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公共英语三级全能精修UNIT1-E课后练习3
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Section Ⅲ Reading Comprehension 阅读理解
Read the following passage. Answer the questions by choosing A, B, C or D.
Since he was a child, Don Cameron has been interested in anything that flies. He grew up on the outskirts of Glasgow and, as a student at Glasgow University, joined the University Air Squadron. Interest in the mechanics of movement, if not flight, was a family tradition. His grandfather was an engineer, who turned his hand to making model steam engines and boats.
Don Cameron’s first job was at Bristol Aircraft, where he worked as an engineer. He then had jobs in the steel works at Lanwern and for Rio-Tinto Zine in Bristol, working with computers. In the mid-sixties came news of American experiments with hot air balloons that crossed the Atlantic, so he and a couple of friends decided to build their own balloon. Probably the first hot air balloon in Western Europe, they called it the Bristol Belle. Now there are 300 balloons in this country aloneand at least two-thirds of them have been made by the firm Don Cameron set up, Cameron Balloons.
At 40 he has already been halfway round the world by balloons. In 1972 he piloted the first hot air balloon to cross the Swiss Alps; and later that year he took part in what he calls "an odd expedition" to the Sahara Desert, with two balloons and a truck to carry the gas. He has crossed the Channel by balloon and even flown in the Arctic Circle in one. He started the business in the basement of the large Victorian house, where he lives with his wife Kim and two children. Now Cameron Balloons has its own premises in an old church hall in Bristol, making about 150 bal loons a year. They include specially designed balloons for advertising purposes. The firm exports all over the world and is setting up a factory in America, where balloons will be made for them under license. The turnover is now around $ 500 000 a year and there is a staff of about 25.
1. Don Cameron’s interest in flying .
[ A ] began at school
[ B ] began at university
[ C ] came from a wish to imitate his grandfather
[ D ] was the result of his professional experience
2. He began working with balloons .
[ A ] as a relaxation from his work on aircraft
[ B ] as part of his job at the time
[ C ] as a hobby
[ D ] when he heard that some Americans had crossed the Atlantic in one
3. Don Cameron’ s company .
[ A ] is the only one of its kind in Britain
[ B ] made the first balloon in Europe
[ C ] has made most of the balloons in Britain
[ D ] is now the largest in the world
4. When he started his company, Don .
[ A ] spent most of his time on test flights
[ B ] was mainly interested in designing balloons for advertising
[ C ] worked hard, whereas now he relaxes
[ D ] built the balloons at home
5. The success of Don’s business can be measured by the fact that .
[ A ] he has made 150 of the balloons in Britain
[ B ] he now has enough orders to employ a number of people
[ C ] he delivers balloons to France
[ D ] he is going to move his factory to America
参考译文
从孩提时代，唐．卡梅伦就对任何能飞的东西感兴趣。他在格拉斯哥市郊长大，在格拉斯哥大学学习期间参加了学校空军。不仅仅是对飞行，对所有机械运动感兴趣是家庭的传统。他的祖父是一名工程师，他承担着制作蒸汽机模型和轮船的工作。
唐．卡梅伦的第一份工作在布里斯托航天公司，在那里他是一名工程师。之后他在兰文钢铁工厂和布里斯托里约廷托爱好者杂志工作，与计算机打交道。在60年代中期，美国人做热气球试验的消息从大西洋彼岸传来，卡梅伦和他的朋友们决定制造他们自己的热气球。这或许是西欧第一个热气球吧，他们把它命名为“布里斯托美人”。现在仅在本国就有300个热气球，它们中至少有2／3是由唐?卡梅伦建立的公司所制造的“卡梅伦热气球”
到了卡梅伦40岁的时候，他已经乘坐热气球飞过了大半个地球。l972年他成为驾驶热气球飞越瑞士阿尔卑斯山的第一人。那年的晚些时候，由两个热气球和一辆卡车携带汽油，他参加了被他称作是“奇幻之旅”的撒哈拉沙漠探险。他驾驶热气球飞越英吉利海峡，甚至还在一次旅程中绕北极一圈。他在维多利亚式大房子的地下室里开始了自己的事业，他和他的妻子及两个孩子一起住在这里。现在卡梅伦热气球公司在布里斯托一座旧教堂的大厅里建立了自己的厂房，每年大约制造150个热气球。其中包括广告专用热气球。公司产品出口全世界，并在美国建立了工厂，并被特许为美国制造气球。目前的营业额约为每年$500 000美元．员工约25人。
答案及解析
1．唐?卡梅伦对飞行的喜爱_____。
【答案】[A]
【解析】文章的第一句提到Since he was a child，Don Cameron has been interested in anything which flies所以我们可以排除[B]和[D]，[C]项说他的兴趣来自对他祖父的模仿。文章说His grandfather was an engineer，who turned his hand to making model steam engines and boats，由此可知他的祖父是个制造蒸汽机模型和轮船的工程师，而不是飞机。
2．他开始做热气球的工作_____。
【答案】[C]
【解析】从文中第二段第一句和第二句Don Cameron’s first．job was at Bristol Aircraft，where he worked as an engineer．He then had jobs in the steel works at Lanwern and for Ri0．Tinto Zine in Bristol，working with computers．可排除[A]和[B]，文中提到news of American experiments with hot air balloons cmssed the Atlantic，仔细分析句子结构，会发现该句的主语是news而非American，该句意为“美I$1 X做热气球试验的消息从大西洋彼岸传来”。所以[D]项是对该句话的曲解。
3．唐?卡梅伦德公司____。
【答案】[C]
【解析】[A]和[D]两个选项文中没有提及，可以很容易排除。文中提到Don Cameron和他的朋友可能制造出了西欧的第一只热气球，所以[B]项也是错的。我们可以从文章第二段最后一句Now there are 300 balloons in this country alone—at least two—thirds of them have been made by the firm Don Cameron set up，Cameron Balloons。因此[C]项正确。
4．当他开始建立他的公司时，唐____。
【答案】[D]
【解析】文章第三段第九行提到He started the business in the basement of the large Victorian house, where he lives with his wife Kim and two children．由此可知道他的公司最早建立在他家的地下室里。所以得出此题应该选[D]。
5．唐事业成功的标志为以下事实____。
【答案】[B]
【解析】因为Don Cameron的公司的气球年产量为l50，而不是说在英国有150只热气球是他的公司生产的，可以排除[A]。文章提到the firm exports all over the world，说他的公司的热气球出口到全球，所以[C]项说法也不确9 0文中说Don Cameron’s company is setting up a factory in America．但是并没有说要把公司搬到美国，所以[D]项也可以排除。根据文章最后一句The turnover is now around $500 000 a year and there is a staff of about 25，我们可以得出正确答案[B]。
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