云南专升本考试英语阅读理解模拟试题(3)

　　阅读理解在云南专升本考试中是重中之重，占60分，总共有6篇阅读理解，每题2分，共30题。下面继续来练习阅读理解题。

　　With theaverage number of children in a British family falling beneath 2.0，the population of theUK has been falling for quite a few years. The size of the British workforce(劳动力)is becoming smaller and the average age of the workforce is rising.This trend is quite worrying for the British economy.

　　Whyaren’t the British having as many children as they used to? Well，there is a wholerange of reasons. One of them is that British people are now having at a mucholder age than before，meaning they have fewer years inwhich they can have children. After years of study at university，they then need a few years of work experience before they can getthe job they want. They might then get married，but it’svery expensive to buy a house in the UK.

　　The abovealso explains why British young people now don’t move out of their parents’home until they are around 30 years old on average.It is not until they are 30that they can afford to get married and start a new life in a new home. It’sonly after this age that many young people start thinking about having a child.

　　11.Paragraph 1 tells us that .A. the size of the workforce is becoming larger B. the population of the UK has been on the riseC. the workers of the UK are much younger than beforeD. the average number of children in British family isfalling

　　12.Why do the British now have fewer children than before?A. They have a well-paid job. B. They don’t want to have children.C. They have their children at a much older age. D. They have no time to look after their children.

　　13.If British young people want to get the job they want，they .A. should have at least two children B. have to be more than 30 yearsold C. should have been married for years D. need a few years of work experience

　　14.Why do British young people live with parents till around30?A. They can’t afford to buy a house. B.They haven’t got their children yet. C. They have to look after their parents. D.They are used to living with their parents.

　　15.What aspect of the UK is discussed in the passage?A. Education B.Families C.Economy D.Workforce

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　　11.【解析】D

　　本题是事实细节题。由文章第一段第一句"With the average number of children in a British family falling beneath 2.0...”可知一个英国家庭中小孩的平均数量在减少。再由其他内容可知选项A、B、C均不符合文意。

　　12.【解析】C

　　本题是推理判断题。文中第二段和第三段均给出了英国人没有以前那么多的孩子的原因，其中由最后两句话可知，只有过了30岁许多年轻人才开始考虑要小孩，所以可推出选项C(他们在一个比较大的年龄要小孩)正确，A项不符合文意;B、D项文中均未提到。

　　13.【解析】D

　　本题是事实细节题。由文中第二段倒数第二句“After years of study at university,they then need a few years of work experience before they can get the job they want.”可知，在年轻人得到自己期望的工作之前，他们需要有几年的工作经验。所以本题应选D。

　　14.【解析】A

　　本题是事实细节题。由文中第二段的最后一句“it's very expensive to buy a house in the UK."和第三段第一句话“The above also explains why British young people.…”可知英国现在的年轻人在30岁左右之前一直与父母同住的原因是他们自己买不起房。

　　15.【解析】B

　　本题是推理判断题。由文章内容可知，作者是从家庭的角度探讨了现在英国的家庭平均小孩数量减少这一现象及其原因。故本题应选B。