英语二阅读理解

一. Each Indian was supposed to keep his birth name until he was old enough to earn one for himself……It is the rarest honor for a person –the honor of assuming his father’s name. 1. Names were important to an Indian because(B):they described the character of a man. 2. An Indian could be given the second name by (D):his childhood friends. 3. The greatest honor an Indian could earn was (D):the righr tu use his farther’s name. 4. If an Indian had more than ten names ,it meant that (B):he was a great fighter 5. Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage(C):An Indian could throw away his birth name when he was old enough to earn one for him . 二．What you give your relatives,friends,husband,or wife can help you hnow yourself better……They’ve given tome and emotion,two important charcteristics of being creative. 1.They first paragraph is written mainly to tell readers that (D):gifts can tell you something about the person who gives the them. 2.A person who likes the self-image of another person will give the latter(C):a gift that agrees with the personality of the receiver. 3.People are espec ially generous if they give (D):gifts made by hand. 4.What kind of message is communicated by a gift of food(A):A supportive one 5.If you give a large book as a gift ,rather than a small one ,it may show that (D):you are more interested in the appearance of the book than in its contents. 三．Here are six questions about your approach to life .Thy to answer them as honestly as you can ……But it’s always there ,under the surface. 1.If your answers to above question are yes ,you are likely to (D):have more chances to suffer from a heart attack. 2.It can be concluded from the last paragraph that this hard-driving character(A):has been developed since childhood. 3.Which of the following words is nit appropriate to describe this type of people(C):Easygoing 4.What is implied in the last sentence(B):The conflict may occur any moment. 5.The main idea of the passage is (D):how personality affects your attitude toward life. 四．The smart job-seeker needs to get rid of several standard myths ,or untruths,about interviewing before starting to pound the pavement looking for a job.……The conventional wisdom says “be yourself ,which is true enough .But how manr people can be themselves if they don’t feel free to disagree? 1.According to the writer ,the aim for people to take part in an interview is (D)：to dominate the interview. 2.An effective interview should be one during which(B):the interviewer will hire him. 3.If a job-seeker tries to control the interview,(D):it is unlikely for him to attain his goal. 4.During an interview,it’s better for an interviewee to (C):try to know what the employers are thinking about. 5.The main topic of the passage is(A):the way to think about and act in a job inter view. ． 五．The chief purpose of work is not to produce things but to build the man ……Even if your efforts are reviewed and must be toned down to fit into the mold of your organization,there is always a sliht opening through which you can project your unique personality, 1.The most important thing about work is (D):one’s  attitude towards the work 2.If the work doesn’t seem worth doing .You should(D):perform it carefully 3.What can work assignments offer people(A):An opportunity to develop oneself 4.Which of the following statements is not true?(C):Work must be done in one way in order to be the most efficient. 5.The main idea of the passage is (B):the importance of projecting your values into your job . 六．The smart job-seeker needs to get rid of several standard myths about interviewing starting to pound the pavement looking for job ……The  conventional wisdom says “be yourself”true enough ,But hpw many people can be themselves if they don’t feel free to disagree 1.The world “myth”in the passage probably means (C):Something false that most people belive is true 2.An effective interview should be one during which (C):two sides have a good exchange of views. 3.If job-seeker tries to control the interview,（D）：it is unlikely for him to attain his goal. 4.All of the following statements are true except that (B):a job –seeker should always agree with the interviewer. 5.The main idea of the passage is (A)：the way to think about and act in a job interview. 七．Human migrations within recorded history have transformed the entire character of lands and continents and the composition of their racial,ethnis and language groups.……As a conseqce,urban growth since World War Ⅱ has been very rapid in much of the world ,particularly in developing countries. 1.What is the main idea of the passage(B):Human Human migrations within recorded history have changed the world. 2.The following statements are true exceopt(D):Between World War Ⅰand Ⅱ ,about 6 million people migrated to Eeurope. 3.How many people moved across borders to become permanent residents of Western Europe from the 1960s through the 1980s?(B):some 13 million. 4.Where did the people of the first major wave of the Great Atlantic Migration Which began in the 1840s com from(C):From Ireland and Germany. 5.What has been the trend of migration during the 20th century(A):The movement from rural to urban areas. 八．As we consider what makes one man better than the other,let’s look at two examples……Apply your mind well so that good things will come about and so that you are not left regretting your actions. 1.During his university years,the first man (B):learned how to apply his mind rightly. a successful person with a good family life. 3.One’s ability to judge right or wrong is called (B):thought direction 4.To keep from wishing you made a different choice ,you should(C):judge things right or wrong. 5.The main topic of this passage is (A):people are equal. 九．Throughout July 1945 ,Japanese mainland ,from Tokyo on Honshu northward to the coast of Hokkaido,were bombed as if an in vasion were about to take place……A second Bomb,dropped on Nagasaki on August 9,killed between 35000 and 40000 people,injured a like number ,and ruined 1.8 square miles. 1. What is the main idea of the passage?(B):The birth and use of the atomic bomb to end the Secong World War. 2. What was the danger Albert Einstein had warned Roosevelt about?(A):The danger of Nazi Germany’s advances in the development of the atomic bomb. 3. What event determined the  decision of the explosion of the atomic bomb.(D):Japan’s unsatisfactory response to the Allies’ Potsdam Declaration. 4. How many people were killed by the two bombs dropped in Japan?(C):Between105000and120000pepole . 5. Where might the passage be taken from (D):Abook of facts (encyclopedia). 十．Every day ,we are in fluenced by mass media.……If we are careful to examine their message critically they can all be of benefit to our lives. 1.What is the main point of the author?(B):The positive effects of the mass media are more than the negative ones. 2.According to the author ,the two main purposes of mass media are to (B):provide people with information and entertainment. 3.The author feels that consumers of the mass media should be taught at an early age to (D):think critically about the message brought to them 4.It can be learned from paragraph 3 that citizens will be in a better position to express their view ad make their choices if they are (D):well informed by the media. 5.Which of the following statements is rue according to the text?(A):The mass media offers information about current wants in depth.