【正文】 airflow in the tunnel．For example，if the wings are built so that they would weaken at high speeds，this fact can be discovered in the tunnel，thus saving many lives and millions of dollars．In a wind tunnel，scientists also find out how different planes will act at different speeds．They find out such things as how the air dives by the wing surfaces，how slowly a plane can fly before it starts to drop，and howfastit can climb．52．Some wind tunnel sections are larger than others because____．A．they are used for large planesB．they can produce a stronger windC．they are built to conduct a highspeed testD．the air in them flows at a lower speed【答案】D【解析】根據(jù)常理，風(fēng)道面積大，風(fēng)速就慢。故A正確49．According to Dr．Alberti，our organization is constructed to____．A．get people to trust their own solutions to problems 成人高考網(wǎng) 成人高考,成考,成人高考報(bào)名條件,成人高考試題,成人高考成績查詢,成人高考報(bào)名時(shí)間,成人高考專升本,成考網(wǎng)上報(bào)名,成人高考分?jǐn)?shù)線B．keep people as knowledgeable as their“superiors”C．train people’ s capacity to speak up for their rightsD．make things more favorable for“superiors”【答案】D【解析】“There’s always a‘superior’arounda parent，a teacher，a bosswho‘knows better’．These‘superiors’often gain when they keep breaking at your selfimage．”上句說明此機(jī)構(gòu)的目的是幫助人們找回自信。47．The success of Los Angeles book festival shows that____．A．book reading is still popular in Los AngelesB．Los Angeles people prefer library to book festivalC．people attend the book festivals for fun not for readingD．libraries should have food courts to attract more readers【答案】A【解析】盡管剛開始對于購書節(jié)的發(fā)展該有不確定的因數(shù)，但后來的情況說明讀書在洛杉磯很受歡迎。45．The outdoor book festival attracts____．A．a(chǎn)utograph seekers and authors onlyB．people with different interestsC．people who love Los AngelesD．people who like cooking【答案】B【解析】第二段談到本次購書節(jié)吸引了眾多的讀書愛好者，星期六達(dá)到了70，000，星期天達(dá)到了75，000，以詞可推斷出B正確。Passage ThreePeople joke that no one in Los Angeles reads；everyone watches TV, rents videos，or goes to the movies．The most popular reading material is ic books，movie magazines，and TV guide s．City libraries have only 10 percent of the traffic that car washes have．But how do you explain this? An annual book festival in west Los Angeles is flourishing year after year．People wait half an hour for a parking space to bee available．This outdoor festival，sponsored by a newspaper，occurs every April for one year’ s attendance was estimated at 70，000 on Saturday and 75，000 on Sunday．The festival consisted of 280 exhibitors．There were about 90 talks given by authors，with an audience questionandanswer period foilowing each talk．Autograph(親筆簽名)seekers sought out more than 150 food court sold all kinds of popular food and diverse foreign foods，from American hamburgers to Hawaiian shave ice drinks．Except for a $7 parking fee，the festival was free．Even so，some people avoided the food court prices by staying away and having their own sandwiches and came from all over California．One couple drove down from San Francisco．“This is our sixth year here now．We love it，”said the husband．“It’s just fantastic to be in the great outdoors，to be mnong so many books and authors，and to get some very good deals，too．”The idea for the festival occurred years ago，but nobody knew if it would succeed．Although book festivals were already popular in other US cities，would Los Angeles residents wele one?“The citizens of the city are very unpredictable，”said one of the festival founders．44．The underlined sentence in the first paragraph implies that____．A．city libraries have a very limited number of readersB．only a small proportion of the readers go to libraries by carC．city libraries provide fewer places for Car washesD．city libraries have fewer parking places【答案】A【解析】第一段第三行談到去圖書館借書的車輛僅占全部交通的10%，此句暗示圖書館的讀者非常有限。43．The school insists that students should____．A．leave the school if they fail to respect a womanB．a(chǎn)ttend the preparatory classes in the summer before enrolling 成人高考網(wǎng) 成人高考,成考,成人高考報(bào)名條件,成人高考試題,成人高考成績查詢,成人高考報(bào)名時(shí)間,成人高考專升本,成考網(wǎng)上報(bào)名,成人高考分?jǐn)?shù)線C．do their homework to review what they have learnedD．e to the school on Sundays【答案】B【解析】第三段談到學(xué)校要求學(xué)生在入學(xué)之前上一個(gè)學(xué)習(xí)班。42．What does Mr．Leonard expect from those lowtesting students?A．The highest scores．B．The best ．Respectfulness and discipline．D．Willingness to learn by themselves.【答案】C【解析】文章第二段第二行談到，Mr Leonard 看重的不是學(xué)生的分?jǐn)?shù)，而是守紀(jì)律，尊敬別人。故D正確。故B正確。37．The two businessmen behaved differently because____．A．they followed their own greeting customsB．they were not used to the strange atmosphereC．they couldn’t speak each other’ S languageD．they had never met each other before【答案】A【翻譯】兩位商人問好的方式不同是因?yàn)樗麄兊娘L(fēng)俗習(xí)慣不同38．Paragraph 4 tells us that when visiting a foreign country,．it is very unmon for one to encounter embarrassing situationsB．it is hard for one to adapt to the material aspects of life thereC．people often expect tO meet differences in customsD．people expect the same kind of food and weather【答案】C【解析】文章第四段主要講述了游訪異國他鄉(xiāng)，肯定在文化風(fēng)俗上會(huì)有沖突。IV．Reading Comprehension(60 points)Directions：There are five reading passages in this part．Each passage is followed by four questions．For each question there are four suggested answers marked A，B，C and D．Choose one best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet．Passage OneBefore the conference began，a Japanese businessman was introduced to an American businessman at the lounge．The Japanese businessman，arms extending downwards from his shoulders，bowed from his waist toward the American businessman to whom he was just 成人高考網(wǎng) 成人高考,成考,成人高考報(bào)名條件,成人高考試題,成人高考成績查詢,成人高考報(bào)名時(shí)間,成人高考專升本,成考網(wǎng)上報(bào)名,成人高考分?jǐn)?shù)線introduced．His eyes were directed ahead，his face showed no particular expression．The American businessman stood straight．His eyes focused on the Japanese man’S eyes．He smiled and put out his right hand．Both men smiled briefly in embarrassment．The Japanese man straightened up and put out his right hand．The American withdrew his hand and bowed his head．A broader smile of embarrassment．a(chǎn)nd some noise from each mannot really words