大学英语 阅读理解C
阅读理解C12、I was very disappointed not to be able to go to the jazz concert last Friday. The ad. in the paper said that you could buy tickets at the theatre box office in Richland Hills any day between 10:00 and 4:00. Since I work from 9 o'clock to 5:30, the only time I could go to the theater was during my 45-minute lunch break. Unluckily, the theatre is on the other side of the town, and the bus service between my office and Richland Hills is not very good. But if you are lucky, you can make the round trip in 45 minutes.
Last Monday, I stood at the bus stop for 15 minutes waiting for a bus. By the time I saw one come around the corner, there was not enough time left to make the trip, so I gave up and went back to the office. The same thing happened on Tuesday, and again on Wednesday. On Thursday, my luck changed, I got on a bus right away and arrived at the theatre in exactly 20 minutes. When I got there, however, I found a long line of people at the box office. I heard one man say he had been waiting in line for over an hour. Realizing I would not have enough time to wait in line, I caught the next bus and headed back across the town. By Friday I realized my only hope was to make the trip by taxi. It was not cheap, but I felt it would be worth it to hear the concert. The trip by taxi only took 10 minutes, but it felt like an hour to me. When I got to the theatre, I was relieved to see that nobody was waiting in line. The reason, I quickly discovered, was that they had already sold all the tickets.
(1)、The writer may be _______.
A：a worker
B：a clerk
C：a college teacher
D：a head of a company
答案：B
(2)、Where did he learn that there would be a concert last Friday? _______.
A：From the newspaper
B：Over the radio
C：From one of his colleagues
D：From his friends
答案：A
(3)、He tried to go to the theatre every day but only managed to get there _______.
A：Once
B：three times
C：Twice
D：four times
答案：C
(4)、He failed to get the ticket on Friday because _______.
A：the taxi fare was too expensive
B：the tickets had been sold out
C：he could go there that day
D：the concert wasn't on Friday
答案：B
(5)、The word "relieved" in the last sentence means _______.
A："pleased"
B："puzzled"
C："sorry"
D："surprised"
答案：A
13、William Henry Harrison, the ninth president of the United States, was born in a small town. As a young boy, he was very quiet and shy. In fact, he was so quiet that many people thought he was stupid.
Because of that, the people of the town liked to play tricks on this boy.
"Here, William," one of them would say. "Here is a nickel（五美分硬币）, and here is a dime（十美分硬币）. Which one do you want?"
William always chose the nickel, and all the people would laugh at him.
Finally, his mother took him aside and said to him, "I know that you are a smart boy, but sometimes you let people think you are not so smart. Why do you always choose the nickel instead of the dime? Don't you know that a dime is worth more than a nickel?"
"Certainly I know it," William answered slowly, "but if I choose the dime, then people won't play the trick on me anymore. Then I won't get any more nickels."
(1)、William Henry Harrison was born .
A：in a big city
B：on a farm
C：in the countryside
D：in a small town
答案：D
(2)、People thought he was stupid because .
A：he did poorly at school
B：he was so quiet
C：he always asked foolish questions
D：he was afraid of others
答案：B
(3)、Whenever people played tricks on him, he was asked to .
A：laugh at himself
B：make faces
C：choose between a nickel and a dime
D：tell right from wrong
答案：C
(4)、His mother took him aside and asked why .
A：he always chose the nickel instead of the dime
B：he didn't know that a dime was worth more than a nickel
C：people played the same trick on him
D：he failed to let people know how smart he was
答案：A
(5)、We can infer（推断） from the story that William Henry Harrison was .
A：foolish
B：naughty
C：silent
D：clever
答案：D
14、One of the favorite foods in the United States is the hamburger, a kind of flat round bread with fine-cut beef in between. The favorite place to buy a hamburger is a fast food restaurant. At fast food restaurants, people order their food, wait a few minutes to get it over the counter, and carry it to their tables themselves. People also take their food out of the restaurant and eat it in their cars or in their homes. At some fast food restaurants, people can order their food, pay for it and pick it up without leaving their cars.
There are many kinds of fast food restaurants in the United States. Most of the restaurants sell hamburgers or other popular foods among Americans. In addition, there are many fast food restaurants that serve Chinese food, Italian food, chicken, seafood and ice-cream. The idea of a fast food restaurant is so popular that nearly every kind of food can be found.
Fast food restaurants are popular because they show the American way of life. First, they are not formal restaurants. People wear any type of dress when they go to a fast food place. Second, they are fast. People who are busy do not want to spend time preparing their food or waiting while someone else prepares it. In fast food restaurants the food is usually ready before the customer even orders it. Finally , most food in a fast food restaurant is not expensive. Therefore, people can often eat at a fast food restaurant without spending too much money, while they may not be able to go to more expensive restaurants very often.
