港澳台联考：英语试题分类汇编（三）阅读理解2004年

    
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2004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
Those who clomb high and difficult mountains are often looked upon with astonishment. This astonishment is caused,probably,by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activity to which men give their free time.
 Mountaineering is a sport and not a game. There no manmade rules,as there are for such games as high jump and footbaoll.There are ,of course ,rules of a different kind which it would be dangerous to ignore（不顾）,but it is this freedom from man-made rules that makes mountaineering attractive to many people. Those who climb mountains are free to use their own methods.
 If we compare mountainneering and other more familiar sports, "team game".We should be mistaken in this. There are ,it is true,no "matches" between "teams" of climbers,but when climbers are on rock face linked by a rope on which their lives may depend, there is obviously teamwork.
 The mountain climber knows that he may have to fight forces that are stronger and more powerful than man. He has to fight the forces of nature. He sport requires high mental and physical qualities.
 A mountain climber continues to improve in skill year after year. A footballer is probably past his best by the age of thirty, and most international tennis champions（网球冠军）are in their early twenties. But it is not unusual formen of fifty of sixty to climb the highest men,but they probably climb with more skill and less waste of effort ,and they certainly experience equal enjoyment.

56. According to the text ,the difference between a sport and a game lies in__________.
A. who takes part in the activity
B. where an activity takes place
C. what kind of rules is used
D. whether there is teamwork

57. Mountaineering can be called a team sport because_________.
 A. they hold matches against each other
 B. they make both mental and physical efforts
 C. they form a team when climbing high mountains
 D. they depend on each other while climbing difficult mountains

58. It can be inferred from the text that _________.
 A. the age at which people enjoy mountaineering is out limited
 B. mountaineering is looked down upon because it is not a game
 C. mountaineering is a most attractive sport among old people
 D. older climbers are more experienced in climbing

59. Which of the follwing would be the best title for this text?
 A. Mountain Climbers and Their Courage
 B. Mountain and Age
 C. Mountaineering Is Not a Game
 D. Mountaineering Climbing: a More Attractive Sport

      
B

    City Libraryt
  PERSONAL COMPUTERS AVAILABLE
   FOR PUBLIC USE
- 5 personal computers are available, for a fee of $5.00. There is also a printer attached（连接）to each machine. The library has a number of commericially availabble programs for word processing（文字处理）.
- A4 paper can be bought from the desk if you wish to print your work,or you can also bring your own paper. If you wish to store informantion, however, you will need to bring your own disk（计算机磁盘）.
Bookings
 Because of high demand, one hour's use per person per day is permitted. Bookings may be made up to three says in advance.Bookings may be made in person at the information dest or phoning 8673 8901 during normal office hours. If for some reason you cannot come to the library, please telephone . If the library is not notified and you are 15 minutes late, your time can be given to someone else. Please sign in the visitor's book at the information desk when you first arrive to use the computer.
 Please onte that staff are not available to train people or give a lot of detailed instruction on how to use the programs. Knowledge of using these programs is ,therefor, necessary.However,tutorisl（輔導）groups are available for some programs and classes are offered on a regular basis. Please see the information desk fo more information about our computer courses.

60. How much do you have to pay to use the computer each time in the library?
A. $ 1   B. $ 5   C. $ 15   D. $ 25

61. We can learn from the text that __________.
 A. computer service in the library in popular among the public.
 B. library employees have little knowledge of computers
 C. people use library computers to do word processing
 D. the information dest is closed at weekends

62. The purpose of this text is ________.
 A. to encourage people to make most use of library services
 B. to tell people the important role a library plays
 C. to ask people to attend computer courses
 D. to tell people of a library service

        
C

 For years,children in the industrial areas of Europe and America esldom left their smoky cities to see the beauties of the countryside. This was not because they were too far from the city to permit people to made a day trip between morning and nightfall.
 In 1970, a young German shool master had an idea which changed this sistuation. He decided to turn his little school house into a dormitory（宿舍楼）for the summer holidays. Anyone who brought his sleeping bag and cooking equipment along could stay there for a very small quantity of money. The idea was a success. A few years later, the school house was much too small to hold the many young people who wanted to stay there. As a result, a dormitory was set up in an old castle nearby. This was the first hostle（青年招待所）.
 Today, young students and workers of every country can meet in the hostel and get to know each other. When young people arrive at the hostel, they have only to show their cards of membership in a hostel organization in their own country. This card will permit them to stay in a hostel all over the world for every low prices.
 Ofter, at the eveing meal, a group of boys and girls from various parts of the country or world will happen to meet at the same hostel. They may put their food together and prepare a dinner with many kinds of dishes. Some times a program will be organized after the meal with dances,songs or short talks followed by a question period. One can learn a lot about other places,just by meeting people from those places. For this reason, a few weeks spent "hosteling" can be just as useful a part of one's education as classes in school.

