2014年成人英语阅读理解练习及答案（七）.docx

2014 年成人英语阅读理解练习及答案七Great books at big, big savings.Yes! That’s what you get with this big-value introduction to World Books. Choose any four of the books shown here from as little as 25p each, plus a total of $ 1.95 towards postage and packing and you could save as much as $ 97 on the publisher’s prices.A great deal more for a whole lot less!With World Books you’ll go on saving $$$s as a member. Each month your free magazine is packed with popular books at huge savings. The Editor’s Choice is often HALF the publisher’s price, and it’s always a best seller by a top author. There are also dozens of other super books --- fact and fiction --- at never less than 25 per cent off publisher’s price, sometimes up to as much as 50 per cent. Great choice … great authors … and savings all the way.With World Books You are spoilt for choice. All today’s favorite authors, all their biggest bestsellers. The latest on cookery, gardening and other popular hobbies. Books to entertain your children, and to help older ones with their homework and school project. Atlases, dictionaries and encyclopedias. Books full of timesaving, money saving tips. And many more… all at savings you’ll find very hard to beat!In return for your great introductory savings and the big discounts you’ll enjoy as a member, all we ask is that you choose at least one book a month during your first sis months. After, it’s up to you how many, or how few, you choose.See the books at home but send no money now.Pick your introductory books and write their numbers in the boxes on the coupon.（优惠券） But please don’t send any money now. Look at the books at home first and see for yourself the value you’re getting!46. The passage is an advertisement for _____.A. a publishing companyB. a mail order clubC. a city libraryD. a street book store47. One of the many features of World Books is ____.A. discounts are often 80 per cent.B. There are more benefits the longer you belong to the clubC. You have chances to win large pricesD. You get a free magazine48. World Books seems to appeal mostly to ____.A. average familiesB. science fiction loversC. people with academic interestsD. such people as pop singers or baseball fans49. First year members of World Books _____.A. have to buy books each monthB. must buy more than six books in the yearC. are entitles to a number of free booksD. have to buy a minimum number of books50. How can members receive their special offer?A. By competing a printed form.B. By writing an application letter to World BooksC. By filling your coupons into boxes.D. By sending a personal checks. 1. B分析：该题考察考生推理判断的能力。

原文中有种种迹象表明 World Book 是一个邮购书的俱乐部如：第二段提到了…plus a total of $1.95 towards postage and packing…我们知道 postage(邮资)和 packing(包裹)都是邮寄物品时才用到的词从第三段的第二句话也可以看出来2. D分析：此题考察的是细节答案就在上题中提到的第三段第二句话另外也可以用排除法：A 提到了折扣，课文提到的是 never less than 25 per cent,并不是选项中的 often 80%. B, C 都没有在文中提及，注意识别这类干扰项3. A分析：此题考察考生判断推理的能力大家可以看第五段第三句，这句话中提到：the lasted on cookery, gardening, and other popular hobbies,从这句话可以推断一般的家庭会对这些书籍感兴趣4. D分析：此题有一定的难度我们采取排除法A 的错误之处在于并不是每个月，而是千半年的每个月；B 这种情况不一定，假设前半年每个月至少买一本书（all we ask is that you choose at least one book a month during your first six months）,有可能以后每个月都不买（after, it’s up to you how many, or how few, you choose）,也就是说不买也是允许的，如果是这种情况，这一年买的书就不是 more than 6 了；D 属于典型的无中生有的干扰项，文中并未提及。

所以 D 是正确选项意思是：World Book 的会员在第一年一定要买够最低限度的书5. B分析：这又是一个细节题从最后一段第一句可以找到答案For centuries Dutch engineers have been fighting a war against water. Their main enemy is the sea. A large part if the country is below sea level. In fact, Holland is also called the “Netherlands” which means “low land.” Very tall and strong walls, called dykes, have built to keep out the sea. But in very rough weather the sea may suddenly burst through a dyke. Great damage can be caused by floods when this happens.Three large rivers are also part of the problem. These rivers are the Rhine, the Maas and the Scheldt. They flow through Holland into the North Sea. They have cut many passages across the country. At low tides, the rivers flow into the sea as usual. But at high tide, the sea can flow into the rivers! This is because the land is so low.The battles against the water never end, but they have made Holland a bigger and bigger country. In order to prevent floods, the engineers take, or reclaim, land that was under water. The Dutch have been reclaiming land for seven hundred years.Land is usually reclaimed from a passage between islands. Two dykes are built across the passage, so they block the water between them. Then the engineers dig long canals and pump the water into them. At low tide, the canals empty the water into the sea.Because the land is so low, water from the sea and rivers can rise up through the ground. For this reason, the pumps continue working even the land has been drained (that is, when the water has been pumped away). The dykes contain gates, and through these the water is pumped out. In many parts of Holland, pumps must be working all the time. If they stopp。