동사 독해 문제 - A - CLASS

1. Submarines, when above water, are run by Diesel engines and attain a very good speed. Under water they are driven by electric motors and can make only si to eight knots per hour. In addition to vertical rudders they also have horizontal rudders to aid them in diving or rising. When the commamder desires to make his submarine dip beneath the surface, he admits sea water into sealed compartments, so that the loaded ship is almost as heavy as the water displaced. The submarine can then be kept beneath the surface, while in motion, by th proper use of the horizontal rudders. To make the submarine rise, water is forced out of these compartments by compressed air. By the use of a periscope the pilot is able to scan the surface of the sea even though his boat is several feet below the surface. 

문제 1. Choose the best of the following titles for this selection. 

        ⓐ How a submarine operates

        ⓑ How to pilot a submarine.

        ⓒ Horizontal and vertical rudders

        ⓓ The use of the periscope

        ⓔ Why a submarine sinks

문제 2. Choose the alternative which makes the statement correct

        ① Below the surface of the sea, submarines are propelled by

            ⓐ Diesel engines

            ⓑ horizontal rudders

            ⓒ vertical rudders

            ⓓ electric motors

            ⓔ compressed air

         ② When submerged, submarines

             ⓐ go faster than when on the surface

             ⓑ travel on the sea bottom

             ⓒ run about eight knots per hour

             ⓓ are much heavier than water

             ⓔ dive to great depths.

         ③ By means of a periscope the

             ⓐ men breathe when beneath the surface

             ⓑ submarine is forced to rise

             ⓒ engines are moved

             ⓓ pilot makes observations

             ⓔ submarine dives.

2. People still remember the fearful hurricane which tore through New Engliand in 1938 because of the destruction it caused.

  A farmer who lived in Stamford had long wanted to own a barometer, for he was always anxious about the weather. A day before the big blow he finally bought one at a store in town. He fixed it up on his wall, read it and got angry. There was no telephone in his house, so he walked a mile to the nearest drugstore and called up the store. "Fine barometer you sold me!" he cried, "I put it up in my Stamford house and what do you think it indicateds? Hurricane."

  "Returen it," said the clerk. "We'll replace it with a perfect one."

  He went back to fetch the barometer, but the the time he got there, his house had been blown away.

문제. 다음 글 중에서 바른 내용의 것을 ⓐ~ⓒ에서 하나씩 고르라.

       A. ⓐ A barometer tells you how cold or how warm it is.

           ⓑ A barometer tells you what the weather is going to be like.

           ⓒ A barometer tells you how tall a person is.

       B. ⓐ "Fine barometer you sold me!" the farmer cried, because it was fine when he bought it.

           ⓑ "Fine barometer you sold me!" the farmer cried angrily, because it was really broken thoguth it looked fine.

           ⓒ "Fine barometer you sold me!" the farmer cried ironically, because he thought it was broken.

       C. ⓐ By the time the farmer got home, his house had been carried away by the wind.

           ⓑ By the time the farmer got home, his house had been washed away by the flood.

           ⓒ By the time the farmer got home, his house had been pulled down. 

       D. ⓐ People still remember the hurricane that attacked New England in 1938 because of an anecdote about the farmer in stamford.

           ⓑ People still remember the hurricane because it did great damage.

           ⓒ People never think of New England without being reminded fo the hurricane.

3. When the first white men came to America, they found vast amounts of natural resources of tremedous value. Forests covered a large prat of the land. Later gas, oil, and minerals were found in unbelievable amounts. There was a great abundance of very fertile soil. Forests, prairies, sterams, and rivers abounded with wild life. So vast were the resources that it seemed that they could never b used up. So forests were destroyed to make way for farmland. Minerals and oil were used in great quantities to supply a young industrial nation. Almost every river became the scene of factories, mills, and power companies. Animals and birds were killed for food and sport.

  Within a short time, the results were obvious. Floods caused millions of dollars' worth of damage yearly. The very fertile soil was washed away. Rivers were filled with dirt and wastes from factories and homes. Many of the rivers were made unfit for fish. Sieveral species of birds disappeared, and some animals seemed on the verge of disappearing. Future timber shortages were predicted. In short, Americans came to realize that some sort of preservation progran must be set, if future, as well as present, Americans were to share in the resources that are the heritage of the American nation.

문제 1. It seemed to the early American settlers that

        ⓐ game was scarce                                ⓑ forests should not be cut

        ⓒ the natural resources were very much    ⓓ there was a shortage of menerals.

문제 2. The use of America's natural resouces by the early settlers was ..............

        ⓐ predicted     ⓑ careless     ⓒ unselfish     ⓓ unbelievable

문제 3. Much of the fertile soil of America has

       ⓐ become the scene of factories     ⓑ been covered by marshes and lakes

       ⓒ been worn away by water           ⓓ caused millions of dollar's worth of damage.

문제 4. one reason that many of the American rivers are no longer suitable living places for fish is that ..............

       ⓐ too many fish have been caught                       ⓑ floods have caused much damage

       ⓒ oil and minerals showed signs of exhaustion    ⓓ men have thrown wastes into the river.

문제 5. Americans have finally become aware fo the fact that ...............

       ⓐ more factories should be built                     ⓑ their minerals will last forever

       ⓒ their natural resources must be preserved    ⓓ it is too late to stop the destruction of our natural resources.