西南大学《英语阅读一》(高)网上作业题及答案

（0051）《英语阅读一》(高)网上作业题答案1：第1次作业2：第2次作业3：第3次作业4：第4次作业5：第5次作业6：第6次作业1：[论述题]请下载附件中的作业并完成0051英语阅读1 作业参考答案：I.Text ComprehensionDCBAII.Reading ComprehensionPassage 1 A B.DCDPassage 2 ＤBCBAPassage 3 C C B C DPassage 4 CACBBIII.Answer the Questions:What is the main idea of the story A Day’s Wait?略IV.TranslationDirection: Translate the following sentences into Chinese.略1£º[ÂÛÊöÌâ]I. Do the matching excercise on P. 33 Ex. BII. Do the mtching excercise on P. 44 Ex. BIII. Do the mtching excercise on P. 56 Ex. BIV. Do the mtching excercise on P. 67 Ex. BV. Translating the following sentences from the text in Chinese.1. In gerneral, the controls imposed represent the needs of the parents and the values of the community as much as the child's own happiness and well being. (from Bring Up the Children)2. If a man talks about his weak points, the listener says something in the way of encouragement,or points to ohter qualities in which teh speaker excels. (from American Social Relations)3. No one would ever be able to figure out what she had done or where the money had gone. And even if they did trace it, they would never suspect her. (from New Applications)4. It was a large room. A living room. Rugs, carefully rolled, lay piled on one side. The furniture -- chairs, tables, couches -- was covered by sheets. Dust lay like a light snow over everything. (from The Wrong House)²Î¿¼´ð°¸£ºI. dgjhbceifaII. fcejihabdgII. fjibhcgeadIV. ghdajciebfV. ÂÔ1£º[ÂÛÊöÌâ]I. Reading ComprehensionPassage 1"Culture consists of all shared products of human society¡± (Robertson ,1981). This means not only such material things as cities, organizations and schools, but also non-material things such as ideas, customs, family patterns, and languages. Putting it simply, culture refers to the entire way of life of a society, "the ways of a people¡±.Language is a part of culture and plays a very important role in it. Some social scientists consider it the keystone of culture. Without language, the maintaining of culture would not be possible. On the other hand, language is influenced and shaped by culture, and it reflects culture. In the broadest sense, language is the symbolic representation of a people, and it comprises (°üº¬)their historical and cultural backgrounds, as well as their approach to life and their ways of living and thinking.We should not go further into the relationship between language and culture. What needs to be stressed here is that the two interact (Ï´»¥Ó°Ïì), and that understanding of one requires understanding of the other.Social scientists tell us that cultures differ from one another, that each culture is unique. As cultures are diverse, languages are diverse. It is only natural that with differences in cultures and differences in languages, difficulties often arise in communicating between cultures and across cultures. Understanding is not always easy.Learning a foreign language well means more than merely mastering the pronunciation, grammar, words and idioms. It also means learning to see the world as native speakers of thatlanguage see it, learning the ways in which their language reflects the ideas, customs, and behaviors of their society, learning to understand their "language of the mind¡±. Learning a language, in fact, is inseparable (²»¿É²Ö¸îµÄ)from learning its culture.1. According to the first paragraph, the term "culture¡± refers to _________.A. things like cities, organizations and schoolsB. ideas, customs, family patterns and languagesC. all things manufactured by human raceD. the total that constitutes a society2. The second paragraph tells us about _________.A. the role of language in cultureB. the relationship between language and cultureC. the influence of culture on languageD. the representation of culture3. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to some social scientists?A. Language reflects cultureB. Language shapes cultureC. Language represents cultureD. Language maintains culture4. The passage implies that there will be no difficulty in communication if people from differentcountries can _________.A. speak each other's languagesB. master each other's languages and culturesC. tell the differences between languages and culturesD. communicate in the same languages5. This passage is probably taken from a book _________.A. on culturesB. on language learningC. on learning a language through cultureD. on communication in different countries Passage 2After 10 seasons wearing the No 8 on his back, Kobe Bryant will become No 24 next season. The reason for the surprising decision by the Los Angeles Lakers super guard last week has become a hot topic for debate.Bryant wore No 24 when he was in early high school, but he changed to No 33 in his senior year. He switched to No 8 when he was selected