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北京成人本科英语模拟63
[模拟]北京成人本科英语模拟63
ReadingComprehensionDirections:
Therearethreepassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinished.statements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.
Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage.
Whatexactlyisalie?
Isitanythingwesaywhichweknowisuntrue?
Orisitsome-thingmorethanthat?
Forexample,supposeafriendwantstoborrowsomemoneyfromyou.Yousay"IwishIcouldhelpyoubutI'mshortofmoneymyself."Infact,youarenotshortofmoneybutyourfriendisinthehabitofnotpayinghisdebtandyoudon'twanttohurthisfeelingsbyremindinghimofthis.Isthisreallyalie?
ProfessorJeraldJellisonoftheUniversityofSouthernCaliforniahasmadeascientificstudyonlying.(76)(Accordingtohim,womenarebetterliarsthanmen),particularlywhentellinga"whitelie,"suchaswhenawomanatapartytellsanotherwomanthatshelikesherdresswhenshereallythinksitlooksawful.However,thisisonlyonesideofthestory.Otherresearcherssaythatmenaremorelikelytotellmoreseriouslies,suchasmakingapromisewhichtheyhavenointentionoffulfilling.Thisisthekindofliepoliti-ciansandbusinessmenaresupposedtobeparticularlyskilledat:
theliefromwhichtheliarhopestoprofitorgaininsomeway.
Researchhasalsobeendoneintothewaypeople'sbehaviorchangesinanumberofsmall,apparentlyunimportantwayswhentheylie.Ithasbeenfoundthatiftheyaresit-tingdownatthetime,theytendtomoveaboutintheirchairsmorethanusual.Tothetrainedobservertheyaresaying,"IwishIweresomewhereelsenow."Theyalsotendtotouchcertainpartsofthefacemoreoften,inparticularthenose.Oneexplanationofthismaybethatlyingcausesaslightincreaseinbloodpressure.Thetipofthenoseisverysen-sitivetosuchchangesandtheincreasedpressuresmakeititch.
AnothergesturewhichgivesliarsawayiswhatthewriterDesmondMorrisinhisbookManwatchingcalls"themouthcover."(77)(Hesaysthereareseveraltypicalformsofthis,suchascoveringpartofthemouthwiththefingers,touchingtheupper-liporputtingafingerofthehandatonesideofthemouth).Suchagesturecanbeunderstoodasanun-consciousattemptonthepartoftheliartostophimselforherselffromlying.
Ofcourse,suchgesturesasrubbingthenoseorcoveringthemouth,ormovingaboutinachaircannotbetakenasproofthatthespeakerislying.Theysimplytendtooccurmorefrequentlyinthissituation.Itisnotonegesturealonethatgivestheliarawaybutawholenumberofthings,andinparticularthecontextinwhichthelieistold.
第1题:
Accordingtothepassage,a"whitelie"seemstobealie______.
A.thatotherpeoplebelieve
B.thatotherpeopledon'tbelieve
C.toldinordertoavoidoffendingsomeone
D.toldinordertotakeadvantageofsomeone
参考答案:
C
答案解析:
本题考查的是考生对细节的把握,答案对应于文章第一、二段。
第一段中“youdon'twanttohurthisfeelingsbyremindinghimofthis.”第二段又用举例的方法解释了whitelie的含义。
这个例子就是“suchaswhenawomanatapartytellsanotherwomanthatshelikesherdresswhenshereallythinksitlooksawful.”
第2题:
Researchsuggeststhatwomen______.
A.arebetterattellinglessseriousliesthanmen
B.generallyliefarmorethanmendo
C.lieatpartiesmoreoftenthanmendo
D.oftenmakepromisestheyintendtobreak
参考答案:
A
答案解析:
本题考查的也是考生对细节的把握,答案对应文章的第二段。
该段比较了男人和女人说谎的不同,并说明男人更可能说更严重的谎言。
参见第二段中句子:
“Otherresearcherssaythatmenaremorelikelytotellmoreseriouslies…”这里的比较就是与前一句中女人撒谎相比。
第3题:
Researchersfindthatwhenapersontellslies______.
A.hisbloodpressureincreasesmeasurably
B.helooksveryserious
C.hetendstomakesomesmallchangesinhisbehavior
D.heuseshisunconsciousmind
参考答案:
C
答案解析:
本题考查的也是考生对细节的把握,答案对应于第三段第一句:
Researchhasalsobeendoneintothewaypeople'sbehaviorchangesinanumberofsmall,apparentlyunimportantwayswhentheylie.同样有人研究当人们说谎时他们行为的一些细小的、看似不重要的改变。
很容易看出答案C与该句符合。
第4题:
Onereasonwhypeoplesometimesrubtheirnoseswhentheylieisthat______.
A.theywishtheyweresomewhereelse
B.thenoseissensitivetophysicalchangescausedbylying
C.theywanttocovertheirmouths
D.theyaretryingtostopthemselvesfromtellinglies
参考答案:
B
答案解析:
本题考查的也是考生对细节的把握,答案对应于第三段最后一句:
Thetipofthenoseisverysensitivetosuchchangesandtheincreasedpressuresmakeititch.鼻尖对这样的变化非常敏感,血压的增加使得它发痒,即与B选项吻合。
第5题:
Thetoneofthispassagetellsusthatthewriter______.
A.hatestolie
B.enjoyslying
C.oftentellsalie
D.triestoanalyzelying
参考答案:
D
答案解析:
此题考查的是考生对整篇短文的观点的理解。
文章首先讲到男人女人说谎的不同,而后又分析说谎时人们行为方式的变化等等,所以文章是在分析说谎。
其他选项错误。
Questions6to10arebasedonthefollowingpassage.
