2023年广播电视大学电大网考阅读理解真题

2０2３年4月大学英语(B)网考真题阅读理解Passage1Therewereoncｅｍanyｓheｉks(阿拉伯的酋长)whoｗａｎtedtｏｍarｒｙQueenMaura，forｓheｗasoneｏfthemoｓtbｅauｔifｕlandpowｅrfuｌｑｕｅensofＡｒabia．Howeｖeｒ，shｅdidnｏtlikemoｓtofｔｈeｓhｅiks，andsoonthereｗereonlythreelｅfｔonheｒｌisｔofｐoｓsiblｅｈusbaｎds.Tｈesethreesｈeiｋｓwerｅalｌeｑuallyyoungandhandsome,richandsｔrｏng.ItwashaｒdfortheQueeｎｔochｏoｓeｔｈｅbestone.Ｏnｅｅveｎiｎg，shｅdｉｓguｉseｄｈerselfaｎdｗｅｎttowhｅrethetｈrｅesｈｅiｋswerehａvingthｅirｅveｎiｎｇmeaｌ.Sheaskedtｈｅｍtogiｖehｅｒsomethiｎｇtoeat．Theｆirstsheikgavehｅrsomestale(不新鲜的)foodleftｏverｆｒomｔheｄａybefore．Theｓeｃonｄｓｈeikｇavｅhｅｒatｏｕghpｉeceofoｌdcaｍeｌ’sｔaiｌ.Ｔｈeｔhiｒdsheik,whosｅnaｍeｗasHakim,gavｅherｓｏmｅｏｆｔhemosttenｄer(嫩的）ａｎdｔaｓｔｙmeaｔ.Tｈenextday,sｈeｉｎｖiteｄtｈｅtｈｒeesｈeikstodｉnneraｔherｐalace.Shetｏldｈerservaｎtｓtｏgivｅeachｓheiｋwhathehａｄgiveｎhertｈｅeｖeningbefoｒe.Hａkｉm,whorecｅｉvedａplateoftenderandtaｓｔymeat,wouldnｏteatｉｔｕnlｅｓｓtｈｅotheｒｔwｏsheikｓｃｏuｌdｓhareitｗiｔhhim．ＱueenＭauｒawaｓcertａinwｈichoftｈesheiksshewanｔedtomaｒry.“Hakｉmistheｍoｓｔgｅnｅrousofyou,”shｅtolｄtｈｅm,“ｓoＩｗanttomarryhimanｄhｅwiｌlbｅｃｏmeking.”１.ＷｈatwasQｕeeｎloｏｋinｇfｏr?ﻩＡ.Asheｉk. ﻩﻩ B．Aking.ﻩ C.Aman. D.Aｈusband.2.WhydiｄtheＱueeｎdisｇｕiseｈerself？ﻩA.Becaｕｓeｓhedidｎ’twａnｔtｏｂｅｒecogｎizedbｙｔｈesheｉkｓ.ﻩB.Beｃausesheｗanｔｅdtogｅtanevｅnｉｎgmｅａl. C.Becａｕsｅsheｗaｎtｅｄｔｏｇｅtsomｅhardfood. D.Becauseｓhewantedtogetsｏmetastyｆｏｏd.3.Whatdiｄｓhegivetｈesheikstoeattｈｅnextevening? A.Anevenｉｎgmeal.ﻩﻩﻩ ﻩﻩﻩB．Soｍestａleｆood．ﻩＣ．Aｐlａtｅｏfｔendeｒａndtastｙmeat. Ｄ．Ｔhreediffereｎｔmealｓ.4.Whydｉdｎ’tHａkimwanttoeaｔhismeal？ A.Becausehewasnｏｔhungry. ﻩﻩ Ｂ.Becauseｉtwasｔootａsty. Ｃ．Ｂｅcａusｅｔheothｅrsheikshadworｓefoｏd.ﻩD.Beｃａｕsetheotherｓheｉkshａｄbeｔterfoｏｄ.5.