2015考研英语阅读理解练习题二十
<p> 2015考研复习已处于强化阶段，阅读理解是考研英语中分值最高的部分，好记性不如烂笔头，多做练习题，在做题过程中记忆、熟悉句型，理解长难句，一举多得，希望大家认真复习，注意做题时间。 <span word="There">There</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="big">big</span>-<span word="league">league</span> <span word="university">university</span> <span word="presidents">presidents</span> <span word="really">really</span> <span word="mattered">mattered</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="York">York</span> <span word="Times">Times</span> <span word="covered">covered</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="move">move</span>. <span word="Presidents">Presidents</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="real">real</span> <span word="ones">ones</span>, <span word="sought">sought</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="counsel">counsel</span>. <span word="For">For</span> <span word="Woodrow">Woodrow</span> <span word="Wilson">Wilson</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Dwight">Dwight</span> <span word="Eisenhower">Eisenhower</span>, <span word="being">being</span> <span word="head">head</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Princeton">Princeton</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Columbia">Columbia</span>, <span word="respectively">respectively</span>, <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="stepping">stepping</span>-<span word="stone">stone</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="White">White</span> <span word="House">House</span>. <span word="Today">Today</span>, <span word="though">though</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="job">job</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="college">college</span> <span word="president">president</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="removed">removed</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Avon">Avon</span> <span word="lady">lady</span> . <span word="Ruth">Ruth</span> <span word="Simmons">Simmons</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="newly">newly</span> <span word="installed">installed</span> <span word="president">president</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Brown">Brown</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="African">African</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="lead">lead</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="Ivy">Ivy</span> <span word="League">League</span> <span word="school">school</span>, <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="throwback">throwback</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="crusading">crusading</span> <span word="campus">campus</span> <span word="leaders">leaders</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="old">old</span>. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="doesnt">doesnt</span> <span word="merely">merely</span> <span word="marshal">marshal</span> <span word="funds">funds</span>; <span word="she">she</span> <span word="invests">invests</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="great">great</span> <span word="educational">educational</span> <span word="causes">causes</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="day">day</span>. <span word="With">With</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> $300 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="raised">raised</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="president">president</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Smith">Smith</span> <span word="College">College</span> <span word="from">from</span> 1995 <span word="to">to</span> 2001, <span word="Simmons">Simmons</span> <span word="established">established</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="engineering">engineering</span> <span word="program">program</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="added">added</span> <span word="seminars">seminars</span> <span word="focused">focused</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="speaking">speaking</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="purge">purge</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ubiquitous">ubiquitous</span> <span word="likes">likes</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="ums">ums</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="campus">campus</span> <span word="idiom">idiom</span>. <span word="At">At</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="meeting">meeting</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="discuss">discuss</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="future">future</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Smiths">Smiths</span> <span word="math">math</span> <span word="department">department</span>, <span word="one">one</span> <span word="professor">professor</span> <span word="timidly">timidly</span> <span word="requested">requested</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="discussion">discussion</span> <span word="sections">sections</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="course">course</span>. <span word="Her">Her</span> <span word="response">response</span>: <span word="Dream">Dream</span> <span word="bigger">bigger</span>. <span word="Her">Her</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="dream">dream</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="born">born</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sharecroppers">sharecroppers</span> <span word="shack">shack</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="East">East</span> <span word="Texas">Texas</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="money">money</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="books">books</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="toys">toys</span>--<span word="she">she</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="her">her</span> 11 <span word="siblings">siblings</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="got">got</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="apple">apple</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="orange">orange</span> <span word="and">and</span> 10 <span word="nuts">nuts</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Christmas">Christmas</span>. <span word="Though">Though</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="n">n</span>_____ <span word="on">on</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="walk">walk</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="school">school</span>, <span word="entering">entering</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="classroom">classroom</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="says">says</span>, <span word="was">was</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="waking">waking</span> <span word="up">up</span>. <span word="When">When</span> <span word="Simmons">Simmons</span> <span word="won">won</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="scholarship">scholarship</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Dillard">Dillard</span> <span word="University">University</span>, <span word="her">her</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="school">school</span> <span word="teachers">teachers</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="collection">collection</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="shed">shed</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="coat">coat</span>. