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1、大学英语三级 B 级-阅读理解(十三)及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、阅读理解(总题数：5，分数：100.00)What are you going to do if you are in a burning house? How will you escape? Do you know how to save yourself? Please read the following passage.Escaping a fire is a serious matter. Knowing what to do during a fire can save your li

2、fe. It is important to know the ways you can use and show them to everyone in the family, such as stairways and fire escapes, but not lifts. From the lower floors of the buildings, escaping through windows is possible, learn the best way of leaving by windows with the least chance of serious injury.

3、The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground. An average person, hanging by the finger-tips will have a drop of about six feet to the ground. It is about the height of an average man. Of course, it is safer to jump a short way than to stay in a burning building.Windows are also u

4、seful when you are waiting for help. Be sure to keep the door closed, or smoke and fire may be drawn into the room. Keep your head low at the window to be sure you get fresh air rather than smoke that may leak into the room.On a second or third floor, the best windows for escape are those that open

5、onto a roof. From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely. Dropping onto cement might end in injury. Bushes and grass can help to break a fall.（分数：20.00）(1).It is important to _.A. put out the fire in the burning houseB. know the ways to escape the fireC. jump off a burning houseD. keep

6、 the door closed（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(2).It is possible to escape through the windows _.A. if there are some bushes on the groundB. if you are strong enoughC. if you live on a lower floorD. If you have a long rope（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Which of the following escaping way is NOT right?A. You can escape thr

7、ough stairways.B. You can choose fire escapes.C. Escape from the windows that open onto a roof.D. Use a lift to come down at once.（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Open the window so that _ if the building is on fire.A. you can get fresh airB. you can call for helpC. you can easily jump offD. you can be seen fir

8、st（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(5).The best title of the passage is “_“.A. Escaping from the WindowsB. Save Yourself in the Burning HouseC. Knowledge on FireD. Waiting for Help（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.Without proper planning, tourism can cause problems. For example, too many tourists can crowd public places that are al

9、so enjoyed by the inhabitants of a country. If tourists create too much traffic, the inhabitants will become annoyed and unhappy. They begin to dislike tourists and to treat them impolitely. They forget how much tourism can help the countrys economy. It is important to think about the people of a de

10、stination country and how tourism affects them. Tourism should help a country keep the customs and beauty that attract tourists. Tourism should also advance the wealth and happiness of local inhabitants.Too much tourism can be a problem. If tourism grows too quickly, people must leave other jobs to

11、work in the tourism industry. This means that other parts of the countrys economy can suffer.On the other hand, if there is not enough tourism, people can lose jobs. Businesses can also lose money. It costs a great deal of money to build large hotels, airports, air terminals, first-class roads, and

12、other support facilities needed by tourist attractions. For example, a major international class tourism hotel can cost as much as 50 thousand dollars per room to build. If this room is not used most of the time, the owners of the hotel lose money.Building a hotel is just a beginning. There must be

13、many support facilities as well, includ-ing roads to get to the hotel, electricity, sewers to handle waste, and water. All of these support facilities cost money, If they are not used because there are riot enough tourists, jobs and money will be lost.（分数：20.00）(1).Which of the following do you thin

14、k has been discussed in the part before this selection?A. It is extremely important to develop tourism.B. Building roads and hotels is essential.C. Support facilities are highly necessary.D. Planning is of great importance to tourism.（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The underlined word “inhabitants“ (in Paragra

15、ph 1) probably means _.A. tourists B. passengersC. population D. citizens（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Too much tourism can cause all these problems EXCEPT _.A. a bad effect on other industriesB. a change of tourists customsC. over-crowdedness of places of interestD. pressure on traffic（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(4).I

16、t can be inferred from the text that _.A. the author doesnt like tourism developing so fastB. local people will benefit from tourist attractionC. other parts of a countrys economy wont benefit from tourism muchD. we cant build too many support facilities（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(5).The author thinks it is g

17、ood for local people to know that tourism will _.A. waste a lot of money B. weaken their economyC. help establish their customs D. help improve their life（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.Everyone has got two personalities-the one that is shown to the world and the other that is secret and real. You dont show your s