(1)、Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A：Chinese food is also served in some fast food restaurants.
B：People can have almost every kind of food in fast food restaurants.
C：Fast food is usually expensive.
D：Fast food can be taken out of the restaurants .
答案：C
(2)、Fast food restaurants are popular because they ______.
A：are busy
B：are fast
C：are expensive restaurants
D：serve expensive food
答案：B
(3)、According to the writer, American people ______.
A：are always busy
B：prefer ordinary type of dress
C：do not want to spend too much time preparing their food
D：go to more expensive restaurant very often
答案：C
(4)、According to the passage, the favorite restaurants in the U.S. are ______.
A：the Chinese restaurants
B：the fast food restaurants
C：more expensive restaurants
D：less expensive restaurants
答案：B
(5)、The best title for this passage would be ______.
A：Fast Food Restaurants in the U.S
B：The Favorite Food in the U.S
C：The American Way of Life
D：Different kinds of Restaurants
答案：A
15、One day John's wife was ill. He called the doctor and made sure they would meet at five. In the afternoon, he drove his car to the doctor's and got there at twenty to five. He thought, "It's a little earlier. I'll wait for a moment. It's good to keep the time."
Then he stopped his car in front of the doctor's. He looked around and saw a noisy square nearby. He went there and sat down on a chair to enjoy the last sunlight in the afternoon and make himself quiet. He saw some children playing and some women talking to each other happily.
Suddenly he heard a girl crying. He came up to her and asked some questions. Then he knew she got lost. John tried to find out her address and took her home. The girl's parents were very thankful.
Then John hurried to the doctor's. The doctor said angrily when he saw him, "You're late. Why did you keep me waiting for twenty minutes? "John said nothing but one word-"Sorry!"
(1)、John arrived at the doctor's ______.
A：late
B：on time
C：early
D：in no time
答案：C
(2)、John went to the square to ______.
A：spend the time
B：talk to the women
C：see the doctor
D：help the children
答案：A
(3)、The girl cried because ______.
A：someone hit her
B：she fell off her bike
C：her parents were angry with her
D：she didn't find the way home
答案：D
(4)、At last John got to the doctor's at ______.
A：twenty to five
B：twenty past five
C：five o'clock
D：six o'clock
答案：B
(5)、From the story, we know John is a ______.
A：busy person
B：quiet person
C：helpful person
D：lucky person
答案：C
16、New York is the place in the United States which most visitors see and the city that is most often described. In New York you would often hear the phrase "New York is not America", and, of course you would like to see more of the country. You look at the map and choose what region to start with. You remember from history books that when the United States was formed there were only thirteen states. These were thirteen colonies which in 1776 had declared their independence from Great Britain and fought a seven-year War of Independence. The thirty-seven other states were admitted to the nation one by one, as they gained enough population. The last to come in were Alaska and Hawaii. They were admitted to the Union in 1959.
(1)、From the passage we learn that ______.
A：most visitors to the United States visit New York and say what it is like
B：most visitors see and describe that New York is a place in the United States
C：New York is seen and described in the United States
D：New York is the only place in the United States which visitors see and describe
答案：A
(2)、The phrase "New York is not America" means "______".
A：New York is not in America
B：New York does not represent America
C：New York does not belong to America
D：New York is New York and America is America
答案：B
(3)、The War of Independence ended in ______.
A：1783
B：1776
C：1769
D：1959
答案：A
(4)、The United States now consists of ______.
A：thirteen states
B：fifty states
C：thirty-seven states
D：fifty-two states
答案：D
(5)、According to the passage, the other thirty-seven states were not admitted at once but one by one because ______.
A：they did not take part in the War of Independence
B：they did not like to join the Union
C：they did not have enough money to invest
D：the number of people living in the states was not large sufficiently
答案：D
17、The clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light, I looked sadly before me at a huge pile of that troublesome stuff（东西） they call "books".
I was going to have my examination the next day. "When can I go to bed?" I asked myself. I didn't answer. In fact, I dared not.
The clock struck twelve. "Oh, dear!" I cried. "Ten more books to read before I can go to bed!" We pupils are the most pity creatures in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy. The clock struck one. I was quite desperate （绝望的） now. I forgot all I had learned. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed, "Oh God, please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards, Amen." My eyes were so heavy that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later, with my head on the desk, I fell asleep.
(1)、The writer was ______.
A：sleeping and dreaming
B：reading an interesting book
C：preparing for an exam
D：talking with his dad
答案：C
(2)、The writer is ______.