Saltisasnecessarytolifeaswater.InmanyareasofAfricapeopleoncedranktheurine(尿)ofanimalsbecausetheyhadnoothersourceofsalt.Withoutsalt,humanbeingsdie.
Thehumanbodydemandsthattheamountofsaltinthebloodalwaysstaythesame.Whenthebodydoesnotgetenoughsalt,itprotectsitselfbylettinglesssaltleavethebodyinurineandsweat.Butitcannotreducethisoutputtozero.Somesaltisalwaysescaping.Onacompletelysaltlessdiet,likethatofsomepeopleinAfrica,thebodysteadilylosessmallamountsofsaltthroughthekidneys(肾)andsweatglands(腺).Itthentriestoad-justtothislossbyspeedingupitssecretion(分泌)ofwater.(78)_(Inthisway,thebodyattemptstokeeptheamountofsaltinthebloodatthenecessarylevel.Theresultisaslowdryingupofbodyand,finally,death.Thepersondiesofthirst).
Incaseswherethereislittleornowatertodrink,thebodytriestodotheoppositething.Again,itmustkeepthesaltlevelinthebloodconstant.Becauseithaslittlewater,itattemptstostopwaterfromleavingthebodyandtoincreaseitssecretionofsalt.But,aswiththeescapingsalt,itcannotbecompletelysuccessful.Somewaterstillleavesandthepersoneventuallydiesofthirst.Inshort,thebody'snormalneedsforsaltandforwaterarebothpartsofthesameimportantneedtokeepthesaltlevelinthebloodconstant.
第6题:
SomeAfricanpeopleoncedrankanimalurine______.
A.whentheyweregoingtodie
B.becausetheywerethirsty
C.becausetherewaslittlesalt
D.becausetheywereshortofwater
参考答案:
C
答案解析:
文章第一段提到InmanyareasofAfricapeopleoncedranktheurine(尿)ofanimalsbecausetheyhadnoothersourceofsalt.由此句可以看出,在非洲的许多地区,人们曾经饮用过动物的尿液是由于他们盐很少。
别的选项都不符合题意。
第7题:
Inordertoadjusttothelossofsalt,thebody______.
A.losessomeblood
B.speedsupitssecretionofwater
C.speedsupitssecretionofsalt
D.isdryingupslowly
参考答案:
B
答案解析:
文章第二段提到了这句:
Itthentriestoadjusttothislossbyspeedingupitssecretion(分泌)ofwater.因此应该选B。
第8题:
WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtheresultofalackofsaltinthebody?
A.Thebodysecretesmorewater.
B.Thebodydriesup.
C.Thepersondiesofthirst.
D.Thepersongetsfatter.
参考答案:
D
答案解析:
通过文章可以知道,没有提到变胖这个细节。
第9题:
Whatdoestheword"constant"(Line2,Para.3)meaninthepassage?
A.Thesame.
B.Amount.
C.Goingupanddown.
D.Changing.
参考答案:
A
答案解析:
constant不变的,因此选Thesame。
第10题:
Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?
A.Saltisveryimportant.
B.Iftheirbloodsaltlevelisnotconstant,humanbeingsmaydie.
C.Theamountofsaltinthebodyissecreted.
D.Peoplecandieofthirst.
参考答案:
B
答案解析:
通过文章我们可以知道,文章讲述了盐和水对身体的必要性,但是重点是要保持血液中盐分的稳定。
Questions11to15arebasedonthefollowingpassage.
Manyofthemostdamagingandlifethreateningtypesofweather,suchastorrentialrainsandseverethunderstorms,beginquickly,strikesuddenly,anddisappearrapidly,de-stroyingsmallregionswhileleavingneighboringareasuntouched.(79)(Conventional(普通)computermodelsoftheatmospherehavelimitedvalueinpredictingshort-livedlocalstormsbecausetheavailableweatherdataaregenerallynotdetailedenoughtoallowcom-puterstoseeclearlythesmallatmosphericchangesthatcomebeforethesestorms).Inmostnations,forexample,weather-balloonobservationsaretakenjustonceeverytwelvehoursatlocationtypicallyseparatedbyhundredsofmiles.Withsuchlimiteddata,conventionalforecastingmodelsdoamuchbetterjobpredictinggeneralweatherconditionsoverlargere-gionsthantheydoforecastingspecificlocalevents.
Untilrecently,theobservation-intensiveapproachneededforaccurate,veryshortrangeforecasts,or"nowcasts",wasimpracticable.Thecostofequippingandoperatingmanythousandsofconventionalweatherstationswasextremelyhigh,andthedifficultiesinvolvedinrapidlycollectingandprocessingtherawweatherdatafromsuchanetworkwerebeyondovercoming.Fortunately,scientificandtechnologicaladvancehaveovercomemostoftheseproblems.Radarsystems,automatedweatherinstruments,andsatellitesareallcapableofmakingdetailed,nearlycontinuousobservationsoverlargeregionsatarela-tivelylowcost.Communicationsatellitescantransmitdataaroundtheworldcheaplyandimmediately,andmoderncomputerscanquicklycompileandanalyzethislargevolumeofweatherinformation.(80)(Meteorologists(气象学家)andcomputerscientistsnowworktogethertodesigncomputerprogramsandvideoequipmentcapableoftransformingrawweatherdataintowords,symbols,andvividgraphicdisplaysthatforecasterscaninterpreteasilyandquickly).Asmeteorologistshavebegunusingthesenewtechnologiesinweatherforecastingoffices,nowcastingisbecomingareality.
第11题:
Whatisthebesttitleofthepassage?
A.SevereThunderstormsandDamages.
B.WeatherForecastingandLife-threatening.
C.ScienceAdvancesandNowcasts.
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