2018年12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6）

阅读理解（6）

26、I never used to go anywhere without the car. I regarded it as an essential part of myself. But when the price of gas doubled this year, I decided not to use the car except when absolutely necessary.

For example, I always used to take the car when I went to fetch the papers on Sunday mornings, although our newsagent's is only 10 minutes' walk away. Now I go on foot.

I tell myself that I'm not only saving the gas but keeping fit at the same time. It's all a question of habit really. I'm sure you can get used to anything if you try and already feel that I rely on the car less than I used to.

Besides, now that we live in the suburbs, I can walk down the road and catch a bus to the office or to any part of the town. We used to live in the country about 15 miles from town and then I would frequently drive to and from twice in one day. That meant I would use 15 gallons of oil or more in a week. Now I only need half that amount.

The trouble is that I am also getting used to the gas prices. They don't seem very high to me any more. Perhaps it is easier to get used to expensive gas than it is to doing without the car.

1）、When the prices of gas doubled this year, the author decided to use the car only when he had to.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

2）、In the sentence “It's all a question of habit really”, the pronoun “It” refers to keeping fit.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

3）、To go to the newsagent's to get his newspaper, the author used to drive his car.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

4）、We know from the passage that the author is getting used to living in the country about 15 miles from town.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

5）、The last sentence of the passage suggests that the author thinks it difficult to get used to doing without the car.

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B.F

答案：A

27、My brother, Henry, has an excellent job at a bank. I couldn't believe him when he told me that he had decided to give it up. Though I tried to make him change his mind, I failed completely.

"You should reconsider your decision," I said. "You have already spent five years in the bank and you could have a wonderful career. You might become a bank manager by the time you're thirty-five. "

"I know," Henry answered. "I've got no complaints with the bank. It's a pleasant job in pleasant surroundings. The bank manager told me that my prospects（前程） were excellent.

"Then why do you want to leave?" I answered.

"It's the money," Henry said.

"But you're getting a good salary," I answered.

"I don't mean that," Henry said. "What do I do at the bank? Well, at the moment all I do is to count money. I find it very depressing（令人沮丧的）. "

"What's depressing about counting money?" I asked, unable to follow the logic（逻辑） of Henry's argument.

"You don't understand," Henry answered. "I enjoy counting my own money, but I hate counting other people's!"

1）、Henry's decision was that he would spend more time on his job.

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B.F

答案：B

2）、Henry had been working in the bank for five years.

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B.F

答案：A

3）、The bank manager told Henry that Henry did a good job.

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B.F

答案：B

4）、Henry had no complaints with all of the following EXCEPT long working hour.

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B.F

答案：A

5）、Henry found his job depressing because he didn't like counting other people's money.

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B.F

答案：A

28、Computers are very important to modern life. Many people think that in the future computers will be used in lots of aspects of everyday life. It is thought that we won't have to go shopping because we will be able to get most things which are sold in shops on the Internet. There will be no more books because we will be able to get all texts from computers. The Internet will be used to play games，see films and buy food. Most telephone calls will be made by computers.

Some people are glad about these new ways of shopping and communicating. Others do not think that computers will replace our old ways.

Let's look at books，for example. Some people think that one day we will not read books made of paper. Instead，we will buy and read books using computers. We will read texts on small pocket computers. The computers will keep many different books in them at the same time. We won't need to turn lots of pages and paper will be saved. Computerized (计算机化的) books will be used more and more.

Is Internet shopping such a pleasure as going to the shop? Many people say it is not. It is a pleasure to go into shops and look at things you want to buy. Also probably people won't like to read large texts on our computers. Because paper books seem to be more friendly. Maybe computers won't change these two habits.

1）、In the first paragraph it is thought that people will use computers to play games，go shopping and make telephone calls.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

2）、Computerized books won't be very expensive is NOT mentioned in the passage.

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B.F

答案：A

3）、The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means people like to read paper books.

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B.F

答案：A

4）、The last paragraph tells us internet shopping is a great pleasure.

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B.F

答案：B

5）、The best title of this passage could be " Computers Are the Future ".

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B.F

答案：B

29、When John and Victoria Falls arrived in New York from London for a one-year stay, they did not bring very many things with them. They had neither planned to buy a house of their own nor planned to buy lots of furniture. They were going to rent a house either with furniture or they would buy used furniture. But they soon learned about a new way that more and more people were using in settling down in new places. The renting of home furnishings-beds, tables, dishes, and so on, has become one of the fastest growing businesses in the United States.

What kinds of people rent their home furnishings instead of buying them? Many kinds of people do: international business people, government officials, airline (航空公司) workers, young married couples - people whose job or business may force them to move frequently from one city (or country) to another. They are saved the trouble and cost of moving their furniture each time. They simply rent new furniture when they reach their new homes. Young people with little money do not want to buy cheap furniture that they won't like any more within a short time. They prefer to wait until they have enough money to buy furniture they really like. Meanwhile, they find that they can rent better quality furniture than they could afford to buy.

One family, who now have a large, beautiful home of their own, liked their rented furniture so much that they decided to keep renting it instead of buying new things. But they don't like to tell people about it. The idea of renting home furnishings is still quite new, and they are not sure what their neighbors might think.

1）、The text is mainly about why some people rent their furniture.

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B.F

答案：A

2）、According to the text, home furnishings may include beds, tables, dishes and so on.

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B.F

答案：A

3）、People who have to move frequently rent home furnishings.

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B.F

答案：A

4）、One reason that people rent home furnishings is that they like new furniture.

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B.F

答案：B

5）、To the family who have a large, beautiful home of their own, renting furniture is not a wise thing to do.

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B.F

答案：B

30、There are different ways in which people try to deal with the problem of energy. One way is the greater production of common energy sources, such as coal, oil and gas. The trouble with these sources, however, is that they are not renewable（可再生的）.

Another way is energy conservation（节能）, which means using energy more efficiently. In some very cold countries, people build special houses to save energy. They place materials between the inside and outside of the walls of the house to keep the cold out and the warmth in.

Finally, renewable energy sources are used even though they are often expensive to develop. One form of these is geothermal energy（地热）. In certain parts of the world, the temperature of the earth increases thirty degrees centigrade（摄氏）with each kilometer down. At six kilometers, therefore, it rises to nearly two hundred degrees. Heat from the earth is already used in some countries.

1）、Four different ways of dealing with energy problems are talked about in the passage.

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B.F

答案：B

2）、We can learn from the passage that coal is the most common source of energy.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

3）、Special houses are built because they can save energy.

A.T

B.F

答案：A