2012职称英语阅读理解.doc

第一篇 Telling Tales about People 讲述关于人们的故事 1. This passage is mostly about the characteristics of autobiographies，memoirs，and biographies 2. Helen Keller wrote an autobiography. 3. Autobiography writers are not always objective because they want to present themselves in a good light. 4. The writer introduces each category in the passage by defining it. 5. Diverse means varied or different _. 第二篇 Outside-the-classroom Learning Makes a Big Difference 1. An extracurricular activity like raising a fund of $300,000 is risky because most student leaders will not take an interest in it. 2. American students join campus organizations mostly for gaining experience. 3. Who is Katie Rowley? Shes a senior student. 4. What do student leaders need to carry an activity through to a successful end? Passion. 5. The phrasal verb fatten up in paragraph 6 could be best replaced by polish. 第三篇 Milosevics Death 梅洛舍维奇之死 1. Where did Milosevic die? In prison. 2. Which of the following is NOT true of the young Milosevic?He was extremely ambitious. 3. All of the following persons in one way or another changed his fate EXCEPT his parents. 4. Why was Milosevic sent to Kosovo in 1989? To remove the Serbians fears that they were discriminated against. 5. What happened in 1991? Yugoslavia broke up. 第四篇 Feast on Turkey and Good Wishes at Thanksgiving 火鸡盛宴和感恩节的祝福 1. On Halloween, children in the United States often dress up as ghosts. 2.When are turkey and pumpkin pie eaten？On Thanksgiving . 3.Thanksgiving is the time for the American people to thank God for providing them with comfortable and happy lives. 4.Many children in the United States like Thanksgiving because they can stay with their parents at home and eat a lot of nice food. 5. The first pilgrims settled in America in 1620. 第五篇 Sino-Japan Animosity Lessens 中日敌意减少 1.Which of the following statements about the survey is true? The survey found that people in both China and Japan generally agree that the relationship