2018成人高考專升本《英語》閱讀理解專題練習（6）

　　Passage One

　　1. How many Vice Presidents later became Presidents?

　　A. Four. B. Five. C. Six. D. Seven.

　　2. Among the last ten presidents, how many of them are from Republican?

　　A. Four. B. Five. C. Six. D. Seven.

　　3. In which year both president and vice-president resigned their positions?

　　A. 1897-1901. B. 1921-1923. C. 1961-1963. D. 1969-1974.

　　4. Which Presidents were assassinated in office?

　　A. John F. Kennedy and William McKinley.

　　B. Warren Harding and William McKinley.

　　C. John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon.

　　D. Gerald R. Ford and Spiro T. Agnew.

　　Passage Two

　　A panel of government officials is worried. The air quality in some areas is not good. The air is polluted with soot. The officials worry that the air is harmful to the people who breathe the air. The officials are experts. They study the environment. They discuss ways to stop the air pollution. The panel decided to make some changes to the law.

　　The new plan places strict limits on how much soot can be released into the air. Now, a measurement of 65 parts of soot is considered safe. The new plan would reduce that number to 30. The daily limit of pollution in the air would be cut in half.

　　These new standards would affect industry. The limits would also affect people who own wood stoves and fireplaces. The county will keep track of the air quality every day. People would be required to stop burning wood when the levels are high. They could also install a kind of special fireplace. These fireplaces burn very little wood. They do not pollute the air as much. Some counties will punish families who violate the ban. They will have to pay a fine for not complying with the law.

　　Some states do not have much industry. Their pollution problem is not too bad. They would still have to regulate how much pollution is released into the air. The experts hope that this ban will help keep the air cleaner.

　　Before the plan becomes a law the public will have a chance to comment on it. Citizens will have ninety days to ask questions and voice concerns about the plan. Then it will become a law.

　　5. The panel is made up of ______.

　　A. scientists B. homeowners C. citizens D. factory owners

　　6. How will the government know what the air quality is?

　　A. The factories will test the air every day.

　　B. Scientists will test it every day.

　　C. A report will be published.

　　D. They will ask homeowners

　　7. What will happen to residents if they don't comply with the law?

　　A. They will have to go to work in a factory.

　　B. They will have to pay a fine.

　　C. They will go to jail for ninety days.

　　D. The government will take away their woodstove

　　8. Why is the government asking for comments on the new rules?

　　A. Because it is trying to fool people.

　　B. Because it doesn't know how to make rules.

　　C. Because it wants to be nice

　　D. Because it wants to hear what the citizens have to say.

　　Passage Three

　　The phoenix was one of the most magnificent birds that ever lived. Unfortunately for bird watchers, the grand phoenix lived only in the imaginations of the ancient Greeks and Egyptians.

　　According to Greek mythology, only- one phoenix at a time lived on earth. The phoenix, a male, was brightly colored, with gold and red feathers. Legend has it that the single bird lived for exactly 500 years. Just before it was to die, it would build a nest, The mythical bird's last task was to sit patiently on the nest, waiting for the sun to start the dry twigs burning and set the nest ablaze. But as the proud phoenix sacrificed itself in flame, a tiny worm would crawl from beneath the ashes. This worm grew in to a new phoenix. Its first task was to gather up its father's ashes and bury them in the temple of the Egyptian sun god in Heliopolis, the City of the Sun. Each reborn phoenix lived out the remainder of its life in Arabia.

　　Today, the phoenix symbolizes immortality. Also, someone who succeeds where he or she had previously failed is often referred to as a phoenix.

　　9. This passage discusses an ancient ______.

　　A. king B. myth C. fairy tale D. god

　　10. Most of a phoenix's life was supposedly spent in ______.

　　A. Greece B. Egypt C. Heliopolis D. Arabia

　　11. Someone who is called a phoenix today ______.

　　A. has come back from a defeat B. is probably immortal

　　C. thinks he or she can live forever D. is not well liked by colleagues

　　12. The life of the phoenix is described ______.

　　A. with the use of facts B. in a humorous way

　　C. in an unclear way D. step-by-step