公共英语二级分类模拟题阅读理解(三)阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。

Six people were travelling in a compartment (包厢) on a train. Five of them were quiet and well behaved, but the sixth was a rude young man who was causing a lot of trouble to the other passengers.As the young man was getting off the train, passengers helped him, but one of them waited until the rude young man was very far away, and then opened the window and shouted to him, "You left something behind in the compartment!" Then he closed the window again.The young man turned around and hurried back with his two bags. He was very tired when he arrived, but he shouted through the window, "What did I leave behind?"As the train began to move again, the passenger who had called him back opened the window and said, "A very bad impression!"1. Of the passengers in the compartment, ______ was/were rude.A.oneB.twoC.fiveD.six答案：A2. The other passengers were ______ when the young man got off the train.A.sadB.worriedC.happyD.excited答案：C3. The young man hurried back because ______.A.he remembered he had left something on the trainB.he realized that he had got off at the wrong stationC.a passenger was calling him back by his nameD.a passenger shouted to him that he had left something behind答案：D4. The passenger who called him back wanted to ______.A.return two bags to himB.get off the train with himC.punish him for his rudenessD.have a talk with him about his behavior答案：C5. The story tries to tell us ______.A.that a bad impression is easily left on the trainB.that young people should behave well on the trainC.that people with bad manners are not welcomeD.not to leave things behind when travelling by train答案：CAustralia is an island and it is a continent as well. It is the largest island in the world, but it is the smallest continent. China is about 9.7 million square kilometers, and Australia is 2.0 million square kilometers smaller than China.Australia is in the south of the world. It lies between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. The largest ocean in the world, namely the Pacific Ocean, is in the northeast and east of Australia, while the third largest ocean —the Indian Ocean —is mainly in the south and west of it.The only big river in Australia is the River Murray. It begins in the mountains in the southeast of the country and it runs westward into the world third largest ocean.6. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A.Australia lies between the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean.B.Australia is the larges island in the world but the smallest continent.C.The Pacific Ocean is mainly in the south and west of Australia.D.The Pacific Ocean is larger than the Indian Ocean.答案：C7. Australia is about ______ million square kilometers.A.9.7B.2.0C.17.4D.7.7答案：D8. The River Murray ______.A.begins in the southeast of Australia and runs into the Indian OceanB.begins in the northeast of Australia and runs into the Indian OceanC.begins in the southeast of Australia and runs into the Pacific OceanD.begins in the northeast of Australia and runs into the Pacific Ocean答案：AWhich would you rather be, a mathematician or an author? Perhaps you will never be faced with this kind of choice. Lewis Carroll was both a mathematician and an author. He was a lecturer in mathematics at Oxford University. But he is better known as the author of two of the most famous children's books that have ever been written (Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. The author's real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, but he preferred to use the penname "Lewis Carroll" when he wrote, and this is the name we remember him by. Alice in Wonderland was published in 1865, when the author was 33 years old; it was followed by Through the Looking Glass in 1871. Both books were written for a real girl called Alice and they have been read by millions of children since they were first published. These stories are about a dream world in which Alice meets strange creatures and has interesting adventures. I'm sure you know this already, but if you don't you'd better read the stories yourselves.9. People know Lewis Carroll mainly for ______.A.his good pennameB.his interesting storiesC.his ability in mathematicsD.his wonderful teaching at Oxford University答案：B10. Through the Looking Glass was published when its author ______.A.was 33 years oldB.was 39 years oldC.had had interesting adventuresD.was still a student at Oxford University答案：B11. The two books ______.A.were about mathematicsB.were not well received at allC.were written for a girl at firstD.were mainly about strange creatures答案：C12. In the last sentence, "if you don't" means "if you don't ______."A.like the storiesB.know the authorC.understand the storiesD.know about the stories答案：D13. The real name of the author of the two books is ______.A.AliceB.Lewis GarrollC.Charles CarrollD.Charles Lutwidge Dodgson答案：DThe aim of the teacher is to get his pupils as quickly as possible over the period in which each printed symbol (符号) is looked at for its shape, and arrive at the stage when the pupils look at words and phrases for their meaning, almost without noticing the shapes of the separate letters.When a good reader is at work, he does not look at letters, nor even at words, one by one, however quickly; he takes in the meaning of two, three, or four words at a time, in a single moment. Watch carefully the eyes of a good reader who is reading, and it will be seen that they do not travel smoothly along the lines of print, but they move by jumps separated by very short stops. The eyes of a very good reader move quickly, taking long jumps and making very short pauses; the eyes of a poor reader move more slowly, taking only short jumps and stopping longer at each pause. Sometimes, when he meets difficulty, he even goes backwards to see again what has already been looked at before.The teacher's task is therefore clear: it is to train his pupils to take in several words at a glance (one "eye-jump") and to remove the necessity for going backwards to read something a second time.This shows at once that letter-by-letter, or word-by-word reading, with the finger pointing to the word, carefully fixing each one in turn, is wrong. It is wrong because such a method ties the pupil's eyes down to a very short jump, and the aim is to train for the long jump. Moreover, a very short jump is too short to provide any meaning or sense; and it will be found that having struggled with three or four words separately, the pupil has to look at them again, all together and in one group, in order to get the meaning of the whole phrase.14. According to the passage, the aim of the teacher is to ______.A.train his pupils to reach quickly the stage of reading without having to concentrate on the separate symbolsB.help his pupils look at each printed symbol for its meaning as well as for its shapeC.help his pupils avoid taking long jumps and making short pauses while they are trying to get the meaning of what they are readingD.tell his pupils different reading stages, of which the first one is to recognize the separate printed symbols答案：A15. A good reader usually reads several ______ in a single moment.A.lettersB.wordsC.sentencesD.lines答案：B16. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?A.The eyes of a good reader make long pauses.B.The eyes of a good reader take long jumps.C.The eyes of a poor reader take short jumps.D.The eyes of a poor reader stop longer at each pause.答案：A17. Reading with the finger pointing to the word ______.A.helps the pupil understand the words in groups and get the meaning of the whole passageB.removes the necessity for going backwards to read something a second time。