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9）

阅读理解（9）

41、In 1896, Einstein went to Zurich（苏黎世）to study physics. There he met a girl from Hungary. They studied in the same class and the same interest in physics brought them together and they became good friends. Before long they fell in love. In 1903 when Einstein was 24, he married Marits, who was 4 years older than he．

After their marriage, Einstein devoted himself to the research of the great theory. To give her husband more help, Marits gave up her own work, and became a good wife and assistant. She tried her best to encourage him whenever possible. She was sure that her husband would succeed. They often discussed the theory while walking outside or sitting together in the room. They even did that in their letters when one of them was away from their home．

In 1914, Einstein moved to Berlin and settled down there. At that time his theory proved to be correct and he had become famous all over the world. But it was not long before the First World War broke out. Marits as well as her two sons, who was on holiday in Switzerland couldn't come back to Berlin any more. The war not only stopped Einstein's work but also broke up the warm happy family. In 1919 Einstein and Marits had to get divorced (离婚).

1）、From this passage we can see that Marits was 27 when married.

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答案：B

2）、We can learn from the passage that Marits was also a great scientist.

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答案：B

3）、The last paragraph mainly tells us why Einstein and Marits got divorced.

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答案：A

4）、Einstein and Marits got divorced because Marits didn't love Einstein after the war broke out.

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答案：B

5）、The writer wanted to tell us that we should remember Marits when talking about Einstein's theory.

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答案：A

42、Adam Smith was the first person to see the importance of the division of labor and to explain part of its advantages. He gave as an example the process by which pins were made in England.

"One man draws out the wire, another strengthens it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, a fifth grinds it at the top to prepare it to receive the head. To make the head requires two or three distinct operations. To put it on is a separate operation, to polish the pins is another. And the important business of making pins is, in this manner, divided into about eighteen distinct operations, which in some factories are all performed by different people, though in others the same man will sometimes perform two or three of them."

Ten men, Smith said, in this way, turned out twelve pounds of pins a day or about 4,800 pins a day. But if all of them had worked separately and independently without division of labor, they certainly could not each of them have made twenty pins in a day and perhaps not even one.

There can be no doubt that division of labor is an efficient way of organizing work. Fewer people can make more pins. Adam Smith saw this but he also took it for granted that division of labor is in itself responsible for economic growth and development and that it accounts for the difference between expanding economies and those that stand still. But division of labor adds nothing new; it only enables people to produce more of what they already have.

1）、According to the passage, Adam Smith was the first person to understand the effects of the division of labor.

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答案：A

2）、Adam Smith saw that the division of labor increased the number of people employed in factories.

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答案：B

3）、Adam Smith mentioned the number 4,800 in order to show the advantages of the division of labor.

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答案：A

4）、According to the writer, Adam Smith's mistake was in believing that division of labor was an efficient way of organizing work.

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答案：B

5）、Division of Labor, an Efficient Way of Organizing Work could serve as an appropriate title for the passage.

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答案：A

43、Has a doctor ever given you a note to take to the drugstore for some medicine? Are you able to read the note easily? Some doctors write clearly but most doctors do not. Chemists have more chances to read doctors' notes but sometimes doctors write so badly that even the chemist can't read them.

One day a lady wrote to a doctor inviting him to have dinner at her house. The doctor wrote an answer, but he didn't write clearly and the lady could not read it.

"What shall I do?" she said to her husband, "I don't know whether he is coming or not. I don't want to give him a telephone call and say that I can't read his writing." Her husband thought a moment, then he had an idea. "Thank you" said his wife. "That's a very good idea."

She went to the drugstore and gave the doctor's note to the chemist. The chemist looked at it very carefully. Then he said politely, "Could you wait a moment, madam?" He went to the back of the drugstore. After a few minutes he returned, carrying a large bottle. He gave the bottle to the lady and said, "Three times a day and one spoonful at a time."

1）、A chemist is a person who sells medicine.

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答案：A

2）、The lady wrote the doctor a letter because she wanted to invite him to dinner.

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答案：A

3）、The husband thought the letter was for the chemist.

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答案：B

4）、After reading the story, we know the chemist could read the doctor's note.

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答案：B

5）、The author thinks that some doctors write notes clearly.

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答案：A

44、People are so busy these days that many people have no time to cook. This becomes a problem, because most families love home cooking! The food tastes good and warm, and a family meal brings everyone together. In some families, meals are often the only times everyone sees one another the same time.　

Another reason people enjoy home cooking is that it is often a way of showing love. A parent who makes some cookies is not just satisfying a child's sweet tooth. She or he is sending a message. The message says, "I care about you enough to spend an hour cooking what you will eat up in 15 minutes if I let you."

There is also something about the smell of home cooking. The smell of home cooking pleases people of all ages. It makes most of us feel good and loved. Next time you smell a cake making, stop for a moment and pay attention to your mood（情绪）.

1）、Fewer people cook now because they have no time.

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答案：A

2）、A parent spends an hour making cookies just to satisfy her or his child's sweet tooth.

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答案：B

3）、The writer thinks the smell of home cooking makes peoplehappy.

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答案：A

4）、The main idea of this passageis that homemade cookies taste better.

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答案：B

5）、A family meal can bring the family members together.

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答案：A

45、"Taxi"! I called. A taxi stopped near me and I asked, "Can you take me to the London Airport, please?" "Certainly, sir," said the driver. I got in and sat down. "Please hurry," I said, "I must catch a plane at 11:10." Then I saw a bag on the seat. "There is a bag on the seat. Is it yours?" I said. "A bag, sir?" the driver said, "No, it's not mine. May I have a look at it?" I gave the bag to the driver. "It's an old man's. He was my last passenger," the driver said. "I must take it to the police station."

The taxi stopped at the airport and I got out. Suddenly another taxi stopped at the airport and an old man got out. He came to us quickly. "Where is my bag?" "Oh, it's you, sir," the driver said, "I have it here." "Thank you very much," the old man said. "I followed you all the way to the airport."

1）、The taxi driver sent me to the airport before he found the owner of the bag.

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答案：A

2）、The taxi driver wanted to ask the police for help.

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答案：A

3）、The taxi driver was worried.

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答案：B