閱讀理解訓練題（一）

　　A

　　Ever since news of widespread food recalls caused by a carcinogenic dye broke, there has been confusion（混淆） over possible links to the country of the same name, but Sudan officials say there is no connection whatever.

　　Sudan1 is a red industrial dye that has been found in some chilli powder, but was banned in food products across the European Union (EU) in July 2003.

　　Since the ban was put in place, EU officials have been striving to remove some food products from the shelves. So far 580 products have been recalled.

　　Last week Sudan’s Embassy in the United Kingdom asked the Food Standards Agency (FSA) for clarification of the origin of the dye’s name.

　　Omaima Mahmoud Al Sharief, a press official at Sudan’s Embassy in China, explained the purpose of the inquiry was to clear up any misunderstanding over links between the country and the poisonous dye.

　　"We want to keep an eye on every detail and avoid any misunderstanding there," she said. "Our embassy to Britain asked them how the dye got that name and whether the dye had something to do with our country. But they told us there was no relationship."

　　The FSA, an independent food security watchdog in Britain, received a letter from the Sudanese embassy last week.

　　　"They asked us why the dye is named Sudan, however, we also do not know how it got the name," she said. "People found the dye in 1883 and gave it the name. Nobody knows the reason, and we cannot give any explanation before we find out."

　　Sudan dyes, which include Sudan1 to 4, are red dyes（顏料） used for colouring solvents（溶劑）, oils, waxes, petrol, and shoe and floor polishes. They are classified as carcinogens by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.

　　56. What does the underlined word mean in paragraph one?

　　A. Causing cancer.

　　B. Having side effect.

　　C. Containing poison.

　　D.Poisonous.

　　57. How did the Sudan1 get its name?

　　A. The dye is often produced in Sudan.

　　B. The dye has something to do with the country named Sudan.

　　C. Nobody is sure of the origin of the name.

　　D. Many foods produced in Sudan contain the dye.

　　58. We can infer from the passage that.

　　A. the Sudan government is paying much attention to the food safety

　　B. Sudan1 is often used to be added to the food

　　C. people didn’t realize the danger of Sudan1 until 2003

　　D. many food shops will be closed down

　　59. Which of the following is the best title?

　　A. Keep away from Sudan1

　　B. No Sudan1 dye links to the country

　　C. How Sudan1 dye got its name?

　　D. Pay attention to the food safety

　　B

　　Long bus rides are like television shows. They have a beginning,a middle,and an endwith commercials （商業(yè)廣告） thrown in every three or four minutes. The commercials are unavoidable. They happen whether you want them or not. Every couple of minutes a billboard glides by outside the bus window. "Buy Super Clean Toothpaste.""Drink Good Wet Root Beer.""Fill up with Pacific Gas."Only if you sleep,which is equal to turning the television set off,are you spared the unending cry of "You Need It! Buy It Now!"

　　The beginning of the ride is comfortable and somewhat exciting,even if you’ve traveled that way before. Usually some things have changednew houses,new buildings,sometimes even a new road. The bus driver has a style of driving and it’s fun to try to figure it out the first hour or so. If the driver is particularly reckless （魯莽的） or daring,the ride can be as thrilling （驚心動魄的） as a suspense story. Will the driver pass the truck in time? Will the driver move into the rightor the lefthand lane? After a while,of course,the excitement dies down. Sleeping for a while helps pass the middle hours of the ride. Food always makes bus rides more interesting. But you’ve got to be careful of what kind of food you eat. Too much salty food can make you very thirsty between stops.

　　The end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning. You know it will soon be over and there’s a kind of expectation and excitement in that. The seat of course,has become harder as the hours have passed. By now you’ve sat with your legs crossed,with your hands in your lap,with your hands on the armrestseven with your hands crossed behind your head. The end comes just at no more ways to sit.

　　60.According to the passage,what do the passengers usually see when they are on a long bus trip?

　　A.Buses on the road.

　　B.Films on television.

