鍖椾含鍦板尯
鎴愪汉鏈
瀛﹀＋瀛︿綅鑻辫 缁熶竴鑰冭瘯
2019 骞?鏈?1 鏃?
Part I Reading Comprehension (30%)
Direction: There are three passages followed by some
in this part. Each passage is
questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A,
B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and blacken the corresponding letter
on the Answer Sheet.
Passage 1
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:
A little boy in South Carolina got to celebrate his birthday twice: After only one
friend showed up to his birthday party, the local fire department decided to throw
him another on.
The City of Beaufort Fire Department shared the story of a party the fire
department held for a local boy named Cooper, who was disappointed when only one
of his classmates showed up to his 6th birthday party. But after a community member
gave the local fire department a call, (76) the members were quick to come to his rescue.
鈥淲 e jumped on board and said we 鈥檒 l do whatever we can to make sure he has a
great birthday and that more than one child shows up,鈥?Beaufort firefighter Ross Vezin
says. 鈥? We made arrangements to pick him up from school along with his mom and
brother, and we brought him to a bowling alley(淇濋緞鐞冨満) along with a biker group
鈥?
The fire department was also able to bring nearly 75 other kids from school to
celebrate alongside Cooper, whose mother, Nicoala Shiflet, said he has difficulty
making friends because he suffers from autism( 鑷 棴鐥? 鈥淭 hey had cake and presents
and got to do some bowling, 鈥? Vezin continues, adding that the party came to be
known as 鈥滳 oopers Birthday 2.0 鈥?
From riding in a fire truck to seeing the motorcycles from the biker group and
evening welcomed by so many new friends,Cooper loved his celebration. And it won't
be the last time that the little boy gets to hang out with the fire department responsible
for it
鈥渨 e 鈥檙 e also going to have him up next week, \ Vezin says. \ We鈥 檙 e going to
give him a fire department T-shirt and a tour of our fire station.鈥?
1. Who did the most to make Cooper's second birthday party a great success?
A. Firefighters from Beaufort Fire Department. B. Men from the biker group. C. Community members. D. Cooper's parents.
2. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the
passage
A. About 75 kids showed up at Cooper's second birthday party.
B. Cooper's mother and brother were at his second birthday party. C.Those joining the second birthday party did some bowling.
D. Cooper got a T-shirt from the fire department at his second birthday party.
3. The phrase have him up in the last paragraph is closest in
meaning to_____
A. invite him as a guest
B. meet him by chance C. take care of him
D. make friends with him
4. Only one kid went to Cooper's first birthday party because______ .
A. Cooper was not good at making friends.
B. other kids were busy with their classes then. C. Cooper liked to play with grown-ups. D. Cooper didn't invite his classmate.
5. We learn from the passage that Cooper was____the second birthday
party.
A. disappointed with B. satisfied with
C. frightened by D. angry about
Passage 2
Question 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon.
The spacesuit courage and
Armstrong wore on his mission has come to symbolize
human achievement. In 1971, the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum
(NASM)acquired Armstrong's suit. It stood proudly on display for visitors to admire,
until there were changes in the suit'sappearance. 鈥淥 ver time, the suit started to show
signs of deterioration(鍙樺潖).\ Young says. She works at NASM and
2019年5月学位英语考试真题及答案
