大学英语B阅读理解答案

he shook his head. The villagers have told him that they will not accept it even if he gives it away.

阅读理解B (1)、Mr. James was the owner of the public house.

A：T B：F

42、Martin Luther King was a black minister, who 答案：A

became a great leader of the civil rights movement (2)、Mr. James had not turned off the lights that in the 1950s and 1960s. night.

King was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, A：T B：F Georgia. When he was young, he was strongly 答案：B

influenced by Thoreau and Indian leader Mahatma (3)、Mr. James built the house. Gandhi's idea of non-violent resistance. Having A：T B：F received a Ph. D (Doctor of Philosophy) from Boston 答案：B

University, he became a political and religious (4)、Mr. James found sixty empty bottles. leader of the non-violent civil relights movement A：T B：F in 1955. On August 28, 1963, he led over 250,000 答案：B

Americans on a march in Washington D.C. to fight for (5)、The writer of the passage believes Mr. James' the Civil Rights Law to guarantee equality for all story. people, and delivered his best known speech \Have A：T B：F a Dream\答案：B

is a dream of brotherly love and equality for the 44、Great changes have been made in family life Black and White. Thus, he was awarded the Nobel Prize because of science and industry. for peace in 1964, but he was murdered four years In the past, when more Americans lived on farms, later. the typical family had many children. In a farm Though he died, he was greatly respected and family, parents and their children often lived with loved by the Americans, both the white and the black. grandparents. Often, too, uncles and aunts lived By vote of Congress in 1968, the third Monday of nearby. But when industry became more important than every January is now a federal holiday in Luther agriculture in American life, families became King's honor. He lives in people's hearts forever. smaller because industry requires workers who are (1)、Martin Luther King was murdered when he was 39 ready and able to move off the land and to move again years old. whenever necessary. And large families can not be A：T B：F moved from place to place as smaller families can. 答案：A So, at present people tend to have smaller families. (2)、Martin Luther King was a black minister only. In the future, because of industrialization, a A：T B：F typical family will be required to move even more 答案：B often than now, so families will be even smaller. (3)、Martin Luther King's Day has been a federal The typical family may remain childless and consists holiday for more than 40 years. only of a man and a woman. A small number of families A：T B：F may take child raising as their chief work. At the 答案：A same time they may also raise other people's

(4)、The underlined word \children, leaving those families free to move from paragraph could be replaced by \job to job. A：T B：F (1)、The passage discusses influence of science and 答案：A industry on American families. (5)、The best title for this passage is \Rights A：T B：F Law\答案：A A：T B：F (2)、Families of the past, the present and the future 答案：B are described in the passage. 43、A public house which was recently bought by Mr. A：T B：F James is up for sale. He is going to sell it because 答案：A

it is haunted (闹鬼的). He told me that he could not (3)、People no longer want to have children. go to sleep one night because he heard a strange A：T B：F noise coming from the bar. The next morning, he found 答案：B that the doors had been blocked by chairs and the (4)、Grandparents will take the chief responsibility furniture had been moved. Though Mr. James had of raising children in the future. turned the lights off before he went to bed, they A：T B：F were on in the morning. He also said that he had found 答案：B

five empty whisky bottles which the ghost (鬼) must (5)、Large families cannot fit in with a highly have drunk the night before. When I suggested that industrialized society. some villagers must have come in for a free drink, A：T B：F

答案：A on the wall. Just then, Mike, one of Tom's workmates 45、My husband had just bought a new washing machine came in and sat with Tom.

for me. I decided to use it and I washed a lot of \things. plenty of time yet\Everything worked well, but I found one of my \husband's socks missing. I looked everywhere for it, Mike. but I couldn't find it anywhere. They talked while drinking. Then Tom looked at The next morning, I got ready for school as usual. the clock again. \It's going backward\he cried. When the bell rang, the students came in. I greeted \few minutes ago it was twenty to twelve, and now them first and then told them what we were going to it's half past eleven.\do that day. \ When I turned around to write on the blackboard, said Mike. Tom was so sad. The next bus was not to the class broke out a roar! leave for another hour. Since then Tom has never They laughed and laughed. They laughed so much, liked mirrors.

