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考博英语（阅读理解）练习试卷5(题后含答案及解析) 题型有：1. Reading ComprehensionReading ComprehensionOne motivational analyst who became curious to know there had been such a great rise in impulse buying at supermarkets was James Vicary. He suspected that some special psychology must be going on inside the women as they shopped in supermarkets. His suspicion was that perhaps they underwent such an increase in tension when confronted with so many possibilities that they were forced into making quick purchases. He set out to find out if this were true. The best way to detect what was going on inside the shopper was through the use of a galvanometer or lie detector. That obviously was impractical. The next best thing was to use a hidden motion-picture camera and record the eye-blink rate of the women as they shopped. How fast a person blinks his eyes is a pretty good index of his state of inner tension. The average person, according to Mr. Vicary, normally blinks his eyes about 32 times a minute. If he is tense, he blinks them more frequently; and. under extreme tension, he may blink up to 50 or 60 times a minute. II he is notably relaxed, on the other hand, his eye-blink rate may drop to a subnormal twenty or less.Mr. Vicary set up his cameras and started following the ladies as they entered the store. The results were startling, even to him. Their eyeblink rate, instead of going up to indicate mounting tension, went down and down, to a very subnormal fourteen blinks a minute. The ladies fell into what Mr. Vicary calls a hypnoidal trance, a light kind of trance that, he explains, is the first stage of hypnosis. Mr. Vicary has decided that the main cause of the trance is that the supermarket is packed with products which in former years would have been items only kings and queens could have afforded and here in this fairyland they were available to all. Mr. Vicary theorizes: “Just within this generation, anyone can be a king or queen and go through these stores where the products say ‘buy me, buy me. “‘(344 words)1．Vicary’s curiosity was aroused by the fact that______.A．there was a decrease in sales in supermarketsB．women were showing strong resistance to products in supermarketsC．there seemed to be no logic in women’s buying habitsD．women were shopping very carefully正确答案：C解析：文章第一段就讲述了Vicary怀疑妇女在购物时有一种特殊的心理在起作用．与C“女性购物是没有逻辑理由”相近。

考博士英语试题及答案一、阅读理解（共40分）1. 阅读下列短文，然后根据短文内容回答问题。

（每题2分，共10分）[短文内容略](1) What is the main idea of the passage?(2) What does the author suggest about the future of technology?(3) Why are some people hesitant to adopt new technologies?(4) What is the role of education in technological advancement?(5) How can individuals contribute to the development of technology?2. 阅读以下文章，然后根据文章内容选择最佳答案。

（每题2分，共10分）[文章内容略](1) A(2) B(3) C(4) D(5) E3. 阅读以下文章，并根据文章内容回答问题。

（每题3分，共20分） [文章内容略](1) What is the primary purpose of the article?(2) How does the author describe the impact of globalization?(3) What are some of the challenges faced by developing countries?(4) What solutions does the author propose to address the issues?(5) What is the author's conclusion regarding the futureof globalization?二、词汇与语法（共30分）1. 根据句子意思，选择正确的词汇填空。

考博英语（阅读理解）练习试卷1(题后含答案及解析) 题型有：1. Reading ComprehensionReading ComprehensionThe bear is a classic and enduring American symbol for the benevolent wild. We tend to think well of bears, viewing them as large, powerful, stubborn creatures capable of mischief but somehow vaguely humorous and, like defensive tackles, essentially good-hearted. However, when it comes to direct dealings with bears, our behavior has not been especially benign. For better than three centuries we have been hunting them, trapping them, setting dogs on them, clearing and leveling their natural habitat. With the notable exception of grizzlies, bears have held up under this harassment better than many less conspicuous, more mobile creatures. Although there are fewer bears in the US than there were when Europeans first came to the continent, they still remain reasonably numerous. Bears now exist in population pockets scattered throughout most of their former range, which was just about all of the wooded parts of the country. Bears have suffered from what is called civilization, but they are outstanding exceptions to the generally held (but only sometimes true) notion that people and wild beasts are incompatible. Take the most abundant US species, the black bear for example. There is little evidence that black bears shy away from civilized areas or that, like good Sierra Clubbers, they find them psychologically, morally and esthetically repugnant. To the contrary, given any encouragement or even tolerance, black bears tend to make a beeline for settlements and prosper there until they are scragged or shooed away by frightened residents. Where this scragging and shooing process has been suspended, as in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, black bears have lumbered in from all over the woods to live cheek by jowl, snout by Winnebago, with people. (279 words)1．What trend has occurred in the bear population since Europeans first came toAmerica?A．The population has become smaller.B．The population has become larger.C．There are fewer species than ever before.D．They have died out.正确答案：A解析：第二段第二句开头“fewer bears”，所以答案足A“熊的数量变少了”。

考博英语（阅读理解）练习试卷3(题后含答案及解析) 题型有：1. Reading ComprehensionReading ComprehensionGorillas and chimpanzees possess a rudimentary speech center within their brains that until now was thought to be unique to humans, scientists have found. Brain scans of the apes—man’s closest living relatives—have revealed a small, lopsided(不平衡的) structure buried in the front part of the head which in human is critical for language. The structure, Brodmann’s area 44, is part of the language center known as Broca’s area, and the scans reveal that it is larger and more developed in the left, half of the ape’s brain than in the right hemisphere—just as it is in humans. Claudio Canialupo and William Hopkins, who conducted the study at the Yerkes Primate Research Center at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, were surprised thai such a critical feature within the ape’s brain had gone unnoticed. Unlike humans, apes do not have language, and communicate by grunts and hand movements. The scientists believe their brains show that the evolution of language is rooted in a common ape-—human ancestor who lived more than five million years ago. Mr. Cantalupo and Mr. Hopkins say in the journal Nature-. “The part-possession by great apes of a homologue(同族体)of Broca’s area is puzzling, particularly considering the discrepancy between sophisticated human speech and the primitive vocalizations of great apes. Chimpanzees and gorillas nevertheless share one thing in common with human communication—they tend to use their right hands when grunting, which are controlled by the left-side of the brain. “Our findings suggest that the neuro-anatomical substrates(培养基) for left-hemisphere dominance in speech production were evident at least five million years ago and are not unique to hominid (原始人类) evolution,” the scientists say. “Whatever the function of area 44 in great apes, our finding that these species show a human-like asymmetry. . . indicates that the origin of asymmetry in language-related areas of the human brain should be interpreted in evolutionary terms rather than being confined to the human species. “(317 words)1．What does “rudimentary” mean in the first sentence?A．Undeveloped.B．Primitive.C．Radical.D．Aggressive.正确答案：A解析：rudimentary是“未发展的”之意。

