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大学英语
B
阅读理解十四篇（
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真题）
Passage 1
A
foreigner's first impression of the U.S. is likely
to be that everyone is in a
rush-often
under pressure. City people always appear to be
hurrying to get where they
are going
restlessly, seeking attention in a store, and
elbowing others as they try to
complete
their errands(
任务
). Racing
through daytime meals is part of the pace of life
in this country.
Working time is considered precious.
Others in public eating places are waiting
for you to finish so that they too can
be served and get back to work within the time
allowed. Each person hurries to make
room for the next person. If you don’t, waiters
will hurry you.
You also find drivers will be abrupt
and people will push past you. You will miss
smiles, brief conversations, and small
courtesies with strangers. Don't take it
personally. This is because people
value time highly, and they resent someone else
The view of time
affects the importance we attach to patience. In
the American
system of values, patience
is not a high priority. Many of us have what might
be
called ―a short fuse.‖ We begin to
move restlessly about if we feel time is slipping
away without some returns in terms of
pleasure, work value, or rest. Those coming
from lands where time is looked upon
differently may find this matter of pace to be
one of their most difficult adjustments
in both business and daily life.
Many newcomers to the States will miss
the opening courtesy of a business
call, for example, they will miss the
ritual interaction that goes with a welcoming cup
of tea or coffee that may be a
convention in their own country. They may miss
leisurely business chats in a
café
or coffee house. Normally,
Americans do not assess
their visitors
in such relaxed surroundings over prolonged small
talks. We seek out
evidence of past
performance rather than evaluate a business
colleague through social
courtesies.
Since we generally assess and probe professionally
rather than socially, we
start talking
business very quickly.
一个外国
人对于美国的第一印象很有可能是每个人都在压力下匆匆忙忙。城
市里的人总是表现得匆
匆忙忙不知疲倦的，
为了尽快做完一件事情，
他们会在店
里拼命引起店员的注意或者用胳膊肘推搡别人。
白天匆忙就餐也是这个
国家生活
节奏的一个部分。
工作时间
被认为是很珍贵的。在一些公共饮食场所，其他人会等在你旁边等
你吃完，
这样大家都可以得到服务，
并赶在规定的时间内回去工作。
< br>每个人都会
尽快给下一个人腾出地方。如果你不这样，侍者会催促你的。
你会发现司机也都很匆忙，人们从你身边匆匆走过。你会错过一些微笑
，简
短的交谈和一些与陌生人的小礼节。
不要在意，
这是因为他们非常珍惜时间，
而
且他们认为一旦太
注重这些社交礼节就是浪费时间。
对时间的观念还会影响到我
们对耐心的理解。在美国价值体系中，耐心并不
是首要要考虑的。
我们中的很多人被称为
‖
短保险丝
‖
。
如果我们觉得时间在毫无
意义的溜走
，
既没有娱乐价值，
工作价值，
也不在
休息，
那就会开始不停地徘徊。
那些来自时间观念不同的国家的
人发现他们在商业和日常生活中最困难的就是
对时间节奏的适应。
许多刚到美国来的人都会想念他们在商业会谈中一些开场礼节。举个例子，
他们会想念因欢迎你到来而泡的一杯茶或咖啡这样的社交礼仪，
这在他们
国家是
常规礼仪。
他们会想念在咖啡屋悠闲的会谈。
而通常，
美国人不会与来访者在这
么悠闲的环境中
进行一些冗长的小会谈。
对于同事，
我们总是看他过去的表现而
不是与他的社交礼仪。
因为我们一般都是更注重专业性的，
而不是社交性的，
因
此我们总是很快进入正
题。
1. Which of
the following statements is wrong? _________
1
以下哪项陈述是错误的？
A. Americans
seem to be always under pressure.
B. Americans
attach less importance to patience.
C. Americans
don’t care much about ritual
socializing.
D. Americans are impolite
to their business colleagues.
美国人对他们的同事不礼貌。
2.
In the fourth paragraph, ―a high priority‖ means
_________
第四段中的
―a high
priority‖
是什么意思？
A.
a less important thing
B. a first concern
C. a good
business
D. an attractive gift
要首要考虑的。
3.
Americans evaluate a business colleague
___________
美国人评价他们的同事是根据
A. through
social courtesy
B. through prolonged
business talks
C. by establishing business relations
D.
by learning about their past performance
他们过去的表现。
24. This
passage mainly talks about ___________
本文主要讲了
A. how Americans treasure their time
B.
how busy Americans are every day
C.
how Americans do business with
foreigners
D. what American way of
life is like
美国人是怎样珍惜时间的。
5.
