大学英语B-阅读理解答案.doc

阅读理解B42、Martin 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 in Atlanta, Georgia. When he was young, he was strongly influenced by Thoreau and Indian leader Mahatma Gandhis 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 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 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 now a federal holiday in Luther Kings honor. He lives in peoples hearts forever. (1)、Martin Luther King was murdered when he was 39 years old.A：T B：F答案：A(2)、Martin Luther King was a black minister only.A：T B：F答案：B(3)、Martin Luther Kings Day has been a federal holiday for more than 40 years.A：T B：F答案：A(4)、The underlined word delivered in the second paragraph could be replaced by gave.A：T B：F答案：A(5)、The best title for this passage is Civil Rights Law.A：T B：F答案：B43、A public house which was recently bought by Mr. James is up for sale. He is going to sell it because it is haunted (闹鬼的). 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 the owner of the public house. A：T B：F答案：A(2)、Mr. James had not turned off the lights that night.A：T B：F答案：B(3)、Mr. James built the house. A：T B：F答案：B(4)、Mr. James found sixty empty bottles. A：T B：F答案：B (5)、The writer of the passage believes Mr. James story. A：T B：F答案：B 44、Great changes have been made in family life because of science and industry. In the past, when more Americans lived on farms, the typical family had many children. In a farm family, parents and their children often lived with grandparents. Often, too, uncles and aunts lived nearby. But when industry became more important than agriculture in American life, families became smaller because industry requires workers who are ready and able to move off the land and to move again whenever necessary. And large families can not be moved from place to place as smaller families can. So, at present people tend to have smaller families. In the future, because of industrialization, a typical family will be required to move even more often than now, so families will be even smaller. The typical family may remain childless and consists only of a man and a woman. A small number of families may take child raising as their chief work. At the same time they may also raise other peoples children, leaving those families free to move from job to job. (1)、The passage discusses influence of science and industry on American families. A：T B：F答案：A(2)、Families of the past, the present and the future are described in the passage. A：T B：F答案：A(3)、People no longer want to have children. A：T B：F答案：B(4)、Grandparents will take the chief responsibility of raising children in the future. A：T B：F答案：B(5)、Large families cannot fit in with a highly industrialized society. A：T B：F答案：A 45、My husband had just bought a new washing machine for me. I decided to use it and I washed a lot of things.Everything worked well, but I found one of my husbands socks missing. I looked everywhere for it, but I couldnt find it anywhere. The next morning, I got ready for school as usual. When the bell rang, the students came in. I greeted them first and then told them what we were going to do that day. When I turned around to write on the blackboard, the class broke out a roar! They laughed and laughed. They laughed so much, in fact, that I was afraid the headmaster would be into seeing all this. I asked the class to stop, but the more I talked, the more they laughed. I decided to pay no attention to them and I continued to write on the blackboard. When I did this, they roared even more.Finally, the teacher who had the room next to mine came in to see what all the laughter was about. When he came in, he started laughing, too! Good heavens, I said. Will someone please tell me what is so funny? Oh, God, said the teacher. You have a brown sock to the back of your skirt! So thats how I found my husbands missing sock. Oh, well, I said to the class. Lets just say you have had an unforgettable lesson on static (静止的) electricity.(1)、The writer was a teacher.A：T B：F答案：A(2)、When the writer turned around to write on the blackboard, the class began to laugh loudly.A：T B：F答案：A(3)、She couldnt find one of her husbands socks, because her husband had taken it away.A：T B：F答案：B(4)、The teacher from the next room laughed, because he found a sock on the back of the writers skirt.A：T B：F答案：A(5)、The students told her about the laughing.A：T B：F答案：B 46、Tom arrived at the bus station quite early for Paris bus. The bus for Paris would not leave until five to twelve. He saw a lot of people waiting in the station. Some were standing in line, others were walking around. There was a group of schoolgirls. Their teacher was trying to keep them in line. Tom looked around, but there was no place for him to sit. He walked into the station cafe. He looked up at the clock there. It was only twenty to twelve. He found a seat and sat down before a large mirror on the wall. Just then, Mike, one of Toms workmates came in and sat with Tom. What time is your bus? asked Mike. Theres plenty of time yet answered Tom. Well, Ill get you some more tea then said Mike. They talked while drinking. Then Tom looked at the clock again. Oh! Its going backward he cried. A few minutes ago it was twenty to twelve, and now its half past eleven. Youre looking at the clock in the mirror. said Mike. Tom was so sad. The next bus was not to leave for another hour. Since then Tom has never liked mirrors.