大學英語信長篇閱讀理解

A. 英語長篇閱讀理解題

Around the World in 20 Days

Bertrand: In many people』s eyes, a round-the-world balloon flight was the last great challenge in aviation. The winter of 1998-99 was time of high anxiety. Five other teams were preparing to launch in various parts of the world. This would be my third, and last, attempt underwritten by the Breitling watch company. The weather was terrible, and February was drawing to a close. Normally the end of the month marked the end of the season for ballooning attempts. I was in despair. But early on February 24, 1999, the telephone rang. It was Luc Trullemans, one of our meteorologists.
「, there』s a really good slot coming on the first of March!」 he exclaimed. Trullemans and fellow meteorologist Pierre Eckert felt sure we could swing the balloon around the edge of a big depression forming over the Mediterranean by flying counterclockwise—going down over France and Spain. Then we would be carried eastward over Africa.
Brian Jones, my British co-pilot, and I knew if the weather turned, we would fail. But if we waited for next year, somebody else might succeed in the interim.
A balloon piloted by British tycoon Richard Branson hand gone down in the Pacific, but one sponsored by Britain』s Cable & Wireless and piloted by Andy Elson and Colin Prescot had already been aloft for seven days. On Sunday, February 28, we struggled to make the crucial decision: carry on or not? Brian and I knew this was our last chance for 1999. Alan Noble, our flight director, and Don Cameron, head of the firm that built the balloon, were far from being positive. 「From the weather maps,」 they said, 「we don』t see how you can get around the world.」
「You get them up there,」 argued Luc, 「and I』ll get them around.」
Following meteorological assurances, Alan said, 「I think we can go.」 We put it to a vote of the whole team, and the show of hands to take off was unanimous. By five the next morning, Brian and I were both wide awake. After years of preparation and dashed hopes, the moment was upon us.
The launch teams had started inflation at 3 a.m. on March 1. The balloon was designed to function with a combination of hot air and helium. During the day the sun heats the helium, causing it to expand and make the balloon climb. At night propane is burned to heat the gas, maintaining the balloon』s lift.
Our meteorologists would work out the trajectories, then we would travel along with the moving weather all the way around the world.
As down broke, the wind began to blow and gust. Since any strong wind might damage the envelope and dash the gondola against the ground, we knew we had to take off soon.
At 8 a.m., Brian and I climbed in and closed the rear hatch. High above us the Mylar envelope was crackling. Hair-raising noises started to emanate from the gondola. Supplies and equipment kept tumbling onto the floor.
Unable to risk disaster any longer, Alan waited for one more big bounce and severed the restraining rope with his Swiss Army knife.
As we rose into the sky, he thousands who had assembled were screaming. Church bells were ringing. A fire engine』s siren was wailing. This enthusiasm seemed to propel us into the sky.
Brian: My first task was to be carried out atop the gondola, so before takeoff I climbed out through the top hatch and sat. a heavy double railing ringed the area, and we took off with such a jerk, I hat to cling tight to it.
Bertrand and I were both amazed by the speed at which we went up. The balloon finally stopped climbing at 1,000 feet when we hit an inversion layer—the level at which cold air close to the ground meets warmer air above. It acts like an invisible barrier.
Bertrand called out, 「One bag of sand!」 I started pouring 33 pounds of ballast down a tube that sent the sand clear of the capsule.
A moment later he shouted, 「Look out, I』m going to burn!」 The propane jets and blue flames roared six feet up, warming the helium. We started to climb again. I scrambled back into the gondola, and we sealed the hatch. We were on our way.
Bertrand: By sunset our first problems set in. the pilot lights on the burners began to act erratically, and every few seconds we had to manually ignite the burners.
More worrisome was the fact that we thought we were using far too much propane to maintain our height. It looked as though our chances of making it were perilously slim. But the first pair of fuel tanks held out until the evening of day two, exceeding our expectations. And that was a huge encouragement.
As we entered Moroccan airspace, I was rewarded by one of the most magnificent sights. I had ever seen: an absolutely incredible view of the Atlas Mountains with a full moon. We had been told how boring it would be to fly over the Sahara, but on the next day the views that unfolded were fabulous. For me, the desert was alive. The light was alive, and the sand was alive, full of different colors, different shapes, like the bottom of the sea. I spent hours staring at the desert, feeling its strangeness.
Brian: Early in the morning of March 4 the plan called for releasing our four empty auxiliary tanks. That meant an EVA—extravehicular activity—to cut them free. We also wanted to get rid of the ice that had formed from riding in the freezing high altitudes. As we descended to 10,000 feet, our adrenaline was flowing.
When we opened the hatch and climbed out, we found icicles that were ten feet long dangling from the envelope』s skirt. While I concentrated on fixing the faulty ignition system, Bertrand went about attacking the icicles with a fire ax. He commented that it was probably the first time that ice had rained on the Sahara in several thousand years.
