1、1阅读理解训练题（七十三）AOn October 12, 1989, some Chinese scientists were working at the computers to look for information they needed. Suddenly they saw a lot of very bright spots crossing the computerss screens. At the same time the computers were working much slower. To find out what was happening they sto
2、pped their work to check some parts of the computers. To their horror, they found out that most of their stored information was got rid of by computer viruses （病毒）! Obviously all these computers had been infected by computer viruses.It is said that the computer viruses were made by a group of young
3、men fond of playing tricks. They all had excellent education. They created the viruses just to show their intelligence （才智）. These kinds of computer viruses are named Jerusalem（耶路撒冷）Viruses. These viruses can stay in computers for a long time. When the time comes they will attack the computers by lo
4、wering the functions （功能）, damaging their normal programs or even getting rid of all the information.We now come to know that Jerusalem Viruses often attack computers on Fridays and that they are spreading to a lot of computers. Among the countries that suffered computer viruses last year are Britai
5、n, Australia, Switzerland and the U.S. But fill now , how to get rid of the terrible viruses remains a problem.56The group of young men created the viruse to_.A. damage the computersB. test their abilityC. tell the world that they were intelligentD. play a trick on operators of the computers57Accord
6、ing to the passage, computer viruses seem to_.A. have been in nature for yearsB. exist in any computersC. be difficult to get rid of at presentD. be able to be got rid of in the near future58The most serious damage caused by the viruses is that_.A. the computers functions are loweredB. the normal pr
7、ograms are damagedC. all the information stored in the computers is goneD. the computers infected by the viruses can no longer be used59According to the passage, which of the following is true?A. Last year four countries found their computers were infected by viruses.B. The viruses will come to a ne
8、w computer after staying in the old one for some time.C. Scientists are trying to find a way to get rid of the viruses.D. The Jerusalem Viruses are a great harm to human health.B2Baths and bathing have long been considered of medical importance to man. In Greece there are the ruins of a bathtub and
9、water system built over 3, 000 years ago. The Romans had warm public baths. In some as many as 3, 000 persons could bathe at the same time.Treating disease by bathing has been popular for centuries. Moden medical bathing or hydrotherapy, first became popular in Europe and by the late 1700s also beca
10、me popular in the United States.For many years frequent bathing was believed to be bad for ones health. Ordinary bathing just to be clean was avoided and perfune（香水）was often used to cover up body smells ！By the 1770s doctors began to say that soap and water were good for health. They believed that
11、it was good for people to be cleaned. Slowly people began to bathe more frequently. During the Victorian Age of the late 19th century, taking a bath on Saturday night became common.In the United States ordinary bathing was slow to become popular. During the 18th and early 19th centuries, many Americ
12、ans were known as “The Great Unwashed!” In one American city, for example, a person could only take a bath every thirty days !That was a law!Frequency of bathing today is partly a matter of habit. People know that bathing for cleanness is important to health. Doctors know that dirty bodies increase
13、the chance of diseases. Consequently, in the United States, people generally bathe often. Some people bathe once a day at least. They consider a daily bath essential to good health.60In Greece_ .A. there were some public baths large enough to hold 3, 000 persons.B. people used to treat disease by ba
14、thingC. people began to bathe thousands of years agoD. people didnt like frequent bathing61The Americans used to be known as “The Great Unwashed” because_.A. the modem medical bathing first became popular in the U. S.B. they didnt bath frequentlyC. the Americans were very clean.D. soap was first pro
15、duced in the U. S.62Apparently the word“ hydrotherapy” in the second paragraph means_.A. medical bathing B. a water systemC. bathing frequency D. terrible body smell63During the Victorian Age_.A. the Americans ever took a bath every thirty daysB. frequent bathing was avoidedC. people used perfume to
16、 cover up body smells after bathingD. the British people generally took a bath once a week.CHumans are social animals. They live in groups all over the world. As these groups of people live apart from other groups, over the years and centuries they develop their own habits 3and ideas, which form dif