We can infer from the passage that the author’s
tone in writing is
_______________
从本文我们可以看出作者写作的口吻是
A. critical
B. ironical
C. appreciative
D.
objective
欣赏的。
Passage 2
When John and Victoria Falls arrived in
New York City for one-year stay, they did not
bring
very many things with them. They
had planned either to live in a furnished
apartment or to buy
used furniture. But
they soon learned about a new system that more and
more people are using.
The
renting
of
home
furnishings
(bed,
tables,
dishes,
and
so
on)
has
become
one
of
America
’
s
fastest growing businesses.
What kinds of people rent their home
furnishings instead of buying them? People who are
international
business
or
government
officials,
foreign
students,
airline
workers,
young
married
couple
–
people
whose
job
or
business
may
force
them
to
move
frequently
from
one
city
to
another. They save a lot
of trouble and the cost of moving their furniture
each time. They simply
rent new
furniture when they reach their new homes. Young
people with little money do not want
to
buy
cheap
furniture
that
they
may
soon
dislike.
They
prefer
to
wait
until
they
have
enough
money
to
buy
furniture
that
they
really
like.
Meanwhile,
they
find
they
can
rent
better
quality
furniture than they
could afford to buy.
One family, who
now have a large, beautiful home of their own,
liked their rented furniture
so
much
that
they
decided
to
keep
renting
it
instead
of
buying
new
things.
But
usually
people
don
’
t like to
tell others about it. The idea of renting home
furnishings is still quite new, and they
are not sure what their neighbors might
think. (248words)
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6.
Which
of
the
following
has
become
one
of
America
’
s
fastest
growing
businesses?
____________
A. Selling home furnishings.
B. Renting furnished apartments.
C. Selling used furniture.
D.
Renting home furnishings.
7.
Why do some people prefer
to rent furniture? ____________
A.
Because the furniture they get in this way is new.
B. Because it saves them a lot of
money.
C. Because it saves them much
trouble and money.
D. Because they can
always get better quality furniture in this way.
8.
What can you
infer from the passage? ____________
A.
The idea of renting furniture is not acceptable.
B. Renting furniture is not popular in
the couple
’
s home town.
C. Only those who
don
’
t have enough money to
rent furniture.
D. People usually grow
to like the furniture they have rented.
9.
Which of the
following can best serve as the title of the
passage? ____________
A. Rent or Buy?
B.
A New Way of Getting Home Furnishings.
C. Furnished Apartments.
D. A New Idea.
10.
Young people liked renting home
furniture in that __________.
A. They
have less money
B. They
don
’
t want to buy old
furniture
C. The new furniture is of
good quality
D. They
don
’
t have much money and
don
’
t want to buy the cheap
furniture
Passage 3
A million tourists go to Barcelona
every year. They want to see Antonio Gaude's
church. This unusual church has a
strange history. Gaude was born in Spain in 1852.
He had to work and study at the same
time. He often missed classes because he had to
work, but one day he designed a very
unusual show-case for an exhibition in Paris.
People began to give him work. He
designed houses, offices and gardens. They were
all very unusual. He was soon rich and
famous. Then a rich bookseller said,
build a church for the poor people of
Barcelona? I will pay. I will build schools and
workshops, too. They will help the
people.
forty years, but he could not
finish the church. It was too big. He needed
$$10,000,000.
He gave all his money to
the church. He was poor again when he died in
1926, and
only the front of the church
was finished. But architects, engineers and
tourists from
all
over
the
world
come
to
see
it.
It
is
very
strange,
very
modern
and
very
revolutionary.
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、
Which of the
following titles best fits the passage?
A
：
Barcelona--- a
Famous City
B
：
A Strange
History of An Unusual Church
C
：
A
Poor Architect's Unusual Works
D
：
Antonio Gaudi's
Life
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答案：
C
12
、
Which of the
following is NOT true?
A
：
Gaudi was a
Spanish architect
B
：
Gaudi devoted
most of his life to the building of the church
C
：
People all over
the world admire the architect very much
D
：
many tourists
go to see Gaudi's unfinished church
答案：
B
13
、
Gaudi
sometimes missed classes because ______.
A
：
he didn't like
it
B
：
he had to work
at the same time
C
：
they were too
difficult
D
：
he had to build
a church
答案：
B
14
、
The church is
unusual because ______.
