大学英语C

一、阅读理解题一Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it. It is true. People usually begin their talks with "Isn't it a nice day?" "Do you think it will rain?" "What a fine day!" etc.Many people think they can tell what the weather is going to be like. But they hardly agree with each other. One man may say, "Do you see how cloudy it is in the east? It's going to rain tomorrow." Another man will say, "No, it's going to be fine tomorrow."People often look for the weather they want. When a farmer needs water, he looks for something to tell him it's going to rain; he won't believe anything else. When friends have a travel, they are sure the weather is going to clear up very quickly. Almost everyone listens to what the weather man says. But he doesn't always tell us what we want, and once in a while he makes a mistake. Still, he probably comes closer to being correct than anyone else.1、"Nobody does anything about the weather" means nobody can talk about weather.A、TrueB、False【答案】B。

【解析】从题干关键词nobody, weather，定位文中第一句：Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.（每个人都谈论天气，但是没有人对天气做任何改变。

），可知应选择B。

2、Asking each other's names is a common way to start a talk.A、TrueB、False【答案】B 【解析】从题干关键词start a talk, 定位文中People usually begin their talks with "Isn't it a nice day?" "Do you think it will rain?" "What a fine day!" etc.（人们经常这样开始交谈：“今天不是个好天气吗？”“你认为要下雨了吗”“多好的天气！”等等。

），这里没有提到问名字的话题。

3、When it is cloudy in the east, you can’t make sure that it must be cloudy tomorrow.A、TrueB、False【答案】A【解析】从题干关键词cloudy, east, 定位文中One man may say, "Do you see how cloudy it is in the east? It's going to rain tomorrow." Another man will say, "No, it's going to be fine tomorrow."（一个人说“你看见东边的云多厚了吗？明天会下雨。

”另一个人会说“不，明天会天晴。

”），可知人们的意见不一致，天气的变化也是莫测的。

4、Many people hope the weather will be fine.A、TrueB、False【答案】B【解析】从题干关键词many people, hope, 定位文中People often look for the weather they want.（人们经常希望他们想要的天气。

），而人们想要的并不都是晴天。

5、A weatherman probably is a man who reports weather.A、TrueB、False【答案】A【解析】从题干关键词weatherman, 定位文中Almost everyone listens to what the weatherman says.（几乎每个人都听天气预报员说了什么。

），得知weatherman是报告天气的人。

题二The lunar (阴历的) New Year always starts between January the twenty-first and February the twentieth.Before New Year’s Day, people do a good cleaning to their houses. On the last day of the old year, there is a family dinner. All members of the family except married daughters try to come for their meal. After the dinner, they stay late to welcome the New Year.The New Year Celebration keeps on for a few days. On the morning of the first day, children and unmarried people go to visit their elders. After that, people pay New Year calls to each other and give each other gifts.During the festival all the main streets are full of people, and if you can get onto a bus without having to fight your way in, you’re really lucky!1、As we know, January 1 is ____.A、the lunar New Year DayB、not a holidayC、the Spring FestivalD、New Year’s Day【答案】D【解析】题目问一月一日（January 1）是哪一天。

答案应该是元旦，新年的第一天。

而不是the lunar New Year Day（农历新年），即Spring Festival（春节）。

2、What day is the lunar New Year’s Eve?A、Between December 1 of the old year and January 1 of the New Year.B、Before January 19.C、Between January the 21st and February the 19th.D、After February the twentieth.【答案】C【解析】题目问农历的除夕是哪一天。

定位第一句The lunar (阴历的) New Year always starts between January the twenty-first and February of the twentieth.（农历新年总是在1月21日到2月20之间。

）所以除夕也在这之间。

3、People do their houses a good cleaning during the last few days of the old year ____.A、to welcome family membersB、to welcome the New YearC、to say goodbye to the old yearD、to welcome married daughter and their husbands【答案】B【解析】从题干关键词houses, cleaning, old year, 定位文中第二段On the last day of the old year, there is a family dinner…After the dinner, they stay late to welcome the New Year.（在旧年的最后一天，有一个家庭聚会餐……在聚餐后，他们玩到很晚来迎接新年的到来。

）说明打扫房子的目的也是为了迎接新年。

4、It’s the custom ______.A、to stay up to welcome the New Year on the lunar New Year’s EveB、to stay up late to welcome the New Year on New Year’s DayC、not to go to bed on December the thirtiethD、not to go to bed on the lunar New Year’s Day【答案】A【解析】题目问什么是custom(习俗)。

因为守岁是lunar New Year’s Eve（除夕）的事，而不是lunar New Year’s Day （大年初一）的事，所以D不对。

而这一风俗也不是在公历新年里发生，所以B,C都不对。

5、In this passage the writer tells us how people celebrate _____.A、the New YearB、the last day of the old yearC、the lunar New YearD、New Year’s Day【答案】C。