大学英语阅读理解及答案

大学英语阅读理解及答案（通用13篇）

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　　大学英语阅读理解及答案 1

　　Swimming is one of those activities that can be learned early in life. Little children can learn to swim as soon as they walk. In fact, you need the same skills in walking as in swimming. However, I believe that five is the best age to learn. By five or six, a child knows fear of water, a very important thing to know. Its wise to be afraid, to recognize true danger. Young ones understand that the water can sometimes be very dangerous.

　　To really benefit from swimming, every swimmer should learn, as soon as possible, these four basic strokes; butterfly, backstroke, breastroke, and crawl. I feel that one of these-the breaststroke-is different from the others, since some young swimmers use this stroke naturally, without any training.

　　In swimming there are certain rules every swimmer should follow:

　　1. Never swim alone! No matter how good you are in the water, dont risk drowning by swimming alone. If you swim by yourself , with no life guards or friends with you, you may get into trouble.

　　2. Dont go beyond your abilities. Most swimmers know enough not to swim too far from the bank or the beach, Showing off by doing dangerous tricks is no good. Swim safely and you will continue to swim and alive.

　　3. Dont smoke. Swimming depends on a healthy body; good lungs are part of it.

　　4. Work at any activity that builds muscles.

　　9. Little children can learn to swim as soon as _____.【 B 】

　　A. they can talk

　　B. they start walking

　　C. they have no fear of the water

　　大学英语阅读理解及答案 2

　　Americans spend their free time in various ways.

　　America is a country of sports—of hunting, fishing and swimming, and of team sports like baseball and football. Millions of Americans watch their favorite sports on television. They also like to play in community orchestras(管弦乐队),make their own films or recordings, go camping ,visit museums, attend lectures, travel, garden, read, and join in hundreds of other activities. The people also enjoy building things for their homes, sewing their own clothes, even making their own photographs. They do these things for fun as well as for economy.

　　But as much as Americans enjoy their free time, the country is at the same time a"self-improvement" country. More than 25 million adults continue their education, chiefly by going to school in the evening, during their own free time, at their own expense. Added to the time spent on personal activities, Americans a1so devote a great amount of their time to the varied needs of their communities. Many hospitals, schools, libraries, museums, parks, community centers, and organizations that assist the poor depend on the many hours citizens devote to these activities, often without any pay. Why do they do it?

　　There are several answers. The idea of cooperating and sharing responsibility with one another for the benefit of all is as old as the country itself.

　　When the country was first founded in 1776,it was necessary for the settlers to work together to live. They had crossed dangerous seas and risked all they had in their struggle for political and religious freedom. There remains among many Americans a distrust of central government. People still prefer to do things themselves within their communities, rather than give the government more control.

　　Sometimes people offer their time because they wish to accomplish something for which no money is paid, to do something that will be of benefit to the entire community. It is true that some people use their leisure because they are truly interested in the work; or they are learning from the experience.

　　No matter what the reason is, hundreds of thousands of so called leisure hours are put into hard, unpaid work on one or another community need.

　　13. This passage is mainly about ________ . 【 B 】

　　A. why America is a country of sports

　　B. how Americans spend their free time

　　C. why America is a "self-improvement" country

　　14. The writer mentions the foundation of the country in order to indicate ________.【 C 】

　　A. the early history of America

　　B. the American peoples determination to live

　　C. the reason for Americans willingness to cooperate and share responsibility

　　15.Which of the following best explains the meaning of the underlined word “leisure"【 C 】

　　A. work time B. energy C. spare time

　　16.What can we infer from the text【 A 】

　　A. The first settlers left their hometown for political and religious reasons.

　　B. Many Americans don′t trust the central government.

　　C. American people enjoy building things for their homes just for fun.

　　大学英语阅读理解及答案 3

　　Early one morning, more than a hundred years ago, an American inventor called Elias Howe finally fell asleep. He had been working all night on the design of a

　　sewing machine but he had run into a very difficult problem: It seemed impossible to get the thread to run smoothly around the needle.