A：a parent
B：a pupil
C：a clock maker
D：a young teacher
答案：B
(3)、Which of the followings is NOT true?
A：He doesn't like studying very much.
B：He finished the ten books.
C：He fell asleep after one.
D：His dad didn't agree with him.
答案：B
(4)、Why did he pray to God?
A：Because he was desperate.
B：Because he often does that.
C：Because he was too tired.
D：Because he hoped to get a high mark.
答案：A
(5)、Where did he fell asleep?
A：In his bed.
B：On the desk.
C：Outside the house.
D：In the classroom.
答案：B
18、 There has been frequent discussion about what kinds of reading texts are suitable for English language students. The greatest controversy has centered on whether the texts should be authentic or not. That is because people have worried about more traditional language-teaching materials which tended to look artificial and to use over-simplified language which any native speaker would find comical and untypical.
However, if you give low-level students a copy of The Times or The Guardian (which are certainly authentic for native-speakers), they will probably not be able to understand them at all. There will be far too many words they have never seen before, the grammar will be difficult and the style will finish them off.
A balance has to be struck between real English on the one hand and the students' abilities and interests on the other. There is some authentic written material which beginner students can understand to some degree: menus, timetables, signs and basic instructions, for example, and where appropriate, we can use these. But for longer prose, we may want to offer our students texts which, while being like English, are nevertheless written or adapted especially for their level. The important thing is that such texts are as much like real English as possible.
The topics and types of reading text are worth considering too. Should our students always read factual encyclopedia-type texts or should we expose them to novels and short stories? A lot will depend on who the students are. If they are all business people, the teacher may well want to concentrate on business texts. If they are science students, reading scientific texts may be a priority. But if, as is often the case, they are a mixed group with different interests and careers, a more varied diet is appropriate.
(1)、It can be inferred from Paragraph 1 that .
A：traditional language-teaching materials were not authentic
B：authentic materials are artificial and comical
C：it's widely agreed that authentic materials should be used
D：authentic materials are more suitable for English language students
答案：A
(2)、Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a problem for low-level students according to the passage?
A：The reading materials tend to be long passages.
B：The writing style is one that they have never met before.
C：Grammar in the reading passage is difficult.
D：They are given a task of reading The Times.
答案：A
(3)、The phrase "authentic reading texts" refers to .
A：writings written by native English speakers
B：passages written by experts
C：copies of The Times or The Guardians
D：passages with difficult sentences
答案：A
(4)、The proper way to solve the problem discussed in Paragraphs 1 and 2 is to give .
A：beginners authentic written materials
B：all learners menus, timetables, signs etc. to read
C：learners only adapted texts as their reading materials
D：learners materials suitable for their level and as authentic as possible
答案：D
(5)、One of the standards for choosing the right language-learning materials is .
A：they should be scientific texts
B：they should be related to students' majors
C：they should the factual type of writings
D：they should be long passages
答案：B
29、 If you like looking at more places or people, travel by bus. Buses don't go very fast in the centre of London. In general, London buses are red and double-deckers (双层汽车). They have a driver and a conductor.
When you have got on the bus, the conductor says, "Tickets, please!" You say where you want to go; he tells you how much to pay; you pay him and he gives you a ticket. A lot of London bus drivers and conductors come from the West Indies.
There are other sorts of buses in London, too. The red single-decker buses have a driver but no conductor. You pay the same price for a short journey as for a long journey.
The green buses are called the Green Line. These busses cross London, but they don't stop very often.They are mainly for people who live a little way out of London and who travel in and out.
(1)、When you ______ the bus, you pay the conductor and get a ticket.
A：get on
B：get off
C：take off
D：leave out
答案：A
(2)、The red double-decker buses have ______.
A：two conductors
B：a conductor and a driver
C：no conductor but a driver
D：neither conductor nor driver
答案：B
(3)、There are ______ kinds of buses in London.
A：two
B：three
C：four
D：five
答案：B
(4)、The correct statement is ______.
A：many London bus conductors are from West Indies
B：a lot of bus drivers are from West Europe
C：few bus conductors are Indies
D：london buses hire only people from India
答案：A
(5)、The green buses are mainly for people who ______.
