2018年电大本科《开放英语》考试试题资料内附答案

30．Linda offered him her congratulations on his off? C. Not likely passing the college entrance exams. 19. — In my opinion, you’d better take a 31．Mr. White has a wife and three children to couple of days off. A. I’ll take your 试题资料内附答案

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开放英语3期末复习题及作业答案(一)

32．Mary forgot to write a letter to her mother, so 20. — Would you mind if I open the

I．交际用语

she wrote to her just now. window for a better view? D. Of course not

1.I think the Internet is very helpful. —

33．Not only I but also Jane and Mary are tired of ( key: 1. D 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. C 6.

A. Yes, so do I .

having one examination after another. B 7. D 8. D 9. B

2. I have an appointment with Dr. Johnson.

34．Our plane _ took off __ from London at 7:00 10. A 11. C 12. A 13. C 14. D 15.

2018年电大本科《开放英语》考试

— C. Please wait for minute. He is busy now

3. Afternoon, sir. Where to? A. Please get

me to the airport

4. — Can I help you to get it down? C.

Thanks. It’s so nice of you

5. — I’m trying to call Marie, but there’s

no answer. D. Really? Maybe she’s out

6. — Are you sure about that? D. Oh, yes.

I’m absolutely positive

7. — Would you like to see the menu? A.

No, thanks. I already know what to order

8. — What if my computer doesn’t work? B.

Ask Anne for help

9. — How’s the movie? Interesting? C. Far

from. I should have stayed home watching TV

10. — Is this the motel you mentioned? B.

Yes, it’s as quiet as we expected

II．词汇与结构

1．At present, the most important thing is that

Britain needs to do more to improve the

relationship with the USA. 2．After checking the shopping list, I found that I forgot to buy salt. 3．Ann is studying politics at university.

4．After winning the bid, major construction

began in Beijing. 5．A lecture hall is one where students attend

lectures.

6．Be sure to bring your wife when you come here this evening. 7．Before she left on the trip, she _ had trained

hard.

8．---Can I get you a couple of tea? That’s very nice of you 9．Don’t worry. There is enough room for all your books here.

10．What fine weather it is!

11．Bidding for the Olympic Games begin about ten years in advance. 12．Everything would have been destroyed if

Albert hadn’t called the fire brigade. 13．Her parents died when she was very young, so she was brought up by her aunt. 14．What he said is quite right. 15．He kept the light in his room burning the whole night.

16．He keeps looking at himself in the mirror.

17．He was over the moon about his new job.

18．He has been in danger in hospital for a month. 19．He spends a quarter of the day sleeping.

20．He is the man Whose dog bit me. 21．It happened on a winter night.

22．If you Won’t stop smoking, you can only expect to have a bad cough. 23．It’s not safe playing in the street.

24．Leave it with me and I’ll see what I can do. 25．I don’t suppose he will attend the meeting, will he?

26．I think all these are main points worthy of

much attention.

27．I have given up eating meat.

28．I know it isn’t important but I can’t help

thinking about it. 29．I’m tired. I have been working very hard. A.

have

yesterday evening. 35．On his first sea voyage , he was still quite young but showed great courage to face the storm. 36．She’s unlucky, and she’s always suffering __ill____ luck one after another. 37．She has lived here __for__ three years. 38．Time is money! We should __ make good use of ____ our time. 39．They _ watched ___ the train until it disappeared in the distance. 40．That’s all settled. It needn’t be talked about. 41．The bedroom needs decorating. 42．--- What’s happened to Tom? He’s been taken to hospital. 43．---Which do you like better, real movies ___or__ cartoons? ---- I prefer cartoons _to_ real movies. 44．What a fool I have been! Why didn’t I think of that before? 45．We must make a difference between _spoken____ language and written language. 46．We used to swim every day when we were children. 47．You must explain __to us__ how they succeeded ___in__ the experiment. 48．You look __ tired _____. What _ have ___ you __ been doing ___? 第一部分 交际用语 阅读下面的小对话，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上写出所选的字母符号。 1. — Hello, Sally. How’s everything? — D. Just so-so 2. — Excuse me, would you lend me your calculator? A. Certainly. Here you are. 3. — I don’t like the spots programs on Sundays. —B. Neither do I 4. — What’s the problem, Harry? D. I can’t remember where I left my glasses 5. — What kind of TV program do you like best? C. It’s hard to say, actually。 6． -- Could you tell me where Mr. Lake is?-- B. At the office 7. -- May I help you, madam?-- D. Yes, I’d like 2 kilos of oranges 8． -- Hello, could I speak to Don please?-- _ D. Who’s speaking? 9． --What would you like, tea or coffee?-- B. Coffee, please 10. --What about going for a walk? -- A. Why not? A good idea 11. — Nice weather, isn’t it? —C. Yes, it is 12. — I think the Internet is very helpful. -- A. Yes, so do I 13. — What subjects are you studying? C. I’m studying philosophy 14. — Which language do you speak at home? D. English, most of the time 15. — Must we hand in our homework now? C. No, you needn’t 16. — Let’s take a walk. A. Yes, let’s 17. — Hello, could I speak to Don please? D. Who’s speaking 18. — Do you think the exam will be put C 16. A 17. D 18.C 19. A 20. D)

