专限时训练(二十五) [文化教育型阅读理解]
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(一)
There are many famous museums throughout the world where people can enjoy art. Washington D .C.has the National Gallery of Art (美术馆); Paris has the Louvre; London, the British Museum. Florida International University (FIU) in Miami also shows art for people to see. And it does so without a building, or even a wall for its drawings and paintings.
FIU has opened what it says is the first computer art museum in the United States. You don’t have to visit the University to see the art. You just need a computer linked to a telephone.
You can call the telephone number of a University computer and connect your own computer to it. All of the art is stored in the school computer. It is computer art, produced electronically (采用电子手段) by artists in their own computers. In only a few minutes, your computer can receive and copy all the pictures and drawings.
Robert Shostak is director of the new computer museum. He says he started the museum because computer artists had no place to show their work.
A computer artist could only record his pictures electronically and send the records, or floppy discs (软盘), to others to see on their computers. He could also put his pictures on paper. But to print good pictures in paper, the computer artist needed an expensive laser (激光) printer.
Robert Shostak says the electronic museum is mostly for art or computer students at schools and universities. Many of the pictures in the museum are made by students. Mr Shostak says the FIU museum will make computer art more fun for computer artists because more people can see it. He says artists will enjoy their work much more if they have an_audience. And the great number of home computers in America could mean a huge audience for the electronic museum.
()1.The main purpose of this text is to give information about________.
A．famous museums through the world
B．a computer art museum in Miami, U．S.A.
C．art exhibitions in Florida International University
D．latest development in computer art
()2.To see the art in FIU museum, your special needs include________.
A．floppy discs
B．a computer and a printer
C．pictures and drawings on paper
D．a computer connected to the museum by telephone line
()3.What are stored in this museum?
A．Paintings drawn by means of computer.
B．Different styles of paintings.
C．Old paintings.
D．Drawings done by art students of FIU.
()4.The museum was started when________.
A．Robert Shostak wanted to do something for computer scientists
B．Robert Shostak wanted to help computer artists
C．art students needed a place to show their works
D．computer scientists wanted to do something about art
()5.The words “an audience” in the last paragraph here refer to ________.
A．art students
B．owners of computers
C．exhibits in the museum
D．those who can enjoy art
(二)
Most young people enjoy some forms of physical activities. It may be walking, cycling or swimming, or in winter, skating or skiing. It may be a game of some kind, football, hockey, golf, tennis, or it may be mountaineering.
Those who have a passion (热情，激情) for climbing high and difficult mountains are often looked upon with astonishment. Why are men and women willing to suffer cold and hardship, and to take risks on high mountains? This astonishment is caused probably by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activities to which men give their leisure.
Mountaineering is a sport and not a game. There are no manmade rules, as there are for such games as golf and football. There are, of course, rules of a different kind, which would be dangerous to ignore, but it is this freedom from manmade rules that makes mountaineering attractive to many people. Those who climb mountains are free to use their own methods.
If we compare mountaineering with other more familiar sports, we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a “game”. We would be mistaken in this assumption. There are, it is true, no “matches” between “teams” of climbers, but when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope on which their lives may depend, there is obviously teamwork.
The mountain climber knows that he may have to fight forces that are stronger and more powerful than man. He has to fight the forces of nature. This sport requires high mental and physical capacities.
C．it requires mental and physical qualities
D．mountaineers depend on each other while climbing
()9.Which of the following is TRUE?
A．Mountaineers compete against each other.
B．Mountaineers compete against other teams.
C．Mountaineers compete against nature.
D．Mountaineers compete against international standard.
()10.What is the best title for the text?
A．Mountaineering
B．Mountain Climbers
C．Mountaineering Is Different From Golf And Football
D．Mountaineering Is More Dangerous Than Other Sports
(三)
Diana Jacobs thought her family had a workable plan to pay for college for her 21yearold twin sons: a combination of savings, income, scholarships, and a modest amount of borrowing. Then her husband lost his job, and the plan fell apart.
“I have two kids in college, and I want to say ‘come home，’ but at the same time I want to provide them with a good education，” says Jacobs.
The Jacobs family did work out a solution: They asked and received more aid from the schools, and each son increased his borrowing to the maximum amount through the federal loan (贷款) program. They will each graduate with $20,000 of debt, but at least they will be able to finish school.
With unemployment rising, financial aid administrators expect to hear from more families like the Jacobses.More students are applying for aid, and more families expect to need student loans. College administrators are concerned that they will not have enough aid money to go around.
At the same time, tuition(学费)continues to rise. A report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education found that college tuition and fees increased 439% from 1982 to 2007, while average family income rose just 147%. Student borrowing has more than doubled in the last decade.
“If we go on this way for another 25 years, we won’t have an affordable system of higher education，” says Patrick M. Callan, president of the center. “The middle class families have been financing it through debt. They will send kids to college whatever it takes, even if that means a huge amount of debt.”
Financial aid administrators have been having a hard time as many companies decide that student loans are not profitable enough and have stopped making them. The good news, however, is that federal loans account for about three quarters of student borrowing, and the government says that money will flow uninterrupted.
()11.According to Paragraph 1，why did the plan of the Jacobs family fail?
A．The twins wasted too much money.
B．The father was out of work.
C．Their savings ran out.
D．The family fell apart.
()12.How did the Jacobses manage to solve their problem?
A. They asked their kids to come home.
B. They borrowed $20,000 from the schools.
C．They encouraged their twin sons to do parttime jobs.
D．They got help from the schools and the federal government.
()13.Financial aid administrators believe that ________.
A. more families will face the same problem as the Jacobses
B. the government will receive more letters of complaint
C．college tuition fees will double soon
D. America’s unemployment will fall
()14.What can we learn about the middle class families from the text?
A. They blamed the government for the tuition increase.
B. Their income remained steady in the last decade.
C．They will try their best to send kids to college.
D. Their debts will be paid off within 25 years.
()15.According to the last paragraph, the government will ________.
A. provide most students with scholarships
B. dismiss some financial aid administrators
C．stop the companies from making student loans
D. go on providing financial support for college students
专限时训练(二十五)
(一)