College English B 阅读理解真题演练(7)

Passage 25

When John and Victoria Falls arrived in New York City for one-year stay, they did not bring very many things with them. They had planned either to live in a furnished apartment or to buy used furniture. But they soon learned about a new system that more and more people are using. The renting of home furnishings (bed, tables, dishes, and so on) has become one of America‘s fastest growing businesses.

What kinds of people rent their home furnishings instead of buying them? People who are international business or government officials, foreign students, airline workers, young married couple – people whose job or business may force them to move frequently from one city to another. They save a lot of trouble and the cost of moving their furniture each time. They simply rent new furniture when they reach their new homes. Young people with little money do not want to buy cheap furniture that they may soon dislike. They prefer to wait until they have enough money to buy furniture that they really like. Meanwhile, they find they can rent better quality furniture than they could afford to buy.

One family, who now has a large, beautiful home of their own, liked their rented furniture so much that they decided to keep renting it instead of buying new things. But usually people don‘t like to tell others about it. 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? A. Selling home furnishings. B. Renting furnished apartments. C. Selling used furniture. D. Renting home furnishings. 2. Why do some people prefer to rent furniture?

A. Because the furniture they get in this way is new. B. Because it saves them a lot of money.

C. Because it saves them much trouble and money.

D. Because they can always get better quality furniture in this way. 3. What can you infer from the passage?

A. The idea of renting furniture is not acceptable.

B. Renting furniture is not popular in the couple‘s home town. C. Only those who don‘t have enough money to rent furniture. D. People usually grow to like the furniture they have rented. 4. Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage? A. Rent or Buy? B. A New Way of Getting Home Furnishings C. Furnished Apartments D. A New Idea

5. Young people liked renting home furniture in that __________. A. They have less money

B. They don‘t want to buy old furniture C. The new furniture is of good quality

D. They don‘t have much money and don‘t want to buy the cheap furniture

Passage 26

Paper is one of the most important products ever invented by man. Wide spread use of written language would not have been possible without some cheap and practical material to write on. The invention of paper meant that more people could be educated because more books could be printed and distributed. Together with the printing press, paper provided an extremely important way to communicate knowledge.

How much paper do you use every year? Probably you cannot answer that question quickly. In 1990 the world‘s use of paper was about one kilogram for each person a year. Now some countries use as much as 50 kilograms of paper for each person a year. Countries like the United States, England and Sweden use more paper than other countries.

Paper, like many other things that we use today, was first made in China. In Egypt and the West, paper was not very commonly used before the year 1400. The Egyptians wrote on a kind of material made of a water plant. Europeans used parchment for many hundreds of year. Parchment was very strong; it was made from the skin of certain young animals. We have learnt of the most important facts of European history from records that were kept on parchment. 1. What‘s the meaning for the word ―parchment‖? A. The skin of young animals.

B. A kind of paper made from the skin of certain young animals. C. The paper used by European countries. D. The paper of Egypt.

2. Which of the following is not mentioned about the invention of paper? A. More jobs could be provided than before. B. More people could be educated than before. C. More books could be printed and distributed.

D. More ways could be used to exchange knowledge. 3. When did the Egyptians begin to use paper widely? A. Around 1400. B. Around 1900. C. Around 400. D. Around 900. 4. Which of the following countries uses more paper for each person a year? A. China B. Sweden C. Egypt D. Japan 5. What is the main idea of this short talk?

A. More and more paper is being consumed nowadays. B. Paper enables people to receive education more easily. C. The invention of paper is of great significance to man. D. Paper contributes a lot to the keeping of historical records.

Passage 27

Linda and David have traveled by air from London to Sydney, Australia. Linda has promised her mother that she will ring her to let her know that they have arrived safely. This is something she had done ever since she was a child. David thinks it is not a good idea to ring so far, to spend too much, and to say so little.

\\ But Linda has promised that she would ring. \she says, \doesn‘t cost much when you just think that it‘s the other side of the world. It‘s only six pence per second (每秒六便士)。\

\minute‘s nearly four pounds (英镑). \

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She has asked the man at the hotel (旅馆) desk to get her the number. The telephone rings. Linda picks it up.

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\提醒) her.

―Hello, love.\clearly just like you are in the next room. It?s a better line than when you called me from your office. Do you remember? I shouted at that time, and still you couldn‘t hear me sometimes.\

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\‘s house to eat, when you were a little girl. And then when you …\ \

Linda tries to tell her mother that it is time to say goodbye.

%u will write, won?t you, as you did when you were at work …\

Once again, Mrs. Lee talks about the pass and there is no stopping her. \

At last, Linda cuts her mother short, promises to write, and rings off. \asn?t long, was it?\

\‘t even say that we?ve arrived.\ 1. Linda is telephoning home to ________.

A. tell her mother some bad news B. say that she and David have arrived safely C. report an accident to her mother D. say that she and David have left London 2. Linda does not think it expensive to ring, because ________. A. it only costs four pounds and ninety pence B. it is even more expensive to buy a new hat C. she had telephoned home since her childhood

D. she will speak from one side of the word to the other 3. David says, ―Nearly four pounds‖, because ________.

A. he wants to remind Linda of the cost of the cost of the call B. he wants to buy himself a new hat

C. Linda has not told her mother they have arrived D. he wants Mrs. Lee to know how much the call costs

4. Mrs. Lee goes on talking for so long because ________. A. she likes to hear all about the past. B. she likes talking

C. Linda had not told her that she has arrived D. she is going to pay for the telephone call 5. Linda tries to stop her mother by ________.

A. telling her how much the call is costing B. writing a letter as she has promised to do

C. telling her that they have arrived safely D. promising to write, and ringing off

Passage 28

One day a man and his daughter were going out for a walk. The man had put on a pair of odd (奇怪的的) shoes, one with a thick sole（鞋跟）and one with a thin sole. As he came out to the street, he felt very uncomfortable. Turning to his daughter, he said: ―Why should one of my legs be longer than the other one?‖ The daughter looked at her father‘s legs and said, ―You have put on two odd shoes!‖ When he heard this, the man was very happy and thought to himself: ―What a bright daughter I have got!‖ Then he asked his daughter to go back to the house and got him another pair of shoes. When the daughter went back to the house, all she could find was one shoe with thick sole and one with thin sole. Taking the shoes to her father, she said, ―It‘s no use changing. These shoes are also odd, one with a thick sole and one with a thin sole.‖ The man listened and thought to himself: ―It can‘t help. I might as well wear the ones I have on now.‖ so they went on for their walk.

1. The man thought that his daughter was ________. A. beautiful B. clever C. lazy D. clean 2. It was the ________ that found the reason for the wrong shoes. A. father B. daughter C. neighbour D. friend 3. The daughter came back, bringing ________ with her. A. a pair of right shoes B. a pair of odd shoes C. a pair of thick-soled shoes D. nothing

4. What do you think that the man should have done?

A. He should return to his home and get the shoes himself. B. He should have the thick sole cut off. C. He should have changed one of his shoes. D. He should have no shoes on.

5. What do you think of the man and his daughter? A. They both were not clever.

B. The father was cleverer than the daughter. C. The daughter was cleverer than the father. D. Either of them was clever.

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