1、公共英语一级-阅读理解题(三)及答案解析(总分：105.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、第二节 短文理解 1(总题数：7，分数：35.00)AJohn was the only son of a very rich American businessman(商人). Usually he was taken to school by the driver in his fathers beautiful car, before the driver took Johns father to his office. One evening his father told him that he
2、had to go to the airport early the next day, so he would need the car at the time when John had to go to school. He said that Johns mother, who had another car, would still be in bed at the time he had to leave the house.“Well, how will I get to school if you need your car and Mummy is still in bed?
3、“ John asked. His father thought this was a good opportunity (机会) to teach him a lesson about how hard life was for the less fortunate (幸运的) people of the world, so he answered, “Youll go in the same way as every other child in the world goesby a taxi./（分数：5.00）(1).John usually went to school in his
4、 fathers car.（分数：1.00）A.Right.B.Wrong.C.Doesnt Say.(2).Johns father couldnt drive himself.（分数：1.00）A.Right.B.Wrong.C.Doesnt Say.(3).Johns mother couldnt send him to school because she would still be sleeping.（分数：1.00）A.Right.B.Wrong.C.Doesnt Say.(4).John was not a very good student at school.（分数：1.0
5、0）A.Right.B.Wrong.C.Doesnt Say.(5).Johns father thought most children went to school by taxi.（分数：1.00）A.Right.B.Wrong.C.Doesnt Say.BIf you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they become weak; when you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everyone knows this, and nob
6、ody would think of questioning this fact. Yet there are many people who do not seem to know that memory (记忆) works in the same way. When someone says he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by often exercising it.If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we
7、 know that it is his own fault (过错). But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents are to blame (责怪), and few of us think that it is as much his own fault as if it was his arms or legs that were weak.Have you ever noticed that people who cannot read and write usuall
8、y have better memories than people who can? This is because those illiterate people have to remember things; they cannot write them down in a little notebook. They have to remember dates, prices, names, songs and stories; so their memory is being exercised all the time.So if you want a good memory,
9、learn from those people: practise remembering.（分数：5.00）(1).The more you use your arms or legs, the stronger your memory will become.（分数：1.00）A.Right.B.Wrong.C.Doesnt Say.(2).If a persons father has a poor memory, he will have a poor memory, too.（分数：1.00）A.Right.B.Wrong.C.Doesnt Say.(3).“Illiterate p
10、eople“ means people who cannot read or write.（分数：1.00）A.Right.B.Wrong.C.Doesnt Say.(4).People can have good memories by practising remembering things.（分数：1.00）A.Right.B.Wrong.C.Doesnt Say.(5).People who can read and write usually have poorer memories than those who cannot.（分数：1.00）A.Right.B.Wrong.C.
11、Doesnt Say.CBob Shafran was happy. He was at a new school, and the other students were friendly. “Hi, Bob!“ they said. But some students said, “Hi, Eddy!“ Bob didnt understand. He asked another student, “Why do some students call me Eddy?“Oh, thats easy to explain,“ the student said. “Eddy Galland w
12、as a student here last year. Now he goes to a different school. You look like Eddy. Some students think that youre Eddy.“Bob wanted to meet Eddy Galland. He got Eddys address from a student and went to Eddys house. Eddy opened the door. Bob couldnt believe his eyes. He looked just like Eddy! Bob and
13、 Eddy had the same color eyes and the same smile. They had the same dark hair. They also had the same birthday.Bob and Eddy found out that they were twin brothers. Soon after the boys were born, one family took care of Bob and another family, Eddy. Bobs family never knew about Eddy, and Eddys family
14、 never knew about Bob.Bob and Eddys family story was in the newspaper. There was a photo of Bob and Eddy next to the story. A young man named David Kellman saw the photo in the newspaper. David couldnt believe his eyes. He looked just like Bob and Eddy! He had the same color eyes and the same smile.
