电大英语统考B阅读理解
2023年广播电视大学电大大学英语B网考阅读理解
大学英语（B）网考阅读理解Passage 1There was once an ant that was very thirsty.It ran here and there looking for some water but could not find any.Then suddenly, when the ant was almost ready to die of thirst, a large drop of water fell on it.The ant drank the water, which saved its life.The water was actually a tear from a young girl who was crying.Because of her sadness, the tear had magical qualities and suddenly the ant could speak the language of human beings.The ant looked up and saw the young girl sitting in front of a huge pile of seeds.“Why are you sad?”asked the ant.“I’m the prisoner of the giant,”the girl told the ant.“He won’t let me go until I’ve made three separate heaps of grain, barley (大麦) and rye（黑麦）out of this huge pile of seeds in which they are all mixed together.”“That will take you a month!” the ant said, looking at the huge pile of seeds.“I know,” the girl cried, “and if I haven’t finished by tomorrow, the giant will eat me for his supper!”“Don’t cry,” the ant said, “my friends and I will help you.”Soon thousands of ants were at work, separating the three kinds of seeds.The next morning, when the giant saw that the work had been done, he let the girl go.Thus it was one of her tears that saved her life.1.What is an ant?A.A small animal.B.An insect.C.A birdD.A giant2.When did the drop of water fall on the ant?A.When it was looking for food.B.When it saved the ant’s life.C.When it was nearly dying.D.When it looked up.3.Why was the young girl crying?A.Because of her sadnessB.Because she saw the antC.Because the giant would let her goD.Because the giant had given her an impossible job to do.4.What would the giant do if the girl failed to do the work?A.He would eat herB.He would let her goC.He would take her awayD.He would send her to prison5.Who or what saved the girl’s life?A.The giant.B.The ant.C.The ant’s friendsD.Her tears.Passage 2Martin Luther King was a black minister, who became a great leader of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and1960s.King was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia.When he was young, he was strongly influenced by Thoreau and Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi’s idea of non-violent resistance.Having received a Ph.D (Doctor of Philosophy) from Boston University, he became a political and religious leader of the non-violent civil rightsmovement in 1955.On August 28, 1963, he led over 250,000 Americans on a march in Washington D.C.to fight for the Civil Rights Law to guarantee equality for all people, and delivered his best known speech “I Have a Dream”before the Lincoln Memorial.The “dream”is a dream of brotherly love and equality for the Black and White.Thus, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for peace in 1964, but he was murdered four years later.Though he died, he was greatly respected and loved by the Americans, both the white and the black.By vote of Congress in 1968, the third Monday of every January is nowa federal holiday in Luther King’s honor.He lives in people’s hearts forever.1.Martin Luther King was murdered when he was _____ years old.A.64B.50C.39D.282.Martin Luther King was a _____.A.political leaderB.black ministerC.religious leaderD.all of the above3.According to the passage which of the following statements is TRUE?A.Martin Luther King was killed in 1964.B.Martin Luther King’s Day has been a federal holiday for more than 40 years.C.Martin Luther King urged his people to get equality and freedom through violence.D.Only black Americans loved Martin Luther King.4.The underlined word “delivered”in the second paragraph could be replaced by _____.A.gaveB.threwC.announcedD.published5.What’s the best title for this passage?A.Martin Luther King.B.How to Award the Nobel PrizeC.Civil Rights MovementD.Civil Rights LawPassage 3My secret for staying young is simple.Put all attention to the part of your brain and keep it young and growing.Keep your mind awake and you’ll stay young all over.These are exciting times.Take an interest in the world around you, and stick to learning at least one new thing every day.No matter how old you are, it’s not too late to make your life more interesting.I know a housewife with no knowledge before she made herself into a well-known engineer.I know a retired electrical engineer who has become a highly-paid dress designer.Get over the idea that you are too old to go back to school.I know a man who entered medical college at 70.He got his degree with honors and became a famous doctor.Another man went to law school at 71 and now was an active lawyer.Staying young is easy for those, old or young, who live in the future.You can do it if you care enough to try.Keep your mind awake and active: that’s the only way.1.According to the passage, that people’s brain of all ages remains young and growing is _____.A.impossibleB.a scientific factC.a secretD.a wrong conclusion2.It is wrong to for the old to _____.A.think himself too old to go back to school.B.keep his mind awake.C.try to stay youngD.lead an active life3.The passage says that the man who entered college at 70 _____.A.was unthinkableB.became tired of his lifeC.wanted to be a highly-paid manD.became famous in the medical circle4.The only way to keep young is _____.A.to go back to schoolB.not to consider one’s ageC.to live in the futureD.to keep one’s mind awake and alive5.The writer suggests that you should _____ learning at least one new thing every day.A.take care ofB.set outC.keep onD.turn toPassage 4If you travel by air across the center of Africa or South America, you fly over forests for thousands of kilometers.These great forests are the oceans of trees.There are thousands and thousands of different kinds of plants and animals.However, the world's forests are getting smaller all the time.We are cutting down the trees because we need wood, and we need more farmland.Some people say that there will not be any forests like these in 20 or 30 years.What will happen if they disappear?If we cut down our forests, a lot of plants and animals will disappear from the world.In a lot of places the new farmland will soon look like the old deserts.Crops will not grow there.It will not rain very often, and the weather will get very hot.Perhaps the climate of the world will change.This will be dangerous for everyone in the world.That is why we must take care of our forests.6.The passage mainly tells us about ______.A.the importance of taking care of plantsB.the result of cutting down the treesC.the locations of great forestsD.the reasons for forming the deserts7.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A.Africa and South America are the oceans of trees.B.Forests are homes for different kinds of animals.C.Forests are usually several square kilometers large.D.Different plants can't be found in the same forest.8.The need for more wood and more land results in _____.A.the change of the world climateB.the disappearance of many plants and animalsC.more deserts and less farmlandD.All of the above9.What will happen in 20 or 30 years in some people's view?A.We'll have more and greater forests.B.We'11 have enough land to support our people.C.We'11 have no forests like those in the center of Africa.D.We'll have enough wood to do some cooking.10.The writer thinks _________.A.it dangerous to cut down the forestsB.it necessary to protect the forestsC.it impossible to take care of the worldD.it important to keep animals Passage 5Let’s watch the weather forecast on television.We may go to Scotland, we may go to Wales or London.We can decide after the forecast.“Good morning, and here is the weather forecast for tomorrow.Northern Scotland will be cold, and there may be snow over High Ground.In the north of England it will be a wet day and rain will move into Wales and the Midlands during the afternoon.East Anglia（英国）will be generally dry, and it will be a bright clear day with sunshine, but it may rain during the evening.In the southwest it may be foggy during the morning, but the afternoon will be clear.It may be windy later in the day."1.What is the speaker planning to do?A.To go traveling within the country.B.To listen to the weather forecast on the radio.C.To watch the weather forecast on TV.D.To fly to Wales or London.2.Can the speaker fly to Northern Scotland tomorrow morning, according to theweather forecast?A.Yes, because it will be a fine day tomorrow.B.Yes, because it won’t be foggy there tomorrow.C.No, because it will be foggy there tomorrow.D.No, because there will be a storm there tomorrow.3.When is the speaker watching the forecast?A.In the morning.B.At noon.C.In the afternoon.D.In the evening4.What does the forecast mainly tell us?A.The whole country will have fine weather tomorrow.B.The whole country will have very bad weather tomorrow.C.Within one day the weather varies from one part of the country to another, even within one district.D.Weather changes a lot in Britain recently.5.What can you infer from the passage?A.The speaker will go to London.B.The speaker is in Northern Ireland now.C.None of the places offers ideal weather tomorrow for travel.D.East Anglia will have perfect weather tomorrow.Passage 6As price and building costs keep rising, the "do-it-yourself" (DIY) trend in the U.S.continue to grow."We needed furniture for our living room," says John Ross, "and we just didn'thave enough money to buy it.So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs." John got married six months ago, and like many young people these days, they are struggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high.The Rosses took a 2-week course for $ 280 at a night school.Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house.Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife died.He has a full-time job at home as well as in a shoe-making st month, he received a car repair bill for $ 420."I was deeply upset about it.Now I've finished a car repair course, I should be able to fix the car by myself."John and Jim are not unusual people.Most families in the country are doing everything they can to save money so they can fight the high cost of living.If you want to become a "do-it- yourselfer", you can go to DIY classes.And for those who don't have time to take a course, there are books that tell you how you can do things yourself.1.We can learn from the passage that many newly married couple ______.A.find it hard to pay for what they needB.have to learn to make their own furnitureC.take DIY courses run by the governmentD.seldom go to a department store to buy things2.John and his wife went to evening classes to learn how to ______.A.run a DIY shopB.do it themselves in their spare timeC.do his own car and home repairsD.keep house and looks after his children3.When the writer says that Jim has a full-time job at home, he means Jim ____.A.makes shoes in his homeB.does extra work at nightC.does his own car and home repairsD.keeps house and looks after his children4.Jim Hatfield decided to become a "do-it-yourselfer" when ______.A.his car repairs cost too muchB.the car repair class was not helpfulC.he could not possibly do two jobsD.he had to raise the children all by himself5.What would be the best title for the passage?A.The Joy of DIY.B.You Can Do It Too.C.Welcome to Our DIY Course.D.Ross and Hatfield: Believers in DIY. Passage 7Mrs.Jones' telephone number was 3463, and the number of the cinema in her town was 3464, so people often made a mistake when they wanted the cinema.One evening the telephone bell rang and Mrs.Jones answered it.A tired man said, "At what time does your last film begin?""I'm sorry," said Mrs.Jones, "but you have the wrong number.This is not the cinema.""Oh, it began twenty minutes ago," said the man."I'm sorry about that.Goodbye."Mrs.Jones was very surprised, so she told her husband.Mr.Jones laughed and said, "The man's wife wanted to go the cinema, but he was feeling tired, so he telephoned the cinema.His wife heard HIM, but she didn't hear YOU.Now they will stay at home this evening, and the husband will be happy!"1.Why do people often telephone Mrs.Jones when they want the cinema?A.Because she lives next door to the cinema.B.Because she knows the cinema program very well.C.Because the telephone company's computer goes wrong from time to time.D.Because her telephone number is similar to that of the cinema.2.Why was Mrs.Jones so surprised at a phone call one evening?A.Because the call was from a stranger.B.Because the man on the phone knew her name.C.Because the man on the phone asked a question and then answered it himself.D.Because the man on the phone invited her to the cinema.3.According to Mr.Jones, why didn't the man on the phone want to go to the cinema?A.Because he had seen the film before.B.Because he was feeling very tired that evening.C.Because the film wasn't worth seeing.D.Because the film had started already.4.What do you think the man's wife wanted to do that evening?A.To go to the cinema with her husband.B.To find out when the last film started.C.To stay home with her husband.D.To eat out with her husband and then go to the cinema.5.What can you conclude from the story?A.The man on the phone was not interested in film.B.The man on the phone was rather clever.C.The man's wife was fond of films.D.The telephone companies are inefficient sometime。
月电大大学英语B统考阅读题汇总
阅读Section BPassage OneQuestions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.There are many ways of defining success. It is accurate to say that each of us has our own concept of success to the extent that each of us is responsible for setting our own goals and determining whether we have met these goals satisfactorily. Because each of us possesses unique differences in genetic ability and favorable environments in which to express these abilities, it is necessarily true that we must define success broadly.For some people, simply being able to live their life with a minimum of misery and suffering is considered a success. Think of the peace of mind of the poor shepherd who tends his sheep, enjoys his frugal life with his family in the beauty of nature, and who is respected because he does a good job of achieving the goals expected of and accepted by his and his society. On the other hand, it seems that even though some people appear to be rich in material possessions, many of them seem to be miserable and consider themselves unsuccessful when judged by their own standards of success. Because not all ventures can be successful, one should not set unrealistic goals for achieving success, but if one has self-confidence it would be unfortunate to se t one’s goals at too low a level of achievement.A wise counselor once said to a young man who was experiencing frustration with his own professional success: "You do not have to set your goal to reach the moon in order to have success in traveling. Sometimes one can be very successful merely by taking a walk in the park or riding the subway downtown," The counselor added, " You have not really failed and spoiled your chances for success until you have been unsuccessful at something you really like, and to which you have given you best effort."57. In the first paragraph, the author implies that ________ are essential in achieving success.[A] ability and goals [C] ability and environment[B] goals and determination [D] goals and environment58. The word "frugal" (Line 2, Para. 2) means ________.[A] wealthy [C] thrifty[B] wasteful [D] miserable59. Some rich people consider themselves unsuccessful because ________.[A] their life is miserable [C] their goals are too low[B] they do not live in peace [D] they are not rich enough by their own standards.60. The last paragraph implies that ________.[A] we should have high goals [C] success means taking a walk in the park[B] success means achieving great goals [D] success means trying one’sbest at what one really likes61. This passage mainly talks about ________.[A] the definition of success [C] how to set goals[B] how to achieve success [D] the importance of goalsPassage TwoQuestions 62 to 66 are based in the following passage.When Mike Kelly first set out to build his own private space-ferry service, he figures his bread-and-butter business would be lofting satellite into high earth orbit. Now he thinks he may have figured wrong. "People were alwaysasking me when they could go," says Kelly, who runs Kelly Space Technology, "I realized the real market is in space tourism."According to preliminary market surveys, there are 10,000 would-be space tourists willing to spend $1 million each to visit the final frontier. Space Adventures in Arlington have taken more than 130 deposits for a two-hour,$98,000 space tour tentatively set to occur by 2005. This may sound great, but there are a few hurdles. Putting a simple satellite into orbit—with no oxygen, life support or return trip necessary—already costs and astronomical $2,200/kg.And that doesn’t include the cost of insuring rich and possibly litigious(爱打官司的)passengers. The entire group of entrepreneurs trying to corner the spacetourism market has between them "just enough money to blow up one rocket".The U.S. space agency has plenty of money but zero interest in making space less expensive for the little guys. So the little guys are racing to do what the government has failed to do: design a reusable launch system tha t’s inexpensive, safe and reliable. Kelly Space’s prototype looks like a planethat has sprouted rocket engines. Rotary Rocket in California has a booster with rotors to make a helicopter-style return to earth. The first passenger countdowns are still years away, but bureaucrats at the Federal Aviation Administration in Washington are already informally discussing flight regulations. After all, you can’t be too prepared for a trip to that galaxy far, far away.62. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?[A] Take Vacations in Space [C] Flight Travels[B] Building Hotels in Space [D] Cost of Space Traveling63. The phrase "bread-and-butter business" (Line 1, Pare.1) most probably means ________.[A] a business to sell bread and butter [C] the business to make a living[B] a business to produce bread and butter [D] a traveling agency64. How much is the 2-hour space tour for each person according to Space Adventures in Arlington?[A] $1 million. [B] $10,000. [C] $98,000 [D] $22,00065. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?[A] The biggest hurdle for the space-tourism project is lack of a life supporting system.[B] The entrepreneurs trying to explore the space-tourism have plenty of money.[C] The government has little interests in this project.[D] The first passenger countdowns are within a few years.66. tone in the last sentence of the passage?[A] Objective. [C] Approving.[B] Ironical. [D] Enthusiastic.Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)Section A47. E 该空需填入动词原形，结合原意“和大多数美国人一梯状，你(的体重)可能也有几磅需要________”可知，E(去除)最符合文意。
网考大学英语-b--统考英语b-电大英语-阅读理解(1)讲解学习
第二部分阅读理解(1)（2011年04月网考）阅读的第一题2011年改为5个正误判断题，相对来说难度降低，投机几率提高，考前一天会在更新群内确定本部分范围，一般在20篇左右，建议强记，确保阅读的30分不丢。
解题思路：正误判断题主要考查学生对文章的具体事实、信息的理解能力。
一般是根据文章的事实或细节，给出一个句子，判断其正误。
比较直接，难度相对较小。
做此类题时，应先看题，后带着“问题”快速阅读短文，寻找所需要的信息。
资料说明：2011年4月大学英语B 网考英语B 统考英语B 电大英语B 计算机应用基础必备资料“大学英语B”网考是什么性质的考试？回答：“大学英语B”网考是高校网络教育统一考试之一，主要针对电大及各网络高等教育的非英语专业和非艺术专业的本科学生。
通过“大学英语B”网考是该类学生获得毕业证书的必要条件之一，因此，上述学生必须通过“大学英语B”网考方可顺利毕业。
大学英语B网络统考：适用范围为各电视大学，远程教育学院，各种网络教育学院的专升本考试，统一组织的上机考试，题目随机从题库抽选，每年3次，4月，9月，12月本资料由学长特供在2011年3月27日为有复习基础的同学准备的复习资料，请尊重汇编者的努力，不要随意修改后转发。
