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2021安徽专升本大学英语试题--阅读理解（三）
The units peopleprefer fer measurements varyacrosscountries ,Traditional units of distance such as the Vanilla paras reflectedhow for a person could walk in a certain amount of time.In the UK,the yardwas considered the base unit of length.Ancient Greeks and Romansmeasured with the foot, which was based on the length of the average adultman*s foot. In modern times,the Us redefined the fact as exactly0.3048meters in 1959. that is now known as the international fact.
The difference between the older foot and the older international foot isless than two parts in a million, which was easy enough for most industries toadapt to .But some scientists believed it was not possible to change theirequipment to adopt the new standard immediately.They mode an exceptionand renamed the older foot the us survey foot.In the decades since somestates in the us have started using the international foot for surveying .Somestill use the US survey foot that difference doesn' t cause huge problems butit does introduce some imprecision in a field ,that aims to create accuratemaps.
"Having two feet is great for people,but not so good for standards/1Writes Michael Dennis He is a scientist working on the effort to do awaywith the us survey foot entirely .If the Proposal works out as planned ,the uswill lose one foot in 2022 but gain the precision of a common foot across allindustries.
36.According to the text,what was the base unit of length in the UK?
A. Meter
B.Parasang
C.Yard
D.Foot
37.Which country redefined the foot in 1959?
A. The US
B.Iran
C.Greece
D.The UK
38.Why could most industries easily accept the interpersonal foot?
A.It had many advantages
B.It was very close to the older foot.
C.It was supported by scientist
D.It was an exceptional unit of length
39.What can we learn from the text?
A.Ancient creaks measured.
B.The older foot was renamed with Women's feet the us survey foot?
C.The US industries are all using the same foot now.
D.Michael Dennis proposes to keep the US survey foot.
40.Where is the text probably from?
A.Novel
B.A diary
C.A postcr
D.A magazinc
参考答案:CABDD