　　C.Advertisements on the billboards.

　　D.Gas stations.

　　61.What is the purpose of this passage?

　　A.To give the writer’s opinion about long bus trips.

　　B.To persuade you to take a long bus trip.

　　C.To explain how bus trips and television shows differ.

　　D.To describe the billboards along the road.

　　62.The writer of this passage would probably favor .

　　A.bus drivers who aren’t reckless

　　B.driving alone

　　C.a television set on the bus

　　D.no billboards along the road

　　63.The writer feels long bus rides are like TV shows because .

　　A.the commercials both on TV shows and on billboards along the road are fun

　　B.they both have a beginning,a middle,and an end,with commercials in between

　　C.the drivers are always reckless on TV shows just as they are on buses

　　D.both traveling and watching TV are not exciting.

　　64.The writer thinks that the end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning because both are .

　　A.exciting

　　B.comfortable

　　C.tiring

　　D.boring

　　C

　　Modern man has cleared the forests for farmland and for wood,and has also carelessly burned them. More than that,though,he has also interfered （干涉） with the invisible bonds between the living things in the forests. There are many examples of this kind of destruction. The harmfulness of man’s interference can be seen in what happened many years ago in the forest of the Kaibab plateau （凱亞巴布高原） of northern Arizona. Man tried to improve on the natural web of forest life and destroyed it instead.

　　The Kaibab had a storybook forest of largesized pine,Douglas fir,white fir,blue and Engelmann spruce. In 1882 a visitor noted,"We,who ... have wandered through its forests and parks,have come to regard it as the most enchanting region it has ever been our privilege （特權(quán)） to visit."This was also the living place of the Rocky Mountain mule deer. Indians hunted there every autumn to gather meat and skins. The forest also had mountain lions,timber wolves and bobcats that kept the deer from multiplying too rapidly.

　　Then,in 1906,President Theodore Roosevelt made the Kaibab a national game preserve. Deer hunting was forbidden. Government hunters started killing off the deer’s enemies. In 25 years’ time,6,250 mountain lions,wolves and bobcats were killed. Before the program,there were about 4,000 deer in the Kaibab,by 1924,there were about 100,000.

　　The deer ate every leaf and twig they could reach. But there was not nearly enough food. Hunting of deer was permitted again. This caused a slight decrease in the deer herd （鹿群），but a far greater loss resulted from starvation （饑餓） and disease. Some 60 percent of the deer herd died in two winters. By 1930 the herd had dropped to 20,000 animals. By 1942 it was down to 8,000.

　　65.The destruction of the environment of the Kaibab resulted from .

　　A.turning the forest into cultivated land

　　B.interfering with natural cycle of forest life

　　C.forest fires caused by man’s carelessness

　　D.cutting the trees for building materials

　　66."Engelmann spruce"（Para. 2） is most likely the name of .

　　A.a tree

　　B.an animal

　　C.a mountain

　　D.a game

　　67.The number of the deer in the Kaibab had increased enormously in

　　years’ time.

　　A.25

　　B.6

　　C.18

　　D.12

　　68.Years later,large numbers of deer in the Kaibab died mainly because of .

　　A.the cold

　　B.the organized kill

　　C.the shortage of food

　　D.the poor management

　　D

　　In the USA Forbes magazine has published its annual list of the richest people in the world. Bill Gates of Microsoft is the richest man again for the eleventh successive year with a fortune of fortyfour billion dollars.

　　There are a record 691 dollar billionaires according to Forbes magazine. Between them they have a fortune of two point two trillion dollars. The highest concentration of the ultrarich is in New York followed by Moscow and San Fransisco and then London and Los Angeles. But in total the very wealthy live in fortyseven different countries with Iceland Kazakstan Ukraine and Poland entering the list for the first time this year.