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Passage 1Long, long ago there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wanted to steal the bell on his neighbour's door, he walked up to the door, took hold of the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home.Then he sat down to think, "I must do something about the noise," he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea. "Ah, I'll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won't be able to hear the noise." The next day he went to the door of his neighbour, and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder. The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbour came running out."Steal my bell? I'll teach you a lesson," the angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the nose.The foolish thief did not know how the neighbour found out he was stealing the bell. "Why did he come out just then?" he wondered.1 The thief was trying to get his neighbour's doorbell.A. TB. F2. The thief put some cotton in his ears so as not to hear anything.A. TB. F3. The neighbour ran out probably because he knew his doorbell was being stolen.A. TB. F4. The neighbour hit the thief to punish him for stealing.A. TB. F5. The thief thought the neighbour couldn't hear the noise of the bell.A. TB. FKEY：AAAAAPassage 2Miss Grey lived in a small house. She was old and did not like noise at all, so she was verypleased when her noisy neighbor moved out. A young man moved in and Miss Grey thought the man seemed to be quiet.But at three o’clock the next morning, the noise of a dog woke her up. She thought she had never heard a dog there before. It must be the young man’s dog. So she telephoned the young man, said something bad about the dog and then hung up the telephone before he could answer. Nothing more happened until t hree o’clock the next morning. Then Miss Grey’s telephone rang, and when she answered, a voice said, “You telephoned me twenty-four hours ago. Now I’ve rung you up to say that I haven’t a dog.”1. Miss Grey felt sorry when her noisy neighbour moved out.A. TB. F2. Miss Grey’s new neighbour was as noisy as the old one.A. TB. F3. Some noise woke her up in the early morning.A. TB. F4. She thought the new neighbour had brought a dog with him.A. TB. F5. The young man rang up Miss Grey in the early morning, because he wanted to punish her.A. TB. FKEY：BBAAAPassage 3Yesterday evening, when I went to town with my mother, we met a strange old man. It was raining hard and we had no umbrella. We were trying to get into a taxi when he came up to us. He was carrying a nice umbrella and he said that he would give it to us for only a pound. He had forgotten his wallet, he said, needed taxi-fareto go back home. My mother didn’t believe what he had said at first, and asked him a lot of questions. But the old man didn’t get into a taxi. We followed him and found he went into a pub and bought himself a glass of whiskey with the pound. After he drank it, he put on his hat and took up one of the many wet umbrellas there and went off with the new one. Soon after that, he sold it again.1. The old man sold an umbrella to the writer and her mother.A. TB. F2. He gave it to them for only a pound because he had forgotten his wallet and needed taxi fare to go back home.A. TB. F3. The umbrella was worth more than one pound.A. TB. F4. The old man sold his own umbrella.A. TB. F5. He was an honest man.A. TB. FKEY：ABABBPassage 4December 25th is Christmas Day. In most countries it is the most important day in the year. All the people come back to their homes to have the day with their parents or their children. On Christmas Day bells ring everywhere. The ringing bells tell people Christmas is coming. People sing and dance day and night. They have a good time.Most families buy a Christmas tree for their children. And there are some presents hangingfrom the tree here and there. People also put presents in children’s stockings. In many places, Father Christmas himself brings presents to them. He is a kind man and in red clothes. There is a big bag on his back. In it there are a lot of presents.Christmas is also a day when people enjoy all kinds of food. But some poor people have no homes and have on food to eat. They die of cold and hunger(饥饿)on Christmas Day.1. Christmas is a very important day in some countries in a year.A. TB. F2. Many people have a good time on Christmas Day.A. TB. F3. Father Christmas wears red clothes.A. TB. F4. There are a lot of Christmas trees in Father Christmas’bag.A. TB. F5. Some poor people die on Christmas Day because they have no homes and noA. TB. FKEY：BAABAPassage 5Once upon a time there was a great Greek hero, Hercules. He was taller and stronger than anyone you have ever seen. On his shoulder he carried a club and in his hand he held a bow (弓). He was known as the hero of a hundred adventures.Hercules served a king. The king was afraid of him. So again and again he sent him on difficult tasks. One morning the king sent for him and told him to fetch three golden apples for him from the garden of the Singing Maidens (歌女). But no one knew where the garden was.So Hercules went away. He walked the whole day and the next day and the next. He walked for months before he saw mountains far in the distance one fine morning. One of the mountains was in the shape of a man, with long, long legs and arms and huge shoulders and a huge head. He was holding up the sky. Hercules knew it was Atlas, the Mountain God. So he asked him for help.Atlas answered, "My head and arms and shoulders all ache. Could you hold up the sky while I fetch the golden apples for you?"Hercules climbed the mountain and shouldered the sky. Soon the sky grew very heavy. When finally Atlas came back with three golden apples, he said, "Well, you are going to carry the mountain for ever. I'm going to see the king with the apples." Hercules knew that he couldn't fight him because of the sky on his back, So he shouted:"Just one minute's help. My shoulders are hurting, Hold the sky for a minute while I make a cushion (垫子) for my shoulders."Atlas believed him. He threw down the apples and held up the sky.Hercules picked up the apples and ran back to see the king.1. Hercules was the tallest man in the world.A. TB. F2. Hercules was given many difficult tasks because the king wanted to get rid of him.A. TB. F3. Atlas was the giant who held up the sky.A. TB. F4. Atlas got the golden apples for Hercules because he wanted to be the king himself.A. TB. F5. Hercules finally managed to get the apples by defeating Atlas.A. TB. FKEY：AAABBPassage 6“Get up, the water is coming.” Yan Xinzhi, director of the neighborhood committee of Chaoyang Street, Taiyuan, capital of Shanxi Province, would knock at the door of every household at midnight to have people collect water; otherwise, the tap water would soon run dry when everyone in the city got up and joined the “water rush” in the morning. Yan, an elderly lady about 60, had served as committee director for more than 20 years; her major work was to rouse her neighbors from their sleep to get water. As time went by, residents could not go to sleep before one o’clock in the morning.Chaoyang Street was not the only street in Taiyuan that lacked water, and Taiyuan was not the only city in China with water in short supply.Niu Maosheng, Minister of Water Resources, told China Today that more than 300 cities nationwide lack water; in 108 cities the situation has become critical. The annual deficit of water has reached 6 billion cubic meters, leading to a loss of RMB 200 billion (approximately US $24 billion) in industrial output.1.As neighborhood committee director, the major part of Yan Xinzhi’s job was to wake up her neighbors at midnight to get water.A. TB. F2. The passage reveals that all the cities in China suffer from water shortage.A. TB. F3. The passage is written by a water expert.A. TB. F4. The lack of water has lead to a loss of US $24 billion in industrial output.A. TB. F5. Xi’an is another city with water in short supply.A. TB. FKEY：ABBABPassage 7People who cannot tell all colors apart are said to be color blind. Most color-blind people can see yellow and blues, but confuse reds with greens. It is very rare for a person to be blind to all colors, but they may see everything in shades of black, white, and gray.It is interesting to note that many color-blind people don’t even realize that they arecolor-b lind. They don’t know that the colors they are seeing and naming are not the actual colors that people with normal vision can see. This can be particularly dangerous when a color-blind person confuses the red and green of a traffic light.Color blindness is thought to be inherited (遗传). And although doctors have thought up tests to determine（测定）color blindness, there is no cure to treatment for it.1. A color-blind person can tell correctly red and green.A. TB. F2. Many color-blind people are unaware (没意识到) that they are color-blind.A. TB. F3. It’s especially dangerous for a color-blind person to cross a street when there are no traffic lights at the cross of the streets.A. TB. F4. A person who is color-blind is not allowed to drive.A. TB. F5. Up to now, doctors have found a way to free a person from his color blindness.A. TB. FKEY：BABBB附录：给群内考生写的一篇复习指南，让您复习有一定的方向。
电大网考大学英语B之阅读理解【精编直接打印版】
二、阅读理解This story is about a young man. （这个故事是关于一个年轻人。
）He worked very hard at his lessons. He was too busy to have a rest. At last,6.The young man couldn’t go to sleep because he had worked too hard and became ill.T7.The doctor asked the young man to count numbers while he was lying in bed.T8.The young man returned to the doctor’s office the next day because he wanted to thank the doctor.F9.The young man counted from 1 to 569 and got up to drink some tea.T10.The young man in fact was not able to count numbers.FWhen John and Victoria Falls arrived in New York City for one-year stay, （约翰和维多利亚-福斯到达纽约市准备暂住一年，）they did not bring very many things with them. They had planned either to live11.Which of the following has become one of America’s fastest growing businesses?D.Renting home furnishings.12.Why do some people prefer to rent furniture?C.Because it saves them much trouble and money.13.What can you infer from the passage?B.Renting furniture is not popular in the couple’s home town.14.Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?B.A New Way of Getting Home Furnishings.15.Young people liked renting home furniture because_________D.they don’t have much money and don’t want to buy the cheap furniture.High in the Swiss Alps many years ago, there lived a lonely shepherd（牧羊人）boy who longed for a friend to share his evenings.（很多年以前，在瑞士阿尔卑斯山上住着一个牧羊人，他期望能找到一个朋友在夜晚与他为伴。
电大远程网络教育-大学英语B统考阅读题库(附答案)
A film crew was at the Circle Five Ranch to film a Marlboro commercial. This was in 1868, before they prohibited cigarette ads from American television. Darrell Winfield was watching the crew set up the equipment. The scene included an actor crossing a river on horseback, but when the time came to shoot, the man was too drunk to ride. Someone from the crew saw Winfield and asked him if he would ride the horse for 50 dollars. "Hell," said Winfield, "for 50 bucks, I'll jump that damn horse over the moon!"To people in many countries, Winfield is just a familiar but nameless face, a simple cowboy with an advertising message about a connection between the West and a brand of cigarettes. Few people know that he is 55, a family man who's been married to the same woman for 37 years and has 5 children and 7 grandchildren. Most surprisingly, he's a real, working cowboy who raises horses in his ranch in Wyoming.One of the most striking things about the Marlboro Man is that success hasn't changed him much. He says that complete strangers sometimes come up to him and say, "I've met you,know you from somewhere. "Whenever it happens, he says that he gets embarrassed.(1)、Marlboro commercials were allowed on television in America before 1868.A：TB：F答案：A(2)、The word "prohibited" in the first paragraph mean "forbidden".A：TB：F答案：A(3)、When they filmed the ad, Winfield was too drunk.A：TB：F答案：B(4)、From the passage, we know that Winfield was a rich man.A：TB：F(5)、When people recognized Winfield, he felt uncomfortable.A：TB：F答案：ALast Friday a storm tore through two villages in the New Territories destroying fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged that their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or torn roofs. One person was killed, several were badly injured and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller injuries. Altogether over two hundred people were homeless as a result of the storm.A farmer, Mr. C. Y. Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour."I was in the kitchen with my wife and children," he said, "when we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us, we managed to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was missing. I went back inside and found him, safe but very frightened."Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she noticed that her house was shaking. She rushed outside immediately with her children."There was no time to take anything," she said. "A few minutes later, the roof came down."Soldiers helped to bring people out of the flooded area and the Welfare Department provided food, clothes and shelter.(1)、Some of the people were taken to hospital because they had been badly injured.A：TB：F答案：A(2)、When the storm first began, Mr. Tan was inside his house.A：TB：F(3)、When Mr. Tan's house fell down, only one of his children was inside it.A：TB：F答案：A(4)、Mrs. Woo and her family escaped injury because her husband had gone to work.A：TB：F答案：B(5)、The best title for the passage would be "A Terrible Storm."A：TB：F答案：AIn 1933 an unknown American called Clarence Nash went to see the filmmaker Walt Disney. He had an unusual voice and he wanted to work in Disney's cartoon（动画片）film for children. When Walt Disney heard Nash's voice, he said,"Stop! That's our duck!"The duck was the now-famous Donald Duck, who first appeared in 1934 in the film The Wise Little Hen. Donald lived in an old houseboat and wore his sailor jacket and hat. Later that year he became a star after an eight-minute Mickey Mouse film. The cinema audience liked him because he was lazy and greedy, and because he lost his temper very quickly. And they loved his voice when he became angry with Mickey's eight nephews. Soon Donald was more popular than Mickey Mouse himself, probably because he wasn't a goody-goody like Mickey.In the 1930s, 40s and 50s Donald and his friends Mickey, Goofy and Pluto made hundreds of Disney cartoons. He also made educational films about the place of the USA in the world and safety in the home. Then in 1966 Donald Duck and his voice disappeared---there were no more new cartoons.Clarence Nash died in February, 1985. But today's children can still see the old cartoons on television and hear that famous voice.(1)、Walt Disney made Donald Duck film.A：TB：F答案：A(2)、The first Donald Duck film was made in 1934.A：TB：F答案：A(3)、Clarence Nash was a film-maker.A：TB：F答案：B(4)、The underlined word "audience" in the second paragraph means readers.A：TB：F答案：B(5)、The underlined word "goody-goody" in the second paragraph means a person who likes to appear to be faultless in behavior.A：TB：F答案：A全套完整题库，全中文翻译内容，复习更方便，考前独家提供简化版本，助您快速通过，全程免费答疑。
电大大学英语B阅读理解
阅读理解1.The French Revolution broke out in 1789. CBDDD2.in the United States, it is not customary to telephone someone very early in the morning. BBBDB3.A foreigner's first impression of the U.S. is likely to be that everyone is in a rush-often under pressure. DBDAC4.Sixteen-year-old Maria was waiting in line at the airport in Santo Domingo. DCCDA5.There are three kinds of goals:short-term,medium-range and long-term goals. BDCCC6.Britain and France are separated by English Channel,a body of water that can be crossed in as few as 20 minutes. DDADCmynity service is an important component of education here at our university. BCADB8.When John and Victoria Falls arrived in New York City for one-year stay,they did not bring very many things with them. DCBBD9.Paper is one of the most important products ever invented by man. BAABC 10. Laws have been written to govern the use of American National Flag,and to ensure proper respect for the flag. ABDCB11.It has been reported that in colleges across the United States,the daytime serial drama known as the soap opera has suddenly becocome “in”. CCDCB 12.How man first learnt to invent words is unknown; DCDBA13.Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it. BCBAC14.By definition,heroes and heroines are men and women distinguished by uncommon courage,achievements…. CDDCB15.Shyness is the cause of much unhappyiness for a great many people. BABCB16.Places to stay in Britain are varied as the places you visit. ABDCB17.What makes a person a scientist? BCACD18.A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man—the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts. ABDAB1. When weather is hot, you go to a lake or an ocean. ADADC2. If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they will become weak, when you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. BDBAC3.A million tourists go to Barcelona every year. BCBDD4. What must you do when you receive a present for your birthday? DADBC5.Mr. Perkin stood at the bus-stop and watched the cars go by. CABDA6. I am going to tell you a story about two drivers who wanted to park their cars in the same parking space. BADDD7.In England, people often talk about the weather because they can experience four seasons in one day. ABABC8.As long as the sun shines, the earth will not run out of energy. DBCDA9. The ideal teacher may be young or old,tall or short, fat or thin. ADABB10. Once there was something wrong with amachine in a factory. CDBCA11. Once an old man was walking in a streetwith his horse. CBCDC12. Cars are lots of fun, but they could alsobe dangerous. CACBB13. Linda and David have traveled by airfrom London to Sydney, Australia.BBABD14. Tom is a little boy, and he is only sevenyears old. CADBC15. It has been reported that in collegesacross the United States, the daytime serialdrama known as the soap opera has suddenlybecome “in”. CCDCB16. After having lived for over twenty yearsin the same district, Albert Hall was forced tomove to a new neighborhood. DCBDC17. Pearl Carlson was shaken awake at 3:30a.m. by a forceful pull.CACBD18.In Europe many people died duringthe Second World War. DCBAD19.How man first learnt to invent wordsis unknown DCDBA20.Places to stay in Britain are as variedas the places you visit. ABDCB21.The French Revolution broke our in1789. CBDDD22.Once an old man was walking in astreet with his horse. CBCDC23.A foreigner’s first impression of theU.S. is likely to be that everyone is in arush-often under pressure. DBDAC24.Most people imagine New York to bea city of skyscrapers. CBBDA25.In the United States, it is notcustomary to telephone some very earlyin the morning. BBBDB.26.Sixteen-year-old Maria was waitingin line at the airport in Santo Domingo .DCCDA27.Mr Perkin stood at the bus-stop andwatched the cars go by. CABDA28. Laws have been written to govern theuse of American National Flag, ABDCB29. If you do not use your arms or yourlegs for some time, BDBAC30. Community service is an importantcomponent of education here at ouruniversity. BCADB31. Cars are lots of fun, but they couldalso be dangerous. CACBB32. Britain and France are separated bythe English Channel, DDADC33. The dark smoke that comes our ofstacks or from burning dump BDBBB34.The French Revolution broke our in1789. CADDD35.Look at the instruction on the bottle ofthe medicine DAACA36.By definition, heroes and heroinesare men and women distinguishedCDDCB37.A characteristic of American culturethat has become almost a traditionABDAB38.When John and Victoria Falls arrivedin New York City for one-year stay.DCBBD39.What must you do when you receivea present for your birthday? DADBC40.The aim of students who came toschool is to study. CBBCA41.What makes a person a scientist?BCACD42.On Christmas Eve—the night beforeChristmas Day DBACA43.There are three kinds of goals:short-term, medium-range and long-termgoals. BDCCC44.In England, people often talk aboutthe weather…BBDBC45. Six people were traveling in acompartment on a train. BCDAC46. I often dreamed about Pisa when Iwas a boy. DDCBD47. Shyness is the cause of muchunhappiness for a great many people.BABCB48. One day a man and his daughterwere going out for a walk. B/BCA49. Pubs are supposed to be theEnglishman’s favorite meeting placeBCADD50. It has been reported that in collegesacross the United States CCDCB51. Long,long ago there was no zero.BBDCA52.When John and Victoria Falls arrivesin New York City for DCBBD53. Computers can injure you. CBBAC54. There was once a large, fat womanwho had a small DACBC55. No one is glad to hear that his bodyhas to be cut BCBCB56.A foreigner’s first impression of theU.S. is likely CABCD57.Great changes have been made infamily life because of BDCDC58.Mrs.Weeks was reading anewspaper story to her class. ACCCD59.Mrs.Jones’telephone number was3463, and the number DCBBD60.Cars are lots of fun CACBB61.Most people imagine CBBDA62.Mr Perkin stood CABDA63.The aim of students CBBCA64.Pubs are supposed