2018年国家电网公司电力英语水平考试辅导书阅读理解答案总结

阅读理解Passage 1Have you ever seen a moon that looks unbelievably big? It hangs over the horizon 1ike a huge，pale hot-air balloon. Many people think of the bright full moon of autumn or the harvest moon that way-like a huge，pale hot-air balloon. But can you always trust your eyes?The harvest moon is the full moon on a day nearest the first day of autumn. Full or nearly full, it rises early in the evening for several nights in a row, It brings farmers well-lit evenings to harvest their crops.The harvest moon can look huge. But does it really fill more of the sky than an ordinary full moon?Why does the moon look bigger when it is near the horizon? Our brains compare the size of the moon with the size of the objects we see on the horizon. We know that the distant mountains, homes, or skyscrapers are really large. And, since the moon is much farther away than is the distant landscape, we ”see” the moon as being larger than it would otherwise look.1. To what do we compare the size of the harvest moon?A. MountainsB. BuildingC. HomesD. A11 of these2. The main purpose of the article is toA. informB. persuadeC. praiseD. convince3．The author knew most people find the moonA. mysteriousB. interestingC. boringD. so ordinary 4．The moon looks bigger ifA. it is autumnB. it is near the horizonC. homes are nearD. it is a clear night5. The autumn moon ．A. is more beautiful than it really looks B．is the brightest object in the skyC. rises slowly at dawnD. helps farmers see as they harvest their cropsPassage 2Strange thing happens to time when you ravel. Because the earth is divided into twenty-four time zones one hour apart, you can have days with more or fewer than twenty-four hours，and weeks with more or fewer than seven days.If you make a five-day trip across the Atlantic Ocean, your ship enters a different time zone every day. As you enter each zone, the time changes the hour. Traveling west, you set your clock back；traveling east, you set it ahead. Each day of your trip has either twenty-five or twenty-three hours.If you travel by ship across the Pacific you cross theinternational date line. By agreement, this is the point where a new day begins. When you cross the line, you change your calendar the full day, backward or forward. Traveling east, today becomes yesterday；traveling west, it is tomorrow!1. The best title for this selection isA. A Trip Across the AtlanticB. How Time Changes Around the WorldC. Crossing the International Date LineD. How time Zone Were Set Up2. The difference in time between zones isA. seven daysB. twenty-four hoursC one hour D. more than seven days3. From this selection it seems true that the Atlantic OceanA. is in one time zoneB. is divided into twenty-four time zonesC. is divided into five time zonesD. cannot be crossed in five days4. The international date 1ine is the name forA. the beginning of any new time zoneB. the point where time changes by one hourC. the point where a new day beginsD. any time zone in the Pacific Ocean5. If you cross the ocean going east, you set you clockA. ahead one hour in each new time zoneB. ahead one time for the whole tripC. back one full day for each one full dayD. ahead by twenty-three hoursPassage 3Holidays in the United States usually occur at least once a month. Most months have a national holiday that has been arranged to be celebrated on a Monday. The holidays have all been decided to be celebrated on a Monday so that the workers may have 3-day weekends-that is, Saturday, Sunday and Monday in order to rest or travel or do things with their families. Major holidays in the United States such as New Year’s Day or Christmas Day or the day, when we remember the first settles of the United States, called Thanksgiving Day are celebrated a11 over the country During these holidays most business close and the workers stay home and celebrate with their families. Vacation can be from 2 weeks a year to 4 weeks a year. This usually depends on how long you’ve been working for a company, what type of position you have, whether you have a very high position or a very important position and it's difficult to find someone to replace you In this case, you might take afew days at a time rather than taking one month all at once. Usually the more time you spend working for a company, the more time you may get for a vacation1. The govemment of the United States makes it a rule for workers to have a weekend almost once a month.A. 1-dayB. 2-dayC. 3-dayD. 4-day2. Workers in the United States sometimes work from ．A. Monday to SaturdayB. Tuesday to SundayC. Thursday to FridayD. Tuesday to Friday3. Which statement is NOT true according to this passage?A. Only a few shops remain open on New Year’s DayB. Most of the worker needn’t work on Christmas Day．C. Days on vacation must be more than all the holidays in a year.D. All the workers have a half-month vacation4. The reason why someone has to divide his vacation into several parts is thatA. no one can be found to take his placeB. he hasn’t a most high positionC. he plays an important role in his workD. he hasn’t been working for his company for a long time5. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?A. Holidays in the United States．B. vacation in the United StatesC. How DO the workers Spend Their HolidaysD. Something About the holidays and Vacation in the U.S Passage 4Sarah Winchester was a very rich woman. She didn’t buy many jewels or fancy clothes. Instead, she spent millions of dollars to build a house. The strange thing about Sarah’s house was that it was never finished. Work on the house went on for 38 year because Sarah was afraid to stop building it.Sarah’s house was near San Jose, California Every day, a crew of carpenters, plumbers, and other workers arrived there. Sarah wanted more rooms and more doors and more windows, so the workers kept on building them. The house was seven floors high and had 160 rooms. There were 2000 doors and 10000 windows. There were also three elevators, nine kitchens, and 47 fireplaces.Why did Sarah want a house that kept geeing bigger? The reason seemed to be that Sarah was afraid of dying. She thought she would die when the house was finished，so she made certain that it was never finished.Sarah Winchester’s plan seemed to have worked becauseshe lived to be 83 years old. Finally, her house was finished.1. What did Sarah keep doing to her house?A. Making it cleaner．B. Making it quieter．C. Making it bigger．D. Making it more beautiful2. The story says that Sarah’s house hadA. 7 floorsB. 40 floorsC. 160 floorsD. 3 floors3. Who did the work on Sarah’s house?A. Sarah herself and other workers.B. Sarah’s children and other workers.C. Carpenters and plumbers and other workersD. Engineers and other workers．4. How long did the work on the house continue?A. For 7 years．B. For38 years．C. For 83 years．D. The story doesn’t tell．5. Sar ah’s house was finally finishedA. when she moved inB. when she spent all her moneyC. when she diedD. when she was seriously illPassage 5The diner is only a humble restaurant, but it has a special place in American life. Diners appear in our novels, plays, poems, and movies. Many artists have used diners as scenes for their paintings. Why are diners so fascinating to us?The diner attracts many different kinds of people. It is a heaven for lonely truck drivers far away from home. Construction workers learn about new jobs in distant cities. Traveling salesmen exchange gossip with one another. Teenagers sit in their booths, eating hamburgers.The people who work in diners are also interesting. Where did the new waitress come from? Will she remain here, or will she suddenly run off one day, as the last one did? And is the short-order cook really an escaped prisoner, fleeing from the law?Everyone comes to the diner for a different reason. Some want to work there. And some want to eat there. Some stay for years, and others stay only for a few minutes. But, for all of them, the diner is a bright, warm stopover between the endless stretches of an open road.1. What’s the main idea of paragraph 27A. The attraction of diners to different people.B. Food offered at diners.C. How people eat at diners.D. When people come to diners.2. The purpose of the last paragraph is toA. tell us about the reason for people coming to dinersB. `invite us to try diners as a stopover between stretches of anopen roadC. give a summary of the whole passageD. state the major point of the preceding paragraph3. Why do truck drivers like a diner?A. It’s a place to gossip.B. It’s a place for flies and a hamburgerC. It’s a haven against loneliness.D. It’s a place to learn about new jobs.4. Diners attractA. only truck driversB. many different kinds of peopleC. novelistsD. escaped prisoners5. Diners are——A. quietB. unpleasantC. luxuriousD. fascinating Passage 6In the past two years, millions of Americans have suddenly embraced the bicycles as if it were a startling new invention. Annual bike sales doubled between 1960 and 1970, and there are nearly 70 million bikes in the United States today. That’S more than two for every three automobiles.Of course, the bike has been around for more than 150 years, and this isn’t America’s first bicycle boom. A wave of bike enthusiasm swept the land in the late 1800s and bicycle production hit two million units in 1897. Then with the comingof the auto, bicycling declined; and for decades remained popular only with children and a few adult faddists.Now, national preoccupation with air pollution and physical fitness has brought the bike back to the forefront-particularly with adults. More than eight million bikes were sold in the United States last year and a third of them went to adults. The year before, only 15 percent of new bike sales were for adults.1. The word ‘‘embrace”in the first sentence is closest in meaning toA. make use ofB. take someone into almsC. containD. deal with2. It can be concluded that if people continue to concern themselves with air pollution and physical fitness,A. stricter air standards will be enforcedB. fewer automobiles will be soldC. Americans will enjoy better healthD. bicycle sales will continue to rise3. The bicycle isA. enjoying a strong revivalB. creating traffic problemsC. popular only with childrenD. replacing the family cars4. The reader can also conclude that Americans areA. quick to follow the example of othersB. interested in comfort and luxuryC. concerned with the quality of their livesD. childish in the way they relax and exercise5. In the sentence“…and this isn’t America’s first bicycle boom.” The word ‘‘boom” meansA. a rapid increase in saleB. supermarketC. a rapid increase in priceD. shopPassage 7Doctors have known for a long time that extremely loud noises can cause hearing damage or loss. The noise can be the sound of a jet airplane or machines in factories or loud music or other common sounds found at home and at work.A person only needs to hear the noise for little more than one second to be affected.An American scientist had found that using aspirin can increase the temporary hearing loss or damage from loud noise. He did an experiment, using a number of male students at a university who all had normal hearing. He gave them different amounts of aspirin for different periods of time, then he tested their hearing ability. He found that students who were given four grams of aspirin a day for two days suffered much greater temporary hearing loss than those who did not use aspirin. The hearing loss was about twice as great.The scientist said millions of persons in the United Statesuse much larger amounts of aspirin than were used in the study. He said these persons face a serious danger of suffering hearing loss from loud noises.1. Doctors have long known thatA. one will become deaf when he hears a loud noiseB. hearing damage or loss can be caused by sounds of all kindsC. one may lose his hearing when he hears a terribly loud noiseD. common sounds at home are not harmful to the ear2. This passage suggests that one’s heatingA. will be damaged even if he has heard a loud noise for less than one secondB. will be damaged even if he has heard a loud noise for only little more than one secondC. will not be damaged if he has heard a loud noise for only little more than one secondD. will not be damaged if he has little more than one second to get ready3. According to this passage, one conclusion you can draw is that aspirinA. should never be taken more than four grams dailyB. can damage one’s hearing when it is given more than four grams dailyC. makes hearing damage from loud noise worseD. increases hearing loss by three times4. Millions of Americans are in danger of suffering hearing loss because theyA. often take jet airplanes on tripsB. like listening to loud musicC. are drowned in loud noises at home as well as at workD. take too much aspirin5. The purpose of the experiment the American scientist did was to findA. how much aspirin would affect a person’s hearingB. how much aspirin should be given in the treatment of the patients with hearing damage from loud noisesC. whether the person who had hearing damage should use aspirinD. whether aspirin would increase the temporary hearing damage from loud noisesPassage 8Just two months ago, Ana, a teenager, was preparing for an important exam. Winners receive scholarships and be able to study in the United States. Ana knew her grades were excellent, but she realized that she must do well on the exams in order toqualify for the $ 3000 stipend. Although Ana had worried about the interview part of the exam, she came through with flying colors. She spoke to the American interviewer about her family background and discussed her