15、 He had the same dark hair. He had the same birthday.Later David met Bob and Eddy. When Bob and Eddy saw David, they couldnt believe their eyes. David looked just like them! Bob and Eddy are not twins. Bob, Eddy, and David are triplets.（分数：5.00）(1).Before the story happened, Bob and Eddy studied at
16、the same school.（分数：1.00）A.Right.B.Wrong.C.Doesnt Say.(2).Soon after Bob was born, the Shafran family took him in.（分数：1.00）A.Right.B.Wrong.C.Doesnt Say.(3).Bob and Eddy found out from the newspaper that they had another brother named David.（分数：1.00）A.Right.B.Wrong.C.Doesnt Say.(4).Bob, Eddy and Davi
17、d had the same mother. She died soon after they were born.（分数：1.00）A.Right.B.Wrong.C.Doesnt Say.(5).“Triplets“ means three children born of the same mother at the same time.（分数：1.00）A.Right.B.Wrong.C.Doesnt Say.DEuropean mink (豹) once lived well along waterways throughout most of Europe. The fur (皮毛
18、) of this small animal is soft and beautiful. But some people believed the fur of the American mink was better. Fur farmers took thousands of American minks to eastern Europe, and they quickly developed throughout Europe. In the wild, American minks drove the other animals away from the best hunting
19、 grounds. Now just a few hundred European minks are leftmaking them Europes most endangered (濒危) wild life. To save the mink, scientists are trying to keep a certain number living on an island in Baltic Sea. Without help, says David Macdonal of Oxford Universitys Wildlife Conservation Research Unit
20、in England, the European mink is “heading for extinction (灭绝)./（分数：5.00）(1).Scientists think American mink has more useful fur.（分数：1.00）A.Right.B.WrongC.Doesnt Say.(2).There are more American minks than European minks in England.（分数：1.00）A.Right.B.Wrong.C.Doesnt Say.(3).Animal researchers find Europ
21、ean mink lives best along the Baltic Sea.（分数：1.00）A.Right.B.Wrong.C.Doesnt Say.(4).It is possible that no European mink could be seen in Europe in the future.（分数：1.00）A.Right.B.Wrong.C.Doesnt Say.(5).The writer of the text is asking people to help European mink.（分数：1.00）A.Right.B.Wrong.C.Doesnt Say.
22、ERubys day in the summerRuby usually gets up at 7 a.m., with a cup of tea to wake her up. She leaves home at 7:45 to get to her college at 8 a.m. as she swims everyday in the pool (游泳池) there.She usually gets back home by 9 a.m. Then she starts her homework. She does a lot of other things as well, l
23、ike writing letters and gardening, and she often has to go to see people sometimes during the day.She has a quick brunch at about 11 in the morning, and she likes to have an evening meal with the family between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. Everyone helps clear away (收拾干净) after dinner. By then its about 7:15 o
24、r 7:30 p.m.Ruby wants to be in bed early two or three times a week; at other times she goes to bed after midnight, but usually before 12:30.（分数：5.00）(1).It takes Ruby an hour to go to classes at the college everyday.（分数：1.00）A.Right.B.Wrong.C.Doesnt Say.(2).Ruby does her school work at home in the m
25、orning.（分数：1.00）A.Right.B.Wrong.C.Doesnt Say.(3).Friends come to visit Ruby when she is not going out.（分数：1.00）A.Right.B.Wrong.C.Doesnt Say.(4).“Brunch“ in paragraph 2. is most probably a made-up word from “breakfast“ and “lunch.“（分数：1.00）A.Right.B.Wrong.C.Doesnt Say.(5).It seems that Ruby needs abo
26、ut seven hours sleep everyday.（分数：1.00）A.Right.B.Wrong.C.Doesnt Say.FHave you ever seen people dance? Some dances are fast and others are slow. Peoples feet move when they dance. They keep on moving until the music stops.People have enjoyed dancing for a very long time. This story is about a differe
27、nt kind of dance. It is a dance without people or music. Yet this dance is one of the oldest in the world. It is the dance of bees.If you have ever watched bees, you know that they are very clever. They also work hard looking for food and bringing it back to their home. The home of bees is called a
28、bee-hive. Here they make the honey. Where does the honey come from?Bees live on food from flowers. When a bee rests on a flower, it tries to go to its center. There it takes in as much food as its body can hold. Then it carries the food back to the hive. At the hive, bees change the food from flower
29、s into honey. Then they fly away for more food like that.How does the bee tell others to find the sweet flowers? It tells them by dancing.（分数：5.00）(1).People cannot dance without moving their feet.（分数：1.00）A.Right.B.Wrong.C.Doesnt Say.(2).The dance of bees is different only because it is the oldest
30、in the world.（分数：1.00）A.Right.B.Wrong.C.Doesnt Say.(3).The bees carry their food on their backs.（分数：1.00）A.Right.B.Wrong.C.Doesnt Say.(4).The bees have different ways to make honey.（分数：1.00）A.Right.B.Wrong.C.Doesnt Say(5).Dancing is the way bees tell each other where to find flowers.（分数：1.00）A.Right
31、.B.Wrong.C.Doesnt SayGOne morning during breakfast, Robert was reading a letter. “Look, dear,“ he said to his wife Mary, “someone sent these two tickets for the play this evening. Wasnt that kind?“ “Who sent them?“ asked Mary. “Ive no idea,“ said Robert. “Theres a note in the envelope, but it says:
32、Can you guess who sent these two tickets to you?“ “Well, never mind,“ said Mary, “I expect one of our friends wants to give us a surprise.“After dinner that evening, Robert and Mary put on their best clothes and went to the play. They had a wonderful evening and came home very grateful (感激) to the u