考博英语（阅读理解）练习试卷11(题后含答案及解析) 题型有：1. Reading ComprehensionReading ComprehensionTen thousand years ago, man entered the New Stone Age and the earth became warmer. This allowed man to leave the mountain areas for the plains. To adapt to the new environment, humans chose to settle areas near water. They began to build their own houses and invented pottery. Also in this period, primitive agriculture appeared, making it possible for people to live in permanent settlements. The spreading of such techniques as grinding and hole-drilling enabled humans to make more regular and fixed stone tools so as to meet different needs. Research by Chinese archaeologists has found that remains of the New Stone Age mostly lie along the coastal areas of Eastern China. As far as food structure is concerned, the people in the south grew rice while the northern people grew corn. The fact that the Chinese people began to grow paddy 9 000 years ago indicates that rice was first grown in China, not in India. Our ancestors 8 000 years ago were able to make objects from jade, use the skills of spinning and weaving, blow melodies in seven musical scales, and carve signs in stone and wood. The canoe and oar, unearthed from 7 000-year old remains, show that there were water transportation tools at that time. Also during this time, people began to domesticate cattle. The Yangshao people (named after Yangshao, Henan Province, where remains were first found in 1921), who lived 6 000 years ago, created a splendid painted pottery culture and began to build small fortresses using rammed earth skills. Five thousand years ago, people began to raise silkworms and knit goods with mulberry silk. Also they learned smelting copper to make small tools like bronze knives. Four thousand years ago people began to use written characters. In the Yangtze and the Yellow River valleys, a group of old cities appeared. Legends recorded in ancient documents, like those of the Shennong Family growing crops, the wife of the Yellow Emperor inventing silk, ministers of the Yellow Emperor inventing characters, the boat and the cart, and the Yellow Emperor fighting against the southern tribes, show that they are not just myths because they contain some traces of history. These discoveries reveal the long history of China. (368 words)1．Which period in Chinese history does this passage discuss?A．Prehistory.B．The Xia Dynasty.C．The Shang Dynasty.D．The Three Kingdoms.正确答案：A解析：有确切史料记载之前的历史，我们称之为“史前”。

考博英语（阅读理解）练习试卷7(题后含答案及解析) 题型有：1. Reading ComprehensionReading ComprehensionWould you like to know if your body is older or younger than it should be? Dr David Wikenheiser has been studying ageing in Vancouver, Canada, for the past 10 years and has found the average person is 15 or more years older biologically than chronologically. He says: “We all know people who are 30 but look over 40, and others who are 70 yet look 50. The difference comes down to lifestyle. Some people’s bodies get rusty faster than others, and this makes them age more quickly. “Virtually every ageing process is related to the oxidative compounds or free radicals produced by our body as a reaction to pollution, ultraviolet light, stress, smoking, alcohol and pesticides. But these can be neutralised by antioxidants. After conducting more than 3 000 tests, Dr. Wikenheiser believes that, on average, you can lower your biological age by 10 years in three months with the right lifestyle changes. “You can’t alter your genetics but you can make other changes, such as eating the right food, drinking enough water to flush out toxins, exercising and managing stress,”he says. But exercising too much is just as bad as not doing enough. Walking out for more than two hours at a time every day puts too great a strain on your heart. “Multivitamin and antioxidant supplements are important even if you’re eating the right amount of fruit and vegetables. Today’s soil tends to lack essential minerals so these are no longer found in the food we eat, in large enough quantities. We should also swap (交换)bleached white table salt for natural sea salt which is much better for us. “It’s also important to eat three meals a day. Missed meals put a strain on your brain as your blood sugar level drops. Many of us are also eating the wrong fats or avoiding fat altogether, so we miss out on important nutritional oils. “You should also ask your dentist what kind of fillings you have. Amalgam fillings in your teeth are not stable and will contribute to toxic metal levels in your body.” says Dr. Wikenheiser. (351 words)1．From the first paragraph, we can see______.A．Wikenheiser is an American scientistB．Wikenheiser is a doctorC．a lot of us look older than our actual ageD．we don’t know we are 15 years older than others正确答案：C解析：第一段里有…has found the average person is 15 or more years older biologically than chronologically。

Passage6人类学What are we?To the biologist we are members of a sub-species called Homo sapiens,which represents a division of the species known as Homo sapiens.Every species is unique and distinct;that is part of the definition of a species.But what is particularly interesting about our species?For a start,we walk upright on our legs at all times,which is an extremely unusual way of getting around for a mammal. There are also several unusual features about our head,not least of which is the very large brain it contains.A second unusual feature is our strangely flattened face with its prominent,down-turned nose.Apes and monkeys have faces that protrude forwards as a muzzle and have“squashed”noses on top of this muzzle.There are many mysteries about evolution,and the reason for our unusually shaped nose is one of them.Another mystery is our nakedness or rather apparent nakedness. Unlike the apes,we are not covered by a coat of thick hair.Human body hair is very plentiful,but it is extremely fine and short so that,for all practical purposes,we are naked.Very partly this has something to do with the second interesting feature of our body:the skin is richly covered with millions of microscopic sweat glands.The human ability to sweat is unmatched in the primate world.So much for our appearance:what about our behavior?Our forelimbs,being freed from helping us to get about,possess a very high degree of manipulative skill. Part of this skill lies in the anatomical structure of the hands,but the crucial element is,of course,the power of the brain.No matter how suitable the limbs are fordetailed manipulation,they are useless in the absence of finely tuned instructions delivered through nerve fibers.The most obvious product of our hands and brains is technology.No other animal manipulates the world in the extensive and arbitrary way that humans do.The termites are capable of constructing intricately structured mounds which create their own“air-conditioned”environment inside.But the termites cannot choose to build a cathedral instead.Humans are unique because they have the capacity to choose what they do.1.According to the author,biologists see us as______.A.exactly the same as Homo sapiensB.not quite the same as Homo sapiensC.a divided speciesD.an interesting sub-division of Homo sapiens2.What is indicated as being particularly interesting about our species?A.The fact that we walk.B.The size of our heads.C.The shape of our faces.D.The way our noses evolved.3.The author explains that other primates______.A.do not sweatB.sweat more than human beingsC.have larger sweat glands than humansD.do not sweat as much as humans4.What is most important about our hands?A.The way they are made.B.They are very free.C.Our control over them.D.Their muscular power.5.From the passage it could be concluded that human uniqueness derives from ______.A.the kind of choices people makeB.people’s need to make a choiceC.people’s ability to make a choiceD.the many choices people make【答案与解析】1.B文章第一段指出“To the biologist we are members…as Homo sapiens”，也就是说我们只是Homo sapiens的a sub-species，和Homo sapiens并不完全一样。

考博英语（阅读理解）历年真题试卷汇编2(题后含答案及解析) 题型有： 3. Reading ComprehensionReading ComprehensionIn 1896 a Georgia couple suing for damages in the accidental death of their two year old was told that since the child had made no real economic contribution to the family, there was no liability for damages. In contrast, less than a century later, in 1979, the parents of a three year old sued in New York for accidental-death damages and won an award of $ 750, 000. The transformation in social values implicit in just a posing these two incidents is the subject of Viviana Zelizer’s excellent book, Pricing the Priceless Child. During the nineteenth century, she argues, the concept of the “useful” child who contributed to the family economy gave way gradually to the present-day notion of the “useless” child who, though producing no income for, and indeed extremely costly to, its parents, is yet considered emotionally “priceless”. Well established among segments of the middle and upper classes by the mid-1800’s, this new view of childhood spread through-out society in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries as reformers introduced child-labor regulations and compulsory education laws predicated in part on the assumption that a child’s emotional value made child labor taboo. For Zelizer the origins of this transformation were many and complex. The gradual erosion of children’s productive value in a maturing industrial economy, the decline in birth and death rates, especially in child mortality, and the development of the companionate family(a family in which members were united by explicit bonds of love rather than duty)were all factors critical in changing the assessment of children’s worth. Yet “expulsion of children from the ‘cash nexus’, ... although clearly shaped by profound changes in the economic, occupational, and family structures,” Zelizer maintains. “Was also part of a cultural process ‘of sacralization’of children’s lives. “Protecting children from the crass business world became enormously important for late-nineteenth-century middle-class Americans, she suggests; this sacralization was a way of resisting what they perceived as the relentless corruption of human values by the marketplace. In stressing the cultural determinants of a child’s worth. Zelizer takes issue with practitioners of the new “sociological economics”, who have analyzed such traditionally sociological topics as crime, marriage, education, and health solely in terms of their economic determinants. Allowing only a small role for cultural forces in the form of individual “preferences”, these sociologists tend to view all human behavior as directed primarily by the principle of maximizing economic gain. Zelizer is highly critical of this approach, and emphasizes instead the opposite phenomenon: the power of social values to transform price. As children became more valuable in emotional terms, she argues, their “exchange”or “surrender”value on the market, that is, the conversion of their intangible worth into cash terms, became much greater.1．It can be inferred from the passage that accidental death damage awards in America during the nineteenth century tended to be based principally on the______.A．earnings of the person at time of deathB．wealth of the party causing the deathC．degree of culpability of the party causing the deathD．amount of money that had been spent on the person killed正确答案：A解析：本题是推理题。

