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GRE阅读理解(Reading Comprehension)训练Passage 1My steamboat voyage to Albany and back has turned out rather more favorably than I had expected. The distance, from New York to Albany is 150 miles. I ran it up within 32 hours and down in 30. I had a light breeze blowing against me the whole way both going and coming, and the voyage has been performed wholly by the power of the steam engine. I overtook many boats beating against the wind and parted with them as if they had been at anchor. The power of boats run by steam is now fully proved. The morning I left New York there were not, perhaps, thirty persons in the city who believed that the boat would ever move one mile per hour or be the least use.Questions for Passage 11.1 Choose the best title for this passage.SUBJECT MATTER A. The Success of the Steamboat B. The Small Faith of Small People C. The Effectiveness of the Steam Engine D. A Trip to Albany E. The Speed of the Steamboat 1.2 The author's main thought is thatGENERALIZATION A. the steamboat voyage turned out more favorably than he had expected. B. the author's steamboat trip was successful. C. most people doubted that the steamboat would be of the least use. D. the voyage was performed wholly by the power of the steam engine. E. the steamboat, unlike a sailboat, can be used successfully with the wind against it.1.5 (a) Assuming that Poughkeepsie is midway between New York and Albany, and that Fulton's speed was constant, the leg of the author's trip from Poughkeepsie to New York must have taken CONCLUSION A. 5 hours. B. 7 hours C. 10 hours D. 15 hours. E. 20 hours. 1.5 (b) We can conclude from this passage thatCONCLUSION A. many sailboats were at anchor when the author traveled the Hudson to Albany. B. sailboats were having more difficulty with winds on the author's trip north than on the reverse leg of his journey. C. no sailboat could have ever made Albany from New York in less than 32 hours. D. sailboats were having difficulty with headwinds on both the author's upriver and downriver trips, E. the distance from Albany to New York is shorter than that from New York to Albany. 1.9 The author states that he had a "light breeze blowing against me the whole way both going and coming" to COMMUNICATION A. provide local color in his' description of the trip.TECHNIQUE B. show why sails would not be an effective means of power. C. indicate how pleasant his trip was. D. prove the effectiveness of the steam engine. E. do none of the above.Passage 2Men in all ways are better than they seem. They like flattery for the moment, but they know the truth for their own. It is foolish cowardice which keeps us from trusting them and speaking to them rude truth. They resent your honesty for an instant; they will thank you for it always. What is it we heartily wish of each other? Is it to be pleased and flattered? No, but to be convicted and exposed, to be shamed out of our nonsense of all kinds, and made men of, instead of ghosts and phantoms. We are weary of gliding ghostlike through the world, which is itself so slight and unreal. We crave a sense of reality, though it comes in strokes of pain.Questions for Passage 22.1 This passage is mainly aboutSUBJECT MATTER A. the value of men. B. the need for trusting people. C. the need for becoming a real person in a real world. D. the need to be able to endure pain. E. the need for truth in human relations.2.2 The author's .main thought is thatGENERALIZATION A. flattery is always acceptable. B. it is foolish cowardice which holds back our trust. C. we must be shamed out of our nonsense. D. reality with its pain can make men better. E. honesty is sometimes resented but often admired.2.4 The author advises us toSIGNIFICANCE A. stop being a ghost. B. bear in mind that men like flattery. C. face up to, and express, the truth. D. stop being a coward even though it .may make enemies. E. thank people when they tell the unvarnished truth;2.9 The author points out that "men are better than they seem" in order to show thatCOMMUNICATION A. it is foolish for us to be cowardly and fear our neighbors.TECHNIQUE B。