专升本英语（阅读）模拟试卷55
阅读理解
One day when the famous American scientist Addison was on his way home, a young man stopped him and required to have a word with him. Addison accepted his request.
The young man asked, \\
1.The young man asked Addison how to_________.(B)
A. invent new things
B. become famous
C. talk with him
D. become a scientist
解析：
2.The young man was puzzled because Addison told him he would_________.(D)
A. die after he was famous
B. be famous before he died
C. die before he became famous
D. become well-known after he died
解析：
3.The young man couldn’t achieve his fame because_________.(B)
A. his aim was too high
B. he didn’t work hard for it
C. he didn’t meet Addison earlier
D. nobody advised him how to do
解析：
Biomechanics—the application of engineering principles to the motions of the human body—stands at the heart of much of the current work in training athletes. At the U. S. Olympic Committee Biomechanics Laboratory in Colorado Springs, experts use a computerized \\
4.The author develops the main idea by________.(C)
A. comparing a cyclist to a marathoner
B. explaining the principles of the computerized \\
C. giving examples to show how the experts utilize biomechanics in training athletes
D. analyzing the results by engineering principles
解析：
5.We can infer that________.(C)
A. every marathoner would suffer from tendinitis
B. Edmund Burke was a famous cyclist
C. an athlete can benefit from biomechanics
D. without biomechanics, American athletes can’t make any progress
解析：
On the surface, AIDS appears to have barely touched Asia so far, and the few cases reported involve mainly foreigners, female and male prostitutes (妓女) and imported blood. But complacency could be a fatal error. Experts have no doubts that the reported cases represent only the tip of an epidemic iceberg; many more people are infected than cases reported, in part because the virus takes five to seven years from infection to develop into AIDS. Says Dr. Jonathan Mann, director of the Special Program on AIDS of the World Health Organization: \\
6.It can be inferred from the passage that_________.(A)
A. nothing had been known of AIDS before it was found in Africa
B. Asians have suffered little as they all have good education
C. foreigners in Asia may be the most vulnerable to AIDS
D. other continents will fall victims of AIDS very soon
解析：
7.It is obvious that the writer of the passage_________.(B)
A. feels confident about eliminating AIDS in the near future
B. is rather concerned with the future of the Asian Continent
C. shows indifference to the situation in Africa
D. has doubts that education can be of any help in fighting against AIDS
解析：
8.What will the report that follows the passage most likely discuss?(B)
A. The critical situation throughout the world.
B. AIDS victims in some African countries.
C. The aim of the Special Program on AIDS.
D. Reader’s Digest and AIDS.
解析：
The acquisition of new knowledge about a problem does not always help scientists solve it. Sometimes it complicates the original problem. A striking exam
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