IV. Reading Comprehension ( 60 points)

　　Directions:There are five reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by fourquestions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Chooseone best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

　　根據(jù)下面內(nèi)容，回答題：

　　Would you like to spend all evening reading a lovely story with beautiful illustrations and make$ 35,000 at the same time? Millions of people all over the world tried to do just that. Only onesucceeded. The book is called Masquerade, and was written by British painter Kit Williams. Withinits pages are clues to the location of a golden jewel, and whoever figured out the clues could find andkeep the treasure.

　　Some years ago, Williams was asked to write a children's book. Wanting to do something no oneelse had done before, he decided to bury a golden treasure and tell where it was in the book. He be-gan painting without a clear idea of what the story would be about, where he would bury the treasure,or even what the treasure would be. As he painted, he decided that in the story a hare, or rabbit,would travel through earth, air,fire and water to deliver a gift from the moon to the sun.

　　After three years, he finished the paintings and then wrote the story. The treasure became an 18- carat gold hare, adorned with precious stones, and it was made by Kit Williams himself. This beauti-ful jewel ,worth around $ 35,000, depending on gold prices, was,buried somewhere in Britain, free toanyone who could decipher the clues. Williams's book kept people of all ages amused trying to solvethe mystery of Masquerade.

　　The rabbit was finally found in the spring of 1982,by a 48-year-old design engineer. It was bur-

　　ied in a park about thirty-five miles from London.

　　36、The function of the first sentence in this passage is to __________ .

　　A.give detail B.sum up the story C.capture the reader's interest D.elaborate upon'a point

　　參考答案：C

　　參考解析：文章的首句并沒有給任何細(xì)節(jié)，也沒有闡述任何觀點(diǎn)，而是提出了一個問題，排除A、D兩項(xiàng)。第一段剛開始，不可能總結(jié)，排除選項(xiàng)B。這個問題很有趣，所以，作者以此開篇是為了吸引讀者，C項(xiàng)是正確的。

　　37、When Williams began working on his book, he __________ .

　　A.was paid $ 35,000 B.learned to paint

　　C.had already buried the treasure D.did not know what the story would be about

　　參考答案：D

　　參考解析：有人請Williams寫本兒童的書，他接受了，并想把自己的作品寫得與眾不同，但當(dāng)他開始運(yùn)作時，他腦子里還沒有清晰的思路。D項(xiàng)是正確的。

　　38、We can conclude from the passage that _________.

　　A.the clues in Masquerade are easy to decipher

　　B.Kit Williams has many artistic talents

　　C.many people bury treasures in Britain

　　D.Kit Williams said he would pay $ 35,000 to whoever found the treasure

　　參考答案：B

　　參考解析：從這段里我們知道，Williams會寫書、畫畫、做珠寶，所以說他有很多的藝術(shù)天賦。B項(xiàng)是正確的。

　　39、This passage is about __________ .

　　A.British painters B.golden jewelry C.a modern treasure hunt D.writing children's books

　　參考答案：C

　　參考解析：這篇文章主要講了Williams寫這本書的目的是讓人們尋寶。C項(xiàng)是正確的。其他三項(xiàng)都只是文章中整個事件的一部分，不是主題。Passage Four

　　根據(jù)下面內(nèi)容，回答題：

　　If we had to rely on only five senses for survival, we would be in very sad shape indeed. Wewouldn't know up from down. We wouldn't know when to eat or drink. We wouldn't know what ourmuscles were doing or what position our limbs were in. We wouldn't know when our body was dam-aged because we wouldn't feel pain. We might freeze to death without even a shiver, or overheat with-out a drop of sweat. The five senses--touch, taste, smell, hearing and sight--respond only to stimula-tion from the outside world, but the inside world of our bodies must also receive and respond to im-portant messages.

　　Our internal senses keep us alive and enable us to use our external senses. In effect, the internalsenses tell our brains how to run our bodies. Hunger or thirst registers in a part of the brain called thehypothalamus(丘腦下部) ,when a lack of food chemicals are detected in the blood.

