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1、成都理工大学外国语学院 大学英语精品课程:三级阅读补充材料(CET-3 Reading Comprehension Supplementary Materials)Directions:There are 30 reading passages in this part.Each passage is followed by somequestions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four suggested answers marked A,B,C and D.Choose the best answer to ea

2、ch question.Passage 1Television has opened windows in everybodys life.Young men will never again go to war as theydid in 1914.Millions of people now have seen the effects of a battle.And the result has been ageneral dislike of war,and perhaps more interest in helping those who suffer from all the te

3、rriblethings that have been shown on the screen.Television has also changed politics.The most distant areas can now follow state affairs,see andhear the politicians before an election.Better informed,people are more likely to vote,and so tomake their opinion count.Unfortunately,televisions influence

4、 has been extremely harmful to the young.Children do nothave enough experience to realize that TV shows present an unreal world;that TVadvertisements lie to sell products that are sometimes bad or useless.They believe that theviolence they see is normal and acceptable.All educators agree that the/te

5、levision generationsare more violent than their parents and grandparents.Also,the young are less patient.Used to TV shows,where everything is quick and interesting,they do not have the patience to read an article without pictures;to read a book that requiresthinking;to listen to a teacher who doesnt

6、 do funny things like the people on childrensprograms.And they expect all problems to be solved happily in ten,fifteen,or thirty minutes.Thats the time it takes on the screen.1.In the past,many young p e o p l e.A.knew the effects of warB.went in for politicsC.liked to save the wounded in warsD.were

7、 willing to be soldiers2.Now with TV people can.A.discuss politics at an information centerB.show more interest in politicsC.make their own decisions on political affairsD.express their opinions freely3.The author thinks that TV a d v e rtis e m e n ts.A.are not reliable on the wholeB.are useless to

8、 peopleC.are a good guide to adultsD.are very harmful to the young4.Which is NOT true according to the passage?A.People have become used to crimes now.B.With a TV set some problems can be solved quickly.C.People now like to read books with pictures.D.The adults are less violent than the young.5.From

9、 the passage,we can conclude t hat.A.children should keep away from TVB.TV programs should be improvedC.childrens books should have picturesD.TV has a deep influence on the youngPassage 2Nonverbal（非语言的）communication has to do with gestures,movements and closeness of twopeople when they are talking.T

10、he scientists say that those gestures,movements and so on havemeaning which words do not carry.For example,the body distance between two speakers can be important.North Americans oftencomplain that South Americans are unfriendly because they tend to stand close to the NorthAmerican when speaking,whi

11、le the South American often considers the North American to becold or distant because he keeps a greater distance between himself and the person he isspeaking to.The eye contact“provides another example of what we are calling nonverbalcommunication.Scientists have observed that there is more eye con

12、tact between people wholike each other than there is between people who dont like each other.The length of time thatthe person whom you are speaking to looks at your eyes indicates the amount of interest he hasin the things you are talking about.On the other hand,too long a gaze can make people unco

13、mfortable.The eyes apparently play agreat part in nonverbal communication.Genuine warmth or interest,shyness or confidence canoften be seen in the eyes.We do not always consider a smile to be a sign of friendliness.Someone who is always smiling,and with little apparent reasons,often makes us uneasy.

14、6.According to the passage,nonverbal c o m m u n ic a tio n.A.is a method often used by people who cannot speakB.can tell something that words cannotC.can be used to talk with people who cannot bearD.is less used than words7.The South A m e r ic a n.A.tends to keep a distance between himself and the

15、 person he is speaking toB.usually stands close to the person he is talking toC.is often unfriendly when spoken toD.is often cold and distant when speaking8.Which of the following is NOT true?A.Less eye contact suggests distance in relation.B.The longer one looks at you,the more interest he has in y

16、ou.C.There is more eye contact between people who like each other.D.Shorter eye contact shows more interest in what one is talking about.9.Too long a g a z e.A.may upset people being looked atB.shows ones great confidenceC.indicates ones interest in the talkD.tells you how friendly one is10.Constant

17、 smiling without apparent r e a s o n.A.is a sign of ones friendlinessB.is a sign of ones unfriendlinessC.makes people feel happyD.makes people feel uncomfortablePassage 3In the United States elementary education begins at the age of six.At this stage nearly all theteachers are women,mostly married.

