专升本阅读

阅读理解

一、解题技巧与要求

对阅读理解能力的测试是英语考试中必不可少的测试项目，主要考查学生对于不同体裁或不同题材语言材料的理解能力，以及通过材料的阅读，对材料中信息的捕获能力。此项能力的测试，对考生提出以下几方面要求：

1.坚实的语言功底。有计划、有目的、大量的阅读实践，只有在大量的阅读中，才能建立语感，掌握正确的阅读方法，提高阅读技能。但应注意的是这种阅读不是盲目的，而是有计划、有目的的，平时阅读练习时，把精读和泛读的内容区分开，定期进行阅读效果总结。同时，还应有意识地扩大阅读面，看一些有关英、美等国的社会文化背景的材料和科普读物，这对于提高理解能力是大有裨益的。

2.良好的阅读习惯。要以较快的速度从大量材料中捕捉有关信息，我们必须养成良好的阅读习惯，不是逐词阅读，而是按意群扫视、连贯阅读；不是拘泥于个别词句的理解，而是力求融会贯通、掌握通篇的中心思想；不是通过翻译来理解，而是使英语的文字在大脑里直接产生意义。只有这样，阅读速度才能加快，理解的准确率才会提高。

3.正确的阅读方法。阅读时应看准确题干，根据不同的目的，采用不同的方法。一般说来，有快读、查读和精读三种：

A.快读（Skimming）

快读的目的是用浏览全文的方法了解文章的大意和主题思想，并对文章的结构有个总的概念，快读时，应特别注意文章的开始段、结束段、文章中每段的段首句和结尾句以及篇章连接手段和行文中的信息词（signal word. ,因为它们往往是对文章内容最大程度的概括，是左右文章大意的关键。

B.查读(Scanning)

查读的目的主要是为了寻找文章中某些特定的信息。在查读时，目光要自上而下、一目数行地寻视与答题内容相关的词句，与此无关的内容要很快掠过。当回答有关where, who, when 等文章细节问题的时候，用此方法我们一般都可很快找到答案，可以 “一查即得”。但是有些与文章细节有关的问题如：how , why等难以找到现成的回答，这时首先需要通过查读，找到文中与答题内容相关的范围，然后再用下面要讨论的“精读”方法，就可得出准确的答案。

C.精读（Intensive Reading）

找到文章中的有关范围以后，即在引范围内逐句阅读，特别对关键词、句要仔细琢磨，以便对其有较深刻、较准确的理解和掌握。不仅要理解其字面意思，

而且要通过推理、判断、弄清文章中“字里行间”潜在意思。在精读时，对没有学过的生词，可根据上下文或自己的背景知识等来推测其意义；对难以看懂的长句，可借助语法手段，对其加以分析，以达到透彻理解。

4.阅读能力要求。

A.不仅要求考生掌握所读材料的主旨大意、中心思想，而且要求掌握文章中的详细事实与细节。

B.不仅要求考生对于具体事实情节的理解，而且要求对其抽象含义的理解，既要理解字面意思，又要理解其深层含义，包括作者的态度、观点、意图等。

C.既要理解文章中某句、某段的含义及全文的逻辑关系，又要根据其含义及逻辑关系进行判断和推理。

D.要求考生能够运用材料中的信息去理解、分析问题，运用应有的生活常识去分析、理解问题。

根据以上要求，通过对近年来英语试题的研究分析，我们就不难总结出阅读理解题的命题规律及题型结构，一般来说，阅读理解题型设计，大致可以分为以下几种题型：A.事实询问题； B.推理判断题； C.识图解意题； D.主旨大意题； E.常识题。

