第二学期英语考试阅读题

标题：Potluck

大致内容：

第一段：Do you like to eat many differen foods at the same time?.....

第二段：The idea is to have many families,generally in the neighborhood,prepare one or two dishes only and bring them to a large room in one of the families......

1、Why is it popular among American people to eat a potluck meal according to the author?

答案：B（Because the price is expensive for them to eat a lot of different foods at the same time.）

2、How do they have their potluck meal?

答案：D（By picking out the food and eating with family or friends.）

3、What kind of dishware they bring for their foods?

答案：D（Paper and plastic dishes.）

4、When we say a person is to play a solo,we mean .

答案：D（A，B and C）（A：he is to sing in an individual voice）（B：he is to play a musical instrument by himself）（C：he is to make a performance by a single individual）

5、In a “liar’s contest”,the three persons will .

答案：D（leave the room,then two of them come back to tell a true story and one tells a lie）

P161 第二篇阅读

标题：Why I Join the Politics Tribe

大致内容：

第一段：Yeah! I hate politics. “But if you hate politics,them why are you in the politics tribe?”.... 第二段：One of the biggest problems I have with politcs is that it seems to have a tendency to maintain the status........

1、Why does the auttend the politics tribe?

答案：D（Because he wants people to know he hates politics.）

2、To the author,what’s the biggest problem with politics?

答案：D（Both A and C）（A：There is a tendency to maintain the status quo.）（C：There is a resistance to change.）

3、Which of the following statements is true?

答案：A（Politicians are always reluctant to change.）

4、What does the word “employ” mean in the last paragraph?

答案：B（Make use of.）

5、Which of the following statements is not the author’s opinion?

答案：D（Politics is a good career with bright future.）

标题：What makes a Good Businessman

大致内容：

第一段：In my opinion,”a good businessman”means a person who conducts his very own successful business or who is CEO off a successful company......

第二段：Nobody,in any walk of life,can really succeed without the five qualities. Successful public servants,successful employees.....

1、Who is”a good businessman” according to the text?

答案：D（All of the above.）

2、What’s a good businessman’s reaction when he is told that a bridge is about to be built across a river？

答案：B（He thinks that land prices will rise on the other side of the river.）

3、Which of the following statements is Not the qualities a great businessman should have?

答案：D（Selfishness.）

4、Which of the following statements is Not true according to the text?

答案：D（Entrepreneurial mind is not instinctive.）

5、What does “instinctive” mean in Paragraph 3?

答案：C（An inborn force.）