2021电大专科《英语阅读》期末试题及答案

2021国家开放大学电大专科《英语阅读(1)》期末试题及答案(试卷号：2155)

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QuestionsI—10arebasedonPussageL(30pointst3pointseach)

Passage1

WhenSirScamlordniterwhomtheworldfamousRafflesHotelistMmed.

arrivedtnSingaporratthebeginningofthenineteenthcentury,therewereonlyafewfishermenlivingthere.Todaysitixamodern

city-statewithapopulationofabout3millionpeople.

Singflporeisoneofthefewcountriesintheworldwherethenumberoftouristsinayearisgreaterthanthepopulation.

Some7milhonvisitorscomeioseeandenjoyallthatSingaporehastooffer.Fortunatelyftheconsistentlywarmwether,withan

averagedullytemperatureofabout26.5V•makeniipossiblefortourismtobespreadthroughouttheyear,althoughmany

peopletrytoavoidDecember-whichisusuallythewettestmonth.

WhilemanyvisitorsmakeSingaporetheirxoleholidaydestination#somevisit*intransit*ontheirwaytoplaceslikeAustralia>

Indonesiaandsoon.OthersmakeSingaporepartofstouroftheregion*perhapsvisitingThailandandjourneyingsouththrough

MalaysiabeforecrossingtheborderintoSingapore.

Thecityisfulloflifeandvariety.UsingtheMassRapidTransit(MRT)systemtogetfromoneareaofthecitytoanother>in

onedayyoucanexperiencethetraditionsandda广todaylifrofthedifferentraceswhichmakeSingaporesocolourfulandvibrant.

InChinatown#inArabStreetsinLittleIndia*inOrchardRoadeverywherethereisamixtureofpeopleandlanguagesasrcsidenis

andvisitorsgoabouttheirbusinessgspeakingoneofthefouroFfidaliangiKiges-Malay.Tamil.MandarinorEnglish-andmnny

otherlanguagestoo.

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Readpassage1csirTfullyandthendecidewhetherstatementsI10aretrueorfalse.WriteTfortrueandFforfalseagainstthe

numberoftheItemonyouranswersheet

LRafflesHotelisnamedafteraperson.

2.Singaporewasalreadyacity-statentthebeginningofthenineteenthcentury.

3.Therearcquite8Fewcountriesintheworldwherethenujnbrrofvisitorsinayearisgreaterthanitspopulation.

4.TheaveragedailytemperAlurcinSingaporei,about26.5degreesCtlciUK

StItSwarmanddryallthryearroundinSingApore>

6.SomepeoplestopinSingaporeontheirwaytoAuemh,,Irwloncjiiaandsoo»-

7.MRTMancUfurnuirkeL

8.Thertar«?manydifferentFBCCMinSingapore.

9.Therenu|(htbrmanyIndiansinStnuapore.

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replaccmenT?

A.Apartments.KWashingmachines.

C.Watches.

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A.100,000

B.120million

C.Sevenpercentof

PartDITrueorFalse

Directions：

Readpassage4andthendecidewhetherthestatemenUsnftrritarrTRUEorFAItE.Onyouranswersheet•indicateTfor

TRUEorl/forFALSE掘欧imlthenumberforeachofitems2]—30fortheanswersyouchoose.(20points*2pointseach)

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al!taeat«Plantsarealsonaturalaircleaners.TheycanremovecAirhcndioxide4ndotherRrccnhou«efromtheairand

replacethemwithpure>hcAlthyoxygen.(jrccnhouAtgasescau%cthetemperatures!oriseintheEarths6tmo5phcre.This

incalledthrgrernhauseeffect.

Plantshaveotherimportantfunction.Theyhelppreventsoilerosion.Erosioninthewearingawayo(rocksandsoilby

theelementsofthentmospherotsuchaswindnndwnrer.PlantinggrassonourInwnpreventssoillossthrougherosion.

PhntuennahuhelpyousnvrenergyinyourhomeForexATnple«■UrgeshadetreeplacedinAstrategiclocationnextto

yourhomecanreducethecostofcoolingypurhouse-byasmuchas10-50%dunngwarmweather.Theshedetreecan

blockthedirectsunlightthntstrikesorentersyourhouxc>heatingtheAirinside.FinallyplantsarepleasanttolookoLThey

canimprovetheapfjearAnceofyourhomesinsideandout.

Questions21-30artbasedonpassage,

2\.Accordingtothetext*treesaretrnportumtosomeofus.

22.PlaniMgivefoodtobothpeopleandammuh.

23.Plnntscancleantheairfor

24.Plantscanproduceoxygen-

25.TheEarthstennperaturrIBmadehigherbecauseofthegreenhons*Rasefi,

26.Someotherfunctionsoftheplantsarrnotveryimportant.

27.Onlywatercantakeawaywilwiththemnndbringnailerosion.

28.PlnnnngRHWcangiveyoushadenndhelpyous*vrenergyinyourhome.

29.TheshadefromalargetreecanlowerthetemperaturetnArcicyourhouse,

30.PlantscanmakeyourhomemorebenutifuL

QoestionA31—35arebasedonPassage5«

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ReadpassAge5andthengiveashortanswertoeachofthequestions3135onyournnswersheet.(20points#4points

each)

Pusuige5

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andhadanaturolnbilitytodesignbuildings.HisbuildingswerenotonlybcautifuLbuttheywerealsofunctionol.Theyfittheir

purposesverywell.Wrightfchurches<forexample,makepeoplefeellikethinkingandprayingsHisofficebuildingsmake

peopleenjoyworkingandhishousesmakepeoplefrclcomfortableathome.However.FrankLloydWnghtfsbeautifuh

functionalbuildingsarenottheonlyreasonthatheisfamousThereisanotherrogm.

FrankLloydWrightiscalledthegreatestAmcriconArchitectbecausehestartedanAmericanstyleinarchitecture.Most

ofthearchitectureintheUnitedStatesbeforeWrightwn,reallyKurnpranbuildings.TheyhavetheirownstylrtWright15Idea*

nboutstylearcstillusedintheUnitedStatesandinotherpaftKofrheworld.

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