《高级阅读》练习题库及答案（二）.docVIP

阅读题共分8大题，各题类型及内容如下： 1． 选择题 单词意义理解 2． 选择题 句子理解 3． 选择题 推测 4． 简答题 段落大意理解 5． 判断题 事实意见判断 6． 填空题 《圣经》典故理解 7． 简答题 理解作者的语气、态度和目的 8． 简答题 名著阅读理解及阅读技巧 第一大题 选择题 Word Guessing. 第一套： Guess the meaning of the underlined words in each sentence below and choose the suitable meaning from A, B, C or D. (1’x10) 1. The government is financing a study of the effects on humans of living in a megalopolis.?? A. an apartment in a large building?? B. an extremely large city?? C. a dangerous part of a city?? D. a city with a large police force 2. The first thing Jim did when he got off the train was to look for a porter. A. person who sales tickets B. taxi cab C. person who carries luggage D. door to the luggage room 3. We find these jokes funny because they provide a sudden release of our normally ?? suppressed drives. We are free to enjoy the forbidden, and the energy we normally ?? use to inhibit these drives is discharged as laughter. discharge B. drive C. forbid D. suppress, hide 4. When we are secure about our abilities, we can joke about our foibles. If we can laugh at our small faults, we will not be overpowered by them. ability weakness, fault, minor flaw in character power security 5. Twins are born about one time out of every 90 births, but triplets are much more unusual. A. one child B. two children C. three children D. four children 6. A traffic accident on the Golden Bridge can impede the smooth flow of traffic for hours. A. end ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? B. block ?? C. influence D. quicken 7. At the smallest sign of illness, the children had been quickly sent back to the kitchen, and to the mother who had been held more or less responsible for such a lapse. A. success. B. error. C. help. D. sign8. After a day of hunting, Harold is ravenous. Yesterday, for example, he ate two bowls of soup, a large chicken, and a piece of chocolate cake before he was finally satisfied. A.