100827阅读理解译文(大学英语B网考复习资料(完整版).doc

大学英语B阅读理解专项练习（10年6月）
单词：
Ocean： n. 大海，海洋
Earth ： n. 地球，泥土，陆地
take place of : 代替
scientists : 科学家
science : n.科学, 自然科学, 理科
rock : n.岩石
crack : v.(使)破裂, (使)爆裂
Passage 1.
When weather is hot, you go to a lake or an ocean. When you are near a lake or an ocean, you feel cool. Why? The sun makes the earth hot, but it cannot make the weather very hot. Although the air over the earth becomes hot, the air over the water stays cool. The hot air over the earth rises.
当天气热，你去湖边或海边。当你靠近湖边海边，你觉得凉快。为什么？ 太阳使地球热，但不能让天气热。虽然在地面的空气变热了，但是水面的空气还是凉快的，地面的热空气就会上升。
Then the cool air over the water moves in and takes the place of the hot air. When you are near a lake or an ocean, you feel the cool air when it moves in. You feel the wind, and the wind makes you feel cool.
然后，水面的凉空气移动进入地面代替了热空气。当空气移入，你靠近湖边或海边，你就会觉得凉快。你感到有风，风让你觉得凉快。
Of course, scientists cannot answer all of our questions. If we ask, “Why is the ocean full of salt?” scientists will say that the salt comes from rocks. When a rock gets very hot or very cold, it cracks. Rain falls into the cracks. The rain then carries the salt into the earth and into the rivers. The rivers carry the salt into the ocean. But then we ask, “What happens to the salt in the ocean? The ocean does not get more salty every year.” Scientists are not sure about the answer to this question.
当然，科学家不能回答所有的问题。如果我们问“为什么海洋充满盐？”科学家可能说盐来自岩石。当岩石很热或很冷，岩石就爆裂。雨水带着盐进入土地和河流。河流带着盐进入海洋。但是我们问海里的盐又会怎样呢？每年海洋的盐份没有增加啊？科学家对此问题的答案就不肯定了。
We know a lot about our world. But there are still many answers that we do not have, and we are curious.
我们对我们的世界知道很多，但是仍然有很多问题我们不知道答案，因此我们很好奇。
1. The main idea of the passage is _______.这篇文章的主题是
A. people feel cool when they are near a lake or an ocean当靠近湖边海边时人们觉得凉快
B. scientists can explain everything we want to know
C. scientists can explain many things except one thing
D. the salt in the ocean comes from rocks
2. You feel cool when you are near a lake or an ocean because _______.
当你靠近湖边或海边，你就会觉得凉快，是因为________
A. the water is not so hot as the earth
B. the earth is hot
C. the water is colder than the earth
D. cool air from the water moves towards the land 水的凉气向陆地移动
3. Now scientists know _______现在科学家知道.
A. what makes people feel cool near a lake or an ocean in summer为什么在夏天人们在湖边或海边会感到凉快
B. everything about the ocean
C. why the ocean does not get more and more salty
D. what happens to the salt in the ocean
4. A rock cracks when ______.当________时，岩石会爆裂？
A. rain falls B. it gets very hot
C. it gets very cold D. either B or C
5. People are always curious about the world around them because _____.
人们对周围世界总是很好奇，因为__________?
A. they know nothing about it
B. they know little about it
C. there are answers they do not have仍然有很多问题他们不知道。
D. there are a lot of interesting stories about it

