大学英语B阅读理解练习题及答案

Passage 1

Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go in to their offices or schools every day by train, car or bus, even though this means they have to get up early in the morning and reach home late in the evening.

One advantage of living outside London is that houses are cheaper. Even a small flat in London without a garden costs quite a lot to rent. With the same money, one can get a little house in the country with a garden of one’s own.

Then, in the country one can really get away from the noise and hurry of busy working lives. Even though one has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses, one can sleep better at night and during weekends and on summer evenings, one can enjoy the fresh, clean air of the countr y. If one likes garden, one can spend one’s free time digging, planting, watering and doing the hundred and one other jobs which are needed in a garden. Then, when the flowers and vegetables come up, one has got the reward together with those who have shared the secret of Nature.

Some people, however, take no interest in country things: for them, happiness lies in the town, with its cinemas and theatres, beautiful shops and busy streets, dance-halls and restaurants. Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live it outside London. An occasional walk in one of the parks and a fortnight’s (two weeks) visit to the sea every summer is all the country they want: the rest they are quite prepared to leave to those who are glad to get away from London every night.

1. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. People who love Nature prefer to live outside the city.

B. All the people who work in London prefer to live in the country.

C. Some people enjoying city life prefer to work and live inside London.

D. Many nature lovers, though working in London, prefer to live outside.

2. With the same money needed for ________, one can buy a little house with a garden in the country.

A. getting a small flat with a garden

B. having a small flat with a garden

C. renting a small flat without a garden

D. buying a small flat without a garden

3. When the garden is in blossom, the one ________ has been rewarded.

A. living in the country

B. having spent time working in the garden.

C. having a garden of his own.

D. having been digging, planting and watering

4. People who think happiness lies in the city life would feel that ________ if they had to live outside London.

A. their life was meaningless

B. their life was invaluable

C. they didn’t deserve a happy life

D. they were not worthy of their happy life

5. The underlined phrase “get away from” in the 3rd paragraph refers to ________.

A. deal with

B. do away with

C. escape from

D. prevent from

很多在伦敦工作的人喜欢住在伦敦郊外，然后每天乘火车、汽车和公交车去上班或上学。这也就意味着他们不得不早出晚归。

住在伦敦郊外的一个好处就是房子便宜。在伦敦即使是没有花园的小公寓也需要一笔不菲的租金，用同样的钱，你可以在郊区买一个带花园的小房子了

然后，他在乡村就可以远离喧嚣和忙碌的工作生活。即使他不得不起得更早，花更多的时间乘火车或公交车，但他晚上可以睡得更好。在周末和夏季的夜晚，他可以享受乡村清新干净的空气。要是他喜欢花园，在花园里干一些想挖土、种植、浇水等许多园艺的活，那么当鲜花和蔬菜生长起来的时候，他就与其他分享大自然秘密的人们一样得到奖赏。

然而有些人对乡村并不感兴趣。对他们来说，幸福就在市区里，那里有电影院、剧院、漂亮的商店、繁忙的街道、舞厅和饭店。如果不得不住在伦敦郊外的话，这些人就觉得生活没意义了。（对于那些热爱都市生活的人来说）他们所需要的乡村生活，就是偶尔去公园散步，每个夏天去海边过上两个星期，其他跟乡村有关的东西，让那些每天晚上都急于离开伦敦的人们（住在郊外的人们）去享受吧。