(1)、Tom went into the station cafe because Mike asked him to have a cup of tea.A：T B：F答案：B(2)、Tom and Mike talked while drinking.A：T B：F答案：A (3)、When Tom looked at the clock in the mirror, its actually half past twelve.A：T B：F答案：A(4)、From the story we know that when we look at a clock in a mirror, we will find its going backward.A：T B：F答案：A(5)、Tom arrived in Paris on time.A：T B：F答案：B47、My Aunt Edith was a widow of 50, working as a secretary, when doctors discovered what was then thought to be a very serious heart disease.Aunt Edith didnt accept defeat easily. She began studying medical reports in the library and found an article in a magazine about a well-known heart surgeon, Dr. Michael DeBakey, of Houston, Texas. He had saved the life of someone with the same disease. The article said his fees were very high; Aunt Edith couldnt possibly pay them. But could he tell her of someone whose fees she could pay?So Aunt Edith wrote to him. She simply listed her reasons for wanting to live: her three children, who would be on their own in three or four more years; her little-girl dream of traveling and seeing the world. There wasnt a word of self-pityonly warmth and humor and the joy of living. She mailed the letter, not really expecting an answer.A few days later, my doorbell rang. Aunt Edith didnt wait to come in; she stood in the hall and read aloud: Your beautiful letter moved me very deeply. If you can come to Houston, there will be no charge for either the hospital or the operation. Signed :Michael DeBakey (1)、Aunt Edith stopped working as a secretary when she knew she had a very serious heart disease.A：T B：F答案：B(2)、From the story we can see Aunt Edith accepted defeat easily. A：T B：F答案：B(3)、In Aunt Ediths letter to the doctor, she showed she was warm, humorous and enjoying living. A：T B：F答案：A(4)、When Aunt Edith mailed her letter, she didnt expect the doctor would give her a reply. A：T B：F答案：A(5)、Michael DeBakey mainly told Aunt Edith in the letter that her disease was so serious that he couldnt cure her.A：T B：F答案：B 48、People often say that the Englishmans home is his castle. They mean that the home is very important and personal. Most people in Britain live in houses rather than flats, and many people own their homes. This means that they can make them personal, and change them in any way they like. Most houses have a garden, even if it is a small one, and the garden is usually loved. The house and the garden are the private space of a person. In a crowded city a person knows that he or she has a private space which is only for himself or herself and for invited friends.People usually like to mark their space. If you are on the beach you may have spread your towels around you; in the rain you may have put your coat or small bag on the seat beside you; in a library you may spread your books around you. Once I was traveling on a train to London. I was on a section for four people and there was a table between us. The man opposite to me had his briefcase on the table. There was no space on my side of the table at all. I was unhappy. I thought he thought that he owned the whole table. I had been reading a book about nonverbal （非语言的） communication so I took various papers out of my bag and put them on his case! When I did this he suddenly became angry and his eyes nearly popped out （突出）of his head. I had taken up his space! A few minutes later I took my papers off in order to read them. He immediately moved his case to his side of the table.(1)、The home matters greatly to Englishmen.A：T B：F答案：A(2)、The British can own private space like the house and the garden.A：T B：F答案：A(3)、According to Paragraph 2, if you spread your books around you in a library, it means you want to tell others the space belongs to you. A：T B：F答案：A(4)、The man opposite to the writer showed that he owned the whole table by reading a book. A：T B：F答案：B(5)、The writer tried to get back his space by moving the case off the table.A：T B：F答案：B 49、A young man who lived in London was in love with a beautiful girl. Soon she became his fiance （未婚妻）. The man was very poor while the girl was rich. The young man wanted to make her a present on her birthday. He wanted to buy something beautiful for her, but he had no idea how to do it, as he had very little money. The next morning he went to a shop. There were many fine things there: gold watches, diamond but all these things were too expensive. There was one thing he could not take his eyes off. It was a beautiful vase. That was a suitable present for his