2012年学位英语必备复习资料(20)

Dormitories may have as few as twelve students or as many as one thousand.Some dorms are organized into areas called suites.Suites have several bedrooms,a large living area and a bathroom.Six or more people may live in one suite.Other dorms have many rooms along a hallway.Two students usually live in each room.On each floor there is a large bathroom for all the students who live on that floor.Sometimes there is also a kitchen for preparing food.

In most universities ,males and females live in the same dorm.They may even live on the same

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floor.But they usually may not live in the same room or suite.Most universities have some dorms for men and women.

27.Where do some foreign students in American colleges prefer to live? A.In a hotel B.In a house

C.In an apartment D.In a friend's home

28.What may be the reason for a foreign student to choose to live in a dorm? A.It is cheaper B.It has a big living room C.It is cleaner D.It is owned by the university 29.How many students can a dorm hold at most according to the passage? A.Two B.six C.Twelve D.A thousand 30.One of the advantages of living in a dorm is that . A.it is easier for the students to get in touch with other students B.the students can go to school library every day C.the students can use personal computers freely D.more than two students may live in one room

31.Which of following statement is TURE according to the passage? A.All the students in a dorm share one large bathroom B.Students are not allowed to cook in the dorm

C.Female students and male students cannot live in the same dorm D.Living in the dorm is helpful to develop your relation with others

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Cars are an important part of life in th United States.Without a car, most people feel that they are poor.An even if a person is poor he doesn't feel really poor when he has a car.

Henry Ford was the man who first started making cars in large numbers.He probably didn't know how much the car was going to affect American culture.The car made the Unite States a nation on wheels.And it helped make the United States what it is today.

There are three main reasons the car became so popular in the United States.First of all,the country is a huge one and Americans like to move around in it.The car provides the most comfortable and cheapest form of transportation.With a car people can go any place without spending a lot of money. The second reason cars are popular is the fact that the United States never really developed an efficient and inexpensive form of public transportation.Long-distance have never been as common in the United States as they are in other parts of the world.Nowadays,there is a good system of air-service provided by planes.But it is too expensive to be used frequently.

The third reason is the most important one,though.The American spirit of independence is what really made cars popular.Americans don't like to wait for a bus or a train or even a plane.They don't like to have to follow an exact schedule.A car gives them the freedom to schedule their own time.And this is the freedom that Americans want most to have.

The gas shortage has caused a big problem for Americans.But the answer will not be a bigger system of public transportation.The real solution will have to be a new kind of car,one that does not use so much gas.

31,When do most Americans feel they are poor?

A.When they don't have a car B.When they live in a huge country C.When they don't planes. D.When they have a car 33.Why do cars become popular in the United States?

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