A：live in the center of London
B：like to call Green Line
C：like to take buses
D：live outside of London
答案：D
30、 When I was about 12, I suddenly began to like writing poetry. I gave up all my other hobbies, such as collecting stamps, reading novels, playing football, etc, and spent all my spare time reading poetry and writing it. This habit of writing poetry on every possible occasion（场合） soon got me into trouble at school. If a lesson did not interest me, I would take out my notebook and start writing poems in class. Of course I did this very carefully, but it was not long before I got caught. One day while I was busy writing a poem during a geography lesson, I looked up to find the teacher standing over me. He looked rather angry because I was not paying attention. He tore my poem up, and warned me not to waste time in his lesson. All the same I believed that I had written a good poem, so that evening I wrote it out again from memory. Not long after, I read about a poetry contest（比赛） and I decided to send in my poem. Weeks later, long after I had given up hope, I got a letter telling me I had won the first prize. Everyone at school was very impressed --- except the geography teacher. He watched me more carefully than ever. He was quite sure that I was not going to write poetry in his lesson!
(1)、What was the hobby that the author picked up when he was 12 years old?
A：Collecting stamps
B：Writing poems
C：Reading novels
D：Playing football
答案：B
(2)、The author was so interested in his hobby that ______.
A：he did nothing else in class but write poems
B：he wrote poems everywhere in the classroom
C：he did it when he had no interest in a lesson
D：he did it in every geography class
答案：C
(3)、The geography teacher was very angry because ______.
A：the author looked up to the teacher
B：the author lowered his head
C：he had found that the author was writing poetry in the geography class
D：the author was not careful
答案：C
(4)、What did the author think of the poem that was torn up by the teacher?
A：He thought it was a good poem
B：He thought it was his best poem
C：He didn't give it much thought
D：He didn't like it at all
答案：A
(5)、Which of the following is true about the poem that the author wrote in the geography class?
A：It made the author lose hope about poetry writing.
B：It brought the author the honor of a first-class prize in a poetry competition.
C：It made the geography teacher feel sorry for his tearing it up.
D：It brought the author the freedom of writing poetry in geography classes.
答案：B
31、Two clever children - Peter, 11, and his sister Karen, 9, found a stolen car in woods near Sai Kung yesterday morning. The pleased owner, Mrs. Judy Roberts, said that she would take the children out to dinner to show her thanks.
The two children were studying at Sai Kung Primary School. They were walking along a path on their way to school when they noticed a car covered with branches which were pulled down from a tree. The children were a bit surprised because very few people parked their cars there. They looked inside the car but there was nobody in it.
What did the children do then? They made a note of the type of the car and its color. Peter also wrote down the number of the car. When they got to school, they told their teacher what they had seen. The matter was reported to the police station.
After the police collected some important information, Mrs. J. Roberts was traced.
"I lost my car two days ago and I have been very sad. I'm glad to have it found now. I really have to thank Peter and Karen and I will take them out to dinner. I'm also going to write to the headmaster of Sai Kung Primary School to speak highly of the teachers." Mrs. Roberts said.
Peter and Karen's teachers were proud of these two small detectives. "Peter and Karen are not only good students but also responsible members of the society," the headmaster, Mr. Smith said.
(1)、The children were surprised to see the car because ______.
A：people did not usually park a car there
B：they could not find anyone in the car
C：there were no cars there before
D：someone covered the car with branches
答案：A
(2)、The matter was reported to the police station. "The matter" refers to (指代) ______.
A：writing down the number of the car
B：the discovery of the car
C：collecting some information
D：the stolen car
答案：B
(3)、Mrs. J. Roberts was traced. The word "traced" means ______.
A：seen
B：found
C：remembered
D：understood
答案：B
(4)、Mrs. Roberts wrote to Mr. Smith to ______.
A：tell him that she had found her car
B：invite him out to dinner
C：say that Peter and Karen were detectives
D：praise the teachers of Sai Kung Primary School
答案：D
(5)、The best title for the passage is ______.
A：A Report on a Car in Woods
B：How to Find Lost Cars
C：Two Little "Detectives"
D：Thankful Woman
答案：C
32、 From the time I was a little child I always felt nobody liked me. I never had any friends that I could tell everything to. I tried to make friends, but nobody seemed to care for me.
I also had a lot of problems with my height. Until grade nine I was a head taller than everybody else. My classmates always laugh at me.
Things weren't much better at home. The only way I could deal with my problems when I was a little child was to cry a lot. My mother didn't quite understand my feelings and the crying made her nervous and angry. Nobody in the family ever made an effort to understand me or even to talk to me. My family isn't what you'd call warm. There's never any expression of love.
Things started getting really bad in high school. I changed schools. In the old school even though I didn't have any friends I still had classmates to go out with; in the new school I had no one.
At that age everybody was in groups. I felt out of it. I tried, but I couldn't get along with the others. I didn't like them. I thought something was wrong with me. They thought I was strange.
(1)、Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A：My School Life
B：What's Wrong With Me Now
C：My Sad Childhood
D：What I think About Friends
答案：C
(2)、The writer's classmates made fun of his ______.