　　Though he was tired, Howe slept badly. He turned and turned. Then he had a dream. He dreamt that he had been caught by terrible savages whose king wanted to kill him and eat him unless he could build a perfect sewing machine. When he tried to do so, Howe ran into the same problem as before. The thread kept getting caught around the needle.

　　The king flew into the cage and ordered his soldiers to kill Howe. They came up towards him with their spears raised. But suddenly the inventor noticed something. There was a hole in the tip of each spear. The inventor awoke from the dream,

　　realizing that he had just found the answer to the problem. Instead of trying to get the thread to run around the needle, he should make it run through a small hole in the center of the needle. This was the simple idea that finally made Howe design and build the first really practised sewing machine.

　　Elias Howe was not the only one in finding the answer to his problem in this

　　way.

　　Thomas Edison, the inventor of the electric light, said his best ideas came into him in dreams. So did the great physicist Albert Einstein. Charlotte Bronte also drew in her dreams in writing Jane Eyre.

　　To know the value of dreams, you have to understand what happens when you are asleep. Even then, a part of your mind is still working. This unconscious(无意识的), but still active part understands your experiences and goes to work on the problems you have had during the day. It stores all sorts of information that you may have

　　forgotten or never have really noticed. It is only when you fall asleep that this part of the brain can send messages to the part you use when you are awake. However, the unconscious part acts in a special way. It uses strange images which the conscious part may not understand at first. This is why dreams are sometimes called “secret messages to ourselves”.

　　1.According to the passage, Elias Howe was________.【 C 】

　　A. the first person we know of who solved problems in his sleep

　　B. much more hard-working than other inventors

　　C. the first person to design a sewing machine that really worked

　　2.The problem Howe was trying to solve was________.【 A 】

　　A. how to prevent the thread from getting caught around the needle

　　B. how to design a needle which would not break

　　C. where to put the needle

　　3.Thomas Edison is spoken of because________.【 B 】

　　A. he also tried to invent a sewing machine

　　B. he got some of his ideas from dreams

　　C. he was one of Howe’s best friends

　　4.Dreams are sometimes called“secret messages to ourselves” because___.【 A 】

　　A. strange images are used to communicate ideas

　　B. images which have no meaning are used

　　C. we can never understand the real meaning

　　大学英语阅读理解及答案 4

　　The greatest recent changes have been in the lives of women. During the

　　twentieth century there was an unusual shortening of the time of a woman’s life spent in caring for children. A woman marrying at the end of the 19th century would

　　probably have been in her middle twenties, and would be likely to have seven or eight children, of whom four or five lived till they were five years old. By the time the youngest was fifteen, the mother would have been in her early fifties and would

　　expect to live a further twenty years, during which custom, chance and health made it unusual for her to get paid work. Today women marry younger and have fewer

　　children. Usually a woman’s youngest child will be fifteen when she is forty-five and is likely to take paid work until retirement at sixty. Even while she has the care of

　　children ,her work is lightened by household appliances(家用电器)and convenience foods.

　　This important change in women’s way of life has only recently begun to have its full effect on women’ s economic position. Even a few years ago most girls left school at the first opportunity and most of them took a full-time job. However, when they married, they usually left work at once and never returned to it. Today the school-leaving age is sixteen, many girls stay at school after that age ,and though

　　women tend to marry younger ,more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born. Many more after wads, return to full or part-time work. Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage, with both husband and wife accepting a greater share of the duties and satisfaction of family life, and with both husband and wife sharing more equally in providing the money and running the home, according to the abilities and interest of each of them.

