广西学位英语阅读理解模拟试题三

广西学位英语阅读理解模拟试题三31省市学位英语网特别提示各位学员：请同学们在听完讲课或者掌握了答题方法后再做练习,你会觉得英语很容易。

一定要认真做作业，动手能力和举一反三的能力，是衡量一个人素质的重要因素，也是掌握好英语的关键。

Passage 1If you are like most people, your intelligence varies from season to season .You are probably a lot sharper in the spring than you are at any other time of year .A noted scientist, Ellsworth Huntington (1876~1947), concluded from other men’s work and his own among peoples in different climates that climate and temperature have a definite effect on our mental abilities.He found that cool weather is much more favorable for creative thinking than is summer heat .This does not mean that all people are less intelligent in summer than they are during the rest of year. It does mean, however，that the mental abilities of large numbers of people tend to be lowest in summer.Spring appears to be the best period of the year for thinking. One reason may be that in the spring man’s mental abilities are affected by the same factors that bring about great changes in all nature.Fall is the next-best season, then winter. As for summer, it seems to be a good time to take a long vacation from thinking.1. According to the passage, man’s intelligence________.A. stays the same throughout the yearB. varies from day to dayC. changes with the seasonD. changes from year to year2. Ellsworth Huntington decided that climate and temperature have _____.A. a great effect on everyone’s intelligenceB. some effect on most people’s intelligenceC. some effect on a few people’s intelligenceD. no effect on most people’s intelligence3. Ellsworth Huntington’s conclusion was based on _____.A. variations of his own mental abilities from season to seasonB. the result of research done by him and other scientists among peoples in different climatesC. detailed records of temperature changes in different placesD. detailed records of different ways of thinking among peoples in different climates4. Why does the author say summer is a good time to take a long vacation from thinking ________?A. Because a long vacation in summer helps to improve people’s mental powerB. Because people tend to be less creative during summerC. Because summer is a good time for outdoor activitiesD. Because mental exertion in the summer heat taxes too much of people’s energy5. The central idea of this passage is ______.A. man’s mental abilities change from season to seasonB. man’s intelligence varies from place to placeC. man should take long vacation in summerD. if you want to do creative thinking, go to a cool placePassage 2Today anymore will accept money in exchange for goods and services. People use money to buy food, furniture, books bicycles and hundreds of others they need or want. When they work, they usually get paid in money.Most of the money today is made of metal or paper. But people used to use all kinds if things as money. One of the first kinds of money was shells. Shells were not the only things used as money. In China, cloth and knives were used. In the Philippine Islands, rice was used as money. In parts of Africa, Cattle were one of the earliest of money .Other animals were used as money too.The first metal coins were made in China. They were around and had a square hole in the center. People strung them together and carried them from place to place. Different countries have used different metals and designs for their money. The first coins in England were made of tin. Sweden and Russia used copper to make their money. Later, other countries began to make coins of gold and silver.But even gold and silver were inconvenient if you had to buy something expensive. Again the Chinese thought of a way to improve money. They began to use paper money. The first paper money looked more like a note from one person to another than paper money used today.Money has had an interesting history from the days of shell money until today.6. Which of the following can be cited as an example of the use of money in exchange for services?A. To sell a bicycle for $20.B. To get some money for old books at a garage sale.C. To buy things you need or want.D. To get paid for your work.7. Where were shells used as money in history?A. In the Philippines.B. In China.C. In Africa.D. We don’t know.8. Why, according to the passage, did ancient Chinese coins have a square hole in the center?A. Because it would be easier to put them together and carry them around.B. Because it would be lighter for people to carry from place to place.C. Because people wanted to make it look nicer.D. Because people wanted to save the expensive metal they were made from.9. Why does the author say that even gold and silver were inconvenient if you had to buy something expensive?A. Because they are easy to steal.B. Because they are difficult for people to obtain.C. Because they are not easy to carry around.D. Because they themselves are expensive, too.10. Which do you choose as the best title for this passage?A. Money and Its UseB. Different Things Used as Money.C. Different Countries, Different Money.D. The History of MoneyPassage 3Traditionally, universities have carried out two main activities: research and teaching. Many experts would argue that both these activities play a critical role in serving the community. The fundamental question, however, is how does the community want or need to be served?In recent years universities have been coming under increasing pressure from both the governments and the public to ensure that they do not remain “ivory towers”(象牙塔)of study separated from the realities of everyday life. University teachers have been encouraged, and in some cases constrained(强逼)，to provide more courses which produce graduates with the technical skills required for the commercial use. If Aristotle wanted to work in a university in the UK today, he would have a good chance of teaching computer science but would not be so readily employable as a philosopher.A post-industrial society requires large numbers of computer programmers, engineers, managers and technicians to maintain and develop its economic growth but “man”, as the Bible says, “does not live by bread alone.” Apart from requiring medical and social services, which do not directly contribute to economic growth, the society should also value and enjoy literature, music and the arts. In these cost-conscious times, it has even been pointed out in justification for the funding of the arts that they can be useful money earners. A successful musical play, for instance, can contribute as much to the Cross National Product through tourist dollars as any other things.11. The main idea of the first paragraph is that ______.A. traditional universities do a good job serving the societyB. universities must meet the needs of the societyC. research and teaching are of great importance in universitiesD. universities play an important role in our society12. We can infer from the second paragraph that ______.A. the society is not satisfied with the present college educationB. the governments interfere too much with college educationC. the teacher are forced to do what they don’t like to doD. teachers dislike teaching commercially useful courses13. The example if Aristotle is used to make the point that_____.A. universities in the UK have produced too many good –for-nothing graduatesB. such abstract subjects as philosophy is no longer usefulC. education should serve the social needsD. it is advisable for today’s philosophers to know computer science14. According to the passage, literature, music and the arts_____.A. do not contribute to economic growth at allB. are less useful to the society because they do not make direct contribution to economyC. are similar to medical and social services in their way of promoting economic growthD. should develop only when they are good for economic growth15. The author believes that____.A. art is useful only when it is made into a money earnerB. the promotion of economic growth is the only goal of today’s societyC. universities should not provide literature or art coursesD. the society needs both technical skills and arts.答案与解析1. 【答案】C推理题。