【答案与解析】本文介绍在伦敦工作的人对是在市里居住还是在乡下居住所持的不同看法和态度。

1. B。推断题。根据文章内容：虽然有很多喜欢乡村生活，但文章最后讲也有些人喜欢城市生活，从而可推知此题答案为B。

2. C。细节题。根据文章第2段第二、三句可推知此题答案为C。

3. B。推断题。根据文章第3段最后两句可知：要是他喜欢花园，在花园里挖土、种植、浇水等等，那么当鲜花和蔬菜生长起来的时候，他就得到了与大自然分享秘密的奖赏，所以选B。

4. A。推断题。根据文章最后一段第2句Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live it outside London可推知此题答案为A。

5. C。推断题。根据其上文：这些人偶尔去公园散散步后去海边度两周假；本句接着说：其余的就留给那些每天晚上喜欢离开伦敦的人，那么，“其余的”显然指“其余的乡村”。从而可推知题答案为C。

Passage 2

By definition, heroes and heroines are men and women distinguished by uncommon courage, achievements, and self-sacrifice made most for the benefits of others-they are people against whom we measure others. They are men and women recognized for shaping our nation’s consciousness and development as well as the lives of those who admire them. Yet, some people say that ours is an age where true heroes and heroines are hard to come by, where the very idea of heroism is something beyond us-an artifact of the past. Some maintain, that because the Cold War is over and because America is at peace, our age is essentially an unheroic one. Furthermore, the overall crime rate is down, poverty has been eased by a strong and growing economy, and advances continue to be made in medical science.

Cultural icons are hard to define, but we know them when we see them. They are people who manage to go beyond celebrity, who are legendary, who somehow manage to become mythic,. But what makes some figures icons and others mere celebrities? That’s hard to answer. In part, their lives have the quality of a story to tell. For instance, the beautiful young Diana Spencer who at 19 married a prince, renounced marriage and the throne, and died at the moment she found true love. Good looks certainly help. So does a special indefinable charm, with the help of the media. But nothing confirms an icon more than a tragic death—such as Martin Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy, and Princess Diana.

1. The passage mainly deals with ________.

A. life and death

B. heroes and heroines

C. heroes and icons

D. icons and celebrities

2. Heroes and heroines are usually ________.

A. courageous

B. good examples to follow

C. self-sacrificing

D. all of the above

3. Which of the following statements is wrong?

A. Poverty in America has been eased with the economic growth

B. Superstars are famous for being famous

C. One’s look can contribute to being famous

D. Heroes and heroines can only emerge in war times

4. Beautiful young Diana Spencer found her genuine love ________.

A. when she was 19

B. when she became a princess

C. just before her death

D. after she gave birth to a prince

5. What is more likely to set an icon’s status?

A. Good looks.

B. Tragic and early death.

C. Personal attraction.

D. The quality of one’s story.

就定义而言，英雄之所以与众不同是因为他们有非凡的勇气、取得了卓著的成就、常常为他人的利益而做出牺牲——他们是我们评价别人的标准。他们是大家公认的对我们国家意识的形成和我们国家的发展，还有对他们的崇拜者的一生起了重大作用的人。可是，有人说，我们的时代是很难出现真正英雄的时代，英雄主义这一概念本身我们就难以理解——它已经成为历史。有些人坚持说，由于冷战的结束和美国对外的和睦，我们的时代本质上不是一个英勇豪壮的时代。更进一步地说，总体犯罪率正在降低，经济的发展与增长已经缓解了贫困，医疗科学也在不断的进步。

给文化偶像下定义就更难了，但是我们看到他们就认识了他们。他们超越了名流，成为传奇式人物，甚至在某种程度上已是神话式的人物。但究竟是哪些因素使有些人成为偶像，

另一些人仅成了名流呢？这就太难说了。部分原因是他们的生平带有传奇故事的色彩。比如说，年轻貌美的戴安娜·史宾塞，19岁时嫁给了王子，放弃了婚姻与王权，却在找到真爱的那一刻死去了。漂亮的长相当然有用，另外，在媒体的炒作下某种难以描述的、特殊的个人魅力也起作用。然而悲剧性地过早离开这个世界，却是造成偶像最重要的因素——例如：小马丁·路德·金、约翰·F·肯尼迪和戴安娜。

Passage 3

Shyness is the cause of much unhappiness for a great many people. Shy people are anxious and self-conscious; that is, they are excessively concerned with their won appearance and actions. Worrisome thoughts are constantly occurring in their minds: what kind of impression am I making？Do they like me? Do I sound stupid? Am I wearing unattractive clothes?

It is obvious that such uncomfortable feelings must negatively affect people. A person’s conception of himself or herself is reflected in the way he or she behaves, and the way a person behaves affects other people’s reactions. In general, the way people think about themselves has a profound effect on all areas of their lives.’

