2011年GCT考試英語輔導教材--閱讀(7)

第五節閱讀理解強化練習

Reading Comprehension 4

    Passage 1

    Friedrich Dobl, a Yugoslav working in Germany, was fed up with traffic jams. At long weekends and holiday times when he wanted to get him quickly he always found himself behind hundreds of other cars moving slowly along the notorious foreign workers´ route through Germany and Austria. How easy it all was for police and emergency services. A siren, a flashing light? And like magic everyone was out of the way. Going home from work one night he passed a garage. And there in front of him was the answer to his problem. An old ambulance was for sale. The red cross had been removed. But not the flashing light, and the siren. He tried the light. It flashed magnificently. He tried the siren. That too sounded impressive. He bought the ambulance and opened up for himself a dream world of motoring. It began early in the morning, all his luggage in the back of the ambulance and motorway in Germany looking reasonably clear. Soon, as always, a long line of traffic appeared ahead. He switched on the flashing light and set off the siren. Cars swiftly slowed and pulled off the fast lane. Other cars stopped and drivers waved him ahead to an open road all his own. In record time he crossed the border into Austria. The big bluff was working. Police even waved him through the confusion caused by an accident. But then the Yugoslav made his beg mistake. Until then he had only stopped for petrol. Now he was driving past a real accident, lights flashing, too late to realize that it was not another traffic jam as he assumed. They stopped him, and after hearing the story of his ride across two countries fined him 12.5 pounds.��來源：www.examda.com

    1. At long weekends and holidays Friedrich Dobl used to____ .��

    A. drive home in Germany��

    B. meet other foreign workers��

    C. get caught in terrible traffic jams��

    D. get to the place where he worked by a special quick route��

    2. Why did he decide to buy the ambulance?��

    A. Because he had always wanted one.��

    B. Because he wanted to resell it at a higher price.��

    C. Because he liked the siren and the flashing light.��

    D. Because he knew that other traffic would get clear of the way for an ambulance.��

    3. The red cross had been removed ____.��

    A. but he soon put up a new one��

    B. but the siren and the flashing light still worked��

    C. so he asked the garage to paint another one on��

    D. because the vehicle did not look like an ambulance any more��

    4. When the police stopped him, ____.��

    A. he was driving dangerously��

    B. he had just driven straight past an accident��

    C. they found 12.5 pounds in his pocket��

    D. they told him they had followed him all the way��

    5. Which of the followings might be the best title for the passage?��

    A. How to Drive Quickly.��B. How to Avoid Accidents.��

    C. A Quick Way Home? By An Ambulance.��D. A Safe Way Home? Non-Stop.

    1.【答案】C��

    【解析】從本文第一段可以得知，在德國工作的南斯拉夫人Friedrich Dobl每個周末和放假都會回家，他在穿過德國和奧地利回國的路上受夠了交通堵塞。由此可見答案A）回德國的家B）跟其他外國工人見面D）由一條捷徑去工作的地方與原文不符，只有答案C）正確。��

    2.【答案】D��

    【解析】文中第二段開頭提到“How easy it all was for police and emergency services. A siren, a flashing light? And like magic everyone was out of the way.”，意思是對警察和急救人員來說就太簡單了，一個警示燈和一個警報器，然后象魔術一樣，所有的人都給你讓路。由此可見，答案D）是正確答案。��

    3.【答案】B��

    【解析】見文中第二段，“The red cross had been removed. But not the flashing light, and the siren. He tried the light. It flashed magnificently. He tried the siren. That too sounded impressive.”，警示燈和警報器都還在，試了試，警示燈很亮，警報器很響，所以正確答案是B。��

    4.【答案】B��

    【解析】見原文最后一段，“Now he was driving past a real accident, ... They stopped him”，他開車經過一個真正的車禍現場，他們讓他停下，由此可推斷出正確答案是B。��

    5.【答案】C��

    【解析】詳見內容概要，文章主要是關于一個外國工人為了躲過交通堵塞快點到家而買輛救護車來開的故事，所以答案C）最合適。答案A）如何開快車B）如何避免交通事故D）如何安全回家？——不要停！都跟本文大意不符。��

