2019年上半年学位英语阅读理解试题及解析2_第2页

　　Passage 3

　　During this season, the Challenge Club played 42 matches: of these, 34 were League and Cup games, and the rest were friendly matches. In the League, the Club finished in third place. Out of 28 League games, 16 were won, 8 were drawn and 4 were lost, while the Club managed to reach the semi-final of the Challenge Cup for the first time in its history. Of the 8 friendly matches, 4 were won, 2 were drawn, and 2 were lost, but these defeats were at the hands of visiting teams whose standards were generally much higher than those of players of this area.

　　在这个赛季，俱乐部共有 42 场联赛： 其中有 34 场足总杯联赛，其余的都是友谊赛。在英超俱乐部排第三位。从28场联赛,16胜4、8画出,也不见了, 而俱乐部的管理，以达到在其历史上第一次的挑战赛半决赛。在这8场友谊赛，4队赢了，2队垂落，2队例失，但这些失败在客队手中，其标准一般要高出了该地区的选手。

　　At the same time, the standard of play shown by the team was markedly superior to that seen in previous years, and this success is largely due to the intensive training programme which has been supervised by the team captain, in this connection, the provision of adequate graining facilities must remain a priority, and the building up of an indoor gym or hall in which the players can practise on wet evenings is essential. It would do much to supplement the outdoor training being carried on, and would help the Club receive younger players.

　　与此同时,标准所表现出的球队发挥显著优于看到在过去几年,这成功在很大程度上由于密集的训练课程已由郡守队长,在这方面,提供足够的木纹设施必须保持一个优先级,并且建立一个室内攀岩场或大厅的球员在湿晚上可以练习是必要的。它也会补充户外训练正在进行,并会帮助俱乐部获得的年轻球员。”

　　There are now 28 players joined in the Club, and many more have asked to join but have been turned down. With the improvement in the financial position, concerning which the Treasurer will report in a minute, the Committee considers. Entering a team in the Sceond Division of the League.

　　现在有球员二十八名参加了俱乐部,还有许多的邀请加入但被拒。随着财政状况的改善，有关该财务报告将在一分钟内委员会考虑，进入球队第二部的联赛。

　　1. How many Cup matches did the Challenge Club play? B 有多少俱乐部挑战比赛

　　A.34 B.6 C.8 D.42

　　2. What reason does the speaker give for the Club’s improved playing record? C什么原因演讲者没有给俱乐部的改进记录?

　　A.The provision of adequate training facilities.

　　B.The building of an indoor gymnasium.

　　C.The intensive training under the team captain. 下队队长强化培训。

　　D.The low standares of the visiting teams.

　　3.In the sceond paragraph,”this connection” refers to ( D ) 在第二目标段,“这个连接”是指

　　A.an indoor gymnasium

　　B.an indoor hall

　　C.the team captain

　　D.the intensive graining programs

　　4.The committee may enter a team in the Second Division of the League because of ( A ) 委员会可以输入一个团队在乙级联赛，因为

　　A.its improved financial position 其改进的财务状况

　　B.its better training facilities

　　C.its improved playing record

　　D.its ambitoin to become famous

　　5.The tone of this report is ( A ) 本报告的语调

　　A.objective客观的;真实的;实在的 B.unfriendly C.pessimistic D.critical

　　Passage 4

　　Computer programmer David Jones earns ￡35000 a year designing new computer games for a small firm in Liverpool, yet he cannot find a bank prepared to let him have a check card. Instead, he has been told to wait another two years, until he is 18.

　　计算机程序员戴维 · 琼斯在利物浦的一家小公司收入 35000 年,设计新电脑游戏，但他找不到一间银行，准备让他有检查卡。相反，他被告知要再等两年，直到他是 18 岁。

　　David’s biggest headache is what to do with his money. Despite his salary, earned by inventing new programs, with bonus payments and profit-sharing, he cannot drive a car, buy a house. Or obtain credit cards.

　　大卫的头痛是用他的钱干什么。尽管他的薪水，赚取的发明新的程序，奖金和利润分享，他不能开车，买一套房子。或获得信用卡。

　　David got his job four months ago, a year after leaving school and working for a time in a computer shop. “I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs,” he said.

　　大卫了他的工作 4 个月前，一年后离开学校，并在计算机商店工作一段时间。"我得到这份工作因为我已经写了一些程序的运行，公司的人知道，"他说。

　　“I suppose ￡35000 wounds a lot but I hope it will come to more than his year.” He spends some of his money on records and clothes, and gives his mother ￡20 a week. But most of his spare time is spent working.

　　我想： 35000 伤了很多，但我希望它会在一年以上。他花一些钱记录和衣服，并使他母亲 20 英镑一周。但大部分的业余时间花在工作。

　　“Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school,” he said, “but I had been studying it in books and magazines for four yeas in my spare time. I knew what I wanted to do and never considered staying at school. Most people in this business are fairly young, anyway.”

　　"不幸的是，计算并不是在学校里，我们研究的一部分"他说，"但我一直学习它的书籍和杂志的四年中我的业余时间。我知道我想做的从未考虑过呆在学校。在这笔生意中的大多数人都相当年轻，无论如何。"

　　David added:” I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement is a possibility. You never know when the market might disappear.”

　　大卫补充说："我想赚 100 万，并假设提前退休是一种可能性。你永远不知道，市场可能会消失的时候。"

　　1. Why is David different from other young people of his age? A 1.为什么是年龄的大卫不同于其他年轻人

　　A. Because he earns an extremely high salary. 因为他赚了极高的薪水。

　　B. Because he is not unemployed.

　　C. Because he does not go out much.

　　D. Because he lives at home with his parents.

　　2.David’s greatest problem is ( C )花费他的工资。

　　A.finding a bank that will treat him as an adult

　　B.inventing computer games

　　C.spending his salary

　　D.learning to drive

　　3.He was employed by the company because ( B ) 他被受雇于该公司，因为

　　A.he had worked in a computer shop

　　B.he had written some computer programs

　　C.he had worked very hard

　　D.he had learned to use computers at school

　　4.he left school because ( B )

　　A. he did not enjoy school

　　B.he wanted to work with computers and staying at school did not help him 他想用电脑工作，呆在学校不能帮助他

　　C.he was afraid of getting too old to start computing

　　D.he wanted to earn a lot of money

　　5.why does Eavid think he might retire early? (C)为什么认为他可能会提早退休呢?

　　A.Because you have to be young to write computer programs.

　　B.Because he wants to stop working when hi is a millionaire

　　C.Because he thins computer games might not always sell so well.

　　D.Because he thinks his firm might go bankrupt.