educational plans with them. Her hard work paid off, for she was one of the twenty awarded a four-year scholarship earlier this month.Now Ana cannot believe that she is sitting in a business management class at the University of California at Los Angeles. Although she has had seven years of English language classes, Ana is findin2 it difficult to understand the professor. Now she must work twice as hard to maintain her high grades.1. Ana realizes thatA. her grades are poorB. she must do well on the examC. she is sitting in a business management classD. she must work twice as hard to get good grades2. Ana has been studying English forA. seven yearsB. two monthsC. a11 her lifeD. the last two years3. Ana experiences difficulty withA. textsB. technical definitionsC. the professor’s lectures D all of the above4. Ana tells the interviewers aboutA. her flying colorsB. her familyC. her difficulty in understanding new wordsD. her worries about the interview5. The best main idea for the first paragraph isA. Ana has many experiences taking the interview examB. Ana prepares for the interview examC. Ana comes through with flying colorsD. Ana takes examsPassage 9Any mistake made in the printing of a stamp raises its value to stamp collectors. A mistake on one inexpensive postage stamp has made the stamp worth a million and a half times its original value.The mistake was made more than a hundred years ago in British colony of Mauritius, a small island in the Indian Ocean. In 1847, and order for stamps was sent to London printers. Mauritius was to become the fourth country in the world to issue stamps.Before the order was filled and delivered, a ball was planned at Mauritius Government House, and stamps were needed to send out the invitations A local printer was instructedto copy the design for the stamps. He accidentally wrote down the words “Post Office’’instead of “Post Paid”on the several hundred stamps that he printed.Today there are only twenty-six of these misprinted stamps left-fourteen Onepenny Orange-Reds and twelve Twopenny Blues. Because of the Twopenny Blues’rareness and age, collectors have paid as much as $16800 for it.1. A postage stamp’s value to collectors is raised ifA. there are few others like it leftB. there are no mistakes on the stampC. a mistake is made in the printingD. both A and B2. In 1847 most countries of the world wereA. not yet using postage stampsB. collecting valuable stampsC. buying their own stampsD. printing their own stamps3. In 1847, the mistake on the locally printed postage stamps was in theA. spelling of postageB. priceC. wordingD. color4. $16800 is the collector’s value ofA. the Onepenny Orange-RedB. the Twopenny BlueC. any stamp printed in 1847D．both A and B5. The valuable stamps were designed byA. Mauritius governmentB. British governmentC. Mauritius printersD. British printersPassage 10In the English educational system, students take three very important examinations. The first is the eleven-plus, which is taken at the age of eleven or a little past. At one time the ability or aptitude shown on the eleven-plus would have determined if a child stayed in school. Now, however, all children continue in “comprehensive”schools, and the eleven. plus determines which courses of study the child will follow At the age of fifteen or sixteen, the students are tested for the Ordinary Level of the General Certificate of Education. This examination covers a wide range of subjects; once students have passed this exam, they are allowed to specialize, so that two-thirds or more of their course will be in physics, chemistry, classical languages, or whatever they wish to study at greater length. The final examination, at eighteen, covers only the content of the special subjects. Even at the universities，students study only in theirconcentrated area, and very few students ever venture outside that subject again; in a real sense, the English boy or girl is a specialist from the age of fifteen.1. The purpose of this passage is toA. show why most English students are “specialists”B. show the superiority of the English educational systemC. discuss the qualities of the English educational systemD. describe three tests that the English educational system is based on2. The exam for the Ordinary Level of the General Certificate of Education is administrated at the age ofA. fifleenB. eighteenC. elevenD. thirteen3. We may conclude from the passage thatA. the exam that is taken at age eighteen is narrower than the other two examsB. failure on the eleven- plus exam excludes a student from further schoolingC. higher education is much narrower in scope in England than in AmericaD. physics and chemistry are the two most popular subjects4. The passage suggests thatA. most people in England are college graduatesB. schooling is very closely controlled in EnglandC. the failure rate on eleven. plus exam is quite highD. England’s structured educational system has reduced the illiteracy rate in that country dramatically5. As used in the last sentence, the word “venture” meansA. to take the riskB. to studyC. to take the exam ofD. to specializePassage 11For centuries, in the countries of south and Southeast Asia the elephant has been an intimate part of the culture, economy and religion. And nowhere more so than in Thailand. Unlike its African cousin, the Asian elephant is easily domesticated(驯化). The rare so-called white elephants have actually lent the authority of kingship to its rulers and until the 1920s the national flag was a white elephant on a red background. To the early Western visitors the country’s romantic name was“Land of the White Elephant”.Today, however, the story is very different. Out of work and out of land, the Thai elephant struggles for survival in a nation that no longer needs it. The elephant has found itself more or 1ess abandoned by previous owners who have moved on to a different economic world and a westernized society. Andwhile the elephant’s problems began many years ago, now it rates a very low national priority.How this reversal from national icon(圣像)to neglected animal came about is a tale of worsening environmental and the changing lives of the Thais themselves. According to Richard Lair, Thailand’s expert on the Asian elephant and author of the report Gone Astray, at the turn of the century there may well have been as many as 100000 domestic elephants in the country. In the north of Thailand alone it was estimated that more than 20000 elephants were employed in transport, 1000 of them alone on the road between the cities of Chiang Mai and Chiang Saen. This was at a time when 90 per cent of Thailand was still forest-a habitat(栖息地)that not only supported the animals but also made them necessary to carry goods and people Nothing ploughs through dense forest better than a massive but sure-footed elephant.By 1950 the elephant population had dropped to a still substantial 13397, but today there are probably no more than 3800, with another l350 roaming free in the national parks. But now, Thailand’s forest covers only 20 per cent of the land This deforestation(采伐森林)is the central point of the elephant’s difficult situation, for it has effectively put the animals out ofwork. This century, as the road network grew, so the elephant’s role as a beast of burden declined.1. What can we know about African elephants from the passage?A. It is easy to tame themB. It is hard to tame them.C. They are living a better life than Asian elephants.D. Their fate is quite similar to that of Asian elephants2. Thailand was once called“Land of the White Elephant”becauseA. white elephant is rarely seen and thus very specialB. white elephant was a national symbol until the 1920sC. white elephant has helped kings to gain the ruling authorityD. this name was so romantic that it was popular among visitors3. Why is the Thai elephant“out of work”, according to the author?A. Because the elephants are no longer useful to their owners.B. Because their owners are westernized and neglect themC. Because the government pays little attention to theproblem.D. Because there are too many elephants and too few jobs.4. Which of the following statements is tree about the elephant population at various times?A. There were 100000 tamed elephants at the turn of the century.B. 20000 elephants were employed in transport in Thailand at the turn of the century.C. By 1950 the elephant population in Thailand has been quite small.D. Today the elephant population is estimated at 5150.5. The passage is most probably fromA. a travel magazineB. a history bookC. a research reportD. an official announcementPassage 12The communications explosion is on the scale of the rail, automobile or telephone revolution. Very soon you’ll be able to record your entire life electronically-anything a microphone or a camera can sense you’ll be able to store. In particular, the number of images a person captures in a lifetime is sure to rise dramatically. The thousand images a year I take of my children on a digital camera are all precious to me In a generation’s time,my children’s children will have total image documentation of their entire lives—a visual diary of tremendous personal value.In Cambridge, we’re already working on millimeter-square (平方毫米) computing and sensing devices that can be linked to the Internet through the radio network. This sort of connectivity will expand dramatically as tiny communications devices become dirt-cheap and multiply. Just imagine what the paint on the wall could do if it had this sort of communications dust in it：change color, play music, show movies or even speak of you.Falling costs raise other possibilities too. Because launching space vehicles is about to become very much cheaper, the number of satellites is likely to go up greatly. There’s lots of space up there so we could have millions of them. And if you have millions of low-orbit satellites you can establish a global communications network that completely does away with towers and poles.Speech is so flexible that I expect voice communication to become almost free eventually：you’ll pay just a monthly fixed charge and be able to make as many calls as you want. By then people will also have fixed links with business contacts, friends and relatives. One day I anticipate being able to keep in touch with my family in Poland on an optical-fiber audio-video link；we’ll be able to sit down “together” to eat.Cars arc an interesting IT-platform because they have big batteries and the lots of so far unconnected digital devices. Soon each one will be on the Internet so your children can play games while you’re traveling and your partner can deal with their email. And every lamppost could be on the Internet too-each one with sensors to monitor light, pollution, air quality and traffic flow.1. By saying that he takes may images of his children, the author wants toA. show his great interest in photographyB. compare his own life with his children’sC. display the influence of communications on lifeD. demonstrate the ease of enjoying life electrically2. The author most probably thinks the communications dust isA. worthlessB. amazingC. smallD. cheap3. Which of the following statements about the low-orbit satellites is true?A. The low-orbit satellites can help reduce the costs of communications network.B. The low-orbit satellites will enable all the communications network to combineC. The low-orbit satellites would replace towers and poles functionally.D. There will be more low-orbit satellites than other kinds of satellites.4. According to the passage, an optical-fiber audio-video link can enable us toA. talk and see each other no matter where we areB. eat with our family no matter where we areC. talk or see anyone we want free of chargeD find more business partners and friends5. The phrase “each one”(Line 2, Para.5) can be best replaced byA. each digital deviceB. each carC. each batteryD. each 0ersonPassage 13Many private institutions of higher education around the country are in danger. Not all will be saved, and perhaps not all deserve to be saved. There are low-quality schools just as there are low-quality business. We have no obligation to save them simply because they exist.But many thriving institutions that deserve to continue are threatened. They are doing a fine job educationally, but they arecaught in a financial squeeze, with no way to reduce rising costs or increase revenues significantly. Raising tuition doesn’t bring in more revenue, for each time tuition goes up, the enrollment goes down, or the amount that must be given away in student aid goes up. Schools are bad businesses, whether public or private, not usually because of mismanagement but because of the nature of the enterprise. They lose money on every customer, and they can go bankrupt either from too few students or too many students. Even a very good college is a very bad business.It is such colleges. thriving but threatened, I worry about. Low enrollment is not their chief problem. Even with full enrollments, they may go under. Efforts to save them, and preferably to keep them private, are a national necessity. There is no basis for arguing that private schools are inherently(固有地) better than public schools. Examples to the contrary abound. Anyone can name state Universities and colleges that rank as the finest in the nation and the world. It is now inevitable that public institutions will be dominant, and therefore diversity is a national necessity. Diversity in the way we support schools tends to give us a healthy diversity in the forms of education. In an imperfect society such as ours, uniformity of education throughout the nation could be dangerous. In an imperfect。

