Ⅲ.阅读理解（共 20 小题，计分 40）

阅读下短文，并做每篇后面的题目。从四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

A

Fat on human beings is distributed(分布)in different ways. Some fat people have a large stomach and no waistline— which makes them look round, rather like apples. Others are fatter below the waist, which makes them appear pear-shaped(梨形的).

There are two types of fat: external fat (fat under the skin)and internal fat (fat inside the boby wall). Doctors,who have been examining the relationship between health and fatness,have found that the `pears'have less internal fat, but the `apples'have more internal fat than external fat. This seems to be what causes the health problems.

The best treatment for fatness is to reduce the internal fat.

But unfortunately it seems that dieting( 节 食 )simply makes an apple-shaped person into a smaller apple and a pear-shaped person into a smaller pear. At the moment there is no known way of reducing the internal rather than external fat.

1. The text is mainly about .

A.fatness and health B.ways to lose weigh

C.people's figures D.distribution of fat 62.Which of the following people is most likely to have health

problems?

1. When a pear-shaped person becomes thinner, he/she loses more .

   1. internal fat than external fat

   2. external fat than internal fat

   3. fat above the waist

   4. fat below the waist

B

Frank Smithson woke up and leaned over to turn off the alarm clock. "Oh no!" he thought to himself. "Another day at that office;a boss who shouts at me all the time."

As Frank went downstairs his eyes fell on a large brown envelope by the door. He was overjoyed when he opened it and read the letter inside. "Bigwoods Football Pools(足球赌博公司)would like to congratulate you. You have won half a million pounds."

Frank suddenly came to life. The cigarette(香烟)fell from his lips as he let out a shout that could be heard halfway down the street. At 11:30 Frank arrived at work. "Please explain why you're so late," his boss said. "Go and jump in the lake," replied Frank. "I've

just come into a little money so this is good-bye.Find yourself someone else to shout at."

That evening Frank was smoking a very expensive Havana cigar(雪茄) when a knock was heard on the door. He rushed to the door. Outside were two men,neatly dressed in grey suits. "Mr Smithson," one of them said, "we're from Bigwoods Pools. I'm afraid there's been a terrible mistake⋯"

1. What do we know about Frank?

   1. He was a lazy man.

   2. He was a lucky person.

   3. He didn't make a lot of money.

   4. He didn't get on well with his boss.

2. When he heard the knock at the door, Frank probably thought .

   1. someone had come to make an aplogy

   2. someone had come to give him the money

   3. his friends had come to ask about the football pools

   4. his friends had come to congratulate him on his luck

3. On hearing "⋯there's been a terrible mistake⋯" Frank was most likely to be .

   1. disappointed B.worried

C.nervous D.curious

C

The idea of fighting a noise by making more noise sounds strange , but that's exactly what motor engineers are doing in Germany and some other countries.

Carmakers'research and development laboratories have already proved that mixing in more noise with the help of loudspeakers can reduce the unwanted noise.

Physicists have known about the technique for a long time. Sound is made up of pressure waves in the air. If two sound waves of the same frequency(频率)mix so that the highest point of one wave happens at the same time with the lowest point of the other wave, the result is no sound. Therefore, by producing a perfect copy of the noise and delaying it by half a wave cycle(周期), we can kill the unwanted noise. Using this technique many carmakers are racing to develop noise- killing systems both inside and outside the cars.

Another good thing about the use of noise-killing systems is that it saves the need for a silencer, which not only reduces the weight of a car, but also makes the motor burn less oil and work better.

Some engineers believe that the noise-killing system will be used in most cars in 1996. But the carmakers haven't decided if they will put it into production because it would add several hundred dollars to the cost of their cars.

1. Which of the following gives a general idea of how the noise- killing system works?

   1. By producing pressure waves going in the opposite direction.

   2. By mixing high frequency sound waves with low frequency sound

      waves.

   3. By making copies of the unwanted sound waves and letting them

      out a little later.

   4. By mixing new sound waves with the noise and sending them out

      together.

