港澳台联考：英语试题分类汇编（三）阅读理解2001年

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2001年华侨港澳台联合招生英语试题分类汇编：阅读理解

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III.阅读理解（共20小题,每小题2分；满分40分）

阅读下列短文，并做每篇后面的题目，后四个选项中，还出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

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LONDON Tuesday April — Dustin Hoffman fan Pamela Crack got the shock of her life when the movie star telephoned her as she was doing her housework. Crack ,58 ,said she was “flabbergasted” when she picked up the phone and heard the star at the other end .

“It’s not every day you get a Hollywood superstar phoning you when you’re doing the housework ,” Crack told the Sun . “It was a moment I’ll never forget .”

Hoffman was in the back of a London taxi driven by Crack’s husband , Dave ,when he made the call after being told Pamela wan a fan . Dave Crack later become the star of Hoffman’s speech at the Bafta award ceremony Sunday , where the 62-year-old American actor presented the Best Film award .

“He said to give him a mention ,”Hoffman told the audience to a burst of laughter . Cheers Dave .” Taxi driver Crack said the Hollywood star was a joy to driver from the moment he got into the taxi eating a cheese and tomato sandwich .

“I said ‘You’re that Dustin Hoffmsn ,aren’t you ?’ and he said , ‘Yes ,I am ­­­— would you like a sandwich ?’ I was a bit surprised but I took a  sandwich from him and ate it hungrily .”

56. What does the word “flabbergasted” in the first paragraph probably mean ?

A. pleased   B. honored   C. frightened    D. astonished

57. How did Dustin Hoffman learn that Pamela was a fan ?

A. He learned it at a dinner party.      B. He learned it from Dave Crack.                      

C. He learned it when he was at the Bafta ceremony

D. He learned it when he was watching a Hollywood movie

58.  How did Dustin Hoffman learn that Pamela was a fan?

       A.   He learned it at a dinner party.

       B.    He learned it from Dave Crack.

       C.   He learned it when he was at the Bafta ceremony.

       D.   He learned it when he was watching a Hollywood movie.

59.  It is most likely that Dustin Hoffman came to London_______.

       A.   to meet Pamela Crack        B.    to spend a sight-seeing holiday

       C.   to attend the Bafta award ceremony. D. to meet a Hollywood superstar from America

60.  Which of the following is the correct order of events mentioned in the article?

       A.    Hoffman mentioned Dave’s name in his speech at the ceremony.

       B.    He got into Dave Crack’s taxi in London.

       C.    He telephoned Pamela Crack.

       D,    He talked to Dave Crack.

       A.   bdca                     B.    cdab                     C.   abdc                     D.   dbca

                                               B

       Compulsive shoppers may have a new psychological excuse to blame for their wild shopping. Psychologist at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand are studying the “shop-till-you-drop”habit as a behavioral disorder similar to compulsive eating. Compulsive shoppers frequently buy more than they can afford or more than they need, and it causes them distress.

       “It becomes a problem when you are out of control,” psychology lecturer Neville Blampied said. “When you are feling bad and blue, what do you do？Some people eat chocolate cake and ice cream. Some people take the credit card and go out to the shop.” Band managers understand the problem because they have to deal with people who have to be persuaded to stop using their cards drawing money.

       Compulsive shopping was first discovered in 1915, although it was then known as oniomania. Few studies have been done on the problem.

       An advertisement in a Christchurch paper, calling for people to take part in an experimental treatment program designed by Mr Wilson, attracted 10 replies. Byt the problem,said Mr Wilson, is “clearly not rare.” He thinks that compulsive shopping should be treated with drugs. “As psychologists we are interested in non-drug treatments for behavioral difficulties,”Mr Wilson said.

       Compulsive eaters or shoppers get a kick from their habit. “Both activities provide an immediate kind of kick and you feel a bit better,” he said.”You have long-term problems,but human beings are extremely good at not seeing long-term problems and are very sensitive to short-term benefits,” he said.

       The aim of the treatment was to help people find better ways of managing their emotions. The program,consisting of 10 one-hour weekly lessons and two follow-up treatments, is loosely based on teaching stress management.

       “You often have to start to get people to correctly recognize their emotions. Not being able to know what you really feel weakens your ability to solve the problems connected with what’s making you feel that way,” Mr Welson said.

61.    What is this article mostly about?

A.       Signs of compulsive shopping.

B.       Studies of compulsive shopping.

C.       A comparison of compulsive shopping and compulsive eating.

D.       An experimental treatment program designed by Mr. Wilson.

62,The compulsive shoppers will go shopping when _______ .