国网英语考试真题及答案一、单选题（每题1分，共20分）1. The company has decided to ________ a new policy to improve the working environment.A. implementB. implyC. implyD. exempt答案：A2. Despite the heavy rain, they managed to ________ the project on time.A. accomplishB. accessC. assessD. harass答案：A3. The manager asked her secretary to ________ the meeting room before the guests arrived.A. arrangeB. arrange forC. arrange withD. arrange to答案：A4. The new software has been designed to ________ the efficiency of the production process.A. enhanceB. reduceC. maintainD. decrease答案：A5. The company is considering ________ its product range to include more environmentally friendly options.A. expandingB. contractingC. limitingD. modifying答案：A6. The director emphasized the importance of ________ the project within the given deadline.A. completingB. postponingC. abandoningD. delaying答案：A7. The team leader ________ the team members to work together to achieve the goal.A. instructedB. consultedC. persuadedD. delegated答案：A8. The company has been ________ for its innovative approach to customer service.A. recognizedB. criticizedC. ignoredD. overlooked答案：A9. The new marketing strategy has been ________ to increase brand awareness.A. implementedB. ignoredC. dismissedD. overlooked答案：A10. The project was ________ due to a lack of funding.A. postponedB. canceledC. acceleratedD. resumed答案：B11. The company is committed to ________ the highest standards of quality.B. achievingC. exceedingD. reducing答案：C12. The team ________ the project after several weeks of hard work.A. completedB. abandonedC. postponedD. resumed答案：A13. The company has decided to ________ its product line to meet customer demands.A. diversifyB. specializeD. simplify答案：A14. The manager ________ the team to work overtime to meet the deadline.A. allowedB. encouragedC. requiredD. suggested答案：C15. The company is looking for ways to ________ its market share.A. increaseB. decreaseC. stabilizeD. maintain答案：A16. The new policy aims to ________ employee satisfaction and retention.A. enhanceB. reduceC. maintainD. decrease答案：A17. The team leader ________ the team members to come up with new ideas.A. challengedB. congratulatedC. criticizedD. praised答案：A18. The company has been ________ for its commitment to sustainability.A. commendedB. condemnedC. ignoredD. overlooked答案：A19. The project was ________ due to unforeseen technical difficulties.A. delayedB. expeditedC. canceledD. completed答案：A20. The company is committed to ________ the environment through responsible business practices.A. preservingB. exploitingC. neglectingD. damaging答案：A二、阅读理解（每题2分，共20分）Passage 1In recent years, there has been a significant shift in the way businesses approach environmental sustainability. Companies are no longer viewing it as a cost but rather as an opportunity to innovate and differentiate themselves in the market. This change in mindset has led to the rise of eco-friendly products and services, which are not only beneficial for the environment but also for the bottom line of businesses.21. What is the main idea of the passage?A. Businesses are focusing on cost reduction.B. Environmental sustainability is becoming a business opportunity.C. Eco-friendly products are harmful to the environment.D. The market is not interested in eco-friendly products.答案：B22. What has caused the change in the business approach to environmental sustainability?A. Government regulations.B. Market demand.C. A change in mindset.D. Technological advancements.答案：CPassage 2The integration of technology in the workplace has revolutionized the way employees work. With the advent of remote work options,employees can now work from anywhere, anytime. This flexibility has led to increased productivity and job satisfaction. However, it also presents challenges such as maintaining a work-life balance and ensuring effective communication among team members.23. What is the main benefit of technology integration in the workplace mentioned in the passage?A. Increased job satisfaction.B. Improved work-life balance.C. Decreased productivity.D. Reduced communication.答案：A24. What challenge does remote work present according to the passage?A. Maintaining a work-life balance.B. Reducing job satisfaction.C. Increasing productivity.D. Decreasing communication.答案：A三、完形填空（每题1分，共20分）In today's fast-paced business environment, effective communication is more important than ever. Companies that can communicate clearly and efficiently will have a competitive advantage. Here are some tips for improving communication in the workplace.25. In the modern business world, ________ is crucial for success.A. speedB. communicationC. technologyD. innovation答案：B26. Effective communication can give a company an ________.A. advantageB. disadvantageC. challengeD. obstacle答案：A27. Companies should focus on ________ their communication skills.A. improvingB. ignoringC. maintainingD. reducing答案：A28. Clear communication can lead to ________.A. misunderstandingsB. confusionC. efficiencyD. delays答案：C29. Efficient communication is important for ________.A. personal growthB. team collaborationC. individual tasksD. company profits答案：B30. Communication can be improved by ________.A. avoiding meetingsB. using technologyC. working aloneD. ignoring feedback答案：B...（此处省略中间题目，以保持答案的完整性）49. Regular feedback can help to ________.A. reduce misunderstandingsB. increase confusionC. create delaysD. avoid collaboration答案：A50. Effective communication is essential for ________.A. personal successB. team successC. individual tasksD. company profits答案：B四、翻译题（每题5分，共10分）51. 将以下句子从英文翻译成中文："The company's new strategy focuses on expanding its global presence."答案：公司的新战略专注于扩大其全球影响力。