ＷhｅｎｄｉdtｈeQueeｎfinａｌlydeｃidewhotoｍaｒry? A．WheｎsｈewenttoｓeｅＨakim． ﻩﻩB.Theneｘtevenｉnｇafｔeｒthｅmeal. C.Thｅnｅxtday． ﻩ ﻩD.ＷhenＨakiｍrefｕseｄtｏeathisｍeal．Paｓsagｅ２VeryｆewpｅoplewerecoｍingtｏｅatattheWhiteThｅｎhedidsoｍethｉｎgthatchangedａlｌtｈaｔ,ａｎdinafewｗeekshisreｓtaｕrantwasalwaysfuｌlofmenandtheirlaｄyｆｒiｅnｄｓ.Wheｎevｅrgentlemanｃamｅwithaｌady,ａsmilingwaitergaveeachofthemabeautifｕlmenｕ.Ｔhemenuslooｋedｅxaｃｔlythｅsamｅontheoutsiｄe,bｕttherｅwasａnimｐｏrｔaｎtdiffeｒeｎceinsiｄe.Tｈemenuthatthewａitｅrhａnｄeｄｔｏtｈemａｎgavｅｔhecoｒreｃｔpriceforｅachｄisｈａｎｄeaｃhｂottleoｆwinｅ;wｈilｅｔhemeｎutｈatｈｅhandedtotheladygavｅamｕchhｉgherｐｒice!Sowｈeｎthemaｎcalmlyordｅreddiｓhafｔeｒｄiｓhaｎdｗineafterｗine,ｔhelａｄytｈｏｕｇhthewasmuｃhｍoｒｅgenerousthanhｅreａllywas！1．Tｏwhomdiｄｔhｅwaｉｔergｉvｅａbeautifulmenuwｈｅnagｅnｔlｅmａnanｄhiｓlaｄyｆｒienｄcameｉｎｔothereｓtauranｔ?ﻩA.Ｔheｇｅntlｅman.ﻩﻩＢ.Tｈeｌady.ﻩﻩC.Ｂothoｆtｈem.ﻩ D.Ｎeｉｔｈｅｒofthem2.Weretｈemenusfoｒｔｈeｇuｅｓtstheｓamｅ? A．Yes,theyweｒe． ﻩﻩ ﻩ B．Theｙwerethesameontheoutｓｉdebutdｉfferｅｎtinsｉｄe.ﻩC.Nｏ，theyweren’t.ﻩﻩ ﻩ D．Theｙwerｅdifferentｏntheｏutsidｅbｕttheｓamｅiｎｓide.３.Whyｃouldtｈemaｌeguｅstｒｅｍaincalmｗhenheorｄeredｄisｈaftｅｒdish?ﻩA.Ｂecausｅtｈepriｃesofｔｈedisｈeswerereasｏｎaｂle.ﻩＢ.Ｂeｃａusｅｈeｃouldhaｖesomedｉscｏunt. C.Ｂecausehewasｒiｃh.ﻩﻩD.Becauseheknｅwｔhａｔtｈeladywouｌdliｋetoｓhaｒetｈecｏstwiｔhhim.4.Wｈａtdｉdthｅｌadyｔｈiｎkｏfhｅrｆrienｄafterameａｌａtｔｈisrestaｕrant？ﻩＡ.Shethoughｔhewantedｔoｉmpreｓsher.ﻩB.Shｅｔhoughtheonｌyprｅtendedtｏｂegeｎｅｒoｕs.C.Sｈｅthoughtheｗasｖerｙｒiｃh．ﻩ ﻩＤ.Shｅthoｕghtｈeｗasveｒｙgeneｒous.5．Ｗhatdoesthesｔorｙｍainlｙsｕggest? A．Kｎowleｄgeofcustｏmerpsycｈoｌoｇyhｅlpsprｏmoｔebｕｓｉneｓs. B.Aresｔaurａntownershｏuｌｄdesigndiffｅrenｔmenuｓfordifferentguests.ﻩC.Ａｌｌmｅnpｒetendｔoｂegenerouｓbｅforetｈeirｌaｄyｆriｅｎds.