根据以上五种题型的设计，如何才能巧答阅读理解题呢？我们认为可以采取以下几种应试技巧和解题步骤：

首先，对原文材料迅速浏览，掌握全文的主旨大意。因为阅读理解题一般没有标题，所以，速读全文，抓住中心主旨很有必要，并在速读的过程中，应尽可能多地捕获信息材料。

其次，细读题材，各个击破。掌握全文的大意之后，细细阅读每篇材料后的问题，弄清每题要求后，带着问题，再回到原文中去寻找、捕获有关信息。

要善于抓住每段的主题句，阅读时，要有较强的针对性。对于捕获到的信息，要做认真分析，仔细推敲，理解透彻，只有这样，针对题目要求，才能做到稳、准。

二、阅读理解考查题型

1.事实询问题

此类题型的问题以what、who、which、when、where、how或者why等词引导，就文中某句、某段或某一具体细节进行提问并要求考生回答。

做好这类题的要领是：1) 明确题意，顺藤摸瓜。2) 按照要求，寻找答案来源。3) 找准关键词，明白其暗示作用。4) 多读课文，正确使用排除法。 Is it worth it? Two things experts consider when judging any risk are: 1) How likely the event is; and 2) How bad the consequences are if the event occurs. Experts

think an asteroid big enough to destroy lots of life might strike Earth once every 500,000 years.

Q: What do scientists say about the collision of an asteroid with Earth? A. It is very unlikely but the danger exists. B. Such a collision might occur every 25 years.

C. Collides smaller asteroids with Earth occur more often than expected. D. It's still ear1y to say whether such a collision might occur.

正确答案为A.. 依据节选文中最后一句可知虽然小行星每 50 万年才撞击地球一次 , 但此事总是有可能发生的。在四个选项中只有A. 项 \小行星与地球碰撞的可能性不大 , 但这种危险是存在的 \最具概括性。因此，A. 项正确。

2.推理判断题

既要求学生透过文章表面文字信息推测文章隐含意思，又要求学生对作者的态度、意图及文章细节的发展作正确的推理判断，力求从作者的角度去考虑，不要固守自己的看法或观点。这类试题常以如下句式发问： What can you conclude from this passage？ What's the author's attitude towards...？ We can infer from the passage that……. Which statement is(not) true？

这就要求：首先在阅读时，要抓住文章的主题和细节，分析文章结构，根据上下文内在联系，挖掘文章的深层含义。

其次，对于暗含在文章中的人物的行为动机、事件中的因果关系及作者未言明的倾向、意图、态度、观点等要进行合乎逻辑的判断、推理、分析，进一步增强理解能力，抓住材料实质性的东西。

3.识图解意题

此类插图题型是通过图解、地图或插图的形式，形象化地表现信息，用以降低试题的难度，是短文和题目不可缺少的组成部分。在做此类题时，要求学生一定要：

1)把文章与图示结合起来，图文互相参照、互相验证。 2)若是地图，则要做到方位明确。

3)要正确理解文中方位介词及有关信息词的重要意义。

4.主旨大意题

此类题型用以考查学生对文章主题或中心思想的领会和理解能力。一类题型为主题问题。如：What is the main idea of this passage？

What does the passage mainly talk about？ What does the writer want to tell us？

另一类为标题问题。如：Which title is the best title of this article？

寻找主题句往往是做好此类题的关键。因此，在做题时，要注意每段的主题句(往往为第一句)。英文叫“Topic Sentence”，它一般都用来表示一个段落的主旨大意，抓住主题句，就不难确定文章的最佳标题。

People live in cities today think that meat is something that comes wrapped in cellophane（玻璃纸），from the supermarket，potatoes come by the pound in plastic or paper bags，and feather grows in hats. The city dwellers’ views are quite different from the views of their ancestors, who knew that? meat is hunted down in the forest，potatoes are planted and weeded，and only birds can produce1eathers. Yet, whether people today realize it or not，they are still as dependent on animals and plants for their existence as their ancestors were．

主题句为最后一句 “Yet，whether people today realize it or not，they are still as dependent on animals and plants for their existence as their ancestors were.”

以上为叙述的方便并考虑到篇幅的限制，只选单段短文为例。实际上阅读理解题中大部分是多段短文。但主题句一般出现在起始段。

5.经验常识题

除此之外，经验常识题也是阅读理解中经常出现的题型之一。此类题主要是考查中学生应有的多项综合知识，包括：社会知识、天文知识、史地知识、科普知识及对生活常识的主观掌握程度。此类题往往与文章没有直接关系，学生只能凭自己的常识进行判断，然后做出正确、符合这些规律的选择。

三、阅读专项练习：

Passage 1

On the surface, AIDS appears barely Asia！So far, and the cases reported involve mainly foreigners, female and male prostitutes（卖淫者） and imported blood. But this idea could be a fatal error. Experts have no doubt that the reported cases represent only the tip of an epidemic iceberg(冰山); many more people are infected than cases reported, in part because the virus takes five to seven years from infection to developing into ATDS. Says Dr. Jonathan Mann: “AIDS is knocking on the door of Asia.”