in fact, that I was afraid the headmaster would be (1)、Tom went into the station cafe because Mike into seeing all this. asked him to have a cup of tea. I asked the class to stop, but the more I talked, A：T B：F the more they laughed. I decided to pay no attention 答案：B

to them and I continued to write on the blackboard. (2)、Tom and Mike talked while drinking. When I did this, they roared even more. A：T B：F Finally, the teacher who had the room next to mine 答案：A came in to see what all the laughter was about. When (3)、When Tom looked at the clock in the mirror, it's he came in, he started laughing, too! actually half past twelve. \A：T B：F tell me what is so funny?\答案：A

\(4)、From the story we know that when we look at a sock to the back of your skirt!\clock in a mirror, we will find it's going backward. So that's how I found my husband's missing sock. A：T B：F \well,\I said to the class. \just say 答案：A

you have had an unforgettable lesson on static (静(5)、Tom arrived in Paris on time. 止的) electricity.\A：T B：F (1)、The writer was a teacher. 答案：B A：T B：F 47、My Aunt Edith was a widow of 50, working as a 答案：A secretary, when doctors discovered what was then (2)、When the writer turned around to write on the thought to be a very serious heart disease. blackboard, the class began to laugh loudly. Aunt Edith didn't accept defeat easily. She A：T B：F began studying medical reports in the library and 答案：A found an article in a magazine about a well-known (3)、She couldn't find one of her husband's socks, heart surgeon, Dr. Michael DeBakey, of Houston, because her husband had taken it away. Texas. He had saved the life of someone with the same A：T B：F disease. The article said his fees were very high; 答案：B Aunt Edith couldn't possibly pay them. But could he (4)、The teacher from the next room laughed, because tell her of someone whose fees she could pay? he found a sock on the back of the writer's skirt. So Aunt Edith wrote to him. She simply listed A：T B：F her reasons for wanting to live: her three children, 答案：A who would be on their own in three or four more years; (5)、The students told her about the laughing. her little-girl dream of traveling and seeing the A：T B：F world. There wasn't a word of self-pity－only warmth 答案：B and humor and the joy of living. She mailed the 46、Tom arrived at the bus station quite early for letter, not really expecting an answer. Paris bus. The bus for Paris would not leave until A few days later, my doorbell rang. Aunt Edith five to twelve. He saw a lot of people waiting in didn't wait to come in; she stood in the hall and the station. Some were standing in line, others were read aloud:

walking around. There was a group of schoolgirls. Your beautiful letter moved me very Their teacher was trying to keep them in line. Tom deeply. If you can come to Houston, there looked around, but there was no place for him to sit. will be no charge for either the hospital He walked into the station cafe. He looked up or the operation. at the clock there. It was only twenty to twelve. He found a seat and sat down before a large mirror 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 答案：B

(2)、From the story we can see Aunt Edith accepted defeat easily. A：T B：F 答案：B (3)、In Aunt Edith's letter to the doctor, she showed she was warm, humorous and enjoying living. A：T B：F 答案：A

(4)、When Aunt Edith mailed her letter, she didn't expect the doctor would give her a reply. A：T B：F 答案：A

(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 答案：B

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 答案：A (2)、The British can own private space like the house and the garden. A：T B：F 答案：A

(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 答案：A

(4)、The man opposite to the writer showed that he owned the whole table by reading a book. A：T B：F 答案：B (5)、The writer tried to get back his space by moving the case off the table. A：T B：F 答案：B

49、A young man who lived in London was in love with a beautiful girl. Soon she became his fiancée （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 fiancée. 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: \the servant enters the room, he will drop it.\

On the birthday of his fiancée 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 答案：B

(2)、The young man's family was poor while the beautiful girl is rich, according to the passage. A：T B：F 答案：A

(3)、The young man wanted to buy a present as a Christmas gift for the girl. A：T B：F 答案：B

(4)、The shop manager came to talk to the young man, because he was poorly dressed. A：T B：F 答案：B

(5)、On the birthday of his fiancée, the young man was excited because the girl was in love with him. A：T B：F 答案：B 50、A pretty, well-dressed young lady stopped a taxi

in a big square, and said to the driver, \you see that young man at the other side of the square?\

\standing outside a restaurant and looking impatiently at his watch every few seconds. \There were a lot of cars and buses in the square, so the taxi driver asked, \the street?\

\no!\said the young lady. \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 答案：A (2)、The lady stopped the taxi because she was afraid of walking across the street. A：T B：F 答案：B

(3)、The young man at the other side of the square had probably been waiting for a long time. A：T B：F 答案：A

(4)、The young lady was clever at making excuse. A：T B：F 答案：A (5)、The young lady was just pretending that she had tried.

