单选题According to the passage, gramophones were sometimes ineffective because they ______.A got out of synchronization with picturesB were too large for most movie theatersC were newly inventedD changed speeds when the needle jumped
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got out of synchronization with pictures
were too large for most movie theaters
were newly invented
changed speeds when the needle jumped
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第1题：
The audience, ______, enjoyed the performance.
A. most of them were students
B. most of whom were students
C. whom they were students
D. they were mostly students
正确答案：B
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第2题：
According to the passage, false beards were worn by those who considered themselves to be ______.
A. handsome and mature
B. too young to have beards
C. aristocrats or fashionable dandies
D. royalty
正确答案：C
第一段。14世纪的男士以戴胡子表明自己的高贵和时尚。
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第3题：
We regret being unable to accept your claim because the cases were in perfect condition when the goods were loaded on board the ship.(英译中)参考答案：因货物装船时，货物是完好无损的，我们实难接受你方索赔。
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第4题：
According to the passage, one important change in United States education by the 1920's was that ______.
A) most places required children to attend
B) the amount of time spent on formal education was limited
C) new regulations were imposed on nontraditional education
D) adults and children studied in the same classes
正确答案：A
答案：A
[试题分析] 细节判断题。
[详细解答] 文章第二段指出：By 1920 schooling to age fourteen or beyond Was compulsory in most states，and the school year Was greatly lengthened。显然，可以判断A为正确答案。
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第5题：
The firemen acted quickly because lives were at stake.A:in danger
B:in despair
C:out of condition
D:out of danger答案：A解析：本句意思：生命危在旦夕，所以消防员们火速行动。at stake危险，濒于险境，处于成败关 头。in danger处于危险中；in despair处于绝望中；out of condition不健康，身体不好，不能使用； out of danger脱离危险。 -
第6题：
单选题As soon as children were _____ , their mother got them out of bed and into the bathroom.Awoke
Bawoke
Cawake
Dwoken
正确答案： C解析： -
第7题：
单选题According to the passage before the welfare reform was carried out, _____.Athe poverty rate was lower
Baverage living standards were higher
Cthe average worker was paid higher wages
Dthe poor used to rely on government aid
正确答案： D解析：
推断题。文章末段指出，一旦打破了这种依赖习惯，政府即可进行提高生活水准的政策改革。因此，可推知在福利制度改革之前，穷人习惯于依赖政府的福利援助而生活。故D为答案。 -
第8题：
单选题The farmer had to wear heavy boots in the winter because the fields were too wet and（）Aearthy
Bsolid
Cdusty
Dmuddy
正确答案： D解析： 暂无解析 -
第9题：
单选题The most significant finding of the original research was __________.Alighting had no consistent effect on production
Bproduction sometimes increased when lighting was reduced to the level of ordinary moonlight
Cthat lighting was no more important than the other factors of temperature and humidity
Dthe results were unexpected and confusing
正确答案： A解析：
本题是细节题。参考第82题的解析可知，研究开始时认为照明是最重要的，可是“The researchers found that lighting had no consistent effect on production”，即是研究人员却发现照明没有对生产产生一致的作用，因此答案为A。 -
第10题：
单选题According to the passage, Asian civilizations, which were ahead of Europe’s, fell behind because ______.AAsian languages were more difficult to learn
BEuropean languages had simple alphabets
Cthey didn’t have the technology to spread ideas
Dpeople’s communication skills were not good enough
正确答案： B解析：
第三段第二句指出“One reason why Asia’s civilizations, in 1000 far ahead of Europe’s, then fell behind was that they lacked the technology to reproduce and diffuse ideas”，由此可知曾经领先于欧洲的亚洲文明落后的原因是他们缺乏传播思想的技术，因此选项C符合文意。reproduce复制；再生。diffuse扩散；传播。 -
第11题：
单选题What was the most difficult part for Nightingale’s work at the hospital?AThere were disasters of cholera.
BThere were too many injured soldiers.
CThe financial condition was very bad in the hospital.
DThere were prejudices and pressure from the hospital.
正确答案： C解析：
细节题。由题干定位到文章倒数第四段。由该段首句可知，护士们所面临的最大挑战不是医院恶劣的条件，而是来自医生们的敌意。选项A、B、C都是对医院恶劣条件的描述，故排除。因此正确答案为D项。 -
第12题：
单选题According to the passage, why did museums and cultural centers in inner cities decline in attendance?AThe tickets were too expensive.
BThe museums were out-of-date.
CThe areas were not safe.
DThe patrons were not well educated.
正确答案： B解析：
细节题。文章最后一段最后一句提到“because patrons became reluctant to enter high-crime areas in which these centers were located”，即“游览者不愿意进入犯罪率高的地区”，C项“这些地区不安全”表述与其一致。 -
第13题：
Passage Five
Roman soldiers in some places built long rows of signal towers. When they had a message to send, the soldiers shouted it from tower to tower. If there were enough towers and enough soldiers with loud voices, important news could be sent quickly over distance.
In Africa, people learned to send messages by beating on a series of large drums (鼓). Each drum was kept within hearing distance of the next one. The drum beats were sent out in a special way that all the drummers understood. Though the messages were simple, they could be sent at great speed for hundreds of miles.
In the eighteenth century, a French engineer found a new way to send short messages. In this way, a person held a flag in each hand and the arms were moved to various positions representing different letters of the alphabet (字母表). It was like spelling out words with flags and arms.
Over a long period of time, people sent messages by all these different ways. However, not until the telephone was invented in America in the nineteenth century could people send speech sounds over a great distance in just a few seconds.
