东南大学2015春学期《大学英语(三)》在线作业3答案

东大15春学期《大学英语(三)》在线作业3答案阅读理解完型填空一、阅读理解（共 4 道试题，共 40 分。

）1.Almost every family buys as least one copy of a newspaper every day. Some people subscribe toas many as two or three different newspapers. But why do people read newspapers?Five hundred years ago, news of important happenings--battles lost and won, kings or rulersoverthrown (推翻) or killed took months and even years to travel from one country to another.The news passed by word of mouth and was never accurate. Today we can read in our newspapersof important events that occur in far away countries on the same day they happen. Apart from supplying news from all over the world, newspapers give us a lot of other usefulinformation. There are weather reports, radio, television and film guides, book reviews, stories,and of course, advertisements. The bigger ones are put in by large companies to bring attention totheir products. They pay the newspapers thousands of dollars for the advertising space, but it isworth the money for news of their products goes into almost every home in the country. For thosewho produce newspapers, advertisements are also very important. Money earned from advertisements makes it possible for them to sell their newspapers at a low price and still make aprofit.1). The phrase "subscribe to" in the first paragraph means" _________".A. go to the newspaper stand and buyB. send their own news stories toC. agree to buy for a specific period of timeD. become faithful readers of正确答案：C2). The habit of reading newspapers is _________ .A. widespreadB. found among a few familiesC. not popularD. uncommon正确答案：A3). Before the time of the newspaper, __________ .A. bad news traveled quickly and good news slowlyB. few people cared about events that took place in far away countriesC. kings and rulers were often overthrown or killedD. news was passed from one person to another正确答案：D4). The author seems to agree that money spent on advertisements is _________ .A. wastedB. not muchC. well spentD. of no use to anyone正确答案：C5). which of the following statements is TRUE?A. Five hundred years ago it took a long time for news to reach other countries.B. Newspaper advertisements turn people's attention away from their productsC. The news that we read in newspapers is mainly about new products.D. When newspapers are sold at a low price, the newspaper producers will lose money.正确答案：A2. When Mrs. Joseph Groeger died recently in Vienna, Austria, people asked the obvious, “Whydid she live to be 107?” Answers were provided by a survey conducted among 148 Viennese menand women who had reached the age of 100. Somewhat surprising was the fact that the majorityhad lived most of their lives in cities. In spite of the city’s image as an unhealthy place, city livingoften provides benefits that county living can lack. One factor seems to be important to thelongevity (长寿) of those interviewed.This factor is exercise. In the cities it is often faster to walk short distances than to wait for abus. Even taking public transportation often requires some walking. Smaller apartment houseshave no elevators (电梯), and so people must climb stairs. City people can usually walk to localsupermarkets. Since parking spaces are hard to find, there is often no alternative to walking.On the other hand, those who live in the country and suburbs do not have to walk every day.In fact, the opposite is often true. To go to school, work, or almost anywhere else, they must ridein cars.1). The Vienna survey may help to explain _______.A. the complaints of people in apartment housesB. the cause of Mrs. Groeger’s deathC. the longevity of people like Mrs. GroegerD. the image of cities in general正确答案：C2). The purpose of the second paragraph is to list some _______.A. benefits of walkingB. occasions for walking in city lifeC. comments made by city peopleD. problems of city living正确答案：B3). To reach the third floor of a building, it would probably be most healthful ____.A. to take the elevatorB. to walk up the stairsC. to ride in a carD. to find an alternative to walking正确答案：B4). People who live in the country probably do more driving than walking because _______.A. they don’t live near business areasB. they don’t need the exerciseC. they never have parking problemsD. they can’t afford to take the bus正确答案：A5). A conclusion that can be drawn from this passage is that _______.A. air pollution is not seriousB. anyone can live to be 107C. country people should move to the cityD. walking is a healthful exercise正确答案：D3. Although the United States covers so much land and the land produces far more food than