BCADDcation in the ACABD66.Look at the DAACA67.What must you DADBC68.On Christmas DBACA69.One day a man BDBCA70.Once an old CBCDC71.How man first DCDBA72.In Europe many DCBAD73.I often dreamed DDCBD74.If you do not use BDBAC75. There were once many sheiks (阿拉伯的酋长) BADCB76. A guide dog is a dog ACDCA77. Nancy and Peter McCall like sports.CCDCD78. Very few people were coming to eatat CBADA79. Let’s watch the weather forecastADACB80. A man got into a train CBABC81. Herman had worked for the bankBBADD82. When I begin to look back BCDBA83. In 1939 two brothers DAACB84. No one knows who made ACDAD85. A city of World---- Most peopleCBBDA86. Pubs are supposed to be BCADD87. We say that a person CCDAB88. A young man who lived BACBD89. Bill turned the key ADDBB90. Long long ago ABCACOur child’s behavior CDBAC91. If you’ve been joining in chat DACBA92. Six people were traveling BBDBC93. Until 1983 DCDAB94. Albert Einstein had CDCBC95. How men first learnt to invent wordsDCDBA96. Pearl Carlson CDCBD97.As long as the sun shines DBCDA98.Look at the instructions DAACA99.There are stories about two CDCDB100. If we were asked exactly DDDBA101.When Mrs. Joseph CBBAD102.I or any Englishman CACAB103.Trees are useful to man DCCCB104.Dr. Harvey Gates BDCDC105.I was due to take my driving BADCB106.The resources of the library DCDAD107.Some of the notebooks DBCAD108.Why was Bastille DADCD109.Almost every family CADCA110.One silly question I simply DDCBD111.I often dreamed about Pisa DDCBD112.Tom i s a little boy CADBC113.Pearl Carlson was shaken awake at3:30a.m.CDBBD114.For several years, Americans haveenjoyed teleshopping BCDAC115.Here is a story told about anAmerican general who was BDDBA116.Foulsham House is a fine DBADC阅读理解（新增）1.When John and Victoria Falls arrivesin New York City for DCBBDputers can injure you. CBBAC3.There was once a large, fat womanwho had a small DACBC（CDCAD）4.No one is glad to hear that his bodyhas to be cut BCBCB5. A foreigner’s first impression of theU.S. is likely CABCD6.Great changes have been made infamily life because of BDCDC7.Mrs. Weeks was reading a newspaperstory to her class. ACCCD8.Mrs.Jones’ telephone number was3463, and the number DCBBD9.Cars are lots of fun CACBB10.Most people imagine CBBDA11.Mr Perkin stood CABDA12.The aim of students CBBCA13.Pubs are supposed BCADDcation in the ACABD15.Look at the DAACA16.What must you DADBC17.On Christmas DBACA18.One day a man BDBCA19.Once an old CBCDC20.How man first DCDBA21.In Europe many DCBAD22.I often dreamed DDCBD23.If you do not useBDBAC24. There were once many sheiks (阿拉伯的酋长) BADCB（DADCC）25. A guide dog is a dog ACDCA26.Nancy and Peter McCall like sports.CCDCD27.Very few people were coming to eatat CBADA（CCADA）28.Let’s watch the weather forecastADACB（ADACC）29. A man got into a train CBABC30.Herman had worked for the bankBBADD（BBCDD）31.When I begin to look back BCDBA32.In 1939 two brothers DAACB33.No one knows who made ACDAD34. A city of World---- Most peopleCBBDA35.Pubs are supposed to be BCADD36.We say that a person CCDAB37. A young man who lived BACBD38.Bill turned the key ADDBB39.Long long ago ABCAC40.Our child’s behavior CDBAC41.If you’ve been joining in chatDACBA42.Six people were traveling BBDBC43.Until 1983 DCDAB44.Albert Einstein had CDCBC45.How men first learnt to invent wordsDCDBA46.Pearl Carlson CDCBD47.As long as the sun shines DBCDA48.Look at the instructions DAACA49.There are stories about two CDCDB50.If we were asked exactly DDDBA51.When Mrs. Joseph CBBAD52.I or any Englishman CACAB53.Trees are useful to man DCCCB54.Dr. Harvey Gates BDCDC55.I was due to take my drivingBADCB56.The resources of the library DCDAD57.Some of the notebooks DBCAD58.Why was Bastille DADCD59.Almost every family CADCA60.One silly question I simply DDCBD61.I often dreamed about Pisa DDCBD62.Tom is a little boy CADBC63.Pearl Carlson was shaken awake at3:30a.m.CDBBD64.For several years, Americans haveenjoyed teleshopping BCDAC65.Here is a story told about anAmerican general who was BDDBA 66.Foulsham House is a fine, largehouse of the the 1790s. DBADC 67.Weather has a great influence onpeople. BCACB。
电大英语B统考阅读理解题目
阅读理解A开头：Acting is such an over-crowded B C D A BAccording to a Xinhua News Agency B C D C DA dolphin(海豚) is always well D AB D AAll over the world people enjoy sports D A D D AAll big cities are quite simlar A C B A DA Laxyer ,an astist and a musician A A C C BAlbert Einstein had a great effect on C D C B C After having lived for over twenty D C B D CA film was at the Circle Five Ranch DB B A DA Group of frogs were traveling DBC C AAmericans is business are like people who C B A D C Americans are big tippers C C D B AAmericans with small families own D A B C AA man came into a pet shop CB A B DA story is told about a soldierB D A B B Australia is nearly as large as BC A B DAfter having lived for over twenty D C B D CAlthough English is not as old C D D C CA young man who lived in LondonB AC B DA Romanian man plans to complain C C DB BA pretty ,well-dressed young lady D C A A BAs prices and building costs keep rising A B D A B At some time in your life you may C D B A BA tired-looking young lady C ABC DA very old lady won a millionB DCD DA Japanese is sitting near the windowB A DC AA characteristic of American ABDABA foreigner’s first impression of the U.S. DBDACA FOX one day fell into BCCDA BABBDA very new, young officer was at. BBBDC CADADAs she walked round the large shop, DCCAB AACACB、Ｃ、Ｄ、Ｅ、Ｆ开头：Baths and bathing have long B B B A CBob was happy. He was at new school B C A A C Background music may seem harmless D A C B D Britain and France are separated DDADCBy definition, heroes and heroines are men CDDCB China’s former volleyball star lang ping B D B D BCan tress talk? Yes , but not in words B C B A D Cars are lots of fun, but they could CACBB Community service is an BCADBDear mrs.huggett you may remember D B D A BDown-to-earth means being honest C B C A DDown the entrance hall of B B C D DDieting to lose weight has become C D C A C Driving a car at high speed D A B C AEducation is not an end ,but a means to D A D B C Education in the United States is usually ACABEvery day our world becomes smaller D D D A C Every country has its heroes C C A D B Everybody talks about the weather B A D A D Everyone knows what a needle is B C A C CFifty volunteers were alphabetically在其中C B D C A From the time I was a little C D A D DFred was a young soldier in a big camp B B A C B G、H开头：Grandma was a wonderful story-teller D A C A B How often one hears children B B D D CHave you eaten too much over D C A C AHow men first learnt to invent words B C A A B How man first learnt to invent words DCDBAI开头：If you like looking at more place A B B A DIf you are like most learners C A A D BIf you've been joining in D A C B AI often dreamed about Pisa . DDCBDIf you do not use your arms or your , BDBACIn England, people often talk BBDBCIn Europe many people died during the . DCBADIn the United States, it is not customary . BBBDBIt has been reported that in colleges CCDCBIn the last 500 years,nothing about A C D A BIn learning a foreign language B A D C DIn recent years progress in medical B A D C AIn the water around New york city C D A C BI never used to go anywhere without C D B B AIt is a fine spring day A little bird sits A B B B CIt is now commonly known that AIDS C C A D BIt looks like a mobile phone B A D B CIn the eighteenth century young D A A B CIt was Monday. Mrs. Smith’s dog C A A D AI can’t count how many times C D B C AI was very disappointed not to B A C B AIn 1801,Thomas Jefferson was the A D C A BIn sixteenth-century France C D A D BIn 1920, barely out of his teens C A B D BIn the united states, it is not normal D A A B A I often find myself trying to explain D C A B BIn 1933 an unknown American called C B B D AIn 1939 two brothers ,Mac and Dick C B D A AIn the world, soccer or football A D B D CI began to smoke when I was in high C B B D AIn England ,people like to talk about A C A A DIn earlier days few people C A A C AIn the USA, children start school when CABBD ACCDA It was getting dark. Some children BACCD ABDBAJ、L、H开头：Jean-Michael lourdis was a promising B A C D C Johnson doesn’t have his own car A B B A DJohn parker is an English language D C A B CLast Friday a storm tore through B B D B DLet me tell you a story B A D C DLife in secondary school is interesting A A B A CLaws have been written to govern ABDCBLook at the instruction on the bottle DAACAlook at the instructions on the B A A C AHere is a piece of history B C A C BHow to apply for a free mailbox A D B C AM开头：Many doctors are now trained B D A C DMany people believe they are supposed B C C A D Many teenagers feel that the most A D D A BMark Twain was famous as a writer C A B C DMost people imagine New York to CABDAMr Perkin stood at the bus-stop and watched CABDA Many years ago. There lived a very D B A C CMan has always wanted to fly D B A C CMarriage is still a popular institution D D B A D Madison Avenue in New York is a well-known C D A A D My brother , Henry, has an excellent BC A D DMy husband and I got married B C C B DMy parents ran a small restaurant C B A D DMrs Andrews had a young cat B C A A DMr. perkin stood at the bus-stop D A B A CMrs. Jones was still cleaning the house C D B A B My Aunt Edith was a widow(寡妇) B C A D AMy wife and I spent two weeks B D B C CModern ideas are beginning to influence C D B A B Michel is a young girl who works DABBD BCBAAMr Johnson was asking Tom a lot of BDBCA CCABDN开头：No one is glad to hear that his body has to B C B C B Nowadays there are more and more ways A C D B BNo one knows who made the first D A A C DNow you’ll be coming back here D C C C CO开头：On a recent cross-country fright A C B D COne day in 1965 ,When I was a libray C B A D COne moring when we had been riding B D D B BOn Christmas Eve—the night before DBACAOnce an old man was walking in a street CBCDCOne day a man and his daughter were B/BCAOne Sunday,. Mark decided to go B C B A AOur child’s behavior is greatly C B D A COn February 14th many people in the world B C C D A One of the favorite foods in C B C B AOne day John’s wife was ill, He called C A D B C One day teacher was giving her C A B C DOne Thursday evening Mr.Watson C D A B AOnce upon a time, there lived C D B A C Once james Thornhill B B C C AOn May 27,1995, our life was CBACA DBBDAOne day a young man had to stop CAADD AACDAP、R开头：Pater arrived home and discovered that A C A B A People have been talking about health B D A B A People often say that the Englishman's A B D B C Places to stay in Britain are as varied . ABDCBPubs are supposed to be the Englishman’s BCADD People are so busy these days that A D A A B People living in the country enjoy A B A D C President Abraham Lincoln often visited B C D A B Robert Bruce was a famous Scottish B A C C A People in different parts of the ACDCB BBCBAPeter was ten years old. CACBD BABBCS开头：Soccer is played by millions of people A C D B D Started in 1636 ,Harvard University B A C C A Some of the notebooks George D B C A DSome people argue that the pressure A C B B CS ome pupils usually have their B C C C DSixty-year-old grandmother. Fiona McFee C C D D A Some psychologists belive that mental D B B A CSt. Valentine’s Day is a day B B C D DShyness is the cause of much unhappiness. BABCBSix people were traveling in a compartment BCDAC Sixteen-year-old Maria was waiting in line DCCDAT开头：Thanksgiving is celebrated every year C C D B AThere are many misunderstandings B A C D DThere are many kind of ants in the world C B D C AThe residents of 24 acacia Grove were B B D A CThe climate of any place is the kind A A C D CThe fourth Thursday in November B A C B DTime spent in a bookshop can C A C B AThe angry woman stood by the station B B B C B The small black ants that we see running B A B C D The Totol area of land on earth is about A B D C AThe wearther somes to be everybody’s D A C B CTwo clever children-peter A B B D CTwo year ago,my husband B B C A AThose tiny, little hairs above C A B D CThe modern sailing ship was developed B A C A B The most important use of B C A D ATechnology today has stolen D A C B AThe first 01ympic competition D B C A BThe University of London B D C A CTom saw an advertisement In the newspaper B C D C D The United States is a large country A A C D BThe Great wall of china is the longest A B C B DThe year was 1932. Amelia Earhart D C C D BThe market is a concept, If you are C D D A B There are different ideas about A A B D CThe first English window was just B A D A CThe residents of 24 Acacia B B D A CThe moon looks near,B A D B CTom smith was a writer. He wrote B C D A BThe first true piece of sports B A D C CThere are different ways in C B A A CThousands of years before Columbus B D B D BThe aim of students who came to . CBBCAThe dark smoke that comes our of stacks or BDBBBThe French Revolution broke our in 1789. CADDD There are three kinds of goals: short-term, BDCCCThe game of football began in England . ABADC CBDCA The hippopotamus(河马), or hippo, DDBBA ACCAB The story happened in Paris in 1860. BBABA DDCCC There are many people in ABCD BBDBAU、V开头：Until 1983,Tillison Lake had been B D C D AUntil a few years ago,vans were B B C A C Visitors to Britain are sometimes surprised C D A D B W、Ｕ、Ｙ开头：We were sorry that we had to C A A D BWhen did you last see a polar bear D D B C A When I begin to look back on all B C D B A When I was about 12,I suddenly B C A B DWang Yani was born in 1975 in B C C A BWhen Dean Arnold got his first B A C D AWhen George finished his studies B C A B D William Henry Harrison, the ninth D B C A D When we can see well, we don’t B A B A C When my fifteen-year-old son A B B B AWhen Li Chen got married C A D C BWhen he took office D A B A BWhen George finished his studies at B C A B DWhen we can see well, we don’t think B A B A C When you are in England,you must be B A C B C When bill was very young D A C A BWhen we see well ,we do not think C A D D BWhen someone asks me what CADBC ADCBB Yesterday I was downtown and decided B C A B D Younger people and older people D C B C CWhat makes a person a scientist? 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电大《大学英语B》统考题库试卷
《大学英语B》统考题库试卷一：交际英语一：交际英语一：交际英语一：交际英语一：交际英语一：交际英语一：交际英语一：交际英语一：交际英语一：交际英语交际英语交际英语交际英语交际英语交际英语交际英语交际英语交际英语交际英语交际英语交际英语交际英语二：阅读理解二：阅读理解二：阅读理解二：阅读理解二：阅读理解二：阅读理解二：阅读理解二：阅读理解阅读理解阅读理解阅读理解阅读理解阅读理解阅读理解三：词汇与语法词汇与语法词汇与语法词汇与语法词汇与语法词汇与语法词汇与语法词汇与语法词汇与语法词汇与语法词汇与语法词汇与语法词汇与语法三：词汇与语法三：词汇与语法三：词汇与语法三：词汇与语法三：词汇与语法三：词汇与语法三：词汇与语法三：词汇与语法三：词汇与语法四：完形填空：21、22、23、24、25、26、27、28、29、30、四：完形填空：21、22、23、24、25、26、27、28、29、30、四：完形填空：21、22、23、24、25、26、27、28、29、30、四：完形填空：21、22、23、24、25、26、27、28、29、30、四：完形填空：四：完形填空：21、22、23、24、25、26、27、28、29、30、四：完形填空：21、22、23、24、25、26、27、28、29、30、完型填空21222324 2526272829 30完型填空21222324252627282930完型填空21222324 2526272829 30完型填空2122232425262728 2930完型填空21222324 2526272829 30完型填空21222324252627282930完型填空212223242526 27282930完型填空完型填空21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 完型填空21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 完型填空21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3021．22. 23. 24.25. 26. 27. 28.29. 30.21．22. 23.24. 25. 26. 27.28. 29. 30.21．22. 23. 24.25. 26. 27. 28.29. 30.21. 21. 23. 24.25. 26.27. 28. 29.30.21．22. 23. 24.25. 26.27. 28. 29. 30.21．22. 23. 24.25. 26.27. 28. 29.30.21．22. 23. 24.25. 26. 27. 28.29. 30.。
电大英语B阅读理解
阅读理解1Passage 1Foulsham House is a fine, large house of the 1790s．It stands by the River Byer, in twenty—five hectares(公顷)of the best farmland in the southwest．The house was built by Smithson, and the story goes back to George, the son of King of Whales, who fell in love with the beautiful Lady Kitty, at one of the first Foulsham's wild woods(野外)parties．Many years ago many great men rode on the hills about Foulsham House, and many fine girls took tea in the Green Room．The house has eight bedrooms, three bathrooms(浴室), two living—rooms, and a dining—room with a real Adam fireplace．Its library has a good view over the park and the river．All rooms are light and airy, with good, high windows, and wood floors．At the back of the house there is room for four cars．The third Foulsham once kept there．In many other ways, this house of the 1790s meets the needs of the 1990s．If you wish to know more about Foulsham House, write to：Harvey．Platt, Longford ＆Son6, Castle Green, Gilham, Byreside．1．Foulsham House is ______．A．an old farm houseB．a 25—house for people to come to listen to its storyC．a large house for people to come to listen to its storyD．a house with a history of nearly two hundred years2．We learn from the reading that ______．A．Smithson built the house for wild wood partiesB．many important people had been to Foulsham HouseC．George and Lady Kitty loved the house and had many parties hereD．the Green Room is a place for many girls to make tea 3．The sentence 'Its library has a good view over the park and the river, ' means '______'．A．The park and the river can be seen clearly from the libraryB．The library has a picture of the park and the river on the wallC．The library was built in the park by the riverD．Books about the park and the river can be read in the library4．Which of the following is true?A．The 3rd Foulsham often rode his horses at the back of the house．B．The house has a room for four cars at the back of the house．C．The road behind the house is wide enough for 4 cars to go．D．There is some parking behind the house．5．We can infer(推断) that Harvey ______．A．wants the house to meet the needs of modern lifeB．wants people to know the history of the houseC．wants to sell the houseD．