全国攻读工商管理硕士学位研究生入学考试英语预测试题参考答案及详细解答(1-5)
网络资源 免费考研网/2009-01-16
PART II Reading Comprehension (50%)
Question 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:
The Arctic is the polar region. It surrounds the North
Pole.
Like Antarctica, the Arctic is a land of ice and snow.
Antarctica holds the record for a low temperature reading -
125 degrees Fahrenheit. Readings of 85 degrees below zero
are common in both the Arctic and Antarctica. Winter
temperatures average 30 degrees below zero in the Arctic.
At the South Pole the winter average is about 73 degrees
below zero.
One thing alone makes it almost impossible for men to
live in Antarctica and in parts of the Arc-tic. This one
thing is the low temperature -- the killing chill of the
far North and the polar South.
To survive, men must wear the warmest possible
clothing. They must build windproof shelter.
They must keep heaters going at all times. Not even for a
moment can they be unprotected against the below-zero
temperature.
Men have a way of providing for themselves. Polar
explorers wrap themselves in warm coats and furs. The cold
makes life difficult. But the explorers can stay alive.
What about animals? Can they survive? Do we find
plants? Do we find life in the Arctic and in Antarctica?
Yes, we do. There is life in the oceans. There is life on
land.
Antarctica, as we have seen, is a cold place indeed.
But this has not always been the case. Expedi-tion
scientists have discovered that Antarctica has not always
been a frozen continent. At one time the weather in
Antarctica may have been much like our town.
Explorers have discovered coal in Antarctica. This
leads them to believe that Antarctica at one time was a
land of swamps and forests. Heat and moisture must have
kept the trees in the forests alive.
31. Antarctica is
A. a cool place B. a place wanner than Arctic
C. the coldest place on the earth D. a cold place
32. What can we infer from the discovery of coal on
Antarctica?
A. Antarctica was once a warm continent.
B. Antarctica has been a land covered with trees.
C. Antarctica was once a land of ice.
D. Antarctica was once a land of snow.
33. "They must keep heaters going at all times." means
A. "They must take heaters with them wherever they go."
B. "They must keep heaters in a workable condition."
C. "They must keep moving heaters."
D. "They must keep heaters working."
34. Which of the following statements is true
according to this passage?
A. Even the explorers can not live in Antarctica.
B. You can find life at both poles.
C. Antarctica has always been a cold place.
D. The lowest temperature at the South Pole is - 120
degrees.
35. The expression "providing for themselves" in
paragraph 5 means
A. protecting themselves against violent storms
B. making plans which can be carried out easily
C. supplying themselves with basic necessities
D. taking umbrellas in case it snows
参考答案:
31.C 本题为段落内容归纳题。文章第二段说到南极的最低气温是125华氏度。冬季的平均气温大约在73度,与北极相比要寒冷得多。从而可以得出结论北极是最寒冷的。
32.A 本题是逻辑推断题。煤是由动植物的残骸形成的,这说明原先有着丰富的动植物,从而可以推断出该地气候温暖。
33.D 本题测试对句子的理解。keep the heaters going就是“让取暖器一直开着”,与keep the heaters working意思一致。
34.B 本题测试对细节的理解。南北极的海洋里有生命,陆地上也有生命。
35.C 本题测试对词语的理解。尽管极地气候寒冷,但人们仍就能够通过一切办法使自己生活下来。provide for themselves的基本意思是“为自己的生计做准备”。
(待续)
