国家开放大学电大专科《英语阅读(1)》2024-2025期末试题及答案(试卷号：2155).docx

国家开放大学电大专科《英语阅读(1)》2024-2025期末试题及答案(试卷号:2155)
Part I
Questions I一10 are based on Passage 1. (30 p<>inU9 3 points each)
Passage I
The dentist on cows of Water
pick to up spider An—tnd ui
Questions 1—10： The following people «rc talktnf： about their phobias (恐惧症).Read Passage 1 and complete the following Ideas with the wordx given above In the box.
Nicola> Spiders. I just can't go near a (1)•
Lim： I'm really seared of flying, so I can f t go to Americzi or (2>for my holidays.
Peter： Heights. 1 c«nft go (3)n ladder or anything like that« !Tm not very keen (4) flying either, bur I'm not seared of it.
Joseph： (5)• ! know it's sillyt but I'm really terriftcd(6) going to the dentisL
Guy： Spiders. Wasps. In facrt all kinds of things that crawl or bum round your head.
Christ Nothing rcally> My brother doesn't like spiders9 so I have to (7> them
up and throw them outside.
Philip: (8)・ I suppose. 1 didn't learn to swim when I was little and now I'm too scared (9)try,
Miriam： Cows. And spiders Stupid redly, isn't it? Big things like (10)And little things like spiders
Part IJ
Read passages 2 and 3 then choose an answer from the choices given to complete statements 11—20 based on your understanding of the passage^ (30 pointsf 3 points each)
Passage 2
Suspect sent back to Taiwan
XIAMEN ( Xinhua)—The Chinese tnnninland Red Cross organization handed over a suspect in a financial crime to its counterpart in Taiwan here last Thursday.
The repatriated man. Cai Zhiwei. a 27ymrold Tniwan bunk clerk• fled to Hong Kong on 30 Aprili thin yenr with pnrt of the 3h 44 million Taiwan yuan ($1.12 million)he h.d Niolen from cuntofncr account* at the bftnk where he worked.
Cni entered Shenthen on 1 Muy* rnrrying a total <4 $ 635>000• including HK $ 1 million ($ I35> t35)m Esh. and the rcat in traveller's checks*
f ie wnK held fur questioning when be enuhed the trovrllcr1 n checks nt the Bunk of Chinn Shenzhen Brnnch on 5 Mtiy・ The fundn hr drpuRtted tn " locnl bank were nho fro/cn>
The Tniwnn red Crasn expre^ned thnnk% lor the ccropcrntion of Hn mnmlund countrrpnrt
And hoped tIwt such ccropcrntion would continue*
The two sidrg worked ou1 n rcp/itrirnion ngrrcnicnt in September 1990 and aincc then hnvr cnmplrtcd n total of 14 repatriations at illegal inimigrants ond suspected cnminfth> Questions 11 —15 nrc bused on P】邸瞄v 2.
1 L This possoRc is mostly tAken from .
A. A textbook B. a newspaper
(\a novel
12. The nuMpect was handed over to.
A. a police ntaiion in Tuiw/tn B. thr imtnigratian office in Tutwnn
C« The Taiwan Red Crow
13. Which of the following statements is true about Cai Zhiwci?
A. He i» 26 years old.
II He in a >aie!iman>
Q He mny be involved in n financiAl crime.
14. Which of the following wi>rd« can be uj^rd to replace the word H deposit cdM in th«- Nentence " the funds he depoRtted rn n local bnnk were nlno (roientf?
A. Placed. B. Stole.
Ce Stored.
15# The suspect wan caught •
A・ on 30 April B< on 5 May
C. on I May
Passage 3
Computer Software
CHENGDU—Chinese scientists have developed a computer software system which can automnticftlly trnnslate Internet files into the Chinese InnguAge.
The software ha» the capacity to translnte 150>000 Chinese characters per hour, with 80 percent of the totnl content easily understandable after the trAnsIntion proersa-
The major problem hindering the development of the Internet in China is the language barrier Many Chinese users feel that their English is inadequate for operating the Internet, which i» predominantly in English.
Development of trnnshlion software in p^n of a high-tech prngr»m introduced by the State Science and technology Commission in the mid-1980s
The softwaret jointly developed by a research institute and a university in Southwest Chinn's Sichuan Province• runs in the Windows environment. Users c/m use a mouse to achieve inxtant trnn^lntion^t while mnintaininK the originnl formnt of documents or piciuri?».
Questions 16—20 arc based on Passage 3.
】6・ The passage is mostly taken from•
A. a newspaper B. n magazine
C. a novel
17. Which of the follnwing phraser can be used to replace the word te hinderM in the sentence "The major problem hindering rhe development of the Internet in china is the inngunge barrier."
A. holding on R holding to
C holding back
18. It can be inferred fnmi thr passage that Intrnirt is mninly operated through
A・ Chinese B. English
Q German
19. Which of the following statements is NOT true about translation software?
A. It is parr of b high-tech programme.
B. It is developed by a research institute and a university in Beijing.
C・ It runs in the Windows environment.
20. The •mouse* in the last paragraph refers to.
A. the device connected to a computer to control the cursor's movement
B. the animal of which the cat is the natural enemy
C a kind of mou»e-like toy for children
Part d True or False
Directions：
Read passage 4 and then decide whether the sUtevnenh after It are TRUE or Fals(t On your answer sheet, indicate T for TRUE or E for FALSE against the number for cuch of items 21—30 for the answers you choose. (20 pointse 2 points each)
Passage 4
The Olympics
1 The Olympic games are an international »ports competition. In the Olympics, athletes take part in many different types of sports Some athletes compete in the Winter Olympics. Some enrapete in the Summer Olympics.