第二部分 词汇与结构

阅读下面的句子，从A、B、C、D四个选

项中选出一个能填入空白处的最佳选项，

并在答题纸上写出所选的字母符号。

1. I broke my leg when I B. was skiing in

America.

2. She was convicted C. of murder.

3. A new hotel _ D. is being built in the

center of town at the moment.

4. It is very convenient A. living here.

5. I have lived here B. since 1997.

6. The bedroom needs A. decorating

7. He is the man D. whose dog bit me.

8. I’m tired. I B. have been working

very hard.

9. Before she left on the trip, she D. had trained hard.

10. He keeps B. looking at himself in

the mirror.

11. The sun heats the earth, C. which is very

important to living things.

12. If the man B. is to succeed, he must

work as hard as he can.

13. Ancient Greece is the A. origin of

western civilization.

14. Please stop B. shouting It cannot

help the situation.

15. The big man has always been eating on

the go, A. so _ he has got stomachache.

16. Let me B. look into the case carefully

before I draw a conclusion.

17. He, as well as I, D. is a student.

18. She _ C. owes her success to hard

word and strong will.

19. Mr. Smith C. played a most important

part in the development of our city.

20. I’d rather stay at home than _ C. take a walk.

21. Mother was busy. Although she was not

watching the basketball on TV, she _ A. was listening to it on the radio.

22. Hardly A. had I got home when it

began to rain.

23. I prefer classic music D. to pop music.

24. All the team members tried their best. We

lost the game, A.however

25. When we were having a meeting, the

director B. was told the bad news by

telephone.

26. Silk _ B. has been used by Chinese for

thousands of years now.

27. You B. ought to lock the door at

night.

28. Before I got to the cinema, the film A. had begun

29. The patient acted on the doctor’s _ B. advice _and finally recovered.

30. A lecture hall is C. one where students

attend lectures.

31. Don’t worry, your watch D. is being repaired nd you can have it in no time.

32. The definition leaves B. much room

for disagreement.

33. Not always can people do what hey want (to).

34. Sadam B. was married for 25 years. 35. I don’t want you to make any trouble, C. on the contrary I urge you to solve the problem.

36. Why is the old block of flats _ being _demolished next month?

37. In the fifties last century many new cities C. grew up in the desert.

38. More and more people in China now _ A. drive to work regularly.

39. At present, the most important thing is that Britain needs A. to do more to improve the relationship with the USA.

Workaholics would (35) rather work than do anything else and this can be most important to their life. Workaholics are often (36) under stress. They can’t relax and feel tense. (37) As a result they may easily lose temper. Their work therefore has serious impact on their relationships and family life. Typical workaholics pay little attention to families. They spend (38) little time with their children and their marriages may (39) end in divorce. Their inability to relax may cause (40) health problems, such as high blood pressure. 4. 完型填空

There are advantages and disadvantages to (31) both Asian and Western educational methods. For last ten years. Peter is now very rich, (25 ) _but__ he complains that now he doesn’t work with plants but with a computer every day!

第三部分 完形填空欢迎吴继铭登陆 Passage 1

Although international travel is usually an (21) __________ and pleasant experience, travellers should take steps to ensure that their health does not suffer either (22) ______ their time _____ the air or ______ their time abroad.

Before you go, check with your doctor or local travel clinic (23) ______ injections are necessary for the areas you are travelling (24) 40. We have our house B. cleaned every week by a cleaner.