A：head
B：names
C：grade
D：height
答案：D
(3)、Which of the following is true?
A：The writer did not think he had a sweet home.
B：The writer has lost his parents.
C：The parents loved all their children but the writer.
D：The parents often kept the house rather cold.
答案：A
(4)、Things began to turn worse in high school after the writer ______.
A：lost all his old friends
B：was thought to be strange
C：found something wrong with himself
D：moved to a new school
答案：D
(5)、The writer felt lonely ______.
A：because he always lived alone
B：since he changed school
C：because he had no brother or sister
D：because he had no one to talk to
答案：D
33、Miss Jones teaches at a school. In one of her classes, the boys and girls are about eight years old, and they are not good at maths. Miss Jones always wants to make her lesson interesting and useful.
One day she gave them a question. "If you go to the shop to buy apples," she said, "and an apple and a half cost twelve pence（便士）, how much will you have to give for twelve apples?"
The pupils began to write in their exercise books, and for a time nobody spoke. Then one boy put his hands up and said, "Could you say the question once again, please?"
Miss Jones said, "If an apple and a half…" but the boy shouted.
"Oh, an apple and a half?" he said."All the time I am working it out in oranges, Miss Jones. So the answer must be different."
(1)、Miss Jones teaches ______.
A：very little babies
B：high school students
C：very good students
D：maths in one class
答案：D
(2)、Miss Jones ______.
A：bought apples for the boys and girls
B：went to the shop with her pupils
C：wanted her pupils to eat apples
D：wanted her pupils to be interested in her lesson
答案：D
(3)、The pupils began to work, ______.
A：and soon they got the answer
B：and they did it very quickly
C：but one was not quite clear about the question
D：but one left the classroom and went home
答案：C
(4)、Apples and oranges are different things, ______.
A：so the answer must be different
B：but the answer would be the same
C：so there should be no answer
D：so Miss Jones must be wrong
答案：B
(5)、The boy was ______.
A：very quick
B：very foolish
C：quite clever
D：quite useful
答案：B
34、Rose was studying to be a doctor, but now she did not have much money. Her uncle Tom was rich. As he had no children, he loved Rose very much. He always gave her very good birthday presents.
When uncle Tom's birthday was coming, Rose wanted to buy something nice for him, but he was so rich, and she did not know what to get for him. She went from one shop to another in the town. At last she told a shop assistant her problem and asked for her help.
"I'm sure you have seen many people with the same problem. What do you have for a man if he has already got everything?" Rose asked.
The shop assistant thought for a minute, and answered, "Envy（嫉妒）. Only envy."
(1)、Rose often got presents from her uncle because ______.
A：he was rich
B：she did not have much money
C：he loved her very much
D：she was going to be a doctor
答案：C
(2)、Rose did not know what present she should buy for her uncle because ______.
A：she did not have much money
B：he had no children
C：he had got everything
D：he did not like a present
答案：C
(3)、Rose went to different shops ______.
A：butdid not find anything good
B：and found something nice for her uncle
C：until she got something good
D：after she had got something good
答案：A
(4)、Rose asked the shop assistant to ______.
A：give a present for her uncle
B：tell her what to buy
C：tell her uncle not to buy anything
D：tell other people about the problem
答案：B
(5)、The assistant ______ Rose.
A：helped
B：could not help
C：understood
D：did not understand
答案：B
39、 Knowing what to do in case of fire is important. If a fire broke out in your home, what would you do? First, you should warn everyone in the house about the danger. Don't panic and start screaming. Be calm and act fast. Second, you and all the others should get out of the house. Don't stop to take belongings with you. Once you are out of the house, stay out. Do not go back for any reason. Finally, when you are out of the house, call the fire department. Don't try to put out the fire yourself. That can be very dangerous.
(1)、If there's a fire in your home, the first thing you should do is ____________.
A：to take your belongings
B：to start screaming
C：to warn everyone in the house
D：not to go into the house
答案：C
(2)、What should you do once you are out of the house?
A：panic
B：make a call
C：go back for your belongings
D：start screaming
答案：B
(3)、After warning everyone in the house, you should _________.
A：act fast
B：call the fire department
C：take all your belongings out of the house
D：get out of the house
答案：D
(4)、When should you call the fire department?
A：before you warn everyone
B：after you take your belongings
C：when you are trying to put out of the fire
D：after you leave the house
答案：D
(5)、The passage tells us ________.
A：what to do in case of fire
B：it is better to let all your belongings burn in the house
C：not to panic before leaving the house
D：to try and put out of the fire
答案：A
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