[专升本类试卷]河北专接本英语（阅读理解）模拟试卷70 Long before recorded history, our ancestors were bathing for pleasure and health. The earliest records often mention the use of rivers for bathing. And the Hindus have believed for centuries that the Ganges River has the power to clean the soul, as well as the body.Several thousand years ago, the inhabitants of the island of Crete built baths with running water. The early Jews took ceremonial baths on certain occasions, making use ofoils and ointments(油膏). The Jews also had a custom of bathing the feet of all strangersthat came within their gates. This friendly custom is still practised in parts of Palestine. Swimming was popular among the Greeks of ancient time. By the third century before Christ, almost every Greek city of a certain size had at least one public bath. The wealthy classes had private baths and pools, some of which were beautifully decorated.Many of the public baths that the Romans built utilized natural mineral springs. Since most of these springs were naturally warm the Romans took advantage of this free hot water. By the time of the Roman Emperors, these baths were often housed in large,marble(大理石) buildings. The baths built by the Emperor Caracalla, in the center ofRome, covered about one square mile and could hold sixteen thousand people.1 The earliest bathing place was probably_____.（A）the river（B）the Nile（C）the Ganges（D）the River Jordan2 According to the passage, today, some parts of Palestine also have the custom of_____. （A）bathing in public baths（B）bathing for pleasure（C）bathing every day（D）bathing the feet of all strangers to show friendliness3 Which of the following statements is true?（A）Only the rich took baths in ancient times.（B）Oil was used by Jews in ceremonial baths.（C）The poor could not take baths in public baths.（D）Our ancestors took baths only for pleasure.4 The poor in ancient Greece_____.（A）also had private baths（B）could only take baths in public baths（C）could take baths at baths which were beautifully decorated（D）had the custom of bathing in rivers5 It can be inferred that many of the public baths in the Roman Empire_____. （A）only opened in spring（B）spent no money on heating water（C）were very crowded（D）were built in the open5 The market is a concept. If you are growing tomatoes in your backyard for sale you are producing for the market. You might sell some to your neighbor and some to the manager of the local supermarket. But in either case, you are producing for the market. Your efforts are being directed by the market. If people stop buying tomatoes, you will stop producing them.If you take care of a sick person to earn money, you are producing for the market. If your father is a steelworker or a truck driver or a doctor or a grocer, he is producing goods or service for the market.When you spend your income, you are buying things from the market. You may spend money in stores, supermarkets, gas stations, and restaurants. Still you are buying from the market. When the local grocer hires you to drive the delivery truck, he is buying your labor in the labor market.The market may seem to be something abstract. But for each person or business who is making and selling something, it's very real. If nobody buys your tomatoes, it won't be long before you get the message. The market is telling you something. It's telling you that you are using energies and resources in doing something the market doesn't want you to do.6 Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?（A）Selling and Buying（B）What Is the Market?（C）Everything You Do Is Producing for the Market.（D）What the Market Can Do for You?7 All of the following acts are producing for the market EXCEPT_____.（A）working in a bank（B）printing a book（C）attending a night school（D）growing beans for sale8 You are buying from the market when you_____.（A）borrow a book from the library（B）look after your children（C）drive to the seaside for a holiday（D）dine at a restaurant9 The word "real" in the last paragraph most probably means_____.（A）serious（B）genuine（C）important（D）concrete10 In what way is the market very real for each person or business who is making and selling something?（A）It tells you what to produce.（B）It tells you how to grow tomatoes.（C）It provides you with everything you need.（D）It helps you save money.10 Reading is thought to be a kind of conversation between the reader and the text. The reader puts questions, as it were, to the text and gets answers. In the light of these he puts further questions, and so on.For most of the lime this "conversation" goes on below the level of consciousness. At times, however, we become aware of it. This is usually when we are running into difficulties, when mismatch is occurring between expectations and meaning. When successful matching is being experienced, our questioning of the text continues at the unconscious level.Different people converse with the text differently. Some stay very close to the words on the page; others take off imaginatively from the words, interpreting, criticizing, analyzing and examining. The former represents a kind of comprehension which is written in the text. The latter represents higher levels of comprehension. The balance between these is important, especially for advanced readers.There is another conversation which from our point of view is equally important, and that is to do not with what is read but with how it is read. We call this a "process" conversation as opposed to a "content" conversation. It is concerned not with meaning but with the strategies(策略 ) we employ in reading. If we are advanced readers our ability to hold a content conversation with a text is usually pretty well developed. Not so our ability to hold a process conversation. It is precisely this kind of conversation that is of importance when we are seeking to develop our reading ability to meet the new demands being placed upon us by studying at a higher level.11 Reading as a kind of conversation between the reader and the text becomes conscious only when_____.（A）the reader's expectations agree with what is said in the text（B）the reader has trouble understanding what the author says（C）the reader asks questions and gets answers（D）the reader understands a text very well12 At a lower level of comprehension, readers tend to_____.