1、大学英语18级非音体美阅读理解Section A试题16套18级非音体美阅读理解Section A 试题（16套）阅读理解Section A第一套III. Reading comprehension (35 points) Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passa
2、ge. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on AnswerSheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the blank more than once.Questions 1 to
3、 10 are based on the following passage.Wise buying is a positive way in which you can make your money go fuller. The way you go about purchasing an article or a service can actually1 you money or can add to the cost. Take the2 example of a hairdryer, If you are buying a hairdryer，you might think tha
4、t you are making the3 buy if you choose one whose look you like and which is also the cheapest4 price. But when you get it home you may find that it takes twice as long as a more expensive5 to dry your hair. The cost of the electricity plus the cost of your time could well make your hairdryer the mo
5、st expensive one of all.So what principles should you6when you go out shopping? If you keep your home. your car or any valuable7 in excellent condition，you11 be saving money in the long run. Before you buy a new8 ，talk to someone who owns one. If you can use it or borrow it to check it suits your pa
6、rticular purpose. Before you buy an expensive9 ，or a service，do check the price and what is on offer. If possible. choose10three items or three estimates.A) possession B)save C)best D)appliance E)materialF) from G)simple H)with I)in J)elementK) model L)item M)easy N)adopt O)reasonable阅读理解Section A第二
7、套III. Reading Comprehension (35 points)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given, in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each
8、choice in the bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 1 to 10 are based on the following passage.Children do not think the way adults do. For most of the first year of life, if something is out of sight, its out of mind. If you cover a ba
9、bys（1） toy with a piece of cloth, the baby thinks the toy has disappeared and stops looking for it. A 4-year-old may （2） that a sister has more fruit juice when it is only the shapes of the glasses that differ, not the（3） of juice.Yet children are smart in their own way. Like good little scientists,
10、 children are always testing their child-sized（4） about how things work. When your child throws her spoon on the floor for the sixth time as you try to feed her, and you say, Thats enough! I will not pick up your spoon again! The child will（5） test your claim. Are you serious? Are you angry? What wi
11、ll happen if she throws the spoon again? She is not doing this to drive you（6） ; rather, she is learning that her desires and yours can differ, and that sometimes those（7） are important and sometimes they are not.How and why does childrens thinking change? In the 1920s, Swiss psychologist Jean Piage
12、t proposed that childrens cognitive (认知的) abilities unfold （8） , like the blooming of a flower, almost independent of what else is（9） in their lives. Although many of his specific conclusions have been（10） or modified over the years, his ideas inspired thousands of studies by investigators all over
13、the world.A. advocate B. amount C. confirmed D. crazy E. definiteF. differences G. favorite H. happening I. Immediately J. NaturallyK. Obtaining L. Primarily M. Protest N. Rejected O. theories阅读理解Section A第三套III. Reading Comprehension (35 points)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passa
14、ge with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given, in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words in the bank mo
15、re than once.Questions 1 to 10 are based on the following passage.Researchers have identified 1.4 million animal species so farand millions remain to be discovered, named, and scientifically described. So how much would it actually cost to 1 every animal on Earth? A pair of Brazilian scientists has
16、crunched (详细计算) the numbers and 2 up with an answer: $263 billion. Thats way more than the $5 billion that famed Harvard University biologist Edward O. Wilson estimated back in 2000and that was for every species on Earth, not just animals. But even $263 billion would be a 3 price to pay to understan
17、d the creatures that 4 such essentials as agriculture, fisheries, new drugs, and energy sources, says ornithologist (鸟类学家) Joel Cracraft of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Literally, the world economy runs on biodiversity, he says. People dont understand really, deeply how m
18、uch we depend on biodiversity. Most biologists agree that with extinction rates 5 and climate change looming, the 6 to document the planets biodiversityor biota (生物区)is urgent, 7 considering the essential role these life forms play in crop pollination, clean air, and other aspects of human 8 . We ar
19、e losing species by extinction faster than we are describing new species according to some estimates, says biologist Antonio Marques, who 9 the new paper with Fernando Carbayo, both at the University of St. Paulo in Brazil. We have to know the biota to preserve and conserve the biota, he says. Besid
20、es the money, another huge 10 to a complete understanding of the animal kingdom is a global shortage of taxonomists (分类学家), experts say. A. attempt B. cheaper C. classify D. coauthored E. comeF. effort G. enable H. especially I. exactly J. identifyK. obstacle L. small M. soaring N. well-being O. yet
21、阅读理解Section A第四套III. Reading Comprehension (35 points)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given, in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your
22、 choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 1 to 10 are based on the following passage.Contrary to popular belief, older people generally do not want to live with their children. Moreover, most adult children 1 ev
23、ery bit as much care and support to their aging parents as was the case in the “good old days”, and most older people do not feel 2 .About 80% of people 65years and older have living children, and about 90% of them have 3 contact with their children. About 75% of elderly parents who dont go to nursi
24、ng homes live within 30 minutes of at least one of their children.However, 4 having contact with children does not guarantee happiness in old age. In fact, some research has found that people who are most involved with their families have the lowest spirits. This research may be 5 , however, as ill
25、health often makes older people more 6 and thereby increases contact with family members. So it is more likely that poor health, not just family involvement, 7 spirits.Increasingly, researchers have begun to look at the quality of relationships, rather than at the frequency of contact, between the e
26、lderly and their children. If parents and children share interests and values and agree on childrearing practices and religious 8 , they are likely to enjoy each others company. Disagreements on such matters can 9 cause problems. If parents are agreed by their daughters divorce, dislike her new husb
27、and, and disapprove of how she is raising their grandchildren, 10 are that they are not going to enjoy her visits.A)abandoned B)advanced C)biased D)chances E)commitment F)dampens G)dependent H)distant I)frequent J)fulfillment K)grant L)merely M)provide N)understandably O)unrealistically 阅读理解Section
28、A第五套III. Reading Comprehension (35 points)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given, in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Ea
29、ch choice in the bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 1 to 10 are based on the following passage.Physical activity does the body good, and theres growing evidence that it helps the brain too. Researchers in the Netherlands report that
30、children who get more exercise, whether at school or on their own, 1 to have higher GPAs and better scores on standardized tests. In a 2 of 14 studies that looked at physical activity and academic 3 , investigators found that the more children moved, the better their grades were in school, 4 in the
31、basic subjects of math, English and reading.The data will certainly fuel the ongoing debate over whether physical education classes should be cut as schools struggle to 5 on smaller budgets. The arguments against physical education have included concerns that gym time may be taking away from study t
32、ime. With standardized test scores in the U.S. 6 in recent years, some administrators believe students need to spend more time in the classroom instead of on the playground. But as these findings show, exercise and academics may not be 7 exclusive. Physical activity can improve blood 8 to the brain, fueling memory, attention and creativity, which are 9 to learning. And exercise releases hormones
