山东省学位英语阅读理解真题练习题（八）

Passage 1（旅游休闲类）

Traveling is one of the most popular leisure activities for modern people. With the improvement of living standards, more and more people choose to travel during holidays. Traveling can bring people physical and mental relaxation and enrich their life experience.

First of all, traveling can relieve people’s pressure from work and study. Staying in the same environment for a long time will make people feel bored and tired. Traveling to different places allows people to enjoy beautiful scenery, breathe fresh air and relax their tense mood.

Secondly, traveling can broaden people’s horizons. When traveling, people can experience different regional cultures, local customs and dietary habits, communicate with people from different places, and learn a lot of knowledge that cannot be learned from books. It helps people enrich their cognition and change their fixed thinking mode.

In addition, traveling is also a good way to make friends. In the process of traveling, people can meet tourists from all over the country, share travel stories and experience, and establish new friendships. In general, traveling is a meaningful and beneficial leisure activity.

Questions

1. Why do modern people like traveling?

A. It can help them earn money

B. It relaxes mind and enriches experience

C. It can avoid work forever

D. It saves daily expenses

2. What is the benefit of traveling for pressure relief?

A. Enjoying beautiful scenery and relaxing mood

B. Making people busier

C. Changing working environment permanently

D. Reducing study tasks

3. How does traveling broaden people’s horizons?

A. By reading more books

B. By experiencing different local cultures

C. By staying at scenic spots for a long time

D. By taking a lot of photos

4. What other benefit does traveling have?

A. Helping make new friends

B. Helping get higher salary

C. Helping finish study tasks faster

D. Helping change personality completely

5. What is the author’s view on traveling?

A. It is a waste of time and money

B. It is a meaningful and beneficial activity

C. It is only suitable for rich people

D. It will bring many troubles

Passage 1 标准答案：1.B 2.A 3.B 4.A 5.B

Passage 2（社会美德类）

Honesty is the most precious traditional virtue of the Chinese nation, and it is also the basic principle for people to get along with others. Honesty means being honest in words and deeds, keeping promises and not lying or cheating. It plays an important role in personal growth and social development.

For individuals, honesty is the foundation of interpersonal communication. No one is willing to make friends with people who often lie and break promises. An honest person can gain the trust and respect of others easily, build stable and good interpersonal relationships, and get more help and opportunities in study, work and life.

For society, honesty is the cornerstone of social operation. If everyone keeps honest, the society will be more harmonious and orderly. Commercial honesty can ensure the normal operation of the market; social honesty can reduce communication costs and improve social efficiency.

However, in modern society, there are still some dishonest behaviors, such as cheating in exams, commercial fraud and lying to others. These behaviors damage social atmosphere and break mutual trust. Therefore, everyone should keep honesty in mind, abide by promises, and be an honest person in daily life.

Questions

1. What does honesty mean?

A. Being lazy and selfish

B. Being honest and keeping promises

C. Lying for personal benefit

D. Refusing to trust others

2. Why is honesty important for individuals?

A. It helps gain others’ trust and respect

B. It makes people lose opportunities

C. It limits interpersonal communication

D. It makes life more difficult

3. What is the function of honesty for society?

A. Making social order chaotic

B. Reducing social operation efficiency

C. Promoting harmonious and orderly development

D. Increasing communication costs

4. Which of the following is a dishonest behavior?

A. Keeping promises to friends

B. Cheating in examinations

C. Being honest with others

D. Abiding by social rules

5. What is the passage mainly about?

A. The definition and importance of honesty

B. Various bad social behaviors

C. How to correct bad habits

D. The development of traditional virtues

Passage 2 标准答案：1.B 2.A 3.C 4.B 5.A