开放英语3期末复习题及作业答案二 III．完型填空欢迎吴继铭登陆 1. 完型填空

More and more people (31) _have___ to install burglar alarms in their houses if they want to get insurance. Insurance companies (32) have been asking people in certain areas to install the alarms before they will give them insurance for the fast year. This is (33) _due___ to increasing crime in some parts of the country. This can be a problem for people (34) who are struggling to make (35) –-不要填ends meet. The alarms, (36) which can be very expensive, need to be installed by an electrician. It is (37) estimated that 20% of homes have alarms installed, and that another 20% of people plan (38) to have them installed but have not installed them (39) yet. The insurance companies told people (40) to install the alarms on all doors and windows. 2. 完型填空

Traffic in India means a mixture of all kinds of vehicles on the road. About 700,000 new cars (31) have been sold in India in the last twelve months, and about twice that many used cars have been traded.

The country's 35 million motorcycles and scooters make it the world's largest two-wheel market. But because there are still big differences (32)___in___ people's incomes, the roads are full of a whole variety of (33) vehicles , lots of them not motorised. A ride (34) with a taxi driver in New Delhi gives a flavour of a typical Indian-style traffic with all kinds of vehicle held up in city streets or in long lines (35) on narrow country lanes. Cars, lorries and buses back up behind a cart (36) pulled by one animal or another. \driver says. \have to (37) watch out for pedestrians, bicycles, carts, cows, donkeys and even elephants. Three things (38) are recommended to drive here, a horn, brakes and good luck.\we were stopped (39) by a young boy and his cow. Given the hazards, it's not surprising (40) that special ceremonies are held for new car owners in which the steering wheel and the driver are both blessed.

3. 完型填空

Most workers spend eight hours on the job a day on (31) workdays. They work because they need money for necessities. They spend about one third of their lives at work, but hate it. By contrast, some people actually (32) enjoy work. They spend (33) extra hours on the job each week and often take work home with them. They are called “workaholics(工作狂)” as they are addicted to their job as other people are (34 ) to alcohol. example, one advantage (32) to the education in Japan is that students there learn much more math and science (33) than American students. They also study more hours each day than Americans(34) do . The study is difficult,but it (35) prepares students for a society that values discipline and self-control. There is, however, a disadvantage. Memorization is an important learning method in Japanese schools, (36) yet many students say that after an exam, they forget much of the information that they have memorized. The advantage to the education in North America, (37) on the other hand, is that students learn to think by themselves. The system prepares them for a society that values (38) new ideas.There is, however, a disadvantage. When students graduate from high school, they haven’t memorized (39) as many basic rules and facts as students in other countries (40) have . 5. 完型填空欢迎吴继铭登陆

Jules Verne’s most famous book is “Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea”. (A “league” is an old word (16) meaning about three miles.) In those days submarines (潜水艇) had not been (17) invented ,but he describes an underwater ship very like a modern submarine. The captain of the submarine, called Captain Nemo, and his men have many strange adventures and find many strange things (18) at the bottom of the ocean. He was a very good (19) story-teller B. sailor. His characters often did surprising and sometimes impossible things, but they always seemed (20) to be real people. In another book, “Around the World in Eighty Days”, Jules Verne creates Mr. Fogg, the hero, (21)who made a bet that he would travel around the world in eighty days. Nowadays this may seem (22) easy to you, but in those days there were no planes or even cars. Mr. Fogg and his servant traveled in many different (23) ways , even on an elephant at one time! If you want to know their result, you should read the book. In all his books Jules Verne used his scientific knowledge (24) as well as his imagination in describing future inventions. (25) Sometimes he was wrong, of course, but often the accuracy of his descriptions is very clever. 6. 完型填空

Peter Blake is a successful businessman, but he (16)used to be very poor. He had nowhere to live and (17) was working in a pub when he (18) decided to start his own business. Peter had always (19) been interested in plants and flowers, (20) so he decided to set up a company (21) which cared for the plants in big offices. At first he worked on his (22) own, but soon he took (23) on_ two people to help him. The company has been growing (24) ---不要填for the _____. Allow sufficient time to have these injections before you (25) _______ because they may take time to become effective. Be sure that the information on health is up-to-date. Check on the Internet if you are not sure.

Don’t go to bed late the day (26) _______ you fly.

Your body has a natural daily sleep pattern. It takes time to adjust to a new time zone. There are many different (27) __________ of jet lag: you may not be able to sleep, you may not want to eat or you may feel sick and tired. You may not be able to concentrate for some days after you arrive.