by the Lakers in 1996,and has not been changed since.Bryant has refused to explain the decision until the end of the play-offs (¼¾ºóÈü). So guessing Bryant's motive has become a popular game among NBA fans and newspaper columnists (³¨À¸³÷¼Ò).There are all kinds of speculations. Many say that Bryant wants to leave the past behind and have a fresh start. He has often been criticized for playing to benefit himself and not the team as a whole. Others say that he may be trying to compare himself to Michael Jordan. Jordan was famous for his No 23 jersey (Ô˶¯ÉÀ). Some, such as NBC Sport columnist Michael Ventre, argue that it is "all about money¡±. Bryant will make more money by selling new jerseys to his fans.Some speculations are more about fun. For example, there is an opinion that Kobe is actually just a diehard (²Ç³£Ö´ÖøµÄ) fan of the popular TV drama "24¡±.All this talk has turned the number change into a major issue. It seems that there is a lot of fuss (´ó¾ªÐ¡¹Ö) over something that should be pretty simple.Jersey numbers have their own special significance in American sports, especially basketball. Players choose their number when they join a team and they usually stick with that number for the rest of their career. When a great player retires, his team will honor him by retiring his number.To some extent, the jersey is the player, and the player is the jersey. Thus, when you see the famous No 23 for the Chicago Bulls, you immediately think about Michael Jordan. A No 32 Miami Heats jersey recalls the image of Shaquille O'Neal, and the Houston Rockets' No 11 belongs only to Yao Ming.Lots of stories are behind players' jersey number selections. Jordan said that he chose No 23 because it was roughly half of 45. Jordan's elder brother wore the No 45 in college. Yao Ming once revealed that the No 11 stands for two people in love¨D meaning him and his girlfriend Ye Li.1. Which team has Bryant played for?A. The Los Angeles Lakers.B. The Houston Rockets.C. The Chicago Bulls.D. The Miami Heats.2. How long has Bryant been wearing No 8?A. Since he started to play basketball.B. For ten seasons.C. Since he entered high school.D. Since he left the Lakers.3. Which of the following is NOT a speculation about Bryant's motive to change his number,according to this passage?A. He wants to leave his past behind and have a fresh start.B. He wants to compare himself to Jordan.C. He wants to earn more money.D. He wants to show that he is a man of great importance.4. Why did Jordan choose No 23?A. Because that number would make him famous.B. Because that number would make his fans miss him.C. Because that number was related to the number his brother once wore.D. Because that number was easy to remember.5. What does the number Yao Ming chose stand for?A. Two long legs.B. Two strong arms.C. Two people in love.D. Two big countries.Passage 3Anna Douglas was 72 years old when she started writing her newspaper column (³¨À¸). After she retired, she found a volunteer job with an agency. The agency that she chose to work for was a business that helped other businesses find jobs for old people. Every day she talked with other retired people like herself. By talking, she recognized two things. Old people had abilities that were not being used. Old people also had problems--mostly problems with communication.Mrs. Douglas found a new purpose for herself. Through the year, from time to time she had written stories about people for national magazines. Now there was a new subject: old people like herself. She began to write a newspaper column called: "Sixty Plus,¡± which focuses on gettingold. She writes about the problems of old people, especially their problems which being misunderstood.Anna Douglas used her thinking ability to see the truth behind a problem. She understands the reasons why problems begin. She understands old people and young people, too. For example, one of her readers said that his grandchildren left the house as soon as he comes to visit. Mrs. Douglas suggested some ways for him to increase understanding with his grandchildren. She told him to listen to young people's music and to watch the most popular television shows."It's important to know something about your grandchildren's world,¡±says Mrs. Douglas. "That means questioning and listening ¨D and listening is not what old people do best.¡±She continues, "Say good things to them and about them. Never criticize (ÅúÆÀ) your grandchildren or any other youngsters, teenagers, or young adults. Never tell them that they are wrong. Don't give them your opinion. They have been taught that they should have respect for old people. The old should have respect for the young as well.