2018年成人高考高起点英语考试冲刺试题及答案四（二）

四、阅读理解(共15小题;每题3分，共45分)

阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文的内容从每小题的四个选项中选出最佳的一项，并

把它前面的大写字母填在横线上。

A

Thomas Alva Edison was awarded more patents on inventions than any other American.

When he died in l931，Americans wondered how they could best show their respect for him.

One suggestion was that the nation observe a minute or two of total black-out.All electric power would be shut off in homes streets and factories.

Perhaps this suggestion made Americans realize fully what Edison and his inventions

meant to them.Electric power was too important to the country.Shutting it off for even a short time would have led to complete confusion.A black—out was out of the question.

On the day of Edison's funeral，many people silently dimmed their lights.In this way they honored the man who had done mroe than anyone else to put the great force of electricity at his countrymen's fingertips.

36.People decided to honor Edison when_________.

A.he made the first electric light

B.electric power was l00 years old

C.the country realized electricity's importance

D.he died in 1931

答案：D

37.The suggestion was to_______.

A.turn off the lights in factories and schools

B.observe a few minutes of total silence

C.dim all electric lights

D.shut off all electricity for a short time

答案：D

38.Americans fully realized what Edison's inventions meant when they________.

A.heard of his death

B.heard of the plan to honor him

C.first used electric power

D.tried to carry out the plan

答案：B

39.The plan was never carried out because_________.

A.not everyone wanted to honor Edison

B.it was too diffcult

C.electric power Was too important to the country

D.it honored only one of Edison's inventions

答案：C

B

The human body naturally prevents attempt(企图)to lose or gain weight.Thus the best way to lower your weight is to do some exercise daily.Although scientists don’t agree exactly

how this works to lower the“setpoint”，they do know that exercise helps your body work with you and not against you in at least the following ways：

1.Exercise burns calories(卡路里)：if you walk two miles every day，you use an extra 1400 calories a week—and lose about a pound in two weeks.

2.Exercise helps to bum fat and build muscle：since muscle requires more calories than fat does，the more muscle you have，the faster you will bum calories.

3.Finally exercise speeds up your metabolism(新陈代谢)，not just while you’re exercising，but for several hours after exercise ends.

A program of light-to-moderate exercise done for only a half-hour a day is enough to keep your“setpoint”lowered，and thus helps you lose weight and keep it off.If you need to lose more than five pounds，combine regular exercise with a moderate reduction in calories until you reach your goal(目标).

40.Scientists don’t________.

A.think exercise helps people's bodies work against them

B.agree exercise helps to lower people's weight

C.bilieve in exercise at all

D.think exercise helps people's bodies work with them

答案：A

41.Exercise helps you________.

A.save calories and gain weight

B.save calories but lose weight

C.bum calories and lose weight

D.burn calories but gain weight

答案：C

42.When you walk________.

A.slowly，the fat in your body increases

B.1ess，you build more muscles

C.faster，you bum less calories

D.fast，the fat in your body reduces

答案：D

43.Which of the following is NOT true?

A.A man of more muscles burns calories faster.

B.Exercise speeds up your metabolism even after it.

C.An hour and a halls exercise is not enough to keep your“setpoint”lowered.

D.To lose more than 5 pounds，just doing exercise is not enough.

答案：C

C

Some villagers were going to celebrate an important wine festival(酒宴)in a few days’time，So they borrowed a huge barrel from the nearest town，put it in the village square, and decided that each of them should empty a bottle of the best wine he had into it，so that there should be plenty at the feast(宴会).

One of the villagers thought he would be very clever.“If I pour a bottle of water in.instead of wine.No one will notice it，”he said to himself.“because there will be so much excellent wine in the barrel that the water will be lost in it.”

The night of the feast arrived.Everybody gathered in the village square with their bowls and their glasses for the wine.The tap(塞子)on the barrel was opened，but what came out was pure water.Everyone in the village had had the same idea.

44.The villagers borrowed a huge barrel in order to__________.

A.hold water

B.take the place of wine bottle

C.hold wine

D.empty bottles

答案：C

45.From the passage we know that the feast would be held_________.

A.in the village square

B.in the nearest town

C.around the barrel

D.in their houses

答案：A

46.The sentence“the water will be lost in it”can be considered as________.

A.the water would be mixed up with the wine

B.the water couldn't：be found in the wine

C.the water would flow through the barrel into the ground

D.the water would be gone in the barrel

答案：A

47.What came out of the barrel was pure water because_______.

A.all the wine had turned into water

B.everybody in the village had poured water into the barrel

C.someone had stolen the wine and put water into the barrel

D.not only the man but the other villagers were very clever

答案：B