6.

A. to be fat

√

B. being fat to

C. doing

7.

A. being

√

B. be

C. to be

8.

A. smoked

B. to smoke

C. smoking

√

9.

A. for

B. on

√

C. to

10.

A. exercised

B. exercising

C. to exercise

√

Passage 3

More and more people (1) ____ to install burglar alarms in their houses if they want

to get insurance. Insurance companies (2) ____ people in certain areas to install the

alarms before they will give them insurance for the fast year. This is (3) ____ to

increasing crime in some parts of the country. This can be a problem for people (4)

____ are struggling to make (5) ____ ends meet. The alarms, (6) ____ can be very

expensive, need to be installed by an electrician. It is (7) _____ that 20% of homes

have alarms installed, and that another 20% of people plan (8) _____ but have not

installed them (9) _____. The insurance companies told people (10) _____ the

alarms on all doors and windows.

1.

A. has

B. had

C. have √

2.

A. have been asked

B. have been asking

√

C. asked

3.

A. due

√

B. because of

C. because

4.

A. which

B. who

√

C. what

√

5.

A. the

B. all

C.

–

(

不填

)

√

6.

A. which

B. who

C. that

7.

A. estimate

B. estimating

C. estim

ated √

8.

A. to have them installing B. to have them installed

√

C. to have been installing them

9.

A. still

B. already

C. yet

√

10.

A. to install√

B. installed

C. installing

Passage 4

Peter Blake is a successful businessman, but he (1)________ to be very poor. He

had nowhere to live and (2) ____ working in a pub when he (3) _____ to start his

own business. Peter had always (4) _______ interested in plants and flowers, (5)

_______he decided to set up a company (6) _______ cared for the plants in big

offices. At first he worked on his (7) ______, but soon he took (8) ______ two

people to help him. The company has been growing (9) ____ for the last ten years.

Peter is now very rich,

(10) _______ he complains that now he doesn’t work with

plants but with a computer every day!

1.

A. would

B. used √

C. --

2.

A. has been B. was

√

C. been

3.

A. had decided

B. has decided

C. decided √

4.

A.

was

B. being

C. been √

5.

A.

so

√

B. but

C. although

6.

A.

who

B. which√

C. whose

7.

A. himself

B. self

C. own

√

8.

A.

up

√

C. in

9.

A.--

√

B. up

C. over

10.

A. therefore

B. moreover

C. but

第四部分

阅读理解

短文理解

1

There have been changes in all sorts of different areas of British

society. In recent years in the UK we have had a very large increase

in the number of couples who get divorced.

After 1969 and the Divorce Law Reform Act we had a very rapid

increase in the number of divorces. The rate increased steadily and in

recent years has increased much more rapidly. But there are also

quite a lot of people who do actually get married. At present the

marriage rate in the UK is about 70 per cent, which has gone down

since the number of people who marry has gone down quite a lot in

the last 20 years, but more significantly in the last 10 years. Quite high

proportions of people now live together without marrying, and, for

example, 40 per cent of children born in the UK are born to couples

who aren't married or are born to lone parents. There are quite a large

number of lone parent families, 90 per cent of these are headed by a

woman rather than a man.

The average family size now in the UK is 1.8 children per couple,

which means that there's been quite a decline in the birth rate in the

UK along with other European countries.

1. What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. The declining divorce rate in the UK.

B. Trends in marriage and divorce in the UK.

C. The increasing divorce rate in the UK. √

2. During the last ten years, __________.

A. the marriage rate has gone down more rapidly in the UK √

B. the marriage rate has gone up a lot in the UK

C. 40% of children were born to unwed couples in the UK

3. According to the passage, the cohabitation rate in the UK tends to

__________.

A. soar (

急剧上升

)

√

B. not mentioned in the passage

C. stay stable

4. According to the passage, which of the following statements is

NOT

true?

A. The marriage rate has gone down in recent years.

B. The highest divorce rate was around 1969. √

C. The marriage rate is currently 70 percent.

5. The last paragraph tells us __________.

A. the birth rate in the UK is increasing at the moment

B. the

birth rate in the UK is decreasing rapidly now √

C. the birth rate in other European countries keeps increasing

短文理解

2

People all over the world today are beginning to hear and learn more

and more about the problem of pollution. Pollution is caused either by

man’s release of completely new and often artificial (

人造的

)

substances into the environment, or by releasing greatly increased

amounts of a natural substance (

物质

)

，

such as oil from oil tankers

into the sea.