A
：
it's unfinished
B
：
it's strange
C
：
it's modern
D
：
all of the
above
答案：
D
15
、
According to
the passage, Gaude ______.
A
：
suffered a lot
in his life
B
：
was full of
sympathy to the poor
C
：
always created
unusual works
D
：
both B and
C
答案：
D
Passage 4
It has been reported that in colleges
across the United States, the daytime serial
drama known as the soap opera has
suddenly become
―
in
‖
.
Between the hours of 11
a.m.
and
4:30p.m.,
college
television
lounges
are
filled
with
soap
opera
fans
who
can
’
t wait to see
the next episode in the lives of their favorite
characters.
Actually, soaps are more than a college
favorite; they are a youth favorite. When
school is out, high-school students are
in front of their TV sets. One young working
woman
admitted
that
she
turned
down
a
higher
paying
job
rather
than
give
up
watching her favorite serials. During
t
he 1960’
s, it was uncommon
for young people
to watch soap operas.
The moon of the sixties was very different from
now. It was a
time of seriousness, and
talk was about social issues of great importance.
Now, seriousness has been replaced by
fun. Young people want to be happy. It
may seem strange that they should turn
to soap opera, which is known for showing
trouble in
people
’
lives. But soap
opera is enjoyment. Young people can identify with
the soap opera character, who like
college-age viewer, is looking for happy love, and
probably not finding it. And soap opera
gives young people a chance to feel close to
people without having to bear any
responsibility for their problems.
is soap opera?
4
A. Plays based
on science fiction stories.
B. Plays based on non-
fiction stories.
C. The
daytime serial dramas on TV
.
D. Popular documentary
films on TV
.
正确答案：
C
can be the best titles of
the passage?
A. College
student viewers
B. Favorite
TV serials
C. Soap opera fans
D.
College-age viewers
正确答案：
C
are not the
reason why the soap opera suddenly becomes ―in‖
according to
the passage?
A. Because the viewers want to be happy
and to enjoy themselves.
B. Because the soap opera makes young
people feel close to their people.
C. Because the viewers can find
themselves in the soap opera characters.
D. Because the young people
have to bear the responsibilities for their
troubles.
正确答案：
D
can we learn
from the passage?
A.
College students like soap operas more than any
other social groups.
B. Young people of sixties liked soap
operas more than people today.
C. Young viewers have turned themselves
from the seriousness of sixties to enjoyment
now.
D. The young as a whole are trying to
look for happy love bur in vain.
正确答案：
C
message does the author
want to convey to us?
A.
The people’s favorites to drama works have been
changed for a long time.
B. The people
’s favorites to
drama works change along with the times.
C. The people’s favorites
to drama works is changed by the soap opera.
D. The people’s
favorites have changed the drama works.
正确答案：
B
Passage 5
If you do not use
your arm or your legs for some time, they become
weak; when you start
using them again,
they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows
that. Yet many people do
not seem to
know that memory(
记忆力
) works
in the same way. When someone says that he has a
good memory, he really means that he
keeps his memory in practice by using it. When
someone
else says that his memory is
poor, he really means that he does not give it
enough chance(
机会
) to
become strong. If a friend says that
his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his
own fault(
过
错
).
But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many
of us think that his parents are to
blame(
受
责备
), and
few of us know that it is just his own fault. Have
you ever found that some people can't
read or write but usually they have
better memories? This is because they cannot read
or write and
they
have
to
remember
things;
they
cannot
write
down
in
a
little
notebook.
They
have
to
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remember days, names,
songs and stories; so their memory is the whole
time being exercised. So
if you want to
have a good memory, learn from the
people
：
Practice remembering.
21
．
The main
reason(
主要原因
)for one is poor
memory is that______.
A
．
his father or
mother may have a poor memory.
B
．
He
does not use his name or legs for some time.
C
．
his memory is
not often used
D
．
he can't read
or write
22
．
If you do not
use your arms or legs for some time______.
A
．
you can't use
them any more
B
．
they will
become stronger
C
．
they become
weak and won't become strong until you use them
again.
23
．
Which
of the following is NOT true?
A
．
Your memory
works in the same way as your arms or legs.
B
．
Your memory
becomes
weak if you don’t give it
enough chance for practice.
C
．
Don't learn how
to read and write if you want to have a better
memory.
D
．
A good memory
comes from more practice.
24
．
Some people
can't read or write, but they usually have better
memories, because ______.