¡±1. Anna Douglas understands the problems of old people because _________.A. she herself is oldB. she likes their musicC. she has grandchildrenD. she watches their television programs2. Anna Douglas' newspaper column_________.A. contains mostly funny storiesB. has some ideas for youngstersC. is about how to find jobs for old peopleD. discusses the problems of the aged3. What advice did Mrs. Douglas NOT give to the reader whose grandchildren didn't want tosee him?A. Listen to pop musicB. Watch more popular TV showsC. Tell more interesting storiesD. Try to understand his grandchildren4. According to Mrs. Douglas, old people need to learn how to _________.A. workB. criticizeC. listenD. complain5. According to the last paragraph, the main point of Mrs. Douglas' advice is that old people_________.A. have a lot to learn from the youngB. should understand and respect the youngC. had better improve their hearing not to misunderstand the youngD. should show respect for the young even when criticizing themPassage 4Like fingerprints, no two faces are exactly the same. Did you ever wonder how it is possible for us to recognize people? Even a skilled writer probably could not describe all the characters that make one face different from another. Yet a very young child ¨D even an animal, such as a bird ¨D can learn to recognize faces. We all take this ability for granted.We also tell two people apart by how they behave. A person's personality means the ways in which he acts, speaks, thinks, and feels that make him different from others. Like the human race, human personality is very complex. But describing a person's personality in words is somewhat easier than describing his face. If you were asked to describe what a "nice face¡± looks like, you would have a difficult time doing so. But if you were asked to describe a "nice person¡±, you might begin to think about someone who is kind, thoughtful, friendly, warm, and so on.There are many words that can be used to describe how a person thinks, feels, and acts.Gordon Allport, a U.S. scientist who studies the human mind, found nearly 18,000 English words characterizing differences in human behavior. And many of us use these words to describe different types of people ¨D bookworms (Êé´ô³Ó)£¬fools, workaholics (¹¤³÷¿ñ).1. According to the passage, a very young child can _________.A. learn to recognize facesB. describe how a person thinksC. learn to recognize fingerprintsD. describe what a "nice person¡± is like2. According to the passage, we can tell two people apart by _________.A. their behaviorB. their namesC. their handsD. their clothes3. Describing a "nice face¡± _________.A. is quite easyB. is a difficult taskC. is not as difficult as describing a "nice person¡±D. may remind you of someone who was kind, thoughtful and friendly4. It can be concluded from the passage that ______.A. a "nice person¡± is very complexB. it's hard to describe a "nice person¡±C. a "nice person¡± is considerate and kindD. when we tell one person from another, we often refer to their faces5. Which of the following statements is NOT true about Gordon Allport?A. He describes himself as a bookworm.B. He does research on the human mind.C. He found about 18,000 English words to describe human behavior.D. The words he found are being used by many people to describe a person.II. Answer teh following questions briefly.1. Who is Cinderella? And What happened to her at the end of the story?2. Have you ever damaged anythign you had borrowed from someone else? What did you do about it?²Î¿¼´ð°¸£ºÂÔ1£º[ÂÛÊöÌâ]I. Do excercise C. "My Teacher" on page 157II. Answer the following question.How much do you know about Helen Keller?III. Translate the following sentences from the text into Chinese.1. I know already a great deal about you which would help the police if you take my jewels. (From Lady in the Dark)2. Only the deaf appreciate hearing, only the blind realize the manifold blessings that lie in sight. (from Three Days to See)²Î¿¼´ð°¸£ºI. 1. rasing 2. demanding 3. hidden 4. encouraged 5. imagination 6. movement 7. pleasant 8. priceless 9. gifted 10. strongerII.ÂÔIII. ÂÔ1：[论述题]Answer the follwing questions based on teh the text Lady in the Dark1.What was the old woman doing when she was talking to the young man?2. What kind of person is the young man according to the old woman's and the inspector's description?