17、ferent cultures. One important particular side of every culture is how its people deal with time.Time is not very important in non industrial societies. The Nuer people of East Africa, for example, do not even have a word TIME that is in agreement with the abstract thing we call time. The daily live
18、s of the people of such non industrial societies are likely to be patterned around their physical needs and natural events rather than around a time schedule（时间表）based on the clock. They cook and eat when they are hungry and sleep when the sun goes down. They plant crops during the growing seasons a
19、nd harvest them when the crops are ripe. They measure time not by a clock or calendar（日历）, but by saying that an event takes place before or after some other event. Frequently such a society measures day in terms of “sleeps ”or longer periods in terms of “moons”. Some cultures, such as the Eakinos o
20、f Greenland measure seasons according to the migration of certain animals.Some cultures which do not have a written language or keep written records have developed interesting ways of “telling time”.For example, when several Australian aborigines want to plan an event for a future time, one of them
21、places a stone on a cliff or in a tree. Each day the angle of the sun changes slightly. In a few days, the rays of the sun strike the stone in a certain way. When this happens, the people see that the agreed - upon time has arrived and the event can take place.In contrast （成对比）, exactly correct meas
22、urement of time is very important in modern, in detribalized societies. This is because industrialized societies require the helpful efforts of many people in order to work. For a factory to work efficiently （well, quickly and without waste） , for example , all of the workers must work at the same t
23、ime, Therefore, they must know what time to start work in the morning and what time they may go home in the afternoon. Passengers must know the exact time that an airplane will arrive or depart. Students and teachers need to know when a class starts and ends. Stores must open on time in order to ser
24、ve their customers. Complicated （复杂的）societies need clocks and calendars. Thus, we can see that if each person worked according to his or her own schedule, a complicated society could hardly work at all.64By saying “Humans are social animals”, the author means_.A. they live all over the worldB. they
25、 are different from other animalsC. they live in one place, district or country, considered as a wholeD. they are divided into many groups65Time is not very important in non industrial societies. This is because people in those societies_.A. dont have the word TIME in their languagesB. dont get used
26、 to using clocks and other timepiecesC. dont measure time in their daily livesD. dont need to plan their daily lives around an exact time schedule466The Australian aborigines way of “telling time” is based on_.A. the change of the sun raysB. the movement of the earth in relation to the sunC. the pos
27、ition of the stoneD. the position of the tree or the cliff67Which of the following night be the best title for this passage?A. Time and CultureB. The Measurement of TimeC. Time schedule and Daily LifeD. Clock, Calendar and SocietyDA person, like a commodity （商品）, needs packaging. But going too far i
28、s absolutely undesirable. A little exaggeration, however, does no harm when it shows the persons unique qualities to their advantages. To show personal attractiveness in a casual and natural way, it is important for one to have a clear knowledge of oneself. A skilled packager knows how to add art to
29、 nature without any signs of embellishment（装饰）, so that the person so packaged is not a commodity but a human being, lively and lovely.A young person, especially a female, shining with beauty and full of life, has all the favor granted by God. Any attempt to make up would be self - defeating. Youth,
30、 however, comes and goes in a flash. Packaging for the middle - aged is primarily to hide the marks made by years. If you still enjoy life enough to keep self - confidence and work at pioneering work you are unique in through plains mountains and jungles, running its course as it should. You have re
31、ally lived your life, which now arrives at a self - satisfied stage of quietness and calmness with no interest in fame or wealth . There is no need to make us of hair dyeing. The snow - capped mountain is itself a beautiful scene of fairyland. Let your looks change from young to old in step with the
32、 natural ageing process so as to keep in harmony （和谐）with nature, for harmony itself is beauty, while the other way round will only end in unpleasantness. To be in the elders company is like reading a thick book of deluxe （better quality）edition that attracts one so much as to be unwilling to part w
33、ith.As long as one find where on stands, one knows how to package oneself, just as a commodity sets up its brand by the right packaging.68It can be concluded from the text that_.A. people should be packed at all agesB. people should be packed in a special wayC. elderly people also care about packing
