2019最新电大题型题 阅读理解B

最新电大题型题 阅读理解B1、The residents of 24 Acacia Grove were dissatisfied with the condition of the property, so John Preston called a meeting to discuss things last week. At the meeting John suggested setting up a residents committee. Everyone was so worried and angry about the agents inactivity that they agreed, and they elected John as Chairman of the committee. Many residents said that they were tired of telephoning the agent and tired of complaining about the flats. Although the agent was responsible for the flats, they thought that he didnt do enough. Therefore John was asked to write to the agent and say that they were disappointed with the management of the flats. The next service payment was due at the end of the month. However, they agreed not to pay it until they were happy with the plans to improve the property. They decided to tell the agent that he must start the work within one month. They all went away very pleased with themselves.1）、Why did John Preston call a meeting last week? A.Because the residents were dissatisfied with the present residents committee.B.Because the residents were dissatisfied with the bad management of the flats.C.Because some residents requested to change the present residents committee.D.Because he wanted to become Chairman of the committee.答案：B2）、Who elected John as Chairman of the committee?A.The agent.B.The residents.C.The committee.D.Acacia Grove.答案：B3）、What does the word inactivity mean in the third sentence in Para. 1?A.WeaknessB.ProgressC.StateD.Lack of actions答案：D4）、What does the word due mean in the first sentence of Para. 2？A.to be paidB.properC.owedD.large答案：A5）、When did they agree to pay the next service payment?A.At the end of the month.B.Within one month.C.When they were happy with the plans to improve the property.D.The agent would tell them.答案：C2、Careful and careless are different as fire and water. But it is strange that quite a few scientists have both these qualities. They are both careful and careless. Newton（牛顿）, the famous English scientist, was such a person. Once Newton invited a friend to dinner at home. When they were ready to eat, Newton left to get a bottle of wine. But after his friend had waited for a long time, Newton still didnt come back. At last his friend found Newton in his lab. When Newton was going to get the bottle of wine, he suddenly had a new idea for his experiment. So he quite forgot his friend and the dinner. Another time, Newton was leading a horse up a mountain, and held the rein（缰绳）in his hand. While he was walking, he kept thinking about problems. When he got to the top of the mountain, he found that the rein was not in his hand and that the horse was gone. Einstein（爱因斯坦）was another example. Once he was waiting for a friend at a bridge. While waiting, he became lost in thought. It started to rain. The rain kept on for some time. When he took out a piece of paper to write something down, the paper was wet and then he knew that it was raining. But after he put the paper into his pocket, he forgot he was standing in the rain again. 1）、When Newton and his friend began to eat, Newton had a new idea for his experiment.A.TB.F答案：B2）、Newton was riding his horse up to the mountain top. A.TB.F答案：B3）、Einstein kept thinking in the rain.A.TB.F答案：A4）、Newton and Einstein were careless about their lives, and careful in their studies.A.TB.F答案：A5）、All scientists are both careful and careless like Newton and Einstein. A.TB.F答案：B3、Oil is so important that it is sometimes called “black gold”. Almost half of our energy comes from oil. We use it to run our cars and factories and to heat our homes, offices and schools. Many everyday things are made from oil. Your shirt may have oil in the material. The soap you wash your hands with might also be made from oil. Your favorite plastic toy is made from oil.Oil is hard to find, because it is trapped deep under the earth. Once the only way people knew there was oil someplace if it leaked out of the ground. Today, however, we have many ways of finding oil. One tool measures the pull of gravity. Places where gravity is weaker are more likely to have oil. Another tool is sound waves. Sound waves travel through different kinds of rocks at different speeds. We can use them to find the rocks that have oil in them.We need a lot of oil, and we are using up the oil wells we know about. Soon we must find new ways of looking for this “black gold”. 1）、From this passage, we can know oil is a source of energy.A.TB.F答案：A2）、According to the passage, we can tell that oil is found only under water.A.TB.F答案：B3）、Sound waves travel through different kinds of rocks at different speeds.A.TB.F答案：A4）、Many things are made from oil.A.TB.F答案：A5）、The main idea of the whole story is that oil is important for us but hard to find.A.TB.F答案：A4、Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go in to their offices or schools every day by train, car or bus, even though this means they have to get up early in the morning and reach home late in the evening. One advantage of living outside London is that houses are cheaper. Even a small flat in London without a garden costs quite a lot to rent. With the same money, one can get a little house in the country with a garden of ones own. Then, in the country one can really get away from the noise and hurry of busy working lives. Even though one has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses, one can sleep better at night and during weekends and on summer evenings, one can enjoy the fresh, clean air of the country. If one likes gardens, one can spend ones free time digging, planting, watering and doing the hundred and one other jobs which are needed in a garden. Then, when the flowers and vegetables come up, one has got the reward together with those who have shared the secret of Nature. Some people, however, take no interest in country things: for them, happiness lies in the town, with its cinemas and theatres, beautiful shops and busy streets, dance-halls and restaurants. Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live it outside London. An occasional walk in one of the parks and a fortnights (two weeks) visit to the sea every summer is all the country they want: the rest they are quite prepared to leave to those who are glad to get away from London every night. 1）、Which of the following statements is NOT true?_A.People who love Nature prefer to live outside the city. B.People who work in London prefer to live in the country. C.Some people enjoying city life prefer to work and live inside London. D.Many nature lovers, though working in London, prefer to live outside the city. 答案：B2）、With the same money _, one can buy a little house with a garden in the country. A.getting a small flat with a gardenB.having a small flat with a garden C.renting a small flat without a gardenD.buying a small flat without a garden 答案：C3）、When the garden is in blossom, it means that one _ has been rewarded.A.living in the countryB.having spent time working in the garden C.having a garden of his ownD.having been digging, planting and watering 答案：B4）、People who think happiness lies in the town would feel that _ if they had to live outside London. A.their life was meaninglessB.their life was invaluable C.they didnt deserve a happy lifeD.they were not worthy of their happy life 答案：A5）、The underlined phrase get away from in the 3rd paragraph refers to _. A.deal with B.do away withC.escape fromD.prevent from 答案：C5、Mr Perkin stood at the bus-stop and watched the cars go by. Many of the cars were new Beta 400s, and most of them were yellow. Mr Perkin always wore the same clothes as other men, ate the same food as other people, and did the same things after work, and at the end of the week, Mr Perkin did not like to be different.The following week, Mr Perkin bought a new, bright yellow Beta 400s. He was satisfied with it, and drove to work in it the very next day. He was even more satisfied with his new car, when he saw all the other Beta 400s, in front, behind, and on both sides of him.Mr Perkin parked his car in a big car-park near his office, and walked the rest of the way. But when he came back at five oclock, there were so many bright yellow Beta 400s in the car-park that he did not know which car was his. He tried his key in some of the cars, but people passing by gave him a look he didnt like. So he stopped.Poor Mr Perkin had to wait nearly two hours until his was the only yellow Beta 400s in the car-park.1）、Mr Perkin wanted a new yellow Beta 400s because he liked to do the same as other people.A.TB.F答案：A2）、He drove to work in his new car the very next day.A.TB.F答案：A3）、He was satisfied with his new car because other cars were not as bright as his.A.TB.F答案：B4）、People gave him a look because he had a nice new car.A.TB.F答案：B5）、Mr Perkin had to wait until there was only one yellow Beta 400s in the car-park.A.TB.F答案：A6、Many people now keep animals as pets. Numerous people have cats and dogs in their houses. Other people like fish, caged birds, tortoises and even snakes, monkeys or lions. Millions of dollars and much time are spent every year on pet food, equipment, taming and medical treatment.Of course, there are some people who do not look after their pets properly or are even cruel to them. For this reason a royal society was created in 1824 in Britain to prevent cruel treatment of animals.In contrast to the love of pets is the fact that blood sports still exist in most countries. People go hunting foxes, elephants, pandas, ducks, rabbits, and other animals, or go fishing, not because they need the meat to eat, but just for pleasure. In some countries, blood sports like bull fighting and cock fighting are common and hunting rare animals for commercial purposes has brought about an even more serious problem in the protection of the ecosystem.It is strange that people love certain animals, but enjoy killing others, in cruel ways, too. 1）、Most people spend a large amount of money and time taking care of their pets. A.TB.F答案：A2）、Horse racing is a blood sport. A.TB.F答案：B3）、The speakers attitude toward blood sports is that they are cruel. A.TB.F答案：A4）、Illegel killing of rare animals seems to affect the earths ecosystem most seriously.A.TB.F答案：A5）、The passage mainly implys that rare animals should be killed for profits. A.TB.F答案：B7、Long ago, there was a rich man. He had a very big house with a lot of treasures. He had many servants to look after it for a few days. One day, two silver saucers were stolen from the cupboard. After a few days, another two saucers were stolen again. The rich man was very angry. He thought, Someone must have stolen them. I must catch the thief, or another two saucers would be stolen in a few days.Then he had an idea. He called in all his servants and said, Some of my silver saucers have disappeared. Someone among you must have taken them. Who has taken them?The servants looked at one another and kept quiet. The rich man said, I shall catch the thief myself. I am giving each of you a stick. Look, all the sticks are of the same length. Keep the sticks. Bring them back tomorrow. The thiefs stick will grow two centimeters longer.That evening, Salleh, one of the servants, went home sadly. His wife asked him, Why are you so sad this evening?This stick will grow two centimeters longer tomorrow because I have taken the silver saucers, he said.Oh, dont worry. Cut off two centimeters from the stick, his wife said. In other words, your stick will be of the same length as any of the other sticks.When Salleh heard this, he was very happy. At once, he cut off two centimeters from the stick with a knife.The next day, each of the servants brought back his stick. The rich man then measured each of the sticks. He found Sallehs stick shorter by two centimeters, Salleh was the thief. He was caught and put into prison. The rich man got back the stolen saucers. 