湖北普通专升本英语模拟试题之阅读理解第一篇

    湖北普通专升本英语模拟试题之阅读理解第一篇：

Part III Reading Comprehension

Passage One Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage. 

    Time was—and not so many years ago, either—when the average citizentook a pretty dim view of banks and Banking. That this was so, it should besaid, was to no small extent the fault of banks and bankers themselves. Banksused to be—and a few still are—forbidding structures. Behind the little barredwindows were, more often than not, elderly gentlemen whose expression offriendliness reflected the size of the customer’s account, and nothing lessthan a few hundred thousand in the bank could have inspired the suggestion of asmile. 

    And yet the average bank for many year was, to the average citizen,a fearful, if necessary, instrument for dealing with business—usually bigbusiness. But somewhere in the past quarter century, banks Began to grow human,even pleasant, and started to attract the little man. It is possible that thismovement began in medium-sized towns, or in small towns where people know eachother by their first names, and spread to big towns. At any rate, the resultshave been remarkable. 

    The movement to “humanize” hanks, of course, received a big pushduring the war, when more and more women were employed to do work previouslyperformed by men. Also more and more “little” peoplefound themselves in need of personal loans, as taxes became heavier and as thepractice of installment (分期付款) buying broke down the previously long—held conceptthat there was something almost morally wrong about being in debt. All sorts ofpeople began to discover that the intelligent use of credit (信贷) could beextremely helpful. 

51.The author believes that the unfriendlyatmosphere in banks many years ago was chiefly due to ________.

A) the outer appearance of bank buildings

B) unfriendliness of customers toward banks

C) economic pressure of the time

D) the attitude of hankers 

52.The banks of many years ago showedinterest only in ________.

A) regular visitors

B) rich customers 

C) friendly businessmen

D) elderly gentlemen 

53.When did banks begin to grow human?

A) Sometime before the war.

B) A few years ago.

C) During the war. 

D) In the last century. 

54.What helped to push the “humanization”of banks? 

A) More and more “little” people becamecustomers of banks.

B) The elderly gentlemen in banks werereplaced by women.

C) More banks were set up in small andmedium-sized towns.

D) The size of the customer’s account wasgreatly increased. 

55.Average People seldom borrowed moneyfrom bank in the bank because ________.

A) the bank buildings lookedforbidding 

B) they were comparatively rich before thewar

C) they thought it was not proper to be indebt

D) they rarely spent more than they couldearn

答案

51. D 52. B 53. A 54. B 55. C

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