2014下半年公共英语二级考试考前冲刺试题（3）_第3页

　　第三部分：阅读理解

　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　　A

　　In the 1900's, American townspeople usually washed and brushed their teeth

　　and combed their hair in the kitchen. Or they kept a water pitcher (大水罐)and

　　a wash basin in their rooms and took care of these things there.

　　The bathtub was a wash tub(澡盆)filled with water from the stove. If you were small enough you could sit down by drawing your knees to your chest. Otherwise, you washed yourself standing up. Often all the women and girls in the family bathed together. Then the men and boys did. In most families this was Saturday night because Sundays they went to church.

　　A small number of families did have running water. But that depended on whether there was a water system where they lived and on whether they could afford the plumbing(水管设施). Some people had bathtubs in their homes as early as 1895. But many others did not have their first bath in a bathtub until 1910 or later when they were fifteen or sixteen ?years old.?

　　56In the first paragraph, "took care of" means ""。

　　[A] kept

　　[B] looked after

　　[C] used

　　[D] kept and used

　　57. In order to use the water from the stove, there be a pipe connecting the tub with the stove.

　　[A] must

　　[B] seemed to

　　[C] needn't

　　[D] should

　　58. Which of the following statements is true?

　　[A] Males and females in the family took turns using the bathtub.

　　[B] Some bathtubs were big enough for many people to bathe in at the same time.

　　[C] All the women and girls of a family could bathe together standing up in the tub.

　　[D] When several family members bathed together, they did not use the bathtub.

　　59. Americans owned a bathtub as early as 1895.

　　[A] Many

　　[B] Not all

　　[C] All

　　[D] Few

　　60. We can infer(推断)that the plumbingat that time.

　　[A] cost little

　　[B] was more expensive than a water system

　　[C] was too expensive for every family to afford

　　[D] was not necessary

　　B

　　CARIFF, Wales桺oets, singers and musicians from across the globe gathered Wales to celebrate the tradition(传统)of storytelling.

　　"It might seem strange that people still want to listen to instead of watching television, but this is an unusual art form whose time has come again, "said David Amibrose, director of Beyond the Border, an international storytelling festival(节)in Wales.

　　"Some of the tales, like those of the Inuit from Canada, are thousands years old. So our storytellers have come from distant lands to connect us with the distance of time. " he said early this month.

　　Two Inuit women, both in their mid 60s, are among the few remaining who can do ?Kntadjait, or? throat singing, which has few words and much sound.

　　Their art is governed by the cold of their surroundings, forcing them to say little but listen attentively.

　　Ambrose started the festival in 1993, after several years of working with those reviving(coming back into use or existence)storytelling in Wales.

　　"It came out of a group of people who wanted to reconnect with traditions and as all the Welsh are storytellers, it was in good hands here." Ambrose said.

　　61. Ambrose believes that the art of storytelling.

　　[A] will be more popular than TV

　　[B] will be popular again

　　[C] started in Wales

　　[D] are in the hands of some old people

　　62. From the tales told by the Inuit, people can learn.

　　[A] about their life as early as thousands of years ago

　　[B] why they tell the stories in a throat?singing way

　　[C] how cold it has been where the Inuit live

　　[D] how difficult it is to understand the Inuit

　　63. According to the writer, which of the following is not true?

　　[A] Storytelling once stopped in Wales.

　　[B] Storytelling has a long history in Wales.

　　[C] Storytelling is always well received in Wales.

　　[D] Storytelling did not come back until 1993 in Wales.

　　64. The underlined phrase in good hands means.

　　[A] controlled by rich people

　　[B] grasped by good storytellers

　　[C] taken good care of

　　[D] protected by kind people