Passage 2.(大学英语B练习册(下)P251/《大学英语》Test5 Passage1)
Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go in to their offices of schools every day by train, car or bus, even though this means they have to get up early in the morning and reach home late in the evening.
许多在伦敦工作的人选择居住在城外，每天或坐火车或坐汽车从城市四周赶到位于城里的公司或学校，这意味着他们每天必须很早起床，晚上很晚才能到家。
One advantage of living outside London is that houses ate cheaper. Even a small flat in London without a garden costs quite a lot to rent. With the same money, one can get a little house in the country with a garden of one’s own. 住在伦敦城外的好处之一是房子便宜。在伦敦，就算租一套不带花园的小套间也要花不少钱，而用同样的钱可以在乡下买一幢房子，还带花园。
Then, in the country one can really get away from the noise and hurry of busy working lives. Even though one has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses, one can sleep better at night and during weekends and on summer evenings, one can enjoy the fresh, clean air of the country. If one likes gardens, one can spend one’s free time digging, planting, watering and doing the hundred and one other jobs which are needed in a garden. Then, when the flowers and vegetables come up, one has got the reward together with those who have shared the secret of Nature. 住在乡下可以真正远离喧嚣。虽然需要早起，花在交通上的时间也多，不过晚上可以睡得更香，遇上周末或是夏日的晚上，人可以呼吸清鲜的空气。如果你喜欢花园，可以在闲暇时间挖土，种植，浇水，以及园内的所有其它事务。当花果蔬菜成熟的时候，你和那些乐享大自然秘密的人们一样得到了回报。
Some people, however, take no interest in country things: for them, happiness lies in the town, with its cinemas and theatres, beautiful shops and busy streets, dance-halls and restaurants. Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live it outside London. An occasional walk in one of the parks and a fortnight’s (two weeks) visit to the sea every summer is all the country they want: the rest they are quite prepared to leave to those who are glad to get away from London every night.
然而也有人对乡下的一切不感兴趣。在他们看来，幸福在城里：电影院、戏院、亮丽的商店、繁忙的街道、舞厅、饭店，所有这些都在城里。有人甚至觉得要是离开伦敦的话他活着也没意义了。他们和乡村的联系也就是偶尔去乡间公园散散步，盛夏季节去海边小住1、2礼拜就可以。其余时间他们更愿呆在城里，就让那些晚上乐意远离伦敦的人呆在乡下吧！
1. Which of the following statements is NOT true? 以下那个陈述是不正确的？
A. People who love Nature prefer to live outside the city.
B. All the people who work in London prefer to live in the country.所有在伦敦工作的人都喜欢居住在乡村。
C. Some people enjoying city life prefer to work and live inside London.
D. Many nature lovers, though working in London, prefer to live outside the city.
2. With the same money needed for___________ , one can buy a little house with a garden in the country.用（租一套不带花园的小套间）的钱, 就可在乡村买到一间带花园的房子了。
A. getting a small flat with a garden
B. having a small flat with a garden
C. renting a small flat without a garden租一套不带花园的小套间套间
D. buying a small flat without a garden
3. When the garden is in blossom, that one_____ has been rewarded. 当花园里开满鲜花的时候，那个______的人就得到了奖赏。
A. living in the country
B. having spent time working in the garden花时间在花园里工作
C. having a garden of his own
D. having been digging, planting and watering
4. People who think happiness lies in the city life would feel that _____ if they had to live outside London. 那些认为幸福就在城市里人会感到________如果他们不得不住在郊外
A. their life was meaningless他们的生活毫无意义
B. their life was invaluable
C. they didn’t deserve a happy life
D. they were not worthy of their happy life
5. The underlined phrase get away from in the 3rd paragraph refers to______
划线的词组get away from在第3段中指
A. deal with B. do away with C. escape from逃脱某个地方 D. prevent away