There are several things you can do to (28) ________ the effects of jet lag:

－ Do your (29) ______ to relax during the flight;

－ Sleep as much as you can on the flight. Use a mild sleeping pill if necessary; － Drink as much water as you can; － Don’t drink alcohol and caffeine;

－ Take mild sleeping pills (30) ______ the first few days in the new time zone if you need them.

21. B) exciting 22. D) from…in…from 23. C) which 24 C) to 25. C) leave

26. D) before 27. A) effects 28. D) lessen 29.C) best 30. B) for

(Key: 21. B 22. D 23. C 24. C 25. C 26. D 27. A 28. D 29. C 30. B Passage 2

A study (21) _____________ that fitness is the key (22) ______ long life, irrespective of body shape or even smoking habits. Researchers discovered that people (23) _________ exercise live longer than those who do not, (24) __________ they are overweight and smoke.

The study found that the least fit of the 6,000 middle-aged men in the study were five times (25) _____________ to die within six years of the start of the research than the fittest. This was true whether or not the men had heart problems, smoked or (26) ______ overweight. Scientists concluded that it was better to be fat and active than skinny and sedentary. Dr Ken Cooper, a fitness expert, said, \cigarettes a day and (27) __________ regularly than being a non-smoker and sedentary.\Although he adds, \But don't misunderstand me. I am not endorsing smoking. I am trying to tell you how dangerous it is to be sedentary.\

(28) ________, the study appears to fly in the face of research last year which concluded that more than 30,000 people die prematurely every year in Britain from illnesses caused by being overweight. The British Government is putting pressure on manufacturers (29) ____________ high levels of sugar in food and to restrict the hard-sell of junk food to children in order to improve the nation's health. But the new study suggests the Government (30) __________ more people to exercise.

21. C) has shown 22. A) to 23. D) who so much noise that the king could not sleep. The king got very angry and set a guard to find out what was the matter. The soldier found the girl, and led her to the king. “Why do you wash your clothes here at night?” asked the king. The girl pretended to be afraid and said, “I had to wash clothes at night. This afternoon my father had a baby. I was busy all day because of that. Then I found there were no clean clothes for the baby, so I had to come and wash them now.”

“What!” cried the king, “Are you trying to make a problem of pollution? B. Eating. 5. What does the underlined word “litter” mean in paragraph 2? C. bits of waste things 阅读理解III

Thousands of years ago, in the middle of an ocean, miles from the nearest island, an undersea volcano broke out. The hot

liquid piled higher and higher and spread wider and wider. In this way, an island rose up in the sea. As time went on, hot sun and 24. C) even if 25. D) more likely 26. B) were 27. B) exercising 28. A) However 29. C) to reduce 30. D) encourage (Key: 21. C 22. A 23. D 24. C 25. D 26. B 27. B 28. A 29. C 30. D) Passage 3

A study has shown that fitness is the key (21) _____ long life, irrespective of body shape (22) _____ even smoking habits. Researchers discovered that people who exercise live longer than (23)______, even if they are overweight and smoke.

The study found that (24) ______ fit of the 6,000 middle-aged men in the study were five times more likely to die within six years of the start of the research than the fittest. This was true (25)_______the men had heart problems, smoked or were overweight. Scientists concluded that it was better (26)_______and active than skinny and sedentary. Dr Ken cooper, a fitness expert, said, “ You are better off smoking a packet of cigarettes a day and exercising regularly than (27)_______ a non –smoker and sedentary.” Although he adds, “But don’t misunderstand me. I am not endorsing (28)_____, I am trying to tell you how dangerous it is to be sedentary.”

The British Government is putting pressure (29)_____ manufacturers to reduce high levels of sugar in food and to restrict the hard-sell of junk food to children in order to improve the nation’s health. But the new study suggests the Government should encourage more people (30)_____.

21. C. to 22. A. or 23. D. those who do not 24. D. the least 25. B. whether or not

26. B. to be fat 27. A. being 28. C. smoking 29. A. on 30. C. to exercise

(Key: 21. C 22. A 23. D 24. D 25. B 26. B 27. A 28. C 29. A 30. C) 开放英语3期末复习题及作业答案(三) IV．阅读理解 1． 选择题 阅读理解I

Once the king of India fell ill and sent for his doctor. The doctor came, examined him and said, “You will be well again in a few days if you take bull’s milk.” The king was very surprised, for he had never heard of a bull that gave milk. “How is it possible?” he asked. “Order Gulbo, the scholar, to get it for you. He can do anything.” The doctor was an enemy to Gulbo, and thought this would be a way of making him suffer. When the king told Gulbo what the doctor had said and ordered him to get bull’s milk, Gulbo immediately understood what the doctor was trying to do. When he got home he sat thinking how to get out of the difficulties. His daughter, seeing him worried, asked what was the matter. On hearing what the king had asked for, she said, “Don’t worry, father, I’ll help you.” The next day she took some old clothes, went to the bank of the river near the palace, and chose a place below the king’s bedroom window. In the middle of the night, when everyone was in bed, she started to do her washing. She made fool of me?