Shy people, having low self-esteem, are likely to be passive and easily influenced by others. They need reassurance that they are doing “the right thing.” Shy people are very sensitive to criticism; they feel it confirms their feelings of inferiority. They also find it difficult to be pleased by compliment with a statement like this one, “You’re just saying that to make me feel good. I know it’s not true.” It is clear that while self-awareness is a healthy quality, overdoing it is harmful.

Can shyness be completely eliminated, or at least reduced? Fortunately, people can overcome shyness with determined and patient efforts in building self-confidence. Since shyness goes hand in hand with a lack of self-esteem, it is important for people to accept their weaknesses as well as their strengths.

Each one of us is a unique, worthwhile individual, interested in our own personal ways. The better we understand ourselves, the easier it becomes to live up to our full potential. Let’s not allow shyness to block our chances for a rich and fulfilling life.

1. What does the author try to prove by citing “what kind of impression am I making?”

A. Shy people benefit from their caring about their appearance.

B. People’s shyness made them care too much about their appearance and actions.

C. It’s natural that shy people don’t believe other’s compliments.

D. Shy people think they are different from others.

2. According to the writer, self-awareness is ________.

A. a good quality

B. the cause of unhappiness

C. harmful to people

D. a weak point of shy people

3. When being praised, shy people feel that it is ________.

A. good

B. unreal

C. very reasonable

D. harmful

4. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. Shyness helps us to develop our potential

B. Shyness enables us to understand ourselves better

C. Shyness can block our chances for a rich life

D. Shyness has nothing to do with lack of self-esteem

5. It can be inferred from the passage that shy people ________.

A. should find more of their weakness

B. should understand themselves in the right way

C. had better ignore their weakness

D. can get rid of their shyness while maintaining low self-esteem

参考译文：

害羞是由于在众人面前感觉不自在而引发的。害羞的人容易焦虑，自我意识强，他们过

分在意自己的外表和行为。他们头脑里常有这样不安的想法：我给别人留下了怎样的印象？别人喜欢我吗？我是否听起来很蠢？我穿的衣服难看吗？

显而易见，这些不适的感觉对人有负面影响。一个人的自我认识体现在他/她的言行举止上，这些行为影响着他人对此作出反映。总体来说，人们对自身的看法深刻影响到他们生活的方方面面。

害羞的人往往自信不足，常常被动，易受他人影响。他们需要有相信自己的心态，认识到自己所做的是正确的。害羞的人对批评意见比较敏感。他们感到自卑意识由此增强。害羞的人难以取悦。他们会说这样的话：“你说那些是让我高兴，其实我知道我没那么好。” 显然，自我意识是一种良好的品质，过份的自我意识就不好了。

害羞能够消除或至少减轻吗？当然。只要人们坚定耐心地培养自信就可克服害羞。既然害羞源自缺乏自信，人们应该在看到自己长处的同时认识自己的短处。

每个人都是独特的，有价值的个体，有自己的行为方式。我们对自己了解越多，我们就越能发挥自己的潜能。不要让害羞妨碍我们享受丰富的人生。

1. 一段第—二句话提到“害羞的人很紧张和敏感，他们对于自己的外表和行为过分关心。”所以选B为正确答案。

2．[答案]A。[解析]细节推断题。根据第三段最后一句，可知自我意识是—种好的品质，所以选A。选项C有干扰性，过度的自我意识是有害的，而不是说自我意识是有害的。3．[答案]B。[解析]细节推断题。根据第三段第五句。

4. [答案]C。[解析]细节推断题。根据文中最后一句“我们不应该让害羞阻碍我们过丰富的有价值的生活。”可知正确答案是C。

5．[答案]B。[解析]细节推断题。第五段第二句话提到，“我们越了解自己就越越容易发挥自己的潜质。”可以推断出我们应该正确了解自己，所以选B。

Passage 4

What makes a person a scientist? Does he have ways or tools of learning that are different from those of others? The answer is “no”. It is not the tools a scientist uses but how he uses these tools that makes him a scientist. You will probably agree that knowing how to use a power is important to a carpenter. You will probably agree, too, that knowing how to investigate, how to discover information, is important to everyone. The scientist, however, goes one step further, he must be sure that he has a reasonable answer to his questions and that his answer can be confirmed by other persons. He also works to fit the answers he gets to many questions into a large set of ideas about how the world works.