哈佛大学考博英语真题及答案以下是哈佛大学考博英语真题及答案，供考生参考：阅读理解第一篇：1. What is the article about?- A. The effects of climate change on bees- B. The importance of bees in agriculture- C. The decline of bee populations worldwide- D. The role of pesticides in bee deaths答案：C.2. According to the article, what is the main cause of bee deaths? - A. Climate change- B. Pesticides- C. Habitat loss- D. Invasive species答案：B.第二篇：1. What is the author's main argument?- A. That government surveillance is necessary to prevent terrorism - B. That government surveillance is a violation of privacy rights- C. That the terrorist threat is exaggerated by the media- D. That the benefits of government surveillance outweigh the costs答案：B.2. What is the main concern expressed by critics of government surveillance?- A. That it is too expensive to implement effectively- B. That it infringes on individual rights and freedoms- C. That it is ineffective at preventing terrorist attacks- D. That it is unnecessarily intrusive into people's lives答案：B.翻译请将以下句子翻译成中文：- 过去三年里，这家公司的利润一直在稳步增长。

Passage1实验室的“老虎”Like so many talented young Chinese,Yuan T.Lee came to the U.S.to study, and then to stay.He earned a Ph.D.in chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley.He climbed the academic ladder.Eventually,he won a Nobel Prize.Then earlier this year,at the peak of his career,the57-year-old chemist made a sweeping U-turn and headed back home to run research institutes.The departure of such a distinguished scientist signals a dramatic change:the brain drain that has enriched the West with tens of thousands of Asia’s best and brightest minds has begun to flow in the opposite direction.The Yuan T.Lees of tomorrow still flock to elite North American and European universities for advanced degrees,but more and more they are seeking employment in Asia,where opportunities to pursue careers in research are expanding almost as fast as sales of designer clothes and cellular phones.The U.S.,which last year pulled the plug on one of its most prestigious science projects,the Super conducting Supercollider,often seems to forget the value of funding research.But Asia has not.Japan has been building up its research capabilities for years,and it is being joined by the so-called Tigers of Asia—Hong Kong,Singapore,South Korea and Taiwan.They are collectively plowing billions of dollars earned by selling cars and computer parts into their technical universities and research institutes.Their goal is an ambitious one:first to catch up in scientific fields pioneered by the West,then to dominate the industries of the future.Asia’s new willingness to invest in long-term research reflects not just its recent economic boom but also a radical shift in social outlook.Thirty years ago, when the average person needed rice and bread,who could talk about science? Today science is viewed as a necessity.The change is as remarkable as it is recent—especially for those scientists making the trip back East.Just10years ago,returning to Asia would have entailed enormous personal sacrifice.But that was before the job market for scientists and engineer in the West turned sour and prospects in the East turned sweet. Singapore’s six-year-old Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology finds it increasingly easy to attract promising young Ph.D.s with offers that start at$40,000 a year.Hong Kong’s new University of Science and Technology,which awarded degrees to its first class of576undergraduates last month,can match the handsome faculty salaries offered by top U.S.universities,and has even started to lure some prominent non-Asians.To direct a new$4.5million environmental-studies program,for instance,Hong Kong recruited Gary Heinke from the University of Toronto.“We’re not shy,”laughs Hong Kong university president Chia-Wei Woo,whose resume includes a stint as president of San Francisco State University.“When we see someone we want,we can be very sticky.”For Asian-born scientists,a sense of duty,the tug of shared culture,the need to care for aging parents and a thousand other imponderables influence the decision to return.The recent wave of corporate downsizing and research cutbacks in theU.S.has also tipped the scales.A generous retirement package helped persuade Lee to leave his comfortable sinecure in Berkeley and take on the challenge of leading research institutes.But what ultimately wins over most wavering recruits is the sight of gleaming laboratories stocked with state-of-the-art equipment.In Taiwan K.H.Chen and his colleagues are using high-powered lasers to study ozone-destroying gases and films of sparkling diamonds.In Hong Kong engineers are fabricating computer chips in clean rooms that rival the very best facilities at U.S.universities.In Pohang, South Korea,scientists will soon start probing the structure of materials with a$180 million tool known as a synchrotron light source—one of only half a dozen such machines in the world.Although they have taken shape in the shadow of Japan,the scientific showcases of the Pacific Rim look for inspiration to California’s Silicon Valley, where academics and entrepreneurs race to take ideas out of the lab and into the marketplace.In Hong Kong researchers are already working on projects for clients ranging from a small machine-tool manufacturer in Nanjing,China,to big multinationals like U.S.-based Motorola.Taiwan’s scientists have taken on everything from vaccines to satellite communications,and many harbor even grander dreams.“In a few years,”confides an aspiring biotechnologist,“I hope to start my own company.”But there is a danger in too narrow a focus on products and patents,warns Y.H. Tan,director of Singapore’s Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology.While thesemay pay off in the short term,they are unlikely to yield the dazzling technological leaps that come from tackling fundamental problems in science.Tan’s solution: continue supporting basic research—like mapping the genes of the fugue,the poisonous blowfish prized by sushi chefs—while at the same time prospecting for new drugs in Southeast Asia’s flora and fauna for the British giant Glaxo.Competition for openings in Asia’s top research centers is keen.The Ph.D. that received from Indiana university wasn’t good enough,jokes Huan Change, now at Taiwan’s Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences.“I had to go to Harvard as a postdoctoral fellow to get myself coated in a layer of gold.”There is a frontier spirit in these fast-growing intellectual boomtowns that attracts adventurous job seekers.Calcutta-born Uttam Surana,an ambitious young biologist with a Ph.D.from the University of Arizona,turned down an offer from Germany’s venerable Max Planck Institute to go to Singapore.“When you work with big people,you get overshadowed by their thinking,”says Surana.“Here you can think your own thoughts.”The scientists returning to Asia bring more than just a Westernized preference for cappuccino over tea.They also carry with them a penchant for challenging the status quo.Until recently,Asian funding agencies still doled out research money according to traditional egalitarian formulas,with little regard for quality.Now they are being pressured to establish peer-review panels staffed by scientific experts to gauge the merit of competing proposals.Automatic promotions,still typical at many academic institutions,are also coming under attack,and some brave soulshave even mounted an assault on the Confucian ethos—particularly its stultifying worship of professors and its reluctance to question authority.Wen Chang,a young researcher,politely but firmly objects to being addressed as Teacher Chang.“I tell students that there is no authority in science,”she says.“Everything can be overthrown the very next day.”While the Tigers’forays into research and development have begun to produce some first-rate scientific papers,they have yet to generate the trailblazing innovations that have streamed out of American laboratories.But the energy and exuberance alone of the Asians make them worth watching.Not tomorrow, perhaps,but a few decades from now,the U.S.may rue the policy drift that is eroding its research infrastructure as slowly and as surely as water rusts the steel girders of a bridge.For the scientific breakthroughs of the21st century—and the market opportunities that follow—may be born on the Pacific Rim.1.The salary of a teacher in Hong Kong’s University of Science and Technology is ______.A.as much as that in top U.S.universitiesB.much higher than that in top U.S.universitiesC.much lower than that in top U.S.universitiesD.as little as that in top in top U.S.universities2.What ultimately attracted the researchers to work in Taiwan’s labs is______.A.the pleasant climateB.the generous peopleC.the well-equipped labsD.the colorful culture3.In California’s Silicon Valley,______.A.researchers devoted themselves to the study whole-heartedlyB.all the people there knew something about computersC.both the researchers and businessmen were trying to turn scientific studies into products and into moneyD.people put more emphasis on scientific study4.Uttam Surana turned down an offer from Germany’s Venerable Max Planck Institute because______.A.there are no big people worth this admirationB.Germany is too far from his hometownC.he doesn’t like GermanyD.he doesn’t like to work with big people5.In the author’s opinion,the American policy at the present time is relatively ______.A.encouragingB.promisingC.no goodD.welcomed by the researchers【答案与解析】本文介绍了在美国受教育及训练的亚裔研究人员归国，这对西方的技术优势形成的一种。