18、The atmosphere is usually very friendly,and the teachershave now accepted the idea that the important thing is to make the children happy andinterested.The old authoritarian（要绝对服从的）methods of education were discredited（不被认可）rather a long time ago-so much so that many people now think that they have

19、gone toofar in the direction of trying to make children happy and interested rather than giving them actualinstruction.The social education of young children tries to make them accept the idea that human beings in asociety need to work together for their common good.So the emphasis is on co-operatio

20、n ratherthan competition throughout most of this process.This may seem curious,in view of the fact thatAmerican society is highly competitive;however,the need for making people sociable in thissense has come to be regarded as one of the functions of education.Most Americans do grow upwith competitiv

21、e ideas,and obviously quite a few as criminals,but it is not fair to say that theeducational system fails.It probably does succeed in making most people sociable and ready tohelp one another both in material ways and through kindness and friendliness.11.According to the passage,the U.S.elementary ed

22、ucation is supposed to make c h i l d r e n.A.sensible and sensitiveB.competitive and interestedC.curious and friendlyD.happy and co-operative12.Some Americans complain about elementary schools because they t h i n k.A.children are reluctant to help each otherB.schools lay too much emphasis on co-op

23、erationC.children should grow up with competitive ideasD.schools give little actual instruction to children13.The authors attitude towards American education can be best described as.A.favorable B.negativeC.tolerant D.unfriendly14.The American educational system e m p h a s iz e s.A.material wealth

24、B.competition C.co-operation D.personal benefit15.The word“sociable”(Line 7,Paragraph?)most probably me a n s.A.fond of talking freelyB.friendly with other peopleC.concerned about social welfareD.happy at schoolPassage 4In the United States,30 percent of the adult population has a weight problem”.To

25、 manypeople,the cause is obvious:they eat too much.But scientific evidence does little to support thisidea.Going back to the America of the 1910s,we find that people were thinner than today,yetthey ate more food.In those days people worked harder physically,walked more,used machinesmuch less and did

26、nt watch television.Several modern studies,moreover,have shown that fatterpeople do not eat more on the average than thinner people.In fact,some investigations,such asthe 1979 study of 3,545 London office workers,report that,on balance,fat people eat less thanslimmer people.Studies show that slim pe

27、ople are more active than fat people.A study by a research groupat Stanford University School of Medicine found the following interesting facts:The more the men ran,the more body fat they lost.The more they ran,the greater amount of food they ate.Thus,those who ran the most ate the most,yet lost the

28、 greatest amount of body fat.16.The physical problem that many adult Americans have is that.A.they are too slim B.they work too hardC.they are too fat D.they lose too much body fat17.According to the article,given 500 adult A m e r ic a n s,p e o p le will have a u weightproblem.”A.30 B.50 C.100 D.1

29、5018.Is there any scientific evidence to support that eating too much is the cause of a weightproblem?A.Yes,there is plenty of evidence.B.Of course,there is some evidence to show this is true.C.There is hardly any scientific evidence to support this.D.We dont know because the information is not give

30、n.19.In comparison with the adult American population today,the Americans of the1 91 0 s.A.ate more food and had more physical activitiesB.ate less food but had more activitiesC.ate less food and had less physical exerciseD.had more weight problems20.Modern scientific researches have reported to us

31、that.A.fat people eat less food and are less activeB.fat people eat more food than slim people and are more activeC.fat people eat more food than slim people but are less activeD.thin people run less,but have greater increase in food intakePassage 5By adopting a few simple techniques,parents who rea

32、d to their children can greatly increasetheir childrens language development.It is surprising but true.How parents talk to their childrenmakes a big difference in the childrens language development.If a parent encourages the childto actively respond to what the parent is reading,the childs language

33、skills increase.A study was done with 30 three-year-old children and their parents.Half of the childrenparticipated in the experimental study;the other half acted as the control group.In theexperimental group,the parents were given a two-hour training session in which they weretaught to ask open-end

34、ed questions rather than yes-or-no questions.For example,the parentshould ask,“What is the doggie doing?”rather than Is the doggie running away?The parents inthe experimental group were also instructed in how to help children find answers,how to suggestalternative possibilities and how to praise cor