参考答案：略1£º[ÂÛÊöÌâ]I.Do excercise on Page 184 Ex. BII. Reading ComprehensionPassage 1People all over the world today are beginning to hear and learn more and more about the problem of pollution. Pollution is caused either by man's release of completely new and often artificial (ÈËÔì)substances into the environment, or by releasing greatly increased amounts of a natural substance (ÎïÖÊ), such as oil from oil tankers into the sea.Whatever its underlying reasons, there is no doubt that much of the pollution caused could be controlled if only companies, individuals and governments would make more efforts. In the home there is an obvious need to control litter and waste. Food comes wrapped up there or four times in packages that all have to be disposed of; drinks are increasingly sold in bottles or tins whichcannot be reused. This not only causes a litter problem, but also is a great waste of resources, in terms of glass, metal and paper. Advertising has helped this process by persuading many of us not only to buy thing we neither want nor need, but also to throw away much of what we do buy. Pollution and waste combine to be a problem everyone can help to solve by cutting out unnecessary buying, excess use and careless disposal (´¦Àí) of the products we use in our daily lives.1. The main cause of pollution is______.A. the release of artificial or natural substances into the environmentB. the production of new industrial goodsC. increased amounts of a natural substanceD. our ever-increasing population2. Much of the pollution could be controlled if only______.A. people would pay more attention to the problemB. governments would take effective measuresC. all sides concerned would make more effortsD. farmers would use less artificial fertilizers3. Food packages, bottles and tins for drinks can cause______.A. air and water pollutionB.both a litter problem and a waste of resourcesC. to pay for the serviceD. to produce the receipt4. Which of the following can not help solving the problem of pollution?A. Cutting out unnecessary buyingB. Eating lessC. Reduce excess useD. Carefully dispose our daily products.5. What does the underlined word "litter¡± mean in paragraph 2 ?A. not manyB. serious problemC. bits of waste thingsD. industrial pollution Passage 2The young people who talk of the village as being "dead¡± are talking nothing but nonsense, as in their hearts they must surely know.No, the village is not dead. There is more life in it now than there ever was. But it seems that "Village life¡± is dead. Gone for ever. It began to decline (Ë¥Âä) about a hundred years ago, when many girls left home to go into service in town many miles away, and men also left home in increasing number in search of a work, and home was where work was. There are still a number of people alive today who can remember. What "village life¡± meant the early years of the present century? It meant knowing and being known by everybody else in the village. It meant finding your entertainment in the village of within walking distance of it. It meant housewives tied to the home all day and every day. It meant going to bed early to save lamp ¨Doil and coal.Then came the First World War and the Second World War. After each war, new ideas, new attitudes, new trades and occupations were revealed to villagers. The long-established order of society was no longer taken for granted. Electricity and the motorcar were steadily operating tomake "village life¡± and "town life¡± almost alike. Now with the highly developed science and technology and high-level social welfare for all, there is no point whatever in talking any longer about "village life. "It is just life, and that a better life.¡±Finally, if we have any doubts about the future, or about the many changes, which we have seen in our lives, we have only to look in at the school playground any mid - morning; or see the children as they walk homeward in little groups. Obviously these children are better fed, better clothed, better educated, healthier, prettier and happier than any generation of children that ever before walked the village street.1. By saying that village is not dead, but "village life¡±is dead, the writer suggests that_________A. those young people who talk of the village as being "dead¡± are wrongB the two statements are against each otherC. "village life¡± today is rather uninterestingD. "village life¡± today is no longer like what is used to be.2. It was _________ that "village life¡± began to take a sharp turn.A. about a century agoB. during the two world warsC. with electricity and motorcars introduced into the villageD. only recently3. As is suggested in paragraph 2, villagers in the past _________A. lived a simpler life than villagers todayB. knew fewer people than villagers today.C. found it difficult to enjoy themselvesD. liked to wash themselves with cold water.4. The expression "There is no point whatever in talking about¡¡±in paragraph 3 means that_________A. there is no end to the talking about....B. It is harmful to talk about¡.C. It is not meaningless to talk about....D. there is no reason for talking about5. From the passage we can see that the writer's attitude toward "village life¡± is ___________A. positiveB. negativeC. neutralD. unclearPassage 3Pepys and his wife had asked some friends to dinner on