江苏专转本英语模拟题

江苏专转本英语考试模拟题PartⅠReadingComprehensionPassage1Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:IntheUnitedStates,30percentoftheadultpopulationhasa“weightproblem”.Tomanypeople,thecauseisobvious:theyeattoomuch.Butscientificevidencedoeslittletosupportthisidea.GoingbaketotheAmericaofthe1910s,wefindthatpeoplewerethinnerthantoday,yettheyatemorefood.Inthosedayspeopleworkedharderphysically,walkedmore,usedmachinesmuchlessanddidn’twatchtelevision.Severalmodernstudies,moreover,haveshownthatfatterpeopledonoteatmoreontheaveragethanthinnerpeople.Infact,someinvestigations,suchasthe1979studyof3,545Londonofficeworkers,reportthat,onbalance,fatpeopleeatlessthanslimmerpeople.Studiesshowthatslimpeoplearemoreactivethanfatpeople.AstudybyaresearchgroupatStanfordUniversitySchoolofMedicinefoundthefollowinginterestingfacts:Themorethemenran,themorebodyfattheylost.Themoretheyran,thegreateramountoffoodtheyate.(81)Thus,thosewhoranthemostatethemost,yetlostthegreatestamountofbodyfat.1.ThephysicalproblemthatmanyadultAmericanshaveisthat?A.theyaretooslimB.theyworktoohardC.theyaretoofatD.theylosetoomuchbodyfat2.Accordingtothearticle,given500adultAmericans,peoplewillhavea“weightproblem”.A.30B.50C.100D.1503.Isthereanyscientificevidencetosupportthateatingtoomuchisthecauseofa“weightproblem”?A.Yes,thereisplentyofevidence.B.Ofcourse,thereissomeevidencetoshowthisistrue.C.Thereishardlyanyscientificevidencetosupportthisidea.D.Wedon’tknowbecausetheinformationisnotgiven.4.IncomparisonwiththeadultAmericanpopulationtoday,theAmericansofthe1910s.A.atemorefoodandhadmorephysicalactivitiesB.atelessfoodbuthadmoreactivitiesC.atelessfoodandhadlessphysicalexerciseD.hadmoreweightproblems5.Modernscientificresearcheshavereportedtousthat.A.fatpeopleeatlessfoodandarelessactiveB.fatpeopleeatmorefoodthanslimpeopleandaremoreactiveC.fatpeopleeatmorefoodthanslimpeoplebutarelessactiveD.thinpeoplerunless,buthavegreaterincreaseinfoodintakePassage2Byadoptingafewsimpletechniques,parentswhoreadtotheirchildrencangreatlyincreasetheirchildren’slanguagedevelopment.Itissurprisingbuttrue.(82)Howparentstalktotheirchildrenmakesabigdifferenceinthechildren’slanguagedevelopment.Ifaparentencouragesthechildtoactivelyrespondtowhattheparentisreading,thechild’slanguageskillsincrease.Astudywasdonewith30three-year-oldchildrenandtheirparents.Halfofthechildrenparticipatedintheexperimentalstudy;theotherhalfactedasthecontrolgroup.Intheexperimentalgroup,theparentsweregivenatwo-hourtrainingsessioninwhichtheyweretaughttoaskopen-endedquestionsratherthanyes-or-noquestions.Forexample,theparentshouldask,“Whatisthedoggiedoing?”ratherthan“Isthedoggierunningaway?”(83)Theparentsintheexperimentalgroupwerealsoinstructedinhowtohelpchildrenfindanswers,howtosuggestalternativepossibilitiesandhowtopraisecorrectanswers.Atthebeginningofthestudy,thechildrendidnotdifferinmeasuresoflanguagedevelopment,butattheendofonemonth,thechildrenintheexperimentalgroupshowed5.5monthsaheadofthecontrolgrouponatestofverbalexpressionandvocabulary.Ninemonthslater,thechildrenintheexperimentalgroupstillshowedanadvanceof6monthsoverthechildreninthecontrolgroup.6.Whichofthefollowingcanbeinferred(推断)fromthepassage?A.Childrenwhotalkalotaremoreintelligent.B.Parentswholistentotheirchildrencanteachthemmore.C.Activechildrenshouldreadmoreandbegivenmoreattention.D.Verbalabilitycaneasilybedevelopedwithpropermethods.7.Whatdoes“it”inline2canmostprobablybereplacedby?A.Parentsincreasingchildren’slanguagedevelopment.B.Readingtechniquesbeingsimple.C.Parentsreadingtochildren.D.Children’sintelligencedevelopment.8.Accordingtotheauthor,whichofthefollowingquestionsisthebesttypetoaskchildrenabout?A.Doyouseetheelephant?B.Istheelephantinthecage?C.Whatanimalsdoyoulike?D.shallwegotothezoo?9.Thedifferencebetweenthecontrolgroupandtheexperimentalgroupwas.A.thetrainingthatparentsreceivedB.theageofthechildrenC.thebooksthatwerereadD.thenumberofthechildren10.Thebestconclusionwecandrawfromthepassageisthat.A.parentsshouldbetrainedtoreadtotheirchildrenB.themorechildrenread,themoreintelligenttheywillbecomeC.children’slanguageskillsincreasewhentheyarerequiredtorespondactivelyD.childrenwhoreadactivelyseemsixmonthsolderPassage3(84)Theagriculturerevolutioninthenineteenthcenturyinvolvedtwothings:theinventionoflabor-savingmachineryandthedevelopmentofscientificagriculture.Laborsavingmachinerynaturallyappearedfirstwherelaborwasscarce.“InEurope”,saidThomasJefferson,“theobjectistomakethemostoftheirland,laborbeingsufficient;hereitistomakethemostofourlabor,landbeingabundant”.ItwasinAmerica,therefore,thatthegreatadvancesinthenineteenthcentury,withtheexceptionofacrude(粗糙)plow,farmerscouldhavecarriedpracticallyalloftheexistingagriculturaltoolsontheirbacks.(85)By1860,mostofthemachineryinusetodayhadbeendesignedinanearlyform.Themostimportantoftheearlyinventionwastheironplow.Asearlyas1890,CharlesNewboltofNewJerseyhadbeenworkingontheideaofacast-ironplowandspenthisentirefortuneinintroducinghisinvention.Thefarmers,however,wouldhomenoneofit,claimingthattheironpoisonedthesoilandmadetheweedsgrow.Nevertheless,manyp