大学英语B阅读理解专项练习

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Directions: Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D.
                                Text1
An increasing number of scientists have found that anything that gives you pleasure may be more than just fun. Pleasure and humor might help us live longer, fight off illness, and cure drug addiction. "Science has generally neglected pleasure and humor to concentrate on negative things like depression and illness," said Dr. William Fry, a psychiatry professor at Stanford University Medical Center in California. "But there's a growing realization of just how powerful pleasure is."
　　For example, research shows that smiling and laughing can actually strengthen your immune system, reduce stress and physical pain, and even help cancer patients. One research project at Loam Linda University showed these beneficial effects of laughter on the body. In the study, ten medical students were hooked up to several machines and spent an hour watching a funny videotape of a man smashing watermelons with a hammer.......
1. According to the text pleasure and humor might _______.
〖A〗 cure cancer
〖B〗 cure infectious diseases
〖C〗 help people concentrate
〖D〗 help people quit smoking
2. In Dr. William Fry's opinion scientists ______ .
〖A〗 have paid enough attention to the effect of laughter
〖B〗 have neglected depression and illness
〖C〗 have preferred pleasure and humor to depression and illness
〖D〗 have realized the importance of pleasure in people's lives
3. Laughter helps to fight off illness because _______.
〖A〗 it increases blood flow in human body
〖B〗 it helps the production of blood cells
〖C〗 it can strengthen the immune system and reduces physical pain
〖D〗 it can reduce chemicals in human blood
4. In the text the researchers were trying to find out ___.
〖A〗 how the ten students would laugh
〖B〗 why the ten students laughed
〖C〗 how laugh would affect the students
〖D〗 why smashing watermelons was funny
5. The best title for the text would be ________.
〖A〗 Laughter-A Powerful Medicine
〖B〗 Laughter-An Illness Killer
〖C〗 Laugh and Live Long
〖D〗 A Psychological Reality
                            Text2
　　Thomas Alva Edison, the American inventor, was born in 1847. Even as a child , he was always curious and always trying to invent new things. He was not a good student in school, but by the time he was a teenager, he had already had several jobs: store owner, telegraph operator, and inventor. He also had done lots of chemistry experiments on his own.
　　However, what Edison really wanted to do was research. He established his first laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey, and later he set up another one in West Orange, New Jersey. In these laboratories, he enjoyed trying to come up with solutions to problems that no one else had been able to solve.........
6. According to the text Edison was the first to ________.
〖A〗 discover electricity
〖B〗 invent light bulb
〖C〗 combine all the electric companies
〖D〗 light up New York
7. The last paragraph implies that Edison _______.
〖A〗 was not successful as a businessman
〖B〗 did not create enough inventions
〖C〗 could not compete with other electric companies
〖D〗 wasted a lot of money
8. Edison became a famous inventor although ________.
〖A〗 he failed in business
〖B〗 he was not rich
〖C〗 he lost control of the company he set up
〖D〗 he was not a good student in school
9. Electric companies were joined together because ________.
〖A〗 their standards were different
〖B〗 those companies wanted to be more competitive
〖C〗 there was the need to unify electric standards
〖D〗 Edison could not control his company
10. The following are inventions of Edison's except ________.
〖A〗 electricity equipment
〖B〗 light bulb
〖C〗 record player
〖D〗 motion picture
                            Text3
　　Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, summed up the four chief qualities of money some 2,000 years ago. It must be lasting and easy to recognize, to divide, and to carry about. In other words it must be, "durable, distinct, divisible and portable". When we think of money today, we picture it either as round, flat pieces of metal which we call coins, or as printed paper notes. But there are still parts of the world today where coins and notes are of no use. They will buy nothing, and a traveler might starve if he had none of the particular local "money" to exchange for food.
　　Among isolated peoples, who are not often reached by traders from outside, commerce usually means barter. There is a direct exchange of goods. For this kind of simple trading, money is not needed, but there is often something that everyone wants and everybody can use, such as salt to flavor food, shells for ornaments, or iron and copper to make into tools and vessels. These things-salt, shells or metals-are still used as money in out-of-the-way parts of the world today............
　　
11. According to Aristotle money must ______.
〖A〗 be easy to carry
〖B〗 be strong enough and last long
〖C〗 be able to be divided without remainder
〖D〗 bear all the qualities above
12. In some parts of the world ______.
〖A〗 money cannot buy goods
〖B〗 money is not needed for the exchange of goods
〖C〗 money is used in barter terms
〖D〗 money is used to flavor food
13. In Tibet the value of "salt money" is determined by __.
〖A〗 the weight of the cake of salt
〖B〗 the size of the cake of salt
〖C〗 the value stamped on the cake of salt
〖D〗 the quality of the salt
14. The early money of China was _______.
〖A〗 older than the earliest coins of the eastern Mediterranean
〖B〗 not as old as the earliest coins of the eastern Mediterranean
〖C〗 made of copper
〖D〗 made of iron
15. The best title for the text would be _______.
〖A〗 Early Money
〖B〗 Money
〖C〗 Coins and Notes
〖D〗 History of Money
　　                  　　　　   Text4
Visitors to Britain are sometimes surprised to learn that newspapers there have such a large circulation. The 'quality' newspapers are often held up as an example of impartial journalism but the 'Daily Mirror' and the 'Daily Express' usually impress newspapermen even more because they both sell about four million copies every day. British families generally buy a newspaper every morning and frequently take two or three on Sundays, but the vast circulation figures obtained are not only due to the Englishman's thirst for news. Because the newspapers are all published nationally, copies can be delivered everywhere at the same time.
　　Though people broad often know the names of the national papers, they seldom realize that there is another branch of the British press which sells almost as many copies. Local newspapers have a weekly circulation of 13 million. Almost every town and country area has one. Nearly all of them hold their own financially and many of them are very profitable.。。。。。。
　　
16.The 'Daily Mirror' impresses newspapermen more because __.
〖A〗 it has a larger circulation than many other famous papers
〖B〗 it is of better quality than many other papers
〖C〗 it is sold nationally
〖D〗 it is delivered everywhere in Britain
17.Local papers are preferred by readers who _______.
〖A〗 are interested in news
〖B〗 are much interested in local events
〖C〗 want to obtain news as quickly as possible
〖D〗 work in churches and clubs
18.According to the text, businessmen would like to advertise in papers if _______.
〖A〗 the papers are well written
〖B〗 the papers can promote their products
〖C〗 they like to be in the news
〖D〗 the paper are popular and can attract readers
19.The last paragraph implies that _______.
〖A〗 local papers never comment on politics
〖B〗 local papers can sometimes influence policy making
〖C〗 local papers are more concerned about their own communities
〖D〗 local papers do not take sides on problems of national importance
20.Newspapers in Britain have a large circulation because ____.
〖A〗 British families read two or three papers every day
〖B〗 British families like to read news and papers are available nationally
〖C〗 Newspapers are sold everywhere in Britain
〖D〗 The papers are impartial and people like to read them
                                
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