2 I he Olympic games are very old and hnve a very interesting history- The first Olympic Games were held in Greece in uncient time〜 They probably began in the eighth century • Ft C the contests were held every four years in summer. The first g^mes lasted for only one dny. There wiu only one cant ent i ・ *hort race. Only <>rcek men were nllowcd to run in the rncc« No women And no non-Greck» were allowed to take part. Women were not allnwcd to watch the rncr eitbrr. or to br anywhere nenr the rncing nren. But the ancient Karnes were Ntoppcd in the fourth century• A. D. . when Greece wna ruled by Rome.
3 The Olympics were fttArtcd Agiiin in the nineteenth ccnturyi after Boron Pierre de Coubertin# • Frenchmtint BUgK^^tcd thnt it would he Koad to have the Rnmcn AKain# but not
just for Greek people. De Coubertin organized a meeting in 1894. Rcprc^cntntivc^ from nine countries went to the meeting* in Paris* They agreed to start rhe Olympic Games again m Athens• Greece# in 1896. The Olympic Games h/ive been held every four years &ince 1896. However, the games were not held three times • in 1916> 1940 and 1944—because of the two world wars.
4 De Coubertin also started a commiltee to run the Olympics. This committee is called the International Olympic Committee It makes the rules for athletes in the Olympics.
5 These rulej» are very strict. (1> Everyone who would like to be in the Olympics must be an amateun They must not have ployed the sport professionally^ (2) There arc no nge limits- An athlete can be young or old. (3) No one can be kept out of the Olympics because □f religionf color, or political ideas. (4) Only people who were born in a particular country can represent that country in the Games* (5) In each event • each country can have only three entries in the summer games, nnd four entries in the winter These rules help to mnkc ^ure that everyone has the same chance of winning.
6 The events and games are of several different types- There nre individual contests• where each athlete competes alone To win this type of contest> one Athlete must be better, fasleft or stronger thsn other athletes Some examples of individual spons are tiwimming* running• nnd walking races. In a second group of events and gnmes> three or four athletes work as a group. These contests are usually races• and the fasUM group wins. For these small groupsthere arc relay races in running and swimming tn summert and relays in skiing in winter In a third group of games, teams from each country compete in sports* For team,, there arc many kinds of games. They play games such as basketballs footballs and volleybalL To win these garner# one team must have a higher score than the other team. The athletes must usually be able to catch* throw• hit* or kick a ball very well to win.
7 For an amateur Athlete9 winning in the Olympics is n great achicvcrnent< The Games
arc noi easy to win. whether an athlete competes in the summer or in the winter. There are many excellent athletes who compete alone> in small groups« or on tram5. An athlete who wins the Olympics is lhe best in the world.
Questions 2】一30：