With Bertrand holding one of my ankles, I reached out and freed one of the empty tanks. We watched it tumbling all the way to the ground. A puff of sand marked where it slammed into the desert. If it buried itself, I thought, it might lie there for a couple of millennia before some archeologist g it up.
By then we had finished our counterclockwise swing and were at last heading east, just as our meteorologists had predicted. The air was warm; the sky cloudless. Below us stretched sand and rock as far as the eye could see.
Bertrand: We were over Yemen and two days from the Indian subcontinent when an astonishing message came in from our ground crew: 「The cable & Wireless control room says their balloon is landing 70 miles off the coast of Japan. The balloon iced up. Search and rescue are with them.」 Now we were the only ones in the race.
I was desperate to pass on the news to Brian, and when he finally stuck his head out of the sleeping bunk hours later, I said, 「I』ve got the most incredible news.」
He instantly said, 「Andy』s down.」
Meanwhile I spoke to Luc, who confirmed that our position was perfect for enter China at the right point. We had guaranteed them we would keep south of 26 degrees latitude. If we found ourselves straying north of the limit, we would come down.
Brian: Heading for Myanmar (formerly Burma), we found we were graally creeping north toward the 26th parallel. This kept us on tenterhooks. But back in Geneva our weathermen were telling us we had to go right up almost to the boundary. Once there, the wind would take us e east.
On the way we had the following exchange with a Myanmar air controller.
Tower: 「What is your departure point and destination?」
Me: 「Departure point, Switzerland. Destination, northern Africa.」
Tower: (after several seconds of silence) 「If you』re going from Switzerland to northern Africa, what in hell are you doing in Myanmar?」
Shortly before down on the morning of March 10 we arrived at the Chinese border. The Chinese had seen us coming and sent the message: 「Your balloon』s heading for the prohibited zone. It must land.」
Bertrand: It was amazing. We skimmed across a 1,300-mile-long corridor straight as an arrow, with the 26th parallel never more than 30 miles away. Our meteorologists had sent us on a swirling trajectory of 8,100 miles, then through the eye of a needle.
By March 11 we were heading out over the Pacific. Faced by 8,000 miles of water, I felt as if I had stepped onto the edge of the abyss.
I picked up my pen and wrote: 「This is exactly my definition of adventure, a point at which you hat to dig inside yourself to find the courage to deal with what may lie ahead.」
On Saturday, March 13, we were still over the Pacific. Our meteorologists said our speed would improve from our miserable 35 knots to 100 knots once we climbed into the jet stream. By Tuesday it would increase to 120.
Our propane reserves seemed perilously small. We had already burned two-thirds of our fuel and yet covered only half our course. everything depended on our weathermen: If they were right, we had a chance. If they were wrong, we were doomed.
Brian: Like Bertrand, I was thoroughly on edge over the Pacific. After seven days above the water, we at last made the coast of Mexico. Later that night, lying there, I found it had to breath. And it was not until I got up that I realized something was seriously wrong. I found Bertrand in the pilot』s seat, slumped against the bulkhead, gasping. He crawled into the bunk wearing an oxygen mask.
Our symptoms were not those of hypoxia, and the instruments monitoring the CO2 levels had not signaled any alarm. But despite this, we felt that we were slowing being asphyxiated. People on the ground started telephoning doctors in a frantic search for clues to what could be wrong with us. I was also wearing my oxygen mask, and after a few minutes of breathing pure oxygen, my head cleared. I thought, I Screw the instruments, and changed both the CO2 and the carbon filters. The symptoms graally began to disappear.
We crossed Mexico in a day and were soon out over the Caribbean. Reporting to air-traffic control in Kingston, Jamaica, I heard a female controller with a delicious voice ask what we were doing.
「We took off from Switzerland,」 I answered. 「We』re hoping to get around the world.」
「You guys sure are taking a chance!」 she said.
She was right. Our fuel was critically short, and nobody was sure if we had enough to get across the Atlantic. Alan Nobel suggested we make our decision over Puerto Rico.
Bertrand: By March 18 it was time to decide. With cameras from all over the world focused on him, Alan got on the phone with us. When we had run through the agreed-upon formalities, Alan said, 「I think you can go for it.」
「Bertrand!」 cried Brian. 「Tell him we』re going.」
「We』re not going to quit,」 I told Alan. 「Even if we ditch in mid-Atlantic, we go for it.」
Our weathermen guided us into the middle of the jet stream, and our speed increased as we shot out over the Atlantic. But cursing at 15,000 feet, the cold was intense and our heaters had failed. The temperature inside was 28.4 F, and our water supply froze.
On March 20 came good news. Our navigation computer told us we had made landfall. We had crossed the Atlantic, and at 6:15 GMT, or Greenwich Mean Time, when the sun came over the horizon, I again saw the desert I had loved so much 20 days earlier. Now the finish line was only 300 miles away, about three hours』 time.
When we crossed the line at 9:54 GMT, Brian and I stood up and embraced, slapping each other on the back and shouting, 「We』ve done it! We』ve done it.」
The next morning, after the longest flight in distance and ration ever made by a free balloon, we landed in the Egyptian desert. Brian sent this fax: 「The Eagle has landed. All okay. Bloody good.」 Our trip round the world, and into history, was done.

