2021年成考专升本《英语》阅读理解专项练习八

　1、

　　When I was about 12 1 had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings.Week by week her list grew: I was skinny, I wasn't a good student, I was boyish, I talked too loud, so on.I put up with her as long as I could.At last, with great anger, I ran to my father in tears.

　　He listened to my outburst quietly.Then he asked, "Are the things she says true or not?"

　　True? I wanted to know how to strike back.What did truth have to do with it?

　　"Mary, didn't you ever wonder what you are really like? Well, you now have that girl's opinion.Go make a list of everything she said mark the points that are true.Pay no attention to the other things she said."

　　I did as he directed discovered to my surprise that about half the things were true.Some of them I couldn't change (like being skinny), but a good number I could suddenly wanted to change.

　　For the first time in my life I got a fairly clear picture of myself.

　　I brought the list back to Daddy.He refused to take it.

　　"That's just for you," he said."You know better than anybody else the truth about yourself, once you hear it.But you've got to learn to listen, not to close your ears in anger or hurt.When something said about you is true you'll know it.You'll find that it will echo inside you."

　　Daddy's advice has returned to me at many important moments.

　　67[1单选题]What did the girl's enemy like to do?

　　A.Talking with he

　　B.Pointing out her weak point

　　C.Reporting to the teacher

　　D.Quarrelling with he

　　[答案]B

　　[解析]参见文章第一句。

　　68[1单选题]What did the girl do when she could no longer bear her enemy?

　　A.She turned to her father

　　B.She cried to her heart's content

　　C.She tried to put up with her again

　　D.She tried to be her friend

　　[答案]A

　　[解析]通过上下文可知。

　　69[1单选题]Why did the girl's father ask her to make the list?

　　A.He wanted to keep the list at home

　　B.He didn't know what the girl's enemy had said

　　C.He wanted the girl to talk back

　　D.He wanted her to check if she really had these weak points

　　[答案]D

　　[解析]参见第四段。

　　70[1单选题]What can we infer from reading the passage?

　　A.The girl benefited from her father's advice

　　B.The girl was very often angry with her father

　　C.The girl's father loved other people's advice

　　D.The girl was easily hurt by her father

　　[答案]A

　　[解析]通过句子“For the first time in my life I got a fairly clear picture of myself.”可知。

　　2、

　　It used to take Redwood City, California police hours to locate gunfire.Now, they have a new tool that helps them find the gunfire quickly.This new tool is called the Shot Spotter, The police began using the Shot Spotter in 1995.They wanted to cut down on gunfire in their city.

　　One Shot Spotter covers a square mile.Eight microphones are put on the roofs of buildings.These microphones pick up gunfire noise.It only takes seven seconds to report the gunfire to the police.Then a red dot on the police map shows where the action is.

　　The Shot Spotter really works well.It locates the gunfire within 20 to 40 feet plus or minus.Redwood City police are very happy with the Shot Spotter.They think it might have helped catch the D.C.sniper.

　　Shot Spotters cost a lot of money.One of them sells for $200,000.Despite the cost, Shot Spotters can be a big help in fighting crime.

　　71[1单选题]Eight microphones placed on rooftops __.

　　A.talk to police

　　B.warn the public

　　C.listen for gunfire

　　D.play rap music

　　[答案]C

　　[解析]参见第二段：麦克风放在房顶上是为了监听到打枪的声音。

　　72[1单选题]What is the writer's attitude toward Shot Spooters?

　　A.Be indifferent to i

　　B.Be for i

　　C.Be against i

　　D.Be angry at i

　　[答案]B

　　[解析]倒数第一段和第二段都可以表明作者是很赞成使用这种仪器的。

　　73[1单选题]The red dot on the police map shows __.

　　A.the address of the criminal

　　B.Redwood City

　　C.the capital of California

　　D.the location of the gunfire

　　[答案]D

　　[解析]参见第二段：警察地图上的红点表明枪声的具体位置。

　　74[1单选题]The Shot Spotter has helped police __.

　　A.a little bit

　　B.cut down the use of weapons

　　C.tremendously

　　D.solve all the shootings

　　[答案]C

　　[解析]参见倒数第一段和第二段。