2024年云南省成人高考高起点《英语》冲分题兼答案（24）

III.Reading Comprehension(50 Points)

In this section there are 5 passages,and each passage is followed by a number of comprehension questions.Read the passage carefully and answer the questions.

Questions 66 to 70 are based on the following passage:

In the 1900's,American townspeople usually washed and brushed their teeth and combed their hair in the kitchen.Or they kept a water pitcher(大水罐)and a wash basin in their rooms and took care of these things there.

The bathtub was a wash tub(澡盆)filled with water from the stove.If you were small enough you could sit down by drawing your knees to your chest.Otherwise,you washed yourself standing up.Often all the women and girls in the family bathed together.Then the men and boys did.In most families this was Saturday night because Sundays they went to church.

A small number of families did have running water.But that depended on whether there was a water system where they lived and on whether they could afford the plumbing.Some people had bathtubs in their homes as early as 1895.But many others did not have their first bath in a bathtub until 1910 or later when they were fifteen or sixteen years old.

66.In the first paragraph,'took care of'means'______'.

A.kept

B.looked after

C.used

D.kept and used

67.In order to use the water from the stove,there ______ be a pipe connecting the tub with the stove.

A.must

B.seemed to

C.needn't

D.should

68.Which of the following statements is true?

A.Males and females in the family took turns using the bathtub.

B.Some bathtubs were big enough for many people to bathe in at the same time.

C.All the women and girls of a family could bathe together standing up in the tub.

D.When several family members bathed together,they did not use the bathtub.

69.______ Americans owned a bathtub as early as 1895.

A.Many

B.Not all

C.All

D.Few

70.We can infer(推断)that the plumbing ______ at that time.

A.cost little

C.was more expensive than a water system

C.was too expensive for every family to afford

D.was not necessary

III.Reading Comprehension(50 Points)

66.从上下文来看“took care of”应是“kept and used”之意，答案为D。

67.从常理上看，将烧开的水倒入澡盆即可，所以本题答案为C。

68.从短文来判断，男女是分开洗澡的，答案应是A。

69.1895年时只有一些人有澡盆，说明答案是D。

70.短文最后一段“That depended on...and on whether they could afford the plumbing”说明答案应为C。