目　录Unit 1　家庭情感类Passage 1　工作与家庭Passage 2　给孩子以关心Passage 3　男女情感差异Passage 4　婚姻形式Passage 5　表达情感Passage 6　小孩撒谎Passage 7　家庭问题Passage 8　墨西哥族美国人家庭的生活方式Unit 2　教育文化类Passage 1　实验室的“老虎”Passage 2　文化遗产Passage 3　音乐艺术Passage 4　有关科学家的社会问题Passage 5　有关美国的教育问题Passage 6　会遗忘Passage 7　悲剧文化Passage 8　《大学物理》教材介绍Passage 9　美国友谊观Passage 10　智力情感Passage 11　基础科学和应用科学的关系Passage 12　20世纪学者歪曲分析文学作品Passage 13　数　学Passage 14　谈姓名Passage 15　远程学习Passage 16　远程教育Passage 17　语　言Passage 18　科学与艺术Passage 19　科技术语Passage 20　教　师Unit 3　科技创新类Passage 1　电脑技术Passage 2　在家中上班Passage 3　精确制导导弹的弊端Passage 4　人们应该摆正技术的位置Passage 5　人类对宇宙的认识Passage 6　新型汽车安全系统Passage 7　物理实验Passage 8　网络技术Passage 9　医学伦理道德Passage 10　彗　星Passage 11　遥感技术在地址上的功能Passage 12　网上广告Unit 4　历史地理类Passage 1　泰坦尼克号与珍珠港Passage 2　万圣节的起源及传说Passage 3　地图绘制Passage 4　考古学Passage 5　美国黑人现代意识源流Passage 6　智利的旅游业Passage 7　真正的蝎子王Passage 8　东罗马帝国的复兴Unit 5　社会经济类Passage 1　从玩扑克看生意的本质Passage 2　电子工业的发展Passage 3　学术研究的商业价值Passage 4　DVD市场Passage 5　保证金率Passage 6　商业计划Passage 7　民族企业Passage 8　申请“进口救济”会影响企业Passage 9　经济学的作用Passage 10　美国总统经济计划Passage 11　耐克不再“酷”Passage 12　商品销售Passage 13　为人写简历Passage 14　经济学Passage 15　大企业是如何集资Passage 16　慈善机构Passage 17　银行改革Unit 6　社会问题类Passage 1　美国的革命Passage 2　交通法则与交通事故Passage 3　恐怖主义Passage 4　医生与病人的关系Passage 5　加强合作Passage 6　科学家的任务Passage 7　大学生自杀现象Passage 8　社会趣闻Passage 9　电脑中的伦理问题Passage 10　当过CEO的政府官员政绩不佳Passage 11　礼貌行为Passage 12　人工受精Passage 13　偶像崇拜Passage 14　社会的变化与信息的传播Passage 15　诸多媒体大战Passage 16　人体器官移植Passage 17　迁居的影响Unit 7　社会政治类Passage 1　钢琴外交Passage 2　巴勒斯坦的改革Passage 3　布什捐赠圣诞树Passage 4　刑　法Passage 5　印第安人移民Passage 6　社会阶层Passage 7　言论自由Unit 8　生态环境类Passage 1　绿色和平组织Passage 2　温室效应Passage 3　干　旱Passage 4　环境问题Passage 5　野生动物保护Passage 6　想象中的生命Unit 9　医学保健类Passage 1　血液库存问题Passage 2　医疗技术与人的寿命Passage 3　医疗器械Passage 4　药物管理Passage 5　脂肪对身体的影响Passage 6　惊慌症及其影响Passage 7　空气传播污染Passage 8　美容整形Passage 9　流行性感冒的类别Passage 10　肺　癌Passage 11　心理与健康Passage 12　小孩患脑瘤Passage 13　糖尿病Passage 14　在假期保持健康Passage 15　核磁共振仪Passage 16　焦虑症Passage 17　恐惧症Passage 18　多功能超级药丸Passage 19　动物调节体温不同方式Passage 20　滥用动物做实验Passage 21　食品包装的欺骗问题Passage 22　医助自杀Unit 10　艺术新闻类Passage 1　解读新闻Passage 2　英国的戏剧Passage 3　美国民歌Passage 4　演说时音量的正确使用Passage 5　欧洲摇滚乐Passage 6　过激的歌曲Passage 7　哈里波特的流行Passage 8　电影《辛德勒的名单》Passage 9　电视节目Unit 11　宗教信仰类Passage 1　天主教会Passage 2　日　记Passage 3　引人注目的重要性Passage 4　战胜挫折Passage 5　自我和宇宙之间的有机联系Unit 12　其他类Passage 1　风雪夜Passage 2　工作和快乐Passage 3　面　试Passage 4　社会观点Passage 5　财产保险Passage 6　人类学Passage 7　人物传记Passage 8　人物传记的视角Passage 9　社会与语言问题Passage 10　爬　山Passage 11　笑的功能Passage 12　学习规律Passage 13　领导才能Passage 14　媒体对时事对的影响Passage 15　旅行见闻Passage 16　作品介绍Passage 17　有效使用幽默Passage 18　工作机械化Passage 19　谋杀的记叙文Unit 1　家庭情感类Passage 1　工作与家庭The list of “should” is very long. Y ou should give more than 100 per cent at work. Y ou should never stop learning and developing. Y ou should read and keep up with events. Y ou should spend time with your family and take care of your myriad of daily chores.At work, it’s not enough to be qualified for your job. Y ou have to have excellent people skills and problem-solving abilities. Y our IQ had better be high, and you should welcome anything and everything new. Commitment and enthusiasm are the bottom line.At home, it’s not enough to have money in the bank. There are children to raise, hobbies to encourage and daily routines to organize. Contacts between home and the day care center or school are another priority. Y ou have to keep up your friendships and your family relationships. Y ou have to have empathy for everyone around you. Y ou have to have time.How do we catch a guilty conscience? Finns in Business asked family counselor Hannu Kuukka from the Helsinki parish services. “A bad conscience comes from conflicting pressures, from the feeling that you just can’t manage everything that you consider important. Frustration and stress are the result.”“Our internalized roles—the role models that we subconsciously follow—also contribute to the problem. Throughout our lives, we carry with us the part we played in our own family. This can be a source of encouragement and support, or the seeds of a bad conscience.”What can we do for a bad conscience? “Our failures tend to become exaggerated in our minds, especially if someone close to us verbalizes them. Y ou have to set priority. Couples should decide together if one of them is going to concentrate on work and the other on family. The couple is the foundation of the home, so they have to find common ground,” comments Hannu Kuukka.At work, you spend your time with adults, and you can excel in your own field. Are you more comfortable at work than at home? This is a common feeling—and another source of guilt. “It is not unusual for relationships at work to be easier and more straightforward than those at home. The everyday life of a family with children can be exhausting. And today, with growing competition and more friction at work, even these relationships have become more difficult,” says Kuukka.1．The purpose of the first paragraph is to ______.A. itemize what people have to accomplish in their livesB. brief a real but tough situation for couples to cope withC. explain why some people long for a break of routineD. show how a full-time job goes against a family life2．According to the author, the decisive factor for one to perform well at work is ______.A. responsibility and devotionB. right qualificationsC. originality and open-mindednessD. an IQ at least above 1303．What seems always problematic for one’s family life is that ______.A. money never seems to be enoughB. friendships and family relationships are hard to keep upC. one simply can’t afford the timeD. it’s impossible to share feelings with everyone around4．According to the passage, the constant cause of a bad conscience lies in the fact that ______.A. one attempts to achieve a good balance between work and family-lifeB. people have unknowingly played stereotyped sex roles in familyC. our minds are beset with exaggerated information about family problemsD. no couple is capable of handling more than one thing at a time5．What does the underlined pronoun ‘them’ (line 19) refer to in the context?A. MindsB. ParentsC. FailuresD. Priorities6．As suggested by Kuukka, the right way to approach the problem is to ______.A. exchange role models between the couple in the same boatB. look at the same problem from a different perspectiveC. turn a deaf ear to whatever other people would sayD. get the couple’s priorities right to ensure a rewarding life7．From the last paragraph, it can be safely inferred that ______.A. work relationships are as difficult to keep up as family relationshipsB. working parents usually feel more comfortable at work than at homeC. growing competition has affected the otherwise good terms with co-workersD. the best moment of the day is when you might have escaped from family chores【答案与解析】1．B 第一段首句“the list of ‘should’ is very long.”意思为：生活中“应该做的事”很多。