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="went">went</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Harvard">Harvard</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="earn">earn</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Ph">Ph</span>.<span word="D">D</span>. <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Romance">Romance</span> <span word="languages">languages</span>. <span word="Simmons">Simmons</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="diversity">diversity</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="No">No</span>. 1 <span word="campus">campus</span> <span word="crusade">crusade</span>. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="nearly">nearly</span> <span word="doubled">doubled</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="enrollment">enrollment</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="black">black</span> <span word="freshmen">freshmen</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Smith">Smith</span>, <span word="largely">largely</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="traveling">traveling</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="schools">schools</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="nations">nations</span> <span word="poorest">poorest</span> <span word="ZIP">ZIP</span> <span word="codes">codes</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="recruit">recruit</span>. <span word="Concerned">Concerned</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="lives">lives</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="minority">minority</span> <span word="students">students</span> <span word="once">once</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="arrive">arrive</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="school">school</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="fought">fought</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="ease">ease</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="racial">racial</span> <span word="standoffs">standoffs</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="plague">plague</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="campuses">campuses</span>. <span word="At">At</span> <span word="Smith">Smith</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="turned">turned</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="request">request</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="students">students</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="race">race</span>-<span word="specific">specific</span> <span word="dorms">dorms</span>. <span word="In">In</span> 1993, <span word="while">while</span> <span word="vice">vice</span> <span word="provost">provost</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Princeton">Princeton</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="wrote">wrote</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="famous">famous</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="recommending">recommending</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="university">university</span> <span word="establish">establish</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="office">office</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="conflict">conflict</span> <span word="resolution">resolution</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="defuse">defuse</span> <span word="racial">racial</span> <span word="misunderstandings">misunderstandings</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="boiled">boiled</span> <span word="over">over</span>. <span word="Her">Her</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="task">task</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Brown">Brown</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="heal">heal</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="rupture">rupture</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="spring">spring</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="student">student</span> <span word="paper">paper</span> <span word="published">published</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="incendiary">incendiary</span> <span word="ad">ad</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="conservative">conservative</span> <span word="polemicist">polemicist</span> <span word="David">David</span> <span word="Horowitz">Horowitz</span> <span word="arguing">arguing</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="blacks">blacks</span> <span word="economically">economically</span> <span word="benefited">benefited</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="slavery">slavery</span>. <span word="Theres">Theres</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="safe">safe</span> <span word="ground">ground</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="anybody">anybody</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="race">race</span> <span word="relations">relations</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="campuses">campuses</span>, <span word="unlike">unlike</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="institution">institution</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="society">society</span>, <span word="provide">provide</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="opportunity">opportunity</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="cross">cross</span> <span word="racial">racial</span> <span word="lines">lines</span>, <span word="says">says</span> <span word="Simmons">Simmons</span>. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="youre">youre</span> <span word="hurt">hurt</span>, <span word="you">you</span> <span word="cant">cant</span> <span word="walk">walk</span> <span word="away">away</span>. <span word="You">You</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="walk">walk</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="line">line</span>. 注：本文选自<span word="Time">Time</span>; 9/17/2001, <span word="Vol">Vol</span>. 158 <span word="Issue">Issue</span> 12, <span word="p">p</span>70, 1<span word="p">p</span>, 1<span word="c">c</span> 注：本文习题命题模仿对象2004年真题<span word="text">text</span> 2. 