北京区（总部） ：
电话：139-1001-6052；139-1006-3801；
微信公众服务号：bjbfhqgat
咨询QQ：1020831302
港澳台联招英语试题分类汇编（三）
-----阅读理解（2000年）
2000年华侨港澳台联合招生英语试题分类汇编：阅读理解
III. 阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分；满分40分）
阅读下列短文，并作每篇后面的题目。从四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。
A
In a national survey of quality of life in Chinese cities,Suzhou,Zhuhai,Xiamen,Shenzhen,and Shantou came out first among 37cities throughout China.
Environmental Resources Management(ERM)China conducted the survey.
Bejing,Tianjin,Shanghai and Chongqing are developed,industrialized cities,but they are far behind the top five when it comes to life quality.
The research was based on indexes showing not only environmental but also social and enonomic conditions in the citives between April and May.The higher the index the better the situation.
The enviromental index includes,among other things,air quality index and noise index while the economic index includes average earinings of worders and money spent on edudcation.
56.According to the survey,which of the following is the best place for people live in?
A.Beijing B.Tianjing C.Shanghai D.Shenzhen
57.From the text it is clear that the survey includes an index of ________.
A.population size B.people’s income
C.people’s education level D.leisure activities
B
The Australian government has built the longest fence in the world.It is 9,500kilometres long,and it takes 200 men to look after it .They drive along it and repair it every day.Sand blows against it .Rabbits make holes through it .These holes are dangerous,and the men have to repair them immediately.If they do not,the dingoes will get in.
Dingoes are wild dogs,and they are the fiercest killers in Australia.Wild animals usually kill for food,but dingoes kill for pleasure too.One dingo can easily kill 100 sheep in a single night,or a whole flock of sheep in a few days.Dingoes killed 600,000sheep in Queensland in eleven days.Those sheep worth 2,000,000 dollars.The farmers were angry,but they could not stop the dingoes.The problem was too big for the farmers to solve.So the government agreed to buildd the fence.They did so because Australia depends on ger sheep.She exports 45 percent of all the wool in the world,so Australia had to win the battle against the dingoes.
58.The purpose of the fence is to________.
A.keep out rabbits B.keep out dingoes
C.stop sheep running away D.stop sand blowing in
59.Two hrndred men are hired to________.
A.kill wild animals B.remove sand C.drive along the fence D.take care of the fence
60.Dingoes are unusual because they________.
A.are fierce B.enjoy killing C.kill sheep D.can get through fences
61.The underlined word”They” in the second paragraph refers to ______.
A.the sheep B.the farmers C.the dingoes D.the government
C
LONG BEACH,Cslif. (AP)-----An 83-year-old beekeeper who did not realize his hives were taken over by Africanized “killer bees” was attacked while mowing his lown and was in critical condition Wednesday.
Virgil Foster was stung 50 times Tuesday and was not breathing when he was sent to the hospital.
Health department officials estimate Foster’s three hives,originally set up for European bees,held about 1 million Africanized honeybees.They also built a hive in a tree.
Africanized bees are not more poisonous than other varieties,but they are more aggressive and attack in large numbers.They appear very similar to European bees,although killer bees have a shorter wingspan. If the bees are conclusively found to be Africanized,it woould be their first recorded attack on a person in the county.
“That’s the problem with Africanized bees,”said John Hurley,county bee inspector.”They don’t move in mean. They’re just like a regular bee and then,all of a sudden,they realize,’we’ve got to defend this.’”
Foster had more than 60 years ofbeekeeping experience but had largely gotten out of the hobby until recently,when some wild bees settled in his hives.Family members warned Foster to get rid of the bees because they could be Africanized,but he didn’t think that was the case,Hurley said.
62.Which of the following best describes the state Foster was in on Wednesday?
A.He was dead. B.He got well again. C. he was in danger. D.He got disease from bees.
63.Compared with other types of bees,Africanized bees _______.
A.are more brave B.are more poisonous C.have smaller wings D.fly in larger numbers
64.It can be inferred from the text that Foster_______.
