2021年秋季北京邮电大学网络教育专升本英语入学测试模拟题及答案15

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第四部分：阅读理解

(十一)

In 1638, John Harvard donated some money and about four hundred books to a new university. This was the beginning of the library at Harvard University. The gift was so important that the university was named for John Harvard

Thomas Bray began the first free lending library in the late 1600s. He set up more than 30 of these libraries in the American colonies. However, the idea for this kind of free library ended when Bray died in 1730. In 1731, Benjamin Franklin and some friends started the first subscription library in the United States. In a subscription library people pay money to become members, but they may borrow the books without paying again.

In the United States, every child had free education. This idea soon led to free libraries. One of the first libraries that used tax money to buy books was a library in Peterborough, New Hampshire, this library was set up in 1833.

1. The main idea of the paragraph 2 is _____.

A. Franklin started the first subscription library

B. In a subscription library people pay money to become members

C. Bray and Franklin were important in the history of public libraries

D. Bray died in 1730 and Franklin died in 1833

2. The word “borrow” paragraph 2 means _____.

A. read and write with no help from another person

B. use for a short time and then return

C. like very much

D. lend

3. The reading does not say it, but we can guess that _____.

A. there were free schools in the United States before there were free libraries

B. free schools and free libraries in the United States began at about the same time

C. the library in New Hampshire also had a free school in it

D. there were free libraries in the United States before there were free schools

4. Harvard University began _____.

A. in 1731

B. in 1730

C. in 1833

D. in 1638

5. At the library that Franklin started, _____.

A. children could use books for no money at all

B. people paid a little money in the beginning but none after that

C. people paid a lot of money in the beginning but none after that

D. both A and B

(十二)

Laser is a device that produces a very narrow powerful beam of light. The ability to focus laser light so precisely makes it extremely powerful. For example, some beams can pierce a diamond, the hardest natural substance. A laser beam can also be transmitted over long distances with no loss of power. Some beams have reached the moon.

The special qualities of laser light make it ideal for a variety of uses. Some types of lasers, for example, are used to play music, cut and weld metal, and transmit information. Lasers can also guide a missile to a target, repair damaged eyes, and produce beautiful displays of light. Still other lasers are used to adjust the straight line of walls and ceilings in a building or to print documents. Some lasers even can detect the slightest movement of a continent.

As a result of their wide use, lasers can be found in equipment used in homes, factories, offices, hospitals, and libraries.

1. The passage is mainly about ______.

A. how lasers developed

B. how lasers are used

C. how lasers work

D. the kind of lasers

2. Which of the following best describes what laser is? ______.

A. Laser is the hardest natural substance

B. Laser is a device used to find the position of moving or fixed objects

C. Laser can send out very sharp and powerful stream of light

D. Laser is a device that uses sound energy to find the position of objects

3. According to the passage, laser can be used in the following ways EXCEPT ______.

A. to discover the slightest movement of a continent

B. to find out what lies beneath the sea floor

C. to be used in medical operation on eyes

D. to make a hole in a very hard object

4. Why is laser so powerful? _____.

A. Because it can be transmitted over a long distance

B. Because it is a strong light

C. Because it can be precisely focused

D. Because it can travel to the moon

5. When a laser is transmitted over long distances, it will _____.

A. become narrower

B. be focused

C. lose power

D. not lose power

(十三)

The climate of any place is the kind of weather. It usually has over a long period of time. The kind of homes we live in, the clothes we wear, even the foods we eat depend on the climate of the place where we live. Climate is complicated; it is affected by many things. If you live near one of the poles, you live in a cold climate, for you do not get as much direct sunshine as you would get farther from the poles. If you live near the equator, you live in a warm or very hot climate, for this is the region where the sun shines almost straight down.

How much rain or snow falls makes a great difference to the climate. You may live in a hot, dry land, where little rain falls. This will be a desert. Its climate is quite different from that of a rain forest, which may be the same distance from the equator but rain falls almost every day. The amount of rain that falls or snow in a cold land depends upon the winds, upon the nearby mountains, and upon the currents in nearby seas. Rainfall depends on many different things.

1. Climate means _____.

A. the weather of a certain place

B. the fine, cloudy, rainy or snowy weather

C. the weather of a certain time

D. the general weather of a place over a long time

2. “…even the foods we eat depend on the climate of the place where we live.” really means_____.

A. we eat different foods according to different weather

B. the climate of a place has great effects on the foods we have

C. the climate of the place where we live gives us different foods

D. foods are different in different places

3. People living near the poles tend _____ those near the equator.

A. to have as much sunlight as

B. to have less rain than

C. to get less sunlight than

D. to get less snow than

4. Rainfalls depend on many things. Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?

A. The winds

B. The nearby mountains

C. The currents in nearby seas

D. The kinds of homes we live in

5. What may be the best title for the passage?

A. Climate and Weather

B. Climate Around the World

C. Climate

D. Climate in different countries

参考答案：

(十一)1-5:CBADB

(十二)1-5:BCBCD

(十三)1-5:AACDC

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