大学英语阅读竞赛初赛（样卷）
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大学英语阅读竞赛初赛（样卷）
考试时间：130 分钟 考试形式：闭卷
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Part I
Read and Reason
Directions: In this part, you will read texts of different forms and genres. Read the instructions carefully and answer the questions based on your comprehension, analysis and inferences of the texts.
1. Among the four statements below, one statement is the main point, and the other three are specific support for the point. Identify the main point with P and the specific support with S.
1)___A. Hungry bears searching for food often threaten hikers.
2)___B. Hiking on that mountain trail can be very dangerous.
3)___C. Severe weather develops quickly, leaving hikers exposed to storms and cold.
4)___D. When it rains, the trail, which is very steep at some points, becomes slippery.
Read an extract of an advertisement. Choose the answer which you think fits each question best according to the text.
Young Environmental Journalist Competition
How to Enter:
☆ If you’re aged 16-25, we’re looking for original articles of 1,000 words (or less) with an environmental or conservation theme. The closing date for entries is 30 December, 2015.
☆ Your article should show proof of investigative research, rather than relying solely on information from the Internet and phone interviews. You don’t have to go far. A report on pollution in a local stream would be as valid as a piece about the remotest rain forest.
☆ Your article should show you are passionate and knowledgeable about environmental issues. It should also be objective and accurate, while being creative enough to hold the reader’s interest. We are not looking for “think pieces” or opinion columns.
☆ Your aim should be to advance understanding and awareness of environmental issues. You should be able to convey complex ideas of readers of this general interest magazine in an engaging and authoritative manner.
☆ Facts or information contained in short-listed articles will be checked.
☆ Read the rules carefully.
1) Before entering for the competition, young people must have_______.
A. conducted some relevant research in their local area
B. gained a qualification in experimental research
C. uncovered some of the evidence in the research by themselves
D. consulted a number of specialists on the subject under research
2) The articles submitted must_______.
A. focus on straightforward concepts
B. include a range of views
C. be accessible to non-specialist
D. reveal the writer’s standpoint
3. Read the passage below. Then choose the best answer to each question that follows.
(1) Johnny Appleseed, one of the gentlest and most beloved of American folk heroes, was born in 1774 in Leominster, Massachusetts. (2) His real name was John Chapman. (3) Chapman’s early life was full of misfortune. (4) First, his father left home to fight in the Revolutionary War. (5) Then John’s mother and baby brother died before John’s second birthday. (6) However, John’s fortunes improved when his father returned and remarried, and by the time John was in his teens, he had ten brothers and sisters.
(7) As a young man, John began traveling west on foot, stopping to clear land and plant the apple seeds he always carried with him. (8) Settlers who followed John’s path were delighted to find young apple orchards dotting the landscape.
(9) John was a friendly fellow who often stopped to visit with families along his way, entertaining them with stories of his travels. (10) Tales of his exploits followed him through Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana. (11) Many of the stories were true. (12) For instance, John really did travel barefoot through the snow, lived on the friendliest of terms with Indian tribes, and refused to shoot any animal. (13) Other tales about John, however, were exaggerations. (14) Settlers said, for example, that he slept in the treetops and talked to the birds or that he had once been carried off by a giant eagle. (15) Johnny Appleseed never stopped traveling until his death in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1845.
1) Sentence 1 is a statement of_______.
A. fact
B. opinion
C. fact and opinion
2) The details in sentences 4 and 5 support the point or points in _______.
A. sentence 1
B. sentence 2
C. sentence 3
D. sentence 6
3) The relationship between sentences 3 and 6 is one of _______.
A. contrast
B. addition
C. cause and effect
D. comparison
4) We can conclude that Johnny Appleseed _______.
A. provided apples for numerous settlers
B. was quickly forgotten by the settlers
C. grew wealthy by selling his apple trees
D. left home because of problems with his family
5) The passage suggests that Johnny Appleseed _______.
A. grew weary of traveling
B. had great respect for other people and animals
C. lived a very short but rich life
D. planted many trees other than apple trees
6) The tone of the passage is _______.
A. pessimistic
B. bitter and impassioned
C. amused and excited
D. straightforward with a touch of admiration
7) Which is the most appropriate title for this selection?
A. The Planting of American Apple Orchards
B. Folk Heroes of America
C. Settlers Recall Johnny Appleseed
D. The Life and Legend of John Chapman
4. Read the passage below. Then choose the best answer to each question that follows.
(1) Television has transformed politics in the United States by changing the way in which information is disseminated, by altering political campaigns, and by changing citizens’ patterns of response to politics. (2) By giving citizens independent access to the candidates, television diminished the role of the political party in the selection of the major party candidates. (3) By centering politics on the person of the candidate, television accelerated the citizens’ focus on character rather than issues.
(4) Television has altered the forms of political communication as well. (5) The messages on which most of us rely are briefer than they once were. (6) The stump speech, a political speech given by traveling politicians and lasting 1.5 to 2 hours, which characterized nineteenth-century political discourse, has given way to the 30-second advertisement and the 10-second “sound bite” in broadcast news. (7) Increasingly the audience for speeches is not that standing in front of the politician but rather the viewing audience who will hear and see a snippet of the speech on the news.
(8) In these abbreviated forms, much of what constituted the traditional political discourse of earlier ages has been lost. (9) In 15 or 30 seconds, a speaker cannot establish the historical context that shaped the issue in question, cannot detail the probable causes of the problem, and cannot examine alternative proposals to argue that one is preferable to others. (10) In snippets, politicians assert but do not argue.
(11) Because television is an intimate medium, speaking through it requires a changed political style that was more conversational, personal, and visual than that of the old-style stump speech. (12) Reliance on television means that increasingly our political world contains memorable pictures rather than memorable words. (13) Schools teach us to analyze words and print. (14) However, in a world in which politics is increasingly visual, informed citizenship requires a new set of skills.
(15) Recognizing the power of television’s pictures, politicians craft televisual, staged events, called pseudo-event, designed to attract media coverage. (16) Much of the political activity we see on television news has been crafted by politicians, their speechwriters, and their public relations advisers for televised consumption. (17) Sound bites in news and answers to questions in debates increasingly sound like advertisements.
1) What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Citizens in the United States are now more informed about political issue because of television coverage.
B. Citizens in the United States prefer to see politicians on television instead of in person.
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