Sunday, September 2nd, 1666. They were up very late on the Saturday evening, getting everything ready for the next day, and while they were busy they saw the glow of a fire start in the sky. By 3 o'clock on the Sunday morning, its glow had become so bright that Jane woke her husband to watch it. Pepys slipped on his dressing-gown and went to the window to watch it. It seemed fairly far away, o after a time he went back to bed. When he got up in the morning, it looked, as though the fire was dying down, though he could still see some flames. So he set to work to tidy his room and put his things back where he wanted them.While he was doing this, Jane came in to say that she had heard the fire was a bad one; hundred houses had been burned down in the night and he fire was still burning. Pepys went out to see for himself. He went to the Tower of London and climbed up ¡®on a high part of the buildings so that he could see what was happening. From there, Pepys could see that it was, indeed, a bad fire and that even the houses on London Bridge were burning. The man of the Tower told him that the fire had started in a baker's shop in Pudding Lane; the baker's house had caught fire from the over- heated oven and then the flames had quickly spread to the other houses in the narrow lane. So began the Great Fire of London, a fire that lasted nearly five days, destroyed most of the old city and ended, so it is said, at Pie Corner.1. What is the passage about?A. The Great Fire of London.B. Who was the first to discover the fire?C. What Pepys was doing during the fire.D. The losses caused by the fire.2. They were up very late because ________.A. it was Sunday morningB. they were not very sleepyC. they were preparing for the dinner.D. they saw the great fire start.3. What was Pepys doing when his wife told him about the fire?A. He was asleep.B. He was writing something.C. He was putting things back.D. He was looking out of the window.4. "Pepys slipped on his dressing gown.¡± " To slip on¡± means ________.A. to be wearingB. to be pushingC. to take offD. to put on5. Why did the flames spread quickly?A. The oven became very hot.B. The houses were close together.C. The baker did nothing to stop it.D. The baker's house was burning quickly.Passage 4During the American War of Independence, women were involved in the active fighting in three ways. First, as members of a distinct branch of the Continental Army, referred to as "Women of the Army¡±, women worked in field hospitals and acted as military support in such roles as water carriers. In an emergency (½ô¼±Ê±¿Ì), women water carriers, who had plenty of opportunity to observe the firing of cannons, could replace a wounded comrade. The second way that women were involved in active fighting was as regular troop members who wore men's uniforms and fought side by side with their male counterparts. Theoretically, women were not supposed to be recruited into the Continental Army, but if a woman was a good soldier, no one made an issue of sex at a time when the army was so short of soldiers that boys not yet in their teens were also being recruited in violation of rules. Third, women were occasional fighters affiliated with local militia (ÃñÍÅ) companies or committees of safety formed to protect the local community.第 11 页 共 11 页 1.What is the main idea of the passage?A. Women played an important role in military hospitals during the Revolutionary War.B. The Continental Army was successful in teaching women to fire cannons.C. The services of women on committees of safety were crucial in winning the war.D. Women were active in combat during the revolutionary War. 2.Women sometimes fired cannons in battle because .A. they had observed the procedure and could therefore take the place of the disable men.B. local militia companies had trained them very carefully for emergence fighting.C. they had a better safety record than men for using weapons.D. it was against the law of young boys to fire weapons, 3. What is probably the main reason that women were permitted for fight in the war eventhough their formal participation was discouraged?A. only women were successful as water carriers.B. They were needed to make battle uniforms.C. Colonial women were particularly healthy and strong.D. The army desperately needed combat soldiers.4. Women were involved in fighting the was for American independence in all of the following ways except as .A. members of committees of safetyB. support personnel at medical facilitiesC. recruited soldiers for the Continental armyD. combat troops in regular army5. This passage would most probably be assigned reading for a course in the subjectof .A. NursingB. HistoryC. Social WorkD. Labor Studies²Î¿¼´ð°¸£ºI. beajhcdigfII. Passage 1:ACBBCPassage 2: DCADAPassage 3: ACADBPassage 4: DADCB。