2019成人高考专升本《英语》模拟题及答案四

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2019成人高考专升本《英语》模拟题及答案四

Reading Comprehension

Directions:There are five reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by four questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose one best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

Human needs seem endless. They might be regarded as making up several levels. When there is enough money to satisfy one level of needs, another level appears.

The first and most basic level of needs involves food. Once this level is satisfied,the second level of needs, clothing and some sort of shelter, appears. By the end of World War Ⅱ , these needs were satisfied for a great majority of Americans. Then a third level appeared. It included such items as automobiles and new houses.

By 1957 or 1958 this third level of needs was fairly well satisfied. Then, in the late 1950s, a fourth level of needs appeared:the 'life-enriching' level. While the other levels involve physical satisfaction, that is, the feeding, comfort, safety, and transportation, this level stresses mental needs for recognition, achievement, and happiness. It includes a variety of goods and services. Among them are vacation trips ,the best medical and dental care, and recreation. Also included here are fancy goods and the latest styles in clothing.

On the fourth level,a lot of money is spent on services, while on the first three levels more is spent on goods.

A fifth level would probably involve needs that can be achieved best by community action. Consumers may be spending more on taxes to pay for government action against disease, ignorance,

crime, and prejudice. After filling our stomachs, our clothes closets, our garages, our teeth, and our minds, we now may seek to ensure the health, safety, and leisure to enjoy more fully the good things on the first four levels.

1. According to the passage,man will begin to think about such needs as housing and clothing only when

A. he has saved up enough money

B. he has grown dissatisfied with his simple shelter

C. he has satisfied his hunger

D. he has learned to build houses

2. It can be inferred from the passage that by the end of World WarⅡ,most Americans

A. were very rich

B. lived in poverty

C. did not own automobiles

D. had own automobiles

3. What is the main concern of man on the fourth level?

A. The more goods the better.

B. The more “39” items the better.

C. The more mental satisfaction the better.

D. The more earnings the better.

4. The author tends to think that the fifth level

A. would be little better than the fourth level

B. may be a lot more desirable than the first four

C. can be the last and most satisfying level

D. will become attainable before the government takes actions

It was a case of emergency. The four-year-old girl awoke and smelled smoke. She couldn39;t wake

her mother, so she dialed zero. An operator immediately called the fire department. Help was sent,

and a tragedy avoided.

Days before this emergency, the mother had taught her child how to telephone for help. Children as

young as two and one-half years old can be taught to use the phone in emergency situations. Here are

some points.

Memorizing certain facts is important. Teach your children their names, and the section of town where you live. Try to keep what they learn within their abilities. Simple information, learned well, is better than difficult information only partly learned.

Be sure your children know how to use the telephone. They should be taught to dial 'zero'for the operator,at the very least. And they should be taught to dial '911' if it is used in your town.

Practice over a period of several days. Over-learning is necessary so the child can act automatically in case of emergency.

If you would like a booklet giving instructions on calling for help, write Telephone For Help,Box 99, Bowling Green Station, New York, NY 10004.

1. Based on this passage,over-learning is good because

A. simple information is used

B. children should know their names

C. it helps children act automatically

D. difficult information is only partly learned

2. Paragraph 4 talks about dialing '911'. This number is probably

A. the operator

B. an emergency number

C. a practice number for children

D. used to keep children calm

3. One thing the passage does NOT tell you to do is

A. call your neighbor

B. practice several times

C. teach children how to use the telephone

D. have children memorize some simple facts

4. What is the main idea of the passage.

A. Give instructions on calling for help.

B. Partly-learned information is useless.

C. Teach children how to deal with emergencies.

D. Keep what children learn within their abilities.

Oceanography has been defined as 'The application of all sciences to the study of the sea'

Before the nineteenth century scientists with an interest in the sea were few and far between.Certainly Newton considered some theoretical aspects of it in his writings, but he was reluctant to go to sea to further his work.

For most people the sea was remote, and with the exception of early intercontinental travelers or others who earned a hying from the sea, there was little reason to ask many questions about it, let alone to ask what lay beneath the surface. The first time that the question'What is at the bottom of the oceans.'39;?'; had to be answered with any commercial consequence was when the laying of a telegraph cable from Europe to America was proposed. The engineer had to know the depth profile( 起伏) of the route to estimate the length of cable that had to be manufactured.

It was to Maury of the US Navy that the Atlantic Telegraph Company turned ,in 1853,for information on this matter. In the 1840s, Maury had been responsible for encouraging voyages during which soundings(测水深)were taken to investigate the depths of the North Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Later,some of his findings aroused much popular interest in his book The Physical Geography of the Sea.

The cable was laid, but not until 1866 was the connection made permanent and reliable. At the early attempts, the cable failed and when it was taken out for repairs it was found to be covered in living growths, a fact which defied contemporary scientific opinion that there was no life in the deeper

parts of the sea. Within a few years oceanography was under way. In 1872 Thomson led a scientific expedition (考察), which lasted for four years and brought home thousands of samples from the sea.Their classification and analysis occupied scientists for years and led to a five-volume report, the last volume being published in 1895.

5. The proposal to lay a telegraph cable from Europe to America made oceanographic studies take on

A. an academic aspect

B. a military aspect

C. a business aspect

D. an international aspect

6. It was __________that asked Maury for help in oceanographic studies.

A. the American Navy

B. some early intercontinental travelers

C. those who earned a living from the sea

D. the company which proposed to lay an undersea cable

7. The aim of the voyages Maury was responsible for in the 1840s was __________

A. to make some sounding experiments in the oceans