Yet because AIDS is occurring later in Asia than in other continents, Asians can benefit from the knowledge gained at a heavy price elsewhere: AIDS can be transmitted through heterosexual (异性的) as well as homosexual contact and

prevention through education is the key --- indeed the only---defense so far available. In contrast to Asia, Africa had no warning at all when the disease began to appear there. Today, millions of men, women and children may have already been affected. Here is a reader’s Digest reported on the African crisis, followed by detailed information on AIDS and how it can be prevented. （200words）

1. AIDS can be spread through________.

A. affected blood B. polluted air C. epidemic iceberg D. some diseases 2. According to some experts________.

A. only a few Asian people have been affected by AIDS

B. more people in Asia than in other continents have acquired AIDS C. AIDS has stricken all the continents alike

D. more people than cases reported in Asia are already infected with the AIDS virus

3. It can be inferred from the passage that________.

A. nothing had been known of AIDS before it was found in Africa B. Asians have suffered little as they all have good education C. foreigners in Asia may be the most vulnerable to AIDS D. other continents will fall victims to AIDS very soon 4. It is obvious that the writer of the passage ________.

A. feels confident about eliminating AIDS in the near future B. is rather concerned with the future of the Asian continent C. show indifference to the situation in Africa

D. has doubts that education can be of any help in fighting against AIDS 5. What will the report that follows this passage most likely discuss? ________ A. The critical situation throughout the world. B. AIDS victims in some African countries. C. The aim of a special program on AIDS. D. Reader’s Digest and AIDS.

Passage 2

The Winter Olympics is also the White Olympics. At this time, many colorful stamps are published to mark the great Games. The first stamps marking the opening came out on January 25, 1932 in the United States for the 3rd White Olympics. From then on, publishing stamps during the White Olympics became a rule.

During the 4th Winter Olympic Games, a group of stamps were published in Germany in November 1936. The five rings of Olympics were drawn on the front of the sportswear. It was the first time that the rings appeared on the stamps of the White Olympics.

In the 1950’s, the stamps of this kind became more colorful. When the White Olympics came, the host countries as well as the non-host countries published stamps to mark those Games. China also published four stamps in February 1980, when the Chinese sportsmen began to take part in the White Olympics.

Japan is the only Asian country that has ever held the White Olympics. Altogether 14 500 million stamps were sold to collect money for this sports meeting.

Different kinds of sports were drawn on these small stamps. People can enjoy the beauty of the wonderful movements of some sportsmen.（200words）

1. The White Olympics and the Winter Olympics________. A. are the same thing. B. are different games C. are not held in winter D. are held in summer

2. The world made it a rule to publish stamps to mark the great word Games________.

A. after the year 1936 B. after the 3rd Winter Olympics C. before the 3rd White Olympics D. before the year 1932 3. The Winter Olympics is held once________.

A. every two years B. every three years C. every four years D. every five years 4. Which of the following is true? ________

A. Only the host countries can publish stamps to mark those Games. B. Only the non-host countries can publish stamps to mark those Games. C. All the countries can publish stamps to mark those Games. D. Japan can’t publish stamps to mark those Games.

5. What may appear on the stamps of the White Olympics? ________

A. Basketball B. Table tennis C. Football D. Skating

Passage 3

Every year about 4,000,000 Americans are arrested(逮捕) and accused of crimes ranging from theft and traffic violations to murder. The Supreme Court(最高法院) has ruled that anyone charged with a crime has certain rights under the law. Do you know what your rights are if you are arrested? Here are four of them.

First, as soon as the police arrest a person, they must tell him of his right to remain silent. Under the law, he is not required to answer their questions.

Second, the police must tell him of his right to have a lawyer. The state or city government will pay a lawyer to take the case of a suspect (嫌疑犯) who cannot afford one.

Third, the Fifth Amendment (修正案) to the Constitution says that no person has to be a witness against himself. This means that the suspect does not have to speak against himself.