thepresent population needs, its people are by now almost entirely and urban society. Less than atenth of the people are engaged in agriculture and forestry (林业) , and most of the rest live in oraround towns, small and large. Here the traditional picture is changing: every small town may stillbe very like other small towns, and the typical small town may represent a widely accepted viewof the country, but most Americans do not live in small towns any more. Half the population nowlives in some thirty metropolitan areas (large cities with their suburbs) of more than a millionpeople each ---- a larger proportion than in Germany or England, let alone France. The statistics(统计) of urban and rural population should be treated with caution because so many people wholive in areas classified as rural travel by car to work in a nearby town each day. As the rush to liveout of town continues, rural areas within reach of towns are gradually filled with houses, so that itis hard to say at what moment a piece of country becomes a suburb. But most and more the typicalAmerican lives in a metropolitan rather than a small town environment.1). If now America has 250 million people, how many of them are engaged in agriculture andforestry?A. About 25 million.B. More than 25 million.C. Less than 25 million.D. Less than 225 million.正确答案：C2). Which of the following four countries has the smallest proportion of people living inmetropolitan areas?A. United States.B. Germany.C. France.D. England.正确答案：C3). What’s the meaning of the word “metropolitan” in the middle of the passage?A. Of a large city with its suburbs.B. Of small and large towns.C. Of urban areas.D. Of rural areas.正确答案：A4). According to the passage, what can we learn about small towns in the United States?A. Most small towns become gradually crowded.B. Small towns are still similar to each other.C. As the traditional picture is changing, towns are different.D. Small towns are turning into large cities.正确答案：B5). Why is it hard to say when a piece of country becomes a suburb?A. Because they are the same.B. Because the rush takes place too quickly.C. Because the process is gradual.D. Because more and more Americans live in metropolitan areas.正确答案：C4. Albert Einstein had a great effect on science and history, greater than what onlya few othermen have achieved. An American university president once commented that Einstein had created anew outlook, a new view of the universe. It may be some time before the average mind understands fully the identity of time and space and so on---but even ordinary men understandnow that the universe is something larger than ever before.By 1994 the young Einstein had gained world fame. He accepted the offer to become a professorat the Prussian Academy of Science in Berlin. He had few duties, little teaching andunlimitedopportunities for study, but soon his peace and quiet were broken by the First World War. Einsteinhated violence. The misery of war affected him deeply, and he sat unhappily in his office doinglittle. He lost interest in his research. Only when peace came in 1918 was he able to get back towork.In the years following World War I honors were increasingly heaped on him. He became the headof the Kaiser Whihem Institute of Theoretical Physics. In 1921he won the Nobel Prize, and he washonored in Germany until the rise of Nazism when he was driven from Germany because he was aJew.1). The main idea of Paragraph 1 is ______.A. the time when people know EinsteinB. the feeling of an American college presidentC. the change in human thought produced by EinsteinD. the difficulty facing teachers in understanding Einstein’s thought正确答案：C2). According to the American university president, ______.A. everyone understands Einstein’s theory todayB. Einstein achieved more than any other scientists in historyC. the theory of relativity can be quickly learned by everyoneD. our ideas about the universe are different today because of Einstein正确答案：D3). According to Paragraph 2, Albert Einstein _______ .A. was a famous chemistB. headed a research instituteC. was famous in the worldD. enjoyed reading about war正确答案：C4). According to the passage, Einstein did his greatest work _______ .A. during World War IB. when he was youngC. when Nazism roseD. between 1906 and 1915正确答案：B5). It may be concluded that ______.A. Albert Einstein was forced to serve in the German armyB. Albert Einstein had no other interests besides scienceC. Germans usually have a high respect for scienceD. his reputation was ruined because of his work during World War I 正确答案：C15春学期《大学英语(三)》在线作业3阅读理解完型填空二、单选题（共 15 道试题，共 45 分。