2013年GCT【英语】模拟试题二

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　　Part Two Reading Comprehension

　　Directions: In this part there are three passages and one listing, each followed by five questions?or unfinished statements. For each of them, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose? the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.?

　　Questions 11-15 are based on the following passage:

　　In recent years, many Americans of both sexes and various ages have become interested in improving their bodies. They have become devoted to physical fitness. The need to exercise has almost become compulsive with many, persons who have a strong desire to be, more physically fit.

　　By nature, Americans are enthusiastic and energetic about their hobbies and pastimes. They apply this enthusiasm, and energy to jogging/running. As a result, there are running clubs to join and many books and magazines to read about running.

　　The desire to be physically fit is explained by a "passion" for good health. The high rate of heart attacks in the 1960s caused an increase on the part of the public in improving the human body.

　　Middle-aged men especially suffer from heart attacks. Thus, they are one group strongly interested in more physical exercise. In fact, many doctors encourage their patients to become more physically active, especially those who have sedentary jobs. It is interesting to note that the rate of heart attacks began to decrease in the 1970s and it is still decreasing.

　　Physical fitness currently enjoys a favored role in the United States. It is a new "love" that many Americans have cherished. Will it last long? Only time will tell - or until another "new passion" comes along. (216words)

　　11. In recent years, many Americans have become interested in improving their bodies because _____.

　　they are enthusiastic about their hobbies and pastimes

　　they have a strong desire to be more physically fit

　　there are many running clubs to join

　　there are many books and magazines to read about running

　　12. The passage implies that _____ is a great favorite of many Americans, men and women, old and young.

　　A. jogging/running

　　B. joining running clubs

　　C. reading books and magazines about running

　　D. going in for all kinds of sports

　　13. Middle- aged men suffering from heart attacks _____.

　　A. are compulsive joggers

　　B. are encouraged by their doctors to go in for jogging/running

　　C. are interested in taking more physical exercise

　　D. are enthusiastic and energetic about hobbies and pastimes

　　14. In the sentence "In fact, many doctors encourage their patients to become more physically active, especially those who have sedentary jobs", the word "sedentary" means _____

　　A. involving physical work B. needing much sitting

　　C. energy-consuming D. sleep-producing

　　15. According to the passage, will the love for physical exercise last long for Americans?

　　A. Yes. B. No.

　　C. Somebody can tell D. It is hard to tell.

　　?Questions 16-20 are based on the following passage:?

　　One silly question I simply cannot tolerate is "How do you feel?" Usually the question is asked of a man in action - a man walking along the street, or busily working at his desk. So what do you expect him to say? He'll probably say, "Fine, I 'm all right." But you have put a bug in his ear - maybe now he is not sure. If you are his good friend, you may have seen something on his face, or in his walk, that he overlooked that morning. It makes him worrying a little. He looks in a mirror to see if everything is all right, while you go merrily on your way asking someone else, "How do you feel?"

　　Every question has its time and place. It's perfectly acceptable, for instance, to ask "How do you feel?" if you are visiting a close friend in the hospital. But if the fellow is walking on both legs, hurrying to take a train or sitting at his desk working, it's no time to ask him that silly question.

　　When George Bernard Shaw, the famous British writer of plays was in his eighties, someone asked him , "How do you feel?" Shaw put him in his place. "When you reach my age," he said, "either you feel all right or you are dead." ( 233 words )

　　16. According to the writer, greetings, such as "How do you feel?" ______.

　　A. show one's consideration for others

　　B. are a good way to make friends

　　C. are proper to ask a man in action

　　D. generally make one feel uneasy

　　17. The question "How do you feel?" seems to be correct and suitable when asked of ______.

　　A. a friend who is ill

　　B. a person who has lost a close friend

　　C. a stranger who looks somewhat worried

　　D. a man who is working at his desk

　　18. George Bernard Shaw's reply in this passage shows his ______.

　　A. silliness B. cleverness C. carelessness D. politeness