阅读类训练(8)参考答案
30. A. nice B. second C. satisfied D. third
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完形填空训练
完形填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出最佳答案。
Anthropology is a science which deals with man and his social habits. I think of anthropology here as “being interested, without 1 ,in the way other people choose to live and 2 .”
When you are curious about the way someone behaves or the way 3 feel about something, it’s 4 that you will he annoyed(恼火).
When someone acts in a way that seems5 to you, rather than react in your usual way, such as “I can’t believe they would do that,” 6 say something to yourself like “I see, that must be the way they 7 things in their world. Very interesting.” In order for this 8 to help you, you have to be genuine(真诚的).
Recently I was at a shopping mall with my six-year old daughter 9 a group of punk rockers walked by with orange spiked hair and tattoos(文身) covering much of their bodies. At the sight of them, my daughter immediately asked me, “Daddy, why are they 10 like that?” Years ago I would have felt very 11 with such young people. I would have given a judgmental explanation and passed along to her my 12 .Pretending to be an anthropologist, however, has 13 my perspective(看法)a great deal, so it’s made me 14 .I said to my daughter, “I’m not really sure, but it’s interesting how 15 we all are, isn’t it?” She said, “Yeah, 16 I like my own hair.”
When you are interested in other perspectives, it doesn’t mean you’re 17 them. I certainly wouldn’t choose a punk rock lifestyle or 18 it to anyone else. At the same time, however, it’s really not my 19 to judge it either. One of the most important rules of joyful living is that judging others takes a great deal of energy and 20 you away from where you want to be.
( ) 1.A.agreement B. judgment C. improvement D. entertainment
答案:B
( ) 2.A.behave B. speak C. grow D. eat
答案:A
( ) 3.A.you B. they C.I D. we
答案:B
( ) 4.A.natural B. certain C. obvious D. impossible
答案:D
( ) 5.A.normal B. common C. strange D. passive
答案:C
( ) 6.A.just B. also C. still D. never
答案:A
( ) 7.A.make B. find C. see D. get
答案:C
( ) 8.A.person B. way C. interest D. word
答案:B
( ) 9.A.while B. until C. since D. when
答案:D
( )10.A.tried on B. grown up C. acted out D. dressed up
答案:D
( ) 11.A.pleased B. interested C. bored D. excited
答案:C
( ) 12.A.views B. questions C. advice D. plan
答案:A
( ) 13.A.blocked B. changed C. enlarged D. raised
答案:B
( ) 14.A.softer B. higher C. happier D. angrier
答案:A
( ) 15.A.similar B. confident C. humorous D. different
答案:D
( ) 16.A.and B. but C. so D. or
答案:B
( ) 17.A.like B. for C. beside D. against
答案:B
( ) 18.A.present B. connect C. send D. suggest
答案:D
( ) 19.A.place B. attempt C. fault D. decision
答案:A
( ) 20.A.gives B. brings C. pulls D. puts
答案:C
1. 提示:without judgment的意思是“不加判断地”，相当于下文解释该句的curious。
2. 提示:B、C、D三项都表示的是behave(行为)的具体表现，此处的A项正好和下文的解释相吻合。
3. 提示:英文中常用they来指代someone。
4. 提示:既然你对别人的生活和行为感兴趣，那么你也就不可能感到不安了。
5. 提示:从下文“rather than react in your usual way”来看，此处是“别人的行为方式使你感到奇怪”。
6. 提示:可由when引导的从句到“...they would do that”为止，say是祈使句中的谓语，由此开始是告诫自己的话，因此，say之前用just。
7. 提示:see在此相当于regard(看待)。make things表示“制造物品”；find things表示“(丢失后)的找到物品”；D项表示“得到物品”，均与题意不符。
8. 提示:第二段谈论的都是别人或者你自己的“行为方式”，因此，此处表示的是“为了让这种方式对你有益”。
9. 提示:when在此处是并列连词，相当于and suddenly。
10. 提示:在这四个选项中，只有D项可以用于被动语态，表示“打扮)，和上文描述的那群人发型等相吻合。
11. 提示:其他三项表示的都是积极意义的单词，只有C项表示消极意义。从下文看，作者多年前对那群人的穿衣打扮是“厌烦的”。
12. 提示:views在此相当于opinions,表示“意见、看法”。
13. 提示:上文谈论的是以前的看法，此处谈论的是现在不同的看法，因此说，看法已有了改变。
14. 提示:soft在此表示言行性格的“宽厚”。既然经过了多年的磨炼，看法已经改变了许多，那么整个人也就变得比过去“温和”了。
15. 提示:那群人的发型和“我们所有人的”是不一样的，因此才显得有趣。
16. 提示:从“我喜欢自己的头发样式”来看，此处应用表示转折意思的but。
17. 提示:be for的意思相当于agree；like和be动词连用时是介词(像)；C项表示“在旁边”；D项表示“反对”。
18. 提示:D项表示“把这种发型推荐给别人”；发型是没有办法“赠送；连接；寄送”给别人的，因此排除A、B、C三项。
19. 提示:place在此表示“工作、职责”。
20. 提示:pull oneself away为固定短语，意思是“使自己离开”。
第二部分阅读理解训练
阅读理解训练