2L The Olympic Games were firstly held in Grecce-
22. There were many different types of contexts in the first Olympic Games.
23. Women were neither allowed tn run in the Greek race nor allowed to watch it.
24. Greece wns ruled by Rome in the eighth century B. C .
25. The Olympics were started again in 1894.
26. It is Barron Pierre de Coubertin that made the Olympics an interruitiona! event.
27. Due to the two world wnrs< the games were not held two timed-
28. Only the professional HthleteA are allowed to take Part in the Olympic Game*
29. An athlete who has just immigrated into another country may represent it in the Olympic Garner
30. Three mam types of games are mentioned in the passaget L e< the contests in which athletes compete either individually« or as a small group, or as a team-
Part ]V Short Anx%*cn>
Directions：
Read passage 5 and then give a short answer to each of the questions 31—35 on your answer sheet (20 pointsv 4 points each)
1 Auctions nrc public sales of goods conducted by nn officially approved auctioneer He
Asks the crowd assembled in the auction-room to make offers• or for the various
items on sale He encourages buyers to bid higher figurcs> and finally names the highest bidder as the buyer of the good- Practically al! goods whose qualities vary are sold by auction. Among these nre coffee• skins, wool, teaf furs> species, fruit and vegetables and wines. Auction sales arc also useful for land and property• antique furnituret pictures， rare kookst old china and works of art.
2 An nuction is usually advertised beforehand with full particulars of the articles to be soldi and where and when they can be viewed by prospective buyers H the advertisement cannot give full detail J catnlogues are printed t and each group of goods To be sold Together# called ■ is usually given a number The nuctioncer need not begin with Lot 1 and
continue in numerical nrderi he may wait until he registers the fact that certain dealers are in the room and then produces the lots they are likely to be interested iru The auctioneer 9 s services are paid for in the form of a percentage of the price the goods are sold for. The auctioneer therefore has n direct interest in pushing up the bidding as high as possible.
3 The auctioneer must know fairly accurately the current market values of the goods he is selling» and he should be acquainted with regular buyers of such goods. He will not waste time by starting the bidding too low. He will also play on the rival among his buyers

and succeed in getting n high price hy encouraging two business competitors to bid figainni each other. It is largely in his advice thnt n seller will fix a "reserved" pricet that ist ® price below which the goods cannot be sold Even the best auctioneer5. however• find it difficult to stop n uknock*ouC\ whereby deolrrs illegally arranged themselves as the only bidder• m the hopt nf buying Rnnds At extremely low pricrs< II such « t#knock-outM cornea off. the real auction sale takes place privately afterwards Among the dealers
Questions 31—35：
31. What are auctions?
32. What are the goods which can be sold by auction? (Name nt least three)
33. Whnt is a MlotH?
34. How lire the auctioneer^ services pnid for?
35. Whnt will happen if a Mknock-outH la achieved?
试题答案及评分标准
(仅供参考)
Part I (30 points| 3 points each)
1. spider
2. AuBtralin
3. up
4. on
5. The dentist
6. of
7. pick
8. Wntcr
9. to
10. cows
Part (| (30 point 3 points cuch)
11. B 12. C 13. C
16. A 17. C 18. B
Part DI (20 points, 2 paints rath)
2LT 22. F 23. T
26. T 27. F 28. F
Part IV (20 pointse 4 points each)
14. A
24. F
29. F
20. A
25. F
30. T

31. Auctions urc public snlcs of good9 conducted by ah olficinlly Approved /luctianeer.
32< Coffee# skinst wool. tenf fur^. npecirs. fruit and vegetables nnd wincAt Innd and
property • nmique furniture, picture!*, rnrr keck, old chino and works of art. ( Any three of lhesie will br OK)
33. Each group of goodjit which can be sold together.
34. In the (orm of « percentage of the price the goods nrc Hold fur.
35. The rcnl auction anlc t«kc» place pnvotcly M(rerwnrds amonK the deniers