　　Laksmi Mittal,an Indian born steel tycoon （巨頭）enjoyed the biggest increase in personal fortune. His net worth has quadrupled （變成四倍）to thirteen billion dollars making him the world’s third richest man. Ingvar Kamprad founder of the Swedish furniture chain Ikea also saw a big increase in wealth taking him to the sixth place. Developing countries make more of a showing than in past years — there are for example three Russians and four Indians in the top sixty richest people, though surprisingly perhaps none from China excluding Hong Kong. Asian wealth is probably underrepresented as its usually spread among families whereas Forbes looks at individuals. Relatively few women feature in the list — among them is JK Rowling,author of the Harry Potter novels ranked 620th with a fortune of 519 million dollars. New entrants to the list include the founders of the Internet search group Google Sergie Brin and Larry Page each worth more than seven billion dollars after their company’s recent stock market debut. The richest Italian is the prime minister Silvio Berlusconi ranked number 25 in the global wealth league.

　　69. Which of the following persons has the largest fortune according to this year’s

　　Forbes magazine?

　　A. Laksmi Mittal.

　　B. Ingvar Kamprad.

　　C. JK Rowling.

　　D. Silvio Berlusconi.

　　70. There are about _____ persons with a fortune between 100 million dollars and 519 million dollars in the world.

　　A. 300

　　B. 180

　　C. 70

　　D. 150

　　71. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

　　A. No Chinese has entered the top sixty richest people in the world.

　　B. Russia is a developing country.

　　C. This is the first time that Sergie Brin and Larry Page has been included in the list.

　　D. There are more billionaires（億萬富翁） in New York than any other city in the world.

　　72. We can infer from the passage that ______.

　　A. There are more billionaires in London than in Moscow.

　　B. Ukraine is a very rich country in the world.

　　C. JK Rowling’s novels have sold very well.

　　D. The IT industry is a profitmaking industry.

　　E

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　　73. Which of the following is NOT true of Ad. 1 and Ad. 3?

　　A. The two parties will be held on the same day.

　　B. The two parties will be held at the same time.

　　C. The entrance fees of the two parties will not be charged.

　　D. Some old music will be played at the parties.

　　74. Which of the following is intended for the Chinese learners?

　　A. Marco V.

　　B. La Nuit Francaise.

　　C. Language in use.

　　D. The "worst" party.

　　75. We can infer that______.

　　A. Marco V is a newlyestablished band

　　B. La Nuit Francaise may be French words

　　C. the "worst" party will attract a lot of college students

　　D. you will enjoy free drink at April fool’s party

　　閱讀理解訓練題（一）解答提示

　　56. A詞義猜測題。根據(jù)They are classified as carcinogens by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. 可知這個詞與癌癥有關(guān)，故可推出carcinogenic意為"致癌的"。

　　57. C細節(jié)題。根據(jù)People found the dye in 1883 and gave it the name. Nobody knows the reason, and we cannot give any explanation before we find out.可知還沒有人知道"蘇丹紅"名稱的由來。

　　58. B推斷題。根據(jù)EU officials have been striving to remove some food products from the shelves. So far 580 products have been recalled.可知某些食品因含有"蘇丹紅"而被召回。故可推斷"蘇丹紅"經(jīng)常用作食品添加劑。

　　59. B主旨大意題。根據(jù)there has been confusion over possible links to the country of the same name, but Sudan officials say there is no connection whatever. 可知本文主要講"蘇丹紅"與蘇丹這個國家是否有聯(lián)系的問題，故B最佳。

　　60.C文章的第一段中，作者敘述了乘客在坐長途車中所見的是廣告牌。

　　61.A全文都是作者表述對乘車長途旅行中的廣告的意見和看法。

　　62.D從第三段作者對"長途乘車中廣告太多"所表達的情況看，作者不太喜歡沿途的廣告牌。

　　63.B由文章第一段第一句和第二句可知答案為B。

　　64.A由第三段第一句和第二句可知。

　　65.B第一段第二句可知。

　　66.A從前面所列舉的樹木的名字可猜出是一種樹。

　　67.C由文中第三段中的敘述，1924－1906＝18。

　　68.C由第四段第一、二句可知。