The scientist’s knowledge must be exact. There is no room for half right or right just half the time. He must be as nearly right as the conditions permit. What works under one set of conditions at one time must work under the same conditions at other times. If the conditions are different, any changes the scientist observes in a demonstration must be explained by the changes in the conditions. This is one reason that investigations are important in science. Albert Einstein, who developed the theory of relativity, arrived at this theory through mathematics. The accuracy of his mathematics was later tested through investigations. Einstein’s ideas were shown to be correct. A scientist uses many tools for measurements. Then the measurements are used to make mathematical calculations that may test his investigations.

1. What makes a scientist according to the passage?

A. The tools he uses.

B. The way he uses his tools.

C. His ways of learning.

D. The various tools he uses.

2. “The scientist, however, goes one step further…”. The author says this to show ________.

A. the importance of information

B. the importance of thinking

C. the difference between scientists and ordinary people

D. the difference between carpenters and people with other jobs

3. A sound scientific theory should be one that ________.

A. works not only under one set of conditions at one time, but also under the same conditions at other times

B. does not allow any changes even under different conditions

C. can be used for many purposes

D. leave no room for improvement

4. The author quotes the case of Albert Einstein to illustrate ________.

A. the measurements are keys to success in science

B. that accuracy of mathematics

C. that the investigations are important in science

D. that the mathematical calculations may test his investigations

5. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. The theory of relativity.

B. Exactness is the core of science.

C. Scientists are different from ordinary people.

D. Exactness and ways of using tools are the keys to the making of a scientist.

是什么使一个普通人成为科学家？他有与从不同的学习方法和工具吗？答案是否定的。不是因为科学家使用的工具，而是因为他使用工具的方法使他成为科学家。你也许认同怎么

用力对一名木匠来说很重要。你也许也认同怎么研究调查，发现信息对每个人来说都很重要。然而，科学家比这更进一步，他必须确定他对自己的问题得出了一个合理的答案，并且他的答案通过别人也可以得到证实。他同时把自己得出的许多答案归结为一个系统的关于世界如何运作的观点。

科学家的知识必须很确切。不能给半错半对或者只有一半机会对的情况留任何空间。他必须在条件允许的情况下尽可能正确。在一种条件下成功一次的话必须在同样的条件下都能成功。如果条件不同，科学家在证明过程中观察到的任何变化都必须解释他的条件是如何变化的。这是关于调查研究在科学研究中十分重要的其中一个理由。爱因斯坦通过数学方法提出了相对论。他的数学运用的正确性被后人通过调查研究的方法证实该理论是正确的。一个科学家会用很多工具来测量。测量的结果用来进行数学计算，再进行调查研究的测试。

A city man was on holiday in the mountains. He talked with a mountain man and found that the man was stupid. So he suggested they play a game. “We'll ask each other questions, ” he said, “and the person will pay a dollar if he can't answer one question.” The mountain man thought about this for a few minutes, then said that the city man paid a dollar and he paid only 50 cents. The city man agreed.

“What has three legs and can fly?” asked the mountain man. The city man thought a while, then answered “I don't know. Here is your dollar.”

Then he asked the same question: “What has three legs and can fly?”“I don't know, either,” said the mountain man. “Here is your 50 cents.”

1. A city man was on holiday ________.

A. in a far away place

B. on the high hills

C. in a city

D. in a village

2. The city man found the mountain man was ________.

A. not clever

B. on the high hills

C. clever

D. strong

3. The city man said, “We'll ________.”

A. fight each other

B. help each other

C. ask each other questions

D. look at each other

4. The mountain man ________.

A. knew the answer himself

B. didn't know the answer himself

C. told the answer to the city man

D. didn't want to tell the city man the answer

5. At last ________.

A. the city man got one dollar

B. the city man got 50 cents

C. the mountain man got one dollar

D. the mountain man got 50 cents

Look at the instructions on the bottle of the medicine and then choose the right answers.

