2016年河南专升本公共英语模拟试卷含答案

Part 3   Reading Comprehension（2*20 points）

Directions: There are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D, you should decide the best choice.

Passage 1

O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank, when some money went missing from the bank O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the reader’s surprise.
61. In which order did O. Henry do the following things?
a. Lived in New York.   b. Worked in a bank.     c. Traveled to Texas.
d. Was put in prison.    e. Had a newspaper Job.   f. Learned to write stories.
A. e. c. f. b. d. a               B. c. e. b. d. f. a

C. e. b. d. c. a. f.               D. c. b. e. d. a f. 
62. People enjoyed reading O. Henry’s stories because_____. 
A. they had surprise endings

B. they were easy to understand 
C. they showed his love for the poor

D. they were about New York City 
63. O. Henry went to prison because_____. 
A. people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper
B. he broke the law by not using his own name
C. he wanted to write stories about prisoners
D. people thought he had taken money that was not his
64. What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing?
A. He was well-educated.

B. He was not serious about his work.
C. He was devoted to the poor.

D. He was very good at learning.
65. Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories?
A. His life inside the prison.

B. The newspaper articles he wrote.
C. The city and people of New York.

D. His exciting early life as a boy.

Passage 2

One day a few years ago a very funny thing happened to a neighbor of mine. He is a teacher at one of London’s big medical schools. He had finished his teaching for the summer term and was at the airport on his way to Russia to give a lecture.
He had put a few clothes and his lecture notes in his shoulder bag, but he had put Rupert, the skeleton (人体骨骼) to be used in his lecture, in a large brown suitcase (箱子). At the airport desk, he suddenly thought that he had forgotten to buy a newspaper. He left his suitcase near the desk and went over to the shop.
When he got back he discovered that someone had taken his suitcase by mistake. He often wonders what they said when they got home and found Rupert.
66. Who wrote the story?
A. Rupert’s teacher.             B. The neighbor’s teacher.
C. A medical school teacher.      D. The teacher’s neighbor.
67. Why did the teacher put a skeleton in his suitcase?
A. He needed it for the summer term in London.
B. He needed it for the lecture he was going to give.
C. He wanted to take it to Russia for medical research.
D. He wanted to take it home as he had finished his teaching.
68. What happened at the airport?
A. The skeleton went missing

B. The skeleton was stolen
C. The teacher forgot his suitcase

D. The teacher took the wrong suitcase.
69. Which of the following best tells the teacher’s feeling about the incident?
A. He is very angry

B. He thinks it rather funny

C. He feels helpless without Rupert

D. He feels good without Rupert .
70. Which of the following might have happened afterwards?
A. The teacher got back the suitcase but not Rupert.
B. The teacher got back neither the suitcase nor Rupert.
C. The teacher got back Rupert but not the suitcase.
D. The teacher got back both the suitcase and Rupert.

Passage   3

On the evening of June 21, 1992, a tall man with brown hair and blue eyes entered the beautiful hall of the Bell Tower Hotel in Xi’an with his bicycle. The hotel workers received him and telephoned the manager, for they had never seen a bicycle in the hotel ball before though they lived in “the kingdom of bicycles.”
    Robert Friedlander, an American, arrived in Xi’an on his bicycle trip across Asia which started last December in New Delhi, India.
    When he was 11, he read the book Marco Polo and made up his mind to visit the Silk Road. Now, after 44 years, he was on the Silk Road in Xi’an and his early dreams were coming true. 
    Robert Friedlander’s next destinations (目的地) were Lanzhou, Dunhuang, Urumqi, etc. He will complete his trip in Pakistan.
71. The best headline (标题) for this newspaper article would be_____. 
A. The Kingdom of Bicycles

B. A Beautiful Hotel in Xi’an 
C. Marco Polo and the Silk Road

D. An American Achieving His Aims 
72. The hotel workers told the manager about Friedlander coming to the hotel

   because       .
A. he asked to see the manager
B. he entered the hall with a bike
C. the manager had to know about all foreign guests
D. the manager knew about his trip and was expecting him
73. Friedlander is visiting the three countries in the following order_____.
A. China, India, and Pakistan

B. India, China, and Pakistan 
C. Pakistan, China, and India

D. China, Pakistan, and India 
74. What made Friedlander want to come to China?
A. The stories about Marco Polo

B. The famous sights in Xi’an .
C. His interest in Chinese silk

D. His childhood dreams about bicycles.
75. Friedlander can be said to be       .
A. clever      B. friendly      C. hardworking      D. strong-minded

Passage 4

Mr. Grey was the manager of a small office in London. He lived in the country, and came up to work by train. He liked walking from the station to his office unless it was raining, because it gave him some exercise.
    One morning he was walking along the street when a stranger stopped him and said to him, “You may not remember me, sir, but seven years ago I came to London without a penny in my pockets, I stopped you in this street and asked you to lend me some money, and you lent me￡5, because you said you were willing to take a chance so as to give a man a start on the way to success.”
    Mr. Grey thought for a few minutes and then said, “Yes, I remember you. Go on with your story!” “Well,” answered the stranger, “are you still willing to take a chance?”
76. How did Mr. Grey get to his office?
A. He went up to work by train.
B. He walked to his office.
C. He went to his office on foot unless it rained.
D. He usually took a train to the station and then walked to his office if the weather   

  was fine.
77. Mr. Grey liked walking to his office because ________.
A. he couldn’t afford the buses

B. he wanted to save money
C. he wanted to keep in good health

D. he could do some exercises on the way
78. Mr. Grey had been willing to lend money to a stranger in order to_______.
A. give him a start in life      B. help him on the way to success
C. make him rich            D. gain more money
79. One morning the stranger recognized Mr. Grey, and_______.
A. wanted to return Mr. Grey the money
B. again asked Mr. Grey for money
C. would like to make friends with him
D. told Mr. Grey that he had been successful since then
80. In the second paragraph, “……take a chance” means ______.
A. Mr. Gray happened to meet a stranger
B. Mr. Grey had a chance to help a stranger
C. Mr. Grey helped a stranger by chance
D. Mr. Grey took the risk that the stranger would not give back the money which he lent him.