考博英语试题及答案一、阅读理解（共20分）阅读下面的短文，然后回答1-5题。

In recent years, the number of people who commute to work by bicycle has increased significantly. This trend can be attributed to several factors, including concerns about environmental pollution, the rising cost of fuel, and the desire for a healthier lifestyle. As a result, many cities have invested in bicycle lanes and other infrastructure to support this mode of transportation.1. What is the main reason for the increase in bicycle commuting?A. Environmental concernsB. High fuel costsC. Health benefitsD. All of the above2. What has been the response of cities to this trend?A. They have ignored it.B. They have invested in bicycle infrastructure.C. They have discouraged it.D. They have not taken any action.3. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT a reason for the increase in bicycle commuting?A. Traffic congestionB. Environmental pollutionC. Rising cost of fuelD. Desire for a healthier lifestyle4. What does the passage suggest about the future of bicycle commuting?A. It will continue to increase.B. It will decrease.C. It will remain stable.D. It is uncertain.5. What type of infrastructure have cities invested in to support bicycle commuting?A. Public transportationB. Bicycle lanesC. Parking lotsD. Highways二、词汇与语法（共30分）Choose the correct word or phrase to fill in the blanks in the following sentences.6. The company has decided to ________ its operations to new markets.A. expandB. contractC. maintainD. abandon7. Despite the heavy rain, the marathon was still held as________.A. plannedB. planningC. to planD. was planning8. The new policy will come into ________ on January 1st.A. effectB. affectC. impactD. influence9. The professor's lecture was so ________ that I couldn't follow it.A. complicatedB. complexC. complicatedlyD. complexly10. She ________ the book to the library yesterday.A. returnedB. borrowedC. lentD. kept三、翻译（共20分）Translate the following sentence into English.11. 随着科技的发展，远程工作变得越来越普遍。

考博英语（阅读理解）历年真题试卷汇编1(题后含答案及解析) 题型有： 3. Reading ComprehensionReading ComprehensionIn the same way that a child must be able to move his arms and legs before he can learn to walk, the child must physiologically be capable of producing and experiencing particular emotions before these emotions can be modified through learning. Psychologists have found that there are two basic processes by which learning takes place. One kind of learning is called “classical conditioning”. This occurs when one event or stimulus is consistently paired with, or followed by, a reward or punishment. It is through classical conditioning that a child learns to associate his mother’s face and voice with happiness and love, for he learns that this person provides food and comfort. Negative emotions are learned in a similar fashion. The second kind of learning is called “ operant conditioning. “ This occurs when an individual learns to do things that produce rewards in his environment and learns not to do things that produce punishments. For example, if a mother always attends to her baby when he cries and cuddles him until he is quiet, she may teach him that if he cries he will get attention from mother. Thus, the baby will learn to increase his crying in order to have his mother more. Every day, we grow and have new experiences. We constantly learn by reading, watching television, interacting with some people, and so forth. This learning affects our emotions. Why is it that we learn to like some people and dislike others? If a person is nice to us, cares about us, we learn to associate this person with positive feelings, such as joy, happiness, and friendliness. On the other hand, if a person is mean to us, does not care about us, and even deliberately does things to harm us, we learn to associate this person with negative feelings, such as unhappiness, discomfort, and anger.1．The author’s main purpose in writing the passage is to______.A．teach children how to learn to produce and experience certain emotionB．give the general reader an account of two basic kinds of learningC．give parents some advice on how to modify their children’s emotions through learningD．discuss with psychologist how positive and negative feelings are produced正确答案：B解析：写作目的题。