wants some money to make the house meet today's needsKEY: 1.D 2.B 3.A 4.D 5.CPassage 2E-mail is one of the biggest threats (威胁) to your home computer. By understanding how E-mail works, and by taking some steps in how you deal with reading and writing messages, you can keep this threat out of your computer. When you exchange E-mail with someone else, the messages sent between you and that person pass through several computers before they reach their places. Imagine this conversation as it is taking place in an Internet “room”, a very, very big room. Anyone, or more exactly, any program can probably understand what is being said, because most Internet conversations are not hidden in any way. As a result, others may be listening in, capturing what you send, and using it for their own good.E-mail-borne viruses often arrive in attractive, fantastic appearances, much like the beautiful ads we receive by way of traditional mail that is made to sell us something. By beautiful appearances, an infected (感染) E-mail message seems to be something we want to read from someone we know, not a mean virus ready to destroy or damage our computers.There are some steps that you can take to help you decide what to do with every E-mail message with an attachment (附件) that you receive. You should only read a message that passes all of these tests:1) The Know Test: Is the E-mail from someone that you know?2) The Received Test: Have you received E-mail from this sender before?3) The Expected Test: Were you waiting for E-mail with an attachment from this sender?4) The Meaning Test: Do the topic line of the E-mail message and the name of the attachment both have meanings?5) The Virus Test: Is the E-mail infected?1. Which of the following is the main idea in the first paragraph?A. We should not exchange our E-mail with someone else.B. It is dangerous to read and write E-mail messages at home.C. We should learn how E-mail works to take care of our computers.D. Our chats on computers are usually going on in a big Internet room.2. What does the underlined word “capturing” probably mean?A. takingB. hidingC. receivingD. destroying3. As the Internet is open to anyone, we should _________.A. not read and write messages in our home computersB. not allow nice advertisements to reach our computersC. stop our conversations while someone is listening in itD. be careful with the attractive E-mails sent by strangers4. What is the passage mainly talking about?A. The threats of E-mail.B. The safety of home computers.C. The E-mail-borne viruses.D. The steps to receive E-mail messages.KEY: 1.C 2.A 3.D 4.BPassage 3A friend of mine was fond of drawing horse. He drew the horses very well,but he always began the tail. Now it is the Western rule to begin at the head of the horse, that is why I was surprised. It struck me that it could not really make any difference whether the artist begins at the head or the tail or the belly（肚子）or the foot of the horse, if he really knows his business. And most great artists who really know their business do not follow other people’s rule.They make their own rules. Every one of them does his work in a way peculiar(奇特的) to himself; and the peculiarity means only that he finds it more easyto work in that way.Now the very same thing is true to literature(文学). And the question, "How shall I begin?" only means that you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail or somewhere else. That is, you are not yet experienced(有经验的) enough to trust to your own powers. When you become more experienced you willnever ask the question, and I think that you will often begin at the tail --that is to say, you will write the end of the story before you have even thought of the beginning.1. A friend of the writer’s drew the horses ____.A. very wellB. in the way of western ruleC. in the way of his own ruleD. all of the above2. The writer was surprised because ____.A. the artist began to draw at the head of the horseB. the artist began to draw at the tail of the horseC. the artist made his own ruleD. the artist did not follow other people’s rule3. You are not yet experienced because ____.A. you don’t know where to beginB. you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tailC. you always asked questionD. you do not trust to your own powers4. When you become more experienced you will ____.A. never ask questionB. often begin at the tailC. should write the end of the storyD. should think of the beginning5. The topic of the passage is ______.A. How to draw a horseB. How to write a storyC. How to make your own rulesD. Trust to your own powersKey: CDDCDPassage 4A traveller（旅行者）came out of the airport（飞机场）There were a lot of taxis. He asked every taxi－driver his name. Then he took the third one. It cost 5 dollars（美元）from the airport to the hotel. “How much does it cost for the whole day?” the man asked. “100 dollars, ” said the taxi-driver. This was very dear, but the man said it was OK.The taxi-driver took the man everywhere. He showed him all the parks and museums in the city. In the evening they went back to the hotel（旅馆）. The traveller gave the taxi-driver 100 dollars and said, “What about tomorrow? ”The taxi-driver looked at the man and said, “Tomorrow? It's another 100 dollars. ” But the man said, “That's OK! See you tomorrow. ” The taxi-driver was very pleased.The next day the taxi-driver took the traveller everywhere again. They visited（参观）all the parks and museums again. And in the evening they went back to the hotel. The man gave the taxi-driver 100 dollars again and said, “I'm going home tomorrow. ”The taxi-driver was sorry because he liked the traveller and, above all, 100 dollars a day was a lot of money. “So you're going home. Where do you come from?” he asked. “I come from New York.” “New York! ” said the taxi-driver, “I have a sister in New York. Her name is Susannah. Do you know her?” “Of course I know her. She gave me 200 dollars for you! ”1．Where did the traveller come from?A．England B．America C．Canada D．France2．Why did the traveller take the third taxi? Because ____.A．the other taxi-driver asked for more moneyB．the third taxi-driver was a kind-hearted（热心肠的）manC．he didn't want to spend his own money on the coming visitD．the other driver didn't like him3．Usually the cost of the travelling one day may be ____.A．＄100 B．＄200C．less than＄100 D．more than ＄2004．Who asked the traveller to give the money for the taxi-driver?A．The traveller's sister. B．The traveller himself.C．Nobody. D．The driver's sister.5．The driver was unhappy ____ .A．when he heard the traveller's last wordsB．when the traveller asked every taxi-driver his nameC．when the traveller asked him for his sister's nameD．during the two-day visitKey: BCCDAPassage 5Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their everyday life. For example, they can help people save much time, and they can help people work out many problems they can’t do easily. Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers, except the old people. Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children. They hope computers can help them improve their studies in school. Yet many of the children use computers to play games, to watch video or to sing Karaoke, instead of studying. So many teachers and parents complain that computers can not help children to study but make them fall behind, so computers are locked by parents in the boxes.In some other countries, even some scientists also hate computers. They say computers let millions of people lost their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble.Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness? It will be decided by people themselves!1. Computer is a useful machine because _______.A. our country asks everyone to learn it wellB. it can help us a lotC. we can use it to play gamesD. it can help us work out difficult problems2. Many teachers and parents complain that _______.A. their students and children us computers to play gamesB. computers let them lose their jobsC. computers make the students and children not study better than beforeD. computers bring people a lot of trouble3. In this passage, we know computers ________.A. also bring us troubleB. bring us happiness onlyC. are hated by peopleD. are bad for people’s health4. Can computers really help children to study? ________.A. Yes, they canB. It’s hard to sayC. No, they can’tD. Of course not5. How do you understand the under-lined sentence of this passage? I think it means _______.A. computers are used by peopleB. people can live well without computersC. one must decide how to use computersD. computers are strange machinesKey: BAABCPassage 6The first Monday in September is Labor Day in the United States. It marks the unofficial end of summer and a traditional signal that school is about to start.But now public schools often begin sometime during August. They have different reasons for starting early.The Tucson Unified School District in Arizona began classes on August eleventh. Communications Director Chyrl Hill Lander says the earlier start time makes it possible for students to take semester（学期）exams before winter vacation in December. She says the school district also wants to follow a calendar similar to that of the nearby University of Arizona.Many schools in Virginia still open the day after Labor Day. But the public schools in Montgomery County, in the southwestern part of Virginia, began classes on August twentieth. Human Resources Director Mark Pashier says his county has been opening schools in August for at least the past eight years.The main reason, he says, is the tests that schoolchildren in Virginia take every spring. School officials want the students to have the most time to prepare for them -- which means starting the year before Labor Day.6.When is the American Labor Day?答案：the first Monday in September7. Which day shows that a new school semester will begin in America?答案：The first Monday in September8. Which of the following statements is the reason why the Tucson Unified School District in Arizona began classes in August?答案：The earlier start time enables students to take semester exams before winter vacation.9. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?答案：American public schools will start after the American Labor Day.10. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?答案：Labor Day and American Public schoolsPassage 7If you ask most Americans, they would say their favorite season of the year is summer. The weather is warm. They do not have to wear heavy clothes to keep warm. Young people do not have to go to school. They can do many activities outside, like playing sports and swimming at the beach or the pool. They like the sunshine during the day and the warm summer nights. People have written and recorded hundreds of songs about summer. These are some of our favorites.One of the most famous songs about summer is from George Gershwin's opera "Porgy and Bess." He wrote the music in nineteen thirty-five. The opera takes place in the southern United States. It opens with these words: "Summertime and the livin' is easy. Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high." Leontyne Price sings the song.The nineteen fifties and sixties produced many songs about teenagers enjoying their summer vacation from school. The songs are about having fun, swimming in the ocean, driving in cars. However, for some teenagers, summer vacation was not all fun and games. Some of them had to work to earn money.11. Why do most Americans like summer?答案：Both A and C.12. Why did people write and record so many songs about summer?答案：They like summer.13. What is NOT true about "Porgy and Bess"?答案：Porgy and Bess was written by Leontyne Price.14. Which of the following statements is NOT true?答案：Many songs are about teenagers having fun in summer.15. Please choose an appropriate title for the passage.答案：Songs about SummerPassage 8Jean is a bright young woman who comes from a rich and famous family. She goes to a good university and has everything that money can buy. Well, almost everything. The problem is that the people in Jean’s family are so busy that they can hardly find time to be with her. In fact, Jean is quite lonely.So Jean spends a lot of time on her QQ. She likes being anonymous(匿名), talking to people who do not know about her famous family and her rich life. She uses the name Linda on QQ and has made a lot of friends who she keeps in touch with quite often.Last year Jean made a very special friend on QQ. His name was David and lived in San Francisco. David was full of stories and jokes. He and Jean had a common(共同的) interest in rock music and modern dance. So it always took them hours to talk happily on QQ and sometimes they even forgot their time. Of course, they wanted to know more about each other. David sent a picture of himself: He was a tall, good-looking young man with a big, happy smile. As time went by, they became good friends and often sent cards and small things to each other.When Jean’s father told her that he was going on a business trip to San Francisco, she asked him to let her go with him so that she could give David a surprise for his birthday. She would take him the latest DVD of their favorite rock singer. But when she knocked on David’s door in San Francisco, she found that her special friend was a twelve-year-old boy named Jim!1. Jean spends a lot of her time on QQ because she is _______.A. richB. famousC. youngD. lonely2. Jean thought “David” was special because he _______.A. made her quite happy on QQB. was from San FranciscoC. sent her a picture of himselfD. was tall and good-looking3. When Jean and “David” met and introduced themselves to e ach other, who felt surprised?A. “David”.B. Both “David” and Jean.C. Jean.D. Neither “David” nor Jean.4．Which of the following is true?A. Jean has got everything in her life.B. Both ”David” and Jean enjoy rock musicC. “David”didn’t tell Jean his real addressD. Jean’s family members often get together 5. What’s the main idea of the passage?A. Don’t believe those you get to know on QQ so e asily.B. People don’t use their real names on QQ so often.C. Don’t go to meet those you get to know on QQ.D. People should tell their real names to others on QQ.Key: DABBAPassage 9A friend’s grandfather came to America from Britain. He went into a cafeteria（自助餐厅）in lower Manhattan to get something to eat. He sat down at an empty table and waited for someone to take his order. Of course nobody did. At last, a woman with a plate full of food sat down in front of him and told him how a cafeteria wor ked. “Start out at the end,” she said, “Just go along the line and pick out what you want. At the other end they’ll tell you how much you have to pay.”“I soon learned that’s how everything works in America,” the grandfather told a friend. “Life is like a cafeteria here. You can get anything you want only if you like to pay the money. You can even get success, but you’ll never get if you wait for someone to bring to you. You have to get up and get it yourself.”1.The old man was.A．English B．American C．Germany D．Canadian2.“Take his order” here means .A．have some food booked B．put everything in orderC．eat something D．take his turn3.Which of the following sentence is true?A．There was nobody eating in the cafeteria.B．The woman was a friend of that man.C．The waiters didn’t like to serve him because he was old.D．The woman hadn’t been to a cafeteria for the first time.4.From this story, we know if you want to get success in America, you should .A．take your order B．know how a cafeteria worksC．get up again if you fail D．try to get everything by yourself5.The best title of the story is .A．From Britain to America B．Life is Like a Cafeteria in AmericaC．How a Cafeteria Worked D．Eating in an American CafeteriaKey: AADDBPassage 10A million tourists go to Barcelona every year. They want to see Antonio Gaude's church. This unusual church has a strange history. Gaude was born in Spain in 1852. He had to work and study at the same time. He often missed classes because he had to work, but one day he designed avery unusual show-case for an exhibition in Paris. People began to give him work. He designed houses, offices and gardens. They were all very unusual. He was soon rich and famous. Then a rich bookseller said, "Will you build a church for the poor people of Barcelona? I will pay. I will build schools and workshops, too. They will help the people." "I will do it," said Gaudi. He worked for forty years, but he could not finish the church. It was too big. He needed $10,000,000. He gave all his money to the church. He was poor again when he died in 1926, and only the front of the church was finished. But architects, engineers and tourists from all over the world come to see it. It is very strange, very modern and very revolutionary.(1)、Which of the following titles best fits the passage?A：Barcelona--- a Famous CityB：A Strange History of An Unusual ChurchC：A Poor Architect's Unusual WorksD：Antonio Gaudi's Life(2)、Which of the following is NOT true?A：Gaudi was a Spanish architectB：Gaudi devoted most of his life to the building of the churchC：People all over the world admire the architect very muchD：many tourists go to see Gaudi's unfinished church(3)、Gaudi sometimes missed classes because ______.A：he didn't like itB：he had to work at the same timeC：they were too difficultD：he had to build a church(4)、The church is unusual because ______.A：it's unfinishedB：it's strangeC：it's modernD：all of the above(5)、According to the passage, Gaude ______.A：suffered a lot in his lifeB：was full of sympathy to the poorC：always created unusual worksD：both B and CKey: CBBDD阅读理解2Passage OneWhen weather is hot, you go to a lake or an ocean. When you are near a lake or an ocean, you feel cool. Why? The sun makes the earth hot, but it cannot make the weather very hot. Although, the air over the earth becomes hot, the air over the waterstays cool. The hot air over the earth rises.Then the cool air over the water moves in and takes the place of the hot air. When you are near a lake or an ocean, you feel the cool air when it moves in .You feel the wind, and the wind makes you feel cool.Of course, scientists cannot answer all of our questions. If we ask, “Why is the ocean full of salt?” scientists will say that th e salt comes form rocks. When a rock gets very hot or very cold, it cracks. Rain falls into the cracks. The rain then carries the salt into the earth and into the rivers. The rivers carry the salt into the ocean. But then we ask, “What happens to the salt in the ocean? The ocean does not get more salty every year.” Scientists are not sure about the answer o this question.We know a lot about our world. But there are still many answers that we do not have, and we are curious.6. The main idea of the passage is ____________.A. people feel cool when they are near a lake or an oceanB. scientists can explain everything we want to knowC. scientists can explain many things except one thingD. the salt in the ocean comes from rocks7. You feel cool when you are near a lake or an ocean because ________.A. the water is not so hot as the earth.B. the earth is hotC. the water is colder than the earthD. cool air from the water moves towards the land8. Now scientists know _______.A. what makes people feel cool near a lake or an ocean in summerB. everything about the oceanC. why the ocean does not get more and more saltyD. what happens to the salt in the ocean9. A rock cracks when _________.A. rain fallsB. it gets very hotC. it gets very coldD. either B or C10. People are always curious about the world around them because ___________.A. they know nothing about itB. they know little about itC. there are answers they do not haveD. there are a lot of interesting stories about itPassage TwoIf you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they will become weak, when you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that memory works in the same way.When someone says thathe has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by using it. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong.If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know it is his own fault. But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parent may be blamed, and few of us know that it is just his own fault. Have you ever found that some people can’t read or write but usually they have better memories? This is because they cannot read or write and they have to remember thing, they cannot write them down in a small notebook. They have to remember days, names songs and stories, so their memory is the whole time being exercises.So if you want to have a good memory, learn from people ; practices remembering things in a way as other people do.6. Someone can’t have a good memory if ________.A. he can’t re ad or writeB.he doesn’t use his memoryC. his parents haven’t a good memoryD. he doesn’t use his arms or legs for some time7. If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, _________________.A. they become weak forever.B. they are always strong.C. they become weak but they slowly become strong againD.they become weak and won’t become strong until you use them again.8. Which of the following is true?A. The way that your memory works is different from that of your arms or legs.B. Your memory becomes weak if you do not give it enough chance for practice.C. Don’t learn how to read and write if you want to have a better memory.D. A good memory comes from less practice.9. Few people know that it is only ______ if a friend has a poor memory.A. his own faultB. his parent’s faultC. his teacher’s faultD. his grandmothers’ fault10. The writer wants to tell us ___________.A. how to use our arms or legsB. how to have strong armsC. how to have a good memoryD. how to learn from the peoplePassage ThreeA million tourists go to Barcelona every year. They want to see Antonio Gaude’s church. This unusual church has a strange histor y. Gaude was born in Spain in 1852. He had to work and study at the same time. He often missed classes because he had to work, but one day he designed a very unusual show-case for an exhibition in Paris. People began to give him work. He designed houses, offices and gardens. They were all very unusual . He was soon rich and famous. Then a rich bookseller said, “Will you build a church for the poor people of Barcelona? I will pay. I will build schools and workshops, too. They will help the people.” “I will do it,” said Gaudi. He worked for forty years, but he could not finish the church. It was too big. He needed $10,000,000. He gave all his money to the church. He was poor again when he died in 1926, and only the front of the church was finished. But architects, engineers and tourists from all over the world come to see it. It is very strange, very modern and very revolutionary.6. Which of the following titles best fits the passage?A. Barcelona----- a Famous CityB. A Strange History of An Unusual ChurchC. A Poor Architect’s Unusual WorksD. Antonio Gaudi’s Life7. Which of the following is NOT true?A. Gaudi was a Spanish architect.B. Gaudi devoted most of his life to the building of the church.C. People all over the world admire the architect very much.D. Many tourists go to see Gaudi’s unfinished church.8. Gaudi sometimes missed classes because ____________.A. he didn’t like itB. he had to work at the same timeC. they were too difficultD. he had to build a church9. The church is unusual because ______________.A. it’s unfinishedB. it’s strangeC. it’s modernD. all of the above10. According to the passage, Gaudi ____________.A. suffered a lot in his lifeB. was full of sympathy to the poorC. always created unusual worksD. both B and CPassage FourWhat must you do when you receive a present for your birthday? You have to sit down and write a thank-you note. The words “Thank you” are very important. We have to use them on so many occasions. We say them when someone gives us a drink,helps us to pick up things, hands us a letter, lends us book or gives us a gift.Another important word is “please”. Many peopl e forget to use it. It is rude to ask someone to do something without saying “please”. We have to use it when we ask for something, too. It may be a book or a pencil, more rice or more sauce, help or advice. It may be in the classroom , at home, at the bus-stop or over the counter. We have to use “please” to make our request pleasant.We have to learn to say “sorry” too. When we have hurt someone’s feeling, we will have to go up and say we are sorry. When we have told a lie and feel sorry, we will have to use the same word. When we have forgotten something or broken a promise, we will have to explain with that word, too. “Sorry” is a healing word. We can make people forget wrongs by using it sincerely.These three words are simple but important. They are pleasing words to use in any language.6. When we receive a birthday present, we have to ___________.A. return itB. give it to one of our friendsC. do nothingD. write a thank-you note7. When someone helps us to do something, we should ____________.A. thank himB. say “sorry” to himC. use the word “please”D. not say anything8. One of the important words in any language is __________.。
