专升本英语模拟104
Part ? Reading Comprehension
Directions: In this part there are four passages. Each passage is followed by a number of comprehension questions. Read the passages and choose the best answer to each question. Then, mark your answer
by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
In Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong Province, Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport resumed its international flights to Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines and other Southeast Asian nations and regions early this month, said an airport official yesterday. And the airport's flow of international passengers for July has reached 80 percent of the figure for the corresponding month of the previous year.
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport had to cancel some
international services to Southeast Asian countries and regions because of the outbreak of SARS beginning in I April, the official said. The official predicted his airport's international service would return to normal operation and handle even more international passengers in August.
Currently, the Guangzhou airport is operating 22 international flights to 20 foreign metropolises. And nine foreign airlines have resumed their international flights to the airport.
1、In July Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport resumed its international service to______
A. the whole world B. only four southeastern nations C. the Southeast Asian nations D. all Asian nations
2、The airport's flow of international passengers for July is______ the figure for the corresponding month of the previous year.
A. 20% of B. 20% less than C. 80% more than D. 80% less than
3、Because of the outbreak of SARS, the airport______ . A. reduced its service to some regions B. reduced its service to all regions
C. reduced its Service to some areas while adding to some other regions
D. canceled all its services to Southeast Asian countries 4、Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The international service in August would be as much as in July. B. The flow of international passengers will be more than that in July.
C. The airport will provide less service than in July.
D. The flow of international passengers will be more than that in usual time.
5、The report is mainly about ______.
A. the operation of Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport B. where people should go to visit after SARS
C. the prediction of what will happen to transport and tourism after SARS
D. the resuming service in Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Wall Street is the name of a street in New York and very famous in the whole world. Ii is the financial center of the USA, exerting a significant influence upon the world's economy. Hetty Green, who was born in 1835, was nicknamed the Wizard(奇才) of Wall Street. She
became almost a legendary figure in Wall Street, because she made a lot of money buying and selling shares in companies.
Hetty Green began making money when her father died and she inherited all his money. By investing it wisely, she soon built up her fortune to over 100 million dollars. However, she hated spending money on herself or on her family. Actually, she hated spending money on everything except buying shares. She was so mean that when her son
Edward broke his leg, she would not send for a doctor. She did not want to have to pay a doctor's bill. She refused to send her son to a good hospital Instead, she took the boy to a free charity hospital. There he did not get very good treatment and, to save his life, he had to have his leg cut off. Still his mother would not pay for proper hospital treatment. She sent for a doctor who cut off the boy's leg in her sitting room. It's incredible, isn't it?
6、Wall Street is ______.
A. the name of Chinatown in New York B. the nickname of New York C. the financial center of America D. the tourist center of USA
7、Hetty Green was nicknamed the Wizard of Wall Street because she ______.
A. inherited a large sum of money
B. made a large sum of fortune with shares C. built up a large company on shares D. was very queer and cruel
8、The underlined word \be replaced by ______.
A. vulgar B. cross C. wicked D. ungenerous 9、When her son broke his leg, Hetty Green ______. A. sent him to a large hospital . B. sent for a doctor C. didn't pay the bill for the doctor D. took him to, a charity hospital
10、Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage, A. Hetty Green hated her son and refused to take him to. a good hospital
B. Hetty liked to earn a lot of money so as to live a good life. C. Hetty Green preferred money to anything else。 D. Hetty Green died a poor old woman.
Relations between the United States and Colombia suffered for many years because of an incident involving the Republic of Panama. By the en& of the Spanish-American War, Americans felt that an easier and faster: way was needed to ,get ships, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. Some people in the United States first believed that a
canal across Nicaragua was the answer. However, President Theodore Roosevelt decided that a canal through Panama would be a better choice, In order to build the canal, the United States had to negotiate a treaty with Colombia, which at that time controlled Panama. Roosevelt offered Colombia, $10 million plus $ 250,000 a year for 99 years for a six-miles-wide strip of land across Panama. Colombia rejected the United States’offer. This angered President Roosevelt, and negotiations with Colombia, ended. In 1903，a
revolution broke out in Panama. United States ships were sent by President: Roosevelt to protect the Panamanian revolutionaries from Colombia forces. The revolution succeeded, and Panama declared its independence from Colombia. The United States then negotiated with the newly formed government. A treaty was signed, and the United States began building the canal.
As a result of the incident, Colombia and the United States remained on bad terms for many years. Not until 1921, when the United States agreed to pay Colombia some compensation for its lost territory, did relations between the two countries improve,
11、According to the passage, the United States and Colombia were on bad terms bemuse the United States had ______.
A. at first wished to build a canal through Nicaragua B. promised to pay Colombia $10 million for A Panama C. wished to build a canal through Panama
D. protected Panamanian revolutionaries from Colombia
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