普高专升本英语（阅读理解）模拟题2019年(35)
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阅读理解
Acting is such an over-crowded profession that the only advice that should be given to a young person thinking of going on the stage is "Don't!". But it is uless to try to discourage someone who feels that he must act, although the chances of his becoming famous are slim. The normal way to begin is to go to a drama school. Usually only students who show promi and talent are accepted, and the cour lasts two years. Then the young actor or actress takes up work with a **pany(剧团), usually as an assistant stage manager. This means doing everything that there is to do in the theatre and occasionally action in very small parts. It is very hard work indeed, the hours are long and the salary is tiny. Of cour, some people have remarkable chances which lead to fame and success without this long and hard training. Connie Pratt, for example, was just an ordinary girl working in a bicycle factory. A film producer happened to catch sight of her one morning waiting at a but stop, as
he drove past in his car. He stopped and got out to speak to the girl. He asked if she would like to go to the film studio to do a test, and she thought he was joking. Then she got angry and said she would call the police. It took the producer twenty minutes to convince Connie that he was rious. The test was successful. And within a few weeks she was playing the leading part opposite one of the most famous actors of the day. But chances like this happen once in a blue moon!
1. From the very beginning, the author puts it clearly that acting is a profession ______.
A. sought after by too many
目录英文B. too difficult for young people
C. for slim people only
D. one can go into without special training
2. For someone who feels he must act, it is very likely that ______.
A. he will become a film star at long last女人humanandanimal
B. he will become a stage manager
C. he will be well paid
D. he will end up without any success
3. The film producer found Connie Pratt one morning when she was ______.
A. at work in a bicycle factory
B. driving past him in her car
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D. waiting for a bus
4. A few weeks after the test, Connie Pratt found himif______.
A. the most famous actress of the world
B. playing the leading female role in a play
C. as famous as the greatest actor of the world
D. no less famous than the leading actor of the day
5. The concluding ntence " But chances like this happen once in a blue moon" means ______.
A. this is something which happens once in a while
B. this is a highly profitable chance
C. this is something highly possible
D. this is a very rare chance
Soldiers and other military people wear uniforms with various other symbols to indicate their status. But in the business world everyone wears more or less similar suits, and you
cannot tell at a glance who ranks higher or lower than another. So how do people in the business world show their superiority?
An attempt to study this was made by two rearchers using a ries of silent films. They had two actors play the parts of an executive(经理) and a visitor, and switch roles each time. The scene had one man at his desk playing the part of an executive, while the other, playing the part of a visitor, knocks at the door, opens it and approaches the desk to discuss some business matter.
The audience watching the films was asked to rate the executive and the visitor in terms of status. A certain t of rules about status began to emerge from the ratings. The visitor showed the least amount of status when he stopped just inside the door to talk across the room to the ated man. He was considered to have more status when he walked halfway up to the desk, and he had the most status when he walked directly up to the desk and stood right in front of the ated executive.
Another thing that affected the status of the visitor in the eyes of the obrvers was the
time between knocking and entering. For the ated executive, his status was also affected by the time between hearing the knock and answering. The quicker the visitor entered the room, the more status he had. The longer the executive took to answer, the more status he had.
6. The experiment designed by the two rearchers aimed at finding out______.
A. how business is conducted by an executive and a visitor
B. how to tell the differences between an executive and a visitor
C. how to tell businessmen at a glanceown是什么意思
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D. how businessmen indicate status
7. Which of the following statements can best sum up the passage?
A. The executive has a higher status than the visitor.
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C. A study revealing a t of rules about the status of businessmen.
D. It is a good method to u a ries of silent film in rearch.
8. Having entered the room, the clor the visitor approaches the executive,______.
A. the less it affected his status
2013四级B. the lower his status
C. the more it affected his status
D. the higher his status
9. The longer the ated man was in answering the knock,______ .