　　5.We are told that in an average family about 1990________.【 D 】

　　A. many children died before they were five

　　B. the youngest child would be fifteen

　　C. seven of eight children lived to be more than five

　　D. four or five children died when they were five

　　6. When she was over fifty, the late 19th century mother________.【 D 】

　　A. would expect to work until she died

　　B. was usually expected to take up paid employment

　　C. would be healthy enough to take up paid employment

　　D. was unlikely to find a job even if she is now likely

　　7. Many girls, the passage says, are now likely to ________.【 D 】

　　A. marry so that they can get a job

　　B. leave school as soon as they can

　　C. give up their jobs for good after they are married

　　D. continue working until they are going to have a baby

　　8. According to the passage, it is now quite usual for women to ________.【 C 】

　　A. stay at home after leaving school

　　B. marry men younger than themselves

　　C. start working again later in life

　　D. marry while still at school

　　大学英语阅读理解及答案 5

　　The economy of the United states after 1952 was the econnomy of a well-fed,almost fully employed people. Despit occasional alarms, the country escaped any postwar depression and lived in a state of boom. A n economic survey of the year 1955, a typical year of the 1950’s, may be typical as illustrating the rapid economic growth of the decade. The national output was value at 10 percent above that of 1954 (1955 output was estimated at 392 billion dollars). The production of manufacturers was about 40 percent more than it had averaged in the years immediately following World War 2. The country’s business spent about 30billion dollars for new factories and machinery.

　　National income available for spending was almost a third greater than it had been it had been in 1950.

　　Consumers spent about 256 billion dollars; that is about 700 million dollars a day ,or about twenty-five million dollars every hour , all round the clock. Sixty-five million people held jobs and only a little more than two million wanted jobs but could not find them . Only agriculture complained that it was not sharing in the room. To some observers this was an ominous echo of the mid-1920’s . As farmer’s shre of their products declined , marketing costs rose. But there were , among the observers of the national economy, a few who were not as confident as the majority . Those few seemed to fear that the boom could not last and would eventually lead to the oppsite-depression.

　　1. What is the best title of the passage? a. The Agriculatural Trends of 1950’s b. The Unemployment Rate of 1950’s

　　c. U.S. Economy in the 50’s d. The Federal Budget of 1952

　　2. In Line 3, the word “boom” could best be replaced by______.

　　a. nearby explosion b. thunderous noise

　　c. general public support d. rapid economic growth

　　3. It can be inferred the national from the passage that most people in the United States in 1955 viewed the national economy with an air of _________. a. confidence b. confusion c. disappointment d. suspicion

　　4. Which of the following were LEAST satisfied with the national economy in the 1950’s?

　　a. Economists b. Frmaers c. Politicians d. Steelworkers

　　5. The passage states that incom available for spending in the U.S. was greater in 1955 than in 1950 . How much was it ? a. 60％ b. 50％ c. 33％ d. 90％

　　答案：cdabc

　　大学英语阅读理解及答案 6

　　As she walked round the huge department store,Edith reflected how difficult it was to choose a suitable Christmas present for her father.She wish that he was as easy to please as her mother, who was always delighted with perfume

　　Besides,shoppong at this time of the year was a most disgreeable experience :people trod on your toes,poked you with their elbows and almost knocked you overin their haste to get to a bargain ahead of you.

　　Partly to have a rest, Edith paused in front of a counter where some attracive ties were on display. "They are real silk," the assistant assured her, trying to tempt her. "Worth double the price." But edit knew from past experience that her choice of ties hardly ever pleased her father.

　　She moved on reluctantly and then quite by chance, stopped where a small crowd of man had gathered round a counter. She found some good quality pipes on sale-----and the prices were very reasonable. Edith did not hesitate for long : although her father only smoked a pipe occasionally, she knew that this was a present which was bund to please him.

　　When she got home,with her small well-chosen present concealed in her handbag, her parents were already at the supper table. Her mother was in an especially cheerful mood, "Your father has at last to decided to stop smoking." She informed her daughter.

　　1.Ediths father _______.

　　a.did not like present

　　b.never got present c.preferred ties

　　d.was difficult to choose a present for

　　2.The assistant spoke to Edith because she seemed_______.

　　a.attractive

　　b.interested in ties c.tired

　　d.in need of comfort

　　3.Edith stopped at the next counter_________.

　　a.purosely

　　b.suddenly

　　c.unwillingly

　　d.accidentally

　　4.Ediths father smoked a pipe_______.

