重庆远程教育专升本英语阅读理解试题及解析

　　Then workers were sent for and a big platform(台子)was made.

　　With the help of a worker, Thornhill started painting on the platform. They worked for a whole year and at last the pictures were ready.

　　Thornhill was happy when he looked at the pictures, for they were really beautiful. He looked at them for a long time, and then took one step back and looked again. Now the pictures were even more beautiful. He took another step, then another. Finally he was at the very edge of the platform, but he didn't know it because he was thinking of his pictures.

　　The worker saw everything. "What should I do?" he thought. "Thornhill was at the very edge of the platform. If I cry out, he will take another step, fall off it and surely be killed. "So the worker quickly took some paint(漆)and threw it at the pictures.

　　"What are you doing?" cried the painter, running quickly forward to his pictures.

　　11、James Thornhill was an English ______.

　　A、worker

　　B、artist

　　C、king

　　D、writer

　　参考答案:B

　　解析:

　　【答案】B【解析】细节题。从文章的第1句可知：答案为B。

　　12、He was ordered to ______.

　　A、paint the wall of the king's palace in England

　　B、paint some pictures on the wall of the palace

　　C、build a big platform in front of the palace

　　D、put up some new pictures on the old wall

　　参考答案:B

　　解析:

　　【答案】B【解析】细节题。文章的第一段已经明确提示，并回答了这一问题。

　　13、It took them ______ to finish the pictures.

　　A、a month

　　B、a week

　　C、twelve months

　　D、half a month

　　参考答案:C

　　解析:

　　【答案】C【解析】推理题。一年等于十二个月。

　　14、James Thornhill felt that the ______ he was from the pictures, the ______ they were.

　　A、nearer…more beautiful

　　B、farther…more ugly

　　C、farther…more beautiful

　　D、higher above…more good-looking

　　参考答案:C

　　解析:

　　【答案】C【解析】细节题。文章的第四段主要就是描述Tom的行动，清楚地说明这一现象，也明确给了这个问题答案出处。

　　15、The worker threw some paint at the pictures in order to ______.

　　A、save James' life

　　B、destroy the picture

　　C、make the picture more beautiful

　　D、make the king angry

　　参考答案:A

　　解析:

　　【答案】A【解析】推理题。B、C、D选项不合逻辑。只有A项才是工人的真实目的。