国开（电大）2021年1月英语阅读1期末试题及答案

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国家开放大学2020年秋季学期期末统一考试

英语阅读（1）试题

2021年1月

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PartI

Questions1-10arcbasedonPassage1.(30points*3pointseach)

Passage1

78NewRoad

Canford

27thOctober

DearHelen,

1.You'llbepleasedtohearI'mathomeandfeelingmuchbetter.Istillfeelrather

weakandtiredbutI'msogladtobehome.Dadhaslookedaftereverythingreallywellso

theflatwasallspickandspanwhenIcameback.

2.Someonefromtheofficecametoseemeinhospital.Shetoldmenottogobackto

workuntilIfeeluptoit.They'vegota'temp'intodomytyping.

3.It'sreallynicetogetyourletters.Thankyouforthecardyousentme,too.

YourfatherandIarepleasedyoufresettlingdownatUniversityandthatyoufvegot

somenicefriends.

Enjoyyourself-butworkhardtoo.

Love

Mum

Questions1—10：

ReadPassage1andthenfindaword/phrasewhichmeansthesameaseachofthefollowing.

Theparagraphinwhichtheword/phraseappearsisindicatedinthebrackets.Writeyour

answersontheanswersheet.

1.takecareof(paragraph1)

2.cleanandtidy(paragraph1)

3.bewellenoughto(doingthings)(paragraph2)

4.apersonemployedforshortperiodsoftime(paragraph2)

5.startlivinganormallife(paragraph3)

ReadPassage1againandthendecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.

6.ThisletterwaswrittenbyHelen'sfather.

7.Helen'sparentsliveinCanford.

8.Helen'smotherisstillveryill.

9.Helen'smotherdoesn'tneedtogobacktoworkimmediately.

10.Helen'sparentsareverypleasedluknowthatHeleniscominghome.

PartII

Readthefollowingtwopassagescarefullyandthenchoosethebestanswertoquestions11—20

accordingtoyourunderstandingofthepassages.Writeyouranswersontheanswersheet.(30

points,3pointseach)

Passage2

CHENGDU-Chinesescientistshavedevelopedacomputersoftwaresystemwhichcan

automaticallytranslateInternetfilesintotheChineselanguage.

Thesoftwarehasthecapacitytotranslate150,000Chinesecharactersperhour,with80

percentofthetotalcontenteasilyunderstandableafterthetranslationprocess.

ThemajorproblemhinderingthedevelopmentoftheInternetinChinaisthelanguage

barrier.ManyChineseusersfeelthattheirEnglishisinadequateforoperatingtheInternet,

whichispredominantlyinEnglish.

Developmentoftranslationsoftwareispartofahigh-techprogramintroducedbythe

StateScienceandtechnologyCommissioninthemid-1980s.

Thesoftware,jointlydevelopedbyaresearchinstituteancauniversityinSouthwest

China'sSichuanProvince,runsintheWindowsenvironment.UserscanIISPamouseto

achieveinstanttranslations,whi：emaintainingtheoriginalformatofdocumentsorpictures.

11.Thepassageismostlytakenfrom.

A.anewspaperB.amagazine

C.anovel

12.Whichofthefollowingphrasescanbeusedtoreplacetheword“hinder“inthe

sentence“ThemajorproblemhinderingthedevelopmentoftheInternetinchinais

thelanguagebarrier.”

A.holdingonB.holdingto

C.holdingback

13.ItcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatInternetismainlyoperatedthrough.

A.ChineseB.English

C.German

14.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueabouttranslationsoftware?

A.Itispartofahigh-techprogramme.

B.ItisdevelopedbyaresearchinstituteandauniversityinBeijing.

C.ItrunsintheWindowsenvironment

15.The'mouse'inthelastparagraphrefersto.

A.theanimalofwhichthecatisthenaturalenemy

B.akindofmouse-liketoyforchildren

C.thedeviceconnectedtoacomputertocontrolthecursor'smovement

Passage3

ChangesinLivelihood

AUTHORITATIVESCHOLARSplaceChina'ssocialdevelopmentatthe4lowermedium

level'comparedtotherestoftheworld.Chinahasgonethroughseveraltwistsandturns

since1949,andmanypeople'sliveshavechangedforbetterorworseasaresult.However,

todayageneralimprovementisevident.Since1978inparticular,manypeople'slife-styles

haveimprovedatagreaterpacethanintheprevious30years.