电大网考大学英语b阅读理解完形填空原题题库
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阅读理解专项练习第一部分Long, long ago there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wanted to steal the bell on his neighbor’s door, he walked up to the door, took hold of the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home.Then he sat down to think, “I must do something about the noise,” he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea, “Ah, I’ll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.” The next day he went to the door of his neighbor, and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder. The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbor came running out.“Steal my bell? I’ll teach you a lesson,” the angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the nose.The foolish thief did not know how the neighbor found out he was stealing the bell. “Why did he come out just then?” he wondered.1．The neighbor hit the thief to punish him for stealing.A：TB：F答案：A2．The neighbor ran out probably because he knew his doorbell was being stolen. A：TB：F答案：A3．The thief put some cotton in his ears so as not to hear anything.A：TB：F答案： A4．The thief thought the neighbor couldn’t hear the nois e of the bell.A：TB：F答案： A5．The thief was trying to get his neighbor’s doorbell.A：TB：F答案：ALet's watch the weather forecast on television. We may go to Scotland, we may go to Wales or London. We can decide after the forecast.“Good morning, and here is the weather forecast for tomorrow. Northern Scotland will be cold, and there may be snow over High Ground. In the north of England itwill be a wet day and rain will move into Wales and the Midlands during the afternoon.East Anglia（英格兰）will be generally dry, and it will be a bright clear day with sunshine, but it may rain during the evening. In the southwest it may be foggy duringthe morning, but the afternoon will be clear. It may be windy later in the day.”1. The speaker is planning to go traveling within the country.A：TB：F答案：A2. The speaker can fly to Northern Scotland tomorrow morning, because it won't befoggy there tomorrow.A：TB：F答案：A3. It will be a bright clear day in East Anglia tomorrow.A：TB：F答案：B4. The forecast mainly tells us the whole country will have fine weather tomorrow. A：TB：F答案：B5. You can infer from the passage that none of the places offers ideal weathertomorrow for travel.A：TB：F答案：AA young man who lived in London was in love with a beautiful girl. Soon she becamehis fiancée（未婚妻）. The man was very poor while the girl was rich. The young manwanted to make her a present on her birthday. He wanted to buy something beautifulfor her, but he had no idea how to do it, as he had very little money. The next morninghe went to a shop. There were many fine things there: gold watches, diamond… butall these things were too expensive. There was one thing he could not take his eyesoff. It was a beautiful vase. That was a suitable present for his fiancée. He hadbeen looking at the vase for half an hour when the manager of the shop noticed him.The young man looked so pale, sad and unhappy that the manager asked what had happenedto him.The young man told him everything. The manager felt sorry for him and decided to help him. A bright idea struck him. The manager pointed to the corner of the shop. To his great surprise the young man saw a vase broken into many pieces. The manager said: “When the servant enters the room, he will drop it.”On th e birthday of his fiancée the young man was very excited.Everything happened as had been planned. The servant brought in the vase, and as he entered the room, he dropped it. There was horror on everybody's face. When the box was opened, the guests saw that each piece was packed separately.1. The story took place in the United States.A：TB：F答案： B2. The young man's family was poor while the beautiful girl is rich, according to the passage.A：TB：F答案： A3. The young man wanted to buy a present as a Christmas gift for the girl.A：TB：F答案： B4. The shop manager came to talk to the young man, because he was poorly dressed. A：TB：F答案： B5. On the birthday of his fiancée, the young man was excited because the girl was in love with him.A：TB：F答案： BOur child's behavior is greatly influenced by the way we react to what he has done. Our reactions help to determine whether our child will repeat his behavior or whether he will do something different. This statement is a very important part of a principle of behavioral psychology.The principle states that a behavior is influenced or affected by how the environment ---- people, places and things ---- immediately responds to the behavior. Perhaps without realizing it, you have used this principle many times.On the occasion when you told your child what a good boy he was after he cleaned up his room, you used the principle. When you sent your child to his room for fighting with his brother, you used the principle. When I gave Kim a cookie after she started to cry, I used the principle. In each of these examples, a particular behavior occurred first ---- cleaning up a room, fighting, and crying.In addition, there was a reaction to each behavior ---- the child was praised, sent to his room, or given a cookie. By these actions, we have influenced the previous behaviors and have helped to determine whether those behaviors will occur again in the future.1. The lecture is mainly about Children's behavior and our response.A：TB：F答案： A2. The lecture is based on the principle in behavioral psychology.A：TB：F答案： A3. The audience at this lecture might be social workers.A：TB：F答案： B4. According to the lecture, the child was sent to his room as a kind of reward. A：TB：F答案： B5. People, places and things are elements of “environment”meant by the lecturer. A：TB：F答案： AMartin Luther King was a black minister, who became a great leader of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s.King was born on January 15, 1929 inAtlanta, Georgia. When he was young, he was strongly influenced by Thoreau and Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi's idea of non-violent resistance. Having received a Ph. D (Doctor of Philosophy) from BostonUniversity, he became a political and religious leader of the non-violent civil relights movement in 1955. On August 28, 1963, he led over 250,000 Americans on a march in Washington D.C. to fight for the Civil Rights Law to guarantee equalityfor all people, and delivered his best known speech “I Have a Dream”before the Lincoln Memorial. The “dream” is a dream of brotherly love and equality for the Black and White. Thus, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for peace in 1964, but he was murdered four years later.Though he died, he was greatly respected and loved by the Americans, both the white and the black. By vote of Congress in 1968, the third Monday of every January is now a federal holiday in Luther King's honor. He lives in people's hearts forever.1. Martin Luther King was murdered when he was 39 years old.A：TB：F答案：A2. Martin Luther King was a black minister only.A：TB：F答案：B3. Martin Luther King's Day has been a federal holiday for more than 40 years. A：TB：F答案：A4. The underlined word “delivered”in the second paragraph could be replaced by “gave”.A：TB：F答案：A5. The best title for this passage is “"Civil Rights Law”.A：TB：F答案：BTaking away a city's rubbish is a big job. Every day trucks come into a city to collect it. Most rubbish is made up of things we can't eat or use. If we kept these things, we would soon have a mountain of rubbish.In some cities the rubbish is collected and taken outside the city to a dump. Often the city dump is placed where the ground is low or there is a big hole. The kitchen rubbish is broken into small pieces and sent into the sewage（污水，排水）system. The sewage system takes away the used water from toilets, bathtubs and other places.To keep mice and flies away, some earth is used to cover the newly dumped rubbish.Later, grass may be planted on the rubbish-filled land. Finally, a house or a school may be built there, and then you'd never know that this had once been an old rubbish dump.In other cities the rubbish is burnt in special places. The fire burns everything except the metal.Sometimes the metal can be used again in factories where things are made of metal. The food parts of rubbish are put in special piles where they slowly change into something called humus（腐殖质）, which looks like black earth. It is rich with the kinds of things that feed plants and help make them grow. 1. You can most probably read this kind of passage in a telephone book.A：TB：F答案：B2. The main idea of the passage is to tell people to take useful things out of rubbish. A：TB：F答案：B3. The underlined word “sewage”in the second paragraph means laundry.A：TB：F答案：B4. According to the passage, the food parts of rubbish can be used again to feed plants.A：TB：F答案：A5. We should take care of a used metal box by reusing and recycling it.A：TB：F答案：AMr. White lived in a small village. His parents hadn't enough money to send him to school. He had to help them to do something in the fields. But he didn't like to live in the poor place. When he was sixteen, he got to the town and found work in a factory. Three years later he became tall and strong. So he was sent to Africa as a soldier. He stayed there for five years and got some money. Then he came back to England and bought a shop in a small town. No people in the town went to Africa except him. And he hoped they thought he was a famous man and that they could respect him. The children often asked him to tell them some stories and his life in Africa.One day a few children asked him to tell them something about the animals in Africa. He told them how he fought with the tigers and elephants. His stories surprised them all and some policemen and workers went to listen to him. It made him happier. Just a man who taught geography in a middle school passed there. He stopped to listen to him for a while and then said,"Could you please tell us a rare animal, sir?""Certainly," said Mr. Turner. "One day I met a rhinoceros（犀牛）by a river…" "Please wait a minute, sir," said the man. "There aren't any rhinoceros in Africa at all!""It's rare just because there aren't any!"1. Mr. White was born in a farmer's family.A：TB：F答案：A2. Mr. White hoped to be respected because he was the richest man in their town. A：TB：F答案：B3. The children often asked him to tell them something interesting because he knew more than any other person in the town.A：TB：F答案：A4. All people believed Mr. White except the children.A：TB：F答案：B5. Mr. White wouldn't like to admit that he was wrong.A：TB：F答案：AThe workers who brought the girl to the orphanage (孤儿院) knew little about her. The streets where they found her had been her home for many years. Her parents were unknown. They left her long ago. At the orphanage, the girl, like all the children there, was taught to read and write. While she was studying at the orphanage, she learned something else－to be independent. At twenty-one，she left the orphanage and began work as a secretary. And then, in 1975, while she was still working asan ordinary secretary, something special happened. She entered the Miss Hong Kong competition and won it. This was the turning point in her life. Now her name，Mary Cheung，was known to everybody.Mary entered the competition because she wanted to show that orphanage girls could be something. Winning the competition gave her the chance to start a new life. This led her first into television and then into business as a manager. When she was working as a manager，she had trouble with her reports. “My English just wasn't good enough.”she says. Luckily，she had a boyfriend (who later became her husband) to help her.Mary studied management at Hong Kong Polytechnic and graduated in 1980. She started her own business in 1985. But she did not stop developing herself. She then studied at the University of Hong Kong. Since 1987，she had spent a lot of time on photography. She has held several exhibitions of her work in many places－China, New Zealand and Paris. She still found time, however, to work on TV, write for newspapers and bring up her family.1. Before Mary Cheung was brought to the orphanage，she had lived in the streets for many years.A：TB：F答案： A2. The sentence “”orphanage girls could be something”means that orphanage girls could be popular and successful.A：TB：F答案： A3. Her life changed in 1985.A：TB：F答案： B4. This passage is probably taken from a novel.A：TB：F答案： B5. Mary's boyfriend was good at English.A：TB：F答案： ADo you still get free plastic bags from the supermarkets? Things have changed.China has banned free plastic bags at shops and supermarkets, and people have to pay for using plastic bags. The rule started on June 1. It came because our country tried to make litter less. Making super-thin plastic bags has also been banned.The Chinese once used about 3,000,000,000 plastic shopping bags a day, and they have caused pollution of the environment. The bags have become a main cause of plastic pollution because they are not easy to break and people throw them away here and there. So the Chinese people are encouraged to bring their own bags for shopping.What kind of shopping bag is the best to bring? Some students in Chongqing have a good idea. They make their own shopping bags. They use old clothes to make cloth bags, and send them to their parents as presents. They also ask their parents and friends to use cloth bags instead of plastic ones. They think it is their duty to protect the environment.1. People in China have to pay for using plastic bags at shops and supermarkets now. A：TB：F答案：A2. China made this rule because plastic bags were bad for the environment.A：TB：F答案：A3. The Chinese people are encouraged to bring their own bags for shopping.A：TB：F答案：A4. Some students in Chongqing buy cloth bags for their parents.A：TB：F答案：B5. The main idea of the article is the bags have become a main cause of plastic pollution.A：TB：F答案：BSome British and American people like to invite friends and colleagues for a meal at home. You should not be upset (心烦意乱) if your English friends don't invite you home. It doesn't mean they don't like you.Dinner parties usually start between 7 and 8 p.m., and end at about 11. Ask yourhosts what time you should arrive. It's polite to bring flowers, chocolates or a bottle of wine as a present.Do you want to be extra (特别地) polite? Say how much you like the room, or the pictures on the wall. But remember - not to ask how much things cost.You'll probably start the meal with soup, or something small as a "starter" (第一道菜), then you'll have meat or fish with vegetables, and then a dessert (甜食), followed by coffee. It's polite to finish everything on your plate and to take more if you want it. Some people eat bread with their meal, but not everyone does.Before they take out their cigarettes after the meal, most people usually ask, "Do you mind if I smoke here?"Did you enjoy the evening? Call your hosts the next day, or write them a short "thank you" letter. Perhaps it seems funny to you, but British and American people say, "thank you, thank you, and thank you." all the time.1. If your English or American friends don't invite you to dinner at home, it doesn't show they don't like you.A：TB：F答案：A2. When you are invited to go to your friend's home, you may go at any time. A：TB：F答案：B3. In England and America, it's not polite to ask the price of something.A：TB：F答案：A4. In the passage, the order of the serving of a meal is meat or fish with vegetables-dessert-soup-coffee.A：TB：F答案：B5. You'd better write a short "Thank you" letter to your hosts or give them a call if you want to be extra polite.A：TB：F答案：A第二部分One dictio nary broadly defines the word “crisis” as “a crucial turning point in the progress of an affair or of a series of events, as in politics, business, a story, or play …” This paper will attempt to define a much narrower but extremely significant aspect of crisis: personal crisis.Sometimes our more or less steady progress through life comes to a jolting halt. Something unexpected, shocking, frightening, threatening, and disastrous happens- a crisis. Such a development can disturb relationships, interfere with work efficiency, and cause confusion, disorganization, and serious emotional upheaval. Solutions that have worked for us in solving past problems no longer prove adequate. As anxiety increases, our powers to cope with it correspondingly decrease. The crisis quickly leads to frustration: we feel helpless either to escape from the problem or to resolve it successfully.Many people think of crisis as being connected only with unhappy or unpleasant events. This is not the case. Crisis can occur as a result of any change. Even on what is generally welcomed: marriage, birth of a child, graduation from school or college, or election to public office.Crises are generally of two types. First, there are the expected, maturational (成熟过程的) crises we experience at times of life development and change. Examples of this include a child’s first enrollment in school or his transfer at a later age to a new school. There events may precipitate (加快促成) a crisis — both for the younger and his parents. Another time when crisis can be expected is during adolescence.The second type of crisis is the unexpected, accidental kind. This can stem from many sources becoming involved in a legal suit, having an automobile crash, being fired from a job, losing a large sum of money, or falling suddenly ill. Severe illness will create a crisis not only for the individual concerned but also for his family. And an illness may itself be caused by an emotional crisis, such as the death of a spouse, offspring, or other family membersIn a recent attitude survey, researchers gathered information to determine which crisis situation in life was most likely to precede illness. The study showed that the three most stressful life events were death of a spouse, divorce, and marital separation. Other events that fell toward the top of the crisis scale were a jail term, death of a close family member, personal injury or illness, marriage, losing one’s job, marital reconciliation retirement change in the health of a family member, pregnancy, sex difficulties, gain of a new family member, business readjustment, and the……1. According to the writer of the following is NOT true?A. Adolescence is a period when crisis is quite likely to occur.B. Lots of people do not associate graduation from college with crisis.C. Crisis is not necessarily the result of unpleasant events.D. Marital reconciliation is found to be the number one stressful problem.2. In the author’s opinion, ______’A. crisis usually befalls people unexpectedB. the crisis caused by being elected to public office belongs to the secondtypeC. crisis is seldom experienced by childrenD. illness may be either the result or the cause of crisis3. In this passage, the author mainly intends to ______.A. give a more accurate definition to the word “crisis”B. illustrate one important aspect of “crisis”C. divide “crisis” into three different categoriesD. explain the meaning of “crisis” in general4. The word “broadly” in the first paragraph of passage is similar in meaning to ______.A. generallyB. criticallyC. extremelyD. narrowly5. Which of the following statement is true according to the text?A. In crisis, one’s general solution can hardly yield the usual results.B. People may become more power as their anxiety increases.C. Crisis has lit tle to do with people’s work efficiency.D. Frustration usually results in crisis.