A：T B：F 答案：A

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, \happen? \

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 答案：A (2)、The special program offered every winter in New York city.

A：T B：F 答案：B (3)、People will make more rules when someone breaks a rule.

A：T B：F 答案：B

(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 答案：A

(5)、Some teenagers learn photography when they are free.

A：T B：F 答案：A 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. \dear,\

He waited for a few seconds and then added, \won ten thousand pounds on the lottery!\

\wonderful!\said his wife delightedly. But then she thought for a few seconds and added angrily, \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 答案：A

(2)、The man won a lottery one day. A：T B：F 答案：A

(3)、The woman is good-natured. A：T B：F 答案：B

(4)、The woman was pleased yet suspicious when her husband won a lottery. A：T B：F 答案：A

(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 in the bank. was sick at home with a bad cold. \A：T B：F feeling?\答案：B replied Frank. \have a terrible cough, and there's (2)、Herman did not want to leave the Bank of not a drop of medicine in the house.\Ruritania immediately because he had not found a %up, Frank. I'll send Blackie to the local better job yet. drugstore for some cough syrup (糖浆). He'll be back A：T B：F in a minute, before you know it.\答案：A

five-dollar bill in Blackie's mouth and the dog ran (3)、He wished some other bank to give him a better down the street. \job. shouted after him. A：T B：F \答案：A

won't be back with any medicine.\\yes, he will,\(4)、A few days later, Herman's boss found one of replied Ramon. Half an hour later, however, Blackie these letters in his office. had not returned. Ramon was feeling embarrassed, and A：T B：F felt angry at his friend's little smile. 答案：B

\has happened to him, I'm sure,\said (5)、The boss asked Herman to come into his room as Ramon. \obeys me as a rule.\then Frank saw he decided to fire him. Blackie at a distance. He hurried to open the door A：T B：F and let him in. Frank was shocked to see a bottle 答案：A of medicine in the dog's mouth. 55、Computers can injure you. Most other injuries \happen suddenly. For example，if you fall off a bike long?\and break your arms，it happens very quickly. But wagging (摆动) his tail. Ramon glanced out and saw computer injuries happen slowly. a bone outside. You probably know how to ride a bike safely. Now (1)、Frank's cold had worsened and he had no medicine learn to use a computer safely. at home. Your eyes A：T B：F Too much light can injure your eyes，so never 答案：A sit too close to a computer screen. Your eyes should (2)、Ramon called for a doctor. be at least 50cm from the screen. Remember to look A：T B：F away from it sometimes. This gives your eyes a rest. 答案：B When you use a computer, the window should be (3)、Ramon felt embarrassed when Blackie was late. on your left or your right. If it is behind you, the A：T B：F light will reflect on (反射) the screen. If the 答案：A window is in front of you, the sun and the screen (4)、Blackie barked at the bone outside the window will both shine into your eyes. because he wanted to have it. Your hands and wrists A：T B：F Hand and wrist injuries can happen because the 答案：B hands and wrists are moved in the same way hundreds (5)、The story mainly implies dogs are after all dogs, of times. If you use a keyboard for a long time，however clever they are. follow these three rules:1) Rest your wrists on some A：T B：F thing. 2) Keep your elbows (肘) at the same height 答案：A as the keyboard. 3) Stop sometimes and exercise your 54、Herman had worked for the bank of Ruritania for hands，wrists and fingers in a different way. ten years and was still only a clerk. He was not Your back satisfied with the position and wanted to find Some people sit for many hours in front of a something better. Yet he did not want to lose his computer. If you sit in the wrong way，you can injure position in bank before he had got another one, so your back or your neck. So you should sit with your he prepared a letter about himself, with the words back straight. The top part of the screen should be \in front of your eyes. Your forearms，wrists，hands in big letters across the top. Then he sent it to and the upper part of your legs should all be several other banks, asking them for a job. parallel (平行) to the floor. If you are sitting for A few days later, one of these letters came into a long time，get up every 30 minutes and exercise the hands of Herman's boss at the bank; someone had your arms，legs and neck. given it to him at a party. The next morning, Enjoy your computer，but use it safely.

Herman's boss asked him to come into his room and (1)、A computer screen may injure your eyes if your said, \eyes are too close to it. The bank of Ruritania is setting you free!\A：T B：F (1)、Herman was not happy because he was in prison 答案：A