2. Besides its main function(功能)the noise-killing system can .

   1. make a car lighter

   2. make a car quieter

   3. reduce the cost of a silencer

   4. improve the performance of a silencer

3. The noise-killing system is not yet popular mainly because .

   1. it increases the cost of car production B.carmakers are not sure

      if it is necessary C.it is still being tried out

D.people still have their doubts

D

The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of 2 September 1666. In four days it destroyed more than three-quarters of the old city, where most of the houses were wooden and close together. One hundred thousand people became homeless,but only a few

lost their lives.

The fire started on Sunday morning in the house of the King's baker(面包师)in Pudding Lane. The baker, with his wife andfamily,was able to get out through a window in the roof. A strong wind blew the fire from the bakery(面包房)into a small hotel next door. Then it spread quickly into Thames Street. That was the beginning.

By eight o'clock three hundred houses were on fire. On Monday nearly a kilometer of the city was burning along the River Thames. Tuesday was the worst day. The fire destroyed many wellk-nown buildings, old St Paul's and the Guildhall among them.

Samuel Pepys, the famous writer, wrote about the fire. People threw their things into the river. Many poor people stayed in thier houses until the last moment. Birds fell out of the air because of the heat.

The fire stopped only when the King finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path of the fire. With nothing left to burn, the fire became weak and finally died out.

After the fire,Christopher Wren,the architect(建筑师), wanted a city with wider streets and fine new houses of stone. In fact, the streets are still narrow; but he did build more than fifty churches, among them new St Paul's.

The fire caused great pain and loss, but after it London was a better place: a city for the future and not just of the past.

1. The fire began in .

A.a hotel B.the palace

C.Pudding Lane D.Thames Street 71.The underlined word "family" in the second paragraph

means .

A.home B.children

C.wife and husband D.wife and children

1. It seems that the writer of the text was most sorry for the fact that .

   1. some people lost their lives

   2. the birds in the sky were killed by the fire

   3. many famous buildings were destroyed

   4. the King's bakery was burned down

2. Why did the writer cite(引用) Samuel Pepys?

   1. Because Pepys was among those putting out the fire.

   2. Because Pepys also wrote about the fire.

   3. To show that poor people suffered most.

   4. To give the reader a clearer picture of the fire.

3. How was the fire put out according to the text?

   1. The king and his soldiers came to help.

   2. All the wooden houses in the city were destroyed.

   3. People managed to get enough water from the river.

   4. Houses standing in the direction of the fire were pulled down.

      75.Which of the following were reasons for the rapid spread of the

big fire?

(a)There was a strong wind. (b)The streets were very narrow. (c)Many houses were made of wood.

(d)There was not enough water in the city. (e)People did not discover the fire earlier. A.(a)and(b) B.(a),(b)and(c)

C.(a),(b),(c)and(d) D.(a),(b),(c)(d)and(e) E

During the summer holidays there will be a revised(修改过的)schedule(时刻表) of services for the students.Changes for

dining-room and library service hours and for bus schedules will be posted on the wall outside of the dining-hall. Weekly film and concert schedules, which are being arranged(安排), will be posted each Wednesday outside of the student club.

In the summer holidays, buses going to the town center will leave the main hall every hour on the half hour during the day. The dining-room will serve three meals a day from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm during the week and two meals from noon to 7:00 pm on weekends.The library will continue its usual hours during the week, but have shorter hours on Saturdays and Sundays. The weekend hours are from noon to 5:00 pm.

All students who want to use the library borrowing services must have a new summer card. This announcement will also appear in the next week's student newspaper.

1. The main purpose of this announcement is to .

   1. tell students of important schedule changes

   2. tell students of new bus and library services

   3. show the excellent services for students

   4. ask students to renew their library cards

2. At which of the following times will the bus leave the main hall?

A.8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00

B.8:00, 9:30, 10:30, 11:30

C.8:30, 9:00, 9:30, 10:00

D.8:00, 9:30, 11:00, 12:30

1. Times for films and concerts are not listed in this announcement

   because .

   1. they are not to be announced

   2. they are hard to arrange

   3. the full list is not ready

   4. the full list is too long

2. In the summer holidays, the library will have .

   1. no special hours

   2. special hours on weekdays

   3. special hours on weekends

   4. special hours both on weekdays and weekends.

3. We may infer that during the summer holidays .

   1. the student newspaper will sell more copies

   2. there will be a concert or a film once a week

   3. many students will stay in the university

   4. no breakfast will be served on weekends