2016年全国英语等级考试二级(pet-2)阅读理解练习题
第三部分阅读理解
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项([ A ]、[ B ]、[ C ]和[ D ])中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡1上将该项涂黑。
56. The most suitable title of this passage is_______.
[ A ] Progress in the Field of Study
[ B ] Teachers’ Role in Study
[ C ]How to Improve Students’ Ability
[ D ]Bad Points of the Examination System
57. Now little has been done to_______.
[ A] decide a student’s job
[ B ] test a student’s ability
[ C ] test a student’s knowledge
[ D ] test a student’s memory
58. The examination system we are now using can only make the students_______.
[ A ] gain more and more knowledge
[ B ] make rapid progress
[ C ] remember what is taught
[ D ] think for themselves
59. In order to make students gain high marks in the coming examination, teachers have to_______.
[ A ] develop their student’ abilities
[ B ] fill their students’ heads with much information
[ C ] teach freely
[ D ]teach their students how to study
60. The passage tells us about the importance of_______.
[ A ] getting examination system improved
[ B ] taking examinations
[ C ]testing a student’s knowledge
[ D ] working hard at all lessons
61. A stethoscope can be used to_______.
[ A ] check health conditions
[ B ] cure some illnesses
[ C ]measure temperatures
[ D ]treat heart disease
62. Doctors give less importance to the communication between patients and doctors mainly because_______.
[ A ] modem medical instruments are used
[ B ] they can cure more diseases and save more lives
[ C ] they have much more medical experience .than before
[ D ] they are too busy to have time to talk with patients
63. Some sick people think of themselves as broken machines, which suggested that_______.
[ A ] modem doctors should treat their patients as machines
[ B ] the level of the treatment was greatly improved
[ C ] they thought they were useless just like broken machines
[ D ] they were not satisfied with the manner in which doctors treated them
64. We know from this passage that over one hundred seventy years ago.
[ A ] no women worked outside their homes
[ B ] women were considered as children by the law
[ C ] women cared nothing about how their family lives were
[ D ] women were not allowed to decide how to spend their money or how to teach children
65. The underlined word "assemble" in the second paragraph probably means_______.
[ A ] to bring a group of people together in one place for a particular purpose
[ B ] to make a public or official statement, especially about a plan, decision
[ C ] to produce many copies of a book, magazine, or newspaper
[ D ] not to take part in an event or not to buy or use something as a protest
66. Which of the following statements is incorrect according to the passage?
[ A ] Women did not have the right to vote before 1900.
[ B ]Women had the right to vote throughout the country in 1920.
[ C ] A little number of women held high academic and government positions in 1920.
[ D ] "Career women" were largely restricted to some areas.
67. Which of the following is TRUE?
[ A ] In the 1920s, women were limited to being teachers, nurses or office workers.
[ B ] Women mainly paid their attention to how they were paid in the 1960s.
[ C ] Women asked to change "all men are created .equal" into "all human beings are created equal".
[ D ] No states have ever provided women with jobs in the government.
68. What would be the best tide for this passage?
[ A ] Women’s Lives in the United States
[ B ] Equal Pay for Equal Work
[ C ] Women’s Liberation in the United States
[ D ] Women, their past and present
69. From the passage, we can infer that_______.
[ A ]the writer spent his first Christmas during the war
[ B ] soldiers did not all go home for Christmas during the war
[ C ]all the soldiers had three-day passes
[ D ] the writer could not go home for Christmas
70. When the writer got home, _______.
[ A ] it was December 23
[ B ] it was snowing heavily
[ C ] he found a Christmas tree in the living room
[ D ] the Gates boy was cutting a Christmas tree for his mother
71. From this passage, we can conclude that_______.
[ A ] the writer used to cut very beautiful Christmas trees
[ B ] his mother didn’t like perfect trees
[ C ]his mother didn’t want to have a tree
[ D ] the writer wouldn’t have a tree cut by someone else
72. According to the passage, your reading speed depends on_______.
[ A ] whether the reading material is easy or difficult
[ B ] what you are reading
[ C ] what your purpose in reading something is
[ D ] both B and C
73. If one wants to be relaxed by reading, one should take up_______.
[ A ] a story book
[ B ] a book on science and technology
[ C ] history books
[ D ] some material full of information
74. Which of the following readings should you read .slowly and carefully?
[ A ] Fairy tales.
[ B ] Aesop’s Fables.
[ C ] Directions for use of a machine.
[ D ] An evening paper.
75. Which of the following can best express the main idea of the passage?
[ A ] How to decide your reading speed.
[ B ] How to raise your reading speed.
[ C ] How to improve your reading skills.
[ D ] How to choose your reading materials.
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