解放军文职招聘考试短篇阅读理解4

    The most important use of drifting (漂流) bottles is to find ocean currents. When the position and direction of currents are known, ships can use the forward movement of a current or stay away from currents that would carry them off their course. Benjamin Franklin was one of the first to use bottles in the study of currents. He wondered why British mall ships needed a week or two longer than U.S. ships needed in order to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Franklin thought the Gulf Stream (墨西哥湾流) might explain this difference.

    Franklin talked with captains of U.S. ships. He found that they knew each turn of the Gulf Stream. They used the current in every possible way. From his talks with the captains. Franklin made his first map of the Gulf Stream. Then he checked his map by using sealed (密封的) bottles. The map that he finally made is still used, with only a few changes, today.

1. Why are drifting bottles used?

   A. To determine the position of a ship.                B. To find the direction of a current.

   C. To predict the direction of a ship.                  D. To carry message across the ocean.

2. What led Franklin to talk with U.S. captains?

   A. U.S. ships were longer than British ones.

   B. British ships could sail the Atlantic faster than U.S. ones.

   C. U.S. ships could sail the Atlantic faster than U.S. ones.

   D. U.S captains knew more about maps.

3. What did Franklin make after his talks with U.S. captains?

   A. A map of the Gulf Stream.                 B. A map of the Atlantic Ocean.

   C. A map of ocean currents.                  D. A map of his first voyage.

4. What did Franklin do in order to make an exact map?

   A. He compared his own map with other maps.     B. He talked with many U.S. captains.

   C. He used drifting bottles to check his map.       D. Both B and C.

5. The underlined word current in the first paragraph means ______.

   A. a stream of water                 B. a course of events

   C. the flow of electricity              D. the situation of the present time

 

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    The Guidance Department (教导处) at Burrville High School has a staff (职员) of eleven. Most of their work is done with the students. But the staff sees a lot of parents, too. 

    “Parent meetings form a clear monthly pattern,” says Mildred Foreman, Guidance Director. “This pattern stays much the same from year to year. The busy months are October, March and May.”

    September starts rather slowly. Few parents come in, Most of these want to discuss the schedules (日程安排). October brings many behaviour (行为) problems. Some parents are called in. Others come by themselves. Things quiet down in November December is a quiet month. “It’s the holiday,” Ms Foreman says. “People want to come in, I know , but they decide to wait until after New Year’s Day.”

    Report cards go home just before Christmas holidays. Bad marks bring parents in as school reopens. This happens again in March, another report card month. May is always the year’s busiest month. That’s when parents realize that their children might be held back (留级). They come in to see if anything can be done before things are decided in June.

1. “Most of their work is done with the students” means ______.

   A. they have most of their work done by the students

   B. most of their work is getting rid of their students

   C. most of their work is dealing with the students

   D. their work is mostly done together with the students

2. In the sentence “The staff sees a lot of parents too.” the word “see” can be replaced with “_____”.

   A. notice           B. understand           C. arrange           D. meet

3. From the diagram(图表), we know that the total of their meetings in April is ______ as many

   as that in December.

   A. twice              B. a quarter              C. half            D. two-thirds

 

 

 

 

 

4. In March, each of the staff working in the Guidance Department has to interview (会见)

   about ______ parents.

   A. 10           B. 20              C. 15              D. 5

5. May is always the busiest month because the parents want to ______.

   A. discuss schedules with the staff

   B. have something done to help their children’s promotion(升级)

   C. know how their children are getting on with their lessons

   D. do something good for the school or the staff