Passage 3.
单词：
Calmly : adv平静地
Calm :adj. 平静的
Pocket : n. 口袋
Fear : n. 恐惧
Fearful : adj. 恐惧的
Entrance : n. 入口
Near (adj. ) ——Nearness : n.靠近, 接近
Still (adj. 寂静的)—— stillness n. 寂静
Oil lamp : n. 油灯
Stare ：v.(～ at) 凝视, 盯着看
Meanwhile: (=meantime) n. & adv.其间, 其时
Satisfy : v.满足, 使满意,
Satisfied : adj.感到满意的
Satisfying :adj. 令人满意的
Silence：n.静,沉默
Silent : adj.寂静的, 沉默的, 无声的
Terrified: adj.恐惧的, 受惊吓的
Disappear:v. 消失
Trust ：vt.信任
Mistrust：vt 不信任
Passage 3.
Bill turned the key in the heavy lock and put it calmly in his pocket. He did so from a certain kind of fear. This was the only entrance to the house. Though Tom would be away for at least three days, Bill had a strange feeling of his nearness. In the stillness he seemed to hear Tom’s voice. He turned round quickly, but there was only the girl.
比尔用钥匙将厚重的门锁锁上，把钥匙平静地放入自己的口袋。他这样做是因为感觉到一种恐惧。这扇门是通向这栋房子的唯一入口。尽管汤姆至少会离开三天，比尔却奇怪地感觉到他就在附近。在一片寂静中，他似乎听见了汤姆的声音。他迅速转过身来，但身后只有那个女孩。
The girl carrying an oil lamp led Bill upstairs. She stopped and raised the lamp in each doorway, staring at him meanwhile. Satisfied he was the only guest, Bill came to the last door.
女孩擎着一盏油灯，将比尔引上楼。她在每扇门前都会停下来举起油灯，盯着他看。比尔发觉自己是唯一的住客，放下心来，来到最后一扇门前。
“You sleep here, sir,” she said, giving him the lamp. “You friend sleep there, too.”
“先生，您在这里睡吧，”她说道，将油灯递给比尔：“您的朋友也曾住过这个房间。”
“Good night, miss.” he said politely.
“晚安，小姐。”比尔礼貌地说道。
Her lips moved in reply, but he didn’t catch the word. Her eyes never for a moment left his face. He stepped in, and as he turned to close the door she was still standing there. In the silence he felt a little terrified now.
她嘴唇微动，但比尔没听见她回答了什么。她的眼睛一刻不离地盯着他的脸。比尔迈进屋内，转过身来关门时，她还在原地站着。默然间，他现在感到一丝恐惧。
He shut the door in the girl’s face then, leaving her in the dark. He opened it again almost at once. She had disappeared without a sound. A deep mistrust suddenly came to him. Why had that girl stared at him so?
他当着女孩的面关上门，将她留在黑暗之中，但几乎立刻又打开了门——她已经不见了，没有留下丝毫动静。深深地疑惧突然向比尔袭来：女孩为什么会那样地盯着他看？
1. Why did bill take the key with him?为什么比尔随身带着钥匙
A. To let him in, when he returned.
B. To prevent Tom from returning.为了阻止汤姆回来
C. To stop any enemy being let into the house.
D. To keep the girl in the house.
2. We know from the story that Tom had______.
我们从故事中可以知道汤姆________
A. left there three days before B. felt quite as afraid as Bill was
C. stayed there for three days D. slept there the night before前一晚也睡在那里
3. Bill was surprised when he turned round, because ______.
当比尔转过身来时很惊讶因为_________
A. Tom was not in the room汤姆不在房间 B. he hadn’t expected to find Tom there
C. there was no danger behind him D. the woman were there
4. Although Bill said good night to the girl, she _______.虽然比尔已经与女孩说晚安了，她__________
A. gave him a rude answer B. did not leave him没有离开他
C. refused to look at him D. said nothing to him
5. Bill didn’t trust the girl because _______.比尔不信任那个女孩，因为________
A. he had never seen her before B. of the way she moved about
C. she left quietly D. of the way she look at him她看他的样子

Passage 4.（大学英语，Test2 Passage）
Sixteen-year-old Maria was waiting in line at the airport in Santo Domingo. She was leaving her native country to join her sister in the United States. She spoke English very well. Though she was very happy she could go abroad, she was feeling sad at leaving her family and friends. As she was thinking all about this, she suddenly heard the airline employee asking her to pick up her luggage and put it on the scales (称). Maria pulled and pulled. The bag was too heavy and she just couldn't lift it up. The man behind her got very impatient. He, too, was waiting to check in his luggage. Maria在圣多明各（SantoDomingo）机场排队准备登机，她今年16岁。这次她是要离开祖国到美国去与姐姐团聚。她能讲一口流利的英语。尽管即将去国外与姐姐相见，但一想到要离开家庭和朋友，Maria还是不免忧伤。正当她思绪万千的时候，机场工作人员叫她把行李放在磅秤上去。东西太沉了，不管她如何拖，总是无法拎到磅秤上。在她后面的一名男旅客开始不耐烦了。他也想给自己的行李称重。
"What's wrong with this girl?" He said, "Why doesn't she hurry up?" He moved forward and placed his bag on the counter, hoping to check in first. He was in a hurry to get a good seat. “那女的怎么搞的，她就不能快点吗？” 这个男的一边向前挤一边嘟嘟囔囔。他一下跨到前面把自己的行李放在柜台上，准备第一个检票登机，以便抢个好座位。
Maria was very angry, but she was very polite. And in her best English she said, "Why are you so upset? There are enough seats for everyone on the plane. If you are in such a hurry, why can't you give me a hand with my luggage?" Maria很生气，但她还是保持着礼貌。她用纯正的英语说道：“你为什么这么急躁呢？飞机上有足够的座位，你急什么呢？如果你真急，为什么不肯帮我提一下行李呢？”
The man was surprised to hear Maria speak English. He quickly picked up her luggage and stepped back. Everyone was looking at him with disapproval. (224 words)
该男子没想到Maria能说如此流利的英语。他迅速把Maria行李提到磅秤上，自己往后退了一步。周围的人都用不屑的目光看着该男子。
11. Maria's story happened . Maria的故事发生在什么时候？
A. when she was leaving America B. on her way back to Santo Domingo
C. before she left the USA D. when she arrived at the airport她到达机场后。
12. You believe that the work of the airline employee mentioned in the story is to
at the airport. 你认为故事中提到的机场工作人员的工作是什么？
A. help carry people's luggage B. ask people to pick up the luggage
C. check people's luggage检查旅客的行李 D. take care of people's luggage
13. "Why are you so upset?" Maria said to the man. She wanted to tell him that he should not be . “为什么你如此不耐烦？”Maria对那个男人说。她这么说是要告诉他不要______。
A. surprised B. sad
C. unhappy不高兴 D. sorry
14. "Everyone was looking at him with disapproval. " This sentence means that the people around felt . “每个人都很不赞成地看着他”这句话的意思是周围的人感到________________

