2018年4月中国人民大学网络教育统考专升本大学英语B模拟题及答案（阅读理解5）

阅读理解B（5）

21、Dear Mrs. Huggett,

You may remember that we have discussed the noise your children make while practicing their musical instruments（乐器）. You agreed to make sure that they would stop practicing in the evenings.

You can imagine my surprise, then, when I realized that nothing had changed and the situation was continuing as before. I find it difficult to stay in the house and I invent（找寻）any excuse to go out for the evening to be away from the terrible noise. Much as I like music, I had had enough, and to be frank（坦率地）, I am not prepared to put up with the situation any more.

I think it is high time you realized your responsibilities （责任）as a member of the community, and I must warn you that unless you do something about the situation I will be forced to take legal action.

I have sent a copy of this letter to my lawyer.

Yours sincerely

R.G. Barge

1）、Mr. Barge feels angry because Mrs Hugget has broken her promise.

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答案：A

2）、Mr. Barge often goes out in the evenings to listen to music.

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答案：B

3）、Mr. Barge is prepared to take Mrs. Huggett to court if the situation continues.

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答案：A

4）、Mrs. Huggett agreed to stop her children practicing in the evenings before Mr. Barge wrote her this letter.

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答案：A

5）、According to the passage，Mrs. Huggett is an honest person.

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答案：B

22、As long as the sun shines, the earth will not run out of energy. The sun pours more energy on earth than we can ever use. Most of that energy comes to us as heat and light. Energy from the sun is called solar energy.

Anything to do with the sun is called "solar". The word began with the Roman word for the sun and their god of the sun, who was called Sol. Solar energy is a safe kind of energy. It doesn't make pollution or have dangerous leftovers. That is why scientists and investors are experimenting with ways of harnessing（治理利用）the sun to do some of the jobs fossil fuels have been doing.

But to make the sun do work like that, they have to solve some problems. They have to collect the sun's energy. Collecting sunshine is not easy, unless you are a plant. Sunshine is not easy to store, either. You can't fill a tank with it or put it in the wood box. You can not move it through a pipe or a wire. You can not just turn it on.

1）、Most of solar energy takes the form of "light and heat" to reach us.

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答案：A

2）、The word "solar" comes from Greek.

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答案：B

3）、Solar energy is a green energy.

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答案：A

4）、Scientists who want to use solar energy find it is not easy to find out.

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答案：B

5）、The writer's purpose of writing the passage is to give a brief introduction to solar energy.

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答案：A

23、Mr. and Mrs. White had two sons and three daughters．One Sunday，Mrs. White said to her husband，“The children don't have any lessons today，and you're free too．There's a new funfair（庙会）in the park．Let's all go there to play.”

Her husband said，“I want to finish some work today.”“oh, forget it．Go there and make our children happy．That's the most important work” Mrs. White said.

So Mr. and Mrs. White took their children to the funfair．Mr. White was forty-five years old. But he enjoyed the funfair more than his children. He hurried from one thing to another，and ate lots of sweets. One of the children said to her mother，“Dad is just like a small child，isn't he, Mom?” Mrs. White didn't want to follow her husband around any more at that time and answered，“He is even worse than a small child，Mary，because he might spend more money than a small child.”

1）、There were five children in the White family.

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答案：A

2）、One Sunday，Mr. and Mrs. White wanted to go to a shop with their children.

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答案：B

3）、Mr. White liked the place so much that he bought lots of sweets.

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答案：B

4）、From the story we know Mrs. White was a little angry with Mr. White.

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答案：A

5）、Of all the family members, Mr. White enjoyed playing there most that Sunday.

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答案：A

24、I used to think education was the most important thing in my life. Recently my attitude has begun to change, although I still hold that it is essential for everyone in the world today. As a top junior student in my college, I was asked to make a speech on how to learn English well. Standing in front of the audience facing so many freshmen, I was trembling. I didn't remember any word that I had prepared. I ran out of the conference room without finishing my speech, leaving everyone puzzled. I cried that night in my room, feeling that I was a loser. Studying takes so much of my time that I feel unable to really develop myself. I am just storing knowledge; yet fail to communicate with others. I have received many awards in school, but they don't necessarily reflect anything about me. I don't know how to socialize. When I leave school I fear I will be of no use to society.

I realize that everyone has her or his own way of living. I want to change my lifestyle. Of course I will keep studying. Yet I plan to look for a part time job, which might turn out to be a good chance to get to know society. I still believe that working my hardest does make me happy. I will still stay on in college, but I will not allow it to shelter me from the real world.

1）、From this passage, we know that the author comes to learn it is most important to make a public speech.

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答案：B

2）、The author didn't finish her speech on how to learn English well because she was very nervous.

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答案：A

3）、The author thinks the awards she has received show that she is a top student.

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答案：B

4）、The author fears that she will be useless to society, because she does not know how to communicate with others.

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答案：A

5）、The author says that she wants to get some shelter from the real world.

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答案：B

25、Ramon was very proud of his dog Blackie. Whenever he got a chance, he would ask his dog to amuse his friends with some tricks.

One day Ramon went to visit his friend Frank who was sick at home with a bad cold. "How are you feeling?" asked Ramon. "Worse than yesterday," replied Frank. "I have a terrible cough, and there's not a drop of medicine in the house."

"Cheer up, Frank. I'll send Blackie to the local drugstore for some cough syrup (糖浆). He'll be back in a minute, before you know it." Ramon put a five-dollar bill in Blackie's mouth and the dog ran down the street. "And keep the change," Ramon shouted after him.

"Oh, Ramon, don't be silly. You know that dog won't be back with any medicine." "Oh yes, he will," replied Ramon. Half an hour later, however, Blackie had not returned. Ramon was feeling embarrassed, and felt angry at his friend's little smile.

"Something has happened to him, I'm sure," said Ramon. "He obeys me as a rule." Just then Frank saw Blackie at a distance. He hurried to open the door and let him in. Frank was shocked to see a bottle of medicine in the dog's mouth.

"Good boy," said Ramon, "but what took you so long?" Blackie ran over to the window, barking and wagging (摆动) his tail. Ramon glanced out and saw a bone outside.

1）、Frank's cold had worsened and he had no medicine at home.

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答案：A

2）、Ramon called for a doctor.

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答案：B

3）、Ramon felt embarrassed when Blackie was late.

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答案：A