1）、The silver saucers were kept in a box.A.TB.F答案：B2）、The rich man found six silver saucers were stolen.A.TB.F答案：B3）、The rich man gave each of his servants a stick of the same length.A.TB.F答案：A4）、The next day, the rich man knew that Salleh was the thief because Sallehs stick was shorter by two centimeters.A.TB.F答案：A5）、Salleh did as what his wife told him.A.TB.F答案：A8、Many years ago there lived a very rich man who wanted to do something for people of this town. But first he wanted to find out whether they deserved his help. In the center of the main road into the town he placed a very large stone. Then he hid behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.Who put his stone in the center of the road? said the old man, but he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued his way.Another man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of them complained about the stone in the center of the road but none of them tried to remove it. Later in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone and said, The night will be very dark. Some neighbor will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone. The young man then began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his strength to remove it. How great was his surprise at last when, under the stone, he found a bag of money and a piece of paper with these words: This money is for the first honest man who removes this stone from the road.1）、The rich man wanted to find out whether the people of the town were worthy of his help.A.TB.F答案：A2）、The man put a sack of rice in the center of the road.A.TB.F答案：B3）、Most people tried to move the stone away.A.TB.F答案：B4）、The young man found a bag of money and a letter under the stone.A.TB.F答案：A5）、A very rich man wanted to do something for the poor people of the city.A.TB.F答案：B9、Jean-Michael Lourdis was a promising young pianist. But when the young man played, it seemed to him, as if his hands were iron. He worried so much about his playing that he became oversensitive （过度敏感的） to the comments of his playing. Unfortunately, in those days, a critic（批评家） was not considered a critic, unless he found something wrong. This attitude of the critics would often leave the young man ready to give up his dream and return home.He was invited to play in Helsinki. The rich, the famous, the leaders of State were all there. Jean-Michael had one of those days when everything went wrong. That night as he played, he felt as if it were the worst concert of his young life. The next day, in the newspapers, some of the comments were so unkind. The young musician was painful.That day, as he sat in his hotel room in total despair（绝望）, there came a knocking at his door. He had a visitor. The famous Finnish composer（作曲家） Jean Sibelius had come by to congratulate the young pianist on his performance. Jean-Michael asked how he thought of that and began to quote some of the newspaper critics. Hands of iron. No imagination. Little skill, no joy. Dont you hear what they say? he asked.Jean Sibelius looked at young Jean-Michael and said, Remember, son, there is no city in the world where they have erected a statue（雕像） for a critic.1）、According to the passage, Jean-Michael Lourdis cared too much about what the critics had said. A.TB.F答案：A2）、A critic in those days usually said kind and encouraging words to musicians.A.TB.F答案：B3）、The young musician was painful because some of the comments were so unkind. A.TB.F答案：A4）、The comments mentioned all EXCEPT little skill. A.TB.F答案：B5）、Jean Sibelius came to visit the young musician because he wanted to tell the young man his performance was great.A.TB.F答案：A10、Gladys Holm was a secretary(秘书). She worked in an office all her life. Gladys earned(挣) about $ 15,000 a year. She died when she was 86 years old. And she left a big surprise-$ 18 million! She gave the money to a childrens hospital.Gladys Holm never got married or had any children. But she always liked children, and she wanted to help them. When her friends daughter was ill in hospital, Gladys brought her a teddy bear. After that, she visited the hospital many times. Every time she visited, she brought teddy bears for those children. After that, people started to call Gladys the “Teddy Bear Lady”.Gladys always gave toys and presents to her friends and family but no one knew she had a lot of money. She lived in a small house outside Chicago. Everyone was very surprised when they learned she was a millionaire. A family friend said, “She always gave us nice presents and things, but we didnt know she was rich.How did Gladys get so much money? She asked her boss how to earn more money, and she listened to what he said. She bought the stocks(股票) that he told her to buy, and she got very rich. Before she died, she talked to her friends about “giving something to the childrens hospital”. No one knew that the “something” was $ 18 million!1）、Gladys Holm often gave children teddy bears because she liked children very much.A.TB.F答案：A2）、Gladys was called the “Teddy Bear Lady”.A.TB.F答案：A3）、Everyone was surprised that Gladys lived such a long life.A.TB.F答案：B4）、She got rich as she did another job in the hospital.A.TB.F答案：B5）、When Gladys Holm became a millionaire, she still lived in the same