2012年4月电大-网院统考大学英语B模拟题16

阅读理解阅读理解 B 42 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 Gandhi s 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 King s honor He lives in people s hearts forever 1 Martin Luther King was murdered when he was 39 years old A T B F 2 Martin Luther King was a black minister only A T B F 3 Martin Luther King s Day has been a federal holiday for more than 40 years A T B F 4 The underlined word delivered in the second paragraph could be replaced by gave A T B F 5 The best title for this passage is Civil Rights Law A T B F 43 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 2 Mr James had not turned off the lights that night A T B F 3 Mr James built the house A T B F 4 Mr James found sixty empty bottles A T B F 5 The writer of the passage believes Mr James story A T B F 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 people s 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 2 Families of the past the present and the future are described in the passage A T B F 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 5 Large families cannot fit in with a highly industrialized society A T B F 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 husband s socks missing I looked everywhere for it but I couldn t 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 that s how I found my husband s missing sock Oh well I said to the class Let s just say you have had an unforgettable lesson on static 静止的 electricity 1 The writer was a teacher A T B F 2 When the writer turned around to write on the blackboard the class began to laugh loudly A T B F 3 She couldn t find one of her husband s socks because her husband had taken it away A T B F 4 The teacher from the next room laughed because he found a sock on the back of the writer s skirt A T B F 5 The students told her about the laughing A T B F 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 Tom s workmates came in and sat with Tom What time is your bus asked Mike There s plenty of time yet answered Tom Well I ll get you some more tea then said Mike They talked while drinking Then Tom looked at the clock again Oh It s going backward he cried A few minutes ago it was twenty to twelve and now it s half past eleven You re 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 2 Tom and Mike talked while drinking A T B F 3 When Tom looked at the clock in the mirror it s actually half past twelve A T B F 4 From the story we know that when we look at a clock in a mirror we will find it s going backward A T B F 5 Tom arrived in Paris on time A T B F 47 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 didn t 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 couldn t 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 wasn t a word of self pity only 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 didn t 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 2 From the story we can see Aunt Edith accepted defeat easily A T B F 3 In Aunt Edith s letter to the doctor she showed she was warm humorous and enjoying living A T B F 4 When Aunt Edith mailed her letter she didn t expect the doctor would give her a reply A T B F 5 Michael DeBakey mainly told Aunt Edith in the letter that her disease was so serious that he couldn t cure her A T B F 48 People often say that the Englishman s 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 2 The British can own private space like the house and the garden A T B F 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 4 The man opposite to the writer showed that he owned the whole table by reading a book A T B F 5 The writer tried to get back his space by moving the case off the table A T B F 49 A young man who lived in London was in love with a beautiful girl Soon she became his fianc e 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 fianc e 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 fianc e 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 everybody s 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 2 The young man s family was poor while the beautiful girl is rich according to the passage A T B F 3 The young man wanted to buy a present as a Christmas gift for the girl A T B F 4 The shop manager came to talk to the young man because he was poorly dressed A T B F 5 On the birthday of his fianc e the young man was excited because the girl was in love with him A T B F 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 doesn t tell us how the young woman got to the square A T B F 2 The lady stopped the taxi because she was afraid of walking across the street A T B F 3 The young man at the other side of the square had probably been waiting for a long time A T B F 4 The young lady was clever at making excuse A T B F 5 The young lady was just pretending that she had tried A T B F 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 2 The special program offered every winter in New York city A T B F 3 People will make more rules when someone breaks a rule A T B F 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 5 Some teenagers learn photography when they are free A T B F 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 You ll 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 That s 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 2 The man won a lottery one day A T B F 3 The woman is good natured A T B F 4 The woman was pleased yet suspicious when her husband won a lottery A T B F 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 there s not a drop of medicine in the house Cheer up Frank I ll send Blackie to the local drugstore for some cough syrup 糖浆 He ll be back in a minute before you know it Ramon put a five dollar bill in Blackie s mouth and the dog ran down the street And keep the change Ramon shouted after him Oh Ramon don t be silly You know that dog won t be back with any medicine Oh yes he will replied Ramon Half an hour later however Blackie had not returned Ramon was feeling embarrassed and felt angry at his friend s little smile Something has happened to him I m sure said Ramon He obeys me as a rule Just then Frank saw Blackie at a distance He hurried to open the door and let him in Frank was shocked to see a bottle of medicine in the dog s mouth Good boy said Ramon but what took you so long Blackie ran over to the window barking and wagging 摆动 his tail Ramon glanced out and saw a bone outside 1 Frank s cold had worsened and he had no medicine at home A T B F 答案 A 2 Ramon called for a doctor A T B F 答案 B 3 Ramon felt embarrassed when Blackie was late A T B F 答案 A 4 Blackie barked at the bone outside the window because he wanted to have it A T B F 答案 B 5 The story mainly implies dogs are after all dogs however clever they are A T B F 答案 A 54 Herman had worked for the bank of Ruritania for ten years and was still only a clerk He was not satisfied with the position and wanted to find something better Yet he did not want to lose his position in bank before he had got another one so he prepared a letter about himself with the words HELP I AM A PRISONER OF THE BANK OF RURITANIA in big letters across the top Then he sent it to several other banks asking them for a job A few days later one of these letters came into the hands of Herman s boss at the bank someone had given it to him at a party The next morning Herman s boss asked him to come into his room and said Herman I have some very good news for you The bank of Ruritania is s