fiance. He had been 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 happened to 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 the birthday of his fiance 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 everybodys 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：T B：F答案：B(2)、The young mans family was poor while the beautiful girl is rich, according to the passage.A：T B：F答案：A(3)、The young man wanted to buy a present as a Christmas gift for the girl.A：T B：F答案：B(4)、The shop manager came to talk to the young man, because he was poorly dressed.A：T B：F答案：B(5)、On the birthday of his fiance, the young man was excited because the girl was in love with him.A：T B：F答案：B 50、A pretty, well-dressed young lady stopped a taxi in a big square, and said to the driver, Do you see that young man at the other side of the square? Yes, said the taxi driver. The young man was standing outside a restaurant and looking impatiently at his watch every few seconds. Take me over there, said the young lady.There were a lot of cars and buses in the square, so the taxi driver asked, Are you afraid to cross the street?Oh, no! said the young lady. But I promised that I would meet the young man for lunch at one o clock, and it is now a quarter to two. If I arrive in a taxi, it will at least seem as if I had tried not to be late.(1)、The story doesnt tell us how the young woman got to the square.A：T B：F答案：A(2)、The lady stopped the taxi because she was afraid of walking across the street.A：T B：F答案：B(3)、The young man at the other side of the square had probably been waiting for a long time.A：T B：F答案：A(4)、The young lady was clever at making excuse.A：T B：F答案：A(5)、The young lady was just pretending that she had tried.A：T B：F答案：A 51、Younger people and older people do not always agree. They sometimes have different ideas about life, work and play. But in one special program in New York State, adults and teenagers live together in peace. Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults live together for eight weeks as members of a special work group. Everyone works several hours each day. The aim is not just to keep busy but rather to find meaning and enjoyment in work. Some teenagers work in the woods or on the farms near the village. Some learn to make furniture and to build houses. The adults teach them these skills.There are several free hours each day. Weekends are free, too. During the free hours some of the teenagers learn photography or painting. Others sit around talking and singing. Each teenager chooses his own way to spend his free time.When people live together, rules are always necessary. In this program the teenagers and the adults make the rules together. If someone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group. The group discusses the problem. They ask, Why did it happen? What should we do about it? One of the teenagers has this to say about the experience: You stop thinking only about yourself. You learn how to think about the group. (1)、The passage is mainly about how adults and teenagers live together in a special group.A：T B：F答案：A(2)、The special program offered every winter in New York city.A：T B：F答案：B(3)、People will make more rules when someone breaks a rule.A：T B：F答案：B(4)、To find a way to solve the generation gap is NOT stated directly in the passage as a purpose of the program.A：T B：F答案：A(5)、Some teenagers learn photography when they are free.A：T B：F答案：A 52、There was once a large, fat woman who had a small, thin husband. He had a job in a big company and was given his weekly wages every Friday evening. As soon as he got home on Fridays, his wife used to make him give her all his money, and then she used to give him back enough to buy his lunch in the office every day. One day the small man came home very excited. He hurried into the living-room. His wife was listening to the radio and eating chocolates there. Youll never guess what happened to me today, dear, he said. He waited for a few seconds and then added, I won ten thousand pounds on the lottery! Thats wonderful! said his wife delightedly. But then she thought for a few seconds and added angrily, But wait a moment! How could you afford to buy the lottery tickets? (1)、The small man was allowed to keep just enough to buy his lunch in the office every day. A：T B：F 答案：A(2)、The man won a lottery one day. A：T B：F答案：A(3)、The woman is good-natured. A：T B：F答案：B(4)、The woman was pleased yet suspicious when her husband won a lottery. A：T B：F答案：A(5)、The man had to give almost all his money to his wife every week. A：T B：F答案：B 53、Ramon was very proud of his dog Blackie. Whenever he got a chance, he would ask his dog to amuse his friends with some tricks. One day Ramon went to visit his friend Frank who was sick at home with a bad cold. How are you feeling? asked Ramon. Worse than yesterday, replied Frank. I have a terrible cough, and theres not a drop of medicine in the house. Cheer up, Frank. Ill send Blackie to the local drugstore