答案：D D B A APeople have been talking about health for a long time because people know the importance of it. People's understanding of health also becomes deeper with the progress in scientific research. Recently the term "health" has come to have a wider meaning than it used to. It no longer means just the absence of illness. Today, health means the well-being of your body, your mind and your relationship with other people. This new concept of health is closely related to another term－quality of life. Quality of life is the degree of overall satisfaction that a person gets from life.Why has the emphasis of health shifted from the absence of disease to a broader focus on the quality of a person's life? One reason for this has to do with the length and conditions of life that people can now expect. Medical advances have made it possible for people today to live longer, healthier lives. Imagine for a moment that you were born in the year 1900. You could have expected on average to live until about the age of 47. In contrast, if you were born in the year 1999, you could expect to live to the age of 75.1. ________ leads to people's deeper understanding of health.A. Common knowledgeB. Progress in scientific researchC. Better conditions of livingD. Quality of life2. According to the passage, to people of today, health means ________.A. absence of illnessB. a long lifeC. good conditions of livingD. overall satisfaction with life3. The emphasis of health has shifted nowadays because _________.A. people enjoy better conditions of living and they can live longerB. people pay more attention to their physical health, not their mental healthC. people have realized the importance of mental well-beingD. people are inspired by medical advances4. We can infer from the passage __________.A. nowadays the emphasis of health has a broader focus because of improvements in thequality of foodB. the overall quality of people's lives improved greatly in the 20th centuryC. those who never fall ill are the truly healthy peopleD. those who were born before 1900 could not have lived until now5. This passage is mainly about __________.A. different understandings of the term "health"B. improving the quality of lifeC. the importance of quality livingD. people's expectations of a long and healthy life答案：B D A B AThousands of years before Columbus came to the New World, the American Indians entered North America by crossing a narrow strip of land that once connected Alaska and Siberia. The migrants entered a new world in which there were no people at all. But there were many animals to hunt, and there were forests where nuts, roots, and berries could be gathered.When the Europeans came to the New World, the Indians, at first, taught the settlers how to plant corn, bake fish, make boats, and smoke tobacco. In return the whites introduced horses, guns, gun-power, alcohol. But at last, there were struggles for land, and the struggles could have only one result--war. Today Indians live on the land called reservation. Now, some of them irritated their tribal life, some wish to modernize the reservations. These alternatives, with many variations, are what most Indians have chosen--a future in modern technology and education, or the revival of ancient tradition and treaties.1. The Indians entered North America ______.A. with ColumbusB. before Columbus didC. after Columbus' arrivalD. in 19th century.2. The Indians moved to a new world which was ______.A. once settled by EuropeansB. inhabited by primitive menC. inhabited in by American migrantsD. completely uninhabited（无人居住）by other people3. As soon as the Europeans set their foot on the New World, they ______.A. were hostile（敌对的）to the IndiansB. got along with Indians very wellC. didn't treat the Indians in a friendly wayD. traded with Indians unfriendly4. The most accurate statement about contemporary（当代的）Indians is ______.A. most Indians reject modern culture and technologyB. some Indians preserve traditional life styleC. some Indians have adopted modern culture and technologyD. both B and C5. The Indians were good at ______.A. struggles for landB. making boatsC. contemporary tribal lifeD. the revival of their tradition答案：B D B D BHave you ever traveled on any of the large airplanes? If you have not been a passenger (乘客) on one of these planes, try to think of a plane which is more than 70 meters long and more than 5 storeys (层) high. Such a plane costs at least 25 million dollars to a build. It costs at least $6,000 to fuel it. Inside, this large plane looks more like a high building than a plane. It has six kitchens and they are all needed when the plane is full.The plane can hold more than 400 passengers. Imagine that number in one plane. Is there any danger that the plane’s engines will fail?Luckily, the planes appear to be quite safe. On each plane, there are twice as many engines as it needs. If two engines fail on the same side, the plane can easily use its other engines to land. There are also two mechanical pilots (机械飞行员) to take charge if the human pilots cannot fly the plane.1. How many kitchens are there on the plane?A. Six.B. Five.C. Seven.D. Four.2. How many passengers can the plane hold?A. More than 200.B. More than 300.C. More than 400.D. More than 600.3. How much does it cost to build the large plane?A. 60 million dollars.B. 70 million dollars.C. 40 million dollars.D. 25 million dollars.4. What does the plane look like inside?A. Like an engine room.B. Like a high building.C. Like a big kitchen.D. Like a small house.5. What will happen if the human pilots cannot fly the plane?A. Two mechanical pilots will do the job.B. The large plane will be broken into pieces.C. The large plane will be forced to land.D. The engines of the plane will stop working.答案：A C D B AThe camel is a slow-moving creature. But what it lacks in speed it gains in endurance. This veritable beast of burden can walk 30 miles a day carrying a load that weighs half a ton.The kangaroo, with its long, muscular hind legs, is a marvel of fitness. Weighing about 200 pounds, it can thrust its heavy body into the air and clear a fence nine feet high. While airborne, this leaping athlete uses its thick tail as both a counterbalance and a steering wheel.Never underestimate the strength of an insect. The tiny ant can move a burden 50 times its weight. And the brawny bee, when tied to a small load on wheels, is able to haul up to 300 times its own weight.The elephant is a monument to muscle. Its trunk alone, which can do everything from pulling out a tree to delicately picking up a pin, contains bout 70 times the number of muscles in your body.One of the world’s longest leapers is the flea: it can jump 13 inches – about 350 times its own length. For a person six feet tall, this would be like jumping approximately 2,000 feet, or seven football fields. No one yet has leaped even as much as 30 feet.A seemingly inexhaustible jumper is the Oriental rat flea: it can jump 600 times an hour for three whole days without stopping.The fastest muscle movement ever recorded belongs to the mighty midge. This tiny, agile insect can beat its wings 133,000 times a minute, about 100 times faster than a human can blink an eye – which takes all of one twenty fifth of a second.By land, air or sea, birds are masters of motions. The ostrich outruns any animal on two legs, carrying its 300-pound body at 30 miles an hour. The flight of the Indian bird sometimes exceeds 100 mph. And the gentoo penguin, by at least one account, can swim 22mph. At this speed, the penguin keeps pace with one of the fastest-swimming。
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New York is mothing like I thought.1.???????2.???????3.4.???????5.???????Dear Bob,I’m just writing ti let you know our new address and to invite you to our house-warning party next Saturday.I’msorry about the lack of warning ,but we’ve been busy moving house and I’ve had little time for ……1.???????2.3.party,mainly4.???????5.???????Dear editor,Teachers in some secondary schools in Britain are worried that their job may become impossible shortly unless something can be done to restore discipline in the classrooms.1.2.3.???????behavior.4.???????5.???????Dear Uncle Ric,We were very sorry to hear that you are in hopital again,but I feel suer you’ll bi and about again soon.It1.???????2.???????3.4.wants to become a professional5.1.2.3.4.globe face,according to Todd5.1.Bob hears gentle music on his radio(in order to wake himself up in the moring)2.Bob warms the cat’s mat(by controlling his home computer system)ehen he’s out at work;3.What statement is ture according to the passage?(He has a security syatem, a video phone.and a satellite system at home)4.Bob uses his cellular phone to check(whether the coffee percolator is switched on )5.The central control of his house can be used to …(if children stay up too late or waste their time with computers)EVENTS(赛事及活动)Bicycle tour and raceA bike tour and race will be held on August 26 and 27(Sat.&Sun.).At 5.30am,the riders will leave Tian’ anmen Square and ride the first 35 kilometers as a training leg.1.2.???????3.???????4.???????5.million radio sets,1.???????2.3.???????4.author,people in today’s5.1.2.3.4.5.???????1.???????2.???????3.4.5.1.???????2.”people fr o m all walks of life” in the third3.???????4.???????5.???????In 2003,while others were planning dinnermore permanent to mark the 50th1.??????? From the passage we can be sure Tashi celebrate the 50th golden2.??????? From the sentence”The tower honors Tenzing Norgay,his grandfather and the3.???????4.???????5.Insomnia or sleeplessness is a common complaint of women as they enter into menopause (更年期).Insomnia means having tuouble falling asleep or staying asleep ro the feeling that you sleep was not adequate for you .1.???????2.???????3.on the list”in4.pills,which of the following statements is5.more productive.1.2.3.4.??????? more to the product they5.I the car.I regarded it as an essential part of myself.But when the price of gas doubled in this year,1.???????2.3.???????4.???????5.In States,30 percent of the grown-up population has a”weight problem”.To many people,the cause is clear:1.???????2.??????? Based on the how3.??????? Are is the cause of the “weight4.5.1.2.student”in her college,the author means that she3.???????4.5.???????I was 15 when I walked into McCarley1.2.3.???????4.???????5.take his degrees in French and German.1.??????? From the passage,we know for sure that John2.3.sentence”….he met someone by4.5.from her classmates is her age-73 years.1.2.???????3.???????4.???????5.???????May you wish upon a thousand stars? May youor a travel trailer.1.???????2.??????? the3.???????4.???????5.??????? The family considera father to tell me how to act and what was expected of me,1.???????2.???????3.4.??????? second5.to ask 100 people their opinions about what to wear to an interview,the majority would1.2.3.4.5.Nowith 180 in Japan,1.???????2.newspapers try to3.4.5.the West End.1.???????2.3.???????4.“serve in the fact5.???????Owning a web page souds cool.You can be the master of the news,pop1.2.3.4.5.about the year 1100.1.???????2.???????3.???????4.???????5.???????PALO ALTO,California-“1.tell us in the first two paragraphs2.children usually spend on3.???????ghe group of children in the study spend on TV viewing enery day is suggested to be4.???????5.???????Presenter:This week’s financial talk will be given our property expert,James Milligan,who is here to tell us about some surprising new developments in the London area.James Milligan:1.???????2.???????3.???????4.???????5.???????People travel a lot with Heaven Airand safely across the lanc,1.???????2.???????3.???????4.???????5.???????Robert was born in a small town in to university1.???????2.???????3.???????4.???????5.???????Again,matters of time and pace crop up.1.???????2.??????? 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电大英语B级考试——阅读
阅读10th August, 2004Dear Sirs,13. When did the company's annual sales exceed $ 2 billion?35 Forest AvenueDew’s ParkerAdelaide6. This passage is a letter of __ A. an informal invitation7. When C harles writes, “I’m sorry about the lack of warning”, he means that he is sorry that _D. he is not able to write this letter to Bob earlier ___.8. Charles and his wife decided to hold the house-warming party, mainly because B. they still had a little money left to afford the party _.9. From the letter we know that the new house that Charles moved in is C. in a new housing estate10. In the sentence “Barbara and I hope that you can make it …”, the phrase “make it” is used to say that Bob can _______. A. manage to attend their partyA 15-year old boy,……⑴shops⑵22 boxes⑶twice⑷when the boy began swearing(骂人)⑸the absence of the boys fathera funny thing happened on the way to the communication..⑴unhappy⑵both A and B ⑶more disconnecet⑷all of the above⑸it actually creates a distand between …An Extraordinary Change of Direction Molly Wilson had been⑴very unusual and surprising⑵dissatisfied because I had nothing better to do at home⑶part of the route of sail⑷not smooth because of huge waves⑸the qualities she needed for the trip were the same as those for a dancerAn Extr …BACCAAnna is our …ABCDDA dag …BADACA 15 year …CDCBBAfter her …BADCAAirline companies BABDDA characteristic of American culture that21. Form paragraph 1, we know that in America _ A. people tend to have a high opinion of the self-made man _22. According to the passage, the hostess cooks dinner herself mainlybecause ___ B. she takes pride in what she can do herself.23. The expression “wait on table”in the second paragraph means”____D. serve customers in a restaurant __”.24. The author’s attitude towards manual（体力的）labor is __A .positive ___.25. Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage?____ B. American Attitude toward Manual Labor.___A foreigner’s first impression of the U.S.21. Which of the following statements is wrong ? -----D . Americans are impolite to their business colleagues .22 . In the fourth paragraph ,“a highly priority ”means ______ . B. a first concern23 . Americans evaluate a business colleagues ____ . D . by learning about their past performance24 . This passage mainly talks about _____] A . how Americans treasure their time25 . We can infer from the passage that the author’s tone i n writing is __C . appreciative _After her husband had gone to work, Mrs. Richards sent her children to school11. The reason for Mrs. Richards' excitement that day was that12. Mrs. Richards went downstairs with the costume on so as13.The man who was knocking at the door was14. What did the man do after he knocked on the front door?A scientist who wants to predict the way in which consumers （消费者）11. According to the passage, if one wants to predict the way spend their money, he should _______C. carry out investigations on consumer behavior and get data on consumers incomes and money spending motives12. According to paragraph 2, one traditional assumption is that people with ________ incomes borrow most.C. decreasing13.According to paragraph 2, research surveys have proved that _________B. rising prices may make people put off their purchase of certain things14. From the results of the surveys, the writer of this article _________B. concludes that the consumers always expect prices to remain stable15. Which of the following statements is always TRUE according to the surveys mentioned in the passage？C. The price condition has an influence on consumer behavior "Are you the happiest man in the world?" When asked this question,11. According to the author, most people would _____ they are the happiest in the world.D. not think that12. The author thinks that people quite often compare themselves with ______.C. anyone we think is happier13. What is not true about the young man the author once met with?B. Everything goes effortlessly right for him.14. After talking with the young man about the Internet, the author realizes _____.A. that he is mistaken in thinking nothing unhappy existed in the latter’s life15. The significant conclusion the author draws about happiness is that ______.D. true happiness lies in struggling to be happyAs our cell phones get smarter, smaller and faster, and enable users to connect11. The author believe that the mobile phone has already turned into the next computer to some extent, since ____.B. more and more of today’s mobile phones have computer like feathers12. PC supporters believe that ____ in the future.D. mobile phones will not replace the computer13. Fans of the mobile phones think ___ in the future.C. new techniques will solve the limitations of the mobile phone14. In the sentence of the second paragraph, “…but the figure has been doubling each year, the world figure”refers to ____.A. the five percent of the overall mobile phone’s market share15. In America, the main buyers of the smart phones are ____.C. business peopleBenjamin Disraeli,⑴a miniature world thanks to its great cultural diversity⑵many young people are immigrants from different backgrounds⑶40%⑷young people feel at ease with a large number of diversified cultures⑸the cultural diversity in LondonBill cooper is portfolio manager of the 13billion value thustfunds ……..⑴for nine years running ⑵through his fathers explanation ⑶one can make money through buying stocks⑷hard work ⑸only indicated that one was ready to start his careerBill cooper …CADBCBy definition, heroes and heroines are men and women distinguished by16. The passage mainly deals with __ C. heroes and icons ___.17. Heroes and heroines are usually ___ D. all of the above ____.18. Which of the following statements is wrong? D. Heroes and heroines can only emerge in war times.19. Beautiful young Diana Spencer found her genuine love C. just before her death ___.20. What is more likely to set an icon’s status? B. Tragic and early deathBritain and France are separated by the English Channel21. For centuries , the relationship between Britain and France is D . a mixture of love and hate22 . The war in Iraq does_ D . both good and harm ___ to therelationship between France and Britain .23 . The British are not so friendly to A . Germany ; America ___and the French are not so friendly to ___ .4 . ____ are more interested in having holidays in D . British people …France ______ .25 . what does the last sentence mean? C. France and Britain are nearneighbors , and this will help balance the relationship betweenthem .Bill Cooper is portfolio (证券投资) manager of the6. In the sentence of the first paragraph, “He is the only fund manager to perform the best for nine years in a row”, the phrase “for nine years in a row”means7. It was ______ that Bill learned his finance ABC when he was only nine years old.8. It was the idea that ________thatattracted the young boy.9. From the passage, we know that Bill’s success liesin his _____.10. Bill Cooper soon learnt after his graduation that a university degree ______ .