Fourth, a person cannot be tied for the same crime twice. If a person has been found innocent(无辜的) , he cannot be arrested again, brought to court, and retied for the same crime. （200words）

1. What does the word “ruled” mean? ________

A. governed B. decided C. guided D. controlled

2. First of all, the police should tell the suspect that he can ________under the law. A. keep silent B. find a lawyer C. inform his family D. speak against himself 3. If the suspect is too poor to pay a lawyer, ________.

A. he can defend for himself B. he doesn’t need one

C. no lawyer will take his case D. the government will offer 4. If a person is identified innocent, he can’t be ________.

A. accused of the same crime again B. arrested by the police again C. brought to court again D. all of the above

5. We can conclude that Americans charged with crimes have some rights to________.

A. fight against laws B. talk back to the police C. to protect themselves D. escape punishment

Passage 4

According to her height and weight she should be a guard for the rich. She has iron-willed blood, one shoulder is lower than the other, and she bites her fingernails. But she is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. She should be. She has worked on that body and face for more than sixty years. The course for that kind of beauty can’t be rushed.

The lines in her face have been earned one at a time. The thick one around the lips became deeper with every pain and hurt. The thin ones on the forehead appeared when the first child was born.

The eyes are protected by glasses now, but still full life. These are eyes that have shone with pride, filled with tears of bitterness, stared in anger and burned from lack of sleep. They are now direct and sharp and look at you when you speak.

The double chin took years to grow. Sometimes you can only see it from the side but it is there. Modern women don’t have a double chin. They beat it away or pat the fat until it becomes firm. But her chin is always there. It supports a nodding head that has slept in a chair all night or bent over pressing clothes.

The bent back developed slowly. She had carried home her babies who were too sleepy to walk, heavy bags from the car, rubbish out of the house while her husband was at war.

The legs are still in shape, but the step is slow. They ran too often for the bus.

They stood a little too long when she worked in the department store. They got beat up while teaching her daughter to ride a two-wheeler. They are dark red at the back of the knees.

The hands are small but able. They are rough, because they did washing, cooking, and sewing for the family and cleaning for the department stores all the year round.

I looked at Mother long and hard the other day and said, “Mom, I have never seen you so beautiful.” “I worked at it,” she replied. （353 words）

1. How old was the writer’s mother? ________

A. sixty years old B. over sixty years old C. about fifty years old D. less than sixty years old

2. In sentence “The legs are still in shape”, what does “in shape” mean? ________ A. mould B. unfit C. state D. in good condition 3. The writer carefully describes the following except ________.

A. her hands B. her eyes C. her chin D. her blood 4. The mother was a strong woman, wasn’t she? ________

A. Yes, she is. B. No, she wasn’t. C. Yes, she was. D. No, she isn’t. 5. Why does the writer say that her mother is a beauty? Because________. A. she is really beautiful

B. she has worked hard and shown great love for her children

C. she has been trying to keep her body in good shape for many years D. she should be a guard for the rich Passage 5

After the terrible car accident, the whole world had been completely dark and quiet for Robert Edwards for almost ten years, for he became both blind and deaf after the doctor had saved him. The loss of sight and hearing threw him into such a sorrow that he tried a few times to put an end to his life. His family, especially his wife, did their best to tend and comfort him. By and by he finally regained (恢复) the courage to live on.

On a hot summer afternoon he was taking a walk with a stick near his house when a thunder storm started all of a sudden. He stood under a large tree in order not to get himself wet. Unfortunately he was stuck down to the ground by a lightning. The witnesses (目击者) thought him dead but he woke up some 20 minutes later, lying face down in muddy water below the tree. He felt that he was trembling badly, but when he opened his eyes, he didn’t dare to believe that he saw a plough lying near the wall. When Mrs. Edwards came running up to him, he shouted to their neighbors for help. And he saw her and heard her voice for the first time in nearly 10 years.