（A）read a text slowly（B）read without thinking hard（C）interpret a text in their own way（D）concentrate on the meaning of words only13 A "process" conversation has to do with ____.（A）the application of reading strategies（B）matching our expectations with the meaning of a text（C）the development of our ability to check the details（D）determining the main idea of a text14 According to the passage, it is of great importance for readers at a higher level to maintain a balance between_____.（A）conscious and unconscious levels of comprehension（B）the reader's expectations and the meaning of a text（C）lower and higher levels of comprehension（D）interpreting and criticizing a text15 If we want to develop our reading ability at an advanced level, we should_____. （A）learn to use different approaches in reading different texts（B）make our reading process more conscious（C）pay more attention to the content of a text（D）take a critical attitude towards the author's ideas15 Suppose we built a robot to explore the planet Mars. We provide the robot with seeing detectors to keep it away from danger. It is powered entirely by the sun. Should we program the robot to be equally active at all times? No. The robot would be using up energy at a time when it was not receiving any. So we would probably program it to cease its activity at night and to wake up at dawn the next morning.According to the evolutionary(进化的) theory of sleep, evolution equipped us with a regular pattern of sleeping and waking for the same reason. The theory does not deny(否认) that sleep provides some important restorative functions. It merely says that evolution has programmed us to perform those functions at a time when activity would be inefficient and possibly dangerous. However, sleep protects us only from the sort of trouble we might walk into; it does not protect us from trouble that comes looking for us. So we sleep well when we are in a familiar, safe place, but we sleep lightly, if at all, when we fear that bears will nose into the tent.The evolutionary theory accounts well for differences in sleep among creatures. Why do cats, for instance, sleep so much, while horses sleep so little? Surely cats do not need five times as much repair and restoration as horses do. But cats can afford to have long periods of inactivity because they spend little time eating and are unlikely to be attacked while they sleep. Horses must spend almost all their waking hours eating, because what they eat is very low in energy value. Moreover, they cannot afford to sleep too long or too deeply, because their survival depends on their ability to run away from attackers.16 The author uses the example of the robot in space exploration to tell us_____.（A）the differences between robots and men（B）the reason why men need to sleep（C）about the need for robots to save power（D）about the danger of men working at night17 Evolution has programmed man to sleep at night chiefly to help him （A）maintain a regular pattern of life（B）prevent trouble that comes looking for him（C）avoid danger and inefficient labor（D）restore his bodily functions18 According to the author, we cannot sleep well when we_____. （A）are worrying about our safety（B）are overworked（C）are in a tent（D）are away from home19 Cats sleep much more than horses do partly because cats ___. （A）need more time for restoration（B）are likely to be attackers（C）are more active than horses when they are awake（D）spend less time eating to get enough energy20 Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?（A）Evolution has equipped all creatures with a regular pattern of sleeping and waking. （B）The study of sleep is an important part of the evolutionary theory.（C）Sleeping patterns must be taken into consideration in the designing of robots. （D）The sleeping pattern of a living creature is determined by the food it eats.20 Museums are places where collections of objects are preserved and displayed. The objects may be anything found in nature or made by man. There are museums devoted to art. science, history, industry, and technology. But museums are no longer just storehouses for collections. Today nearly all museums, large or small, carry on educational programs. Museums offer guided tours, lectures, films, music recitals, art lessons, and other attractions.Museums work constantly to improve their collections and ways of displaying them. All museums are always on the watch for new additions to their collections. Works of art are bought from art dealers and private collectors or auction (拍卖) sales. Museums alsoaccept gifts and bequests(遗物), but the large museums no longer accept everything thatis offered to them. They accept only objects or collections that meet their high standards. What is to be gained from visiting museums? Museums exhibits can teach us about the world in which we live____the materials it is made of, the trees and plants that cover it, and the animals that have lived on it since its beginning. We can learn about the activities of man____ his history and development and his accomplishments in arts and crafts.21 The first paragraph deals with______.（A）what museums preserves（B）what kind of objects museums display（C）where museums obtain their objects（D）how museums function22 Which statement is not true？（A）Museums are not only storehouses for collections.（B）Museums are places where you can learn something （C）Museums preserve and display only things found in nature. （D）Museums carry on educational and research programs.23 Where do objects at museums usually come from?（A）From auction sales.（B）From art dealers and private collectors.（C）From gifts and bequests.（D）All the above.24 The large museums accept____.（A）everything offered to them（B）all the gifts and bequests（C）only objects that meet their high standards（D）only things that small museums do not have25 The last paragraph is about____.（A）the knowledge one gets from visiting museums（B）the things one can see in museums（C）the world and the people living in it（D）museum collections from other lands答案见麦多课文库。