2022年成人高考专升本《英语》套题训练试题及答案(17)

【导语】金宝搏188入口 成人高考频道根据《全国各类成人高等学校招生复习考试大纲》收集整理了2022成考专升本《英语》套题训练试题以供广大考生参考，具体如下：

成人高考有疑问、不知道如何选择主考院校及专业、不清楚成考当地政策，点击立即了解》》

2022年成人高考专升本《英语》套题训练试题及答案(17)

点击查看：2022年成人高考专升本《英语》套题训练试题及答案汇总

四、阅读理解(共15小题，每题3分，共45分)

阅读下列短文，然后根据短文的内容从每小题的四个选项中选出最佳的一项。

根据以下资料，回答下面试题。

Uncle Sam is a tall, thin man.He's an older man with white hair and a white beard.He often wears a tall hat, a bow tie, and the stars and stripes of the American flag.

Who is this strange-looking man? Would you believe that Uncle Sam is the US government? But why do you call the US government Uncle Sam?

During the War of 1812, the US government hired meat packers to provide meat to the army.One of these meat packers was a man named Samuel Wilson.Samuel was a friendly and fair man.Everyone liked him and called him Uncle Sam.

Sam Wilson stamped the boxes of meat for the army with a large US for United States.Some government inspectors came to look over Sam's company.

They asked a worker what the US on the boxes stood for.As a joke, the worker answered that these letter stood for the name of his boss, Uncle Sam.

The joke spread, and soldiers began saying that their food came from Uncle Sam.Before long, people called all things that came from the government 'Uncle Sam'.'Uncle Sam' became a nickname for the US government.

Soon there were drawings and cartoons of Uncle Sam in newspapers.In these early pictures, Uncle Sam was a young man.He wore stars and stripes, but his hair was dark and he had no beard.The beard was added when Abraham Lincoln was President.President Lincoln had a beard.

The most famous picture of Uncle Sam is on a poster from World War I.The government needed men to fight in the war.In the poster, a very serious Uncle Sam points his finger and says 'I want YOU for the US Army.'

36.Uncle Sam often wears a tall hat, __________, and the stars and stripes of the American flag.

A. dark hair

B. a bow tie

C. a box

D. a shirt

答案：B

解析：参见第一段。

37.Government inspectors came to __________ Sam's meat-packing company.

A. ask

B. stand for

C. look over

D. see

答案：C

解析：由“inspector”可知，这些人是来视察、检查的，所以选C。

38.In the drawing and cartoons of Uncle Sam __________.

A. he wore the stars and stripes

B. he never had a beard

C. he had no hair

D. he wore a bow tie

答案：A

解析：参见倒数第二段。

39.Sam Wilson stamped the boxes of meat for the army with a large US for __________.

A. Uncle Sam

B. United States

C. Soldiers

D. America

答案：B

解析：参见第四段。

成人高考有疑问、不知道如何选择主考院校及专业、不清楚成考当地政策，点击立即了解》》

热点推荐：

2022年全国成人高考报名时间及报名入口

2022年全国成人高考报名条件

2022年全国成人高考报名费用