The news of Robert’s regaining his sight and hearing quickly spread across his area, and many doctors came to turn out the news. Most of them say that he gained

sight and hearing again obviously from the knock of the lightning. However, no one of them could give convincing reasons. The only reasonable explanation given by one doctor was that, since Edwards lost his sight and hearing as a result of a sudden shock in a terrible accident, perhaps the only way for them to regain was by another sudden shock. （312words）

1. When Robert Edwards learned he lost both sight and hearing, he ________. A. regretted for what he had done B. was unwilling to face the fact

C. lost the courage of continuing his life

D. was looked down upon by his former companions

2. On a hot afternoon Robert Edwards stood under a big tree because _______. A. he hoped to cool himself in the shade B. he wished to be cured by a sudden shock

C. he was waiting for his wife to carry him home D. he didn’t want to get himself wet

3. Which word can best describe the feeling of Robert Edwards when he came to himself? ________ A. Regretful. B. Pleasantly surprised. C. Nervous. D. Doubtful. 4. When hearing the news that Robert had regained his sight and hearing, many doctors came to ________.

A. call on him B. ask him for help

C. find out the real reason D. know whether it was true 5. The underlined word “convincing” probably means________. A. believable B. correct C. real D. wrong

Passage 6

Joan was a nurse who worked in a children’s hospital. One evening there was a big dance at the hospital. Most of the doctors and nurses would be there, but of course some had to be left to look after the children, and Joan was not of the lucky ones who were free to go to dance. She liked dancing very much, so when she had to start work that evening while her friends were getting ready to go to dance, she felt very sorry for herself.

She went to each sick child one after another and said good night, until she came to one little boy whom she was very fond of. His name was Dicky, and he was eleven years old, but he already talked like an adult. Poor Dicky had a very serious illness, and now he was hardly able to move any part of his body except his hands. Joan knew he would never get any better, but he was always happy and always thinking about other people instead of about himself.

He knew Joan loved dancing, so now when she came to say good night to him,

he greeted her with the woods, “I’m very sorry that you have to miss the dance because of us. But we are going to have a party for you. If you look in my drawer, you’ll find a piece of cake. I saved it from my supper today, so it’s quite fresh. And there’s also a shilling there, which my mother gave me last week. You can buy something to drink with that. And I’d get up and dance with you myself if I was able to,” he added.

Suddenly the hospital dance seemed very far away and not at all important to Joan. （296words）

1. Joan was not lucky that evening because _______. A. she was among those who had to work B. she worked in a children’s hospital

C. she was a nurse D. there was a big dance at the hospital

2. What do you know about Dicky? ________

A. He loved dancing, too. B. He was able to dance with the nurse. C. He knew little about the nurse. D. He tried to make the nurse happy. 3. Which of the following is NOT true? ________ A. Dicky understood why Joan was unhappy. B. Dicky knew about the dance.

C. Dicky showed sympathy for Joan.

D. Dicky stood up to meet Joan when she came.

4. At that party arranged (安排) for Joan, Dicky ________.

A. got up and danced with her B. gave Joan some cake he had saved

C. bought something to drink D. asked his mother to give him a shilling. 5. The party Dicky arranged ________.

A. made Joan even sadder at heart B. made her think of her parents

C. set her thinking of the hospital dance again D. made her forget about the hospital dance.

Passage7

Mrs. Peters stopped playing the piano when she began to work. She had lived in a very small flat, and there had been no room for a piano. But when she married, she had a new flat(一套房间) which was big enough for one. So she decided to get one and her husband agreed and helped her. She saved some money, and her parents gave her a generous amount of money for her birthday. Then she went to a shop and said, “I’ll choose whichever piano does not cost too much and fits into my living room.”

When she had paid for the piano, the shop assistant asked her if she would like

him to get it tuned(调音) every few months. Mrs. Peters agreed.

A few months later she received a call from the shop that a man was coming to tune the piano at ten that morning. Now she had not cleaned the house yet, so it was dusty and untidy. Mrs. Peters hated having even the least amount of dirt, and felt ashamed whenever strange people saw her house like that. So she had to hurry to clean everything carefully. It meant a lot of effort, and it made her hot and tired, but anyhow, by the time the man arrived, everything was finished.