18、ecret personality when youre awake because you can control your behavior, but when youre asleep, your sleeping position shows the real you. At a normal night, of course, people frequently change their position. The important position is the one that you go to sleep in.If you go to sleep on your back

19、, youre a very open person. You normally trust people and you are easily influenced by fashion or new ideas. You dont like to upset people, so you never express your real feelings. Youre quite shy and you arent very confident.If you sleep on your stomach, you are a rather secretive person. You worry

20、 a lot and youre always easily upset. Youre very stubborn, but you arent very ambitious. You usually live for today not for tomorrow. This means that you enjoy having a good time.If you sleep curled up, you are probably a very nervous person. You have a low opinion of yourself and so youre often def

21、ensive. Youre shy and you dont normally like meeting people. You prefer to be on your own. Youre easily hurt.If you sleep on your side, you have usually got a well-balanced personality. You know your strengths and weaknesses. Youre usually careful. You have a confident personality. You sometimes fee

22、l anxious, but you dont often get depressed. You always say what you think even if it annoys people.（分数：20.00）(1).According to the writer, you naturally show your secret and real personality _.A. only at a normal nightB. only when you go to sleepC. only when you refuse to show yourself to the worldD

23、. only when you change sleeping positions（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Which is NOT mentioned in the second paragraph about a persons personality?A. He or she is always open to others.B. He or she always likes new ideas earlier than others.C. He or she is always easily upset.D. He or she tends to believe in

24、others.（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Point out which sentence is used to show the personality of a person who is used to sleeping on his or her stomach.A. He or she is careful not to offend others.B. He or she doesnt want to stick to his or her opinion.C. He or she cant be successful in any business.D. He or

25、 she likes to bring others happiness.（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Maybe you dont want to make friends with a person who sleeps curled up. Why?A. He or she would rather be alone than communicate with you.B. He or she is rarely ready to help you.C. He or she prefers staying at home to going out.D. He or she w

26、ouldnt like to get help from you.（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(5).It appears that the writer tends to think highly of the person who sleeps on one side because _.A. he or she always shows sympathy for peopleB. he or she is confident, but not stubbornC. he or she has more strengths than weaknessesD. he or she of

27、ten considers annoying people（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.How to eat healthfully can be especially complex for working women who often have neither the desire nor the time to cook for themselves (or for anyone else). Registered dietitian Barhara Morrissey suggests that a few simple rules can help.“Go for nutrie

28、nt dense foods,“ she suggests, “foods that contain a multiple of nutrients. For example, select whole wheat bread as a breakfast food, rather than coffee cake. Or drink orange juice rather than orange drink, which contains only a small percentage of real juicethe rest is largely colored sugar water.

29、 You just cant compare the value of these foods; the nutrient dense ones are so superior,“ she emphasizes.Morrissey believes that variety is not only the spice of life-its the foundation of a healthful diet. “Diets which are based on one or two foods are not only virtually impossible to keep up the

30、strength. They can be very harmful,“ she says, “because nutrients arent supplied in sufficient amounts or balance.“According to Morrissey, trying to find a diet that can cure your illnesses, or make you superwoman is a fruitless search. “As women, many of us are too concerned with staying thin,“ she

31、 says, “and we believe that vitamins are some kind of magic cure to replace food.“ “We need carbohydrates, protein and fat-they are like the wood in the fireplace. The vitamins and minerals are like the match, the spark, for the fuel,“ she explains,“ We need them all, but in a very different proport

32、ion. And if the fuel isnt there, the spark is useless./（分数：20.00）(1).From the passage we know that working women _.A. think cooking is especially complicatedB. do not share the same views with registered dietitiansC. are busy and not interested in cookingD. are likely to eat healthfully（分数：4.00）A.B.