1. <span word="What">What</span> <span word="does">does</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="author">author</span> <span word="intend">intend</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="illustrate">illustrate</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="example">example</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Woodrow">Woodrow</span> <span word="Wilson">Wilson</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Dwight">Dwight</span> <span word="Eisenhower">Eisenhower</span>? [<span word="A">A</span>]<span word="The">The</span> <span word="president">president</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span>-<span word="class">class</span> <span word="university">university</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="really">really</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="important">important</span>. [<span word="B">B</span>]<span word="The">The</span> <span word="presidents">presidents</span> <span word="gave">gave</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="good">good</span> <span word="advice">advice</span>. [<span word="C">C</span>]<span word="The">The</span> <span word="presidents">presidents</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="university">university</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="easily">easily</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="white">white</span> <span word="house">house</span>. [<span word="D">D</span>]<span word="The">The</span> <span word="presidents">presidents</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="authority">authority</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="Avon">Avon</span> <span word="ladies">ladies</span>. 2.<span word="What">What</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="infer">infer</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="paragraph">paragraph</span>? [<span word="A">A</span>]<span word="Simmons">Simmons</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="crusading">crusading</span> <span word="campus">campus</span> <span word="leader">leader</span>. [<span word="B">B</span>]<span word="Simmons">Simmons</span> <span word="wanted">wanted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="expand">expand</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="university">university</span>. [<span word="C">C</span>]<span word="Simmons">Simmons</span> <span word="knew">knew</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="invest">invest</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="money">money</span>. [<span word="D">D</span>]<span word="Simmons">Simmons</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="competent">competent</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="ambitious">ambitious</span> <span word="president">president</span>. 3.<span word="The">The</span> 4<span word="th">th</span> <span word="paragraph">paragraph</span> <span word="mainly">mainly</span> <span word="talks">talks</span> <span word="about">about</span> _________. [<span word="A">A</span>]<span word="Simmons">Simmons</span> <span word="greatly">greatly</span> <span word="sympathized">sympathized</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="black">black</span> <span word="people">people</span>. [<span word="B">B</span>]<span word="Simmons">Simmons</span> <span word="wanted">wanted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="diversify">diversify</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="university">university</span>. [<span word="C">C</span>]<span word="Simmons">Simmons</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="great">great</span> <span word="effort">effort</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="solve">solve</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="racial">racial</span> <span word="problems">problems</span>. [<span word="D">D</span>]<span word="Simmons">Simmons</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="neglect">neglect</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="racial">racial</span> <span word="problems">problems</span>. 4.<span word="What">What</span> <span word="does">does</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="author">author</span> <span word="mean">mean</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="job">job</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="college">college</span> <span word="president">president</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="removed">removed</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Avon">Avon</span> <span word="lady">lady</span>? [<span word="A">A</span>]<span word="College">College</span> <span word="president">president</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="position">position</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Avon">Avon</span> <span word="lady">lady</span>. [<span word="B">B</span>]<span word="The">The</span> <span word="jobs">jobs</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="college">college</span> <span word="president">president</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Avon">Avon</span> <span word="lady">lady</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="quite">quite</span> <span word="similar">similar</span>. [<span word="C">C</span>]<span word="College">College</span> <span word="presidents">presidents</span> <span word="got">got</span> <span word="inspiration">inspiration</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="job">job</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Avon">Avon</span> <span word="lady">lady</span>. [<span word="D">D</span>]<span word="The">The</span> <span word="jobs">jobs</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="college">college</span> <span word="presidents">presidents</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Avon">Avon</span> <span word="lady">lady</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="separated">separated</span>. 5.<span word="Which">Which</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="following">following</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="true">true</span> <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="text">text</span>? [<span word="A">A</span>]<span word="Simmons">Simmons</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="successfully">successfully</span> <span word="solved">solved</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="racial">racial</span> <span word="problems">problems</span>. [<span word="B">B</span>]<span word="Simmons">Simmons</span> <span word="owed">owed</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="success">success</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="school">school</span> <span word="teachers">teachers</span>. [<span word="C">C</span>]<span word="Simmons">Simmons</span> <span word="didnt">didnt</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="likes">likes</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="ums">ums</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="campus">campus</span> <span word="idioms">idioms</span>. [<span word="D">D</span>]<span word="Simmons">Simmons</span> <span word="asked">asked</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="professor">professor</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="ambitious">ambitious</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="aggressive">aggressive</span>.</p>
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