She opened the door, and the man was standing there with a big dog. “Good morning,” the man said politely, “will it disturb (打扰) you if I bring my dog in, please? I’m blind, and he leads me wherever I go.” （264words） 1. Mrs. Peters stopped playing the piano________. A. because she began to work B. because she had to no room to live in

C. because her flat was too small for a piano D. when she got married

2. Mrs. Peters was soon able to buy a piano because ________. A. her parents gave her all the money for it B. she saved enough money for it C. her husband gave her the money

D. she saved some money and her relatives (亲戚) gave her the rest 3. One morning, ________.

A. the man was coming to tune her piano

B. Mrs. Peters received a telephone call from the shop C. The piano was sent to her house at 10 D. Mrs. Peters was going to clean the house

4. “It meant a lot of effort, and it made her hot and tired.”. Here “it” refers

to________.

A. hating dirt B. cleaning everything

C. waiting for the man D. feeling ashamed of the dirty and untidy house 5. Mrs. Peters had wasted her time getting everything clean as ________. A. the dog would dirty the house

B. the piano tuner could see nothing in the house C. the dog disturbed Mrs. Peters

D. the piano tuner always took the dog

Passage 8

It is 3 A.M. Everything on the university campus seems ghostlike in the quiet, misty（模糊的）darkness - everything except the computer center. Here, twenty students rumpled and bleary-eyed, sit transfixed at their consoles（操作台）, tapping away on the terminal keys. With eyes glued to the video screen, they tap on for hours. For the rest

of the world, it might be the middle of the night, but here time does not exist. This is a world unto itself. These young computer “hackers” are pursuing a kind of compulsion; a drive so consuming it overshadows nearly every other part of their lives and forms the focal point of their existence. They are compulsive computer programmers. Some of these students have been at the console for thirty hours or more without a break for meals or sleep. Some have fallen asleep on sofas and lounge chairs in the computer center, trying to catch a few winks but loathe to get too far away from their beloved machines.

Most of these students don’t have to be at the computer center in the middle of the night. They aren’t working on assignments. They are there because they want to be - they are irresistibly drawn there.

And they are not alone. There are hackers at computer centers all across the country. In their extreme form, they focus on nothing else. They flunk out of school and lose contact with friends; they might have difficulty finding jobs, choosing

instead to wander from one computer center to another. They may even forgo（放弃） personal hygiene.

“I remember one hacker. We literally had to carry him off his chair to feed him and put him to sleep. We really feared for his health,” says a computer science professor at MIT.

Computer science teachers are now more aware of the implications of this hacker phenomenon and are on the lookout for potential hackers and cases of computer

addiction that are already severe. They know that the case of the hackers is not just the story of one person’s relationship with a machine. It is the story of a society’s relationship to the so-called thinking machines, which are becoming almost ubiquitous（无所不在）（359words）

1. We can learn from the passage that those at the computer center in the middle of the night are ________.

A. students working on a program

B. students using computers to amuse themselves C. hard-working computer science majors D. students deeply fascinated by the computer

2. Which of the following is NOT true of those young computer “hackers”? ________

A. Most of them are top students majoring in computer programming. B. For them, computer programming is the sole purpose for their life.

C. They can stay with the computer at the center for nearly three days on end. D. Their “love” for the computer is so deep that they want to be near their machines even when they sleep.

3. It can be reasonably inferred from the passage that ________.

A. the “hacker” phenomenon exists only at university computer centers

B. university computer centers are open to almost everyone

C. university computer centers are expecting outstanding programmers out of the “hackers”

D. the “hacker” phenomenon is partly attributable to the deficiency of the computer centers

4. The author’s attitude towards the “hacker” phenomenon can be described as ________.

A. affirmative B. contemptuous C. anxious D. disgusted 5. Which of the following may be a most appropriate title for the passage? ________

A. The Charm of Computer Science B. A New Type of Electronic Toys C. Compulsive Computer Programmers D. Computer Addicts

Passage 9

Betty and Harold have been married for years. But one thing still puzzles(困惑) old Harold. How is it that he can leave Betty and her friend Joan sitting on the sofa, talking, go out to a ballgame, come back three and a half hours later, and they’re still sitting on the sofa? Talking?

What in the world, Harold wonders, do they have to talk about? Betty shrugs, talking? We’re friends.

Researching this result called friendship, psychologist Lillian Rubin spent two years interviewing more than two hundred women and men. No matter what their age, their job, their sex, the results were completely clear: women have more friendships than men, and the difference in the content and the quality of those friendships is “marked and unmistakable.”

More than two-third of the single men Rubin interviewed would not name a best friend. Those who could were likely to name a woman. Yet three-quarters of the single woman had no problem naming a best friend, and almost always it was a woman. More married men than women named their wife /husband as a best friend, most trusted person, or the one they would turn to in time of emotional distress(悲痛) “Most women”, says Rubin, “identified(认出) at least one, usually more, trusted friends to whom they could turn to in a trouble moment, and they spoke openly about the importance of these relationships in their lives,” “In general,” writes Rubin in her new book, “women’s friendships with each other rest on shared emotions and support, but men’s relationships are marked by shared activities,” For the most part, Rubin says, interaction(互相影响) between men are emotionally controlled — a good fit with the social requirements of “mainly behavior.”

“Even when a man is said to be best friend,” Rubin writes, “the two share little about their innermost feelings. While a woman’s closest female friend might be the first to tell her to leave a failing marriage, it wasn’t unusual to hear a man say he

didn’t know his friend’s marriage was in serious trouble until he appeared one night asking if he could sleep on a sofa.”（364words）

1. What old Harold can’t understand or explain is the fact that __________. A. he is treated as an outsider than a husband B. women have so much to share

C. women show little interest in ballgames

D. he finds his wife difficult to talk to

2. Rubin’s study shows that for emotional support a married woman is more likely to turn to_________.

A. a male friend B. a female friend

C. her parents D. her husband

3. According to the text, which type of behavior is NOT expected of a man by society? _________

A. Ending his marriage without good reason. B. Spending too much time with his friends. C. Complaining about his marriage trouble. D. Going out to ballgames too often.

4. Which of the following statements is best supported by the last paragraph? ________

A. Men keep their innermost feelings to themselves. B. Women are more serious than men about marriage C. Men often take sudden action to end their marriage. D. Women depend on others in making decisions

5. The research done by psychologist Rubin centers around ________. A. happy and successful marriages B. friendship of men and women

C. emotional problems in marriage D. interactions between men and women

Passage 10

Many years ago my student asked me the question, “Mrs. Kindred, why do you teach?” Without taking time to reflect, I answered, “Because someday I might say something that might make a difference in someone’s life.” Even though I was sincere, that wasn’t a very good answer and my student didn’t let it slide.

“Let me get this straight,” he said, “You went to college for four years so you could come here every day because you have the hope that someday you might say something that will influence someone?” He shook his head as if I were crazy and walked away looking confused. I’m one of those people who look back and wish they had said something smart or witty, or swift.

Even though that particular student might no longer wonder why I teach, there are days when I wonder. On those days, I remind myself of the real reasons I teach:

It’s in my blood. My mother was my most influential teacher, and she was a 6th grade reading teacher until her death in 1990. She instilled(逐渐灌输) in me a love of reading and the knowledge that education opens doors.

Teaching is a way to make a difference. If you throw a stone in a pond the ripples go on and on until they reach the shore. You can’t have ripples without a “stone.” Good teachers throw stones that make a positive difference, and that’s what I strive to do.

I genuinely love teenagers.

I want to share with others what I know and what I have learned through the years. Life is full of ups and downs, and if I can help students avoid some potholes on the road of life, I want to do so. If they’ll allow me to celebrate their victories with them, I want to do too.

Teaching isn’t for everyone, but I know I made the right career choice. (324words)

1. Why did the student continue to ask the question about the writer’s being a

teacher? ________

A. Because he thought her answer was unbelievable. B. Because the writer was insincere. C. Because the student was naughty.

D. Because the answer was difficult to understand. 2. What do you think of the writer? ________ A. Stupid. B. Honest. C. Conservative. D. Polite. 3. According to the text, which of the following is NOT true? ________ A. The writer’s mother has the greatest influence on her. B. The writer’s answer made the student confused.

C. In the writer’s opinion, some people in the world are unfit to teach. D. The writer annoyed the student who asked the question. 4. We can infer from the text that________.

A. the writer was also a good teacher in school.

B. the writer often plays with her students beside a pond. C. the writer devotes herself to teaching and her students.

D. the writer often accompanies the students on their way home. 5. What’s the main idea of the text? ________ A. A student’s silly question. B. A good teacher who likes students. C. A confused student. D. The reason why I teach.

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