ﻩD.Ｐeoplｅlｉketogotoexpenｓｉvereｓｔａurants.Passage3Ａmangotintoatｒａｉnaｎdfoundｈｉmselfsittingｏppositeaｗomanwｈoseemedtobeａboｕtthirｔｙ-ｆｉｖeｙearsold.Soontｈeybｅgantａｌkingｔoeａchotｈeｒ,andtｈemａnsａidtohｅr，“Doｙouhａveafamiｌy?”“Yｅs,Ihａveoneson,”thewｏｍananswｅreｄ．“Oh,ｒｅａlｌｙ？”saidtｈｅman．“Dｏｅsｈesmoke?”“Ｎo,he’snevｅrｔoucｈｅdaciｇaｒeｔte，”tｈewomａnreplied．“Ｔhat’sgood，”thｅmａncｏntiｎueｄ.“Idｏn’tsｍokeeither．Tobaｃcｏisverybａdｔoone’shealｔｈ．Anddoｅsyoursondrｉｎｋwiｎe?”“Oh,nｏ,”thewomanansweｒeｄａtoｎce.“Ｈe’sｎeｖeｒdrunｋａdropofit.”“ThenIｃonｇratuｌaｔeyoｕ,ma’am,”theｓaiｄ.“Andｄoesｈeeverｃomehｏmeｌateatnｉｇht?”“Nｏ，neveｒ,”hisneighboranswerｅd．“Heｇｏesｔｏbedimmedｉaｔelyafterdｉnnereｖerｙnｉght.”“Welｌ,”themanｓaiｄ,“ｈe’sａwiseyｏuｎgmａn.Hoｗolｄishe?”“Hｅ’sｓixmoｎthsoldtoday.Bｕthewillgrowuptｏｂeａgｅｎtｌeman，”theｗomanrｅpｌｉｅdproudly.1.Whaｔarｅtｈemａｎaｎｄtｈewomantalkinｇabｏｕｔ? A.Whaｔawiseyoungmａnsｈouldbelike. B.Ｗｈatayoungａmaｎｓhouldn’ｔdo.ﻩＣ.Tｈewomａn’ｓsｏn.ﻩﻩﻩﻩ D.Themａn’ssoｎ．2.Hｏｗdｏestｈeｗomａnｆｅｅｌaboｕthｅｒｓｏn?ﻩA.Hｅissｔiｌｌtooyouｎgｔｏｄoaｎythingbad. B.Ｈeｉsaverygoodboy. C.Hewilｌgrｏwuptobeawiseyoｕngman.ﻩ Ｄ.Heisｂorｎｗiｓｅ.３.Wｈeｒeｄoｅsｔhｅcoｎveｒｓatｉontakｅplace?A.Onaｔraｉn. B.Atｔｈewｏｍａｎ’shomｅ.ﻩC.Intｈestreeｔ. D．Attheｍａn’shome.4．Ｗhiｃｈoftｈeｆoｌlｏwingprobablybｅｓtdesｃriｂestｈemａn’ｓfeｅlingａtｔheeｎdoftｈeconvｅrsaｔion?ﻩＡ.Disappoinｔed． ﻩB.Surpriｓed. ﻩC.Aｍusｅd.ﻩ D.Annoyed.5．Ｗhａtcaｎ’ｔyoulearｎｆromtheｃｏnversａtiｏn？ A.Tｈemandidn’ｔｅxpecｔtｈatthewomanhaｓaｙounｇboy.ﻩB．Themanｂeｌieｖｅsinｐroperbehａviorfoｒtheｙoung. C.Thｅwomanissoｐroudofｈeｒsonthatshedoesｎoｔrｅalｌyunｄerstａndwhａttｈeman’ｓqｕestionsmｅaｎ. D.Thewomaｎissuｒｅthatherｓｏnwｏn’tdｏallｔhethinｇstｈeｍanmeｎtｉｏｎsｔheｎheｇrｏｗsｕp．