1. To Bertrand and Brian, the winter of 1998-99 was a time of high anxiety because ______.
A. they were awaiting their last attempt of the season to launch the balloon.
B. another balloon sponsored by Britain』s Cable & Wireless had been aloft for 7 days
C. a balloon piloted by British tycoon Richard Branson had gone down.
D. the Breitling watch company sponsored their activities.

2. The decision to take off was made unanimously ______.
A. on February 28, 1999
B. at 3 a.m. March 1
C. on February 24, 1999
D. in the winter of 1998-1999

3. When deciding to launch, the meteorologists were confident that the balloon could ______.
A. fly over Moroccan airspace
B. fly counterclockwise to the Atlantic Ocean.
C. float over France and Spain first, then be carried eastward over Africa
D. travel along with the big depression over the Mediterranean

4. When the balloon hit an inversion layer at 1,000 feet, the pilots made it rise by ______.
A. pouring one bag of sand into the capsule
B. sending the ballast into the sky
C. dropping 33 pounds of sand and heating the helium
D. clearing the capsule of 33 pounds of sand and burning the helium

5. By the evening of the first day, it looked as though it wouldn』t be quite possible for them to complete the journey around the world because ________.
A. they were worried that the fuel they carried might not last long
B. they were using too much fuel to maintain their height
C. the balloon hit an inversion layer at 1,000 feet
D. pilot lights on he burner began to act abnormally

6. After hearing about the balloon』s departure point and destination, the Myanmar air controller said to them, 「What in hell are you doing in Myanmar?」 This showed that he was ______.
A. angry
B. surprised
C. mistaken
D. ignorant

7. If the balloon moved north of the 26th parallel, Bertrand and Brian would be quite worried because they might ______.
A. be shot down by the enemy
B. lose their way in China
C. be forced to land
D. be carried e east by a gust of wind

8. When the balloon flew over the Pacific, Bertrand felt ______.
A. it would be a long and challenging journey
B. the balloon was flying slowly
C. something might go seriously wrong
D. they would use up their propane reserve

9. Brian solved their breathing problem by ______.
A. telephone doctors on the ground for clues
B. tightening the instruments and changing the filters
C. breathing in pure oxygen for a few minutes
D. looking at the instruments and changing the air

10. The balloon flew across the Atlantic by ______.
A. burning more propane
B. flying in jet stream at 15,000 feet
C. monitoring the weather closely
D. recing the temperature to 28.4 F