Who ever heard of a man having a baby?”

“Well, if the king himself orders someone to get bull’s milk

for him, why can’t a man have a baby?”

The king smiled and said, “You must be Gulbo’s daughter. Go

and tell your father that he may keep the bull’s milk for his baby.”

1. According to the doctor in the story, the king’s illness can be cured by ______. B. drinking bull’s milk 2. The doctor told the king to ask Gulbo to find bull’s milk because he ______. B. hated Gulbo very much 3. How did Gulbo feel after getting the king’s order? A. He was upset.

4. Why did Gulbo’s daughter wash clothes below the king’s bedroom window at night? D. Because she wanted the king to notice her. 5. From the dialogue between the king and the girl, we know that after hearing the girl’s story, the king ______.D.understood the girl’s meaning 阅读理解II欢迎吴继铭登陆

People all over the world today are beginning to hear and learn more and more about the problem of pollution. Pollution

is caused either by man’s release of completely new and often artificial (人造的) substances into the environment, or by releasing greatly increased amounts of a natural substance (物质)，such as oil from oil tankers into the sea.

Whatever its underlying reasons, there is no doubt that much of the pollution caused could be controlled if only companies, individuals and governments would make more efforts. In the home there is an obvious need to control litter and waste. Food comes wrapped up three of four times in packages that all have to be disposed of; drinks are increasingly sold in bottles or tins which can’t be reused. This not only causes a litter problem, but also is a great waste of resources, in terms of glass, metal and paper. Advertising has helped this process by persuading many of us not only to buy things we neither want nor need, but also to throw away much of what we do buy. Pollution and waste combine to be a problem everyone can help to solve by cutting out unnecessary buying, excess

use and careless disposal (处理) of the products we use in our daily lives. 1. The main cause of pollution is _A .the release of artificial or natural substances into the environment 2. Much of the pollution could be controlled if only C. all sides concerned would make more efforts 3. Food packages, bottles and tins for drinks can cause B. both a 4. Which of the following can not help solving the cool rains made the rock split and break to pieces. Sea waves dashed against the rock. In this way, soil and sand came into being. Nothing lived on the naked soil. And then the wind and birds brought plant seeds, spiders and other little creatures there. Only plants could grow first. Only they, in sunlight, could produce food from the minerals of the soil, water and air. While many animals landed on the island, they could find no food. A spider spun its web in vain, because there were no insects for its web to catch. Insects couldn’t stay until there were plants for them to eat. So plants had to be the pioneer life on this new island. 1. The passage centers on __________. D. how life began on a volcano-produced island 2.According to the passage, the island got its first soil from_________ C. its own rock 3.The word “naked” (in para. 3) could be replaced by which of the following? D. bare 4.The order of coming into being on the island is __________. A. soil, plants and animals 5. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE ? C. Insects could not live on the island without plants. 阅读理解IV In the last 500 years, nothing about people – not their clothes, ideas, or languages – has changed as much as what

they eat. The original chocolate drink was made from the seeds of the cocoa tree by South American Indians. The Spanish

introduced it to the rest of the world during the 1500’s. And although it was very expensive, it quickly became fashionable. In London shops where chocolate drinks were served became important meeting places. Some still exist today. The potato is also from the New World. Around 1600, the Spanish brought it from Peru to Europe, where it soon was widely grown. Ireland became so dependent on it that thousands of Irish people starved when the crop failed during the“Potato Famine”of 1845-6, and thousands more were forced to emigrate to America. There are many other foods that have traveled from South America to the Old World. But some others went in the opposite direction. Brazil is now the World’s largest grower of coffee, and coffee is an important crop in Colombia and other South American countries. But it is native to Ethiopia. It was first made into a drink by Arabs during the 1400’s. According to an Arabic legend, coffee was discovered when a goatherd name Kaldi noticed that his goats were attracted to the red berries on a coffee bush. He tried one and experienced the “wide-awake” feeling

that one-third of the world’s population now starts the day with.