“But I just paid $ 1.69 for this bottle of wine last week. How come the price is now $ 2.25?.6. Fromthe first paragraph, we know that the speaker is ____.7. The three factors mentioned in the passage cause8. The supply of wine has remained the same partly because9. Whatdoes “production costs”refer to in the last10. The author’s purpose of writing this passage is to ____.Blocks of “high -rise” flats have been built in large numbers in London and11. There was a big housing problem after the Second World12. Blocks of “high -rise” flats were thought to be the ideal solution to the housing problem, because13. The sentence “Hundreds of the vast blocks had been built before anyone began to doubt about whether they were good solutions or not.” me ans _______.14. The author takes a well-known British architect as an example to show us that _______.15. What is the greatest danger for people living in a high-rise according to some experts? Bicycle tour(旅行) and raceA bike tour and race will be held on August 26 and 27(Sat. & Sun.). At 5:30 a. m.,11. The main purpose of announcing the above events is to give information about ______.C. things to do for the weekend12. If you take part in the bike tour, you will ride for________.D. 110 kilometres13. The underlined word "leg" in "Bicycle tour and race” probably means ________. D. part of the tour14. What is special about the rock climbing competition? B. You can watch it without paying.15. If you want to find something to do for Saturday afternoon, which telephone number will you call? C.5012372 Children in the UK ……⑴five for 11 years ⑵all of above ⑶five years ⑷over 20%⑸Both A and BCynthia woolly is calld theMichael Jordan of women…⑴ the best professional woman baskbetball well ⑵the team leader of a basketball team ⑶ at a disadvantage ⑷ she doesn’t want the yonger ⑸ providing them eith a betterCrime Prevention Initiatives……AT HOME⑴how to avoid the crimes both at home and in the street ⑵never leave the keys to workmen since they can easily make copies ⑶go to public places ⑷Because it’s convenient for us to report to the police in casethere is a burglary.⑸we cannot part with the money when being attacked Crine preven …ABDCACommunity service is an important component of education h 11 . what is the purpose of the talk ? B . To interest students in a new community program .12 . What is the purpose of the program that the speaker describes ? C .to offer tutorials to elementary school students .13 . What does Professor Dodge do ? A . He advises students to participate in certain program .14 . What should students who are interested in the tutorials do ? D. talk to Professor Dodge15 . Whom do you think the speaker addresses ? B . students Crime Prevention InitiativesThe chances that you will1). This passage mainly focuses on _ A. how to avoid crimes both at home and in the street2). If you want to guarantee your safety at home, you should ______B. never leave the keys with workmen since they can easily make copie___.3). Based on the passage, if you notice someone following you, it's better for you to __ D. go to public places4). Why should you have a telephone in the bedroom? C. Because it'sconvenient for us to report to the police in case there is a burglary. 5). From the passage, we can infer that we might be victims if __ A. we cannot part with the money when being attackedCynthia Woolly is called the Michael Jordan of women’s basketball.6．From the first sentence of this passage, we know thatCynthia Woolly is in America.7．Cynthia Woolly is now______.8．From the passage, we can come to the conclusion that CynthiaWoolly must have started her life______.9．Which of the following statements is not true of Cynthia 10．The rightthing that Cynthia Woolly believes she is doingfor the younger generation of her family is ______ according to the passage.A ．giving them a lot of money Did you know there are some very special dogs⑴ all of the above people ⑵100000⑶the charity ⑷buy newspaper from the shop ⑸neighbourdear folks :I ’ve been here fou about three weeks…⑴ looks very different form what she expected ⑵ it is the cheapest ⑶ to keep up in a different learning bnvironment ⑷ less confident in making ⑸ lanzhouDear Folks … DACBD Dear Folks,I’ve been here for about three weeks and already11. according to Yichen, New York12. Yichen lives in a13. The most difficult thing at the moment for Yichen in her learn14. Yichen seems to be ______ friends with America students. 15. On her arrival in New York, Yichen compares things and Dear editor,Teachers in some secondary schools in Britain are worried that their job11. Teachers in some secondary school in Britain are worried, for ____.D. there is no discipline in the classroom12. According to the letter writer, modern teaching techniques ____.A. encourage pupils to play a lot instead of learning 13. The letter writer believes that ___ are responsible for problem children ’s bad behavior. D. all of the above14. The letter writer seems to believe very strongly in ____ to restore discipline at school. C. physical punishment15. The best title for this passage might be B. Restore Order in School Dear Uncle Ric,We were very sorry to hear that you are in hospital again, 6. It is certain that Uncle Ric is in hospital ________. A. again after having fully recovered from an operation 7. It is ___ who wants to study history. C. James's eider brother8. In the second paragraph, the sentence he is sitting some examinations. Means that Malcolm is ______. D. going to take some examinations9. From the letter, we know that James wants to become a professional player, ______.B. but Robin, his mother, does not like the idea 10. This is a _______. B. private letterEvery day, the news of the world is relayed ⑴D ⑵D ⑶D ⑷B ⑸B East London has traditionally …⑴hss always been a home for immigrants ⑵jobs ⑶mainly in Eastlondon ⑷used to be a cheap place to live in ⑸it has good …… Everybody knowns that words ……⑴ways for communication ⑵Either with words or without words ⑶A cry for help ⑷you can leave you car there ⑸H Everyday …DBDBBEvery day, the news of the world is relayed to people by1). People learn about what happens in the world through ____ D. both A and B2). According to the passage, the expression "no man is an island" means that __ D. every man belongs to some society3). The passage suggests that newspapers have been published for about ____ D. 400 years4). According to the author, people in today's world __ B. are affected more by whatever happens in the other parts of the world5). Today the publishing of newspapers and magazines is more economical because _ B. new inventions are changingthe techniques of newspaper publishing ___________.Every day, the news of the world is relayed to people by over 300 million11). People learn about what happensin the world through ____ 12). According tothe passage, the expression "no man is 13). The passage suggests that newspapers havebeen published 14). According to the author, people in today's world15). Todaythe publishing of newspapers and magazines is more economical because ____________.Each morning his radio wakes him up with gentle music; 6. Bob hears gentle music on his radio ______. C. in order to wake up himself in the morning 7. Bob warms the cat's mat _____ when he's out at work.. A. by controlling his home computer system 8. What statement is TRUE according to the passage? A. He has a security system and a video phone as well as a satellite system at home.9. Bob uses his cellular phone to check ____. C. whether the coffee percolator is switched on 10. The central control of his house can be used to switch off the television or the computer_______.D. if children stay up too late or waste their time Good children must be good students at school. They should work hard6. The most suitable title for this passage would be ____. C. What Good Children Should Be7. One important ability good children are supposed to develop is _____.A. to think independently8. Good children should ____.B. care for their parents, brothers and sisters9. When there is disagreement between parents and children, good children should try to ____.D. Listen to their parents’ opinions10. In the last paragraph, the sentence “They never take it for granted that they are always in the right” means they never ______.D. accept it as a matter of fact that they are always right Hello, new students! This is a message from the Students Union Committee.⑴B ⑵A ⑶A ⑷A ⑸CHELLO …BAAACHow men first learnt to invent words is unknown;21. The origin of language is __ D . a problem not yet solved22 . What is true about words ? C . They are simply sounds23 . The real power of words lies in their _ D . representative function ___24 . By “association” , the author means _ B . a joining of ideas in the mind ____25 . Which of the following statements about the real poet is NOT trueA . He is no more than a master of wordsHello, new students! This is a message from the1). What does the word "scared" mean in the second paragraph? B. frightened2). What does the word "grants" mean in the third paragraph?A. money given by the government to support the students' study, which they needn't pay back3). The sentence "But if you are struggling to make ends meet, …at weekends" in the third paragraph implies_________.A. if you are short of money, you can find a part-time job in the restaurants and bars in your spare time4). From the fifth paragraph, we can infer that in order to overcome the stress of living faraway from home, _________.A. it's better for new students to talk to their parents over the phone from time to time5). This passage is written for the purpose of ____ C. offering new students some advice about their university life _____.How often one hears children wishing they were grown up, 11. According to paragraph 2, the writer thinks that ________.A) life for a child is comparatively easy.12. After a child grows up, he ________.D) should be able to take care of himself.13. Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage?A) People are often satisfied with their life. 14. The main idea of the passage is ________.D) one is the happiest if he can make good use of each age in his life.15. The paragraph following the passage will most probably discuss ________.C) joys and pains of old people.I have two jobs growing up and they all help share my life…⑴how to talk and behave properly ⑵working in different occupations⑶challenging⑷joining a baseball game ⑸never be faraid of taking risksI was 15 when I walked into ..⑴he happended to walk into the shop and got in by chance⑵it helped him understand the world and himself ⑶proud of himself⑷perauding his boss to let him do the story on tv⑸it helps people make sense of the worleIn the last 500 years, nothing about people⑴Food⑵some shops⑶the potato harvest was bad⑷Ethiopia⑸coffee drinks were first made by ArabsI had two jobs growing up and they all helped shape my life.⑴B ⑵D ⑶A ⑷C ⑸CI had two …BDACCIn the united …CDCAAIt has been reported that in colleges across the United States16 . What is soap opera ? C . The daytime serial dramas on TV17 . What can be the best titles of the passage ? C . Soap opera fans18 . Which are not the reason why the soap opera suddenly becomes “in” according to the passage ? D . Because the young people have to bear the responsibilities for their troubles .19 . What can we learn from the passage ? C. Young viewers have turned themselves from the seriousness of sixties to enjoyment now . 20 . What message does the author want to convey to us ? B. The people’s favorites to drama works change along with the times .In the United States ,16 . What is the main idea of this passage ?B . The role of time in social life over the world .17 . What does it mean in the passage if you call someone during his or her sleeping hours ?B . A matter of life or death .18 . Which of the following time is proper if you want to make an appointment with your friend ?B . at 4:00 pm .19 . Which of the following statements is true according to the passage ?D . Promptness is valued highly in American life .20 . From the passage we can safely infer that _________B . the meaning of time differs in different parts of theworld .I had two jobs growing up and they all helped shape my life.1). The author thinks what he has learned from his first job is __ B.how to talk and behave properly2). The phrase "people from all walks of life" in the third paragraph means people _____ D. working in different occupations 3). The author thinks his second job is ____ A. challenging4). The author compares his second job to __ C. joining a baseball game5). The business lesson the author gets from selling shoes is ____ C. never be afraid of taking risksI had two jobs growing up and they all helped shape my life. 6. The author thinks what he has learned from his first job7. The phrase "people from all walks of life" in the third paragraph means people __________.______.10. The business lesson the author gets from sealing shoesI was 15 when I walked into McCarley Bookstore and began to look over the titles11．How did the author get the job in McCarley Bookstore?12．According to the author, selling books was one of the mostsatisfying job experiences, because______. 13．After he helped the fearful lady looking for books on cancer, the author was______.14．The author decided to help the poor boy by ______. D ．visiting the boy in the recovery room after the operation 15．The main reason that the author thinks his present jobis the same as the one in the bookstore is ______.In the United States, 30 percent of the grown-up populationhas a “weight problem”6. What kind of physical problem domany grown-up Americans have? ____.7. Based on the information given in this article, suppose there are 500 grown-up Americans, about howmany of them have . Are there scientific facts to support thateating too much is the cause of the" weight problem"?9. Compared with the grown-up Americanstoday, The Americans of 1910 ______.10. What have some modem medical and scientific researchers reported to us?I never used to go anywhere without the car.6. When the prices of gas doubled in this year, the author decided _______.7. In the sentence “It’s all a question ofhabit really,” the pronoun “It” refers to ____________. 8. To go to the newsagent’s to get hisnewspaper, the author ____________.9. We know from the passage that the author ____________.10. The last sentence of the passage suggeststhat ____________.I used to think education was the most important thing in my life .6. From this passage, we know that the author ______. C. realizes that it is more important to really develop oneself than just to store knowledge7. By saying that she is “a junior student” in her college, the author means that she is _____. A. a student in her third year in college8. The author thinks the awards she has received ______. D. don’t necessarily reflect her real self9. The author fears that she will be of no use to society, mainly because ______.B. she does not know how to communicate with others 10. Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage, when the author says that she wants to find a part time job?D. She wants to get some shelter from the real world. Insomnia or sleeplessness is a common complaint of women as they the evening, etc. 6. The word "insomnia" meansA) having trouble falling or staying asleep.7. How many possible causes of sleeplessness are mentioned in the second paragraph?B) Six8. The expression "Second on the list" in the second paragraph meansB) The second most important cause of sleeplessness. 9. Concerning the use of sleeping pills, which of the following statements is true?D) Sleeping pills should be used in a very small amount.10. Which of the following does not fit with sleep hygiene?A) Make a rule to go to bed at a specific time every day. In recent years many countries of the world have been faced with the problem of11. According to the author, many factories of the world have been faced with the problem of ____.B. how to increase productivity12. Job variety can ____.B. make the workers’ life more pleasant13. It is not easy for the workers to get the freedom to do their job in their own way because ____.C. modern machinery must be operated in a particular way14. According to experiments, if a car factory wants the workers to contribute more to the product they are making, it should ____.B. change a large production line into many small ones15. What is probably the best way to make the workers more productive, according to the author?B. Making jobs more interestingJohn Preston lives in a flat in north London.⑴A ⑵C ⑶B ⑷C ⑸DJohn Preston lives in a flat in north London.1). What does the word "replaced" mean in the sixth line in paragraph1 ? A. renewed2). The word "shabby" in the last line of paragraph 1 means ___ C. in bad condition ______.3). The word "drawback" most likely means ____ B. disadvantage4). The sentence "we have a list of things to do as long as your arm" means ___ C. we have quite a few things to do _.5). Which of the following is TRUE about June and Pete's house? D. It generally please themJohn Parker is an Englis language teacher. He was always good at languages at school career.6. From the passage, we know for sure that John Parker ____.7. John Parker enjoyed teaching adult students because ____.8. In the first paragraph, the sentence “…he met someone by chance…” means ____.9. The first sentence in the second paragraph “Since then he has specialized in this work.”Means that John Parker has __.10. Which of the following statements is not true? ___.Lillian hanson , a college student .⑴she hadn’t got enough money⑵to further her education at college⑶that she is 73 years old ⑷they were deeply moved by her spirit⑸cares for study very much"Listen, that's not right." …..⑴D ⑵D ⑶B ⑷C ⑸ALearning styles …DDBCAListen …DDBCALaws have been written to govern the use of American national11 . How do Americans ensure proper respect for the national flag ? A . By making laws12 . What is the regulation regarding the raising of the American National Flag ? B . It should be raised quickly by hand13 . How should the American National Flag be displayed at an unveiling ceremony ? D . It should be carried high up in the air14 . what do we learn about the use of the American National Flag ? C . There are precise regulations and customs to be followed .15 . What is Americans’attitude towards their National Flag ? B . Respect"Listen, that's not right." "Look,1). Which of the following learners is NOT mentioned in the passage?D. Sensory learner.2). Which of the following is NOT true about the visual learners? D. They remember people's names quickly.3). Which of the following describes best the auditory learners? B. They prefer to listen rather than watch.4). From the fourth paragraph, the kinaesthetic learner tends to __ C. do more physical exercises5). According to the passage, the drawback of being a visual learner is ____ A. he cannot concentrate on thingsLillianHanson, a college student, expects to graduate6. Mrs. Hanson couldn’t go to college immediately after she graduated from high school because _____.7. Mrs. Hanson wanted to borrow money from the bank _______.8. In the college, what makes Mrs. Hanson different from her classmate is ______.B. that she has a family of nine children9. The computer students welcomed Mrs. Hanson warmly because ______.10. Mrs. Hanson is the sort of person who ________.。
电大网考英语B二、阅读理解
