国家电网专业技术人员电力英语水平考试_阅读理解试题(编辑修改稿)

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oud noise. He did an experiment, using a number of male students at a university who all had normal hearing. He gave them different amounts of aspirin for different periods of time, then he tested their hearing ability. He found that students who were given four grams of aspirin a day for two days suffered much greater temporary hearing loss than those who did not use aspirin. The hearing loss was about twice as great. The scientist said millions of persons in the United States use much larger amounts of aspirin than were used in the study. He said these persons face a serious danger of suffering hearing loss from loud noises. 1. Doctors have long known that A. one will bee deaf when he hears a loud noise B. hearing damage or loss can be caused by sounds of all kinds C. one may lose his hearing when he hears a terribly loud noise D. mon sounds at home are not harmful to the ear 2. This passage suggests that one‟s heating A. will be damaged even if he has heard a loud noise for less than one second B. will be damaged even if he has heard a loud noise for only little more than one second C. will not be damaged if he has heard a loud noise for only little more than one second D. will not be damaged if he has little more than one second to get ready 3. According to this passage, one conclusion you can draw is that aspirin A. should never be taken more than four grams daily B. can damage one‟s hearing when it is given more than four grams daily C. makes hearing damage from loud noise worse D. increases hearing loss by three times 4. Millions of Americans are in danger of suffering hearing loss because they A. often take jet airplanes on trips B. like listening to loud music C. are drowned in loud noises at home as well as at work D. take too much aspirin 5. The purpose of the experiment the American scientist did was to find A. how much aspirin would affect a person‟s hearing B. how much aspirin should be given in the treatment of the patients with hearing damage from loud noises C. whether the person who had hearing damage should use aspirin D. whether aspirin would increase the temporary hearing damage from loud noises Passage 8 Just two months ago, Ana, a teenager, was preparing for an important exam. Winners receive scholarships and be able to study in the United States. Ana knew her grades were excellent, but she realized that she must do well on the exams in order to qualify for the $ 3000 stipend. Although Ana had worried about the interview part of the exam, she came through with flying colors. She spoke to the American interviewer about her family background and discussed her educational plans with them. Her hard work paid off, for she was one of the twenty awarded a fouryear scholarship earlier this month. Now Ana cannot believe that she is sitting in a business management class at the University of California at Los Angeles. Although she has had seven years of English language classes, Ana is findin2 it difficult to understand the professor. Now she must work twice as hard to maintain her high grades. 1. Ana realizes that A. her grades are poor B. she must do well on the exam C. she is sitting in a business management class D. she must work twice as hard to get good grades 2. Ana has been studying English for A. seven years B. two months C. a11 her life D. the last two years 3. Ana experiences difficulty with A. texts B. technical definitions C. the professor‟s lectures D all of the above 4. Ana tells the interviewers about A. her flying colors B. her family C. her difficulty in understanding new words D. her worries about the interview 5. The best main idea for the first paragraph is A. Ana has many experiences taking the interview exam B. Ana prepares for the interview exam C. Ana es through with flying colors D. Ana takes exams Passage 9 Any mistake made in the printing of a stamp raises its value to stamp collectors. A mistake on one inexpensive postage stamp has made the stamp worth a million and a half times its original value. The mistake was made more than a hundred years ago in British colony of Mauritius, a small island in the Indian Ocean. In 1847, and order for stamps was sent to London printers. Mauritius was to bee the fourth country in the world to issue stamps. Before the order was filled and delivered, a ball was planned at Mauritius Government House, and stamps were needed to send out the invitations A local printer was instructed to copy the design for the stamps. He accidentally wrote down the words “Post Office‟‟ instead of “Post Paid” on the several hundred stamps that he printed. Today there are only twentysix of these misprinted stamps leftfourteen Onepenny OrangeReds and twelve Twopenny Blues. Because of the Twopenny Blues‟rareness and age, collectors have paid as much as $16800 for it. 1. A postage stamp‟s value to collectors is raised if A. there are few others like it left B. there are no mistakes on the stamp C. a mistake is made in the printing D. both A and B 2. In 1847 most countries of the world were A. not yet using postage stamps B. collecting valuable stamps C. buying their own stamps D. printing their own stamps 3. In 1847, the mistake on the locally printed postage stamps was in the A. spelling of postage B. price C. wording D. color 4. $16800 is the collector‟s value of A. the Onepenny OrangeRed B. the Twopenny Blue C. any stamp printed in 1847 D． both A and B 5. The valuable stamps were designed by A. Mauritius government B. British government C. Mauritius printers D. British printers Passage 10 In the English educational system, students take three very important examinations. The first i。