出自:西南石油大学-机电一体化技术-大学英语
(阅读理解题)二、阅读理解
Passage 1
All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help to keep people healthy, happy and help them to live longer.
Sports change with the season. People play different games in winter and summer.
Games and sports often grow out of people’s work and everyday activities. The Arabs use horses or camels in much of their everyday life；they use them in their sports, too.
Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere go in for them. Football, for example, has spread around the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers.
Some sports or games go back to thousands of years ago, like running or jumping. Chinese boxing, for example, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are rather new. Neither one is a hundred years old yet. People are inventing new sports or games all the time.
People from different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game they often become good friends. Sports help to train a person’s character. One learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace.
(1). (单选题) According to this passage, we know that____________.( )(本题2.0分)
A、 people began to play about one hundred years ago
B、 about 100 years ago people ran or j umped when they played
C、 basketball has a longer history than volleyball
D、 not all the games have a long history
(阅读理解题)Passage 2
Gilbert Arenas was born on January 6, 1 982 in Tampa, Florida. His father played college football at the University of Miami. In 1 984, the pair moved to Los Angeles, California where Gilbert’s father was an actor in commercials and soap operas.
When Gilbert was about 11, he started playing basketball. By the time Gilbert was 14, he was already the best player on Ulysses S. Grant High School in Van Nuys, California. He decided to wear the number“0”because people told him he would get “zero playing time”. After his sophomore year, Gilbert decided to enter the NBA draft. Many coaches thought that Gilbert was not ready. As a result, he was drafted a disappointing 31st overall by the Golden State Warriors. Gilbert worked hard at Golden State, despite the fact his coach kept him on the bench for much of the season. When he finally got his chance, Gilbert averaged 1 4 points and 5 assists per game as the Warriors point guard.
After a successful individual year for Gilbert, it was time to test the N BA’s free-agent market. Much to the disappointment of Warriors fans, Gilbert signed a 6-year, 65 million dollar deal with the Washington Wizards in 2003. Not surprisingly, he became an instant star with the Wizards. Fans loved to watch him race up the court, dish-off passes, and make difficult shots and lay ups. Although the Wizards only won 27 games his first year in Washington, Gilbert led them with 19.6 points per game. Gilbert, along with teammates Larry Hughes and Antawn Jamison, led the wizards to the NBA playoffs during his second year. The highlight of the decade for the Wizards was their post-season victory against the Chicago Bulls in the NBA playoffs.
(1). (单选题) What did Gilbert’s father do for a living in California?( )(本题2.0分)
A、 He was an artist.
B、 He was a basketball player.
C、 He was an actor.
D、 He was a football player.
(阅读理解题)Manners are very important in every country, but the trouble is that different countries have different ideas about what counts as polite behavior. What is good manners in one country may not be appropriate behavior in another. Chinese people may be shocked at what counts as good manners in England.
When an Englishman passes a friend in the street he does not always stop to talk. He may just nod, say “hello” and pass on. If two friends do stop to talk, they do not shake hands. It is only at parties for young people(students, for instance)that a person could go up to someone he does not know and introduce himself. On more formal occasions or at parties run by older people a guest always waits to be introduced to someone he does not know by the host, hostess or another guest who he already knows. At even a formal dinner an Englishman does not wait for a toast before he has a drink. The English reserve toasts for very formal or very special occasions. In these cases the toast will usually be accompanied by a short speech, for example, at a wedding reception or at a party for somebody who is retiring. After a private dinner in someone’s house an Englishman will only shake hands with the host and hostess if it is a fairly formal occasion, like a business dinner, and he will usually put his coat on and say goodbye as he leaves the house.
Luckily, like Chinese people, the English usually excuse foreign students over matters of etiquette. But even so, perhaps the safest advice for the overseas student, no matter what country he is visiting, is to follow the old proverb: when in Rome, do as the Romans do.
(1). (单选题) When an Englishman meets a friend in the street, he may ______. ( )(本题2.0分)
A、 stop to talk to his friend
B、 just nod and say “hello"
C、 shake hands with his friend
D、 just say goodbye
(填空题) Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each blank, there are four choices marked A. B, C and D. You should choose the ONE answer that best completes the passage.
The Internet began more than thirty years ago, and its 1 __ was to increase communication among universities, the government and some 2 ___American businesses by linking their computers together. The Internet makes it easy for them to send large 3 __ of information quickly.
As time passed, more people began using the Internet. In 1981, the Internet linked 213 computers. Only nine years later, it 4 __more than 350, 000 computers. Today experts say there are about 300 million computers connected to the Internet.
The Internet has changed the way people work. They can travel from place to place 5 ___ getting in touch 6 ___ their office all the time via the Internet. A 7 __report in the America magazine, Newsweek, said more than 89 million Americans now use the Internet at work. Companies around the world now use the Internet. One can hardly imagine how business could be done 8___ the Internet.
The Internet is becoming more9 ___ than anyone had thought possible. And its importance is 10 ___to increase more in the future.
1. A. result B. goal C. finding D. experiment
2. A. major B. minor C. mentioned D. stated
3. A. amount B. number C. size D. part
4. A. increased B. raised C. 1imited D. 1inked
5. A. as B. when C. while D. however
6. A. to B. on C. into D. with
7. A. decent B. recent C. absent D. present
8. A. with B. without C. through D. on
9. A. creative B. crazy C. important D. smart
10. A. proved B. improved C. expected D. regarded