P 1 Have you ever seen a moon that looks unbelievably big？1.To what do we compare the size of the harvest moon? (all of these）2.The main purpose of the article is to( inform.)3.The author knew most people find the moon（mysterious。

）4.The moon looks bigger if（it is near the horizon）5.The autumn moon (helps farmers see as they harvest their crops).你见过月亮看起来非常大？1、我们比较一下收获的月亮的大小吗？（所有这些)2.这篇文章的主要目的是（通知。

）3。

作者知道大多数人都找到了月亮（神秘的).4月亮看起来更大(它是在地平线附近)5、秋天的月亮(帮助农民看到他们收割庄稼）。

P 2 Strange thing happens to time when you travel.1.The best title for this selection is（How Time Changes Around the World）.2.The difference in time between zones is （one hour）。

3.From this selection it seems true that the Atlantic Ocean (is divided into five time zones）.4.The international date line is the name for( the point where a new day begins）。

Passage 1Have you ever seen a moon that looks unbelievably big? 你曾经见过令人难以置信地大的月亮吗？1. To what do we compare the size of the harvest moon? (all of these)我们用什么与丰收月比较大小？（所有这些）2. The main purpose of the article is to( inform.)这篇文章的主要目的是（告诉。

）3. The author knew most people find the moon( mysterious.)作者知道大多数人发现月亮（神秘的）。

4. The moon looks bigger if (it is near the horizon)月亮看起来更大如果（它是在地平线附近）5. The autumn moon (helps farmers see as they harvest their crops).秋天的月亮（帮助农民看到他们收割庄稼）。

Passage 2 Strange thing happens to time when you travel. 奇怪的事情发生在你旅行的时候。

1. The best title for this selection is(How Time Changes Around the World).本文最佳的标题选择是（时间在世界各地如何改变）。

2. The difference in time between zones is (one hour).区域之间的时间差是（一小时）。

3. From this selection it seems true that the Atlantic Ocean (is divided into five time zones).从这个选择来看似乎是真的，大西洋（被划分为五个时区）。

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试卷分为A、B、C三级，各级别题型相同。

题目由题库中随机抽取，总分为100分，考试时间为2小时。

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（如不能正常打开观看，可选择其他播放器进行播放）二、考试内容及结构三、考题范围1、单项选择（教程P263—P298，共600题）考试需关注：（300题）Section6、Section7、Section8、Section12 、Section13、Section14、Section15、Section18、Section19、Section20、2、短文判断（教程P302—P315，共15篇）考试需关注：（7篇）Passage1、Passage6、Passage9、Passage12、Passage13、Passage14、Passage15、3、补全短文（教程P317—P326，共20篇）考试需关注：（6篇）Passage1、Passage2、Passage6、Passage7、Passage12、Passage154、阅读理解（教程P328—P360，共30篇）考试需关注：（16篇）Passage5、Passage6、Passage7、Passage8、Passage9、Passage10 、Passage16、Passage17、Passage18、Passage19、Passage20 、Passage21 、Passage23 、Passage25 、Passage27、Passage29、四、答题技巧1、单项选择：本项内容所划范围较宽，书中没有译文，所以一定要理解全句内容，并牢记选项单词。

因为考题范围中题目选项顺序会发生变化，一定不可只记“A、B、C、D”。

注：在同一考场中每位考生的考题顺序有可能不同。

2、短文判断：*最理想状态为真正理解文章及题意进行答题；*其次可按照问题在文章中查找同样句子进行判断；*如对段落主题意思进行判断，则要通读并联系上下文进行答题；*实在不会，也不要有空白项，二选一的得分率是50%。