33、nknown friend who had given them the tickets. But when they got back to their flat (公寓), they found that a thief (窃贼) had been there. In fact, everything they owned had been stolenfurniture, pictures, clothes, money and even the knives and forks in the kitchen. At the center of the kitchen table was
34、 another note. This one said, “Now can you guess who sent the tickets?/（分数：5.00）(1).After breakfast, Robert and Mary went to see the play at once.（分数：1.00）A.Right.B.Wrong.C.Doesnt Say.(2).Robert and Mary enjoyed the play very much.（分数：1.00）A.Right.B.Wrong.C.Doesnt Say.(3).They know that someday one
35、of their friends will give them a nice surprise.（分数：1.00）A.Right.B.Wrong.C.Doesnt Say.(4).A thief came to their flat while they were out.（分数：1.00）A.Right.B.Wrong.C.Doesnt Say.(5).Finally, they knew who sent the tickets.（分数：1.00）A.A Right. B.B Wrong. EC.C Doesnt Say.二、第三节 短文理解 2(总题数：14，分数：70.00)AIt w
36、as Marys birthday. She received a letter from her uncle who was a farmer.“Dear Mary,“ the letter said. “Happy birthday. Im sending you some chickens. They will arrive tomorrow. Hope you like them. Best wishes, Uncle Sam.“Mary was pleased, because she liked eating eggs and chicken. When the chickens
37、arrived the next day, she took the box of chickens off the back of the truck and began to carry it into her garden. However, the box was too heavy for Mary and she dropped it.The box fell to the ground and broke. The chickens ran everywhereinto neighbours garden, into the road, into shops, even into
38、 the next street. Mary spent hours trying to find them and take them back to her garden.When her uncle came to visit her a few days later, he asked Mary, “Did the chickens arrive safely?“Yes,“ Mary said. “But I had some trouble with them. I dropped the box and the chickens ran everywhere. I spent th
39、e whole morning looking for them.“Did you find them all?“ her uncle asked.“I hope so,“ Mary replied. “I caught eleven of them.“Thats very interesting,“ her uncle said, “because I only sent you six./（分数：5.00）(1).Why did Marys uncle send her some chickens?（分数：1.00）A.It was her birthday.B.He had too ma
40、ny of them.C.She wanted to start a chicken farm.(2).How did Mary feel about receiving the chickens?（分数：1.00）A.Annoyed.B.Surprised.C.Happy(3).How did the chickens get out of the box?（分数：1.00）A.The box felt off the back of the truck.B.Mary dropped the box.C.They broke the box and ran away.(4).How long
41、 did Mary spend trying to find the chickens?（分数：1.00）A.Several hours.B.A whole day.C.A few days.(5).How many chickens did Marys uncle send her?（分数：1.00）A.Eleven.B.Six.C.Five.BTom and Judy were quite rich. They had a large, beautiful house full of expensive paintings.They had many friends and were no
42、t surprised when they received two free tickets for the theatre. They were surprised, however, when they could not find out who had sent the tickets. There was no letter in the envelope with the tickets.“Theyve forgotten to put in a letter,“ Tom said. “How strange. We dont know who to thank.“They te
43、lephoned many of their friends and asked if they had sent them the tickets. “No,“ their friends said. “We didnt send them.“They felt this was very strange, but they did not want to waste the tickets because the play was said to be very good. So they went to the theatre. They did not really enjoy the
44、 play, however, because they were worrying all the time about finding the person who had sent them the tickets.The play started at eight oclock and finished at half past ten. When they got home it was after eleven. There was a note on their front door, “We hope you enjoyed the play.“ Inside the hous
45、e there was not a single painting. They had all been stolen (偷走).（分数：5.00）(1).Why couldnt Tom and Judy find out who sent them the tickets?（分数：1.00）A.Their friends wanted to keep it a secret.B.The letter with the tickets was not signed.C.There was no letter with the tickets.(2).What did Tom and Judy
46、do with the tickets?（分数：1.00）A.They went to see the play.B.They gave them away to a close friend.C.They threw them away(3).How long were they probably away from home that evening?（分数：1.00）A.Half an hour.B.Ten and a half hours.C.A few hours.(4).Why were they worrying all evening?（分数：1.00）A.Because th
47、ey were afraid that someone might steal their paintingsB.Because they didnt know who to thank for the tickets.C.Because the streets were wet and it was dangerous to drive.(5).Who had sent them the tickets?（分数：1.00）A.The people who stoke their paintings.B.Their best friends.C.The actors in the play.C
48、Jenny Thomas was a very kind and beautiful woman and before she married, many men were in love with her. Many of them wrote to her, telling her how wonderful she was, how much they loved her and wanted to marry her.Jenny kept all these letters. She tied (捆, 扎) them up with a red ribbon (丝带) and put
49、them away in an old box. She never looked at them as she was happily married, however, they were a part of her life and she did not want to throw them away.Jenny had a daughter, Sue, who was six. One day, Jenny had to leave Sue alone for half an hour. “Now be a good girl,“ she said. “Play quietly. If you need anything, go to the lady next door.“When she returned home, she asked Sue, “What did you do while I was out?“I played mailman (邮递员),“ Sue told her.“How could you play mailman?“ Jenny asked. “You
