2019年成人高考高起点英语阅读理解试题及答案05
四、阅读理解(共15小题;每题2分，共30分。)
阅读下列短文，然后根据短文的内容从每小题的四个选择项中选出最佳的一项，并把它前面的大写字母填入左边的括号里。
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Jimmy was five years old and his brother， Billy， was only a baby. One morning his mother waited for an important telephone call for hours， but nobody called. There was no bread in the house and she had to go out to buy some. Jimmy stayed at home to look after the baby. When the mother was out， the telephone rang and Jimmy answered.
Mr. Baker：Hello! May I speak to Mrs. White?
Jimmy：Sorry， Mother is out.
Mr. Baker：Well， when she comes back， say to her， “Mr. Baker called.”
Jimmy：What?
Mr. Baker：Mr. Baker. Write it down. B-A-K-E-R.
Jimmy：How do you write B?
Mr. Baker：How do I write…? Listen， little boy， is there anybody else with you? Any brothers or sisters?
Jimmy：Yes， my brother Billy is here.
Mr. Baker：Good. I want to talk to him， please.
Jimmy：All right. Jimmy took the telephone to the baby‘s bed and put it beside its head. Not long after that his mother came back.
Mother：Did anybody call?
Jimmy：Yes， a man called. But he only wanted to talk to Billy.
( )51. Jimmy‘s mother waited for ________.
A. an important man B. a good friend
C. a telephone call D. a piece of good news
( )52. Jimmy‘s mother went out because ________.
A. she waited for hours B. nobody called
C. she had to buy some bread D. she had to buy some milk
( )53. Jimmy couldn‘t write down Mr. Baker’s name because ________.
A. he had no pen or paper B. he couldn‘t read or write
C. he had to look after the baby D. he had to play with his brother
( )54. Mr. Baker wanted to talk to ________.
A. a child older than Jimmy B. a child younger than Jimmy
C. Jimmy‘s brother Billy D. Jimmy’s sister Betty
B
Scientists have searched for many years for a method to tell whether a volcano(火山)explosion will be small or large. Now，four scientists say they have discovered something in lava(熔岩)that will help do this. They did the research on Mount Unzen on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu.
Mount Unzen exploded in November，1990. Since then，more explosions have killed 43 people and destroyed the homes of more than 2，000 others. The volcano is still active today.
The scientists say the lava of the volcano contains high level of an element(成份)，which is a sign of the presence of the lava from deep in the earth，not from the surface. They say it shows that the lava coming directly from inside the earth is connected with huge explosions instead of smaller ones.
The scientists examined the lava from 18 explosions of Mount Unzen that took place during many thousands of years. They also studied the lava from other volcanoes in the area that are older than Mount Unzen. The lava studied came from both large and small explosions. The scientists found that large explosions contained more of the element than small ones. The scientists say if they had known this two years earlier，they could have warned the people living in the area near Mount Unzen and saved many lives.
( )55. From the passage we learn that Mount Unzen is the name of ______.
A.a huge volcano explosion
B.a Japanese island
C.an active volcano
D.a kind of lava
( )56.The four scientists discovered that the level of the element contained in the lava could tell ______.
A.the degree of a volcano explosion
B.the place of a possible explosion
C.the number of volcano explosions
D.the time of a possible explosion
( )57. The research of the four scientists was based on ______.
A.the lava that caused explosions
B.the presence of the lava from the surface
C.the damages caused by the 1990 explosion
D.the lava from different explosions in the area
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