阅读理解Passage 1Have you ever seen a moon that looks unbelievably big? It hangs over the horizon 1ike a huge，pale hot-air balloon. Many people think of the bright full moon of autumn or the harvest moon that way-like a huge，pale hot-air balloon. But can you always trust your eyes?The harvest moon is the full moon on a day nearest the first day of autumn. Full or nearly full, it rises early in the evening for several nights in a row, It brings farmers well-lit evenings to harvest their crops.The harvest moon can look huge. But does it really fill more of the sky than an ordinary full moon?Why does the moon look bigger when it is near the horizon? Our brains compare the size of the moon with the size of the objects we see on the horizon. We know that the distant mountains, homes, or skyscrapers are really large. And, since the moon is much farther away than is the distant landscape, we ”see” the moon as being larger than it would otherwise look.1. To what do we compare the size of the harvest moon?A. MountainsB. BuildingC. HomesD. A11 of these2. The main purpose of the article is toA. informB. persuadeC. praiseD. convince3．The author knew most people find the moonA. mysteriousB. interestingC. boringD. so ordinary 4．The moon looks bigger ifA. it is autumnB. it is near the horizonC. homes are nearD. it is a clear night5. The autumn moon ．A. is more beautiful than it really looks B．is the brightest object in the skyC. rises slowly at dawnD. helps farmers see as they harvest their cropsPassage 2Strange thing happens to time when you ravel. Because the earth is divided into twenty-four time zones one hour apart, you can have days with more or fewer than twenty-four hours，and weeks with more or fewer than seven days.If you make a five-day trip across the Atlantic Ocean, your ship enters a different time zone every day. As you enter each zone, the time changes the hour. Traveling west, you set your clock back；traveling east, you set it ahead. Each day of your trip has either twenty-five or twenty-three hours.If you travel by ship across the Pacific you cross theinternational date line. By agreement, this is the point where a new day begins. When you cross the line, you change your calendar the full day, backward or forward. Traveling east, today becomes yesterday；traveling west, it is tomorrow!1. The best title for this selection isA. A Trip Across the AtlanticB. How Time Changes Around the WorldC. Crossing the International Date LineD. How time Zone Were Set Up2. The difference in time between zones isA. seven daysB. twenty-four hoursC one hour D. more than seven days3. From this selection it seems true that the Atlantic OceanA. is in one time zoneB. is divided into twenty-four time zonesC. is divided into five time zonesD. cannot be crossed in five days4. The international date 1ine is the name forA. the beginning of any new time zoneB. the point where time changes by one hourC. the point where a new day beginsD. any time zone in the Pacific Ocean5. If you cross the ocean going east, you set you clockA. ahead one hour in each new time zoneB. ahead one time for the whole tripC. back one full day for each one full dayD. ahead by twenty-three hoursPassage 3Holidays in the United States usually occur at least once a month. Most months have a national holiday that has been arranged to be celebrated on a Monday. The holidays have all been decided to be celebrated on a Monday so that the workers may have 3-day weekends-that is, Saturday, Sunday and Monday in order to rest or travel or do things with their families. Major holidays in the United States such as New Year’s Day or Christmas Day or the day, when we remember the first settles of the United States, called Thanksgiving Day are celebrated a11 over the country During these holidays most business close and the workers stay home and celebrate with their families. Vacation can be from 2 weeks a year to 4 weeks a year. This usually depends on how long you’ve been working for a company, what type of position you have, whether you have a very high position or a very important position and it's difficult to find someone to replace you In this case, you might take afew days at a time rather than taking one month all at once. Usually the more time you spend working for a company, the more time you may get for a vacation1. The govemment of the United States makes it a rule for workers to have a weekend almost once a month.A. 1-dayB. 2-dayC. 3-dayD. 4-day2. Workers in the United States sometimes work from ．A. Monday to SaturdayB. Tuesday to SundayC. Thursday to FridayD. Tuesday to Friday3. Which statement is NOT true according to this passage?A. Only a few shops remain open on New Year’s DayB. Most of the worker needn’t work on Christmas Day．C. Days on vacation must be more than all the holidays in a year.D. All the workers have a half-month vacation4. The reason why someone has to divide his vacation into several parts is thatA. no one can be found to take his placeB. he hasn’t a most high positionC. he plays an important role in his workD. he hasn’t been working for his company for a long time5. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?A. Holidays in the United States．B. vacation in the United StatesC. How DO the workers Spend Their HolidaysD. Something About the holidays and Vacation in the U.S Passage 4Sarah Winchester was a very rich woman. She didn’t buy many jewels or fancy clothes. Instead, she spent millions of dollars to build a house. The strange thing about Sarah’s house was that it was never finished. Work on the house went on for 38 year because Sarah was afraid to stop building it.Sarah’s house was near San Jose, California Every day, a crew of carpenters, plumbers, and other workers arrived there. Sarah wanted more rooms and more doors and more windows, so the workers kept on building them. The house was seven floors high and had 160 rooms. There were 2000 doors and 10000 windows. There were also three elevators, nine kitchens, and 47 fireplaces.Why did Sarah want a house that kept geeing bigger? The reason seemed to be that Sarah was afraid of dying. She thought she would die when the house was finished，so she made certain that it was never finished.Sarah Winchester’s plan seemed to have worked becauseshe lived to be 83 years old. Finally, her house was finished.1. What did Sarah keep doing to her house?A. Making it cleaner．B. Making it quieter．C. Making it bigger．D. Making it more beautiful2. The story says that Sarah’s house hadA. 7 floorsB. 40 floorsC. 160 floorsD. 3 floors3. Who did the work on Sarah’s house?A. Sarah herself and other workers.B. Sarah’s children and other workers.C. Carpenters and plumbers and other workersD. Engineers and other workers．4. How long did the work on the house continue?A. For 7 years．B. For38 years．C. For 83 years．D. The story doesn’t tell．5. Sarah’s house was finally finishedA. when she moved inB. when she spent all her moneyC. when she diedD. when she was seriously illPassage 5The diner is only a humble restaurant, but it has a special place in American life. Diners appear in our novels, plays, poems, and movies. Many artists have used diners as scenes for their paintings. Why are diners so fascinating to us?The diner attracts many different kinds of people. It is a heaven for lonely truck drivers far away from home. Construction workers learn about new jobs in distant cities. Traveling salesmen exchange gossip with one another. Teenagers sit in their booths, eating hamburgers.The people who work in diners are also interesting. Where did the new waitress come from? Will she remain here, or will she suddenly run off one day, as the last one did? And is the short-order cook really an escaped prisoner, fleeing from the law?Everyone comes to the diner for a different reason. Some want to work there. And some want to eat there. Some stay for years, and others stay only for a few minutes. But, for all of them, the diner is a bright, warm stopover between the endless stretches of an open road.1. What’s the main idea of paragraph 27A. The attraction of diners to different people.B. Food offered at diners.C. How people eat at diners.D. When people come to diners.2. The purpose of the last paragraph is toA. tell us about the reason for people coming to dinersB. `invite us to try diners as a stopover between stretches of anopen roadC. give a summary of the whole passageD. state the major point of the preceding paragraph3. Why do truck drivers like a diner?A. It’s a place to gossip.B. It’s a place for flies and a hamburgerC. It’s a haven against loneliness.D. It’s a place to learn about new jobs.4. Diners attractA. only truck driversB. many different kinds of peopleC. novelistsD. escaped prisoners5. Diners are——A. quietB. unpleasantC. luxuriousD. fascinating Passage 6In the past two years, millions of Americans have suddenly embraced the bicycles as if it were a startling new invention. Annual bike sales doubled between 1960 and 1970, and there are nearly 70 million bikes in the United States today. That’S more than two for every three automobiles.Of course, the bike has been around for more than 150 years, and this isn’t America’s first bicycle boom. A wave of bike enthusiasm swept the land in the late 1800s and bicycle production hit two million units in 1897. Then with the comingof the auto, bicycling declined; and for decades remained popular only with children and a few adult faddists.Now, national preoccupation with air pollution and physical fitness has brought the bike back to the forefront-particularly with adults. More than eight million bikes were sold in the United States last year and a third of them went to adults. The year before, only 15 percent of new bike sales were for adults.1. The word ‘‘embrace”in the first sentence is closest in meaning toA. make use ofB. take someone into almsC. containD. deal with2. It can be concluded that if people continue to concern themselves with air pollution and physical fitness,A. stricter air standards will be enforcedB. fewer automobiles will be soldC. Americans will enjoy better healthD. bicycle sales will continue to rise3. The bicycle isA. enjoying a strong revivalB. creating traffic problemsC. popular only with childrenD. replacing the family cars4. The reader can also conclude that Americans areA. quick to follow the example of othersB. interested in comfort and luxuryC. concerned with the quality of their livesD. childish in the way they relax and exercise5. In the sentence“…and this isn’t America’s first bicycle boom.” The word ‘‘boom” meansA. a rapid increase in saleB. supermarketC. a rapid increase in priceD. shopPassage 7Doctors have known for a long time that extremely loud noises can cause hearing damage or loss. The noise can be the sound of a jet airplane or machines in factories or loud music or other common sounds found at home and at work.A person only needs to hear the noise for little more than one second to be affected.An American scientist had found that using aspirin can increase the temporary hearing loss or damage from loud noise. He did an experiment, using a number of male students at a university who all had normal hearing. He gave them different amounts of aspirin for different periods of time, then he tested their hearing ability. He found that students who were given four grams of aspirin a day for two days suffered much greater temporary hearing loss than those who did not use aspirin. The hearing loss was about twice as great.The scientist said millions of persons in the United Statesuse much larger amounts of aspirin than were used in the study. He said these persons face a serious danger of suffering hearing loss from loud noises.1. Doctors have long known thatA. one will become deaf when he hears a loud noiseB. hearing damage or loss can be caused by sounds of all kindsC. one may lose his hearing when he hears a terribly loud noiseD. common sounds at home are not harmful to the ear2. This passage suggests that one’s heatingA. will be damaged even if he has heard a loud noise for less than one secondB. will be damaged even if he has heard a loud noise for only little more than one secondC. will not be damaged if he has heard a loud noise for only little more than one secondD. will not be damaged if he has little more than one second to get ready3. According to this passage, one conclusion you can draw is that aspirinA. should never be taken more than four grams dailyB. can damage one’s hearing when it is given more than four grams dailyC. makes hearing damage from loud noise worseD. increases hearing loss by three times4. Millions of Americans are in danger of suffering hearing loss because theyA. often take jet airplanes on tripsB. like listening to loud musicC. are drowned in loud noises at home as well as at workD. take too much aspirin5. The purpose of the experiment the American scientist did was to findA. how much aspirin would affect a person’s hearingB. how much aspirin should be given in the treatment of the patients with hearing damage from loud noisesC. whether the person who had hearing damage should use aspirinD. whether aspirin would increase the temporary hearing damage from loud noisesPassage 8Just two months ago, Ana, a teenager, was preparing for an important exam. Winners receive scholarships and be able to study in the United States. Ana knew her grades were excellent, but she realized that she must do well on the exams in order toqualify for the $ 3000 stipend. Although Ana had worried about the interview part of the exam, she came through with flying colors. She spoke to the American interviewer about her family background and discussed her educational plans with them. Her hard work paid off, for she was one of the twenty awarded a four-year scholarship earlier this month.Now Ana cannot believe that she is sitting in a business management class at the University of California at Los Angeles. Although she has had seven years of English language classes, Ana is findin2 it difficult to understand the professor. Now she must work twice as hard to maintain her high grades.1. Ana realizes thatA. her grades are poorB. she must do well on the examC. she is sitting in a business management classD. she must work twice as hard to get good grades2. Ana has been studying English forA. seven yearsB. two monthsC. a11 her lifeD. the last two years3. Ana experiences difficulty withA. textsB. technical definitionsC. the professor’s lectures D all of the above4. Ana tells the interviewers aboutA. her flying colorsB. her familyC. her difficulty in understanding new wordsD. her worries about the interview5. The best main idea for the first paragraph isA. Ana has many experiences taking the interview examB. Ana prepares for the interview examC. Ana comes through with flying colorsD. Ana takes examsPassage 9Any mistake made in the printing of a stamp raises its value to stamp collectors. A mistake on one inexpensive postage stamp has made the stamp worth a million and a half times its original value.The mistake was made more than a hundred years ago in British colony of Mauritius, a small island in the Indian Ocean. In 1847, and order for stamps was sent to London printers. Mauritius was to become the fourth country in the world to issue stamps.Before the order was filled and delivered, a ball was planned at Mauritius Government House, and stamps were needed to send out the invitations A local printer was instructedto copy the design for the stamps. He accidentally wrote down the words “Post Office’’instead of “Post Paid”on the several hundred stamps that he printed.Today there are only twenty-six of these misprinted stamps left-fourteen Onepenny Orange-Reds and twelve Twopenny Blues. Because of the Twopenny Blues’rareness and age, collectors have paid as much as $16800 for it.1. A postage stamp’s value to collectors is raised ifA. there are few others like it leftB. there are no mistakes on the stampC. a mistake is made in the printingD. both A and B2. In 1847 most countries of the world wereA. not yet using postage stampsB. collecting valuable stampsC. buying their own stampsD. printing their own stamps3. In 1847, the mistake on the locally printed postage stamps was in theA. spelling of postageB. priceC. wordingD. color4. $16800 is the collector’s value ofA. the Onepenny Orange-RedB. the Twopenny BlueC. any stamp printed in 1847D．both A and B5. The valuable stamps were designed byA. Mauritius governmentB. British governmentC. Mauritius printersD. British printersPassage 10In the English educational system, students take three very important examinations. The first is the eleven-plus, which is taken at the age of eleven or a little past. At one time the ability or aptitude shown on the eleven-plus would have determined if a child stayed in school. Now, however, all children continue in “comprehensive”schools, and the eleven. plus determines which courses of study the child will follow At the age of fifteen or sixteen, the students are tested for the Ordinary Level of the General Certificate of Education. This examination covers a wide range of subjects; once students have passed this exam, they are allowed to specialize, so that two-thirds or more of their course will be in physics, chemistry, classical languages, or whatever they wish to study at greater length. The final examination, at eighteen, covers only the content of the special subjects. Even at the universities，students study only in theirconcentrated area, and very few students ever venture outside that subject again; in a real sense, the English boy or girl is a specialist from the age of fifteen.1. The purpose of this passage is toA. show why most English students are “specialists”B. show the superiority of the English educational systemC. discuss the qualities of the English educational systemD. describe three tests that the English educational system is based on2. The exam for the Ordinary Level of the General Certificate of Education is administrated at the age ofA. fifleenB. eighteenC. elevenD. thirteen3. We may conclude from the passage thatA. the exam that is taken at age eighteen is narrower than the other two examsB. failure on the eleven- plus exam excludes a student from further schoolingC. higher education is much narrower in scope in England than in AmericaD. physics and chemistry are the two most popular subjects4. The passage suggests thatA. most people in England are college graduatesB. schooling is very closely controlled in EnglandC. the failure rate on eleven. plus exam is quite highD. England’s structured educational system has reduced the illiteracy rate in that country dramatically5. As used in the last sentence, the word “venture” meansA. to take the riskB. to studyC. to take the exam ofD. to specializePassage 11For centuries, in the countries of south and Southeast Asia the elephant has been an intimate part of the culture, economy and religion. And nowhere more so than in Thailand. Unlike its African cousin, the Asian elephant is easily domesticated(驯化). The rare so-called white elephants have actually lent the authority of kingship to its rulers and until the 1920s the national flag was a white elephant on a red background. To the early Western visitors the country’s romantic name was“Land of the White Elephant”.Today, however, the story is very different. Out of work and out of land, the Thai elephant struggles for survival in a nation that no longer needs it. The elephant has found itself more or 1ess abandoned by previous owners who have moved on to a different economic world and a westernized society. Andwhile the elephant’s problems began many years ago, now it rates a very low national priority.How this reversal from national icon(圣像)to neglected animal came about is a tale of worsening environmental and the changing lives of the Thais themselves. According to Richard Lair, Thailand’s expert on the Asian elephant and author of the report Gone Astray, at the turn of the century there may well have been as many as 100000 domestic elephants in the country. In the north of Thailand alone it was estimated that more than 20000 elephants were employed in transport, 1000 of them alone on the road between the cities of Chiang Mai and Chiang Saen. This was at a time when 90 per cent of Thailand was still forest-a habitat(栖息地)that not only supported the animals but also made them necessary to carry goods and people Nothing ploughs through dense forest better than a massive but sure-footed elephant.By 1950 the elephant population had dropped to a still substantial 13397, but today there are probably no more than 3800, with another l350 roaming free in the national parks. But now, Thailand’s forest covers only 20 per cent of the land This deforestation(采伐森林)is the central point of the elephant’s difficult situation, for it has effectively put the animals out ofwork. This century, as the road network grew, so the elephant’s role as a beast of burden declined.1. What can we know about African elephants from the passage?A. It is easy to tame themB. It is hard to tame them.C. They are living a better life than Asian elephants.D. Their fate is quite similar to that of Asian elephants2. Thailand was once called“Land of the White Elephant”becauseA. white elephant is rarely seen and thus very specialB. white elephant was a national symbol until the 1920sC. white elephant has helped kings to gain the ruling authorityD. this name was so romantic that it was popular among visitors3. Why is the Thai elephant“out of work”, according to the author?A. Because the elephants are no longer useful to their owners.B. Because their owners are westernized and neglect themC. Because the government pays little attention to theproblem.D. Because there are too many elephants and too few jobs.4. Which of the following statements is tree about the elephant population at various times?A. There were 100000 tamed elephants at the turn of the century.B. 20000 elephants were employed in transport in Thailand at the turn of the century.C. By 1950 the elephant population in Thailand has been quite small.D. Today the elephant population is estimated at 5150.5. The passage is most probably fromA. a travel magazineB. a history bookC. a research reportD. an official announcementPassage 12The communications explosion is on the scale of the rail, automobile or telephone revolution. Very soon you’ll be able to record your entire life electronically-anything a microphone or a camera can sense you’ll be able to store. In particular, the number of images a person captures in a lifetime is sure to rise dramatically. The thousand images a year I take of my children on a digital camera are all precious to me In a generation’s time,my children’s children will have total image documentation of their entire lives—a visual diary of tremendous personal value.In Cambridge, we’re already working on millimeter-square (平方毫米) computing and sensing devices that can be linked to the Internet through the radio network. This sort of connectivity will expand dramatically as tiny communications devices become dirt-cheap and multiply. Just imagine what the paint on the wall could do if it had this sort of communications dust in it：change color, play music, show movies or even speak of you.Falling costs raise other possibilities too. Because launching space vehicles is about to become very much cheaper, the number of satellites is likely to go up greatly. There’s lots of space up there so we could have millions of them. And if you have millions of low-orbit satellites you can establish a global communications network that completely does away with towers and poles.Speech is so flexible that I expect voice communication to become almost free eventually：you’ll pay just a monthly fixed charge and be able to make as many calls as you want. By then people will also have fixed links with business contacts, friends and relatives. One day I anticipate being able to keep in touch with my family in Poland on an optical-fiber audio-video link；we’ll be able to sit down “together” to eat.Cars arc an interesting IT-platform because they have big batteries and the lots of so far unconnected digital devices. Soon each one will be on the Internet so your children can play games while you’re traveling and your partner can deal with their email. And every lamppost could be on the Internet too-each one with sensors to monitor light, pollution, air quality and traffic flow.1. By saying that he takes may images of his children, the author wants toA. show his great interest in photographyB. compare his own life with his children’sC. display the influence of communications on lifeD. demonstrate the ease of enjoying life electrically2. The author most probably thinks the communications dust isA. worthlessB. amazingC. smallD. cheap3. Which of the following statements about the low-orbit satellites is true?A. The low-orbit satellites can help reduce the costs of communications network.B. The low-orbit satellites will enable all the communications network to combineC. The low-orbit satellites would replace towers and poles functionally.D. There will be more low-orbit satellites than other kinds of satellites.4. According to the passage, an optical-fiber audio-video link can enable us toA. talk and see each other no matter where we areB. eat with our family no matter where we areC. talk or see anyone we want free of chargeD find more business partners and friends5. The phrase “each one”(Line 2, Para.5) can be best replaced byA. each digital deviceB. each carC. each batteryD. each 0ersonPassage 13Many private institutions of higher education around the country are in danger. Not all will be saved, and perhaps not all deserve to be saved. There are low-quality schools just as there are low-quality business. We have no obligation to save them simply because they exist.But many thriving institutions that deserve to continue are threatened. They are doing a fine job educationally, but they arecaught in a financial squeeze, with no way to reduce rising costs or increase revenues significantly. Raising tuition doesn’t bring in more revenue, for each time tuition goes up, the enrollment goes down, or the amount that must be given away in student aid goes up. Schools are bad businesses, whether public or private, not usually because of mismanagement but because of the nature of the enterprise. They lose money on every customer, and they can go bankrupt either from too few students or too many students. Even a very good college is a very bad business.It is such colleges. thriving but threatened, I worry about. Low enrollment is not their chief problem. Even with full enrollments, they may go under. Efforts to save them, and preferably to keep them private, are a national necessity. There is no basis for arguing that private schools are inherently(固有地) better than public schools. Examples to the contrary abound. Anyone can name state Universities and colleges that rank as the finest in the nation and the world. It is now inevitable that public institutions will be dominant, and therefore diversity is a national necessity. Diversity in the way we support schools tends to give us a healthy diversity in the forms of education. In an imperfect society such as ours, uniformity of education throughout the nation could be dangerous. In an imperfect。

