专升本英语考试阅读理解专项练习

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　　专升本英语考试阅读理解专项练习

　　专项练习范文

　　There are two main changes comparing with the past. First, there are new definitions of what man can achieve, of what a human standard of life should be. In recent times this has been particularly true since technology has consistently broadened man's potential, it has made a longer, healthier, better life possible. Thus, in terms of what is technically possible, we have higher aspirations. Those who suffer levels of life well below those that are possible, even though they live better than medieval knights(中世纪骑士) or Asian peasants, are poor.

　　Related to this technological advance is the social definition of poverty. The American rich in Hong Kong or in the sixteenth century are poor here and now in the United States. They are dispossessed in terms of what the rest of the nations enjoy, in terms of what the society could provide if it had the will. They live on the fringe, the margin. They watch the movies and read the magazines of affluent (丰富的)American, and these will tell them that they are internal exiles.

　　And finally, one of the reasons that the income figures show fewer people today with low incomes than 20 years ago is that more wives are working now, and family income has risen as a result. In 1940, 15% of wives were in the labor force ;in 1957 the figure was 30%. This means that there was more money and, presumably, less poverty. Yet a tremendous growth in the number of the impoverishment of home life, of children who receive less care, love, and supervision. This one fact, for instance, might well play a significant role in the problems of the young in America. It could mean that we have made an improvement in income statistics at the cost of hurting thousands and thousands of children. If a person has money but achieves this through mortgaging the future, who is to say that he or she is no longer poor?

　　题目

　　1. In recent times, as far as technology is concerned, those who are poor .

　　A. live better than Asian peasants

　　B. lead better lives than medieval knights

　　C. cannot achieve the living standard that technology can make

　　D. have no aspiration

　　2. In the second paragraphthey are internal exiles" implies .

　　A. their internal feelings are different from the rest of nation

　　B. they are discriminated by the rest of the nation

　　C. they are excessively lonely than people in other countries

　　D. they can't enjoy what the rest of the nation do concerning what the society provides

　　3. The so-called American poor can only be defined by .

　　A. technology

　　B. American social background

　　C. the living standard in the U. S.

　　D. the living standard of Hong Kong

　　4. More women are working in America, which means .

　　A. improvement of all aspects of people's lives

　　B. fewer people are poor in the U. S. today

　　C. the nation's economy grows rapidly

　　D. the rising of family incomes

　　5. Which of the following sentences best describes the last paragraph?

　　A. Women are playing a less important role in educating children.

　　B. It's really unnecessary for women to work.

　　C. Improvement in income at the cost of the happiness of children doesn't mean rich.

　　D. Problems of the young will be solved if women do not work.

　　参考答案

　　1. 【精析】C。事实细节题。C选项所表达的意思与第一段最后一句中的u ... suffer levels of life well below those that are possible”一致，故选C。A、B虽然正确，但不是就技术而言的，所以排除;D为干扰项,原文第 四句中出现了“we have higher aspiration”，但这里的we是一个宽泛的概念，不是只针对富人或穷人而言的，跟题 干所问的不相干。

　　2. 【精析】D。词义理解题。将线索定位在第二段最后一句中的“they are internal exiles”就可以得出D 项正确。A、B是根据internal exiles的字面意思得出的错误理解;C是对exile的错误理解。

　　3. 【精析】C。事实细节题。从文章第一段最后一句及第二段可知,美国所谓的穷人是以美国本身的生 活水平来划分的。第二段第一句“对于贫穷的社会定义是和这种科技进步联系在一起的”，这里讲的是定义 “贫穷，，时需要考虑到科技进步的因素，因此科技只是影响，，贫穷”的一个因素而不是决定因素，所以排除A;B 项从字面上看讲得通，但文中未提到社会背景方面的内容,而且生活标准仅是社会背景的一个方面;D项“香港 的生活标准”显然不对。

　　4. 【精析】D。事实细节题。根据文章第三段第一句:妇女参加工作的结果是家庭收入增加可知答案应 选D。A项是说人民生活各个方面的提高，与原文内容不符;选项B中的poor没有具体交代是哪一方面，在一 个国家的不同时期，是否“贫穷”的标准是不同的，更多妇女参加工作，家庭收入增加，木能直接得出贫穷人口 更少的结论;C项原文未提及。

　　5. 【精析】C。主旨大意题。第三段中说妇女参加工作使得家庭收入增加,但却以伤害成千上万儿童的 幸福为代价。最后一句是对该段的总结，也为该段的主旨,与选项C相符。A项这一说法本身正确，但不全面; B“妇女有没有必要出去工作”和D“如果妇女不工作就可以解决孩子的问题”原文未提及。

　　全文翻译

　　与过去相比,有两个主要的变化。第一,一个人能够做到什么、应该拥有的生活标准有了新的定义。在最 近，因为技术的发展拓宽了人的潜力使得这一切变得格外真实,它可能使人们更长寿、更健康、更好地生活。因 此,由于技术上的可行性，我们拥有了更高层次的愿望。，那些实际生活水平低于他们可能达到的生活水平的人 们是贫穷的，即使他们生活得比中世纪的骑士或亚洲农民要好。

　　与技术进步相关的是社会对于贫穷的定义。在香港或在十六世纪富裕的美国人在现在的美国属于穷人。 相对国家其余的人所享有的财富以及假如社会愿意时所能提供的财富而言，他们是贫穷的。他们生活在美国 的边缘。他们观看富裕的美国人的电影和阅读他们的杂志，这些只能告诉他们，他们都是内地的流放者。

　　最后，收入统计数据显示，与20年前相比低收入者越来越少的其中一个原因是现在越来越多的妻子也在 工作，促使了家庭收入的上涨。在1940年,15%的妻子在工作,1957年这一数字为30%。这意味着人们有更多 的钱,据推测贫困可能减少，但是家庭生活贫困的数目却在大量增加，儿童更加缺乏关心、爱护和监管。这一事 实可能在美国年轻人的问题中起了重要的作用。这可能意味着，我们在收入数字上得到了提高,但却以伤害成 千上万的孩子为代价。如果一个人的钱是通过透支未来而获得的，谁能说他或她不再是贫穷的呢?