2015年成人高考专升本《英语》深度预测卷(5)

四、阅读理解
36、根据下面内容，回答36-55题：
We show an amazing tolerance for a form of pollution that is a growing problem: noise. Airplane traffic is increasing by five percent a year. Urban noise is doubling every ten years. By air, land and sea, we are facing an onslaught of noise that is threatening our ability to live in this world.
We have granted ourselves the right to make noise. But what about our responsibilities? Have we developed a sense of acoustic responsibility?
The evidence suggests that we have not. Many people seem to believe they have an unlimited right to make noise with cars and motorbikes, and with loud music at home and in the street. In some countries measures have been taken to force people to make less noise. In Britain, for example, a law has been passed preventing people from disturbing their neighbors with music at night.
It is widely accepted that we should deal with our rubbish in a responsible way. Noise is in reality a particularly insidious (潜在的) form ofrubbish. It destroys community life, pursues us into our homes, keeps us from sleeping and is the cause of many stress-related illnesses, as well as hearing loss.
Our acoustic environment belongs to all of us. Everyone has the right to use it, but no one has the right to abuse it. Let's start using it responsibly.

The level of noise produced in cities and towns________.
A．is four times higher every ten years
B．is four times lower every two years
C．is twice as high now than ten years ago
D．is twice as high now than two years ago


37、 The right to make noise________.
A．is often questioned
B．is particularly insidious
C．should be completely forbidden
D．should be accompanied by a sense of responsibility


38、 Many people________.
A．think that they have the right to use noisy motorcycles or cars
B．think that cars and motorcycles are disturbing
C．feel responsible for their noise
D．feel guilty for making loud noise


39、 The author points out that________.
A．noise cannot be prevented at all
B．people do not feel responsible for their rubbish
C．noise and garbage are problems that disturb us at home
D．we should accept our responsibility for noise as we do for rubbish

40、根据下面内容，回答40-59题：
The crowd stirred and whispered in awe as, on the stage, the horse slowly tapped out the beat．Everyone became tense and quiet as the number of taps neared the correct answer to the horse trainer's question．After the final tap, the horse paused, seemed to look around and stopped．The crowd went wild !
The horse's name was Clever Hans, the Educated Horse, and was featured in a vaudeville(杂耍)act in the early 1900s, in Europe．When asked a complicated mathematical question by his owner,Clever Hans would tap out the correct answer with his hooves．For example, if the answer was sixty-eight, Hans would tap out six with his left hoof and eight with his right hoof．Even more remarkable,the owner would leave the room after asking the question, so there could be no secret signal between owner and horse．A mere animal seemed to be accomplishing a highly technical skill of man's!
It wasn't until years later that the secret of the trick was revealed．The owner had trained Clever Hans to respond to slight signals．The horse became so sensitive that he learned when to stop from the crowd's reaction．Members of the audience would start involuntarily, or give some unconscious signal,when Hans reached the right answer．Modern scientists now warn against the Clever Hans syndrome(综合征 ), whereby researchers unconsciously give clues to their animal subjects about the actions they like to see performed!

This passage is mainly about________．
A．animal intelligence
B．mathematical skills
C．Clever Hans
D．unconscious behavior


41、 The Clever Hans syndrome is a danger to be avoided by________．
A．audience
B．researchers
C．veterinarians
D．mathematicians


42、 The Clever Hans's real talent was________．
A．his sensitivity to crowd reaction
B．adding large sums
C．standing quietly on stage
D．obeying his owner


43、 The first paragraph of this passage is________．
A．a first person account
B．a dramatic account
C．an understatement
D．a scientific finding

44、根据下面内容，回答44-63题：
Many of the problems we face today are not so new as we think they are. And some of our modern solutions are not so new, either. The problem of energy shortages and the solution of using solar energy go back at least to early Greek cultures. The climate in the coastal areas of Greece 2,500 years ago was characterized by cool winters, much as it is today. At that time, the Greeks heated their homes with small, charcoal-burning heaters. In other words, wood (which is used to make charcoal) was their primary source of energy.However, by the fifth century BC fuel shortages had become common because, in many parts of Greece, the firewood in the forests had been depleted. Once the supply of firewood from the local forests ran out, people began to use the wood from olive groves as fuel. But this solution had its own problem. It reduced the olive crop, a valuable resource to the Greeks. By the fourth century BC, the city of Athens banned the use of olive wood for fuel. Wood had to be imported from farther and farther away, making it more difficult to obtain and more expensive to use. About this time the Greeks began to build their houses facing south, so that the low sun in winter could penetrate and help heat the interiors. Excavations of ancient Greek cities suggest that large areas were planned so that individual homes could take maximum advantage of passive solar energy.

The word "depleted" means________.
A．damaged
B．stolen
C．used up
D．discovered


45、 According to the passage,________.
A．using wood from the olive groves in ancient Greece was a sensible solution to the fuel problem
B．using passive solar energy was more expensive than using wood in ancient Greece
C．the ancient Greeks planted new ~orests to replace the ones they cut down for firewood
D．the concept of using passive solar energy has been around since at least the fourth century BC

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