35、rect answers.At the beginning of the study,the children did not differ in measures of language development,but at the end of one month,the children in the experimental group showed 5.5 months aheadof the control group on a test of verbal expression and vocabulary.Nine months later,thechildren in the

36、 experimental group still showed an advance of 6 months over the children in thecontrol group.21.Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?A.Children who talk a lot are more intelligent.B.Parents who listen to their children can teach them more.C.Active children should read more and be

37、 given more attention.D.Verbal ability can easily be developed with proper methods.22.What does it in line 2 can most probably be replaced by?A.Parents increasing childrens language developmentB.Reading techniques being simpleC.Parents reading to childrenD.Childrens intelligence development23.Accord

38、ing to the author,which of the following questions is the best type to ask childrenabout?A.Do you see the elephant?B.Is the elephant in the cage?C.What animals do you like?D.Shall we go to the zoo?24.The difference between the control group and the experimental group was.A.the training that parents

39、receivedB.the age of the childrenC.the books that were readD.the number of the children25.The best conclusion we can draw from the passage is that.A.parents should be trained to read to their childrenB.the more children read,the more intelligent they will becomeC.childrens language skills increase w

40、hen they are required to respond activelyD.children who read actively seem six months olderPassage 6The agriculture revolution in the nineteenth century involved two things:the invention oflabor-saving machinery and the development of scientific agriculture.Labor-saving machinerynaturally appeared f

41、irst where labor was scarce./zln Europe”,said Thomas Jefferson,z/the objectis to make the most of their land,labor being sufficient;here it is to make the most of our labor,land being abundant/It was in America,therefore,that the great advances in nineteenth centuryagricultural machinery first came.

42、At the opening of the century,with the exception of a crude(粗糙的)plow,farmers could have carried practically all of the existing agricultural tools on theirbacks.By 1860,most of the machinery in use today had been designed in an early form.Themost important of the early inventions was the iron plow.A

43、s early as 1890 Charles Newbolt ofNew Jersey had been working on the idea of a cast-iron plow and spent his entire fortune inintroducing his invention.The farmers,However,would home none of it,claiming that the ironpoisoned the soil and made the weeds grow.Nevertheless,many people devoted their atte

44、ntionto the plow,until in 1869James Oliver of South Bend,Indiana,turned out the first chilled steelplow.26.The word here(Para,l,Line 5)refers to.A.Europe B.America C.New Jersey D.Indiana27.Which of the following statement is NOT true?A.The need for labor helped the invention of machinery in AmericaB

45、.The farmer rejected Charles Newbolts plow for fear of ruin of their fields.C.Both Europe and America had great need for farm machinery.D.It was in Indiana that the first chilled-steel plow was produced.28.The passage is mainly a b o u t.A.the agriculture revolutionB.the invention of labor-saving ma

46、chineryC.the development of scientific agricultureD.the farming machinery in America29.At the opening of the nineteenth century,farmers in A m e r ic a.A.preferred light toolsB.were extremely self-reliant（自给的）C.had many toolsD.had very few tools30.It is implied but not stated in the passage t ha t.A

47、.there was a shortage of workers on American farmsB.the most important of the early invention was the iron plowC.after 1869,many people devoted their attention to the plowD.Charles Newbolt had made a fortune by his cast-iron plowPassage 7Human needs seem endless.When a hungry man gets a meal,he begi

48、ns to think about anovercoat,when a manager gets a new sports car,a big house and pleasure boats dance into view.The many needs of mankind might be regarded as making up several levels.When there ismoney enough to satisfy one level of needs,another level appears.The first and most basic level of nee

49、ds involves food.Once this level is satisfied,the second levelof needs,clothing and some sort of shelter;appears.By the end of World War llz these needswere satisfied for a great majority of Americans.Then a third level appeared.It included suchitems as automobiles and new houses.By 1957 or 1958 thi

50、s third level of needs was fairly well satisfied.Then,in the late 1950s,afourth level of needs appeared:the“life-enriching“level.While the other levels involve physicalsatisfaction,that is,the feeding,comfort,safety,and transportation,this level stresses mentalneeds for recognition,achievement,and h