　　Another internal sense that controls our balance is maintained by three fluid-filled loops in theinner ear. Changes in position and gravity affect the motion of this liquid and cause changes in thebrain. A sense called kinesthesia(肌肉運(yùn)動知覺)lets us know the relative positions of parts of ourbodies. Even our breathing is caused by a sense that identifies an overabundance of carbon dioxideand a lack of oxygen in the blood.

　　No one has been able to count the number of internal senses. The presence of delicate internal senses shows just how marvelously complex we human beings are.

　　40、This passage deal mostly with the __________.

　　A.internal senses B.sense of balance C.five senses D.brain's function

　　參考答案：A

　　參考解析：文章簡述了人類的內(nèi)部感官。B項(xiàng)是其中的一部分。C項(xiàng)是作者用來作引子，引起讀者的興趣，并與之比較，從而說明內(nèi)部感官究竟是什么。A項(xiàng)是正確的。第40000

　　41、Hunger is caused by __________

　　A.too much food and water in the body B.a lack of oxygen in the blood

　　C.seeing or thinking about food D.a lack of certain chemicals in the blood

　　參考答案：D

　　參考解析：由第二段最后一句知血液中缺少食物化學(xué)成分時，大腦就會得到報告。D項(xiàng)是正確的。

　　42、The passage implies that there are many senses we __________

　　A.can use only in emergencies B.may not understand at present

　　C.never realize we have D.do not actively use in everyday living

　　參考答案：C

　　參考解析：我們只意識到外部感官，從沒有意識到我們的內(nèi)部感官才是我們生命的根本。第一段尤其強(qiáng)調(diào)這一點(diǎn)。C項(xiàng)是正確的。

　　43、In the second paragraph, the term "in effect" means __________

　　A.in fact B.it is doubtful C.often D.without reason

　　參考答案：A

　　參考解析：前面說明內(nèi)部感官是干什么的。接著用in effect強(qiáng)調(diào)、總結(jié)，進(jìn)一步說明內(nèi)部感官的作用。A項(xiàng)是正確的。

　　根據(jù)下面內(nèi)容，回答題：

　　In Japan's capital city of Tokyo, earthquake danger limits the height of buildings. The city hasspread out so far and the traffic has become so heavy that it is very difficult to get from one place toanother. The price of land,too,has become very high. All this explains why a group of Japanese landdevelopers came to the conclusion that there was nowhere to go but down. So far they have dug outspace underground for fifteen major shopping centers ,and the underground construction has only begun.What are some of the advantages of shopping and eating underground? Clean ,filtered( ~,,1~ )air is one of them. The city of Tokyo has one of the most serious smog problems in the world. An other advantage is that there won't be traffic accidents as that on the city's busy streets. Still another is the convenience of moving from place to place. You're usually right next to, or even in, a subway station.And you can even spend the night underground if you like. The Kyobashi Station, for example, indown town Tokyo, has a hotel with a bar, restaurant and barbershop.

　　44、It is very difficult to get from one place to another in Tokyo because __________.

　　A.the city is so large and so high B.there is no traffic

　　C.we don't know the road D.the city is so large and the traffic is so heavy

　　參考答案：D

　　參考解析：文中第二句中指出原因即城市太大，交通太擁擠。

　　45、All are the seasons for Tokyo to develop underground EXCEPT __________

　　A.the high buildings B.the high price of land C.the far spreading of the city D.the heavy traffic

　　參考答案：A

　　參考解析：文中第一段第一句中提到了建筑物的高度是因地震受到限制，因此A項(xiàng)的表述不合適，高大的建筑物并不是東京要向地下發(fā)展的原因。

　　46、Shopping underground is clean __________ ,.,

　　A.without air pollution B.of water C.and tidy D.and beautiful

　　參考答案：A

　　參考解析：文中第二段第二句中提到了地下購物的優(yōu)點(diǎn)，即干凈、空氣好。

　　47、The second paragraph tells us __________

　　A.underground is convenient B.the advantages of underground

　　C.we can have good food underground D.you can spend the night underground

　　參考答案：B

　　參考解析：文中第二段具體分析了地下的優(yōu)點(diǎn)，比如干凈、空氣好、無交通阻塞問題等。