1、1阅读理解训练题（六十七）AThe Fourth “21th Century Cup” National English Speaking Competition is to be held in Shanghai.Organizers: China Daily and Shanghai Broadcasting Network.Co-ordinater: China University English Speaking Association （CUESA）.Co-sponsors （联办单位）: English Speaking Union （ESU）, Lotus Software （
2、China）Co. Ltd. , Times Publishing Group of Singapore, Hilton Shanghai, Pearson Education, Foreign Language Teaching effort and ability were thought to lead to their success.Attractive female executives were considered to have less honesty than unattractive ones; their success was connected not with
3、ability but with factors such as luck.All unattractive women executives were thought to have more honesty and to be more capable than the attractive female executives. Interestingly, though, the rise of the unattractive overnight successes was connected more to personal relationships and less to abi
4、lity than that of the attractive overnight successes.Why are attractive women not thought to be able? An attractive woman is considered to be more feminine has an advantage in traditionally female jobs, but an attractive woman in a traditionally manly position appears to lack the “manly”qualifies re
5、quired.This is true even in politics, “When the only clue is how he or she looks, people treat men and women differently, ” says Anne Bowman, who recently published a study on the effects of attractiveness on political candidates（候选人）. She asked 125 undergraduate students to rank two groups of photo
6、graphs, one of men and one of women, in order of attractiveness. The students were told the photographs were of candidates for political offices. They were asked to rank them again, in the order they would vote for them.The results showed that attractive males completely defeated unattractive men, b
7、ut the women who had ranked most attractive unchangeably received the fewest votes.60The word “liability” most probably means _.A. disadvantage B. advantage C. misfortune D. trouble61Bowmans experiment shows that when it comes to politics, attractiveness_3A. turns out to be a disadvantage to menB. i
8、s more of a disadvantage than an advantage to womenC. has as little effect on men as on womenD. affects men and women alike62It can be inferred from the passage that peoples views on beauty are often_.A. practical B. supportive C. old fashioned D. one - sided63The author writes this passage to _.A.
9、give advice to job - seekers who are attractiveB. discuss the disadvantages of being attractiveC. demand equal rights for womenD. state the importance of appearanceCSome people believe that international sport brings about good will between the nations and that ff countries play games together they
10、will learn to live together. Others say that the opposite is true: that international contests encourage false national pride and lead to misunderstanding and hatred. There is probably some truth in both arguments, but in recent years the Olympic Games have done little to support the view that sport
11、 encourages international brotherhood. Not only was there the terrible incident with the murder of athlets, but the Games were also ruined by those incidents caused mainly by minor national contests.One country received its second - place medal with great anger after the hockey final. There had been
12、 noisy scenes at the end of the hockey match, the losers objecting to the final decisions. They were certain that one of their goals should not have been dismissed and that the opposite sides victory was unfair. Their manager was angry when he said: “This wasnt hockey. Hockey and the International H
13、ockey Society are finished. ”The president of the society said later that such words could result in the pause of the team for at least three years.The American basketball team announced that they would not give away first place to Russia, after a fighting end to their contest. The game had ended in
14、 quarrel. It was thought at first that the United States had won, by a single point, but it was announced that there were three seconds still to play, A Russian player then threw the ball from one end of the court to the other, and another player beat it into the basket. It was the first time the US
15、A had ever lost an Olympic basketball match. The judges discussed the matter for four and a half hours before announcing that the result would stand. The American players then decided not to receive the silver medals.Incidents of this kind will continue as long as sport is played for honors or money
16、 rather than for the love of the game. The suggestion that sportsmen should compete as individuals , or in non national teams, might be too much to hope for. But in the present organization of the Olympics there is far too much that encourages dangerous nationalism.64According to the author, recent
17、Olympic Games have _.A. brought about goodwill between the nations4B. made only false national prideC. hardly showed any international friendshipD. led to more and more misunderstanding and hatred65What did the manager mean by saying, “ Hockey and the International Hockey Society are finished”? _.A.
18、 His team would no longer take part in international gamesB. Hockey and the society are both ruined by the unfair decisionsC. There should be no more hockey matches organized by the societyD. The society should be dismissed66The author gives the two examples in paragraphs 2 and 3 to show_.A. how fal
19、se national pride leads to undesirable incidents in international gamesB. that sport men have been more troublesome than they used to beC. that competitiveness in the games discourages international friendshipD. that unfair decisions are common in Olympic Games.67What conclusion can be drawn from th
20、e passage? _.A. The organization of the Olympic Games must be improvedB. Athletes should compete as individuals in the Olympic GamesC. Sport should be played competitively rather than for the love of the gameD. International contests lead to misunderstanding between nations.DARIEL, West Bank: A suic
21、ide bomber blew up near Israeli soldiers outside a Jewish settlement in the West Bank yesterday, killing at least three people and wounding about 30 others, the settlements mayor and rescue workers said.“A suicide bomber came and there were many soldiersand he blew himself up.” said Ron Nachman, may
22、or of the settlement of Ariel. “Soldiers were among the casualties. ”People on the spot said the bomber blew up after soldiers eating at a food stand in a petrol station at the entrance of the settlement found him. According to some people on the spot accounts reported by Israeli media, a soldier sh
23、ot and wounded the bomber, who then exploded.The Magen David Adorn ambulance service said at least three people were killed and at least 30 wounded in the blast, which set the bomber burning at Ariel, about 25 kilometers east of Tel Avi v.A fire brigade official said: “The bomber was still burning w
24、hen we got there and we put out the fire immediatelly.”Meanwhile, a blast shook homes in Lebanons largest Palestinian refugee camp early yesterday, damaging buildings but causing no injuries, Palestinian sources said. They said the bomb was planted outside the home of a member of Palestimian Preside
25、nt Yasser Arafats Fatah faction in Ain el-Hilwch camp, and exploded while the family was sleeping.68Some of people including _were killed or wounded in the blast accident.5A. soldiers B. mayorC. rescue workers D. a fire brigade official69The suicide bomber blew himself up because_.A. there was somet
26、hing wrong with his brainsB. a soldier shot and wounded himC. he couldnt see the settlements mayorD. he wanted to make himself known70What does the underlined word “casuahies” probably mean in the second paragraph?_A. sufferers B. killers C. passersby D. losers71It can be concluded that the passage
27、is most probably part of a （n）_.A. announcement B. advertisementC. news report D. science researchEIn 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business. But he was not a good artist. So he invented a very simple cameras. He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his yard
28、. That was the first photograph.The next important date in the history! of photography was 1837. That year, Daguerre, another French, took a picture of his studio. He used a new kind of camera and a different process. In his pictures, you could see everything very clearly, even the smallest details.