A. worried about Maria B. worried about the man
C. sorry for Maria's manners D. sorry for the man's manners为这男人的行为感到很遗憾。
15. The author mentioned Maria's age at the beginning of the story in order to show that . 作者在故事的开头就提到Maria的年龄是为了表达什么？
A. she was young but behaved properly她很小，但行为很得体。
B. she would not have left home alone
C. everyone around her was wrong
D. it was not good that nobody offered to help her

Passage 5.
单词：
Run one’s own business:做生意，经营自己的公司
get sick : 生病
continue : v . 继续
take a vacation : 度假
manage to do : 尝试并成功去做…;设法做…
persuade : v.说服, 劝说
disturbance：n.打扰
disturb :ｖ．打扰
bother:v. 烦扰, 打扰
telegram:n. 电报

Passage 5.

Mr. Young ran his own business and worked very hard. His wife was afraid that he would get sick if he continued like that, so she often tried to get him to take a vacation. At last she managed to persuade him to do so, and she hoped that he would be able to enjoy his vacation without any disturbance, so before they left, Mrs. Young went to see her husband’s secretary. She said to her, “My husband needs a vacation very much, so whatever happens, please don’t bother him with telegrams and letters about business problems while we are away. Just wait till we get back.”
杨先生经营一家公司并且很努力工作。他的妻子害怕如果他长期继续这样努力工作，他会生病。因此，她经常努力争取让他去度假。最后她成功说服了他。她希望他能够不被打扰地享受假期。于是在他们离开前，杨太太去见她丈夫的秘书。她对秘书说：“我丈夫非常需要假期，因此我们离开后，无论公司发生什么事，请不要以电报或信件来打扰他，等到我们回来再说。 ”
After Mr. and Mrs. Young had been away about a week, Mr. Young received a letter from his secretary which said, “Something terrible happened to your business, but I’m not going to bother you with it while you are enjoying your vacation.”
杨先生，杨太太离开了约一周，杨先生收到他秘书的一封信，信中说：“你公司发生一些很可怕的事情，但我不想在你享受假期的时候打扰你。 ”
1. What did Mr. Young do?杨先生干什么的？
A. He was an office worker.
B. He was a company manager.
C. He was owner of a private business.他是一家私营公司的老板
D. He was a school principal.
2. What was Mrs. Young worried about?杨太太担心什么？
A. Her husband’s business.
B. Her husband’s health.她丈夫的健康
C. Her husband’s relation with his secretary.
D. Her husband’s authority in the company.
3. What was Mrs. Young afraid?杨太太害怕什么？
A. That her husband’s vacation might be spoilt.她的丈夫的假期可能给搞糟
B. That her husband wouldn’t like to take a vacation.
C. That something terrible might happen to the business.
D. That her husband would have a plan of his own.
4. Why didn’t the secretary explain in her letter what had happened to Mr. Young’s business?为什么秘书没有在信中解释杨先生的公司发生了什么事
A. Because she wanted Mr. Young to guess what is was.
B. Because she forgot to mention it.
C. Because she was afraid that the letter would be read by Mrs. Young.
D. Because she didn’t want to spoil Mr. Young’s vacation.因为她不想搞糟了杨先生的假期。
5. What can you learn from the story?从故事中你可以知道什么？
A. Mr. Young was an intelligent businessman.
B. Mr. Young had a stupid secretary.杨先生有一个愚蠢的秘书
C. Mrs. Young was a considerate wife.
D. Mrs. Young was a sensitive woman.

Passage 6(大学英语B练习册(下)P241)
Laws have been written to govern the use of American N