A.   they have lots of money              B.    they are taking drugs

C.   they are feeling                    D.   they win a prize

63.  The underlined word “it” in the first paragraph most probably refers to ______ .

       A.   compulsive eating                B.    shoppers need for money

       C.   the study done by Blampied       D.   the behavior of wild shopping

64.  Which of the following is considered important in treating compulsive shoppers?

       A.   Teaching them to manage their money better.

       B.    Teaching them to undertstand their emotions.

       C.   Persuading them not to draw money from the bank.

       D.   Treating them with right drugs.

65.  When the weiter says that compulxive shoppers get a kick from their habit, he means that they _________.

       A.   feel distressed after their wild shopping

       B.    feel better after treatment from psychologists

       C.   are better able to deal with stress problems

       D.   have a feeling of excitement after shopping.

C

       Wouldn’t it be great to get paid to not work ? This isn’t just a dream at companies that offer sabbaticals (休假) . Employers say they’re a valuble way to give their workers a change of scenery and prevent them from bring tired out . Unfortunately , only 3% companies offer paid sabbaticals (12% ffer unpaid ) , according to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) . But even if you’re not lucky enough to work one of them , you can still enjoy a break .Three choices :

       Chunk of Time . To get a lengtheir break than normal , save long weekends for vacation time , delay your days off till next year , borrow some time from next year to use now , or use extra time off for overtime hours , suggests Bonnie Michaels , president of the Society .

       Unpaid Time . If your family has no meoney problem , ask for a longer leave without pay . “But do your homework first ,” says Michaels . Research the costs for your break , plan your break at a time during which your company is not operating if possible , then be business-like and present your leave proposal so that your manager will believe that you’ll work better if you are more energetic after the leave .

      No Time .Just can’t get away? Read How to Sabbattical Without Taking More Than a Week Off (Simon & Schusster ) , by Pam Ammondson , which shows an eight-week program to renew your energy and reduce your stress even while you’re working .

66.    The words “ one of them” in the first paragraph refer to ________.

A.     12% of companies that offer unpaid sabbaticals

B.     a company that offers paid sabbaticals

C.     one of the  three choices

D.     SHRM

67,The writer describes three choices to make the point  that _______;

A.      busy employees can also enjoy longer holidays

B.      it is the employees’ right to have a paid holiday every year

C.     an eight-week program to remew your energy is the best choice

D.     employees should persuade their managers to give them sabbaticals

68,When Michsels says that you should do your homework first , he means brfore asking for a leave___________/

A.        you should work hard to satisfy your manager

B.       you should finish all the work that is required of you

C.    you should talk to your manager about the cost for your break

D.      you should find out the basic information and facts about your job

69,Which of the following information can you probably find in the book by Ammondson?

A.   Advice on planning a paid leave .

B.    Advice on managing your traveling cost .

C.    Ways of making the best use of your weekend breaks .

D.      Ways of persuading your manager to give you a sabbatical .

70,The best title for the text would be___________.

A.    Do-It-Yourself Sabbatical

B.     Paid and Unpaid Sabbatical

C.      What to Do in Your Sabbatical

D.      How to Win a Paid Sabbatical

D

       In the late 1500s,a large powerful gun was placed on top of the Signal Hill, in Newfoundland, to prevent attacks from the outside.Flags were also flown there to warn sailors of bad weather. It’s fitting, then, the Italian Gulielmo Marconi should have chosen this site to recieive the world’s first radio signal—in Morse code—from England on December 12,1901.

       Marconi,combining earlier idesas with his own, led us to a new communications age. For the next 50 years,until the appearance of television, radio ruled the air waves.

       Today,it’s the TV that rules. No single person can say to have invented television.

       In 1884, the German Paul Nipkow invented a device that sent pictures mechanically, and in 1906,Boris Rosing, a Russian, used a tay and a disc to create the world’s first TV system. Then in the early 1920s, another Russian, Vlandimir Zworykin, invented a picture display tube. He took out a patent for color TV, even though it wouldn’t be developed for another 25 years.

       In 1924, a Scot entered the scene—John Logie Baird. He first succeeded in sending a moving picture and a year later got the first actual TV picture. In 1926, Baird showed TV in a London laboratory. Two years later in New York,Felix the Cat became the first TV star.

       TV excited everyone’s imagination,but hardly anyone had a set, with just two thousand in use worldwide in the mid-1930s.

       Since the late 1940s,TV technology hasdeveloped very quickly.Computers may finally be combined with all televisions to give people a total all-in-one communications network.

       Today ,it’s possible to sit and watch TV in the middle of a forest or in the Arctic. It’s surprising when one considers that Marconi was on Signal Hill in the same century.

71,We can learn from the text that Signal Hill was once used as _______.

A.     a site of communication

B.     a weather station

C.   a factory to produce weapons

D.     a battle field to fight enemies from the outside

72,When the writer says that today it is the TV that rules,he means that the TV ________.

A.     has led to a new communications age

B.      is a major means of today’s communication

C. is a device invented with edeas from Marconi

D.has replaced the radio in today’s communication

73,What is the main idea of paragraphs 4 and 5?

A. London is the place where TV is invented.

B. John Logie Baird was the chief inventor of television.

C. A number of people contributed to the invention of television.

D, Russian scientists played an important role in the invention of television.

74,The writer believies that the day will come when________.

A. the future computers will be able to the work TV is now doing

B. the future computers will become available to everyone in the world

C.     the future computers will be connected to create one internnational network

D    the future computers will take the place of televisions and radios.

75.  Which of the following would the writer probably agree with?
A.   Rarely do people listen to the radio nowadays.

       B.    Radios and televisions will disappear completely in the near future.

       C.   Radio and television communications developed rapidly in the 20th century.

       D.   Marconi contributed a great deal to the development of computer communication.