John is twelve years old. He had a bad cold and coughed day and night. He went to see a doctor. The doctor gave him some cough medicine.

Cough Medicine

Shake (摇动) it well before use.

Take it three times each day before meals.

Dose (药量):

Age: over 14 2 teaspoonfuls(勺)

8—13 1 teaspoonful

4—7 1／2 teaspoonful

Not right for children below the age of three. Put it in a cold place. Use it before December 1st 2002.

1. John should take ________ a day.

A. 2 teaspoonfuls

B. 3 teaspoonfuls

C. 4 teaspoonfuls

D. 1 teaspoonful

2. The medicine should be kept in ________.

A. a fridge

B. hot water

C. any place

D. the sun

3. John should ________ before he takes it.

A. shake the medicine well

B. eat nothing

C. do some exercise

D. drink a cup of tea

4. When people are ________ years old, they cannot take this medicine.

A. eighty

B. thirty

C. two

D. twelve

5. John will ________ the medicine when it is left after Dec.1st, 2002.

A. throw away

B. stop to take

C. take once

D. take six times more

【答案与解析】约翰病了，咳嗽得很厉害。医生给他开了些药。咳嗽药上说明书的内容主要包括了药品的服用方法、药量、贮存条件以及保质期等。

1. B。根据“John is twelve years old.”和“8—13 1 teaspoonful”可知B为正确答案。

2. A。“Put it in a cold place.”是本题答案的依据。

3. A。答案就在“Shake(摇动)it well before use.”中。

4. C。由“Not right for children below the age of three”这句话可知，此药不适用于三岁以下的儿童。

5. A。本说明的最后一句说的是此药品的保质期。答案显然为A。

In England, people often talk about the weather because they can experience four seasons in one day. In the morning the weather is warm just like spring. An hour later black clouds come and then it rain hard. The weather gets a little cold. In the late afternoon the sky will be sunny, the sun will begin to shine, and it will be summer at this time of a day.

In England, people can also have summer. So in winter they can swim sometimes, and in summer sometimes they should take warm clothes.

When you go to England, you will see that some English people usually take an umbrella or a raincoat with them in the sunny morning, but you should not laugh at them.

If you don’t take an umbrella or a raincoat, you will regret later in the day.

1. Why do people in England often talk about the weather?

A. Because they may have four seasons in one day.

B. Because they often have very good weather.

C. Because the weather is warm just like in spring.

D. Because the sky is sunny all day.

2. From the story we know that ________ come and then there is a heavy rain.

A. sunshine and snow

B. black clouds

C. summer and winter

D. spring and autumn

3. “People can also have summer in winter”means “It is sometimes ________ in winter.”

A. warm

B. cool

C. cold

D. rainy

4. In the sunny morning some English people usually take a raincoat or an umbrella with them because ________.

A. their friends ask them to do so.

B. it often rains in England

C. they are going to sell them

D. they are their favorite things

5. The best title for this passage is ________.

A. Bad Season

B. Summer or Winter

C. The Weather in England

D. Strange English People

Long, long ago there was no zero. To write the number sixty-three people wrote 63. To write six hundred and three, people wrote 63. The space between six and three was there to mean." not any "tens. Sometimes people did not remember the space. It was hard to see and read.

Later people used a dot to hold the space. Six hundred and three looked like this 6.3. But the dot was hard to see. So people put a circle around it like this 6⊙3. Then people could see the dot. They remembered the space. At last, only the circle around the dot was used. It was like a zero. This is one story of how the zero came to be used.

Now zero has many important uses. Zero tells how many. Can you tell some other ways of using zero?

1. Long, l ong ago people didn’t know how to ________.

A. write

B. write zero

C. write numbers

D. write sixty-three

2. Long, long ago if they wrote two hundred-eight, people wrote ________.

A. 28

B. 2 8

C. 228

D. 208

3. Later ________ was used to mean space.

A. "not any"

B. letter "0"

C. zero

D. a dot

4. People used circles ________.

A. to remember ways

B. to remember numbers

C. not to forget the space

D. to mean nothing

5. The story tells us ________.

A. how zero came to be used

B. how to write zero

C. what’s the use of zero

D. that zero means a dot, a circle or space

I often dreamed about Pisa when I was a boy. I read about the famous building called the Leaning Tower of Pisa .But when I read the word Pisa, I was thinking of pizza .I thought this tower was a place to buy pizza .It must be the best place to buy pizza in the world, I thought.

