国家开放大学电大本科《高级英语阅读》2025-2026期末试题及答案(试卷号：1354).docx

国家开放大学电大本科《高级英语阅读（2）》2025-2026期末试题及答案（试卷号：1354）
Section I NewWords
|a| Match the words on the left with their meanings on the right (3 points each)
L
dcterTninc
A. unusual
2.
afford
B. disadvantage
3.
reflect
G Hide, part > or characteristic
4.
nontrAditional
D. fact in the form of a number
5.
drawback
E. control
6.
statistic
Ft decide on
7.
discipline
G. hnivc enough money (or
8.
aspect
H.show
9.
involves
h fees (moneys) (or school
10. _
tuition
J・ include*

[b| Fill in the blanks with words from the box below# (3 points each)
acquire focusing research cspacity identical
Ntnictures communication jourmd percent produce
Rut ia thin language? What distinguishes 11 from true language? Do ehinips actually have the for hnguAgc? There is much dmagrccmcnt about thi»< Some people argue that chimpji can 13 only the vocabulary of a 2 1/2-ycftr -old human. They al»o point out that n nentcncc such as w luina tomorrow acwrr snake river monster11 is not exnctly Shakespearean EnRliah. It goes without snying that there in a gap between the language ability of chimps and humans. But clearly • thiz gup ia not an wide z we used to think it wan. Recent 14 now !5 on the 16 Rnd activity of the brain< Biologists have
looked st one small area of the brain• the planum temporalc, which humans iihc to understand and 17 language. In chimps, this is larger on the left aide of the brain thnn on the right. !n the 18 Science> researchers tel) un that this is Messentially 19 Hfo the planum ttmparale in humans. This is not surprimng to people who believe thnt chimps do have the capacity for language. After allf they say. 99 20 of the genetic material in
chimps and humans is identicals making chimps our closest relative.
Section 11 Reading Comprehension
[a| Rrnd tbr pairaiigr. Then answer the questions that follow. (5 polnlx each)
Tht Consiumcni Union
A Vhc Consumersi Union (ClJ) was founded in 1936 to give InformAtion and advice to the public about goo(h nnd urrviceae By tioinx research tn l/iboratoneproduct*• ncicntiRfii were able to rule them， or fell i( they were goocl or bod. They started by tenting food like milk and crrcnl一and then pcrnoniil products like woap and utockingju There were three catcKorirn in fhrir ratingst Hext Huy. A/xp Acctpiuble > and Not Acc^ptablf. l^tert CU brgnn testing cars nnd home appliances> such m fanat mdiosit nnd other umAll machinea.
B In the Mmr year it wo» founded* the orxanization begm publishing a magazine for itM rntmbcr»t Con^umert Union Rtfporti • lintinK thr rntinw^ o( products that they tejited. In 1940. CU «ent out n qur^tiannuire. that in. a li^t of quesiionrit to it* members> anking them to rntc the products that they used. Thin questionnaire beenme no (xipuhr that it has continued until today. 1n 1942. the magfiiinetH name wag ehnnged to Cantumtr Report and »uld to the gcnernl public
C By thr 1950m> the number of people buying Comurntr Rrp the poor qunlity of color TV sctMt the contamination of milk by nuclear tenting« nnd other ncwn thal was controverxiaL or CNuned debnte> !n the I960，, the mngttxine reported that the price of auto insurance varied widely• or w«n differenr t urnonK cotnpaniciu In the 1970s. it reported on the pollution of Amcnca's drinking water by(ACtorics< These articles won nationftl prtxen been use they informed the public nbout problem* that needed to he Bolved
D In thr !980nt CR b“An publijihing sprcinl newsletters for different readers on corn* trnveL With, and even one for chtldrcn on how to rnm and save money* In the 1990*t the Connumcrs Union moved to a new tenting nnd rmairch center with 50 modern lAborntoricx tn Yonkernt New York. By thin Umc?・ CR had over 5 million Engine readcra ■nd 1 million online rcadcrik After 70 ycarst this orgnnuntion in still protecting consumers from the fnlue chimi of ndvrrtincrn nnd the dnwem of unsafe productA< . -•
For each question t choose the best answer hused on (hr frading p心"xe Write At Bt C or D on your Answer Sheet.
21. The Conaumeni Union BUrtcd to publish a magazine.