Most Americans get what money they have from their work; that is, they earn an income from wages or salaries. The richest Americans, however, get most of their money from what they own - their stocks, bonds, real estate, and other forms of property, or wealth. Although there are few accurate statistics to go by, wealth in American society appears to be concentrated in very few hands. More than 20 percent of everything that can be privately owned is held by less than one percent of the adult population and more than 75 percent of all wealth is owned by 20 percent of American adults. The plain fact is that most Americans have no wealth at all aside from their homes, automobiles, and a small amount of savings.
Income in the United States is not as highly concentrated as wealth. In 1917 the richest 10 percent of American families received 26.1 percent of all income, while the poorest 10 percent received 17 percent, mainly from Social Security and other government payments. The most striking aspect of income distribution is that it has not changed significantly since the end of World War II. Although economic growth has roughly doubled real disposable (可自由使用的) family income (the money left after taxes and adjusted for inflation) over the last generation, the size of the shares given to the rich and the poor is about the same. By any measure economic inequality is great in the United States.
The reality behind these statistics is that a large number of Americans are poor. In 1918, 14 percent of the population was living below the federal government’s poverty line, which at that time was an annual income of $ 9 287 for a non-farm family of two adults and two children. In other words, about one out of seven Americans over 31 million people was officially considered unable to buy the basic necessities of food, clothes, and shelter. The suggested poverty line in 1981 would have been an income of about $11 200 for a family of four. By this relative definition, about 20 percent of the population or more than 45 million Americans are poor.
1. What do the majority of the Americans have in terms of wealth?
A. Their income and savings.
B. Everything they own in their homes.
C. Actually, they have no wealth at all.
D. Their house, cars and small amounts of savings.
2. What is the percentage of wealth that is in the hands of most Americans?
A. More than 25%. B. Less than 25%.
C. More than 75%. D. Less than 20%.
3. Why is economic inequality still great in the US in spite of the economic growth?
A. Because the proportion of income received by the rich and the poor remains almost the same as in 1917.
B. Because the economic growth has widened the gap of the family income between the rich and the poor.
C. Because income in the US is still concentrated in the hands of the richest 10% of American families.
D. Because some Americans made great fortunes during the Second World War.
4. What can we learn from comparison of the two poverty lines in the last paragraph?
A. The poverty line of 1918 is more favorable to the poor than that of 1981.
B. The 1981 line didn’t leave much to the poor.
C. There were more Americans who were officially poor by the 1981 line.
D. There were more Americans who were officially poor by the 1918 line.
5. From the last two sentences we can see that 1981 government’s poverty line _______.
A. was of no good for the poor B. was not put into operation then
C. was officially approved D. was not helpful to the poor
[全解全析] DBACB 本文分析了美国财富的分配状况及其存在的问题。
1、D。细节题。根据文章第 1 段最后一句 …most Americans have no wealth at all aside from their homes, automobiles, and a small amount of savings 可推知此题答案为 D。
2、B。推断题。根据文章第 1 段倒数第 2 句 …more than 75 percent of all wealth is owned by 20 percent of American adults 可推知此题答案为 B。
3、A。推断题。根据文章第2段第2句 The most striking aspect of income distribution is that it has not changed significantly since the end of World War II 可推知此题答案为 A。
4、C。推断题。文章最后一段说：1981年与1918年所统计的贫困户的数量的比较。由此可知此题答案为 C。
5、B。推断题。根据文倒数第2句的虚拟语气可推知此题答案为 B。