《大学英语B》阅读理解(整理).————————————————————————————————作者:————————————————————————————————日期:23 资料说明:阅读理解B阅读理解(共10小题;每小题3分,满分30分)67、 For several years ,Americans have enjoyed teleshopping -watching TV and buying things by phone. Now teleshopping is starting in Europe. In a number of European countries ,people can turn on their TVs and shop for clothes ,jewelry ,food ,toys ,and many other things. 。
The need for high quality means that European teleshopping companies will have to bedifferent from the American companies. They will have to be more careful about the quality of the things they sell. They will also have to work harder to sell things that the buyers cannot touch or see in person.(1、Teleshopping is cheap in Europe. F(2、People like teleshopping because it is easier. T(3、Some Europeans don't like teleshopping because they don't watch TV. F(4、In Germany ,teleshopping may have fewer buyers. F(5、The best title of this passage is " Teleshopping in Europe" . T 。
74、The French Revolution broke out in 1789. At the time France was in a crisis. The government was badly run and people's lives were miserable. King Louis XIV tried to control the national parliament and raise more taxes. 。
The Revolution went through a period of terror. Thousands of people lost their lives. In the end, power passed to Napoleon Bonaparte.4 (1、What's this passage about? C :The French Revolution.(2、Which did not happen in 1789?B :The national economy was developing rapidly.(3、Where were the political prisoners kept? D :In Bastille.(4、What does the underlined word "abolished" mean? D :Ended(5、What was NOT the effect of the Revolution?D :The king tried to control the national parliament.75、Sixteen-year-old Maria was waiting in line at the airport in Santo Domingo . She was leaving her native country to join her sister in the United States. 。
The man was surprised to hear Maria speak English. He quickly picked up herluggage and stepped back. Everyone was looking at him with disapproval.(1、Maria's story happened _______ 。
D :when she arrived at the airport(2、You believe that the work of the airline employee mentioned in the story is to ______ at the airport. C :check people's luggage(3"Why are you so upset?" Maria said to the man. She wanted to tell him that heshould not be _____. C :unhappy and worried(4、 "Everyone was looking at him with disapproval."This sentence means that the people around felt ____. D :sorry for the man's manners(5、The author mentioned Maria's age at the beginning of the story in order to show that _____ . A :she was young but behaved properly5 76、By definition, heroes and heroines are men and women distinguished byuncommon courage, 。
Good looks certainly help. So does a special indefinable charm, with the help of the media. But nothing confirms an icon more than a tragic death - such as Martin Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy, and Princess Diana.(1、The passage mainly deals with ______。
C :heroes and icons(2、Heroes and heroines are usually _________. D :all of the above 答案:D(3、Which of the following statements is wrong? _________D :Heroes and heroines can only emerge in war times.(4、Beautiful young Diana Spencer found her genuine love________.。
C : just before her death(5、What is more likely to set an icon's status? ________ B :Tragic and early death.77、How men first learnt to invent words is unknown; in other words, 。
We should therefore learn to choose our words carefully and use them accurately, or they will make our speech silly and vulgar.(1、The origin of language is _________. D :a problem not yet solved(2、What is true about words? _______。
C :They are simply sounds.(3、The real power of words consists in their ______. D :representative function(4、By "association" in the last paragraph, the author means ______.B : a joining of ideas in the mind(5、Which of the following statements about the real poet is NOT true? _________6 A :He is no more than a master of words.78、When John and Victoria Falls arrived in New York City for one-yearstay, 。
The idea of renting home furnishings is still quite new, and they are not sure what their neighbors might think.(1、Which of the following has become one of America's fastest growing businesses? _ D :Renting home furnishings.答案:D(2、Why do some people prefer to rent furniture?_______________________C :Because it saves them much trouble and money.答案:C(3、What can you infer from the passage?_____________________B :Renting furniture is not popular in the couple's home town.答案:B(4、Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?___________B :A New Way of Getting Home Furnishings.答案:B(5、Young people liked renting home furniture in that___________D :They don't have much money and don't want to buy the cheap furniture.答案:D79、A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is torespect 。