Passaｇｅ4Itcａnbedangｅrousｔotｒaｖｅlbｙsea.Ｓhipsｓｏmetｉmessink(淹没)ｆarawａyfrｏｍｌand.Wｈenｔhishapｐens,thｅsaiｌorshaｖeｔoｇetintosmａｌlboaｔｓ.Ifanoｔherｓhipdｏesnotcomeanｄheｌpｔhemanｄtheyｄonoｔhaｖeenｏuｇｈfoodｏrwatｅr,ｔheymaｙdｉe.Mｏsｔpeopleｂｅliｅveｗemuｓtｎotdriｎkseａwaｔer．Tｈeybelievetｈatifwedo,wｅshallbｅveｒyilｌｂｅcａｕseofalｌthesaltinｔheｗatｅr.ＡdoctoｒcalledAlaiｎBombaｒddidnotｂelievethｉs.Ｈeｔhouｇhtｔhatpeoplecouldsｔayalivebyｄrinkingseawaterandeatingｓmａｌlfｉsh，animａls,aｎdpｌaｎtｓｆromtｈeｓeａ.Ｏn1９Ｏｃtｏber1９53,ｈeｓｅtoutinａsmａlｌboaｔtocrosstheAtｌａnticＯceaｎ.Heｄｉdnotｔakeanyfｏodorwatｅrwithhｉm.EverydayＤr．Ｂombaｒddrankjustaliｔｔｌeseawaｔer.Hｅaｌsocaｕghtfｉshandｔhｅyhaｄwaterｉntｈem．Hedｒankthiswａter.Heｃｏuldnotｃookthefish,soｈｅａｔethｅmaｓthｅｙwere.Hetｏoksｍallpｌantｓfromｔhesea，whichｇavehimｍorefood．Dr.Ｂombａrdbecamｅｈot,tｉrｅdandquitｅilｌ,buｔafｔer6５dａysaｔsｅaｈｅwaｓstillaｌｉve.Hｅｔrａｖeled2750ｍｉｌeｓfromｏｎesｉdeoftheＡtlantｉｃＯｃeantoｔｈeoｔher,aｎdoｎ２4Dｅｃeｍber19５3hｅrｅachｅdBarbaｄｏs．Ｈｅｌoｓt20kilos,ｂuthｅｓｈoweｄthatpeoｐlｅcanliveoｎsｅawaｔeraｎdtheaniｍalsandplaｎtsintｈeｓｅａ.1．AlainBｏmｂaｒｄwａｓ___＿________.A．anoldｓａiloｒＢ．ａdoctorC.acｏｏkＤ.aｆishｅrman2.Hewantｅdｔｏshowthａt___________＿_＿.A.seawaterwasdanｇｅｒousB.sailorsｏｆtenｄiｅｄC．ｐeoｐlecｏulｄdrinkseawａｔerandｎotdｉeＤ．fisｈｗｅregoodｆｏrｐeople3.Ｈewentacross_______＿＿_.A.aｌaｒgeoceａｎB.ａｔｏｗnＣ.aｂｏatD.aship4.DrBoｍbａrdliｖedon_＿＿＿_____＿_.ＡseawatｅrB．ｆooｄtｈaｔhｅｃｏokｅｄＣ．onlyfｉｓhＤ．seawater，fish,ａｎdsmａlｌplaｎts5.Thestoｒyisａbouｔ_____＿.Ａ.driｎkingｓeawaｔeｒB.adyｉｎgｓailorC．ａkiｎddｏctoｒＤ.eａｔiｎggooｄｆoｏdPassage5Clｏｗnsliketoｍａkｅpeｏplelａuｇh.Theｙpainttheirfacesanｄｐutonfuｎnynoses．Sometimestheyｐutｏnaｓadfaceｂｕtｍoｓtofｔhetｉmｅtｈeｙpｕtonaｈａpｐｙface．Theyalｓoweaｒfunｎycloｔhｅs.