Whatever its underlying reasons, there is no doubt that much of the

pollution caused could be controlled if only companies, individuals

and governments would make more efforts. In the home there is an

obvious need to control

litter

and waste. Food comes wrapped up

three of four times in packages that all have to be disposed of; drinks

are increasingly sold in bottles or tins which can’t be reused. This not

only causes a litter problem, but also is a great waste of resources, in

terms of glass, metal and paper. Advertising has helped this process

by persuading many of us not only to buy things we neither want nor

need, but also to throw away much of what we do buy. Pollution and

waste combine to be a problem everyone can help to solve by cutting

out unnecessary buying, excess use and careless disposal (

处理

) of

the products we use in our daily lives.

1. The main cause of pollution is __________.

A.

the release of artificial or natural substances into the

environment √

B.

the production of new industrial goods

C.

increased amounts of a natural substance

2. Much of the pollution could be controlled if only __________.

A.

farmers would use less artificial fertilizers

B.

governments would take effective measures

C.

all sides concerned would make more efforts √

3. Food packages, bottles and tins for drinks can cause __________.

A. air and water pollution

B. both a litter problem and a waster of resources √

C. to pay for the service

4. Which of the following can not help solving the problem of

pollution?

A. Cutting out unnecessary buying.

B. Reduce excess use

C.

Eating. √

5. What does the underlined word ―litter‖ mean in paragraph 2?

A. Bits of waste things

B. serious problem

C.

industrial

pollution √

短文理解

3

A funny thing happened on the way to the communication revolution:

we stopped talking to each other.

I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his mobile

phone rang, interrupting our conversation. There we were, walking

and talking on a beautiful sunny day and

–

poof!

–

I was cut off as if I

had become absent from the conversation.

The park was filled with people talking on their cell phones. They

were passing people without looking at them, saying hello, noticing

their babies or stopping to pat their dogs. It seems that the limitless

electronic voice is preferred to human contact.

The telephone used to connect you to the absent. Now it makes

people feel absent. Recently I was in a car with three friends. The

driver hushed the rest of us because he could not hear the person on

the other end of his cell phone. There we were, four friends driving

down the highway, unable to talk to each other because of the small

thing designed to make communication easier.

Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected

I feel? Every advance in communications technology is a setback (

退

步

) to the closeness of human interaction. With e-mail and instant

message over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing

or talking to one another. With voice mail, you can make entire

conversations without ever reaching anyone. If my mom has a

question, I just leave the answer on her machine.

As almost every contact between human beings gets automatic,

the emotional distance index goes up. Pumping gas at the station?

Why say good-morning to the assistant when you can swipe you

credit card at the pump and save yourself the bother of human contact?

Making a deposit at the bank? Why talk to the clerk who lives in the

neighborhood when you can put your card into the ATM?

More and more, I find myself hiding behind e-mail to do a job

meant for conversation or being relieved that voice mail picked up

because I didn’t really have time to talk. The technology devoted to

helping me keep in touch is making me lonelier.

I own a mobile phone, an ATM card, a voice-mail telephone, and

an e-

mail account. Giving them up isn’t a choice. They are great for

what they are intended to do. It’s their unintended results that make

me upset. What good is all this gee-whiz technology if there is no one

in the room to hear you crying out ―Gee whiz‖?

1. The author’s experience of walking in a park with a friend recently

made him feel _____________.

A. unhappy

√

B. funny

C. wonderful

2. According to the author, human contact in a park means

____________.

A. looking at each other and saying hello when passing

B. noticing their babies and stopping to pat their dogs

C. both A and B

√

3. According to the author, the more connected we get in

communications technology, the ___________ we are.

A. more automatic

B. more disconnected

√

C. closer

4. What are the examples the author gives to explain his idea that

every advance in communications technology is a setback to the

closeness of human interaction?

A. With e-mail and instant message over the Internet, we can now

communicate without seeing or talking to one another.

B. With voice mail, you can make entire conversations without ever

reaching anyone.

C. All of the above. √

5. What is the unintended result of communication technology,

according to the author?

A. It makes communication easier and conversation possible

everywhere.