    Passage 2

    Some researchers claim that people´s personalities can be classified by their blood types.��If you have blood type O, you are a leader. When you see something you want, you strive to achieve your goal. You are passionate, loyal, and self-confident, and you are often a trendsetter. Your enthusiasm for projects and goals spreads to others who happily follow your lead. When you want something, you may be ruthless about getting it or blind to how your actions affect others. Another blood type, A, is a social, “people” person. You like people and work well with them. You are sensitive, patient, compassionate, and affectionate. You are a good peacekeeper because you want everybody to be happy. In a team situation, you resolve conflicts and keep things on a smooth course. Sometimes type As are stubborn and find it different to relax. They may also find it uncomfortable to do things alone.��

    People with type B blood are usually individualists who like to do things on their own. You may be creative and adaptable, and you usually say exactly what you mean. Also you can adapt to situations, you may not choose to do so because of your strong independent streak. You may prefer working on your own to being part of a team. The final blood type is type AB. If you have AB blood, you are a natural entertainer. You draw people to your because of your charm and easygoing nature. ABs are usually calm and controlled, tactful and fair. On the downside, though, they may take too long to make decisions. And they may procrastinate, putting off tasks until the last minute.��

    6. The passage is written by means of ____.��

    A. enumeration B. process analysis��C. classification D. examplification��

    7. People with type O will do the following things except____.��

    A. direct a board B. burn the night´s oil��C. be considerate D. self-oriented��

    8. Which of the following is not the feature of type A?��

    A. Stubborn. B. Sensitive.��C. Reserved. D. Patient.��

    9. What is Not true to type B?��

    A. He likes to work by himself.��

    B. He doesn´t think much before he speaks.��

    C. He has many original ideas.��

    D. He cannot fit in with the environment.��

    10. The best profession for a type AB is ____.��

    A. Musician B. Peacekeeper��C. Actor D. Spokesman

    6.【答案】C��

    【解析】本文按照血型分別談論人的性格，這種寫作方法叫分類。��

    7.【答案】C��

    【解析】原文談到O型血的人作領導，會盡力做好想做的事情，又十分自信。但不太在意別人的感受。因而答案選C。��

    8.【答案】C��

    【解析】原文第三段有相關信息。

    9.【答案】D��

    【解析】原文第四段說明B型血的人是有適應性并能夠適應環境的。

��   10.【答案】C��

    【解析】本文最后一段提及AB血型的人是天生的演藝人員。因而答案選C。��

    Passage 3

    Before the 1870´s, trained nurses were virtually unknown in the United States, Hospital nursing was an unskilled occupation taken up by women of the lower classes, some of whom were conscripted from the penitentiary or the almshouse. The movement for reform originated not with doctors, but among upper-class women, who had taken on the role of guardians of a new hygienic order. Though some doctors approved of the women´s desire to establish a nurses training school, which would attract the daughters of the middle class, other medical men were opposed. Plainly threatened by the prospect, they objected that educated nurses would not do as they were told-a remarkable comment on the status anxieties of nineteenth-century physicians. But the women reformers did not depend on the physicians´ approval: When resisted, as they were at Bellevue in efforts to install trained nurses on the maternity wards, they went over the heads of the doctors to men of their own class of greater power and authority. (Florence Nightingale, who had friends high in the English government, had followed exactly the same course in reforming beer country´s military hospitals.) Professional nursing, in short, emerged neither from medical discoveries nor from a program of hospital reform initiated by physicians; outsiders saw the need first.209

    11. Which of the following the best title for the passage?

    A. Public Hygiene in the United States

    B. Florence Nightingale: A Nurse´s Story

    C. The Fight for Nursing Education in the United States

    D. Health Care in Upper and Lower-Class Neighborhoods

    12. According to the passage, nurses in the United States in the 1850´s could best be described as

    A. poor, untrained womenB. young medical students

    C. wives of military officersD. middle-class men and women

    13. The author states that the first advocates of nursing training in the United States were

    A. medical menB. upper-class women

    C. professional nursesD. military commanders

    14. Why does the author mention Florence Nightingale?

    A. To describe the career of a pioneer of United States medicine

    B. To show that women doctors supported the effort to upgrade nursing

    C. To prove that conditions differed in military and civilian hospitals

    D. To show the similarity of her tactics to those used by United States reformers

    15. In line 24, the word “outsiders” refers to people who

    A. had been rejected by society

    B. were not part of the medical establishment

    C. had been severely injured in military combat

    D. were not citizens of the United States

    11.【答案】C

    【解析】The Fight for Nursing Education in the United States；本文從頭到尾講的全是美國上層婦女為建立護士教育而進行的斗爭。略讀一遍，讀懂大意，即可得出正確答案為C。