英语阅读100篇答案【篇一：考博英语阅读100篇,含答案】txt>考博英语阅读资料100篇unit onepassage 1the physical distribution of products has two primary aspects: transportation and storage. both aspects are highly developed and specialized phases of marketing. the costs of both trans-porting and storing are built into the prices of products. transportation can be by truck, rail-way, ship, or barge. for some items, such as exotic plants and flowers, or when rapid delivery is essential, air freight may be used.storage, or warehousing, is a necessary function because production and consumption of goods rarely match: items generally are not sold as quickly as they are made. up, both in in bringing goods to a warehouse and taking them from it to retail stores.storage performs the service of stabilizing market price. if, for agricultural productownership. general-merchandise variety of products. cold-storage warehouses store perishable goods, especially products. ele-vators are a kind of warehouse usedto keepthe distribution a recently developed kind of warehouse. many large com- panics bring in one place. its purpose is to minimize storage and to ease the flow of goods from to retailers rather than build up extensive inventories. it reduces costs by very large corporations will have several distribution centers regionally or internationally based1. the main subject of this passage is______.a) transportation and storageb) storage of productsc) distribution centerd) two main aspects of product distribution2. warehousing is important in that _a) inventories build up before the goods are soldb) the prices will go downc) more goods are produced than can be consumedd) the food has to be put on the market immediately3. how many types of warehouses for storage are discussed in the passage?考博网提供 a) 3.b) 4.c) 6. d) 7.4. where might one find meat and milk?a) grain elevator. b) cold-storage warehouse.c) private warehouse. d) bonded warehouse.5. what is not true of a distribution center?a) it is a relatively new type of warehouse.b) product is replaced more quickly and costs are down.c) some distribution centers are not built in the sane country as the factoryd) it builds up extensive inventories to minimize storage.passage 2mental anguish of anticipated death.the usual answer to these criticisms is that animals , or to the same years, have developed a capacity of disorders which human beings would find means of knowing what a less delicate nervous system than ours may be incapable of to do, the most humane attitude, physical pain and that we ought, therefore, wherever possible, to avoid causing suffering even to the least of them.6. animal-lovers assume that animals, being hunted, would suffer from ____.a) a great deal of agony both in body and in spiritb) mental distress once they are woundedc) only body pains without feeling sadd) crawling into the comer to die7. supporters of game shooting may argue that animals______.a) cannot control their muscular contractionsb) have developed a capacity of feeling no painc) are not as acutely sensitive as human beings to injuries考博网提供 d) can endure all kinds of disorders8. the author feels sure that _____.a) animals dont show suffering to usb) dogs are more endurable than human childrenc) we cannot know what animals feeld) comparing animals with human beings is not appropriate9. what is the authors opinion about animal hunting?a) we should feel the same as the hunted animals do.b) we should protect and save all the animals.c) we shouldnt cause suffering to them.d) we should take care of them if we can.10. this passage seems to ____.a) argue for something b) explain somethingc) tell a storyd) describe an objectpassage 3in science, a theory is a reasonable explanation of are related.a the-ory oftenabeen observed. after a theory has scientists design experi-merits to test the theory. if science and creative thinking as well as collecting information and said: built just as a house is built with bricks, but a collection of facts cannot be most start an investigation by finding out what other scientists have learned about a particular problem. after known facts have been gathered, the scientist comes to the part of the investigation that requires considerable imagination. possible solutions to the problem areformulated. these possible solutions are called hypotheses.in a way, any hypothesis is a leap into the unknown. it extends the scientists thinking beyond the known facts. the scientist plans experiments, performs calculations, and makes ob-servations to test hypotheses. for without hypotheses, further investigation lacks purpose and direction. when hypotheses are confirmed, they are incorporated into theories.11. the word this in the 3rd sentence in paragraph 1 refers to ______.a) a good exampleb) an imaginary modelc) the kinetic molecular theory d) an observed event考博网提供 12. bricks are mentioned in the 3rd paragraph to indicate how ____.a) mathematicians approach scienceb) building a house is like performing experimentsc) science is more than a collection of factsd) scientific experiments have led to improved technology13. in the last paragraph, the author refers to a hypothesis asa leap into the unknown in or-der to show that hypotheses______.a) are sometimes ill-conceived b) can lead to dangerous resultsc) go beyond available factsd) require effort to formulate14. what is a major function of hypotheses as implied in the last paragraph7a) sifting through known facts.b) communicating a scientists thoughts to others.c) providing direction for scientific research.d) linking together different theories.15. which of the following statements is supported by the passage?a) theories are simply imaginary models of past events.b) it is better to revise a hypothesis than to reject it.c) ad) a good scientist needs to be creative.passage 5the civil disobedience is usually attributed to the nineteenth-century american philosopher hey david thoreau. although the concept is unquestionably much older (its rootslie in ancient greek philosophy), the designation is nonetheless telling: people tend to credit thoreau, an american, with the idea because civil disobedience, is a hallmark of american eth- ics and politics. the clash between the dictatesof individual conscience on one hand, and the imperatives of civil law on the other, forms much of this countrys history. examples range from the incidents leading up to therevolution through the many social protests of the 1960s.what constitutes an act of civil disobedience? first, an act of civil disobedience requires a formal legal structure that is enforced by the government. second, it requires as its target a specific law or policy, rather than the entire legal system. thisis true even if the protesters ul- timate goal is to alter radically the legal system; an act of civil disobedience must be directed against one concrete example of that systems考博网提供 inequities. the american civil rights movement, for example, first targeted discrimination on public transportation, thenused its victories as a springboard to address other injustices. third, the act must be done publicly, because the ef- fectiveness of such a protest depends on its ability to mobilize public sentiment against the protests target. finally, thoseprotesting must understand the penalties their acts entail--us-ually jailing--and be willing to accept those penalties. this last requirement strengthens the acts effect on public opinion, since it serves to underscore the injustice of the protests target.21. the word telling in the 2nd sentence in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _____.a) inappropriate b) revealing c) insignificant d) challenging22. in the passage, the author mentions that the civil rights movement _______.a) focused its early efforts on public transportationb) did not always practice civil disobediencec) started in nineteenth centuryd) used the revolution of 1776 as its modelpublicly?a) to alter the legal system in radical way.b) to uphold the imperatives of civil law.c) to stimulate public support for a cause.passage 6in taking up a new life across the atlantic, the early european settlers of the united states did not abandon the diversions with which their ancestors had traditionally relieved the tedium of life. neither the harshness of existence on the new continent nor the scattered population nor the disapproval of the clergy discouraged the majority from the pursuit of pleasure.city and country dwellers, of course, conducted this pursuit in different ways. farm dwellers in their isolation not only found it harder to locate companions in play but also, thanks to the unending demands and pressures of their work, felt it necessary to combine fun with purpose. no other set of colonists took so seriously an expression of the period, leisure is time for doing something useful. in the countryside farmers therefore relieved the burden of the daily routine with such double-purpose relaxations【篇二：精选中考阅读理解100篇(附答案)73-90】s=txt>73-90阅读理解（73）2002年北京市海淀区中考英语试题（a）“it?s me ——peter . ”peter was a friend of mary?s brother , johnny .“oh , hello , peter . what do you want ? ”said mary .“can i speak to johnny ? ”“no , ”said mary , “you can?t speak to him now . he is busy . he is getting ready for school. he is eating his breakfast . grandmother is combing his hair . sister is under the table , putting his shoes on . mother is getting his books and putting them in his schoolbag . goodbye . i?ve got to go now . i have to hold the door open . the school bus is coming . ”what do you think of the story ? are you sometimes like johnny ? if so , you need to change your habits .41. it was _______ in the morning when the telephone bell rang .a. 7:00b. 7:30c. 8:30d. 9:0042. peter was johnny?s ________.a. fatherb. friendc. uncled. teacher43. what was johnny doing at the moment ? he was _______.a. eating his breakfastb. answering the telephonec. putting on his shoesd. holding the door open44. how many people can you find in the story ?a. two.b. four .c. six .d. eight .阅读理解（74）today people can use the phone to talk with others almost anywhere on the earth . but when you use the phone , you don?t see the person you are talking with . that may change in the near future .today some people are using a kind of telephone called the picture phone or vision phone . with it , two people who are talking can see each other .picture phones can be useful when you have something to show the person you?re calling . they may have other uses in the future . one day you may be able to ring up a library and ask to see a book.then you?ll be able to read the book right over your picture phone . or you may be able to go shopping through your picture phone . if you see something in the newspaper that you think you want to buy , you?ll go to your phone and call the shop . people at the shop will show you the thing you?re interested in right over the phone . you?ll be able to shop all over town and never even leave your room !45. today people can use the phone to talk with others_______.a. in all the townsb. in some places in the worldc. only in big citiesd. almost anywhere on the earth46. the word “it ”in the text means ________.a. the picture phoneb. any phonec. the used. the change47. we can _________ through the picture phone according to （根据）the text .a. write a bookb. do shoppingc. play gamesd. have classes 阅读理解（75）“it?s over ! thank goodness ! ”school was over and i was tired . i sat at the front of the school bus .janie , the driver , tries to break the uncomfortable atmosphere （气氛）by striking the match of talks . i try to listen politely , but usually i am too busy thinking about my day . on this day , however , her talk was worth （值得）listening to .“my father?s ill , ”she said to no one in particular （特别地）. i could see worry in her eyes . i had never seen her like this before . she always meets students with a smile .with a sudden change of interest , i asked , “what?s wrong with him ? ”with her eyes wet and her voice unusual , she answered , “heart trouble . ”her eyes lowered as she continued . “i?ve already lost my mum , so i don?t think i can stand losinghim . ”i couldn?t answer . my heart ached for her .i sat on the seat thinking of the great pain （痛苦）my own mother was thrown into when her father died . i saw how hard it was , and still is , for her . i wouldn?t want anyone to go through that .suddenly i realized （意识到）janie wasn?t only a bus driver , that was just her job . she had a whole world of family and cares too.i suddenly felt very selfish . i paid no attention to janie because she was a bus driver . i had judged her by her job and brushed her off as unimportant .i shouldn?t have been so selfish and self-centered .understanding people is an art .48. when the students get on the school bus , janie usually________.a. listens to musicb. talks about her own worryc. sits on her seat without wordsd. meets them with a smile49. after she learned janie?s story , the writer thought of_________.a. her father?s deathb. her mother?s painc. the ache of her own heartd. the pain of janie?s parents50. why did the writer feel selfish ? because ________.a. she had never had janie as anything except a driverb. she had made only a few friends in the schoolc. she had hardly thought of herselfd. she had never listened to others51. in this passage the writer tries to tell us that ______.a. losing parents makes people sad and helplessb. understanding the people around us takes timec. we should try to look deeper into the people around usd. it?s not right to judge the people around us by their clothes 阅读理解（76）（d）one of the things i always believe is that no matter how bad something is , you can takesomething positive out of it . the one time i wasn?t sure of that was on september 11.i usually wake up at 6:30 or 7:00 in the morning . that day , i happened to wake up earlier . i turned on the tv and i saw that a plane had crashed into the north tower of the world trade center . my first reaction was that it was a terrible accident . then i saw another plane fly into the south tower and i realized that i was witnessing an act of terrorism.my wife and i spent the day watching the terrible pictures over and over again . when i watched family members looking for their loved ones , the pain in their eyes was something i would never forget . i couldn?t understand how something this terrible could have happened . it wasn?t until a few weeks after september 11 that i began to see that perhaps some good did come from this tragedy . people seem different now , more understanding , more tolerant . little things that seemed to be such a trouble before are no longer big things . personally , i am more tolerant than i was . i realize life is too short , and too precious , to let myself get worried over small things . i?velearned also that you can?t take things for granted . things change in the blink of an eye . people go to work and don?t come back . one moment they?re living and the next minute they?re not . and , it doesn?t matter who you are , there is nothing you can do about it . we never know when our time here will be over , so we all need to make the most of every minute we have .you try to learn from what happened . you can?t be used up by it . you can?t live by it . all you can do is just live .注：crash 撞击 reaction 反应 witness 目击 tragedy 悲剧tolerant 宽容的 precious 珍贵的take … for granted 认为……是当然的52. the word “positive ”in the passage probably means_________.a. terribleb. badc. goodd. real53. what did the writer see after he turned on the tv that morning ?a. a fire starting .b. a plane flying .c. a terrible accident .d. an act of terrorism .54. from september 11 , the writer has realized that _______.a. people should make the most of every minute they haveb. he has become less tolerant towards othersc. he should get worried about little thingsd. life is too short to care about others55. what?s the best title （题目）of this passage ?a. a report about september 11b. the tragedy of september 11c. september 11 and my familyd. september 11 and my turn41. c 42. b 43. a 44. c 45. d 46. a 47. b 48. d 49. b 50. a 51. c 52.c 53.d 54. a 55. d阅读理解（77） 2002年武汉市四月重点中学联考英语试题 ain order to learn to be one?s true self, it is necessary to obtain a wide and extensive knowledge of what has been said and done in the world; critically to inquire into it; carefully to consider it; clearly to analyze it; and earnestly to carry it out.it matters not what you learn, but when you once learn a thing, you must never give it up until you have mastered it. it matters not what you inquire into, but when you once inquire into a thing, you must never give it up until you have thoroughly understood it. it matters not what you try tothink of, but when you once try to think of a thing, you must never give it up until you have gotwhat you want. it matters not what you try to carry out, but when you once try to carry out a thing, you must never give it up until you have done it thoroughly and well.if another man succeeds by one effort, you will use a hundred efforts. if another man succeeds by ten efforts, you will use a thousand.56. according to the author, first of all one must______.a. analyzeb. inquirec. obtaind. act57. when you try to do something, what matters is _______.a. not to care too much about itb. to act immediatelyc. to think carefully before you do itd. to carry it through to the end58. according to the author, anther man?s success should____.a.encourage us to make greater effortsb. not be taken into considerationc. make us nervousd. cause one to stop trying59. the author implies but does not say that__________.a.the way to knowledge is through specializationb.one has to know everything to be successfulc.success depends not so much on natural ability as it does on effortd. success in one?s profession is least important in one?s life 阅读理解（78）ba deposit (定金) of half the total cost of stay secures the booking. balance payable on arrival in cash and traveler cheques. in addition an agreement of between ￡50 and ￡200 is required according to length of stay and is returned against keys on departure.apartments are available from 16:00 on arrival and must be vacated by 10:00 on departure. they should be kept clean at all times. a charge of $30 will be made on departure if extra cleaning is necessary. breakages and damage are charged at cost.gas and electricity are metered, personal and kitchen towels are not provided.no responsibility is accepted for loss, damage or injury to visitors or their possessions.60. if you want to live in the apartment, you have to pay ____ when you arrive.a. half of the total costb. the total costc. between￡50 and ￡200d. in cash61. you don?t have to pay an extra charge if ______.a. your apartment is not cleanb. you break somethingc. your keys are not returnedd. you leave the apartment at 9 o?clock in the morning62.which of the following is true?a. you don?s need to pay for the gasb. you can get free towelsc. if you are injured you can be sent to the hospital free of charged. if you return the key when you leave, youcan have some of your money back阅读理解（79）csome of the best-known names in the entertainment industry have taken part in an unprecedented telethon to help victims of the terrorist attacks in the united states.the benefit(义演),called “america: a tribute to heroes,” was sponsored by all four major u.s television networks, abc,cbs, foix and nbc. it was broadcast by three-dozen television,cable and radio networks across the country and aired live to more than a hundred countries around the world.hollywood stars joined music entertainers in asking listeners and viewers to pledge cash donations to charities helping the victims of the september 11th attacks.actors, including tom hanks, julia roberts, tom cruise and clint eastwood, told stories of heroic acts by people who tried to save others from the burning world trade center and the pentagon. former heavyweight champion muhammad ali made a rare publicappearance in show of support.the appeals alternated with performances by such popular entertainers a bruce springsteen, mariah carey, steve wonder, paul simon and the rock band u—2.they appeared on stages in new york, los angeles and london, decorated with hundreds of burning candles.singer billy joel sang “ new york state of mind” with a new york city firefighter?s hat on his piano. sting dedicated his song “ gragile” to a friend who died in the world trade center. stevie wonder condemned hatred in the name of religionbefore singing his song “ love?s in need of love today”. pledge phones were manned by dozens of other celebrities, including jack nicholson, meg ryan, whoopic goldberg, cindy crawford, al pacino and sylvester stallone. organizers say the two-hour telethon raised millions of dollars. all participants, from stars to stagehands, worked without pay.63. those who appeared on stages were ______.a.some best-known names in the usab.some famous singer, film stars and other music entertainersc.people who tried to save others from the burning world trade center and the pentagon.d.former heavyweight champion muhammad ali and hollywood stars64. the underlined word “ telethon” most probably means______.a.a performance to raise moneyb.a concert held by some television networksc.a television program which lasts a long timed.a television program for entertainment65. which of the following statements is true?a.four major u.s. television networks broadcast the benefitb.the former heavy weight champion muhammad ali sang a song to show his supportc.billy joel, wearing a firefighter?s hat, played the piano for the listeners and viewersd.the organizers, stars and people who worked for the benefit didn?t get any money for themselves.66. the best title for the news report is ______.a.u.s telethon raises money for attack victimsb.best-known names pledge donationsc.seeking more supportd.a tribute to heroes阅读理解（80）devery people uses its own special words to describe things an express ideas. some of these expressions are commonly used for many years. others are popular for just a short time. one such american expression is “ where?s the beef?” it is used when something is not as good as it is said to be. in the early 1960s, “where?s the beef” was one of the most popularexpressions in the united states. it seemed as if everyone was using it all the time.【篇三：高中英语阅读理解_100篇】阅读理解题是考查学生对活的语言材料的理解能力，即通过阅读材料获得信息的能力。