Many years later finally saw the Leaning Tower. I knew then that is was Pisa and no pizza .But there was still something special about it for me. The tower got its name because it really does lean to one side. Some people want to try to fix it. They are afraid it may fall over and they don’t like that it leans over the city.

I do not think it’s a good idea to try to fix it. The tower probably will not fall down, it is 600 years old. Why should anything happen to it now? And, if you ask me, I like what it looks like. To me it is a very human kind of leaning .Nothing is perfect, it seems to say.

And who cares? Why do people want things to be perfect? Imperfect things may be more interesting. Let’s take the tower in Pisa. Why is it so famous? There are many other older, more beautiful towers in Italy. But Pisa tower is the most famous. People come from all over the world to see it.

1. This passage is about ________.

A. Italian pizza

B. Italy’s problems

C. how the Leaning Tower of Pisa got its name

D. why the writer likes Pisa

2. The writer used to think Pisa ________.

A. in Spain

B. not very famous

C. not the same as pizza

D. the same as pizza

3. The Leaning Tower of Pisa is ________.

A. modern

B. falling down

C. 600 years old

D. 60 years old-

4. The writer _______.

A. doesn’t like what the tower looks like

B. likes what the tower looks like

C. thinks it’s the most beautiful tower in Italy

D. doesn’t like towers

5. The writer likes the Leaning Tower of Pisa because _______.

A. it’s old

B. it’s perfect

C. it sells pizza

D. it’s imperfect

【答案与解析】这是关于比萨斜塔的一篇杂感。作者由儿时对比萨斜塔的曲解谈起，说到了自己对人们想要重新修正斜塔的看法。最后作者由此阐发感想：没有什么东西是十全十美的。人们不应当事事追求完美。如比萨斜塔一样，正因为它的不完美，才吸引了世界上众多人的目光。

1. C。由作者所叙述的内容，可知该塔之所以被叫做斜塔是因为它是倾斜的。

2. D。这层意思是作者对比萨斜塔的误解，答案在“But when I read the word Pisa, I was thinking of pizza”一句中。

3. C。本题属表层理解题。“The tower probably will not fall down, it is 600 years old.”是答案的出处。

4. B。答案即在“And, if you ask me, I like what it looks like.”中。

5. D。根据“Imperfect things may be more interesting.”及作者所流露出的对比萨斜塔的感情可以看出他认为缺憾也是一种美。

Passage 10

If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they will become weak, and when you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that memory works in the same way.

When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by using it. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong.

If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his own fault. But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents may be blamed, and few of us know that it is just his own fault. Have you ever found that some people can't read or write but usually they have better memories? This is because they cannot read or write and when they have to remember things, they cannot write them down in a small notebook. As a result, they have to remember days, names, songs and stories, so their memory is being exercised the whole time.

So if you want to have a good memory, learn from the people: practice remembering things in a way as other people do.

1. Someone can't have a good memory if ________.

A. he can't read or write

B. his parents haven't a good memory

C. he doesn't make good use of his memory

D. he doesn't use his arms or legs for some time

标准答案：C

2. If you do not use your arms or legs for some time, ________.

A. they will become thin

B. they will become weak

C. they begin to ache all over

D. you can't use them any more

标准答案：B

3. Which of the following statements is true?

A. Your memory needs chance for practice.

B. A good memory is inherited from parents.

C. Your memory works in the different ways as your arms or legs.

D. Don't learn to read and write if you want to have a good memory.

标准答案：A

4. Few people know that if someone has a poor memory it is ________.

A. his own fault

B. his parents' fault

C. his teachers' fault

D. his friends' fault

标准答案：A

5. The writer wants to tell us ________.

A. how to read and write well

B. how to have a good memory

C. how to use our arms or legs better

D. how to learn from the people who can't read or write

标准答案：B

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