国家公共英语二级（阅读理解）练习试卷38
阅读理解（含3小题）
Do you want to know something about the history of weather? Don\’ t look for old weather reports. Looking at tree rings is more important. Correct weather reports date back only one century, but some trees can provide an exact record of the weather even further back.
It is natural that a tree will grow well in a climate (气候) with plenty of sunshine and rain-fall. And little sunshine or rainfall will limit the growth of a tree. The change from a favorable to an unfavorable climate can be determined by reading the pattern of rings in a tree trunk. \\
1.If you want to find out the weather of twenty years ago, you should study________.(A)
A. the twentieth ring
B. the tenth ring
C. the nineteenth ring
D. the twenty-first ring
解析：推断题。题干意为“如果想知道20年前的气候，应该研究_________”从文章第二段最后两句可推知，要想知道20年前的气候，应该研究第20条年轮，所以本题的正确答案为A.
2.It is understood that in a favorable climate________.(C)
A. tree rings grow close together
B. trees in New Mexico will grow big and tall
C. tree rings grow far apart
D. people can cut down most of the trees in New Mexico
解析：推断题。题干意为“在气候好的时候________。”“从文章第二段倒数第二句话\\
3.Scientists are interested in studying tree rings because they can tell________.(A)
A. a lot about what happened in history
B. whether a particular tree was healthy or not
C. whether people took good care of the trees or not
D. how old the trees were
解析：细节题。题干意为“科学家们研究年轮是因为年轮可以告诉科学家___________”从文章第三段第一句话\\
He stopped traffic on Fifth Avenue like the Beatles or Marilyn Monroe. He could have been president of Israel or played violin at Carnegie Hall, but he was too busy thinking. His thinking on God, love and the meaning of life grace (装饰)our greeting cards and day-timers.
Fifty years after his death, Einstein remains the best scientist of the modern time. Looking back 2,400 years, only Newton, Galileo and Aristotle were his equals.
Around the world, universities and academies (研究院) are celebrating the 100th anniversary (周年) of Einstein\’ s \\
4.In the first paragraph we know that Einstein________.(B)
A. had run for president before he worked at his research
B. had the gift for politics and music
C. was an excellent violinist
D. was more a political leader or a musician than a thinker
解析：推断题。题干意为“从文章第一段我们可以得知爱因斯坦________。”从文章第一段第二句话可知，他本可以成为以色列总统，或在卡内基音乐厅演奏小提琴，但他却把时间都用来思考。由此可推知他具有政治和音乐天赋。所以本题的正确答案为B。
5.Why was 1905 called Einstein’s \\(B)
A. Because he topped himself with the theory of relativity.
B. Because he wrote five important articles to help people better understand space, time, light and matter.
C. Because he published five papers on his theory of relativity.
D. Because he made important discoveries of space, time, light and matter.
解析：细节题。题干意为“为什么1905年是爱因斯坦的传奇年？”从文章第三段第一句话\\
6.What does the underlined word \\(B)
A. Latter.
B. Before.
C. Former.
D. First.
解析：语义题。题干意为“第四段第二行的单词‘previous’是什么意思？”从文章第四段第一句话可知，爱因斯坦出生在马车盛行的年代，但他的理论和思想却引发了一场科学技术革命。在短短百年中，这场科技革命带来的变化远比\\
A little over a year ago I began training to swim the English Channel this October. I would be 60 years old then. My friend thought I had lost my mind; my wife, though not fearing for my sanit
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