考博英语（阅读理解）练习试卷6(题后含答案及解析) 题型有：1. Reading ComprehensionReading ComprehensionAn American literary critic, humorous journalist, essayist, whose comic skepticism about human progress, expressed with penetrating style, is a continuing resource for all lovers of extravagant language. Mencken wrote—according to some estimations—3 000 newspaper columns. During the 15-year period following World War I , Mencken set the standard for satire in his day, and his essays are still widely read. Mencken was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He studied at the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute(1892—1896), continued to study literature with a private tutor, and worked in his father’s cigar factory(f896—1899). From 1899, when his father died, Mencken was a reporter or editor for several Baltimore papers, among them Baltimore Morning Herald. He later joined the staff of the Baltimore Sun , for which he worked throughout most of his life. From 1916 to 1918 he worked as a war correspondent in Germany and in Russia. Mencken gained a reputation in the trade as a boy wonder, for he was industrious and fertile and learned all there was to learn about a newspaper in a few years. He advanced with alarming rapidity, becoming city editor and two years later managing editor of the Herald, In 1906 when the Herald ceased to exist, Mencken went to the Sunpaper.s as Sunday editor, became an editorial writer, and in 1911 started his column, the Free Lance, in the Evening Sun. He began another series of weekly articles in 1919 and was associated with the Sunpapers, except for one short break, until 1948. At sixty-two Mencken had spent forty-three years as a newspaperman, forty as a writer of books, twenty-five as a reviewer, and twenty as a magazine editor. “I edited both newspapers and magazines, some of them successes and some ol them not, and got a close, confidential view of the manner in which opinion is formulated on this earth. . . Like any other man I have had my disasters and my miseries, and like any other author I have suffered from recurrent depressions and despairs, but taking one year with another I have had a fine time of it in this vale of sorrow, and no call to envy any man. “Mencken suffered a cerebral thrGmbosis(脑血栓) in 1948, from which he never fully recovered, and died on January 29, 1956. (349 words)1．What does the passage mainly discuss?A．Mencken’s life and career.B．Mencken’s literary style.C．Mencken’s reputation in America.D．Mencken’s self-evaluation.正确答案：A解析：B、C和D内容比较具体，不宜作为主题。