1. According to the passage, which of the following has changed the most in the last 500 years? A. Food 2. “Some” in “Some still exist today” means _________. C. some shops 3. Thousands of Irish people starved during the “Potato Famine” because D. the potato harvest was bad 4.Coffee originally came from_C. Ethiopia 5.The Arabic legend is used to prove that __D.coffee drinks were first made by Arabs police in case there is a burglary.. marrying, and, for example, 40 per cent of 5. From the passage, we can infer that we might children born in the UK are born to couples be victims if _.A. we cannot part with the who aren't married or are born to lone money when being attacked 欢迎吴继铭登parents. There are quite a large number of 陆 lone parent families, 90 per cent of these are 阅读理解VI headed by a woman rather than a man. The An Extraordinary Change of Direction Molly average family size now in the UK is 1.8 Wilson had been a dancer and a mother for many children per couple, which means that there's years when she decided to sail round the world to been quite a decline in the birth rate in the raise money for charity. As a child she had trained UK along with other European countries. as a ballet dancer, but at 15 she had grown too tall 1. What does the passage mainly discuss? for classical ballet, so she became a member of a C. The increasing divorce rate in the UK. 阅读理解V Crime Prevention Initiatives The chances that you will be a victim of violent crime are low. But you can avoid risk in the following ways. AT HOME · You should make sure your house or flat is secure.

Always lock the door from the inside at night, but you must

keep the key nearby, so that you can use it to get out quickly

if there is a fire. · You must never give keys to workmen as they can

easily make copies. · If you wake up and hear a burglar, stay quietly in

bed. Pretend you are asleep. If you feel more confident,

switch on the light and make a lot of noise; even if you are

on your own you should call out loudly to an imaginary

companion, so that the burglar thinks you are not alone and

runs away. You should have a phone or a mobile in your bedroom

to alert the police immediately. · If you come home and think you see signs of a

break-in, you shouldn’t go in, the burglar may be inside. You

should go to a neighbour and call the police. ON THE STREET At night: · Always walk facing the traffic, so that a car cannot

pull up behind you.

· You mustn’t go through parks or woods. · If you think someone is following you, cross the road

one or two times. If he or she continues to follow you, go to

a pub or other public place. · Always carry your bag close to you, but carry your