A. in 1936 B. in 1940
G in the 1980b IX in the 】990・
22. The magazine was sold only to members until•
A. 1936 B. 1940
a 1942 a 1960
23. In the 195O». CR didn't report on.
A. bad TV nets B・ contaminAted milk
Q tobacco's dnngers D. polluted drinking w/itcr
24. The mAgazine won prircs because •
A. it rntetd products
11 it told the public about problem*
C. some products were not acceptable
Dt there were so many problems
25. After 70 years• people.
A. are still reading CR
R are tired of reading CR
C. believe the false claims of advertisers
D> buy unsafe products
Read the passage^ Then answer the questions that follow. (3 points each)
Elephant Communication
A Researchers at Stanford and Cornell Universities arc studying communicAtion patterns of the savannah# or plains elephants9 and forest elephants of sub-Saharan Africa- They have made many audio and video recordings• matching the sound and behavior of the elephants in order to understand the meaning from observed patterns
B Their findings are that elephants use many senses to communicate: sight, smellr tastei hearing> and touch* For example* when two female elephants greet each other after a long separationi they stand side by side, flapping their carsf touching and smelling each other with thetr !runkg> making rumbling sounds. The longer they've been separated• the louder and more demonstrative they act when they meet again.
C Elephant rumbling is a low< infrasonic sound of 12—20 Hertz (Hx) that humans ciinnot hear. ( Humfin range is between 20—20• 000 Hi. ) Researchers hnve divided this rumbling into three mnin signals] contactf "Let、gotn and mating. The contact call is used by elephants that arc rnilen away to communicate their location to other herdn. All day. female leaders rumble to other group, who nimble back They stay far apart to ensure enough food for all the members and later meet ul n wAtcnri(c hole and greet each other.
D Another type of rumbling is the aLet * a roh signal of a head female when she want* to I rave a place after drinking or resting. Facing the direction she wantH to go. nhc runiblcu until the others begin to answer nnd follow hen The third type in the mating rumble that a male in musth emits. Females in a herd usually answer him. although none of them mny be receptive• because they mate only once every four ywirs. However^ when the male hears them. he travch to the group to assess the situation.
E A Bnnl interesting form of communication among elephants ik the way they act toward their dead. If they come upon elephant bones• they stand around touching the skulh and tusks with their trunks. When rcHearchcrs left the bones of other large animahe like rhinos or buffaloes9 in these placest elephants examined them briefly, but they touched only the elephunt rcrnnins. In Indio# where elephants are often killed by trains• other elephnnts come to the scene to win?” and mourn the dead oncs<
Decide whether the following KtatemenU nrc true or Mm. Write 11T"* for True and MFn for False on the Answer Sheet.
26. Reseorchcni arc studying clcphAntn in order to underatnnci their communicmtion
patterns.
27. When fenmlc clephAnta greet each other after a long Reparation• they rumble and walk nway,
28. Elephant rumbling has several meanings.
29. Fhe word emits in paragraph【)probably rnennn producra>
30. The word rcmmnR in purftKrsph E i» clonrM in rnmninx to atay* behind.
试题答案及评分标准
(仅供参考)
Section I New worth
[a| Match the words on the left with their meanings on the right. (3 points each)
h F 2. G 3. H
4. A
5. B
6.D 7.E 8・ C
9.J
10 J
[b] Fill in the blanks with words from the box below. (3 point* each)

IL communicAtion
12. capodty

13. acquire
14. research

15. focusing
16. structures

17. produce
18. journal

19« identical
20. percent

Section H Reading Comprehension

[X] For each questiont choose the best answer based on the reading passage. (5 points cnch)
21. A 22. C 23. D
24.B
25. A
N Decide whether the following statcmcntB art
t troc or false. Write *
•T" for True and
False on the Answer Sheet. (3 points each)

2& T 27. F 28. T
29. T
30. F