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1、12009 级高职英语补考试题(2011.6.8)Part Reading Comprehension (40%)Directions: There are 4 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the correspondin
2、g letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. Passage OneNowadays more than half of all Americans eat more than half of their away from their home. This new American way of eating has given rise to the rapid development of fast food industry. The reason is that they are fast, fil
3、ling, cheap, tasty and attractive to people. However, many of these fast foods have been attacked by scientists. The main problem with most fast food meals is that theyre not nutritionally balanced. Those of chicken or beef usually contain more than enough protein for a person in one meal. They tend
4、 to supply you with too much fat and sugar but too little bigamies and iron. Pizza, a well-balanced fast food, however, is especially high in salt content, a factor for developing high blood pressure. And potatoes are a nutritious food, but when fried in fat they also become a high-fat food. Fast fo
5、od meals also sadly lack of vegetables and fruit. Thus it is good to eat vegetable and fruit at your other meal so the days when you eat fast food.1. There are many reasons why Americans like fast food except that .A. fast food is very cheap B. fast food is very deliciousC. fast food makes is fillin
6、g D. fast food is nutritionally balanced2. Which of the following statements about fast food is true according to the passage?A. Fast food is nutritionally balanced.B. Fast food can supply you enough protein and vitamins.C. Fast food prevents people from being over-weight.D. Fast food provides peopl
7、e more than enough sugar and salt.3. What does the second paragraph mainly discuss?A. Fast food can develop many illnesses.B. Fast food meals are not nutritionally balanced.C. Fast food meals lack of vegetables and fruits.D. Fast food contains too much sugar.4. A possible nutritionally balanced meal
8、 at home may consist of .A. beef and chicken B. chicken and vegetableC. fried potatoes and pork D. vegetable and fruit5. We can learn from the text that .A. we should not eat fast food at allB. wed better combine that fast food with fruit and vegetable2C. we could only eat fast foodD. fast food is r
9、ubbishPassage TwoIn every language, there are two great classes of words which, taken together, consist of the whole vocabulary. Firstly, there are those words with which we become acquainted in daily conversation, which we learn, that is to say, from the members of our own family and from our famil
10、iar associates, and which we should know and use even if we could not read or write. They concern the common things of life and all the goods in trade of all those who speak the language. Such words may be called “popular”, since they belong to the whole people; and are not the exclusive possession
11、of a limited class.On the other hand, our language includes a large number of words which are comparatively seldom used in ordinary conversation. Their meanings are known to every educated person, but there is little occasion to use them at home or in the market place. Our first acquaintance with th
12、em comes not from our mothers lips or from the talk of our schoolmates, but from books that we read, lectures that we hear, or the more formal conversation of highly educated speakers who are discussing some particular topic in a style raised above the habitual level of everyday life. Such words are
13、 called “learned”. And the distinction between them and “popular” words is of great importance to a right understanding of the language.6. One class of words can be learned .A. through everyday life B. without too much practiceC. from popular songs D. with a dictionary in ones hand7. The words conce
14、rning everyday life .A. are in the possession of each individualB. are something exchanged for moneyC. are not familiar to highly educated peopleD. are not included in a book8. In this passage, “learned” is used .A. as a word equal to “educated” B. as a word similar to “informed”C. as a word close t
15、o “acquired” D. as a word opposite to “popular”9. According to the passage, both “popular” words and “learned” words .A. seem to be of no useB. can help people to get a better comprehension of the languageC. are easy to masterD. have gone beyond our mothers reach10. From the passage, we can infer th
16、at .A. “popular” words are essential to daily lifeB. “popular” words are not regular in usageC. “popular” words are convenient to useD. “popular” words are not standard enough to be usedPassage ThreeMany American colleges permit foreign students to live in college housing or not 3owned by the university, such as an apartment. College housing is usually in a building called a dormitory, or dorm for short. Many f