Chinesehavenotonlyimprovedontheirdiet,clothing,housingandtheproductsthey

useeveryday,buttheirdisposableincomehasalsogrownaswell.BytheendofJune1995,

ruralandurbanbanksavingsamountedto3,545.8billionyuan.

Figuresshowthatsincethe1990scommunicationsequipment,housesyapartmentsand

carshavebuguntoreplaceTVsets,refregeratorsandwashingmachines(whichinturn

replacedbikes,watchesandsewingmachinesatthebeginningofthe1980s)asthelargest

individualconsumptionitems.

Accordingtoaconservativeestimate,Chinahasabout100,000privatecarstoday.

Sevenpercentofurbanresidentshaveinstalledhomephones.TheChinesePostand

TelecommunicationsMinistryplans120millionnewphonelinesfortheyear2000.ora

phoneforeveryurbanhousehold.Todayfaxmachines*computersandmobilephonesare

verycommonandfaceaboomingmarket.

Questions16—20arebasedonPassage3.

16.Thepassageismostlytakenfrom.

A.anewspaperB.amagazine

C.anovel

17.Thesentence“Chinahasgonethroughseveraltwistsandturnssince1949”may

meanthat.

A.Chinahaschangedforbettersince1949

B.Chinahaschangedforworsesince1949

C.Chinahasgonethroughmanyupsanddowns

18.WhichofthefollowingisNOTamongthelistofthingsthatChinesehaveimprovedon?

A.Diet.B.Schooling.

C.Moneyforsaving.

19.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingappearedthelatestastheresultof

replacement?

A.Apartments.B.Washingmachines.

C.Watches.

20.urbanresidentshaveinstalledhomephones.

A.100,000B.120million

C.Sevenpercentof

PartIII

Directions：

Readpassage4andthendecidewhetherthestatementsafteritarcTRUEorFalse.Onyour

answersheet,indicateTforTRUEorFforFALSEagainstthenumberforeachofitems21—30

fortheanswersyouchoose.(20points,2pointseach)

Passage4

HowtoUseLondonTelephones

1TelephonecallsinBritainareintwoclasses：localcalls,andtrunkcalls.Short

distancecallsofuptoabouttwentymilesareclassedaslocalcalls*andallcallsoverlonger

distancesareclassedastrunkcalls.

2InLondon,telephonesnowhaveall-figurenumberswhichdonotincludean

exchangename：forexample,071-222-2870.IfyoumakealocaltelephonecallinLondonto

asubscriberinLondon,youleaveoutthe071anddialonlythelastsevenfiguresofthe

numberofthepersonwhomyouarecalling.TomakeatrunkcalltoorfromLondon,you

dialallthefiguresofthesubscriber'snumber.

3Thenames,addressesandtelephonenumbersofsubscribersininnerLondonareat

presentprintedinfourdirectories.Thereareseparatedirectoriesforpeoplewhosenames

beginwiththelettersAtoD,EtoK,LtoRandStoZ.Whenyoulookupapersonfs

numberinthetelephonedirectory,youwillfindhisnameontheleftsideofthecolumnand

histelephonenumberontherightside.

4Allcall-boxesinLondonareontheSTDsystem,whichhasnowbeenextendedto

allpartsofBritain.ThelettersSTDstandforSubscriberTrunkDialing,andonthistypeof

telephoneyoucandialmanylong-distancenumbersdirectaswellaslocalnumbers.AnSTD

telephoneisusuallyfree»andthecoin-boxhasslotsforcoins.Tomakeacall*youpickup

thereceiveranddialthenumberbeforeputtinganymoneyintothecoin-box.Whenthe

personwhosenumberyouareringinganswers,therewillbeaspecialrapidtonecalledthe

paytone.Assoonasyouhearthis,youputyourmoneyinthebox.Thepaytonethenstops,

andyoucanstarttospeak.TomakeatrunkcallbySTD»youdialfirsttheSTDcode

numberforthetownthatyouarecallingandthenthenumberofthesubscriber.For

example,theSTDcodenumberfortrunkcallsfromLondontoBristolis0272；ifyou

telephoneapersonlivinginBristolwhosenumberisBristol294020,youwoulddial0272-

294020.Whenyourtimeisupthepaytoneisrepeated；ifyouwishtocontinueyourtalk*

youmustthenputmoremoneyintotheslot.Thelengthoftimeallowedisdoubledbetween

6p.m.and8a.m.Nowpayphenesworkslightlydifferently,however.

