2012年職稱(chēng)英語(yǔ)閱讀理解考試復(fù)習(xí)資料(1)

1、Eat Healthy

1. Parents in the United States tend to ask their children C) not to waste food.

2. Why do American restaurants serve large portions? A) Because Americans associate quantity with value

3. What happened in the 1970s?D) The American waistline started to expand

4. What does the survey indicate? A) Many poor Americans want large portions.

5. Which of the following is Not true of working class Americans? C) They don't want to be healthy eaters.

2、outside-the-classroom Learning Makes a Big Difference

1.An extracurricular activity like raising a fund of $300,000 is risky because most student leaders \

D) will not take an interest in it.

2. American students join campus organizations mostly for C) building friendship.

3. Who is Katie Rowley? B) She’s a senior student.

4. What do student leaders need to carry an activity through to a successful end? A)passion.

5. The phrasal verb fatten up in paragraph 6 could be best replaced by C) polish.

3、Milosevic’s Death

1.Where did Milosevic die? B. In prison.

2. Which of the following is NOT true of the young Milosevic? D. He was extremely ambitious.

3. All of the following persons in one way or another changed his fate EXCEPT B. His parents.

4. Why was Milosevic sent to Kosovo in 1989? C. To remove the Serbians’ fears that they were discriminated against.

5. What happened in 1991? A. Yugoslavia broke up.

4、Feast on Turkey and Good Wishes at Thanksgiving1

1. On Halloween, children in the United States often dress up as A)ghosts.

2. When are turkey and pumpkin pie eaten? C)On Thanksgiving.

3. Thanksgiving is the time for the American people to thank God for

B)providing them with comfortable and happy lives.

4. Many children in the United States like Thanksgiving because

A)they can stay with their parents at home and eat a lot of nice food.

5. The first piligrims settled in the United States in B)1620

5、 Sino—Japan Animosity Lessens

1.which of the following statements about the survey is true?

C) The survey found that people in both China and Japan generally agree that the relationship between the two countries is important.

2. According to the passage, the Beijing-Tokyo Forum

B) aims at promoting communication between the two countries.

3. In the last year,____% of ordinary Chinese and _____% of Chinese students have a positive impression of Japan. D) 30.2; 43.2

4. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as the major obstacles to improving bilateral ties? B) trade frictions

5. The survey found that

C) an overwhelming majority of the respondents from each country believed that the Civil exchanges were an important way to improve relations.

6、 TV Shows and Long Bus Trips

1. According to the passage, what do the passengers usually see when they are on a long bus trip?

C) Advertisements on billboards

2. What is the purpose of this passage A)To the similarities between long bus trips and TV shows.

3. The writer of this passage would probably favor D)no billboards along the road.

4. The writer feels long bus rides are like TV shows because

B)they both have a beginning, a middles ,and an end ,with commercials in between.

5. The writer think that s the end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning because both are A) exciting.

7、Modern Sun Worshippers

1. The writer seems to imply that Europeans travel mostly for the reason that

D)they wish to escape from the cold, dark and rainy days back at home.

2. In paragraph 2,cities like London, Copenhagen ,and Amsterdam are mentioned

A)to show that they are not good cities in terms of geography and climate.

3. According to the passage, which of the following countries attracts more tourists than the others? B)Spain.

4. The latter half of the last sentence in paragraph 3, “ or one tourist for every person living in Spain” means

B)every year almost as many tourists visit Spain as there are people living in that country.

5. According to the passage, which of the following factors might spoil the tourists’ fun at Mediterranean resorts and beaches? D)Rainy weather.

8、 One-room schools

1.It is implied in the passage that many educators and parents today feel that one-room schools

D provide good education.

2. Why are one-room schools in danger of disappearing? C Because there is a trend toward centralization.

3. What is mentioned as a major characteristic of the one-room school system is in the second paragraph?

A Some children have to be left back.

4. Which of the following can best describe the author’s attitude toward one-room schools?C Critical.

5. It can be inferred from the last sentence that parents living in Nebraska

B received education in one-room schools.

9、 Single-parent Kids Do Best

1. With which of the following statements would the author probably agree?

C)Two-parent families produce less attractive children.

2. According to the passage, in what way does family conflict affect the quality of the offspring?

A)The young males get less care.

3. What is the relationship between paragraph 4 and paragraph 5? B)Experiment and result.

4. According to Hartley, which of the following is NOT influenced by sexual conflict?

D)The offspring’s body size.

5. According to the passage, people believe that a female’s reproductive strategy is influenced by

C)ecological factors.

10:New York——The Melting Pot1

1. The report issued by the Department of Planning of New YorkC)studied the structure of New York’s population.

2. According to the second paragraph, which of the following is true of the immigrants in New York?

A)One can not find his place in New York unless he is ready to work.

3. The mayor of New York considers immigration to be B)a push needed to develop the city.

4. Where are the new New Yorkers from? C)ALL over the world.

5. What is the author’s attitude towards immigration to New York? D)Positive.