补全短文Passage 1 Functions of power transmission CEADBThe function of (1) is to send power from power plants to load center or to exchange。

A. step-down substations and connected transmission equipmentB. power network operationC. power transmissionD. transmission at high voltageE. power networksPassage 2 Substation misoperation and its preventing CEABDThe misopemtion that can lead to (1) mainly are：①on-load switching of isolating switch；A. preventing the misoperation in substationB. the closing of grounding switch with power onC. accidents in the electrical operation of the substationD. the persons from illegal entering the lived bayE. the grounding wire (closing the grounding switch) with power on Passage 3 A brief introduction on the development of supercritical boilers and their main advantages BDEACIn (1) such as U.S.A，Japan and European countries，the supercritical。

补全短文Passage 1 Functions of power transmission CEADBThe function of (1) is to send power from power plants to load center or to exchange 。

A. step-down substations and connected transmission equipmentB. power network operationC. power transmissionD. transmission at high voltageE. power networksPassage 2 Substation misoperation and its preventing CEABDThe misopemti on that can lead to (1) mai nly are :① on-load switch ing of isolat ing switch ；A. preventing the misoperation in substationB. the closing of grounding switch with power onC. accidents in the electrical operation of the substationD. the persons from illegal entering the lived bayE. the grounding wire (closing the grounding switch) with power onPassage 3 A brief introduction on the development of supercritical boilers and their main advantages BDEACIn (1) such as U.S.A ，Japan and European countries ，the supercritical 。

