2010年4月实考阅读理解题补充材料Passage 1Nancy and Peter the mountains.1. When did Nancy and Peter listen to the weather forecast?C. Friday morning 2. What are Nancy and Peter planning for the weekend?C. A ski trip in the mountains3. When is it going to snow according to the weather forecast?D. Friday night4. What will the weather be like on Sunday?C. Clear, cold and sunny5. What can you infer from the passage?A. Nancy and Peter must live quite near the mountains Passage 2Great changes from job to job.1. Which of the following topics is discussed in the passage?B. Influence of science and industry on American families 2. What kind of families is described in the passage? D. Families of the past, the present and the future3. According to the writer, what is one of the reasons why families are getting smaller in America? C. The need for workers who are able to move at any time has been increasing 4. Who will take the chief responsibility of raising children in the future? D. A small number of families5. What can you infer from the passage? C. Large families can hardly survive in a highly industrialized societyPassage 3A man got into 。
the woman replied proudly.1. What are the man and the woman talking about?C. The woman’s son.2. How does the woman feel about her son? C. He will grow up to be a wise young man. 3. Where does the conversation take place? A. On a train. 4. Which of the following probably best describes the man’s feeling at the end of the conversation? C. Amused.5. What can’t you learn from the conversation? C. The woman is so proud of her son that she does not really understand what the man’s questions mean.Passage 4Many people now keep 。
in cruel ways, too.1. How do most people treat their pets? D. They spend a large amount of money and time taking care of them.2. Which of the following is not a blood sport? D. Horse racing. 3. What do you think is the writer’s attitude towards blood sports? A. He thinks they are very cruel. 4. Which of the following seems to affect the earth’s ecosystem most seriously? C. Illegal killing of rare animals. 5. What does the passage mainly imply? C. Animals should be well treated and protected. Passage 5Weather has a great i。
be the cause.1. If thin people feel unhappy, the weather may be very __________.B. cold2. Students in the U.S. usually do badly on exams in __________.C. August3. People in the Northeast of America usually have heart disease in _________.A. March 4. Storms can increase student's IQ, this discovery was made __________.A. in 19825. What is the best title for this passage? __________.C. The Great influence of Weather Passage 6Very few people were than he really was! 1. To whom did the waiter give a beautiful menu when a gentleman and his lady friend came into the restaurant?C. Both of them. .2. Were the menus for the guests the same?C. They were the same on the outside but different inside.3. Why could the male guest remain calm when he ordered dish after dish?A. Because the prices of the dishes were reasonable.4. What did the lady think of her friend after a meal at this restaurant?D. She thought he was very generous5. What does the story mainly suggest?A. Knowledge of customer psychology helps promote business.Passage 7A guide dog is 。
dog useful. 1. What is a guide dog? A. A dog trained to help the blind.2. At what age does a guide dog begin its training course? C. At the age of fourteen months. 3. Which of the following is NOT included in the training course? D. Learning to save its owner when he/she falls into danger.4. What is the most important part of the training course? C. To teach the dog how to cooperate with its future owner.5. Why are guide dogs not popular? A. Many blind people find it hard to work with dogs.Passage 8If you travel by air。
care of our forests. 1. The passage mainly tells us about ______.A. the importance of taking care of plants2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?B. Forests are homes for different kinds of animals.3. The need for more wood and more land results in _____.D. All of the above4. What will happen in 20 or 30 years in some people's view?C. We'11 have no forests like those in the center of Africa.5. The writer thinks _________.B. it necessary to protect the forestsPassage 9Clowns（小丑）like to make 。
It helps them to get better faster.There is an old saying: "Laughter is good medicine." 1. Clowns make people laugh by _____________. D. doing all kinds of silly things2. Clowns are ______________. D. mostly male3. The sentence "A circus is not a circus without clowns" means。