专升本英语阅读理解专项强化真题试卷6
阅读理解
June came and the hay (干草) was almost ready for cutting. On Midsummer\’s Eve, which was a Saturday, Mr. Jones went into Willington and got so drunk at the Red Lion that he did not come back until midday on Sunday. His men had milked the cows in the early morning and then had gone out chatting without bothering to feed the animals. When Mr. Jones got back, he immediately went to sleep on the living-room sofa with the \\
1.The four men did not feed the cows because______.(B)
A. they had not cut the hay yet
B. Mr. Jones wasn’t at home
C. they did not have time to feed them
D. the cows had fed themselves
解析：这是一个幽默小故事。第一段。文中说乔恩先生在仲夏夜喝醉了酒，直到第：二天的中午才回家，回家后又倒头大睡，顾不上察看工人是否喂了牛。
2.The cows broke into the storehouse because______.(D)
A. they did not like their masters
B. Mr. Jones forgot to lock the door
C. they were kept in the cow-house too long
D. they were too hungry to wait for the feed
解析：第一段。牛一整天都没有吃到东西，实在忍受不了了，便冲破了仓库的门。
3.What the five men finally do with the cows?(C)
A. They chased and drove the cows away.
B. They continued beating the cows.
C. They gave up the defense and ran away.
D. They gave in and fed the cows.
解析：第二段。乔恩先生和他的四个工人手拿皮鞭冲入仓库抽打他们的牛。
4.We can learn from the passage that______.(C)
A. the cows often ran out to look for food
B. the cows often had fights with their masters
C. Mr. Jones and his men often beat the cows
D. Mr. Jones and his men often forgot to feed the cows
解析：第二段。事情一发生，他们立刻人手一根鞭。作者描述他们从没见过这些牛如此大胆地反抗，以及描述他们已经习惯了随意鞭打这些牛。这些都证实了一点，即乔恩和他的工人经常鞭打牛。Passage Two
It was sunrise on an August morning when the captain and his crew cast their nets some 50 miles south of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico. As the net was pulled over, the contents were poured out followed by excited cries of \\
5.What surprised the fishermen on an August morning?(B)
A. Their net contained a big strange-looking fish.
B. They found the treasure sunken 210 years ago.
C. They found some pieces of a sunken ship in the net.
D. Their net suddenly got caught by something deep in the water.
解析：这是有关海底宝藏的故事。第一段。渔民在墨西哥湾打鱼，渔网捞上来的不是鱼，而是沉入海底的宝藏——210年前沉入海底的美国银元。
6.What happened to the ship heading for New Orleans in 1784?(C)
A. Loaded with too much cargo, it hit on the rocks.
B. Robbed by pirates, it lost $ 100,000,000’s worth of goods.
C. It disappeared but nobody knew exactly what had happened.
D. It was caught in a terrible storm and went down into the ocean.
解析：第二段。叙述210年前发生的事。1784年，一艘满载的船出发去新奥尔良，船上装有大量的西班牙银元。然而却没有一枚到达目的地，也没有一个人生还。所 以，没有人知道究竟发生了什么。有人认为是暴风雨导致它沉没(选项D)，有人认为是海盗抢了它(选项B)。两种原因都只是猜测，不是正确选项。选项A本文中没有提及。
7.What do we know about \\(D)
A. Today one coin equals to 49 dollars in the world market.
B. They were widely used in America after the Civil War.
C. Issued in small amounts, not many of them survive.
D. They were officially accepted in the 13 colonies.
解析：第三段。叙述西班牙银元在美国的历史。西班牙银元曾在美国的13个州广泛使用，并被认定为官方法定货币。选项D是正确的。选项A在第四段提及，与此题无关。选项B与原文相反。文中说内战后政府就把这些货币熔掉了。选项C前半部分与原文相反。文中说曾经的使用量是很大的。
8.In which section of a magazine would you probably find this article?(C)
A. Sports
B. Housing
C. History
D. Fashion
解析：这篇文章主要从历史的角度叙述了210年前沉
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