2023专八英语考试阅读辅导试题及答案解析.docx

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1、2023专八英语考试阅读辅导试题及答案解析2023专八英语考试阅读辅导试题及答案解析But the problems of the next generation or two can more readily be imagined. Scientists have already pointed out that unless something is done either to restrict the world s rapid growth in population or to discover and develop new sources of food (or both),

2、 millions of people will be dying of starvation or at the best suffering from underfeeding before this century is out. But nobody has yet worked out any plan for housing these growing populations. Admittedly the worst situations will occur in the hottest parts of the world, where housing can be ligh

3、t structure or in backward areas where standards are traditionally low. But even the minimum shelter requires materials of some kind and in the teeming, bulging towns the low- standard “housing“ of flattened petrol cans and dirty canvas is far more wasteful of ground space than can be tolerated.Sinc

4、e the war, Hong Kong has suffered the kind of crisis which is likely to arise in many other places during the next generation. Literally millions of refugees arrived to swell the already growing population and emergency steps had to be taken rapidly to prevent squalor（肮脏）and disease and the spread c

5、rime. The city is tackling the situation energetically and enormous blocks of tenements （贫 民住 宅）are rising at an astonishing aped. But Hong Kong is only one small part of what will certainly bee a vast problem and not merely a housing problem, because when population grows at this rate there are acp

6、anying problems of education, transport, hospital services, drainage, water supply and so on. Not every area may give the same resources as Hong Kong to draw upon and the search for quicker and cheaper methods of construction must never cease.1. What is the author s opinion of housing problems in th

7、e first paragraph?A. They may be pletely solved at sometime in thefuture.B. They are unimportant and easily dealt with.C. They will not be solved until a new building material has been discovered.D. They have been dealt with in specific detail in books describing the future.2. The writer is sure tha

8、t in the distant futureA. bricks and mortar will be replaced by some other building material.B. a new building material will have been invented.C. bricks and mortar will not be used by people who want their house to be fashionable.D. a new way of using bricks and mortar will have been discovered.A.

9、is difficult to foresee.B. will be how to feed the ever growing population.C. will be how to provide enough houses in the hottest parts of the world.D. is the question of finding enough ground space.4. When the writer says that the worst situationswill occur in the hottest parts of the world or in b

10、ackward areas, he is referring to the fact that in these parts.A. standards of building are low.B. only minimum shelter will be possible.C. there is not enough ground space.D. the population growth will be the greatest.5. Which of the following sentences best summarizes Paragraph 3?A. Hong Kong has

11、faced a serious crisis caused by millions of refugees.B. Hong Kong has successfully dealt with the emergency caused by millions of refugees.C. Hong Kong s crisis was not only a matter of housing but included a number of other problems of population growth.D. Many parts of the world may have to face the kind of problems encountered by Hong Kong and may find it much harder to deal with them.