　　a.when he was obliged

　　b.on social occasions c.from time to time

　　d.when he was delighted

　　5.Shopping was very disagreeable at that time of the year because_______. a.coustomers trod on each others toes b.coustomers poked each other with their elbows c.customers knocked each other

　　d.customers were doing their shopping in a great hurry

　　答案：dbdcd

　　大学英语阅读理解及答案 7

　　There are two factors which determine an individuals intelligence. The first is the sort of brain he is born with. Human brains differ considerably, some being more capable than others. But no matter how good a brain he has to begin with, an individual will have a low order of intelligence unless he has opportunities to learn. So the second factor is what happens to the individual—the sort of environment in which he is reared. If an individual is handicapped envionmentally ,it is likely that his brain will fail to develop and he will never attain the level of intelligence of which he is capable. The importance of environment in determining an individuals intellingence can be demonstrated by the case history of the identical twins, Peter and Mark X. Being identical, the twins had identical brains at birth, and their growth processes were the same. When the twins were three months old , their parents died, and they were placed in separate foster homes. Peter was reated by parents of low intelligence in an isolatedcommunity with poor educational pooprtunities.Mark was reared inthe home of well-to-do parents who had been to college. He was read to as a child , sent to good schools, and given every opportunity to be stimulated intellectually.This enviromental difference continued until the twins were in their late teens, when they were giben tesets to measure their intelligence. Marks I.Q. was 125, twenty-five points higher than the average and fully forty points higher than his identical brother. Given equal opportunities , the twins , having identical brains,would have tested at roughly the same level.

　　1.This selection can best be titled_________.

　　a.Measuring Your Intelligence

　　b.Intelligence and Environment c.The Case of Peter and Mark

　　d.How the brain Influences Intelligence

　　2.The beststatement of the main idea of this passage is that _____. a.human brains differ considerably

　　b.the brain a person is born with is improtant in determining his intelligence c.environment is crucial in determining a persons intelligence d. persons having identical brains will have roughly the same intelligence

　　3.According to the passage , the average I.Q.is _____.

　　a.85 b.100

　　c.110

　　d.125

　　4.The case history of the twins appears to support the conclusion that _______. a.individual with identical brains seldom test at same level b.an individuals intelligence is determined only by his enviroment c.lack of opportunity blocks the growth of intelligence d.changes of enviroment produce changes in the structure of the brain

　　5.This passage suggests that an individual s I.Q.______. a.can be predicted at birth

　　b.stays the same throuthout his life

　　c.can be increased by education

　　d.is determined by his childhood

　　答案：bcbcc

　　大学英语阅读理解及答案 8

　　As is known to all, the organization and management of wages and salaries are very complex. Generally speaking, the Accounts Department is __1__ for calculations of pay, while the Personnel Department is interested in discussions with the employees about pay.

　　If a firm wants to __2__ a new wage and salary structure, it is essential that the firm should decide on a __3__ of job evaluation and ways of measuring the performance of its employees. In order to be __4__, that new pay structure will need agreement between Trade Unions and employers. In job evaluation, all of the requirements of each job are defined in a detailed job description. Each of thsoe requirements is given a value, usually in points, which are __5__ together to give a total value for the job. For middle and higher management, a special method is used to evaluate managers on their knowledge of the job, their responsibility, and their __6__ to solve problems. Because of the difficulty in measuring management work, however, job grades for managers are often decided without __7__ to an evaluation system based on points.

　　In attempting to design a pay system, the Personnel Department should __8__ the value of each job with these in the job market. __9__, payment for a job should vary with any differences in the way that the job is performed. Where it is simple to measure the work done, as in the works done with hands, monetary encouragement schemes are often chosen, for __10__ workers, where measurement is difficult, methods of additional payments are employed.

　　[A]compare

　　[B]responsible

　　[C]useful

　　[D]added

　　[E]find

　　[F]reference

　　[G]indirect

　　[H]method

　　[I]successful

　　[J]combined

　　[K]Necessarily

　　[L]capacity

　　[M]ability

　　[N]Basically

　　[O]adopt

　　【答案】

　　1.选B)。此处应填形容词。原文意思为“会计部门...计算报酬”，选项中的形容词responsible“负责任的”，useful“有用的”，indirect“间接的”，successful“成功的”，其中indirect不能与for连用，排除;剩余几项中只有B)responsible意义符合原句，其他均不符合，故排除。

　　2.选O)。此处应填动词原形。本文主题就是采用一种新的工资和薪水制度时需要注意的问题，选项中的动词原形有compare“比较”，find“找到”，adopt“采纳”，分别带入原文，只有adopt最符合原文意思，故选O).