    12.【答案】A

    【解析】poor, untrained women；本文第二句描述的1870年代以前的護士，是unskilled，來自lower classes的婦女。這意味著她們是未受過訓練的貧窮婦女。

    13.【答案】B

    【解析】upper-class women本文第三句中的The movement for reform是指要求改革當時的護理狀況，進行護理訓練。即使不認識originated和advocate這兩個詞，也可據此猜出正確答案為B。

    14.【答案】D

    【解析】To show the similarity of her tactics to those used by United States reformers；文末括號中關于Nightingale的這一句明確指出，她采取了與美國改革者們完全一樣的做法，故正確答案為。

    15.【答案】B

    【解析】were not part of the medical establishment；大體讀懂最后一句，即可看出這里的outsiders是指醫務界以外的人，故正確答案為B。

    Passage 4

    At CapeChurchill in northeastern Manitoba, where the shore of Hudson Bay makes an abrupt 92-degree turn to the west, polar bears congregate in the autumn, waiting for the ice that is their home. By November, pack ice has formed beyond the fast ice, and the bears are moving. To be at the very tip of the Cape in November is to be in the middle of a slow but steadily flowing river of bears, methodically picking their way across the jumbled ice in a straight-line push for their hunting grounds.

    The polar bears of Hudson Bay are a distinct population thriving at the southern end of their range. Polar bears live on seals, and to hunt them the bears must have ice to get to where the seals are. Yet in Hudson Bay the ice melts by July and the bears have to come ashore, there to spend four months eating very little, digging into sand dunes and dirt so they can stay cool in the summer “hear,” relaxing into a physiological state like that of black bears in winter dens. They are the polar bear population most accessible to humans, and they are not only the best studied but the most easily experienced by amateur naturalists, photographers, and just plain tourists. 213

    16. With what aspect of bears lives is the passage mainly concerned?

    A. Their evolutionB. Their hunting skills

    C. Their temperamentD. Their seasonal movements

    17. According to the passage, polar bears congregate at CapeChurchill during the

    A. springB. summerC. fallD. winter

    18. The author uses the expression “steadily flowing river of bears” (line7) to illustrate the

    A. large number of migrating bears

    B. bears graceful movements

    C. danger the bears represent

    D. bears´ love of the water

    19. When the bears move out onto the ice, they look for their

    A. densB. youngC. foodD. mates

    20. It can be inferred from the passage that the polar bear population of Hudson Bay

    A. is one of several polar bear populations

    B. is unfriendly toward humans

    C. consumes food voraciously during the whole yeas

    D. is an endangered species

    16.【答案】D

    【解析】Their seasonal movements；本文沒有涉及北極熊的進化A與性格C；對于它的捕獵海豹B，僅有一句話涉及，并非主要內容。本文第一段和第二段的大部分，談的都是北極熊隨季節變化而進行的遷移D。

    17.【答案】C

    【解析】fall；文中第一句中的主句指出北極熊在秋天聚集，正確答案為C

    18.【答案】A

    【解析】large number of migrating bears；“steadily flowing river of bears”是一種形象的說法。把北極熊的行列比喻為一條“不停地流動的河流”，以說明其數目之多，正確答案為A。

    19.【答案】C

    【解析】food；第二段第二句后半句解釋了北極熊走到冰上的原因：去到有海豹的地方捕捉海豹，而海豹是其藉以生存的食物，因而正確答案為C。

    20.【答案】A

    【解析】is one of several polar bear populations；本文最后一句是通過推論求解本題的主要依據。這一句中的主語They顯然是指the polar bear population of Hudson Bay. 它們既然是“人最易接近的北極熊”，除了它們之外，必然還有人不那么容易接近的北極熊。由此可以推論：它們僅是北極熊中的一種而已，故正確答案為A。