house keys in your pocket so that you can open the door

quickly. If someone attacks you - remember your safety is more

important than your property. 1. This passage mainly focuses on A. how to avoid the crimes both at home and in the street 2. If you want to guarantee you are secure at home, you should B. never leave the keys to workmen since they can easily make copies 3. Based on the passage, if you notice someone following you,it’s better for you to B. go to public places 4. Why should you have a telephone in the bedroom? C. Because it’s convenient for us to report to the pop dance team. She got married, and after she had children she retired from show business to bring them up. They grew up, and when they were 18 they left home. She says, “When I decided to do the round-the-world race, my husband thought I was bored because the children had left home. He was also worried because I had never sailed before. I was not bored, but I had met some people who told me about the race. They had taken part in it, but they had only done one section, say, from New Zealand to Australia. I wanted to do the whole ten-month journey.” Before Molly left she did a lot of training, but it hadn’t prepared her for the worst weather which they experienced. She tells one story. “One night the sea was very rough and it was very cold. I had gone downstairs when a huge wave smashed into the boat and injured two men on the deck. One of the men couldn’t move because he had broken his leg. They were taken to hospital by helicopter. That was the worst time.” By the end of October last year, she had raised more than ?50,000 for charity. She says, “Sometimes I ask myself, what did I do? How did I do it? But then I think, it’s the same as being a dancer. Before I left on the trip, I had trained hard. I had got very fit and had prepared myself completely. Then on the trip I was simply a good team member.” 1. What does the word “extraordinary” mean in the title? B. very unusual and surprising 2. The sentence “…my husband thought I was bored …” in Para. 4 meant that my husband thought I felt A. dissatisfied because I had nothing better to do at home 3. The word “section” in Para. 4 most probably means here C. part of the route of sail 4. Which of the following is nearest (closest) in meaning to “rough” in the sentence “One night the sea was very rough …”in Para. 5? C. not smooth because of huge waves 5. The last paragraph suggests that ______A. the qualities she needed for the trip were the same as those for a dancer 阅读理解VII There have been changes in all sorts of different areas of British society. In recent years in the UK we have had a very large increase in the number of couples who get divorced. After 1969 and the Divorce Law Reform Act we had a very rapid increase in the number of divorces. The rate increased steadily and in recent years has increased much more rapidly. But there are also quite a lot of people who do actually get married. At present the marriage rate in the UK is about 70 per cent, which has gone down since the number of people who marry has gone down quite a lot in the last 20 years, but more significantly in the last 10 years. Quite high proportions of people now live together without 2. During the last ten years, A. the marriage rate has gone down more rapidly in the UK 3. According to the passage, the cohabitation rate in the UK tends to B. soar (急剧上升) 4. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true? A. The highest divorce rate was around 1969. 5. The last paragraph tells us D. the birth rate in the UK is decreasing rapidly now 阅读理解VIII Some people think they have an answer to the troubles of automobile crowding and dirty air in large cities. Their answer is the bicycle, or “bike”. In a great many cities, hundreds of people ride bicycles to work every day. In New York City, some bike riders have even formed a group called Bike for a Better City. They claim that if more people rode bicycles to work there would be fewer automobiles in the downtown section of the city and therefore less dirty air from car engines. For several years this group has been trying to get the city government to help bike riders. For example, they want the city to draw bicycle lanes on some of the main streets, because when bike riders have to use the same lanes as cars, there are accidents. Bike for a Better City feels that if there were special lanes more people would use bikes. But no bicycle lanes have been drawn. Not everyone thinks it is a good idea - they say it will slow traffic. Some store owners on the main streets say that if there is less traffic, they will have less business. And most people live too far from downtown to travel by bike. The city government has not yet decided what to do. It wants to keep everyone happy. Only on weekends, Central Park is closed to cars, and the roads may be used by bicycles only. But Bike for a Better City says that this is not enough and keeps fighting to get bicycle lanes downtown. 1. According to the passage, bicycles _D.are the solution to some city problems 2. The idea of special bicycle lanes is most favored by_B. some bike riders 3. “Bicycle lanes” in the third paragraph probably means ___C. special parts of the road for bicycle riders only 4. Which of the following is not true according to the passage? D. In New York City, many people use bikes as they have special lanes. 5. The best title for this passage is _ D Solution to Traffic Problem in New York 第四部分 阅读理解 阅读下列短文，从A、B、C、D四个选项

中选出一个正确答案，并在答题纸上写出所选的字母符号。 Passage 1

I was 15 when I walked into McCarley Bookstore and began to look over the titles of the books on the shelves. The man behind the counter, the owner of the bookstore, asked me if I would like a job. I needed to start saving for college, so I said yes. I worked after school and during summers for minimum wages and the job helped pay for my freshman year of college. I worked at many other jobs afterwards: I made coffee in the student union during college. I made maps for the U.S Forest Service. But selling books was one of the most satisfying.

One day a woman asked me for books on cancer. She seemed fearful. I showed her everything we had and found other books we could order. She left the shop less worried and I’ve always remembered the pride I felt in having helped her.

Years later, as a television reporter, I heard about a poor child who was born with his fingers of the left hand linked together. His family could not afford the corrective surgery, and the boy lived in shame, hiding his left hand in his pocket.

I persuaded my boss to let me do the story on TV. After my story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform the surgery for free. I visited the boy in the recovery room after the operation. The first thing he did was hold up his repaired hand and say, “Thank you.” I was overjoyed and filled with a strong sense of reward. At McCarley Bookstore, I always felt I was working for the customers, not just for the store. Today it’s the same. NBC news pays me the salary. But I feel that I work for the viewers, helping them make sense of the world. My working experience in McCarley Bookstore helped me find a good sense of the world, and most importantly, it helped me find a good sense of myself.

1. How did the author get the job in McCarley Bookstore?

A. He happened to walk into the shop and got it by chance. 2. According to the author, selling books was one of the most satisfying job experiences, because ____________.

B. it helped him understand the world and himself 3. After he helped the fearful lady looking for books on cancer, the author was D. proud of himself 4. The author decided to help the poor boy by B. persuading his boss to let him do the story on TV

5. The main reason that the author thinks his present job is the same as the one in the bookstore is C. it helps people make sense of the world Passage 2

Paper was invented by the Chinese in the first century AD. Paper was not made in southern Europe until about the year 1100. Scandinavia - which now makes a great deal of the world’s paper - did not begin to make it until 1500. Most paper is made from wood. Paper-making is an important British industry and paper from Britain is sold to many countries such as Australia and South Africa. Some of the wood used in the British paper making industry comes from trees grown in Britain, but wood is also bought from other countries such as Norway. One tree is needed for every four hundred copies of a forty-page newspaper. If half the adults in Britain buy one daily paper, this uses up over a thousand trees a day. All over the world, trees are being cut down faster than they are being planted, so there may be a serious need for paper at the beginning of next century.