5BesidestheSTDsystem,thereisalsoanInternationalSubscriberDialingservicefor

makingtelephonecallstomosto:thecountriesofEurope,butsomecallscanonlybemade

fromtelephoneswithoutacoin-box.YoucandialdirecttomanyplacesinFrance,Belgium,

Germany,Luxembourg,theNetherlands,andSwitzerland.

6Aspecialrecordedtelephoneinformationserviceisprovidedeverydayforvisitorsto

London.Thisservicegivesvisitorsdetailsofthemaineventsofthedayinandaround

London.Theinformationisrecordedinfourlanguages：English,French,Germanand

Spanish.Whenyouwakeupinthemorningandyouwanttoknowwhattheweatherwillbe

likeinLondon,dial246-8901；and,ifyouwanttoknowtime»dial123.

Questions21-30arebasedonPassage4.

21.TelephonecallsinBritaincanbeclassifiedintoIwotypes：localcallsand

internationalcalls.

22.IfyoucallfromLondontoasubscriberinLondon,youneedtodial071first.

23.IfyouwanttoknowthetelephonenumberofMrWilliams,youneedtolookitupin

thedirectoryforpeoplewhosenamebeginswiththelettersStoZ.

24.Youcanusuallyfindaperson'snameontheleftsideofthecolumninatelephone

directory.

25.Onlythecall-boxesinLondonarenowontheSTDsystem.

26.Tomakeacall*youneedtoputmoneyintothecoin-boxfirstandthendialthe

numberafterhearingthepaytone.

27.TomakeatrunkcallbySTD,youneedtodialSTDcodenumberfirst.

28.Allcallscanbemadefromtelephoneswithacoin-box.

29.IfyougotoLondon,youcanevengetinformationovertelephoneinChinese.

30.YoucanevengetinformationabouttimeinLondonbydialing246-8901.

PartIV

ReadPassage5andanswerthefollowingquestions.Makeyouranswersasshortandclearas

possible.(20points*4pointseach)

Passage5

Whatwouldyoucallyourbaby?

RecentlytacoupleinNewZealandwereforbiddenfromnamingtheirbabyson4Real.

EventhoughNewZealandhasquiteliberalrulesaboutnamingchildren,namesbeginning

withanumberarenotallowed.TheydecidedtocallhimSupermaninstead.

Inmanycountriesaroundtheworld,unusualnamesforchildrenarebecomingmore

popular,especiallysincetheincreasingtrendforcelebritiestogivetheirchildrenwacky

names.InBritain,youcancallachildalmostanythingyoulike-theonlyrestrictionson

parentsrelatetooffensivewordssuchasswearwords.

Someparentschoosenameswhichcomefrompopularculture.Forexample,therehave

beensixboysnamedGandalfafterthecharacterintheLordoftheRingsnovelsandfilms.

Equally,namesrelatedtosportarefairlycommon-since1984»36childrenhavebeen

calledArsenalafterthefootballteam.

Otherparentsliketomakeupnames,orcombinenamestomaketheirownunique

version,amethoddemonstratedbyJordan,theBritishmodel»whorecentlyinventedthe

nameTidamiiforherdaughterbycombiningthenamesTheaandAmy(thetwo

grandmothers).Shewasquotedassayingthattheaccentanddoubleletterswereaddedto

makethename*moreexotic'.

Othercountrieshavemuchstricterruleswhenitcomestonamingchildren.Countries

includingJapan,Denmark,Spain,GermanyandArgentinahaveanapprovedlistofnames

fromwhichparentsmustchoose.InChina,therearesomerulesaboutwhatyoumaycalla

child—noforeignlettersorsymbolsareallowed.Asaresultacouplewererecentlybanned

fromcallingtheirbaby

Britain,somenameswhichwerepreviouslythoughtofasold-fashionedhavebecome

morepopularagain*suchasMaisieorEllaforagirl,orAlfieorNoahforaboy.

Butthemostpopularnamesarenotthewackyones.Thetopnamesarefairly

traditional-Jack,CharlieandThomasforboysandGrace,RubyandJessicaforgirls.

Questions31—35arebasedonPassage5.

31.WhywasthebabyboyinNewZealandnotallowedtobenamed4Real?

32.InBritain,whatkindofnamesareforbidden?

33.WhoisGandalf?

34.WhataretherulesinChinaaboutnamingachild?(Giveoneexample.)

35.WhatarethemostpopularnamesforboysinBritain?(Giveatleasttwoexamples.)

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英语阅读（1）试题答案及评分标准

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2021年1月

Part1：(30points,3p<»intseach)

1.lookafter2.spickandspan

3.feelupto4.temp

5.settledown6.F

7.T8.F

9.T