A.had made a living by selling honey B.had tried to drive the wild bees away
C.had tried to get honey from the wild bees
D.had thought it Ok for the wild bees to use his hives
65.When he said,“They don’t move in mean.” Hurley meant that the wild bees didn’t come______.
A.with poison B.in large numbers C.in a different way D.with bad intertions
D
Gertie is 90. She has all her menral abilities. She keeps up with the daily news. One of the things she has heard a lot about recently is the Internet and what a difference it will be making to everyone’s life. But she hasn’t imagined for moment that “everyone” might include her.
Politicans and computer companies alike have completely ignored people like Gertie. Yet a good case can be made that older people are the section of the community that stand to benefit most the computer revolution.
Gertie is confined to a chair in her living room. In this small space , she eats ,sleeps and watches the world through the one-way window of her television. Her only direct contact with the outside world comes from a neighbour who pops in for an hour’s chat once a week , the volunteer who brings her the daily meals and the district nurse who visits twice a week. A computer hooked uo to the Net could go some way to alleviating Gertie’s social isolation, and that of millions of others like her.
With e-mail Gertie would be able to keep in regular contact with relatives who live far away, especially her brother Albert in New Zealand. On the Net ,she could find like-minded people to chat about word games , which she enjoyed playing. She could even do her shopping online. The Net , we are ofen told ,is a community thar transcends mere geography. It is active ,providing two-way communication ,rather than being passive like TV.
66. The text is mainly about________.
A.the life of Gertie B. the use of Internet
C. how Internet can help old people D.how old people live in a community
67. The writer mentions that Gertie has all her mental abilities to show that _______.
A. she is unusual for her age B.old people can be active
C. it is possible for her to use a computer D. she is well taken care of by the neighbours
68.What does Gertie ususlly do to kill her time ?
A.Watching TV . B.Playing word games .
C.Writing to her friends . D. Talking to her neighours.
69. With the help of the Gertie could ________.
A. live with her brother B.buy things from the shops
C. learn how to use the computer D. prepare meals by herself
70. The underlined word “transcends”in the last paragraph most probably means_________.
A. goes beyond the limits of B. makes the best use of
C.is in agreement with D. takes the place of
E
Scienctists have been interested in the beginning and end of the universe.Until recently most of them believed that the universe extends outward in all directions and that it has always been and will always be. Discoveries in the twentieth century,however,have changed the way scientists think about the universe.
One of the discoveries was made by Hubble.He found that all the other stars are moving away fromeus and the farther away they are ,the faster they are moving.He came to this conclusion because he noticed that the light of the other stars was changing toward red.According to Doppler effect,when objects are moving toward us the colour of their light change toward blue or purple; when moving a way,it changes toward red.
On the base of Hubble’s and other discoveries,the “Big Bang”theory was developed which holds that space is expanding.Following from this there are three possibilities:1)the universe will expand forever without slowing down; 2)the expansion will slow down and stop,and the universe will then contract; 3)it will continue to expand,but more and more slowly,never quite coming to a stop.
Which of these possibilities will happen depends on the density of the universe,that is ,the amount of matter there is on the average in a volume of space.The more dense the universe is ,the more likely possibilitiytwo will happen because of the gravitational force.If the denisity is “just right”level,possibility one will come true.At the moment,scientists do not know enouth to tell what will happen in the end.
71. A scientist in 1819 would probably think that the universe would_________.
A.not be influenced by anything but time
B.be influenced by its density
C.end in the year 2,000
D.never stop growing
72.Which of the following can be explained by Doppler effect?
A. The stars look yellow to us when we do not use tolescopes.
B. The colour of an object changes when it is for away from us.
C. The light of a plane changes toward blue when it flies toward us.
D. The light of the sun turns reddish at sunset.
73.Believers in the “Big Bang” theory think that the universe_______.
A. is becoming larger and larger
B. is becoming smaller and smaller
C. will grow smaller and come to an end one day
D. will grow larger and stop changing one day
74.If matter in the universe is just rigtht,the uneverse will________.
A. remain the same forever
B. go on expanding
C. start to contract
D. contract and then expand again
75.Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
A.Doppler Effect B.Gravitational Force
C.”Big Bang” Theory D.Universe Density