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作為大學生抄，這個要靠自己獨立思考，自己獨立完成。

C. 大學英語長篇閱讀技巧

1.整體抄把握文章的脈絡至襲關重要。

段落信息匹配題的題目的順序與文章的行文順序完全不符，這就要求考生在閱讀文章時整體把握文章的結構和脈絡，熟悉文章的寫作思路，基本能做到理解每題的中心思想後，能大體定位到文章的相應部分，而不是漫無目的地在全文的每個段落里搜尋。如樣題中的文章：首先引出話題；中間部分主要談論兩方面的內容—大學在全球網羅人才和開展工作，同時大學也在重塑研究方法；最後是大學全球化的影響和作用。把文章這樣分成四個部分以後，根據每個題目的內容，就可以找到大體的位置。

2.准確理解題目的內容是前提。

每一道題都是原文信息的再現或轉述，只有理解了題目所述內容，才能做好後面的段落信息定位。理解題目內容的關鍵是：抓句子的主幹。冗長的句子，只要抓住了其主幹，就不難理解句子的主要含義了。

D. 新視野大學英語長篇閱讀翻譯

傳統上，獲得大學學位已成為一個值得慶祝的的理由。最重要的是，成就標志著成年期發病和提供的職業會在短短幾個月開始的承諾，如果不周。但在今天的就業市場，大學畢業生離開學校只配備一個程度可能沒那麼幸運。2000，1200000多人獲得學士學位，在美國。今年，這個數字預計將上升百分之30至1600000以上，根據國家教育統計中心估計。這個上漲已經遠遠超過了在過去的十年中人口國增加三倍，人口普查局預計的人口增長率在同一時期。」隨著學生人數的增加，如果我是僱主或醫學院或商學院的學生，找到一個好的GPA不是特別困難了，」丹說戈麥斯帕拉西奧，職業服務的助理導演威斯特敏斯特學院在密蘇里。」那麼，什麼是要分開你從你的同行？」

答案：實習。大學官員和僱主普遍認為，參加實習或幾個，使學生除了他或她的同齡人更在畢業前找到有意義的工作是不可或缺的在今天的就業市場看似堅不可摧。比以往任何時候，全國的學校都將向所有專業實習的學生，有幾個甚至還說他們的畢業要求。」這些實習機會給這些學生的優勢，不然他們不會做，說：」帕特麗夏Cormier，總裁烏鎮大學在弗吉尼亞，這需要所有畢業生實習。」它總是讓我吃驚，高等教育沒有早點想到這個。對我來說這是一個沒有腦子。如果你要定位你的好學生，你得給他們暴露在他們畢業之前。」

烏鎮，與大約4800個招生，有百分之74的2008屆畢業班畢業後六個月內實現工作，盡管事實上，學生被推到了一個最糟糕的就業市場上的記錄。兩年前，官員東康涅狄格州立大學決定學生的學前教育專業經驗要求所。羅娜自由，在東康涅狄格學術事務的副總裁，說學校不僅要教育學生，但他們准備他們的工作生活學校通過經驗為基礎的學習之後。」【學生】擔心，「如果我是英語專業的，我能得到一份工作？」她說。」我們想讓他們知道，他們離開這里之前，他們就已經在一個設置，就像他們去工作。」

而規模較小的學校可以確保學生可以通過形成與本地公司和工作進行一對一的學生進行實習狩獵夥伴滿足實習要求，任務更加艱巨的規模較大的學校。找到附近的一個大的大學，可以支持數千名實習生湧入僱主基地是一項艱巨的任務，即使不是不可能。因為這個原因，許多學校都羞於要求實習還煞費苦心地傳授給學生的工作經驗的重要性。另外，在較大的機構的一些程序需要實習。這是在領域的工作經驗是招聘過程中不可或缺的一個普遍的做法，如商業和新聞通訊。

文理學院在維拉諾瓦大學在賓夕法尼亞不需要實習，但學生們把每周的榜單實習空缺和不斷提醒自己的重要性。學院的網站甚至宣稱：「實習。..不要離開維拉諾瓦沒有！」這種營銷的努力得到了回報。學校已上升了百分之30，在招生中實習，在過去的三年裡。這樣的努力是被大型僱主，僱傭大量的實習生。會計巨頭普華永道，例如，吸引超過從實習的新員工，百分之70。」學校專注於容納實習的課程定位學生未來的就業很好的一部分，說：」冬青保羅，國家領導人在普華永道招聘。
最近的畢業生已經聽過這樣的建議獲得了回報。瑞安莫斯曼，畢業於波士頓學院在2009五月英語學位，說雖然BC沒有要求他參加實習，學校經常吹噓他們的重要性。一個消極的求職導致他的畢業後的一個月，莫斯曼決定實習是最好的，如果不是唯一的方式，他開始他的職業生涯。而不是漫無目的地尋找工作機會他聲稱他的許多同行都畢業後，他在LVM集團作為一個實習，一個公共關系公司，大學畢業後不久。實習最終LED到一個全職工作作為一個與公司客戶經理助理。同時，他說他的許多朋友坐在家裡與他們的學位，等待工作落在他們的圈。」如果我沒有了畢業後的實習，我想我會在同一位置的他們，」他說。