51. According to this passage, the Roman way of communication depended very much on______.
A. fine weather
B. high tower
C. the spelling system
D. arm movements
正确答案：B51．答案为B 从第一段可知罗马士兵通过在高塔上叫喊传递消息，因此答案为B。
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第14题：
According to the passage，most farmers' debts had to be paid______.
A. when the autumn harvest had just been completed
B. because wheat prices were high
C. as soon as the Winnipeg Grain Exchange demanded payment
D. when crop failure caused depression
正确答案：A
[解析] 见第二段第四、五行，事情经常是农民在收获后卖掉小麦，农场债务也随之到期。
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第15题：
This passage implies that ______.
A) buying a false degree is not moral
B) personnel officers only consider applicants from famous schools
C) most people lie on applications because they were dismissed from school
D) society should be greatly responsible for lying on applications
正确答案：D
答案：D
[试题分析]事实理解题。
[详细解答]作者谈论文章中的问题时，并未对欺骗者作过多的谴责，而是着重写了此问题产生的社会根源，显然其用意就是说明社会更应对此问题负责。因此，D应为正确答案。
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第16题：
The policemen acted quickly because lives were at stake.A:in danger
B:in difficulty
C:in despair
D:out of control答案：A解析：本句意思：警方迅速展开行动，因为有生命处于险境。短语in danger意思为“处于危险 之中”，与at stake（在危急关头，在危险中）意思接近。短语in difficulty为错误搭配；in despair意 思为“在绝望之中”;out of control意思为“失控”。 -
第17题：
According to the passage,coins once had real value as currency because they______.A.represented a great improvement over barter
B.permitted easy transportation of wealth
C.were made of precious metals
D.could become collector’s items答案：C解析： -
第18题：
单选题According to the passage, the men whom Borglum hired were ______.Atrained sculptors
Blaid-off stone masons
CBlack Hills volunteers
Dvisitors to Mount Rushmore
正确答案： D解析：
文章中指出Borglum和他儿子建造Mount Rushmore的时候钱很难挣，很多人都失业了。为了移动超过40万吨的石块Borglum雇了Black Hills地区被关闭矿山的下岗工人。此外他还教这些人在半空中时怎样对花岗岩进行爆破、钻孔、雕刻等，可见这些人都是受过培训的，因此A项正确。 -
第19题：
单选题According to the passage, what can we infer to be the central message of Fredric Wertham’s The Seduction of the Innocent?AAdults reading violent comic books were as likely to be corrupted by them as young people were.
BThe horror comic books of the late 1940s were inferior to the superhero comic books that gained popularity during World War II.
CComic books were leading the nation’s youth into crime, violence, and drug abuse.
DCreating a regulatory board to censor the comic book industry would drive the worst offenders out of the business.
EComic books would never be able to convey stories of any serious literary merit.
正确答案： B解析：
细节题。第三段中提到Fredric Wertham的书中表达的观点为：动漫书籍引导青年人接触犯罪、暴力和滥用药物，故本题选C项。 -
第20题：
单选题According to the passage, which of the following statements about the Tuskegee Airmen is TRUE?AIn World WarⅡ, they never lost a bomber to enemy fire.
BThey were the first group of black soldiers ever trained by the ground troops.
CThey were not subjected to racial discrimination in the army.
DThey were already soldiers in the ground troops before their training at Tuskegee began.
正确答案： D解析：
细节理解题。根据文章的第三段第二句“They did not lose any of the bombers they were escorting”可知，在战争中，他们从来没有失去他们护航的任何一架轰炸机。而A项说的是他们没有遗失一架轰炸机给敌人火力。与A项说法一致，所以A是正确选项。根据文中第二段“The first African-American airmen reported for duty in l941.”可知，他们是第一批报到的空军，而B项的描述是他们是第一批受陆军训练的黑人士兵，原文并没有提到这一点，所以B项错误。根据文中第一段“separated you from other soldiers because of the color of your skin”以及后面的第三，四段可知，他们即使在军队里也被歧视，也受到了种族歧视的影响，C项描述完全相反。由文中第二段第二句“Before that, African Americans could only serve in the Armed Forces as part of the ground troops.”可知，第一批被训练的空军之前是作为地面部队的一部分为武装部队服役，服役指的是参加部队的劳动或是参军，所以不代表他们都是地面部队的士兵。故D项错误。 -
第21题：
单选题According to the passage, one of the reasons why readers in the 1920s and 130s were attracted by free insurance policies was that ______.Athey were afraid of being unable to work
Bjobs were more dangerous then
Cthey had bigger families to look after
Dmoney was given away with the policies
正确答案： A解析：
文中提到20世纪20、30年代是一个充斥着mass unemployment-economic insecurity和a passionate concern for the next generation的年代，由此可知读者之所以会对报纸和杂志提供的免费保险所吸引是因为他们担心失去工作后没有依靠，故A项正确。 -
第22题：
单选题It can be inferred from the passage that ______.Amost movie theaters had a pianist, a hand or an orchestra
Bsound-effects machines were common because they were more effective
Cfull-scale orchestras could effectively synchronize sound with pictures
Dgramophones came into being about the same time as moving pictures did
正确答案： A解析：
首段第三句提到电影最早于1896开始公开播放，而该段倒数第三句指出早在1896年，新发明的gramophone（留声机）就被作为音响系统使用，可知留声机和电影几乎同时出现。D项中的moving pictures指的就是电影，因此该项正确。 -
第23题：
单选题A fire _____ during the night and a large number of houses _____ to ashes.Abroke out, were burnt
Bwas broke out, were burnt
Cbroke out, burnt
Dset out, were burned
正确答案： C解析：
句意：夜里发生了一场火灾，许多房屋被烧成了灰烬。break out意为“爆发，突然发生”，不能用被动语态，因此B不对，房子被烧成灰烬是被动语态，并且前后时态要一致，此处都是过去时。