IV. Reading Comprehension ( 60 points)

　　Directions:There are five reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by fourquestions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Chooseone best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

　　根据下面内容，回答题：

　　Would you like to spend all evening reading a lovely story with beautiful illustrations and make$ 35,000 at the same time? Millions of people all over the world tried to do just that. Only onesucceeded. The book is called Masquerade, and was written by British painter Kit Williams. Withinits pages are clues to the location of a golden jewel, and whoever figured out the clues could find andkeep the treasure.

　　Some years ago, Williams was asked to write a children's book. Wanting to do something no oneelse had done before, he decided to bury a golden treasure and tell where it was in the book. He be-gan painting without a clear idea of what the story would be about, where he would bury the treasure,or even what the treasure would be. As he painted, he decided that in the story a hare, or rabbit,would travel through earth, air,fire and water to deliver a gift from the moon to the sun.

　　After three years, he finished the paintings and then wrote the story. The treasure became an 18- carat gold hare, adorned with precious stones, and it was made by Kit Williams himself. This beauti-ful jewel ,worth around $ 35,000, depending on gold prices, was,buried somewhere in Britain, free toanyone who could decipher the clues. Williams's book kept people of all ages amused trying to solvethe mystery of Masquerade.

　　The rabbit was finally found in the spring of 1982,by a 48-year-old design engineer. It was bur-

　　ied in a park about thirty-five miles from London.

　　36The function of the first sentence in this passage is to __________ .

　　A.give detailB.sum up the storyC.capture the reader's interestD.elaborate upon'a point

　　参考答案：C

　　参考解析：

　　文章的首句并没有给任何细节，也没有阐述任何观点，而是提出了一个问题，排除A、D两项。第一段刚开始，不可能总结，排除选项B。这个问题很有趣，所以，作者以此开篇是为了吸引读者，C项是正确的。

　　37When Williams began working on his book, he __________ .

　　A.was paid $ 35,000B.learned to paintC.had already buried the treasureD.did not know what the story would be about

　　参考答案：D

　　参考解析：

　　有人请Williams写本儿童的书，他接受了，并想把自己的作品写得与众不同，但当他开始运作时，他脑子里还没有清晰的思路。D项是正确的。

　　38We can conclude from the passage that _________.

　　A.the clues in Masquerade are easy to decipherB.Kit Williams has many artistic talentsC.many people bury treasures in BritainD.Kit Williams said he would pay $ 35,000 to whoever found the treasure

　　参考答案：B

　　参考解析：

　　从这段里我们知道，Williams会写书、画画、做珠宝，所以说他有很多的艺术天赋。B项是正确的。

　　39This passage is about __________ .

　　A.British paintersB.golden jewelryC.a modern treasure huntD.writing children's books

　　参考答案：C

　　参考解析：

　　这篇文章主要讲了Williams写这本书的目的是让人们寻宝。C项是正确的。其他三项都只是文章中整个事件的一部分，不是主题。Passage Four

　　根据下面内容，回答题：

　　If we had to rely on only five senses for survival, we would be in very sad shape indeed. Wewouldn't know up from down. We wouldn't know when to eat or drink. We wouldn't know what ourmuscles were doing or what position our limbs were in. We wouldn't know when our body was dam-aged because we wouldn't feel pain. We might freeze to death without even a shiver, or overheat with-out a drop of sweat. The five senses--touch, taste, smell, hearing and sight--respond only to stimula-tion from the outside world, but the inside world of our bodies must also receive and respond to im-portant messages.

　　Our internal senses keep us alive and enable us to use our external senses. In effect, the internalsenses tell our brains how to run our bodies. Hunger or thirst registers in a part of the brain called thehypothalamus(丘脑下部) ,when a lack of food chemicals are detected in the blood.

　　Another internal sense that controls our balance is maintained by three fluid-filled loops in theinner ear. Changes in position and gravity affect the motion of this liquid and cause changes in thebrain. A sense called kinesthesia(肌肉运动知觉)lets us know the relative positions of parts of ourbodies. Even our breathing is caused by a sense that identifies an overabundance of carbon dioxideand a lack of oxygen in the blood.

　　No one has been able to count the number of internal senses. The presence of delicate internal senses shows just how marvelously complex we human beings are.

　　40This passage deal mostly with the __________.

　　A.internal sensesB.sense of balanceC.five sensesD.brain's function

　　参考答案：A

　　参考解析：

　　文章简述了人类的内部感官。B项是其中的一部分。C项是作者用来作引子，引起读者的兴趣，并与之比较，从而说明内部感官究竟是什么。A项是正确的。第40000

　　41Hunger is caused by __________

　　A.too much food and water in the bodyB.a lack of oxygen in the bloodC.seeing or thinking about foodD.a lack of certain chemicals in the blood

　　参考答案：D

　　参考解析：

　　由第二段最后一句知血液中缺少食物化学成分时，大脑就会得到报告。D项是正确的。

　　42The passage implies that there are many senses we __________

　　A.can use only in emergenciesB.may not understand at presentC.never realize we haveD.do not actively use in everyday living

　　参考答案：C

　　参考解析：

　　我们只意识到外部感官，从没有意识到我们的内部感官才是我们生命的根本。第一段尤其强调这一点。C项是正确的。

　　43In the second paragraph, the term "in effect" means __________

　　A.in factB.it is doubtfulC.oftenD.without reason

　　参考答案：A

　　参考解析：

　　前面说明内部感官是干什么的。接着用in effect强调、总结，进一步说明内部感官的作用。A项是正确的。

　　根据下面内容，回答题：

　　In Japan's capital city of Tokyo, earthquake danger limits the height of buildings. The city hasspread out so far and the traffic has become so heavy that it is very difficult to get from one place toanother. The price of land,too,has become very high. All this explains why a group of Japanese landdevelopers came to the conclusion that there was nowhere to go but down. So far they have dug outspace underground for fifteen major shopping centers ,and the underground construction has only begun.What are some of the advantages of shopping and eating underground? Clean ,filtered( ~,,1~ )air is one of them. The city of Tokyo has one of the most serious smog problems in the world. An other advantage is that there won't be traffic accidents as that on the city's busy streets. Still another is the convenience of moving from place to place. You're usually right next to, or even in, a subway station.And you can even spend the night underground if you like. The Kyobashi Station, for example, indown town Tokyo, has a hotel with a bar, restaurant and barbershop.

　　44It is very difficult to get from one place to another in Tokyo because __________.

　　A.the city is so large and so highB.there is no trafficC.we don't know the roadD.the city is so large and the traffic is so heavy

　　参考答案：D

　　参考解析：

　　文中第二句中指出原因即城市太大，交通太拥挤。

　　45All are the seasons for Tokyo to develop underground EXCEPT __________

　　A.the high buildingsB.the high price of landC.the far spreading of the cityD.the heavy traffic

　　参考答案：A

　　参考解析：

　　文中第一段第一句中提到了建筑物的高度是因地震受到限制，因此A项的表述不合适，高大的建筑物并不是东京要向地下发展的原因。

　　46Shopping underground is clean __________ ,.,

　　A.without air pollutionB.of waterC.and tidyD.and beautiful

　　参考答案：A

　　参考解析：

　　文中第二段第二句中提到了地下购物的优点，即干净、空气好。

　　47The second paragraph tells us __________

　　A.underground is convenientB.the advantages of undergroundC.we can have good food undergroundD.you can spend the night underground

　　参考答案：B

　　参考解析：

　　文中第二段具体分析了地下的优点，比如干净、空气好、无交通阻塞问题等。