TXET 1 ：2013年在职工程硕士英语阅读理解练习及答案
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For all the fevered work being done, however, science is still far away from the Brave New World vision of engineering a perfect human—or even a perfect tomato. Much more research is needed before gene therapy becomes commonplace, and many diseases will take decades to conquer, if they can be conquered at all.
In the short run, the most practical way to use the new technology will be in genetic screening. Doctors will be able to detect all sorts of flaws in DNA long before they can be fixed. In some cases the knowledge may lead to treatments that delay the attack of the disease or soften its effects. Someone with a genetic heart disease, for example, could follow a low-fat diet. And if scientists determine that a vital protein is missing because the gene that was supposed to make it is defective, they might be able to give the patient an artificial version of the protein. But in other instances, almost nothing can be done to stop the damages brought on by genetic mutations. （176 words）
1. The 1st passage implies that
A. science is still far away from perfection
B. it’s difficult to engineer a perfect human
C. it’s difficult to create a perfect tomato
D. many diseases will take decades to conquer
参考答案：A
2. According to the author, many human diseases
A. may be conquered.
B. will be surely conquered.
C. may not be conquered.
D. may never be conquered.
参考答案：A
3. What does “in the short run” mean?
A. to run in a short time
B. for the near future
C. for the time being
D. after enough time
参考答案：B
4. The use of the new technology in genetic screening includes all the following EXCEPT
A. detecting all sorts of flaws in DNA
B. fixing all sorts of flaws in DNA
C. treatments that delay the attack of the disease
D. artificial version of the protein
参考答案：B
5. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?
A. genetic engineering
B. genetic screening
C. a new technology
D. Application of genetic engineering
参考答案：D
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The English language is spoken or read by the largest number of people in the world, for historical, political, and economic reasons; but it may also be true that it owes something of its wide appeal to qualities and characteristics inherent in itself. What are these characteristic features which outstand in making the English language what it is, which give it its individuality and make it of this worldwide significance?
First and most important is extraordinary receptive and adaptable — it has taken to itself material from almost everywhere in the world and has made the new elements of language its own. English, which when the Anglo-Saxons first conquered England in the fifth and sixth centuries was almost a "pure" or unmixed language—which could make new words for new ideas from its own compounded elements.
A second outstanding characteristic of English is its simplicity and the relationship of words in a sentence with only the minimum of change in their shapes or variation of endings.
A third quality of English is its relatively fixed word order. （177 words）
1. This passage is primarily concerned with
A. reasons for the popularity of English
B. English language has largest number of people in the world
C. extraordinary receptive and adaptable of English language
D. characteristic of English
参考答案：A
2. What are the most important characteristic features of English?
A. the largest number of people
B. historical, political, and economic reasons
C. extraordinary receptive and adaptable
D. worldwide significance
参考答案：C
3. Where has English taken itself material?
A. everywhere in the world.
B. the Anglo-Saxons.
C. a "pure" or unmixed language.
D. many places in the world.
参考答案：D
4. According to the text, England was once
A. conquered by some foreigners.
B. defeated by the Anglo-Saxons.
C. a colony of the Anglo-Saxons.
D. mixed with the Anglo-Saxons.
参考答案：A
5. Which of the following is NOT the characteristic of English language?
A. simple
B. wide spread
C. pure
D. relatively fixed word order
参考答案：C
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New global estimates, based on improved data, show about 40 million people worldwide are living with HIV/AIDS, including an estimated 2.5 million children under 15 years old. About 5 million people were infected in 2003 and more than 3 million have died.
Peter Piot, head of the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, (UNAIDS) said: "The AIDS epidemic continues to expand; we haven't reached the limit yet. More people have become infected this year than ever before and more people have died from AIDS than ever before. It is the first cause of death in Africa and the fourth cause of death worldwide."
China has stepped up its battle against HIV/AIDS in recent months, pledging free drugs to people in the countryside and poor urban residents who have the disease. China's ministry of health has warned that if stronger HIV/AIDS prevention measures are not taken, 10 million people could be HIV-positive by 2010.
According to the UNAIDS, as much as 40 per cent of the population - approximately five-hundred million persons - don't know how to protect themselves against the virus. In some areas, up to 10 per cent were HIV-positive and they estimated that 8.5 million people have sexually transmitted infections in the same year. 206
1. Which of the following accounts for the biggest amount of HIV/AIDS?
A. Children under 15.
B. Adults.
C. People were infected in 2003.
D. The died.
参考答案：C
2. From Peter Piot remark we know that the AIDS epidemic
A. continues to expand in Africa.
B. will continues to expand worldwide.
C. is the first cause of death worldwide.
D. can never be stopped.
参考答案：B
3. What does “step up” mean? (Para. 3)
A. walk close to
B. come up with
C. increase in size or speed
D. climb onto
参考答案：C
4. “The population” in the last paragraph refer to
A. the world population
B. the Chinese population
C. the HIV/AIDS population
D. five-hundred million persons
参考答案：C
5. What is the tone of the passage?
A. optimistic
B. pessimistic
C. subjective
D. objective
参考答案：D
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More cotton-padded tents are badly in need in Zhangye city in northwestern Gansu province, which was hit by twin tremors Saturday night, as most of the quake victims are now huddling in makeshift shelters in jolted areas where temperature drops to five degrees below zero Celsius at night.
A total of 1,000 cotton-padded tents transported from the city of Changsha in central-south Hunan province by the Ministry of Civil Affairs are on the way and will arrive at the destinations within the next two to three days.
The twin quakes, measuring 6.1 and 5.8 degrees on the Richter scale, jolted areas between Minle and Shandan counties of Zhangye city in Gansu at 20:41 and 20:48 hours on Saturday. The two counties are a direct distance of 33 km from Lanzhou, capital of the province.
By Sunday afternoon, nine people were confirmed dead form the quakes, and six were injured seriously wounded and 37 slightly.
According to preliminary statistics from Zhangye city, the quakes have caused an economic loss of 327 million yuan in 175 villages, flattening 14,322 houses, killing or injuring 16,219 heads of livestock and destroying 5,800 hectares of farmland. 191
1. What happened in northwestern Gansu province?
A. It was hit by twin terrorists
B. Most people became the quake victims
C. It was hit by two successive quakes.
D. It was five degrees below zero Celsius.
参考答案:C
2. How many cotton-padded tents are needed there?
A. A total of 1,000
B. About 1000
C. More than 1000
D. The more, the better.
参考答案:C
3. Where is the specific spot of the quake?
A. Zhangye city
B. jolted areas between Minle and Shandan counties
C. 175 villages
D. 33 km from Lanzhou
参考答案:B
4. How many people became victims of the quake?
A. Within one hundred.
B. Thousands.
C. Tens of thousands.
D. Millions.
参考答案:C
5. Which of the following is in charge of tents transporting?
A. Changsha City
B. Hunan Province
C. the Ministry of Civil Affairs
D. Lanzhou, capital of the province
参考答案:C