浙江大学宁波理工学院外语平台（三）阅读答案

题目详解:这个题目所涉及的信息在文中第一段找到。原句是“The faculty member aims to exchange ideas with students, rather than simply tell them what they should know.” 5. What is the purpose of having a lecture course?

A . To encourage students exchange ideas with each other. B . To review homework.

C . To present information effectively. D . To save time and space.

正确答案:To present information effectively.

题目详解:这个题目所涉及的信息可以在文中最后一段看到。原句是“The lecture is used to present information efficiently... ”

A child's world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, the true instinct for what is beautiful and awe- inspiring, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood. If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to be responsible for the Christening (洗礼、仪式) of all children, I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so undeniable that it would last throughout life, as an unfailing protection against the boredom of later years, the inattention of things that are artificial, the alienation (疏远、转让) from the sources of our strength.

If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder without any such gift from the fairies, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in. Parents often have a sense of inadequacy when facing on the one hand the eager, sensitive mind of a child and, on the other, a world of complex physical nature, confused by a life so various and unfamiliar that it seems hopeless to reduce it to order and knowledge. In a mood of self-defeat, they exclaim, \about nature －why, I don't even know one bird from another?\

I sincerely believe that for the child, and for the parent seeking to guide him, it is not half so important to know as to feel. If facts are the seeds that later produce knowledge and wisdom, then the emotions and impressions of the senses are the fertile soil in which the seeds must grow. The years of early childhood are the time to prepare the soil. Once the emotions have been aroused－a sense of the beautiful, the excitement of the new and unknown, a feeling of sympathy, pity, admiration or love － then we wish for knowledge about the object of our emotional response. Once found, it has lasting meaning. It is more important to prepare the way for the child to want to know than to put him on a load of facts he is ready to understand. ________________________________________

1. The word \ A . inborn sense B . response C . wisdom D . emotion

提交的答案:inborn sense 正确答案:inborn sense

题目详解:依据本句中\clear-eyed vision\的提示，判断出问题1（释义题）中的\与选项中的\含义相关。

2. According to the first paragraph, which of the following statements in Not true? A . Adults are concerned with things that are artificial.

B . Adults often lack a sense of wonder.

C . Children may lose their sense of wonder when they grow up. D . Fairies make a child's world fresh and full of wonder.

提交的答案:Fairies make a child's world fresh and full of wonder. 正确答案:Fairies make a child's world fresh and full of wonder.

题目详解:根据第一段的第三句中使用的假设型的虚拟语气\If I had … I should ask… be a sense of wonder … would last.（如果说为孩子承担洗礼责任的仙女确实存在的话，那么她给孩子的礼品应该是永不消失，持续终生的）.\的提示，判断出与选项中的\world fresh and full of wonder\含义相关。

3. It can be learned from the second paragraph that ___. A . parents can never teach their children about nature

B . parents often do not know much about nature themselves C . parents should know one bird from another D . parents should learn from their children

提交的答案:parents often do not know much about nature themselves 正确答案:parents often do not know much about nature themselves

题目详解:依据第二段中的\（家长们总是有一种不满足感） hopeless to reduce it to order and knowledge (没有能力理智地给孩子解答问题)\的提示，判断出与选项中的\含义相关。 4. What does the author think about facts?

A . Facts are so undeniable that they should be recognized without prejudice. B . Facts are less important than the ability to feel. C . Facts are the most important things for children. D . Facts are meaningless for children.

提交的答案:Facts are less important than the ability to feel. 正确答案:Facts are less important than the ability to feel. 题目详解:细节题

要点：依据第三段的\（与其说重要的是了解还不如说重要的是感觉）If facts… then the emotions and impressions of the senses…（如果说知识是种子的话，那么感觉和印象就是肥沃的土壤）It is more important …than to put him on a load of facts （更重要的是使孩子掌握学习知识的方法而不是知识）\的提示，判断出与选项中的\are less important than the ability to feel\含义相关。 5. The best title of this passage can be ____. A . Keeping Alive the Sense of Wonder B . Children and Adulthood C . Facts and Emotions D . Children and Parents

提交的答案:Keeping Alive the Sense of Wonder 正确答案:Keeping Alive the Sense of Wonder

题目详解:依据第一段中的\child's world…fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement（童年时代充满了好奇和激动）和 …dimmed and even lost…（这种好奇和激动随着年龄的增长而消失）以及…a sense of wonder so undeniable that it would last throughout life（使这种好奇心永不消失，持续终生）…an unfailing protection against…(永远保护我们免于遭受成年烦恼的伤害，免于被人为的事情分散注意力，免于失去本能的能力)\的提示，判断

出与选项中的\含义相关。

Basic to any understanding of $2 in, the 20 years after the Second World War is the country's impressive population growth. For every three Canadians in 1945, there were over five in 1966. In September 1966 $2's population passed the 20 million mark. Most of this surging growth came from natural increase.

