大学英语B阅读理解16篇必考（附答案）小小意思
第二部分阅读理解(2)（2017年12月统考）全真翻译版
以下16篇阅读理解考试中100%考一篇，答案是四个选项之一。出现在考试中阅读部分的第二部分，简化或硬背，必须掌握，原题出现，答案位置不变，考1题10分，一定不可以丢。建议多看短文的中文意思，然后记下选项答案。最后附录为搭桥联想记忆法，适合10分钟内强化记忆。
狗的三合生肖Passage 1(美国及美国人的由来)
The United States covers a large part of the North American continent. Its neighbors are Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. Although the United States is a big country , it is not the largest in the world. In 2000, its population was over 222 million.
When this land first became a nation, after winning its independence from England, it had thirteen states. Each of the states was reprented on the American flag by a star. All the were in the eastern part of the continent. As the nation grew toward the west, new states w
ere added and new stars appeared on the flag. For a long time, there were 48 stars. In 1959, however, two more stars were added to the flag, reprenting the new states of Alaska and Hawaii.
Indians were the first people of the land which is now the United States. There are still many thousands of Indians now living in all parts of the country. Sometimes it is said that the Indians are “the only real Americans”. Most Americans come from all over the world. Tho who came first in greatest numbers to make their homes on the eastern of North America were mostly from England. It is for the reason that the language of the United States is English and that its culture and customs are more like tho of England than tho of any other country in the world.
美国占去北美大陆很大一部分土地。它北邻加拿大，南接墨西哥。虽然美国是一个大国，但它不是世界上最大的。在2000年，它的人口超过2.22亿。
这片土地刚从英国独立出来，第一次成为一个国家的时候，只有十三个州，每个州在美国国旗上由一颗星米代表。这些州都是在东部。当这个国家不断向西扩大，就增加了新的州，
同时它们也出现在国旗上。很长一段时间，美国有48个州，可是到1959年，国旗上有多了2颗星，分别代表阿拉斯加和夏威夷。
印第安人是如今叫做美国的这块土地上的最初的居民。现在在各国各地仍然居住着许多这些原始居民的后裔。有时人们说印第安人才是“真正的美国人”。不过，大部分美国人是来自世界各地。那些最早大批来到北美东海岸建立家园的人大部分来自英格兰，也是由于这个原因，美国的国语为英语，而它的文化习俗也与英国的更为相像。
手机如1.Which of the following is TURE? 以下选项哪个是正确的？
A．American is the largest country in the world.
B．T he United States lies next to Canada and Mexico. 美国邻近加拿大和墨西哥。
C．A merica covers most part of the North American continent.
D. Mexico is to the north of Canada.
2. After winning its independence, the United States . 在赢得了独立之后，美国和英格兰愉快的春节
就没什么关系了。
草率造句
A. had nothing to do with England
B. made India part of its land
C. mianly developed westward
D. took over parts of Canada and Mexico
3. The United States didn’t havestates until. 美国在1959年前没有50个州。
A．thirteen;1959 B. fifty;1959 C. fifty, this land first became a nationD.fifty;1964
4. Why is English the language of America? 为什么美国的国语是英语？
A．Becau English is the native language of the Indians. 因为土著人的语言是英语。
B. Becau most Americans come from all over the world.路亚钓鱼
C. Becau Canada is America’s nearest neighbor.
D. Becau most of the people who first ttled in America were from England.百战百胜的意思
5. The best title for the passage is “”. 这篇文章最好的标题是美国。
A. the States of America
B. The language of America
C. The United States of America
D. The Culture and Customs of America
少儿英语口语启蒙
KEY: BCBDC
Passage 2 （科学家）
What makes a person a scientist? Does he have ways or tools of learning that are different from tho of others? The answer is “no”. It is not the tools a scientist us but how he us the tools that make him a scientist. You will probably agree that knowing h
ow to u a power is important to a carpenter. You will probably agree, too, that knowing how to investigate, how to discover information, is important to everyone. The scientist, however, goes one step further, he must be sure that he has a reasonable answer to his questions and that his answer can be confirmed by other persons. He also works to fit the answer he gets to many questions into a large t of ideas about how the world works.
是什么使一个普通人成为科学家？他有与从不同的学习方法和工具吗？答案是否定的。不是因为科学家使用的工具，而是因为他使用工具的方法使他成为科学家。你也许认同怎么用力对一名木匠来说很重要。你也许也认同怎么研究调查，发现信息对每个人来说都很重要。然而，科学家比这更进一步，他必须确定他对自己的问题得出了一个合理的答案，并且他的答案通过别人也可以得到证实。他同时把自己得出的许多答案归结为一个系统的关于世界如何运作的观点。
The scientist’s knowledge must be exact. There is no room for half right or right just half the time. He must be as nearly right as the conditions permit. What works under one t of conditions at one time must work under the same conditions at other times. If the condi
tions are different, any changes the scientist obrves in a demonstration must be explained by the changes in the conditions. This is one reason that investigations are important in science. Albert Einstein, who developed the theory of relativity, arrived at this theory through mathematics. The accuracy of this mathematics was later tested through investigations, Einstein’s ideas were shown to be correct. A scientist us many tools for measurements. Then the measurements are ud to make mathematical calculations that may test his investigations.
