2020年广东学位英语模拟试题：阅读理解（一）

Part I Reading Comprehension (40 points)

Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each of the passages is followed by several questions or unfinished statements, For each of them there are 4 choices（Marked A, B, C and D）.Choose the best one and mark your ans icer on the ANSWER SHEET ith a single line through the center.

Passage One

We use both words and gestures to express our feelings, but the problem is that these words and gestures can be understood in different ways.

It is true that a smile means the same thing in any language, So does laughter or crying There are also a number of strinkingsimilariies in te way differnt animais show the same feelings.

Dogs, tigers and humans, for example, often show their teeth when they are angry. This is probably because they are born with those behavior patterns.

Fear is another emotion that is shown in much the same way all over the world. In Chinese and in English literature, a phrase like "he went pale and begin to tremble"suggests that the man is either very afraid or he has just got a very big shock. However. "he opened his eyes wide"is used to suggest anger in Chinese whereas in English it means surprise. In Chinese"surprise"can be described in a phrase like"they stretched out their tongues Sticking out your tongue in English is an insulting gesture or expresses strong dislike .

Even in the same culture, people differ in ability to understand and express feelings Experiments in America have shown that women are usually better than men at recognizing fear,anger, love and happiness on people's faces. Other studies show that older people usually find it easier to recognize or understand body language than younger people do.

16. According to the passage________

A. we can hardly understand what people's gestures mean

B. we cannot be sure people,s feelings described in words or gestures

C. words can be better understood by older people

D. gestures can be understood by most of the people

17. People's facial expressions may be misunderstood because________

A. people of different ages may have different understanding

B, people of different sex may understand a gesture in a different way

C. people have different cultures

D. people of different countries speak different languages

18.In the same culture,________

A. people have different ability to understand and express feelings

B, people have the same understanding of something

C,people nevere fail to understand each other

D. people are equally intelligent

19. From this passage. we can conclude________

A. words are used as frequently as gestures

B. words are often found difficult to understand

C. words and gestures are both used in expressing feelings

D. gestures are more efficiently used than words

20. The best title for this passage may be________

A. Words and Feelings

B. Gestures and Cultures

C. Gestures and Feelings

D. Culture and Understanding

Passage Two

If you look closely at some of the early copies of the Declaration of Independence, beyond the flourished signature of John Hancock and the other 55 men who signed it, you will also find the name of one woman. Mary Katherine Goddard. It was she, a Baltimore printer who published the first official copies of the Declaration. the first copies that included the names of its signers and therefore heralded(宣布,预示) the support of all thirteen colonies.

Mary Goddard first got into printing at the age of twenty- four when her brotheropened a printing shop in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1762. When her brother proceeded to get into trouble with his partners and creditors, it was Mary Goddard and her mother who were left to run the shop. In 1765 they began publishing The Providence Gazette, a weekly newspaper. Similar problems seemed to follow her brother as he opened businesses in Philadelhia and again in Baltimore. Each time Ms. Goddard was brought in to run the newspapers.After starting Baltimore's first newspaper, the Maryland Journal. in 1773. her brother went broke trying to organize a colonial postal service. While he was in debtor's prison, Mary Katherine Goddards name appeared in the newspaper's masthead报头) for the first time.

When the Continental Congress fled there from Philadelphia in 1776. it commissioned Ms. Goddard to print the first official version of the Declaration of Independence in January 1777.After printing the documents. she herself paid the post riders to deliver the Decla ration throughout the colonies.

During the American Revolution, Mary Goddard continued to publish Baltimore's only newspaper.which one historian claimed was"second to none among the colonies. "She was also the city's postmaster from1775to 1789一appointed by Benjamin Franklin--and is considered to be the first woman to hold a federal position.

21. Which of the following subjects is the passage mainly concerned？________

A.The accompliment of a female publisher.

B. The weaknesses of the newspaper industry.

C. The rights of a female publisher.

D.The publishing system in colonial Amercia.

22. Mary Goddard's name appears on the Declaration of Independence because________

A. she helped write the original document.

B. she published the document.

C. she paid to have the document printed.

D. her brother was in prison.

23. According to the passage, Mary Goddard first became involved in publishing when she________

A. was appointed by Benjamin Franklin

B. signed the Declaration of Independene

C. took over her brother's printing shop

D. moved to Baltimore

24. The word"there"in paragraph 3 refers to________

D. Providence

A. the colonies

B. the pr

C. Baltimore

25. It can be inferred from the passage that Mary Goddard was________

A. an accomplished businesswoman

B. extremely wealthy

C. a member of the Continental Congress