29、 This kind of photograph was called a daguerreotype.Soon, other people began to use Daguerres process. Travelers brought back daguerreotypes from all around the world. People photographed famous buildings, cities and mountains.In about 1840, the process was improved. Then photographers could take pi
30、ctures of people and moving things. The process was not simple. The photographers had to cary lots of films and processing equipment. But this did not stop the photographers, especially in the United States. After 1840s daguerreotype artists were popular in most cities.Mathew Brady was a well - know
31、n American photographer. He took many pictures of famous people. The pictures were unusual because they were very life - like and full of personality （个性）.Brady was also the first preson to take pictures of war. His 1862 Civil War pictures showed dead soldiers and ruined cities. They made the war se
32、em more real and more terrible.In the 1880s, new inventions began to change photography Photographers could buy films readymade in rolls（卷） . So they did not have to make the film themselves. Also, they did not have to process the film immediately. They could bring it back to their studios and devel
33、op it later meaning that they did not have to carry lots of equipment. And finally, the invention of the small handheld camera made photography less expensive.With the small camera, anyone could be a photographer. People began to use cameras just 6for fun. They took pictures of their families, frien
34、ds and favorite places. They called these pictures“ snapshot”.Photographs became very popular in newspapers in the 1890s. Soon magazines and books also used documentary photographs. These pictures showed true events and people. They were much more real than drawing.Photography also turned into a for
35、m of art by the end of the 10th century. Some photographs were not just copies of the real world. They showed ideas and feelings, like other art forms.72The passage is mainly about _.A. the inventoin of camerasB. a kind of new art - photographyC. the development of photographyD. the important dates
36、in the history of photography73The first pictures of a war were taken by_.A. a French photographer in the 1840sB. an American photographer in the 1860sC. a German reporter in the 1880sD. a French artist in the 1890s74Photography can also be an art form because artists can _.A. take anything they lik
37、eB. keep a record of real lifeC. take photos of the famousD. show ideas and feeling in pictures75According to the passage, which of the followings shows the correct order? _.aPhotographs became popular in newspapers.bPhotographers carried processing equipment while taking pictures.cThe invention of
38、small handheld cameras made photography easier.dDaguerre invented a kind of photograph called daguerreotype.eBrady took pictures of famous people.A. e, a, d, b, c B. d, b, e, c, aC. b, e, c, a, d D. d, c, e, a, b7阅读理解训练题（六十七）答案56A 提示：本文类似广告，对奖励部分说得很详细，因此答案为 A，鼓励人们参赛。57D 提示：纵观全文可知，没提到参赛人数。58C 提示：本文倒数
39、第一段关于第五一第十名的奖励办法，相邻的两句，说得很清楚。59B 提示：“off-hand”意为“没准备的” ，根据组织形式那一段提供的信息，前面提到了它的反义词“prepared speech”60A 提示：ability“能力”根据上下文应为其反义“没能力”也就是“劣势” 。61B 提示：开始作者就提到了 “女人漂亮成劣势”最后一段的实验更加证明了这点。62A 提示：practical“实际的 ”本文第六段中最后两句说的就是 “传统男人职位中漂亮女人所表现出的对于男人品质的缺乏” 。63D 提示：纵观全文可知本文是在陈述外表的重要性，而非在讨论漂亮的优劣64C 提示：作者例举了几个例子，第
40、二段中曲棍球比赛、第三段中篮球赛来支持自己的观点“奥运会不能表示国际间的友谊”而会导致不希望发生的事情。65B 提示：本句话以及其后的一句都表明 “曲棍球以及国际曲棍球协会将都受损”66C 提示：参考 64。67A 提示：本文第一段和最后一段最后一句都涉及到了这个问题。68A 提示：根据第二段中 “soldiers were among the casualties”判断本答案要应为A，soldiers。69B 提示：士兵开枪伤到了自己，而当时还有一些士兵正在油站附近吃饭。70A 提示：据上下文判断伤者中有士兵。71C 提示：从文体上以及报导的情况及接受采访者判断本文应为新闻报导。72C 提示：本文是关于照像技术的发展史，故答案为 C。73B 提示：本文第六段为答案。74D 提示：最后一段即为答案。75B