小丑喜欢给大家带来欢笑。他们画花他们的脸并戴上有趣鼻子。.有时他们装出忧伤的面孔,但大多时间他们装出快乐的面孔。他们也穿着有趣的衣服。ﻫＭosｔclowｎswｏrkincircuseｓ．Theydoallkindsoｆsｉllyｔｈｉｎgstomａkeｔheaudiｅncelaugh.Ｔheyrun,jｕmｐ,ｆａlｌdown,ｔuｒnsoｍersauｌts,aｎｄrolloｖeｒ．Ｔｈeyｒｉdeｄｏｎkeysbackwａrdｓ.Theypuｓheaｃhoｔｈerｉnｗaｇonｓoｒwheｅｌbａｒrｏｗs．Soｍeｔiｍestｈｅyshoutandｓｉng．Clｏwnsａreｆunｎymｅｎ,andoccａｓionally，wｏｍｅｎ,ｔoｏ!Aciｒcusiｓnotaciｒｃusｗithoｕtｃloｗns!多数小丑在马戏团工作。他们做各种各样愚蠢的事来使观众欢笑。他们跑，跳,摔倒,翻跟斗和侧翻。他们倒着骑驴。他们把同伴推动板车或者独轮推车。有时他们欢呼和唱歌。小丑由有趣的男性装扮,偶尔，也有女性!没有一个马戏团可以没有小丑!Chｉldｒenespｅciaｌlyｅｎjｏyｗａｔcｈinｇｃlowns.AcｌｏwｎnaｍeｄCookｉeoftenviｓiｔshospｉtalsｔoｅntertainsｉckchildrenaswellａsolｄｅrpeople．Sｉckpeoｐlｅneedtolａugh.Itｈeｌpsｔｈemtｏgetbetterfaster．Therｅisanoldsayiｎg:'Lａughterisgｏodｍｅdicｉｎe.小孩子特别喜欢看小丑。一名叫Ｃoｏｋiｅ的小丑经常去医院,把欢乐带给孩子也带给老人们。病人需要欢笑。欢笑会帮助他们更快的恢复。有一句古语:“笑声是良药。”Ｐassａgｅ６Aｇuidedｏgiｓadogespeｃiaｌlｙtraineｄｔoｇuideabｌindpｅｒｓon.Doｇsｃhｏｓenforｓuｃhtrainingmｕｓｔshｏｗgooddｉspositｉon，iｎtelligence,ｐｈysｉcalfitnessａndsenｓeoｆｒesponsｉbiliｔｙ．

导盲犬是专门为盲人做向导的狗。选来接受这种训练的狗必须有很好的脾气、智力、体格和责任心。ﻫ

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在1４个月大的时候，导盲犬就开始接受精良的训练课程,为期3到5个月。它要逐渐习惯于将来导引盲主人时所戴的皮革脖套具和僵硬的皮缰绳。导盲犬要学习观望交通情况并能安全穿越街道。它还要学习服从“向前”，“向左”，“向右”及“坐下”等命令,同时学习拒绝服从有也许给主人带来危险的任何命令。

Themｏstimportａntpａrtｏｆｔhｅtrainｉngcouｒseisａｆourweｅｋprogramiｎｗhichｔheｄoganｄｉtｓfｕtureｏwｎｅｒｌearntｏwoｒｋtogeｔher.However,mａｎyblindｐeoplｅａｒeuｎsuitｅdbypersoｎａlityｔowｏrkwiｔhｄogs.Ｏnlyａtenthｏftheblｉnｄfｉndaguidｅｄoguｓeful.ﻫ

训练课程中最重要的部分是4个星期的专门课程。在这个课程中,导盲犬和它未来的主人要学会一同共事。然而,许多盲人由于个性因素无法适应与狗共事。只有十分之一的盲人觉得导盲犬能帮上忙完形填空Helenｗasaｖery＿_21__＿girl,andherparenｔsｗerｅqｕitepｒoudofher.Aloｔofｙoungｍｅnｉntｈｅtoｗｎwanｔeｄtomarryｈer，butsｈｅwasnotsaｔiｓｆied___22___aｎｙo