第二部分阅读理解Passage 1It was very cold last Sunday. Paul and his friends Allen, Bill and Betty went to the lake after breakfast. They began to skate on the ice. Paul skated better than his three friends. He skated fast and didn’t know a piece of ice was broken. He fell into the water. His friends were afraid and called for help. Just then two workers walked there and heard them. They ran there quickly and helped the boy come out of the water. Then they took him to a hospital. Paul and his parents thanked them very much.1. When did the children go skating?A. After breakfast.B. Before supper.C. After lunch.D. At lunch.2. How many children skated on the lake?A. Three.B. Four.C. Five.D. Six.3. Who skated best of all the children?A. Allen did.B. Paul did.C. Bill did.D. Worker did.4. Why did Paul fall into the water?A. Because he skated fast.B. Because he was not good at skating.C. Because he didn’t know the ice there was broken.D. Because he skated slow.5. Who helped Paul?A. His friends.B. His parents.C. Two workers.D. Betty.Key: ABBCCPassage 2Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel? Every advance in communication technology is a step back from the closeness of human interaction. With e-mail and instant messaging over the Internet, we can communicate without seeing or talking to one another. With voice mail, you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. If my mom has a question, I just leave the answer on her machine.As almost every imaginable contact between human beings becomes automatic by machine, the alienation quotient goes up. You can’t even call a person to get the phone number of another person anywhere. Directory assistance is almost always fully automatic by machine. Pumping gas at the station? Why say good-morning to the worker when you … swipe （刷卡）your credit card at the pump and save yourself the bother of human contact? Placing money at the bank? … talk to a clerk who might live in the neighborhood when can just put your credit card into the ATM?Pretty soon you won’t have the hard task of making eye contact at the grocery store. Some grocery chains are usually a self-scanner so you can check yourself out, avoiding those annoying clerks who look at you and ask how you are doing?1. The writer’s attitude towards advances in communication technology may be described as ____?A. criticalB. unconcernedC. positiveD. uninterested2. If his mom has a question, he _______.A. will find ways to reach herB. will locate her e-mail addressC. will try to get her a voice machineD. will leave her the answer through voice mail3. Judging from the context, the word “alienation” in line 2, paragraph 2 means ______.A. relationshipB. closenessC. strangenessD. stress4. With the rapid development of high technology, people don’t need to _______.A. see or talk to one anotherB. say good morning to workersC. make eye contact with clerksD. completely rely on manpower5. It can be inferred that the writer _________.A. is pleased with the modern pace of lifeB. feels more separated from othersC. doesn’t want anyone to bother himD. sings the praised of communication technologyKey: ADCABPassage 3There was once an ant that was very thirsty.It ran here and there looking for some water but could not find any.Then suddenly, when the ant was almost ready to die of thirst, a large drop of water fell on it.The ant drank the water, which saved its life.The water was actually a tear from a young girl who was crying. Because of her sadness, the tear had magical qualities and suddenly the ant could speak the language of human beings.The ant looked up and saw the young girl sitting in front of a huge pile of seeds.“Why are you sad?” asked the ant.“I’m the prisoner of a giant.” the girl told the ant. “ He won’t let me go until I’ve made three separate heaps of grain, barley（大麦）and rye（黑麦）out of this huge pile of seeds in which they are all mixed together.”“That will take you a month!” the ant said, looking at the huge pile of seeds.“I know,” the girl cried, “and if I haven’t finished by tomorrow, the giant will eat me for his supper!”“Don’t cry,” the ant said, “my friends and I will help you.”Soon thousands of ants were at work, separating the three kinds of seeds.The next morning, when the giant saw that the work had been done, he let the girl go.Thus it was one of her tears that saved her life.1. What is an ant?A. A small animal.B. An insect.C. A bird.D. A giant.2. When did the drop of water fall on the ant?A. When it was looking for food.B. When it saved the ant’s life.C. When it was nearly dying.D. When it looked up.3. Why was the young girl crying?A. Because of her sadness.B. Because she saw the ant.C. Because the giant would let her go.D. Because the giant had given her an impossible job to do.4. What would the giant do if the girl failed to do the work?A. He would eat her.B. He would let her go.C. He would take her away.D. He would send her to prison.5. Who or what saved the girl’s life?A. The giantB. The antC. The ant’s friendsD. Her tearsKey: BCDADPassage 4My friend’s grandfather came to America from Eastern Europe. After being processed（移民入境检查）at Ellis Island, he went into a cafeteria in Lower Manhattan to get something to eat. He sat down at a table and waited for someone to take his order. But nobody came to him. Later a woman with a plate full of food sat down opposite him and told him how a cafeteria worked.“Start out at the end,” she said. “Just go along the line and pick out what you want. At the other end he’ll tell you how much you have to pay.”“I soon learned that’s how everything works in America,”the grandfather told my friend. “Life is like a cafeteria here. You can get anything you want only if you are willing to pay the money. You can even get success, but you’ll never get it if you wait for someone to bring it to you. You have to get up and get it yourself.”1. Where do you think the old man came from?A. Poland.B. Australia.C. Canada.D. Japan.2. From the passage, we know if you want to get success in America, you should _________.A. get help from your friendsB. try to get it by yourselfC. know how a cafeteria worksD. get up again if you fail3. Which of the following is TRUE?A. The old man sat down opposite the woman so that she could take his order.B. The old woman sat down opposite the old man so that she could serve him.C. Although the woman didn’t know the old man, she told him how to get something to eat in the cafeteria.D. Although the woman didn’t know the old man, she decided to pay the bill for him.4. What does the word “it” in the third paragraph refer to?A. The food served in the cafeteria.B. The success one wants to get.C. The bill one has to pay in the cafeteria.D. The plate used in the cafeteria.5. Which is the best title for the passage?A. From Eastern Europe to AmericaB. Eating in an American CafeteriaC. How to Eat in a CafeteriaD. Life Is Like a Cafeteria in AmericaKey: ABCBDPassage 5Three men traveling on a train began a conversation about the world’s greatest wonders.“In my opinion,” the first man said, “the Egyptian pyramids（埃及金字塔）are the world’s greatest wonder. Although they were built thousands of years ago, they are still standing. And remember: the people who built them had only simple tools. They did not have the kind of machinery that builders and engineers have today.”“I agree that the pyramids in Egypt are wonderful,” the second man said, “but I do not think they are the greatest wonder. I believe computers are more wonderful than the pyramids. They have taken people to the moon and brought them back safely. In seconds, they carry out mathematical calculations that would take a person a hundred years to do.”He turned to the third man and asked, “What do you think is the greatest wonder in the world?”The third man thought for a long time, and then he said, “Well, I agree that the pyramids are wonderful, and I agree that computers are wonderful, too. However, in my opinion, the most wonderful thing in the world is this thermos.”And he took a thermos out of his bag and held it up.The other two men were very surprised. “A thermos?” they exclaimed. “But that’s a simple thing.”“Oh, no, it’s not,” the third man said. “In the winter you put in a hot drink and it stays hot. In the summer you put in a cold drink and it stays cold. How does the thermos know whether it’s winter or summer?”1. The underlined word “thermos” in Chinese means “_______”.A. 电冰箱B. 洗衣机C. 电风扇D. 保温瓶2. That the three men could not agree on what the world’s greatest wonder was because _______.A. they could not think of anything very wonderfulB. they all had different ideasC. they could not prove that their opinions were rightD. the journey ended too soon3. The first man thought the pyramids were the most wonderful things in the world because ____.A. they were very beautifulB. they were EgyptianC. they had been built with very simple toolsD. they could do mathematical calculations4. The third man thought a thermos was the most wonderful thing in the world because _____.A. it lasted longer than the pyramidsB. it cost less than a computerC. he thought it knew whether it was winter or summerD. the other two men were surprised when he told them about it5. The third man was not very clever because ______.A. he could not think of anything to sayB. he did not understand how a thermos worksC. he did not think the pyramids were wonderfulD. he did not know anything about computers Key: DBCCBPassage 6If you ask Daniel Radcliff who acted Harry Potter to pick a special moment from the last year of his life, you will find it almost impossible. “Oh, wow, that’s really difficult,” he says with a smile.“There have been so many things, so many memories that at times it’s hard to recall them all,” says Daniel. “But I guess one of the best ones was the London premiere for the Philosopher’s Stone. It was just amazing, one of the best nights of my life.”“But I’ve had such a great time doing The Chamber of Secrets. I love doing the work. I love meeting new people and being part of the team. It’s been great.”Daniel has changed. He turned 14 in July, 2002. He is taller, his voice is deeper and his frame is filling out as he begins his teenage years, and he has become an excellent actor, too.Daniel was born in London where his father, Alan, worked as an agent and his mother, Marcia, as a casting director, and both have been an essential guiding influence on their only child.1. How old was Daniel Radcliff in 2003?A. 15B. 16C. 14D. 132. What is Daniel Radcliff’s memory about the past year according to the passage?A. He didn’t remember anything about it.B. He had so many bad memories about it.C. There were amazing experiences in the past year.D. There were not many unforgetable things in the past year.3. Which of the following is not mentioned as a liking by Daniel?A. Making friends.B. Being an actor.C. Being part of the team.D. Becoming a director.4. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. Daniel’s parents are all film stars.B. Daniel’s parents influenced Daniel greatly.C. Daniel has never had any influence from his parents.D. Daniel has brothers and sisters.5. Daniel was born in _________.A. New YorkB. BeijingC. ParisD. LondonKey: ACDBDPassage 7These days, children often think of superheroes（超级英雄）as cute（漂亮的）, cool and strong supermen. A poor, short and thin boy wearing glassed may not interest the kids today. Yet in less than 4 years, Harry Potter has taken the world by the storm. J. K. Rowling, the writer of Harry Potter, was a British single mother out of work and living on money given to her by the government. One day, when she was on a long train trip, she had the idea for this book. She wrote the first book of the seven in the café with her baby daughter sleeping beside her. Last year, the fans welcomed the birth of the fourth by lining outside the bookstores. Today these books are still popular among people. Harry Potter is something more than fantasy（幻想）. Rowling tries to tell the readers how things are not always what they seem to be. However, millions of the fans don’t care about such a lesson. They would like to spend many sleepless nights waiting in line for the fifth, the sixth and the seventh to come. For them, surprising stories of the little boy are what they want.1. J.K. Rowling ________ when she wrote the first book.A. lived a quiet life with her husbandB. was very poor and didn’t get work for herselfC. had to teach her daughter how to workD. was already a famous writer2. When did Rowling think of the idea of writing her book?A. While she was telling her baby stories about superheroes.B. While she was going on a long trip.C. She was on her way to find work.D. While she was drinking in a café.3. How many books of the seven have come out according to this passage?A. Four.B. Five.C. Six.D. Seven.4. What does Rowling want to show to her readers?A. Harry Potter is a poor, short and thin boy wearing glasses.B. Fantasy.C. How things are not always what they seem to be.D. She has got many interesting story books.5. Which of the following is TRUE?A. Rowling wrote the first book with her daughter’s help.B. Rowling gave birth to her fourth baby last year.C. The fans just care about the surprising stories of Harry Potter.D. Only children love the books, for they’re fairy tales.Key: BBACCPassage 8Ours is a big world, complex and full of many diverse people. People with many varying points of view are constantly running up against others who have differing opinions. Those of us who smoke are just one group of many. Recently, the activism of non-smokers has reminded us ofthe need to be considerate of others when we smoke in public.But, please! Enough is enough! We should like to remind non-smokers that courtesy is a two-way street. If you politely request that someone not smoke you are more likely to receive a cooperative response than if you scowl（皱眉）fiercely and hurl insults. If you speak directly to someone, you are more likely to get what you want than if you complain to the management.Many of us have been smoking for so long that we sometimes forget that others are not used to the aroma of burning tobacco. We’re human, and like everyone else we occasionally offend unknowingly. But most of us are open to friendly suggestions and comments, and quite willing to modify our behavior to accommodate others.Smokers are people, too. We laugh and cry. We have hopes, dreams, aspirations. We have children, and mothers, and pets. We eat our hamburgers with everything on them and salute the flag at Fourth of July picnics. We hope you’ll remember that the next time a smoker lights up in public.1. The purpose of the first paragraph is _________.A. to inform the reader of the complexity of the worldB. to declare that the author belongs to the group of smokersC. to tell non-smokers that smokers will be considerateD. to reveal the author’s reason for writing this essay2. What does the second sentence in the second paragraph imply?A. We should go on two different roads.B. We have different ways of doing things.C. Being polite to each other is a mutual thing.D. We can smoke and sometimes we will not smoke.3. According to the author, how can you get cooperative response from smokers if you don’t like to have someone smoking beside you?A. Complain to his superior.B. Tell him directly that you hate smokers.C. Refrain from complaining but try to hint him next time.D. Tell him politely that you are not used to smoke.4. According to the author, why do some smokers smoke in public?A. Because they cannot resist smoking.B. Because they forget that others do not like the smell of cigarettes.C. Because they are humans and they cannot avoid offending people.D. Because there is no law against it.5. How does the author try to persuade the reader?A. He uses reasons.B. He appeals to people’s emotions.C. He cites examples in his argument.D. He simply states his opinion.Key: BCDBBPassage 9Here is a story told about an American general who was a very important figure in the American army during the First World War. Everybody in the United States knew him and many people wished to have a picture or something of his in their homes.Soon after the war the general returned to Washington. One day he went to a dentist and had six teeth pulled out. A week later the general heard that his teeth were being sold in shops at $5 each. On each of the teeth there was a label with the name of the general and words: “buy theseteeth and show them to your friends at home.” The general got angry. He rushed to his office and ordered six officers to go around the city and buy all his teeth.The officers went out and visited every shop in the capital. They were away from the office all day. In the evening they returned and put on the table in front of the general the teeth they had bought. They had collected 175 teeth.1. The general came back to Washington ____________.A. after the First World WarB. after the Second World WarC. during the First World WarD. both A and B2. Many families wanted to have __________ of the general.A. a pictureB. a tooth or anythingC. a shopD. Both A and B3. The general ordered his men to _____________.A. arrest the dentistB. look for all his teeth and buy all of themC. visit all the shops selling teethD. buy all the teeth in all the shops4. The face that the general’s name was on the label of each tooth shows that ____________.A. the general was famousB. the shop owners wanted to make more moneyC. the general’s teeth were valuable.D. both A and B5. The teeth they collected most probably cost __________.A. $175B. $795C. $875D. $1150Key: ADBDCPassage 10A public house which was recently bought by Mr. James is up for sale. He is going to sell it because it is haunted（闹鬼）. He told me that he could not go to sleep one night because he heard a strange noise coming from the bar. The next morning, he found that the doors had been blocked by chairs and the furniture had been moved. Though Mr. James had turned the lights off before he went to bed, they were on in the morning. He also said that he had found five empty whisky bottles which the ghost（鬼）must have drunk the night before. When I suggested that some villagers must have come in for a free drink, he shook his head. The villagers have told him that they will not accept it even if he gives it away.1. Mr. James was _________.A. a ghostB. the owner of the public houseC. going to buy the houseD. going to have a free drink2. Which of the following is correct?A. Mr. James saw the ghost.B. He had not turned off the lights.C. The chairs had been moved.D. He slept well.3. Mr. James __________ the house.A. was givenB. builtC. rentedD. bought4. Mr. James found ___________.A. sixty empty bottlesB. that the villagers had drunk the whiskyC. that the lights were onD. there was a ghost on his bed5. The writer of the passage _________ Mr. James’ story.A. believesB. doesn’t believeC. makes upD. has been told the story by some elseKey: BCDCB资料说明：Passage 1Long, long ago there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wanted to steal the bell on his neighbour's door, he walked up to the door, took hold of the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home.Then he sat down to think, "I must do something about the noise," he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea. "Ah, I'll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won't be able to hear the noise." The next day he went to the door of his neighbour, and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder. The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbour came running out."Steal my bell? I'll teach you a lesson," the angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the nose. The foolish thief did not know how the neighbour found out he was stealing the bell. "Why did he come out just then?" he wondered.1 The thief was trying to get his neighbour's doorbell.A. TB. F2. The thief put some cotton in his ears so as not to hear anything.A. TB. F3. The neighbour ran out probably because he knew his doorbell was being stolen.A. TB. F4. The neighbour hit the thief to punish him for stealing.A. TB. F5. The thief thought the neighbour couldn't hear the noise of the bell.A. TB. FKEY：AAAAA。
电大英语B阅读理解(1)
第二部分阅读理解(1)（2012年12月网考）全翻译版共31篇以下正误判断题（百分百实考题）在考试中的阅读第一篇，相对来说难度较低，投机几率大，考前一天会在更新群内确定本部分范围，一般在20篇左右，建议强记，可以看题背答案，确保阅读的30分不丢。
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一般是根据文章的事实或细节，给出一个句子，判断其正误。
比较直接，难度相对较小。
做此类题时，应先看题，后带着“问题”快速阅读短文，寻找所需要的信息。
Passage 1Snowflakes look like white stars falling from the sky. But there have been times when snow has looked red, green, yellow, or black. There have been snowflakes of almost every color. Think how it would seem to have colored snowflakes coming down all around you.Black snow fell in France one year. Another year grey snow fell in Japan. It was found that the snow was mixed with ashes. T完整资料请联系QQ1479940435his made it look dark. Red snow had come down in other countries. When this happened, the snow was mixed with red dust.Most snow looks white, but it is really the color of ice. Snow is ice that comes from snow cloud. Each snowflake begins with a small drop of frozen water. More water forms around this drop. The way the water freezes gives the snowflakes its shape.No two snowflakes are ever just the same size or shape. Sometimes the snowflakes are broken when they come down. Other snowflakes melt as they fall. All snowflakes are flat and have six sides, if they a完整资料请联系QQ1479940435re not broken or melted. When the air is cold and dry, the falling snowflakes are small and hard. If the air wet and warm, the snowflakes are big and soft.Would you be surprised to see snowflakes as big as your head falling from the sky? It happened once in the United States. It could happen again.雪花看起来像从天上掉下白色星星，但有好几次雪看起来是红的，绿的，或黑的，几乎有所有颜色的雪花。