A
．
they have saved
much trouble
B
．
they have saved
much time to remember things
C
．
they have to
use their memories all the time
D
．
they can't
write everything in a little notebook
25
．
Give a best
title for this passage.
A
．
Don't Stop
Using Your Arms Or Legs
B
．
How To Have a
Good Memory
C
．
Strong Arms And
Good Memories
D
．
Learn from the
People
Passage
6
How
men
first
learnt
to
invent
words
is
unknown;
in
other
words,
the
origin
of
lang
uage
is
a
mystery.
All
we
really
known
is
that
men,
unlike
animals,
somehow
invented
ce
rtain
sounds
to
express
thoughts
and
feelings,
actions,
and
things,
so
that
they
could
com
municate
with
each
other;
and
that
later
they
agreed
upon
certain
signs,
called
letters,
whi
ch
could
be
combined
to
represent
those
sounds,
and
which
could
be
written
down,
these
sounds,
whether
spoken,
or
written
in
letters
we
call
words.
The
power
of
words,
then,
lies
in
their
associations
-
the
things
they
bring
up
before
our
minds,
Words
become
filled
with
meaning
for
us
by
experience;
and
the
longer
we
li
ve,
the
more
certain
words
recall
to
us
the
glad
and
sad
events
of
our
past;
and
the
mor
e
we
read
and
learn,
the
more
the
number
of
words
that
mean
something
to
us
increases.
Great
writers
are
those
who
not
only
have
great
thoughts
but
also
express
these
thoughts
in
words
which
appeal
powerfully
to
our
minds
and
emotions.
This
charming
and
telling
use
of
words
is
what
we
call
literary
style(
文体
).
Above
all,
the
real
poet
is
a
master
of
words.
He
can
convey
his
meaning
in
words
which
sing
like
music,
and
which
by
their
position
and
association
can
move
men
to
tears.
We
should
therefore
learn
to
choose
our
6
words
carefully
and
use
them
accurately,
or
they
will
make
our
speech
silly
and
vulgar(
粗
俗的
).
26.
Which
is
true
about
origin
of
language?
A.
Men,
as
well
as
animals,
invented
certain
sounds
to
express
thoughts.
B.
The
origin
of
language
is
a
complicated
question.
C.
Words
did
not
have
written
form,
at
first.
D.
Words
were
invented
to
represent
meanings.
27.
The
power
of
words
lies
in
_____.
A.
the
fact
that
it
can
associate
the
things
in
the
world
with
the
ideas
in
our
mind
B.
the
fact
that
one
word
is
connected
with
another
C.
the
fact
that
it
can
associate
one
person
with
another
D.
the
fact
that
it
can
recall
to
us
the
events
of
our
past
28.
In
order
not
to
make
our
speech
silly
and
vulgar,
we
should
_____.
A.
use
words
that
can
move
men
to
tears
B.
choose
words
with
care
and
accuracy
C.
become
a
master
of
words
D.
use
words
which
sing
like
music
29.
Which
of
the
following
statements
is
NOT
TRUE?
A.
The
more
we
read
and
learn,
the
larger
our
vocabulary
will
be.
B.
The
longer
we
live,
the
number
of
words
that
mean
something
to
us
increases.
C.
Words
can
be
used
to
represent
various
meanings.
D.
Literary
style
a
usually
very
charming.
30.
The
best
title
for
this
passage
would
be
_____.
A.
The
meaning
of
words
B.
The
characteristics
of
words
C.
The
origin
of
words
D.
The
power
of
words
Passage 7
The dark smoke that comes out of stacks
or from a burning dump contains tiny
bits
of
solid
or
liquid
matter.
The
smoke
also
contains
many
gases,
most
of
which
cannot be seen.
Altogether, they make up the serious problems of
air pollution. In so
many places it
keeps us from seeing the sun, irritate our eyes,
causes us to cough, and
makes us ill.
Air
pollution
can
spread
from
city
to
city.
It
even
spreads
from
one
country
to
another.
Some
northern
European
countries
have
had
―black
snow‖
from
pollutants
that have traveled through the air from
other countries and have fallen with the snow.
So air pollution is
a global
problem.
It
can kill
babies, older people and those who
have
respiratory
（呼吸道的）
disease. In
1952, four thousand people died in one week
as a result of a serious air pollution
breakout in London. In 1948 in a small town of
Pennsylvania, 20 people died in a four-
day period of air pollution. As often found in
cities, air pollution increases the
risks of lung diseases, such as bronchitis and
asthma.
Of course, smoking and other
factors help to cause these illnesses, too, but
these cases
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