34、D. proper packing makes people attractive69For the middle - aged, attractiveness_ .A. hardly existsB. is the strongest5C. comes from the insideD. comes from the appearance70The underlined sentence means that elderly people _.A. are usually packed like a finely - made bookB. experience a lot and have
35、 rich knowledge of lifeC. do a lot of traveling and can give you much informationD. enjoy reading thick books of beautiful nature and fairylandsEThere seems never to have been a civilization without toys, but when and how they developed is unknown. They probably came about just to give children some
36、thing to do.In the ancient world, as is today, most boys played with some kinds of toys and most girls with another. In societies where social roles are rigidly determined, boys pattern their play after the activities of their fathers and girls are being prepared, even in play, to step into the role
37、s and responsibilities of the adult world.What is remarkable about the history of toys is not so much how they changed over the centuries but how much they have remained the same. The changes have been mostly in terms of craftsmanship, mechanics, and technology. It is the universality of toys with r
38、egard to their development in all parts of the word and their persistence to the present that is amazing. In Egypt, America, China, Japan and among the Arctic （北极的）people, generally the same kinds of toys appeared. Varations depended on local customs and way of life because toys imitate their surrou
39、nding. Nearly every civilization had dolls, little weapons, toy soldiers, tiny animals and vehicles.Because toys can be generally regarded as a kind of art form, they have not been subject to technological leaps that characterize inventions for adult use. The progress from the wheel to the cart to t
40、he automobile is a direct line of ascent （进步）. The progress from a rattle （拨浪鼓）used by a baby in 3000BC to one used by an infant today, however, is not characterized by inventiveness. Each rattle is the product of the artistic tastes of the times and subject to the limitations of available materials
41、. 71The reason why the toys most boys play with are different from those that girls play with is that_.A. they like challenging activities.B. their social roles are rigidly determinedC. most boys would like to follow their fathers professions.D. boys like to play with their fathers while girl with t
42、heir mothers72One aspect of “the universality of toys” lies in the fact that_.A. the basic characteristics of toys are the same all over the world.B. technological advances have greatly improved the durability of toysC. the exploration of the universe has led to the creation of new kinds of toysD. t
43、he improvement of craftsmanship in making toys depends on the efforts of universities673Which of the following is the authors view on the historical development of toys?A. Toys are playing an increasingly important role in shaping a childs character.B. The toy industry has witnessed great leaps in t
44、echnology in recent years.C. The craftsmanship in toy - making has remained essentially unchanged.D. Toys have remained basically the same all through the centuries74Regarded as a kind of art form, toys_.A. reflect the pace of social progressB. are not characterized by technological progressC. follo
45、w a direct line of ascentD. also appeal greatly to adults75The author uses the example of a rattle to show that_.A. it often takes a long time to introduce new technology into toy - makingB. even the simplest toys can reflect the progress of technologyC. even a simple toy can mirror the artistic tas
46、tes of the timeD. in toy - making there is a continuity in the use of materials7阅读理解训练题（七十三）答案56C 提示：第二自然段第三句话 “They created the viruses just to show their intelligence”暗示了答案。答案 D“捉弄计算机用户”在文中没有提到。57C 提示：本文最后一句话 “how to get rid of the terrible viruses remains a problem”，暗示答案如 C 项所述。58C 提示：第二自然段句子 “da
47、maging their normal programs or even getting rid of all the information”，正是答案所述，即计算机一旦受到这种病毒的影响，计算机里的信息就会失去。59C 提示：深层理解题。从本文结尾看，直到现在，如何除掉这种可怕的病毒还是个问题，但人们正在努力地寻找着它的克星。60C 提示：关键句“there are the ruins of a both tub（澡盆）and water system（供水系统）built over 3，000 years ago”可说明。61B 提示：关键句“for example ，a person
48、could only take a bath every thirty days”可说明。62A 提示：该词出现在文章第二段 “Modern medical bathing or hydrotherapy ”此处的or hydrotherapy 是用来解释 medical bathing 的，or 是“也就是” 、 “即”的意思。63D 提 示 ： 关 键 句 “taking a bath on Saturday night became common”， “Victorian Age”暗示英国可说明。64C 提示：从第一段“They live in groups all over the w
49、orld”可知。65D 提示：从第二段第三句可知。66A 提示：从第三段“ Each day the angle of the sun changesthe people see that the agreed-upon time has arrived and the event can take place”可知。67A 提示：从文意可知。68D 提示：从第一段第二句 “going too far is absolutely undesirable”，第四句“To show personal attractiveness”可看出。69C 提示：从“If you still enjoy life”可知，A ，B，D 皆不符。70B 提示：这句话意思是老人有丰富的经验和生活知识，故选 B。71B 提示：本文主要通过阐述玩具的历史说明这样一种观点：玩具反映人们的艺术观，几十年来玩具的变化不大。男孩子玩的玩具与女孩子玩