When we think of paper, we think of newspaper, books, letters and writing paper. But there are many other uses. Only half of paper is used for books and newspaper, etc. Paper is very good for keeping you warm. Each year, more and more things are made of paper. Now we hear that chairs, tables, and even beds can be made of paper. But the latest in paper making seems to be paper houses.

1. Where was paper invented?A. In China.

2. Scandinavia began to make paper C. in 1500

3. Every four hundred copies of a forty-page newspaper will need B. one tree

4. All over the world, trees are being cut down ____________ than they are being planted. D. faster 5. The latest things made of paper are D. houses Passage 3

We often use gestures to express our feelings, but the problem is that the gestures can be understood in different ways.

It is true that a smile means the same thing in any language. So does laughter or crying . Fear is another emotion that is shown in much the same way all over the world. In Chinese and in English literature, a phrase like ‘he went pale and began to tremble’ suggests that the man is either very afraid or he has just got a very big shock. However, ‘he opened his eyes wide’ is used to suggest anger in Chinese whereas in English it means surprise. In Chinese, surprise can be described in a phrase like ‘they stretched out their tongues!’ “Stretching out your tongue” in English is an insulting gesture or expresses strong dislike.

Even in the same culture, people differ in their ability to understand and express feelings. Experiments in America have shown that women are usually better than men at recognizing fear, anger, love and happiness on people’s faces. Other studies show that older people usually find it easier to recognize or understand body language than younger people do.

1. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

D. It is difficult to tell what people’ gestures really mean sometimes. 2. People’s facial expressions may be misunderstood in different cultures because

D. people from different cultures have different meanings about some facial expressions 3. From the passage, we can conclude that A gestures can be used to express feelings 4. In the same culture, people D. may have different abilities to understand and express feelings

5. The best title for this passage can be C Gestures and Feelings Passage 4

A funny thing happened on the way to the communication revolution: we stopped talking to each other.

I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his mobile phone rang, interrupting our conversation. There we were, walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day and – poof! – I was cut off as if I had become absent from the conversation.

The park was filled with people talking on their cell phones. They were passing people without looking at them, saying hello, noticing their babies or stopping to pat their dogs. It seems that the limitless electronic voice is preferred to human contact.

The telephone used to connect you to the absent. Now it makes people feel absent. Recently I was in a car with three friends. The driver hushed the rest of us because he could not hear the person on the other end of his cell phone. There we were, four friends driving down the highway, unable to talk to each other because of the small thing designed to make communication easier. Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel? Every advance in communications technology is a setback (退步) to the closeness of human interaction. With e-mail and instant message over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another. With voice mail, you can make entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. If my mom has a question, I just leave the answer on her machine.

As almost every contact between human beings gets automatic, the emotional distance index goes up. Pumping gas at the station? Why say good-morning to the assistant when you can swipe you credit card at the pump and save yourself the bother of human contact? Making a deposit at the bank? Why talk to the clerk who lives in the neighborhood when you can put your card into the ATM?

More and more, I find myself hiding behind e-mail to do a job meant for conversation or being relieved that voice mail picked up because I didn’t really have time to talk. The technology devoted to helping me keep in touch is making me lonelier.

I own a mobile phone, an ATM card, a voice-mail telephone, and an e-mail account. Giving them up isn’t a choice. They are great for what they are intended to do. It’s their unintended results that make me upset. What good is all this gee-whiz technology if there is no one in the room to hear you crying out “Gee whiz”?

1. The author’s experience of walking in a park with a friend recently made him feel A. unhappy 2. According to the author, human contact in a park means D. both A and B. A. looking at each other and saying hello when passing B. noticing their babies and stopping to pat their dogs

3. According to the author, the more connected we get in communications technology, the ___________ we are. C. more disconnected

4. What are the examples the author gives to explain his idea that every advance in communications technology is a setback to the closeness of human interaction? D. All of the above.

5. What is the unintended result of communication technology, according to the author?B. It actually creates a distance between people instead of bringing them