　　3.选H)。此处应填名词。从原文看，and连接并列结构，所以要填的词应与and后面的ways意思一致，选项中的名词只有mathod = ways，故选H)method。

　　4.选I)。此处应填形容词。上文说新的工资制度需要一套决定工作评估和衡量雇员表现的方法，说的是制度“是否有用”的问题。这句说的时新的工资制度执行过程中的问题，劳资双方先期达成一致是薪酬制度成功的必要条件。形容词useful和successful，I)seccessful更符合原文意思。

　　5.选D)。此处应填动词。这个动词的.宾语是point“分值”，把分值...起来to give a total value得出总分值，选项中有added和combined，前者指“把...相加”，后者意为“把...结合在一起”，原文指将分值相加得出总分，故D)added最符合文意。

　　6.选M)。此处应填名词。首先solve problem“解决问题”是经理们应具备的能力，选项中的capacity与ability都可以表示“能力”;前者强调的是理解的能力和接受事物的能力，而后者强调实际应用的能力，故不难判断解决问题的能力应该用M)ability。

　　7.选F)。此处应填名词。前半句指出“因为管理工作很难评估，经理的工作得分不需要参照基于分值的评估系统决定。”without reference to为固定搭配，意思是“与...无关”。故选F)reference。

　　8.选A)。此处应填动词原形。原句中出现了the value of each job“每种工作的价值”和these in the job market“工作市场上的(工作价值)”，说明人事部门通过比较两种价值来计算工资制度。选项中只有compare表示“比较”，所以A)正确。

　　9.选K)。此处应填副词，修饰整句话。“报酬要随工作表现各方面的不同而有所改变”，选项中Necessarily“必须地”与Basically“基本地”为副词，分别带入原文，“报酬...的变化是必须的”更符合上下文意思，故排除N),选K)。

　　10.选G)。此处应填形容词。前文中提到一种情况即simple to measure the work done易于评估的工作，通常用现金奖励办法;而...measurement is difficult“难于评估的”，说明这些工作人员的工作不像手工工作那么直接，因而是间接的，故选项中只有G)indirect符合原句的意思。

　　大学英语阅读理解及答案 9

　　As the pace of life continues to increase ,we are fast losing the art of relaxation. Once you are in the habit of rushing through lift,being on the go from morning till night, it is hard to slow down. But relaxation is essential for a healthy mind and body. Stress is an natural part of everyday lift and there is no way to avoid it. In fact ,it is not the bad thing it is often supposed to be .A certain amount of stress is vital to provide motivation adn give purpose to life. It is only when the stress gets out of control that it can lead to poor performance and ill health. The amount of stress a person can withstand depends very much on the individual. Some people are not afraid of stress,and such characters are obviously prime material for managerial responsibilities. Others lose heart at the first signs of unusual difficulties. When exposed to stress,in whatever form,we react both chemically and physically. In fact we make choice between "fight" or "flight" and in more primitive days the choice made the difference between life or death. The crises we meet today are unlikely to be so extreme,but however little the stress,it involves the same response. It is when such a reaction lasts long,through continued exposure to stress,that health becomes endangered.Such serious conditions as high blood pressure and heart disease have established links with stress.Since we cannot remove stress from our lives(it would be unwise to do so even if we could),we need to find ways to deal with it.

　　1.People are finding less and less time for relaxing themselves because_____. a.they do not know how to enjoy themselves b.they do not believe that relaxation is important for health

　　c.they are travelling fast all the time

　　d.they are becoming busier with their work

　　2.According to the writer ,the most important character for a good manager is his ________. a.not fearing stress b.knowing the art of relaxation c.high sense of responsibility

　　d.having control over performance

　　3.Which of the follwing statements is ture?

　　a.We can find some ways to avoid stress b.Stress is always harmful to people

　　c.It is easy to change the hagit of keeping oneself busy with work.

　　d.Different people can withstand different amounts of stress

　　4.In Paragraph 3, "such a reaction" refers back to_______. a."making a choice between flight or fight"

　　b."reaction to stress both chemically and physically" c."responding to crises quickly"

　　d."losing heart at the signs difficulties"

　　5.In the last sentence of the passage,"do so " refers to ______. a."expose ourselves to stress"

　　b."find ways to deal with stress" c."remove stress from our lives"

　　d."established links between diseases and stress"

　　答案：dadbc

　　大学英语阅读理解及答案 10

　　New Orleans, Louisiana, was established as part of the French Empire in 1718.

　　Its location on the east bank of the Mississippi River gave it control of the American hinerland and it became strategically important to many nations. It was transferred from France to Spain, returned to France,and finally sold by Napoleon to the United States in 1803. The city was the site of a famous battle fought in 1815 between the British, who hoped to control it , and the Americans under General And rew Jackson.

　　The riverbed of the Mississippi is constantly silting and the river is now actually higher than the city. Levees hold back the river and giant pumps are used to move water from the city into the river.

　　Although New Orleans haas beena part of the United States for almost two centuries, its population takes great pride in its French heritage. Louisiana still retains parts of the Code Napoleon which,form many years,was its only law. New Orleans is carefree city and it boasts its hot, spicy Creole seafood and its native Dixieland Jazz. The jackson Square neighborhood maintains its French colonial homes and in other sections are pre-Civil War mansions. Visitors are surprised to find that behind this interesting facade of yesteryear, is a busy industrial and port city. Grain and coal come from the Midwest and foreigh cargoes are unloaded here. New Orleans is no longer a sleepy Southern town----but its still fun to visit.

　　1.What accounts for the levees and pumps in New Orleans?

　　a.The Mississippi frequently floods the city.

　　b.The riverbed has raised inthe past 200 years. c.The torrential rains flood the city frequently. d.The high humidity cannot otherwise be comtrolled.

　　2.The battle of New Orleans was fought by jackson against______.

　　a.France

　　b.Britain

　　c.Spain d.The North

　　3.The Code Napoleon was _______.

　　a.an agreement to sell Louisiana

　　b.a body of laws c.a city plan

　　d.a military code for the army

　　大学英语阅读理解及答案 11

　　The food we eat seems to have profound effects on our health.Although science has made enormous steps in making food more fit to eat ,it has, at the same time,made many foods unfit to eat. Some research has shown that perhaps eighty percent of all human illnesses are related to diet and forty percent of cancer is related to the diet as well,especially cancer of the colon. Different cultures are more likely to cause certain different illnesses because of the food that is characteristic in these cultures. That food is related to illness is nto a new discovery. In 1945, about 35 years ago, government researchers realized that nitrates, commonly used to preserve color in meats,and other food additivies,caused cancer. Yet, these carcinogenic additives remain in our food, and it becomes more difficult all the time to know which things on the packaging labels of processed food are helpful or harmful. The additives which we eat are not all so direct. Farmers often give penicillin to beef and living animals, and because of this ,penicillin has been found in the milk of treated cow. Sometimes similar drugs are given to animals not for medical purposes,but for financial reasons. The farmers are simply trying to fatten the animals in order to obtain a higher price on the market. Although the Food and Drug Administration(FDA) has tried repeatedly to control these procedures, the practices continue.

　　1.What is the best possible title of the passage?

　　a.Drug and Food

　　b.Cancer and Health

　　c.Food and Health

　　d.Health and Drug

　　2.Which of the following statements is NOT ture?

　　a.Drugs are always given to animals for medical reasons

　　b.Some of the additives in our food are added to the food itself and some are given to the living animals

　　c.Researchers have known about the potential dangers of food additives for over thirty-five years.

　　d.Food may cause forty percent of cancer in world.

　　3.How has science done something harmful to mankind? a.Because of science , diseases caused by polluted food haven been virtually eliminated. b.It has caused a lack of information concerning the value of food. c.Because of the application of science,some potentially harmful substances have been added to food. d.The scientists have preserved the color of meats,but not of vegetables.

　　4.What are nitrates used for?

　　a.They preserve flavor in packaged foods.

　　b.They preserve the color of meats. c.They are the objects of research. d.They cause the animals to become fatter.

　　5.The word carcinogenic most nearly means _____.

　　a.trouble-making

　　b.color-retaining

　　c.money-making

　　d.cancer-causing

　　答案：cacbd

　　大学英语阅读理解及答案 12

　　Today ,as in every other day of the year ,more than 3000 U.S. adlescents will smoke their first cigarette on their way to becoming regular smokers as adults. During their lifetime,it can be expected that of these 3000 about 23 will be murdered,30 will die in traffic accidents, and nearly 750 will be killed by a smoking-related disease. The number of deaths attributed to cigarette smoking outweithts all other factors, whether voluntary or involuntary, as a cause of death. Since the late 1970s, when daily smoking among high school seniors reached 30 precent , smoking rates among youth have declined . While the decline is impressive ,several important issues must be raised. First, in the past several years,smoking rates among youth have declined very little. Second,in the late 1970s ,smoking among male high school seniors exceeded that among female by nearly 10 percent . The statistic is reversing.Third ,several recent studies have indicate high school dropouts have excessively high smoking rates, as much as 75 percent . Finally, thouth significant declines in adolescent smoking have occurred in the past decade,no definite reasons for the decline exist. Within this context,the Naional Cancer Instiute (NCI) began its current effort to determine the most effecive measures to reduce smoking levesl among youth.

　　1.According to the author, the deaths among youth are mainly caused by _____.

　　a.traffic accidents

　　b.smoking-related desease

　　c.murder d.all of these

　　2.Every day there are over_____high school strdents who will become regular smoker.

　　a.75

　　b.23

　　c.30

　　d.3000

　　3.By "dropout" the author means______.

　　a.students who failed the examination

　　b.students who left school c.students who lost their way d.students who were driven out of school

　　4.The reason for declining adolescent smoking is that ________.

　　a.NCI has taken effective measures

　　b.smoking is prevented among high school seniors

　　c.there are many smokers who have died of cancer

　　d.none of these

　　5.What is implied but not stated by the author is that ________.

　　a.smoking rates among youth have declined very little

　　b.there are now more female than male smokers among high school seniors

　　c.high smoking rates are due to the incease in wealth

　　d.smoking at high school are from low socio-economic backgrounds

　　答案：bdbdb

　　大学英语阅读理解及答案 13

　　Today ,as in every other day of the year ,more than 3000 U.S. adlescents will smoke their first cigarette on their way to becoming regular smokers as adults. During their lifetime,it can be expected that of these 3000 about 23 will be murdered,30 will die in traffic accidents, and nearly 750 will be killed by a smoking-related disease. The number of deaths attributed to cigarette smoking outweithts all other factors, whether voluntary or involuntary, as a cause of death. Since the late 1970s, when daily smoking among high school seniors reached 30 precent , smoking rates among youth have declined . While the decline is impressive ,several important issues must be raised. First, in the past several years,smoking rates among youth have declined very little. Second,in the late 1970s ,smoking among male high school seniors exceeded that among female by nearly 10 percent . The statistic is reversing.Third ,several recent studies have indicate high school dropouts have excessively high smoking rates, as much as 75 percent . Finally, thouth significant declines in adolescent smoking have occurred in the past decade,no definite reasons for the decline exist. Within this context,the Naional Cancer Instiute (NCI) began its current effort to determine the most effecive measures to reduce smoking levesl among youth.

　　1.According to the author, the deaths among youth are mainly caused by _____.

　　a.traffic accidents

　　b.smoking-related desease

　　c.murder

　　d.all of these

　　2.Every day there are over_____high school strdents who will become regular smoker.

　　a.75 b.23 c.30 d.3000

　　3.By "dropout" the author means______.

　　a.students who failed the examination

　　b.students who left school c.students who lost their way d.students who were driven out of school

　　4.The reason for declining adolescent smoking is that ________.

　　a.NCI has taken effective measures

　　b.smoking is prevented among high school seniors

　　c.there are many smokers who have died of cancer d.none of these

　　5.What is implied but not stated by the author is that ________.

　　a.smoking rates among youth have declined very little

　　b.there are now more female than male smokers among high school seniors

　　c.high smoking rates are due to the incease in wealth

　　d.smoking at high school are from low socio-economic backgrounds

　　答案：bdbdb