北邮2016年度大学英语二阶段作业任务三

一、阅读理解（共1道小题，共25.0分）

1.William Henry Harrison, the ninth President of the United

States, was born in a small town. As a boy, he was quiet and shy.

In fact, he was so quiet that everyone thought he was stupid.

Because of that, the people of the town liked to play jokes on him.

“Here, William,”one of them would say. “Here is a nickel(五美分硬币), and here is a dime（十美分硬币）. Which one

do you want?”

He always chose the nickel, and then they all laughed at him.

Finally, his mother took him aside and said to him, “I know that you are a smart boy, but sometimes you let people think

you are not so smart. Why do you always choose the nickels

instead of the dime? Don't you know that a dime is worth much more than a nickel?”

“Certainly, I know it,”William answered slowly. “But if I choose the dime, they won't play the trick on me any more. Then

I won’t get any more nickels.”

1.William Henry Harrison was born_____.

A.in a big city

B.on a farm

C.in the countryside

D.in a small town

2.People thought he was stupid because ______.

A.he did poorly at school

B.he was so quiet

C.he always asked foolish questions

D.he was afraid of others

3.Whenever people played tricks on him, he was asked

to_____.

ugh at himself

B.make faces

C.choose between a nickel and a dime

D.tell right from wrong

4.His mother took him aside and asked why _____.

A.he always chose the nickel instead of the dime

B.he didn’t know that a dime was worth more

than a nickel

C.people played the same trick on him

D.he failed to let people know how smart he was

5.We can infer from the story that William Henry Harrison

was ______.

A.foolish

B.naughty

C.silent

D.clever

试题分值：25.0

得分：[5, 5, 5, 5, 5]

提示：

[1]D.细节题。本题问“William Henry Harrison出生于______。”中心词是

“was born”，答案在第一段的第一句，该句告诉我们William出生于一个小镇，所以答案是D。

[2]B.细节题。本题问“人们认为他非常笨，这是因为_______。”中心词是

“thought he was stupid”，答案在第一段的最后一句，该句大意是“当他还是个孩子的时候，他不喜欢说话而且很害羞。实际上，他是如此的安静以至于别人都认为他很笨”。据此可知答案是B。

[3]C.细节题。本题问“每当人们想和他开玩笑的时候，人们就让他_______。”

中心词是“played tricks on him”，答案在第二段和第三段，只不过第二段中出现的是“play jokes on him”，这两个词组意思相近。第二段大意是“就因为这个，所以人们喜欢开他的玩笑。”第三段的大意是“有人会说：‘过来，William。这里有一个5美分硬币和一个10美分的硬币。你想选择哪一个？’”根据这两段，我们可以知道答案是C。

[4]A.细节题。本题问“他妈妈将他带到一旁问他为什么_______。”答案在第五

段，该段大意是“最后，他妈妈将他带到一旁对他说道：‘我知道你是个聪明的孩子，但是有些时候你让别人觉得你不是那么聪明。为什么你总是选择5美分的硬币而不选择10美分的呢？难道你不知道10美分的硬币比5美分的值钱吗？’”据此可知答案是A。

[5]D.推断题。本题问“从故事中我们可以推测出William Henry Harrison是

______。”答案在最后一段，该段大意是“William慢慢地回答道：‘我当然知道。但是，如果我选择了10美分的硬币，他们就不会再和我开玩笑了。这样的话，我就再也得不到5美分的硬币了。’”据此可知答案是D （聪明的）。

二、单项选择题（共15道小题，共75.0分）

1.The campus newspaper ___________ said，"Like police arresting

speeders，the intent is not to catch everyone but rather to catch enough to spread the word."

A.edit

B.editing

C.edition

D.editorial