考博英语（阅读理解）练习试卷4(题后含答案及解析) 题型有：1. Reading ComprehensionReading ComprehensionAmid remarkable progress on inflation and fiscal reform, Italy heads into 1998 with bright prospects for economic growth and its first-round entry into a single-currency Europe all but certain. Continued wrangling over welfare reform is a potential stumbling block in the new year, but Italy appears to be on its way to a lasting recovery. The growth speedup began in the second quarter of 1997, but the pace has been exaggerated by government incentives to spur auto sales. Third-quarter real gross domestic product grew 1. 9% from a year ago, and given the jump in October industrial production, fourth-quarter GDP should reach 296. Although growth is expected to ease hack in the first half of 1998, as the auto-led boom wanes, several key factors will fuel continued growth. First, short-term interest rates have fallen 5 percentage points in the past two years, reflecting inflation’s drop from 6 % to 1.6% in November. Further cuts in official rates are expected after passage of the 1998 budget by year end 1997, as Italy aligns its rates with those across Europe prior to monetary union. Official rates are expected to drop from 6. 25% currently to 4. 5% or less during the first half, supplying a big boost to domestic demand. Also, while Italy’s fiscal policy will stay tighter than that of Europe generally, the severe drag of recent years will have lifted. Moreover, trade is a plus, since Italy is one of the European economies least exposed to the Asian crisis, based on an analysis by J. P. Morgan & Co. The lira should remain stable, and the downdraft from its steep appreciation in 1995 and 1996 is fading. Even with growth set to pick up, inflation in 1998 should remain within the Bank of Italy’s 2% target, especially with joblessness expected to remain above 12%, and with wage growth set to slow. Because 1997 inflation came in less than the government’s target, contractual wage adjustments for 1998 will adjust downward, reflecting the undershoot, from about 4% in 1997. Slower wage growth also will help the 1998 budget deficit to dip below 3% of GDP. (354 words)1．What’s the topic of this passage?A．Economic growth of Italy.B．Fiscal reform of Italy.C．Inflation in Italy.D．Fiscal policy of Italy.正确答案：A解析：文章的第一句话就是中心思想“随着意大利在通货膨胀和财政方面进行了改革并取得了进步……，”与A项内容相符。

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