补全短文Passage 1 Functions of power transmissionThe function of (1) is to send power from power plants to load center or to exchange power between power networks in order to attain the generation-consumption balance or the supply-demand balance between (2)．Power transmission is completed by step-up substations，(3)．The transmission line mainly consists of the transmission conductors (cables)，poles or towers，insulators，overhead ground wires，and grounding devices. The (4) can reduce the line loss and the voltage drop，ensure the power quality, raise the economy of (5)．The increase of transmission line voltage can not only raise the amount of transmitted power, but also reduce the line loss and line voltage drop，and improve the voltage quality．A. step-down substations and connected transmission equipmentB. power network operationC. power transmissionD. transmission at high voltageE. power networksPassage 2 Substation misoperation and its preventingThe misopemtion that can lead to (1) mainly are：①on-loadswitching of isolating switch；②connecting (2)；③closing the circuit breaker (isolating switch) with ground lines (ground switch) earthed．The“five preventings”for (3) includes：①preventing the wrong opening or closing of circuit breaker；②preventing the on load opening and closing of isolating switch；③preventing (4)；④preventing the closing of circuit breaker with grounding wire connected；⑤preventing(5)．A. preventing the misoperation in substationB. the closing of grounding switch with power onC. accidents in the electrical operation of the substationD. the persons from illegal entering the lived bayE. the grounding wire (closing the grounding switch) with power onPassage 3 A brief introduction on the development of supercritical boilers and their main advantagesIn (1) such as U.S.A，Japan and European countries，the supercritical boiler has been developed since the 60s of last century．It has been proved by data and experience，the supercritical unit has (2)．As for its reliability, because the steam-water flow passages in supercritical boiler is same as that in the (3)，there isn’t anything special. But as far as hydrauliccharacteristic，a symbol of reliability, is concerned，in a supercritical boiler, under supercritical condition，medium is of single phase which has a (4). So that the problem caused by uneven distribution of steam phase and water phase can be avoided．It is admitted that, if (5)，both supercritical and subcritical units can get an excellent reliability index.A. good homogenization of distributionB. some advanced countriesC. whole process management is strengthenedD. great advantages oil economy and environmental protectionE. subcritical once-through boilerPassage 4 Steam generation and useSteam is one of man’s dependable servants More and more in the background，steam is doing more and more work for man. In (1) steam may be seen only at the teakettle, but the electricity used may be generated by burning coal or gas and producing steam to turn the generator rotors in the power plant Even if (2) by nuclear fission，the generation of electricity is still accomplished by (3).In the U.S.A. the demand for electricity doubles every ten years. For the most part water resources suitable for powergeneration are already in service, except for emergency standby and peak-load units; approximately 90% of (4) utilizes steam. The (5) is expanding in most countries of the world except for the countries where available water power resources are greater than power needs.A. first generating steamB. an electrically heated homeC. use of steam for electric power generationD. the new generating capacity being installedE. the fuel is uranium and the heat is suppliedPassage 5 Circuit breakerCircuit breakers are automatically operated high voltage (or high current) switches. Circuit breakers are required (1) by switching circuits on，by carrying load and by switching circuits off under manual or automatic supervision. Their duty is as follows：In closed position the circuit breaker must be a good conductor for the normal load current. In open position the gap across the contacts shall have foil insulation level. At opening operating the circuit breaker must be able (2) to many thousands of amperes，and independently of the characteristics from purely inductive to fully capacitive. At closing operation the circuit breaker must close fast and be safe also against full short circuitconditions. They must，therefore，be effective instantaneously when are called upon (3) without movement. As the circuit breaker is the last link in the chain of protective equipment, the circuit breaker reliability is (4) of the total electric power system so the importance (5) cannot be over emphasized.A· to perform any switching operation after long periodsB. to control electrical power networksC. of the circuit breakerD. to switch the current which can be from a few amperesE. of the highest importance for high reliabilityPassage 6 The ratio of distance to height of pumped-storage power plantFor pumped-storage power plant, generally the ratio of distance to height (l), Distance-height ratio (2) to the drop between upper and low reservoir that is L/H. The head of simple pumped-storage power plant consists of two parts，they are natural topographic elevation difference and elevation difference formed by dam. Of course, the head derived from topographic elevation difference ( 3 )，so in selecting plant site，the condition that not only a height difference is available but also no very high dam of upper reservoir is necessary should be considered. Smaller L/H value indicates a shorter water transportation line，then the engineering construction cost can be saved. But in many circumstances, topographic condition ( 4 ),so we can’t say the smallest L/H value ( 5 ). In newly constructed three large capacity pumped-storage power plants in our country, the L/H value respectively are：7.12 in Guangzhou. 4.12 in Shisanling，2.40 in Tian huangpingA. is most economicB. is used to evaluate topographic condition of power plantC. is not desirableD. is the ratio of horizontal distance between upper and low reservoirE. is the bestPassage 7 Fuel cellsFuel cells are devices that when a fuel such as hydrogen or hydrogen-rich compounds and oxygen are supplied to materials arranged like the anode and cathode of a conventional battery, combine to convert chemical energy directly into electrical energy. Unlike conventional batteries. where the conversion of chemical to electrical energy requires only the closing of a circuit between the cathode and anode to produce and electrical current，(1). These cells require the fuel and oxygen that will produce the chemical reactions that produce an electrical0utout．Fuel cells have been made that will supply power in the megawatt range，and (2)．Such cells are not yet widely used on power systems，but(3)to supply fuel cell power to isolated loads As the voltage output of a cell is in the order of l to 2.5V, (4) and power output in ranges that are normally required. Inverters are used to (5) when and AC output is desired.A . further development is under wayB. there is no storage capacity in a fuel cellC. many cells are operated in series to obtain voltagesD. supply alternating current from fuel cellsE. as they are being developed there have been some applicationsPassage 8 Substations pace into the Digital Age Substations constitute the main part of power transmission and distribution in a power grid. The substations (1), with the responsibility for the electric power transmission and distribution in the grid. Over more than a decade of development, (2). In the rebuilding and constructing of power grid in rural and urban areas，automation technology is not only used in low-voltage substations to realize unattended operation，but also in the 220kV and above extra-voltage substations，thus greatly enhancing the level of modernization of power gridconstruction, strengthening the power transmission and distribution and the possibility of power grid dispatching and reducing the total cost of substation construction, (3). However, the development of technology is never-ending，and the increasing maturation of technology like intelligent switches，photoelectric current and voltage transformers，online condition monitoring of primary equipments, (4), as well as the development and application of high-speed network in real-time system，is bound to have a profound impact upon the existing substation automation technology, and (5) is about to emerge. A. substation automation technology has reached a certain levelB. simulation training technology for substation operationC. composed of a large number of primary and secondary equipmentsD. a full-digital automation systemE. all of which has become an indisputable factPassage 9 Overcoming the Problem of WasteMany large cities are anything but beautiful Streets are littered with trash. In this trash, however, (1) ．If people want to solve the problem of waste, (2)．They must work out ways of making use of good things which are justthrown away as waste．When a car gets too old，it may not rim any more. But if the metal that the car was made of is still good，(3). When a bottle is empty, it goes out in the trash. But bottle glass can be ground into sand and used to pave streets. Besides, garbage from food can be changed into fertilizer. But first you have to pick out all the glass and metal.Furthermore, garbage can also be a good source for making building blocks, which are then covered with concrete. Now, (4) . Some day, people will watch films in a great cinema which has been built out of garbage Future buildings，roads，and cities may be made from garbage. But so far, (5).A. there is no time to be lostB. building beautiful cities out of garbage is only a dreamC. there is still something that can be usefulD. it can be put to use againE. more and more machines are designed for this purpose Passage 10 HibernationThe weather in winter. Call be very cold. Some animals sleep during the winter, for it's difficult for them to find food then. (1) . For example，their sleep can last from autumn to spring. (2).Animals need food in winter to keep them warm and alive If they move about more，they need eat more. (3). Their heart beatsslowly. And they breathe slowly. They find a safe place to sleep.(4).In warm winter some animals like bears may wake up. If they see thick snow oil the ground, they will get back to their sleep.(5).A. So they don’t need to worry about bad weather and other dangerous animalsB. We call this kind of sleep in wintertime “hibernation’’C. As it gets warmer and warmer in spring，the sleeping animals begin to wake up and look around for foodD. Hibernating animals don’t need to eat much because they don’t moveE. They can sleep for a long timePassage 11 SatellitesThe body that is neatest to the Earth is the moon. (1). This satellite is called natural satellite. Man—made spacecraft which circle the Earth are called artificial satellites. Natural as well as artificial satellites circle the planets in a definite path or orbit(轨道). (2).All the bodies in space like the moon，the planets and the stars also exert an attractive force on objects. (3). The moon’s gravitational force is only one．sixth that of the Earth’s. TheEarth’s gravitational force of pull keeps ns and everything else on Earth from floating away to space.(4). There are many artificial satellites orbiting around the Earth. Some artificial satellites have been sent up to orbit the moon and even the planet Mars. (5).A. The bigger and heavier a body is, the greater is its force of gravityB. It circles the Earth and is therefore know as a satellite of the EarthC. To get out into space we have to overcome the Earth’s gravitational pullD. A satellite stays in orbit because the planet gravitational force keeps pulling it into a circleE. Artificial satellite can be used for various purposes Passage 12 Secondary equipment in power systemThe secondary equipments in power system are (1), measuring，regulating，controlling primary equipments, the equipments that supply information，working condition for the operator or maintenance persons, and (2). The electric circuit connected with the secondary winding of CT or PT is called secondary circuit. The secondary equipment and secondary circuit belong to secondary system.The voltage and (3) are：110V , 220V DC operating voltages, 100V rated voltage of the potential transformer secondary winding and (4). The related parameter values of secondary system after weak electrification are：24V 48V 60V DC operating voltages, (5), 0.5A rated current of CT secondary side.A. 5A rated current of the current transformer secondary windingB. the equipments that provide protecting，monitoringC. 50V rated voltage of PT secondary sideD. the equipments that send the command signalsE. current values in secondary systemPassage 13 Switching overvoltageA sudden change in the configuration of transmission network caused (1) or by the appearance of a fault can cause a rapid surge known as switching overvoltage, which propagates throughout the network. It is these switching overvoltages which in general (2), Limitating these overvoltages is of extremely importance, because they have an important effect on both (3). These switching overvoltages can occur (4). If non-restriking circuit breakers is not used, it is at the instant of closing, and above all，re-closing of a line which has held a residual charge, that the strongest overvoltages will appear. This switchingovervoltage is usually limited (5).A. determine the insulation requirements of transmission linesB. the cost of transmission and 1ine failure rateC. at both opening and closing of circuit breakersD. by means of circuit breaker closing resistor in 500kV systemE. by the operation of a circuit breakerPassage 14 Transmission line and distribution lineThe high voltage power line through which power is (1) is called power transmission line. The voltage classes of 35kV and above are generally used. High voltage distribution line is (2) to distribution transformers. Low voltage distribution line is the line that transmits power from distribution transformer to the users. The normal voltage of power distribution line is 380V. The special sections of (3) refer to the sections with large spanning, serious pollution, (4)．The overhead line section whose span is 1000 m and longer or the height of the pole or tower is l00m and higher is called (5).A. transmitted from power plant’s step-up substation to step-down substationB. the overhead transmission lineC. lightning frequently happening and heavy rainingD. the power line that transmits the power from step-down substationE. 1arge spanning line sectionPassage 15 Transformer insulationThe insulation of a transformer can be categorized into internal insulation and external insulation. (1). The external insulation is the insulation between the upper part of bushings and the ground and the insulation among the bushings. The internal insulation of transformer can be further subdivided into main insulation and longitudinal insulation (2). The longitudinal insulation refers the insulation between different parts of the same winding，such as insulation between different sections，layers and turns of the same winding.(3), insulating pressboard, cable paper, corrugated paper, etc. The oil in transformer has two functions, one is insulation, and the other is cooling (4) by the factors such as temperature is called insulation aging. (5), for every 6o C temperature rise the insulation life time of the paper used in transformer will decrease by half.A. The main insulation materials inside transformer are transformer oilB. The degradation of insulating properties of insulationmaterials under long period of influenceC. The internal insulation refers to the insulation of various parts inside the oil tankD．If the winding temperature is within the scope of 80～140 o CE. The main insulation refers to the insulation between windings and grounding parts and the insulation between windingsPassage 16 The electricity marketThe aim of introducing market mechanism is to bring various parties more economic benefit through equitable competition，thereby promote economic development.Like other markets, it needs (1) where the sellers and buyers (suppliers) can trade electricity, and needs (2) where the suppliers can sell electricity to final customers. As in other markets，the participants need (3). Competition is introduced into generation and retail supplied to customers. Customers are free (4). If a customer chooses to buy electricity in the retail market, he should be able to choose electricity supply from one of several competing retailers. If a customer decides to purchase directly from the wholesale market, he will need (5). Power generation is disaggregated into separate companies to ensureadequate competition.A. to agree on the price and quantity to be tradedB. a wholesale marketC. to register as a market customerD. a retail marketE. to choose electricity suppliersPassage 17 Electric powerElectric power is a most convenient，clean，safe，and useful form of energy which supplies the major portion of energy needs of a modem society At the present time (1) is newsworthy. Electric power is so vital to the lives of people that (2) causes inconvenience, loss of production, and danger to many individuals who are in operation (such as cardiac operation) in hospital. A prolonged blackout, which is inevitable when a growing load is combined with no generation additions, could lead to (3). With the developing of industry and improving in living standard, the electric power demand is growing continuously and (4) is much greater than that of all other forms of energy. Now (5) has been one of the indications of modernization of a country.A. its growth rateB. its unavailabilityC. the lack of electricity (a blackout)D. social disorder, and even national tragedyE. high electric power consumption per capitaPassage 18 Copyright piracyThere are numerous examples of what has become known as copyright piracy. The American chemical giant Du Pont, for example, recently introduced into one Asian country its famous Londax herbicide, which kills weeds in rice fields. The company invested millions of dollars in (1) of this product and ploughed another US $25 million into opening a local production plant. Less than one year later, however, very cheap bottles of Londax were openly on sale. The only difference between (2) -0ther than the price-was that the fake was called Rondex and came in a blue rather than a green bottle. However, as it was so much cheaper than the original, it effectively destroyed Du Pont’s investment. It also made the company less willing to invest in R&D of (3). The“recipe”for Londax should have been treated as (4) of Du Pont. Other companies making illegal use of it are stealing just as surely as if they stole Du Pont’s machines or any other (5) of the inventing company.A. new chemicalsB. the research and developmentC. physical propertyD. the fake and real itemsE. the intellectual propertyPassage 19 Electrical energyElectrical energy is the presence and flow of an electric charge. The energy portion of electricity is found in a variety of phenomena such as (1), electromagnetic fields and lightning. Humans have found the ability to harness these phenomena and store the (2) for later use. The concept of (3) is defined using a variety of different terminologies such as charge，current and potential.Electrical energy is the result of the interaction of subatomic particles with electromagnetic force. Within an atom, electrons and protons create a charge. This charge Can be transferred between bodies using direct contact with a conductive material like a wire.The current refers to the movement of the charge. With direct current, this occurs when the electricity is stored in a battery and travels in one direction out of the battery. (4) occurs when the current changes direction repeatedly within an electrical system. The alternating current form is usually used to power larger objects such as residences and buildings.(5) is essential to the range and power of electric energy. When an electric charge exists within an object, a force is exerted from its electrical field. This accelerates the object in a direction either towards or away from the charge, depending on the electromagnetic polarization. Generally, positively-charged electricity pushes the object away, while negatively-charged electricity pulls the object towards the field.A. Alternating currentB. electrical energyC. Electrical potentialD. static electricityE. electrical chargePassage 20 Solar energyMany people think of alternative solar energy as a new technology, but humans have been using this process to heat homes and baths for thousands of years. Alternative solar energy refers to energy from the sun that can be captured and used just like energy created by fossil fuels. The great benefit of solar energy is that its source, the sun，is not diminished by use of the energy, therefore making this type of power system(1).There are several different methods of collecting and using alternative solar energy. One of (2), usually seen as solar panels.Solar panels can be a very good means of collecting solar energy, but do have some drawbacks. While panels have the advantage of quickly turning absorbed solar radiation into usable energy, they are extremely (3). This means that much of the potential power of absorbed light is lost in the transfer processThermal solar energy is primarily used to create heat, such as for homes, baths, and swimming pools, In a thermal system, (4), which then passes through a pipe system where it mixes with water, generating steam. Steam is then passed through a turbine system, which turns it into usable energy. Despite sounding like a more complex process than photovoltaic systems use, thermal alternative solar energy is often far more (5) and is able to retain and use more of the collected energy directly for heating.A. sustainableB. inefficientC. the collected energy is used to heat a fluidD. the best known is photovoltaic cellsE. efficientPassage 21 Electrical energy conservationElectrical energy conservation refers to the process of reducing energy used through various means. Many of these methods for (1)；naming down the thermostat, naming off thelights when leaving the room, or switching off power strips when not in use are all examples of this. Homes, businesses or power companies (2), such as wind or solar energy, are also examples of electrical energy conservation. Many traditional electrical power plants are coal-fired, which contributes greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, (3)；this is just one reason that energy conservation is important.For many people, electrical energy conservation begins at home. Not only is this good for the environment, but it can also significantly reduce the amount of a monthly electric bill. Some of the simplest steps to energy conservation include switching traditional light bulbs to compact fluorescent(CFL)bulbs, or (4). Making sure appliances are efficient, and that windows and doors are well sealed against the outdoors, are other examples of energy conservation. People (5) should also look for power strips that can be switched off．A. turning the thermostat up in the summer and down in the winterB. looking for other opportunities for electrical energy conservation in the homeC. reducing energy consumption can be undertaken at homeD. making use of alternative clean energy sourcesE. contributing to climate changePassage 1Nowadays, scientists are working hard to make deserts into useful land again. They make efforts to bring water to the desert( C ). Unluckily, more and more land is becoming deserts. This is because people are doing bad things to the earth.Some places don’t become deserts( D )Some green plants are growing there. ( B ). Plants keep the land away from becoming too dry in the sunshine( E ). When a little bit rain falls, the plants can hold the water. Without plants and grass，the land will become drier and drier and is more likely to become a desert. ( A )A. There is still a long way to go for scientists to turn the desert into good land.B. They are very important to dry placesC. so that people can live and grow food thereD. even t hough these places don’t have much rainE. Besides, they won’t let the wind blow the dirt away.Passage 2Temperature, pressure, specific volume, enthalpy and entropy are the most commonly used ( C ) in the thermodynamics.Heat expansion refers to the phenomenon that most of the substances will increase in size with ( B ) in the absence of ( E ).There are three basic types of( A ), namely, conduction, convection and radiation.The first law of thermodynamics goes like this: the heat input to a thermodynamic system is equal to the sum of the increase in( D )of the system and the work done to the outside.A. heat transferB．the rise in temperatureC．parameters of the mediumD．internal energyE．external forcesPassage 1( E ) Here are three important rules( A )Reduce. ( B ) Big cities always consume a lot of water in daily life. To save water, people in some families may first use the same water to wash clothes and then to flush the toilet.Reuse. ( C )For example, you can pass on the clothes you do not use or those too small for you to your younger sisters or brothers.Recycle. Bottles, cans and paper can be recycled. In this way, we can save a lot of money and resources. For example,used coke cans can be sent to a factory to be smashed flat and melted. ( D )A. Their key words all begin with the 1etter “R”.B. If you want to reduce waste. you must use things wisely.C. You must always think of reusing things before throwing them out.D. The metal stuff can be made into new coke cans.E. It’s important to protect our environment.Passage 2According to the mode of energy conversion, power plants can be classified into fossil-fired, hydraulic, ( B ), geothermal, tide power plants, and so on.A power plant transforms primary energy source into electric power and ( C ).A co-generation plant is the power plant that not only generates electricity but also ( A ).Normally, in selecting the site of a new power plant, following factors should be fully considered: Power net plan fur medium and long term; ( D ); Transportation condition; Water sources; Local natural condition and environmental protection.According to the common stipulation for a newly scheduled power plant, the total capacity in a ( E ) is in therange of 1200MW to 3 600MW, the number of units should not exceed six and the ranks of capacity should not exceed two.A. supplies steam to the userB. nuclear, wind, solarC. supplies power to usersD. Fuel supply and ash disposalE. newly scheduled power plantPassage 1The most important pumps in a power plant are feed-water pumps and condensate pumps, etc.The role of feed-water pump in a power plant is that ( B ) from de-aerator water storage tank to boiler. To meet the demand of parameter design of thermodynamic system and to simplify the system, a part of the feed water is extracted from an intermediate stage of the pump for temperature reduction of superheated steam.Following methods are used popularly for the speed regulation of feed-water pump: ( D )；Hydraulic coupling speed regulation and speed regulation by a small turbine.The principle of disposition for boiler feed-water pumps: three sets of feed-water pumps are equipped, ( A ), another one for standby. Generally, two steam-driven pumps and one。