The depression of the 1930's and the war had held back marriages, and the catching-up process began after 1945. The baby boom continued through the decade of the 1950's producing a population increase of nearly fifteen percent in the five years from 1951 to 1956. This rate of increase had been exceeded only once before in $2's history, in the decade before 1911, when the prairies were being settled. Undoubtedly, the good economic conditions of the 1950's supported a growth in the population, but the expansion also derived from a trend toward earlier marriages and an increase in the average size of families. In 1957 the Canadian birth rate stood at 28 per thousand, one of the highest in the world.

After the peak year of 1957, the birth rate in $2 began to decline. It continued falling until in 1966 it stood at the lowest level .in 25 years. Partly this decline reflected the low level of births during the depression and the war, but it was also caused by changes in Canadian society. Young people were staying at school longer, more women were working; young married couples were buying automobiles or houses before starting families; rising living standards were cutting down the size of families. It appeared that $2 was once more falling in step with the trend toward smaller families that had occurred all through the Western world since the time of the Industrial Revolution.

Although the growth in $2's population had slowed down by 1966 (the increase in the. First half of the 1960's was only nine percent, another large population wave was coming over the horizon. It would be composed of the children who were born during the period of the high birth rate prior to 1957.

________________________________________ 1. What does the passage mainly discuss? A . Educational changes in Canadian society. B . Standards of living in $2.

C . Population trends in postwar $2. D . $2 during the Second World War. 正确答案:Population trends in postwar $2.

题目详解:依据问题中?What does the passage mainly discuss?的提示，从第一段中?…the country's impressive population growth（给人们留下深刻印象的问题是\人口的增长\）?提供的信息判断，与选项中的\含义相关。 2. The author suggests that in $2 during the 1950's________. A . the urban population decreased rapidly B . the birth rate was very high C . economic conditions were poor D . fewer people married

正确答案:the birth rate was very high

题目详解:依据问题中?in Canada during the 1950's?的提示，从第二段中?a population increase of nearly fifteen percent in the five years from 1951 to 1956 和 In 1957 the Canadian birth rate stood at 28 per thousand, one of the highest in the world?提供的信息判断，与选项中的\

rate was very high\含义相关。

3. According to the passage, when did $2's baby boom begin? A . In the decade after 1911.

B . During the depression of the 1930's. C . In 1966. D . After 1945.

正确答案:After 1945.

题目详解:依据问题中?when did Canada's baby boom begin?的提示，从第二段中?the catching-up process began after 1945?提供的信息判断，与选项中的\含义相关。 4. The author mentions all of the following, as causes of declines in population growth after 1957 EXCEPT ________.

A . people getting married earlier B . people being better educated C . better standards of living D . couples buying houses

正确答案:people getting married earlier

题目详解:依据问题中?as causes of declines in population growth after 1957 EXCEPT?的提示，从第三段第4句中?by changes in Canadian society.. Staying at school longer, more women were working…rising living standards?提供的信息判断，与选项中的\含义相关。

5. It can be inferred from the passage that before the Industrial Revolution _____. A . the population grew steadily

B . population statistics were unreliable C . families were larger

D . economic conditions were bad 正确答案:families were larger

题目详解:依据问题中?before the Industrial Revolution?的提示，从第三段的最后一句中?he trend toward smaller families that had occurred …since the time of the Industrial Revolution (工业革命结束后，整个欧洲小家庭的趋势出现了)?提供的信息判断，与选项中的\larger\含义相关。

Standing on the rim of the $2, gazing across this giant wound in the earth's surface, a visitor might assume that the canyon had been cause by some ancient convulsion. In fact, the events that produced the canyon, far from being sudden and cataclysmic, simply add up to the slow and orderly process of erosion.

Many millions of years ago the Colorado Plateau in the $2 area contained 10,000 more feet of rock than it does today and was relatively level. The additional material consisted of some 14 layered formations of rock. In the Grand Canyon region these layers were largely worn away over the course of millions of years.

Approximately 65 million years ago the plateau's flat surface in the $2 area bulged upwards from internal pressure: geologists refer to this bulging action as upwarping; it was followed by a general elevation of the whole Colorado Plateau, a process that is still going on. As the plateau gradually rose, shallow rivers that meandered across it began to run more safely and cut more definite course. One of these rivers, located east of the upwarp, was the ancestor of the $2. Another river system called the Hulapai, flowing west of the upwarp, extended itself eastwards