63. The author says children in the city seldom went to the woods and fields in the past because________.
 A. they found these places too far away for them to go
 B. they were too young to take sucn a trip
 C. they could not afford to go to these places
 D. they found it impossible to go there and get back in one day

64. By saying "The idea was a success" (pargraph 2), the author means _________.
 A. the school master made a lot of money
 B. more and more young students came to study at the hostel
 C. the school master became well-known among young students
 D. more and more young people went to the hostel for summer holidays

65. According to the text, people can stay in the hostel if _________.
 A. they share their food with each other
 B. they are a member of a hostel organization
 C. they have brought enough equipment with them
 D. they can prove they are from a foreign country

66. In the author's opinion, young people can learn a lot "hosteling" because __________.
 A. they can easily learn a foreign language
 B. they meet a lot of people from different places
 C. they have more interesting activeties than at school
 D. they can visit many more places in a foreign country

67. What is the main subject discussed in the text?
 A. The benefits of international traveling.
 B. Dormitories for young travelers.
 C. The appearance of hostels.
 D. Learning after class.

         
D

 Singing, even speaking in a sing-song voice to children is natural for most parents. Something deep inside us tells us that music provides joy and happiness,and even calms out little ones. Charlotte Diamond , former teacher and now an award-winning children's perfor mer talks on how easy it is to bring music into children's lives. "Young children love music. Parents can rock（摇动）their children and sing to them each night before bed. It's not necessary to have a great voice, because children are simply happy to hear their parents' voice and how they express themselves."|
 Whether or not you've studied music formally has nothing to do with sharing music with your child. "I don't think a parent should ever worry about their own weakness musically", says Diamond. "Hearing someone sing with their own voice is great; it's part of who they are secure（无忧无虑的）."
 Diamond feels that the more young children are exposed to music, the more likely they will be to develop their music playing in the home, on tapes in the car, and have fun singing songs with them , them music is just a part of everyday life and children will grow to be musical."
 So rather than reserving music for your child's formal lessons,bring music into their lives on a regular basis. Sing songs at bedtime or find a favorite tape or CD to play in the car or at home . Diamond says parents should " make a point of listening to music together and sharing  feelings with them about music. If you love something and tell them,then they might be encouraged to feel  the same way."

68. If parents want to bring music into chidren's lives,they should __________.
 A.  be able to sing in a great voice
 B. have a good knowledge of music
 C. send their children to Diamond's music lessons
 D. share songs of their childhood with treir children regularly

69. According to Dismond, listening to their parents singing songs, childern will_________.
 A. feel happy and free from worry
 B. get a good understanding of music
 C. admire their parents for their musical abilities
 D. become a good learner when they go to school

70. What does the underlined word "reserve" (paragraph 5) mean?
 A. To keep back for future use.
 B. To encourage children to learn music
 C. To explain something difficult to children.
 D. To provide children with a music teacher.

71. What does the text mainly deal with ?
 A. Diamond, and award-winning children's performer.
 B. Early development of children's musical abilites.
 C. Roles of parents in children's growth.
 D. Songs and music for children.

                     E

LONDON (Reuters)-A huge collection of cave paintings in central South Africa have been found to be far older than had been thought, and may shed new light on the history of the San people who were wiped out bu the Europeans.
Using a dating technique called Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS), archaeologists（考古学家）from Britain's Newcastle University and Canberra's Australian National Uneversity found that the paintings are 3,000 years old, not 1,000 as it was believed.
" Not only does this make them far older than had been thought ,but it also means that we can now begin to match up the paintings with excavations（挖掘出的文物）in the rock caves which we have already been able to date," archaeologist Aron Mazel said.
The paintings, which Mazel said were all of a religious（宗教的）nature and show everyday scenes and animals, are in the mountainous uKhahlamba-Drakensberg park. The area was declared a World Heritage Site in 2000.
"This is an important step forward in the understanding of some of the world's finest rock art," Mazel said. "It will also help us to better understand one of the key periods of South African and world history."
Only discovered 150 years ago, the 40,000 paintings were first believed to be not of much value. But archaeologists now class the paintings as among the world's finest excavations of the rock caves had already produced a wealth of information about San life through the history.
The San people are known to have been in the scenic Dradensberg area some 8,000 years ago, and they survived（幸存）into the 19th century. But they were gradually wiped out by the European settlers across South Africa during the 1800s through a combination of disease, war and starvation.

72. By saying that the paintings may shed new light on South Africa past, the authormeans that they may_______.
A. provide new information about the San people
B. help archaeologists to find more excavations in the rock waves
C. prove the modern dating technique to be useful in understanding South African history
D. help to show the relationships between the paintings and excavations in the caves

73. The underline word "this" (pargraph 3) refers to _________.
A. the study carried out by Aron Mazel
B. the discovery of the paintings 150 years ago
C. the understanding of paintings as world's finest rock art
D. the dating of the cave painting using the technique called AMS

74. Which of the following is best supported by the text?
A. Mazel is a leading researcher in the study of the San people.
B. uKnanlamba-Drakensberg park is famous for rock caves.
C. Studies on the excavations of the rock caves have heen fruitful.
D. Most of the San people were killed by the Europeans in the 19th century.

75. What is the main subject of the text?
A. The history of the San people.
B. Cave paintings by the San people.
C. Draknesberg in South Africa.
D. Modern techniques used in archaeology.