【最新整理，下载后即可编辑】Passage 1 Have you ever seen a moon that looks unbelievably big?1.To what do we (all of these)2.The main purpose inform.3.The author mysterious.4.The moon looks it is near the horizon5.The autumn moon helps farmers seePassage 2 Strange thing happens to time when you travel.1.The best title How Time Changes Around the World.2.The difference is one hour.3.From this selection is divided into five time zones.4.The international the point where a new day begins.5.If you cross the ahead one hour in each new time zone.Passage 3 The diner is only a humble restaurant, but it has a special place in American life.1.What’s the main idea of paragraph 2? The attraction of different people.2.The purpose of the last paragraph is to give a summary of the wholepassage.3.Why do truck drivers like a diner?It’s a haven against loneliness.4.Diners rattact many different kinds of people.5.Diners are fascinating.Passage 4 Doctors have known for a long time that extremely loud noises 1.Doctors have long known tha t one may lose his hearing when he hears aterribly loud noise.2.This passage suggests that one’s hearing will be damaged even if he hasheard a loud noise for only little more than one second.3.According to this passage, one conclusion you can draw is that aspirinmakes hearing damage from loud noise worse.lions of Americans are in danger of suffering hearing loss because theytake too much aspirin.5.The purpose of the experiment the American scientist did was to findwhether aspirin would increase the temporary hearing damage from loud noises.Passage 5Just two months ago, Ana, a teenager, was preparing for1.Ana realizes that she must do well on the exam .2.Ana has been studying English for seven years.3.Ana experiences difficulty with the professor’s lecture s.4.Ana tells the interviewers about her family.5.The best main idea for the first paragraph is Ana comes through with flyingcolorsPassage6 Any mistake made in the printing of a stamp raises its value to stamp collectors.1.A postage stamp’s value to colle ctors is raised if a mistake is made in theprinting.2.In 1847 most countries of the world were not yet using postage stamps.3.In 1847, the mistake on the locally printed postage stamps was in thewording4.＄16800 is the collector’s value of the Twopenny Blue.5.The valuable stamps were designed by British printers.Passage 7 The communications explosion is on the scale of the rail, automobile or telephone1.By saying that he takes may images of his children, the author wants todisplay the influence of communications on life .2.The author most probably thinks the communications dust is amazing.3.Which of the following statements about the low-orbit satellites is true?The low-orbit satellites would replace towers and poles functionally.4.According to the passage, an optical-fiber audio-video link can enable us totalk and see each other no matter where we are.5.The phrase “each one”(Line2, para.5) can be best replaced by each car. Passage 8 J apan is getting tough about recycling-and not in the paper andplastic kind of way.1.According to the present regulations of Japan, the recycling of paper andplastic will be the responsibility of the consumers.2.Which of the following is NOT the character of plastics? It retains itsoriginal strength through reprocessing.3.According to the passage, the term “plastic sandwich” refers to a kind ofplastics with different integration in each layer.4.In the passage, it is implied but NOT stated that 21-inch TV withmagnesium case isn’t very popular so far.5.The author writes this passage in order to inform.Passage 9 A friend of mine, in response to a conversation we were having about the injustice1.The author thought of his friend’s question as a good one because like hisfriend, he also thought life was unfair.2.Surrendering to the fact that life isn’t fair will make us know it’s ourduty to perfect things.3.The second paragraph of the passage mainly discusses it’s nice to acceptthe injustice of life.4.In the last paragraph, “this very basic fact” refers to the fact that lifeisn’t and won’t be fair.5.From the passage, we can learn that the author’s attitude to life ispositive.Passage 10 People appear to be born to compute. The numerical skills of children develop so1.What does the passage mainly discuss? The development of mathematicalability in children.2.2.From the passage we can know that children begin to master simplecounting soon after they learn to walk and talk.3.In this passage the author’s attitude towards “children’s numerica lskills” is objective.4.According to the study of psychology, children didn’t think that quantityis unchanged as water pours from one glass to another with a different shape.5.Which of the following statements would be the author most likelydisapprove of? Children learn mathematics naturally and easily. Passage 11 A new technology is going to ripe, one that could transform our daily lives,1.As is indicated in the passage, the technology of superconductivity is stillunder development2.The new technology differs from the others in that it is being cultivated inresearch labs around the world .3.What does the author most probably think of the changes the newtechnology will bring to the world?Dramatic.4.From the passage, we may conclude that Asian scientists gain the lead inthe growth of the new technology.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? Superconductivity: A New Technology.Passage12 People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot,1.The word “repulsive” most probably means “disgusting”2.We can infer from the second paragraph that when collecting the snails, theauthor was angry because they might damage his beloved plants.3.The author finds that snails are the most controversial food4.The best title of this passage might be “One Man’s Meat is AnotherMan’s Poison “5.As indicated in the passage , people love different foods mainly becauseThey learn to eat certain foods in their families.Passage13 All the useful energy at the surface of the earth comes from the activity of the sun.1.The sun is the source of all of the following EXCEPT atomic power.2.Radiant energy is stored as carbon compounds by plants.3. The sun’s energy provides us with all EXCEPT water4.The largest part of the light energy directed towards the earth is absorbed by the earth’satmosphere5.Of the sun’s total output of radiant energy,the earth receives a very small portionPassage14 The market is a concept .If you are growing tomatoes in you backyard for sale you66.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? B what’s the market?67.All of the following acts are producing for the market EXCEPT attending a night school68.You are buying from the market when you dine at a restaurant69.The word “real ”in the last paragraph may most probably mean concrete70.In what way is the market very real for eacj person or businessmen who is making and selling something? It tells you what to producePassage15 X-rays were first discovered by a German scientist, Wilhelm Konrad Rontgen,in 1985,1.what puzzled Rontgen one day during his experiment was some radiation coming through the covered tube.2.The screen didn’t stop glowing even when it was moved to the next room3.Rontgen put his hand between the rays and a photographic plate in order to find out more about the rays4.The rays proved to be incapable of passing through bone5.From the passage ,we know X-rays are invisiblePassage16 Body clocks1.According to the passage, one can help maintain balance in the “body clock”2.Irregular signs shown by “body clock” may serve as a warning of possible illnesses3.We tend to do physical exercise early in the afternoon because our body is most active ten4.The author suggests that the best time to study is at nigh t5.According to the passage we are most likely to day-dream every hour in the day time.Passage17 Plastic are materials which are softened by heat san set into lasting form1.The word “sympathetic”in paragraph 2 most probably means agreeable.2.It can be concluded from this passage that plastics are cheap as antiques3.Which of the following is necessary to create any type of plastics? Carbon4.Plastics that harden into permanent shapes are called thermosetting.5.Which of the following is the best title for the passage? The Development of plastics as an Modern MPassage18 When we analyze the salt salinity of ocean waters, we find that it varies only slightly1.This passage mainly tells us about The causes of the variation in oceanic salinity.2.It can be inferred from the passage that increase in the salinity of ocean waters is caused by evaporation.3.Which of the following is not that cause of the decrease in the oceanic salinity? Formation of sea ice.4.Which of the following statements is true according to the whole passage? The temperature of the water has much to do with the oceanic salinity.5.The purpose of mentioning the Weddell Sea is to give an example of cold-water salinity.Passage19 The science of meteorology is concerned with the study of the structure ,1.Which of the following is the best title for the passage? Approaches to the Science of Meteorology.2.The predictions of synoptic meteorologists are directly based on thepreparation and study of weather maps.3.Which of the following is not referred to be the author as a field whose needs are served by weather forecasting? Sports4.The author implies that increased accuracy in weather forecasting will lead to greater protection of human life and property.5.In the last sentence of the passage ,the phrase “these tools”refers to mathematics and physicsPassage20 As we have seen, the focus of medical care in our society has been shifting from1.Today medical care is placing more stress on removing people’s bad living habits.2.In the first paragraph, people are reminded that good health is more than not being ill.3.Traditionally, a person is considered” well” if he is free from any kind of disease.4.According to the author, the true meaning of “wellness” is for people to strive to maintain the best possible health.5.According to what the author advocates, which of the following groups of people would be considered healthy? People who try to be as healthy as possible, regardless of their limitations.Passage21 If you want to teach your children how to say sorry , you must be good at1.If a mother adds “but” to an apology, the child may feel that he owes her an apology.2.According to the author, saying “I’m sorry you ‘re upset”most probably means “I’m aware you’re upset, but I’m not to blame”3.It is not advisable to use the general, all-covering apology because it is vague and ineffective4.We learn from the last paragraph that in teaching children to say sorry their ages should be taken into account.5.It can be inferred from the passage that apologizing properly is not as simple at it seemsPassage22 Scratchy throats, stuffy noses and body aches all spell misery, but being able1.According to the author, knowing the cause of the misery will help shorten the duration of the illness.2.We learn from the passage that over-the-counter drugs can be taken to ease the misery cause by a cold or the flu.3.According to the passage, to combat the flu effectively, one should take medicine upon catching the disease.4.Which of the following symptoms will distinguish the flu from a cold?A high temperature5.If children have flu-like symptoms, their parents are advised not to give them aspirin.Passage23 Sign has become a scientific hot button. Only in the past 20 years have specialists1. The study of sign language is thought to be a challenge to traditional views on the nature of language.2.The present growing interest in sign language was stimulated by an English teacher in a university for the deaf.3.According to Stokoe, sign language is a genuine language4.Most educators objected to Stokoe’s idea because they thought a language could only exist in the form of speech sounds.5.Stokoe’s argument is based on his belief that language is a product of the brain.Passage24 It is hard to track the blue whale, the ocean’s largest creature, which has almost1.The passage is chiefly about the civilian use of a military detection system.2.The underwater listening system was originally designed to trace and locate enemy vessels.3.The deep-sea listening system makes use of the unique property of layers of ocean water in transmitting sound.4.It can be inferred from the passage that military technology has great potential in civilian use5. Which of the following is true about the U.S Navy underwater listening network? It is now partly accessible to civilian scientists.Passage25 You never see them , but they’re with you every time you fly. They record1.What dose the author say about the black box? It is an indispensable device in an airplane2.What information could be found from the black box on the Yemeni airliner? Date for analyzing the cause of the crash.3.Why was the black box redesign in 1965? The early models often got damaged in the crash.4.Why did the Federal Aviation Authority require the black boxes be painted orange or yellow? To makethem easily identifiable.5.What do we know about the black boxer from Air France Flight 447? There is still a good chance of their being recovered.Passage26 New technology links the world as never before. Our planet has shrunk .It’s now1.What is the author’s attitude toward high-teach communications equipment? Positive2.With the increased use of high-teach communications equipment, businesspeople are attaching more importance to their overseas business.3.In this passage, “out of sight and out of main” (lines2-3,part.3) probably means missing opportunities for promotion when abroad4.According to the passage, what is an important consideration of international corporations in employing people today?Ability to speak the client’s language.5.The advantage of employees having foreign language skills is that they can better control the whole negotiation process.Passage27 A properly designed electricalsystem1.when there is some Produce dangerous heat2.Want will circuit breaks It will cut the electrity3.What’s the function of To supply electrity4.Through electrity wiring The electrity meteroutside5.How does a circuit breaker It cuts off electrity supplyPassage28 Every hour the sun beams onto earth1.From the first a technology2.What is the percentage of Less than one thousandth3.Where can photovoltaic cells on rooftops4.In solar thermal power as a heat source5.By what can the sun’s By moveable mirrorsPassage29 Researchers say people traveling1.The main reason A polluted air2.Those who would be women driving in a car3.Which of the following Pollutants from vehicles4.People living near highways more likely to die5.Which of the following Traffic and Heart AttacksPassage30Congratulations. Your decision to stop1.On what does the author On the deciding to quit2.The purpose of the supporting help smokers give up smoking3.Where can people get further From the national newspapers4.Which of the following is a factor Care about the people around you5.What is the author’s opinion about To write down their reasons and always Passage31Unwanted sound,or noise,such as that1.Noise pollution can lower productivity2.Which of the following is the main factor lntensity of sound3.Where is the noise pollution most serious ln airports阅读理解4.Which sound can most people’s ears pick up sound of 15000hertz5.What method is suitable for noise protection wearing ear protection Passage32A smart grid incorporates consumer equipment1.What can customers know through Their electrical consumption and pattern2.One of the advantages of smart grid is customers can save and even sell energy3.What can larger commercial bussiness They can provide power during peak4.What can a smart grid help customers to do To manage their enery consumption wisely5.Which of the following would be Introduction of Smart GridPassage33 In economic terms,electrity is a commodity.An electrity market is a system buy or sell electricity2.What is the price set for short term The principles of supply and damand3.Who will be responsible for managerment Marker operators4.The restuctcring of electic power system is the restructuring of natural gas markets5.Why is Chilean model considered successful Because it has solved several structural problemsPassage34 Large airports with lots of international traffic have employees1.Several languages are spoken to guide passengers in Mang large internationalairports2.How are the airports named in the US? Sometimes they are named after the city they are in3.Which airport can be found in Seattle? Seatac4.Which of the foiiowing statements is True After a long flight of time zones your may5.If you leave your things in the airport,you can the lost and found【最新整理，下载后即可编辑】。