33、C.D.(2).Orange juice is different from orange drink in that _.A. it contains only a small percentage of real juiceB. it is natural, nutritious and prepared from real orangesC. it is largely orange-colored sugar waterD. it produces nothing but calories（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(3).In Paragraph 4, “a fruitless

34、 search“ means _.A. an effort with no resultsB. a search for a diet without fruitsC. a research on fruitless dietD. a diet serving as medicine（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Many women take it for granted, according to the passage that _.A. a balanced diet can result in being fatB. staying thin and healthy are

35、 both possibleC. lack of variety in diets leads to staying thinD. vitamins are some kind of substitution for food（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(5).By “And if the fuel isnt there, the spark is useless“, the author means _.A. carbohydrates, protein or fat are enough to support a human lifeB. vitamins and minerals

36、are virtually of no valueC. carbohydrates, protein and fat are as important as vitamins and mineralsD. without carbohydrates, protein and fat, vitamins and minerals are of no use（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.In Europe, people hold the fork in the left hand and the knife in the right throughout the meal, a system

37、 that is generally agreed to be more efficient than the American zigzag method. Americans hold both the fork and the knife in their right hands throughout the meal, so they continually change their forks to the left hand when they have to cut their meat. It seems to be funny for the Europeans to see

38、 Americans busy changing their dinner sets, making a lot of noises.A few explanations for this American style are as follows.(1) Americans are practical and efficient. Since most of us are right-handed, it is reasonaable to keep our working tools at all times in the right hand that can use them most

39、 efficiently.(2) Americans, the master of the New World, are rebels. They use the zigzag method to break the rules in the Old World and in this way they are thumbing their nose at Mother England. Americans are a restless kind. They do not like to sit in one spot for very long when dining.(3) Forced

40、to do so, they respond by “playing“ with the silver.Whatever the reason for the practice, it is now certainly as American as apple pie. Europeans recognize this and are quick to attack it as evidence of American innocence of form.Arguments against the zigzag method rest not only on grounds of effici

41、ency but also on those of tradition. In Old World dining, the knife is held in the right hand continually because it can serve as an instant defense against the uninvited intruders. However, such alertness is out of place in the New World, as every American believes that this is the home of the brav

42、e. Americans juggle their silverware, perhaps, to show that they are not afraid and that one of them holding a fork is worth any number of them holding blades.（分数：20.00）(1).Americans use _ to hold their fork to pick up the salad.A. the right hand B. the left handC. both hands D. either of the two ha

43、nds（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(2).As the masters of the New World, Americans use a different cutting method from that in the Old World to _.A. show their independence of Mother EnglandB. show their disrespect to Mother EnglandC. add a new tradition to those in Mother EnglandD. show off their creativeness to M

44、other England（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(3).In the sentence “Americans juggle their silverware.“, the word “juggle“ probably means_.A. hold B. play withC. pick up D. lay down（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Also in the last sentence, the two “them“ refer to _.A. AmericansB. EuropeansC. Americans and Europeans separatelyD

45、. Europeans and Americans separately（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. European people hold the fork in the left hand and the knife in the right hand.B. The zigzag eating method is related to American characteristics.C. The zigzag eating method has become an Americ

46、an feature.D. European people will use the American method because of its efficiency.（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.大学英语三级 B 级-阅读理解(十三)答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、阅读理解(总题数：5，分数：100.00)What are you going to do if you are in a burning house? How will you escape? Do you know how to save yourself? Please read the fol

47、lowing passage.Escaping a fire is a serious matter. Knowing what to do during a fire can save your life. It is important to know the ways you can use and show them to everyone in the family, such as stairways and fire escapes, but not lifts. From the lower floors of the buildings, escaping through w

48、indows is possible, learn the best way of leaving by windows with the least chance of serious injury.The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground. An average person, hanging by the finger-tips will have a drop of about six feet to the ground. It is about the height of an average

49、man. Of course, it is safer to jump a short way than to stay in a burning building.Windows are also useful when you are waiting for help. Be sure to keep the door closed, or smoke and fire may be drawn into the room. Keep your head low at the window to be sure you get fresh air rather than smoke that may leak into the room.On a second or third floor, the best windows for escape are those that open onto a roof. From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely