南京师范大学04年4月英语二资料4

　　本题共有三段短文，每段短文后面有三至四道小题，共计十道小题。每道题都有四个选择项、找出你认为正确的答案。

　　Passage 1

　　The United States is full of automobiles. There are still many families without cars， but some families have two or even more.  However， cars are used for more than pleasure. They are a necessary part of life.

　　Cars are used for business. They are driven to offices and factories by workers who have no other way to get to their jobs. When salesmen are sent to different parts of the city， they have to drive in order to carry their products. Farmers have to drive into the city in order to get supplies.

　　Sometimes small children must be driven to school. In some cities school bus are used only when children live more than a mile from the school. When the children are too young to walk that far，  their mothers take turns driving them to school. One mother drives on Mondays， taking her own children and the neighbors‘ children as well. Another mother drives on Tuesdays， another on Wednesdays， and so on. This is called forming a car pool. Men also form car pools， with three or four men taking turns driving to the place where they all work.

　　More car pools should be formed in order to put fewer automobiles on the road and to use less gasoline. Parking is a great problem， and so is the traffic in and around cities. Too many cars are being driven. Something will have to be done about the use of cars.

　　1） According to the passage， which of the following statements is NOT true？

　　A. Cars are used for pleasure.

　　B. Cars are used for business.

　　C. Mothers drive their children to school.

　　D. Men take turns driving children to school

　　2） Which of the following situations can be described as “a car pool”？

　　A. School buses take children to the school.

　　B. A mother borrowing her neighbor‘s car to go shopping，

　　C. People take turn driving to work.

　　D. Farmers drive into the city to get supplies.

　　3） It can be inferred from the passage that the author believes（    ）。

　　A. men should not drive to the place where they work

　　B. people should take turns driving more often

　　C. salesmen should go to different cities by train

　　D. children should walk to the school.

　　Passage 2

　　Animals cannot be considered equal to human beings because they do not have the same intelligence. There are physical acts that animals share with people， but animals perform these acts instinctively； whereas， human beings normally need to learn them.

　　One instance of this is the way animals care for their young. A mother cat instinctively will begin licking the baby kittens as soon as they are born. The human mother has fewer instincts about her baby and often needs to turn to others， such as her own mother， a friend， or a neighbor to learn how to care for a baby. Some mothers are so anxious that they spend their entire pregnancy reading books on the subject of caring for infants. Therefore， sales of books on pregnancy and care of children are always popular in urban bookstores.

　　Other differences between animals and people are in social organization. People build houses and live in family groups， tribes， villages， towns or larger cities. However， many animals， such as bears， never live in groups， but only contact other animals of the same kind to mate. Another difference is that animals live by the laws of nature， often killing other smaller animals for food. They have no feelings about killing even weaker animals of their own kind because in the world of nature， there is constant competition between animals， and only the strongest tend to survive. On the other hand， human beings apply their intelligence to create working societies and laws to prevent the act of killing other people.

　　4） Animals share some physical acts with people（     ）。

　　A. and both animals and people perform these acts by instinct.

　　B. but animals perform these acts by instinct while people learn them

　　C. but people perform these acts by instinct while animals learn them

　　D. and both animals and people learn them

　　5） Books about pregnancy and caring for babies sell well because（     ）。

　　A. some mothers have no one to turn to for advice

　　B. mothers are anxious to know what their babies will be like

　　C. mothers don‘t have many instincts about how to care for their babies

　　D. mothers have a lot of such books to choose from

　　6） Which of the following is the best title for this passage？

　　A. Animal and Humans   B. Instinct   C. Lifestyle   D. Best Sellers

　　Passage 3

　　After X rays showed no bones broken， I stopped for some takeout food and pulled onto the highway， worrying about the afternoon‘s appointments. I passed a carton of milk back to my son strapped in his baby seat directly behind me.

　　“Oh， Mummy， I spilt it. ”My left hand tightened on the wheel as I tried to concentrate on the road while handing him a couple of napkins with my right hand. Then I gave him some chicken， not seeing the abandoned truck on the roadside.  Suddenly the world exploded into a roar of tearing metal.  Then stillness.

　　My car had turned 180 degrees and stopped.  I was looking through a cracked windshield at three lanes of oncoming traffic.  The right front corner of the car was gone.

　　Though I hurt all over and my mouth was full of blood， I unbuckled （解开） my seat belt，  jumped from the car and got my son.  He was conscious and shocked. “Mummy……” he said softly. I grabbed him and rushed up the bank， where I clung to him， looking at the wreck that had been our family car.

　　We were lucky. We came away with our lives.  We would be around tomorrow.

　　That evening my pediatrician （儿科医生）  called to inquire about my son‘s leg. When I recounted the accident and my stupidity in tending a child at $0 miles an hour， she told me of another mother who had done the same last winter. For her and two of her three children， there was no tomorrow.

　　7） When the author says that X rays showed no bones broken，  she is referring to（     ）。

　　A. the baby   B. herself   C. her patient   D. her car

　　8） The author had the accident because（     ）。

　　A. there was a children on the road    B. an explosion damaged the car

　　C. she ran into a truck              D. some metal in the car was torn up

　　9） When the author says， “we should be around tomorrow”，  she means that the next day they would（    ）。

　　A. come there again    B. take another road

　　C. be all right again    D. go to see the doctor

　　10） In the last paragraph the sentence “For her and two of her three children， there was no tomorrow” means that（    ）。

　　A. only one of them survived the accident     B. one of them died

　　C. none of them survived the accident        D. all of them were wounded

　　「习题四答案及分析」

　　1） D  选项A，B，C能在文章前三段中找到相关的内容，只有选项D是文中没有提到的。

　　2） C  根据文章第三段中对几位母亲轮流送孩子们去学校的描述，可以推断出“a car poo