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F. 大學英語四級長篇閱讀解題技巧

大學英語四級長篇閱讀解題技巧：先題後文,快速了解文章主旨;標記特殊詞彙專，快速定位題屬目;速讀文章，關注段首段尾，學會同義詞替換。

一、先題後文，快速了解文章主旨。

大學英語四級段落細節信息配對題的陳述都是文章細節信息，考生沒有時間通讀全文，通過快速瀏覽這種題目的題干不失為在短時間內掌握文章主旨大意的一種方法。

二、標記特殊詞彙，快速定位題目。

段落信息匹配題的文章篇幅較長，考生可以標記一些特殊詞，通過這些特殊詞彙來快速定位題干並匹配文章內容。

三、速讀文章，關注段首段尾，學會同義詞替。

大學英語四級考生在做題時可以速讀每一段，了解這一段的主要內容，著重關注一下段首段尾句和重點詞彙句，理清邏輯關系，考生要學會同義詞的替換。同意替換是閱讀類題目終極解決方案，它包括單詞或短語甚至句子用另一種含義表達的所有形式。

大學英語四級長篇閱讀解題技巧小編就總結到這里了，祝願各位考生都能認真備考，順利通過考試，更多關於大學英語四級考試的備考技巧，備考干貨，新聞資訊等內容，小編會持續更新。

G. 求一篇大學英語的閱讀理解！！！

The human brain contains 10 thousand million cells and each of these may have a thousand connections. (77)Such enormous numbers used to discourage us and cause us to dismiss the possibility of making a machine with human-like ability, but now that we have grown used to moving forward at such a pace we can be less sure. Quite soon, in only 10 or 20 years perhaps, we will be able to assemble a machine as complex as the human brain, and if we can we will. It may then take us a long time to render it intelligent by loading in the right software (軟體) or by altering the architecture but that too will happen.
(78)I think it certain that in decades, not centuries, machines of silicon (硅) will arise first to rival and then exceed their human ancestors. Once they exceed us they will be capable of their own design. In a real sense they will be able to reproce themselves. Silicon will have ended carbon』s long control. And we will no longer be able to claim ourselves to be the finest intelligence in the known universe.
As the intelligence of robots increases to match that of humans and as their cost declines through economies of scale we may use them to expand our frontiers, first on earth through their ability to withstand environments, harmful to ourselves. Thus, deserts may bloom and the ocean beds be mined. Further ahead, by a combination of the great wealth this new age will bring and the technology it will provide, the construction of a vast, man-created world in space, home to thousands or millions of people, will be within our power.
6. In what way can we make a machine intelligent?
A) By making it work in such environments as deserts, oceans or space.
B) By working hard for 10 or 20 years.
C) By either properly programming it or changing its structure.
D) By reprocing it.
7. What does the writer think about machines with human-like ability?
A) He believes they will be useful to human beings.
B) He believes that they will control us in the future.
C) He is not quite sure in what way they may influence us.
D) He doesn』t consider the construction of such machines possible.
8. The word 「carbon」 (Line 4, Para. 2) stands for ________.
A) intelligent robots B) a chemical element
C) an organic substance D) human beings
9. A robot can be used to expand our frontiers when ________.
A) its intelligence and cost are beyond question
B) it is able to bear the rough environment
C) it is made as complex as the human brain
D) its architecture is different from that of the present ones
10. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
A) after the installation of a great number of cells and connections, robots will be capable of self-reproction
B) with the rapid development of technology, people have come to realize the possibility of making a machine with human-like ability
C) once we make a machine as complex as the human brain, it will posses intelligence
D) robots will have control of the vast, man-made world in space